Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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The average Georgian who purchases health insurance on Georgia Access will see their premiums DOUBLE next year.

We can fix this by extending tax credits. Yet Republicans would rather shut down the government instead. Why?

Opinion: Why we resigned from our jobs as journalists after an Alaska elected official made threats over coverage The duty of a community newspaper is to provide coverage of local elected officials and government. The ability of journalists at the Homer News and Peninsula Clarion to do this was undermined by our ...

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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Ah, yes, the corruption. Good thing our tax dollars are being spent so wisely by Republicans, those stalwarts of fiscal responsibility.

U.S. Lost 32,000 Jobs in September, Says Payroll Processor The ADP report showed a labor force that continues to deteriorate.

“The surprise job loss in September is the latest sign that the labor market is weakening. Job growth has slowed to a trickle this year…”

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Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

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very much worth reading:

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The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

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America, meet the Trump-Mamdani voter Yes, such a person exists. Should anyone be surprised?

WHY Trump-Mamdani voters exist holds a critically important lesson for Dems:

Give voters someone - ANYONE! - with an authentic voice, who is not business as usual, who will fight the establishment (and never mind the details).

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Senate Votes To Advance Trump’s Effort To Rescind Funding For PBS, NPR And Public Media The bill would claw back $1.1 billion to PBS, NPR and public media

There aren't four good Republican souls in all of Sodom & Gomorrah (US Senate). They just advanced a $9biilion Rescission Bill for the first time in 33 years to gut Public Broadcasting and USAID

Sad day for democracy. Sad day for America. Sad day for the world. deadline.com/2025/07/publ...

Jenga blogs with text of all the programs Trump is cutting

Trump’s spoiling the summer vacation for tens of thousands of school kids and teachers with a last minute (as like July 1) freezing $7 billion for after-school programs, teacher training and OMG! education for migrant students. I’d say Grinch but it’s six months too early and too good for him.

How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department.

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Warren slams Trump policy restarting interest on millions of student-loan borrowers Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE repayment plan are set to see their balances start growing again in August

With costs already out of control, the Trump Administration is choosing to restart interest charges for 8 MILLION student loan borrowers.

I'm pushing Secretary McMahon to stop throwing working people under the bus and reverse course immediately.

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We're working with partners across the nation to organize a powerful day of action in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis. Can you join us and taking action on July 17th?

The Rapid Rise of Killings by Police in Rural America — The Wall Street Journal A 17-year-old shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy on a New Mexico highway last summer was one in a growing number of cases

Not surprising, given their heady brew of guns, MAGA, qualified immunity …. AND possibly seeing ICE out of control with no accountability?

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Start Budgeting Now Households will pay an average of $2,400 more for goods this year, thanks to Trump’s policies.

Businesses will run out of stockpiled inventory by the end of summer, after which consumers will be hit with the tariff-impacted new inventory and prices will rise. #MomSky

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Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

This is what happens when the false narrative of "government fraud and waste" is used to cut services to enable tax cuts for billionaires.

The USA is a democracy, a government FOR the people, BY the people, but no government seems to be where MAGA is taking us.

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In Trinity Texas, 90 miles north of Houston, Midcoast Medical Center recently had to close its doors.

The closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates from elderly patients' Medicare and Medicaid coverage, which made up most of its budget.

Trump fires inspectors who keep guns away from criminals. Photo of Trump saying you’re fired

Trump plans to fire two-thirds of the inspectors who enforce the rules keeping guns away from criminals, gun traffickers, straw purchasers, and people with severe mental illness.

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SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to support the Counseling Not Criminalization Act! We ALL want schools to be safe but we also must be clear that there is no evidence that increasing the number of police in schools actually improves school safety. Instead it takes critical resources ...

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#MO02 Ann Wagner (R) (won by 12 pts) ~50,000 ACA exchange enrollees are in danger ~20,000 Medicaid expansion* enrollees are in danger *(aka MO HealthNet)

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~50,000 ACA exchange enrollees are in danger

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