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US Senate passes bill with Republican support to rescind Trump's tariffs on Brazil
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Brooke Rollins invites Soros to fund SNAP during shutdown
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Environment & Energy
EV Plants, Solar Farms, Battery Factories - Abandoned Energy Projects Cost 20,000 Jobs, +/- 15,000 In Trump States
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Instant BACKLASH After Trump Granddaughter Exposes THE WORST - Really American
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Wisconsin
Fond du Lac farmer wins giant pumpkin competition with 2,491-pound gourd
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What we all need to do BEFORE Thanksgiving
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Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme (NewsChannel 5 Nashville)
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Environment & Energy
NOAA Pilots & Scientists Flew Into Melissa's 185 MPH Winds w/o Pay - 2 Flights Had To Abort
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Bannon Admits MAGA Has Failed As Trump Has One Foot In The Grave - Raw News And Politics
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What's up with the Charlie Kirk memorial coin ad?
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Environment & Energy
Corpus Christi - One Of Largest GOM Oil Refining Hubs - Faces Level 1 Water Emergency By Late 2026
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Chicago citizen, 67, dragged from car, ribs broken by Border Patrol
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Photography
Spooky Day 29
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Marjorie Taylor Greene vents frustration over shutdown strategy at Speaker Johnson on private call with House Republican
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U.S. ambassador to Canada goes on expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative, witnesses say
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Environment & Energy
Less Than 1/3 Of Nations Give CRAP-30 Emissions Commitments; US Has, But w/o Even Remote Possibility Of Keeping Its Word
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Latest Breaking News
Judge sides with online publishers in Google ad tech antitrust case
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Latest Breaking News
U.S. intelligence agencies see no sign Russia is ready to compromise on Ukraine
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General Discussion
Is he dead yet?
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Environment & Energy
27 Beach Houses Have Collapsed On NC Outer Banks Since 2020; 15 In Last Month
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ME-SEN: Platner says Democratic Party 'trying to destroy my life'
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BREAKING: ICE to Monitor Americans' Social Media
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NJ-GOV: Top N.J. progressive groups haven't endorsed Sherrill, but they are sending money her way
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Retirees and students in Florida are seeking to defend 2020 census results against a GOP challenge
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The Epstein Death Star Brawl Room Cartoons
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Maybe if they squint REAL HARD....
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Latest Breaking News
Man deported to Laos despite US court order blocking his removal, attorneys say
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What will happen to the children depending on free breakfasts and lunches in
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Don't shame those working and on SNAP benefits:
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Kennedy directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms
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⚡️Zelenskyy can't hold back his emotions: no one has ever seen him like this before! - War & Politics 24
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Crowd calls border patrol commander Bovino a "Nazi f*ck"
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A gay Maine man seeking Susan Collins's senate seat says he isn't buying Graham Platner's redemption story...
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Epstein Victim Virginia Giuffre Was 'Forced to Sexually Service' Prince Andrew, Author Tells Piers Morgan
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US appeals court overturns West Virginia landmark opioid lawsuit decision
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Anniversaries and Posting Milestones (October 28, 2025)
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Air traffic controllers receive $0 paychecks as government shutdown stretches
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General Discussion
It is to laugh...not this time...this is a word of caution! Danger in mixing household cleaners.
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Kimmel: Trump Rambles to Our Troops in Japan & Jimmy Challenges Him to a Televised IQ Test vs Crockett & AOC
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Hey Mikey (my ass hurts) Johnson!
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Editorials & Other Articles
'Trump Murder Spree Continues as Hegseth Says 14 Killed in 3 New Boat Bombings'
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Oh My ... A Crown - South Korea to award Trump its highest medal, gift him a golden crown
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Pennsylvania
With Election Day one week away, all eyes will be on Pa's Supreme Court
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Weather Watchers
Wednesday Melissa advisories and more
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Poll: Most Californians say they'll vote yes on Proposition 50
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Karoline Leavitt announces investigation into the people behind "No Kings":
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Latest Breaking News
The Republicans thwarting the White House's redistricting hopes
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Liberal YouTubers
Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 10/28/2025
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Latest Breaking News
'Malignant Clown!' Hakeem Jeffries Absolutely Nukes James Comer in Heated Rant Over Biden Autopen
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October 29 - today's my birthday. I'm 72.
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Mitch McConnell has thoughts on socialism.
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Cable News Clips
When AI goes 'evil': New fears over artificial intelligence - The 11th Hour - MSNBC
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Weather Watchers
Melissa landfall on Cuba
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Truck carrying monkeys with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID crashes in Mississippi; 1 still missing
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Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with 'speed and conviction'
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Cable News Clips
Why some Republicans have major beef with the Trump administration - The 11th Hour - MSNBC
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Liberal YouTubers
Trump Just Turned ICE into the Gestapo - Thom Hartmann
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Pets
Just had to turn Dunc the chonk over.
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Liberal YouTubers
OMG! Trump in FULL PANIC as LATE NIGHT host EXPOSES Deadly BOAT STRIKES - Meidas Touch
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Single Payer Health Systems
"Leave it to the states" is dead. Trump works against state moves to bar unreliable medical debt from credit reports
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Cooking & Baking
Breakfast Wednesday 29 October 2025
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Foreign Affairs
Belarus fuels Russia - but bleeds its own economy - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD
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Trump admin admits to 'factual discrepancy' that played pivotal role in appellate ruling of National Guard case
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Donald Trump Sets New Polling Record As Voters Return To Dems - Raw News And Politics
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'WE'RE SHUTTING IT DOWN': COORDINATED ECONOMIC BLACKOUT SET FOR NOV. 25 - DEC. 2
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Trump screws his own voters in insane new scheme - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen
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Trump DAZED And CONFUSED During Alarming Lapse In Japan - Really American
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With Election Day one week away, all eyes will be on Pa's Supreme Court
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Trump Humiliates Himself Before U.S. Troops in Japan - Mary Trump Media
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Why Biden's White House Press Secretary Is Leaving the Democratic Party
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Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales dies age 93
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Minnesota
Why are so many Minnesotan politicians running for a third term in office?
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Missouri
Former Clay County election director sentenced for felony fraud charge
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Environment & Energy
Time to Wake Up 302: Bought and Paid For - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Connecticut
Plymouth Election Guide: Sekorski (D) challenges Kilduff (R) for mayor
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FURIOUS Vet MAKES URGENT WARNING on Trump - Meidas Touch
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General Discussion
Top Maryland Democrat torpedoes state's redistricting push
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Indiana
Avon voters consider school funding during special election
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Report: Anti-Abortion Leaders Helped Tank Trump's Promise of Free IVF
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Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 10/28/2025
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Instant BACKLASH After Trump Granddaughter Exposes THE WORST - Really American
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Latest Breaking News

Judge sides with online publishers in Google ad tech antitrust case
21 min ago - USA Today

Brooke Rollins invites Soros to fund SNAP during shutdown
38 min ago - The Hill

US appeals court overturns West Virginia landmark opioid lawsuit decision
1 hr ago - Yahoo! News/AP

Epstein Victim Virginia Giuffre Was 'Forced to Sexually Service' Prince Andrew, Author Tells Piers Morgan
1 hr ago - MEDIAite

Man deported to Laos despite US court order blocking his removal, attorneys say
1 hr ago - The Guardian/AP

Retirees and students in Florida are seeking to defend 2020 census results against a GOP challenge
2 hrs ago - AP

The Republicans thwarting the White House's redistricting hopes
2 hrs ago - Politico

U.S. intelligence agencies see no sign Russia is ready to compromise on Ukraine
2 hrs ago - NBC News

'Malignant Clown!' Hakeem Jeffries Absolutely Nukes James Comer in Heated Rant Over Biden Autopen
3 hrs ago - MEDIAite

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
7 hrs ago - Guardian

US Senate passes bill with Republican support to rescind Trump's tariffs on Brazil
8 hrs ago - The Guardian

US consumer confidence slips to six-month low; worries over job availability rising
8 hrs ago - Reuters

Air traffic controllers receive $0 paychecks as government shutdown stretches
10 hrs ago - The Guardian

Frontline Workers Avoid Strike, Ratify New Contract With Sutter Health
10 hrs ago - Newsweek

Student Loan Forgiveness Update: Payments Suspended for Thousands in Bill
10 hrs ago - Newsweek

10 GOP senators co-sponsor Hawley's SNAP funding bill
10 hrs ago - The Hill

Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from pulling funding for sex ed on gender diversity
10 hrs ago - Yahoo! News/AP

Trump admin admits to 'factual discrepancy' that played pivotal role in appellate ruling of National Guard case
11 hrs ago - Law & Crime

White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects
11 hrs ago - Washington Post

Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from medical debt
11 hrs ago - AP

Democrats blast Trump's decision to export US-made guns, saying they can wind up in hands of terrorists
11 hrs ago - The Independent

Shutdown stretches into 28th day as Senate again fails to pass spending legislation
12 hrs ago - The Guardian

Pentagon moves to fire civilian personnel with 'speed and conviction'
12 hrs ago - msn/Washington Post

UPS Mass Layoffs as 48,000 Jobs Cut
13 hrs ago - Newsweek

Murray vows to fight taxpayer dollars funding Trump's East Wing project
13 hrs ago - Roll Call

Medicare staffing raises alarm with open enrollment underway
14 hrs ago - The Hill

'A clear and present danger': Judge threatens Bondi, Noem with sanctions after 'troubling' public slams of Abrego Garcia
15 hrs ago - Law & Crime

Judge extends order barring the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the shutdown
15 hrs ago - AP

US Fires Health Official Who Opposed Widely Used Covid Shots
16 hrs ago - Bloomberg

Exclusive: US military officials required to sign NDAs tied to Latin America mission, sources say
16 hrs ago - Reuters

Trump bonds with Japan's new prime minister and says her nation is delivering on US investments
16 hrs ago - AP

Catholic statues thrust a Massachusetts city into a national religious liberty debate
16 hrs ago - USA Today

Marjorie Taylor Greene vents frustration over shutdown strategy at Speaker Johnson on private call with House Republican
16 hrs ago - CNN

Johnson says he's spoken with Trump about 'the constrictions of the Constitution' on a third term
16 hrs ago - CNN

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica
17 hrs ago - Washington Post

Netanyahu orders 'immediate strikes' as ceasefire on brink
17 hrs ago - Mirror UK

Judge orders daily meetings with Border Patrol official Bovino on Chicago immigration crackdown
17 hrs ago - WRAL and Associated Press

States Sue Over Trump Administration Suspending Food Benefits During Shutdown
18 hrs ago - USA Today/Reuters

Russia's Lukoil says it plans to sell international assets due to Western sanctions
18 hrs ago - Reuters

Flight is diverted to Boston after a passenger stabs 2 teens with a fork, authorities say
19 hrs ago - AP

Trump appeals New York hush money conviction
19 hrs ago - CNN Politics

Hegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
20 hrs ago - AP

Venezuela claims to have captured 'CIA backed cell plotting false flag attack' as tensions with US grow
20 hrs ago - The Independent

Federal judge orders DOJ, DHS to stop 'prejudicial' statements about Abrego Garcia and his case
21 hrs ago - ABC News

US judge decertifies Apple app store class action
22 hrs ago - Reuters

Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
22 hrs ago - NYT

Trump Is Targeting The Kennedy Center For Renovations, Too
22 hrs ago - Huff Post

GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are 'void' in final report
22 hrs ago - CNN

Key GOP senator offers proposal to pay essential and furloughed workers during shutdown
22 hrs ago - The Hill

Amazon cuts 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates
23 hrs ago - Assiciated Press via WTOP

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