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Stuck in the corrupt MAGA state of South Carolina
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Forbes
29 days ago
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with significantly higher gas prices than a year ago.
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Gas Prices Are Up 42% Since Last Memorial Day—And Unlikely To Drop Soon
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with significantly higher gas prices than a year ago.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2026/05/22/gas-prices-up-memorial-day-weekend/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
29 days ago
NEW: A Spokane ICE agent was discovered to have posted on X last year calling Black people “ghetto garbage” and transgender people “mentally ill.” He was called to the stand today to explain himself. The story was first reported by
@rangemedia.co
www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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Spokane ICE agent questioned on stand about racist, transphobic social media posts
A Spokane U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who pushed and shoved people during a protest last June was called to the witness stand for a second time Friday, this time to explain social m...
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/22/spokane-ice-agent-questioned-on-stand-about-racist/
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In a best-case scenario, Trump’s words will remain just that – the expressions of a jet-lagged leader on his way home from a grueling visit to Beijing. For Trump, the path to reducing risks of conflict is not to bargain away Taiwan.
www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...
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Trump's dangerous Taiwan gamble | Brookings
For Trump, the path to reducing risks of conflict with China is not to bargain away Taiwan, writes Ryan Hass.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-dangerous-taiwan-gamble/
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121
29 days ago
US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard leaving post after rocky tenure White House reportedly forcing Gabbard to resign, after she was largely sidelined from the role ...
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US intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard leaving post after rocky tenure
White House reportedly forcing Gabbard to resign, after she was largely sidelined from the role
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/tulsi-gabbard-resignation-intelligence-director
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Colbert was at the height of satirical news, and he was at the height of late night in a political context. That wasn't suitable to "christian" Right-Wing Republicans.
newrepublic.com/article/2106...
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Transcript: Why Trump Is Afraid of Colbert, Kimmel, and “The View”
Political scientist Meredith Conroy says that late-night comedy shows have long played an important role in American politics.
https://newrepublic.com/article/210658/transcript-trump-afraid-colbert-kimmel-the-view
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In memory of what the USA that was once known as "The Bastion of Democracy." With the exception of Republicans until December 7, 1941 wrought fire on the USA.
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Another GREAT Republican/Trump pick! Just don't buy what she sells if you are in the USA military. Pathetic...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s pick for surgeon general sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon
Amazon opens an inquiry into Nicole Saphier’s product compliance following Guardian inquiry. White House says she will be a ‘powerful asset’ for Maha agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/nicole-saphier-supplement-trump-surgeon-general?CMP=breakingnewsus_email
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Beck Jones
30 days ago
Today let's all party like its 1859 to celebrate the birthday of the man who created Sherlock Holmes and then wanted to kill him but fans refused to allow it. Doyle passed away in 1930, but Sherlock lives on today in every conceivable form.
#booksky
#writers
#moviesky
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Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts reenact Holmes’ death scene at Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls. It was the start of celebrations leading up to International Sherlock Holmes Day today.
link.apnews.com/click/458371...
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Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts reenact iconic duel at Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls
From 221B Baker Street in central London to a cliffside waterfall in the Swiss Alps, generations of armchair detectives are celebrating International Sherlock Holmes Day.
https://link.apnews.com/click/45837121.283/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL3ZpZGVvL3NoZXJsb2NrLWhvbG1lcy1lbnRodXNpYXN0cy1yZWVuYWN0LWljb25pYy1kdWVsLWF0LXN3aXR6ZXJsYW5kcy1yZWljaGVuYmFjaC1mYWxscy1mYjc0NTFhOTIyMzI0MTVkYTAzODU5NDlkNTI5NjczMT91c2VyX2VtYWlsPTAxZDAyZmRjZDcyNDk0MWI2ZmY0ZWVhYWMwNjE4YjY5NDBkNzllM2JiODZiMmJlYmVhZTNkODc2NWRkODliMjgmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1Nb3JuaW5nX1dpcmUmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydV9BUA/5f52457944ea8405105e2b28Bcf85009f
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"Serbia’s youth movement was behind a wave of mass anti-corruption street protests that shook Vucic last year. Now, students say their sights are set on approaching elections later this year or next that they hope will oust Vucic’s right-wing populist government."
apnews.com/article/serb...
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Serbia's protesting students renew pressure on Vucic with a big weekend rally
Serbia’s university students are gearing up for a major rally this weekend, pushing for political changes under President Aleksandar Vucic.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-students-protest-vucic-e7a15efc044cbc55bc244ec4b4982296?user_email=01d02fdcd724941b6ff4eeaac0618b6940d79e3bb86b2bebeae3d8765dd89b28
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 month ago
🔥 SPRINGSTEEN: "I’m here to support Stephen Colbert, the first guy who lost his show because a president can't take a joke - and the Ellisons feel they need to kiss his ass… small-minded people with no idea what freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about." 🇺🇸
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Does he have dementia? Or are we seeing more glaring manifestations of his legendary arrogance, which is rooted in his profound insecurity? Or is it merely the stupidity of a man who not only never reads a book but reportedly can’t even read one-page briefing papers?
newrepublic.com/article/2101...
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Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real
His recent tirades confirmed what more than half of America now believes: The president is mentally unfit. How will we survive two and a half more years of this? And what’s he got in store for us?
https://newrepublic.com/article/210114/donald-trump-cracking-up-mentally-unfit
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Trump has to comply with the Presidential Records Act, overruling an opinion from the Department of Justice last month. So sad that Trump can’t violate the Presidential Records Act just because he feels like it.
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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White House must comply with Presidential Records Act, judge rules
A court ordered Trump aides to ignore a Justice Department opinion that said the records law is unconstitutional.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/trump-records-judge-00930190
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Lauren Ashley Davis
about 1 month ago
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Ballroom won’t be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Ballroom won’t be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request
Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/ballroom-security-funding-reconciliation-00930193?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Trump's personal Federal Judge, Aileen Cannon, said there is no legal basis for the department to confidentially share the report with leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Trump's Judge Cannon knows where her bread is buttered and it isn't the law.
www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Former federal prosecutor indicted for stealing copies of unreleased Jack Smith report
Carmen Lineberger is accused of sending the report to her private email accounts, in violation of Judge Aileen Cannon’s order.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/indictment-unreleased-jack-smith-report-00930191
about 1 month ago
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SC's spineless Senator Lindsey Graham, who seems willing to abandon any principle he ever held to stay on Trump’s good side and remain his golfing buddy, expressed the essence of the Trump First Republicans after Cassidy lost:
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Motivated She-Warrior
about 1 month ago
So much naked corruption 🤬
apnews.com/article/irs-...
US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement
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US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement
The U.S. government has agreed to permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document that is part of a deal to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against t...
https://apnews.com/article/irs-trump-settlement-tax-returns-7bb7a6d8020b903395accc180acf263b?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>US
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Why is Roundup is everywhere. Literally! Monsanto’s flagship weed killer (active ingredient: glyphosate) was all over the headlines this past week, seeping into the feeds of wellness influencers and...
about 2 months ago
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But this estimate hinged on the fact that all those shipments had been handled by a small group of prolific importers — companies that quickly got ready to file their claims. More than two-thirds of importers were not ready — many of them small importers like Brown.
www.npr.org/2026/05/03/n...
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He recorded his quest for tariff refunds. It shows why billions may never get repaid
After the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, Richard Brown began lining up the paperwork he needed to get his refund. Experts say many businesses may never get their money ba...
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5805045/tariff-refunds-small-business?utm_id=65817821&orgid=357&uniquet=&utm_att1=
about 2 months ago
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Econ Analytica
about 2 months ago
Cartoon by Jesse Duquette
@jesseduquette.bsky.social
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The Bulwark
about 2 months ago
Americans were sold "We caught you here illegally, we're sending you back to your home country." Instead we got a torture victim being deported to Africa. It is worse than you think. ICYMI
@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social
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ICE Deports Colombian Torture Victim—to Africa
Last year, we broke the story of a woman ICE had repeatedly tried to send to Mexico or a third country. Things have gotten even worse.
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/4eiyw5G
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Mark T. Sneed
about 2 months ago
Do the laws not apply to the rich and wealthy? Kleptocracy? Quid pro quo. Bribery. You name it. All of this is wrong and illegal. Shameful.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈
about 2 months ago
Here’s how the Editorial Cartoonists are reacting to Wednesday’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Some of the most accurate commentary during the Reconstruction period came from Cartoonists like Thomas Nast. Needless to say, the reaction to the decimation of the Voting Rights Act has been pointed…
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Figures In Light Photography
about 2 months ago
Out chasing waterfalls this weekend. Y'all be good.
#waterfall
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 months ago
REP.
@brotherjones.bsky.social
: “This is a power grab… they’re spitting on the graves of all that work, saying we’re going to allow Black political voices & representation to be dismantled across the South- following marching orders of the White House. We’ve gotta fight back.” @GovBillLee
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WarTranslated (Dmitri)
about 2 months ago
A Russian man is complaining that those "evil and scary" Ukrainians are finishing off the miserable Russians. Right there in their own country, on their own land. So, maybe you shouldn't have invaded them in the first place?
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"Trump is widely despised in educated, democratic countries, which even a year ago had no confidence in his leadership. Today, most people of the world express significantly higher approval of China’s despotic, genocidal regime than they do of U.S. leadership."
newrepublic.com/article/2095...
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How the Failed Orange Prince Became a Global Laughingstock
Machiavelli argued that it is better to be feared than loved. Donald Trump fails at both internationally—and it makes him dangerous.
https://newrepublic.com/article/209560/trump-global-laughingstock-iran
about 2 months ago
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Khmarynka fits into a broader class of low-cost kamikaze drones designed for mass deployment, including to exhaust Russian air defenses and strike targets such as armored vehicles, warehouses, and infantry bunkers. "Lightweight, but most importantly cheap."
kyivindependent.com/lightweight-...
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Ukrainian company unveils new mid-range drone designed to exhaust Russian air defenses
General Cherry’s Khmarynka enters a growing class of low-cost, mid-range strike drones modeled on Russia’s Molniya and designed for mass production.
https://kyivindependent.com/lightweight-but-most-importantly-cheap-ukraines-new-midrange-drone-designed-to-exhaust-russian-airdefence/
about 2 months ago
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For more than 200 years, among the worst charges anyone could throw at a president was that he viewed himself a king. Smash cut to Tuesday, when the WH marked King Charles III’s visit to DC with a post of the British monarch alongside Trump. The caption? “TWO KINGS. 👑.”
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | Trump's gilded crown is weighing him down
When every decision comes from one person, there’s only one person to blame when everything is going wrong.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-king-approval-iran-tariffs?cid=eml_mda_20260503&user_email=01d02fdcd724941b6ff4eeaac0618b6940d79e3bb86b2bebeae3d8765dd89b28
about 2 months ago
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The statue, which includes a Banksy signature on its base, was erected overnight on Wednesday. By Thursday, a video about the piece had been published on Banksy's Instagram account, confirming it as his work.
www.npr.org/2026/05/02/n...
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Banksy confirms new statue installed in central London is his work
The statue in Waterloo Place, which appeared early Wednesday, depicts a man proudly hoisting a flag— but the flag is blinding him.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5808871/banksy-statue-london
about 2 months ago
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Rick Hasen, a UCLA law professor who specializes in election law, described Wednesday’s court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais as “one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century.”
newrepublic.com/article/2098...
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The Best Way to Fix the Supreme Court’s Attack on Voting Rights
If U.S. electoral politics is going to survive the high court’s attack on equal rights, the game will have to change.
https://newrepublic.com/article/209825/supreme-court-callais-proportional-representation
about 2 months ago
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WarTranslated (Dmitri)
about 2 months ago
Russians standing by the monument to the Wagner, with Perm burning in the background. A brilliant photo.
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She made the short drive to the Freepoint pyrolysis incinerator in Hebron, Ohio. As she pulled up next to the site, she saw black plumes of smoke coming out of the smokestacks and had to leave after only a few minutes due to sudden nausea and dizziness...
www.motherjones.com/sponsored/me...
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Meet the moms fighting toxic air pollution (you could be next)
Community leaders expose plastic industry myths—and the danger lurking next door.
https://www.motherjones.com/sponsored/meet-the-moms-fighting-toxic-air-pollution-you-could-be-next/
about 2 months ago
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hellohoney
about 2 months ago
I sat a little girl by the cold, deep well, Pebbles for wishes, blue skies over stone— I tossed one for the sea and kept the mountains as home, Years later I saw the tide, and both worlds were my own.
#photography
#poetry
#waterfalls
#MayDay
#FirstOfMay
#Friday
#mountains
#wishes
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about 2 months ago
#Sweden
is electrifying everything that moves — trucks, buses, ferries, and mining vehicles — building the world's most complete 0-emission transport system. While most countries are focused on getting private EVs onto roads, Sweden has been electrifying every category of transport
#ActOnClimate
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Trev
about 2 months ago
May 1 . 2023 We lost the great Canadian Gordon Lightfoot on this day 3 years ago. Gordon was an incredible singer and songwriter. Bob Dylan said whenever he heard a Lightfoot song - he wished it would last forever. Me too Bob. Sundown
#gordonlightfoot
#vinylcommunity
#vinylrecords
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The Tennessee Holler
about 2 months ago
Tennessee is 35% Democrats. Does this mean you’re adding Democratic seats? Majority-Black Memphis votes for Dems. By “accurately reflect the will of Tennessee voters” you mean white Republicans. Just say it with your chest, Guv. Let’s stop pretending.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦
about 2 months ago
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky is working on a strategy for negotiating with Russia without US help, - Politico He has become more cautious about future US involvement and now hopes that Turkey will hold the next round of talks with Russia.
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JBC
about 2 months ago
what a spectacular
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LaneyVotesBlue
about 2 months ago
The ignorance of the people who vote for these criminals is why we are where we are. Good morning everyone. ☕️☕️☕️
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The combination of extreme weather and shortages of gas-derived fertilizers that typically flow through the Strait of Hormuz stands to exacerbate a looming, climate-fueled global food crisis.
newrepublic.com/article/2098...
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Trump’s Iran War Is Smashing His Fossil Fuel Dreams
The president wanted to ensure American hegemony and global energy dominance. Instead, he might be torpedoing both.
https://newrepublic.com/article/209801/trump-iran-war-smashing-fossil-fuel-dreams
about 2 months ago
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Palestinian Christians in the West Bank, some of the oldest in the world, have faced increasing harassment from outlaw Israeli settlers. Israel has been embarrassed by a rise in their hostility towards Christian clerics in incidents that have gone viral online.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Attack on French nun in Jerusalem draws widespread condemnation
Israeli foreign ministry denounces ‘shameful act’ after video shows man pushing woman to ground and kicking her
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/01/video-attack-french-nun-jerusalem?CMP=saturdayedition_email
about 2 months ago
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A Petulant man-Child ruins the world even more: "A brigade combat team now in Germany will be pulled out and a long-range fires battalion the Biden administration had planned to begin deploying to Germany later this year will no longer deploy, the official said."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz says US ‘humiliated’ by Iran
US president says European countries are ‘absolutely horrible’ to refuse to support operations in strait of Hormuz
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/trump-threatens-withdraw-troops-italy-spain-strait-hormuz?CMP=saturdayedition_email
about 2 months ago
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Yet USA complaints about logistics alone do not explain the delay. At the center of the impasse remains the question of territory. The RU continues 2 demand that Ukrainian forces withdraw from Ukraine controlled parts of Donbas as a precondition for any agreement.
kyivindependent.com/heres-why-tr...
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Exclusive: Here's why Trump's envoys aren't going to Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are not rushing to visit Kyiv as concerns grow in Washington that renewed engagement in Ukraine peace talks may again produce no ...
https://kyivindependent.com/heres-why-trumps-envoys-arent-going-to-ukraine/
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Jonathan Ross — the ICE agent who lethally shot queer mother of three Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last January before calling her a “f**king b**ch” — was only placed on three days of administrative leave for the murder.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/this...
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This ICE agent killed a queer mother on video. He was put back on duty just 3 days later. - LGBTQ Nation
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called his rehiring "brazen" and "intentional."
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/this-ice-agent-a-queer-mother-on-video-he-was-put-back-on-duty-just-3-days-later/?utm_edition=202604300600
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This past week, the US Air Force agreed to buy an undisclosed number of drones from Powerus as America’s war with Iran hits the 60-day mark. The company’s co-founder, Brett Velicovich, claimed the decision had nothing to do with its investors’ obvious ties to the WH.
newrepublic.com/post/209840/...
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Trump’s Sons Land Massive Pentagon Deal as They Flaunt Corruption
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump also bought a stake in a federally contracted mining company.
https://newrepublic.com/post/209840/donald-jr-eric-trump-military-deal-mining-company
about 2 months ago
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In an interview, Sanders said Mills’s decision to drop out of the race is “indicative of the kind of changes we’re seeing in this country. The American people are tired of status quo politics. The very rich get richer. Everybody else struggles.”
www.semafor.com/article/05/0...
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Sanders keeps shaping Senate candidacies in his mold
The Vermont Independent is going back to the stump for progressives in Minnesota and Michigan after a proxy win in Maine.
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/01/2026/sanders-keeps-shaping-senate-candidacies-in-his-mold
about 2 months ago
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