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Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech The New Jersey Democrat spent more than 25 hours criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. ET Monday. He ended his marathon speech sh...

The New Jersey Democrat spent more than 25 hours criticizing the Trump administration's policies on immigration, education, the economy and more since 7 p.m. ET Monday. He ended his marathon speech shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act.

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The inside story of how a journalist was sent White House war plans Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, said he was mistakenly added to a group chat with U.S. national security leaders about imminent military strikes on Yemen.

Every corporate board should be required to have one member elected as a representative of the workers of that corporation.

There's a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated? More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a kidney transplant. But a kidney shortage means many die on the waitlist or become too sick for a transplant. A new plan would compensate donors.

For World Kidney Day, we look back at this story on the more than 90,000 people in the U.S. who are waiting for a kidney transplant. A kidney shortage means many die on the waitlist or become too sick for a transplant. A new plan would compensate donors.

An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

Commentary: President Trump is the alter ego of Candidate Trump Trump promised a booming economy. He's delivering the opposite. What's going on?

It's called lying. The media refused to point it out at the time.

Opinion | A Great Unraveling Is Underway Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”

"Top officials of our oldest allies say privately they fear that we are becoming not just unstable, but actually their enemy. The only person who gets treated with kid gloves is Putin..."

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Benita Long disappeared. So why wasn't she added to this missing person database? A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

In 2024, Texas produced almost twice as much wind and solar electricity as California.

Guy: "Better use skincare you don't want to look old." Forest God: "But I am OLD" Guy: "But wrinkles." Forest God: "I am an ancient Forest God."

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just taking tonight to really appreciate all these years of journalistic tut-tut-tutting about how over-the-top it was for anyone to focus on trump's affinity for russia and putin.

“Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them.” The extraordinary will take care of itself. William Martin,The Parent's Tao Te Ching

William Martin,The Parent's Tao Te Ching

Good morning everyone. It will always be Denali.

Have a peaceful day.

xTx Trail creator intends to reveal a hidden Texas to the adventurous Trail creator Charlie Gandy says the X-Tx will reveal parts of the Lone Star State that most Texans have never seen.

Trail creator Charlie Gandy says the X-Tx will reveal parts of the Lone Star State that most Texans have never seen. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

Top Democrats ask Rubio for answers on now-canceled $400 million Tesla plan A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

Senators seek answers on EPA effort to claw back $20 billion in climate funds U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to end his campaign to claw back funds previously granted for greenhouse gas reduction projects, saying that effort is illegal.

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Should term limits for Congressional Representatives be set at 15 terms/30 years?

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Painting by Zdzisław Beksiński

It's the weekend somewhere. Have a good one.

credit: Zdzisław Beksiński

Should Senators have term limits of 2 or 3 terms? Keep in mind, they serve for 6 years.

Every 4 years, the longest serving Supreme Court Justice should be required to step down.

Every member of Congress, the President and President, and the members of the Supreme Court should all be required to place their assets in a blind trust for the durations of their service.

Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000 Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.

Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.

Apparently it rolled down a hill.

We should cap CEO and other high ranking executive compensation at a ratio of 50 to 1, when compared to median worker income, by law.

Every time there is a government shutdown: The ranking members of both parties, in both congressional chambers, should be forced to step down from their leadership positions and made ineligible to hold those positions again.