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“Money can buy happiness,” Arthur C. Brooks argues—but it depends on how you spend it. Brooks shares the virtues of responsible wealth: theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was hoisted aloft at its new home in Manhattan, marking the start of New York City’s holiday season. abcnews.link/9UAJ8aG
Americans’ household debt levels – including mortgages, car loans, credit cards and student loans – are now at a new record high, data shows.
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Israel’s war on Gaza has not only razed entire neighbourhoods to the ground, forcibly displaced families and decimated medical facilities, but also poisoned the very ground and water on which Palestinians depend aje.io/sfs0ba
In 1518, Strasbourg was hit by a “dancing plague” when one woman started moving uncontrollably—and hundreds soon joined her. Centuries later, the mystery of what caused it remains. 🔗 on.natgeo.com/3WI1RfO
Rodrigo Paz, a pro-business conservative, took office Saturday as Bolivia's president, ending nearly 20 years of socialist rule and inheriting acute economic woes.
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Things Are Shitty Because We Are Ruled By People Who Want Things To Be Shitty
Once you awaken to this undeniable reality, you will inevitably find yourself growing more and more radicalized.
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Trump: "The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the US. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs."
American farmers have long struggled with high costs and low prices for their crops. But this year, there is even greater uncertainty in the fields. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday. cbsn.ws/47MWfGf
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
Turkiye has issued arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials, accusing them of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel’s war on Gaza aje.io/uedq77
Fox Trumps Trump: Just as Trump was stubbornly insisting prices were "down significantly," Fox News popped his reality bubble showing coffee, utilities, electricity, and repairs all up significantly.
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As the Trump administration breaks with precedent to take more and more ownership stakes in public companies, traders are trying to find the next targets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
NEW: Leaked emails show that Jeffrey Epstein helped arrange talks between the Israeli government and Cote d'Ivoire that culminated in the signing of a formal defense agreement in 2014. Epstein made introductions and held meetings between Ivorian leaders and Israeli intelligence-linked firms and individuals that helped lay the groundwork for the deal that helped flood Cote d'Ivoire with Israeli surveillance tech.
This is the latest entry in a series of stories about Epstein's links to the intelligence world, including in Africa. Link in next post:
🇺🇸 Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth announces the official end of the "no new wars" fallacy:
"We’re not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing."
The U.S. government shutdown is interrupting the live of millions of Americans, including their air travel. Here's what to do if your flight has been impacted by the shutdown.