Two-thirds of corporate donors to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project have entered into contracts with the government, according to a new analysis by Public Citizen. citizen.org/article/banque…

Do foreign gifts to Trump that align with policy changes raise ethical concerns? Yes. This sure looks like quid pro quo. My interview today with NPR's Scott Detrow is here: npr.org/2025/11/14/nx-…

I will be mostly on BlueSky and Substack

"I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert". Be helpful to know how this discovery fits in the timeline pbs.org/newshour/polit… Epstein's email says Trump spent hours with Giuffre at his house. Did Trump not realise anything was amiss then?

Majority of corporate Trump ballroom donors represented by 3 lobbying firms, watchdog says - CBS News cbsnews.com/news/corporate…

Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example

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Culture, Media and Sport Committee "The Panorama film which led to the resignations of the BBC’s director general and head of news is now the subject of a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit from Donald Trump. The film is no longer available on BBC iPlayer, but..." prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bb…

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud … yes, the guy who railed about election fraud with no evidence actually pleaded guilty of committing fraud himself. Moral of the story: “Every allegation is a confession.” azmirror.com/briefs/turning…

The Associated Press Trump posted it himself . Loyalty to the Constitution. Don’t think there is a case against the senator here🙄

I was pretty sad all day about the BBC’s decision to censor my first Reith Lecture... ... but this BBC News segment about the censorship is cheering me up immensely!

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Jonathan Yerushalmy writes for Guardian: 'Foreign interference or opportunistic grifting: why are so many pro-Trump X accounts based in Asia?' See: theguardian.com/technology/202…

Peace Prize aspirations in need of a bit more work, Mr Trump.