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Sunday, February 22, 2026

Officials suspect bird flu killed more than 1,100 wild birds, mostly Canada geese Hundreds of geese have reportedly died in New Jersey, and bird flu is suspected to be the culprit. read more


Friday, February 20, 2026

After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal. read more


Friday, February 06, 2026

President Donald Trump ordered Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S.'s top intelligence official, to take part in the FBI's extraordinary raid on an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, last week, the New York Times reported citing U.S. officials. read more


Sunday, February 01, 2026

An Abu Dhabi royal signed a secret deal with the Trump family to buy a stake in their cryptocurrency venture, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing company documents and people familiar with the matter. read more


Wednesday, January 28, 2026

One person is in critical condition after a shooting involving a US Border Patrol agent in Arizona near the US-Mexico border, officials said. read more


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Part of the problem is that right-wing propaganda has overtaken this country.

Serious public debates or discussions have to start from a place of constantly correcting the lies and misinformation, disinformation, propaganda and distortions that emanate from the right-wing swamp on a constant basis.

YES, the left has a similar yet INFINITELY small problem with this and I would argue that their "propaganda" is within what should be a normal public discourse.

What should be a public discourse on issues, a debate between liberal and conservative views has to start with and expend most of its energy on refuting the constant pile of BS coming from the right.

There are, without a doubt, legitimate positions that conservatives hold and can and should be honestly considered. But when the starting position for ANY topic is the lie of the day by President Piggy or the dishonest propaganda spewed by Fox or OANN or a host of right wing "influencers" combined with the confusion of "news" and "opinion" that is a recipe for disaster and the destruction of journalism.

At best left leaning news organizations must be louder to become part of the discourse, louder being more extreme or more "edgy" to get clicks.

It is difficult to have a public discourse when basic reality is not agreed upon. Right-wing media and the neo fascist republican party has successfully called into question actual reality (at least for a substantial portion of the populace).

And it is extremely corrosive. I have otherwise practical and intelligent people posting memes about celebrities eating ------- babies and when called out about it say "Maybe, anything is possible" No, it is not possible. When average Americans lack the critical thinking skills that is a problem.

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