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“The feeling that there is no political change possible is the greatest source of radicalization on both sides,” Gladden Pappin tells David Leonhardt, discussing his conservative vision for MAGA beyond Trump.
Opinion | The New Right After Trump
A conservative’s vision for MAGA beyond Trump.
nyti.ms
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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"“If the deputy director wants to do something and needs a legal opinion about whether or not he can do it, he can’t advise himself...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
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October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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⚡️'I want to find out what they're doing with them' — Trump mulls sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 6 that he has "sort of made a decision" on whether to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk long-range missiles.
'I want to find out what they're doing with them' — Trump mulls sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 6 that he has "sort of made a decision" on whether to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk long-range missiles.
kyivindependent.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Davyd Chychkan is remembered as an artist of courage, resistance, and solidarity.

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August 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Even if what’s happening is, at least in part, meant as a distraction, I’m starting to think the story has legs. Why not just release the Epstein file if there’s no there there? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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LISTEN: Zach Dyer reads the week’s news: Federal funding cuts have left some of the nation’s most popular beaches without lifeguards this summer, and new research shows vaccines are good at keeping older adults out of the hospital. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute' - KFF Health News
“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
kffhealthnews.org
July 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The courts are “finding a path that is neither team Trump nor team anti-Trump,” the conservative former federal judge Michael McConnell says on this episode of “The Opinions.” “But it is something close to reaching legally defensible answers to these questions.”
Opinion | This Federal Judge Made Me Feel Better About Our Democracy
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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“The world’s strongest democracy needs a leader with a firm, consistent approach to policy and our role in the global society. Clearly, Mr. Trump is not that leader,” Bill Gottdenker writes in a letter to The Times.
Opinion | Trump’s Zigzags on Ukraine and Russia
Readers respond to the president’s latest turn in the war. Also: President Trump and Rosie O’Donnell; New Yorkers’ health; travel medical kits.
nyti.ms
July 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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While Russian missiles hit Ukraine, unsanctioned titanium keeps Moscow’s war machine alive.

Read more here ⬇️
united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
July 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Shahar Segal, who runs popular restaurants around the world, has left his role as a spokesman for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation amid calls to boycott his businesses.
An Israeli restaurant owner quits a controversial Gaza food program after criticism
Shahar Segal, who runs popular restaurants around the world, has left his role as a spokesman for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation amid calls to boycott his businesses.
n.pr
July 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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⚡️American who spied for Kremlin from inside Ukraine receives Russian citizenship.

Daniel Martindale, an American who secretly provided intelligence to the Kremlin while living in Ukraine, was granted Russian citizenship during a televised ceremony in Moscow on July 15.
American who spied for Kremlin from inside Ukraine receives Russian citizenship
Daniel Martindale, an American who secretly provided intelligence to the Kremlin while living in Ukraine, was granted Russian citizenship during a televised ceremony in Moscow on July 15.
kyivindependent.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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The US Department of Labor formally withdrew its plan for a rule—introduced during the Biden administration—that would have federally ended the practice of subminimum wage for disabled people.
Trump just made It OK to continue paying disabled workers peanuts
In many states, the push to end the subminimum wage continues.
www.motherjones.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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“It is far from guaranteed Mr. Trump will get lower interest rates even if he gets to pick a new Fed chair,” the economist Rebecca Patterson writes.
Opinion | If You Like 35 Percent Inflation, Go Ahead, Fire the Fed Chair
Comparisons to what happened in Turkey and Hungary are not far-fetched.
nyti.ms
July 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the USDA to revoke high-level access granted to DOGE to a database that controls payments and loans to farmers and ranchers.
U.S. senator wants DOGE out of sensitive payment system for farmers
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., wants the USDA to revoke high-level access granted to the Department of Government Efficiency to a database that controls payments and loans to farmers and ranchers.
n.pr
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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“We need a system that recognizes that we are not only a nation of immigrants but also a nation of laws and that we need to respect both,” writes Blas Nuñez-Neto, who was an assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security in the Biden administration.
Opinion | Want to Fix the Border? Fix Asylum.
There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.
nyti.ms
July 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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⚡️Denmark, Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine.

Denmark and Sweden are open to help deliver U.S. weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to Ukraine via NATO, countries' officials said on July 15.
Denmark, Sweden back funding US weapons for Ukraine
Denmark and Sweden are open to help deliver U.S. weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to Ukraine via NATO, countries' officials said on July 15.
kyivindependent.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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⚡️France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine.

France declined to join the plan because of President Emmanuel Macron's push for European nations to strengthen their own defense industries by purchasing domestically produced arms, Politico reported, citing French officials.
France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine
France declined to join the plan because of President Emmanuel Macron's push for European nations to strengthen their own defense industries by purchasing domestically produced arms, Politico reported...
kyivindependent.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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⚡ Amid mounting international sanctions, Russia’s Higher School of Economics has launched a new master’s program in international corporate compliance, focusing on navigating foreign sanctions.
Inside Russia’s Sanctions Economy: Universities Now Training “Compliance Experts”
Russia's HSE launches a master’s program in corporate compliance, addressing the complexities of foreign sanctions in a changing economic landscape.
united24media.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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An excellent summary of immigration in the U.S. and how Republicans keep fucking it up in order to own the libs…
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Commentary: Research shows children who have more school recess develop crucial self-regulation skills, do better academically and have better mental health than those who don't. @zbarnes.bsky.social, a former Nashville school teacher, writes about a new Tennessee law boosting recess time.
Our kids need more recess — and Tennessee just got It right • Tennessee Lookout
Research shows children benefit from outdoor recess time and Tennessee just passed a law giving more recess to kids in grades K-5.
tennesseelookout.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🔴 Russian intelligence services have set up mercenary training camps in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to prepare fighters for a coup attempt in Moldova.
Russia Trained Mercenaries in the Balkans to Stage Coup in Moldova
Russian intelligence has reportedly established mercenary training camps in Serbia and Bosnia, recruiting Moldovan nationals for a coup attempt in Moldova.
united24media.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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“More than 75 former judges urge Senate committee to reject Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove”

www.cnn.com/2025/07/15/p...
More than 75 former judges urge Senate committee to reject Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove | CNN Politics
More than 75 former federal and state judges on Tuesday called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, to a prestigi...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working with NATO members to ship more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine and release more munitions that were briefly halted.
Increase in military aid to Ukraine marks a shift in White House policy toward Russia
The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working with NATO members to ship more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine and release more munitions that were briefly halted.
n.pr
July 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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With the new school year rapidly approaching, we need answers now about the $218 billion the Trump Administration is withholding from Illinois schools. These funds have already been reviewed and approved by Congress – it’s not up to President Trump to decide whether to cut the check.
July 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Join me as I work to defend health care for rural New Mexicans: www.facebook.com/share/v/1C48...
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July 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM