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♲ @npr_news@social.gibberfish.org:

Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395978/doge-cpb-board-members-trump-lawsuit-npr-pbs

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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♲ @strangerthanfiction@diaspora.glasswings.com: Ken Paxton just arrested a bunch of folks with Hispanic last names for election shenanigans and gave a press conference about it? color me suspicious

Officials in rural Texas are accused of paying campaign worker who told elderly people how to vote: docs

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♲ @strangerthanfiction@diaspora.glasswings.com: I know Iran said they wouldn't arrest him, but maybe they'll change their minds

Trump claims wins from foreign policy blitz, but he’s taking huge risks | CNN Politics

Donald Trump’s team is throwing itself into the most expansive and simultaneous set of high-level diplomatic negotiations in years, involving China, Ukraine, Russia, Iran, the Middle East and multiple global trading rivals.

The big question this week, as the president leaves on the first major foreign trip of his second term, is whether this whirl of attempted dealmaking will improve America’s strategic position or whether it will end up alienating allies and empowering enemies.

cnn.com/2025/05/12/politics/tr…

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♲ @strangerthanfiction@diaspora.glasswings.com: Tangerine Palpatine finding ways to Make America 2020 Again

World's Largest Exporter of Toilet Paper Pulp Sends Update on Shortages

Anyone who was around during the 2020 pandemic remembers what it was like to not be able to find toilet paper at local stores. ...

At one point, Americans increased their toilet paper buying by 102% over the previous year amid the pandemic. ...

Now, Brazilian pulp exporter Suzano SA is warning that supply chain disruptions due to new U.S. tariffs could result in a shortage of toilet paper, although so far, store shelves around the country are well stocked.

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♲ @strangerthanfiction@diaspora.glasswings.com: 🚨🚨🚨

Most baby boomers can’t afford assisted living and are weighing on the housing market by staying in their homes, ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says

Baby boomers are dragging on the housing market because most can't afford to move out of their homes, according to Meredith Whitney, the “Oracle of Wall Street” who predicted the Great Financial Crisis.

In an interview on Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, she said many cash-strapped Americans have been borrowing against their homes, and 44% of home-equity loans are being taken out by seniors, "which is counterintuitive. It's crazy, right?"

That's contrary to the typical narrative of baby boomers sitting on vast amounts of wealth accumulated over their lifetimes, which spanned unprecedented economic expansions and stock market booms.

finance.yahoo.com/news/most-ba…

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TIL the #Honda Rebel 300 isn't available in California. #motorcycle

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♲ @kennyc@diasporasocial.net: Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition

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♲ @strangerthanfiction@diaspora.glasswings.com:

Pennsylvania's Democratic Senator John Fetterman Raises Alarms with Outburst at Meeting with Union Officials - Bucks County Beacon

Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.

As the meeting deteriorated, a staff member moved to end it and ushered the visitors into the hallway, where she broke down crying. The staffer was comforted by the teachers who were themselves rattled by Fetterman’s behavior, according to a second person who was briefed separately on the meeting.

The interaction at Fetterman’s Washington office, described to The Associated Press by the two people who spoke about it on the condition of anonymity, came the day before New York Magazine published a story in which former staff and political advisers to Fetterman aired concerns about the senator’s mental health.

buckscountybeacon.com/2025/05/…

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At this point, I kind of think it was food poisoning, but I'll keep taking it easy until things are back to normal.