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I’m certain you seen stories similar to this, a single family half MAGA, half not. Two kids, a son (Chad) and a daughter (Haley) who are essentially progressives living in LA and New York(?) while their parents in Oklahoma are both hard-core full-on...

When Tyson Foods announced it would close its beef processing plant in Lexington, Nebraska in early 2026, most Americans didn’t notice. But they should have. Not because Lexington is unique — but because it isn’t. What’s happening there is a warning, a...

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New York Times : Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump ...

The killing of boat strike survivors story is rapidly metastasizing into the one that actually might bring down the T administration. The news that Congress will be vigorously investigating the murders/war crimes should set the WH off into deep panic...

Exactly 80 years ago today German U-Boat Commander Heinz Wilhelm Eck was executed by firing squad, along with two other officers under his command. In 1944, Eck’s submarine torpedoed the Greek merchant ship Peleus. Eck ordered the U-852 to surface....

Laying out the shirt stripe box pattern The Shirt Stripes Box quilt design, featured in Kaffe Fassett’s Passionate Patchwork , is an invitation to upcycle everyday fabric as a clever, eye-...

We begin today with� Heather Cox Richardson �writing for her “Letters from an American” Substack about the seeming avalanche of challenges to the Trump regime from the Republican Party. In the ...