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11:15 AM ET, November 17, 2025

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Epstein Humiliation Grows  —  Donald Trump is obsessed with the idea that his predecessor, Joe Biden, was so mentally incapacitated that he used an autopen to sign all his pardons and legislation.  He not only put a picture of an autopen in place of Biden's mug on his …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Indiana Republican called out by Trump on redistricting is swatted … Fell said that around 5 p.m. Sunday “an email was sent to the Terre Haute Police Department advising harm had been done to persons inside a home, located in southeastern Vigo County,” Fell said.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Trump for ‘vicious’ attacks after saying her company received pipe bomb threat  —  The Republican congresswoman warned that Trump and other conservatives calling her a traitor “could ultimately lead to a harmful or even deadly outcome.”
Discussion: NPR, PoliticusUSA and HuffPost
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says he's talking to Democrats about direct health care payment plan  —  President Trump said he is talking with Democrats about a direct health care payment plan on Sunday amid negotiations to tackle rising health insurance premiums.  —  “I've had personal talks with some Democrats …
Discussion: MS NOW, Grabien and Breitbart
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files  —  President Trump reversed himself as he faced the prospect that dozens of Republicans could vote this week to compel his administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.  —  President Trump on Sunday urged House Republicans …
Axios:
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats  —  New York Times columnist Ezra Klein isn't content with opining about the Democratic Party — he's positioned himself as a powerbroker inside of it. … - Through his columns, hit podcast, private briefings with Democratic lawmakers …
more at Mediagazer »
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Time to Purge the GOP Backstabbers, Sissies, and Narcissists
Discussion: RedState
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Trump's investigation into Epstein ties to political foes may be ‘smokescreen’, Republican says
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
Discussion: The Nation
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plays Hardball With GOP Lawmakers as Epstein Vote Approaches
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Indiana lawmaker is the victim of swatting after Trump criticized him over redistricting
Discussion: Axios, Election Law Blog and Politico
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview  —  President Trump defended Mr. Carlson's friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist that prompted denunciations from some on the right.  —  President Trump defended Tucker Carlson on Sunday for his sympathetic interview …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Heritage board member resigns over organization's defense of Tucker Carlson
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Ted Cruz sets stage for 2028 run with Tucker jabs
Discussion: The Independent
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The toxic culture behind the right's civil war
The Harvard Crimson:
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’  —  When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Discussion: Althouse and Eschaton
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about  —  The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security decided to terrorize another city this weekend, with Gregory Bovino heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, to engage in the very type …
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The Charlotte Observer:
After 81 arrests in Charlotte, Border Patrol presses on in second day of activity
Olivia Nuzzi / Vanity Fair:
Olivia Nuzzi's American Canto: Read the Exclusive Excerpt  —  She flamed out and she faded away.  Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.  —  I woke the morning after Election Day on the wrong coast of the right country.
Discussion: New York Post and Daily Mail
New York Times:
The Unraveling of the Justice Department  —  Sixty attorneys describe a year of chaos and suspicion.  —  President Trump's second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department.  Trump and his appointees have blasted through …
Discussion: emptywheel
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should ‘just sink’ drug boats  —  At a Justice Department conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump administration wasn't interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore.
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts  —  Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.  —  The number of newly enrolled foreign college students …
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court to review rescinded Trump policy of turning away asylum seekers at the border  —  The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a controversial immigration policy adopted during the first Trump administration of turning away potential asylum seekers before they step foot …
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times:
Trump family and Saudi partner unveil tokenised Maldives resort  —  Project unveiled on eve of Saudi Crown Prince's visit to White House  —  Donald Trump's family business and its Saudi partner are to build a luxury Maldives resort that uses blockchain technology to attract investment …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Sean James / Mediaite:
‘This Is Corruption’: ‘60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family  —  60 Minutes reported President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former boss of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, after Zhao “enriched” …
Discussion: CBS News
Rebecca Patterson / New York Times:
This Is How Our Economy Comes Crashing Down  —  In the game of Jenga, players remove wooden blocks from a tower and place them on the top.  With each move, the tower gets taller and increasingly unstable, until it collapses.  —  Welcome to the American economy of 2025.
Steve Vladeck / One First:
193. The “War” on Judges  —  Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous.  More people should be condemning it.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a (more-than) …
Washington Post:
The Democratic veterans trying to repeat 2018  —  Just now  —  In today's edition ... Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene have a falling out ... We hear some thoughts on political dynasties ... but first ...  The Hell Cats are ready  —  Before Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill were governors-elect, they were Badasses.
Discussion: The Free Press and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
The Crypto Industry's $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’ … President Trump has started his own cryptocurrency business and vowed to make the United States the world's “crypto capital.”  Crypto companies have declared themselves safe and secure.  And a procession of major industries …
more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
Chile's presidential race heads to a runoff between a communist and a pro-Trump conservative  —  (AP video by Mauricio Cuevas and Alexandre Plaza)  —  Chile is headed to a tense presidential runoff after a closely fought first-round vote Sunday set up a showdown between a member …
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
FBI, Secret Service butchered the Thomas Crooks case and invited conspiracies - we deserve the truth
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Derek Thompson / The Argument:
Trump's biggest tell is the policy he doesn't talk about
Paul Krugman:
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 16, 2025  —  On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times …
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Michael Wolff Is All Over the Epstein Emails. He Isn't Sorry.
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Cate Cadell / Washington Post:
China expands desert nuclear test site as Trump revives nuclear tension
Discussion: CNN, NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Megan O'Matz / ProPublica:
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He's Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin's New Moms.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump to talk affordability at McDonald's summit
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Utah Democrats got a gift. Now comes the headache.
Joe Anuta / Politico:
An early test of a Mamdani-Trump relationship? Security clearance.
 

 
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person
 
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