Welcome to the November 28th New Newsletter!
This newsletter is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters without it! (Seriously).
Our Main Story: DC National Guard Shooting
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump says he wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the U.S. from poorer countries
National Guard shooting suspect to face murder charge
Trump confronts reporter over question on DC shooter
Refugee groups worry about backlash after shooting of National Guard soldiers in DC
Why Is Fort Hood STILL Open?
Trust Betrayed at Fort Hood: The Army Doctor Accused of Recording His Patients
‘Predator in uniform’: Texas Army OBGYN suspended amid secret recording allegations
War Room
Venezuelan boat strikes lack legal justification, Democrats say
This Week’s Links
Nigeria’s president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductions
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
How the French government is preparing the public for the possibility of war
Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Measles cases are surging, making global elimination a ‘distant goal,’ WHO says
New location feature on X reveals several MAGA accounts are based overseas
Two former Peruvian presidents jailed in two days
The Biggest Problem With Air Travel: Pajamas?
Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire as 8 more arrested over towers’ renovation
Foreign agents preying on disgruntled soldiers, Army intel chief warns
Airman indicted in scheme to overthrow Haitian island, take sex slaves (Open up the schools!)
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m
UN panel says Israel operating ‘de facto policy of torture’
The DOJ’s Cartels Memo Is Legal Quicksand
Hazing, bullying reports up as Hegseth pushes for rougher training (cool)
This Is Texas News
Houston-area church employee accused of impersonating ICE agent
Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group’s expansion in high schools
$836.5M data center planned near Love Field and other D-FW real estate news
Blindspot Stories
What a federal ban on THC-infused drinks and snacks could mean for the hemp industry
Security News This Week: US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers
US group sues Apple over DR Congo conflict minerals
Under Reported Stories: NC
Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina
Under Reported Stories: Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal after coup
Guinea-Bissau Installs Military Ruler After Claims of a ‘Fabricated’ Coup
Guinea-Bissau soldiers appoint ally of deposed president as prime minister
Democratic Wake Up Call
‘No One’s Going to Get Out of This Moment Intact by Keeping Their Head Down’
Democrat Close to Flipping House Seat Deep in Trump Country
AI News
Parenthood Has Made Me Detest Robots
The Racist, AI-Generated Future of Entertainment
The Horrifying, AI-Enhanced Future of War Is Here
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.
Think you can spot a fake video? Sora 2 is putting that to the test.
Sports News
Iran boycotting World Cup draw citing visa restrictions for soccer officials
Millennials are driving a sports tourism boom — and spending big to do it. Here’s why
Your Moments of Zen
That’s it for this week! Like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t yet. We are quite literally all in this together. xo, Jalon
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