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Lawyers at the
"Office of the Legal Adviser" at the State Department, worry they will face repercussions if they suggest the administration’s plans could break domestic or international law,
and suspect they may be evaluated based on their apparent loyalty to Donald Trump and his political vision,
not their expertise and judgment, officials said.
They noted that leadership in the office has steadily and atypically become dominated by Trump’s political appo…

Fear Of Retaliation Grips State Department Lawyers Meant To Advise On International Law
“Imagine being afraid to provide what you think is appropriate legal advice," one former attorney told HuffPost.

Range, which uses AI to offer flat-fee financial planning services to mass affluent households, raised a $60M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2025/11/25/range-flat-fee-invest…

Exclusive: Flat-fee advisor Range raises $60M for AI financial planning
The company offers flat-fee financial planning to mass affluents.

In 2025, several books saw audiobook sales outperform hardcovers, even as digital audiobook growth slowed to 1% through October after 2024's ~24% jump to $1.1B (Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/lis

NFL DFS picks, Thursday Night Football: Ravens vs. Dolphins daily fantasy lineup advice on DraftKings, FanDuel

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-dfs

Nice
#AngstYok

Donald Trump Jr. joined
Unusual Machines’ advisory board in November 2024
-- U.S. government contracts soon followed
CEO Allan Evans told Forbes the advisory board was created when Donald Trump Jr. was named to it,
and that he believes it has four other members,
but he declined to name them or share if they are associated with the Trump Organization.
Likewise, the company’s website does notappear to mention any members other than Donald Trump Jr.
Earl…

After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.

Niet te geloven dit, voor een flink bedrag in Rusland tegen een balletje gaan slaan terwijl datzelfde land nu burgers en kinderen in Oekraïne vermoordt.
Griekspoor doet mee aan toernooi in Rusland, minister Van Weel adviseert: 'Doe het niet' - https://nos.nl/l/2592260

Griekspoor doet mee aan toernooi in Rusland, minister Van Weel adviseert: 'Doe het niet'
Tallon Griekspoor doet dit weekend samen met zijn vriendin Anastasia Potapova mee aan een Russisch demonstratietoernooi.

LOL:
Karl Rove: Trump needs to talk up achievements
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5664464-rove-advises-trump-midterms/

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the Bloomberg news service,
advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal,
say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said according to the transcript.
When asked by Russian state media to comment on Bloomberg’s…

How Witkoff coached Putin's aide on pitching Trump, according to a Bloomberg report
President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a Ukraine peace plan. That's according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published Tuesday by Bloomberg News. The news agency said it reviewed a recording of the call. It said Trump envoy Steve Witkoff advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call the U.S. leader to c…

I watched the 1st meeting day of RFK Jr’s handpicked committee of vaccine advisors. It was utterly depressing.
-- Atul Gawande
@agawande.bsky.social
https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:qrq3ybgokbsqivyiap7vnin4/post/3lz6ytzkye22k