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fromTruthout
4 hours ago

GOP Blocks Warren Bill to Stop Trump's "Brazen" $20B Argentina Bailout

Sen. Tim Scott blocked a bill opposing President Donald Trump's $20 billion bailout to Argentina, drawing Democratic criticism over prioritizing foreign aid over Americans' needs.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Trump takes credit for already dropping crime rates in press conference

Claims credited recent violent crime declines to federal policing efforts, including Operation Summer Heat and national guard deployments.
#young-republicans
fromwww.amny.com
1 hour ago
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Young Republicans' racist, violent group chat sparks bipartisan backlash with some GOP leaders using bothsidesism | amNewYork

fromwww.amny.com
1 hour ago
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Young Republicans' racist, violent group chat sparks bipartisan backlash with some GOP leaders using bothsidesism | amNewYork

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fromwww.twincities.com
1 hour ago

JD Vance dismisses bipartisan outrage over racist and offensive Young Republican group chat

A leaked Young Republican group chat with racist, sexual-violence and gas chamber jokes sparked bipartisan demands for resignations and organizational discipline.
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fromSlate Magazine
4 hours ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Keeps Breaking With Her Party. What's Going On?

Marjorie Taylor Greene has publicly attacked Republican colleagues and leadership while remaining aligned with the MAGA movement and drawing notice from President Trump.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Shut Up!' Nancy Pelosi Loses Her Cool On Pro-Trump Influencer Asking About Jan. 6th

Nancy Pelosi denied refusing the National Guard on January 6, saying the president did not send troops and rebuked a pro-Trump influencer's questions.
#press-freedom
#voting-rights-act
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fromLGBTQ Nation
5 hours ago

Pam Bondi said matching protest signs prove antifa is real. It didn't go well for her. - LGBTQ Nation

Pam Bondi asserted that antifa is a funded, organized criminal group based on matching protest signs, prompting social-media ridicule pointing to matching MAGA signs.
#government-shutdown
fromsfist.com
2 hours ago
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SF Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's Mass Firings of Government Workers During Shutdown (For Now, at Least)

fromsfist.com
2 hours ago
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SF Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump's Mass Firings of Government Workers During Shutdown (For Now, at Least)

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fromJezebel
1 hour ago

GOP Rep Who Blocked Relief for Formula Shortage Suddenly Worried About Moms Getting Formula

Republican leaders blamed Democrats while Rep. Lisa McClain praised WIC funding despite previously voting against emergency baby-formula funding in 2022.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Outcry after US strips visas from six foreigners over Charlie Kirk remarks

On Tuesday, the state department announced it was systematically identifying visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk, declaring in a social media statement that the United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans. The visa cancellations represent an escalating government-wide campaign to suppress criticism of Kirk, who was killed last month. The administration cut visas for nationals from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Paraguay.
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#donald-trump
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours ago
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"Disgusting": Donald Trump slammed for ogling female journalist & calling her "darling" - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours ago
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"Disgusting": Donald Trump slammed for ogling female journalist & calling her "darling" - LGBTQ Nation

#federal-layoffs
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fromIntelligencer
6 hours ago

Democratic Divisions Loom in Fight to Take on Susan Collins

Maine's 2026 Democratic Senate primary pits establishment figure Janet Mills against progressive Graham Platner, reflecting national generational and ideological party divides.
#venezuela
#zohran-mamdani
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fromNew York City, NY Patch
5 hours ago

Trump Freezes $18B In NYC Funding In Bid To End Shutdown: See Breakdown By Borough

The Trump administration froze or canceled nearly $28 billion in approved federal funding, including nearly $18 billion for New York City projects.
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fromTruthout
4 hours ago

Anti-Fascism Scholar Who Fled US After Death Threats Discusses MAGA's Fascism

Professor Mark Bray fled to Spain after death threats; he says MAGA resembles a fascist movement and antifa is a decentralized ideology, not an organization.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

Trump Treasury Secretary Says Far-Left Organizations Being Treated Like Terror Suspects After 9/11'

U.S. Treasury is compiling lists of left-wing groups and treating them akin to post-9/11 terror suspects while targeting their financial networks.
#airport-policy
fromGothamist
1 day ago
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Hochul slams Noem over 'nakedly partisan' shutdown video, says NYC airports won't air it

fromGothamist
1 day ago
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Hochul slams Noem over 'nakedly partisan' shutdown video, says NYC airports won't air it

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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump's pro-fossil fuel policies

A federal judge dismissed a youth-led lawsuit seeking to block three Trump executive orders that expand fossil fuel production and declare a national energy emergency.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

Joe Rogan Drops Wild Rant On Protest Goers: They Are All 'FBI Agents And Losers'

Joe Rogan labeled most protestors as 'losers' or federal agents and claimed George Soros supplies their signs, while conceding some protests can be worthwhile.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

An Eric Trump crypto company is relying on close ties to a Chinese company

Bitmain provided preferential access and favorable payment terms on hundreds of millions of dollars of mining equipment to a firm partially owned by Eric Trump.
#pentagon-access
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 hours ago

Kristi Noem video blames Dems for shutdown. These California airports won't show it

Several California airports refused to play a DHS video in which Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for operational impacts during the federal government shutdown.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 hours ago

California judge halts Trump federal job cuts amid government shutdown

will demonstrate ultimately that what's being done here is both illegal and is in excess of authority and is arbitrary and capricious,
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

WATCH: Zohran Mamdani Repeatedly Refuses to Say Hamas Should Lay Down Their Arms During Fox News Interview

Right now, you just talked about Israelis killing some Palestinians, but Hamas is killing Palestinians within Gaza. And they have not returned the bodies that they promised to return, including two Americans, Itay Chen and Omer Neutra, whose families we have interviewed over these months, observed MacCallum before asking, So what is your response to what Hamas is doing now?
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Speaker Johnson Bobs and Weaves On C-SPAN Debate With Jeffries Says He Won't Show Up Until After Shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to a joint C-SPAN Ceasefire appearance with Hakeem Jeffries but insists he will attend only after the government shutdown ends.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

Pathetic Bullsh*t': Dem Senator Takes the Gloves Off While Accusing Mike Johnson of Being a Pedo Protector'

Sen. Ruben Gallego accused Speaker Mike Johnson of protecting pedophiles over the delayed swearing-in of Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva tied to Epstein files.
fromThe Verge
5 hours ago

'New media' is just right-wing media

Last week, I caught wind that House Speaker Mike Johnson, along with several top House Republican leaders, had held an exclusive press briefing about the government shutdown that was restricted to "new media." The contents of the meeting were published as a "scoop" by the Washington Reporter - a Congress-focused publication founded by several GOP operatives that'd been established as a Punchbowl for conservatives - which described the call as "set[ting] the record straight" and
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fromPortland Mercury
1 hour ago

A Night of Terror: Civil Disobedience Met With Extreme Force at Portland ICE Facility

Yet federal agents are responding with increased force. Federal police unleashed a volley of weapons and chemical agents on anti-ICE protesters and journalists on Saturday, October 11. It was a notable escalation in the response to protests at the Portland immigration processing facility that led to violent arrests, a photojournalist getting shot with a pepper ball, and a large group being sprayed indiscriminately with tear gas.
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#us-china-trade
fromFast Company
5 hours ago
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Why these unexpected stocks are skyrocketing double-digits today as Trump's China tariff war heats up

fromFast Company
5 hours ago
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Why these unexpected stocks are skyrocketing double-digits today as Trump's China tariff war heats up

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fromBusiness Insider
1 hour ago

Pete Hegseth's 'warrior ethos' speech is now mandatory viewing for the entire US military

All U.S. military personnel must watch or read a mandated speech on warrior ethos and review related policy changes by October 31.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

JUST IN: Pete Hegseth Plane Makes 'Unschedule Landing'

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a cracked windshield; all onboard were reported safe.
#immigration-enforcement
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Fox Anchor Battles Mamdani Over Promise to Arrest Netanyahu

Mayoral candidate pledged to seek Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest by exhausting existing U.S. legal options and supporting International Criminal Court warrants while complying with U.S. law.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Plane carrying Pete Hegseth forced to land in UK due to crack in windshield

A plane carrying US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unscheduled landing in the UK after a cracked windshield; all onboard are safe.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Kaitlin Collins Stuns GOP Senator With Fact Check On Major Funding Cut to His State

The Department of Energy just canceled a billion dollars to the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub. Part of that covers your state of Montana, and your governor actually praised it when it was happening, saying it was going to create good-paying Montana jobs and boost American-made energy. They just yanked a billion from that. So is that taking away good-paying jobs in Montana?
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Could Trump really move World Cup games? The facts behind his threats

The reporter mentioned Seattle and San Francisco as two cities that have seen demonstrations, and pointed out that both cities are World Cup hosts (though San Francisco is not a host city, but part of the San Francisco Bay Area that will host games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara). The reporter then asked Trump if the demonstrations could result in the loss of World Cup games from those host venues.
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fromThe Verge
5 hours ago

Senate Democrats want to know: was YouTube's Trump settlement a bribe?

In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, five Senators - Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) - asked for details about any settlement talks between those companies and the Trump administration. They're interested in whether Google secured favorable treatment as a result of the payout, including leniency in multiple ongoing antitrust lawsuits, something they warn could constitute an illegal bribe.
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fromPortland Mercury
2 hours ago

UPDATE: Judge Extends Restraining Order Blocking National Guard Deployment in Oregon

On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut extended the temporary restraining order (TRO) she'd granted on October 5 for another two weeks. The TRO was set to expire October 18. The ruling comes as the state of Oregon is tangled up in a lawsuit against the federal government for President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops, to help guard the Portland ICE facility amid protests there. Oregon attorneys say the deployment is unnecessary and violates the US Constitution.
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#ice-detention
fromwww.amny.com
2 hours ago
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The impact of ICE: Asylum seeker detained twice during two Trump presidencies recounts traumatic experience | amNewYork

fromwww.amny.com
2 hours ago
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The impact of ICE: Asylum seeker detained twice during two Trump presidencies recounts traumatic experience | amNewYork

fromLGBTQ Nation
5 hours ago

Trans woman who wanted to end her lawsuit due to harassment forced to go through with SCOTUS appeal - LGBTQ Nation

To put it simply, the Court has struggled with the correct outcome in this matter,
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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 hours ago

Police arrest HIV activists who delivered "body bags" to GOP Sen. Susan Collins - LGBTQ Nation

More than two dozen activists protested proposed PEPFAR funding cuts at Senator Susan Collins' offices; five were arrested and activists delivered mock body bags to dramatize harms.
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fromwww.dw.com
3 hours ago

Hegseth's plane diverted to UK due to crack in windshield DW 10/15/2025

Pete Hegseth's plane made an unscheduled UK landing due to a cracked windshield; everyone aboard was reported safe.
fromsfist.com
3 hours ago

Another Round of No Kings' Anti-Trump Protests on Tap for Saturday In the Bay Area and Beyond

After June's No Kings' protests brought out millions nationwide, the rabble-rousers are having another go at it this Saturday, with more No Kings demonstrations scheduled for SF, Oakland, Berkeley, and other Bay Area municipalities. If you've been following the current government shutdown talk in Washington DC, you may have noticed that House Speaker Mike Johnson has been referencing what he calls a Hate America Rally coming up this weekend.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 hour ago

Oakley councilmember refuses to step down despite censure vote, calls for resignation

Oakley Councilmember George Fuller refused to resign after a 4-1 censure vote over sustained allegations of bullying and retaliation against city staff.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
23 hours ago

Trump says Modi has assured him India will not buy Russian oil

Russia is India's top oil supplier. Moscow exported 1.62 million barrels per day to India in September, roughly one-third of the country's oil imports. For months, Modi resisted US pressure, with Indian officials defending the purchases as vital to national energy security. A move by India to stop imports would signal a major shift by one of Moscow's top energy customers and could reshape the calculus for other nations still importing Russian crude.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
5 hours ago

Posters, trainings and partnerships: How BUSD is preparing for possible ICE actions

Berkeley Unified has adopted multilingual family-support plans and campus protocols to protect immigrant students and families amid increased federal immigration activity.
fromwww.housingwire.com
4 hours ago

Trump to receive Fed chair candidates in December

Bessent disclosed that he's trimmed the initial list of 11 candidates he interviewed to five, while also clarifying that he will not be the next chair. He declined to say whether supporting lower interest rates was a requirement, noting instead that he looks for a candidate with an open mind.
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fromLos Angeles Times
5 hours ago

L.A. County declares state of emergency to fight back against ICE immigration raids

Los Angeles County declared a state of emergency enabling eviction moratoriums and coordinated aid for tenants and immigrant communities affected by federal immigration raids.
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fromNextgov.com
2 hours ago

FCC initiates process to ban Hong Kong Telecom in US

FCC initiated a procedural move to ban Hong Kong Telecom from U.S. networks over national-security concerns tied to its affiliation with China Unicom.
fromThe Mercury News
1 hour ago

High-ranking Oakland official who spoke to feds about ex-mayor leaves for another East Bay city

OAKLAND - A high-ranking Oakland city official who said he provided federal investigators key evidence that led to criminal indictments against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao and others is leaving his role to take a leadership job in another East Bay city.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
8 hours ago

NRA sues California over alleged Glock ban

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit challenging California's ban on Glock-style pistols convertible to automatic weapons, asserting it violates the Second Amendment.
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

Scott Bessent Introduces 'Price Floors' To Combat China

When you are facing a nonmarket economy like China, then you have to exercise industrial policy, Bessent said. The Treasury Secretary explained that China has put rare earth mineral companies out of business by massively dropping their own prices. We're going to set price floors and the forward buying to make sure that this doesn't happen again, and we're going to do it across a range of industries, he said.
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fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 hour ago

Trump Says India's Modi Has Pledged To Stop Buying Russian Oil

"So I was not happy that India was buying oil, and he (Modi) assured me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia. That's a big step. Now we're going to get China to do the same thing," Trump told reporters on October 15 at the White House. India has continued to buy Russian oil, helping to fund Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, all while Western nations ramp up sanctions against such purchases.
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fromBusiness Matters
1 day ago

Top 5 Most In-Demand EB-3 Visa Jobs for 2025

High-demand EB-3 occupations—food service, caregivers/nursing assistants, and other essential roles—offer employer-sponsored pathways to U.S. green cards and steady employment.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
23 hours ago

Bank of America, Bank of New York sued for alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein

A woman alleges Bank of America and BNY knowingly provided financial services that enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex‑trafficking operation and is suing for damages.
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fromConde Nast Traveler
1 hour ago

The Vital-and Niche-Airline Routes Threatened by the Government Shutdown

EAS air service is a vital lifeline for Alaska's remote communities, delivering passengers and essential freight; funding uncertainty risks isolating towns.
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