The $1.776b Slush Fund Isn't As Dead As Senators Cornyn And Tillis Seem To Be Willing To Believe

MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell reported Monday morning that “Overnight: A spokesperson for Sen.

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Trump’s ‘thriving economy’ is a disaster.

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ASTRONOMERS SPOT WEIRD, THREE-LOBED ASTEROID WITH A MOON

Hey, Space Placers! Adaptive-optics observations obtained with the Large Binocular Telescope reveal the unusual shape of asteroid 44 Nysa. ...

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NASA opens its first wind tunnel in 40 years at Langley Research Center - WTOP News

NASA opened its first wind tunnel in four decades, called the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

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EYES ON THE SKIES FOR AUGUST 2026

Hey, Space Placers! A BUSY SKY IN AUGUST! Check it out here. Sky Guy in VA

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FULL BUCK MOON TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY)

Hey, Space Placers!!!! A Full & Gloriously Colored Moon - Hoping for a Repeat Tonight Greg Redfern Be sure to check out the rising of the F...

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Words & Phrases

‘These honored dead’

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How Fast Is the Universe Really Expanding?

Hey, Space Placers! One of the most contested issues in cosmology is our understanding of the Universe’s expansion. Adam Riess discusses wh...

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Jack Smith and GOP Shame(lessness)

Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, sent a referral to DOJ, asking them to bring charges against former Special Counsel Jack Smith.

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An Important Epstein Files Update

This afternoon, federal District Judge Emmet Sullivan did something unexpected.

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Great News For Democracy That’s Terrible For Trump. Wonderful.

Fifteen people went home. A pollution plan died. A Republican lost his own city. Eight big wins inside.

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A NEW CATEGORY OF SATELLITE REENTRY EVENT

Hey, Space Placers! Starship on the launch pad Credit Spaceweather.com Here is a very interesting article regarding SpaceX's next launch at...

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Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane (Gift Article)

More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.

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Tin-pot Dictator Trump’s Last Refuge Is Secrecy

All Trump can do is lie

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T +57 YEARS: APOLLO 11

Hey Space Placers! 57 years after Apollo 11 landed at Tranquility Base, humanity, especially NASA and China, are making real progress to re...

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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

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Trump’s Speech About 2020 Proved He Was a Loser — and Still Is

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Trump's New Election Conspiracy Isn't About 2020. It's About November.

Donald Trump has only just discovered that foreign countries—well, actually, just China—try to influence our elections.

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Trump’s Cronyism Signals a Chilling — and Familiar — Story

We must use every tool of democracy to avoid a Putin-esque next chapter

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Citizen scientists find over 3,000 nearby brown dwarfs

No kidding, that’s a lot of brown dwarfs

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Over 100 Judges Can’t be Wrong: Why Todd Blanche is Unfit to be Attorney General

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Scorpius the Scorpion and its legendary stinger

Hey, Space Placers! Read all about Scorpius. The Scorpion is easy to spot in the South after it gets dark. Sky Guy in VA

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DOJ: Not Doing Justice

No one is safe

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Undaunted

Defending free and fair elections

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What MAGA Could Learn About America From Pope Leo

Leo gets America.

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‘Freedom of navigation’

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