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This Small Alaska Town Is Fighting to Preserve Canadian Relations

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 2 weeks ago

SCOTUS puts hold on order that deported Maryland man must be returned

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 weeks ago

BALTIMORE (AP) — An appeals court on Monday cleared the way for billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people’s private data at three federal agencies, a...

Pierre Poilievre now one of 56 candidates on ballot in Carleton riding

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Zimbabwe set to become first country to officially cave on Trump’s tariffs

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Zimbabwe is set to become the first country to fold on the US’s new global tariffs since their announcement by President Trump last week, with the African nation’s leader vowing to suspend his...

The Fed Must Mind Expectations

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Will Trump fire Powell? (Of course I know he doesn't have any legal right to do that... but does anyone think he gives a flying fuck about the law?) Will Trump appoint himself Chairman of...

Jay North, TV's original Dennis the Menace, dies at 73

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Hey Democrats: Stop fiddling while Trump burns America

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 weeks ago

I used to follow Noah Smith, before I left Twitter several years ago. He was a pretty standard progressive, in the Krugman/Bernstein/Reich mold. I like him better now. Very non-standard!...

Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Ever since I realized just how divorced from reality American fascists have become, I've become more and more fascinated by their "thought" processes. There are links in the seed.

The Embezzlement Scheme That Led to Le Pen’s Elections Ban

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Trump Can Cut Teacher-Training Programs for Now, Supreme Court Says

Via: vic-eldred • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON—A 5-4 Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the go-ahead to cancel federal teacher-training grants that the administration said promoted diversity programs. The high court...

There Are No Adults in the Room

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 2 weeks ago

I googled "why Trump's tariffs are a good idea". I got a few hits, from before the actual list was published (and tons of hits saying "they're BAD!") I continue to hope that NT's MAGAs...

These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities

By: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 16 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs on All Imports - The New York Times

Via: jbb • News & Politics • 73 Comments • 2 weeks ago

SATURDAY'S "HANDS OFF" EVENTS

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Related: 1. The Fracturing of Democracy - Another Glimmer of Hope 2. Rachel Maddow Show 4/4/25

Trump's 'Golden Dome' Is Impossible—and It'll Make Defense Companies a Ton of Money

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Taking pork to a whole 'nother level. Israel's Iron dome works. You could fit over 440 Israels into the USA. There are links in the seed.

Smart People Saying Smart Things - 4.5.25

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Canada updates travel advice to warn of U.S. border officers' power to search electronic devices

Via: hallux • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 2 weeks ago

JPMorgan now predicts a 60 percent chance of a recession this year as Trump’s tariffs rock stock market

Via: robert-in-ohio • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 2 weeks ago

The willful ignorance of the Trump administration to say that what is happening the market is "no big deal", "an adjustment to the new rules" or a "necessary step to MAGA" would be hilarious if it...

Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic 'forever chemicals'

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 weeks ago

I suppose that all billionaires drink only reverse-osmosis water... so why should they care what's in the public water system? Fuck you, John Doe! There are links in the seed.

Trade deficits do not make a country poorer

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Noah does the math. There are links in the seed.

'Nothing is sacred at this point': USDA cancels eggs, dairy and meat delivery to food bank

Via: jbb • News & Politics • 118 Comments • 2 weeks ago

President Laura Loomer?

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Bird flu could be heading north this spring with fewer federal health officials working to stop it

Via: perrie-halpern • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 weeks ago

Republican Senator: Tariffs May Spur 'Political Decimation' of Party

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 18 Comments • 2 weeks ago

File photo: Senator Rand Paul speaks during a press conference on December 20, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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