This is all John Roberts’ fault www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s approval rating fell to 38%, the lowest since his return to power, with Americans unhappy about his handling of the high cost of living and the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. #UP

Are we great yet⁉️

Trump Names Saudi Arabia “Major Non-NATO Ally,” With Billions in Arms Deals truthout.org/articles/tru... #UP

The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment? truthout.org/articles/the... #UP

ICE Raided My Son’s Daycare to Abduct a Teacher. This Kind of Trauma Lasts. truthout.org/articles/ice... #UP

Restorative Justice: Housing Restorative Justice Week in Canada is celebrated every year during the third week of November. This year it will be November 16-22, 2025…. the importance of housing in the #restorativejustice process. linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/r... #UP #BE #ROOH

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother.... www.propublica.org/article/andr... #UP

removetheregime.com Anyone able to get of DC this wk/wkend?!

Prelude to The Counter After 20 years of the demise of Mount Real, perhaps it is time to share a slightly polished version of The Counter again... Until next year in Montreal… linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/p... #RestorativeJustice #MountReal #LinoMatteo

What Can an Analyst Do for You? An Introduction A Stoic’s Approach to Business & Life Life is a journey not an event! Seven lessons that we can experience from this series of blog posts... linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/w... #Stoics #BusinessAnalyst #Montreal #BE #LinoMatteo

Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s... From the vantage point of Mr. Epstein’s inbox, the revelations concerning the abusive behavior of men in power played out like a psychological thriller.

Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief apnews.com/article/natu...  #UP

Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil | grist.org/cop30/here-a... Five Issues to Watch at COP30 “We can’t solve the climate crisis without Indigenous peoples’ leadership."

The People Summits held on the sidelines of the climate summit in Brazil apnews.com/photo-galler... #UP

Beware the scorching gold rally Only one explanation for the surge makes sense. It will not reassure investors www.economist.com/finance-and-... Do you own any gold? ~ @linosversion.bsky.social

GOP Lawmakers Are Using a Wild Conspiracy Theory to Attack Medication Abortion truthout.org/articles/gop... #UP

There are many programs trying to reduce recidivism. This one works. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump REGIME has transformed the Department of Homeland Security to carry out its deportation campaign. In doing so, a Times investigation found, it has diverted resources from efforts to combat child predators, sex trafficking and black market sales. ~ @nytimes.com #UP

Boat Strikes: Murder by Another Name? The American military has killed at least 80 people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean since early September. That is 80 plus families mourning. 80 communities wondering WHY? linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/b... #SundayThought

Spicy MN Gov! 😆 COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository. Find something interesting? Let us know: [email protected] journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...

Trump is working HARD to KEEP Americans POOR! 1. Yes 2. NO

Then they came for the Dreamers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

90 percent of U.S. media are owned by six corporations Is this good for America? Source, @truthout.org

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections truthout.org/articles/mon... #UP

How markets could topple the global economy If the AI bubble bursts, an unusual recession could follow www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

How are these Epstein files so damaging to Trump? theweek.com/politics/eps... With Democrats and a growing number of Republicans hungry to pursue the case even further, why has this batch of Epstein-related content become so potently dangerous for the Trump administration? #UP

Where are the #EpsteinFiles?

In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons Chris Mack has been locked up in Mississippi’s Rankin County Jail on and off since he was a teenager. In a lawsuit, he detailed a jailhouse assault that left him with broken ribs, a broken nose, and two black eyes revealnews.org/podcast/rank... #UP

Trump’s Reckless Tariff Flailing Is a Destructive Turn by a Declining Power truthout.org/articles/tru... #UP

Tiggy Diggy Wiggy Diggy: Thoughts The Little Boy was having fun – but not doing what he really wanted to do. Until… Was it that he learnt how to say the words? Or was it that people learnt to listen to his words? linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t... #BookReview @booktasters.bsky.social

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Racial Profiling Is ICE’s New Norm. Activists Are Mobilizing in Response. truthout.org/articles/rac... #UP

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Kristi Noem just got busted funneling $220 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to a “consulting firm” she has business ties to in HUGE corruption scandal! ~ @occupydemocrats.bsky.social Do you trust Kristi Noem with your pet cat?

Parfois, nous pensons que nous avons une chance la plupart du temps nous avons tort #brokenpoet

A WOKE moment!

Burrito Bowl Goodness! Have you ever tried burrito bowls? The first time might have been in America. It is quite likely that it is not a traditional Mexican thing, but it might be linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/b... #BurritoBowl #FoodieFriday #Montreal #BE #LinoMatteo #Mexican

Israel jolted by ‘shocking’ settler violence theweek.com/world-news/i... #UP

A Deadly Blind Spot: If a warrant is out for a probationer’s arrest, probation officers stop conducting in-person visits and home searches. Six young Black mothers were killed in that gap. www.propublica.org/article/tenn...

ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One. truthout.org/articles/ice... #UP

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Chicago Raid: Agents rappelled from a helicopter to raid an apartment complex “filled” with Tren de Aragua gangsters. ProPublica found little to support the government’s claims. www.propublica.org/article/chic... #ICE = BS?

Mint Fee: Persistence People like their health. But it seems, that until they have a health issue, that wealth takes precedence. SIGH. Money, money, money. What if you discovered that you needed less money? linomatteo.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m... #WealthTax #MintTax #Seigniorage

Soft secession Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.