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Native America Calling - Wednesday, December 3, 2025 – Tribal colleges see an uncertain federal funding road ahead

A one-time allocation for Tribal Colleges and Universities unexpectedly just doubled the federal allocation compared to the previous year. And a small handful of colleges are rejoicing over multi-million-dollar windfalls from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. But that doesn’t mean officials at any of those institutions are breathing a sigh of relief. Instead, the unpredictable nature of federal funding and other factors — including the Trump administration’s stated plan earlier this year to all but eliminate their funding, has tribal higher education administrators scrambling. We’ll speak with some of them about the educational institutions that thousands of Native students depend on.

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Christopher Caldwell (Menominee), president of the College of Menominee Nation

Leander McDonald (Dakota, Arikara, Hidatsa and Hunkpapa), president of the United Tribes Technical College

Manoj Patil, president of Little Priest Tribal College

 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - The Blockspace Pod: The Conspiracy Was True: Operation Chokepoint 2.0

A new House report confirms the Biden Administration's coordinated, extralegal "Operation Chokepoint 2.0" to debank the crypto industry. We review the timeline & confirmed shadow debanking conspiracies


We discuss the bombshell report from the House Committee on Financial Services that confirms the existence of **Operation Chokepoint 2.0**—a coordinated, extralegal effort by the Biden Administration to push the crypto industry out of the US banking system. Review Nic Carter's original exposes, how the "conspiracy" became formal documentation, and the shift from an existential threat to a clearer path for conducting business in the United States. We also discuss the political "reckoning" ahead for the industry's single-issue campaign spending.

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**Notes:**

* House report confirms debanking conspiracy.

* Extralegal effort to cut crypto banking.

* Nick Carter published OCP 2.0 exposes.

* Existential risk to US crypto is not near-term.

* Crypto actively supported Trump's campaign.

* "Single issue PAC" raised biggest money ever.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:25 Chokepoint 1.0

04:08 Regulation as maze

07:14 FDIC letter

11:06 Charlie gets de-banked

13:12 Fed letter SR226

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Marketplace All-in-One - A fuel efficiency rollback

President Donald Trump plans to announce weaker fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks at a White House event today. The move will likely reverse a Biden-era rule requiring automakers to reach an average of 50 miles per gallon for new vehicles by 2031. Plus, as part of our lunar economy series, we hear how one company is recycling space debris into more useful products for the space industry.

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CBS News Roundup - 12/03/2025 | World News Roundup

Continued fallout from Caribbean strikes. GOP hangs on in Tennessee special election. First big snowfall for the Northeast. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has these stories and more on the World News Roundup.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Europeans pledge to cut out Russian gas

From the BBC World Service: European politicians have reached a provisional agreement to phase out imports of Russian gas by 2027. Exports of oil and gas have been crucial for Russia to fund its military campaign in Ukraine. Russia says Europe will be less competitive and that consumers will have to pay higher prices. Then, we'll check in on Japan's work-life balance and hear about a diamond-studded Faberge egg, which just sold at auction for $30 million.

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WSJ What’s News - Trump Calls Somali Immigrants ‘Garbage’

A.M. Edition for Dec. 3. President Donald Trump rails against Somali immigrants in Minneapolis, describing them in disparaging terms ahead of an expected ICE operation. Plus, Republicans pull out a victory in Tennessee’s special election – though a tighter-than-usual margin keeps Democrats fired up. And WSJ’s Matthew Luxmoore unpacks how one of Russia’s European neighbors is preparing for a possible invasion, as peace talks in Moscow fail to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Caitlin McCabe hosts.


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Bitcoin Dips Below ‘Fair Value’: Will It Go Up From Here? | CoinDesk Daily

Bitcoin dipped below "fair value" for the first time in two years.

Bitcoin briefly slipped below its network value based on Metcalfe value modeling for the first time in nearly two years, according to network economist Timothy Peterson. Historically, periods when bitcoin trades below its Metcalfe value have delivered strong forward returns. Will the pattern repeat itself this time? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - The Railsware Way – Mistakes & Lessons in Product Evolution, with Oleksii Ianchuk

Today, we are dropping our final episode in the series "The Railsware Way", sponsored by our good friends at Railsware. Railsware is a leading product studio with two main focuses - services and products. They have created amazing products like Mailtrap, Coupler and TitanApps, while also partnering with teams like Calendly and Bright Bytes. They deliver amazing products, and have happy customers to prove it.

In this series, we are digging into the company's methods around product engineering and development. In particular, we will cover relevant topics to not only highlight their expertise, but to educate you on industry trends alongside their experience.

In today's episode, we are speaking with Oleksii Ianchuk, Product Lead at Railsware, specifically for Mailtrap. Thought he doesn't like to limit his activities to product development, Oleksii has spent six years in product and project management, and is keen on searching for insights and putting them to work, as well as gauging the effects of his input.

Questions:

  • The story of Mailtrap starts with accidentally sending test emails to real users in 2011. How did Mailtrap evolve from an internal "fail" to a platform serving hundreds of thousands of users? How did that mistake spark the creation of Mailtrap, and what lessons did you learn about turning problems into opportunities?
  • What made you decide to expand from email testing into Email API/SMTP delivery - and why was it harder than expected? What specific challenges around deliverability, spam fighting, and infrastructure caught you off guard?
  • Can you walk us through the "splitting the product" mistake and its long-term consequences? Your team decided to separate testing and sending into different repositories and isolated VPC projects. What seemed like a good engineering decision at the time - how did this create problems as you scaled, and what would you do differently?
  • You spent a year struggling with Redshift before switching to Elasticsearch - what did that teach you about technology decisions? You ran tests, evaluated alternatives, and still picked the wrong database for your use case. How do you balance thorough research with the reality that you can't always predict what will work until you're in production?
  • When do you buy external expertise versus rely on your internal team? How do you decide when to hire outside knowledge, and how do you find the right consultants for niche problems?
  • Why didn't existing Mailtrap users immediately adopt the Email API/SMTP feature, and what did that teach you?
  • You expected current users to quickly transition to the new sending functionality. What did you learn about switching costs, user perception, and the challenge of changing how people think about your product?
  • What business insights around deliverability, spam prevention, and compliance surprised you most?
  • Email delivery isn't just about infrastructure - there's a whole ecosystem of postmasters, anti-spam systems, and compliance requirements. What aspects of this business were most unexpected, and how did they shape your product strategy?
  • Looking at Mailtrap's 13-year journey, what's your philosophy on "failing fast" versus "building solid foundations"?

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Stars and strikes: was America’s ship-bomb illegal?

America’s attacks on possible drug boats in the Caribbean is already controversial. Now critics are questioning the legality of one particular strike in September. What does this mean for the US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth? Why American firms are raising funding to explore gene-editing babies. And women in Japan face a long fight to play the national sport: sumo. 


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