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Trump lowers flags to half-staff, issues posthumous Presidential medal
Breaking News: Aldrich Ames, the most murderous turncoat in the history of the CIA, died at 84 while serving life in prison.
Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84
As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving life without parole since 1994.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Trump lowers flags to half-staff, issues posthumous Presidential medal
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What’s Fox covering tonight on primetime?
June 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What’s Fox covering tonight on primetime?
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From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
Opinion | Selfishness Is Not a Virtue
Evangelical Christianity has taken a wrong turn.
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
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Make this make sense. 🤷🏼♂️
May 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Make this make sense. 🤷🏼♂️
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#GVerse via @calltoactivism.bsky.social
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
#Rewind #Exclusive: We dug up a video of the #OrangeBuffoon trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
May 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Small-business owners facing steep China tariffs are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal
How Tariffs Are Crushing Small Businesses: ‘Nobody in Power Seems to Care’
Owners are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal with China.
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Small-business owners facing steep China tariffs are laying off staff and withdrawing personal savings, trying to hold on and hoping for a trade deal
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
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Art of the deal is raising the tariff to 145% then cutting it almost in half despite the fact that China has made no concessions and has completely ignored you. Xi just sits back at laughs at our orange clown.
May 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Art of the deal is raising the tariff to 145% then cutting it almost in half despite the fact that China has made no concessions and has completely ignored you. Xi just sits back at laughs at our orange clown.
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Coaching was Gregg Popovich’s job, not his life—a perspective he tried to inculcate in everyone, writes Adam Harris:
Gregg Popovich’s Life Lessons
The San Antonio Spurs coach built a thoughtful team culture that spread far beyond his own players.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Coaching was Gregg Popovich’s job, not his life—a perspective he tried to inculcate in everyone, writes Adam Harris:
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“.. The ‘full and comprehensive’ trade deal between the US and the UK .. is no such thing. ..
“.. this rush to demonstrate progress on ‘deals’ reveals a rising desperation within the administration to rollback tariffs before they hit GDP growth and inflation.” 🤡
“.. this rush to demonstrate progress on ‘deals’ reveals a rising desperation within the administration to rollback tariffs before they hit GDP growth and inflation.” 🤡
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“.. The ‘full and comprehensive’ trade deal between the US and the UK .. is no such thing. ..
“.. this rush to demonstrate progress on ‘deals’ reveals a rising desperation within the administration to rollback tariffs before they hit GDP growth and inflation.” 🤡
“.. this rush to demonstrate progress on ‘deals’ reveals a rising desperation within the administration to rollback tariffs before they hit GDP growth and inflation.” 🤡
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I think we get used to stuff, like the proverbial frog in the pot, and lose track of how absolutely humiliating it is to have a belligerent, altered buffoon representing our nation and spewing gibberish on the world stage. But sitting him next to a normal person brings it home.
May 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I think we get used to stuff, like the proverbial frog in the pot, and lose track of how absolutely humiliating it is to have a belligerent, altered buffoon representing our nation and spewing gibberish on the world stage. But sitting him next to a normal person brings it home.
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Two weeks apart:
[April 14 vs. April 29]
[April 14 vs. April 29]
April 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Two weeks apart:
[April 14 vs. April 29]
[April 14 vs. April 29]
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So do we want trade deals or tariff revenue? I’m not sure what the plan is from day to day.
April 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So do we want trade deals or tariff revenue? I’m not sure what the plan is from day to day.
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The coming Trump stagflation. Actually it's not "coming," it's already here www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Coming Economic Nightmare
Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.
www.theatlantic.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The coming Trump stagflation. Actually it's not "coming," it's already here www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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APOLLO:
* consumer sentiment collapsing
* US tourism collapsing
* new orders collapsing
* cost pressures UP 🇺🇸
* consumer sentiment collapsing
* US tourism collapsing
* new orders collapsing
* cost pressures UP 🇺🇸
April 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
APOLLO:
* consumer sentiment collapsing
* US tourism collapsing
* new orders collapsing
* cost pressures UP 🇺🇸
* consumer sentiment collapsing
* US tourism collapsing
* new orders collapsing
* cost pressures UP 🇺🇸
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Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article)
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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“.. It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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April 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“.. It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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He sees that. He is the patsy.
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
He sees that. He is the patsy.
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Yes. This is what happened, and it’s shameful and cowardly.
April 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yes. This is what happened, and it’s shameful and cowardly.
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If Hegseth resigns and we get an Acting Secretary of Defense, it'll be the eighth time we've had one.
One came under Nixon, a second under GHW Bush.
And then we had *five* under Trump.
One came under Nixon, a second under GHW Bush.
And then we had *five* under Trump.
April 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If Hegseth resigns and we get an Acting Secretary of Defense, it'll be the eighth time we've had one.
One came under Nixon, a second under GHW Bush.
And then we had *five* under Trump.
One came under Nixon, a second under GHW Bush.
And then we had *five* under Trump.