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RecsThe "Stars Snub Bezos-backed Met Gala" headlines remind me of Princess Ivanka thinking she'd become the event's Queen
Trump mocks MAGA seniors to their faces
12h President Donald Trump bragged that he is "young" and "vibrant" compared to the residents of The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday. "I don't happen to be a senior," said the 79-year-old president. "I'm much younger than you. I'm a much younger man than you. Look at you old guys. Wouldn't you like to be my age? Young, vital, vibrant." Trump then went on to brag about his performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, whi ...
Spirit Airlines shuts down after White House rescue deal falls through
Updated May 2, 2026 at 3:30 a.m. EDT Spirit Airlines is shutting down operations effective immediately, the airline said in a statement early Saturday, after a White House proposal to bail out the beleaguered budget carrier fell through. The shuttering follows "extensive and comprehensive efforts to restructure the business," the airline said, adding that the recent increase in oil prices and other pressures have "significantly impacted" its prospects. "With no additi ...
Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center Fidelity's and Vanguard's donor-advised fund entities have taken similar actions since a Justice Department indictment of the civil rights group. Donor-advised funds let people create accounts, put donations in them, and take a tax deduction for the full amount that year. Then, they can parcel out donations to charities over time. Charles Krupa/Associated Press By Ron Lieber https://www.nytimes.com/by/ron-lieber Ron Lie ...
Trump Says He Has No Idea What Happened To Weapons the U.S. Sent To Be Used in Iran: 'I'm Not Happy'
May 1st, 2026, 8:53 pm President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” after weapons the U.S. supposedly delivered were not used against the Iranian regime, as intended. Trump took questions from reporters on Friday afternoon amid the ongoing war in Iran, which is currently paused due to a ceasefire. Nevertheless, Iran is still restricting traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. continues its blockade of the country. One reporter asked the president about his previous claim ...
Where is Renee Good's killer? AOC outraged by ICE agent's reinstatement
Friday 01 May 2026 17:25 EDT Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is furious that the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has been reinstated — and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to know if he's working in their state. "God forbid, every single American, every single person that that man encounters from his reinstatement on is in just great danger as she was in," Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in a video clip posted on X by the MeidasTouch Network. Ocasio-Cortez al ...
Defiant Alex Jones Makes Startling Vow in Final InfoWars Broadcast: 'The Real War Begins Now'
May 1st, 2026, 6:39 am Host Alex Jones signed off his final InfoWars broadcast on Thursday night after 27 years with a defiant vow to return even as a long-running legal battle over his media properties edges toward the courts’ final say. The shutdown comes as a dispute over the future of InfoWars moves through the courts, with satirical outlet The Onion seeking to take control of the brand that was liquidated in efforts to compensate families of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims, who w ...
Trump says he'll place 25% tariff on autos from the EU, accusing it of not complying with trade deal
Updated 3:11 PM EDT, May 1, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union next week to 25%, a move that could jolt the world economy at a fragile moment. Trump said in a social media post that the EU “is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal,” though he did not flesh out his objections in the post. Asked by reporters on Friday about the increase in import taxes as he departed the W ...
Appeals court blocks FDA rule that allows women to obtain abortion drugs by mail
A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated a nationwide requirement that abortion pills be obtained in person, undermining access to the method of abortion that has only grown more widespread since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Friday’s ruling from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is a major victory in the anti-abortion movement’s war against medication abortion, which now accounts for roughly two-thirds of all abortions in the United States. The ruling stems from a lawsu ...
US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say
May 1, 2026 5:31 PM EDT Updated 14 mins ago WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe. Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said on Monday the Iranians were humiliating the U.S. in talks to end the two-month-old war and that he did n ...
Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties
Fri 1 May 2026 17.52 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 May 2026 17.54 EDT Leon Botstein has announced he is stepping down from the helm of Bard College, after an independent review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein found the college president’s frequent interactions with the convicted sex offender “could have alerted” him to the possibility that he and Bard would be facilitating Epstein’s abuse of women. An investigation by the WilmerHale law firm, which had been commissioned by Bard’s board of t ...
- Environment & EnergyAbout 30% Of Houston's Residents Are Foreign-Born; Pollution, Heat & Immigration Raids Pushing Many Into Survival Mode
- Foreign AffairsPutin's Biggest Promise to Russians Just Collapsed -- Kursk Residents Evacuate the Region. - The Russian Dude
- MediaMBFC's Weekly Media Literacy Quiz
- Environment & EnergyAfter Decades Of Growing Nitrate Pollution, GQP In Iowa Introduces "Too Little, Too Late" Funding For Water Treatment
- Liberal YouTubersRoyal Zingers - King Charles ROASTS Trump to His Face! 🤣 - LateNight
- Liberal YouTubersTrump RAGES After Kimmel Gets The LAST LAUGH! - Really American
- Liberal YouTubersKash Patel & Todd Blanche humiliated at their own press conference - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen
- Cable News Clips'Outrageous': Drone firm backed by Trump family wins U.S. weapons deal - The 11th Hour - MS NOW
- Cable News ClipsPlenty of dollars, no sense: Americans tired of paying for Trump's Iran war - The 11th Hour - MS NOW
- Liberal YouTubers⚡King Charles SAID THIS directly in Congress! Historic address about Ukraine - War & Politics 24
- Music AppreciationSeymour Bernstein Dies at 99; Stage Fright Cut Short His Piano Career. He gave his last public concert in 1977.
- Sports🏀 very cool camera angle on a big shot.
- Weather WatchersDC: Cool and breezy today despite sun. Highs not far from 60.
- ArtistsToday's Watercolor Saturday
- HumorBallad for Erika (by Jake Schroeder)
- Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal RightsFirefighter dispatched to get cat out of tree used high powered hose, charged w/ crime, Fire chief condemns his actions
- Music AppreciationMuse - Exogenesis Symphony Part 3
- Cooking & BakingBreakfast Saturday 2 May 2026
- Music AppreciationMuse - Exogenesis: Symphony Pt. 1 (Overture)
- BasketballTurning 30: The slow and meteoric rise of the WNBA
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tourist who became an NFL kicker
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tradition-Summer vacation
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tradition - Tea (humor)
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tradition- sushi (humor)
- Asian GroupJapanese tradition - onigiri (humor)
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tradition-Hashi (humor)
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tradition- Dogeza (humor)
- Asian GroupThe Japanese tradition Origami (humor)
- Asian GroupStrict Japanese Sushi Chef try's American Sushi
- Ancient Wisdom and Pagan SpiritualityBeltane blessings to everyone!
- MinnesotaHello Minnesota!
- MassachusettsFive ballot candidates vying for two Selectboard seats in Orange election
- ArkansasSaline County committees to meet May 4; election worker stipends on agenda
- HawaiiLast-minute proposal threatens Hawaiʻi bill to limit corporate spending in elections
- PennsylvaniaJim Wertz (D) removed as Erie Co. board of elections chair
- ArizonaArizona Appeals Court Forces AG Mayes to Justify Withholding Election Records
- OregonLane County ballots mailed for May 19 primary election
- OhioCuyahoga Board of Elections reports more than 6,000 ballots with more expected Tuesday
- OregonWashington County mails ballots for May 19 election
- CaliforniaReport details 'unprofessional conduct' by Shasta County Elections Clerk Clint Curtis
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RecsThe "Stars Snub Bezos-backed Met Gala" headlines remind me of Princess Ivanka thinking she'd become the event's Queen
Purdue Pharma & Sackler family barred from selling opioids
30 min ago - Posted: May 1, 2026 / 11:26 PM EDT Updated: May 1, 2026 / 11:27 PM EDT (ABC22/FOX44) – As of May 1st, one of America’s largest drug manufacturers, is no more. Purdue Pharma, the former maker of OxyContin, is now owned by a non-profit, who ... (WFFF-TV Burlington, VT)
Trump cabinet member contacted crisis firm to bury bad press: NYT report
57 min ago - May 1, 2026 9:58PM ET A member of Trump's cabinet was in contact with a crisis management firm to bury negative press as he made a push for a White House post, according to a new report. "I need to be able to throw a ton of upvotes at the stuff that ... (Raw Story)
PACs spend millions in Nebraska's CD2 Democratic primary
1 hr ago - Josh Reyes 1 hr ago Political action committees have pumped cash into the Democratic primary for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, spending more than $3 million this April on advertising involving Denise Powell and State Sen. John Cavanaugh, acc ... (Omaha World Herald)
Trump Says He Has No Idea What Happened To Weapons the U.S. Sent To Be Used in Iran: 'I'm Not Happy'
1 hr ago - May 1st, 2026, 8:53 pm President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” after weapons the U.S. supposedly delivered were not used against the Iranian regime, as intended. Trump took questions from reporters on Friday afternoon amid the ongoin ... (MEDIAite)
Trump expands US sanctions on Cuban government and affiliates
1 hr ago - 12h WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting ... (msn/Reuters)
Temco Teamsters Rally for Fair Contract at Home Depot Headquarters
2 hrs ago - 2026.05.01 Drivers, Elected Officials Demand Fair First Contract, End Union Busting (ATLANTA) – Three months after becoming the first group of Home Depot workers to unionize, Temco Teamsters and their allies rallied outside of corporate headquar ... (Teamsters)
Garcia presses DHS for info on whether Noem is living in government housing
2 hrs ago - 05/01/26 6:54 PM ET Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information on whether its former secretary, Kristi Noem, is still living in go ... (The Hill)
Trump mocks MAGA seniors to their faces
2 hrs ago - 12h President Donald Trump bragged that he is "young" and "vibrant" compared to the residents of The Villages retirement community in Florida on Friday. "I don't happen to be a senior," said the 79-year-old president. "I'm much younger than you. I'm ... (Raw Story)
ActBlue Sues to Block Texas Attorney General's 'Retribution' Lawsuit
3 hrs ago - May 1, 2026, at 6:07 p.m. BOSTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday, trying to block the Republican from pursuing investigations and litigation against ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)
Thirteen killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, health ministry says
3 hrs ago - At least 13 people, including four women and a child, have been killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said. Two women and a child were among eight killed in Haboush in Nabatieh district, where the Israel Defe ... (BBC)
Judge rebukes prosecutors for moving forward with detention proceedings for accused correspondents' dinner gunman
3 hrs ago - May 1, 2026 / 5:54 PM EDT During a hearing on whether accused White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman Cole Allen should remain detained ahead of a criminal trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya scolded federal prosecutors for pushing to mov ... (CBS News)
Nebraska becomes 1st state to implement Medicaid work requirements
3 hrs ago - May 1, 2026, 5:51 PM Nebraska became the first state on Friday to implement the federal Medicaid work requirements, mandated under President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill that passed last summer. The bill imposes new 80-hour per month work r ... (ABC News)
Where is Renee Good's killer? AOC outraged by ICE agent's reinstatement
4 hrs ago - Friday 01 May 2026 17:25 EDT Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is furious that the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has been reinstated — and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to know if he's working in their state. "God f ... (The Independent)
The US is preparing a new hypersonic missile in case it has to reach targets deep in Iran
4 hrs ago - Posted 4:25 PM, May 01, 2026 Russia's been firing hypersonic weapons at Ukraine for four years. The United States has never fired one in combat. But that gap may be about to close in the Middle East. Recently released footage is reported to be the fi ... (Scripps News)
Gov. Bill Lee calls special session to redraw TN's U.S. House map in hopes of favoring GOP 9-0 😡
5 hrs ago - New maps would come three months before primaries and weeks after qualifying deadline for current seats By: Adam Friedman - May 1, 2026 5:02 pm Updated 5:50 pm Responding to President Donald Trump's pressure, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called a spec ... (tennesseelookout.com)
Spirit Airlines shuts down after White House rescue deal falls through
5 hrs ago - Updated May 2, 2026 at 3:30 a.m. EDT Spirit Airlines is shutting down operations effective immediately, the airline said in a statement early Saturday, after a White House proposal to bail out the beleaguered budget carrier fell through. The shutteri ... (Washington Post)
Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
5 hrs ago - Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center Fidelity's and Vanguard's donor-advised fund entities have taken similar actions since a Justice Department indictment of the civil rights group. Donor-advised funds let people ... (New York Times)
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending deportation protections for 2,800 Yemenis
6 hrs ago - May 1, 2026 / 3:37 PM EDT Washington -- A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal protections for more than 2,800 Yemeni nationals allowed to temporarily live and work in the United States, finding that the Depart ... (CBS News)
US Justice Department can use military lawyers to prosecute civilians, judge rules
9 hrs ago - The Trump administration's assignment of military lawyers to help the Department of Justice prosecute civilians for offenses unrelated to the military does not violate federal law, a Minnesota judge ruled on Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shann ... (Reuters)
Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports
10 hrs ago - President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. Navy was acting "like pirates" in carrying out Washington's naval blockade of Iranian ports during the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran. Trump made the comments while describing the seizur ... (Reuters)
