A forthcoming report, obtained by NYT from the American Foreign Service Assoc says that a whopping 98% of professional diplomats feel morale dropped under Trump & SOS Marco Rubio. The full report, which includes more than 2,000 respondents, will be released on Wed. l.smartnews.com/p-6Iej9ExG/8...

The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...

“Car and battery manufacturers pushed the health consequences of lead recycling onto countries where enforcement is lax, testing is rare and workers are desperate for jobs.” Shame on us. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Mr. Trump and his oil industry friends may imagine that by deposing President Nicolás Maduro and installing a friendly government there, the US would have unlimited access to this huge oil reserve, which is five times larger than the proven reserves in the US.” l.smartnews.com/p-6GiQyeKk/Z...

In fact, prosecutors said that Mr. Hernández, for years, allowed bricks of cocaine from Venezuela to flow through Honduras en route to the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

Prosecutors said Mr. Hernández was key to a scheme that lasted more than 20 years and brought more than 500 tons of cocaine into the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

He doesn't require anyone's approval, he has told those around him, and can "start any project at the White House as rapidly as he wishes," wrote the NYT. "You're the president of the United States, you can do anything you want," Trump said he's been told. l.smartnews.com/p-6Gje31AY/M...

“GOP lawmakers are now arguing that technology in cars is to blame. However, it isn’t the infotainment bloatware, wireless key-fobs, or power seats, they’re blasting, but safety systems that the NHTSA says have saved 860,000 lives since 1968.” l.smartnews.com/p-6GfG7SVy/N...

Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are negotiating with Russian officials to ensure U.S. businesses-and Trump's friends-are in position to make a killing once the war ends, according to an exhaustive Wall Street Journal report published Friday. l.smartnews.com/p-6GcvUuGc/u...

Why am I remembering that full page ad he paid for calling for the death penalty of the Central Park Five? l.smartnews.com/p-6FDlDt7O/g...

I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.

“The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic…as manufacturing industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction & transportation has nearly zeroed out.” l.smartnews.com/p-6EH3CmEE/T...

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h... Utter insanity

“The failed agency seems to have accomplished little beyond sowing chaos. Millions were reportedly lost in interest and fees after government projects were frozen, and some woefully underqualified DOGE staffers were reportedly pocketing six-figure salaries.” l.smartnews.com/p-6DVgYKe4/V...

Why was Trump non-combative in his meeting with Mamdani? 1) He naturally fawns over strong men with charisma. 2) He forgot that Mamdani wasn’t from Saudi Arabia. 3) He hates his poll numbers. He will watch Mamdani & will adopt what works for NYC, claiming the ideas as his own. 4) All of the above.

Jennifer, 33, said that agents pointed guns at her and her four children, aged 2, 6, 10, and 13, according to a video and remarks from the family, reports THE CITY. l.smartnews.com/p-6DcBQdvG/f...

In the letter, which ABC News obtained in August, Zamora said the country is willing to provide Abrego Garcia with refugee status or residency. l.smartnews.com/p-6DiB043S/p...

The cost of renting the entire venue should have been around $5 million, which included $2.7 million in "rescheduling expenses" and "potential lost revenue", however FIFA were given the Kennedy Center for free, according to reporting by The Washington Post. l.smartnews.com/p-6D0QpING/u...

I am not begrudging that the controllers get a bonus, although it seems excessive. I would have liked the government to fill the pantries and refrigerators of the SNAP recipients who missed payments. When you are at the poverty level, any setback can be hard to recoup. apnews.com/article/gove...

If you ever read the book "Animal Farm" you will know who Trump is.

“U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however.” apnews.com/article/nati...

When Colombia says, ‘We’re no longer going to cooperate with you on counternarcotics,’ that is a massive blow to the partnership, which has actually made real progress in reducing the flow of narcotics out of Colombia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Yet, you can get fired at the FBI for a rainbow flag.

This should be good.

If the pro-life and anti-Christian persecution groups truly believe in their causes, why are they quiet about the president hosting a tyrant at the White House who had a man brutally assassinated and dismembered and who is part of a regime that persecutes Christians?

BREAKING: Trump Calls for Arrest of Democratic Lawmakers and Reposts Calls to "Hang Them" open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

“It was a fawning, cringe-worthy performance that belied America’s more powerful status. It was absolution rather than realpolitik.” The C.I.A. concluded that the crown prince almost certainly ordered the killing of Mr. Khashoggi. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...

The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.

II suspect it wasn’t as inadvertent as they claim. The Trump administration admitted it "inadvertently" deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted. l.smartnews.com/p-6CeglaiQ/i...

A North Carolina resident says his truck's window was smashed by Border Patrol agents even as he told them he'd been a U.S. citizen for six years.. l.smartnews.com/p-6BWqEvFm/h...

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

Why does he not speak out about the dangers of forever chemicals and microplastics in our water and food chain? Surely they pose more of a threat to our health than vaccines ever could. l.smartnews.com/p-6BSyz69i/8...

Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms apnews.com/article/redi...

apnews.com/live/donald-... IN: Trump dismisses criticism of Saudi Crown Prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen.'

Someone has totally lost his damn mind. l.smartnews.com/p-6BGPtjKo/U...

Another FAFO moment l.smartnews.com/p-6Bv9RyVO/l...

Are you feeling lucky? “You probably would have had a bankrupt country. You are so damn lucky that I won that election, I’m telling you,” Trump said

Gift article. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“The court finds that the government’s actions in this case, whether purposeful, reckless or negligent, raise genuine issues of misconduct, are inextricably linked to the government’s grand jury presentation and deserve to be fully explored by the defense.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

“An increasing number of structural supports — across businesses, labor markets, consumers and stocks — are looking wobbly. A Jenga-like collapse, meaning an unexpected economic downturn, is not inevitable. But it is a growing, underappreciated possibility.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...

OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”

🎯🎯🎯🎯

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

It’s the guns and the idiots who own them. abcnews.go.com/US/11-year-k...

This is criminal. Usually, a person who is alleging harm has to sue in court. They can’t serve as the judge and jury and decide their own award. These GOP cretins will not extend health care subsidies, but they will pay $1,000,000 each to 8 senators at last count because they say they were harmed.