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Chrissy Casilio, aka CrissyCaBoom, said much of her right wing rants on Twitter were the work of a savvy public relations specialist. Herself. Alan Pergament of The Buffalo News thinks not.

Bryon Brown’s administration has done Carl Paladino’s development company a favor.

State lawmakers say they want to reform campaign finance law. But only so much, reports Chris Bragg of The Buffalo News, who is off to a good start as the paper’s Albany correspondent.

State Republican leaders are upset with Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney  expected to bring charges against Donald Trump involving the alleged payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels. So much for being the party of law and order.

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Politico reports that the Federalist Society, the GOP’s farm team for federal judges, isn’t keen on democracy.

The Intercept tracks the many ways it has been reported that the Ronald Regan campaign undermined Jimmy Carter’s efforts to free American hostages held in Iran after the storming of the U.S. embassy.

We could be running out of fresh water sooner than later.

I usually catch Bruce Springsteen when he comes through town. I took a pass this time – tickets were kinda expensive. Reports are he’s as energetic as ever;  he played a seven song encore. Not too shabby for a guy 73 years old. Earlier in the set, he played one of my favorites.

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After failing to brokerage peace with Iran, Trump meets with China empty handed



President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing for a high-stakes summit this week.

Despite the event being viewed as a potential turning point for ending the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, reports Axios, Trump arrives without a negotiated agreement after months of failed diplomatic efforts.

The Trump administration has pursued an Iran deal since early April but rejected Tehran's counterproposal Sunday, describing it as "unacceptable."

The situation was further complicated Monday when Iranian Ambassador Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced Iran's readiness to support a Chinese-proposed four-point peace plan focused on establishing security and development in the Persian Gulf region, according to an automatic translation of their post on X.

The Chinese government has not publicly disclosed details of the proposal, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Iran's endorsement of China's plan, rather than Trump's, creates significant complications for the Beijing summit discussions.

Journalist Charbel Antoun wrote for The Hill, Trump enters negotiations with weakened leverage having failed to broker a deal before the meeting.

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