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  • Kintsugi
  • April 9, 2021

Jeff Bezos keeps top spot on Forbes wealthiest list while Elon Musk jumps to No. 2

Paul Davidson USA TODAY While the COVID-19 pandemic ratcheted up the financial pain for millions of low-wage workers, the roaring stock market was feathering the nests of the world’s ri

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NY Times

  • Trump Says U.S. ‘Armada’ Is Heading to Iran, Raising Pressure on Regime
  • Renée Fleming Won’t Perform at Kennedy Center Concerts
  • America Prepares for a Major Storm
  • As Iran Grieves, Accounts Emerge of Disrespectful Treatment of Protest Victims
  • Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses on Strike in Protest Against ICE

NPR

  • In President's Trump's tangled science policies, experts see a unifying thread
  • Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
  • The week in science: Ice, parents' disgust and penguins adapting to climate change
  • Can the prescription drug leucovorin treat autism? History says, probably not
  • Trump administration claims offshore wind poses a threat. But it won't say how.

The Progressive

  • Close the Gaps in Our Frayed Social Safety Net
  • For Bridge of Solidarity, Mutual Aid Means Resisting the Western Gaze in Gaza
  • When the Sun Decides Your Day: Living on Solar in Gaza
  • HUD Is Making a Mess of Housing Policy
  • Private Equity is Coming for American Energy

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FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Claims About Greenland
  • Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Come Close to Funding Everything He’s Proposed
  • Trump’s Numbers, Second Term
  • The Threat of the Insurrection Act in Minnesota
  • The Facts on the Vaccines the CDC No Longer Recommends for All Kids

Snopes.com

  • Did Jalen Hurts establish Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund?
  • Trump's claim that Ilhan Omar is worth $30M requires context
  • Did Vance say an independent Canada would have its own currency, anthem and flag?
  • Yes, these photos show Trump hand bruise at Davos 2026
  • How many immigrants in the US illegally live in Minnesota vs. Florida or Texas? Breaking down the data

Tradeoffs

  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health
  • Race to the Bottom: Where's the Cavalry?
  • Breaking Down Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Fund
  • Race to the Bottom: Hard Bargain
  • Race to the Bottom: Boom Times

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