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34 yrs ago 2day EVERY region of Ukraine voted overwhelmingly 4 independence from USSR #realhistorychannel
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This is what happens when you have the least qualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history.
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There have been 1.1 million announced layoffs in 2025. This is a 44% increase over 2024.
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According to a new report from active-duty and retired FBI agents, there was a bit of an issue when Patel arrived at Provo in the aftermath of the Kirk assassination: he would not leave the plane without an FBI raid jacket. They found a female special agents' jacket for him. But
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This fall, I harvested mini watermelons and cantaloupes with a California crew to understand how farmworkers are feeling right now. This was a crew of mostly all immigrants from Sinaloa who graciously welcomed me into their world. https://t.co/MSMILEXpFU
latimes.com
Immigrant farmworkers toil, season after season, in jobs that most Americans wouldn't endure for a week. It's a rough life that takes a heavy toll.
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Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
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The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire...
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It’s Election Day in two days in a bunch of important races. You’re watching the congressional special in Tennessee, no doubt. But Dems are also eying some flips in Georgia, plus resolving intra-Dem ideological battles in Jersey and Georgia.
boltsmag.org
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory,...
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I just experienced a beautiful moment here in Beirut, Lebanon. I was sitting in a coffee shop in the city, watching live coverage of the Pope’s arrival on my laptop. Across the room, I noticed two young men huddled over a phone. Curious, I walked over and realised they were also
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It’s so strange that now suddenly all these streamers are coming out and talking about how much they love the CCP’s China.
Pokimane and Hasan rave about China being “so advanced” because a pro photographer costs $15/day. Same people who scream about worker exploitation now love a service that’s only cheap because of dirt-cheap labor under an authoritarian regime. Hypocrisy on max volume.
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New: Indiana Senate Republican Jean Leising, an opponent of redistricting, says her home was the target of a pipe bomb threat. She says she hopes her colleague won’t “cave” to the rolling threats, swattings and texts over redistricting.
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This is excellent news for Greyhounds. Well done Chile 🇨🇱👏. Chile has finally said no to Greyhound racing, a ‘tradition’ that was hurting thousands of innocent dogs. #YouBetTheyDie 💰!
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"A crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon. All have one thing in common: they appear to be connected to the Trump family’s campaign to
I've done a deep dive into the Trump family's global moneymaking campaign. The White House says there's no conflict of interest. But from Serbia to Vietnam to crypto it's being called "pay to play" on a vast scale. If you have info, get in touch @guardian
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Colombia's President Petro: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." https://t.co/lB2kezaw22
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"People live on hope. My hope died a long time ago and a life without hope is a slow kind of dying. There is more than one way to kill a person. You can take a gun to a girl’s house and fire shots in the air outside her door." #Afghanistan
afghanistan-analysts.org
In parts of southeastern Afghanistan, a boy seeking to force a girl into marriage may fire gunshots outside her home to claim her publicly as his future wife, often after the girl’s family has...
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The Trump admin now says nursing isn't a professional degree. The admin plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree to exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing students questioning how they will pay
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Trump will deport an Afghani living in the US with Temporary Protected Status if he is *accused* of stealing $1000. But he’ll set a white dude free who was *convicted* of stealing $1.6B from American citizens to go commit more crime.
nytimes.com
David Gentile had been found guilty for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
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