Texas ‘Anti-Woke’ Bank Goes Bust In 3 Months
It was supposed to be a bank that touted and supported capitalism, family, law enforcement and the love of God and country. It quickly burned through $50 million.
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Ukraine Update: What was five Russian axes of attack is down to one: the Donbas
Happy Thanksgiving, all! Today is also the nine-month anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion. Mostly going to do some bullet-point updates today. I’m cranking this out as quickly as I can, and am skipping self-editing. Everyone else is out today. So please forgive the raw prose and whatever grammar, spelling, and clarity mistakes might exist.
Awkward.
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Let us thank Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces: ‘Never was so much owed by so many to so few’
During the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force pilots who, though heavily outnumbered, managed to thwart Adolf Hitler’s invasion plans. In an Aug. 20, 1940, speech to the House of Commons, Churchill delivered one of his most famous quotes: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Bidens Call Club Q Owners In Colorado Springs After Mass Shooting
“They reiterated their support for the community as well as their commitment to fighting back against hate and gun violence,” the White House said.
How do your Thanksgiving meal preferences stack up against the rest of America’s?
As we know, polls do not always get it right. But on Thanksgiving, we’re looking at a poll with lower stakes than who’s going to win the Georgia Senate runoff: a food poll.
Thanks to YouGov for these extremely important results on this most food-oriented of days.
Seriously, though. The Georgia runoff is coming up fast. Donate now to help Sen. Raphael Warnock bring the Democratic Senate majority to 51.
On Thanksgiving, Warnock offers ‘my prayer for you and for us all’ in powerful new ad
There may be no elected official better at speaking directly to the camera and conveying decency and warmth and intelligence and humor than Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, as he reminds us in a brilliant new Thanksgiving ad.
This ad is such a powerful reminder of why we need Raphael Warnock in the Senate. Can you donate $1, $5, or $10 to help him win this runoff?
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Politics these days is often used to divide us.
Musk gives Democrats a great issue for the next two years, making the toxic rich pay
The slow-rolling demise of Twitter has proven more clearly than anything that out of control wealth is toxic. For no other reason than he could, Elon Musk spent $44 billion on Twitter and then proceeded to burn it to the ground. Because he could.
Stephen King Swats Elon Musk In ‘MyPillow’ Fight On Twitter
The horror meister can only envision one advertiser that’ll stick with tortured Twitter.
Biden Voices Support For Assault Weapons Ban During Lame-Duck Congress
The president said he’d “start counting votes” on the heels of two deadly mass shootings around the country this week.
Dr. Gabor Maté on “The Myth of Normal,” Healing in a Toxic Culture & How Capitalism Fuels Addiction
In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people,” says Maté, who argues in his book that “psychological trauma, woundedness, underlies much of what we call disease.
Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism & Continuing Indigenous Resistance
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and his book “Our History Is the Future,” and the historic fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,” says Estes, who is a co-founder of the Indigenous resistance group The Red Nation and a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Meets Katie Hobbs, Offers Congratulations On Win
Hobbs’ challenger — right-wing election denier Kari Lake — has not accepted defeat and continues to challenge the result of the race.
Glass Onion Understands the Absurdity of Extreme Wealth
Glass Onion begins with a puzzle—or rather, a series of puzzles. Each of the new characters in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out sequel receives an intricate box packed with gears and motors that crank out riddles and codes. Once they’re deciphered, the package unveils an invitation to a weekend getaway on a remote island owned by a wealthy acquaintance. It’s a classic murder-mystery setup.
The House GOP’s Investigation Conundrum
The list of investigative priorities for the House Judiciary Committee that the incoming chairperson, Jim Jordan, sent to the Justice Department earlier this month reads like an assignment sheet for Fox News.
Is Food Getting Better?
Congrats! You are probably about to eat the very best Thanksgiving meal of your life.Maybe your turkey is drier than a World Cup fan in Qatar, or maybe you overcommitted and nothing is ready by 8 p.m. Maybe you’re making the same exact menu as last year. But if you round up every single Thanksgiving dinner in the United States—all the birds and pies and mac and cheeses and green-bean casseroles—on average the meal will be just marginally, imperceptibly tastier than last year.
Why Saudi Arabia Is So Quiet About Iran’s Protests
Expressions of support for Iranian protesters have been pouring in from around the world—from leaders such as President Joe Biden, the former first lady Michelle Obama, French President Emmanuel Macron, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern—as the protests, well into their second month, remain defiant and have even gained in intensity. But aside from some media coverage, those nations closest to Iran, its Gulf neighbors, have remained conspicuously silent.
WHO to rename monkeypox as ‘MPOX’
Move comes amid White House pressure on the global health organization to move quickly to reduce stigma around the virus’ name.
Fauci bids farewell with a final plea: Get vaccinated
In last White House briefing, Fauci said he wants to be remembered for never leaving “anything on the field.
Fed jacks up rates again but Powell hints it might slow down
Inflation has cooled only slightly and job growth remains strong.
Voters remain gloomy despite recent economic gains
A new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll suggests voters’ views of the economy are baked in.
U.S. economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6 percent
Housing investment, though, plunged at a 26 percent annual pace, hammered by surging mortgage rates.
More voters trust Republicans on economy as interest in midterms hits high, polls say
According to an NBC News poll released Sunday, 70 percent of registered voters expressed interest in the upcoming election as a “9” or “10” on a 10-point scale.
Family of British-Egyptian Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah on Their Struggle for His Freedom
In a wide-ranging interview recorded in Cairo, we speak with Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif, the mother and sister of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, about his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom. After visiting him in prison, they describe how El-Fattah started a water strike on the first day of the U.N.
Tucker Carlson Says Pete Buttigieg ‘Lied’ About Being Gay In Deranged New Attack
The Fox News host, who has made homophobic comments about the transportation secretary in the past, attacked Buttigieg for not coming out earlier.
Musk’s only hope for keeping Twitter alive is circling down the drain of that sink he carried in
It’s time once again to check in with Elon Musk’s new and improved Twitter and—yep, still a garbage fire. After buying the already-struggling company for a plainly ridiculous $44 billion, Musk’s first and only task is to somehow bring in enough money to justify the price he paid for it.
Ukraine update: E.U. Parliament designates Russia as terrorist sponsor, Russia responds with terror
There’s no way to consider Russia anything but a terrorist nation. More than its unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, its indiscriminate targeting of civilians is textbook terrorism. Russia doesn’t even hide it—Russia is demanding negotiations to freeze the conflict in exchange for stopping its terror campaign against civilian targets.
The European Union has finally responded.
Alaska’s Mary Peltola wins reelection, defeating Sarah Palin again
Rep. Mary Peltola’s August special election win to be Alaska’s lone member of the House of Representatives made history: She was the first Alaska Native in the House, and the first Democrat in 50 years to represent Alaska in the House. It was also one of the special elections that hinted, correctly, that November wasn’t going to be the red wave Republicans were crowing about.
Herschel Walker, Georgia Senate Candidate, Gets Tax Exemption For Home… In Texas
The revelation that he lists the out-of-state home as his primary residence adds to Democrats’ skepticism over the Republican’s motives for his U.S. Senate bid.
Boise officials scramble to repair damage caused by revelation of white nationalist police captain
We’ve known for some time now that the presence of far-right extremists within the ranks of our police forces is a serious problem, one that was amplified by the Jan. 6 insurrection, where a number of officers were participants. Despite that, there’s been little effort among either police authorities themselves or their civic and federal overseers to confront the issue and begin rooting white supremacists out of our policing system.
Denver Post Tells Lauren Boebert ‘We’re Looking At You’ After Colorado Shooting
The newspaper’s editorial board implored the extremist Republican to “stop the intolerance.