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What Democrats say they won in the 43-day government shutdown – NBC News
Government Shutdown What Democrats say they won in the 43-day government shutdown Emotions are raw after eight senators voted to end the shutdown, but Democrats say they demonstrated an ability to take on Trump and shifted the conversation to health care. Nov. 12, 2025, 2:00 AM PST By Scott Wong, Ryan Nobles and Lillie Boudreaux…
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Civil Discourse – But his emails… – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, But His Emails… By Joyce Vance, Nov 12, 2025 Before he was elected in 2016, Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pu**y and barging into rooms of partially dressed young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in…
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Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents – United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Press Release Published: Nov 12, 2025 Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released an additional 20,000 pages of documents received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. The documents can be found here. A backup of the documents can be found here. Editor’s Note: Read, look, review for yourselves.…
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Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms – Politico
Trump’s sweeping 2020 election pardon raises alarms ahead of the midterms The language in the pardon also underscores that Trump’s clemency is not limited to people named in the document. By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein, 11/10/2025 07:21 PM EST President Donald Trump’s adversaries say his sweeping pardon for dozens of alleged co-conspirators in the…
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Letters from an American – November 10, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, November 10, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson, Nov 10, 2025 Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S. history. November 10, 2025 by Heather Cox Richardson Read on Substack Seven Democrats and one Independent voted with all…
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Progress by Presidents: Obama–Biden vs. Trump – A Comparison – 2025
Editor’s Note: I wanted to compare our recent “Democratic Party” Presidents with the two Trump terms, one in just under a year in office. The goals, achievements, and actions are striking in terms of serving American citizens and American Democracy. I was aided in my comparison project by Perplexity Pro, my right-hand AI for deep…
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Midterm Elections 2026: Updates, News, and Projections Monthly Series – November 2025
Editor’s Note: This report is prepared monthly for me by Perplexity Pro, and edited by me. These will be published monthly until the midterms in November, 2026. U.S. Midterms Monthly Report – November 2025 Latest Monthly Update, November 2025: U.S. Midterms Political Climate and Voter Sentiment America is gripped by significant political dissatisfaction: an ABC…
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The Golden Dome: America’s Next Great Gamble in Space?
The Golden Dome: America’s Next Great Gamble in Space? A citizen-journalism look at the promise and pitfalls of a planetary-scale orbital “dome”: economics, Pentagon and Space Force roles, commercial interests, timelines, costs, feasibility — and the politics that frame it. By DrWeb, your fearless Editor, and aided on his left hand by ChatGPT. My co-partner…
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Sonia Sotomayor: The People’s Justice and the Voice of Conscience – A Special SCOTUS Series
Sonia Sotomayor: The People’s Justice and the Voice of Conscience Early Life and Education Sonia Maria Sotomayor was born in 1954 in the Bronx, New York, to Puerto Rican parents who had migrated to the mainland after World War II. Her father, a tool-and-die worker, died when she was nine, leaving her mother, Celina, to…
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Samuel Alito: Architect of the Court’s Conservative Supermajority – A Special SCOTUS Series
Samuel Alito: Architect of the Court’s Conservative Supermajority Early Life and Education Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. was born in 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey, to an Italian-American family rooted in education and public service. His father, an immigrant from Italy, worked for the New Jersey legislature, while his mother taught school. Alito excelled academically, graduating…
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Seeing Things – Trump: Gold In The Capitol? – Liza Donnelly
And the Epstein Files are still not released… By Liza Donnelly, November 3, 2025 Trump really would rather not have a legislative branch of any kind. Plus, the building that houses that branch of democracy is not gaudy enough for him. And this just in: Trump says he’s only going to make partial SNAP payments…
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Supreme Court has empowered Trump. How much further will it go? – The Washington Post
Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go? The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first in a series of tests of sweeping claims of authority. November 2, 2025 at 8:36 a.m. EST, Today at 8:36 a.m. EST, 10 min…
