He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.

Joseph Kurihara watched the furniture pile higher and higher on the streets of Terminal Island. Tables and chairs, mattresses and bed frames, refrigerators and radio consoles had been dragged into alleyways and arranged in haphazard stacks. It was February 25, 1942, two and a half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Navy had given the island’s residents 48 hours to pack up and leave. An industrial stretch of land in the Port of Los Angeles, Terminal Island was home to a string of canneries, a Japanese…

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Trump is Considering a Takeover of the District of Columbia Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea.

The crime and dysfunction in Washington, D.C., is an embarrassment to the country. President Donald Trump rightly called out the problem at a press conference on Tuesday and offered a solution. “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to. We could run D.C. I mean, we’re … looking at D.C.,” Trump said. “Susie Wiles is working very closely with [Mayor Muriel Bowser].” BREAKING: Trump considers a Federal take over of governance of Washington DC: “We have tremendous power at The White House to…

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NEW: MoveOn Congratulates Zohran Mamdani

People-powered grassroots campaign beats out billionaire-backed frontrunner  NEW YORK – In response to Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani securing the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, MoveOn Political Action Political Director Mohammad Khan released the following statement:  “Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is the exact type of candidate the Democratic Party should be running if they want to welcome back working-class voters. As the cost of living soars, working people across New York City now have a real chance to have a mayor who will fight to make the city more affordable. MoveOn…

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House lawmakers eye Coast Guard secretary, personnel increases

House lawmakers have unveiled a bipartisan Coast Guard authorization bill that seeks to address the service’s personnel shortages and aging equipment, while also creating stronger protections for service members from sexual assault and harassment. The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, introduced this week by leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, would authorize funding for the service through 2029. The bill seeks to bolster many aspects of a reform plan called “Force Design 2028,” that was formally unveiled by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in May.  The bill…

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Trump Targets Google After Meta and X Payouts

Of all the titans of social media, Google CEO Sundar Pichai tried to keep the groveling to a minimum after Donald Trump won last year. He did not, like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, go on podcasts to praise the benefits of “masculine energy” or hire the new president’s close friend, the Ultimate Fighting Championship boss Dana White, to his board of directors. He did not, like the X owner Elon Musk, go to work in the White House or publicly declare his straight-man “love” for Trump. Unlike TikTok CEO Shou…

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