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1+ min ago (1753+ words) Arizona Senator Mark Kelly accused Pete Hegseth Monday of "playing army," after the defense secretary posted a juvenile meme making light of his military's extrajudicial executions." Speaking at a press conference, Kelly nailed precisely what's so disturbing about Hegseth's lackluster leadership of the Pentagon: he's like a little kid playing dress up. " "I mean think about this, he runs around on a stage talking about lethality and warrior ethos and killing people. We have the most competent, capable military this planet has ever seen by far. That's not the message that needs to come from the secretary of defense," Kelly said." Instead of focusing on the military's mission "he runs around on a stage like he's a 12-year-old playing army. And it is ridiculous, it is embarrassing," Kelly said. "And I can't imagine what our allies think of looking at…...

8+ min ago (316+ words) Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume said officials in the Trump administration will have to answer for their actions if they are found to have ordered survivors of a boat strike in the Caribbean to be killed. The Trump administration has been bombing what it alleges are drug-running boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, but has provided no evidence for the claims. Experts have said even if the boats in question are carrying illegal drugs, the strikes themselves are legally dubious. Appearing on Monday's Special Report, Hume claimed the issue comes down to the intention of the second strike: That's what it comes down to, is what the intention of the second strike was. Was it to demolish the rest of the boat that had been hit but not completely destroyed, or for was it for the principal…...

14+ min ago (342+ words) Fox News host Dana Perino flagged a warning sign for Republicans in upcoming elections on Monday during the network's show, "The Five." The panel discussed the Democratic Party's chances of flipping Tennessee's 7th Congressional District in an upcoming election, a seat that is deep in Trump country. Perino, a former press secretary during George W. Bush's administration, warned that Democrats could over-perform in the district, which would continue to feed the party's momentum going into the 2026 midterm. 'I've been saying this since the beginning when Zohran Mamdani came on the scene," Perino said. "This is coming to a city near you! This is where the energy is." "Whoever is in the White House typically has a hard time in that first midterm," Perino added. Historically, incumbent administrations have lost House seats during their first midterm, according to voting data from The American…...

16+ min ago (504+ words) Despite Pope Leo XIV to calling on his Catholic leadership to issue a forceful statement condemning President Donald Trump's "villification of immigrants," Trump loyalists, writes John Kenneth White in The Hill, have responded by declaring war on the Catholic church. By a nearly unanimous vote, the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops issued their first special message in 12 years, saying they were "saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants," and "concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care." They added that "we are grieved when we meet parents who fear being detained when taking their children to school and when we try to console family members who have already been separated from their loved ones." The bishops then put out a video denouncing the "dehumanizing rhetoric and violence…...

18+ min ago (271+ words) WASHINGTON D.C., DC " President Donald Trump's administration is threatening to pull millions of dollars in federal highway funding for Minnesota over allegedly illegal CDL licenses." In a press release Monday, the Department of Transportation alleges that one-third of Minnesota's non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDL) were issued illegally. A "non-domiciled CDL" is issued when someone applies for a CDL but is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz that non-domiciled CDLs were given to drivers who didn't verify their lawful presence in the U.S., who were prohibited from holding non-domiciled CDLs, and whose licenses were valid long after their lawful presence in the U.S. expired. In September, the DOT tightened commercial driver's license requirements for noncitizens following fatal crashes that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers. The AP reports…...

19+ min ago (363+ words) An analyst Monday called a MAGA influencer's weaponization of her gender and crusade against empathy "especially dangerous." Salon's Amanda Marcotte wrote in an opinion piece about far-right Christian pundit Allie Beth Stuckey and how "the right's modern war on empathy really began with a woman." Stuckey, a creationist and podcaster, has tried "scaring women into stopping birth control by falsely portraying it as dangerous" and has captured the attention of MAGA with her 2024 book "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion," Marcotte wrote. The concept for her book originated on her podcast "Relatable." "Feeling too much for someone can blind us to reality," Stuckey said. "It can cause us to ignore the truth, the objective truth, in favor of how a person feels." Stuckey has argued that women should submit to men, being gay is wrong and immigrants are a…...

35+ min ago (137+ words) Speakers from Palestine, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2025" 7:00PM Eastern time/4:00PM Pacific The webinar is part of a new campaign launched this month in which health workers are invited to sign a letter to the US government demanding an end to its use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) because they are killing over a quarter million children every year! Please read about the campaignhere, and read, sign, and sharethe letter. Webinar panelists will discuss the rights of children in sanctioned countries: Join us for a conversation about what we can do to end the practice of imposing collective punishment on the innocent. Program will be in English and Spanish with simultaneous interpretation. National Network on Cuba / Saving Lives Campaign / US-Cuba Normalization Conference Black Alliance for Peace / Zone of Peace Campaign...

46+ min ago (218+ words) Advocates are sounding the alarm over what they describe as an "existential" threat to health care, one that could give the Trump administration leeway to go after humanitarian groups, journalists, and protesters, according to a new report. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case to determine whether a Crisis Pregnancy Center in New Jersey misled customers about its services. Crisis Pregnancy Centers work to persuade expecting mothers to choose adoption over abortion, and are given wide protections under the First Amendment. The case is part of an ongoing effort to regulate the $2 billion CPC industry, an effort that has become more difficult after President Donald Trump and his allies took down Roe v. Wade, according to a new report by Mother Jones. The case centers around an important question: can CPCs challenge state attorney general subpoenas directly…...

1+ hour ago (282+ words) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) snubbed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday following a meeting among top congressional leaders over attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela. Several Republicans and Democrats have expressed concern over reports that two strikes were ordered during an attack on Sept. 2, killing survivors in what some GOP leaders called illegal, according to Reuters. The White House on Monday confirmed the second order was directed by a senior military leader, after shifting the story on lethal strikes. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Admiral Frank M. "Mitch" Bradley ordered the second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela, and that it was "well within his authority to do so." Thune, who was asked Monday about Hegseth's leadership, said it…...

1+ hour ago (221+ words) Because there are so few pieces of content per network, I'm organizing this one by date instead of by network. Let me know what you think of that! Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches'Season 2 // December 2 // Netflix Trans actress Jen Richards plays trans character JoJo Mayfair, an original character created for the series based on Anne Rice's legendary novels. Go On Season One (2012) // Dec 8 // Peacock This short-lived (one season) comedy about a grief support group features Julie White as Anne, a deadpan lesbian struggling after losing her wife and wanting to return to dating and life without letting go of her misanthropy. Fallout Season 2 Premiere // December 17 // Prime Video Trans actor Xelia Mendes-Jones returns as non-binary character Dane, a scribe of the Brotherhood of Steel, in a season that will carry Lucy (Ella Purnell) from Los Angeles to New Vegas. There's quite a bit…...