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Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 34m

Tom Friedman wants to hand Trump two Nobel Prizes if he pulls off a Gaza peace plan. Paul Campos isn’t buying the fantasy: Trump’s a black hole of need, not a diplomat.

Tom Friedman is writing Tom Friedman things this morning, about how if Donald Trump stays all focused and committed and immersed in the crucial details and the difficult diplomacy, and sees the current...

Republicans cheer Trump's despicable prosecution of another enemy

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 44m

Trump found a prosecutor who’d sign off on bogus charges against the woman who beat him in court. Her real “crime”? Prosecuting a white-collar con. GOP is thrilled 🤡

Republican lawmakers are ecstatic about the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, cheering on President Donald Trump'...

Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 54m

In America, even homecoming isn't safe. Two Mississippi towns were shattered by gun violence during school events. Leland saw 4 dead, 16 injured. In Heidelberg, 2 more killed. No suspects in custody yet.

Sixteen people were also injured in attack that occurred after high school football game in small city of Leland

Operation Pope review – hard-bitten thriller about a true-life papal assassination plot

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Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 1h

Gritty Polish thriller Operation Pope revisits the real 1981 attempt to kill John Paul II. Bogusław Linda plays a terminally ill ex-spy roped into a layered hit job. It’s slow out the gate, but hits like a sledgehammer once it finds its footing.

Audiences will obviously be aware the secret plan to kill John Paul II did not succeed, but despite a baggy narrative the high-stakes espionage is still compelling

'I’ve never seen anything like this before': US bound packages pile up amid tariff nightmare

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 1h

I ordered my wife jewelry for her birthday. I didn't know it was from Italy. I sweated every day until it arrived.

You ordered books from overseas. Trump ordered them into a dumpster. 📦🔥 UPS is destroying shipments thanks to his latest tariff stunt. It’s worse than you think.

NBC News reports President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs are pushing UPS to toss U.S.-bound packages with customs paperwork issues.“Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at…

'Trump isn’t right': Economist Paul Krugman torpedoes defense of key MAGA policy

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 1h

Paul Krugman looked at Trump’s tariffs and found exactly what economists warned about: rising prices, corporate spin, and a whole lot of gaslighting 🔥

In MAGA media outlets, many defenders of President Donald Trump are claiming that economists were wrong when they predicted that his trade policy would significantly hurt both businesses and…

Trump's secret police get even more secret

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Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 1h

Hard to tell the difference between ICE and a paramilitary gang when they're both masked, unmarked, and unaccountable. Now Apple’s killing apps that tracked their movements. Terror’s not a bug, it’s the feature.

The Trump administration is desperate to hide any record of state violence—all the way down to the identities of its federal agents. The Chicago Sun-Times has identified four unmarked cars ...

We're just saying things now - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 1h

We’ve normalized dodging the obvious when old men run the country. Campos says dementia doesn’t start at 79—it starts years before. But talk about that? Still taboo.

I’ve been looking closely at the literature on various types of dementia, and it’s scary as hell. Basically if you’re diagnosed with say Alzheimer’s at age 79, to pick a number totally at random, the…

Trump Breaks Silence On Machado's Nobel Prize Win, And It's A Doozy

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 2h

The saddest part? He really thinks he deserves it. Trump falsely claimed Maria Corina Machado accepted the Nobel in his honor. She didn’t. But she did toss him a generic shoutout—probably to stay on his good side.

This is about what you expected.

Missouri GOP lawmaker accused by rival of lying about felony on candidate declaration • Missouri Independent

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 2h

Wild how many “law and order” Republicans can’t pass their own background checks. Missouri Rep. Mike Costlow is facing fallout over a newly surfaced 2008 felony guilty plea he says doesn’t count. His GOP rival disagrees—and has receipts.

Max Calfo, who lost the primary for the 108th District in 2024, said he has documents proving incumbent, state Rep. Mike Costlow, lied on his candidate declarations.

Trump is raging against the Nobel Peace Prize winner. His own secretary of state endorsed her

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 2h

Trump's mad he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. The woman who did win? María Corina Machado, backed by... Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and a long list of Florida MAGA. Oops.
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As MAGA raged over the fact that President Donald Trump was passed up for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, a letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other MAGA…

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2h

Congratulations to the happy couple

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

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My Roland JX-3P @thorn.bsky.social · 14h

She did this while also saying “Democracy is in retreat globally.”

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 15h

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize, then dedicated it to the people of Venezuela—and Trump. MAGA world is both celebrating and seething over the Nobel Committee’s “snub.”

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dedicates Award To Trump After MAGA Outcry That He Didn't Win

“We Venezuelans recognize that just as we have given everything in our citizen struggle, the support of our genuine allies has been decisive,” said María Corina Machado.

Trump Gaza Plan Guarantees Endless Insurgency

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Mark Weaver @markallanweaver.bsky.social · 3h

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Mark Weaver @markallanweaver.bsky.social · 3h

The big question now is when Israel will resume bombing after the hostage release. Netanyahu might give surrender negotiations with Hamas a few weeks, even months.
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Here’s what’s gonna happen with Trump’s Gaza plan. I’m not clairvoyant, but history sheds light on the future.

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Inside the high-stakes battle over vaccine injury compensation, autism, and public trust

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 2h

RFK Jr. wants to open the vaccine injury fund to autism claims — a $100 billion hit based on a debunked myth 🧨 The fallout? Legal chaos, anti-vax ammo, and a broken safety net.

By � Céline Gounder �for KFF Health News Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a ...

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 2h

He helped invent the rock concept album. Turned down rock excess for family and faith. And left the world with Nights in White Satin. Now, John Lodge’s final goodbye hits hard 💔

Musician died peacefully surrounded by sounds of Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, family say

Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 2h

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 3h

A fragile ceasefire in Gaza has begun. Israel pulls back, Hamas vows not to disarm, and desperate Palestinians return to rubble. Trump's 20-point "peace" plan looms, but no one agrees on what comes next.

Thousands walk north along coastal road after Israel-Hamas agreement puts stop to fighting for first time in six months

'Embarrassing': Trump resorts to usual playbook after being mocked for Truth Social slip-up

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 3h

Trump didn’t write the post bragging about the Gaza ceasefire. Marco Rubio handed him a note telling him to approve it first so he could claim credit. The note got caught on camera. The internet lit up. So Team Trump did what they always do: meme deflection.

After an AP photo of a note handed to President Donald Trump by Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the impending peace deal in Gaza went viral, Trump was mocked ruthlessly on social media, and in…

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 3h

A rare Kerouac manuscript just popped up—straight out of the files of a murdered Mafia don. Beat lit meets mob drama 🤯

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature On the Road

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens • Missouri Independent

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 3h

When a guy with a grudge runs the government, expect revenge budgeting. States are keeping key programs alive during Trump’s shutdown, but the White House may refuse to pay them back — especially if they vote blue.

States are continuing to operate federally funded programs during the shutdown. But they say they can only front those costs for so long — and some are worried about getting repaid.

WASHINGTON — In the unusual world of Congress during a shutdown, far-right firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has emerged as an unlikely ally of Democrats, seeking to save millions of Americans...

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 3h

When MTG is making more sense than Ron Johnson, you know the GOP’s having an identity crisis. Amid shutdown chaos, a few Republicans are backing ACA subsidies. Not out of kindness—because their voters need them.

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Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day

Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR @smirk4food.com · 4h

You don’t have to celebrate genocide to honor your history. Belize gets it. They tossed Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Resistance Day—spotlighting Maya survival, cultural revival, and a long-overdue truth.

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...