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News Analysis: After weeks of President Trump claiming he could leverage his relationship with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to bring peace in Ukraine, the Russian leader's continued aggression has prompted even Trump to question whether he has been strung along.
Deal Maker or Duped? Trump’s Embrace of Putin Shows Few Results.
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
News Analysis: After weeks of President Trump claiming he could leverage his relationship with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to bring peace in Ukraine, the Russian leader's continued aggression has prompted even Trump to question whether he has been strung along.
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Lovely, there’s a small cluster of Crutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human version of Mad Cow, 100% fatal prion disease, in Hood River county an hour from Portland.
Good thing we haven’t drastically cut CDC & FDA resources recently…
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Good thing we haven’t drastically cut CDC & FDA resources recently…
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Rare, 100% fatal brain disease strikes 3 people in Oregon
Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to "mad cow."
www.livescience.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Lovely, there’s a small cluster of Crutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human version of Mad Cow, 100% fatal prion disease, in Hood River county an hour from Portland.
Good thing we haven’t drastically cut CDC & FDA resources recently…
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Good thing we haven’t drastically cut CDC & FDA resources recently…
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
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The Trump administration’s threat to impose certain steep tariffs on critical U.S. trading partners hung in limbo on Thursday after a panel of judges blocked a set of across-the-board charges. But both experts and trading partners around the world greeted the news with caution, not celebration.
After Court Blocks Tariffs, Trade Partners Are More Wary Than Hopeful
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Trump administration’s threat to impose certain steep tariffs on critical U.S. trading partners hung in limbo on Thursday after a panel of judges blocked a set of across-the-board charges. But both experts and trading partners around the world greeted the news with caution, not celebration.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Modern to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.
Trump administration cancels plans to develop a bird flu vaccine
The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.
n.pr
May 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Modern to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.
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A cartoon by Tom Toro. #NewYorkerCartoons
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May 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A cartoon by Tom Toro. #NewYorkerCartoons
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I mean obviously the poor need to fund the rich. Duh
May 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I mean obviously the poor need to fund the rich. Duh
The boy who cried "wolf" is at it again!
www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/b...
Trump delays 50% EU tariffs until July 9 | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has agreed to give the European Union an extension until July 9 on tariffs, after a “very nice call” from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
www.cnn.com
May 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The boy who cried "wolf" is at it again!
www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/b...
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Canadians often like to act like they have the higher moral ground than Americans, well, I don't really believe that anymore.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Quebec lawmaker bombarded with hate messages after marking Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
A Liberal MNA has been bombarded with hate messages following her speech on Tuesday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia at the National Assembly.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Canadians often like to act like they have the higher moral ground than Americans, well, I don't really believe that anymore.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Lmao 🤌
May 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lmao 🤌
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That's a frucking threat. The thick c♧nt.
May 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
That's a frucking threat. The thick c♧nt.
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Europe / le commandement opérationnel conjoint de l'OTAN en Europe a donné l'ordre à 2 chasseurs polonais en service d'intercepter un bombardier russe Su24 au-dessus de la mer Baltique, qui « effectuait intentionnellement des manœuvres dangereuses » (ministre de la Défense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz)
May 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Europe / le commandement opérationnel conjoint de l'OTAN en Europe a donné l'ordre à 2 chasseurs polonais en service d'intercepter un bombardier russe Su24 au-dessus de la mer Baltique, qui « effectuait intentionnellement des manœuvres dangereuses » (ministre de la Défense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz)
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May 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.
May 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In other words, he promised repeatedly during the campaign he had a secret plan to end the war in 24 hours and he was just bullshitting everyone because he doesn’t have the first clue what to do, he gave away all negotiating leverage months ago, and his special envoy is a dope.
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Israel, you can no longer claim this isn't ethnic cleansing/genocide...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Israel plans to capture 75 per cent of Gaza
Army currently controls about 40pc – but wants expansion to ensure ‘decisive defeat of Hamas’
www.telegraph.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Israel, you can no longer claim this isn't ethnic cleansing/genocide...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.
The great battery race: China and the U.S. compete over the future of EVs
The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.
www.npr.org
May 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.
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May 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM