The Daily Populous

Monday May 19th, 2025 night edition

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I kept telling people, 'They seriously want to kill small businesses.

I buy packaging and other materials wholesale, making my prices more competitive.

Recently, I went to purchase more bubble wrap & it's literally 200% higher in cost.

"They want it to be the '50s so badly, and part of that mentality is 'BUY AMERICAN!'

Plus, we're all in such an economic shit-hole, we can't AFFORD to only 'buy American.'

This is what we get for putting a nepo baby 'billionaire' in office, and him adding more billionaires to his cabinet.

They have no idea how much things cost because they are so far removed from the American people. »

Pope Leo XIV Grants First Foreign Leader Audience to President Zelenskyy

Authored by united24media.com
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on May 18, following the Pope’s inaugural mass at St. Peter’s Square.

The meeting marked the first audience granted by the newly inaugurated Pontiff to a foreign leader.

After the inauguration Mass, we had a meeting with Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex. »

The morning-after pill is coming to a convenience store near you

Authored by nbcnews.com

The first morning-after pills, single doses of levonorgestrel, hit convenience store shelves in Texas in March 2024.

A ZIP code search found the product everywhere from an E-Z Mart in San Antonio to a deli in Walla Walla, Washington.

The groups falsely claim that these methods are “abortifacients” that prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in a woman’s uterus. »

Putin sends combat troops and spies to Finland's border as Nato tensions grow

Authored by inews.co.uk

Moscow is deploying intelligence specialists and experienced combat units from Ukraine in the Finnish border region - a key potential flashpoint between Russia and Nato.

The region is widely regarded by Western intelligence as a key potential flashpoint should Vladimir Putin seek a direct confrontation with the West.

More than 300 Russian troops, some of them believed to be from experienced combat units fighting in Ukraine, have been redeployed to the Finnish border, according to a European intelligence official. »

New ‘Marathon’ Info: Bungie Morale, Launch Worries And Changing Plans

Authored by forbes.com

Morale is in “free-fall” across all departments, and “the vibes have never been worse.”

Everyone has the same concerns about what happens to Bungie as a studio if Marathon bombs, which is something they absolutely cannot afford.

With that said, it is entirely possible, if not likely, those conversations are happening privately between higher-up Sony and Bungie leadership. »