'Others wrote to us to say they can't ever see themselves ever going back to buying U.S. goods or travelling to the country again.

'"I may never shop again without making sure it's a Canadian product," Garry Semple told CBC News.

'"I get angrier the more this goes on."

'Rita Bailey told us something similar.

'"I am 75 and I can't see this changing for the duration of my life. I won't back down and I pray that our leaders won't either," she said.'
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#Canada #uspol #trade #tourism

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How is it that within 10 minutes of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom is investigating 34 porn sites, yet in 30 years of disability legislation in the UK there hasn't been a single instance of case law for websites or apps because the EHRC has signally failed to support people with disabilities even when there is a strong case to be made? 😩

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Some bloke called Keir Starmer made these pledges when he stood for Labour leader in 2020, “based on the moral case for socialism”.

Green New Deal, nationalised public services, human rights, “defend migrants’ rights”, abolish tuition fees, review arms sales, all that good stuff.

This guy sounds alright. Wish we had him as our Prime Minister. #UKpol @fkamiah17

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Starmer, Labour and Socialism now act like divorcees who hate each other.

One thing I swear, I will never ever vote for UK Labour, I am absolutely disgusted with the repressive state that UK has become.
Not unexpected from Conservatives or far right lunatic party, that a previously respected human rights lawyer is behind present awful misuse of power is utterly disgusting...

“We’re seeing teens being prevented from accessing content about sexual health, politics and news.

If adults want to see this content, they are forced to prove how old they are with unregulated age verification companies.

Meanwhile, small websites are closing down because they are worried about being fined because of these onerous demands.”

🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker

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#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #censorship #ukpolitics

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Have you heard of the 3-30-300 🌳 rule?

Everyone should be able to:

🌲 See at least 3 trees from their home
🌳 Have 30% tree canopy cover in their neighbourhood
🍃 Live within 300 metres of a high-quality green space

Trees help us cool down our towns in the summer, improve air quality and regulate the water cycle.

That’s why The EU Biodiversity Strategy commits to planting at least 3 billion additional trees in the EU by 2030.

Learn more ➡️ europa.eu/!RGwp7f

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Η επιμορφωτική κοινωνική προσφορά της ημέρας.
Στη μυθολογία της Μεσοποταμίας υπήρχε ένας δαίμονας που λεγόταν Παζούζου.
Σήμερα έχουμε ένα κουκλάκι σα μαϊμούδι που έχει τρελάνει κόσμο και λέγεται Λαμπούμπου.
Και οι κινέζοι που το φτιάχνουν φτιάχνουν και τις μαϊμού της μαϊμούς που λέγονται Λαφούφου.
Αυτά.
Αύριο, πρόχειρο διαγώνισμα.

La @foufoutos@kafeneio.social😂Μέχρι εκεί έφτασε η χάρη σου μωρέ;

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Η επιμορφωτική κοινωνική προσφορά της ημέρας.
Στη μυθολογία της Μεσοποταμίας υπήρχε ένας δαίμονας που λεγόταν Παζούζου.
Σήμερα έχουμε ένα κουκλάκι σα μαϊμούδι που έχει τρελάνει κόσμο και λέγεται Λαμπούμπου.
Και οι κινέζοι που το φτιάχνουν φτιάχνουν και τις μαϊμού της μαϊμούς που λέγονται Λαφούφου.
Αυτά.
Αύριο, πρόχειρο διαγώνισμα.

🚨 BREAKING: Q2 GDP growth up 3%, leaving economists STUNNED

“WAY better than expected!

Don’t underestimate the Trump economy! 🔥
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Primary Election with Razor-Thin Vote Margin Rocked by Fraud Allegation

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How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening logo created?

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Start-ups mischen den Rüstungsmarkt auf - mit Drohnen, KI-Technologie und Überwachungssystemen. Wie verschieben sich dadurch die Gewichte in der Branche und wie beeinflussen die Start-ups Aufrüstung und Kriegsgeschehen? Wir haben mit Franz Enders übe…
Start-ups in der Rüstungsbranche: „Man kann hier von einem neuen militärisch-industriellen Komplex sprechen“

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GH15 prayer for July 31, 2025
Understanding Kingly and Priestly Intercession
Dutch Sheets

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"Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was contacted by a female BBC reporter for comment after the incident, but Robinson responded with a message that said "slag"." - that this scummy little crook is hero to thousands of people makes me sick. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq682g…
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@mrsimoto στηρίζεται κυρίως σε παρωχημένο σοβιετικό υλικό, ούτε αεροπορία της προκοπής δεν έχει, τώρα παρήγγειλε αεροπλάνα και φυσικά αύξησε το χρέος της σαν την Ελλάδα.
Για να μην αναφέρω το πληθυσμιακό της πρόβλημα
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οι διακηρύξεις για το μέγεθος, οι βλέψεις επεκτατισμού και η βάρβαρη κατοχή (13 και 16-17 και 41-44) που έχει διαπράξει η Βουλγαρία στη χώρα δεν έγιναν ποτέ αντικείμενο συζήτησης. Αν δεν είχε περάσει στο "σοσιαλιστικό" στρατόπεδο αντί να πουλάνε το παραμύθι περί κινδύνου εξ ανατολάς θα έλεγαν "κρίμα που ο κάμπος των Σερρών είναι βουλγάρικος" και "πρέπει να εξοπλιστούμε γιατί θα κατέβουν μέχρι τη Λάρισα".
in reply to Cory Doctorow

@Adrian Meanwhile, if you want to order the English book, I'd suggest trying to source the UK edition (easier to get in the EU than the US one) from an English bookstore, e.g. The American Bookstore in Amsterdam, Otherland in Berlin, Shakespeare and Co in Paris, etc.

You'll also be able to buy the ebook directly from me, either in the pre-sale Kickstarter that starts in late Aug, or from my store (craphound.com/shop) after the Oct publication.

According to an article published by the Serbian news outlet Niške Vesti, Bulgaria is “quietly advancing” its influence in Southern Serbia by way of citizenship, BGNES reported.

The report claims that thousands of Serbian citizens are acquiring Bulgarian passports, echoing what it describes as a similar pattern previously observed in North Macedonia.

#Balkans #Serbia #Bulgaria #EU

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in reply to Fou

While the article acknowledges no official conspiracy, it frames the development as politically significant. It refers to Bulgarian citizenship granted to Serbs not simply as an individual decision for better mobility, but as a strategic act with potential implications for regional identity and sovereignty. The analysis does not mention the standard legal requirement for applicants to prove Bulgarian ancestry and to declare a Bulgarian identity - something the Bulgarian side consistently upholds
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Fou

i am aware of it

The same thing happened with Moldovans who obtained Romanian passports.

However, this does not change the fact that some political circles have other goals and ideas.

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Trump sanktioniert die palästinensische Autonomiebehörde und die PLO.
Folgerichtig, wenn man Organisation wie Hamas signalisieren möchte, dass friedliches Hände in den Schoß legen und an Selbstaufgabe grenzende Kooperation mit Israel, während gerade ein Genozid am eigenen Volk durchgeführt wird, nichts nützt.
Am Ende geht's der USA halt doch nur darum dass Israel sich das ganze Gebiet Palästinas einverleiben kann.
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Cuban tourism faces a great challenge, media reports plenglish.com/news/2025/07/25/…

If you don’t recognise a genocide as a genocide you are, by definition, a genocide denier. It doesn’t matter if you make yourself feel better by saying after nearly 2 years of genocide that starving children is ‘indefensible’. You’re still a genocide denier. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The Situation: Not Genocide Is...

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I've never seen such a coordinated push amongst world leaders on this 'issue.' There's no doubt in my mind that they talked with one another about forcing this down everyone's throat.

I'd really like to know what bug crawled up their collective asses to all of a sudden, out of nowhere, decide that we need mandatory IDs to browse the Internet "NOW NOW NOW NOW." It's almost like they're operating under a time limit to get this implemented and they don't care about being so brazen about it.

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The giant fucking issue is that they have unlimited tries to get this passed. And everyone has only one chance to stop it. They can keep trying over and over and over again and just wait until the public is too fatigued to fight anymore to get it passed.

Once a law is passed, it almost seems like it needs an inhuman amount of political capital and lobbying money burnt to reverse it, which almost seems like it's by design at this point.

in reply to Burger

Our gameplan should be: Decentralization & decoupling from centralized systems, encryption & VPN, Monero markets, and zeroing in on divisions in their power structure (i.e. playing them off against each other)

In the space of censorship, there will be a huge issue in what gets added to the list, because "everyone" wants to add something, and if the list ends up with everything then the censored media regime becomes trash, so we should be encouraging censorship scope creep.

I think we also need to be in the digital ID game, because (for example) you want to be able to post something anonymously, but have people know that it's coming from a Known Good Guy...

in reply to Rehn

Trump might as well embody the worst parts of Reagan, Nixon, and Bush put together, but I think the Epstein thing is unrelated.

But it sure seems like they're making a massive coordinated push like their lives depend on it for whatever reason. They clearly don't care about the last shred of good will from the public they're burning through to get this rammed through everywhere. Because practically everyone's noticing this.

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@Burger I think they've been looking at the behaviours demonstrated during the covid lockdowns and see that while they were able to largely stop people meeting in person and speaking freely and looking after each other, they also saw the dissent online, you know the 'misinformation' crowd. They want to control that absolutely before they do the next similar thing.

They've seen that in order to account for the outliers that they will need to control the net. The 'protecting children' line is just the sugar sprinkled on the dick they want us all to suck.

In Romania, when it comes to VAT fraud, there is involvement from the Italian mafia, but our country is also fertile ground for the Chinese mafia. This is the statement made by the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kovesi, in an interview with Libertatea.

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What if one of the banking families evilest lies was getting Everybody to refer to the land in the middle east as, "Israel?"

When in reality, Israel is the people of God, not that postage stamp.

See, if you're against God's people, that's terrible. But if you are against their-evil WHILE you call it by the name of something good... it causes "confusion" at minimum.

europesays.com/2290653/ Trump’s Fantasies Extend To India Buying Pakistani Oil #clash #conflict #Conflicts #DonaldTrump #homeslider #India #IndiaPakistan #IndiaPakistanClash #IndiaPakistanConflict #IndiaPakistanWar #pakistan #tariffs #trade #trump #UnitedStates #US #USA #war
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— all interesting clues. But could also mean she just does whatever pleases her, and that could include messing with people. I’ve known women who look like her who have a wicked sense of humor.

Her hard-sell, over-the-top script and super-smiley delivery, like she’s maybe having a hard time keeping a straight face, are far more convincing to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The makeup and eyebrows on the baby were a nice touch. 🤣

Romania’s current transport minister, the Social Democrat Ciprian Șerban, offered bribes to representatives of a forest district in Iași County as a young businessman in 2012, according to recently surfaced documents and recordings.

#Balkans

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Anti-Russia Sanctions Ultimatum Will Blow Up in US' Face: Jeffrey Sachs Explains Why sputnikglobe.com/20250730/anti…

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"The classical Liberal, during the Revolutionary time, was a man who wanted less power for the king and more power for the people. He wanted people to have more say in the running of their lives and he wanted protection for the God-given rights of the people. He did not believe those rights were dispensations granted by the king to the people, he believed that he was born with them. Well, that today is the Conservative."

-- Ronald Reagan
(1911-2004) 40th US President

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is seeking proposals for the use of its historic aircraft hangar, along with a parking lot, tarmac, and a small neighboring office building. Proposals are due by 1 p.m. EDT on Nov. 28. The hangar, formally known as the Flight Research Building, is available for lease by signing a […]

Police raid anti-fascist youth camp in Austria
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"Solidarity groups and Slovenian government calling for investigation of the provocative operation at resistance memorial site ~ Joseph King ~ On Sunday 27 July, Austrian police raided an anti-fascist youth camp held at the Peršman Homestead in a remote area of the state of Carinthia. The site, itself a local institution for preserving the memory
The post

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"We should never define libertarian positions in terms coined by liberals and conservatives, nor as some variant of their positions. We are not fiscally conservative and socially liberal. We are libertarians, who believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility on all issues at all times."

-- Harry Browne
(1933-2006) American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. Libertarian candidate for US President 1996 & 2000

Trump does shit every day that should get him impeached. But illegally punishing an entire country — and any Americans who use products or do businesses with anyone in Brazil — because it’s prosecuting its former president for attempting a violent coup is among the worst things he has done.

Trump signs order increasing B...

US message to Israel is that it can get away with ‘worse than starvation’
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/quotable/2025/7/31/us-message-to-israel-is-that-it-can-get-away-with-worse-than?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Da un'economia di occupazione a un'economia di genocidio. Il nuovo rapporto di Francesca Albanese


Il convegno promosso il 29 luglio alla Sala del Cenacolo della Camera dei Deputati dall'Intergruppo parlamentare per la pace tra Israele e Palestina coordinato dall'On. Stefania Ascari.

Intervengono:

On. Stefania Ascari
Francesca Albanese, Rel. speciale delle Nazioni Unite sulla situazione dei diritti umani nei Territori palestinesi occupati dal 1967;
Duccio Facchini, giornalista e direttore di Altreconomia;
Stefania Maurizi, giornalista de Il Fatto Quotidiano;
Michele Carducci, professore di Diritto costituzionale comparato Università del Salento;
Alessandra Annoni, professoressa di Diritto internazionale all'Università di Ferrara
Michela Arricale, avvocata e copresidente del CRED
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“Dividing the political positions into liberal versus conservative is itself a leading example of [an old conceptual framework that organizes the world into categories and stereotypes] shared by journalists and media activists alike. As a result, it has taken decades for libertarians in the United States to break through this conventional view of the political spectrum and gain recognition as a distinct point of view. Over and above any hostility journalists had to…

Kafkaslarda Değişen Dengeler

Rusya-Ukrayna arasındaki savaş üç senedir devam ederken, Orta Doğu’da değişen dengelerden sonra, sıranın Kafkasya’ya geldiği anlaşılıyor. Bilindiği gibi, Rusya’nın Ukrayna savaşı ile meşgul olması nedeniyle Suriye’ye verdiği desteği geri çekmesi, Esat rejiminin devrilmesi ve bölgede Siyonist İsrail’in stratejik üstünlüğü ele geçirmesiyle sonuçlanmıştı. Şimdi de Rusya’nın savaşta olmasını ve güç kaybetmesini fırsat bilen ABD elebaşılığındaki Batı emperyalizmi gözünü yeniden Güney Kafkasya’ya dikti.

  1. yüzyılda, gelişmiş ve gelişmekte olan ülkelerin enerjiye olan ihtiyaçları çok büyük oranda arttı. Yeni bir Orta Doğu olmamakla birlikte, Batı’nın elindeki en önemli petrol sahası olup, yakın gelecekte tükenecek olan Kuzey Denizi rezervlerinin yerini almaya aday Hazar’daki enerji kaynakları ve hidrokarbonlar Güney Kafkasya’nın stratejik önemini daha da artırdı. Yapılan hesaplara göre, tüm dünyadaki enerji rezervlerinin, bugünkü tüketim hızı ile elli yıl ömrü kaldı. Çin ve Hindistan’ın gelişme seyrinin devam etmesi hâlinde enerji kaynaklarının ömrünün daha da kısalacağı tahmin ediliyor.
  2. yüzyılın Orta Doğu’su diyebileceğimiz Kafkasya’da, SSCB’den kopan üç devlet; Azerbaycan, Gürcistan ve Ermenistan jeopolitik tablonun önemli aktörleridir. Azerbaycan, Hazar Denizi havzasının ve Orta Asya’nın zenginliklerini içeren “şişenin” girişini kontrol eden, yaşamsal önemdeki “tıpa” olarak tanımlanabilir. Ermenistan; Kafkasya’ya açılan kilit, Türkiye’nin Turan yolu üzerinde stratejik bir engel, Kafkasya jeopolitik tablosunun önemli bir oyuncusudur. Gürcistan ise Karadeniz ile Kafkas ülkeleri arasında köprü ve Kafkasları kontrol açısından stratejik bir konumdadır. Bu özellikleriyle bölge, hem enerji kaynakları hem de Rusya’yı güneyden çevrelemek isteyen emperyalist ABD ve Primakov doktrinine göre, bölgeyi yumuşak karnı olarak gören Rusya için büyük önem taşımakta olup, alt emperyalist Türkiye’nin de hedefleri arasındadır. Bölgenin merkezî önemini kavrayan Rusya, gerek SSCB döneminde gerekse sonrasında, bölgenin üç devletinin desteğiyle, jeopolitik dengeyi büyük ölçüde kendi lehine çevirmişti. ABD tarafından güneyden kuşatıldığını hisseden Rusya’nın amacı, yakın çevresini, yani tüm Kafkasya’yı stratejik denetime alarak Çarlık Rusya’sından beri süre gelen jeopolitik gelenekleri sürdürebilmektir. ABD’nin jeopolitik çıkarı ise bölgeyi Rusya’nın etkisinden çıkarmak, enerji zengini Güney Kafkasya’yı emperyalizmin çıkarları doğrultusunda yeniden dizayn edip Orta Asya’ya ulaşabilmektir.

Son Ermeni-Azeri savaşına askerî olarak katılan Türkiye’de Turancılık, devletin resmî ideolojisi olarak, İttihat ve Terakki’den beri hep var oldu. Türkiye, ölümcül Turan fantezisi gereği, Azerbaycan yoluyla Hazar Denizi’ne, oradan da Orta Asya’daki Türkî cumhuriyetlerine ulaşmayı hedefliyor. Diğer yandan da Azerbaycan ve Orta Asya’dan gelip Batı’ya gidecek enerjinin terminal ülkesi olmayı hayal ediyor. Ermeni toprağı Zengezur koridoru, Türkiye’nin Orta Asya’ya ulaşmasını engellediğinden koridorun açılmasında ısrar ediyor. Türkiye, Ermenistan’ı Azerbaycan ile kontrol altına alma peşinde. Azerbaycan’ın 2020 ve 2023 senelerindeki saldırılarının asıl nedeni bu stratejik hedeftir. Bu nedenle Türkiye, Azerilerin haksız savaşını Azerbaycan ordusunu eğiterek ve fiilen son savaşa da katılarak destekledi.

Güney Kafkasya’da dengeler, Ermenistan’da Batı yanlısı Peşinyan’nın başbakan olması ile değişmeye başladı. Yukarı Karabağ’ın kaybıyla sonuçlanan 2023’deki savaşta Rusya’nın gerekli desteği vermemesi, Ermenistan’ın Rusya’dan yana stratejik pozisyonunu değiştirmesiyle sonuçlandı. Azerbaycan, Batı ile Rusya arasında denge politikası izlerken, ilişkiler 2024 senesinde Azerbaycan yolcu uçağının Kazakistan’da düşürülmesiyle bozulmaya başladı. Azerbaycan, Rusya kabul etmese de uçağın Rusya tarafından düşürüldüğünü iddia etti. Daha sonra Rus güvenlik güçlerinin iki Azerbaycan vatandaşını Moskova’da işkence ile katletmesi üzerine, 2025 senesinde taraflar medya ofislerinde operasyonlar yapıp kültürel faaliyetleri askıya alarak karşılıklı notalar verdiler. Bu arada Azerbaycan ile Ermenistan da yaptıkları görüşmeler sonucunda, Zengezur koridorunun açılması da dâhil, ihtilaflı konularda büyük oranda anlaşmaya vardılar. Peşinyan’ın Ankara’yı ziyareti de anlaşmayı perçinlemiş oldu.

Gelinen aşamada, bölgede Rusya lehine olan dengeler değişmiş olduğundan, Rusya-Ermenistan-İran ekseni dağılmış gibi görünüyor. Böylece Azerbaycan-Gürcistan-Ermenistan’dan oluşacak Güney Kafkasya zinciri ile Rusya’yı güneyden, İran’ı kuzeyden kuşatmak mümkün olacaktır.

Gerek Orta Doğu gerekse Kafkasya’daki gelişmeleri ve Rusya-Ukrayna savaşını, iki emperyalist devletin, ABD ve Çin’in arasında yapılacak “3. Paylaşım Savaşı”nın ayak sesleri olarak görmek gerekiyor. Hegemonyası gerilemekte olan ABD, bir yanda kendi cephe gerisini tahkim ederken, diğer yandan Çin’in stratejik ortakları Rusya ve İran’ı pasifize ediyor. ABD’nin tek süper güç olma pozisyonunu muhafazası ancak Orta Doğu ve Kafkasya’da petrol ve doğalgaz aktarımını kontrol etmesi, Pasifik’te ittifaklarını güçlendirmesiyle mümkün olabilecektir.

İsmi konmamış bu savaşta emperyalist Rusya ise Ukrayna savaşından başını kaldırdıktan sonra, yumuşak karnı Kafkasya’da dengeyi kendi lehine çevirebilmek için; karşıt unsurların bloke edilmesi, sosyo-politik ortamın destabilize edilmesi ve sert güç kullanmak da dâhil, her türlü enstrümanı kullanacaktır.

Ahmet Hulusi Kırım

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The US is building an unprecedented net of💔deportee dumping grounds, pursuing deals w ~a 3rd of the world’s nations to expel #immigrants to places *don't hold ctz. Once exiled🚨-sometimes detained, imprisoned, or in danger of being sent back to their country of origin.

>8,100 ppl have been expelled in this manner since Jan 20 +the US has made arrangements to send ppl to at least 13 nations *12: cited by the St Dept for sig HR abuses.
#Deportations #Sadism #Fascism #USPol theintercept.com/2025/07/29/tr…

Now We Know the Official Who Approved the Spikevax Vaccine for Children While Robert Kennedy Jr. Was Allegedly on Vacation

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GOP’s Josh Hawley and Democrats vote to advance congressional stock trading ban

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