Trump Advances Bipartisan Effort to Repeal Obamacare and Route Subsidies Straight to American Families
President Trump has initiated confidential discussions with Democrat lawmakers to overhaul the Affordable Care Act by eliminating federal subsidies to insurance giants and instead channeling hundreds of billions of dollars directly into the hands of everyday Americans, enabling them to secure their own health coverage and fostering greater personal choice in a market free from bureaucratic middlemen. Trump, speaking to reporters in Florida on November 16th, revealed these private talks while emphasizing the plan’s appeal, stating, “I’ve had personal talks with some Democrats. I can’t tell you who they are; I just don’t want to do that. It’s not fair to them—about paying large amounts of dollars back to the people,” and underscoring safeguards to ensure funds support practical insurance options rather than excessive plans. This initiative builds on Trump’s recent social media directive to Senate Republicans, urging them to terminate Obamacare’s structure that enriches insurers—whose stocks have surged over 1,000%—and redirect the funds so citizens can “purchase their own, much better, healthcare, and have money left over.” By bypassing the “money-sucking” companies that profit immensely from the current system, the proposal aims to deliver tangible relief to families amid expiring subsidies, positioning it as a pragmatic step toward sustainable, consumer-driven healthcare reform.
Sources: The Gateway Pundit, RealClearPolitics
Democrats Obstruct Trump’s Fiscal Reform on Student Loans with Partisan Outrage
In a predictable display of big-government loyalty, over 40 Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren have dashed off a hyperbolic letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, frantically demanding they scrap the Trump administration’s prudent exploration of auctioning the federal government’s $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio to private investors—a step discussed last month to inject market discipline into a bloated system that’s long fueled skyrocketing tuition and lax accountability. Their alarmist claims ignore how privatization could drive down borrowing costs through competition, spur essential higher education reforms by tying loans to outcomes rather than endless federal subsidies, and offload a massive liability from taxpayers’ backs, potentially trimming the national debt as advocated in sound fiscal policy circles. Lawmakers decry lost “protections” like income-driven plans and forgiveness schemes that have only encouraged more debt without curbing college price gouging, while warning of illegal taxpayer losses—echoing a failed first-term bid that highlighted risks but overlooked private sector efficiencies in collections and innovation—ultimately framing the proposal as a giveaway to “elites” rather than a commonsense shift away from Washington’s failed monopoly on lending. The Education Department maintains it’s simply evaluating paths to portfolio stability for borrowers and taxpayers alike, with Treasury yet to respond to the partisan broadside.
EPA Reforms Waters of the United States Rule to Safeguard Property Rights, Economic Growth
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a comprehensive revision to the Waters of the United States rule on Monday, fulfilling a commitment to align federal oversight with the Supreme Court’s 2023 Sackett v. EPA decision and restore clarity following expansions under prior Democrat administrations that extended jurisdiction to ephemeral streams, low-lying areas, and even temporary puddles, subjecting landowners to costly permitting processes and potential fines exceeding $30,000 daily as exemplified by the Sacketts’ Idaho property dispute. Drawing from nine nationwide listening sessions where farmers, ranchers, energy producers, and families emphasized the need for balanced environmental protection without regulatory burdens, the updated rule defines “relatively permanent” waterways as those with consistent flow to navigable waters, requires wetlands to maintain continuous surface connections to jurisdictional bodies, and excludes groundwater, agricultural runoff, and prior cropland conversions, thereby empowering states, tribes, and local authorities in permitting while preventing the federal overreach that forced property owners to consult attorneys merely to assess development viability on their own land. Collaborating with Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle, Zeldin underscored the agency’s duty to protect vital water resources through practical guidelines that foster opportunity, declaring that no longer will American entrepreneurs and homesteaders face uncertainty over whether seasonal water features demand expensive compliance.
Sources: The Washington Examiner, The National Association of Manufacturers
ICE Apprehends Uzbek Wanted for Terror Links Driving Semis Across U.S. Roads
U.S. Immigration& Customs Enforcement arrested 31-year-old Akhror Bozorov, an illegal immigrant from Uzbekistan with an outstanding warrant since 2022 for membership in a terrorist organization, distributing online jihad propaganda, and recruiting militants, as he operated an 18-wheeler in Kansas on November 9th, revealing how lax border enforcement under the prior administration permitted his February 2023 entry, subsequent release into American communities, January 2024 work authorization, and Pennsylvania commercial driver’s license that enabled him to haul freight nationwide until ICE’s decisive action restored vital safeguards against such national security threats.
Sources: The Washington Times, FOX News
Federal Judge Exposes DOJ Procedural Lapses in Comey Prosecution
A federal magistrate judge in Virginia has directed the Department of Justice to surrender comprehensive grand jury records, encompassing transcripts and audio recordings, to former FBI Director James Comey’s defense counsel, underscoring a sequence of significant investigative irregularities that could compromise the validity of his September 2025 indictment on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing justice. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick’s 24-page order highlights discrepancies in the timing of the indictment process under interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, including an implausibly brief window between the grand jury’s rejection of one count and the issuance of a revised two-count document, alongside prosecutorial statements to the jury that risked inverting the burden of proof by implying Comey’s silence signaled guilt. The ruling further scrutinizes the government’s 2019-2020 seizures of communications from Comey’s attorney Daniel Richman without adequately safeguarding attorney-client privilege, despite known protections dating to 2017, and notes the atypical reliance on a single FBI agent’s testimony—potentially influenced by privileged materials—as the foundation of the case presentation. Comey’s legal team, contesting the indictment on multiple fronts including prosecutorial vindictiveness and improper appointment, now gains access to these materials by Monday’s close of business to bolster their motion for dismissal, reflecting ongoing judicial vigilance against potential overreach in federal proceedings.
Knifepoint Robbery Targets Staffer in Illinois Senate President’s District Office
A female staffer working in the Oak Park district office of Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, a Democrat who has championed criminal justice reforms such as the SAFE-T Act, expanded sealing of convictions, parole reinstatement for youthful offenders, and elimination of mandatory life sentences for certain juvenile cases, faced an armed robbery on Friday around 11 a.m. when 35-year-old Chicago resident Scott Loeffler entered the premises posing as a constituent, drew a knife after she turned away, snatched her iPhone, and demanded her wallet. The staffer retreated to an adjacent room where a colleague dialed 911, enabling a rapid police response that tracked Loeffler via the phone’s location and led to his arrest over an hour later; he now faces armed robbery charges and detention pending court appearances. Harmon, present in the building but in a separate area, confirmed no injuries occurred, described the episode as unrelated to politics, and commended the Oak Park Police Department’s efficiency along with his team’s composure amid the threat.
Sources: The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune
Biden Judge Doubts Lawfulness of Trump-Era Voter Roll Cleanup Tool
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, a Biden appointee, voiced significant reservations about the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, expanded during the Trump administration to provide states free access to federal immigration data for verifying voter eligibility and removing potential noncitizens from registration lists in a bid to safeguard election integrity. On November 17th, in response to a class-action lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters and other advocacy groups claiming violations of the Privacy Act and Administrative Procedure Act due to possible database errors leading to wrongful voter purges, Sooknanan declared she was “troubled” by the policy shifts and “doubts the lawfulness” of the enhancements that broadened the SAVE database’s scope beyond welfare checks. Despite her concerns, the judge declined to issue an immediate halt, citing the plaintiffs’ failure to prove irreparable harm or provide evidence of any U.S. citizens affected by inaccuracies, and noted no Privacy Act breach in data sharing among government entities; she instead mandated expedited briefing and proceedings, emphasizing the need to resolve the “rapid ongoing developments and serious issues at stake” promptly. Texas, among several Republican-led states utilizing the tool, recently examined 18 million voter records and identified only 2,724 potential noncitizens, a fraction equating to 0.01 percent of the total.
Sources: The Washington Times, VoteBeat.org
Gen Z Democratic Socialist Eyes Upset Over Hakeem Jeffries Primary Fight
New York City Councilman Chi Ossé, a 27-year-old Democratic Socialists of America member and former Black Lives Matter organizer elected in 2021 as the body’s youngest member, has filed Federal Election Commission paperwork to launch a Democrat primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in New York’s 8th Congressional District, encompassing Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant and North Crown Heights areas, signaling deepening fractures within the party following Republican gains in the 2024 elections and amid criticisms of leadership’s response to the Trump administration and government shutdown threats. Osse, who represents those neighborhoods and previously dismissed congressional ambitions by noting reluctance to spend his 20s in Washington, reversed course with an X post declaring “seems like we’re in a dire situation,” aligning with Marxist allies like mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani—who urged him against the bid to preserve party unity—while highlighting tensions over Jeffries’ delayed endorsement of Mamdani’s campaign and broader Democrat infighting exposed in recent unity narratives against GOP agendas. The move positions Osse, who rejoined DSA this summer after a brief departure, as a voice from the party’s far-Left wing pushing for bolder opposition to Republican policies, with fundraising underway via ActBlue and staff hiring in progress, though early polling suggests Jeffries holds a commanding lead in the district ahead of next year’s contest.
Sources: The New York Post, The Washington Examiner
California Atmospheric River Triggers Deadly Flash Floods and Evacuations
A powerful atmospheric river has unleashed severe rainfall across California, elevating flash flood threats to level 3 out of 4 through Sunday morning and claiming two lives amid saturated soils and burn-scarred terrains that amplify runoff risks. In Carmel, a father perished attempting to rescue his 5-year-old daughter from treacherous ocean swells, leaving the child missing, while in the Sacramento region, a 71-year-old delivery driver lost his life when floodwaters swept his vehicle off the Pleasant Grove Creek Bridge into a submerged creek. Officials issued a Flash Flood Watch impacting over 20 million residents, with evacuation orders for vulnerable zones near recent wildfires like the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires, where debris flows loom large; Southern California braces for 3 to 5 inches of precipitation through Monday—potentially eclipsing monthly norms and marking one of the wettest Novembers in decades—while the Sierras face blizzard conditions and gusts exceeding 100 mph atop ridgetops. As the storm shifts eastward Saturday night, lingering showers and renewed northern threats persist into the week, underscoring the state’s vulnerability to such intense weather patterns.
Sources: Weather.com, The New York Post
Federal Reserve Analysis Spans 150 Years to Prove Tariffs Suppress Inflation
A comprehensive Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco study examining tariff policy shifts from 1870 to 2020 across the United States, United Kingdom, and France reveals that tariff increases consistently act as a deflationary force, reducing consumer price inflation by approximately two percentage points for every four-percentage-point rise in average tariffs while elevating unemployment by about one percentage point, thereby challenging entrenched macroeconomic assumptions that portray tariffs as inflationary burdens on households. Authored by economists Régis Barnichon and Aayush Singh, the research leverages quasi-random tariff variations driven by partisan political motivations rather than economic cycles—such as Republican-backed protections for industry versus Democrat advocacy for agricultural exports—treating these as natural experiments that isolate policy impacts from confounding factors. Historical episodes, including the McKinley Tariff of 1890, Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, and 2018 Trump-era duties, uniformly demonstrate tariffs functioning as negative demand shocks that tighten financial conditions, depress stock prices, and curb price pressures in the short run, with effects persisting even in the post-World War II era of freer trade. This empirical foundation, drawn from scant prior aggregate-level scrutiny of tariff dynamics, underscores how conventional models overlooked demand-side channels in favor of supply-focused narratives, prompting a reevaluation of central bank responses to trade barriers amid ongoing global realignments.
Sources: US Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, ZeroHedge
War Department Advances Biomanufacturing to Fortify Soldier Readiness and Lethality
The War Department has identified biomanufacturing as a cornerstone among six Critical Technology Areas to propel American military superiority, with Undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael underscoring its role in delivering swift innovations that equip warfighters for decisive victories against advancing adversaries. This focus encompasses lab-grown protective coatings, lightweight bio-derived fabrics, and rapid-healing medical materials to accelerate injury recovery in the field, alongside bioengineered nutrients, energy-producing microbes, and integrated sensors in service members’ gear to boost endurance, monitor stress, and enhance overall operational effectiveness. War Secretary Pete Hegseth affirmed the department’s enduring mission to furnish troops with unmatched systems, ensuring no fair fight enters the equation and preserving the United States as the planet’s preeminent fighting force through relentless American ingenuity. Complementing this, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center’s February initiative establishes a training protocol to disseminate biomanufacturing expertise across the department, safeguarding domestic supply chains vital for sustained warfighter readiness amid modern conflicts.
Sources: US Dept of War, NewsMax
Scientific Review Spotlights Injectable Hydrogels as Key to Nervous Tissue Regeneration
Traditional invasive treatments for nervous system injuries have fallen short in delivering effective recovery for patients, but recent research underscores the potential of injectable hydrogels as minimally disruptive scaffolds that mimic natural tissue environments to foster regeneration. Drawing from in vitro cell viability assays and in vivo animal models of peripheral nerve, spinal cord, and brain injuries, these biocompatible materials—often derived from natural polymers like chitosan and hyaluronic acid or synthetics such as polyethylene glycol—demonstrate high water retention, tunable porosity, and controlled degradation to support axon growth, myelination, and reduced inflammation, with functional improvements evident in locomotion scores and histological markers like neurofilament-200. By enabling precise drug delivery of growth factors and antioxidants, hydrogels address the degenerative challenges of neural damage, offering a pathway toward practical clinical applications that prioritize patient outcomes through evidence-driven biomaterials engineering.
Sources: PubMed-NIH.gov, Frontiers
US Catholic Bishops Affirm Ban on Gender Transition Procedures in Catholic Hospitals
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, convening in Baltimore, overwhelmingly approved revisions to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services on November 12th, explicitly prohibiting Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition treatments, including hormonal therapies, psychological interventions, and surgeries aimed at altering sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex, thereby upholding the Church’s doctrinal commitment to the integrity of the human body as articulated in prior Vatican and USCCB documents from 2023 and 2024. This formalization of longstanding guidance ensures that Catholic health care institutions, which serve more than one in seven patients nationwide and represent the sole medical option in certain regions, prioritize treatments that respect the fundamental order of human biology while addressing gender dysphoria through means that mitigate suffering without endorsing transformative procedures. Bishops retain diocesan autonomy in implementation, and the Catholic Health Association affirmed that providers will continue extending dignified care to all individuals, including those identifying as transgender, in alignment with Catholic social teachings on serving the marginalized.
Sources: The Catholic News Agency, NCR Online
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Bangladesh Tribunal Imposes Death Penalty on Ousted Leader Sheikh Hasina for Atrocities Against Protesters
A Dhaka tribunal convicted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity on Monday, sentencing her to death by hanging in absentia for orchestrating a lethal crackdown on student-led demonstrations that precipitated her ouster in August 2024 and resulted in as many as 1,400 fatalities according to United Nations estimates. The International Crimes Tribunal determined that Hasina bore responsibility for incitement, direct orders to kill protesters, and deliberate inaction to halt the violence perpetrated by security forces under her command, with Judge Golam Mortuza Mozumder affirming that “all the elements constituting crimes against humanity have been fulfilled” in delivering the unanimous verdict alongside a death sentence for ex-Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. Hasina, who fled to India amid the unrest and has ignored repeated summons to appear, now faces extradition demands from Bangladesh’s interim government as the ruling reinforces accountability for abuses of power that destabilized the nation.
Brazilian Gangs’ Rapid Expansion Signals Urgent Need for Decisive State Action
In the wake of Rio de Janeiro’s largest-ever police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Alemao and Penha favelas, observers from security forums and criminal prosecutors emphasize that Brazil’s criminal syndicates have ballooned into formidable threats controlling vast territories, generating billions through drug trafficking and extortion, and undermining state authority with advanced armaments including weaponized drones. The October raids, involving 2,500 officers, resulted in 121 deaths—including four law enforcement personnel—yet failed to apprehend senior leaders or halt the gang’s territorial advances into regions like the Amazon, as detailed in official reports and expert analyses highlighting inefficient past efforts that have only strengthened these organizations since their origins in the 1970s prison alliances. With annual violent deaths exceeding 44,000 nationwide and gangs like Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital infiltrating politics, judiciary, and communities—dictating even internet access fees—authorities face mounting pressure to coordinate robust, intelligence-driven strategies that restore the monopoly on force, protect innocent families, and dismantle these networks before they erode public safety further.
Sources: The Epoch Times, Reuters
Belgian Nonprofit with Hezbollah Ties Floods ICC with Over 1000 Cases Against Israeli Soldiers
A Belgian nonprofit known as the Hind Rajab Foundation, established in late 2024 and claiming to combat Israeli war crimes through legal channels, has submitted more than 1,000 complaints to the International Criminal Court targeting Israeli soldiers, drawing on open-source intelligence and a network of European lawyers to pursue universal jurisdiction cases. A detailed watchdog report exposes the foundation’s co-founder Dyab Abou Jahjah, a Lebanese-Belgian activist who has publicly affirmed his pride in past Hezbollah membership and defended the designated terrorist group’s resistance activities on social media as recently as November 2024, with family and business connections—including a brother’s involvement in a 2003 money-laundering probe tied to Hezbollah financier Kassim Tajideen—to illicit funding networks spanning Europe and beyond. Co-founder Karim Hassoun, expelled from a Belgian municipal role for inflammatory rhetoric, has endorsed Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks by lamenting the limited number of hostages taken and calling for Israel’s elimination by any means, while the foundation operates as an extension of Abou Jahjah’s earlier anti-Israel March 30 Movement and receives praise from Hamas-linked media outlets. U.S. Treasury sanctions on Hezbollah affiliates and recent Trump administration measures against ICC-enabling NGOs underscore the security risks of such entities, though HRF maintains it relies solely on public donations and adheres to Belgian law without terrorist affiliations.
Sources: The NGO Monitor, The Washington Free Beacon
Soros Funds UK Censorship Group Aiming to Demonetize Conservative Outlets and Derail Musk’s X
The Open Society Foundations, financed by George Soros, allocated $250,000 in 2023 to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a London-based nonprofit established in 2018 by Imran Ahmed, a former Labour Party advisor, which has systematically targeted conservative news platforms by lobbying Google and other tech firms to prohibit advertising on sites including The Federalist, The Daily Wire, and Zero Hedge over user comments labeled as promoting hate or disinformation during events like the 2020 George Floyd protests. With co-founder Morgan McSweeney serving as chief of staff to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the organization intensified its opposition to Elon Musk’s October 2022 acquisition of Twitter—now X—by orchestrating advertiser boycotts explicitly designed to “kill Musk’s Twitter,” as outlined in internal strategy memos, prompting Musk to file a July 2023 lawsuit alleging the group disseminated misleading reports on rising hate speech to inflict financial harm on the platform. Amid these activities, the CCDH engaged U.S. lawmakers such as Senator Amy Klobuchar in discussions for establishing a federal digital regulator and met with congressional offices regarding Musk’s legal action, while facing a subpoena from Representative Jim Jordan for its donor records and potential visa scrutiny for Ahmed under the prospective Trump administration.
Sources: The Telegraph, Racket News