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cbsnews.comPope Leo XIV says those against abortion but in favor of death penalty are "not really pro-life"Pope Leo XIV has for the first time waded into an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church.

propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True. www.propublica.org/article/debu... Phony Susie is at it again

cbc.caRepublican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC NewsA long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.

16 Sept

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Susan - I am sure all Canadians “welcome” your warning to the Prime Minister of Canada. But don’t you think you are a decade past due in warning the “Imperial Emperor” of the US he is not qualified to be in office.

reuters.comHow Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revivalSince Trump returned to office, an array of automotive, environmental, trade and immigration policies has undermined auto-factory projects and employment across America’s heartland.

16 Sept

How Trump’s war on EVs derailed America’s auto-factory revival - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

nytimes.comOpinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk ApocalypseSilicon Valley’s strange new theology.

12 Sept

Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk Apocalypse www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...

theguardian.comThe world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future | Simon TisdallIt’s no surprise some analysts say we are already in the midst of the third world war, but ordinary people have more power than we think, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

6 Sept

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Good but depressing overview of the present world-wide state of affairs.

nytimes.comRFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 TroopsIn a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

5 Sept

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u... Anyone out there who can find any rational basis for this quack’s analogy?

theguardian.comJD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’

3 Sept

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... This is a clear example of how evangelical fanatics rationalize their refusal to be concerned about the dire impacts of humans on all forms of life; and the absence of religious tolerance for those who do not believe in evangelical dogma.

theguardian.comUS Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, former mentor warnsTrump ally should cut budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields, says billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller

25 Aug

www.theguardian.com/business/202... Time to pay up for tax cutting for the rich, tax evasion by corporate America, deficit financing for an incredibly inflated military, compounded by a tax code burdening wage earners and exempting or cutting taxes on investment income.

harpers.orgAll the Change in the World, by Thomas Frank

24 Aug

Excellent commentary in Harper’s, in part about how the $850 MM Obama library is filled with progressive content and neither Obama or his administration-were. harpers.org/archive/2026...

theguardian.com3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documentsExclusive: federal government court filings claim internal company documents included warnings about products being toxic

17 Aug

www.theguardian.com/environment/... The absence of a similar lawsuit by US and Canada speaks volumes about the weight given to industry and the lack of concern for industry’s impacts on our health and environment.

nytimes.comCharges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting PoolA former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.

1 Aug

Charges Dropped in Reflecting Pool Case as Prosecutors Say Work Was ‘Botched’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...

1 Aug

Shocking - rumps “justice” dept did something ethical which required by law - how about dismissing the other umpteen malicious prosecutions.

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29 July

theguardian.comCanada’s worst wildfire seasons fuel push for national emergency agencyMore than 900 fires are burning as experts warn Canada lacks a body to coordinate a growing climate threat

29 July

How about a halt to oil and gas promotion and extraction, no more pipelines, and no LNG. Carney is an environmental disaster despite knowing better.

nytimes.comUpstairs, Downstairs, in a House Full of SpiesA new museum reveals how Britain’s intelligence secretly wiretapped Nazi commanders in a stately London mansion — and how a team of German Jewish refugees helped turn the tide of World War II.

28 July

Upstairs, Downstairs, in a House Full of Spies www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a... - A fascinating factual article

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27 July

theguardian.comNetanyahu accuses Mamdani of ‘fomenting hate’ in calls for PM’s arrestIsraeli prime minister says ICC’s war crime charges are ‘bogus’ and plans to be in New York for UN gathering this fall

27 July

It’s okay to hate war criminals including Israeli and US war criminals.

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18 July

theatlantic.comSusan Collins Is Not Concerned About Election DenialMortal threats to the republic are apparently a sideshow that distracts from cutting taxes, confirming judges, and deregulation.

18 July

Will Maine finally ditch the backwards thinking excuse for a Senator

16 July

A news article today mentioned “senior Trump advisors” - false there are no mature adults advisors to the head idiot and the head idiot only seems to take “advice” if payment is made by one conflicting means or another.

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14 July

theguardian.comTop House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to IsraelHouse minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over Israel

14 July

Democratic party leadership is again repulsive; pandering to a segment of the US public, with no regard for the awful harm Israeli military is inflicting on a defenceless population

nytimes.comTrump Administration Announces New Attack on the International Criminal CourtSecretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States will “dismantle” the international court that tries grave crimes “brick by brick, if necessary.”

13 July

Rubio announces an overt U.S. attack on the International Criminal Court. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...

13 July

The rump functionaries don’t like a court where they cannot buy or sell a pardon.

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theguardian.com‘Mr President, you’re not far behind God’: Lindsey Graham in his own wordsThe South Carolina senator illustrated the changing face of the Republican party, from being an anti-Trump voice to a supporter of his war with Iran

Another Republican devoid of any real principles. But his replacement may be even worse.

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theatlantic.comCIA Officers Can Sense the Threat WithinA survey reveals concern among the rank and file that Trump-administration meddling is undermining intelligence work.

No surprise either as rumpty orange wants everyone and everything dumbed down

nytimes.comBill Archer, Influential Texas Congressman, Is Dead at 98

6 July

Likely misleading. Highly unlikely he wrote legislation as most laws are written by lobbyist lawyers. In this case likely lobby for folks who don’t want to pay taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...

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1 July

cbc.caCarney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC NewsPrime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive.