A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.

Be grateful and mindful.

Witless Witkoff is Talleyrand minus a brain.

Slovaks too are loudly speaking-out against russia.

Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice. 📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber. Prosecute her and everyone involved.

We all heard the phone call and know Trump tried to get the votes.

Something that Trump’s hapless crew seem completely unable to understand.

If you want to live under a king, you ultimately wish to be a slave to that person’s commands. If you want to live under a democracy, you wish to be free to do anything that’s allowed under the law. The people who want authoritarianism don’t feel confident enough to live with real freedom.

My interview with @eldiario.es : On how far-right groups like VOX introduce issues historically associated with the left. “The perception of economic & social stagnation opens the door to messianic narratives,” www.eldiario.es/1_c30a91?utm...

PLEASE put Phony Stark on the stand. PLEASE. \3

GOOD. Put this bullshit in check. \2

It's a dark title, but Trump is reinforcing the need for putting his orders under scrutiny. \9

Oopsie! \5

Important line in this: "Digitizing the National Firearms Act process, replacing outdated paper systems." The NRA has been resisting this for YEARS. Important thing NOT in this: DOGE seems to be over its slash-and-burn phase. \4

Do you remember what the Pardon Attorney, Liz Oyer, was fired for? She wouldn't let a convicted domestic abuser, Mel Gibson, have the right to own a gun again. I guess this new office will make sure every person who commits violence against a domestic partner will maintain access to their guns.

Jesus

Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.

November 25, 2025

This is a bold but absolutely feasible solution, which would immediately bring Pu to the negotiation table in earnest, ready to make real concessions rather than aiming to swindle and take away Ukrainian sovereignty diplomatically. Europe needs to step up before it's too late.

Antarctica’s melt affects everybody but won’t hit every coastline the same. New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊

while other ships may have gone to China from New York, and back again, touching at a score of ports, the whale-ship, in all that interval, may not have sighted one grain of soil

He's a school bully. What I don't understand is why everyone is tip-toeing around that. Call him what he is. This was never banter it's about power, it's always about the power dynamic. Farage may not understand the whys & hows but he's been rewarded for it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference is next week! Free and open to all. www.su.se/filosofiska-... CC: @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #philsky

Ukraine open to US peace talks but won't budge on troops, land or NATO bid - media #Ukraine

Please would someone explain to me how Trump & Co think this will play out in court? A group of US citizens make a video reminding military people that the law says they aren't supposed to break the law even if a president orders them to break it. Where is the crime?

Dodging uncles and aunties artfully is truly a skill South Asians learn early on.

Rare protest breaks out in China as video shows villagers defying government order

wut

This Thanksgiving, countless families will sit down for dinner without their loved ones, as nearly 2 million people are confined behind bars, far away from home. The harms of mass incarceration are felt by us all.

FLASHBACK: “WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES” 😳 Republicans keep sending us videos of @aftynbehn.bsky.social protesting Rep. Byrd, who apologized on tape for sexually abusing young girls. Here’s one shrugging it off as they protected him. This is why she protested. Watch. Share. Vote. #TN7

Is Witkoff a ruzzian collaborator? You decide... -- www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

School Groups Sue to Stop Dismantling of the Education Department The judge in that case, Myong J. Joun, temporarily halted the administration from firing more than a thousand workers in the department www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Because the "debate" framing shifts the purpose of a news network from informing viewers to providing an entertaining spectacle. "Debate" also obscures truth by turning matters of fact into he said/she said slugfests, giving people cover to ignore inconvenient facts by saying they're "debated."

Tests of ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak that has sickened dozens of babies showed that all of the company’s products may have been contaminated.

OTTAWA – The Manitoba Métis Federation is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court decision that found its president did not breach his fiduciary duties while serving as finance minister for the Métis National Council.

God, even the turkeys he pardons are perverted creeps ... [And like that, Trump puts this turkey producer out of business]

(MSNOW) - President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated, according to three people with knowledge .. @ms.now www.ms.now/news/trump-k...

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%" Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

A Dolton woman is back in the hospital days after she gave birth in a truck on the side of the road after being told by staff at a northwest Indiana hospital to leave, according to her family.

Eight Cambridge restaurants made the list when the Michelin Guide published its inaugural directory of recommended Boston establishments on Tuesday last week. Sophia E. Alcacer and Kaylee Razo report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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NYT: C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.

Among the half dozen lawmakers targeted by the Trump administration are two Pennsylvania U.S. House members -- Chris Deluzio, a Navy veteran, and Chrissy Houlahan, who served in the Air Force. From @statesnewsroom.com

Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85