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11:35 AM ET, November 22, 2025

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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.  The current moment, he said, is “one of the most difficult” for the country.  “Ukraine may soon face an extremely difficult choice.  Either the loss of dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War  —  Who will benefit from the White House's 28-point proposal for Ukraine?  —  The 28-point peace plan that the United States and Russia want to impose on Ukraine and Europe is misnamed.  It is not a peace plan.  It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine …
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
The Long Con Comes To An End  —  The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again) … Yesterday, Friday 21 November, ended up being one kind of day but it was supposed to be another.  21 November, in case you had forgotten, was supposed to be the day that the Trump Administration levelled …
Discussion: CBS News, The Atlantic and New Republic
Molly McKew / Great Power:
28 Points Later  —  On November 20, President Trump's Secretary of the Army presented a draft 28-point plan to President Zelenskyy.  Nominally, it is a framework for ending the active conflict between Russia and Ukraine.  —  There is no other way to understand the 28-point plan …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Can Love  —  While President Trump at times suggested he was willing to bolster support for Ukraine, he has repeatedly accommodated Russia's demands.  —  After veering wildly this year over how to bring an end to the war in Ukraine …
New York Times:
European Leaders Back Zelensky After U.S. Plan Leaves Them Out
Tom Balmforth / Reuters:
Exclusive: US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign after fallout with Trump … Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced on Friday that she will resign her seat in the House of Representatives in early January, after a dramatic falling out with President Donald Trump over the Jeffrey Epstein files and other issues.
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Associated Press:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January.  Trump and Greene have fallen out in a public feud.
Reuters:
MAGA favorite Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after split with Trump
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Quit Congress After Trump Feud
Washington Post:
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats  —  The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.  —  Just now
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Just Security
Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Trump's Oval Office Surrender to Zohran Mamdani  —  In a stunning White House meeting, Donald Trump abandoned his party's narrative and embraced New York City's mayor-elect, while Mamdani stayed laser-focused on issues facing the city.  —  Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network  —  2,176
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Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:   Has Trump's Power Peaked?
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 255. 11/21/25
Politico:
Alito lets Texas reinstate gerrymandered House map that could give GOP 5 more seats … Texas' petition formally asked the justices to weigh in on a matter that could determine control of the House in next year's midterm elections.  A longer-term ruling by the high court restoring Texas …
Discussion: Althouse and Mother Jones
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Texas seeks Supreme Court order to use a congressional map judges held is likely racially biased
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court, For Now, Keeps in Place Texas Republican-Friendly Congressional Map
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
How Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza Became Main Characters on Social Media  —  Love, politics and ethics collided as Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza went at it in a media sphere that rewards private revelations.  —  It felt like something out of Spy magazine in the 1980s, or Gawker in the first years …
Discussion: Page Six and New York Post
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Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi  —  The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.  —  The editor Mark Guiducci has made two big moves since taking the helm of Vanity Fair in June.
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.  —  A Costa Rican official rebutted the Trump administration's claim that the only possible destination to deport the undocumented Salvadoran immigrant is the West African nation of Liberia.
Discussion: Politico
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Texas A&M Was Wrong to Fire Professor Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules  —  The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom.  A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.  —  A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled …
Axios:
Congress returned after seven weeks and everything blew up  —  The House of Representatives had, by any reasonable standard, an absolutely insane week — marked by censure votes, indictments and a literal fire at the U.S. Capitol complex — as lawmakers returned from their seven-week absence.
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Punchbowl News:   11/22/2025 📝 The Readback  —  Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring …
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. attacks judge after prosecutors' stumbles in Comey case  —  Interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan scolded a federal judge for using a synonym in court and is giving conflicting accounts of how a grand jury indicted the former FBI director.  —  Just now
Amudalat Ajasa / Washington Post:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food  —  Critics warn the EPA's approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing …
Discussion: Manufacturing Dive
Daniel Han / Politico:
New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor … Sherrill, speaking with Stewart, said that she thinks about withholding federal tax dollars “all the time” and that it's a “great idea.”  —  “If they're not gonna run the programs, then what are we paying them for?” she said.
Washington Post:
AOC built her own political machine.  Now she's deciding her next move.  —  Seven years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leapt onto the national stage as an outsider, she's learned an inside game and is considering a run for Senate or president.  —  Earlier this year …
Discussion: Grabien
Associated Press:
Brazil's Bolsonaro arrested for allegedly plotting escape ahead of prison term  —  SAO PAULO — Brazil's Supreme Court ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday, with a judge claiming he was intent on escaping just days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
Ali Winston / Wired:
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges  —  The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
 
 
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Reuters:
French lawmakers reject income part of budget bill as it heads to Senate
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Holly Bartholomew / OPB:
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
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USAGM:
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Death threats surge against Democrats targeted by Trump
 

 
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