Earlier in the year, Chuck Schumer, the Minority Leader, had rallied enough votes to keep the government open and faced a furious backlash from the Democratic base; capitulating again would have been politically intolerable.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
Since the beginning of this administration, Silicon Valley’s biggest bosses have appeased the president, capitulating to his every whim — agreeing to pay export taxes, giving away equity to the government, defunding schools for Latino students and ending diversity programs.
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Mercury News & East Bay Times editorial,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
Even though only 10 Middle Eastern countries are fielding titles, the region is yielding its most competitive lineup in years.
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Alissa Simon,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Compare that to cash in a savings account earning less than 1% nowadays — or even the best money market accounts yielding 4%, roughly the same as the 10-year Treasury .
To his sons, however, the Party offers meaning and purpose—a powerful countervailing force to the lack of prospects besetting their generation, which had been decimated by the Great War.
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