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⚡️'This is Putin's response to calls for peace' — European leaders condemn Russia's Sept. 7 devastating attack on Ukraine.
'This is Putin's response to calls for peace' — European leaders condemn Russia's latest mass attack on Ukraine
Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine on Sept. 7, killing at least four people and injuring more than 40, prompting swift condemnation from Kyiv’s European partners.
kyivindependent.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
⚡️'This is Putin's response to calls for peace' — European leaders condemn Russia's Sept. 7 devastating attack on Ukraine.
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They may resemble other ATMs, but officials are increasingly warning about the potential for fraud with the expanding fleet of cryptocurrency ATMs popping up across the country ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/citin...
Citing potential for fraud, blue and red states pass new crypto ATM laws • Ohio Capital Journal
They may resemble other ATMs, but officials are increasingly warning about the potential for fraud with the expanding fleet of cryptocurrency ATMs popping up across the country.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They may resemble other ATMs, but officials are increasingly warning about the potential for fraud with the expanding fleet of cryptocurrency ATMs popping up across the country ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/citin...
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Flatonia, Texas wants an Amtrak station. Watch this charming video and you'll want that, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7p...
Flatonia Amtrak Promo
YouTube video by City Manager
www.youtube.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Flatonia, Texas wants an Amtrak station. Watch this charming video and you'll want that, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7p...
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In parts of rural Kansas, PBS is more than TV. Families rely on it for children's shows, farm and weather updates, and local high school sports not shown elsewhere.
Now that access is in jeopardy. Congress passed a bill cutting $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media. Read: bit.ly/44G61cM
Now that access is in jeopardy. Congress passed a bill cutting $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media. Read: bit.ly/44G61cM
July 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In parts of rural Kansas, PBS is more than TV. Families rely on it for children's shows, farm and weather updates, and local high school sports not shown elsewhere.
Now that access is in jeopardy. Congress passed a bill cutting $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media. Read: bit.ly/44G61cM
Now that access is in jeopardy. Congress passed a bill cutting $1.1 billion in federal funding for public media. Read: bit.ly/44G61cM
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ISS tortilla update! 630 tortillas went up to the space station on the last cargo dragon. Astronaut Mike Fincke launching on Crew 11 later this month and his favorite space food is tortillas!!!
July 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ISS tortilla update! 630 tortillas went up to the space station on the last cargo dragon. Astronaut Mike Fincke launching on Crew 11 later this month and his favorite space food is tortillas!!!
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I didn't take a penny from George Soros. But, Derrick Van Orden took a lot of money from Elon Musk.
If you want to send a working class waitress to Washington, spread the word and join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/cooke...
If you want to send a working class waitress to Washington, spread the word and join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/cooke...
June 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I didn't take a penny from George Soros. But, Derrick Van Orden took a lot of money from Elon Musk.
If you want to send a working class waitress to Washington, spread the word and join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/cooke...
If you want to send a working class waitress to Washington, spread the word and join us: secure.actblue.com/donate/cooke...
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Sheer luck to freeze this moment where both hummingbirds are both sharp in the same frame
I’ve had my share of photos with two or more birds in the same frame. Even a few lucky enough to have two different species interacting
This Allen’s and Anna’s hummingbird being territorial is a good one 📷🪶
I’ve had my share of photos with two or more birds in the same frame. Even a few lucky enough to have two different species interacting
This Allen’s and Anna’s hummingbird being territorial is a good one 📷🪶
May 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sheer luck to freeze this moment where both hummingbirds are both sharp in the same frame
I’ve had my share of photos with two or more birds in the same frame. Even a few lucky enough to have two different species interacting
This Allen’s and Anna’s hummingbird being territorial is a good one 📷🪶
I’ve had my share of photos with two or more birds in the same frame. Even a few lucky enough to have two different species interacting
This Allen’s and Anna’s hummingbird being territorial is a good one 📷🪶
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"The state's 25-year access agreement allows for up to *3* daily round trips, totaling more than 500,000 train miles annually for the planned Colorado Mountain Rail service. The new line is expected to begin year-round daily service to Granby by 2026..."
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Colorado signs 25-year deal for Moffat Tunnel, the first in 100 years, setting stage for expanded mountain train service
State officials finalized a landmark agreement with Union Pacific Railroad that modernizes a century-old lease for the Moffat Tunnel, setting the stage for expanded mountain passenger rail service thr...
www.cbsnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"The state's 25-year access agreement allows for up to *3* daily round trips, totaling more than 500,000 train miles annually for the planned Colorado Mountain Rail service. The new line is expected to begin year-round daily service to Granby by 2026..."
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
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Pharmaceutical products have long been spared from trade wars due to the potential harms, but Trump has repeatedly threatened a 25% tariff on pharmaceutical imports.
Pharma tariffs would raise U.S. drug costs by $51 billion annually, report finds
Pharmaceutical products have long been spared from trade wars due to the potential harms, but Trump has repeatedly threatened a 25% tariff on pharmaceutical imports.
nbcnews.to
April 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pharmaceutical products have long been spared from trade wars due to the potential harms, but Trump has repeatedly threatened a 25% tariff on pharmaceutical imports.
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Omg. This just in. Another Signal group chat scandal, reported by @nytimes.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New report: Trump administration just got hit with another Signal chat scandal.
The New York Times reported that the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive attack plans in a second group chat.
www.motherjones.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Omg. This just in. Another Signal group chat scandal, reported by @nytimes.com
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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🚨INVESTIGATION: Trump shut down a federal price-gouging probe after large donations to his inauguration.
Now some of the targets of the shuttered probe are helping corporations use Trump's tariffs to justify permanently jacking up prices on consumers. www.levernews.com/how-trump-is...
Now some of the targets of the shuttered probe are helping corporations use Trump's tariffs to justify permanently jacking up prices on consumers. www.levernews.com/how-trump-is...
How Trump Is Helping Price Gougers Exploit His Tariffs
Emboldened by the new administration’s regulatory reprieve, “price optimization” consultants are showing corporations how to weaponize import levies to fleece consumers.
www.levernews.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🚨INVESTIGATION: Trump shut down a federal price-gouging probe after large donations to his inauguration.
Now some of the targets of the shuttered probe are helping corporations use Trump's tariffs to justify permanently jacking up prices on consumers. www.levernews.com/how-trump-is...
Now some of the targets of the shuttered probe are helping corporations use Trump's tariffs to justify permanently jacking up prices on consumers. www.levernews.com/how-trump-is...
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JUST IN: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared Yemen strike details in a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, three sources told CNN. cnn.it/3EpM8fP
April 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
JUST IN: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared Yemen strike details in a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, three sources told CNN. cnn.it/3EpM8fP
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Elon Musk and other conservatives have called for the CFPB to be destroyed for some time. The Project 2025 chapter on financial regulatory agencies describes it as “a highly politicized, damaging, and utterly unaccountable federal agency."
www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Elon Musk and other conservatives have called for the CFPB to be destroyed for some time. The Project 2025 chapter on financial regulatory agencies describes it as “a highly politicized, damaging, and utterly unaccountable federal agency."
www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
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Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen (AKA pharmacy benefit managers), paid pharmacies more and saved $140 million, report says.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen, paid pharmacies more and saved $140 million, report says • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Department of Medicaid department in 2022 gave powerful prescription drug middlemen the boot and created a new system. The result: Fees paid to pharmacies were boosted more than 1,200% while ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen (AKA pharmacy benefit managers), paid pharmacies more and saved $140 million, report says.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
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Trump is considering forcibly exiling U.S. citizens to other countries. Would it be legal?
Absolutely not. No statute allows the president to unilaterally remove American citizens at a whim.
Absolutely not. No statute allows the president to unilaterally remove American citizens at a whim.
Trump’s Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to Gulags
His plan to send American citizens to foreign prisons is the latest in a long series of affronts to the American constitutional order.
newrepublic.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Trump is considering forcibly exiling U.S. citizens to other countries. Would it be legal?
Absolutely not. No statute allows the president to unilaterally remove American citizens at a whim.
Absolutely not. No statute allows the president to unilaterally remove American citizens at a whim.
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Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.
The health and human services secretary on Wednesday suggested that autistic children would never play baseball or pay taxes, enraging those in the community.
wapo.st
April 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
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Funny how that worked out. interc.pt/43EvQtQ
April 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Funny how that worked out. interc.pt/43EvQtQ
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In the wake of Trump's "Liberation Day," one of the Big Three automakers in the U.S. has announced it would be laying off hundreds of American workers.
That's one form of liberation.
That's one form of liberation.
Trump’s Extreme Tariffs Are Already Wrecking the Auto Industry
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, meanwhile, promised that employment would go up as a result of the tariffs.
newrepublic.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In the wake of Trump's "Liberation Day," one of the Big Three automakers in the U.S. has announced it would be laying off hundreds of American workers.
That's one form of liberation.
That's one form of liberation.
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A group of men who would not identify themselves and who were working for the local Republican Party have dragged someone out of a political meeting, her speech considered grounds for arrest. What’s next? And who will stand in their way
This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign
Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
newrepublic.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A group of men who would not identify themselves and who were working for the local Republican Party have dragged someone out of a political meeting, her speech considered grounds for arrest. What’s next? And who will stand in their way
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“Pardoning the people who went into the Capitol and beat up a police officer violently I think was a mistake, because it seems to suggest that’s an OK thing to do,” Sen. Graham tells @meetthepress.bsky.social.
Sen. Lindsey Graham says he thinks Trump pardoning violent Jan. 6 defendants was 'a mistake'
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed disagreement with the president’s decision to pardon those convicted of violent crimes.
nbcnews.to
January 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“Pardoning the people who went into the Capitol and beat up a police officer violently I think was a mistake, because it seems to suggest that’s an OK thing to do,” Sen. Graham tells @meetthepress.bsky.social.
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RFK Jr. has disclosed that even if he’s confirmed as health secretary, he will continue to collect payment from the law firm suing the pharmaceutical company Merck over its HPV vaccine—which Kennedy incorrectly believes is a “dangerous and defective” vaccine that causes cancer in children.
RFK Jr. Takes Trump Corruption to Next Level With HPV Vaccine Pledge
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is openly vowing to make money off vaccine lawsuits if confirmed as the next HHS secretary.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
RFK Jr. has disclosed that even if he’s confirmed as health secretary, he will continue to collect payment from the law firm suing the pharmaceutical company Merck over its HPV vaccine—which Kennedy incorrectly believes is a “dangerous and defective” vaccine that causes cancer in children.