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The short version: Talks are happening “tomorrow evening” in Islamabad, and if they fall apart Trump’s threatening war crimes again.

He toned down the wording this time, not the intent.

Opinion | The Joy of Being a Woman in Her 70s (Published 2019)

I’m not yet in my 70s. I’m 64 and many times I say to people well I’m old, but I’m not saying it as an insult, I’m saying it as a fact that I’m proud of. I have more energy than many people including many much younger than me. I want to reset what people think of as old. People always correct me /1

Donald Trump gives strongest hint yet about the next country he wants to invade Assuming he ever gets himself untangled from the blundering war he started in Iran, Trump has his sights set on a close neighbour of the United States Donald Trump gave the strongest hint yet that he...

Trump hasn't even finished with Iran yet, but his next target, apparently, is Cuba:

"Very soon, this great strength will also bring about a day 70 years in waiting. It's called A New Dawn for Cuba. We're going to help them out in Cuba"

He intends to "help them out..."

#StopTrump #25thAmendmentNow

Trump accused of 'sabotaging' midterms for foreign power by panicked right-wing influencer Far-right conspiracy theorist webcaster Alex Jones took to X on Friday to accuse President Donald Trump of deliberately throwing the midterms on behalf of a foreign power."This is my response to the n...

"America is now under the control of a foreign government
Everyone needs to fly their flags upside down, because our nation is in distress!" says Alex Jones.

Former right wing allies like Jones, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Nick Fuentes Joe Rogan all turn on Trump over Iran and foreign policies!

Walz rips Trump and Vance in Europe, says 'feeble-minded, trigger-happy president' has no exit plan for Iran Minnesota Gov Tim Walz spoke at the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization conference in Barcelona Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz slammed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at a conferenc...

"We've got a feeble-minded, trigger-happy president who plunged us into a war where no threat was present, with no clear objectives and no exit plan. We need to call that what it is. That's fascism. Or at least it's fascist curious as they would be," Walz said.

#StopTrump #Iran #Walz

New Video Shows Heroic Oklahoma Principal Tackling Armed Former Student Before Getting Shot

THAT is a hero 👏

It should be illegal. Everyone’s vote should count equally

Stop selling testosterone to men.

🤩American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Sony A1 I| 300GM 1/4000s, F/5.6 ISO 1600

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Former CDC directors confirm that RFK Jr. is endangering Americans' health, pushing harmful policies that are against established science facts.

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I love this so much.

Barack Obama sat down with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a Bronx child care center, reading “Alone and Together,” a book about connection, community, and belonging to preschoolers.

Sidebar: Not sure these little-ones knew who Obama was 😂

Yikes! Always something…

We better wake up to what’s happening online. The right isn’t just posting anymore; they’re scaling influence with AI.

📌 AI-generated pro-Trump “influencers” are surging on social media and are starting to shape what people see and believe.

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DAY 18 APRIL 2026

TODAY JOY

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA MET WITH MAYOR ZOHRAN KWAME MANDAMI FOR THE FIRST TIME
Diversity is America

How wonderful singing with the chicken in the BRONX

We need more of this
More like the two of them
To turn the wheels

Trump is an adjudicated rapist.
Don’t let him forget this!

Even more, it removes accountability and makes having viable policies that actually appeal to voters irrelevant.

Republicans have expanded on gerrymandering to include voter suppression actions. The only way they maintain control is by reducing American voter participation.

I’m aware that both parties have employed gerrymandering.

However, in modern politics, the Republicans came up with a strategy to systematically gain control in states for redistricting. Specifically to have control with fewer votes. REDMAP in 2010.

Read it…
www.fairdistrictspa.com/uploads/gene...

I’m aware that both parties have employed gerrymandering.

However, in modern politics, the Republicans came up with a strategy to systematically gain control in states for redistricting. Specifically to have control with fewer votes. REDMAP in 2010.

Read it…
www.fairdistrictspa.com/uploads/gene...

Weird. They’re cool with redistricting just not when Dems do it.

Yeah, I know Barack Obama, the former and most popular President of the United States of America has spoken out in favor of it.

But have you heard my dog's opinion?

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The teachers pushing back on screens in schools It's not just phones anymore. More teachers and even entire U.S. school districts are cutting back the time students spend on laptops and other screens. How do students really learn -- and do screens ...

The teachers pushing back on screens in schools

It's not just phones anymore. More teachers and even entire U.S. school districts are cutting back the time students spend on laptops and other screens. How do students really learn - and do screens help or hurt?

NPR On Point -Meghna Chakrabarti 4/14

I am so beyond tired of journalists sanewashing this callous, bloodthirsty, arrogant, immoral ignoramus

Twenty years ago, the notion that people could elect a Black man named Barack Obama President of the United States and a Muslim named Zohran Mamdani Mayor of New York City would’ve seemed completely outlandish

Voters can sometimes surprise us in beautiful ways. Remember that during the midterms

Side note: In the second trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet and his family, Darrow confronted the all-white jury regarding their racial prejudices: “My clients are charged with murder, but they are really charged with being black.”

You can read the full text here:
www.famous-trials.com/sweet/123-da...

Clarence Darrow in the courtroom during the Leopold and Loeb case, 1924.

Despite his rumpled appearance, Darrow was known for his eloquent, moving courtroom speeches, often portraying himself as a defender of the common man and an opponent of state power. His legal pleas and writings champion civil liberties, intellectual freedom and the rights of the working class. /end

Clarence Darrow in 1922. Photo credit: Library ofCongress.

Darrow’s opposition to the death penalty stemmed from his belief that crime was a result of social conditions, poverty and upbringing rather than innate evil. Known as the “Attorney for the Damned,” he argued against capital punishment in more than 100 cases, with only one client ever executed. /8

Clarence Darrow (right) with Henry Sweet (left), Ossian Sweet's brother, Julian Perry (center left) and Thomas Chawke (center right). The latter two were part of the defense team led by Darrow. In the first trial of Ossian Sweet, Darrow approached the topic of race carefully, fearing he might offend the all-white jury. In the second trial of Henry Sweet, Darrow was much more blunt, directly telling the jurors, "I say you are prejudiced." The jury found Henry Sweet not guilty, leading prosecutors to dismiss the charges against all other defendants.

In 1925-26, Darrow defended African American physician Ossian Sweet and his family, who had fired on a white mob attacking their home in a segregated Detroit neighborhood. Darrow won an acquittal, establishing an important precedent for the right of Black Americans to self-defense. /7

Clarence Darrow (left) with William Jennings Bryan (right) during the Scopes "Monkey Trial." In an unorthodox move, Darrow called Bryan, the prosecutor, as his sole "expert witness" on the Bible. Darrow forced Bryan to admit he had little knowledge of modern science, history or other religions. Although Bryan technically won the case, Darrow's cross-examination was a devastating intellectual and cultural victory that humiliated Bryan and his fundamentalist cause.

Darrow is best known for defending high school teacher John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school. Darrow’s cross-examination of the prosecution’s Bible expert, William Jennings Bryan, turned the 1925 trial into a national debate on religious dogma versus modern science. /6

Clarence Darrow (center) with Nathan Leopold (left) and Richard Loeb (right) during the "Trial of the Century." Since the two young men had confessed to murdering Bobby Franks, Darrow pleaded them guilty to avoid a jury trial, which he feared would result in a death sentence. By pleading guilty, Darrow bypassed a jury, putting the sentencing decision in the hands of a single judge, John R. Caverly, whom he believed was more likely to consider mitigating factors like age and mental state.

In the 1924 “Trial of the Century,” Darrow defended Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, wealthy teenagers who murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks for an “intellectual thrill.” Darrow pleaded them guilty and delivered a 12-hour closing argument against the death penalty, securing life sentences. /5

Newspaper clipping with the headline, "I Expect to Be Indicted, Says Lawyer." The lawyer was Clarence Darrow, who was accused of attempting to bribe a juror in the 1911 L.A. Times bombing case. Darrow maintained his innocence throughout the ordeal.

Following the L.A. Times bombing case, Darrow was tried twice for attempting to bribe jurors. He was acquitted in the first trial, and the second ended in a hung jury. However, the ordeal tainted his reputation and forced a change in focus. Darrow pivoted almost exclusively to criminal defense. /4