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Angels of Afghanistan
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Angels of Afghanistan
Sometimes, signs come in the most unexpected form.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Angels of Afghanistan
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
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Keep an eye on these two, Miller won’t like this! Since Taco n his Cult have no problem taking people out, well,… #arresttrump
September 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Keep an eye on these two, Miller won’t like this! Since Taco n his Cult have no problem taking people out, well,… #arresttrump
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(J. Rubin) Regarding the Charlie Kirk shooting, "At least Sen. Thom Tillis (R), spoke responsibly. “What I was really disgusted by is a couple of talking heads that see this as an opportunity to say we’re at war so that they could get some of our conservative followers lathered up over this."
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
(J. Rubin) Regarding the Charlie Kirk shooting, "At least Sen. Thom Tillis (R), spoke responsibly. “What I was really disgusted by is a couple of talking heads that see this as an opportunity to say we’re at war so that they could get some of our conservative followers lathered up over this."
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(WSJ) Good news for Canada, coming back from the Trump tariffs and getting their economy back in order. Trump's initiatives seem to be in the rear view mirror for Canada. Sure would be nice to have a real president here that would deal fairly with Canada.
www.wsj.com/articles/can...
www.wsj.com/articles/can...
Canada Factory and Wholesale Sales Continue to Bounce Back, Recovering From Tariff Hit
Manufacturing sales in July jumped 2.5% from the month before to a seasonally adjusted 70.32 billion Canadian dollars.
www.wsj.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
(WSJ) Good news for Canada, coming back from the Trump tariffs and getting their economy back in order. Trump's initiatives seem to be in the rear view mirror for Canada. Sure would be nice to have a real president here that would deal fairly with Canada.
www.wsj.com/articles/can...
www.wsj.com/articles/can...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
Will the C.D.C. Survive?
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August 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
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Do these guys think they’re in an 80’s cop comedy? They’re obviously stalking Letitia James’ house and they’re obviously feds.
Jesus.
Jesus.
August 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Do these guys think they’re in an 80’s cop comedy? They’re obviously stalking Letitia James’ house and they’re obviously feds.
Jesus.
Jesus.
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We have to deal with the shittiest Kennedy
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We have to deal with the shittiest Kennedy
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(Politico: free) In case you hadn't seen, Trump is now in the process of firing the person in the Bureau of Labor Statistics due to the low jobs numbers. Trump has never wanted to know the truth. Then again, idiots don't typically.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Trump demands firing of BLS chief after soft jobs report
The monthly jobs report showed just 73,000 jobs in July, with big reductions to May's and June's numbers
www.politico.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
(Politico: free) In case you hadn't seen, Trump is now in the process of firing the person in the Bureau of Labor Statistics due to the low jobs numbers. Trump has never wanted to know the truth. Then again, idiots don't typically.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Dear Leader doesn’t like being inconvenienced by the consequences of his incompetence. So he's firing the person who put together today’s jobs numbers. They will be replaced by a MAGA apparatchik who will cook up imaginary numbers more to the glory of Dear Leader.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report
The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."
www.nbcnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dear Leader doesn’t like being inconvenienced by the consequences of his incompetence. So he's firing the person who put together today’s jobs numbers. They will be replaced by a MAGA apparatchik who will cook up imaginary numbers more to the glory of Dear Leader.
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece.
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
Concentration Camp Duty: The Last SS Guard
Gregor Formanke stood guard in Sachsenhausen. Jerzy Zawadzki was nine years old, and a prisoner. When Formanek is indicted at age 99, their lives intersect once more.
www.zeit.de
July 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece.
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...
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Opinion | Stephen Colbert Was Never Going to Save Us
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July 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Jewish actor, Mandy Patinkin, who played the part of Inigo Montoya in the movie The Princess Bride, has an important message for all Jews regarding Gaza. Listen. Nothing more important can be said.
Abbas Abdulmalik (@abbasabdulmalik)
Jewish actor, Mandy Patinkin, who played the part of Inigo Montoya in the movie The Princess Bride, has an important message for all Jews regarding Gaza. Listen. Nothing more important can be said.
substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Jewish actor, Mandy Patinkin, who played the part of Inigo Montoya in the movie The Princess Bride, has an important message for all Jews regarding Gaza. Listen. Nothing more important can be said.
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GOP. The party of death and destruction.
July 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
GOP. The party of death and destruction.
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The Real Killing Blows of the Big Ugly Bill...
Never forget this is the real fascism they baked in.
Never forget this is the real fascism they baked in.
June 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The Real Killing Blows of the Big Ugly Bill...
Never forget this is the real fascism they baked in.
Never forget this is the real fascism they baked in.
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(NYT: maybe free) Important to read if you can. Deals with inhuman, unsanitary, and overcrowding in detention facilities. Incredibly sad, but even more sad is that we would expect this from Trump.
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
(NYT: maybe free) Important to read if you can. Deals with inhuman, unsanitary, and overcrowding in detention facilities. Incredibly sad, but even more sad is that we would expect this from Trump.
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...
Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...
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Several dozen sidelined Voice of America staffers have suddenly been called back to work as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates – a dramatic turn of events for the US government-funded broadcasting system that was shut down by the Trump administration in March 🧵
Voice of America brings back Farsi-speaking staff amid Israel-Iran conflict | CNN Business
Several dozen sidelined Voice of America staffers have suddenly been called back to work as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates.
www.cnn.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Several dozen sidelined Voice of America staffers have suddenly been called back to work as the Israel-Iran conflict escalates – a dramatic turn of events for the US government-funded broadcasting system that was shut down by the Trump administration in March 🧵
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Today's protesters:
Thank you for showing up.
And thank you for not taking the bait from the fascists hoping for footage of violence to use as propaganda on Fox News.
You knew the assignment. Well done.
Thank you for showing up.
And thank you for not taking the bait from the fascists hoping for footage of violence to use as propaganda on Fox News.
You knew the assignment. Well done.
June 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Today's protesters:
Thank you for showing up.
And thank you for not taking the bait from the fascists hoping for footage of violence to use as propaganda on Fox News.
You knew the assignment. Well done.
Thank you for showing up.
And thank you for not taking the bait from the fascists hoping for footage of violence to use as propaganda on Fox News.
You knew the assignment. Well done.
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A common theme at today’s protest in Santa Monica
June 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A common theme at today’s protest in Santa Monica