CURRENT EVENTS — NOVEMBER
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thebruinbleedstarheelblue
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“… The heart “begins to quiver instead of pump. And when that happens, blood flow just stops, and a person can just collapse within seconds,” he said. “It is a main cause for sudden cardiac arrest, and the only way to fix it in the moment is an electrical shock to the heart.”
Fetterman likely received such a shock thanks to treatment he received after he suffered a stroke and was hospitalized during his campaign for Senate in May 2022. At that time, he said the stroke was caused by a clot from his heart during an episode of atrial fibrillation — a different and less immediately dangerous form of heart arrhythmia — two days earlier. He later had surgery to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator to manage the condition….”
US Sen. John Fetterman's heart condition could have posed deadly threat, experts say • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The heart health condition officials say caused Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s fall Thursday could have been deadly if it wasn’t immediately treated, according to cardiologists.penncapital-star.com
So he face-planted because his heart stopped there for a moment.
He ain't fit for the jerb.
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“… The investigation into Cherfilus-McCormick and her alleged accomplices dates to the Biden administration.
Law enforcement officials say that in July 2021 the health care company received an overpayment of $5 million, which appeared to be the result of a clerical error.
Instead of returning that money, Cherfilus-McCormick allegedly funneled some of it to friends and family, who then made donations to her campaign, according to the Justice Department. Such straw donations, as they are known, would be illegal under campaign finance laws….”
She first ran for Congress in 2022 and self-funded her campaign in part from these funds, which is particularly weird behavior when you would think someone trying to keep a $5 million government error would lay low. Nope she’s like I’m gonna use some of this money to run for the U.S. House.
If guilty, lock her up and throw away the key (I’m good with life sentences for elected officials - especially at the Federal or statewide level).
thebruinbleedstarheelblue
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Yep and if it seems that she was targeted and these are false.... those people should be indicted as well for abusing power.
This one is easy.
Let's investigate the fact that China is kicking our ass on renewable energy innovation and industry.
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China is just hitting it
And on big Boy transmission lines to get "Siberian" (Their siberia like area where all the Solar Farms are ) energy to the industrial East ( I think it's the East lol)
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emoji because the 
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ChileG
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Quoted for those who like to ask rhetorically, “has anyone actually been hurt by cuts to USAID?”
Fastactionwords on this MBS request and certainly Sudan is in dire need of help but forgive me if I am dubious of Trump’s sincerity:
—> https://wapo.st/4o91l5R
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“… “Laying siege to the institutions and taking them back is the big-picture theme,” Lucas told the Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet, this summer. By targeting elite institutions, she said in the interview, “You change the culture.”
Now she has the power to do more. During the government shutdown, the Senate confirmed a Trump nominee, Brittany Panuccio, as an EEOC commissioner. That gives Lucas a quorum—a minimum of three commissioners out of the full slate of five—after Trump fired two Democrats in January. One Democratic commissioner remains.
With the agency’s full powers, Lucas can make good on promises to rescind guidance regarding protections for transgender and nonbinary workers and root out what the Trump administration views as unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Most notably, she will be able to sue employers on significant legal questions, potentially setting the stage for new precedents on civil-rights law.…”
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“… To date, the EEOC has recovered more than $55 million for workers affected by Covid vaccine mandates, many of whom refused to get the vaccine for religious reasons. Lucas recently called the mandates “one of the greatest civil-rights violations in the last few decades.” It also secured a $21 million settlement from Columbia University as part of the Trump administration’s push against antisemitism at academic institutions—the agency’s largest public settlement in nearly two decades.
… The EEOC filed 94 lawsuits in fiscal 2025, which ended Sept. 30, one of the lowest tallies in decades. One reason for the decrease, DeGroff said, is it takes time for regional offices to identify claims in line with the new priorities and with enough merit to file a federal complaint.
… The agency’s shift on protections for transgender workershas been a particular source of confusion—and anger—among some staffers. The agency suspended work on discrimination claims related to gender identity early this year, a move Lucas said adhered to Trump’s executive order to “defend biological reality.”…”
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“… Vindman — who played a key role in exposing details of Trump’s infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2019 — said a second phone call exists with the Saudi crown prince that rivals the first as “the most problematic.”
… In an interview on “CNN News Central” Wednesday, Vindman said Trump’s phone call with the de facto Saudi leader “was about the murder of an American resident — a Virginia resident — and a Washington Post reporter.”
“During my tenure on Trump’s White House National Security Council staff, I reviewed many of Trump’s calls with foreign leaders. Of all the calls I reviewed, two stood out as the most problematic: The first, we all know, it was between President Trump and President Zelensky, which resulted in President Trump’s first impeachment,” Vindman said in a floor speech Tuesday.
“The second was between President Trump and Mohammed bin Salman,” he continued. “After the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call between the president and the Saudi crown prince.”
… “Given the president’s disturbing and counterfactual defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today, I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of Mr. Khashoggi and his family and the American people,” Vindman said.
In a 2020 interview with acclaimed journalist Bob Woodward, Trump said he had “gotten involved very much,” when asked about the crown prince’s role in the Khashoggi killing.
“I saved his ass,” Trump said in 2020, referring to the crown prince. “That’s what happened.”
“They were coming down on him very strongly. But I was able to get Congress to leave him alone. I was able to get them to stop. … You know, I’m very friendly with those guys,” Trump said, according to Woodward, referring to Congress.
Alexander Vindman, the congressman’s twin brother who also served on the NSC, was on Trump’s infamous phone call in 2019 when Trump is accused of threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine unless the foreign country provided damaging information on his political opponent.…”
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“… The White House dismissed Eugene Vindman’s call for the transcript.
“Vindman is a bitter back-bencher who nobody takes seriously. He is a serial liar and was part of the hoax relating to the perfect Ukraine call, in which the Ukrainian president said so himself,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement to The Hill.“