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Health
“For me it is still November 21, 2021,” Athlete Emerges after 500 Days in a Cave
“When they came in to get me, I was asleep. I thought something had happened. I said, ‘Already? Surely not.’ I hadn’t finished my book,” the 50-year-old Spanish athlete said, according to the Reuters news MORE
Opinion
“The Doom Loop”: Democracy Collides with Republicans’ Minority Rule
From The Guardian: Opinion poll after opinion poll shows that Republicans are increasingly out of touch with mainstream sentiment on hot button issues such as abortion rights and gun safety. Accordingly, the party has suffered MORE
Crime
Update: Cash App Founder killed by Tech Colleague in argument over Sister
The 38-year-old tech consultant, Nima Momeni, charged in the killing of Bob Lee, stabbed the Cash App founder with a kitchen knife sdveral times, according to court documents released Friday. Nima Momeni drove Lee to a secluded MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 15
Happy Friday, News Viewers, on this 15th day of April, the day taxes are due…..beware the Ides of April…..:-) This year we get an extra couple of days of grace — they have to be MORE
Opinion
“Melania Trump Just Wants to Be Left Alone, You Monsters”
From Vanity Fair: “The former first lady and her ever-embattled husband ate Easter lunch among their loyal sycophants at the resort they live in, Mar-a-Lago. Had the former first lady not just been absent last MORE
State News
Indiana recycling plant fire causes evacuation of thousands due to toxic smoke
From CNN A fire that started Tuesday afternoon at a recycling plant in the eastern Indiana city of Richmond was emitting toxic smoke and has forced evacuation orders for about 2,000 people as it is MORE
Gun Violence
Updates on Louisville Shooting, Body Cam Footage Released
From AP: “Police body camera video released Tuesday showed the chaotic moments when police arrived at the scene of a mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, as the shooter they couldn’t see from the street MORE
Abortion
Iowa won’t pay for rape victims’ abortions or contraceptives
“The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault“ From Politico: In Iowa, money for the victim compensation MORE
Wingnut Watch
Hyenas are communists”: GOP Influencers spread GOP message through Children’s Story Hour
Jack Posobiec is an alt-right influencer who is present on Twitter with over 2 million followers, Is set to read to children as part of the Right’s effort to counter the Drag Queens Story Hour. MORE
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Ugh. It’s not time to get up is it? SAY it ain’t so. . . The Monday after Easter is a sugar hangover day, or it is if you’ve been into the Easter candy, with MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
I’m a sniper. And I’m pregnant’: meet Ukraine’s frontline lovers
“Squelching through muddy trenches under mortar fire may seem far from romantic, but war forges intense bonds quickly — something noticed early on by Khrystyna Biliakovska, a 28-year-old communications manager who came up with the MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
U.S. Secret Documents about Ukraine, N.Korea, Iran Leaked Online; DOJ opens Investigation
The leak of U.S. secret documents about Ukraine continued on social media on Friday. Also included in the documents were secrets about Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea’s missile program, and documents from other regions of MORE
Russia
Journalist Evan Gershkovich formally charged with espionage in Russia
The Wall Street Journal has described Gershkovich’s arrest as “a vicious affront to a free press, and should spur outrage in all free people and governments throughout the world”. From The Guardian: Russian Federal Security MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 14
Happy Friday, News Viewers, and yes, here we are, venturing into April whether we want to or not. . . . April is looking to be as dramatic as March news-wise, whether that news is MORE
Religion
Report details ‘staggering’ church sex abuse in nation’s oldest Archdiocese
From APMore than 150 Catholic priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore sexually abused over 600 children and often escaped accountability, according to a long-awaited state report released Wednesday that revealed the scope MORE
Crime
Cash App founder dead: Bob Lee dies after San Francisco stabbing
From the BBC San Francisco police found a 43-year-old Bob Lee unconscious on the ground with two stab wounds to his chest, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, and started to administer aid before rushing MORE
The Former Guy
Judge Ordered Stormy to Pay Trump $121K Today for Legal Fees in Defamation Lawsuit
From Rolling Stone: THE FALLOUT FROM Donald Trump’s alleged affair with Stormy Daniels landed him in court on Tuesday — but stuck her with a hefty bill. A federal appeals court has ordered Daniels to pay Trump’s lawyers over MORE
Justice
Don’t Take Your Eye Off Jack Smith
“The classified-documents scandal is continuing to look worse and worse for Donald Trump.“ From The Atlantic: The eyes of the world will be on Manhattan, where the former president is expected to be arraigned this MORE
Civil Rights
April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis
The night before, Dr. King delivered his Mountaintop Speech saying “I’ve seen the Promised Land…” Tuesday, April 4, marks the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Despite yearly commemorations MORE
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Happy Monday, News Viewers, the day before Tuesday, not an election Tuesday, rather it will be indictment Tuesday. It will be an important beginning of legal consequences for someone steeped in illegal acts, though as MORE
2022 Election
John Fetterman in powerful interview opens up about depression following his 2022 stroke and Senate win
“Depression can absolutely convince you that you actually lost” From The Insider The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat, who was discharged from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, told CBS “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley two MORE
Books
Judge orders Llano County officials to return banned books to library shelves
Officials in Llano County must return to the public library system books they removed and allow them to be checked out again, a federal judge ruled this week. From the Texas Tribune: The Judge’s order arrived in MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Finland cleared to join NATO following Turkish vote
“All 30 Nato allies have now ratified the accession protocol,” Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. “Finland will formally join our alliance in the coming days.” Finland’s membership represents the first enlargement since North Macedonia joined the alliance MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 13
Happy Friday News Viewers. . . Truly, TGIF — will you remember where you were yesterday on March 30, 2023, the day of Trump’s first indictment AND the first time a president has been indicted? MORE