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Statement on Kennedy Center Board Action: In 1964, Congress established the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a living memorial to President Kennedy. Only Congress can change its name.
December 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Speaking of SNAP:
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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With over 850,000 Virginians relying on SNAP to feed themselves & their families the state of Virginia has had to declare a state of emergency to be able to use emergency funding to fund food assistance since USDA has announced there will be no SNAP benefits going out in November.

#Pinks
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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There’s $5 billion sitting in SNAP reserves right now. The money’s there.

The Administration just decided feeding families matters less than bailing out Argentina.
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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UN: “Kids dying of starvation… what we give them is a peanut butter paste. We’ve been told we can’t bring that in because it’s a luxury.”

AMANPOUR: “Seriously?”
September 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
A UN inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The TV networks seem determined to sanitize Charlie Kirk's long record of hate speech. MSNBC guest John Nichols just praised Kirk as "nuanced" and "quite thoughtful," and Katy Tur did a dramatic reading from Ezra Klein's NYT essay headlined "Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way."
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Whoever calls the drone attack against Poland a mistake is either pro-Russian, a total fool, or both.
September 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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THIS is why we must fight for a better world. ❤️
September 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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President Donald Trump abruptly fired the librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. to.pbs.org/43lzwjf
Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Hayden in an email late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office.
to.pbs.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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To the greatest fans in the galaxy... May the 4th be with you.
May 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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This morning ICE deported 3 more US citizen children held incommunicado.
The families were disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, their lawyers said Saturday.
ICE deported 3 children who are U.S. citizens, their families' lawyers say
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S.…
buff.ly
April 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Albert Einstein died on this day, April 18, 1955.

It is incredible to hear Albert Einstein explain his famous formula, E=mc².
April 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM