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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Of course they are. Trump Republicans simply don’t give a sh*t whether people live or die, eat or starve. #FleecingAmerica www.wvtf.org/news/2026-09...
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Virginia food banks say lines at food pantries are back
"I know several in Richmond, just here in my neighborhood that, yeah, I think it's a growing issue for sure,” said Federation of Virginia Food Banks director Eddie Oliver Monday.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gee. Who could have predicted this? Only every education advocate in the DC area. Trump admin just grifting and looting public programs with their billionaire predatory friends. #FleecingAmerica www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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The Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff say
Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
America and Americans (including and especially MAGA) are getting played and losing epically. In the cliched “playing checkers/playing chess” metaphor, MAGA supporters aren’t even aware that board games exist. www.propublica.org/article/dona... #FleecingAmerica
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Via @penamerica.bsky.social First time I’ve heard “Night” by Elie Wiesel categorized as “dirty, filthy, and vulgar.” How so, Mr. Patrick? This is #fascist authoritarianism.
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Student Defense @studentdefense.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today, Student Defense released a new guide on the Dos and Don’ts of AI in College Recruitment & Enrollment”
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bond ratings agency: IRS plan to withdraw tax-exempt status from some colleges could put colleges in financial peril www.highereddive.com/news/irs-tax...
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Captain Obvious Salutes
ALT: Captain Obvious Salutes
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
More on the “AI university”—it’s losing accreditation in October, though not sure how it obtained it in the first place 🤷 www.newamerica.org/insights/ai-... via @newamerica.org
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'AI University' Is Losing Its Accreditation. It Shouldn’t Get It Back.
Maestro College, which used an AI chatbot in lieu of real instructors, is set to have its accreditation revoked after a New America investigation.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
ICYMI: Going off the deep end with this AI thing 🙄 And wasting taxpayer money, too. www.newamerica.org/insights/the... #highered via @newamerica.org
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The AI College: How One For-Profit School Substituted Instructors With a Chatbot
An inside look at AI-powered Maestro University exposes a pattern of policy failures, potential legal violations, and widespread frustration among students—acting as a warning sign for higher educatio...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fraud, crime, illegal reporting…and he owns SEVEN homes. How can MAGA voters not see the #grift right in front of them? www.texastribune.org/2026/09/04/t...
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Ken Paxton’s financial disclosures appear to violate ethics law - The Texas Tribune
The Republican U.S. Senate nominee appears to have violated federal ethics law, which requires candidates to report their income and disclose mortgages on properties other than personal residences, ex...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who thought driving while #streaming was a good idea? Public service announcement 📣 for those driving in Virginia: www.wvtf.org/news/2026-09...
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Driving while streaming is now illegal in Virginia
While states like New York and South Carolina have expansive no distracted driving laws that encompass pretty much any cell phone use, one legal analyst said Virginia’s laws still leave room for impro...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ben-Gvir has shared a disturbing concentration camp video depicting Palestinians being placed into a machine on a conveyor belt. Despicable psychopath 🤬🤬🤬
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A #Republican mayor is seriously trying to run against a Democratic state senator to “end partisan gridlock?” During and after the #CultofTrump, no Republican can lay claim to this issue for at least another century. www.whro.org/2026-09-03/v...
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Virginia Beach mayor announces Virginia Senate run in 2027
Mayor Bobby Dyer says he’ll seek the GOP nomination in the 22nd District. He could face a former City Council colleague.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
More of #Texas being the worst theconversation.com/in-texas-ord...
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In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats
After 9/11, suspicion of Islam hardened into an assumption in Texas that Muslim identity itself signals danger, writes a scholar of constitutional law.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump’s lil’ buddy #GeorgeSantos in trouble again 🤣 www.bbc.com/news/article... #grift
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Ex-congressman George Santos banned from betting platform Kalshi for life
The prediction market operator Kalshi says Santos made barred trades and misleading comments that influenced prices.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So #SCOTUS proves that Trump can shoot first, ask questions later, even if actions are likely illegal. The Court will suffer (or be eliminated) as an institution because of rulings like this. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court clears way for Trump to keep building White House ballroom
The National Trust for Historic Preservation argued the president did not have authority to proceed with construction.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’ve lost count of the reasons why Russell Vought should be imprisoned www.propublica.org/article/bilt... #grift #capitalism
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's a derangement syndrome alright:
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#Corruption elevated to SOP by Republicans, DeSantis www.wbaltv.com/article/flor...
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Florida grand jury finds DeSantis administration misused $10 million, but no charges filed
A Florida grand jury found Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration “misappropriated” $10 million in taxpayer money it diverted to a charity connected to his wife.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hey, @apnews.com : Here’s a graphic that might help your coverage of the #Target Halloween costume debacle. Not sure why you wouldn’t include this, but wrote three paragraphs on Target’s stock price 🙄 apnews.com/article/targ...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ www.propublica.org/article/miss...
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Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment
Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#NationalGuard members call out Trump’s authoritarian deployment in the District of Columbia www.npr.org/2026/08/24/n...
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In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment
As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Via @propublica.org. Do the children have rights? Who gets to establish a “religious” sect and how? How is a supposedly ‘pro-life’ legislature OK with this? What is it with cults in the U.S.? www.propublica.org/article/fait... @idahocapitalsun.com @idahonews6.bsky.social
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These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
But Trump has no shame. www.npr.org/2026/08/15/n... Or sense of decency.
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Families of USS Lincoln crew say Trump should be 'ashamed' of conditions on board
President Trump said the USS Abraham Lincoln deployment is "not nearly long enough." A family member of a sailor on board that ship said those comments are shameful.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Another day, another Republican… amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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DeSantis suspends Palm Beach clerk accused of sexually molesting young child
Mike Caruso was booked into the Palm Beach County jail on allegations of kidnapping and sexually molesting a child, arrest affidavit says.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The epitome of Trump / Kegsbreath incompetence www.npr.org/2026/08/14/n... #USSLincoln
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New aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln
The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincol...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#Epstein and Trump: theconversation.com/how-american...
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How American society shields perpetrators of child sexual abuse
A community – bystanders, law enforcement, colleagues and family – is likely to deny an atrocity when acknowledging it requires action.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Placing the cost of #highered on the backs of students is an unsustainable model. The U.S. has the worst higher ed funding system on the planet. www.whro.org/education-ne...
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As student loan repayments restart, Virginia sees increase in borrower defaults
Borrowers are often confused, frustrated and apprehensive about the repayment process, a state loan advocate says.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Amplifying for the sake of #democracy www.au.org/knowyourrigh...
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Know your rights in public school
If you’re a student or teacher at a public school, or your kids attend one, it is important to Know Your Rights! about religious freedom in public schools.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One reason we left the DC area. This is not #democracy. www.npr.org/2026/08/11/n...
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Armed troops have patrolled D.C. for 1 year now. It's challenging democratic norms
The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hmm. It’s like #DOGE wasn’t really looking for waste. 🤔 And where is that moron Russell Vought? www.propublica.org/article/gene...
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
For-profit prisons are a scourge that should be eliminated. www.propublica.org/article/wayn... #capitalism is not appropriate for this function.
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He Suffered Abuse in a Private Youth Jail. The Company Never Reported It.
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am one such voter. www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
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Voters are sick of the 2-party system. A new poll shows they're open to big changes
A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The never ending #grift. Trump is #FleecingAmerica theconversation.com/trump-admini...
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Trump administration’s Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charity
An accounting scholar explains what charitable solicitation fraud is and how it’s connected to allegations some Democratic lawmakers made on July 2, 2026.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Good read if you’ve been following the bizarre #reflectingpool saga instigated by the incompetent Trump administration theconversation.com/trumps-slapd...
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Trump’s slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation
The construction of the pool reflected a national ambition to build something unifying and enduring. The rushed renovation and political fallout of 2026 reveal how much that civic vision has changed.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In the immortal words of Judge Schmales (Caddyshack): “Well…what are [we] waiting for?” theconversation.com/the-moral-pa... Ruthless #capitalism is a loser of an idea.
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The moral paradox of extreme wealth: Why people oppose it yet are reluctant to take steps to reduce it
Extreme inequality is commonplace, so why do people accept it?
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is what happens when government is rigged against protecting people from abuse at the hands of corporate interests www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n... #socialism works
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Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Because deregulation always plays out so well for consumers, children, students, workers, basically all of us 🙄 www.npr.org/2026/08/06/n... #HeadStart Let’s expose kids to ruthless capitalism.
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Trump administration moves to deregulate Head Start, opening door for sweeping change
It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#TrumpTariffs are bankrupting our country www.wvtf.org/news/2026-07...
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Trump tariffs added over $800 million to Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project
The news comes as Dominion also announced a delay in completion for CVOW, though it's already generating power.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Pretty f-ing cool from the Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) @eddebtjustice.bsky.social www.ppsl.org/news/landmar... The complexity and duration of this case demonstrates why students and taxpayers should be protected BEFORE fraud is committed.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#Argentina showing no redeeming value in their World Cup appearance
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
WTF is wrong with #Argentina? (Rhetorical question)
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Performative belting of the nationalist anthems 🙄. Pre-match ad break 😒 Shots of the dynamic duo of fraud, Ol’ Yam Tits and FIFAman 🤬 #FIFA
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Peyton Manning's C'mon Man Moment
ALT: Peyton Manning's C'mon Man Moment
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Stay tuned for the pre-match hydration break, followed by the parade of sponsors #FIFA
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Sleeping Macaco Monkey
ALT: Sleeping Macaco Monkey
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
TV already muted with extreme prejudice @arseblog.com
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The #grift is thriving in the UK as well. The far right is in fact a band of looters bent on stealing from taxpayers socialistworker.co.uk/news/covid-i...
socialistworker.co.uk
Covid inquiry slams Tories for wasting public funds
Contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) were handed out to their mates, putting health workers at risk
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Yep. Social institutions can be the answer to exploitative, ruthless capitalism. theconversation.com/even-in-cons...
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Even in conservative North Dakota, some socialist institutions thrive
Regardless of whether Americans think socialism is bad or good, or how they define it, most of them embrace socialist policies and programs – as long as no one calls them that.
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The prevalence and endurance of #debt in capitalist exploitation is a blight on humanity.
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Glen Wilson @glenglenglen.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Many thanks to Harry Kane for stepping up, just when there was a danger that this England team might be approaching being likeable.
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World Cup 2026: Harry Kane says playing golf with US President Donald Trump was surreal
England captain Harry Kane says he once played golf with United States President Donald Trump, describing the experience as "surreal".
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
No f***ing way. www.propublica.org/article/401k...
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Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage  less-regulated — and often riskier — inv...
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David Hawkins @khnashi.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Of course they work with a suspected political killer. #Trump is using a medieval playbook www.propublica.org/article/chil...
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He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.
Authorities say former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime hired Tren de Aragua to kidnap a dissident who had taken refuge in Chile. The suspected mastermind, Diosdado Cabello, remains powerf...
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