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Graham Platner wins Maine Democratic Senate primary

Political Spin

[ad_1] Apparently neither party has any standards: Graham Platner, a Democrat, won his primary for Senate up in Maine and will now face sitting Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, this November. The Reason Roundup Newsletter by Liz Wolfe Liz and Reason help you make sense of the day’s news every morning. Platner has tried to paint himself as an everyman oyster farmer and Marine combat veteran (both technically true), but he is perhaps better described as a “low-conscientiousness loser,” in the words of Very Serious writer Josh Barro. It would be one thing if Platner’s nascent political career had been plagued…

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The US Starts Wars on the Other Side of the Planet & Then Claims ‘Self-Defense’ – Consortium News

Propaganda & Narrative

[ad_1] No other military power is segmented into areas of responsibility spanning every continent on earth. This is because normal military forces are used to defend the actual, official country they belong to, whereas the U.S. military is used to dominate the entire planet. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin’s NewsletterListen to Tim Foley read this article. The U.S. is bombing Iran again after an American attack helicopter was downed over the Strait of Hormuz amid renewed escalations in the conflict. CENTCOM said the following in a statement on the airstrikes: “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today…

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Inside the FDA’s ‘Cover-Up’ of Child Deaths Linked to Covid Vaccines

Conspiracy Theories

[ad_1] In September 2025, then-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr Marty Makary publicly acknowledged that the agency was investigating reports of child deaths following Covid-19 vaccination. “We do know at the FDA…that there had been children who have died from the COVID vaccine,” Makary said during a CNN interview. By that stage, however, a fierce internal dispute had already emerged inside the FDA over what investigators believed the evidence showed — and whether the public should ever see the full findings. “It really did feel like there was some sort of cover-up going on about the Covid-19 vaccines,” said…

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Author Matt Taibbi’s Libel Claim Over House Member’s Social Media Posts Dismissed

Politics & Policy

[ad_1] From Taibbi v. Kamlager-Dove, decided Monday by Judge Evelyn Padin (D.N.J.): Representative Kamlager-Dove … is … the Ranking Member of the South and Central Asia Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee …. The Subcommittee held a hearing on April 1, 2025, titled “Censorship Industrial Complex: The Need for First Amendment Safeguards at the State Department” …. Taibbi was invited to testify at the Hearing. At the start of the Hearing, Representative Kamlager-Dove delivered her prepared remarks, which included the following statements: Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for being here for our first South and Central Asia…

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We Don’t Need AI to Tell Us Donald is a Red

Investigative Reports

[ad_1] Photograph Source: Office of Speaker Mike Johnson – Public Domain U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reports, is “looking into” a US government stake in leading artificial intelligence firms. “There’s something very interesting about it, where it almost becomes a partnership with the American public,” Trump says. This isn’t his first such initiative. Since beginning his second term, Trump has announced 15 such “equity stake” deals between the US government and various companies, at least ten of which have so far been formally consummated. This time, though, his logic differs somewhat. He’s justified previous “equity stake” agreements on alleged national…

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