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Lookie: Apples! | jessamyn

Beautiful, calming, photos of many varieties of apples.

Read: The US is ending support for Ukrainian F-16s, but there is a way out | Online UA

This is just mean and evil on Trump’s part. Evil.

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Read: Trump’s DOJ still says Google should be broken up | The Verge

Read: Hatching a Conspiracy: A BIG Investigation into Egg Prices | BIG

Read: What Does George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Mean in 2024? | Smithsonian Mag

Read: Sanders: 1 Percent Has Sapped $79T in Wealth From Bottom 90 Percent Since 1975 | Truthout

THIS is why we can’t have nice things.

Read: Rick Scott Reveals Republicans Are Absolutely Cutting Medicare | The New Republic

And yes they probably will try to gut Medicare.

Read: Soup company sees sales surge as shoppers buy Canadian to protest tariffs | CBC

Read: Team Trump Promises ‘Shock and Awe.’ Do They Know What That Means? | The Bulwark

The three-decade-old concept didn’t survive first contact with the enemy.

Read: “Ferris Bueller” Clip Goes Viral amid Trump’s Tariff War for Its Painfully Simple Economy Lesson | People

Read: Trump team held ‘secret talks’ with Zelensky opposition | The Telegraph

Donald Trump’s administration held secret talks with some of Volodymyr Zelensky’s top political opponents, it has emerged.

Read: Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) | Techdirt

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