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- "There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars." — Jack Kerouac
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The Guardian- At least 65 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist raids in country’s north-east
- French aid worker among three killed in drone attack in eastern DRC, M23 rebels say
- Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr
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- Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office
Talking Points Memo- The US Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.
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- Trump’s War Against Iran Is Uniquely Unpopular Among US Military Actions of the Past Century
- Unpacking Trump’s Rhetorical Flip-Flops on Iran
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- Federal Judges Are Slowly Realizing They Can Treat Trump Like Anyone Else
- The Next Costly Battleground in the Conservative War for Total Parental Control
- Arizona AG Responds to Reports of FBI Subpoena For 2020 Records: All Based On ‘Crackpots and Lies’
- Trump Now MoonWalking Away From Regime Change As Fast As He Can
The Intercept- It’s a War With Iran, Not an “Intervention”
- With World's Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank
- Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Write Indictment Against ICE Protesters
- U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School
- Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.
- OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us
- Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings
- ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections
- Trump’s War to Nowhere
- Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next
France24- Lebanon grapples with death, displacement and widening Hezbollah-Israel conflict
- Film show: 'The Bride!' puts Frankenstein in the shade
- Paris mayoral race: Can the left hold on to the French capital?
- Six members of Iranian women's football team granted asylum in Australia
- Libyan Ramadan celebrations tempered by rising inflation
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- ‘The repression machine is still deployed’: Exclusive testimony from a Tehran resident
- Lebanese displaced by Israeli strikes speak to FRANCE 24
- Healthcare on a lifeline: Egypt’s hospitals rely on Ramadan donations to survive
- While southern Lebanon evacuates, northern Israel stays put
Media Matters For America- Right-wing streamer Asmongold on Trump starting Iran war: “Anybody saying I didn't vote for this wasn't listening”
- Fox host on rising gas prices: "Do you think that the American people should say, OK, this is the sacrifice we have in short term?"
- On Newsmax, Dave Rubin says Megyn Kelly "saw a lot of energy around Nick Fuentes and Tucker, and I think she's just decided to get some clicks off of that"
- Newsmax host: "I would criticize essentially any other president after ten days like this. The DOW has lost almost 3000 points. Gas is way up."
- Trump's media allies embrace oil wars
- Rachel Maddow highlights QAnon-drafted executive order for Trump to declare a national emergency over the 2026 midterms
- On The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses the "fracturing" in MAGA media over Trump's war in Iran
- Joe Rogan says "people feel betrayed" by Trump's war in Iran: "He ran on no more wars"
- Podcaster Graham Allen: "If the devil had a podcast, it would look an awful lot like Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Ian Carroll, Stew Peters, the Hodge twins, and the list goes on and on and on"
- Megyn Kelly: "Sean Hannity is Lindsey Graham by a different name. It's amazing to watch them cheerlead" the Iran war.
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