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The EU/UK plan to dump US Treasuries if the US abandons Ukraine starts to hint a growing global risk — the lack of underlying ability to trust. We are seeing it develop but haven’t tied it to the one big risk — are currencies going to cease to...
by tjlord
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TN-07 comes in strong for Democrats. No upset, not strong enough to overcome a 22 point Trump district with the Republicans winning by single digits, but an excellent showing for Aftyn Behn (D) and an embarrassing one for Matt Van Epps (R). Good news...
by Greg Dworkin
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Donald J. Trump's not looking too well these days. Which is worrisome for a whole list of reasons. He's the president after all. Head of state and all that. His vice president, and presumed successor is J D Vance, who wears eyeliner and puts his foot...
by MeJean
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Just a quick note above the fold: Holy smokes, Batman. Behn’s MAGA opponent only won by a handful of points. In Tennessee. In a Trump +22 district. My, my, my, look at all those shiny blue arrows... No “conservative tears” in our mug this morning....
by Bill in Portland Maine
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How do you win an election, yet still lose the night? While votes are still being counted, Republicans have held on to their House seat in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District by a ridiculously slim margin—single digits. This is a district Donald...
by kos
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UPDATE #1, 7:15 pm EST — For Analysis and Live Results Analysis — Voting Trend, begins LIVE at 7:15 pm EST — MS Now, Steve Kornacki — begins LIVE at 7:45 pm EST Live Results (Polls close in TN at 7:00 pm CST, or 8:00 pm EST) — Tennessee Secretary of...
by JekyllnHyde
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A third oil tanker came under attack near the coast of Turkey. Two others were crippled in an earlier strike. Also, a fourth tanker has been slowly sinking off the coast of Senegal in West Africa. An update from the tanker off the coast of Senegal: 2/...
by quaoar
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Since The Washington Post’s Nov. 28 report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second missile strike to kill survivors of an alleged drug-smuggling boat coming out of Venezuela, there’s been plenty of coverage throughout the legacy media and...
by Meteor Blades
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How was your long holiday weekend? Nice? A good time to chill with friends and family, right?�
Well, what if the day before your four-day vacation kicked off, you found out that you and your boss ...
by Lisa Needham
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With its sprawling, wide open spaces and energy-sucking communities, the US is tailor-made to support a thriving domestic solar industry. Other nations are not so lucky. Take Japan, for example. Japan is an island 25 times smaller than the US by land...
by JerseyDem25
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