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Republicans back policy Trump loathes over midterm turnout fears

Republican Party operations all across the country are opting to embrace a voting policy so despised by President Donald Trump that he has pushed for it to be banned, and it all comes down to fears ab...

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MAGA might be 'bucking' Trump — but they’re not eating their own

Candace Owens and Erika Kirk have a public feud unfolding online and it is prompting discussions about a fracturing base. However, writing for the New Republic Brynn Tannehill argues there is no colla...

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Democrat in deep-red Kentucky beats Republican challenger

The 2025 elections continued this month with a state Senate seat left vacant in Kentucky and it turned out to be another "blue wave."

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Romantic Holiday Cheer

We’ve reached the point in the season where folks are feeling stressed. It might be the looming year’s end. It might be the crush of Christmas obligations for those who celebrate. It might simply be all the darkness (in this hemisphere, at least). To cope with the holiday stress, I read holiday romances. And I […]…
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#Fantasy #KristineGrayson #Romances #Romance #romantasy



SwitchBot’s space-saving robot vacuum is on sale starting at just $179.99

We also found deals on an excellent mini-LED from Hisense and a Pixar-inspired Lego set.



The EU's problem isn't Belgium -- it's Trump (Politico)

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O scurtă scrisoare de mulţumire către oraşul Toronto, pe strada Yonge din North York, pentru că mi-ai permis să fac publicitate https://dckim.com/hdub/w_web/ro/articles/Dragă-Yonge-Street.html #opensource #toronto #news #technology #meta #art #FOSS


1,100 phones in a warehouse generating TikTok influencer slop.

Emanuel Maiberg at 404 Media reports that a hacker has gained access to a server farm stuffed with phones churning out AI influencer ads. It’s owned by a startup called Doublespeed, which advertises “bulk content creation” and just got a million bucks from Andreessen Horowitz. Neat.

Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers



Anarchist Communist Group: **German youth resist conscription**

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The German parliament backed a move to introduce voluntary military service and allow Chancelor Merz, of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to

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📝 Lien de la pétition contre la dérégulation des pesticides : urls.fr/tAjvlE




GOP Reps. Fitzpatrick and Lawler join Democrats' Obamacare discharge petition (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)

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Catching those Old Busses

The PC has had its fair share of bus slots. What started with the ISA bus has culminated, so far, in PCI Express slots, M.2 slots, and a few other …read more
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#BBC Hitman jailed for life over Edinburgh Hogmanay pub murder w.st/z2B8p
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Ein Porträt von Anne Frank mit Palästinensertuch in einem Potsdamer Museum entfacht Streit: Jüdische Organisationen reagieren aufgebracht, es gibt eine Strafanzeige. Das Museum will das Porträt aber nicht abhängen.
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Is there any chance at all that we can separate anti-Jewish, with anti-Israel? There is overlap to be sure, but they are different things.


UK Issues License to Hand £2.5 Billion Chelsea Sale Funds to Ukraine (Bloomberg)

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Senator Reaches Damning Conclusions After Classified Briefing With Hegseth, Rubio (Ron Dicker/HuffPost)

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