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8:50 PM ET, November 20, 2025

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NBC News:
Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death,’ for urging military to ignore illegal orders  —  Trump called for the Democratic lawmakers to be “arrested and placed on trial” in social media posts.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday accused several Democratic lawmakers of …
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Mark Satter / Roll Call:
Democratic hawks defiant after Trump accuses them of ‘seditious’ act  —  The lawmakers called for Americans to condemn the president's comments  —  A small group of defense-minded Democrats, buoyed by broad support from their party, doubled down on their call for troops and intelligence personnel …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson defends Trump's ‘sedition’ attacks on Democrats
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Democratic veterans in Congress urge service members to refuse unspecified unlawful orders
Matthew Kupfer / Democracy Docket:
Trump Calls for Executing Democrats Over Message to Military
Washington Post:
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols  —  The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”  —  The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Elon Musk Could ‘Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,’ Grok Says  —  Elon Musk is a better role model than Jesus, better at conquering Europe than Hitler, the greatest blowjob giver of all time, should have been selected before Peyton Manning in the 1998 NFL draft …
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot ranks him as world history's greatest human  —  Users on X shared examples of the “truth-seeking” AI chatbot praising its owner as “strikingly handsome,” a “genius” and fitter than LeBron James.  —  Just now  —  Elon Musk has touted Grok, the AI chatbot built …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Politico
Vaccine Safety:
Autism and Vaccines  —  KEY POINTS … Vaccines do not cause Autism*  —  Pursuant to the Data Quality Act (DQA), which requires federal agencies to ensure the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information they disseminate to the public, this webpage has been updated because the statement …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit the Economy Into Greatness
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What the Cheney funeral says about current U.S. and GOP politics  —  Those sitting in the pews summoned images of a bygone era when raw partisanship was not what defined leadership.  —  What was not said at former vice president Dick Cheney's funeral on Thursday was as clear as anything that was.
Discussion: NewsNation and The Hill
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CNN:
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
A bipartisan show of respect and remembrance is set for Dick Cheney's funeral, absent Trump
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Associated Press:
U.S. and Russia draw up peace plan for Ukraine that includes big concessions from Kyiv  —  The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the matter, including granting some demands …
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Axios:
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued … ICE is claiming the computer ate its records the day after it was sued for abuse.  —  404 Media reports that after ICE's Bridgeview Detention Center outside Chicago was sued October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:   ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In ‘System Crash’ a Day After It Was Sued
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks  —  Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery  —  Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
DNC takes out a $15 million loan as cash reserves run low  —  The national party committee said the move was necessary to fund its party-building efforts across the country, pointing to pivotal wins this month in New Jersey and Virginia.  —  The Democratic National Committee took …
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New York Times:
Short on Cash, D.N.C. Took Out $15 Million Loan in October
Discussion: Politico
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein  —  Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation's largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee issued …
Associated Press:
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns  —  The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Meet the Veteran Who Chases ICE on a Scooter  —  Recently, Clifford “Buzz” Grambo decided to upgrade his electric scooter.  The old one he had purchased online reached only 16 mph and wasn't cutting it anymore.  He needed to go faster to keep up with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars he chases around Baltimore.
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators warn Bondi not to slow-walk release of Epstein files  —  Republican senators are warning Attorney General Pam Bondi not to slow-walk the public release of records and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following votes by the House and Senate demanding the documents.
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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
Discussion: Mother Jones and MS NOW
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say  —  The group Mills had traveled with to Afghanistan parted ways with the then-congressional candidate in Tbilisi, Georgia, after they found out about the sex workers.  It appears Mills went to Afghanistan on his own.
Discussion: CNN, Axios, HuffPost, ABC News, Fox News and DCCC
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Red alert … - In a Fox News Poll out last evening, voters said the White House is doing more harm than good on the economy: 46% said they've been hurt by the administration's economic policies, 15% say they've been helped and 39% said Trump has made no difference.
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts  —  REP. BYRON DONALDS (R-Fla.) should be cruising into the Florida governor's mansion, primarily because he possesses the most important currency in GOP politics: Donald Trump's endorsement.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The hidden axis: the left-right spectrum has a non-ideology problem  —  This article presents more results from our November Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read the first article about this poll here:  —  Introduction to this essay  —  Dissatisfaction with American politics …
Discussion: The Cross Section and The Preamble
Reuters:
White House was unaware US ambassador to Israel met with convicted spy  —  The White House was unaware of a meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison for spying for Israel, spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
US added 119K jobs in September after August decline, delayed report shows  —  The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Thursday, more than six weeks after it was initially set to be published.
 
 
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Fox News:
Uncovered docs show top teachers union guiding gender transitions, bashing conservatives: ‘Insane asylum’
Discussion: RedState
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Energy Department Reorganization Reflects Shift Away From Renewable Energy
Discussion: NOTUS
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in D.C.
The Harvard Crimson:
Summers Visited Epstein's Island During 2005 Honeymoon
Discussion: HuffPost and Lawyers, Guns & Money
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick indicted
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say
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How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
New York Times:
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary's Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
 

 
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