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The Return of Communism Chic A new generation discovers the workers’ paradise.

Today, “tankies” with the hammer and sickle emoji in their profiles are a fairly common sight on social media, and memes asserting that victims of Communist terror deserved what they got are not a rare sight. Where did that come from?

‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars

Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years

Chip Roy’s Deportation Nation Banishing ideas, one immigrant at a time.

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2 CIA officers killed in Mexico vehicle crash after counterdrug operation, AP sources say Two Americans killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in a rugged region of Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA.

Two Americans killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in a rugged region of Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA, according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with matter.

3 soldiers die in a shell explosion inside a tank gun turret during army drill in Japan A shell exploded inside a tank during an exercise at a southern Japanese army training area, killing three soldiers and injuring one, officials said.

A shell exploded inside a tank during an exercise at a southern Japanese army training area, killing three soldiers and injuring one, officials said.

A bay and white paint horse stands in an open field. Text on the image reads, "Take Action: Tell Congress: Mustangs Aren't Meals!"

TAKE ACTION: The administration has released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2027—and it’s bad news for America’s wild horses and burros. The proposal omits protections that have for decades prevented the lethal “management” and commercial slaughter of wild equines.

Rare Survivors of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped and Tortured Them As airstrikes and reports of torture under Ecuador’s U.S.-backed military regime continue to mount, fishermen tell Drop Site News they were blindfolded and held hostage for eight days.

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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...

The RNC filed a lawsuit challenging voter identification in Fairfax County, Virginia, as residents prepare to vote on Democrats’ redistricting proposal.

Here’s how the timing of the suit emphasizes the special election’s high stakes: https://bit.ly/4vWxVwShttps://bit.ly/4vWxVwS

Trump backs push for Christian nationalism with lame Bible reading Perhaps feeling like he needs to get in good with God after picking a days-long fight with the pope, President Donald Trump is going to read the Bible in the Oval Office on Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump is set to read the Bible from the Oval Office as part of a weeklong livestream event.

It’s pre-recorded lol.

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It could all be so simple and beautiful if it wasn’t for the insatiable greed of the Epstein class.

Let’s give a shoutout to the brave boom operator heroically recording Trump loading his diaper.

Senate rejects law to criminalise living in NL without papers

Senate rejects law to criminalise living in NL without papers www.dutchnews.nl?p=266723

Court debates life sentence for Dutchman held 42 years in US

Court debates life sentence for Dutchman held 42 years in US www.dutchnews.nl?p=266730

Live updates: US-Iran talks in question as ceasefire is set to expire The prospect of a second round of talks was uncertain Tuesday after Iran’s chief negotiator accused the United States of wanting his country to surrender.

Israeli military sentences 2 soldiers to 30 days in jail for the destruction of a statue of Jesus in Lebanon. The incident drew worldwide attention and condemnations from Christian religious leaders. Follow AP’s live updates.

Commentary: An oil company joins with the Trump administration to bully California over offshore drilling Sable Offshore was bound by a court order not to restart its oil pipelines. It got Trump's help to circumvent the order.

Hiltzik: An oil company joins with the Trump administration to bully California over offshore drilling

🇨🇳 🇯🇵 China vows to resist Japan's 'reckless militarisation' after arms exports eased

"The international community, including China" will "firmly resist Japan's reckless new-style militarisation," a foreign ministry spokesman told a news briefing after Tokyo eased decades-old arms export rules

🇸🇩 Behind The News: Covering Sudan's 'Abandoned' Conflict | AFP

The war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has entered its fourth year, with the UN's top official in the country calling it an "abandoned" conflict. Despite challenges, AFP has kept a presence on the ground

Voting rights groups sue DOJ to block national voter surveil-and-purge database  - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Voting rights groups sued to block the DOJ from creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters.

BREAKING: We sued the Trump administration, on behalf of
@commoncause.org and four individuals, to block the DOJ from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans’ confidential voter data and creating a national database to surveil and purge voters.

They attacked a disabled grandma. Here’s how we can make it backfire. They brutalized a disabled grandma.

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Warren: "Why try to end independence of the Fed? Bc Trump's economic failures are causing him political problems, he wants the Fed to artificially juice the economy Having a sock puppet in charge of the Fed would also give the president access to the Fed's powerful authorities to enrich himself"

Change the many to most.

Draft Dodger Trump Bragged He Would Have Ended Vietnam 'Very Quickly' Today in The Swamp: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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EASTER . . .

China’s energy fortress was built to withstand just this type of oil shock | CNN For more than a decade, leader Xi Jinping has overseen a transformation within the Chinese economy with one aim: making it energy-secure.

The historic oil crisis triggered by the US and Israel’s war on Iran is posing the sternest test to date of China’s Promethean effort toward energy self-sufficiency. It’s a test that China appears to be passing.

Donald Trump vs. Jesus Christ The best religion-related cartoons from the worst timeline.

Get your fill of the best cartoons here 👇

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Exclusive: ICE Glasses Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence inside the U.S.

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'Hateful, Bigoted' Chip Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act in Congress | Common Dreams Journalists and rights advocates are outraged by Rep. Chip Roy's "blatant Islamophobia" in introducing the MAMDANI Act targeting NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. This dangerous bill aims to deport immigrants...

'Hateful, Bigoted' Chip Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act in Congress www.commondreams.org/news/rep-chi...