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WashPost: Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department The Trump administration’s proposed shake-up of the State Department targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy. By Adam Taylor, John Hudson, Dan Diamond and Hannah Natanson wapo.st/4cEF8rU

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Breaking news: The IMF has warned that the US is confronting an increased risk of recession as Donald Trump’s trade war pushes the global economy into a ‘significant slowdown’. The fund’s top economists have defended the US Federal Reserve’s policy on interest rates. www.ft.com/content/d472...

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The @WSJ headline says it all: Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal. @hannaherinlang.bsky.social www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

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Any ideas on who wears the bunny costume at Monday’s White House Easter Egg Roll? My money’s on Navarro but Hegseth may have more of a need to impress the boss.

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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this. The Secretary is unfit to lead.

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Dana Milbank/WashPost Opinions | Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure America has seen ruinous periods, but never when the president was the one knowingly causing the ruin. wapo.st/4lLRLG3

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“We welcome all to our hotels and we create opportunities for all—and fundamentally those will never change. The words might change, but that’s who we are as a company.” Marriott’s CEO spoke out about DEI. The next day, he had 40,000 emails from his associates fortune.com/article/marr...

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Punch a bully in the nose and see what happens

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I believe it was in Luke where Jesus said to the Apostles: On each Good Friday you shall enjoy a McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish sandwich for lunch.

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President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific populated by endangered sea turtles and whales. Read more: nyti.ms/3Rpkm68

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Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Exclusive: Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said reut.rs/3Gg8mBC 1/8

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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

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Using the very real problem of rising campus antisemitism as a pretext to ignore the Constitution and defund higher education is abhorrent and indefensible. And it will only make Jewish students less safe.

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You’d think that a president who claims to be revoking visas to stop political violence and stand up against antisemitism would have something to say when one of the most high profile Jewish elected officials in America is the target of an arson attack in his home on the first night of Passover.

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A must read, from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

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This is an outstanding list 👇 John McWhorter in @nytimes: Why These 10 Old Movies Are Really Worth Your Time www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...

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President Zelensky is a great leader. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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So happy for Rory

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Grateful Gov. Shapiro and his family are safe and pray there won’t be copycats targeting other Dem governors.

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Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and the Trump administration is making it easier for him to get away with it.

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As we await the North Korean-style read out from Trump’s physical today, it’s clear Justin Trudeau at 6’2” is much taller than Trump, even with Trump in shoe lifts. Trump’s 5’11” and +250lbs.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must be removed from office.

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me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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NYT homepage, 8am, Wednesday, April 9

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@nytimes: What Are Microplastics Doing to Our Bodies? This Lab Is Racing to Find Out. Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...

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The US ends lifesaving food aid for millions in 14 countries, including Syria, Afghanistan, & Yemen. The World Food Program calls it a ‘death sentence’ These life-saving programs, some of the last humanitarian aid to these countries, were being canceled “for the convenience of the US Government”

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