Friday Morning 11/21/2025 Qnotables 4am Talking Points Live!

In this stream we break down forty stories that show how deep the corruption and mismanagement run at every level of government, finance, media, and global health. We cover the Minnesota welfare and autism-clinic fraud that investigators say helped fund Al-Shabaab, the Feeding Our Future scandal with its 77th defendant, and the latest pressure to finally release the full Epstein files. We look at DOJ moves against Comey, secret subpoenas of Jim Jordan’s phone records, a withdrawn Mueller subpoena amid Parkinson’s reports, and new signs that the security state treats elected lawmakers as targets instead of partners.

We also hit the cultural and global front: Tesco rebranding Christmas trees as “evergreen,” a Strictly Come Dancing star arrested on a rape allegation, a Queens senior getting prison time after shooting a robber, and fires at or near the U.S. Capitol. Overseas, we cover a fatal Tejas fighter jet crash at the Dubai Air Show, Russia upgrading a Donbass port while claiming the EU is “ignoring reality,” old Eisenhower warnings about NATO troops going viral, EU leaders saying they were kept in the dark on Trump’s Ukraine peace plan, and the WHO planning to cut a quarter of its workforce after U.S. funding is pulled.

On the tech and health side, we look at a new paper claiming “deep structural flaws” in large language models, CDC’s quiet changes to its vaccine–autism language, efforts to pull COVID shots from local clinics, tracking software linked to license-plate and facial-recognition systems, and Elon Musk’s own AI mocking him after adversarial prompting. We also cover Treasury moves to stop illegal aliens from claiming tax credits, Interior’s push for new offshore drilling, a plot to shoot ICE agents, fake political attacks, vandalism of a GOP rep’s home, a UPS cargo crash, and more. If you want the headlines connected instead of spun, this is your briefing.

Topics discussed (not endorsements):
MN Medicaid and autism-clinic fraud tied to Al-Shabaab
Feeding Our Future prosecution and welfare theft
Epstein files pressure and Comey indictment developments
Secret subpoenas on Jim Jordan, withdrawn Mueller subpoena
CDC vaccine–autism language shift and local COVID-shot fights
AI “false-correction loop” and censorship of new ideas
Treasury rule on illegal aliens and tax credits
Interior offshore drilling plans, Donbass port upgrade
EU and Trump Ukraine peace plan, Eisenhower’s NATO warning
WHO job cuts after U.S. withdrawal of funding
Fires at and near the Capitol, UPS cargo crash, Tejas jet crash
ICE plot in Virginia, illegal protests in Canada, vandalism of Claudia Tenney’s home
Tesco “evergreen” trees, Strictly star arrest, Queens self-defense case

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