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Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
April 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Interesting interview with General Hodges, USA (ret), on Ukraine. I've tee'd it up to time 37:37, where he comments on the new administration and others.

youtu.be/iyjVU9eC12Q?...
General Hodges on Russia’s Failing Strategy And How the War In Ukraine Will End | Ben Hodges
YouTube video by Decoding Geopolitics Podcast
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We should not ban TikTok to "hurt" China. The danger of TikTok is the potential use of subtle algorithms, manipulated by the CCP, to help achieve some political aim. It could, for example, create doubt in our leaders or institutions, create false narratives or effect public opinion on issues.
January 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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This is a pattern we’ll see over and over. Trump makes things worse, then takes great credit for making the problem he created better. Never really fixing things, just putting on a show to glorify himself.
Yes, to all the people who bookmarked this post, TikTok is now back online. How did I know?
January 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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🚨 Last year averaged the highest global mean sea surface temperature on record.

Extensive warm anomalies particularly stretched across the extratropics of the Northern Hemisphere.

Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 averaged from January to December at psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...
January 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Schiff: "I've been in Congress a long time approving aid after disasters. I never once even considered 'is this hurricane hitting a red or blue state?' ... we need the incoming president to view it that way."
January 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Thank you, Mexico.🇲🇽
#LAFires

Firefighters from Mexico arrived at LAX on Saturday afternoon to provide assistance with battling the fires across Los Angeles .
January 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM