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RFK’s bat signal
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What must it be like for aging leaders to cling to power as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change? Can’t imagine it in America.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 12
At 92, Cameroon's President aul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday — a reminder of how Africa's aging leaders continue to cling to power, even as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change.
Africa's oldest leader isn't ready to retire - and he's not the only one defying age
At 92, Cameroon's President aul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday — a reminder of how Africa's aging leaders continue to cling to power, even as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change.
n.pr
October 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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My man David Byrne released a new album this month
RFK Jr: I've never seen a case of full-blown autism in a 70-year-old man. You're only seeing it in the kids. It's an epidemic.
September 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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set aside the folly of such a demand but given everything that the federal government is doing right now Democrats should be doing everything in their power *to* shut down the government
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have sent a letter to Trump requesting a meeting to discuss a path forward to keep the government open past the September 30th funding deadline.
Schumer, Jeffries request meeting with Trump ahead of potential government shutdown
The request comes after the U.S. Senate rejected a stopgap measure that would have kept the government open another few weeks.
nbcnews.to
September 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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From Feb 4th 1939
September 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Absolutely fucking insane
#BREAKING: Sinclair says it will air a one-hour tribute to Charlie Kirk on its ABC-affiliated stations in the time slot that is usually occupied for "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The special will air on Friday, per a Sinclair spokesperson.
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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These people calling for bipartisanship! Even now! It’s a level of delusion that defies credulity.
September 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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“Anti-trans harassment and violence is all the rage. Trans people are afraid to leave the country, let alone leave their houses. The right-wing ecosystem has gladly spent years creating these conditions, while Democrats have by turns avoided saying anything about them at all” 😞

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September 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Why does this make it sound like the assassinations were linked to the protests?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 14
UPDATE: Organizers are accusing the president of putting on the parade as a show of dominance. The protests were peaceful, but came against the backdrop of assassinations in Minnesota.
Anti-Trump No Kings protests flood American streets ahead of military parade
Organizers are accusing the president of putting on the parade as a show of dominance. The protests were peaceful, but came against the backdrop of assassinations in Minnesota.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM