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China has launched a second day of live-fire war drills around Taiwan, claiming it's a warning against “external interference.” Whatever the reason, the EU appears ill-equipped to deal with the consequences of any flare-up. Brussels Playbook has more 👇

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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

The Saudi military said its air force bombed weapons shipments arriving at a Yemeni port city from the United Arab Emirates, escalating tensions between two oil-rich Persian Gulf allies.

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

The Kennedy Center has been hit with a string of abrupt cancelations in the wake of its board of trustees' adding President Donald Trump's name to the landmark performing arts institution. https://cnn.it/3LpbsWC

A school-age child in California has died from SSPE, a fatal brain disorder which develops 2–10 years post- measles infection—years after appearing fully recovered. publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Robert Reich, who worked for Ford & Carter, served as labor Sec for Clinton, and was on Obama's economic transition advisory board — cites progressives like @zohrankmamdani @grahamformaine.bsky.social & @abdulelsayed.bsky.social as the “future” for Dems. Full post: www.facebook.com/share/p/15zD...

The Japanese parent company of 7-Eleven is betting billions of dollars that it can expand its business in the U.S. by making its convenience stores more like the food meccas they are in Japan. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

JUST IN: 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' wins the Emmy for Best Talk Series

Things feel uncertain right now, Illinois. I want you all to know we’re doing everything we can to protect your rights. Make sure you know how to stand up for yourself and others at illinoisimmigrationinfo.org.

Art of the deal.

Ouch…… luv it

America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare. Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…

Newsom: We got here because the President is struggling. We got here because the President is one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history. We got here because he recognizes that he will lose the election.

The incompetence is wild.

August 16, 2025

Apart from firearms, the part of training we spent the most time on (if I am recalling correctly) was legal instruction. Now the FBI is hiring people with no college degree and slashing training time in half (reducing academics, guessing ethics also). Absolute disaster www.nysun.com/article/fbi-...

Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work. The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.

www.cbsnews.com/news/sean-du... Trump announced Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will temporarily lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, weeks after Trump withdrew an Elon Musk-linked entrepreneur as his pick to lead the space agency.

CNBC: CBO says it'll add a trillion dollars to our public debt. How do you square that? BESSENT: If you turn up the growth projections to something like 3 percent, then the debt disappears

$10 a day keeps a kid healthy on Medicaid. Meanwhile, Republicans want to hand $6 million per billionaire. This is theft in broad daylight—and kids will pay the price. 📞 Keep calling your senators: (202) 224-3121 Don’t give up. Flood the phones. #MedicaidSavesOurLives

MUST SEE: Congresswoman Schrier nails conspiracy theorist and unfortunate HHS Secretary, RFK Jr., on the value of vaccines—and it’s glorious. Schrier also happens to be the first pediatrician in Congress.

Make no mistake: everything that Republicans are doing, from selling off public lands to gutting Medicaid, is to enrich the wealthy while everyone else pays the price. #DontKillOurMedicaid

I am running for Congress because I know what sacrifice and service look like. Lauren Boebert doesn’t have a clue. She isn't a patriot. She doesn’t understand our values, our struggles, or what it means to serve. Worst of all: She doesn’t care. Help me defeat her. secure.actblue.com/donate/lauba...

Today I’m leading 152 House Democrats in challenging Trump's devastating cuts to life-saving NIH research grants. Congress—not Trump—controls federal spending. Trump must do his job, “faithfully execute” the laws and stop violating the Constitution to undercut public health.

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

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.

Rep Flood (R-NE) voted for a bill that guts the federal court's authority to enforce contempt orders. When a voter confronted him, he claimed: “I didn’t know that was on the bill.” Since when do lawyers sign without reading docs first? If that’s true, he’s incompetent. If it’s not, he’s lying.

Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. 🇺🇸 #SomberMemorialDay

Map Shows Where Medicaid Cuts Could Close Hospitals

“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

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Because priorities.

A wildfire prevention bill championed by Colorado’s John Hickenlooper aims to fast-track some logging projects to reduce fire risk. But several environmental groups say the bill would sideline the public and skirt environmental protection laws.

In 2017, 8-yr-old Liam told his mom's story when Trump tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In 2025, Republicans are STILL trying to rip away health care from 14 million Americans to pay for billionaire tax cuts. 📱202-224-3121 & say #DefendMedicaidDefeatCancer

Absolutely 💯

I’m only a Juris Doctor, but I diagnose Don Jr. as being a soulless moron.

It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.

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A coalition of 14 news organizations on Tuesday asked the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit of the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador to unseal records of the proceedings surrounding efforts to return him to the United States.

Who is JD's half brother? A coffee shop owner and pastor of a non-denominarional church where they speak in tongues. 👅 www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

Charlie Kirk says there is a "gray area" when consent is removed. By law, you CANNOT consent if you are intoxicated.

BREAKING: The 60 days of Florida's legislative session have concluded. While lawmakers will have to come back in the following weeks to finalize the budget — together, we just achieved the impossible AGAIN: Every anti-LGBTQ bill filed this year has been defeated! Statement: eqfl.org/every-anti-l...