Today’s facts 12-01-2025

Today’s facts …

Trump told CBS News’ Nancy Cordes, “You’re a stupid person.”

K-shaped economy: wealthy Americans’ incomes and assets rise, while lower-income households face stagnating wages and higher prices.

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russian-designed to steer Ukraine’s reconstruction, Arctic mineral extraction, and space projects to a small circle of Russian and US businessmen.

GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio says the plan is too pro-Russia.

Kleptocracy: a system of corruption where ruling elites use government to steal public assets for their own private gain, allowing unlimited theft while the head of state provides cover with pardons and uneven application of the law.

David Gentile was sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding 10,000 investors of $1.6 billion. Trump commuted his sentence after two weeks.

Epstein Class: people with extreme wealth who have donated to politicians and think the rules don’t apply to them.

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Japanese Americans see parallels between the World War II US incarceration of their families and the current detention of Latinos.

Bipartisan lawmakers say Pete Hegseth may have committed a war crime when he ordered a follow-on strike to kill survivors of a boat attack.

Pete Hegseth posted a meme depicting the children's book character Franklin firing a weapon at a drug boat.

Mark Kelly said that if illegal military orders are given, “not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them.”

Trump says he doesn’t know what his MRI scan was for.

The former Honduran president pardoned by Trump was originally sentenced to prison for cocaine importation and weapons offenses.

Investors are buying a large share of US starter homes, not immigrants.

Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom are speaking out against Trump’s plan to offer offshore Alaska, California, and Florida drilling leases.

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