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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there's no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub

U.S. democracy faces accelerating threats from political interference, weakened election safeguards, potential domestic military misuse, and an incapacitated campaign finance regulator.
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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

3,700 Nonprofits Sign Open Letter Condemning Trump for Targeting Free Speech

Thousands of nonprofits condemn a presidential memorandum as an illegal, politically motivated attempt to weaponize the executive branch to suppress free speech and punish dissent.
#proposition-50
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fromSlate Magazine
2 hours ago

One of the Worst Cases of This Supreme Court Term Has Been Years in the Making

Chief Justice John Roberts advanced the unitary-executive theory and court rulings to expand presidential removal power and weaken independent agencies.
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fromThe Hill
1 hour ago

New Yorkers must save the city of dreams from Mamdani's socialism

Zohran Mamdani's digital propaganda, lack of experience, and radical policies pose serious risks to New York City's safety, economy, and civic institutions.
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fromThe Nation
8 hours ago

Join a Loyalty Club for Highter Education-While You Still Can!

The federal 'Compact for Academic Excellence' pressures universities to pledge loyalty to administration values in exchange for preferential funding, risking academic freedom and diversity commitments.
fromAbove the Law
4 hours ago

Morning Docket: 10.14.25 - Above the Law

Barack Obama weighs in on capitulating law firms. [ The Hill]
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#kamala-harris
fromThe Nation
8 hours ago

How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump's Theory of the State

Ever since Donald Trump's election in 2016, liberals and the left have struggled to understand the meaning of his rise, and that of "Trumpism," for American politics. When Trump entered the political scene, he was hard to take seriously. In his first campaign, he seemed-initially, at least-to be a zombie headline straight from the New York Post 's"Page Six": a faded reality-TV star, a bankrupt real estate speculator, a huckster, a creep, and a punch line.
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#janet-mills
fromBoston.com
4 hours ago
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Maine Gov. Mills plans to confront President Trump again with her campaign for the U.S. Senate

fromBoston.com
4 hours ago
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Maine Gov. Mills plans to confront President Trump again with her campaign for the U.S. Senate

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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 hours ago

Biden Commends Trump for Getting Gaza Deal Over the Finish Line'

Joe Biden commended Donald Trump for securing a U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage-release deal while noting his administration's prior efforts to bring hostages home.
#press-freedom
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fromIntelligencer
42 minutes ago

Airports Are Refusing to Air Kristi Noem's Weird Shutdown Video

Airports nationwide are refusing to air a DHS video in which Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and related TSA impacts.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours ago

Democrat gov. candidate slams GOP opponent for opposing gay job protections - LGBTQ Nation

Abigail Spanberger's ad accuses Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears of opposing marriage equality and opposing workplace protections for gay people.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

CNN Anchor Shoots Down Trump Fans in Fracas Over Indictment Spree: That Was an Order'

CNN anchor Abby Phillip shut down Trump supporters over President Donald Trump directing his Justice Department to indict specific individuals, shooting down claims made in Trump's defense. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was the third person named on that list and has yet to be indicted but he is protected by a pardon from then-President Joe Biden. On Monday's edition of CNN NewsNight, Phillip hosted a panel comprised of Scott Jennings, Cornell West, Caroline Downey, Adam Mockler, and Josh Rogin.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 hours ago

Barack Obama says to avoid "holier-than-thou" condescension when supporting trans rights - LGBTQ Nation

Barack Obama urged allies of transgender youth to avoid condescension toward people with traditional values and instead appeal to decency for all children.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
45 minutes ago

May I Finish?' Cheryl Hines and The View's Sunny Hostin Throw Down Over Hines's Husband RFK Jr.

Sunny Hostin and Cheryl Hines clashed on The View over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s suitability to lead HHS amid concerns about vaccine skepticism and misinformation.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 hours ago

Trump Roasts Fox's Peter Doocy in Bizarre Jokey Exchange on Hostage Release

President Trump mocked Peter Doocy with a hypothetical about Steve Doocy's reaction while celebrating the return of October 7 hostages on Air Force One.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
13 hours ago

Trump brags about crowd sizes and bashes Chicago while returning from Mideast trip

Trump returned from a Middle East trip, touted an Israel-Hamas agreement and hostage returns, boasted about crowd sizes, and criticized Chicago's crime statistics.
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fromAxios
3 hours ago

No fly zone: Airports ground Kristi Noem's government shutdown video

Major airports declined to display Governor Noem's TSA video, citing the Hatch Act and policies against using public assets for partisan political messaging.
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fromThe Nation
8 hours ago

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

Grassroots Democrats increasingly distrust party leadership and seek bolder opposition, while Bernie Sanders pushes insurgent candidates and a new direction to reconnect with working-class voters.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 hours ago

UK's cyber security agency warns of sophisticated' threat from Chinese hackers

Chinese hackers pose a growing, sophisticated threat to the UK with a 50% rise in significant incidents; independent journalism seeks public support to fund reporting.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

US revokes visas of at least 50 Mexican officials in Trump's drug cartel crackdown

The US revoked visas of at least 50 Mexican politicians and officials to pressure suspected cartel-linked allies, expanding diplomatic measures in anti-narcotics efforts.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Fox Reporter Grills Speaker Johnson Over Refusal to Swear In New Democrat And the Epstein Files

No. Let's talk about Grijalva and Epstein. Okay, once more for everybody. Everybody in Congress, I think, is for maximum transparency of the Epstein files. That is underway right now. Let me point out before I go further: all of the files were in the possession of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice for four years. Every single thing that we're talking about right now was in their sole possession, Johnson replied, pivoting to attack the Democrats. They could have released it.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts 'Weak' Republican Men

Marjorie Taylor Greene says many Republican men in Congress are weak and fear strong Republican women, marginalizing them.
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4 hours ago

Republican candidate says firing someone for being gay is 'not discrimination'

In 2004, when Earle-Sears unsuccessfully ran for congress, she completed a now-archived candidate questionnaire in which she indicated she would vote against same-sex couples adopting children, and employee discrimination laws, would not hire "homosexual activists", and backed the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. She also ticked a box asking if homosexuality was an "immoral lifestyle choice".
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fromFast Company
3 hours ago

The 'New York Times' and others announce they are not signing the Pentagon's new press rules

Major news organizations refuse to acknowledge Pentagon press rules they say threaten routine reporting and First Amendment protections, risking reporter eviction.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

The gospel according to Peter Thiel: why the tech svengali is obsessed with the antichrist

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist may already be present and that international agencies, environmentalism, and technology guardrails could hasten Armageddon.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 hours ago

Judge Rebukes Ham-Handed' Trump Admin for Defying FEMA Order in Scathing Ruling

A federal judge found the Trump administration unlawfully conditioned DHS and FEMA disaster relief funding on states' cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
fromtherealdeal.com
1 hour ago

Real estate heavyweights back Villaraigosa's 2026 governor bid

It was the personal touch that won over Jay Luchs when Antonio Villaraigosa a Democrat making his second run for California governor called to talk about real estate. I respect him for picking up the phone and calling me to talk business personally and it made me interested in supporting him, Luchs, executive vice chairman at Newmark in Los Angeles, said via email. Plus there's the former Los Angeles mayor's stance on Measure ULA, a property tax which is criticized by developers in California for increasing the cost of and slowing the pace of development, despite being intended to fund housing solutions.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours ago

MAGA operative demands Nobel Peace Prize recipient hand award over to Donald Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Roger Stone urged Maria Corina Machado to transfer her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump, claiming Trump deserves the award for pushing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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fromPoynter
5 hours ago

Gary Hart's scandal brought down a candidate and changed how political journalism covers private lives - Poynter

Media scrutiny of candidates' private lives intensified after Sen. Gary Hart's 1987 scandal, ending norms that kept politicians' sexual conduct private.
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fromFortune
1 hour ago

'It seems like they don't care about us': Rural America ruptured as coal miners protest lax rule enforcement linked to black lung | Fortune

Indefinite postponement of federal silica dust enforcement has prompted miner protests amid rising black lung cases and claims of preventable deaths.
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fromTruthout
1 hour ago

Major News Outlets Will Refuse to Sign "Unconstitutional" Pentagon Press Policy

Pentagon demands news outlets sign agreement restricting reporting of unauthorized Defense Department information; major outlets refuse and may report without credentials.
#tsa
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Hits Trump Over Hot Mic Moment in Scathing Corruption Rant

President Trump arranged a meeting between Eric Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during an official event, prompting allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Federal Prosecutors at Work' to Bring Charges Against John Bolton Very Soon': CNN

Maryland federal prosecutors are preparing an indictment charging John Bolton with mishandling classified materials seized during FBI searches of his Maryland home and private office.
fromFuturism
3 hours ago

Trump Admits He Got Jabbed With Multiple Vaccines That His Allies Say Are Poison

When it comes to vaccines, president Donald Trump's attitude tends to be "do what I say, not what I do." Over the weekend, it was revealed that Trump received both a flu shot and a COVID-19 booster during his second physical of 2025. News of Trump's inoculations came from Trump's personal physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, who wrote that the shots were part of a preventative health battery "in preparation for upcoming international travel."
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fromwww.mediaite.com
54 minutes ago

Comey Motions to Dismiss Case Over 'Unlawful Appointment' of Trump Enforcer Lindsey Halligan

Former FBI Director James Comey is pushing to dismiss the federal case against him by challenging the lawfulness of recently-appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump who secured the indictment against the president's rival. Comey on Tuesday filed a notion of intent, indicating his legal team will be filing a motion to dismiss the case later this week. The brief filing was made in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia;
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fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
4 hours ago

California man arrested on allegation of sending threatening letter to conservative influencer

George Russell Isbell Jr., 69, allegedly mailed the letter last month to Johnson's home in Tampa, Fla. The letter, which was sent in the days following the Sept. 10 slaying of Charlie Kirk, another conservative media personality and friend of Johnson's, alluded to various violent and deadly acts its author would love to see, though the letter's author did not threaten to personally carry out those acts.
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fromThe Hill
4 hours ago

Want higher birth rates? Get on board with remote work.

Providing two hybrid remote-work days per week increases dual-earner couples' likelihood of having additional children by reducing commuting time and childcare frictions.
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fromAxios
1 hour ago

Man pleads guilty to arson attack on Josh Shapiro's home

Cody Balmer pleaded guilty to multiple arson and related charges for attacking the Pennsylvania governor's residence and received a 25–50 year prison sentence.
fromFortune
2 hours ago

Hundreds of CDC 'disease detectives' fired-then reinstated-in mass layoffs tied to Trump shutdown | Fortune

Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration's mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration aimed to pressure Democratic lawmakers to give in and end the nearly two-week-long government shutdown. The government-wide reduction-in-force initiative that began Friday roiled the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

WATCH: Mike Huckabee Slaps the Bass in Cringeworthy Remix

Mike Huckabee performed a reworked Sweet Home Alabama, 'Sweet Home Yerushalayim,' with David Friedman at United Hatzalah's Sukkot concert celebrating Israel and a peace deal.
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fromFast Company
1 hour ago

Remodeling your kitchen? Here's how Trump's tariffs could impact your renovation budget

New U.S. tariffs on imported cabinets, vanities and upholstered wooden furniture aim to boost domestic production but may raise prices and slow short-term remodeling demand.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 hour ago

Bill Maher Praises Trump, Says He's Like Taylor Swift: 'Can't Deny' Their 'Enormous Success'

Both Taylor Swift and President Donald Trump deserve credit and respect for their enormous success even from those who are not fans.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Ben Shapiro Calls Trump's Admission He May Not Get Into Heaven Moving': He's Done a Lot of Good Things'

Ben Shapiro called President Trump's admission that he may not reach heaven surprisingly moving and emphasized Trump's claim of having done much good for people.
#arson
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fromBusiness Insider
5 hours ago

GM is taking a $1.6 billion hit after rolling back its EV plans

GM is reversing its all-electric-by-2035 plan, taking $1.6 billion in charges while shifting investment back to hybrids and gas-powered vehicles.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
7 hours ago

Drucker: U.S. politicians need to stop being so online

Most Democratic primary voters rarely post on social media, yet politicians too often base decisions on a vocal online activist minority.
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fromThe Atlantic
7 hours ago

America Needs Patriotism

Patriotism amid Trump's America combines shame and stubborn hope, reflecting attachment that depends on citizens' participation in principles of equality, rights, and self-government.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
17 hours ago
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech in Israeli parliament

An Israel–Hamas agreement was presented as ending an "age of terror" and starting a new era, while several claims and the deal's permanence remain disputed.
fromIrish Independent
11 hours ago
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Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire as IDF say they crossed boundary line

A mediated ceasefire returned Israeli hostages and freed Palestinian detainees, prompting emotional reunions while leaders move to cement a new phase toward regional peace.
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fromPoynter
6 hours ago
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Fact-checking President Donald Trump's claims about peace, war and Iran after his Israel address - Poynter

A brokered agreement produced a Gaza ceasefire, released Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees, and launched a phased plan for Gaza stabilization and governance.
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 hours ago
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Stephen Colbert Offers Trump Rare Praise Then Checks If He's Still Canceled'

Stephen Colbert credited Donald Trump for brokering a Gaza ceasefire that freed hostages and prisoners, then joked about his show's potential cancellation.
fromPoynter
6 hours ago
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Fact-checking President Donald Trump's claims about peace, war and Iran after his Israel address - Poynter

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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Life in Gaza may go from utter hell to mere nightmare. What happens now? | Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

Trump's Gaza plan demands Palestinian atonement, favors Israeli interests, lacks accountability, timetables, and consequences, and offers limited humanitarian relief while preserving Israeli dominance.
#letitia-james
fromAol
12 hours ago
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New York AG Letitia James gives spirited remarks in first appearance since indictment

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12 hours ago
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New York AG Letitia James gives spirited remarks in first appearance since indictment

fromThe Cipher Brief
12 hours ago

Inside the Secret War: Senate Concern Over U.S. Military Strikes in the Caribbean

Currently, the administration is waging a secret war against a secret list of unnamed groups that they will not tell us about. There have been four lethal strikes against [alleged Venezuelan narco-trafficking] boats in the Caribbean. The administration wrote us [the U.S. Senate] a letter...about what they were doing in September. They said they considered themselves to be in a 'non-international armed conflict' -- that means a war -- against a secret list of 'designated terrorist organizations.'
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fromAxios
8 hours ago

The small cracks of dissent emerging in Trump's GOP

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia: Once one of Trump's most loyal and outspoken supporters on Capitol Hill, Greene (along with Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie) has been vocal in calling on the White House to release the Epstein files. And Greene has seemed to echo Democrats in chiding GOP congressional leaders over the shutdown. "I'm carving my own lane," Greene posted on X last week, adding that she was "absolutely disgusted" that health insurance costs for millions of Americans would soar if the GOP-led Congress doesn't extend the tax credits Democrats are demanding to end the shutdown.
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fromAxios
14 hours ago

Biden, Clinton praise Trump for Gaza peace deal

I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line,
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fromThe Atlantic
5 hours ago

The New Think Tank Infuriating Progressives

The age of the conventional Democrat is over. The time of the Democratic contrarian has come. So says Adam Jentleson, anyway. The veteran political operative and former adviser to the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently launched a think tank that asks Democratic candidates to ignore pressure from the far left, take positions outside the "liberal box," and be a lot more "heterodox" in general.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
17 hours ago

Kellyanne Conway Says People Were Throwing Money at Me' After Trump Got Elected

Kellyanne Conway said she turned down an eight-figure offer to buy her company and received large post-2016 election financial offers but declined them.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 hours ago

NASA Is Crucial to the U.S. Winning the New Space Race

China's 15th-century maritime retreat squandered a global empire opportunity; today the U.S. risks repeating that loss by undermining its space leadership while China rises.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions | Miles Herbert

Chicago residents experience fear and trauma as intensified immigration enforcement, armed patrols, and deportations create lasting uncertainty and community disruption.
fromMountain State Spotlight
7 hours ago

Morrisey's inaugural leftovers helped fund a nonprofit now boosting his agenda

Following his inauguration, Gov. Patrick Morrisey's inaugural committee donated most of the leftover money it had collected to a nonprofit organization, which has been buying up Facebook ads to promote his initiatives. Last month, West Virginia Prosperity Group ran a series of advertisements telling people to call Morrisey and thank him for his energy and state budget policies. State law requires leftover money from inaugural committees to be donated either to a charity or a special fund for the governor's mansion.
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fromLos Angeles Times
17 hours ago

Bill to study inequalities in youth sports, attacked by critics as supporting transgender athletes, signed by Newsom

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation to study inequalities in youth sports, a move likely to draw ire from Republicans who believe the measure is intended to support transgender athletes. The legislation, Assembly Bill 749, creates a commission to examine whether a new state board or department is needed to improve access to sports regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, income or geographic location.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
14 hours ago

Sen. Markwayne Mullin Says Only People With Deranged Hatred' Protest Trump

Sen. Markwayne Mullin claims protesters oppose President Trump out of deranged hatred and blames Senate Democrats, especially Chuck Schumer, for the shutdown.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
16 hours ago

You Are The Biggest Nothing in the World': Martin Sheen Tears Into Trump at Live MSNBC Event

Martin Sheen condemned President Donald Trump as lacking humanity and criticized his cabinet as dominated by ego, fear, and false worship.
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fromLos Angeles Times
17 hours ago

Israel and Hamas have a ceasefire deal. But college protesters say activism won't stop

Ceasefire and hostage exchange mark an inflection point for campus pro-Palestinian protests, revealing policy crackdowns, limited divestment gains, and shifting public opinion.
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fromOpen Culture
17 hours ago

Marc Maron Wraps Up the WTF Podcast: Watch His Final Interview with Barack Obama

Marc Maron ended WTF after nearly 1,700 episodes and almost sixteen years, citing burnout and satisfaction, closing with a final interview with Barack Obama.
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fromwww.dw.com
10 hours ago

Trump tariffs on timber, furniture go into force DW 10/14/2025

New US tariffs impose 10% on softwood lumber and up to 50% on certain furniture and cabinets, increasing construction and housing costs.
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