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(The Arkansas Machine) Deep Dive: The Morning After What Tuesday’s results mean for the prison, the Senate, and the road to 2027

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'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran YouTube video by MS NOW

Maddow: Who benefits from Trump's attack on Iran?
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Judge blasts ICE ‘sloppiness’ for claiming 4-year-old kid had a marijuana conviction Judges are routinely blasting government lawyers and DHS over missteps and failing to keep up with court orders

Judge blasts ICE ‘sloppiness’ for claiming 4-year-old kid had a marijuana conviction

New Year, Same Lies On MS NOW’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner debunked some of Trump’s worst lies, from an imaginary manufacturing renaissance to fabricated investment numbers.

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US Supreme Court rules against Trump’s tariffs in 6-3 opinion | Arkansas Advocate WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s trade agenda Friday, ruling the tariffs he issued under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act are illegal.

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🤣 oh how true!

Oh yes,of course. The rich and powerful want to be more rich and powerful and we peons out here wonder why the politicians who we elect don't want to be on our side, but do however want the rich and powerful people's money. It seems our politicians that can't be bought are getting to be quite rare!

Arkansas TV Wings it and falls flat - Arkansas Times Arkansas PBS never had a financial problem; it had a political one. Talk of bankruptcy and fiscal responsibility is just a smokescreen.

Arkansas PBS never had a financial problem; it had a political one. Talk of bankruptcy and fiscal responsibility is just a smokescreen, Arkansas Times Publisher Alan Leveritt writes.

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The Weekend Reading List: The Arkansas Machine Series Continues A deep-dive into how power is being restructured in Arkansas — and how the very relationship between the state and its people is being rewritten. If you read nothing else this weekend, read these.

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Election 2026 Archives | Arkansas Advocate Voting is the way we as citizens of the United States and its component states, counties and cities express our opinions and preferences. We are periodically asked to mark our ballots for candidates…

Polls have closed in the HD70 and SD26 special primary elections in Arkansas. The Arkansas Advocate team will be watching for the results and posting updates on the races as votes finish tallying on our website. #arpx #arleg

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Nursing home cheat pardoned by Trump still owes hard time in Arkansas, judge says - Arkansas Times Arkansas Republicans seem careful to avoid criticizing Trump's pardon for a man who cheated and mistreated elder Arkansans and their caregivers, even as they make the case for Schwartz to face his…

Arkansas Republicans seem careful to avoid criticizing Trump’s pardon for a man who cheated and mistreated elder Arkansans and their caregivers, even as they make the case for convicted felon Joseph Schwartz to face his rightful punishment.

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@velshi.com That was a lot of commercials right there... hope you all got those "bugs" squashed. :)

Oh crap!

How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...

NEW: Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.

Here’s how we did.

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Please answer this question..
Since Bondi has said they are opening an investigation, will that mean they won't release the files because of that?

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Just disgusting...

'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion.

WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out.

Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why

Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown | Arkansas Advocate Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight.

Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico will not get their federal grant funding come Nov. 1, according to the National Head Start Association.

UADA analysis shows Arkansas farmers to suffer losses for corn, cotton, long grain rice, soybeans | Arkansas Advocate Arkansas farmers will lose hundreds of dollars per acre this year for their corn, cotton, long grain rice and soybean crops, according to an analysis by extension economists with the University of…

Arkansas farmers will lose hundreds of dollars per acre this year for their corn, cotton, long grain rice and soybean crops, according to an analysis by extension economists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

Thank you for this story. It must be just terrifying to be a farmer right now.

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'A dire strait': 1 in 3 farms could close without aid, Arkansas agriculture leaders tell lawmakers | Arkansas Advocate Arkansas agriculture industry leaders warned again Tuesday of a need for aid to mitigate a crisis that has reached a breaking point for family farmers.

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Yay! Anything is better than nothing.