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Trump after meeting with Qatari PM says he believes war with Iran is militarily 'effectively over'
What do the Iranians believe?
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US Air Force relocates tanker aircraft from a base in England because of a threat, US official says
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House Oversight Committee criticizes Trump administration over botching the release of Epstein records
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Scoop: Lutnick stalled curbing Nvidia chip sales to China — again — after Oval Office showdown
axios.com/2026/11/11/trump-l…
Some of the Right’s Worst Men Are Being Held Accountable
But that doesn’t mean Trumpworld misogynists are going to go away quietly.
—Jessica Grose
nytimes.com/2026/11/11/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Stephen Miller Is No Loser
No one is safe when Miller is the guiding hand behind the president’s agenda.
—Thomas B. Edsall
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Every serious person understands that the main driver of the midterms massacre was Donald Trump himself (which is not to say there are no unserious people who deny this obvious fact).
—Jonah Goldberg
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The New Right Can’t Run Away from Trump
Oren Cass blames Reaganites for problems his own movement created.
—Jonah Goldberg
thedispatch.com/newsletter/g…
Walter Appling retweeted
Spot on. thedispatch.com/newsletter/g…
Many of Trump’s Plans to Remake D.C. Would Push Locals Aside
If these projects come to fruition, Washingtonians will lose access to sports fields, fishing spots and other tent poles of everyday city life.
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/arts/… via @NYTimes
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In the new Congress, Democrats will have more House seats than Republicans have had at any point since the Depression. Democrats will have more Senate seats than Republicans have had at any point since the early 1920s.
—David Wallace-Wells
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Republicans Are Still Clueless About Why They Lost
There is a real chance that neither the Republican Party nor its pundits will admit to, much less analyze, the deeper causes of defeat.
Chief among these: plain, old-fashioned graft.
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Trump, whom Huang has forged a close bond with, told reporters that the Nvidia chief said he was unaware that the woman with whom he had an affair was a spy. “I really believe him,” Trump added.
-NYT
Dumb and Dumber.
Megyn Kelly, Elon Musk and Others Defend Russell Brand After Rape Conviction
The former star, whom a British judge sentenced to 10 on Monday, became an anti-establishment flag-bearer through conspiracy-minded commentary.
nytimes.com/2026/11/09/arts/… via @NYTimes
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Trump has found his new Roy Cohn
“When it ends badly, as it no doubt will, Mr. Miller should expect to be among those the president blames.”
— Kai Bird
nytimes.com/2026/11/09/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Walter Appling retweeted
Things we used to know about Jim Jordan, just chosen to be minority leader, 1: He was deeply involved in the coup attempt.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/…
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Pete Hegseth's office reportedly blocked officers' promotions over a photo taken after their second Covid jab.
In 1777, George Washington had his recruits inoculated against smallpox.
Hegseth would have blocked Washington.
A Stake Through the Heart of Trump’s Red Map. — Ezra Klein
nytimes.com/2026/11/08/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Walter Appling retweeted
I hope Maine will prosecute him for murder. The feds will do nothing but try to obstruct any prosecution
Walter Appling retweeted
I just published a new investigation into Donald Trump’s taxes.
A teaser: The president has stiffed a lot of people over the years. His next, and largest, victim will probably be the U.S. government.
Full story below.
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