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Lightning in a Bottle: How a City Journal Exposé Became Presidential Policy in Under 48 Hours On November 20, 2025, City Journal published an article by Ryan Thorpe and Christopher Rufo titled “The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer.” By the evening of November 21, 2025 - less than 48 hours later - President-elect Donald Trump posted this on Truth Social: Let that sink in. A single magazine article → conservative internet explosion → direct presidential policy announcement → all inside of two days. I have never - not once - seen a story move this fast or this…
