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“Professing love for Hitler is more than anti-Semitic—it’s antihuman,” George Packer argues. The Young Republicans’ texts “degrade all of us”:
The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse
How we got to “I love Hitler.”
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Witkoff is an embarrassment to our nation and humanity
🥴🤡Trump envoy Witkoff pressed the Ukrainian delegation on handing over Donetsk region to Russia during a meeting on Friday, - WP.
He used the Kremlin's key argument that the region is predominantly Russian-speaking.
He used the Kremlin's key argument that the region is predominantly Russian-speaking.
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Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/8Yv660RN
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Batteries account for about one-third of the price of an EV and largely determine its driving range and durability, fueling fierce competition for innovation.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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People who attended the "No Kings" protests against Donald Trump may be targeted for government surveillance, civil libertarians said.
As 'No Kings' protests decry Trump, surveillance worries emerge
The Trump administration has declined to share details about how officials typically monitor demonstrators.
www.japantimes.co.jp
Creaking walls. Broken elevators. Missing chunks of concrete. One of the most expensive condo towers in the world has new problems, and many could be connected to its cracking white facade. An investigation w/ @dionnesearcey.bsky.social + Urvashi Uberoy
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/n...
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A Tower on Billionaires’ Row Is Full of Cracks. Who’s to Blame?
www.nytimes.com
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
Vice President JD Vance used a speech at a military base in California on Saturday to attack Democrats over the government shutdown, as people in cities across the U.S. gathered to protest the Trump administration.
Vance Flexes Marines’ Might as Mass Protests Against Trump’s Agenda Take Place
Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.
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Children are dying because Trump gutted USAID and cut lifesaving foreign aid — even though it took up less than 1% of the U.S. budget.
Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.
Priorities.
Meanwhile, he's preparing to dole out $40 billion to prop up Argentina's failing economy, all to help out his authoritarian pal.
Priorities.
Breaking news: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would 'destroy' Ukraine if it did not agree on.ft.com/4ou5h1A
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George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. New York politicians and some voters greeted the news with a mix of anger and frustration.
Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents
George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.
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Zohran Mamdani is leading the New York mayoral race with a platform focused on affordability. His rise reflects demographic shifts in New York, but his lack of experience and controversial positions have sparked debate.
How Zohran Mamdani is charming a famously hard-nosed city
Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a more affordable New York has vaulted him to the top of the polls — and Republicans’ enemies list.
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To call it 'the most corrupt administration in US history' does not do it justice; that so understates the degree of corruption as to be almost false.
They have in fact instituted a new regime in which officeholders treat the public's thing—the republic—as their personal property...like kings do.
They have in fact instituted a new regime in which officeholders treat the public's thing—the republic—as their personal property...like kings do.
The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.
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Putin offer is a recycled offer. So why the haste to meet Putin?
Exclusive: Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war.
Exclusive: Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war.
Putin demanded Ukraine surrender key territory in call with Trump
The demand from Putin would significantly disadvantage Ukraine and could be an obstacle to peace, officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
