‘Stop sucking up to America’: Japan’s youth rises up to protect pacifist constitution — Guardian US Protests are growing against moves to change Japan’s ‘supreme law’, a document written by the US that is now being challenged by Iran war

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Today is a good day for democracy 💥

Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, and Mike Johnson tried to rig midterms… and still took the L.

Virginia voters understood the assignment. They saw it for what it was and obliterated it.

Opinion | Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel — Guardian US Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1 YouTube video by FOBBV CAM

A break from the chaos
Jackie & Shadow with their baby chicks

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Zohran Mamdani says Iran war speaks to a 'broken kind of politics' : NPR's Newsmakers Through his first 100 days as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has focused on “pothole politics” — a blend of high-level legislative wins and intense focus on everyday essential services that ke...

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Another round of pump and dump 😡

Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino with fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction — Guardian US The defense secretary said his prayer drew on Ezekiel, but wording closely matches Quentin Tarantino dialogue

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Wondering the same question - maybe Katie Porter?

Opinion | Why aren’t Republicans thrilled by the fall in teen pregnancies? — Guardian US In the US, the birth rate for 15- to 19-year-olds dropped 7% last year. But what seems like good news for society has been lamented by some leading Maga figures, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Iran Has No Cards, Trump's Claim #funny #snl #Shorts YouTube video by US Leaders

The best joke:

“Weekend Update” host Colin Jost took on President Donald Trump’s wild claim that Iran doesn’t “seem to realize they have no cards”
“They’re literally holding a strait,” cracked Jost

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Attacking the Pope and depicting himself as Jesus.

Imagine their reaction if Obama did this.

French perspective

Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .

St. Augustine is key to the difference between Pete Hegseth and Pope Leo In the Christian tradition, the violent language found in the imprecatory psalms can never be separated from Jesus' command to love one's enemies. Scripture can never, as Peter Hegseth does, be marsha...

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Pentagon Threatened the Pope After He Criticized Trump It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S.

The blatant intimidation tactic is the first of its kind ever made by American officials to the Catholic Church. It was so bad that Pope Leo changed his plans to travel to the U.S. trib.al/VIkMLTV

Amen!

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If I lived in Lebanon, this would make me very nervous. Netanyahu has a clear incentive to provoke Iran to pull out of the ceasefire by attacking Lebanon again. Netanyahu always prioritizes himself over the lives of innocent civilians.

Opinion | 'A genocidal lunatic': Even MAGA sees Trump's madness | Opinion — USA TODAY By proudly announcing 'a whole civilization will die tonight,' President Donald Trump appears to have embraced historical infamy.

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