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Robert F. Kennedy junior once worked as a personal-injury lawyer. America’s health secretary now intends to make some of his old cohort very happy
Why the Trump administration excites some personal-injury lawyers
The strange case of vaccine-injury courts
econ.st
August 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Robert F. Kennedy junior once worked as a personal-injury lawyer. America’s health secretary now intends to make some of his old cohort very happy
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The Trump administration is undermining — or has stopped collecting — key, once-nonpartisan data that kept the public informed about the state of the nation.
Trump's war on numbers
Across economics, energy, and health care, data once seen as trusted and apolitical is increasingly caught in the political crossfire.
www.axios.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Trump administration is undermining — or has stopped collecting — key, once-nonpartisan data that kept the public informed about the state of the nation.
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- Germany: Ukraine must be able to defend itself effectively even after a ceasefire and peace agreement
- China: Beijing expects all stakeholders in the Ukraine crisis to participate in peace talks aimed at securing a lasting agreement accepted by all sides
- China: Beijing expects all stakeholders in the Ukraine crisis to participate in peace talks aimed at securing a lasting agreement accepted by all sides
August 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
- Germany: Ukraine must be able to defend itself effectively even after a ceasefire and peace agreement
- China: Beijing expects all stakeholders in the Ukraine crisis to participate in peace talks aimed at securing a lasting agreement accepted by all sides
- China: Beijing expects all stakeholders in the Ukraine crisis to participate in peace talks aimed at securing a lasting agreement accepted by all sides
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What countries have said so far:
- Finland: A ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are the most important topics
- Norway: No negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine. Important to strengthen the cooperation on security guarantees. Pressure on Russia must increase
- Finland: A ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are the most important topics
- Norway: No negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine. Important to strengthen the cooperation on security guarantees. Pressure on Russia must increase
August 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What countries have said so far:
- Finland: A ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are the most important topics
- Norway: No negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine. Important to strengthen the cooperation on security guarantees. Pressure on Russia must increase
- Finland: A ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are the most important topics
- Norway: No negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine. Important to strengthen the cooperation on security guarantees. Pressure on Russia must increase
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Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.
Texas Democrats head to Chicago in effort to block redistricting map
www.newsweek.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.
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California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin
California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin
The proposal is being circulated at the same time that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants to advance partisan redistricting. He says he won’t move ahead if Texas pauses its efforts.
www.1011now.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin
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The fire that destroyed Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana ignited a debate about how to remember painful chapters of American history. Tourism dollars sit at the center of this tension between memory, history, and economics. buff.ly/ZWg0IuT By Betsy Pudliner @uwstout.bsky.social
Plantation tourism, memory and the uneasy economics of heritage in the American South
A fire destroyed the South’s largest surviving antebellum mansion – exposing the tensions between history and profit.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The fire that destroyed Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana ignited a debate about how to remember painful chapters of American history. Tourism dollars sit at the center of this tension between memory, history, and economics. buff.ly/ZWg0IuT By Betsy Pudliner @uwstout.bsky.social
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And now for something completely different..
Lars Lerin, Swedish, b. 1954
At Home, 2011
Watercolor on paper
100 × 150 cm
July 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And now for something completely different..
Lars Lerin, Swedish, b. 1954
At Home, 2011
Watercolor on paper
100 × 150 cm
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Looks like I'm going to have to write a column that repeats the name Jeffrey Epstein no fewer than 20 times. Challenge accepted!
July 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Looks like I'm going to have to write a column that repeats the name Jeffrey Epstein no fewer than 20 times. Challenge accepted!
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I remember the time when CBS edited Kamala Harris interview and the scandal it became. Here a minute goes missing from Epstein Cell and....nothing.
July 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I remember the time when CBS edited Kamala Harris interview and the scandal it became. Here a minute goes missing from Epstein Cell and....nothing.
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The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
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“Now, I feel a little differently”
July 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Now, I feel a little differently”
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Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
July 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
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Historic Lodge in Grand Canyon Destroyed in Dragon Bravo Wildfire https://twp.ai/4ioGh8
www.newsweek.com
Historic Lodge in Grand Canyon destroyed in Dragon Bravo wildfire
twp.ai
July 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Historic Lodge in Grand Canyon Destroyed in Dragon Bravo Wildfire https://twp.ai/4ioGh8
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Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."
July 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."
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While others are writing memoirs and playing it safe, Justice Jackson is writing history—one fearless dissent at a time.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Justice Brown: The Most Fearless F*cking Example of Courage for the Democratic Party
She’s Not Just Dissenting—She’s Dragging the Court’s Corruption Into the Light
open.substack.com
July 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
While others are writing memoirs and playing it safe, Justice Jackson is writing history—one fearless dissent at a time.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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This should be at least as big a deal as the cover-up of the Epstein files
July 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This should be at least as big a deal as the cover-up of the Epstein files
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This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.
direction.
July 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.
direction.
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Bove’s confirmation hearing for the 3rd Circuit is on Wednesday. His own former DOJ colleagues say they don’t trust him to be impartial. Watch the video & insist that your senators do too before they vote.
The Senate must reject Emil Bove's nomination to the federal bench. His reprehensible conduct at the Justice Department disqualifies him from a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.
June 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bove’s confirmation hearing for the 3rd Circuit is on Wednesday. His own former DOJ colleagues say they don’t trust him to be impartial. Watch the video & insist that your senators do too before they vote.
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The damage has been done. Sen. Mike Lee FINALLY removes his debased comments about MN political assassinations from social media #Fascist
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) finally bowed to pressure on Tuesday and removed social media posts in which he appeared to mock the murder of a prominent Minnesota Democrat and her husband and the wounding of another state Democrat and his wife.
Mike Lee takes down Minneapolis murder posts — but bad blood boils in Congress
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) finally bowed to pressure on Tuesday and removed social media posts in which he appeared to mock the murder of a prominent Minnesota Democrat and her husband and the wounding of another state Democrat and his wife. “I have deleted it,” Lee told Raw Story at the U.S. Capitol, as ...
bit.ly
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The damage has been done. Sen. Mike Lee FINALLY removes his debased comments about MN political assassinations from social media #Fascist
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Fox News: Links to the research and insider accounts that show how America’s top cable outlet acts as a far-right propaganda machine. Share with the Fox-watching people in your life. #MediaBias #FoxNews #Propaganda
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Inside the Echo Chamber: Fox News Became the GOP’s Propaganda Powerhouse (Share with Fox News-Watching Family Members)
The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #368
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Fox News: Links to the research and insider accounts that show how America’s top cable outlet acts as a far-right propaganda machine. Share with the Fox-watching people in your life. #MediaBias #FoxNews #Propaganda
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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President Donald Trump is ignoring the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the latest conflict with Israel.
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Trump Rejects US Spies Who Said Iran Wasn’t Building Nukes
President Donald Trump has dismissed the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the conflict with Israel.
www.mississippifreepress.org
June 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
President Donald Trump is ignoring the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the latest conflict with Israel.
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