“U.S. prison officials released former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández after U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned him, Hernández’s wife revealed Tuesday. Trump announced his plans to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández in a Truth Social post Friday. A U.S. court convicted Hernández in 2024 of trafficking drugs to the United States and sentenced him to 45 years in prison and an $8 million fine. … Both Democratic and Republican members of Congress denounced Trump’s plan to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández given his crackdown on drug trafficking linked to immigration.” (12/02/25)
“Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was banned for life Tuesday from an academic society in the latest fallout over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. The American Economic Association, a nonprofit scholarly association dedicated to economic research, said it had accepted Summers’[s] resignation and banned him for life from ‘attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating in’ its events. ‘The AEA condemns Mr. Summers’ conduct, as reflected in publicly reported communications, as fundamentally inconsistent with its standards of professional integrity and with the trust placed in mentors within the economics profession,’ the group said in a statement. A spokesperson for Summers didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.” (12/02/25)
“A late-night shootout during a possible home invasion left both a homeowner and one of the suspected intruders wounded, and Houston police are now searching for a second suspect who is still on the run. According to Houston police, it happened just after 1:20 a.m. off East Avenue J near the Galena Park area. Investigators said East Side patrol officers were dispatched after reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they learned the homeowner was inside his residence when two males approached the home. Police say a gunfight ensued between the homeowner and the two males, who they say were possibly trying to break into the man’s home.” (12/02/25)
“White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized the second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September following a bombshell Washington Post report that claimed he ordered the military to ‘kill everybody.’ Leavitt told reporters at the White House press briefing that Hegseth authorized Adm. Frank Bradley to carry out the second strike, which reportedly killed two people who were hanging onto the burning vessel after an initial strike. … According to the Post, an initial strike left two survivors, and Bradley ordered a follow-up strike to comply with Hegseth’s orders to leave no survivors.” (12/01/25)
“Turkey said on Tuesday, December 2, another tanker had reported coming under attack in the Black Sea while en route to Georgia, without sustaining any injuries. The incident took place just days after two other tankers were hit by explosions off the Turkish coast. A Ukrainian security source claimed responsibility for those attacks, telling AFP agency that drones had hit vessels that were ‘covertly transporting Russian oil.’ The latest incident on Tuesday morning hit the Midvolga 2, which ‘reported that it was attacked 80 nautical miles off our coast,’ Turkey’s maritime affairs directorate wrote on X, saying the tanker was ‘sailing from Russia to Georgia loaded with sunflower oil’ with 13 crew on board.” (12/02/25)
“A federal appeals court on Monday disqualified President Trump’s former personal attorney Alina Habba from serving as U.S. attorney for New Jersey. … Habba was appointed to the post on an interim basis in March, a designation that could last for 120 days. Trump then nominated her for the permanent post in June, but the Senate never acted on her nomination, which the president eventually withdrew. A federal judge ruled in August that Habba was acting without legal authority for about two months, at that point. Her actions since July 1 may be considered void, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann wrote at the time.” (12/01/25)
“Heavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as they set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness. [The rival “police” gang] made emergency calls for backup, asserting that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under gang control after the large-scale attacks targeting towns including Bercy and Pont-Sondé. … Guerby Simeus, a Pont-Sondé official, told The Associated Press by phone on Monday that he had confirmed nearly a dozen deaths, including a mother and her child and a local government employee. … Many survivors fled to the coastal town of Saint-Marc, where hundreds of angry people on Monday demanded that the government [gang] take action against [rival] gangs who have repeatedly attacked Haiti’s central region.” (12/01/25)
“Guinea-Bissau’s military rulers have banned protests and strikes as they tighten control ahead of a high-level visit by West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc that is seeking to restore constitutional order following last week’s coup. The military government, which seized power in what some West African leaders have termed a ‘sham’ coup, announced late on Sunday that all demonstrations, strikes and activities regarded as threats to peace and stability were prohibited. The directive also ordered public institutions, ministries and state secretariats to reopen and resume operations. The announcement followed protests in Bissau on Saturday, where hundreds, primarily youths, demanded the release of detained opposition leaders and the publication of presidential election results.” (12/01/25)
“Amazon and Google introduced a co-developed multicloud networking service designed to help customers establish private, high-speed connections between the companies’ cloud platforms. The initiative responds to rising demand for uninterrupted connectivity at a time when even brief disruptions can trigger significant business losses. The launch comes shortly after a major Amazon Web Services outage on Oct. 20 that brought down thousands of websites, including widely used consumer apps. Analytics firm Parametrix estimates the incident will cost U.S. businesses between $500 million and $650 million.” (12/01/25)
We’re only $1,382.16 away from our goal of $5,501 (not bad math — supporter GL has pledged to “match funds” for half of that, once we’ve raised the first $2,750.50).
Once we’ve hit our goal, I shut up about money entirely for the remainder of 2025, and mostly (just the occasional “we’re reader-supported” mention) until NEXT year’s year-end fundraiser.
Another “the sooner the better” reason to donate NOW: GL usually pays his pledges in Bitcoin, which happens to be down from record highs right now. If we get his Bitcoin while that’s the case, we’ll make bank when it goes back up (which I expect it to do before the end of the year).
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