Gas prices and his volatile diplomatic relations with Canada are impacting the Greater Los Angeles Area, the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world. enewspaper.dailybreeze.com/infinity/art...
Gas prices curtail holiday travel
Gas prices curtail holiday travel
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Gas prices and volatile diplomatic relations with Canada are impacting the Greater Los Angeles Area, the third-largest metropolitan economy in the world. enewspaper.dailybreeze.com/infinity/art...
Gas prices curtail holiday travel
Gas prices curtail holiday travel
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Bellwether: CA’s regular gas today $5.7820/gal vs $4.6062/gal yr ago (+25.5%). Diesel is $7.6034/gal vs $5.1273/gal yr ago (+48.3%). Gas prices hit both HHs & commerce. Port of LA, busiest container port in No Am, #16 globally, handling +40% of all 🇺🇸 containerized cargo. gasprices.aaa.com?state=CA
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This should raise some eyebrows: www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
More ultrawealthy in Trump's administration than those in previous 3 presidents combined, report shows
In all, 57 Trump officials are worth at least $100 million, including 17 ambassadors and the remaining 40 in senior posts across the executive branch.
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Professor Richardson’s letter is a powerful reminder of our history, as we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July.
July 2, 2026
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed a “Resolution for Independence” declaring “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are ...
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Sen. Chris Murphy’s 100% right: “[DT]’s betting corruption’ll be so constant..we stop hearing it…We can’t let it happen…once corruption becomes normal, it becomes permanent…WH isn’t a business opportunity…. presidency isn’t a license to steal from Americans…government of the 🇺🇸 belongs to Americans.”
July 1, 2026
Today President Donald J.
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USSC “upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship , rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.” apple.news/ABxccMl3tRSe...
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits — The Associated Press
The Supreme Court has upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people in the United States illegally or t...
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“Philippines’ 5/7/26 major 7.8 EQ, followed by 3 6.0 EQs isn’t being flagged for tsunami info by USGS. Why? It’s exactly type of EQ event we’d expect to be flagged…[for] possible tsunami info, & yet it’s not…no blue flag icon/no link to tsunami.gov on the EQ.” quakefeed.substack.com/p/tsunami-th...
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On today’s D-Day landings anniversary, Hegseth refused to participate in the international ceremonies commemorating the fallen for their sacrifice, & called on our allies to do more for their own defense. He also analogized present-day immigration to a D-Day invasion: bsky.app/profile/lepa...
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Le Parisien@leparisien.fr · 3mo agoLe secrétaire américain à la Défense Pete Hegseth a de nouveau appelé les pays européens à en faire plus pour leur défense samedi matin au cimetière militaire américain de Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados), quelques heures après avoir renoncé à participer à la cérémonie...
I'm a Ca. and am offended by how he is trying to buy our state office.
CA’ 2026 economy overtook Japan’s & now ranks as the world’s 4th largest economy by GDP, performing better than US overall: m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
California overtakes Japan to become world’s 4th-largest economy - here’s what changed
California economy 2026: California's economy has surged to become the fourth largest in the world, overtaking Japan, driven by strong growth in the tech and healthcare sectors, booming venture capital funding, and significant contributions to the US stock market.
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It will always remind me of 47’s signature featured on that 50th birthday book Ghislaine Maxwell compiled for their friend, Jeffrey Epstein.
EIGHT DOLLARS A GALLON. Downtown Los Angeles. Today. Trump promised to lower gas prices on Day 1. Instead he started a war with Iran and gas in LA just topped $8. This is sticker shock. This is his fault. #TrumpsGasProblem
Great article and points on Cuba: fair.org/home/its-tak...
‘It’s Taken for Granted That Cuban Sovereignty Doesn’t Matter’: CounterSpin interview with Reed Lindsay on the war on Cuba
"It's our government, with our resources, that is essentially playing a huge role in causing the suffering in Cuba."
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Interesting view & analysis from abroad of the US’s current & near-term situation by Pierre Gervais, Professor of American Civilization, University Sorbonne Nouvelle: bsky.app/profile/onef...
Our southern is calling it an unprovoked, illegal, illegitimate war: bsky.app/profile/circ...
"SOBREMESA" #CirculaEnRedes 📰Informa@circulaenredes.bsky.social · 6mo ago🚨 #CirculaEnRedes Informa 🗞️ ÚLTIMA HORA: Comunicado de la Embajada de Irán en México. "La guerra de Netanyahu y Trump contra Irán es totalmente no provocada, ilegal e ilegítima. Trump ha convertido 'America First' en 'Israel First', lo que siempre significa '
First of all, the Iowa is now the only maritime museum open to the public on the West Coast, docked at Berth 87 on the LA Waterfront in San Pedro, near the LA Cruise Terminal. Second, his golf course is about 7 miles away, sitting on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Trump Goes On Bonkers Riff On Battleships That Includes The Literal Plot Of A Hasbro Movie
Trump went on a bonkers riff about battleships in which he longed to recreate a key plot point of the Hasbro movie Battleship.
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This is how it’s done when you hold people accountable in the the Epstein case. If France and Great Britain can do it, the US can do so as well: 🔴 Un diplomate français mis en cause dans l'affaire Epstein, le ministre français des Affaires étrangères annonce saisir la justice ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/kzjO
Affaire Epstein : la justice saisie après la mise en cause d’un diplomate français
Le chef du Quai d’Orsay a par ailleurs annoncé la conduite d’une enquête administrative et lance d’une procédure disciplinaire.
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This is worth watching w/respect to what’s happened overnight in Venezuela and what’s at stake: www.youtube.com/live/7JXQhff...
Today's News, January 3, 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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L’écrivaine et journaliste spécialiste des questions de climat avait annoncé un mois plutôt être atteinte de la maladie.
La journaliste Tatiana Schlossberg, petite-fille de John Fitzgerald Kennedy, est morte à 35 ans d’un cancer
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October 2025 saw fifty more cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes committed by Trump and his administration. They're up 580 since he was sworn in last January.
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: November 2025: Atrocities 530-580
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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This is an exhaustive—if not, exhausting—list of what 47 has done just during October 2025. It’s worth a read for a sense of the extent of 47’s behaviors & the havoc he’s causing. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: October 2025: Atrocities 467-529
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
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Lawrence O’Donell was right after all. Watch his ‘A’ block on 11/10/2025: www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...
Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release
As five more Senate Democrats joined Republicans to pass a compromise bill to end the shutdown, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Speaker Johnson is the “big loser in this compromise” because not...
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The President of the US & commander-in-chief celebrated Veterans’ Day with the traditional laying of the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He also gave a speech which showed he doesn’t really understand the origins of Veterans’ Day. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-honors...
Trump Honors Fallen by Giving Veterans Day New Russian Name
The president announced at Arlington that he was renaming the holiday.
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If you’ve not already seen it, Lawrence O’Donnell’s ‘A’ block last night was longer than usual and worth watching for a different take on the recent Senate Dems’ votes on the Trump shutdown: youtu.be/_XMoWnnLR1E?...
The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 11/10/25 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱🅲 BREAKING NEWS november 10, 2025
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If you need a good laugh today, read this post and all of the comments! It’s worth it. 😂
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 10mo agoI hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
“[C]oup already happened. Leading scholars of democratic backsliding now classify US as a competitive authoritarian regime [in]early stages…Understanding where we are on the authoritarian spectrum determines what we’re fighting for and what tactics actually work.” open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
Between Democracy and Dictatorship: Where We Are and How Long We Have
There won’t be a day when we wake up and the Wikipedia page suddenly says “The US is a Fascist Christian Ethnostate.” That’s not how authoritarian takeover works for people living through it.
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If you or anyone you know is wondering what is REALLY going on with the shutdown… Watch every second of this. I Promise it’s worth your time. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown
Extremely astute analysis of FASCIST felon Donald Trump's REAL motives for government shutdown & Trump's related threats. Gentleman's account on TikTok: @blackfactsmatter.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 12mo agoIf you or anyone you know is wondering what is REALLY going on with the shutdown… Watch every second of this. I Promise it’s worth your time. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown