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NYT: “Like the other 11 children, Abdo starved to death in weeks after Trump froze all U.S. foreign assistance, said local aid workers & a doctor… 🇺🇸-funded soup kitchens in Sudan had been the only lifelines for tens of thousands besieged by fighting.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...

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submitted 2 days ago • 120 comments

"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported. "The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over... www.wral.com/story/they-f...

submitted 4 days ago • 741 comments

Trump is requiring the United Kingdom to get rid of laws protecting LGBTQ people before he will agree to a trade deal with them.

submitted 4 days ago • 807 comments

The tariff debacle has no more to do with wanting to return manufacturing to the US than his attacks on universities have to do with sincere concerns about antisemitism. These are mere pretexts to hide darker agendas of greed and grievance, power plays and corruption.

submitted 11 days ago • 35 comments

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

submitted 12 days ago • 517 comments

This is an objectively pro crime, pro criminal administration.

submitted 12 days ago • 82 comments

We are living through the consequences of having an uninformed and ill-informed citizenry. Our founding fathers warned us about this danger.

submitted 13 days ago • 539 comments

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

submitted 14 days ago • 1092 comments

🏆 To celebrate the arrival of my "Littoral Commander: Baltics" #wargame, I am going to give away a signed copy of the game. Like, repost, and follow by April 8 (midnight EST)! May the odds be ever in your favor. 😉🎲 #wargaming

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