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Monday, March 18, 2024

The former president says it's "a practical impossibility" to post the $464 million bond in order to appeal his conviction in a civil fraud case. read more


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American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the standard 6 percent sales commission. read more


Friday, March 15, 2024

"This war is a war on children," UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said of Israel's months-long offensive in the Palestinian territory. read more


In a victory for the extremist wing of the Republican Party, it looks like Donald Trump's hand-picked leadership team at the Republican National Committee has officially scrapped the GOP's plan to encourage early voting this election cycle. Instead, the party is taking steps to prioritize legal challenges to voting systems ahead of November. read more


Sen. Chuck Schumer urged Israel to hold new elections as he criticized the country's PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Senate Leader Schumer said Netanyahu has "lost his way" and is standing in the way of efforts to negotiate peace in the region. read more


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I think the most telling recent thing I've read about the "border crisis" was when the god's army convoy got there and the people that were a part of it were shocked to see that is was nothing like they had been told. And the locals were more worried about the Trump supporters than the migrants.

The "God's Army" convoy was supposed to be a mighty force of 700,000 or more people from every corner of America. It wound up being maybe a couple hundred vehicles parked at a rural ranch in Quemado, Texas " basically a Trump rally without a Trump, but with plenty of hucksters selling MAGA merch and grifting the easily grifted.

Some actually visited the border in nearby Eagle Pass, Texas, and were surprised to not witness the invasion they had been promised.

Convoy-goer Misty Gregory told MSNBC: "It's not what I expected, but then again I don't know what I expected. I can tell you it's not as bad as what I thought, so that's kind of eye-opening in itself."

Abbott and about a dozen other pro-razor-wire GOP governors were in Eagle Pass on Sunday, hollering and whatnot. Some residents said the recent invasion of Trump supporters from the convoy had been downright scary.

"We are constantly being told that we're being invaded, and that never felt true until today, when the convoy came to town in anticipation of the governors' event," Jessie F. Fuentes told WOAI NBC News Channel 4. "This is political theater by outsiders. The reality is that it has brought dangerous, violent groups into our beautiful, peaceful city. Eagle Pass is safer than most cities in America if you look at crime statistics. This is just a fact. We don't appreciate these staged events that dramatically misrepresent our reality on the border and that invite extremist groups that pose a real danger to people in our community."

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