Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Iran Seizes Ships as Trump Flails — 4/22/26 Hi all, Ben here.

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When They Go Low, We Go … Virginia's decision to redistrict is NOT an "escalation" in the redistricting arm's race, if Blue-state governors send the right message

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Meidas Defense Weekly Update, 22APR26 A recording from The Ken Harbaugh Show's live video

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Iran is basically now just farting in Preznit Fuckwit’s general direction President Weak and Stupid gets played again

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The King's disgrace The King's visit to the US will be a brutal humiliation for the crown

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Trump’s Morbidly Rich Machine Is Crushing Democracy Behind the noise is a ruthless, coordinated effort to dismantle the American system and rebuild it for the ultra-wealthy…

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Now a famed civil rights group is in the DOJ’s crosshairs The Southern Poverty Law Center is the latest agency to come under attack by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice. SPLC’s CEO Bryan Fair announced by video on Tuesday that they suspect the…

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Trump’s latest TACO saves Vance from another Iran embarrassment Wednesday is the big day when President Donald Trump’s two-week shambles of a ceasefire deal with Iran expires.

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Watch AOC and Democrats wipe the floor with RFK Jr. This round of hearings focused on RFK Jr.’s complicity in the corruption of the administration’s health care policies.

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‘You don’t have the courage’: Democrats humiliate Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh, Trump’s pick for Federal Reserve Board chair, began his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.

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Virginia Democrats Prove That Fighting Fire With Fire Works Trump's redistricting gamble just backfired badly

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LIVE SPECIAL EVENT WITH THE SENECA PROJECT A recording from JoJoFromJerz's live video

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Why Bullies Always Fail — as Trump Is Failing Trump's might-makes-right lawlessness will be his downfall. If we're not careful, it will be America's as well.

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A spectacular takedown of a Christian nationalist charlatan A conversation with Wajahat Ali

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To War or Not to War? That was our question. We chose wrong. Again.

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 354. 4/21/26 … Iran refused to participate in the second round of peace talks scheduled for today in Pakistan by the US.

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Indiana's ban on student IDs for voting reinstated by appeals court The decision reverses — at least for now — a major win for voters handed down last week by the district court, which found that Indiana’s law targeting student IDs likely violates the Constitution.

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In voting rights win, Virginia agrees to stop mass voter purges near Election Day The dispute exposed a growing national tension between Republican-led efforts to aggressively purge voter rolls and federal protections designed to ensure eligible voters are not wrongly removed.

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Top advocate for restricting voting rushes to defend EAC official who spread false conspiracy theory about Dems The official claimed Democrats actively promote and rely on voting by “illegal citizens” to win elections.

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Trump loyalist who challenged 2020 election results tapped to head DOJ ‘grand conspiracy’ probe The previous senior federal prosecutor overseeing the probe was removed from the case after questioning the legal viability of future charges.

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On eve of Virginia redistricting election, Republicans mount final challenge to voter ID rules The Tuesday special election will allow Virginia voters to decide how their state responds to GOP gerrymanders in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and — if Gov. Ron DeSantis gets his way next week — Fl...

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Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties "They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...

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Tuesday Afternoon News Updates: Iran Negotiations Collapse - 4/21/26 Hi all, Ben here.

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Trump Will Regret Launching This War PLUS: Join Wajahat Ali and me today at 4:00 PM ET

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Trump Humiliated as His Iran War Negotiations Completely Fall Apart Trump’s “Peace Talks” with Iran have completely fallen apart, as he begs for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which was open before Trump began this ridiculous war in the first place.

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