Fox Trenton 🎱
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Billy Smith
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Centuries-old documents told of #NativeAmerican settlements in the Fones Cliffs area of the #Rappahannock River in #Virginia’s Northern Neck.
In the 1600s, English explorer #JohnSmith wrote of how he & his men were attacked by #NativeAmericans along the river. A document from the 1660s detailed how the Rappahannock Tribe was promised 30 blankets in exchange for more than 25,000 acres of their land.
#archeology #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
https://wapo.st/48Dnft9
Great NYT video story about a little piece of technology that has delivered enormous benefits to consumers — and is in danger of disappearing. It’s called the price tag. Yes, the price tag.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/opinion/dynamic-pricing-algorithms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k8.WMRb.dmQekahP8Nvj&smid=url-share #giftarticle #consumerism #Blackfriday
Centuries-old documents told of #NativeAmerican settlements in the Fones Cliffs area of the #Rappahannock River in #Virginia’s Northern Neck.
In the 1600s, English explorer #JohnSmith wrote of how he & his men were attacked by #NativeAmericans along the river. A document from the 1660s detailed how the Rappahannock Tribe was promised 30 blankets in exchange for more than 25,000 acres of their land.
#archeology #genocide #NationalDayOfMourning
https://wapo.st/48Dnft9
If AI were the amazing efficiency booster the hype claims, shouldn't all those medium to large non-AI focused companies be posting gains? 🤔
Chewie
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Pathetic quitters
#UN #climate talks fizzle out 10 yrs after #ParisAccord
Nearly 200 countries reached a weak agreement Saturday at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The deal represents a win for the #oil, #gas & #coal industries because it makes NO MENTION of curtailing the use of #FossilFuels, the main drivers of #ClimateChange.
Soaring #electricity prices are triggering a wave of power shutoffs nationwide, leaving more Americans in the dark as unpaid #bills pile up. Although there is no national count of electricity shutoffs, data from select utilities in 11 states show that disconnections have risen in at least 8 of them since last year, acc/to figures compiled by WaPo & the National #Energy Assistance Directors Association ( #NEADA).
#economy #affordability #Trump #inflation
https://wapo.st/3Xb0mXI
Alex Akselrod
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Does Trump Know The Price Of Milk?
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down & make America affordable again,” #Trump promised last summer as he ran for president. “Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.”
#Prices have not come down. 10 months after Trump took office, prices are still climbing. #Groceries are MORE expensive. #Electricity bills have spiked. It costs more to buy a new #car.
#economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-prices-affordability-promises-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.t9KN.ecs_dFZ9Xw-d&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Pathetic quitters
#UN #climate talks fizzle out 10 yrs after #ParisAccord
Nearly 200 countries reached a weak agreement Saturday at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The deal represents a win for the #oil, #gas & #coal industries because it makes NO MENTION of curtailing the use of #FossilFuels, the main drivers of #ClimateChange.
Alex Akselrod
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Okay, & apologies to the demure, but this deserves unbridled cursing;
Holy mother fucking shit are you fucking shitting me?!?!?!!!?
#US #CoastGuard will no longer classify #swastikas, #nooses, #ConfederateFlags as #hate symbols
The #military service, which falls under the #DHS, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #HateCrimes #HateSpeech
Does Trump Know The Price Of Milk?
“From the day I take the oath of office, we’ll rapidly drive prices down & make America affordable again,” #Trump promised last summer as he ran for president. “Prices will come down. You just watch. They’ll come down fast.”
#Prices have not come down. 10 months after Trump took office, prices are still climbing. #Groceries are MORE expensive. #Electricity bills have spiked. It costs more to buy a new #car.
#economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-prices-affordability-promises-inflation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.t9KN.ecs_dFZ9Xw-d&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Okay, & apologies to the demure, but this deserves unbridled cursing;
Holy mother fucking shit are you fucking shitting me?!?!?!!!?
#US #CoastGuard will no longer classify #swastikas, #nooses, #ConfederateFlags as #hate symbols
The #military service, which falls under the #DHS, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #HateCrimes #HateSpeech
Lisa Melton
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‘Things happen’
#WashingtonPost Editorial Board
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.
#criminal #law #murder #Khashoggi #FreePress
https://wapo.st/4a02JnI
‘Things happen’
#WashingtonPost Editorial Board
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
The #US govt often advances its interests by working with nasty people, & #SaudiArabia Crown Prince #MBS is one of the nastiest. It’s one thing…to reluctantly deal with him…[but] #Trump’s performance at the White House Tuesday was something else entirely: #weak, #crass & of no strategic benefit to US.
#criminal #law #murder #Khashoggi #FreePress
https://wapo.st/4a02JnI
Lisa Melton
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The Unraveling of the #DOJ
60 attys describe a year of #chaos & suspicion.
Trump’s 2nd term has brought a period of turmoil & controversy unlike any in the history of DOJ. #Trump & his appointees have blasted through the walls designed to protect the nation’s most powerful #law enforcement agency from political #influence; they have directed the course of criminal investigations, openly flouted #ethics rules & caused a breakdown of institutional culture.
The Unraveling of the #DOJ
60 attys describe a year of #chaos & suspicion.
Trump’s 2nd term has brought a period of turmoil & controversy unlike any in the history of DOJ. #Trump & his appointees have blasted through the walls designed to protect the nation’s most powerful #law enforcement agency from political #influence; they have directed the course of criminal investigations, openly flouted #ethics rules & caused a breakdown of institutional culture.
Lisa Melton
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They bought #HealthInsurance promoted by #Trump. Then they needed surgery.
The cheap #health #insurance promoted by Trump officials has a catch.
Some states have banned “short-term” insurance plans with limited coverage, & consumer advocates have warned of the drawbacks.
#law #scammers #affordability #healthcare #HealthcareCrisis #CostOfLiving #economy #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Aporophobia #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #policy #USpol
https://wapo.st/4oRpNtt
Lisa Melton
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The President Who Cried Hoax
#Republicans went after #Epstein only when it was politically useful
By Adam Serwer
The #EpsteinFiles were the most important issue in the world, until they weren’t.
“Are you still talking about #JeffreyEpstein? This guy’s been talked about for years. Are people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable,” #Trump scolded a reporter in July.
#law #criminal #BestFriendsForever #rape #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/epstein-trump-sex-politics/684927/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxbtOiWuWwWM3goT32ZUtuHY
