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David Wessel
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Amazon promised a lot of new jobs in Virginia in exchange for public subsidies, but failed to hit its annual job growth mark for third year, ending 2025 with 73 fewer new positions vs 1,600 new jobs projected for the year under its incentive agreement with state
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Amazon is behind on jobs promised for funding to build Virginia headquarters
The company expected to be nearly halfway to its goal of 25,000 new jobs in the area by 2038. It has created a little more than 7,000.
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Real estate investors are buying up long-term care facilities. Residents can suffer
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5786242/profit-landlord-real-estate-investment-trust-nursing-homes-safety
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Federal judge blocks Nexstar-Tegna TV station merger until antitrust lawsuit is settled
A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved.
https://apnews.com/article/nextstar-tegna-merger-lawsuit-antitrust-ec9f2def13e1b31b0e2c0437b635a932?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-04-17-Television
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Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation
An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5777632/us-trump-immigration-delay-applications-citizenship-deportation
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Hey kids, it's TACO Friday again! Congratulations, we're renegotiating a worse deal than Obama's!
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Live updates: President Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, which began at midnight.
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-17-2026
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Pope James David Vance the First
The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pope-jd-vance-iran/686826/?gift=HUOcb4fbesgiHNctgP-06lU2GNkd0MA45NHdJL0fQkc
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Making money on real estate deals? Color me shocked.
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Jared Kushner’s Mysterious Role in the Trump Administration
Is the president’s son-in-law carrying out the public’s business or pursuing his own private interests?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/jared-kushner-ethics/686808/?gift=HUOcb4fbesgiHNctgP-06r1hGKkGY23TvwZLWhwSb_g
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Exclusive: Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX -
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Exclusive: Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
Last August, U.S. Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realized they had hit a single point of failure: Starlink. A global outage across Elon Musk’s satellite network affecting mill...
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/starlink-outage-hit-drone-tests-exposing-pentagons-growing-reliance-spacex-2026-04-16/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members...
https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-oath-keepers-convictions-dropped-doj-ad679108ab84083694261efc101e60ea?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-04-14-Capitol+riot+cases
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How a $75 billion windfall from Congress has insulated ICE
Last year, Congress approved $75 billion for immigration enforcement. That money has allowed ICE to operate nearly unfettered during a record-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5771608/immigration-congress-75-billion
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Reuters
6 days ago
China's March crude oil imports unscathed by Iran war, gas imports hit a multi-year low
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China's March crude oil imports unscathed by Iran war, gas imports hit a multi-year low
China's March crude oil imports fell 2.8% from a year earlier due to a high base, official data showed on Tuesday, while the Iran war curbed refinery runs with Middle East supply disruptions expected to weigh on April imports.
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But no, no, it's not a cult. You all just have TDS.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke
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BladeoftheSun
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Margaret Thatcher's lie "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." The reality "It seems that you eventually need a socialist to clean up the mess.” Zohran Mamdani
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Rebecca Solnit
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Weird to me that this is the thing everyone cites, because there's so much that's so much worse. In 1974 the first laws against marital rape were passed, but all 50 states did not classify it as a crime/remove the exemption until 1993.
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Jesuit Priest Epically Blasts Pete Hegseth's Claim That God Is Providing 'Miraculous Protection' To U.S. Soldiers In Iran War
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Video: How Trump’s Advisers Felt About Going to War With Iran
Our reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan discuss how individual members of President Trump’s administration felt in the leadup to the war in Iran, and how they communicated their thoughts to Mr. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010828478/trump-war-iran-advisers.html?smid=url-share
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Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger)
I wanna point out something serious. The admin has been complaining about Iran winning the information war. This same administration shut down Voice of America, and other information operations the US govt does. It’s a self goal. Actions have consequences
https://substack.com/@adamkinzinger/note/c-240970137?r=54iaw6
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Trump promised to cut electric costs in half. Bills in energy-rich West Virginia now top mortgages
West Virginia resident Rebecca Michalski struggles with soaring electricity bills that exceed her income.
https://apnews.com/article/electricity-utility-bills-west-virginia-trump-coal-38ad648f99a42eb2c73d7affaddadbcb
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Republicans have devolved into the party of vindictive assholes
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Louisiana GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated man
A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands. Calvin Duncan has been elected as the city's new clerk of criminal court, but now Republican lawmakers are racing to eliminate the position.
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-criminal-clerk-calvin-duncan-exonerated-d247677aa601a85cac604645d50fc739?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-04-09-A+new+legal+fight
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11 days ago
How convenient.
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Exclusive: Chinese business hired lobbying firm with ties to Don Jr, then scored a win in Washington -
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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-firm-hired-lobbyists-with-ties-don-jr-then-scored-win-washington-2026-04-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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How US communities have responded to plans to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is reviewing plans to convert warehouses into detention facilities for immigrants.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-warehouses-backlash-states-d2f4cfd885f013d51477b5926d4d2c3c?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-04-09-Government+spending
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A year after 'Liberation Day,' Trump's tariffs are hurting small businesses
Many small-business owners say the uncertainty that goes along with the high cost of the Trump administration's emergency tariffs is driving away customers and eating into profits.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5768457/tariffs-trump-small-businesses-liberation
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Only Losers Play the Madman
Does Trump seem crazy? Sure. Credible, not so much.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-iran-war-ceasefire/686736/?gift=HUOcb4fbesgiHNctgP-06upAyrG7Mxz74NbKJfillhk
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Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement
A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of...
https://apnews.com/article/polymarket-iran-trump-ceasefire-prediction-markets-350d9fe5ffefa74080ff5dd973aef48b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-04-08-Bets+on+ceasefire
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Tom Powel Jr (@tompowelljr)
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Trump Looks Frantic
So much bluster signifying nothing
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/trump-iran-truthsocial-civilization-will-die/686715/?gift=HUOcb4fbesgiHNctgP-06nxbbK4t9QwPCfpnr0j-53E
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Trump's Defeat in Iran
It's consistent with how other countries, organizations, and people have defeated him
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/how-to-defeat-trump-every-time?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=54iaw6
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ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776799/ice-spyware-privacy
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Hooray! TACOs for everybody.
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Urge Attorneys General to Stop Paramount's Mega-Media Monopoly
The proposed Paramount mega-media monopoly would be a new, pro-Donald Trump media empire, under the control of Trump cronies Larry and David Ellison. But state attorneys general can stop this merger. ...
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Ok, here we go. He's talking about committing genocide in the name of the United States.
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Live updates: Trump warns a 'whole civilization will die tonight' but says Iran could still capitulate
President Donald Trump has warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” but said Iran still has time to capitulate ahead of a deadline set for 8 p.m. in Washington.
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-07-2026
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Universal Music Group gets $64bn takeover offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square
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Universal Music Group gets $64bn takeover offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square
The music giant behind acts such as Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter gets an offer from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square.
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She paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverage
A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in questio...
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/06/nx-s1-5770484/immigrants-tps-medicare-social-security-eligibility
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‘It started with a tip-off’: how a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram
Meta has just lost a multimillion-dollar legal battle over its failure to prevent children being sold on its platforms. Here’s how we uncovered evidence that became part of the case against it
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/06/investigation-exposed-child-sex-trafficking-on-facebook-and-instagram-meta?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Who thought it was a good idea to legalize gambling on everything? The whole future trading market? The ones making money off it, of course.
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More teens are getting hooked on gambling. Parents say it often goes undetected
The explosion of online gambling and sports betting, as well as the advertising behind it, is attracting a growing number of young people, most of them boys.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/05/nx-s1-5762276/teens-getting-hooked-on-gambling-sports-betting
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In Lebanon, more than 50 medics have been killed by Israel. Some say they're targeted
Lebanon says at least 54 health workers are among more than 1,400 people killed by Israel during the current invasion. Human rights groups say first responders are being targeted — something Israel de...
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/05/nx-s1-5763606/lebanon-medics-killed-targeted-israel
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So when exactly is his behavior enough? When do we finally invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office? Does he have to kill more innocent civilians, or destroy civilian infrastructure? We have to let him commit war crimes in a conflict he started?
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Trump issues expletive-laden threat to Iran demanding Strait of Hormuz be opened
In a post on social media, the US president says in Iran “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one” if the key shipping lane is not reopened.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cm29zmpdj3vt
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It's hard not to connect the dots between one unhinged madman and the current one.
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Hitler’s Edifice Complex
He was obsessed with adding an expensive new wing to the Reich chancellery, part of his grandiose architectural ambitions for the nation’s capital.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/hitlers-edifice-complex/686662/?gift=HUOcb4fbesgiHNctgP-06lC0XhhHGs7ppoqgXSzIl00
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Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone
The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries.
https://apnews.com/article/cia-factbook-world-trump-map-reference-manual-749b7577c2c8f1c2adae6888ea9dee06?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-04-05-Farewell%2C+CIA+Factbook
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As the Live Nation trial continues, how do artists actually feel about touring?
Independent venue closures, social media algorithms and the rise of generative AI are all part of an ecosystem that artists say is becoming increasingly difficult for working musicians to weather.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-5771762/live-nation-trial-artists-touring-hardships
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Barry McCaffrey
18 days ago
Hegseth just fired the Army Chief Gen Randy George. Immediately. Gen George the most competent and experienced combat leaders I have ever encountered. Courage. Integrity. Takes care of soldiers. A government of gangsters.
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Inspection finds 49 violations of detention standards at largest US migrant detention camp
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Inspection finds 49 violations of detention standards at largest US migrant detention camp
An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced criticism from immigration advocates opposed to President Donald Trump's crackdown.
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Have Trump's tariffs worked? This is where things stand a year after 'Liberation Day'
It has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5766424/trump-tariffs-inflation-economy
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US Army chief of staff asked to step down by Hegseth, sources say -
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US Army chief of staff asked to step down by Hegseth, sources say
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Randy George has been asked to step down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and take immediate retirement, two U.S. defense officials and a source familiar with the matter to...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hegseth-has-asked-us-army-chief-staff-step-down-cbs-news-reports-2026-04-02/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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18 days ago
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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5750814/veterans-mortgages-foreclosure-va-rescue
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Christopher Webb
18 days ago
We don’t really GAF that Kristi Noem’s husband is a closeted cross-dresser, do we? We care about the absolutely off-the-charts hypocrisy from Noem and so many other Republicans. There’s a reason why Grindr crashes during CPAC.
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