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"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams—this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness—& maddest of all: to see life as it is & not as it should be!" -Cervantes
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😵‍💫 Germany's Merz: Some US lawmakers unaware of scale of Russia's rearmament – Reuters

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How the Elon Musk and Donald Trump alliance blew up www.npr.org/2025/06/05/n...

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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

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Al Foster, drummer for Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, has died www.npr.org/2025/05/29/n...

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Federal workers from six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments as both new and familiar DOGE faces have appeared in meetings and at new offices. www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

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SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda." My report:

Multiple Trump officials have links to antisemitic extremists www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...

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North Carolina’s Lawrence Academy has never reported Black enrollment higher than 3% in a county whose population hovers around 60% Black. It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students. (Published Nov. 2024)

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As China scales back international lending, many countries are left deep in debt www.npr.org/2025/05/28/n...

President Trump on Wednesday pardoned Michael Grimm, a former New York representative who pleaded guilty in 2014 to felony tax evasion, according to a White House official. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

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Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."

sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic... When FIFA faced its biggest reckoning, 10 years ago Tuesday, the sport's leaders vowed sweeping changes. Instead, they elected Gianni Infantino, a leader who h...

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