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“Dozens of US arts organizations have been notified that offers of government grants have been terminated, hours after Donald Trump proposed eliminating federal agencies that support arts, humanities and learning.” — The Guardian

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been sweating bullets the last few years, just terrified that the National Endowment for the Arts would receive a sensible amount of funding. It was like watching a slow-motion train wreck of watercolors, ballet shoes, and interpretive dance. Whenever I saw a local poetry slam or a subsidized community theater production of Hamlet, I thought, “This has gone too far.”

Yemen’s missile strike on Israel’s main airport and declaration of an aerial blockade mark a turning point in the regional war—challenging Tel Aviv militarily, economically, and even online and redefining resistance in the 21st century.

The post Yemen Hits Ben Gurion, Declares Blockade, Redefines 21st Century Resistance appeared first on MintPress News.

The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a serious threat to humanity. What is to be done?

- by Victor Kumar

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You have never read a science book like this

The post The Body Has a Head appeared first on Nautilus.

Just in time for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with Donald Trump in Washington, the U.S. Census Bureau has released year-end 2024 data on America’s bilateral trade flows in goods and services. This data reconfirms that the U.S trade deficit is neither new, nor an “emergency” (as Trump has claimed in order to invoke special emergency powers to set tariffs). [...]

Två av den svenska jazzens giganter — Nils Landgren och Jan Lundgren — höll konsert igår kväll på Palladium i Malmö. Bättre än så här blir det inte.

Starmer had pledged to end the “outrageous way government departments refuse freedom of information requests”.

The Trump administration appears concerned that it would be hypocritical to criticise governments abroad for doing things which it would like to do in the US, writes Washington-based Alexandra Hall Hall

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What does it mean to truly decommodify housing? Can the home be a place that not only meets our most basic needs, but a site of our own flourishing and wider societal transformation? Feeling at Home by Alva Gotby interrogates the politics of homes, asking us to grapple with practical questions about the capitalist and […]

“President Trump issued an executive order late Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors to ‘cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,’ the nation’s primary public broadcasters, claiming ideological bias.” — NPR

EXT. SESAME STREET

A group of children stand in the middle of Sesame Street. There are no cars because owning a car is a crime punishable by death. The children take turns injecting each other with puberty blockers—the only activity children are allowed to do in this fifteen-minute city. Big Bird enters wearing assless chaps. The children see Big Bird and run over, excitedly. Big Bird lights ten cigarettes in his beak and hands one to each child.

BIG BIRD: Remember, kids, there is no God. There is only the crushing weight of existence.

“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.

The post “They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case appeared first on The Intercept.

American ICU nurse Wally Massay has returned from Gaza with a heart-wrenching account of life inside bombed-out hospitals. In an exclusive interview with MintPress News, he details the deliberate targeting of civilians, children, and medical workers — and the heavy burden of American complicity.

The post “They Were Shot in the Groin”: American ICU Nurse Exposes Gaza War Crimes appeared first on MintPress News.

Australia’s leading numerologist and as it stands interim leader of the Liberal party, Sussan Ley, has thrown her hat into the ring to become full-time leader by telling colleagues that she will make the party great again by adding an... Read More ›

AIPAC-backed legislation threatening Americans with prison for supporting boycotts of Israel collapsed after GOP lawmakers revolted over free speech concerns.

The post Rare Right-Wing Revolt Sinks Bill Punishing Boycotts of Israel With Prison appeared first on MintPress News.

This week, chunks of the famous comet will fall to Earth in the Eta Aquarids meteor shower

The post From the Debris of Halley’s Comet appeared first on Nautilus.

“The unofficial version of Signal used by Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has been hacked.” — Reuters

Want to hear something interesting? If you’re a messaging app trying to market yourself as the “gold standard of private communications," the last thing you want is to be in the news every day because some Fox News host is too dumb to understand how privacy works. That’s just a little free info from me, Signal, the messaging app you’ve probably been reading about lately thanks to a bunch of high-level government pinheads who think that the MMR vaccine is composed of fetus debris and gay powder.

A tobacco brand and other former clients of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles are lining up to lobby the Trump administration for favors.

You will need:1 cup rice (uncooked)3 cups water3½ cups milk½ teaspoon salt1 stick cinnamon2 egg yolks, slightly beaten¾ cup sugar½ cup raisins½ teaspoon grated lemon rind1 teaspoon vanillapowdered cinnamon Wash rice and slowly bring it to a boil in 3 cups of water. Add salt and lemon rind. Cook until soft and fluffy. Add milk, […]

It’s Cinco de Mayo! To celebrate, I’m opening the vaults and sharing a tequila cocktail.  Since this post includes a lot of Real Housewives content, here’s a Fun Fact: on Friday I dragged Mr. Sauce, Esq. to the Philadelphia Live Casino and Hotel to see Countess Cabaret starring Countess Luann of RHONY fame. Is sheContinue reading Jose Cuervo Scapulada (1979) →