curated news excerpts & citations
Reuters: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza – operations reliant on American-supplied weapons, five former U.S. officials said.
The previously unreported intelligence, described by the former officials as among the most startling shared with top U.S. policymakers during the war, pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions.
(Reuters more…)
Al Jazeera: Gaza ‘reduced to dust’ as world commits in Doha to eradicate poverty
Gaza’s devastation starkly contrasts global promises to ‘leave no one behind’ at the recently concluded Second World Summit for Social Development.
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Isaac Saul: They attacked me first.
My reflections on the Tucker Carlson–Nick Fuentes interview.
…Fuentes (who is a quarter Mexican) seems to have an outright hatred for most minority groups, and he often frames whiteness and Europeanness and masculinity as the core qualities of America worth defending. He talks about the Jews a lot — and rarely (never?) in a good way. He also has an open contempt for black people (framed almost always as criminals unfit for society) and women (a group definitively not equal to men, in his estimation, and too opinionated and assertive in today’s society).
(Isaac Saul more…)National Memo: How Tucker Carlson Is Dragging J.D. Vance Down Into The Neo-Nazi Fever Swamp
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Bulwark: ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
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NY TImes: Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
President Trump overstepped his authority when he sought to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore., to protect the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office there, a federal judge ruled on Friday, issuing a permanent block on troop deployments to the city in response to anti-ICE demonstrations.
Judge Karin J. Immergut of U.S. District Court, who was nominated to the bench by Mr. Trump, had previously issued a preliminary injunction blocking the president’s order federalizing National Guard soldiers in Oregon in a lawsuit that was brought by the States of Oregon and California and the City of Portland.
(NY TImes more…)
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Root: Trump Threatens to Invade Nigeria ‘Guns-a-Blazin’,’ and Social Media May Have Peeped the Real Reason
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“Isn’t it a little suspicious that ALL of the countries Trump wants us to go to war with are oil rich? Iran, Venezuela, now Nigeria,” one user wrote on X.Another X user said that, “Nigerians know that Donald Trump doesn’t care about Nigerians. There’s a gain America is rooting for.”
(Root more…)
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Root: The Root 100: These Black Americans Boldly Stood Up To Trump in 2025
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techdirt: Trump Cybersecurity Policy Is Indistinguishable From A Foreign Attack
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yahoo!finance: There’s no jobs report today. Here’s what it might’ve shown
With the jobs report delayed, market watchers are left to parse private data for clues on a sluggish labor market.
…For the most part, that was further affirmed in private labor data released this week, with reports showing a job market that continues to be sluggish — and perhaps slowing a bit further: Job postings are down, according to job search platform Indeed, and data on the pace of new jobs being added is mixed. The economy either added a meager amount of positions in October, according to private payroll processor ADP, or shed them by a small amount, workforce intelligence firm Revelio Labs found.
On the other hand, layoffs seem to be mounting — last month was the worst October for job cut announcements since 2003, according to a report released Thursday from the global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. But the unemployment rate this year has so far been relatively stable amid a shrinking pool of available workers, and an estimate from the Chicago Fed, also released Thursday, further suggested that unemployment barely budged in October, hitting 4.36% compared to 4.35% in September.
(yahoo!finance more…)
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Politico: Fresh off redistricting win, Newsom to head to climate talks in Brazil
SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday confirmed he plans to attend the United Nations climate conference in Brazil next week, on the heels of a resounding political victory against President Donald Trump.
The Democrat and likely 2028 White House aspirant will be the highest-profile government representative there from the United States after the Trump administration decided not to send any high-ranking officials.
(Politico more…)Crooks & Liars: Trump Doesn’t Know How To President, So Newsom Takes His Place At Major Summit
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – November 7, 2025
The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.
Since Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump has tried to reinforce the idea that he is, in fact, in control of the country, no matter what voters say. …
…As House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced he is keeping the House out of session again next week, for the eighth consecutive week, and as Trump pressured Republicans to rubber-stamp his wishes, the Democrats today offered a compromise to end the shutdown.
…Republicans rejected the offer outright.
…While senators say they will stay in Washington and work to end the shutdown, Trump is following House speaker Johnson’s lead and getting out of town, heading to Florida for the weekend.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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USA Today: Full SNAP benefits coming, USDA tells states. When remains unclear.
Full SNAP benefits coming, USDA promises states. But the Trump administration appealed the requirement earlier in the day.
(USA Today more…)LAWdork: Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule
Steve Vladeck: A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an “administrative stay” in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what’s likely to happen next
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ProPublica: Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startups and crypto companies.
(ProPublica more…)
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Daily Beast: Trump’s ‘Irrefutable’ Thanksgiving Claim Hit With Brutal Fact Check
STUFFED TURKEY
Donald Trump boasted that he brought down the price of a Thanksgiving dinner from Walmart, but he left out a key detail.
(Daily Beast more…)
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