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Ultraprocessed Foods Make Up More Than 50% of American Calories But the CDC says people are eating fewer than in the past.

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Thomas Chatterton Williams on the Age of False Certainty Yascha Mounk and Thomas Chatterton Williams explore what the summer of 2020 showed about America.

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Trump illegally froze 1,800 NIH medical research grants, Congress’ watchdog says • Kansas Reflector President Donald Trump’s freeze on $8 billion of congressionally appropriated funding to the National Institutes of Health was illegal, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday.

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The US Military Is Raking in Millions From On-Base Slot Machines The Defense Department operates slot machines on US military bases overseas, raising tens of millions of dollars to fund recreation for troops—and creating risks for soldiers prone to gambling addicti...

While not everyone who plays the slots struggles like Yeager did, evidence indicates that veterans and service members are more likely to struggle with gambling disorders than civilians, says Shane W. Kraus, an associate professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

What Kids Told Us About How to Get Them Off Their Phones Children who were raised on screens need more freedom out in the real world.

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Opinion | What to Do When the President Acts Like a Five-Year-Old?

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close its doors after loss of funding • Kansas Reflector WASHINGTON — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will be shutting down. The announcement came just one day after a major Senate appropriations bill omitted funding for the...

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It's been 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Time to raise some L. • Kansas Reflector It was such a peaceful morning that Yoshito Matsushige could scarcely believe it was wartime. Matsushige, a 32-year-old newspaper photographer who had been up most of the night before covering air rai...

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Opinion | ‘South Park’ Skewers a New Kind of Sanctimony

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Is the Bread in Europe Better for You?

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Carvilles retired. But his suggestion of a unified message is a good one…..

” repeal the Bill, “ We demand a repeal. A “repeal” of Mr. Trump’s spending law is the one word that should define the midterms. It is clear, forceful and full-throated. It must be slathered across every poster, every ad….”

Opinion | James Carville: My Fix for the Confused and Leaderless Democrats

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Speak up for disability rights and against healthcare cuts in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ | Opinion As reconciliation bill makes its way through Congress, public pressure could still limit the damage to Medicaid and Medicare.

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Many thanks to folks in Los Angeles who attended a SOLD OUT screening of "The Last Class" — @imcivicaction.bsky.social's new film about my final semester of teaching. It was so great getting to meet and speak with you.

If you'd like to see the film where you live, visit www.thelastclassfilm.com

Making Immigration Great Again Trump has reminded America that immigrants are people

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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.

Will we listen to his words today?

Lipstick on Lies—and Sometimes on Word Salad Karoline Leavitt has turned spinning Trump’s falsehoods into a daily ritual, while comedians and reporters try to keep a grip on reality.

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Who Will Trump Blame When His Supporters Realize He Screwed Them? He bankrupted casinos, steaks, vodka, a university, and an airline—now he’s bankrupting your health care.

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The Coming Health Care Apocalypse One chart on the Big Ugly Bill

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Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness Will he be a good mayor? Nobody knows. But the hysteria is revealing.

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Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle VENICE, ITALY—Smiling at the couple’s lighthearted twist on a traditional ring bearer, guests at the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez were reportedly delighted this week by the sight of an Ama...

Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle  — theonion.com/bezos-weddin...

This Dog Won't Wag Well whaddya know: Another fiasco

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U.S. Army Purple Heart veteran forced to self-deport from Hawaii Kunia resident Sae Joon Park, a decorated Army veteran, was given three weeks to return to South Korea, after 48 years in the U.S.

Self-deportation isn’t a thing. ICE forced this Hawaiʻi resident to leave the country.

He’s lived in the US for nearly 50 years, served in the military, received a Purple Heart for being shot in combat, but is being forced to leave for a drug offense.