Armed 'No Kings' counter-protester in Tenn. faces new charges, including child porn A Murfreesboro man arrested last year after an armed confrontation with protesters at a Nashville "No Kings" rally faces new federal charges, including two counts of possessing child pornography.

Armed 'No Kings' counter-protester in Tenn. faces new charges, including child porn www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

yiiiikes

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups | CNN Politics The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General ...

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

2 Americans Killed in Mexico Crash Were C.I.A. Officers

2 Americans Killed in Mexico Crash Were C.I.A. Officers. The two Americans were killed on Sunday when their vehicle crashed while returning from a counter-cartel operation led by Mexico’s armed forces in the state of Chihuahua www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department The Southern Poverty Law Center says it’s the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation and faces possible charges over its use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

BREAKING: The Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces investigation by Justice Department over past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups.

Republicans are turning against legal marijuana GOP support for legalization is plummeting, especially among younger Republicans.

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Oh well, we’re safe from robots taking our jobs for now.

How young voters feel about Trump's handling of the Iran war The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has caused a rare rift among conservatives, with several influential figures on the right condemning the war. A recent poll shows that while most Republicans support the war, young Republicans appear to be an outlier. ...

The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has caused a rare rift among conservatives, with several influential figures on the right condemning the war. A recent poll shows that while most Republicans support the war, young Republicans appear to be an outlier.
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Attorney @normeisen.bsky.social says a merger between Time Warner and Paramount would be a Viktor "Orban-ization" of U.S. media

what a power grab

Shooting in Kyiv — there are dead and wounded, law enforcement officers have eliminated the terrorist — online.ua Among the 10 wounded by the terrorist in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital is a child, and 5 deaths are also known. The terrorist, who is originally from Moscow, has now been eliminated.

Shooting in Kyiv — there are dead & wounded, law enforcement officers have eliminated the terrorist

Among the 10 wounded by the terrorist in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital is a child, & 5 deaths are also known. The terrorist, who is originally from Moscow

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Timeline for Strait of Hormuz shipping recovery remains uncertain To discuss the status of the Strait of Hormuz and if it’s really open to all ships, Amna Nawaz spoke with Ian Ralby. He is president of Auxilium Worldwide, a non-profit organization that focuses on oc...

"This is not a free and open Strait of Hormuz the way most of us would want it to be. It is very much still within the control of Iran," Ian Ralby says. "The rhetoric and the reality are very different at the moment."
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The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe. Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration’s push to upend America’s postwar relationship with Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/w...

Opinion | A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality

A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality. For the first time in France, and possibly for the first time ever, anywhere, an entire corporation had been put on trial and found criminally liable for enabling terrorism www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

3 Killed in Boat Strike in the Pacific, Pentagon Says

3 Killed in Boat Strike in the Pacific, Pentagon Says. It was the third such attack by the U.S. military in three days, and the 51st attack in a campaign against people who the United States has accused of smuggling drugs. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

Inside the Radical Zionist Group Linked to an N.Y.C. Assassination Plot

Inside the Radical Zionist Group Linked to an N.Y.C. Assassination Plot www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/n...

Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17. ¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”

MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.

The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of a number of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes.

They were convicted and sent to prison for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump says he’s willing to ‘risk’ giving up rights as he pushes to extend a surveillance law.

Trump says he’s willing to ‘risk’ giving up rights as he pushes to extend a surveillance law.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Justice Department says Biden DOJ weaponized law to go after anti-abortion activists The Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives.

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U.S. Military Strikes Another Boat in Pacific, Killing 2

U.S. Military Strikes Another Boat in Pacific, Killing 2 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

DOJ moves to dismiss Jan. 6 convictions against former Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, including seditious conspiracy charges The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal court to vacate Jan. 6 convictions against a dozen former members of the right-wing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, aiming to wipe away some of the final...

The whitewashing continues

Justice Dept supports vacating the seditious conspiracy convictions from the U.S. Capitol siege

An affront to victims and the juries who convicted the defendants

(Those defendants received commutations, not pardons from Trump)

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Ballot initiative to end Idaho’s abortion ban close to 100,000 signatures • Idaho Capital Sun The group behind a proposed ballot initiative to end Idaho’s strict abortion ban says it is close to qualifying for November ballots.

The group behind a proposed ballot initiative to end Idaho’s strict abortion ban says it is close to qualifying the initiative to be on ballots this November. #idpol

Where Even Flowers Stoke Fear

gifted...When Myanmar’s generals staged another coup five years ago, they ignited a raging civil war. They shattered the country, bequeathing it with the most fractured conflict on earth www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/w...

horrible news

Minnesota investigates the arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said Monday they will pursue information from the Department of Homeland Security that they need for their investigation into the arrest of Ch...

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said Monday they will pursue information from the Department of Homeland Security that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy “Scott” Thao, an American citizen.

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

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Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Suit Against The Wall Street Journal. The judge said President Trump had not “plausibly alleged” that The Journal published the article with actual malice www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...

Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’ - OSV News Pope Leo XIV warned against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive "delusion of omnipotence" threatening the globe.

Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’