April 20, 2026 Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was so unstable and angry after learning on April 3 that Iranians had shot down an American jet that...

I tell you what, never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago Mafia has taken American corruption to spectacular new heights
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We are spending billions to keep our entire navy in the Strait to fecklessly fail to open a waterway that wasn’t closed until Trump’s pointless war of choice closed it. He’s just burning your tax money.

The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.

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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.

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Clean energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’ - Carbon Brief Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world's largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember.

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The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have...

Rethugs without a plan. Who could have guessed.
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How Trump's recent actions are affecting his support among young voters President Trump is on the road this week, speaking at a Turning Point USA rally Friday night in Phoenix. White House correspondent Liz Landers on how the administration's recent actions are affecting ...

25-30% aren't paying attention
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Ex-Kennedy Center staffer alleges chaos and cronyism under Trump leadership Unless courts intervene, the Kennedy Center will shut down this July for two years, as part of a roughly $250 million renovation. In the lead-up, there’s been a wave of layoffs and a controversial reb...

Is anyone surprised
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Trump May Negotiate A Rerun Of An Obama Deal He Tore Up Sanctions relief in return for a moratorium on nuclear fuel enrichment is the exact arrangement that Trump and many Republicans criticized for years.

Shhh mustn't mention Obama. It upsets the orange turd
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The Alarmingly Common Reality Of Men Killing Their Partners And Children Shootings like the ones carried out by Justin Fairfax and Shamar Elkins happen at least once a day in the U.S.

Gunz, gunz, we need more gunz
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Japan reveals a new official name for ‘cruelly hot’ days ‘Kokushobi’ will be used in weather forecasts to warn that extreme heat is on the way.

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The Onion has agreed to a new deal to take over Infowars The Onion says it has a new deal to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars media company. If approved, the satirical news website could turn Infowars into a parody of itself.

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AOC Drops Surprise Verdict On Trump Golfing During Iran War The Trump foe added a striking caveat.

you kind of want this guy on a golf course more than you want him in the Oval Office
But... if the determination is that Donald Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room and in unfolding scenarios, then he’s not fit to be president
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Analysis: Even Trump’s most basic claims about the Iran war can’t be trusted | CNN Politics On Monday morning, President Donald Trump told The New York Post that Vice President JD Vance was already on his way to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran. “They’re heading over now,” the Post quoted...

Gee. Ya think?
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