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• Trump called Democrats "the enemy" — Trump called Democrats "the enemy" in public remarks to reporters, though he stated he would abide by the government funding deal, claiming "they haven't changed anything."

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• Trump fires BLS director; inflation data quality declines — Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics director after the agency reported inflation numbers the president disliked. Subsequently, the quality of CPI inflation data has declined significantly. In September, 40% of CPI items were estimated, up from 36% in August and a historical average of 10%. When price data is unavailable, the BLS fills gaps with estimated values from other categories or regions. The percentage of estimated data has quadrupled over seven months, making CPI numbers less accurate and less reflective of real consumer costs.
• Trump’s Economic Advisor Admits Data Reliability Issues — Trump’s top economic advisor publicly stated that the administration may never produce reliable inflation or employment data again due to the hollowing out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This admission highlights the administration's failure to conduct critical surveys and suggests an attempt to fabricate economic data.

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• The Blaze publishes unverified identification of alleged J6 pipe bomber — The Blaze, a right-wing website, published a story identifying a former Capitol Police officer now employed by the CIA as the January 6 pipe bomber, based solely on computer analysis comparing gait patterns to video of the perpetrator. The story was amplified by right-wing figures, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who used it to promote conspiracy theories about January 6 being an "inside job." After backlash, Blaze writer Steve Baker paused publication, stating lawyers advised caution and that further investigation was needed.
• Capitol Hill police officer falsely accused of being J6 pipe bomber retained attorney — A former Capitol Hill police officer who was falsely accused by the right-wing website The Blaze of being the January 6 pipe bomber—a viral story shared by several Republican members of Congress—has retained an attorney. The officer was identified by name in a statement by attorney Steve Bunnell, who noted she had been widely and falsely accused.

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• Alex Thompson publishes article on Democratic candidate's social media follows — Axios reporter Alex Thompson published an article about Democratic Texas U.S. Senate primary frontrunner James Talarico, reporting that Talarico follows several adult film performers, escorts, and OnlyFans models on Instagram. Talarico's campaign responded that the social media team follows back supporters with large followings without investigating their backgrounds, and that Talarico has never subscribed to OnlyFans or escort services. The campaign provided a screenshot of a single message exchange with one account, a simple "thank you" for an Instagram story promoting his political work. Thompson faced significant social media criticism for the article, with observers characterizing it as clickbait and a smear campaign.

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• Trump posts false claims about tariff revenue and debt reduction — Trump posted on social media that the U.S. has taken in "trillions of dollars" from tariffs and proposed distributing at least $2,000 per person from tariff revenue, excluding high-income earners. The actual tariff revenue collected is approximately $150 billion, not trillions. The proposed $2,000 per-person dividend would cost $6.7 trillion, far exceeding tariff revenue. The national debt is $38 trillion, not $37 trillion as stated. Trump's proposal would require an act of Congress to appropriate funds.

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• Ed Martin announced Trump's election-subversion pardons via social media — At 7:54 PM on November 9, 2025, Ed Martin, Trump's clemency czar and U.S. Pardon Attorney, posted the pardon proclamation listing all 77 names to X/Twitter. The announcement was deliberately timed to coincide with Senate negotiations on ending a 40-day government shutdown, ensuring that news coverage focused on shutdown resolution rather than the pardons. The timing was characterized as "tactical burial" to minimize public attention and scrutiny.

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• Trump pardons Changpeng Zhao, Binance founder, amid crypto business ties — Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder and largest shareholder of Binance cryptocurrency exchange, who pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering laws and served a four-month sentence. Binance had inked a $2 billion investment deal with Trump family crypto firm World Liberty Financial, expected to yield tens of millions yearly to the Trump family. Trump admitted in a 60 Minutes interview he did not know who Zhao was, claiming he heard it was a "Biden witch-hunt." Legal experts characterized the pardon as pay-to-play and corrupt.
• 60 Minutes investigates Trump crypto empire and Binance pardon — According to Zach Guzman of Coinage Media, CBS's 60 Minutes is planning to release an investigation into the Trump family's growing cryptocurrency empire and Trump's controversial pardon of Binance founder CZ. The investigation focuses on World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's crypto project that launched a digital dollar (USD1) and is shopping it around to various entities. Binance inked a deal to accept $2 billion in USD1, which would allow the Trump company to collect interest payments potentially worth billions of dollars annually. The timing of the Binance deal and Trump's subsequent pardon of CZ raises questions about potential quid pro quo arrangements.

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• Border Patrol Chief Bovino falsely claims agents came under fire in Chicago — Gregory Bovino, U.S. Border Patrol chief, claimed on social media and via DHS statement that agents conducting immigration enforcement near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue in Chicago came under gunfire from an unknown male in a black Jeep. Chicago Police Department found no evidence of anyone struck by gunfire at the scene. The claim came two days after a federal judge found Bovino had lied about being struck by a rock during an earlier October confrontation with protesters in the same neighborhood.

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• Trump proposed 50-year mortgage plan without understanding consequences — Trump proposed extending mortgage terms from 30 years to 50 years based on a presentation by Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, who arrived at Trump's golf club with a posterboard comparing Trump to FDR. Trump posted the idea to Truth Social within 10 minutes. White House officials were blindsided and immediately fielded angry calls from conservative allies, business leaders, and lawmakers who noted the plan would significantly increase total borrower costs and raise housing expenses long-term.
• Trump promised $2,000 dividend per person without consulting Treasury Secretary — As part of his defense of his tariff policies, President Donald Trump promised on social media that "a dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared to have no prior knowledge of the promise but subsequently told ABC host George Stephanopoulos that the dividend could take various forms, including the tax cuts Trump and Republicans have extended, which primarily benefit the wealthy and corporations.
• Trump administration proposes 50-year mortgage program — Trump and federal housing finance director Bill Pulte announced plans to roll out 50-year mortgages as a solution to housing affordability. On a $400,000 mortgage at 7% interest, a 50-year mortgage would result in $1.116 million in lifetime interest compared to $558,000 for a 30-year mortgage—double the interest paid. Former House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) both criticized the proposal, with Greene noting it would reward banks and mortgage lenders while creating "lifelong renters" who "die before they ever pay off their home."
• Trump Promises $2,000 "Dividend" Checks — President Trump announced a plan to issue $2,000 "dividend" checks to Americans as an alternative to extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Critics argue that this one-time payment is insufficient to cover medical emergencies and could leave families financially vulnerable. The proposal is seen as a populist move that fails to address the long-term healthcare needs of Americans.
• Trump administration proposes 50-year mortgage as housing policy — President Trump, through Bill Pulte (Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency), announced a proposal to introduce 50-year mortgages as a solution to the U.S. housing crisis. Pulte confirmed on X that the administration is "working on The 50 year Mortgage." The proposal would extend mortgage terms from the standard 30 years to 50 years, with the stated goal of reducing monthly payments. However, analysis shows monthly savings would be modest (approximately $135 on a $400,000 home), while borrowers would pay over $1 million in interest compared to $493,000 over 30 years, and equity-building would be significantly delayed.
• Trump proposed $2,000 checks funded by tariff revenue — Trump proposed distributing $2,000 checks to all Americans funded by tariff revenue. When asked where the money would come from for a separate $10,000 bonus to air traffic controllers, Trump stated "I don't know, I'll get it from someplace. I always get the money from someplace."

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• Students and faculty at over 100 US universities stage coordinated day of action against Trump administration's higher education policies — On November 7, 2025, students, faculty, and staff at more than 100 US campuses organized a nationwide day of protest against the Trump administration's assault on higher education. Protesters opposed the administration's "compact" offering federal funding in exchange for ideological alignment, called for protection of transgender and international students, demanded fair wages and divestment from weapons manufacturers, and targeted billionaire Marc Rowan's influence over education policy. Organizers announced plans for escalating strikes culminating in May Day 2026 and a general strike in May 2028.

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• Federal Judge Ellis finds Border Patrol Chief Bovino lied under oath about assault by protester — U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago ruled that Gregory Bovino, Border Patrol chief, lied when he and the Department of Homeland Security claimed he had been struck in the head by a rock before throwing a tear gas canister at protesters on October 28. Video evidence showed Bovino was not hit until after he threw the tear gas, violating her earlier temporary restraining order limiting use of force. Bovino ultimately admitted he was not hit until after deploying the tear gas.

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• Trump disputed fact-check on Walmart Thanksgiving meal pricing comparison — During a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Trump claimed prices are "down substantially" under his administration. An NBC reporter asked about the Walmart Thanksgiving meal comparison, noting it contained fewer items and lower quantities than the prior year's basket. Trump called the reporter "fake news," refused to engage further, and asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt to scold the media for asking the question in what he termed a "fake disgusting manner."

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• Trump signed pardons for 77 people involved in 2020 election subversion — On November 7, 2025, President Trump signed full pardons for 77 people connected to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Jeffrey Clark, Boris Epshteyn, Christina Bobb, and fake electors from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The pardon proclamation was announced late Sunday, November 9, at 7:54 PM via social media by Ed Martin, Trump's clemency czar, timing that coincided with Senate shutdown negotiations to minimize media coverage. The pardons are federal only and do not affect pending state prosecutions in Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Nevada.
• Trump issues proclamation granting pardons for offenses related to 2020 election activities — President Donald Trump issued Proclamation 10989 on November 7, 2025, granting full, complete, and unconditional pardons to all U.S. citizens for conduct relating to advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well as efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in that election. The proclamation names 76 individuals by name, including Sidney Powell, Rudolph Giuliani, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, and Mark Meadows. The pardon does not apply to Trump himself.
• Trump administration replaces clemency documents with variable signatures after identical-signature controversy — The Justice Department replaced online pardons bearing strikingly similar copies of Trump's signature with new versions showing variable signatures after public scrutiny. Seven clemency orders issued on November 7, 2025, including pardons for Darryl Strawberry, Glen Casada, and Michael McMahon, initially displayed nearly identical signatures. DOJ blamed a "technical error" and staffing issues; White House officials insisted Trump signed each pardon by hand. Handwriting experts noted that identical signatures contradict basic forensic principles.
• Trump issues broad pardon for 2020 election-related conduct, potentially covering voter fraud cases — On November 7, 2025, President Trump issued a pardon for Rudy Giuliani and others involved in the fake elector scheme. The pardon's language is sweeping, covering "any US citizen" for conduct relating to "advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of presidential electors" in connection with the 2020 election. Legal experts argue the pardon's broad wording may unintentionally cover citizens who committed voter fraud in 2020, such as Matthew Alan Laiss, accused of voting in both Pennsylvania and Florida. Courts must now determine the pardon's actual scope.

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• Heritage Foundation president apologizes for defending Tucker Carlson's interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes — Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, apologized in a leaked town hall for defending Tucker Carlson's podcast interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Roberts had previously posted a video on X supporting Carlson without criticism of Fuentes's white supremacist and antisemitic views. After internal backlash, Roberts acknowledged the mistake, claimed he was unaware of Fuentes's extremism, and later posted detailed critiques of Fuentes's Holocaust denial and calls for violence against Jews. At least five members of an antisemitism taskforce resigned in protest.

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• Trump's Thanksgiving price claim fact-checked by Community Note — Trump posted on Truth Social claiming Walmart announced Thanksgiving dinner prices down 25% since 2024 under Biden, framing affordability as a Republican strength. Community Note fact-check revealed the 2025 meal contained 15 items versus 21 in 2024, with brand-name items replaced by Great Value store brands, making the price comparison misleading.
• White House issued fact sheet claiming Thanksgiving food prices down 3% year-over-year — The White House published a fact sheet asserting that Americans are paying approximately 3% less for Thanksgiving meals compared to the prior year, citing price declines for specific items (dinner rolls down 22%, frozen vegetables down 15%) and claiming retailers are offering their cheapest Thanksgiving meals in years. The document attributes these claimed price reductions to President Trump's economic leadership and contrasts them with Democratic governance.

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• DHS accuses journalist Sami Hamdi of supporting terrorism — On Twitter, the Department of Homeland Security responded to Soumaya Hamdi's USA Today op-ed, accusing British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi, without evidence, of "support[ing] terrorism and actively undermin[ing] the safety of Americans," and warning that foreign nationals can't "hide behind the First Amendment."

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• Trump posted fabricated Treasury Department "victory certificates" bearing his own face — Trump posted fabricated "victory certificates" from the Treasury Department on his own face following Democratic electoral victories on November 4, 2025. The certificates falsely claimed victory in the 2024 election. This act occurred in the immediate aftermath of sweeping Democratic wins across the country, as Trump attempted to reframe electoral defeat through false documentation.

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• Trump falsely claimed California Proposition 50 vote was rigged — Trump posted on social media claiming that California's Proposition 50 redistricting vote was "RIGGED" and that mail-in ballots were fraudulent, suggesting the entire voting process was under "legal and criminal review." White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the false claim, stating "there's fraud in California's elections. It's just a fact," despite no evidence supporting such allegations.
• Trump panic-tweeted that elections were rigged on Election Day — With an approval rating under 40%, Trump spent Election Day posting on social media to suggest that elections across the country were "rigged," repeating the same claims he made in 2020 without evidence. These posts were made while voting was ongoing.
• Press Secretary Leavitt made unsubstantiated claims of election fraud in California — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, when asked about Trump's claims that California voting was rigged, asserted "it's absolutely true that there is fraud in CA's elections" and claimed "fraudulent ballots that are being mailed in the names of other people, in the names of illegal aliens who shouldn't be voting," without providing evidence.

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• Rep. Andy Ogles made racist posts about Zohran Mamdani — Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) posted a photo of an impoverished area in Africa with a caption falsely identifying it as Mamdani's "home country, Uganda" and claiming "This is what New York will look like after he's destroyed it. DEPORT HIM NOW!" He also posted a video of a plane flying into the Twin Towers and announced he was considering filing a bill to remove Mamdani from office using the 14th Amendment.

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• Trump attacks Jewish voters who support Mamdani — On Truth Social, Trump said that any Jewish person who votes for Mamdani to be mayor of New York City "is a stupid person!!!"
• Trump made antisemitic attack on Jewish voters — President Trump posted on Truth Social: "Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!" The post attacked Jewish voters for their electoral choices and used inflammatory language.

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• Trump administration deploys federal election monitors to California and New Jersey — The Trump administration announced deployment of federal election monitors to California and New Jersey to observe voting on Proposition 50. Governor Newsom accused Trump of attempting to "suppress the vote," and California's Democratic attorney general Rob Bonta announced the state would dispatch its own observers to monitor the federal monitors, creating a confrontational oversight dynamic around a state ballot measure.
• Bomb threats and voter intimidation at polling places on Election Day — Election Day on November 4, 2025, was disrupted by bomb threats at polling places in Virginia and reports of voter intimidation attempts across swing states. Despite these threats, voters continued to cast ballots, with some waiting in line for extended periods. The article frames the intimidation as a test of whether citizens would participate in democracy despite coercion.
• Bomb threats evacuated polling places in New Jersey and Virginia — Bomb threats forced the evacuation of polling places in seven New Jersey counties and at least one polling place in Richmond, Virginia on election day. Voters were told to leave and return later. Despite the threats and disruptions, voters returned to cast ballots after extended voting hours were ordered by a judge in New Jersey.
• DOJ deployed election monitors to California and New Jersey — The Department of Justice deployed "election monitors" to California and New Jersey on election day. The article characterizes this move as "voter intimidation dressed up as oversight," suggesting the monitors were perceived as a federal interference tactic rather than a neutral election protection measure.
• Trump administration deploys federal election monitors to California polling sites and makes unsubstantiated fraud claims — The Trump administration deployed federal election officials to monitor polling sites in five California counties during the Proposition 50 election. Hours before polls opened, Trump posted on Truth Social without evidence that California's voting process is a "giant scam" and claimed the state is under "very serious legal and criminal review." White House Press Secretary Leavitt repeated baseless claims that voting in California is "rigged" and stated the administration is working on an executive order to ban mail-in voting, which voting rights experts say is legally impossible.

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• Agriculture Secretary blamed Democrats for SNAP support — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, told Fox News Channel that Democrats support SNAP because they want to give handouts to undocumented immigrants. She posted on social media that Trump "will not tolerate waste, fraud, or abuse while hardworking Americans go hungry," framing the administration's withholding of SNAP funds as a stance against fraud rather than political leverage.

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• Vice President dismissed Young Republicans' racist messages as jokes — Vice President J.D. Vance dismissed a cache of 2,900 pages of racist and violent messages exchanged on Telegram by leaders of hard-line pro-Trump Young Republican groups in New York, Kansas, Arizona, and Vermont as "stupid" jokes made by "kids." The eight members whose ages could be ascertained were between 24 and 35 years old and included a Vermont state senator, a chief of staff for a New York Assembly member, a Kansas attorney general's office staffer, and a U.S. Small Business Administration official.

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• White House issues fact sheet attributing TSA delays and flight disruptions to Democratic shutdown — The White House published a fact sheet blaming Democrats for TSA checkpoint delays and flight disruptions during a government shutdown. The document claims TSA wait times exceeded three to five hours at Houston airports, staffing shortages at half the nation's busiest airports, and four times as many air traffic control facility shortages compared to the prior year. It states $1+ billion in weekly travel-related spending is lost and calls on Democrats to pass a continuing resolution.

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• Laura Loomer receives Defense Department press credentials — The Washington Post reported that far-right conspiracy theorist, Islamophobe, and Trump ally Laura Loomer received credentials to cover the Defense Department, joining the new cohort made up of right-wing outlets and reporters who signed on to a new restrictive press policy that was largely rejected by major media organizations.