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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This 2-year-old's family couldn't afford his $20,000 electric wheelchair, and their insurance didn't cover it.

So, a high school robotics team built him one for free.

[Desirée Townsend @DesireeReports]

11/12/26 – Questions Mount Over Who Is Receiving Medical Care at the Office of the Attending Physician on Capitol Hill

Today, I documented an individual who appeared to be a congressional staffer entering one of the Office of the Attending Physician’s locations in the basement of the Russell Senate Office Building.

One of the concerns repeatedly raised by Navy sailors assigned to the office is whether they are being directed to provide medical care to individuals who may not be authorized to receive those services.

According to multiple sources, the office has allegedly provided care not only to sitting members of Congress, but also to former members, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as well as congressional staff, family members, and even friends.

These allegations raise serious questions about the scope of the office’s medical authority, the appropriate use of active-duty Navy personnel, and whether taxpayer-funded resources are being used to provide services beyond those authorized.

Could the alleged provision of medical care to unauthorized civilians be among the reasons the Navy reportedly removed and reassigned sailors from the office?

That is one of several questions I am continuing to investigate.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

108 years ago today, the day after the Armistice, Claude Monet wrote to his friend Georges Clemenceau offering two water lily panels to France to celebrate the victory.

The gift grew into the eight monumental Water Lilies that have hung in the Musée de l’Orangerie since 1927.

[Steve Kastenbaum @SKastenbaum]

This powerful photo of a six month pregnant woman being rescued from the debris at the Brooklyn building collapse has been shared across a lot of social media accounts. Many left out the photo credit. It goes to freelance photographer Ryan Murphy via @AP. https://t.co/ha2729uo57

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

In June 1941, a mob in Baghdad killed almost 200 Jews in two days.

My grandmother hid in the back of a café while a man shot a mother’s seven children in front of her.

In 1948, Iraq made Zionism a crime punishable by death.

In 1950, it let Jews leave only if they gave up their citizenship.

In 1951, it froze their bank accounts and took their homes. My grandparents arrived in Israel that year with nothing.

In 1969, Iraq hanged nine Jews in a public square and invited crowds to celebrate.

A 2,500-year-old Jewish community didn’t just “disappear.”

It was ethnically cleansed.

Why can’t CNN acknowledge that?

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Senator Ted Lieu probably scared the per out of a few of Trump’s loyalist.

[BARB59 / CANADA 🇺🇦 #FvckTrump #DemCast @ABrosnikoff]

On Jeopardy the other night, the final question asked: “How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the Tomb of the Unknown?”
All three contestants missed it
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the Tomb and why?
1

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Who knew that AG Todd Blanche & Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have now moved onto Military bases along with other Senior Officials like Marco Rubio,Stephen Miller,John Phelan & Pete Hegseth. Watch the next will be Mark Wayne Miller. Who’s paying for it because it’s not normal.

[LLRX @LLRX]

@cwebbonline Tranform it into a Food Bank, Shelter for Women and Children.....add year round indoor gardens and educational programs / learning center. Add a Library of free books and skills based training. This could become a beacon in DC - a free safe place for the people.

[News to Remember @allchronology]

You couldn’t make it up. Well put!

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

This. This is what the SECRETARY OF DEFENSE dishonored today. There is no fucking excuse.

[Scott Colom @scott_colom]

A quick reference on how to prononce my name...

...with a cameo from my dad and his new 'do 🤣

[Downdetector @downdetector]

Microsoft's outage reports on November 12 reached 74 countries and territories in about an hour on Downdetector.

Microsoft says its Exchange Online incident began at 16:17 UTC. Reports to Downdetector about Outlook began climbing at about 17:25 UTC, 12:25 in New York. By 18:25, reports about five Microsoft services combined reached 19,650 a minute, against <15 a minute on an average Thursday.

Outlook reports alone peaked at more than 2,000 times their normal level.

Reports did not stay in the Americas. They jumped tenfold in the UK at 17:43, in India at 23:21 local time and in New Zealand at 06:55 local time. Between 17:00 and 18:55 UTC, nearly 3 in 10 reports came from outside the US. We count a country here once its reports reach ten times normal and at least 20 in five minutes.

Reports about Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams and OneDrive each rose more than a hundredfold, and Azure about a hundredfold. Xbox, GitHub and LinkedIn, also Microsoft's, rose far less.

Microsoft said a portion of its infrastructure was experiencing elevated load across multiple regions. At 19:38 UTC, reports were still running at more than 11,000 a minute.

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

This gives me chills after researching what it takes to become A Guard At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

[🔱⚓️🏴‍☠️🇺🇸I'm The One Called Doc🇺🇸🏴‍☠️⚓️🔱 @hmcrem]

In Case You Didn't Know.

While on post, a Sentinel from the U.S. Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) exercises absolute post authority over the plaza at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, meaning their orders must be obeyed by all personnel regardless of civilian status or military rank.

Humble yourself. Not to the Guard, but to the locale. The meaning. The tomb. OUR Warriors who lay resting.

It is a solemn place. A place of respect. A place to focus. A place to assess.

No Rank Insignia on the mat: Sentinels wear blank uniforms without rank insignia while walking the mat. This intentional choice symbolizes that they do not outrank the unknown service members resting below, and it clarifies that their authority derives directly from the sacred nature of the post rather than personal rank.

[CSPAN @cspan]

"All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times!"

A Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier yells after laughter could be heard from a group near Secretary Hegseth, who was taking posed photographs at the site.

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Toyota is bringing their Japanese-style kei trucks to the U.S. under the revived Scion brand

Releasing in 2027

[Malamente® @MalaMalamente]

¡Bangladés paraliza la industria de la moda!
Miles de trabajadores exigen salarios dignos y ponen en jaque a Zara, H&amp;M y Walmart.
¡El mundo está despertando!

[DIN Intel Network @DININTELNETWORK]

🚨 CRACKS IN THE WALL.

Sen. Thune is now demanding the full release of the Epstein files.

He notes that in the UK, politicians and royals lost their positions over Epstein ties — while in the U.S., Trump officials like Howard Lutnick face zero consequences.

No more hiding. No more protection.

If your name is in those files, you answer for it. 🔥

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier