Day: May 2, 2025

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RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦 Ukraine holds vast critical mineral wealth—from lithium and graphite to titanium and rare earths. Many of these deposits now lie within Russian-occupied zones, including Crimea and Donetsk,



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Drone strikes vessel carrying aid to Gaza


A drone struck a vessel carrying aid to Gaza on Friday off the coast of Malta, said a statement by Codepink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement.

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Mom insisted on having 3 kids under 4, husband shares how it’s going—”Help”


Laura Graham loved the idea of having a close age gap between her children, whereas her husband would have happily waited a few more years for their third.

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Anti-Violence Group Decries ‘Tone Deaf’ Police Charity Gun Raffle


‘It’s disrespectful to the families,’ Unity in the Community founder Aton Moore says.

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Donald Trump declares two new days of celebration


President Trump said the United States “did more than any other Country, by far” to win World War II.

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Hosepipe ban for some areas next week after record-high April temperatures


The ban will prohibit the use of garden hosepipes for non-essential purposes

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Mike Waltz’s New York exile: A sane foreign policy realist loses a White House spot


It was put best yesterday by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in talking about Donald Trump’s dismissal of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz: “they’re firing the wrong guy. They …

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Ira Gershwin’s Absorbing American Life


Above all, Michael Owen presents an artist who was always honest with himself, who accepted his failures and enjoyed his successes modestly.

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Today in History: May 2, Nelson Mandela claims election victory


Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections.

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Good politics in bad rent freeze: Mayoral contenders playing games on rent stabilized increases


No one wants to pay more for anything, including rent, but it’s just blatant and transparent election pandering — and damaging pandering at that —  for all the Democratic candidates for mayor…