The Onion's Chicago Owners Make Deal To Take Over Infowars, Alex Jones' Conspiracy Website "This is a Chicago-based team at the center of a national story, and we’re proud to be building something ambitious here," Onion Executive Editor Jordan LaFlure told Block Club on Monday.

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Escape route from Iran energy shock leads to China, U.S. allies find Countries are navigating between the desire to speed up the green transition and worries over Beijing’s clean-tech dominance.

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Kamala Harris says in Chicago that Trump ‘has made America weaker’ On the final day of the Power Rising Summit in Chicago, Harris talked about her listening tour across the South and urged Black women to be transactional voters ahead of the midterm elections and 2028...

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Troops Warned They'll Be Prosecuted For War Crimes If They Follow Illegal Trump Orders Trump is warning Iran that he will attack their infrastructure, but US troops are being warned that if they follow Trump's orders they will be prosecuted for war crimes.

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Japan tsunami: Evacuation alert issued with 10ft waves expected

BREAKING: The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami of up to 10ft could strike after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

US imposed 2-week deadline during secret Cuba meeting The US gave Cuba two weeks to free high-profile political prisoners during a secret meeting or face up to the Trump administration's consequences.

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Ex-Infowars staffer exposes Alex Jones's 'fake news machine in book New memoir, The Madness of Believing, chronicles Alex Jones's elaborate news stunts for InfoWars, ranging from fueling false fears about nuclear fallout to staging videos.

We already knew this...

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Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking ICE Sightings - Chicago Land Facebook Group and Eyes Up developer won a preliminary injunction against the government.

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

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John “Shadow Docket” Roberts is the one. Today’s New York Times is running a front-page story about the origins of the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket”. It is a lengthy read so here is a gift link. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/

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Trump voters say the pope should 'stay in his lane' and butt out of the Iran war Trump supporters at his events in Las Vegas and Phoenix largely backed his attack on Iran and sided with him in his ongoing dispute with Pope Leo XIV.

Pretty much confirms that it's a cult...

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Happy ‘Sinners’ Day!

One year ago, Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ released in theaters.

Cover of Mother Jones with an image of fingers pointing at John Roberts and the coverline "Blame John Roberts for Everything"

The NYT big expose on SCOTUS today pairs well with @ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social's cover story on how ~everything wrong with this country today can be laid at the feet of John Roberts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Ukraine Has Written Off the United States Zelensky has stopped pretending that Trump might be an ally.

Latest in @theatlantic.com The Ukrainians are now longer pretending that Donald Trump's USA is their friend. Their honesty is important as they seem to understand how much Trump is helping Putin and how important it is that Europe stick together. Gift Link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

CANADA SEES US AS A THREAT
“In a crisis, you've got to plan for the worst, the worst is that the US actually does want to take us over ... They want our land, they want our resources, they want our water, they want our country."
~ Prime Minister Mark Carney
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Clarence Thomas Just Gave a Speech Blaming Progressivism for Hitler. It Was Mostly Just Sad. The justice gave a rare public address on Wednesday that started as a benign celebration of the Declaration of Independence.

He's a complete and utter loser.

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Pope Leo warns 'we're in big trouble' if Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire Pope Leo XIV has expressed concern over the stark wealth inequality apparent in today's world, indicating that this divide may widen further.

I ❤️ Pope Leo.
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I ❤️ Pope Leo

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WE.ARE.NOT. Period.

Live Updates: Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz 1 day after Trump said it was "completely open" Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. said the move would not end its blockade.

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Trump says Iran has agreed to his demands. Iran says he’s lying. Officials in Tehran said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen to commercial shipping, but they dismissed the president’s claims of a wider agreement with the U.S.

It's sad that we all believe Iran over our own POTUS.

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There's not an organization in America that would hire Mike Johnson as their janitor.

Trump shocked Netanyahu with post declaring Lebanon strikes "prohibited" Trump's post suggested he was giving Israel an order it had no choice but to obey.

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Dow rallies 1,100 points, S&P 500 tops 7,100 for the first time after Iran declares Strait of Hormuz open: Live updates U.S. stocks rose on Friday after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" on the heels of a ceasefire announcement between Israel and Lebanon.

Well, folks! Looks like we're right back at February 27, 2026....when the Strait of Hormuz was open! 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

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Transcript: Trump Rages as Pope’s Harsh New Rebuke Lands Surprise Blow As the president’s retaliation against Pope Leo goes off the rails, a scholar-of-religion explains why the pope’s criticism of him could prove much more damaging than you might think.

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How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration | CNN Flying to Algeria at the start of his landmark Africa tour on Monday, Pope Leo had a choice. He could ignore Donald Trump’s extraordinary overnight social media tirade against him, or he could tackle ...

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Trump Invents Fake Pope Quote in Vatican Feud The president also insisted he had no beef with the pope, despite days of escalating attacks.

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Opinion | Why Trump’s fight with Pope Leo is one he can’t win Mitch Landrieu: This is what moral courage looks like. It's also a bigger fight than the president apparently thought he was taking on.

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Pope Leo XIV delivers stark words in Cameroon | CNN Pope Leo has strong words for “those who manipulate religion… for their own military, economic and political gain.”

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