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Why are some Black conservatives drawn to Nick Fuentes?

Far-right activist Nick Fuentes continues to gain momentum.

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Jaw-dropping new target floated in Trump's rebrand crusade

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's handpicked board of trustees voted on Thursday to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, while allegedly muting the objections of Democra...

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Pro-Trump 'failed inventor' fundraising to illegally preserve photos of 2020 AZ ballots

One of the contractors for the Arizona Republican Senate’s “audit” of the 2020 presidential election claims to have photos of 2.1 million ballots from Maricopa County and is raising money to preserve ...

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'This is about what comes next': DC insider lays out Trump's new deflection on Epstein

The Guardian reports President Donald Trump’s politicized Justice Department is trying to obfuscate the president’s ties to notorious sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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Critic looks forward to the coming 'detrumpification'

New Republic staff writer Matt Ford says he looks forward to the upcoming days of “detrumpification.”

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'You’re the problem': Trump loyalist cornered on CNN for 'normalizing' new branding

Podcaster Cari Champion took Federalist reporter Brianna Lyman to task for ‘normalizing’ President Donald Trump’s recent changes to the Kennedy Center.

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Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files (New York Times)

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Government's historic role as trusted information source is under threat (Naftali Bendavid/Washington Post)

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DOODLE SACK. A bagpipe. Dutch.--Also the private parts of a woman.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Probably borrowed from the German "Dudelsack" (=bagpipe), documented from the 17th cent. onwards. Dudelsack might be derived from Czech/Slovakian/Polish "dudy", possibly going back to Turkish "duduk". Or it's onomatopoetic. 😁

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Rusko se podle Zelenského snaží Ukrajinu odříznout od Černého moře. Situace v Oděské oblasti, na niž Rusko zesílilo útoky, je tvrdá, uvedl.


This Indiana Democrat wants a redistricting ceasefire (Nicholas Wu/Politico)

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Nejméně tři mrtvé a pět zraněných si vyžádal dnešní útok v tchajwanském hlavním městě Tchaj-peji. Muž, který později zemřel, zapálil ve stanici metra dýmovnici a napadl nožem kolemjdoucí. Motiv jeho činu zatím není znám, napsala agentura Reuters s odvoláním na oficiální zdroje.


Candace Owens Is the Conservative Movement's Frankenstein Monster (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times)

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‘Friend slop’ made co-op gaming goofier than ever in 2025

Low-cost indie titles took over co-op gaming this year, and they’re embracing their ‘slop’ label.