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| Sleazy Slenderman and the post-war looting of Ukraine is more about oligarchic crony capitalism How do oligarchies and their crony capitalists manage to dominate our lives: Five points on the current treachery First, the WSJ story highlights all of the downsides to Trump’s brand of start-up diplomacy. Both Witkoff and the Russians had little... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 5 |
| Why Good Mayors Aren’t Enough to Save Social Democracy: Constitutional Civic Realism’s Leash Politics usually turns into shouting past each other. But sometimes, the clearest way to understand power is not in a debate hall or a think-tank — it’s in a walk through Central Park. This dialogue is between Eli, a working-class New Yorker excited... |
jasciu | 11/30/2025 | 6 |
| New Day Cafe: Beanspiration (pt. 2) Good morning, Newdists! Last week, I gave you beanspiration . This week, I’m asking you to give me beanspiration.
In my quest to eat more beans—and thanks to some nudging from members of this ... |
Chrislove | 11/30/2025 | 250 |
| A History of Murder on the High Seas: The Execution of Captain Heinz Eck Exactly 80 years ago today German U-Boat Commander Heinz Wilhelm Eck was executed by firing squad, along with two other officers under his command. In 1944, Eck’s submarine torpedoed the Greek merchant ship Peleus. Eck ordered the U-852 to surface.... |
KeithDB | 11/30/2025 | 113 |
| 📚 The Inoculation Project 11/30/2025: Texas Border and Blackfeet Nation This week, we’re helping a kindergarten in a Texas border town get some computer-based learning games, and a 6th grade on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana get supplies for science projects. We hope that readers who support quality public school... |
belinda ridgewood | 11/30/2025 | 12 |
| USA Electricity Mix For Sept 2025 Introduction
Here is another month showing the changes in how we generate electricity in the US of A. I have made some changes to the charts that I hope will make the information more clear. The ... |
RustyRobot | 11/30/2025 | 13 |
| The Ones Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest:
Idiots, Imbeciles, and Morons in the Age of Trumpism Why Trumpism Makes Obsolete Psychological Terms Trend Again Indiana State Senator Mike Bohacek (R) recently took to Facebook to warn that “words have consequences” after the president hurled a slur during a late-night immigration rant, branding a... |
bison | 11/30/2025 | 65 |
| Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine This is an important story published by the WSJ of the story behind the Ukraine/Russia “peace deal” and how it is driven by the self-dealing grifters in the White House and its extended group of megadonors working to maximize their spoils of war.... |
AKALib | 11/30/2025 | 15 |
| After Trump, what then? Reforming the Supreme Court Once Trump is out of office – and one way or another, he will be – and Democrats have regained the Federal trifecta of Presidency, House, and Senate – and they will – it will be time to act to ensure that this never happens again. While restraining the... |
psychbob | 11/30/2025 | 20 |
| Making the National Guard into Mall Cops, gardeners. Trump goes fuzzy, calling reporters 'stupid' Making the military into media production extras, Trump can do things in DC he hasn’t been able to do elsewhere in the country. We deport. You decide. Original RIFF on original Nothing in her mission suggested she would die on a street corner while... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 37 |
| Murder on the high seas The Washington Post reported on Friday that Pete Hegseth commanded US forces to “kill everybody” on a small wooden fishing boat off the coast of Trinidad on September 2, 2025. This included two men seen clinging for their lives to charred wreckage... |
sabrina haake | 11/30/2025 | 8 |
| GNR Sunday ☀️ 67 Good Pips ☀️ 2 Polls: WWtW? + Donate to replace the damage done to the White House? We began posting Good News Roundups (GNRs) in 2017. Our writers collect upbeat news about the nation and world, news that we do not get from down-beating corporate media. Choosing not to flee or freeze, with the help of Good News Roundups we engage... |
2thanks | 11/30/2025 | 97 |
| Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Of Venezuela, AI, and...Duke? We begin today with� Heather Cox Richardson �writing for her “Letters from an American” Substack about the seeming avalanche of challenges to the Trump regime from the Republican Party.
In the ... |
Chitown Kev | 11/30/2025 | 355 |
| Sunday Morning Open Thread with Music by Franz Schubert Good morning, everyone. This morning’s artist is the Austrian composer Franz Schubert. Though he was only 31 when he died, he left a vast body of work. This diary only gives you three examples, ... |
Ice Blue | 11/30/2025 | 41 |
| Thrift Store Shirts Make Amazing Quilts Laying out the shirt stripe box pattern The Shirt Stripes Box quilt design, featured in Kaffe Fassett’s Passionate Patchwork , is an invitation to upcycle everyday fabric as a clever, eye-... |
DrFlora | 11/30/2025 | 69 |
| Bob's Picture of the Day for November 30th, 2025 Welcome to my Picture of the Day.
I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 49 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break from the chaos.
You will be able to find ... |
bsegel | 11/30/2025 | 20 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,380: a new Kushner-Witkoff grift resembles a 2018 "Marshall Plan" grift It’s always about the money, unfortunately US/Russian money. The war will end when Russia leaves. And crony capitalism will be all the more wealthier. Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sell out Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad... |
annieli | 11/29/2025 | 42 |
| Overnight News Digest: November 29, 2025 Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and FarWestGirl. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)... |
FarWestGirl | 11/29/2025 | 20 |
| ADAPTIVE INDOMITABLE UKRAINE Clears Dobropilya. Pokrovsk Becomes New 'Chasiv Yar' Against Russia GOOD NEWS from the Pokrovsky-Dobropilya direction. Remember the alarm back in August 2025 when Russia surprised and made a bee line towards Dobropilya in the hopes of creating a northern pincer against Pokrovsk as well as drive a wedge between Pokrovsk... |
Decimus | 11/29/2025 | 54 |
| Saturday Top Comments: Breaking Addiction Behaviors The mind can be a fickle monster. A chemical imbalance, some faulty wiring, and things can happen. Any recovering addict will tell you that they’re still an addict. Ask a neurodivergent person how ... |
zenbassoon | 11/29/2025 | 25 |
| PWB Peeps Caturday Open Thread: Kitty Thoughts | strawbale | 11/29/2025 | 18 |
| Kitchen Table Kibitzing: Guard commanders sounded the warning, but the DOJ called it 'speculative' Just to supplement Sabrina Haake’s post currently on the Rec list:
Juliette Kayyem was Massachusetts’�Undersecretary for Homeland Security and served as Undersecretary for Intergovernmental ... |
Dartagnan | 11/29/2025 | 118 |
| IN State Sen. Bohacek (R) to Vote "NO" on Gerrymandering After Trump Called Tim Walz the "R" Word Per NBC news, state Sen. Michael Bohacek is voting against the upcoming redistricting bill. Source: www.nbcnews.com/… It’s not clear yet what impact this will have on the vote tally or its efforts, but Bohacek was quite blunt about his reaction to... |
Toro Blanco | 11/29/2025 | 85 |