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Trump is making potentially lethal decisions on the basis of whatever happens to be shown on the television he’s watching.

The Mad King's Unverified Information Hose - Truthdig

Trump is ordering federal troops to occupy Portland, in defiance of a federal court, based on video clips from 2020.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1h

While Trump talks about taking Bagram back, China has already moved in.

Why Trump Won’t Get Bagram Back - Truthdig

While the Taliban have of course objected to handing over the former U.S. base, Russia and China would also have something to say.

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From concealed identities to sanctioned violence, the echoes between ICE raids and Klan terror are too loud to ignore.

Is ICE Today’s Klan? - Truthdig

From concealed identities to sanctioned violence, the echoes between ICE raids and Klan terror are too loud to ignore.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 3h

Five more years — or 500? There are good reasons the ‘singularity’ keeps getting postponed.

The AI God That Isn’t - Truthdig

Five more years — or 500? There are good reasons the ‘singularity’ promised by artificial intelligence gurus keeps getting postponed.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 4h

Gilead’s price drop for the HIV prevention drug lenacapavir is a smoke screen for monopoly medicine.

Greed Is a Hell of a Drug - Truthdig

Gilead’s price drop for its HIV prevention drug lenacapavir in some countries is a smoke screen for monopoly medicine.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 5h

New Dig Scape: A sonic exploration of the impact of cars and their overuse on the environment.

Extreme Carwash or the Impact of Vehicles on Extreme Weather Events - Truthdig

A sonic exploration of the impact of cars and their overuse on the environment.

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This summer, U.S. National Park Service employees and visitors were asked to do something highly unusual: report any signs that failed to make America look great.

Trump’s Purge of ‘Negative’ National Park Signs Includes Climate Change - Truthdig

National parks are melting, burning and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 7h

TikTok’s sale is framed as a move to block Chinese influence. But what about the influence of investors with foreign agendas of their own?

TikTok Investor: ‘Embed the Love and Respect for Israel’ in the U.S. - Truthdig

In a 2015 email to Ehud Barak, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said 'we have to fight this battle' before kids get to college.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 8h

The Project 2025 dream of pulling the plug on PBS and NPR has been realized.

We Need Public Media More Than Ever - Truthdig

As federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting runs dry, we must fight to preserve public media.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 9h

As fossil fuel interests block U.S. progress, global clean energy still advances, but not fast enough.

A Climate Scientist’s Call for Hope - Truthdig

In a new book, climate scientist Michael Mann calls for not losing hope after the second U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 21h

One More Shutdown Switch

An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 23h

Trending Story - If This Is Opposition, Then What Would Surrender Look Like?

If This Is Opposition, Then What Would Surrender Look Like? - Truthdig

In a long line of inept, morally compromised Democratic leaders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are peerless.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

The coalition has already announced its next mission: “Thousand Madleens to Gaza.”

Global Sumud Flotilla Vows to Keep Sailing ‘Until Gaza Is Free’ - Truthdig

After Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers announced that the next mission will send a thousand ships to Gaza.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

The work necessary to reduce the fuels for massive wildfires, including prescribed burns, is on hold.

Shutdown Sows Confusion Across the U.S. Forest Service - Truthdig

Prescribed burns that help prevent bigger fires are on hold during shutdown while logging on federal lands continues.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Trending Story - When Everyone Is ‘Antifa,’ No One Is Safe.

When Everyone Is 'Antifa,' No One Is Safe - Truthdig

Trump's executive order declaring the movement a domestic terrorist organization is designed to create enemies everywhere.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

Ice Fears Put Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies at Risk - Truthdig

Fear of deportation is deterring pregnant immigrants from seeking critical care. Doctors are worried for their health.

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Amid concerns that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is undermining trust in vaccines and public health science, some states are changing how they regulate insurance companies, prescribers, and pharmacists.