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Despite President Donald Trump's recent demand that Israel halt its bombing campaign of Lebanon amid his administration's efforts to secure a peace deal with Iran, the Israeli military confirmed that it had carried out "about 50 airstrikes” targeting what it claimed to be Hezbollah infrastructure sites, NBC News reported Saturday.Last month,...
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Famed reporter Julie K. Brown obtained a leaked email penned by Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell while in prison last year – an email, Brown theorized, that might hold a "clue” to the convicted sex trafficker's plan to secure either a pardon or other reprieve from her 20-year sentence.Republicans on the House Oversight Committee...
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In a week when Donald Trump seemed to think he was a king because he hung with one, something hopeful reminded us he is far from one. In fact, you might say that the emperor's clothing is beginning to be removed, and what's being exposed is a scaredy cat fraud.Three diverse, noteworthy figures, over the past few days, looked Trump in the eye and...
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A former Homeland Security Department appointee put Trump administration officials on notice Saturday over what they described as potentially "illegal and unconstitutional" acts related to the recent indictment of former FBI Director James Comey."They should not be worried about whether the James Comey charges stick – they won't, this is a fake...
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Several White House aides have admitted they expect to be crushed in November's midterm elections, a report revealed on Saturday."The vibe right now is we know we are already cooked in the midterms," a senior official told MS NOW, requesting not to be named.With gas prices reaching a four-year high, annual inflation at a nearly three-year peak,...
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Florida's Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd took aim at MAGA influencer and Jan. 6 riot participant Craig Long on Friday after the pro-Trump figure was caught in a human trafficking sting operation.The sheriff laughed at a press conference that the arrest would provide the influencer with "some content for his social media.”"Then there's Craig Long...
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Critics were left dumbfounded Friday night after Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), known by some for his frequent Islamophobic and genocidal remarks, took aim at a new group during an appearance on a conservative political talk show."We don't want Armenians to be able to serve in Congress,” Fine said during an appearance on "The Jenny Beth Show,”...
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Friends,Friday marked 60 days since the start of Trump's failed war in Iran. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) gives Congress the power "To declare War,” and the War Powers Resolution of 1973 — enacted over Nixon's veto — mandates that troops be withdrawn within 60 days unless Congress extends the deadline or declares war.On...
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President Donald Trump has a clear favorite to take the reins of his MAGA movement — but his top pick is too smart to take on the challenge, according to an analyst.Trump wants his heir to be his daughter Ivanka after he's gone, wrote The i Paper's Sarah Baxter. Ivanka, however, has kept her distance. "I do not plan to be involved in politics,"...
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Just a day after CNN"s resident right-winger Scott Jennings descended into a profane attack on a rising Democrat guest, a second leading conservative lost it. NewsNation commentator — and ex-Fox News legend — Geraldo Rivera attacked the Democrats' new darling Adam Mockler — a day after Jennings fumed into an F-bomb-laden attack on CNN's...
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President Donald Trump is "treading carefully” as he watches a rebel Republican soar in the polls in their gubernatorial race — with their political rise "alarming” some of the president's allies, Axios reported Saturday."President Trump's allies are growing alarmed that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) – who infuriated him by calling for the release...
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You would probably be hard-pressed to find even a committed MAGA supporter coming to Peter Hegseth's defense at this point, which constitutes a major problem for the self-anointed "Secretary of War" — and rightly so, because he's becoming an actual problem for President Donald Trump. And that never works out well, not for the official dumped nor...
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A senior Iranian soccer official says he's been in contact with "relevant authorities" after Canada's immigration minister confirmed the government revoked travel documents granted to a former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to attend a FIFA meeting in Vancouver.
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In der kommenden Woche ist Friedrich Merz genau ein Jahr im Amt. Doch statt Jubelstimmung herrscht in Berlin Krisenmodus. Gordon Repinski analysiert gemeinsam mit Rasmus Buchsteiner den Zustand einer schwarz-roten Koalition, die am Scheideweg steht. Hat der Kanzler die Kraft, die versprochene Wirtschaftswende gegen den wachsenden Widerstand der SPD...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a stark warning Friday that the Trump administration's weaponization of the Federal Communications Commission is a bigger threat to American democracy than the foreign corruption scandals dominating the headlines.Speaking on the Bryan Tyler Cohen podcast, Newsom argued that FCC Chair Brendan Carr's media...
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Conservative columnist George Will ripped into President Donald Trump's "specious" argument for giving himself the power to unilaterally withdraw from treaties even when Congress disapproves of doing so.Writing for The Washington Post, Will fumed that "The 'unitary executive theory' is an idea percolating in America's political and judicial...
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A member of Trump's cabinet was in contact with a crisis management firm to bury negative press as he made a push for a White House post, according to a new report. "I need to be able to throw a ton of upvotes at the stuff that is rah rah rah for him, especially in conservative circles where it might get back to DJT," reads an email by Jed Wallace,...
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Pope Leo XIV's divide with President Donald Trump is about more than it seems at first, investigative reporter Gareth Gore told Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz on the latest episode of the Legal AF podcast.Rather, he argued, it's about a broader push to reclaim Christianity from the far-right and improve the religion's inclusivity."He's involved...
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A video has resurfaced of Trump and MAGA ally trashing the state where he's campaigning as governor. "Ohio is a good state. I can't say it's the best state," Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said in a 2023 video that is making the rounds on social media. According to a Friday article by the Huffington Post, the clip came from a...
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WA's energy minister says the state will have the fuel it needs for this month and has "growing confidence" for June, as further details are released about 10 renewable energy projects that are set to be built across regional WA.
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A former Trump aide and contestant on his bygone reality show "The Apprentice" cast doubt that Donald Trump Jr. can bring back his dad's star power. "The reason 'The Apprentice' was so successful is because Donald Trump was a businessman who had all these different avenues, from his golf courses to his hotels," Omarosa Manigault Newman, known as...
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With just 10 days to go, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is putting the final touches the budget. Dr Chalmers has made clear productivity is a priority for this term of parliament. So who better to ask about the upcoming budget than the Productivity Commission. David Speers sat down with Chair Danielle Wood for this week's Insiders On Background.
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The Wall Street Journal's editorial board took a thinly veiled shot at Vice President JD Vance on Friday, suggesting he is positioning himself against the Iran war to stay popular with the MAGA base at the expense of his loyalty to President Donald Trump.In an editorial broadly supportive of Trump's Iran strategy — and explicitly backing the...
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The rising cost of living is driving a wedge in the GOP and even turning loyal Trump supporters against him, a CNN data analyst said."We're starting to see real cracks in the Republican coalition right now," data analyst Harry Enten told CNN's Erin Burnett on Friday. "It comes to the cost of living. Their patience is running out."Enten pointed to...
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New details have emerged about the ethics investigation into Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC).According to NOTUS, "Three sources [confirmed] the House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that Edwards had an affair with ... his former deputy chief of staff, who was initially hired as a legislative assistant in 2021. Multiple sources told NOTUS...
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Pope Leo wants President Donald Trump to embrace everyone and said so with his decision to send a one-time undocumented immigrant to serve as the bishop to lead Catholics in West Virginia, a journalist argued. "The pope is very much sending a message," said New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro during an appearance on CNN on Friday. "The...
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New details have emerged about the controversial Boeing 747 the Qatari government has gifted to President Donald Trump to be used as the new Air Force One.According to the Wall Street Journal, many things have been modified to support the president — but one thing that has remained mostly the same is the over-the-top opulent luxury interior."The...
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"We know that if this project goes through, our land and our water are in danger. Our future is in danger,” warned Krystal Two Bulls, one of many community, conservation, and Indigenous group leaders speaking out after President Donald Trump granted a cross-border permit to what critics called "nothing more than an attempt to resurrect the...
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will be giving an administration job to a key Kentucky Republican Senate candidate — effectively sidelining him from the race, after tech billionaire Elon Musk spent $10 million supporting his candidacy.The president also teased that he would make an endorsement soon in that race."I had a great...
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The far-right Daily Wire faced mass layoffs this week — gutting the team of the long-prominent outlet initially founded by conservative activist Ben Shapiro.According to The Wrap, "Ben Shapiro's right-wing media company confirmed the layoffs in a statement to media on Friday afternoon, saying that impacted staffers are 'a number of teams' and...
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A defecting MAGA influencer blasted Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk for claiming that remarks made about her were "dehumanizing." Ashley St. Clair posted a video on TikTok on Friday where she argued that plenty of "dehumanization" took place after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and Erika's husband. "They got...
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A Wisconsin law passed by the GOP-controlled legislature to put new restrictions on the signature-gathering process for congressional candidates is being challenged in a new lawsuit — by a conservative group.According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The conservative legal firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit Wednesday...
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An unaffiliated congressional candidate and Air Force veteran is selling merchandise that he hopes will get under Trump's skin. Florida's Mark Davis is selling hats, t-shirts, and license plates that say "86 47." It's a clear protest to the new indictment against former FBI Director and Trump foe James Comey. "Arrest us all. I dare you," Davis told...
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A federal appeals court dealt a severe blow to abortion access Friday, temporarily reinstating a nationwide requirement that women obtain abortion pills in person, significantly curtailing mail-order access to medication abortion for millions of Americans.The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, written by Trump-appointed Judge Kyle...
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A former prosecutor signaled that President Donald Trump faces a number of heightened challenges, including a dilemma over the Department of Justice.In a live video conversation between Joyce Vance and Alex Wagner on Substack Friday, Vance suggested that a power struggle was happening behind-the-scenes at the Department of Justice since former...
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President Donald Trump bragged that he is "young" and "vibrant" compared to the residents of The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday."I don't happen to be a senior," said the 79-year-old president. "I'm much younger than you. I'm a much younger man than you. Look at you old guys. Wouldn't you like to be my age? Young, vital,...
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The Department of Justice's request to obtain and use sensitive voter information is receiving pushback from typically Trump-friendly states, according to a report.The Guardian reported that at least five red states have refused to hand over voter information, including driver's license numbers and partial social security numbers. The DOJ has not...
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the state's primaries in response to the Supreme Court decision putting new limits on the use of the Voting Rights Act, to give Republicans time for a potential redraw of their congressional districts — and in so doing, created a firestorm of chaos that put all the upcoming elections in flux.According to...
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A former GOP political strategist blasted the attack on late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and how the country is turning into a "banana republic" as Trump persecutes his enemies. "They're terrified of jokes. They're terrified of laughter," Steve Schmidt said on his podcast on Friday. "Now, ABC News and the new CEO of Disney have a decision to make: you...
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Trump asked people to imagine a scenario where "all of a sudden you're stuck with a man who's a moron," triggering immediate mockery from critics who said that that's already the case. Trump made the comment while speaking in The Villages, Florida, on Friday. He was plugging his proposed cognitive test, saying it would screen out idiots."I mean,...
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Former reality star Spencer Pratt's bid to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has heated up, with MAGA throwing its support behind the mayoral hopeful. "The Hills" alum has been accused by Democrats of "copying from Republican President Donald Trump's playbook," according to a Newsweek report published Friday. Pratt this week launched a new...
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President Donald Trump threatened not to pay a venue in Florida because he said his microphone volume was too low.While ranting about inflation at The Villages on Friday, the president stopped his speech to complain about the sound level."Tell them to turn up the microphone, will you please?" he bellowed. "Turn up the mic! You know, I hate it! You...
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President Donald Trump's plan for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was temporarily derailed after vandals painted a message that the Department of Justice considers a threat."Around 7:20 a.m. this morning, the U.S. Park Police was notified by the National Park Service of approximately 15-by-30-foot '8647' graffiti spray-painted in the Lincoln...
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Republican Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the May 16 primary elections for Louisiana's six U.S. House seats Thursday, the day after the U.S. Supreme Court declared the state's existing congressional map unconstitutional."Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the rights of our...
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Iran's foreign minister on Friday accused the Pentagon of deliberately misleading the American public with its formal estimate that the war on Iran has so far cost the US $25 billion—a number that the chief Iranian diplomat said was a fourfold undercount of the conflict's true price tag."The Pentagon is lying,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas...
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CNN's Katelyn Polantz walked through the drubbing the Justice Department got in court this week, as the judge presiding over the criminal case of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, visibly angry, chastised them for their showboating tactics."So, Katelyn, what did they do that upset the judge?" asked anchor Boris Sanchez."Well, this was...
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Political strategist James Carville didn't pull any punches when weighing in on the Supreme Court's latest decision on redistricting and targeted one justice in particular. "Way to go, John Roberts. What a [expletive] clown," Carville said on the Politicon podcast this week. "What a partisan hack clown." Carville reacted harshly to the Supreme...
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A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration from revoking temporary protected status (TPS) for migrants from Yemen.In an order issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ruled the administration did not follow the law.Ho determined that Congress established TPS with the intent that it...
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, vowed to take on satanic statues immediately after being sworn in, should he win.On Friday, War Room podcast host Steve Bannon asked the pillow executive about his agenda for the state."Mike Lindell, what's the first issue you're going to deal with after you take your hand...
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was clear on Friday that President Donald Trump's design aesthetic was not his style. In an interview with TMZ, the Trump antagonist and Senate Armed Services Committee member argued that Trump's vision for the White House wasn't exactly aligned with how he viewed it. "I think every president is going to leave their mark,...
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President Donald Trump's unprecedented Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, event is scheduled to kick off on June 14, but political writer Myra Adams warned Friday that the event may very well end up occurring "at the worst possible moment.”"For numerous reasons, this UFC event is visually inappropriate and ill-timed. First, historically, the...
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Republicans are facing a perfect storm heading into November's midterms, with new polling revealing that white voters — a demographic the party has relied upon for decades — are defecting in significant numbers and favoring Democratic control of Congress.According to reporting from Newsweek, a Big Data Poll conducted April 25-28 shows Democrats...
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The Trump administration is pushing to deport a 12-year-old boy living in Anchorage, Alaska, for lack of a DNA test proving his American Citizenship.According to reporting by Newsweek, both the child and his mother were placed in removal proceedings. The child's father, following legal advice, is refusing to comply with the U.S. Citizenship and...
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President Donald Trump's poker-table approach to Iran — using oil blockades to force negotiation — fundamentally misunderstands how modern asymmetric warfare has transformed geopolitics, according to a new analysis. The 79-year-old president insists Iran has "no cards," but two months of conflict demonstrate otherwise, wrote New York Times...
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CNN's John King traveled to rural Ohio – deep-red MAGA country – and found many of President Donald Trump's supporters were losing their enthusiasm.The chief national correspondent spoke to disillusioned Trump voters in Portsmouth, and they told King that Trump's war in Iran and the downstream effects on the country's affordability crisis had...
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MAGA strategist Steve Bannon asserted that a law empowering Black voters had "oppressed" Southern states since the days of the Civil Rights movement.During his Friday War Room broadcast, Bannon reacted to the Supreme Court's decision that rolled back Voting Rights Act protections for Black and Latino voters. The ruling effectively gutted the law by...
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Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released video Thursday of the suspected White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman rushing a security checkpoint and insisted it showed him "shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer,” but on Friday, MS NOW's Ken Dilanian raised serious questions about that claim."This suspect is in a room, and...
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Pope Leo XIV has named prelate Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, a former undocumented immigrant, as bishop for deep red West Virginia — a move The Washington Post suggests is designed to send a direct message to Donald Trump about the church's stance on immigration.Menjivar-Ayala, 55, migrated to the United States in 1990 and made history in 2023 when he...
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Businessman Perry Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Porter Township), former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and pastor Ralph Rebandt took the stage in Auburn Hills for a gubernatorial debate, where President Donald Trump's role in Michigan was central, even as candidates took aim at each other.Hosted by the Oakland County...
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Following the attempt on President Donald Trump's life at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) argued that a 2024 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania was an "inside job" by the deep state.Speaking to Luna on the Pod Force One podcast this week, New York Post columnist and host Miranda Devine revealed...
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MAGA influencer CJ Pearson has reportedly registered as a foreign agent to assist the government in the Bahamas in strengthening its ties to the Trump administration.Bloomberg Government first reported this week that Justice Department filings showed that Pearson registered as a lobbyist for the Bahamas ahead of the country's parliamentary...
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An obscene live TV outburst by CNN pundit Scott Jennings on Thursday night has led former CNN anchor Jim Acosta to call for the network to tear up the conservative pundit's contract.CNN host Abby Phillip had to jump in and calm the waters after Jennings got into it with liberal pundit Adam Mockler as he leaned in and blurted, "Get your f------ hand...
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President Donald Trump has been briefed by "several senior administration officials” that Iran is "keenly aware” of the leverage it holds over the president as the conflict drags on, Zeteo reported on Friday.Trump has claimed that his administration holds "all the cards” as peace talks between Washington and Tehran continue to stall, that...
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A retired police officer who performed for decades as the 1920s blackface entertainer Al Jolson is seeking elected office in Maryland.Bobby Berger, who finally stopped performing in blackface a decade ago after the intensifying public outcry, will appear on the ballot for the state House of Delegates as Bobby Al Jolson Berger, and said he still...
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Panic ensued online Friday following reports that two top U.S. military and intelligence officials briefed President Donald Trump Thursday on "new plans for possible military action against Iran,” with Drop Site News noting that the president received a "similar briefing” on Feb. 26, just two days before the United States launched Operation...
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Friends,Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted last Thursday on the Ellison family's purchase of the company. Some 1.743 billion shares were cast in favor of the sale; 16.3 million were cast against it, a ratio of roughly 99 to 1.1. Great for a Handful of Super-Wealthy, but Bad for Workers and Bad for AmericaThis vote came soon after more than...
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