NEW: The tobacco company Reynolds American donated $5M to the Trump-backed super PAC MAGA Inc. on 4/30/2026.
8 days later, the Trump administration rolled out a new policy that could be lucrative for Reynolds by allowing it to begin selling flavored vapes https://t.co/tAivofBoaG
🗞️ NEW: Leaked audio recordings released through the “Hondurasgate”leaks project and reported by Diario Red allegedly expose a covert network involving former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, Trump-aligned Republicans, and allies of Argentine President Javier Milei discussing plans to fund a U.S.-based disinformation operation targeting the left-wing governments of Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras, according to a report by Spanish outlet El País.
🔹The recordings allegedly capture Hernández requesting funds from current Honduran officials to establish a U.S.-based digital media operation aimed at spreading anti-left narratives and destabilizing regional governments.
🔹In one alleged exchange, Hernández claims Milei pledged $350,000 in support and says “files” were being prepared against the governments of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
🔹Another recording, previously reported by Drop Site, allegedly shows Hernández claiming Israeli-linked donors and “a group of rabbis” helped finance his pardon by President Donald Trump after his U.S. narcotrafficking conviction.
🔹Hernández also allegedly claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played a role in securing his release.
Full report below ⬇️
New data shows US is the only major destination in the world to see a decline in international travellers in 2025. So far 2026 getting worse.
Foreign airlines cutting the number of US-bound flights. Disney warning of “international visitation headwinds”
https://t.co/M5JSZX0sST
NEW: Your taxes subsidize Amazon and Walmart poverty wages.
These are trillion dollar companies, but 33% of Amazon workers need public assistance and 25% of Walmart workers need SNAP to survive.
We investigated how corporations are taking advantage of workers—and all of us.
43% of Puerto Rico lives in poverty.
More than 5,000 crypto traders, real estate developers, and other rich Americans have moved to the island since 2012.
But these rich transplants pay just 3% taxes, while locals pay up to 36%.
Much-deserved recognition of @MorePerfectUS, which consistently produces serious investigative reporting and spotlights working class perspectives that too often don’t reach the halls of power.
An enormous public service, especially as traditional journalistic outlets get gutted and big money prioritizes punditry over real reporting.
God Bless America.
God Bless Puerto Rico.
That was one of the most emotional / beautiful things I’ve seen. #SuperBowl
Ps: Puerto Ricans are United States citizens.
Puerto Rico is a United States territory.
People in Puerto Rico speak both English and Spanish.
Puerto Rico has its own flag.
Just as states across America have their own flag.
ICE set off an international incident in Minneapolis today because agents tried to go into the Consulate of Ecuador without permission, and then yelled at their staff for trying to keep them out.
Note that there is a huge “consulate of Ecuador” sign over the door.
The Trump Administration’s decision to cancel the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF) threatens thousands of families who were approved for solar power and battery storage, life-saving systems for medical needs and safety during outages. Hispanic Federation denounces this decision and demands the funds be restored.
Read the full statement in the link here. https://t.co/UjX9YwlgUQ
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press. https://t.co/a3X6i8bqga
Brutal news for a city and for the news industry. This paper won a Pulitzer Prize under stellar editor David Shribman for its 2018 coverage of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre.
I don't think people realize how bad the AI slop problem is on YouTube.
The video below is the fifth most viewed video on YouTube in the last week. It has more than a hundred million views in six days. Childlike AI slop shorts dominate a lot of people's algorithms now.
"Wherever the US has intervened militarily, nothing good has tended to follow. This latest attack on Venezuela will hardly be the end of the story... as US impunity rages on, the deadly spectacle is far from over."
— #AJOpinion by @MariaBelen_Fdez ⤵️ https://t.co/cqovagJ4TB
After 157 years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has ended its print edition with its final issue published on December 31, 2025.
The shift makes Atlanta the only major U.S. city without a daily printed newspaper.
Yes, this is real. Yes, it's astonishing. Global TV, which airs 60 Minutes in Canada, uploaded the original version of Sunday's episode, including the Sharyn Alfonsi segment that Bari Weiss shelved. And now people all across the internet are watching the segment.