Source: US News & World Report
“Bulgaria’s government said Tuesday it is withdrawing a controversial budget proposal after protests against it drew tens of thousands of people and saw clashes between police and protesters. Opposition and business groups have warned that plans for higher taxes, increased social security contributions and spending increases could hurt investment and expand the shadow economy as the country prepares to join the eurozone at the start of next year. The government first promised to withdraw the draft for thorough revision after protests last week, but later refused to do so, sparking protests in the capital, Sofia, and other major cities Monday night. Organizers said that 50,000 people attended the protest in Sofia.” (12/02/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-02/bulgarias-government-withdraws-controversial-budget-after-major-protests
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Press Sec Spin Implodes as Fresh Boat Bombing Horrors Rattle GOP.” (12/02/25)
https://newrepublic.com/article/203828/trump-press-sec-spin-implodes-fresh-boat-bombing-horrors-rattle-gop
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Well, at least they were earnest. Hopeful. Committed. Swedes in the north part of their country channeled State pension funds — billions of kronor! — into climate-friendly projects. Well, I’m not sure to what degree Swedish citizens were for this ideologically driven investment portfolio, but Swedish politicians sure were! And now those investments appear iffy.” (12/02/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/12/02/green-goes-red/
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Just as the news breaks that Trump has issued Maduro an ultimatum to leave Venezuela immediately if he wants to escape with his life, the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has published an amazingly brazen war propaganda piece titled ‘How Venezuelan Gangs and African Jihadists Are Flooding Europe With Cocaine.’ ‘Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities,’ the article begins, going out of its way to note that ‘the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro — who it asserts is heavily involved in drug smuggling — has brought global attention to the country’s role in the drug trade.’ The propaganda piece is plainly aimed at Europeans as well as Americans …” (12/02/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/12/02/ah-good-old-war-propaganda/
Source: Law & Liberty
by Jon Miltimore
“The Golden State’s example goes to show that progressive ideology cannot make good on the promises of affordability its advocates make.” (12/02/25)
https://lawliberty.org/california-passes-on-abundance/
Source: Orange County Register
“The U.S. Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that fired former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it, saying she didn’t properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing. The argument was in court papers filed Monday prior to a Thursday hearing in Manhattan federal court. In September, Comey sued the department, the Executive Office of the President, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, the Office of Personnel Management and the United States. The lawsuit said her July firing was based on political reasons, including that her father is former FBI Director James Comey. President Donald Trump fired James Comey in 2017.” (12/02/25)
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/12/02/justice-department-maurene-comey-lawsuit/
Source: Politico
“Hegseth’s headache.” (12/02/25)
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL7894582202.mp3
Source: Antiwar.com
by Roger D Harris
“US President Trump ordered the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela ‘closed in its entirety’ on November 29. Yet the US has as much legal and moral authority to shutter the skies over Venezuela as the Venezuelans have to close the putting greens at Mar-a-Lago. Yes, that’s ridiculous – but not any more so than Washington’s phony pretext of drug interdiction for their deadly regime-change offensive against Venezuela.” (12/02/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/roger_harris/2025/12/01/trump-commands-venezuelas-heavens-closed/
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Ruled by Her Imperial Majesty, Michelle (I) Lujan Grisham, since 2019, the State has increasingly become both more socialist and returned more to its origin and roots as a (now-‘independent’) province of Imperial Spain. It is a curious mix of bizarre sects and ‘alternative lifestyles’ and traditional Spanish, AmerInd culture, and high-tech. It is both poor and expensive to live in. One of the most recent examples is the ‘Universal Child Care’ plan pushed by HIMajesty and gladly accepted by the State’s Woke legislature. Every child in the State will now be entitled to receive free childcare, both preschool and apparently before and after school hours.” (12/01/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/12/01/new-mexico-home-of-the-fee-land-of-the-raveing-mad/
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
“Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday. The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a warning. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant and that the new fee is intended to encourage travelers to obtain the ID. REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that meets enhanced requirements mandated in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.” (12/01/25)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/01/real-id-fee/
