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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‘ 50    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‘ 12    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‘ 10034    ๐Ÿ” 1016    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 166    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‘ 247    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.

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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‘ 14008    ๐Ÿ” 1805    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œNow, I feel a little differentlyโ€

13.07.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13465    ๐Ÿ” 3620    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2545    ๐Ÿ“Œ 762
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Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note

13.07.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25672    ๐Ÿ” 7120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 738    ๐Ÿ“Œ 301
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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‘ 18170    ๐Ÿ” 3951    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 311    ๐Ÿ“Œ 173
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YES!

13.07.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24520    ๐Ÿ” 5964    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 799    ๐Ÿ“Œ 321
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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‘ 28945    ๐Ÿ” 7149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 595    ๐Ÿ“Œ 247
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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‘ 13733    ๐Ÿ” 3803    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 301    ๐Ÿ“Œ 192
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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‘ 17723    ๐Ÿ” 6078    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 904    ๐Ÿ“Œ 329
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This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.

13.07.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19073    ๐Ÿ” 8049    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1789    ๐Ÿ“Œ 955

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‘ 4865    ๐Ÿ” 2315    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 194    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100

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 62    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‘ 1164    ๐Ÿ” 578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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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.

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17.06.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    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‘ 1099    ๐Ÿ” 244    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:

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Jon Stewart goes hard on Utahโ€™s Mike Lee: โ€˜What the f--- is wrong with that guy?โ€™ Jon Stewart took four minutes on Monday's "The Daily Show" to criticize Utah Sen. Mike Lee, for his posts on X about the shootings that left a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead.

"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart harshly criticized Mike Lee for his posts about the shootings that left a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband dead, calling Lee โ€œthe avatar of the insanity of this moment.โ€

17.06.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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The Weimar triangle: how Germanyโ€™s new government could reinvigorate an important European security alliance France, Germany and Poland together represent a strategically significant partnership in a Europe plagued by war to its east.

France, Germany and Poland together represent a strategically significant partnership in a Europe plagued by war to its east.

17.06.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New York Cityโ€™s comptroller Brad Lander, who is running for mayor, was detained Tuesday by ICE while observing immigration hearings in Manhattan, according to his campaign. wapo.st/4eccEXs

17.06.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 223    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

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