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News from half a century ago

FIFTY years ago, the Northern Marianas was still part of the Trust Territory administered by the U.S. (The other TT districts were Palau, the Marshall Islands, and what is now known as the Federated States of Micronesia.)
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Truth 150: 29+2 & No Champions – TAYA Reforms!

THE Truth is WE have 29 officials in the Legislature & two in the Executive Office YET it’s the SAME-O Impotency with taxes, nepotism, waste, austerity and UNLIMITED business & personal taxes FREELY given to J & P Holdings for 22 yrs. and still no Oversights — duh!
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Refining Trump’s Higher-Education Reform

The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” has ignited debate, with critics accusing it of authoritarian overreach while supporters argue it aims to reform American universities’ approach to free speech and merit-based admissions.
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Food or Rent? SNAP Fight Presents Sophie’s Choice

In 1848, my 3rd great-grandfather, John, died in Ireland during the Great Hunger – a catastrophic situation where 1 million people starved to death when they were denied food assistance during the potato blight. After John’s death, his mother, Sara, sailed to America in 1849 to escape starvation, b…
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Truth 149: I Told You So – it’s the Same-O AGAIN!

THE Truth is Ambrodamus has been yelling & warning about “life & times in the CNMI being the SAME-O” and yet there is nothing NEW coming from any of our leaders. The fact that the Governor has already implemented Austerity with an announcement of MORE-To-Come is PROOF that WE the People of …
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Swampy slumpy Trumpy agenda

FOR those die-hard Republicans and Democrats who were fooled by Trump’s second administration into wasting their vote on the best con man in American history, you can still make your voice heard in the next election and help change course.
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Frankly speaking

DPS says it is “on alert for the social consequences of disrupted livelihoods, particularly in households already struggling to meet basic needs.” Fair enough. But we hope DPS will also remind the public that, say, the suspension of food stamps is not an excuse to commit crimes — and that those who…
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Carry on

TOWARD the end of February 1986, the generally nonviolent “people power revolution” in the Philippines was one of world’s biggest news. It was the banner story of the New York Times and other major newspapers, and was featured on prime-time broadcast news in the U.S. and other countries. Cory Aquin…
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