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Robert L. Dear Jr., who opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015, killing three and wounding nine others, died in federal prison over the weekend, according to inmate records.
Robert L. Dear Jr., Who Killed 3 at Colorado Planned Parenthood, Dies in Prison
Four police officers were among those wounded by Mr. Dear in his 2015 rampage when he targeted the clinic in Colorado Springs.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Robert L. Dear Jr., who opened fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015, killing three and wounding nine others, died in federal prison over the weekend, according to inmate records.
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Pentagon says Boeing awarded more than $7 billion in military contracts reut.rs/4paqzlG
Pentagon says Boeing awarded more than $7 billion in military contracts
The U.S. military has awarded Boeing two contracts valued at over $7 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Pentagon says Boeing awarded more than $7 billion in military contracts reut.rs/4paqzlG
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family says that the civil rights leader has been released from a hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family says that the civil rights leader has been released from a hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's family says that the civil rights leader has been released from a hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder.
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Under U.S. pressure to increase defense spending, Taiwan announces a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases. The budget will be used to buy new defense systems, including those from the U.S., the island’s largest unofficial ally.
Taiwan announces special budget of $40 billion for arms purchases to bolster defense
Taiwan’s Defense Minister Wellington Koo says his government will put forth a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, in the face of U.S. pressure for the island to increase its defense spending.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Under U.S. pressure to increase defense spending, Taiwan announces a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases. The budget will be used to buy new defense systems, including those from the U.S., the island’s largest unofficial ally.
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Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
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NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
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Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
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JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
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Chrysler is recalling more than 320,000 Jeep plug-in hybrid vehicles due to a faulty battery that can fail and lead to a fire, U.S. traffic safety regulators say.
Chrysler recalls 320,000 Jeep plug-in hybrids due to faulty battery that can catch fire
Owners are being advised to not charge the vehicles and to park them outside and away from structures until a fix for the problem is determined.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Chrysler is recalling more than 320,000 Jeep plug-in hybrid vehicles due to a faulty battery that can fail and lead to a fire, U.S. traffic safety regulators say.
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Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
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MoMA trustee Leon Black, Leslie Wexner of the Wexner Center for the Arts, and, of course, Donald Trump, are among those who contributed to a book of lewd drawings and notes gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.
Newly Released Epstein Birthday Drawings Paint a Disturbing Picture
Crude sketches and cryptic notes attributed to President Trump, Leon Black, and others were made public by the House Oversight Committee.
hyperallergic.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
MoMA trustee Leon Black, Leslie Wexner of the Wexner Center for the Arts, and, of course, Donald Trump, are among those who contributed to a book of lewd drawings and notes gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—An unscrupulous Russian man has lured a confused septuagenarian to Alaska in an apparent elder scam, concerned associates of the old man reported on Thursday.
According to those associates, the Russian has posed as a
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—An unscrupulous Russian man has lured a confused septuagenarian to Alaska in an apparent elder scam, concerned associates of the old man reported on Thursday.
According to those associates, the Russian has posed as a
Russian Lures Confused Old Man to Alaska in Elder Scam
“We’re afraid the Russian will trick him into signing something away," said an associate of the geriatric dupe.
open.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—An unscrupulous Russian man has lured a confused septuagenarian to Alaska in an apparent elder scam, concerned associates of the old man reported on Thursday.
According to those associates, the Russian has posed as a
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—An unscrupulous Russian man has lured a confused septuagenarian to Alaska in an apparent elder scam, concerned associates of the old man reported on Thursday.
According to those associates, the Russian has posed as a
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The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”: Climate Change is Already Forcing People From Their Homes
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
www.propublica.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
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ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
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One man, the son of Holocaust survivors, said, “People being kidnapped without arrest warrants, without trial, without recourse, by the president of the United States’s ICE armies ... We are not headed toward an authoritarian fascist government; we are already there.”
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August 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One man, the son of Holocaust survivors, said, “People being kidnapped without arrest warrants, without trial, without recourse, by the president of the United States’s ICE armies ... We are not headed toward an authoritarian fascist government; we are already there.”
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Pete Hegseth’s big mouth—announcing National Guard units “flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week"—could cost Trump in a landmark trial in Los Angeles.
California’s attorney has moved to enter Hegseth’s comments of having done “the same thing” in LA into evidence. trib.al/zxjZc6Q
California’s attorney has moved to enter Hegseth’s comments of having done “the same thing” in LA into evidence. trib.al/zxjZc6Q
August 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Pete Hegseth’s big mouth—announcing National Guard units “flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week"—could cost Trump in a landmark trial in Los Angeles.
California’s attorney has moved to enter Hegseth’s comments of having done “the same thing” in LA into evidence. trib.al/zxjZc6Q
California’s attorney has moved to enter Hegseth’s comments of having done “the same thing” in LA into evidence. trib.al/zxjZc6Q
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Responding to President Trump’s plan to put District police under federal control, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb called the move “unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.”
“There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” Schwalb said.
“There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” Schwalb said.
Live updates: Trump announces federal takeover of D.C. police, deploys National Guard to fight crime
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term and the Republican-led Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Responding to President Trump’s plan to put District police under federal control, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb called the move “unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful.”
“There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” Schwalb said.
“There is no crime emergency in the District of Columbia,” Schwalb said.
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
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NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
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BREAKING: The U.S. attacked three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign as Tehran promises to retaliate.
US has struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
BREAKING: The U.S. attacked three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign as Tehran promises to retaliate.
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•US Intel confirmed Iran has 0 nukes
•Iran never attacked USA
•Iran offered to revive nuclear deal
•Iran is a signature to NPT
•Iran allows full IAEA inspections
And ALL notwithstanding
•Trump had no approval from Congress
Trump has violated his Oath. If Congress had a spine they’d impeach him
•Iran never attacked USA
•Iran offered to revive nuclear deal
•Iran is a signature to NPT
•Iran allows full IAEA inspections
And ALL notwithstanding
•Trump had no approval from Congress
Trump has violated his Oath. If Congress had a spine they’d impeach him
June 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
•US Intel confirmed Iran has 0 nukes
•Iran never attacked USA
•Iran offered to revive nuclear deal
•Iran is a signature to NPT
•Iran allows full IAEA inspections
And ALL notwithstanding
•Trump had no approval from Congress
Trump has violated his Oath. If Congress had a spine they’d impeach him
•Iran never attacked USA
•Iran offered to revive nuclear deal
•Iran is a signature to NPT
•Iran allows full IAEA inspections
And ALL notwithstanding
•Trump had no approval from Congress
Trump has violated his Oath. If Congress had a spine they’d impeach him
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The United States should not wage war against Iran.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The United States should not wage war against Iran.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran is unconstitutional. Only Congress can declare war — and the Senate must vote immediately to prevent an another endless war.
This is a horrific war of choice.
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Anyhow, obviously Congress is really busy trying to gut Medicaid, but it would be great if they could have a fucking war powers debate about Iran this week.
Scripts/language for supporting the war powers resolutions and opposing Trump unilaterally dragging us into war with Iran:
Will Trump Take Us to War Against Iran?
Phone scripts and emails for pushing your members of Congress to resist the rush to war
susanrogan.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Anyhow, obviously Congress is really busy trying to gut Medicaid, but it would be great if they could have a fucking war powers debate about Iran this week.
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"Under what circumstances other than a literally imminent threat to the US, if any, does the Constitution permit a president to attack another country without prior congressional authorization? Pls address whether bombing Iranian...nuclear facilities would qualify."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The 2024 Executive Power Survey – War Powers (Published 2023)
We asked candidates about presidential authority. Here is what they said.
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"Under what circumstances other than a literally imminent threat to the US, if any, does the Constitution permit a president to attack another country without prior congressional authorization? Pls address whether bombing Iranian...nuclear facilities would qualify."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...