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Why the Trump administration excites some personal-injury lawyers The strange case of vaccine-injury courts

Robert F. Kennedy junior once worked as a personal-injury lawyer. Americaโ€™s health secretary now intends to make some of his old cohort very happy

18.08.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's war on numbers Across economics, energy, and health care, data once seen as trusted and apolitical is increasingly caught in the political crossfire.

The Trump administration is undermining โ€” or has stopped collecting โ€” key, once-nonpartisan data that kept the public informed about the state of the nation.

18.08.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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- Germany: Ukraine must be able to defend itself effectively even after a ceasefire and peace agreement
- China: Beijing expects all stakeholders in the Ukraine crisis to participate in peace talks aimed at securing a lasting agreement accepted by all sides

18.08.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What countries have said so far:
- Finland: A ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine are the most important topics
- Norway: No negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine. Important to strengthen the cooperation on security guarantees. Pressure on Russia must increase

18.08.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Texas Democrats head to Chicago in effort to block redistricting map

Democrats have left Texas for a second time in four years in an effort to block a vote by denying the legislature a quorum.

05.08.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texasโ€™ move to pad Republican margin The proposal is being circulated at the same time that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he wants to advance partisan redistricting. He says he wonโ€™t move ahead if Texas pauses its efforts.

California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texasโ€™ move to pad Republican margin

05.08.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Plantation tourism, memory and the uneasy economics of heritage in the American South A fire destroyed the Southโ€™s largest surviving antebellum mansion โ€“ exposing the tensions between history and profit.

The fire that destroyed Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana ignited a debate about how to remember painful chapters of American history. Tourism dollars sit at the center of this tension between memory, history, and economics. buff.ly/ZWg0IuT By Betsy Pudliner @uwstout.bsky.social

05.08.2025 04:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A man sits quietly in the filtered light of a veranda, cradling a cat in his armsโ€”an image rendered with restraint and tenderness in this large-scale watercolor by Lars Lerin. At Home exemplifies Lerinโ€™s ability to draw intimacy from stillness. His layered washes and softened contours evoke not only the warmth of light on a wooden interior, but the deeper, emotional texture of solitude shared.



One of Swedenโ€™s most esteemed contemporary artists, Lerin is widely celebrated for his mastery of watercolor and his meditative, often autobiographical depictions of Northern domesticity and landscape. A prolific author and television figure, his reputation is grounded in the quiet integrity of works like thisโ€”where silence, affection, and time itself seem to settle visibly onto paper.

A man sits quietly in the filtered light of a veranda, cradling a cat in his armsโ€”an image rendered with restraint and tenderness in this large-scale watercolor by Lars Lerin. At Home exemplifies Lerinโ€™s ability to draw intimacy from stillness. His layered washes and softened contours evoke not only the warmth of light on a wooden interior, but the deeper, emotional texture of solitude shared. One of Swedenโ€™s most esteemed contemporary artists, Lerin is widely celebrated for his mastery of watercolor and his meditative, often autobiographical depictions of Northern domesticity and landscape. A prolific author and television figure, his reputation is grounded in the quiet integrity of works like thisโ€”where silence, affection, and time itself seem to settle visibly onto paper.

And now for something completely different..โ€ฉLars Lerin, Swedish, b. 1954โ€ฉAt Home, 2011โ€จWatercolor on paperโ€จ100 ร— 150 cm

13.07.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9942    ๐Ÿ” 1007    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 163    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54

Looks like I'm going to have to write a column that repeats the name Jeffrey Epstein no fewer than 20 times. Challenge accepted!

13.07.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 245    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I remember the time when CBS edited Kamala Harris interview and the scandal it became. Here a minute goes missing from Epstein Cell and....nothing.

13.07.2025 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1198    ๐Ÿ” 262    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
A black bird stands on some cracked concrete, looking upwards at camera. The angle, its stance and its plumage - white eyes are the only let-up from the black - makes the bird look thoroughly pissed off

A black bird stands on some cracked concrete, looking upwards at camera. The angle, its stance and its plumage - white eyes are the only let-up from the black - makes the bird look thoroughly pissed off

The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life

13.07.2025 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13871    ๐Ÿ” 1782    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œNow, I feel a little differentlyโ€

13.07.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13340    ๐Ÿ” 3589    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2492    ๐Ÿ“Œ 745
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Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note

13.07.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25455    ๐Ÿ” 7045    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 725    ๐Ÿ“Œ 299
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www.newsweek.com Historic Lodge in Grand Canyon destroyed in Dragon Bravo wildfire

Historic Lodge in Grand Canyon Destroyed in Dragon Bravo Wildfire https://twp.ai/4ioGh8

13.07.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Bright orange and pink peony flowers with green leaves over blue in the background. Beige box with black text in center 

โ€œMay life treat you exactly the same way you treat servers, store clerks, senior citizens, children, and
farm workers.โ€

Bright orange and pink peony flowers with green leaves over blue in the background. Beige box with black text in center โ€œMay life treat you exactly the same way you treat servers, store clerks, senior citizens, children, and farm workers.โ€

12.07.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18036    ๐Ÿ” 3915    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 308    ๐Ÿ“Œ 171
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YES!

13.07.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24332    ๐Ÿ” 5916    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 784    ๐Ÿ“Œ 317
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Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."

13.07.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28775    ๐Ÿ” 7099    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 582    ๐Ÿ“Œ 242
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Justice Brown: The Most Fearless F*cking Example of Courage for the Democratic Party Sheโ€™s Not Just Dissentingโ€”Sheโ€™s Dragging the Courtโ€™s Corruption Into the Light

While others are writing memoirs and playing it safe, Justice Jackson is writing historyโ€”one fearless dissent at a time.๐Ÿ‘‡

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

13.07.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13614    ๐Ÿ” 3762    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 297    ๐Ÿ“Œ 190
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This should be at least as big a deal as the cover-up of the Epstein files

13.07.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17572    ๐Ÿ” 6017    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 892    ๐Ÿ“Œ 324
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This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.

13.07.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18916    ๐Ÿ” 7963    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1744    ๐Ÿ“Œ 938

Boveโ€™s confirmation hearing for the 3rd Circuit is on Wednesday. His own former DOJ colleagues say they donโ€™t trust him to be impartial. Watch the video & insist that your senators do too before they vote.

23.06.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4845    ๐Ÿ” 2300    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 194    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99

The damage has been done. Sen. Mike Lee FINALLY removes his debased comments about MN political assassinations from social media #Fascist

17.06.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Inside the Echo Chamber: Fox News Became the GOPโ€™s Propaganda Powerhouse (Share with Fox News-Watching Family Members) The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #368

Fox News: Links to the research and insider accounts that show how Americaโ€™s top cable outlet acts as a far-right propaganda machine. Share with the Fox-watching people in your life. #MediaBias #FoxNews #Propaganda

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

17.06.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1152    ๐Ÿ” 570    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Trump Rejects US Spies Who Said Iran Wasnโ€™t Building Nukes President Donald Trump has dismissed the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the conflict with Israel.

President Donald Trump is ignoring the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the latest conflict with Israel.

buff.ly/67hK23P

17.06.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

โ€œYou donโ€™t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking to see a judicial warrantโ€ โ€”Brad Lander just now as he is being handcuffed by ICE.

It's almost somehow as though Congress could hold hearings about this!

17.06.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TRUMP TO IRAN: WE CONTROL YOUR SKIES, DEMANDS 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER'

NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ARRESTED BY ICE

LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLE FOR SAFETY AMID RISING POLITICAL VIOLENCE

STOCKS SLIP AS WAR NEARS, TARIFF TALKS FAIL

MORE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ADDED TO TRAVEL BAN

17.06.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1087    ๐Ÿ” 238    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

Retire this sheriff.

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17.06.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œrussia should be in the g8โ€?
kyiv this morning:

17.06.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 235    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

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