Extra, Extra
From Ally to Enemy: “The suspect accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C., had been struggling with his mental health — often isolating himself in a dark room — in the years after he left Afghanistan and entered the US.” And from NBC News: Afghan accused of shooting 2 National Guard members was part of CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the US. “Before Rahmanullah Lakanwal settled in a quiet part of Washington state, he was part of a secret unit of Afghans who operated under CIA direction and hunted down Taliban commanders in highly dangerous missions … But since arriving in the United States, thousands of these Afghan veterans have lived in a legal limbo without work permits, struggling to feed their families, according to refugee advocates.”
+ No Thanksgiving: “A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday … He said his employer had arranged and paid for his daughter’s travel to Austin, Texas, to surprise him at work.” NYT (Gift Article): College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving. (Feel safer?)
+ Week Sauce: “President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims.”
+ Habba Dabba Don’t: Appeals court disqualifies Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal lawyer, as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey.
+ Manufacturing Descent: “US factory activity slipped at a faster pace than expected in November, as businesses continue to face a hit from higher tariffs, according to a survey of manufacturing firms … A reading below 50 points to contraction in activity in the sector for the ninth month in a row.” But everything touched by AI continues to grow. Data Centers Are a ‘Gold Rush’ for Construction Workers.
+ A Bug’s Life: “‘I was shocked,’ says Tracy Swift, who teaches dental hygiene at Albany State University in Georgia. ‘He started the conversation with, ‘You’re going to find this phone call very weird.” Swift thought she had a stalker, and recalls Siegrist saying, ‘I’m not crazy, I promise. Just let me tell you my story.'” WSJ (Gift Article): One Man’s Quest to Reunite With His First Love: A 1971 VW Bug.
