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Court dismisses DOJ's request to force California to set aside ballotsCBS News
Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballotsThe Guardian US
Trump lashes out at Obama for joking that White House looks ‘like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’ – liveThe Guardian US
Trump’s vicious closing message in MichiganVox
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Bankrolling American Empire in the PhilippinesThe Intercept
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Hegseth Built a New Pentagon Office for Religion. Military Religious Leaders Wish He Hadn’t.The Intercept
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“Just Like Kidnapping”Mother Jones
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Trump Ramps Up His Islamophobic Attacks Against Abdul El-SayedMother Jones
How “One of the Most Costliest Blunders Anyone’s Ever Made” Helped Put a Republican Seat in PlayMother Jones
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In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
Here is the TLDR of the 9th Circuit hearing:
DOJ will lose.
It will be either 2-1 or 3-0.
It will be on jurisdiction and perhaps on the merits.
The argument was a debacle for Trump and the DOJ lawyer who argued it.
Watch for details. www.youtube.com/live/EsuYPbm...
In August, President Trump announced he had signed the “biggest oil deal in world history.”
ProPublica reviewed the deal and found it gives a small group of people largely handpicked by the Trump administration long-term control of the enterprise.
Big Oil profits have skyrocketed since Trump launched his Iran War.
Meanwhile, Trump himself owns up to $81 million in oil and gas stocks — which have increased in value by 43% since the end of 2025.
When Trump says "we're making a freaking fortune," understand who he is really talking about.
Me: "Adolf Hitler said in Mein Kampf, 'The Jew works for the destruction of Germany.' You say, 'Muslim mass migration will destroy our country and our way of life.' How are those different sentences? Just change 'Jew' for 'Muslim.'
Trump adviser Steve Cortes: "No, they're incredibly different."
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