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On The SnydeReport, IndyStar columnist James Briggs joined Gary Snyder to deliver a not-so-subtle reality check for Mike Braun. Briggs pointed out that Braun’s failed redistricting push, a messy property-tax debacle, and a stubborn 25% approval rating suggest that running Indiana like a Trump fan club might not be the winning strategy Republicans hoped for.
The bigger problem, Briggs argues, is that Braun seems less interested in what Hoosiers want than in reflexively parroting whatever Donald Trump says that day—from Iran policy to just about everything else. At some point, Indiana Republicans may have to decide whether they’re running a state government… or just operating the Midwest’s largest Trump echo chamber. |
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Web pages question GOP 22nd District state senate candidates The GOP race for Indiana Senate's 22nd District has heated up with tit-for-tat web pages each calling out the other candidate. Richard Bagsby is challenging longtime incumbent Ron Alting in the May 5 primary. The winner will advance to the general election in November, where he will face either Democratic candidate Natasha Baker or Marlena Edmondson. |
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Tax relief bill will leave most Hoosiers with empty pockets The fact of the matter is that tax expenditures reduce state revenue, and as such, affect the budget. Let’s put it in kitchen table terms: if my hours at work are cut, or if my small business decides to charge less for products it sells, that’s also reducing future revenue and it absolutely affects my budget. I’m bringing in less money, which means I have less to spend moving forward. |
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Social Work And Social Justice Yesterday, I delivered a keynote to a meeting of IU’s social work alumni, titled “The Importance of Social Work to a Functioning Polity.” I’m sharing it today, with the warning that it is considerably longer than my usual daily rants…. |
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Kroger is closing Little Clinic healthcare locations in Indiana Kroger is closing in-store walk-in healthcare clinics at locations in Indiana. The Little Clinic locations inside Kroger Co. stores are staffed with board-certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants offering treatments for common illnesses and injuries; vaccinations; physicals and other services. |
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IRAN THREAT TO NUKE TEL AVIV Iran has shared a chilling image of a nuclear missile striking an Israeli city, which appears to be Tel Aviv. In a post on X, the account previously belonging to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that "Khorramshahr is ahead", in reference to the ballistic missile named after the Iranian city. |
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POLL: LOW SUPPORT FOR WAR It has been less than one week since US and Israeli air strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East, and indeed, the rest of the world, into a tense, twisting and evolving conflict involving countries near and far from the Persian Gulf. |
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MOSCOW PROVIDING INTEL TO TARGET US FORCES Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating — even indirectly — in the war, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence. |
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USA LOSES 92,000 JOBS IN FEB... UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES Nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 for the month, compared with the estimate for 50,000 and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. February marked the third time in the past five months that payrolls declined, following a sharp revision showing a drop of 17,000 in December. |
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DISGRACE: U.S. SHIP STRIKE COULD BE WAR CRIME The U.S. torpedoing of an Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka this week may have violated the Geneva Conventions by failing to help rescue sailors from the stricken warship, an act that could potentially endanger American service members in this and future wars. |
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WHITE HOUSE BLOCKS HOMELAND WARNING Donald Trump’s White House is blocking top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about rising threats to the homeland tied to his war with Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal. |
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Cancellation of Army exercise fuels speculation about deployments... The Army in recent days abruptly canceled a major training exercise for the headquarters element of an elite paratrooper unit, officials said, fueling speculation within the Defense Department that soldiers specializing in ground combat and a range of other missions may be sent to the Middle East as the conflict with Iran widens. |
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Colts using transition tag to try and keep QB Daniel Jones The Indianapolis Colts have placed the transition tag on quarterback Daniel Jones. Jones led the Colts to their hottest start in more than a decade in 2025, before tearing his Achilles tendon and ending the season on injured reserve. The Colts would lose every remaining game in a brutal collapse that ended their playoff hopes. |
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