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In fact, ethanol mandates drive up food prices and have no environmental benefit
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An administration that denounces the Pope but lauds Putin as a humanitarian is wholly unfit to lead.
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Somali runs into a moving bus to save 18 children.
Trump and Vance will not talk about this.
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Matt Yglesias is 100% right, actually. The 1,500-hour pilot rule was passed after the 2009 Colgan crash. Except the captain had 3,379 hours. The first officer had 2,244 hours.
It’s pure security theater that's driven up the pilot shortage & made flying more miserable for us all.
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Ronald Reagan already said in 1984 that the USA supports Ukraine's fight for freedom.
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On December 5, 1994, Ukraine signs the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Budapest Memorandum) in the hope of having the USA as a guarantor of its freedom.
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November 22, 1994: US President Bill Clinton thanks Ukraine for giving up its nuclear weapons. In return, the USA will stand by Ukraine's side to preserve its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity in the future. Ukraine and the USA share a vision of freedom.
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I know that at a certain point it makes me sound naive, but I think we should be clear that a president announcing a ceasefire signed by two warring countries that doesn't actually exist is and should be the sort of thing that gets him swiftly removed from office.
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If confirmed, this is telling: Russian data centres get hit, and online activity around AfD suddenly plummets. 📉
So much talk about German patriotism… then the connection from Russia goes down. 🤔🇷🇺
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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
ALT Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.
Baby food is just really bland butternut squash soup. You could just make soup and feed it to your babies. Cheaper, more flavorful, and they might actually like it?
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Mandating a self exclusion period to close a gambling account needs to be *extremely* illegal
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Google offered to pay for the data center infrastructure upgrades outright. The utility said no, because that wouldn't go into their rate base. They restructured it as a prepayment instead so they could rate base it anyway.
Result: everyone's bill went up $5.77 a month.
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I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026
Available for purchase today at 12PM ET: 2026 President Donald J. Trump $1 Coin. These coins are also in circulation, so check your pocket change. Collect them today! #CoinCollecting #America250
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ALT Promotional image for a 2026 Semiquincentennial President Donald J. Trump $1 coin. Features the coin depicting a portrait of Donald J. Trump with the inscription "Liberty" and the years "1776-2026." Coin also includes "In God We Trust" and the initials "JFM." Background shows the White House and logos for "America 250" and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Text reads: "Available Now.
Good riddance. It was a stupid restaurant and who names a pizza place a grill? I hope we get something better soon.
Colony Grill Has Closed Permanently at Cabin John Village
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