On February 14, 1979 a largely overlooked news story flashed briefly across the wires–about a shootout in a hotel in Kabul. As it turned out, what happened there had enormous implications for the world. At the time though, the story was nudged off the front pages by events happening elsewhere… more>>
- "There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars." — Jack Kerouac
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The Guardian- News outlets falsely report Somaliland called for extradition of Ilhan Omar
- Interpol arrest warrant requested in Congo-Brazzaville for Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas
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- Urgent action needed to prevent surge in digital violence in Africa, experts say
- Goodbye Graaff-Reinet: South African town’s name change stirs racial tensions
- Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and social activist, dies aged 88
- ‘God squad’ waives endangered species law to allow US drilling in Gulf of Mexico
- Sad faces all round as Bolivia’s clowns protest over decree threatening their livelihoods
- At least 70 people killed and 30 injured in Haiti gang attack
- Avi Lewis, elected to lead Canada’s New Democratic party, promises ‘NDP comeback’
Talking Points Memo- The Supreme Court Decides Who Is Really American In Blockbuster Arguments
- Bros Will Be Bros: Hegseth Intervenes in Kid Rock Flyby
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- Inside the Bizarre Feedback Loop Between DHS and MAGA Influencers
- In Biggest Case of the Term, Trump Will Ask the Supreme Court to Change What It Means to Be American
- The Supreme Court Has Never Heard a Case As Easy As This One
- Fed Judge Makes White House Ballroom Project Congress’ Problem
- Neutrality, Authoritarianism, and Thoughts on the Cult of Both Sides
- Kagan, Sotomayor Join Conservatives in Finding Conversion Therapy Ban Violates Therapists’ Speech Rights
The Intercept- Conversion Therapy Gets Speech Protections — But Trans Kids’ Existence Gets No Protection At All
- Trump's FCC Chief Says His Censorship Protects the Little Guy. It Really Serves One Powerful Man.
- Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like?
- Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals
- What Would We All Say If Iran Razed MIT Because of Military-Related Research?
- Trump’s Secret Wars on the World Keep Expanding
- ICE at Airports Trains Us to Accept Being Terrorized in Our Daily Lives
- The Regime Survives, Trump Has to Deal, and Iranians Are the Biggest Losers
- DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat
- Sunrise Movement Pushes Anti-War Candidates, Endorsing Melat Kiros in Denver
France24- Russia demands France release woman arrested for suspected espionage
- Brussels urges EU states to 'coordinate' in face of oil price hike
- US Trump says will be leaving Iran 'very soon'
- NASA set for first crewed moon return in over half a century
- Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting Iran
- US public media under pressure from White House
- 'Strategy of ecological terror. Desalination as a weapon of war' in the Middle East
- US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq
- #Israel: Champagne in the Knesset as #death penalty law for #Palestinians passes
- 'Africa fashion' opens in Paris, celebrates rapid growth of African design scene
Media Matters For America- Pete Hegseth once slammed federal officials for “insider trading.” His stockbroker reportedly tried to buy defense funds before the administration’s war with Iran.
- Sean Hannity on reopening Strait of Hormuz: "After the way Europe has acted, I'd like to put that on them"
- Laura Ingraham: "I'm choosing not to panic" about the Iran war
- On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses the “confusion and chaos” playing out in right-wing media over the Iran war
- Megyn Kelly: Fox people "have told me that administration figures will come to them saying, please put me on because I have something the president has to hear"
- Nick Fuentes complains about dining alongside Black people: “They wonder why we want to segregate”
- Megyn Kelly: Trump administration's statements on the Strait of Hormuz have been "so erratic that even Fox News, the biggest cheerleader of this war by far, is starting to ask some questions"
- Nick Fuentes on Jewish Americans: “We want to free America from the hostile occupation. We want to liberate America from these people."
- The antisemitic influencers who popularized the term "J-pilled" know exactly what it means
- Ben Shapiro: "The president knows that the Strait of Hormuz, if left in Iranian control, would allow for the Iranian government to rebuild and strengthen"
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