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November 8, 2025
Josh Shapiro Calls Out JD Vance's Appalachia Roots In Slam Over SNAP Benefits Cut
Nov 7th, 2025, 5:39 pm Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) delivered a blistering rebuke of Vice President JD Vance at a Philadelphia press conference on Friday, fuming that he “turned his damn back” on the Appalachian communities he once claimed to represent and of overseeing policies that leave Americans “hungry.” Shapiro’s comments came after he was asked by a reporter about Vance’s public condemnation of a court-ordered directive to release SNAP funding as “absurd.” The governor clap ...
Go to discussionNewsom brutally mocks Republicans suing California over redistricting map: 'Good luck, losers'
Friday 07 November 2025 18:01 EST Shortly after California voters approved the new U.S. House map, Republicans filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday. Backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Proposition 50 is designed to assist Democrats flip as many as five congressional House seats in the 2026 midterms. Newsom's office said on a social media post that the state hasn't reviewed the lawsuit but is confident the challenge will fail. “Good luck, losers,” the post reads. The lawsuit alleges the map-makers ...
Go to discussionPrivate prisons see record revenue growth under Trump administration's immigration surge
Posted 6:42 PM, Nov 07, 2025 Two of the nation's biggest operators of private immigrant detention centers are announcing major revenue growth. One of those companies is GEO Group, with 6,000 beds at their immigration detention centers around the country. This includes Delaney Hall in New Jersey, where a congresswoman's clash with ICE agents led to her arrest in the spring. GEO Group's third quarter update shows revenues increasing 13%, fueled by contracts with ICE, helping to give investors a ...
Go to discussionTrump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions
Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official has confirmed to BBC News. Earlier, the US president said he would consider an opt-out for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close Trump ally who has maintained good relations with Russia throughout the Ukraine war. Speaking on Friday during Orban's visit to the White House, Trump said an exemption was under consideration because "it's very diffi ...
Go to discussionTrump melts down over G20 summit location
Story by Erik De La Garza • 6h • 2 min read President Donald Trump erupted Friday on Truth Social, declaring it a “total disgrace” that next year’s G20 summit will be held in South Africa – and vowing that no U.S. officials will attend the global gathering as long as “human rights abuses” continue there. “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa,” Trump wrote Friday. “Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and German immigrants) ar ...
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