W/ every illegal order, tRump manages to have those who carry them out compromise themselves morally & potentially render themselves liable for prosecution, generating an incentive for members of the military to make sure tRumpists stay in power. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The chances of an intensification of tRump’s authoritarianism at home & abroad may have increased because of tRump’s forced retreat on the Epstein files. 10 months into tRump’s 2nd term, we’re nowhere near turning the corner in the fight against tRumpism. www.alternet.org/trump-republ...

The U.S. military build-up in Latin America & the Caribbean is expanding faster than some may realize. U.S. soldiers & Marines have begun training in the jungles of Panama for the first time in decades. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/17/t...

Offering military-style training materials, including drone tradecraft, to the extreme right indicates that this is for prepping purposes. To improve the capacity of extremist networks to commit violence, or to encourage acts of violence specifically. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

ICE training has been cut by five weeks to “surge” the number of troops: Training is now eight weeks long, down from 13 weeks. The tRump administration hopes to increase the number of ICE agents from 6,500 nationwide to 10,000 by the end of 2025. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/i...

Greene accused tRump of erupting at her in response to text messages she sent him on Friday urging him to publish the unreleased DOJ files about deceased child predator Epstein. www.alternet.org/greene-trump...

tRump is grappling w/ an economic & foreign policy agenda that stands to be entirely upended. He's confronted w/ a public that does not believe he's improved their financial situations, the issue on which many of them voted to elect him. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Churches risked losing their tax-exempt status by engaging in politics. This summer, the IRS decided to allow religious leaders to endorse political candidates from the pulpit, a decision pastors took as a green light to ramp up political activity. www.propublica.org/article/fort...

Inconsistent as the political leanings of his friends were, there was one thread that remained true throughout: Epstein’s attraction to political power. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

We’re living in an era of “surveillance capitalism”, wherein our harvesting information from cyberspace also provides Google, Microsoft & other tech titans the opportunity to rake in data about us that they process to create our digital profiles. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/13/h...

Seriously, why does anyone even speak with her? www.alternet.org/trump-jeffre...

A federal judge ruled that tRump's administration unlawfully arrested & detained hundreds of people across the country as part of its immigration crackdown & ordered them to be released. www.alternet.org/judge-major-...

Chicagoans are organizing to protect life in a city that in so many ways is defined by the many waves of immigration from Eastern European to South America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

tRump has granted clemency to allies, donors & culture-war figures, as well as felons. tRump had a rare opportunity to fix the system. Instead, he has exploited it. If you’re a donor or political supporter, you move to the front of the line. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Sexual predator Epstein suggested to confidants that Sexual predator tRump knew all about his criminal activity. The latest emails raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding & the nature of the relationship between Epstein & tRump. www.huffpost.com/entry/epstei...

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) warned that the GOP will get killed in the 2026 midterm elections if they don’t take voters’ health care concerns seriously. www.huffpost.com/entry/jeff-v...

1. @ 340 million people in US 2. 10% high-income folks may not get a check 3. @ 300 million get check to a tune of $600B 4. tariffs are raising @$270B, but we'd pay out $330B more than tariffs bring in 5. this would add $270B to deficit www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/12/t...

Voters have not forgotten tRump's campaign promises. It’s one thing if voters don’t like the state of the economy, but it’s another thing when they don’t think that tRump gives a hoot. www.alternet.org/trump-white-...

Grindr Johnson is expected to swear in Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New emails that suggest tRump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released, including one in which Epstein said “of course [tRump] knew about the girls” that were procured for his sex-trafficking ring. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

These latest emails & correspondence raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding & the nature of the relationship between Epstein & tRump. www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

At first it seems Democrats are always caving to RepubliCONS. But when you watch it happen over & over again you eventually wake up & realize it's more sinister than caving. Democrats are COLLUDING w/ RepubliCONS because they serve the same donors & same corrupt system as them.

tRump is doing exactly what international law says national leaders shouldn’t be doing. He has repeatedly inserted himself into other countries’ affairs, browbeating their leaders, berating their policies & disrespecting their sovereignty. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Senate plan "temporarily funds the government until January while promising a December vote to extend Obamacare tax credits, otherwise set to expire at the end of the year. But the measure would have a 60-vote threshold, meaning it is unlikely to pass. www.alternet.org/2674281076/

Eight Democratic senators defected from the caucus to pass a continuing resolution to kick it back to the House of Representatives for a vote to reopen the government. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The tRump administration directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). www.npr.org/2025/11/09/n...

While there’s been no shortage of tRump’s businesses capitalizing on the presidency, these wines are among the few times tRump products have been sold at a government facility. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

It's entirely possible that OpenAI & the White House are concocting a scheme to siphon taxpayer money into OpenAI’s coffers, perhaps w/ tribute paid to the tRump Crime Family. OpenAI President Greg Brockman attended a dinner for donors at tRump’s ballroom. www.citizen.org/news/openais...

tRump’s Wag the Dog 2.0 controls the news cycle by continually shifting the presidential focus. There is no need for tRump to start a fake war to distract the public. tRump is energetically wagging the dog, leaving major issues off the radar. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/w...

Neo-Feudalism Yarvin & Thiel’s visions are often called the NeoReaction (NRx) or Dark Enlightenment movement & they have features familiar to fans of dystopian fiction storylines, where local fiefdoms ruled by all powerful lords emerge after a Great Collapse. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/07/m...

tRump & allies are mounting a multi-pronged attack on almost every aspect of voting in the US & raising what experts say are troubling questions about the future of one of the world’s oldest democracies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.” The announcement comes a day after tRump attended a lavish dinner party at Mar-A-Lago www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable union of defense contractors & the armed forces. www.npr.org/2011/01/17/1...

The Hatch Act Passed in 1939, its goal is to keep federal programs & agencies nonpartisan, protect employees from political pressure in the workplace & ensure that promotions & assignments are based on merit, not politics. www.commoncause.org/resources/he...

A report showed that last month was the worst October for US layoffs since 2003, which grabbed the attention of investors in the absence of official data delayed by the federal government shutdown. Companies cut jobs and imposed hiring freezes. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

tRump fired 17 inspector generals working for a wide array of federal agencies. tRump’s action jolted Washington because most of those officials could only be removed for cause, specific misconduct or other abuses. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/06/t...

American inspections of foreign food facilities, which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market, have plummeted to historic lows this year, even as inspections reveal alarming conditions at some manufacturers. www.propublica.org/article/fore...

Controllers have been working without compensation since the start of the shutdown and have not received a paycheck since mid-October. Many are already permanently walking off the job. www.alternet.org/sean-duffy-a...

CBP agent Gregory Lairmore, the victim of the horrifying assault, told the jury that “my uniform smelled of onions & mustard”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Airline regulators identified “high-volume markets” where air traffic will be reduced on Friday, a move that would force airlines to cancel thousands of flights & create a cascade of scheduling issues & delays at some of the nation’s largest airports. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Gil Scott-Heron Whitey on the Moon m.youtube.com/watch?v=otwk...

We pay twice as much as the average for other wealthy countries, w/ little to show in the form of better outcomes. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/05/w...

tRump is gathering major military forces off the coast of Venezuela in preparation for a likely regime-change war on that nation. He may also attack Colombia. www.alternet.org/trump-rock-b...

Behind every couch…

The harmful behaviors of profit-driven healthcare companies–from tax dodging to insurance denials to carelessness w/ patient safety, stem from the same illness: a disregard for the community they serve. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/04/s...

Beneath the fact of poverty in America lies something even more ominous: the ideology of necropolitics www.alternet.org/snap-maga-sa...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, fElon Musk. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The RepubliCON government shutdown will cause more flight delays & cancellations as staff shortages at airports across the country mount. www.the-independent.com/travel/news-...

This administration’s priorities are clear: austerity & hunger for the working class at home & unlimited military spending for the goal of regime change abroad. www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/03/p...

One of Carr’s jobs as tRump’s FCC chair has been to target media outlets that have been critical of the president. www.commoncause.org/articles/who...