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‘Schmigadoon!’ Review: A Loving Lampoon of Broadway Musicals This gleefully silly stage version of the TV series stars Alex Brightman and Sara Chase in a production that winks at ‘Carousel,’ ‘The Music Man,’ ‘Oklahoma!’ and other classics.

This gleefully silly stage version of the TV series stars Alex Brightman and Sara Chase in a production that winks at ‘Carousel,’ ‘The Music Man,’ ‘Oklahoma!’ and other classics. on.wsj.com/4sPXzR0

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Election Live Updates: Virginia Passes New Map, Lifting Democrats’ Midterm Chances

Election Live Updates: Virginia Passes New Map, Lifting Democrats’ Midterm Chances www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

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Jeff Bezos' AI startup is set to be valued at around $38 billion after raising a $10 billion mega round Project Prometheus is raising around $10 billion in fresh funding at a post-money valuation of around $38 billion.

Project Prometheus, the secretive AI startup cofounded by Jeff Bezos, is raising around $10 billion in fresh funding at a post-money valuation of around $38 billion, according to sources who have seen the deal. https://bit.ly/4tZWqaG

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Who is John Ternus, Apple's new CEO? Ternus has overseen some of Apple's most consequential ​hardware bets in recent years.

Who is John Ternus, Apple's new CEO? reut.rs/4vGtnul

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Jail, please

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Opinion | Live Nation. Amazon. Americans Are Standing Up to Corporate Lawbreaking. Lina Khan and Doha Mekki on three court rulings that illustrate the power juries and local officials have to enforce antitrust laws.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Three decisions in three days last week showed us how Americans can keep corporate Goliaths in check, even when the federal government refuses to,” writes Lina Khan and Doha Mekki.

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Vote Blue No Matter Who: Party Politics as Political Agency Politics is a collective enterprise aimed at controlling the state, and requires working together as co-partisans.

"The range of options within the party of ordinary governing is very wide, from good to mediocre to ill advised to odious. But compared to the personality cult, they are better by far—especially because the lion’s share of them operate as a party on the lion’s share of issues."

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Kash Patel's lawsuit against legal commentator thrown out FBI Director Kash Patel got some bad news on Tuesday, as a federal judge threw out his lawsuit against legal commentator Frank Figliuzzi.Patel sued Figliuzzi, himself a former FBI official who has done legal commentary for MSNBC — since renamed to MS NOW — for claiming that Patel has "been visible a...

FBI Director Kash Patel got some bad news on Tuesday, as a federal judge threw out his lawsuit against legal commentator Frank Figliuzzi.

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Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show. Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes. Businesses closed. Churches emptied. Parents afraid to take kids to school. Advocates say what was supposed to be a crime-fighting effort is keeping a community in fear.

After federal agents began eating at Juan Hernandez’s restaurant, immigrant customers stayed away. Sales went down 40%.

He says he felt angry: “They are looking for us, and then they come to eat here.”

With @mlk50.com

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Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military Hegseth described his latest directive as ‘restoring’ what he called ‘simple medical autonomy’ in response to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 policies

Pete Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military

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Idiocracy

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How Chobani Turned Greek Yogurt Into an American Refrigerator Staple CEO Hamdi Ulukaya created a $20 billion company, transformed the dairy aisle and sponsored his favorite Istanbul soccer club—and he’s not slowing down.

Greek yogurt was little known in the US before Chobani, today a $20 billion brand, helped make it a refrigerator staple.

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Chobani non-fat vanilla yogurt has become my go-to breakfast food.
I add refrigerated chunks of canned peaches or apricots in fruit juice. I should have discovered this a long time ago.

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Big Meat’s Ties to USDA Top Official Revealed Mindy Brashears, USDA’s food safety lead, has deep financial and advisory affiliations to the industry she regulates, a new ProPublica database shows.

Mindy Brashears, USDA’s food safety lead, has deep financial and advisory affiliations to the industry she regulates, a new @propublica.org database shows.
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As fuel prices soar, climate leaders urge Democrats to equate clean energy with affordability “I don’t think they’ve grasped the political opportunity yet.”

Democrats should get louder in championing clean energy’s affordability and resilience from global shocks, according to some of the party’s leading voices on the climate.

From our friends at @theguardian.com:

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Corporations are getting tariff refunds. Americans? Not so much. People who ended up shouldering higher prices thanks Trump-imposed fees likely won’t see the cash anytime soon.

Corporations are getting tariff refunds. Americans? Not so much.

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Why are respected film-makers suddenly embracing AI?

From Soderbergh to Aronofsky, esteemed Hollywood directors are starting to find ways to include artificial intelligence in the production of their films

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US Air Force says key Iran warplane, the A-10 Warthog, will live on to 2030 The U.S. ​Air Force secretary extended the life of the A-10 "Warthog" attack plane until 2030, ‌sparing the aging but beloved close air support aircraft that has played an important role in Iran from an earlier retirement deadline of 2026.

US Air Force says key Iran warplane, the A-10 Warthog, will live on to 2030 reut.rs/48JfdP6

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Breathing polluted air significantly increases the risk of developing and dying from multiple cancers - including liver and breast cancer - according to a new report calling for stricter air quality standards.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/fsAU

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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on partisan redistricting and the midterms NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaving her post, ...

"What we see is essentially a wash. After all this redistricting, all these new lines drawn in many of these states, neither side is likely to come out ahead on this," says Amy Walter. https://to.pbs.org/4evPe1h

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Kash Patel just screwed over Trump's DOJ with 'terrible' decision: lawyer A lawyer revealed on Monday that FBI Director Kash Patel's latest "terrible" decision just put President Donald Trump's Department of Justice in a bad spot. Michael Popok, a lawyer and host of the pod...

Kash Patel just screwed over Trump's DOJ with 'terrible' decision: lawyer

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Published 2021)

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How much of the $1600 I paid for a Sony Tv was due to illegal tariffs?
How much am I getting back? 🙄🤪😏

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Come on, I’m 78 and I knew pro wrestling was fake back in the 1950s when Killer Kowalski, and Haystacks Calhoun were stars.

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The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars and turn it into a parody platform

The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars and turn it into a parody platform

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Kash Patel has destroyed himself with this stupid stunt There is an image burned into the minds of anyone paying attention to the machinations of Donald Trump, his Cabinet and advisors, aka his minions and sycophants. It is not the picture I bet you’re thi...

Kash Patel has destroyed himself with this stupid stunt

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As lawmakers ready bill allowing Coloradans to sue federal officials, prosecutors raise objections

The new bill would allow Coloradans to sue any federal official for violating their civil rights. That’s a broader approach than Senate Bill 5, which would apply only to immigration enforcement.

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LIVE: News conference on US air traffic control modernizations YouTube video by Reuters

LIVE: News conference on US air traffic control modernizations
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Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocket: 2026 Toll Reaches 17, on Average One a Week As the Trump administration continues to rapidly expand its immigration jail system across the United States, we look at the rising death toll of people in ICE custody, the highest in over two decades...

At least 17 people have died in ICE custody since January.

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