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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 — A small group of defense-minded Democrats, buoyed by broad support from their party, doubled down on their call for troops and intelligence personnel to disobey unlawful orders after President Donald Trump suggested …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson defends Trump's ‘sedition’ attacks on Democrats
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’
Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’
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Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:
BREAKING: Trump Calls for Arrest of Democratic Lawmakers and Reposts Calls to “Hang Them”
BREAKING: Trump Calls for Arrest of Democratic Lawmakers and Reposts Calls to “Hang Them”
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Matthew Kupfer / Democracy Docket:
Trump Calls for Executing Democrats Over Message to Military
Trump Calls for Executing Democrats Over Message to Military
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem leaders contact Capitol Police after Trump “death threats”
House Dem leaders contact Capitol Police after Trump “death threats”
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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 …
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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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Jessica Grose / New York Times:
Our Depressing Vaccine Future Laid Bare on the C.D.C. Website
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit the Economy Into Greatness
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit the Economy Into Greatness
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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 …
CNN:
Justice Department is investigating handling of Adam Schiff mortgage fraud probe led by Ed Martin and Bill Pulte — The Justice Department is investigating possible issues with the mortgage fraud investigation into California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff that is run by two Trump administration …
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Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics
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CNN:
Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending — Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics.
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
A bipartisan show of respect and remembrance is set for Dick Cheney's funeral, absent Trump
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Vance tries to thread the affordability needle
Vance tries to thread the affordability needle
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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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. …
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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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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Chicago Tribune:
More texts uncovered from Border Patrol agent who bragged about ‘shooting skills’ after wounding woman in Brighton Park — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed all charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent after she allegedly rammed his vehicle in Brighton Park last month …
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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick indicted — Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida for allegedly stealing $5 million in FEMA overpayments to her company and funneling some of the money into her congressional campaign.
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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.
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 …
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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.
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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.
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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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The Harvard Crimson:
Summers Visited Epstein's Island During 2005 Honeymoon — In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president's official residence — Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traded Cambridge's cold for a warmer escape.
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