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House and Senate Democratic Boycott Grows Against Trump Address(politicususa.com) House and Senate Democratic leadership have decided to leave it up each of their members to decide whether or not they will attend Trump’s Tuesday night address before a join session of Congress, but many Democrats are not going to attend the speech. Others are planning to walk out, or bring guests that will highlight the pain that Trump is causing.
Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine(nytimes.com) President Trump on Monday temporarily suspended the delivery of all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, senior administration and military officials said, just days after Mr. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had an explosive confrontation at the White House.
The Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump's Return(nytimes.com) For those bewildered by why so many Americans apparently voted against the values of liberal democracy, Balint Magyar has a useful formulation. “Liberal democracy,” he says, “offers moral constraints without problem-solving” — a lot of rules, not a lot of change — while “populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.”
Trump Media Is Now Worth Almost as Much as Elon Musk's X with Stock Rallyi(variety.com) Trump Media & Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social social-media network, has seen its stock soar in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 presidential election — and it is currently worth more than Elon Musk‘s X, the social-media company formerly known as Twitter.