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Pod Save America: Trump White House ROCKED by NEW Whistleblower Scandal
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Environment & Energy
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There's an Elementary School There. (Texas)
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Veterans
Food insecurity among military families up 12 percentage points in nonprofit's 2025 survey
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Cable News Clips
Trump's Commerce Secretary admits he visited Epstein's island with his family - The 11th Hour - MS NOW
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Public Transportation and Smart Growth
It's Over! Trump Big announcement to KILLED Amtrak's $16B Tunnel Project
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Israel/Palestine
In Gaza, One Man Is Searching for the Remains of His Family With a Flour Sifter
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National Security & Defense
The experts comment: New START expires, bringing both risks and opportunities
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Occupy Underground
Affordability Crisis - Heinrich says the Trump Administration is causing an energy affordability crisis
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Single Payer Health Systems
Let's check on that "Golden Age"... "Debt collection lawsuits are rising in U.S. states." Oh.
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Gun Control & RKBA
New Colorado red flag law expansion -- allowing more people to seek a gun-removal order -- clears first hurdle
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Race & Ethnicity
Protective Fictions: James Baldwin's Warning and the Church of the Founders - Tad Stoermer
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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism
Matt Bernstein: Samantha Fulnecky (Univ. of Oklahoma) Failed the Grift
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