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Bad Company

Activism AdLib - April 26, 2010 51

Pres. Obama and Congress have now turned to focus on passing financial reforms that are long overdue. Fox News and the Republicans tried trotting...

How Do You Take Your Tea?

News & Politics whatsthatsound - April 23, 2010 33

(apologies to Milt Gabler and John Tenniel) B is for the things he wants to Ban; L is for the Libs who love this man; A, well...

Moyers Going Out With a Bank

News & Politics AdLib - April 20, 2010 22

Every Friday night, my Tivo fires up to save what is one of the best arguments for the existence of television, Bill Moyers Journal....

Reality ‘Shopped

News & Politics Chernynkaya - April 20, 2010 37

Isn’t reality hard enough to deduce without Photoshop? Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes. Every month or so, another expose crops up showing how some...

21st Century Real Estate

News & Politics dildenusa - April 18, 2010 25

In July of 1969 I was eighteen years old and a United States Air Force mechanic stationed at Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix...

It’s Game on with Wall Street Reform

News & Politics KQµårk 死神 - April 16, 2010 6

Goldman Sachs is being sued by the SEC for fraud. How Goldman did it. President Obama says he will veto Wall Street reform bill that does...

Tea Party Ingredients: Old Hateful White Males on Social Security

News & Politics AdLib - April 15, 2010 71

A poll has finally come out which provides a bit of demographics on Tea Partiers. The MSM is spinning it as, "They're actually not...

No Compassion – the American Terrorist still lives

News & Politics choicelady - April 15, 2010 30

Worse, McVeigh knew of the babies and toddlers in the daycare center at the Murrah Building and dismissed them as merely "collateral damage".

News Bites – 4-14-2010

News & Politics AdLib - April 14, 2010 11

Here are a few news bites to nibble on today: Deutch Wins FL Seat Easily In First Post-Health Care Special Election “Republican backlash over President Barack...

“War is Hell.”

News & Politics Chernynkaya - April 13, 2010 28

The quote originates from General Sherman’s address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy (19 June 1879): I’ve been where you are now...

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Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps

The arguments at times appeared to frustrate the judge, who promised to rule soon on a suit filed by roughly two dozen states seeking to ensure people don’t go hungry as a result of a budgetary dispute. [...]

How States Are Preparing for a Freeze in SNAP Food Assistance

The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program will run out of money on Saturday. Some governors are shifting state money to cover part of the shortfall, bolster food pantries or both. [...]

Older New Yorkers Brace for Food Stamp Cuts: ‘I’m Just Praying’

The SNAP program is losing federal funding on Saturday. Many older people won’t be able to easily line up at food pantries or go out and get second jobs. [...]

Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title

The extraordinary move caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. [...]

How Xi Walked Away From Trump Trade Talks Looking Stronger

By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return. [...]

Trump and Xi Ease Off the Trade War, but New Nuclear Threat Brings a Chill

The two leaders reached an agreement on fentanyl, some tariffs and rare earths, at least for a year. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Mr. Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation. [...]

Soybean Farmers Find Relief in U.S. Trade Truce With China

President Trump said China would end its boycott and resume buying millions of tons of American soybeans. [...]

How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico

When Alejandro Juarez was returned to his homeland, federal agents told him that they were just following orders. Those orders were wrong. [...]

As ICE Raids Upend L.A., Mexican Immigrants Vent, and a Diplomat Listens

Weekly public meetings at the Mexican consulate in Los Angeles have become a place where immigrants ask for help with a host of problems, big and small. [...]

He Survived the Invasion. What He Really Wanted Was a Friend.

During the war, a Ukrainian boy lost his home, his father and his friends. Could he find new buddies at a camp in the mountains? [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Trump caps refugee admissions at record low - with most to be white South Africans

The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000. [...]

Xi and Trump find temporary truce as China plays longer game

Talks have helped to steady a rocky relationship between the world's top two economies - but the rivalry persists. [...]

'The bodies just kept coming' - photographer at deadly Rio police raid

A witness says residents brought down body after body - some mutilated - after the massive police raid which has left at least 120 dead. [...]

Russian activity increasing around key Ukrainian town, army chief says

The capture of Pokrovsk could unlock Russian efforts to seize the rest of the Donetsk region. [...]

Sudan RSF chief promises investigation as anger mounts over el-Fasher killings

The announcement comes after growing reports of mass killings, including of patients at a hospital. [...]

Five new suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery theft

They were arrested on Wednesday night in the Paris region, Paris' public prosecutor said. [...]

Israel receives coffins Hamas says contain two Gaza hostages' bodies

The government says the bodies were transferred by the Red Cross to Israeli forces in Gaza, who will take them to experts for identification. [...]

Dutch centrist liberals neck and neck with populist Wilders in tight election

Rob Jetten's D66 party celebrates but with most of the votes counted the result is too close to call. [...]

K-pop group NewJeans loses legal battle against agency

A South Korean court rules that the act's contract with the label, which runs until 2029, is valid. [...]

Teenage cricketer dies in Melbourne after being hit by ball

The 17-year-old was rushed to hospital on Tuesday and placed on life support but died on Thursday. [...]

Vox Populi – 10-24-2025

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Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week's events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib3 hours ago Hey PPO! AdLiban...

The 2nd No Kings Protest – 10-18-2025

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It was quite energizing to be among thousands of my neighbors in this city who reflect how informed, creative, and principled they are. It was a real antidote to the ignorance, bigotry, and hateful cruelty that oozes every day from Trump and his MAGA cultists.

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