apnews.com/article/trum... Trump's 'buy' tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened

apnews.com/article/trum... Trump's moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy

AF Thunderbirds posts a notice that the unit is reviewing and removing content from Instagram that doesn’t comply with Trump’s executive orders….

Was just thinking about how an AP news photographer - in the traveling pool - took the most iconic photo of the 2024 campaign.

#longread #tesla apnews.com/article/tesl...

Kimberly Kindy's first story for @apnews.com! A deep dive into how Musk/Trump crusade against govt might benefit Tesla: apnews.com/article/musk...

@byrontau.bsky.social's first @apnews.com byline! apnews.com/article/trum...

@raskin.house.gov said he had @lauren-boebert.bsky.social and her family over for dinner over the holidays. Raskin said he is looking for allies wherever he can find them. Came up in a discussion at an event at lovely new bookstore in Bethesda, Maryland. @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social.

apnews.com/article/vene... An ex-Green Beret behind a failed Venezuela raid in 2020 lashes out at CIA and FBI

Fascinating read: www.politico.com/news/magazin...

apnews.com/article/new-... New Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans

We have larger concerns heading into 2025, but I can't let go of the idea that the next season of Sesame Street could be its last. So I wrote about why the kids' TV institution is still vital after more than 50 years:

Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong

BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the longest-living chief executive in U.S. history, has died. He was 100. apnews.com/article/jimm...

On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between British and German soldiers. Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/5c69-

A sinkhole that opened up Thursday along Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey forced authorities to close the heavily traveled highway’s eastbound lanes.

Chaos level? “Shitstorm,” according to @politico.com playbook:

apnews.com/article/trum... After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney

apnews.com/article/abc-... ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

He could do this all day: Chris Evans reportedly returning to MCU in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Our deep dive on Patel in June apnews.com/article/kash... Kash Patel is pushing conspiracies and his brand. He's poised to help lead a Trump administration

My AP Analysis today from #Bahrain: At dueling Mideast forums, officials ask what will happen when Donald Trump takes office apnews.com/article/anal...

Our deep dive on Patel in June apnews.com/article/kash... Kash Patel is pushing conspiracies and his brand. He's poised to help lead a Trump administration

Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, a loyalist who would aid effort to upend law enforcement apnews.com/article/trum... Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, a loyalist who would aid effort to upend law enforcement

The Twitter vs. Bluesky argument often centres around politics but for me this is way more important. De-prioritizing links, "link in bio" BS, and all the other ways Twitter, FB, IG, TikTok, etc., try to wall off their platforms is so antithetical to the idea of an open and connected internet.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Amazing how small GOP majority will be in the House

"And when he was told the sale price, he began to cry. 'I am a poor man,' Mr. Alam, 74, said, his voice breaking. 'I have never had this kind of money; I have never seen this kind of money.'" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n...

Mark Zuckerberg met on Wednesday with President-elect Donald Trump in a rare face-to-face encounter. The meeting, confirmed by three people with knowledge of the matter, was initiated by Zuckerberg.

SCOOP: The Biden administration is expected to announce a sweeping set of measures on Monday designed to further restrain China’s ability to develop advanced artificial intelligence, people familiar with the matter told WIRED.

Leonard Leo, after remaking conservative politics, moved to a Maine island known as an idyllic haven. A refuge it has not turned out to be. From Northeast Harbor on one community’s dogged resistance & the disquiet in a place known for tranquil beauty: apnews.com/article/leon...

Leonard Leo causes angst in a small Maine town: apnews.com/article/leon...

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

Rudy Giuliani, the subject of several cases, lashed out at a judge questioning why he had not forfeited personal assets as required.

Cheap Ozempic? apnews.com/article/ozem... How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

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NEW Trump is considering two defense financiers for Deputy Secretary of Defense. - Trae Stephens, a partner at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund venture-capital firm. - Billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg, who led the president’s intelligence advisory board in the first Trump administration.