November 25, 2025

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 - Comey & James cases tossed; Mark Kelly targeted; MAGA eyes exit; DOGE disappears; X outs foreign trolls & more

7 minutes

Today’s Headlines: A judge just tossed the Trump administration’s cases against James Comey and Letitia James because prosecutor Lindsey Halligan wasn’t legally appointed. The cases could technically come back… except the statute of limitations already expired for Comey. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is now investigating Senator Mark Kelly for “sedition” over that video telling troops not to follow illegal orders — and they can only target him because he’s the only veteran in the group who’s formally retired. In MAGA meltdown news, Punchbowl is reporting more House Republicans are eyeing the exits as they brace for a midterm wipeout and the likely end of Mike Johnson’s speakership. DOGE — Elon and Trump’s short-lived Department of Government Efficiency — has also mysteriously vanished eight months early after accomplishing…well, nothing. Speaking of Elon, Twitter/X’s new transparency feature instantly exposed a bunch of “patriotic American” MAGA accounts as being run from places like Russia, Nigeria, and Portugal. The feature was turned off, then on again, like someone panicking with a light switch. In actual public health news, Gallup says nearly 1 in 10 Americans have been diagnosed with cancer — the highest yet — even though death rates have improved. Age is still the #1 risk factor. And finally, Xi Jinping called Trump to pitch his “Taiwan belongs to China” position. Trump later bragged that Xi invited him to Beijing but conveniently forgot to mention Taiwan at all. Shocking no one, it doesn’t seem to be his favorite geopolitical toy.

Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode:

CNN: Federal judge dismisses indictments against Letitia James and James Comey, saying Lindsey Halligan appointment was unlawful

AP News: Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'

Punchbowl: What MTG got right

Yahoo: Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing

NBC News: X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts

Axios: Nearly 1 in 10 Americans report a cancer diagnosis

WSJ: China’s Xi Calls Trump in Unusual Move to Discuss Taiwan, Ukraine

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