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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
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The same thing would have happened here, you know, had we actually locked the guy up like he deserves.
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term | Jair Bolsonaro | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term | Jair Bolsonaro | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term
Brazil shows little sign of feared rightwing rebellion, with only a few die-hards protesting outside prison
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The same thing would have happened here, you know, had we actually locked the guy up like he deserves.
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term | Jair Bolsonaro | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term | Jair Bolsonaro | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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If anything counts as a smoking gun, it’s this email.
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
If anything counts as a smoking gun, it’s this email.
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
“i was pointing out that that alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her”
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Trump’s Own AI Knows He’s Wrong
Trump’s Own AI Knows He’s Wrong
Tim Miller takes on the Truth Social AI that accidentally tells the truth.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump’s Own AI Knows He’s Wrong
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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federal spending is higher than ever, the deficit's growing even faster, and the only material outcomes is millions of people dying for literally no reason
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
federal spending is higher than ever, the deficit's growing even faster, and the only material outcomes is millions of people dying for literally no reason
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nothing drives me crazier than the fact Democratic governance gets infinitely critiqued for failing to succeed well enough meanwhile Republican governance hasn't accomplished literally anything ever
DOGE should hang like a steel albatross around their necks for a century at least
DOGE should hang like a steel albatross around their necks for a century at least
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
nothing drives me crazier than the fact Democratic governance gets infinitely critiqued for failing to succeed well enough meanwhile Republican governance hasn't accomplished literally anything ever
DOGE should hang like a steel albatross around their necks for a century at least
DOGE should hang like a steel albatross around their necks for a century at least
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It took the ADL like four days to respond to Nick Fuentes breaking into the mainstream last week
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It took the ADL like four days to respond to Nick Fuentes breaking into the mainstream last week
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It may not be Dems who are constantly doing identity politics
Winsome Earle-Sears on Obama: "Last year, he told everybody to vote for the Black woman. Well, here I am. Here I am and now he's singing a different tune. Hypocrisy all the way."
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It may not be Dems who are constantly doing identity politics
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s Election Day! Democratic candidates Sam Cox (Grinnell Mayor) and John Cox (Grinnell City Council Ward 1) are running against Republican opponents.
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GOP candidate for NJ governor Jack Ciatterelli has a 10-point "Garden State Affordability Agenda". Absolutely none of the 10 points are about housing, the biggest expense in the lives of most New Jerseyans. 🤔 www.nj.com/politics/202...
Can anyone make it cheaper to live in N.J.? Sherrill and Ciattarelli make their case.
The candidates for governor battle over property taxes, school funding and energy costs as polls show affordability is a top voter concern ahead of November election.
www.nj.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
GOP candidate for NJ governor Jack Ciatterelli has a 10-point "Garden State Affordability Agenda". Absolutely none of the 10 points are about housing, the biggest expense in the lives of most New Jerseyans. 🤔 www.nj.com/politics/202...
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FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
FOX: You said last week that you would swear in Grijalva whenever she wants. She has written a letter to your office. You have not sworn her in. Doesn't your resistance add fuel to the fire that this is about Epstein?
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing
MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is another partisan manufactured thing
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If neo-Nazis were to seize a highly armed, massively funded national security agency it would be one of the worst things in American history, a scandal almost beyond compare. Well, they have. They’re not even hiding it. Maybe we should react accordingly instead of conducting their cover-up for them
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If neo-Nazis were to seize a highly armed, massively funded national security agency it would be one of the worst things in American history, a scandal almost beyond compare. Well, they have. They’re not even hiding it. Maybe we should react accordingly instead of conducting their cover-up for them
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Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Democrats in Congress are warming to a strategy of maximum retaliation in response to Republicans' efforts to draw more favorable congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections.
"It's existential now": House Democrats prepare to go scorched earth on redistricting
"Hakeem is clearly upset and angry and frustrated by this," one House Democrat told Axios.
www.axios.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Democrats in Congress are warming to a strategy of maximum retaliation in response to Republicans' efforts to draw more favorable congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections.