I was laughing and my dog thought I was hyperventilating and got me my emergency inhaler.
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Hegseth, a potential 2028 candidate, installs Musk as key Pentagon advisor
By choosing Elon Musk to co-lead the Pentagon’s “Future of Warfare” project, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a potential 2028 Republican presidential candidate, has secured a close working relationshi...
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Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
Since 9/21, high schoolers across France have shut down more than a thousand schools, demanding teachers, smaller classes, and buildings that aren't falling apart. The state answered with tear gas and nearly 2,000 arrests in a single day. Here, a right-wing reporter getting schooled by a HS student
What students are voicing during high school blockades: 'I am worried about my future and for all students in France'
What students are voicing during high school blockades: 'I am worried about my future and for all students in France'
From the Paris suburbs to Marseille, as well as Toulouse and Lyon, high schoolers interviewed by Le Monde during the blockades described their study conditions, their concerns and their need to be heard.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
A long read, but an important one: "In Indonesia, fires are burning in rainforests that contain 13 of the 20 largest remaining populations of Bornean orangutan." Please support our Emergency Fire Fund: donate.orangutanlandtrust.com news.mongabay.com/2026/10/ther...
‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels fires
JAKARTA — Fires burning within rainforests that contain more than half of the world’s critically endangered Bornean orangutan population have prompted scientists and experts to call for urgent action ...
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