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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges  —  Are Republicans really about to exercise real oversight on President Trump's reprehensible bombings of alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea?  They're talking a good transparency game in response to the jarring news …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
War Crime...or Murder?  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who makes up in false bravado what he lacks in judgment and expertise, appears to have committed an inexcusable, unjustified violation of black-letter international and domestic law, according to a stunning Washington Post story released last Friday.
Discussion: Just Security
Just Security:
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder  —  This is part of Just Security's Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers.  —  The question of when it is lawful for U.S. military personnel to refuse an unlawful order has become a point of discussion in the political arena.
Washington Post:
Trump says Hegseth denied issuing order to kill boat crew
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
White House confirms Hegseth authorized second strike on drug boat
New York Times:
Appeals Court Says Alina Habba Is Unlawful U.S. Attorney  —  The judges wrote that the Trump Administration appeared to have become frustrated by legal and political barriers that have prevented its preferred U.S. attorneys from leading federal prosecutors' offices.
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Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court rules  —  The Trump administration's maneuvers to keep the president's former lawyer Alina Habba in place as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor were illegal and she is disqualified, a federal appeals court said Monday.
Politico:   Trump's courts crunch
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Damning report labels FBI ‘rudderless ship’ under Kash Patel — with him and Dan Bongino more concerned with building ‘personal résumés’  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is facing withering criticism from an alliance of active-duty and retired agents and analysts …
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Brittany Chain / Daily Mail:
Kash Patel humiliated as explosive 115-page dossier reveals what FBI agents really think... and his tantrum after being issued a women's raid jacket  —  A scathing 115-page report into the state of the FBI under Kash Patel has exposed turmoil and friction as agents turn on him and even Trump …
Discussion: Wonkette and Mediaite
Andrew Solender / Axios:   House Democrats investigate Kash Patel's use of FBI jet
Paul Krugman:
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?  —  Or are they the same thing?  —  On one side, the Trump administration is sinking small boats that it claims, without evidence, are smuggling drugs — and according to the Washington Post, Pete Hegseth, the self-styled Secretary of War …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Sex Crimes.  State Crimes.  War Crimes.  —  You really just can't take breaks around here, huh?  While we were all busy digesting dinner Thanksgiving night, Donald Trump was tapping away at his phone doing a little supervillain brainstorming on Truth Social.
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:   ‘Kill Them All’ Sums Up Trump's Policies Perfectly
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Johnson and Trump Try to Avoid an Upset House Loss in Tennessee  —  Speaker Mike Johnson put the president on speakerphone during a Monday stop in the state, underscoring the unusual amount of national attention on a House special election.  —  The crowd milling around the sleek multimillion-dollar barn full …
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Health deal hinges on Trump
Discussion: The Hill and Forbes
CNN:
Trump to hold Venezuela Oval Office meeting, sources say  —  South America Donald Trump  —  President Donald Trump will hold a meeting at the White House on Monday evening about next steps on Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as the administration intensifies its pressure campaign on the country.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump backs Hegseth as Congress plans boat strike review
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Here are all of Hegseth's boat strikes near Venezuela that we know about
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
The Bubble-Wrapped President  —  For a decade, Donald Trump's rallies were intertwined with his political identity.  His big crowds were how he first got the media and the Republican Party to take him seriously, and they provided real-time feedback.  Those who followed him closely could watch …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
White House says Trump got MRI for ‘preventive’ cardiovascular check-up  —  The 79-year-old president also underwent imaging for abdominal health, and he “remains in excellent overall health,” Trump's physician said.  —  Just now … The White House on Monday said an advanced imaging scan …
Discussion: Raw Story and twitchy.com
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Associated Press:
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
New Republic:
Trump's Fury at NYT Explodes Amid Fresh Concerns About Mental Decline … President Trump dreads being seen as weak.  He exploded in a long, crazed rant about a harsh new piece in The New York Times about his ongoing decline.  Though the piece documented his deterioration in careful detail …
Discussion: Raw Story
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
Dem.  Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny  —  Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic “women look like men and men look like women.” … In recent months, a handful of Democrats have tried to court …
Politico:
Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump's second term … The pace of withdrawals, the highest since at least the Ronald Reagan presidency, has flown below the radar in the day-to-day churn on Capitol Hill, with many Republican senators expressing surprise at the data in interviews.
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Politico:
Top Jewish donors take stock of GOP infighting over Israel and antisemitism … “There's no black-and-white here, but I do think that I do see forces lining up to push back against this agenda,” said Eytan Laor, a Republican bundler and founder of the American Principles PAC of elected officials and pro-Israel donors.
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
The Silence of the Canaries  —  We hear a lot about the canaries in the coal mine these days.  But we were reminded last week that dead canaries are littered all around us.  We never imagined that death could undo so many.1  —  Happy Monday.  —  This.  Is.  Not.  A. Drill.
Natalie Armour / Oklahoma Daily:
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade  —  OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay that cited the Bible.
Discussion: New York Post and Breitbart
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Top Mace adviser leaves her campaign, citing loyalty to Trump … That conversation, he said, was the catalyzing moment behind his decision to leave the campaign.  POLITICO has not independently verified the claim.  —  “My name has been used publicly, while going back on her word to pay me …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Sun and NewsMax.com
Kevin Maurer / Rolling Stone:
Fellow Unit Member Says Alleged D.C. Shooter Felt Abandoned by CIA  —  The Afghan who served in a U.S.-backed Zero Unit struggled with apparent mental health issues after migrating to America in 2021  —  The alleged shooter of two National Guard members, Rahmanullah Lakanwal …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu's Pardon Request Borrows From Trump's Playbook  —  In many ways, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request mimics how President Trump has assailed his perceived enemies and attacked legal proceedings against him.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request on Sunday for a pardon …
 
 
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
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Scott MacFarlane / CBS News:
Democrats begin congressional probe of Kash Patel's use of FBI Gulfstream jet
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Sources of America's Hidden Inflation
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
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Emily Mae / CBS News:
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 30, 2025  —  On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article …
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