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“There is a whole generation like me. We just don’t want this for our country.”

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Wave of Gen-Z Unrest Fells Its First European Government — The Wall Street Journal
Bulgaria’s government collapses following youth-driven street protests of the kind that have swept parts of the globe
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December 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
House Republicans are deeply devoted to saying NO to healthcare subsidies

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Speaker Johnson Warns White House GOP Is Wary of Trump’s Healthcare Push — The Wall Street Journal
Top House Republican says most House Republicans don’t have appetite for extending expiring ACA subsidies
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November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Far right candidate opposes abortion even in cases of rape, blames rising crime on immigration, promises mass deportations of undocumented migrants—& more.

His brother was a minister during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and his father was a member of the Nazi party.

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Communist and far-right candidates head to Chile presidential run-off — BBC News
The Communist Party's Jeanette Jara will face far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in the second round of voting in December.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
State Dpt pays $7.5 million in tax payer dollars to the gvt of Equatorial Guinea to take deportees from the US who are not citizens of its country.

The State Dpt refuses to give details to the press.

Equatorial Guinea is widely known for its corrupt gvt & human rights abuses.

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Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees
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November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Deeply disturbing

The claim that the “sharp increase in diversity has reduced the level of social trust essential for the functioning of a democratic polity” is deeply offensive and untrue.

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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
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October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Newsom Vetoes California’s Ban on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Cookware
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October 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Rapidly rising marine temperatures and acidification (from CO2) has caused the planet’s first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. 1/2

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Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’
A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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PEN America welcomes yesterday’s forceful ruling in AAUP v. Rubio.

“This clear and categorical decision... is a powerful affirmation of the centrality of freedom of speech to our democracy,” says Elly Brinkley, staff attorney at PEN America. pen.org/press-releas...
In a Victory for Free Speech, Court Affirms First Amendment Rights in AAUP v Rubio
(New York) PEN America welcomes yesterday’s forceful ruling in AAUP v. Rubio,  holding that non-citizens lawfully present in the United States have the same First Amendment rights to freedom of speech...
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October 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Rep. Jason Crow: "Donald Trump and his administration will do anything they want to do. Period It doesn't matter what the law says. It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. It doesn't what Congress says. It's time for us to acknowledge that fact."
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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"It’s not the journalists’ burden to keep the government’s secrets for it," @seth-stern.bsky.social told @columjournreview.bsky.social. "That is the opposite of the press’s job, which is to tell the public what the government doesn’t want the public told."
The Pentagon Press Gears Up for a Fight
“None of us are signing this pledge,” said one reporter.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The accused have not been provided information on specific allegations.

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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
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September 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“When Russia introduced self-destructing drones from Iran into its war against Ukraine three years ago, Moscow made headlines around the world by launching 43 of them into Ukraine in a single strike.” 1/6
September 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The Evergreen school shooter’s social media was “filled with white supremacist content, posts exhibiting a fascination with mass shootings, and reposted videos that ‘were explicitly antisemitic or depicted people in Nazi uniforms.’” coloradonewsline.com/briefs/everg...
Suspect in Evergreen school shooting was ‘radicalized’ by ‘extremist network,’ investigators say | Colorado Newsline
The suspect who shot and injured two people at Evergreen High School was “radicalized by some extremist network."
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September 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
September 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Remembering Charlie Kirk's Greatest Hits
September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I’m not sure how these people live with themselves.

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Chief Justice Roberts Lets Trump Block Foreign Aid for Now
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September 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
US Supreme Court sanctions racial profiling

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Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
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September 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
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September 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“We have reason to believe that Stephen Miller chose the month of September to come to Chicago because of celebrations around Mexican Independence Day that happen here every year,” Pritzker said. 1/2
September 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thank you US Dpt of Hlth & Human Svcs current & former employees. RFK needs to go!
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More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the health of all Americans at risk” and demanding his resignation.
HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’ | CNN
More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has “put the ...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Forever chemicals have been widely used for decades in a range of products, including waterproof clothing, firefighting foam, nonstick cookware and many others. They are now so ubiquitous that they can be detected in the blood of almost every person in the USA.”

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An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
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September 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM