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When will the Trump administration demand nonwhite players be removed from sports? Will they start with the NCAA?

Will they take a different approach, pointing to rich Black athletes to tell us there is no racism in America's racism?

Why is it wrong to wear an N95 mask to protect yourself from airborne disease, but not wrong to wear a gator covering a federally-employed mugger and kidnapper's facial features?

This is the world that Ronald Reagan built.

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[NYTimes]: Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, said he was briefed on the U.S. government’s intelligence on Iran last week and that “Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States.” “Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon,” he wrote in an online post. “The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.” By Edward Wong

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Who do Senate Republicans love?

It certainly isn't anyone who can’t afford to pay for health insurance or sufficient food to feed their families.

No, it's their biggest and best corporate political donors who just happen to be the same corporations making ever larger portions of the world unliveable.

Senate Bill Gives Giant Tax Break to Big Oil - The American Prospect
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And I’m willing to bet I know who is already filling the void: “The vast majority of the job cuts, intended to be a permanent reduction in the size of the workforce, affects Voice of America, the government-owned international network that has beamed news reports to countries under autocratic regimes since World War II.” 🤬

#Politics #USPolitics #VoiceOfAmericaSilenced #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace

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Iran-Israel War News Today LIVE: US Strikes Iran Nuclear Sites Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan B-2 Stealth Bombers Donald trump Latest News Updates byteseu.com/1127929/ #Fordow #Iran #IranNews #Israel #US #UsAttackOnIran #UsAttacksIran #UsBombsIran #UsStrikesIran #USIran





126 years ago #onthisday, somewhere near the South Pole...

From Frederick A. Cooke's Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899, in which he writes about a night lasting 2 months, experienced as part of the ill-fated Belgica expedition. More here publicdomainreview.org/collect… #OTD



europesays.com/uk/205012/ Frozen in time: Transparent worms keep genes in sync for 20 million years #Genetics #Science #SoilTypes;NewSpecies;MolecularBiology;EvolutionaryBiology;Genetics;CellBiology;Biology;LifeSciences #UK #UnitedKingdom


I think this barn swallow must have opted for the special hot wax at the bird wash, it's a shiny as a new car on a dealer showroom floor. Lake Fairfax Park, Reston, Virginia, USA 20-April-2025. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

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Virgin Australia’s IPO prospects are helped by its heavy focus on a strong domestic market | CAPA – Centre for Aviation byteseu.com/1127926/ #Australia


Trump strikes Iran hard, and the world waits for what comes next (Dan Balz/Washington Post)

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DNC leader faces growing scrutiny amid party turmoil (Julia Manchester/The Hill)

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Luxon starts Europe trip remembering NZ’s past WWI sacrifice byteseu.com/1127924/ #NewZealand #UkEurope