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Germany cracks down on neo-Nazi networks: "Police and prosecutors have launched a nationwide crackdown on young right-wing extremists. They are alleged to have formed criminal organizations and attacked members of the left-wing scene."
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Germany cracks down on neo-Nazi networks
Police and prosecutors have launched a nationwide crackdown on young right-wing extremists. They are alleged to have formed criminal organizations and attacked members of the left-wing scene.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-cracks-down-on-neo-nazi-networks/a-77070868
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Thom Hartmann
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Discover how America’s debt crisis was built by the GOP and why everyday people are now stuck paying the price…
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They Blew Up the Debt, Stalled America’s Future, and Stuck You With the Bill. All to Enrich the Top 1% and Win Elections…
Discover how America’s debt crisis was built by the GOO and why everyday people are now stuck paying the price…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/they-blew-up-the-debt-stalled-americas-f86
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Kevin M. Kruse
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If any historians want to suffer through the Florida Man Version of AP History, here's the document:
add a skeleton here at some point
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The Poop Sloop has departed the middle east, according to reporting...
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The U.S. Navy’s Largest Supercarrier Has Departed The Middle East
The USS Gerald R. Ford transited the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean and could be back home in the coming weeks, ending her record-length deployment
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/05/04/the-us-navys-largest-supercarrier-has-departed-the-middle-east/
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Trailcam caught this beautiful bobcat last night...
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For Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, intolerance is becoming normal
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For Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, intolerance is becoming normal
Despite official framing, for Christians there is little new in last week's assault on a French nun in East Jerusalem.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/for-christians-israel-jerusalem-intolerance-becoming-normal
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2 US service members missing after military exercises in Morocco
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2 US service members missing after military exercises in Morocco
Two U.S. service members are missing in southwestern Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) said.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/g-s1-119963/2-us-service-members-missing-in-morocco
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Groups Opposing Nuclear War Call On The United Nations To Act Urgently
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Groups Opposing Nuclear War Call On The United Nations To Act Urgently - PopularResistance.Org
On May 1, NWA Director Magritte Gordaneer, delivered a statement representing PSR and IPPNW at the 11th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the United Nations in New York. Our statement calls on countries to recognize the unconscionable threat of nuclear weapons and urgently take action on disarmament in this moment of chaos, conflict, and nuclear escalation. PSR and IPPNW's recommendations to this Review Conference highlight the lack of progress made on nuclear abolition by nuclear weapons states, the humanitarian consequences of these weapons, and supports Article 6 of the NPT and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as critical pieces of international law the United States and others must join and adhere to.
https://popularresistance.org/groups-opposing-nuclear-war-call-on-the-united-nations-to-act-urgently/
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Mountain laurel is blooming...
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Gift article: "Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site"
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Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site
Construction in the Arizona desert damaged an enormous Indigenous ground etching resembling a fish that is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.
https://wapo.st/49jZ7M2
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"Fox figures repeatedly claimed the economy would grow at a 5% pace thanks to Trump. It actually grew just 2% in the first quarter of 2026. Fox has spent most of Trump's second term promising viewers that economic revival is just around the corner."
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Fox figures repeatedly claimed the economy would grow at a 5% pace thanks to Trump. It actually grew just 2% in the first quarter of 2026.
Fox personalities spent the first quarter of 2026 repeatedly telling viewers that the economy was growing robustly or predicting growth at up to a 5% annualized rate thanks to President Donald Trump’s...
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-figures-repeatedly-claimed-economy-would-grow-5-pace-thanks-trump-it-actually-grew
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"World press freedom hits new low as authoritarianism rises. With three in four countries "problematic" or worse, the 2026 World Press Freedom Index offers a bleak picture for global media."
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World press freedom hits new low as authoritarianism rises
With three in four countries "problematic" or worse, the 2026 World Press Freedom Index offers a bleak picture for global media. The conditions for press freedom are rated "satisfactory" in only a few...
https://www.dw.com/en/world-press-freedom-hits-new-low-as-authoritarianism-rises/a-76948348
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Please remain calm. It's only a truckload of bees. We put them in the forest every spring. The result is the closest thing you can get to wild mountain honey without the wild hive 🐝
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In Florida, the big water bottler gets 1 million gallons a day. But grandma gets a fine for watering her flowers on the wrong day.
www.wcjb.com/2026/04/29/w...
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Water bottling plant faces scrutiny as drought forces Santa Fe River businesses to adjust
Water levels are running low at the Santa Fe River, and business owners say they have to change how they operate on the water because of it
https://www.wcjb.com/2026/04/29/water-bottling-plant-faces-scrutiny-drought-conditions-force-santa-fe-river-businesses-adjust/
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Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them
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Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them
They built it. They're scared of it. They're selling it anyway.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260428-ai-companies-want-you-to-be-afraid-of-them
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Biochar is something I've been making for the garden for over 25 years. Now this: "Florida Poly research team is developing a biochar-based product meant to remove nutrients from water to restore ecological balance"
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Florida Poly researcher searches for root cause of Florida algae crisis
A research team is developing a biochar-based product meant to remove nutrients from water to restore ecological balance.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/793389-florida-poly-researcher-searches-for-root-cause-of-florida-algae-crisis/
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This is not a bug or a one-off. Corruption and fiscal mismanagement are features of the nuclear power industry: "US Supreme Court won't overturn racketeering convictions for 2 in Ohio [nuclear power] bribery scandal"
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Supreme Court denies appeal of ex-Ohio House speaker's and lobbyist's convictions in $60M scheme
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme.
https://apnews.com/article/bribery-investigation-ohio-householder-borges-conviction-81a30a5d4c488a3d5837217c4ed954b0
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The markets are screaming "TACO!" - look for another stupid statement from Trump that his Iran disaster is "going swimmingly" and that a major deal "is coming soon " 🤣😅🤣
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Sinking AI stocks and rising oil prices weigh on Wall Street
Slumping AI stocks and another climb in oil prices are helping to halt Wall Street’s record-setting rally. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% Tuesday from its latest all-time high.
https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-trump-oil-iran-war-1901470c64a6055c80656fad64f863e5
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Gift article: "A Trump-branded nuclear power project thrilled investors. Then came the crash"
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A Trump-branded nuclear power project thrilled investors. Then came the crash.
Corporate drama and a stock plummet at Fermi America are raising questions about the sustainability of the wider artificial intelligence boom.
https://wapo.st/3QxhHdm
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Robert Reich
11 days ago
Protest is how ordinary people change history.
#TheProtestBook
by Annie Leonard & Andre Carothers shares 42 stories of movements that reshaped the world. If you believe dissent strengthens democracy, this book is for you. I was honored to write the forward for it. www.theprotestbook.com
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PROTEST: Respect It, Defend It, Use It
Lifelong activists Annie Leonard and André Carothers celebrate the power of peaceful protest and encourage readers to pr
https://www.theprotestbook.com
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An estimated 1.1 million children in Gaza now need mental health and psychosocial support, as a growing number lose their ability to speak due to trauma and injuries from Israeli attacks.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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‘Silent suffering’: Why children in Gaza are losing their ability to speak
Estimated 1 million children in Gaza need mental health support, as growing number lose ability to speak due to trauma.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/24/silent-suffering-why-children-in-gaza-are-losing-their-ability-to-speak
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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)
14 days ago
Murderous fantasies about the US imposing total domination over Iran are perhaps a symptom of the US being unable to do so in reality.
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For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
Hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations.
https://fair.org/home/for-us-commentators-on-iran-mass-murder-is-magic/
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"Your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. We're already overcrowded From your dirty little war. Now Jesus don't like killin' No matter what the reason's for, And your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more."
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Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore
YouTube video by John Prine - Topic
https://youtu.be/sRCLHBhZPQ4?si=_8-GD-UJKC2-JZWG
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Robert Ellingsworth
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RFK Jr. Says Measles Outbreak Has ‘Nothing To Do’ With Him
RFK Jr. is facing criticism for his recent comments on Capitol Hill regarding the ongoing measles resurgence in the country. The HHS Secretary stated that the outbreak has “nothing to do” with him. Wi...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rfk-jr-says-measles-outbreak-091530683.html
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Mexico says 2 CIA agents killed in crash weren't authorized to participate in local raid
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Mexico says 2 CIA agents killed in crash weren't authorized to participate in local raid
The role of the two CIA agents, who were returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, remains unclear.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-cia-agents-killed-crash-local-raid/
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121
12 days ago
Death threats against judges are surging —and experts point directly to Trump's rhetoric Federal judges have received more than 800 threats since Trump's rhetoric intensified — and retired members of the judiciary are now speaking out.“According to the U.S. Marshals Service, there were 564 threats a
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Death threats against judges are surging —and experts point directly to Trump's rhetoric
Federal judges have received more than 800 threats since Trump's rhetoric intensified — and retired members of the judiciary are now speaking out.“According to the U.S. Marshals Service, there were 564 threats against federal judges in 2025 and there have been 275 already this year,” wrote USA Today...
https://www.alternet.org/trumps-violent-rhetoric-2676815500/
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The Canary
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We have watched Israel systematically destroy electricity and water supplies throughout Gaza. Now, it's doing the same in Southern Lebanon
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Israel destroys solar panels supplying electric and water to Southern Lebanon
We have watched Israel systematically destroy electricity and water supplies throughout Gaza. Now, it's doing the same in Southern Lebanon
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2026/04/26/israel-destroys-solar-panels/
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"Thirty-one sloths planned for a new 'slothnarium' in Florida died before the planned opening. Many of the sloths died due to conditions at a Florida warehouse where they'd been shipped Others arrived already dead or in ill health and later died"
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Sloth World: 31 sloths died before opening of Florida attraction
Many died due to conditions at a Florida warehouse where they'd been shipped, while others arrived from South America dead, authorities say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz675j3y151o
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Resistance Revival Chorus - All You Fascists Bound To Lose
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Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose"
YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dWUa7aAIfLE&si=LHuln5KZU7KZQUpn
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MeidasTouch
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NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.
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I feel sorry for kids who are trying to do their math homework in MAGA households: "Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim there's more than one way to calculate a percentage decrease. Pants on fire"
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Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claim there's more than one way to calculate a percentage decrease
President Donald Trump has regularly said that drug-price discounts on his watch are greater than 100%, which isn’t mathematically possible. Now his health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kenn...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-rfk-jr-s-claim-theres-more-than-one-way-to-calculate-a-percentage-decrease
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Discrimination in Overdrive: Florida’s Immigration Crackdown Fuels Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops
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Discrimination in Overdrive: Florida’s Immigration Crackdown Fuels Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops - ACLU of Florida
https://live-awp-florida.pantheonsite.io/publications/discrimination-in-overdrive-floridas-immigration-crackdown-fuels-racial-profiling-in-traffic-stops/
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Gambling addiction is spiraling “out of control” in the US, a leading campaigner for stricter guardrails has warned, as experts from around the world are set to gather in Boston to push for more regulation of the industry.
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US gambling addiction is ‘out of control’ as betting markets boom, policy expert warns
The gambling crisis ‘demands a public health response’ and should be regulated like alcohol or tobacco, expert says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/gambling-addiction-out-of-control-betting-markets
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Gannon Ken Van Dyke after he allegedly made trades on Polymarket, a crypto-powered platform, on the basis of classified information.
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US soldier charged after winning $400,000 betting on removal of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly made trades on Polymarket on the basis of classified information, the justice department says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20832yg5p2o
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Resister Sister Nicki Hates tRump for Free
15 days ago
Under the Sherbet Pervert’s proposed plan to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, endangered polar bears, as well as walruses, can legally be killed by energy companies “during the course of their work”, whatever the fuck that means. 🤬
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Endangered polar bears could be legally killed by drilling projects in Alaska under Trump admin proposal
“Simply put, these new [oil drilling] leases will harm and kill polar bears.”
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/us-news/endangered-polar-bears-and-cubs-could-be-legally-killed-by-drilling-projects-in-alaska-under-proposed-new-rules/
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo
15 days ago
While this refers to the UK, we should know that our data is not secure and especially not so under this corrupt Trump admin.
#DV1
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy
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Private health records of half a million Britons offered for sale on Chinese website
Technology minister tells Commons ‘de-identified’ information from UK Biobank advertised for sale on Alibaba
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/private-health-records-uk-biobank-chinese-website-alibaba
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Elizabeth Spiers
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I regret to inform you that the techno fascist billionaires are continuing to do dumb horrible things. As a result, I must keep writing about them. Alex Karp edition:
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Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future
The tech company’s CEO Alex Karp delivers a self-serving broadside that’s steeped in oligarchic hubris and authoritarian nihilism
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/alex-karp-palantir-techbro-fascism/
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Let’s Talk Capitalism, Drugs, And The Drug War
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Let’s Talk Capitalism, Drugs, And The Drug War - PopularResistance.Org
Let’s talk about capitalism, drugs, and the drug war. Capitalism warps our relationship with substances. It creates conditions for misuse — like despair, alienation, and a future devoid of hope — and then criminalizes that very same use. It locks people away, eliminates so-called surplus labor, and profits from their caged bodies. This alienation — a concept developed by Karl Marx — refers to the feeling of being disconnected from your work, your community, and your own humanity. Capitalism reduces people to mere cogs in a machine. When you feel like a cog, you often seek ways to escape that feeling.
https://popularresistance.org/lets-talk-capitalism-drugs-and-the-drug-war/
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US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations
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US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations | CNN Politics
The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term risk” of running out of ammunition in a future conflict should one arise in t...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/politics/us-military-missile-stockpile
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Daily Mail
17 days ago
Outrage as stunning Florida beach is covered with hundreds of toxic MOTHBALLS in bid to stop protected birds nesting
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Florida beach covered with MOTHBALLS in bid to stop birds nesting
Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) discovered hundreds of mothballs scattered along St Pete Beach in Florida on Monday.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15752669/st-pete-beach-florida-mothballs-birds.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
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The Washington Post
17 days ago
Breaking news: The Trump administration’s fundraising arrangement for the White House ballroom project shields donor identities and excludes the White House from conflict of interest requirements, according to records obtained by The Post.
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Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it.
The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/21/trump-ballroom-donor-deal/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. Satellite images are giving an insight into destruction in the region...
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Oil spills from the Iran war are visible from space | CNN
Satellite images show oil swirling in the water after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes on oil facilities and ships. Experts fear an environmental catastrophe
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/climate/iran-war-oil-spills-persian-gulf-satellite-images
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Gift article: "Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation"
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Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation
The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.
https://wapo.st/4sQCgP7
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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/20/amazon-sellers-price-raises-california
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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)
18 days ago
"It’s not that these companies don’t have the resources to be paying something other than poverty wages; it’s that they’re choosing to use their resources to enrich those at the top."
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‘It’s All About Keeping Wages at Poverty Levels to Overpay Their CEOs’: CounterSpin interview with Sarah Anderson on poverty wages
"It's our taxpayer money that is going into those public assistance programs that these companies are using to make this model workable."
https://fair.org/home/its-all-about-keeping-wages-at-poverty-levels-to-overpay-their-ceos/
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Lunch for U.S. troops aboard the USS Tripoli: "a lunch tray, two-thirds empty, carried one small scoop of shredded meat and a single folded tortilla."
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Parents of Iranian Kids Killed by US School Bombing Thank Pope Leo for Speaking Out Against War “We write this letter to you with trembling hands and a heart full of pain, from amidst the ashes and ruins of the schools of the city of Minab.”
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Parents of Iranian Kids Killed by US School Bombing Thank Pope Leo for Speaking Out Against War | Common Dreams
"We write this letter to you with trembling hands and a heart full of pain, from amidst the ashes and ruins of the schools of the city of Minab."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/families-children-minab-school-bombing
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"If you make more than 45,000 dollars, there’s no benefits for you,” Brewer said. “...when we went in, they were telling us about all these benefits we’d have forever, regardless. And they’re not living up to any of them for you.”
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Veteran with stage 4 cancer says VA denied benefits due to income
A southeast Kentucky veteran diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer turned to the VA for assistance, but was told there’s nothing they can do to help.
https://www.wkyt.com/2026/04/19/veteran-with-stage-4-cancer-says-va-denied-benefits-due-income/
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Robert Reich
19 days ago
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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