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Netanyahu rejects Board of Peace 15-point peace plan until Hamas 'truly disarmed'ABC News
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What is the Trump administration doing with foreign aid money?Daily Kos
Republicans finally turn on Max Miller—but save your praiseDaily Kos
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‘It wasn’t right’: Car wash workers cope with lingering impacts of Southern California ICE raidsDaily Kos
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Critics awed as Trump's 'fraudulent quack' spars with CBS News anchor: 'Big oops there'Raw Story
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He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.ProPublica
James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising Questions.ProPublica
Lead Contamination Is Still a Problem in Omaha. Why Is the City Cleaning Up Some Yards and Not Others?ProPublica
Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right's New White Woman MascotThe Intercept
Rubio Is Trying to Keep Leftists Out of U.S. by Banning Supporters of “Economic Sabotage”The Intercept
State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”The Intercept
Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After ShopliftersThe Intercept
The Pentagon Is Posting Cryptic Biblical Messages on Social MediaThe Intercept
An Infamous Attack Ad Just Got an AI ResurrectionMother Jones
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Trump’s Iran War Is Going BackwardMother Jones
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The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
I'll never understand the cowardice. I mean, in normal times, if you were seeking reelection, you could rationalize a bad vote by saying you had to do it so that you could have the opportunity to vote for good things later.
I have chosen one path. Sadly, you have chosen the other. That may bring you great wealth in the here and now, but you will end up poorer in the eyes of history. newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...
The @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil — including in yards that the EPA remediated years ago.
Here’s how we did it.
I have said publicly or a while that a reporter should ask Trump to comment on Wakanda and say they're pro-tariff and only half-jokingly,
I stand half-vindicated (and with this administration, as I have also said, you cannot make this stuff up):
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