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The Kyiv Independent
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⚡️Russia threatens European arms factories supplying Ukraine, says they are 'not safe'. "Weapons factories in European countries that produce arms for Ukraine are potential military targets for Russia," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

kyivindependent.comRussia threatens European arms factories supplying Ukraine, says they are 'not safe'"Weapons factories in European countries that produce arms for Ukraine are potential military targets for Russia," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
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Survey finds that more than half of Virginia families with children face food insecurity virginiamercury.com/2026/09/22/s...

virginiamercury.comSurvey finds that more than half of Virginia families with children face food insecurity • Virginia MercuryA statewide survey that found 51% of families with children were food insecure. The survey picked up where the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual survey to assess hunger left off. The final feder...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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More evidence that the president of the United States is psychotic. He’s been called out on this lie for many years. Once upon a time he knew he was bullshitting. But he has convinced himself of it now, as he has with all of the other fantasies with which he today soothes his fragile ego.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."

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The New York Times
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Lue Yang, who was convicted in a home invasion as a teenager, was facing deportation to Laos as part of President Trump’s deportation campaign. “Look for me,” he told his family. On the tarmac, he wondered if an appeal would be heard, and started a race that would stretch over 100 days.

nyti.ms‘Don’t Let Me Disappear’: The 100-Day Scramble to Free Lue YangLue Yang, who was convicted in a home invasion as a teenager, was facing deportation to Laos. With a plane on the tarmac, he wondered whether an appeal would be heard.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
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“One former Administration official told me that the President is ‘trying to project an image of American greatness,’ then suggested that I consult a relevant book, ‘Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics.’”

The New Yorker@newyorker.com

The President’s preoccupation with renovating the capital has inspired a certain amount of armchair psychology among those who know and work closely with him. “There’s a little bit of Nero fiddling while Rome burns,” one person who knew him in New York said. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/utcbT8

newyorkermag.visitlink.meDonald Trump’s Capital MakeoverA coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President’s passion project—renovating D.C. in his own image.
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Since the days of Stalin and the seizure of post -war Eastern European countries in 1945, which has devolved into a criminal enterprise with Putin as the Supreme Leader, Russia’s military has done everything possible to remain a colonial power. Breaking up NATO is among its chief military aims.