I gasped aloud.

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Enough.

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD.

Chelsea beats PSG 3-0 to become the 2025 Club World Cup champions Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the 2025 Club World Cup final. Cole Palmer scored twice in the first 30 minutes of game play. PSG's João Neves was removed from the game on a red card.

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Hill Country flooding: Here’s how to give and receive help Catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country has killed 79 people. Rescue crews are searching for missing girls from Camp Mystic. Here is a guide on how to help those affected.

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Live updates: Supreme Court tells Trump administration to facilitate return of mistakenly deported man Fallout from President Donald Trump's trade war sent the S&P 500 down 3.5%. The House of Representatives has advanced a budget framework to cut $1.5 trillion in spending.

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Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...

Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression

Starting /// going

Apocalypse edition

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer in the country, and it is already feeling Trump's cuts to the workforce and research institutions trying to solve the rural cancer problem.

a white gmc denali suv is parked in a parking lot ALT: a white gmc denali suv is parked in a parking lot

Booted up this morning after an overnight complete update (highly recommend) and think it’s now time to trade in our old McKinley. What should MapQuest get instead? I’m thinking a Denali.

Rock Hall of Fame: Mariah Carey, Phish, Oasis, Outkast, Billy Idol, Joy Division Lead Nominees The nominees for the 2025 Hall of Fame class include Mariah Carey, Phish, Billy Idol, Oasis, OutKast, White Stripes, Cyndi Lauper, and Black Crowes.

I got yelled at by rude posters over on threads about this, but I stand my ground...Joy Division/New Order should be in!

Bon Iver Returns With First Solo Album in Six Years Bon Iver's first new album in six years, 'Sable Fable' will arrive in April.

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At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

Nine Colors on White I (rotated), by Ellsworth Kelly, 1953

Faye Webster, MJ Lenderman, Modest Mouse Lead 90-Track Album to Benefit L.A. Fire Relief 'Good Music to Lift Up Los Angeles,' a Bandcamp-exclusive album, will benefit several non-profits helping the victims of the L.A. fires.

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Sabrina Carpenter Uses Her Good Taste to Recruit Dolly Parton on 'Short n' Sweet' Deluxe Edition Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short n' Sweet' deluxe album includes 'Please Please Please' featuring Dolly Parton as well as 'Busy Women' and more songs.

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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.

2025 GRAMMYs: Star-Studded I Love L.A. Performance Honors Wildfire Survivors YouTube video by Entertainment Tonight

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Craft beer rallies around LA in wake of fires A look at the We Love LA movement within craft beer.

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Trump's tariffs on Canada would be a big challenge for Americans, says ambassador Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

Nirvana Stage Surprise Reunion at FireAid With Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, and St. Vincent Nirvana brought out St. Vincent, Kim Gordon, Joan Jett, and Violet Grohl during a surprise reunion set at FireAid.

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just start saying this plainly to more people

i'm serious.

He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Jon Krakauer and Other Prominent Climbers React to Denali’s Name Change to Mount McKinley Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other prominent climbers and guides share their thoughts on the president’s decision to rename North America’s highest mountain

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