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063025

UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying : worldnews


Pyongyang shows footage of North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine for first time : worldnews


ChrisO_wiki on X: "2/ Two weeks ago, the RDK announced that it had obtained a large quantity of data on Russia's EW systems, including technical specifications, diagrams, official correspondence, equipment setup methods, drawings, test reports, and functional information." / X

Evgen Istrebin on X: The volume of overdue mortgages in Ru is growing at a frantic pace As of June 1, the volume of overdue debt is 136 billion rub Growth For the month +8% For the year +103% Exponential growth. In reality, everything is much worse. Bloomberg wrote that bankers are hiding problems / X

Tough times ahead for Russian economy, CEO of Russia's largest bank warns : worldnews


Iran releases death toll of Israel's Evin prison attack - at least 71 people were killed by the strike, including staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families.


Israel acknowledges Palestinian civilians harmed at Gaza aid sites, says 'lessons learned' : worldnews
GHF discloses 12 of its local staff members murdered by Hamas, others tortured in Gaza : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1222, Part 1 (Thread #1369) : worldnews

Russia launches biggest aerial attack on Ukraine since the start of the war


Rob Lee on X: Beyond the traditional theatre of war, senior officials in Kyiv told the Financial Times they are seeing the systematic grooming of teenagers and young adults, including those orphaned and displaced by the fighting, struggling financially or merely eager to score enough cash / X

Visioner on X: BIG NEWS - The General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces have regained control of the settlement of Andriivka in Sumy region. Additionally, Ukrainian units advanced near Oleksiivka, successfully driving Russian forces further back from the city of Sumy / X

Russia reportedly closes Crimean Bridge amid explosions in Kerch : worldnews


In The Hague, Trump was urged to increase pressure on Russia but remained indecisive - Czech president : worldnews


Son of Norway's crown princess charged with rape, sexual assault and bodily harm : news

'Russia will hit your other cheek as well' — Ukraine rebukes Slovak FM's call to 'perhaps forgive' Moscow : worldnews
Putin's Lies About NATO fueled Russia's Ukraine invasion — UNITED24 Media


Berlin Court Approves Referendum on Car-Free City Centre - a Zone Larger Than Manhattan : worldnews

British monarchy will receive around $118 million in government funding, annual report shows : worldnews

Temperatures reach 46C in Spain as Europe heatwave continues : worldnews




'Free America': Anti-Trump Protests Taking Place Nationwide on 4th of July : politics

Irans attack on US base in Qatar approved by Trump. : politics
Trump Rages at Democratic Senator Who Exposed Reality of His Iran Plan | Donald Trump blew a fuse at Senator Chris Coons for saying the president is basically just copying Barack Obama. : politics

Trump oversees worst dollar start to year in over half a century : politics

Trump admin will cut hurricane forecasters out of key satellite data in one month : politics

National pride is declining in America. And it's splitting by party lines, new Gallup polling shows : politics - Only 36% of Democrats say they're extremely or very proud to be American

The Republicans Are About to Get Away With the Most Outrageous Lies : politics

Why AOC should run for president in 2028 - After Zohran Mamdani's win, Trump reveals how scared he is to face Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez : politics

"Mind-Boggling": Trump Voters Shocked at How Badly He's Screwing Them : politics

Two nations divisible? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Marilynne Robinson has an interesting article ($) in the NYRB about, among other things, the extent to which America in 2025 is most accurately understood as two different nations occupying the same territory, and exchanging control of a single national government:

The Post-Racial Society - Lawyers, Guns & Money John Roberts: 'The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."

Trump's justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for civil offenses : politics

2024 election results lawsuit advances as documents requested : politics

DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship : politics

Kristi Noem secretly accepted huge sum of money from mystery donor - then failed to declare it: report : politics
The New Gilded Age, Indeed - Lawyers, Guns & Money When I say what is going on with the Republican Party is more late 19th century than Nazi Germany, this is exactly what I am talking about:
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations : politics

US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers | Experts say trend of agents detaining people while masking and wearing plainclothes increases risk : politics

ICE is arresting migrants in worksite raids. Employers are largely escaping charges. : politics

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: While this is catchy, I don't think it's a valid comparison. Yes, the lump sum ICE gets IS larger than one year of the Marine Corps' budget, but ICE has 51 months (until Sept. 30, 2029) to spend it. Effectively, ICE's annual budget for FY26-29 would go from 18% of the Marine Corps' budget to 50%. - Bluesky

CNN Data Guru Reveals Unprecedented Hatred for Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' : politics

Peter Thiel's Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans : politics
The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity. Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species. : politics

Video shows federal agents blast their way into Huntington Park home : news - They blew the front off this family's home instead of issuing a warrant and picking the guy up at home or work. Insane.

Senate voting on the biggest cut to social programs and largest upward redistribution of wealth in modern history - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Funeral held for brain-dead woman kept alive due to Georgia abortion law : news - To add insult to injury they are also making her family cover her medical costs incurred over these months of forced incubation. the baby was born with significant birth defects that may cause him to pass during infancy or serious life long health struggles.


Trump Plots to Rip Funding From Children's Hospitals : politics


Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani 'doesn't behave' : politics
That train's never late - Lawyers, Guns & Money Paul Krugman writing the kind of stuff that would be way too shrill, aka true, for his former editors:


It's official: Miami cancels November election, postpones it to 2026 : politics



Multiple firefighters shot in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, while responding to a brush fire, CNN affiliate reports : news

Bank hostage standoff: Police dangle beverage from drone to lure out man, shoot him : news

Arizona 5th-graders plotted to murder boy in bathroom and make it look like suicide, police say : news


Roxie Laybourne pioneered feather forensics in 1972 Maine trial How a mild-mannered scientist named Roxie Laybourne created the field of forensic ornithology.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,915 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Alexander Crummell.


White People Are White People: The Global Lie About Racism | by Fazer | May, 2025 | Medium - America didn't invent racism. It just mass-produced it ... Portugal built the mold. Spain refined it. France and Britain polished it. America just sold it wholesale.



LGM Film Club, Part 499: The Beaning - Lawyers, Guns & Money





062925

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast - and the rate has doubled in 20 years : worldnews


Putin's 2004 words on NATO enlargement expose Kremlin's lies on Ukraine war : worldnews



Recurrent drone strikes signal alarming disregard for civilian life in Pakistan : worldnews


Israel and Syria will sign a peace agreement before the end of 2025 : worldnews


Iran has serious doubts over Israel's commitment to ceasefire : worldnews
Iran Could Resume Uranium Enrichment Within Months, Says UN Nuclear Chief : worldnews


Israeli court delays Netanyahu's appearance in corruption trial amid US pressure : worldnews
Voice4Justice: DICTATORSHIP ALERT Knesset committee advances bill to shutter news division of Israel's public broadcaster' By Jasmin Gueta Sounds familiar? ! - Bluesky

Israel orders evacuations in northern Gaza as Trump calls for war to end : worldnews

Escalating Hamas brutality in Gaza: Torture, executions, and fear | The Jerusalem Post : worldnews


Zelenskyy pulls Ukraine out of landmine treaty as war reshapes defense policy : worldnews
Zelensky signs decree to withdraw from Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, lawmaker says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1221, Part 1 (Thread #1368) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of June 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Olena Halushka on X: What Ukraine's air defence faced last night -- more than 500 air targets! If it were any other country -- actions, headlines, outrage. For russia's war against Ukraine? Just another weekend under fire. More sanctions in two weeks. / X

Ukraine loses its 3rd F-16 Fighter : worldnews

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X:The Pope wrote words of support to the Ukrainian people: / X


Visioner on X: GOOD NEWS - Ukrainian forces have advanced south of Oleksiivka, Sumy Region. / X


Thousands in Norway told they won up to millions in lottery error : worldnews


Approximately 55 Canadians have been detained by ICE, minister says : worldnews
Canada, Europeans and Brazil, not US, issue statement backing LGBT rights : politics
Trump Bashes Canada in Mad Dairy Rant: 'Very Nasty' : worldnews
Everyone Donald Trump Said Is 'Nasty' (and It's Not Just Women) The president has a habit of using this particular word to insult his many of-the-moment adversaries




NEXTA on X: "⚡ Trump Calls for Sanctions Against Russia Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has announced that Donald Trump believes the time has come to strike the Kremlin hard. A new package of sanctions against Russia is on the table, and the U.S. Senate will begin discussing the bill in July. According to Graham, the move should serve as a response to the ongoing war and Moscow's deepening ties with Beijing and Tehran. / X


Trump Implicitly Threatens U.S. Aid to Israel Unless Netanyahu's Criminal Trial Cancelled : politics

Sen. Chris Murphy says it's 'clear' Trump's strikes on Iran are 'illegal' : politics
Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program : politics ... Almost like the treaty he tore up...
Leaked Iran Call Further Shreds Trump's Narrative: Report : politics


Christopher Webb: A photo for the ages. Every living Democratic president and vice president standing together, hand over heart. - Bluesky
Trump Ignores Funeral Service for Victims of MAGA Madman : politics

Trump's second term is giving a green light to blatant racism : politics

White House condemns Democrat who told Stephen Miller to 'go back to 1930's Germany' : politics
Trump bill raises budget of Stephen Miller's Gestapo many times over - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump Wants One of His Lawyers to Be One of His Judges : politics

After criticism from MAGA world, Amy Coney Barrett delivers for Trump | The conservative justice had faced vitriol for sporadic votes against the president who appointed her, but then she authored a major win for Trump on birthright citizenship. : politics

Discussion Thread: Ongoing US Budget Negotiations : politics
Senate Republicans release 940-page bill for Trump's agenda as they race to vote this weekend : politics
Schumer to force reading of 1,000-page GOP mega bill, delaying it by half a day : politics

Trump megabill narrowly advances in Senate despite GOP defections : politics - Yep he can sign 14 million people off of healthcare 40% of children in this country, the majority of the disabled, 60% of the elderly living in nursing facilities. Happy 4th and fuck the poor and working class ... It's so much worse than that. This also puts the MAJORITY of hospitals and mental health providers completely out of business.
'Big Ugly Bill' would force Americans to accept violations to their rights : politics

Elon Is Back to Blasting Trump's Megabill: 'Utterly Insane' : politics

A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is This Close to Happening. Here's What It'd Look Like. : politics - I'm absolutely convinced that it is the intent of this administration to create a world of social Darwinism where every man is out for themselves. And then, interestingly, sell it as a Christian value. Madness.
G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says : politics
The staggering scale of Donald Trump's War on HIV funding. Models indicate that the worst-case scenario of the Trump administration's HIV-related cuts could result in 3 million deaths. : politics
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families : politics
How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts. : politics

Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of devastation from megabill - POLITICO
jamelle: mike johnson doesn't give a shit - Bluesky

Tillis won't seek re-election after refusing to destroy the lives of enough of his own constituents - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... NORTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THOSE Republican-led states that at first refused to participate in Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, which makes federal funding available to states that widen their Medicaid programs to include many more people living near the poverty line.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won't seek reelection after opposing Trump's bill : politics
Thom Tillis won't seek re-election in North Carolina after drawing Trump's ire : pics
Marc Elias: Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is: In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision. In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act. - Bluesky
Rob Cerulo: Also, the deciding vote for Hegseth and the Senator who introduced Patel at his confirmation hearing! - Bluesky
Tillis becomes third GOP senator to oppose Trump' s big, beautiful bill : politics
Trump Threatens to Primary GOP Senator Who Voted Against Megabill : politics

'very wealthy group' has agreed to buy TikTok : worldnews

Donald Trump Voters Are Losing Faith With Trump : politics

Metaphor for Working in the Trump Years - Lawyers, Guns & Money The temperature inside the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in D.C. topped 80 on Thursday after the air conditioning went out amid sweltering heat, employees told News4. The air conditioning in the building just north of the National Mall was on the fritz Thursday morning, two employees said. A photo shows a thermostat that measured 80.9 indoors.

Scott Wiener files paperwork to run for Nancy Pelosi's seat in Congress in 2028 : politics - at 88 yrs old

Bill Madden: Lisa Murkowski, in what will forever be described as a portrait in cowardice. Murkowski, who a few days ago was considering flipping to the Democratic Party, just flipped to YES on Trump's barbaric 'Big Beautiful Bill." - Bluesky Murkowski votes to advance GOP megabill after early misgivings over Medicaid, SNAP cuts : politics

G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says : politics
Physicians for a Healthy Democracy: - Bluesky


To fight Trump's funding freezes, states try a new gambit: Withholding federal payments : politics



Harvey Milk is an icon. Pete Hegseth is an idiot. You can take his name off a ship, but Milk is still far more of a "warrior" than the petty Pete Hegseth, writes John Casey. : politics

Paul A. Szypula on X: AOC's previous home in Yorktown Heights. This is publicly reported information. Her dad bought it for $150K over 20 years ago. Her mom sold it for $355K in 2016. It's now valued over $500K. Homes nearby range from $600K to $800K. AOC is no Bronx girl. She's privileged. / X
'I'm Proud of How I Grew Up,' AOC Retorts After Conservative Influencer Shares Image of Her 'Privileged' Childhood Home : politics

The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system : politics

Tuberville says 'inner city rats' live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them 'back home' : politics

Congress set to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents : politics

Man charged with robbery after pretending to be ICE agent, zip tying victim : news

New York leaders push for proposed bill that would ban ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests : politics
US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers : politics

At least 11 people have died in ICE detention under Trump, as administration on pace for deadliest year in decades : politics
Ice arrests of US military veterans and their relatives are on the rise: a country that I fought for : politics

Flurry of 911 calls has been coming from ICE detention site near San Antonio : politics - The subject matter of the calls ranged from suicide attempts and allegations of sexual abuse to health issues faced by pregnant inmates ... Conditions at the South Texas ICE Processing Center ('Pearsall') are broadly punitive, as they have been throughout its two-decade history under the management of private prison company GEO Group ... Concentration camps.

Trump administration taunts detained migrants with ICE alligators at proposed Florida prison | DHS called out for horrendous lack of humanity over meme image : politics

US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers : politics

The Trump administration's "divide and conquer" approach to LGBTQ rights : politics


Kathy Hochul sidesteps endorsing Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor : politics

Mamdani says he doesn't believe that we should have billionaires : politics
Senator Chris Van Hollen: We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani's victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn't challenge it. - Bluesky
Mehdi Hasan: Imagine if the media covered, and got as worked up about, Donald Trump and MAGA's actual and open antisemitism as they do about Zohran Mamdani's non-existent and made-up antisemitism. - Bluesky

Top Democratic Senator Goes On Wildly Racist Tirade Against Zohran Mamdani : politics - Gillibrand only has one focus in her career: Gillibrand



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,914 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of John Lewis.


Trump and Trumpism have changed the original concept of "libertarian means to conservative ends" into a new concept of "authoritarian means to Christian nationalist ends", finds a new study. : science

How many vocabulary words can an average human retain? : askscience
Critical period hypothesis - Wikipedia

Lifting weights secretes an age-defying myokine that keeps the body youthful. Resistance training boosts a youth-linked protein called CLCF1 finds study in mice. Cardio alone may not trigger CLCF1 in older adults. Strength training can also slow age-related muscle and bone loss. : science

Research found people who report out-of-body experiences, where they feel separated from their physical body, tend to show higher rates of mental health concerns, trauma history, and dissociative symptoms compared to those who have never had such experiences. : science
Astral Projection
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Hoarding disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive condition characterized by difficulty discarding objects leading to clutter compromising living spaces. 6% of older adults have hoarding disorder, compared to 2% of population. Hoarders say they feel stigmatized and face "everyday discrimination". : science


Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes shed light on lost society | Penn State University

Research on older adults found that participants with deteriorating swallowing function had a 53% higher risk of progressing to frailty compared to those with normal swallowing ability. Findings remained significant even after researchers accounted for other factors like age, cognition : science



How do you impress a man? : AskReddit

What things in porn actually happen in real life? : AskReddit
Health License Disciplinary Action Reports

What's a legal thing that ruins more lives than any illegal substance? : AskReddit

What;s the most stupid Real men don't ___________ take you've ever heard? : AskReddit



Windows 12 release is pushed back at least another year as Microsoft announces Windows 11 version 25H2 : technology

Best PDF editor for Microsoft Surface Pro ? : Surface




062825

Japan executes man dubbed the 'Twitter killer,' convicted serial killer who murdered and dismembered 9 people : worldnews


Russian culture minister in North Korea praises unprecedented cooperation : worldnews
N. Korean smartphone spills state secrets : worldnews

China, Taiwan clash over history, Beijing says can't 'invade' what is already its territory : worldnews

China 'planned car collision' during Taiwan vice-president's visit to Prague : worldnews



'It's possible' Putin will invade more than Ukraine, says Donald Trump : worldnews
Putin says Russia will cut military spending as economy 'on the brink of going into a recession' : worldnews
Despite escalating war plans, Putin claims Russia will cut military spending starting in 2026 : worldnews
Anton Gerashchenko on X: Putin, for the first time, personally recognized the problems in the economy. Putin said that Russia's defense spending is 13.5 trillion rubles ($172 billion): That's a lot. We paid for it with inflation, but we are now fighting this inflation. I think the spending figures are grossly understated, and that the situation with the Russian economy has really deteriorated a lot. That means that additional sanctions are necessary. / X



(((Tendar))) on X: "The Ukrainian SBU conducted another successful operation against a Russian air base. Forces of the SBU struck the Marinovka airbase in the Russian Volgograd region. The operation resulted in two Su-34 destroyed. Another two airplanes were heavily damaged. Russian channels have already confirmed that an incident happened at this airfield, without disclosing specifics. / X


India, Russia push for fast-track military deals : worldnews


Iran arrests at least 700 Jews for alleged ties to Israel - report : worldnews
Reddit - Jewish Population in Arab Nations: Then vs. Now

Trump says he saved Iran leader from 'ignominious death' : worldnews

IDF chief believes Iran no longer a nuclear threshold state after Israeli, US strikes : worldnews

Battling to survive, Hamas faces defiant clans and doubts over Iran : worldnews
Gaza offensive will soon 'reach the lines' set by the government, says IDF chief : worldnews


IDF kills Hamas founder Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa linked to Oct. 7 attack : worldnews
IDF eliminates Hamas founder linked to October 7 attack in Gaza : worldnews

Israeli soldiers ordered to shoot unarmed Gaza aid seekers: Report | The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians. : worldnews
IDF strongly rejects damning Haaretz report claiming military targets civilians at aid sites : worldnews

Pro-Palestinian activists reportedly destroy military equipment intended for Ukraine : worldnews


Caolan on X: Trump: I Will Stop The War The War: / X
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,017,720 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: Ukrainian drones strike Russian S-400 air defense system in occupied Crimea, HUR says. The strike damaged "critical and expensive components" of Russia's S-400 Triumph air defense system, including 92N2E and 91N6E radars, and an S-400 launcher. / X


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1220, Part 1 (Thread #1367) : worldnews

Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 on X: "The abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia is one of the largest war crimes since World War II, The Guardian reports. According to Yale University estimates, around 35,000 Ukrainian children are listed as missing or are believed to be held by Russian forces. Some have been sent to military camps, others placed in orphanages or adopted. / X

WarTranslated on X: "Ukrainian "Wild Hornets" drone operators tested a new drone that hit 12 km altitude. It's likely to allow fast, high-quality, and cost-effective recon of Russian positions in their near rear / X

Euromaidan Press on X: The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that Russia violated international law by using "Lilac" gas against Ukrainian troops The substance irritant banned under 1925 Geneva Protocol and Chemical Weapons Convention / X

Ukraine's air defence downs 22 out of 23 Russian drones overnight, one hit and debris fall reported : worldnews

Russia has amassed 110,000 troops near strategic Ukrainian city, Kyiv says | CNN : worldnews

Pope Leo says Ukraine has been martyred in senseless war : worldnews

She was a wonderful person with a big heart: Odesa teacher and her husband killed in Russian drone attack | Ukrainska Pravda


Researchers find more than 1000 nuclear waste drums in the Atlantic : worldnews
Southern Europe swelters as heatwave spreads : worldnews

Poland's Duda arrives in Kyiv to meet with Zelensky : worldnews

KyivPost on X: "Hungary blocks EU summit decision to launch accession talks with Ukraine — standing alone against 26 member states. https://t.co/NkWAoUuGYV" / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Zelenskyy says Czech firms are arming Russia. The Insider finds at least 12 exporters supplied machines via Turkey, Serbia, and more. Tools from top manufacturers entered Russia even in 2024, data shows. / X

Swiss politician loses immunity after publishing deepfake video : worldnews
Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban's Ban : worldnews
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Germany's Merz unwilling to speak with Putin as he only escalates attacks post-talks : worldnews
Germany, Italy pressured to repatriate $245B worth of gold from US : worldnews

France bans smoking at beaches, parks and bus shelters : worldnews



Alleged Telegram hitman service UberKills linked to killing in eastern France : worldnews ... The attack was streamed on the social network Snapchat.

UK launched huge operation to find suspected Russian double agent in MI6 : worldnews


Argentina to put Iranians and Lebanese on trial in absentia over 1994 Jewish center bombing : worldnews
Travelers will now need to show proof of health insurance to enter Argentina : worldnews

Claudia Sheinbaum Criticizes AG Pam Bondi for Calling Mexico a Foreign Adversary: 'She's Not Well Informed' : politics

King Charles set to lobby Trump on Canada, Ukraine and climate change on state visit : worldnews
Canada's GDP shrank in April, with hefty decline in manufacturing : worldnews
Canada retaliates against U.S. steel imports after Trump terminates trade talks : worldnews




Week 23 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


US Senate votes down resolution to restrict Trump from escalating Iran war : politics - The vote on the resolution, introduced by the Democratic senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, split along mainly partisan lines. One Republican, Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted for it; one Democrat, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, voted against it.
Fetterman Voted With GOP to Make Sure Trump Can Attack Iran Again : politics - I have a unfounded theory that the same thing happened to JK Rowling, and that's why she flipped to hatemonger so suddenly.

Might Unmakes Right: The Catastrophic Collapse of Norms Against the Use of Force he Catastrophic Collapse of Norms Against the Use of Force
Might Unmakes Right : politics The destruction of international trade to serve the ego of one old man. Let's hope saner hands will replace his on the levers of power


Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say : politics

Top Dem Vows to Investigate 'Piece of S**t' Stephen Miller : politics

GOP thinks the court orders they used against Biden should be outlawed — because they now target Trump : politics

Donald Trump Suffers Legal Blow: 'Grave Constitutional Violations' : politics

Supreme Contempt for the Constitution : politics
Palantir, Meta, OpenAI, And Thinking Machines Just Had Their Executives Sworn Into The US Army Reserve

Sotomayor Warns No One Is Safe After Birthright Citizenship Ruling : politics
Liberal supreme court justices' dissents reveal concerns that the US faces a crisis : politics

ACLU Files Class Action To Bypass Supreme Court Decision on Birthright Citizenship : politics
Groups File Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Over Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order : politics
The Supreme Court;s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe : politics
Trump Mocked for Not Knowing When the Civil War Ended: 'The US President Couldn't Pass the Citizenship Test' | There's just no way he could pass a 5th grade history test, one user joked : politics

Raskin: 'Trumpified' Supreme Court conservatives invite chaos with incoherent rulings : politics
'Arrogant' Amy Coney Barrett buried over 'out of bounds' personal attack - Raw Story
The Supreme Court's ongoing war on civic equality under the false flag of the First Amendment - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Today, the Court's Republicans determined that every parent can create a bespoke public school curriculum (at least where the existence of LGBTQ people are concerned) and not have their children exposed to even the most subtle suggestion that LGBTQ are human beings with human rights
Zones of lawlessness - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The majority's assertion that District Courts did not have the authority to enforce universal injunctions because this is not consistent with the equity powers of the 18th Century High Court of Chancery in England is, as Sotomayor points out at length, unpersuasive on its own terms
Conservative judges will still be able to issue universal injunctions despite Trump v. CASA - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Supreme Court just imposed a "Don't Say Gay" regime on every public school in America : politics

Porn age-gating is the future of the internet, thanks to the Supreme Court : politics - Remember this is not about not letting kids watch xvideos, this is about not letting people unable or unwilling to provide an ID visit the Trevor Project, RAINN, and other websites that are going to be considered "pornographic".

MAGA Senators Use Donald Trump's Bill to Hand Themselves Massive Perk: The latest version of the bill would raise retirement contributions for most federal employees -- but not members of Congress or their staffs. : politics

How Can the Democrats Be Losing to These Cruel, Stupid, Inept People? : politics

Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father's term ends : politics



How U.S. Customs and Border Protection accidentally sent a JD Vance meme into the viral stratosphere : politics

Republicans prepare to crush their core constituents - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman, Her Husband and Their Golden Retriever Lie in State as Public Brings Dogs to Pay Respects : politics


Trump supporter detained by ICE thought only criminals would be deported : politics


Florida GOP Hawks Merch for Brutal 'Alligator Alcatraz' Migrant Detention Camp | Creating torturous conditions for undocumented immigrants is becoming a staple of Trump and his party's immigration crackdown : politics

Trump administration terminates legal status for more than 500K immigrants : politics

U.S. wants to deport FBI informant who was set to testify in gang case in Mass. : politics


'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening : politics

Tuberville says 'inner city rats' live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them 'back home' : politics

Jasmine Crockett's Quip About Melania Trump Spurred Wildly Racist Attacks -- And It's Alarming : politics
Trump And Epstein: Jeffrey Epstein claimed Donald Trump's cuckolded his best friends, slept with Melania first on 'Lolita Express' | World News - Times of India


N.Y. Senator 'Misspoke' When She Flasely Claimed Zohran Mamdani Condoned 'Global Jihad' : politics - The best part is that she's the one who dogpiled Al Franken, and then she's there supporting Cuomo the sex pest. ypocrisy thy name is Gillibrand, the NIMBY-est of the NIMBY-s. >
Democratic Senator Gillibrand Goes on Islamophobic Rant Against Mamdani : politics

Cuomo and Adams want the other to bow out of NYC mayor race to avoid splitting votes: Sources : politics

How Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country : politics

Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani : politics

Major Unions Are Dropping Cuomo to Back Mamdani in N.Y.C. Mayor's Race : politics


Mamdani and Other Younger Democrats Are No Longer Waiting Their Turn : politics


The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover : politics


The Strains on the Kentucky GOP - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Kentucky being the whitest state in the American South (8.09% Black) meaning that party politics that prevail across the rest of the South took a very long time to shake out.



New Army Shaving Policy Will Allow Soldiers with Skin Condition that Affects Mostly Black Men to Be Kicked Out : politics - I was an Army medic, shaving profiles do not hurt a soldiers ability to carry out their duties. In my experience, 99% of soldiers on a shaving profile were Black. This is a blatantly racist move. Fuck this administration.



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,913 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Philip Landrum.



Red record of Lynching map 1922 : MapPorn




062725

6 Americans detained in South Korea for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea : worldnews

Trump says he will 'get the conflict solved with North Korea' : worldnews


Kyiv Insider on X: "More sanctions evasion by Russia as Sberbank finds a loophole using Revolut and Germany's N26 to bypass SWIFT ban. https://t.co/tCGR3oXf1o" / X


US did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran's nuclear sites, top general tells lawmakers, citing depth of the target : worldnews
Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program : worldnews

Iran joins China and Russia in security talks after US strikes : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1219, Part 1 (Thread #1366) : worldnews

AI-Powered 'Last-Mile' Drone Targeting Could Soon Be Deployed Across Ukraine : worldnews



Meaghan Mobbs on X: Russia seized one of Europe's largest lithium deposits near Shevchenko village in Ukraine;s Donetsk region. This is a critical metals jackpot. Over 1.2 million tons of ore with high-grade lithium, enough to power thousands of electric vehicles and dominate the battery supply chain ... This is what 21st-century conquest looks like - it's not just land, but supply chains. / X

Visioner on X: Russia is relocating bombers from the Far East closer to Ukraine. Today, active redeployment of Tu-95MS aircraft to the Olenya airbase has been observed. As of now, at least 7 Tu-95MS bombers are stationed at Olenya, armed with missiles and ready to launch strikes. / X


Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features : worldnews
Denmark plans to thwart deepfakers by giving everyone copyright over their own features : worldnews

Pope Leo Criticizes World Leaders for Abandoning International and Humanitarian Law to 'Overpower Others' : 'Unworthy and Shameful' : worldnews

Pro-Palestine activists break into Belgian defense company, damage vehicles intended for Ukraine : worldnews

Greek farm scandal triggers top-level government resignations : worldnews

Youth cannabis consumption in Frankfurt is at an all-time low : worldnews



Ban on dolphin shows approved unanimously in the Mexican's Senate : worldnews

Danish general says he is not losing sleep over US plans for Greenland : worldnews

Canada urgently seeking more information on death of Canadian in ICE custody : worldnews
Trump ending all trade talks with Canada 'immediately' : worldnews




Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91


Trump threatens to sue New York Times and CNN over Iran bomb strike reporting | Trump's lawyer claimed the reporting 'undermined the credibility and integrity of President Trump in the eyes of the public and the professional community' : politics

Gabbard Dropped From Intelligence Briefing as Trump Rages Over Leak : politics - Director for National Intelligence dropped from intelligence briefing.


The Birthright Citizenship Decision - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adam Klasfeld: Sotomayor: No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. ... Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent. - Bluesky

Zones of lawlessness - Lawyers, Guns & Money Justice Jackson's relatively brief dissent in Trump v. CASA gets right to the fundamental conceptual error at the heart of Amy Taney Barrett's opinion: ... This patchwork, needless to say, is precisely what the 14th Amendment foreclosed through unambiguous language. The majority has essentially re-established the Dred Scott dual citizenship regime the core purpose of the 14th Amendment was to avoid. It's lawlessness multiple times over
Discussion Thread: Supreme Court Opinions for Friday, June 27, 2025 - 10:00 AM EDT : politics
Former Supreme Court Justice Kennedy says 'democracy is at risk' : politics

A quick note on the 14th amendment decision - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Supreme Court's ongoing war on civic equality under the false flag of the First Amendment - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Donald Trump;s Approval Rating Goes Negative in Texas : politics

Trump nearly won a majority of Latino voters in 2024, Pew study finds : politics

Cult of Personality - Lawyers, Guns & Money One does not normally cite Marc Thiessen but I do enjoy watching him dance on the grave of the idea that MAGA! is in any way pacifist…

Matt Novak: So weird. They're all just so fucking weird. - Bluesky
White House Absolutely Fuming Over Sculpture Showing Trump Dancing With Epstein : politics


The Republican Party's war on vaccination proceeds - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This is what Trump promised to do, he did it, and the Republican Senate conference eagerly ratified it. RFK Jr. isn't some rogue official - he represents Republican orthodoxy now, and that orthodoxy is 'not nearly enough kids are dying of preventable diseases.'

Trump administration forces president of UVA to resign - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Democrats Want To Ban Masked ICE Agents : politics

Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening : politics

US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as 'kidnapping' : politics



Trump Faces MAGA Revolt as Big Beautiful Bill Blows Up Over Medicaid : politics


Christians warned marriage equality would end civilization. 10 years in, we're still standing. Why does anyone still take them seriously? : politics


Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call : politics
Newsom Sues Fox News for Saying He Lied About Call With Trump : politics

More Anti-Union Democrats - Lawyers, Guns & Money Being anti-union as a Democrat is as unacceptable as being anti-abortion or anti-gay marriage. There need to be some fundamental definitions on what is an is not an acceptable set of ideas. That doesn't mean going super small tent. It does mean some basic values though. And like Jared Polis in Colorado, Ned Lamont in Connecticut does not hold those values and now faces a likely primary challenge.



I feel like I m taking crazy pills - Lawyers, Guns & Money During a radio interview Thursday, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to suggest that Zohran Mamdani had condoned "global jihad." Her office tells Rolling Stone she "misspoke," as she responded to a caller who provided a lengthy list of claims against Mamdani, who won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday ... Any Democrat who repeats fascist lies like this is objectively pro-fascist, as they used to say in the bad old days. We can't afford this kind of thing right now, or ever really, but especially at this historical moment.

Elizabeth West: "The GOP is unhinged" - Bluesky

Eschaton: Go For It I won't post the whole thing, but here is the plan by rich guy lunatic Bill Ackman - driven insane because his daughter went to Harvard and came out with some crazy ideas - to save New York from Mamdani:
A Billionaire Trump Backer Is Desperate to Stop Zohran Mamdani. Billionaire Bill Ackman and his rich friends want someone, anyone, to bring down Zohran Mamdani. Their pitch: take our money, it won't be much time and energy, and maybe you'll get famous enough to use the campaign as a stepping stone. : politics

Mamdani says leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US : politics
Zohran Mamdani reacts to Andrew Cuomo reportedly staying in mayor's race : politics


Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact : politics ... Oklahoma, where your IQ comes sweepin' down the drain! ... Oklahoma is ranked 49th in education out of all the states.


southpaw: Turns out this was an April 4th story, and it did not really make much of a ripple in the news landscape - despite being insanely lurid. - Bluesky


A year in jail for a THC snack? Texans aren't happy with Republicans : politics

New law will ban cat declawing in Rhode Island : politics



The Arrested Development of Carson McCullers | The New Yorker She was one of the great writers of American girlhood—possibly because she spent her life being tended to like a child.



Opinion | Other BU women's soccer players complained of coach In 2022, a psychologist heard "significant concerns" from members of the team.

Auchincloss and Moulton struck different tone on Trump's Iran strikes




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Synthetic Human Genome Project gets go ahead : worldnews - research based medicine is like a car lot where every scientist is a car salesman, and the government is the dude with a fat wallet and no idea what youre talking about.
New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015 - enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development 'abysmally off track' ahead of crunch talks : worldnews


Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalise cannabis, is re-criminalising recreational sales : worldnews

Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes : worldnews

NSW politicians say cannabis decriminalisation inevitable after report points to unequal system : worldnews ... The evidence in the inquiry shows the advantaged have designed a system where they are allowed to smoke their easily obtained medicinal cannabis, often for recreational purposes, while we punish the rest sometimes harshly


Work-related mental health cases hit record high in Japan : worldnews


Russia reportedly helping North Korea build warships, but questions over seaworthiness remain after failed launch : worldnews
North Korea may send more troops to Russia in July or August for Ukraine war, Seoul says : worldnews
North Korea to open beach resort as Kim Jong Un bets on tourism : worldnews


Russian Banks Fear Debt Crisis Is Coming as War Strains Economy : worldnews
Evgen Istrebin 🇺🇦 on X: "The collapse of the Russian real estate market is gaining momentum. Cement production in May: -10% y/y (Jan-May: -6.5% y/y) The crisis has spread to all related industries. See the next tweet 1/2 https://t.co/sbiadzZSJX" / X

Sikorski: Russia Pulls Majority of Troops from Kaliningrad - Militarnyi : worldnews

Over 20,000 Russian soldiers prosecuted for refusing to fight in Ukraine, media reports : worldnews

Explosions Rock Moscow as 50 Drones Target Russian Regions, Vnukovo Flights Diverted : worldnews

Artur Rehi on X: "Soviet-era equipment reserves, a large number of soldiers, and the National Wealth Fund. Let's start with the first point. Soviet equipment reserves are almost completely depleted. The offensive on Sumy is carried out mainly through infantry assaults, and the amount of destroyed Russian equipment in recent weeks is two to three times lower than during the same period in previous years. If Russia continues the war at the same pace, by 2027 almost all of its equipment will be gone—perhaps even the few donkeys they have. As for soldiers, ,,, / X


WarMonitor on X: Will there be a ceasefire in Ukraine by the end of 2025? Polymarket odds have seen a huge shift downwards 40 percent from its peak, there is only a 24 percent chance of it occurring according to the market. Putins unwillingness is pushing peace further and further away. / X



Indian court rules trans women are women and legally entitled to recognition : worldnews
India sends its first astronaut into space after 41 years : worldnews
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary launched on first space station mission : worldnews

Pakistan developing a nuclear missile that could reach US, new report reveals : worldnews


At least 16 people dead as anti-government protests grip Kenya : worldnews


No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium, US defense chief says : worldnews
Details emerge of secret diplomatic efforts to restart Iran talks : worldnews

Iran's Khamenei resurfaces to warn against future US attacks in first statement since ceasefire : worldnews
Defiant Ayatollah claims victory for Iran after hostilities with Israel, U.S. : worldnews
US gained nothing from strikes, Iran's supreme leader says : worldnews
Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran dealt US severe slap , claims victory over Israel : worldnews
Iran turns to internal crackdown in wake of 12-day war : worldnews



Netanyahu thanks Trump for public call to cancel his corruption trial : worldnews
AG says Netanyahu cannot pick next Shin Bet chief due to ongoing probes of aides : worldnews

West Bank: Three Palestinians killed during Israeli settler attack : worldnews - Israeli settlers are ethno-nationalist terrorists.


Ukraine calls for special court to try Russian war leaders - DW - 06/26/2025 : worldnews
Ukraine and Council of Europe sign agreement to create tribunal to prosecute Putin over war — Meduza : worldnews
Trump's surprising exchange with Ukrainian reporter: 'Very upsetting' : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1218, Part 1 (Thread #1365) : worldnews

Artur Rehi on X: "The appointment of Robert Brovdi, known by his call sign "Madyar," as head of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine has already yielded noticeable results, according to Russian military bloggers. They report that Ukrainian drone strikes are now primarily aimed at eliminating Russian UAV operators. / X

Ukrainian forces halt Russian advance in Sumy region, says army chief : worldnews

Ukrainian intelligence drones destroy Russian air defence systems in Crimea - video : worldnews

NEXTA on X: Ukraine can defeat Russia Lieutenant General Alexus Grynkewich, nominated by President Donald Trump for the position of Supreme Allied Commander Europe, expressed confidence that Ukraine is capable of winning the war against Russia. This was his response to a question about the future prospects of the war. / X


Cocaine use and production hits record high : worldnews over 4x the cocaine use of a decade ago is insane!

Polish foreign minister says arms race could bring down Putin's regime like it did with USSR : worldnews

Ursula von der Leyen faces no-confidence vote over Pfizergate : worldnews

Swiss government proposes restrictions on Ukrainian refugees : worldnews
Switzerland concerned about Russian satellite interference : worldnews

Russia Launches DDoS Attacks on Dutch Government Websites on Eve of NATO Summit : worldnews


Putin's henchmen now deeply ingrained at highest level of Slovakian government : worldnews

Spain: Top court backs amnesty for Catalan separatists : worldnews

Russians escalate attacks on NATO, Burning German Military Vehicles in Erfurt : worldnews

Discovery of HMS Endeavour wreck confirmed : worldnews
Discovery of HMS Endeavour wreck confirmed - Ars Technica The Endeavour (by then renamed the Lord Sandwich) met its demise in the Atlantic when it was one of 13 ships the British deliberately sank (or "scuttled") in a Rhode Island harbor during the American Revolution.
BBC to start charging US-based consumers for news and TV coverage : worldnews


Drug kingpin 'Fito,' Ecuador's most wanted man, has been captured, says Ecuador's president : worldnews

Canada isn't looking to join EU, Carney says, but still wants closer ties : worldnews
Canada's Youth Job Market Slumps Most Among Major Economies : worldnews
B.C.'s premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness' : worldnews




The US economy shrank much faster in the first quarter than previously reported : politics


Trump's Iran lies begin to crumble into an embarrassing mess : politics


Living in the Empire of Lies - Lawyers, Guns & Money This post from Andrew Gelman deals with a crucial topic, which is the explosion or epidemic of lying that is overwhelming public discourse. Gelman is discussing the general phenomenon rather than changes in its rate, so he doesn't frame the issue explicitly in the context of the present political situation, but it's pretty clear that:

Donald Trump's approval rating falls to lowest point : politics - The latest Gallup poll, conducted between June 2-19 among 1,000 adults, shows that Trump's net approval rating stands at -17 points, with 40 percent approving and 57 percent disapproving. That is done from -10 points in May, the previous lowest result recorded by Gallup. The poll had a margin of error of 4 percent.

Republican Sexual Fetishes - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some portion of the Republican Party has been on this "Daddy" kick since at least the election. It's weird.

After the Parties Collapse - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The child may not be the father of the man, but he is actually president of the United States - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald Trump is intellectually a dull normal 15 year old, and emotionally a poorly socialized five year old.

Bill Moyers - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Over the span of seven decades, Moyers had an enormously productive career in American journalism. 20 years ago, his critique of the right wing propaganda machine was both accurate and prophetic: We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's interested in the bottom line. Therefore, we don't have a vigilant, independent press whose interest is the American people.

'Pure Shamelessness': Critics Rip Karoline Leavitt's 'Dangerous' New Lie For Trump. Some compared the White House press secretary to North Korean state media. : politics

Melania Trump's visa questioned in congressional hearing : politics - The family bumped off Ivana. Look into the events of that day and pair them up with the fact that the family, including her, were set to give a deposition within days of it happening. Also, she "fell down the stairs" which echoes strongly of the way so many of putins adversaries "fell out of windows."
'Doesn't Take An Einstein': Crockett Hits Trump With Sharp Melania Swipe In House Hearing : politics - o gain an "Einstein visa," as the EB-1 is also called, noted Crockett, "you're supposed to have some sort of significant achievement, like being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or a Pulitzer, being an Olympic medalist, or having other sustained extraordinary abilities and success in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics." "Last time I checked, the first lady had none of those accolades under her belt," she said. 'It doesn't take an Einstein to see that the math ain't mathin' here."
Jasmine Crockett fumes over Melania's 'Einstein visa' and shreds the first lady's modeling career : politics

Mike Pence writes letter to Jan 6 rioter praising her for not taking Trump's pardon : politics


Senate Parliamentarian makes Republican Medicaid cuts slightly less brutal - Lawyers, Guns & Money



Trump administration sues every federal judge in Maryland : politics


Cops Zip-Tie Elderly Anti-Trump Protesters in Wheelchairs : politics - Still blown away no one has called him out for co-opting Bidens "Build Back Better" marketing for the new "Big Beautiful Bill".


Canadian citizen dies while in U.S. ICE custody in Florida : politics

ICE "Immigration" arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukaemia at immigration court . It's alleged the boy's family are suing. : worldnews

ICE Has No Right to Anonymity : politics

Trump's Use of Federal Troops in Drug Raid Outside of Los Angeles: An Alarming Escalation : politics - This development represents an alarming escalation of President Donald Trump's efforts to use the military as a domestic police force. Based on currently available information, it appears to be illegal, as well."

Even Joe Rogan thinks Trump's ICE raids are 'f***ing nuts' : politics


Meatheads a-beefing - Lawyers, Guns & Money I did not know there was a person called the Liver King until day before yesterday, but based on context I was not overly surprised by the article I read yesterday.



Democrats slam McConnell over 'they'll get over it' quip on Medicaid cuts | If you thought Joni Ernst's "we are all going to die" comments were a problem, the former Senate majority leader made the problem worse. : politics - This is a "let them eat cake" moment. The difference is instead of it being attributed to a Queen that never said it, the devil masquerading as a turtle actually did say this and instead of a revolution this will just get some strongly worded tweets and a few news articles.
Mitch McConnell says voters will 'get over' losing Medicaid. That's a risky bet. : politics - Why can't the rich just get "get over" losing their tax cuts? Why is that never an option?>

RFK Jr. Admits Removing Fluoride From Drinking Water Will 'Probably' Lead to More Cavities in Children : politics



Once again, ranked choice voting improved New York City elections : politics

Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes. : politics
Mamdani Did All the Things the Establishment Hates. He Won Anyway. : politics
Zohran Mamdani Defeated a Corrupt, Weak Democratic Party Establishment | Mamdani laid out the strategy. Now the left should follow his example and primary Ritchie Torres, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and so many others. : politics
Republicans ask Donald Trump to revoke Zohran Mamdani's citizenship : politics - The Communist Control Act lets President Trump revoke @ZohranKMamdani's citizenship and promptly deport him.
Melting Down Over NYC Mayoral Primary, Trump Calls Mamdani '100% Communist Lunatic' | "Trump attacking Mamdani is basically an endorsement at this point," said one social media user. : politics

Zohran Mamdani's victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street alarmed and depressed : politics
Zohran Mamdani pledges to combat bigotry if elected NYC Mayor after MAGA spirals into ugly Islamophobia | "We will root out bigotry across the five boroughs," Mamdani said : politics

The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results - The New York Times
Election data shows Mamdani drew a surge of young voters : politics


And why ain't there a funeral if you're going to act that way - Lawyers, Guns & Money The lavish three-day bonanza has been shrouded in secrecy, but Bezos, Sánchez, and a guest list of about 200 - with guests ranging from Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to Sánchez's fellow glamstronaut Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, and many others - are expected to descend on Venice, Italy in the coming days for the opulent nuptials.
Photos: Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' Venetian wedding | CNN



Civil liberties groups set to sue Texas over law requiring Ten Commandments display in public schools : politics


Karen Read alternate juror speaks on law enforcement distrust




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Just three years to limit global warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn : worldnews
Global warming is altering cloud patterns, which in turn amplifies global warming. Recent years have seen temperatures rise faster than predicted. New research reveals that cloud changes play a key role in accelerating this dangerous heating. : science
New research shows 20-40-year-old regrowing forests absorb up to 8x more CO₂ per hectare than newly planted ones. : science
'Extinction crisis' could see 500 bird species vanish within a century - report | Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the 'shocking statistic' that threatens to unravel ecosystems : science
Once considered a rare combination, destructive hurricanes followed by deadly heatwaves will become far more common by the end of this century, study finds [Nature Communications] : science
Study finds ocean acidification is more pervasive than previously thought, significantly compromising 40% of the global surface ocean, and 60% of the subsurface ocean to a depth of 656 feet (200 meters). : science
Currently, the world's 8 richest individuals have as much wealth as the bottom 50% of people worldwide. Members of societies that are more equal and wealthy than average are more likely to believe it is wrong to have too much money. Extreme wealth, to some, is disgusting. : science


Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking $1 billion industry : worldnews


S. Korea sees fastest on-year growth in births in 34 yrs in April. Newborns rising 10 month straight : worldnews



China hits 1 TW solar milestone : worldnews - Around 92 GW of new PV systems were installed in China in May alone. That's almost a third of the total solar power capacity of the US. And they installed that in a single month.



NOELREPORTS on X: On May 21, Ukraine successfully struck the Bolkhov Semiconductor Plant, a key supplier to over 300 Russian defense enterprises. The strike hit three semiconductor production buildings and one mechanical shop. The plant produced diodes, transistors and microchips for tank sights (T-72B3, T-90M), Iskander, Kh-101 and Kinzhal missiles, Sukhoi aircraft systems, and electronic warfare equipment like Krasukha and Zhitel. Its mechanical shop also made structural components for military hardware. / X


Trump says US will meet with Iran next week, asserts nuke deal 'no longer necessary' : worldnews

Iran says nuclear sites 'badly damaged' amid conflicting reports on strikes' success : worldnews
UK PM Starmer faces a historic revolt as 120+ Labour MPs defy his £5 bn welfare cuts : worldnews

Israeli commandos operated inside Iran during war, IDF chief says : worldnews
Questions on the Fordo Strike (Wonky) - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Iran's parliament votes to expel and end cooperation with UN nuclear inspectors and Nuclear Watchdog after U.S.-Israel strikes : worldnews

Iran's parliament votes to expel and end cooperation with UN nuclear inspectors and Nuclear Watchdog after U.S.-Israel strikes : worldnews
Iran Arrests 700 People for Alleged Ties to Israeli Spy Network : worldnews


Trump and Zelenskyy hold 45-minute meeting in The Hague: details : worldnews
Anton Gerashchenko on X: President Trump: "Zelenskyy is a nice guy, I'm going to meet him today. I don't know, I assume we're going to be discussing Ukraine." / X
Zelenskyy after meeting with Trump: "We talked about the battlefield. Putin is definitely not winning" : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: UK to buy Ukraine weapons with frozen Russian asset proceeds. The move represents the U.K.'s first direct use of Russia-linked funds to buy weaponry for Kyiv. / X
Zelenskyy: Russia has launched 28,743 Shahed drones on Ukraine since 2022 : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1217, Part 1 (Thread #1364) : worldnews


Drone debris found in Ukraine indicates Russia is using new technology from Iran : worldnews

Ukraine Unveils Its Own "KAB" Glide Bombs—Finally Hits Back at Russian Tactics : worldnews


Kvist on X: The Russian Ministry of Education has excluded the Ukrainian language from the school curriculum, in Ukraine / X


Rubio surprises NATO allies with softer rhetoric on Russia sanctions : worldnews
Europeans still aren't buying Teslas with sales drop in Europe for fifth month in a row : worldnews


Orban: "Ukraine is not NATO member and I intend to keep it that way" : worldnews


The king of the Netherlands is 6 ft tall (183cm) : pics

Euromaidan Press on X: Switzerland approved a mechanism allowing its private companies to access $620 mn in government funding for Ukraine reconstruction projects, with the legal framework set for signing in Rome next month / X


UK PM Starmer faces a historic revolt as 120+ Labour MPs defy his 5 bn welfare cuts : worldnews

Putin will not go to BRICS summit in Brazil due to ICC arrest warrant, Kremlin aide says : worldnews

Carney says Trump is no longer interested in annexing Canada : worldnews
Canadian border agency investigating dozens of cases of potential Iranian officials allowed into Canada : worldnews




Distant social media early warning - Lawyers, Guns & Money It turns out that telegraphing your intentions repeatedly on your vanity website is not conducive to effective targeted air operations: The report also said much of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium was moved before the strikes, which destroyed little of the nuclear material. Some of that may have been moved to secret nuclear sites maintained by Iran.
Mission not accomplished - Lawyers, Guns & Money Michelle Goldberg on an all too predictable catastrophe, i.e., Donald Trump trying to do something: With the help of cheerleaders on Fox News, Israel pulled Donald Trump into its war; The Times reported on his eagerness to take credit for a mission that appeared to be succeeding wildly. But then Trump turned around and forced Israel to back down, declaring a cease-fire and lambasting the country for its continued bombing. ... they shot their shots, he said, and they neither got rid of Iran's nuclear program nor toppled its regime.

Ron Filipkowski: It really is pathetic how much time has been spent on this foolishness with all the shit going down in the world right now. - Bluesky

Oil is falling so much it's now cheaper than it was before the Iran-Israel conflict : worldnews

Trump Keeps Siding With Israeli Intelligence Over the Pentagon : politics

Trump, 79, Melts Down in Incoherent Rant About 'Hero Pilots' : politics

Trump Lashes Out at 'Scum' for Revealing Bombing Was Botched : politics
Hegseth and Rubio Scramble to Smear Leakers Who Embarrassed Trump : politics

Trump Fails Basic Question About NATO Responsibilities | Donald Trump continues not to understand his own job. : politics

128 Democrats cross the aisle and help Republicans block AOC-backed bid to impeach Trump over Iran strikes : politics

US officials forced to share bald JD Vance meme by denying tourist's claim he was denied entry over photo : politics

Candace Owens says she's 'embarrassed' she supported Trump : politics She should work on being embarrassed about being Candice Owens first. Then work forward. Baby steps for these fucking toddlers.

The Trump Phone no longer promises it's made in America : technology

'Big Balls' No Longer Works for the US Government : technology


Trump's CFPB rollback has cost Americans $18 billion, consumer groups say : politics

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: 'A police state' : politics

ICE holding a record 59,000 immigrant detainees, nearly half with no criminal record, internal data show : news

The United States is a rapidly eroding democracy : AdviceAnimals

Marine Corps veteran says he feels betrayed after his father was arrested by masked federal agents in Southern California | CNN : news


Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to be released from jail only to be taken into immigration custody : news

Agents - ICE List
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Family members outraged as U.S. citizen detained by federal agents in downtown LA on way to work : news

Trump administration scrambles to rehire key federal workers after DOGE firing : news

Republicans Forced to Remove Sale of Public Lands From Budget Bill : politics


Trump administration sues all 15 Maryland federal judges over order blocking removal of immigrants | CNN Politics



RFK Jr Declaring He Wants 'Every American' to Wear Health Monitors Sparks Conspiracy Theories: 'So They Can Track Us' : politics - Considering this guys already talked about making lists of citizens and sending them to "wellness farms" I think maybe its a legit concernHe's also wanted autism registries and I am pretty sure he talked about doing studies for LSD treatments for mental health and said he used heroin to help improve his own studying.


Judge blocks Trump administration from withholding funds for EV charger infrastructure : technology


NYC mayor's race Democratic primary: Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani campaign
Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani : news
Guess who still isn't taking 'No. Go away.' for an answer? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Not that sleaze bucket, this slime bag.


Against the politics of exhaustion and retribution - Lawyers, Guns & Money I would add to this that Cuomo is also Trumpian in that his entry into the mayoral race was just pure revenge ... He ran for mayor for one reason — to take revenge against the women who revealed his pattern of sexual harassment and the Democrats who demanded that he resign, some of whom he disgracefully got to bend the knee (I will never respect Kirsten Gillibrand again.) Allowing him to win, and to reward the people in the party who cynically got behind him, was unacceptable.

MAGA Has a Depraved New Plan for Democratic Star Zohran Mamdani | Influential right-wing groups are calling on President Trump to deport the young progressive who just won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary. : politics
Stephen Miller Invokes Racist Conspiracy Theory To Dismiss Mamdani : politics
Laura Loomer Demands Trump Charge Zohran Over Made-Up Terrorism Claim | Republicans have descended into full blown post-9/11 style Islamophobia following Mamdani's victory in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary : politics

As Dem Establishment Backs Cuomo, Calls Grow for NYC Mayor Race to Be Referendum on Party's Direction | "Cuomo winning will not only legitimize the Islamophobia that has dominated this race... but would also prove that you really can just waltz in and buy an election," said one observer. : politics
New York City Can Do Better Than Andrew Cuomo | The Trump era offers a pretty hard lesson in what happens when disgraced politicians get a second chance to abuse their power. Hopefully New Yorkers have learned it : politics - Cuomo is a more intelligent watered down version of Trump, which makes him able to wield fascism more effectively. That is the last thing the democratic party needs. It's the last thing that New Yorkers need.

Zohran Mamdani's NYC win is a political revolution : politics
m: "many of you if zohran loses:" - Bluesky
Empire of Dirt - by Lewie Pollis - The Lewsletter Of course there is the matter of why Cuomo is a former governor. He resigned in disgrace in 2021 while facing at least 11 separate allegations of sexual harassment. In a party that ostensibly cares about inappropriate conduct towards women, most assumed that this was the end of his career — until a few months ago, when he entered the race to be New York's next mayor, and immediately emerged as the frontrunner to unseat incumbent Eric Adams ... Ditto for Kirsten Gillibrand, who courageously stoked the public pressure that led to Al Franken's resignation from the Senate over similar allegations, yet now saves her fury for her new intra-party enemies: colleagues who are insufficiently obsequious to the Trump administration ... Which brings us back to Cuomo's premier backer: Bill Clinton
New York Is Building a New Advanced Nuclear Power Plant to Supply a Million New Homes... or One Artificial Intelligence Data Center : technology - n 2021, Indian Point, a two-gigawatt nuclear plant in Westchester County, shut down under pressure from then-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo,

NYC's Stonewall monument excludes trans flags this year, but activists are defying the ban. "I'm not going to stand by and watch us be erased from our own history." : politics

The Roberts Court is Trump's personal Star Chamber - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Since May, federal district courts have ruled against the administration 94.3% of the time. The Supreme Court, however, has flipped that outcome, siding with the administration in 93.7% of its cases (15 out of 16)

Christian extremists get librarian fired for displaying book about transgender child : books - This is lunacy. This isn't even something like "influential figure pushing X agenda" like the usual hard-right rhetoric. This is literally librarian fired because volunteers did something perfectly legal in the library and snowflakes didn't like that.


Former Google CEO Launched A $100 Million Company With His Girlfriend And It's Not Going Well : videos

iPhone customers upset by Apple Wallet ad pushing 'F1' movie : technology


RFK Jr. is not a "vaccine skeptic" - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The term "skeptic" is part of the fake-scientific patina that opponents of vaccination use to sanitize the fact that they oppose vaccines (and hence support countless needless deaths and severe illnesses.) Reporters need to stop using the phrase.

Millions of children worldwide are at risk of lethal diseases because vaccine coverage has stalled or reversed amid persistent health inequalities and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy, the largest study of its kind has found. Vaccine-preventable disease pose a growing global risk. : science
US CDC report shows no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism : news

Hope is the key to a meaningful life, according to new research: « University of Missouri researchers demonstrate that boosting hope could be a game-changer for mental health and resilience. » : science

Many U.S. babies lack detectable levels of Bifidobacterium, a gut bacteria that trains their immune systems to protect against developing allergies, asthma and eczema : science

Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US : science

Critical thinking and academic achievement reinforce each other over time, study finds. The findings support the idea that teaching students to think critically and building their knowledge base can work hand in hand to support long-term academic development. : science

For nearly 100 million years, a 'zombifying' fungus has been infecting insects, researchers report | Ancient amber trapped Ophiocordyceps spores bursting from a fly and an ant pupa, suggesting the fungi might have been infecting the ancestors of ants almost since their origin : science

Researchers have developed in mice a gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease that could help protect the brain from damage and preserve cognitive function : science

Video games calm the body after stress, even when players feel on edge - physiological stress indicators decreased while participants were playing the video game A Plague Tale: Requiem, regardless of which part of the game they were playing. : science

CRISPR used to remove extra chromosomes in Down syndrome and restore human cell function. Japanese scientists discovered that removing the unneeded copy using CRISPR gene-editing normalized gene expression in laboratory-grown human cells. : science

Staying physically active may slow cognitive decline : science

ELI5: How do they keep managing to make computers faster every year without hitting a wall? For example, why did we not have RTX 5090 level GPUs 10 years ago? What do we have now that we did not have back then, and why did we not have it back then, and why do we have it now? : explainlikeimfive They're called EUV Lithography machines, and they are most definitely the most complex machine humans have ever made. I'd argue even more complex than fusion reactors.



What's the one free tool or website you've been using for years and still can't believe it's free? : AskReddit
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One Album A Day - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die


I survived a serial killer. AMA : IAmA

Diddy's Defense Rests After Just 20 Minutes in Sex Trafficking Trial—He Declines to Testify : Music

'He was in really bad shape': Michael Jackson's tragic last words revealed in new memoir : Music

How old were you (or how old are you now) when your last great grandparent died? : AskReddit

What's a job field that has mostly terrible people? : AskReddit

What's a dark truth people aren't ready to hear? : AskReddit

What's one of those unspoken rules everyone should just know by now, but somehow people still don't? : AskReddit

People born before 2000, what trivial skill you possess that others don't use anymore? : AskReddit

What's the darkest side of humanity the entire world needs to know? : AskReddit -

What's a small thing that happened to you that turned you on? : AskReddit

What are the cool kids who peaked in high school doing now? : AskReddit

I Actually Joined the Largest Cult Hiding in Plain Sight - Falun Gong : videos

What's the most disturbing film you've ever watched? : AskReddit - What did it for me personally was studying the Languedoc region of France during the high middle ages until the Agricultural revolution (~1400-1750). It was common practice to to measure food stores per household, and then kill children according to the amount of food on hand, starting with the youngest and working your way up, then killing elders, if the year was bad enough. This went on.....for over 300 years.

Adults of Reddit who decided not to have kids, what made you not want to? : AskReddit

What was the wildest that you have seen in a stranger's phone? : AskReddit

What would you say your political ideology is? : AskReddit

What is the biggest waste of money you ever witnessed? : AskReddit - Weddings. Every couple I know who had extremely expensive weddings did so to make up for their crappy relationships. They're all married and miserable.

A study found that cannabis sativa extract may be considered an adjuvant in the management of pain and quality of life in patients with metastatic lung cancer. : science

ELI5 If normal computers have 0s and 1s, what do quantum computers have? : explainlikeimfive


How did that one kid at your school die? : AskReddit

What is the most shocking thing that you have seen happen on live tv ? : AskReddit

What slang do you use the most? : AskReddit

What is the Worst Addiction you have? : AskReddit

ELI5 how were sub 3% mortgages ever a thing? : explainlikeimfive

How a YouTube Channel Dies. : videos

The '16 billion password breach' story is a farce : technology - The claim was this was a new breach. In reality it's a collection of all breaches up to that point

Anthropic wins key ruling on AI in authors' copyright lawsuit : technology

What is the horniest thing y'all ever did? : AskReddit

What are some secrets that women don't tell men? : AskReddit

What are some secrets men don't tell women? : AskReddit

Men are leaving fiction reading behind. Some people want to change that. : books






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Thailand set to make non-medical weed illegal again after political turmoil : worldnews ... Cannabis is only officially legal in Thailand and illegal in every other country in Asia.

Japan conducts first missile test on its own territory as part of military buildup to deter China : worldnews



Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World's Most Fragile Locations : worldnews


Over 40 people, including children, killed in Sudan hospital attack, says WHO chief : worldnews


Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say : worldnews
Tehran will restore its nuclear program, Iranian atomic chief vows : worldnews

Trump says both Israel and Iran violated ceasefire, and that Iran's nuclear capabilities are gone : worldnews

Trump: Israel and Iran have agreed on a ceasefire : worldnews
Trump says Iran-Israel ceasefire is in effect after both sides violated it : worldnews
Israeli defence minister orders attacks on Iran after ceasefire 'violation' : worldnews

Israel held off on bigger Iran strike after speaking to Trump: Netanyahu : worldnews
Israeli jets carry out small strike after Trump-Netanyahu call : worldnews

Khamenei vows Iran 'won't surrender' as Israel looks to wrap up war in coming days : worldnews

Netanyahu decided on Iran war last year, then sought to recruit Trump - The Washington Post The Israeli prime minister had set in motion plans to attack Iran long before President Trump began efforts to resolve nuclear concerns through negotiations, officials say. June 23, 2025 at 5:57 p.m. EDT
Strike Set Back Iran's Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says - The New York Times Classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

Iran's exiled 'crown prince' says he is ready to take over from Khamenei : worldnews - I distinctly remember that Iran once had a President, but the US convinced his people to overthrow him because of some dispute over oil profits, so they put in place a regime so brutal that the only people who were thought to be above reproach and scrutiny were the clerics, as in, the very same clerics who later overthrew him.

Weaponisation of food in Gaza constitutes war crime, UN rights office says : worldnews
Israel slams EU over 'outrageous and indecent' Gaza human rights review : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Israel at War (Thread #9) : worldnews

Israel reports waves of Iranian missiles, soon after Trump announced ceasefire : worldnews

At least three dead after Iran missile hits southern Israel home : worldnews

Netanyahu said weighing snap elections in light of popular Iran offensive : worldnews

Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to Israeli settlements : worldnews


Trump says he will "probably" meet with Zelenskyy at NATO summit : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1216, Part 1 (Thread #1363) : worldnews


Russia launches missile attack on city of Dnipro, targeting schools, trains, hospitals : worldnews - Eight billion people are watching as three individuals destroy everything, it's infuriating


Trump joins NATO summit in aftermath of U.S. Iran strikes : worldnews
Europeans Reject Following Trump if He Urges Ukraine to Cede Territory or Lift Sanctions : worldnews

Recount shows irregularities in nine Polish voting stations : worldnews


UK government to invest $1b to fight rising Chinese espionage : worldnews
A Chinese 'super-embassy' in London would be a perfect symbol of British decline The Labour Government is incredibly short-sighted and shallow about the threat posed by Beijing

Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group : worldnews
Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group : worldnews ... Both the Cyber Center and FBI said that the hackers exploited CVE-2023-20198, but neither addressed the fact that a patch has been available since October 2023. Given the severity of the vulnerability and its known status as an actively exploited vulnerability, the inaction by the Canadian Telecom is a major security lapse that had the potential to harm people downstream




Donald Trump's approval rating plunges in multiple polls : politics

Ceasefire Appears to Collapse as Israel Accuses Iran of Missile Strike and Orders Retaliation : politics
'There Was No Imminent Threat,' Says Sen. Chris Murphy After Iran Intelligence Briefing : politics - No they invaded/bombed because Bibi told his little bitch to do it.
Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say : politics

Military Officials Worried Trump Would Spoil Iran Bombing, So They Created a Plan Around Him to Throw Off Officials: Report | A military official called Trump the "biggest threat" to operational security : politics ... due to his unpredictable social media activity, a concern shared by both the Pentagon and U.S. Central Command. Military planners feared the president was giving Iran too much advance warning of the forthcoming strikes ... A very stable genius folks. Fucking nuts.

Trump on Israel, Iran continuing fight: They don't know what the f— they're doing : politics
Trump says Iran and Israel 'don't know what the f*** they're doing' after ceasefire broken : politics
Trump Explodes as His Ceasefire Unravels: "They Don't Know What the F*** They're Doing!' : politics

Mike Johnson opposes bipartisan war powers resolution to authorize Trump's Iran strikes : politics


Donald Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination withdrawn : politics

Trump Complains Biden Let Thunderstorms Into the U.S. : politics

Trump rips CNN, MSNBC on White House lawn: 'Scum' : politics - is he complaining that CNN hurt the feelings of American pilots by reporting that the facilities weren't completely destroyed? What a fucking moron.

The Inflation Time Bomb -- Trump's Policies Will Hit Your Wallet Soon | Opinion : politics

Al Green introduces article of impeachment against Trump : politics
House torpedoes Rep. Al Green's effort to impeach Trump over Iran strikes : politics - 128 Democrats voted not to. For fuck's sake.
128 Democrats Helped Republicans Kill a Resolution to Impeach Trump : politics - Like what the hell is the point of this party, other than beating back progressives in primaries?


Donald Trump issues warning to AOC after impeachment push : politics
AOC Responds To Trump After He Calls Her 'Stupid': 'Only Took You 5 Months To Break Almost Every Promise' | "Mr. President, don't take your anger out on me - I'm just a silly girl," the lawmaker said : politics

Stephen Miller's Financial Stake in ICE Contractor Palantir : politics

Lindsey Graham Breaks With Donald Trump Over Iran : politics

Why Karoline Leavitt is so annoying. From trolling the media to gaslighting the public, it's clear why Trump hired her as press secretary. : politics


Murkowski says she has thought about switching to Democratic caucus : politics


Tourist found with JD Vance meme on phone. | The Verge

ICE Barbie Reveals Plan to Splurge FEMA Cash on Bonkers 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Center : politics

Tourist Claims He Was Denied Entry to U.S. Because of Vance Meme on Phone : politics

The Supreme Court just ruled that Trump can deport foreigners to any country he wants : politics
The Supreme Court just stripped thousands of immigrants of their right to due process : politics

Liberal Justices Slam 'Incomprehensible' SCOTUS Majority in Furious Dissent : politics
Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of 'rewarding lawlessness' by Trump administration in fiery dissent : politics ... There are laws against deportation to a place where the deported has reasonable reason to believe they will be tortured. Being raped and sold into slavery sounds like torture to me, and immigrants being sent to these places should be able to argue such a case under accepted law.

The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states : politics

ICE is now detaining fewer criminals than ever in the US : politics - This surge has resulted in over 50,000 individuals being held in ICE detention centers, the first time this figure has been reached.

Masked men in Border Patrol vests take California father after repeatedly hitting him : politics

ICE Is Now Trying To Convince Congress Members It Needs 72-Hours Notice Before Facility Inspections : politics ... Ironically the reason why No-knock warrants were upheld. "Well the suspect might destroy evidence if we knocked on the door" But I guess that doesnt apply to the US government itself huh?
ICE has deported dozens of U.S. citizens, report says : politics

ICE Impersonations Proliferate Amid the Agency's Undercover Tactics : politics


Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of Women Were Prosecuted the Year After Dobbs - Mother Jones


RFK Jr. Responsible For More Loss Of Brain Mass At HHS Than A Worm Could Hope To Achieve : politics - It's clear what is happening here. RFK Jr. is creating a climate inhospitable to the career experts and professionals who don't align with his views on health and medicine.Once HHS' brain has been hollowed out by this Kennedy-worm, the cavity can be filled back in with the kind of problematic charlatans who give Kennedy the warm and fuzzies.


MAGA Is Waging an All-Out War on Family Liberty : politics - Adriana Smith's baby was not "delivered." The 1 pound baby was harvested from her decomposing body. Articles need to stop sugar coating the situation and reveal the true horrors of what happened.

Trump rescinds protections on 59m acres of national forest to allow logging : politics

Senate Republicans cannot force US Postal Service to scrap EVs, parliamentarian says : politics ... These are suicidal narcissists addicted to the most petty trolling imaginable as their whole fucking identity. It's literally pathological. Boomer rage and 4Chan gooners banding together to it's just a prank bro the fucking planet into extinction. This is unimaginably stupid.

Trump Administration to End Protections for 58 Million Acres of National Forests : politics

Massive NOAA cuts could put weather forecasts in peril, lives in danger : politics


GOP Lawmaker Nearly Dies Due to Abortion Ban -- then Blames the Left : politics


Conservatives promised gay marriage would lead to human-animal marriage. It didn't happen. Why is no one pointing out that they blatantly lied? : politics

At fiery Fort Worth rally, Bernie Sanders galvanizes crowd with anti-Trump message | "The future of American politics rests in Texas," the senator from Vermont said. : politics


As the race for NYC mayor draws to an end, a new poll finds Mamdani beating out Cuomo : politics - Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 amid sexual misconduct and pandemic mismanagement accusations he denies ,,, How is it even in the realm of possibility that this guy is being supported by the NYTimes and Dem establishment (and they keep blaming 'racism' for why they lose, how about try not sucking)?


50 Science-Based, Effective Tips To Sleep Better - 1. Magnesium

Love and relationships: Are teens dating less now? | Vox Teenagers today are dating less than ever. What's really happening? ... Teenage romance has actually been on the decline for far longer, decreasing generation by generation for 75 years: According to a 2023 survey from the American Enterprise Institute, 56 percent of Gen Z adults report that they had a boyfriend or girlfriend as a teenager, compared to 69 percent of millennials, 76 percent of Generation X-ers, and 78 percent of baby boomers ... Unlike in the movies she grew up watching, she finds that crushes don't develop in the cafeteria or school hallways. Instead, it all happens online, mostly on Snapchat ... In 2022, nearly half of teens surveyed said they were online almost constantly, compared to 24 percent in 2014,


How your brain controls ageing — and why zombie cells could be key

The Secret Gamble at the FDA That Exposed Americans to Risky Drugs — Pro Publica


Look up where extreme heat poses the biggest threat in the U.S. - Washington Post

Boston workers battle blistering heat as city nears record temps




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First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope : worldnews
Vera Rubin: First celestial image from revolutionary telescope In one picture, vast colourful gas and dust clouds swirl in a star-forming region 9,000 light years from Earth. The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of the universe. If a ninth planet exists in our solar system, scientists say this telescope would find it in its first year. It should detect killer asteroids in striking distance of Earth and map the Milky Way. It will also answer crucial questions about dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up most of our universe. Vera Rubin could increase the number of known objects in our solar system tenfold.


Putin's surprising reason for not providing war aid to Iran: 'Israel is almost a Russian-speaking country' : worldnews
Putin pledges support to Iran after US attack : worldnews

Trump slams Russia's Medvedev for claiming countries will give Iran nuclear warheads : worldnews - American politicians are very cheap dates. It's a very easy investment for Israel.


Ukrainian forces attack oil depot in Russia's Rostov region : worldnews



Iran taunts 'gambler Trump' in new threat to 'criminal America' : politics

Iran launches missiles at U.S. military bases in Middle East : politics
Trump calls Iran's attack on US bases very weak, 13 of 14 missiles knocked down : worldnews
Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar in Retaliatory Strike : politics
Israel-Iran live: Explosions heard in Qatar after US base targeted by Iranian missiles : politics
Qatar strongly condemns the attack that targeted Al-Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard : worldnews
US embassy in Qatar issues shelter in place warning. : worldnews
Iran coordinated attack on its territory with Qatar to minimize casualties : worldnews
Trump says Iran gave U.S. advance notice of missile attack in Qatar : worldnews

Iran threatened to trigger sleeper terror cells inside US if attacked days before Trump airstrike : worldnews


Early assessments raise questions over whether US destroyed bulk of enriched Iranian nuclear material : worldnews
Iran 'moved enriched uranium before US strikes' to secret location : worldnews

In leaked call, Israeli operative tells Iranian general: 'You have 12 hours to escape' : worldnews
Iran's supreme leader asks Putin to do more after US strikes : worldnews
Israel hits Basij HQ in Tehran, kills hundreds of IRGC fighters in Iran : worldnews
IDF strikes Revolutionary Guards internal security headquarters and prison for regime opponents in Tehran : worldnews
Israel Strikes Six Airports in Iran, Targets Fighter Jets and Missile Sites : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Israel at War (Thread #9) : worldnews


World Source News 24/7 on X: BREAKING: Kan News: Israel seeks to conclude Iran war this weekend, no regime change planned. / X
Israel signals Iran campaign can end soon but much hinges on Tehran : worldnews

Israel Turns Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Into Open Killing Fields As global attention turns to Iran, Israeli attacks on starving Palestinians seeking aid have dramatically increased ... The worst aid massacre came on June 17, when at least 59 Palestinians were killed and over 200 wounded as they gathered to receive flour rations in Khan Younis. Nasser hospital was overwhelmed with casualties


Zelensky Assassination Plot Foiled: What to Know - Newsweek Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the target of an assassination plot to be carried out by a Polish military pensioner who had first been recruited by Soviet Russia decades ago, the head of the country's internal security agency said.
Zelensky Assassination Plot Foiled : politics

'Moscow is silent - Zelensky slams Russia's hypocrisy over Iran strikes, own mass attack on Ukraine : worldnews
WarTranslated on X: Zelenskyy: We have evidence Russians are preparing military operations in Europe. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1215, Part 1 (Thread #1362) : worldnews


Massive Russian air assault kills at least 10 in Ukraine's capital Kyiv : worldnews
Trump condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine, urges "restraint from both sides" : worldnews

Ukraine backs US strikes on Iran, calling for similar stance with Russia : worldnews


U.S. air strikes on Iran did not break international law, NATO's Rutte says : worldnews


Macron: US strikes on Iran aren't legal : politics
Twelve arrested after nearly 150 people stabbed with syringes at music festivals across France : worldnews

Classified data once again leaked on War Thunder forums : worldnews




U.S. Officials Concede They Don't Know Whereabouts of Iran's Uranium Stockpile : politics - Meanwhile braindead maga cultists are congratulating themselves on a flawless "one and done" victory, based solely on their emotional conviction that their lying clown-god's tweets are actually gospel
Satellite images undermine Trump's claim US 'obliterated' Iran nuclear sites : politics

MAGA Takes Victory Lap After Hegseth Manages Not to Leak Plans to Bomb Iran : politics
AOC humiliates Pete Hegseth after tweet congratulating him on not leaking Iran attack information : politics - This is like applauding a grown man for being able to wipe their behind, the New York Democrat wrote on X. Not exactly a vote of confidence.

Iran may decide that killing Americans is the best way to retaliate : politics

White House chief of staff once worked for Netanyahu : politics - An undeclared foreign agent working within the highest level of our government... It's exactly what Flynn was fired for in Trump's first term ... Trump has spoken with Netanyahu almost every day since Israel attacked Iran last week and gave him a heads-up before the strikes, a senior White House official said, highlighting the familiarity between the two men who have known each other for decades.

Top Dem Accuses Trump of Lying His Way Into New Mid-East War : politics - President Trump misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force, and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East, Jeffries said in a statement.

Trump's Attack on Iran May Have Completely Missed Its Mark -- and Now Things Are Escalating : politics - Officials now admit that the location of the uranium is not known

Mission Accomplished - Lawyers, Guns & Money
We used to have dumb presidents, but luckily we now have a smart one - Lawyers, Guns & Money
We used to have vice presidents who presidents really enjoyed hanging out to dry, and come to think of it we still do - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Hundreds of thousands of children will die because a thin-skinned manbaby briefly turned the presidency over to an even bigger one - Lawyers, Guns & Money This report [free link] on the destruction of USAID is a chillingly instructive window into the Trumpian mode of governance. The process started with a vague executive order, and the original idea wasn't to end USAID (which had survived the first Trump administration with the strong support of Marco Rubio) so much as to mine it for the nominal basis of fake anecdotes about WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE that could be used to justify Elon's huge pending cuts, like this:



Donald Trump and Sean Hannity Set Off a Wave of Disinformation After Iran Bombing : politics - The video, however, does not show Fordow and is instead of a December 2024 Israeli strike on a missile base in Tartous, Syria. Hannity's post, which remains on the platform, had been viewed more than 5 million times as of Monday morning.

MAGA War Hawks Demand to Know if Vance Opposed Bombs : politics
JD Vance's awkward defence of Trump's Iran hit proves it - Maga is fracturing : politics
Vance Hints Uranium Was Moved After Trump Tipped Off Tehran : politics

Like George W Bush, Trump has started a reckless war based on a lie : politics

Calls for Impeachment Grow as Trump Floats 'Regime Change' in Iran | The striking of Iranian nuclear sites without congressional approval, said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment." : politics
Trump 'joking around about regime change in Iran 'not funny': Khanna : politics
This Is Donald Trump's War, and It's Only the Beginning : politics
Biden didn't start any wars : Democrats sharpen their arguments against Trump's foreign policy : politics

Senator says war powers resolution against Trump will have GOP support : politics - Massie (R-KY) said that the strikes in Iran are not constitutional, and Trump has already announced the creation of a PAC with the purpose of making him lose his next primary ... Mind you, Massie didn't vote against it because it hurts the poor. He didn't even vote against it because it would increase the national debt by $2.4 trillion. He voted against it because he thought it should kick even more people off of Medicaid.

Trump's strikes on Iran a gamble with 'no endgame in mind,' says Sen. Mark Kelly : politics

Trump pleads with oil companies to keep prices down after Iran blockade threat : politics

U.S. cities on high alert after Iran strikes : politics

A 22-year-old college grad with no security experience is now leading a government terror prevention team: 'putting the intern in charge' : politics

Mass resistance: We need a society-wide pushback against Trump : politics

Polls show Trump's big bill is unpopular as Republicans stare down their deadline for passage : politics ... Massie was one of only two Republicans in the House to oppose the bill. And he didn't oppose it because it hurt the poor, or even because it would blow up the national debt. He opposed it because it didn't hurt the poor enough, and wanted it to kick even more people off of Medicaid.

Republican attempt to rein in federal judges stripped from Trump's big bill : politics

GOP Provision That Makes Trump A King Breaks Senate Rules, Says Parliamentarian : politics - Grassley, visibly irritated, offered a confusing defense of this provision. He insisted judges don't have the authority to issue injunctions, which they do. The old geezer's going senile I fear.

With its stock in sharp decline, Trump's media company will buy $400 million of its own shares : politics

Schiff unveils presidential crypto ban legislation : politics - Schiff introduced this bill right after voting for the GENIUS Act which legalized meme coins and took regulation of them away from the FTC ... his asshole voted for the genius act to unleash a torrent of crypto bullshit into the economy. now he's offering this because he'll know it won't go anywhere and he's already collected those crypto dollars to get the genius act pass. fuck schiff ... Schiff needs to be primaried out. Waiting for someone to ask him why he voted for the GENIUS Act.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Rages Against Trump Iran Strike With Chilling Warning : politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene Trashes Fox Host Calling Her a 'Shameless Nitwit' in MAGA Civil War : politics - Outliving her usefulness to MAGA, not to Putin. The responses to the Iran bombing is displaying the differences. We know that Gaetz, Greene and Tucker are Russian assets.

Opinion | Trump renames military bases, makes treason great again Fort Lee and the fraud of Confederate rehabilitation.

Some Democrats are finally standing up to Trump - even if it gets them arrested : politics



Judge denies government attempt to keep Abrego Garcia in detention; hearing set on release : politics
US says Kilmar Abrego García will 'never go free' after judge orders his release : politics

Trump's ICE Agents Are Arresting US Citizens. GOP Budget Would Hire 10,000 More. : politics

ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby : politics

The People Being Disappeared by ICE in Los Angeles : politics

Immigrant father of three Marines is violently detained, injured by federal agents, son says : politics

65% of People Taken by ICE Had No Convictions : politics


David Hogg doubles down after controversy: 'I'm not going anywhere' : politics

Judge Who Gave Trump Win in 'Nuisance' Case Gets Federal Job : politics

Republican lawmaker nearly died amid new Florida abortion laws - but blames the left : politics

Clerk who denied same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 is still fighting Supreme Court's ruling : politics

The Supreme Court's anti-trans ruling continues the right-wing's battle on bodily autonomy. The ruling is part of a troubling Christian Nationalist trend that excludes certain groups from self-determination. : politics - In a concurring opinion, 'Justice' Clarence Thomas wrote that the Supreme Court should reconsider other previous rulings granting the rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage (aka. marriage equality).


The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America : politics - "This is the new model, where you work in these plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here." -Howard Lutnick - Secretary of Commerce


Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas governor signs bill mandating the 10 Commandments hang in every school classroom. More than 160 Texan faith leaders called the legislation demeaning to religious freedom. : politics - The leaders also recognized that the Ten Commandments hold no religious meaning for thousands of Texans and that It is not the place of govenrment nor public schools to impose these religious instructions on them.

Texas pastors cite Bible in support of Trump's Iran strikes : politics
Texas THC ban fails after Greg Abbott's last-minute veto : politics

Former astronaut Terry Virts launches Democratic bid for U.S. Senate in Texas : politics

Mamdani ahead of Cuomo in ranked choice voting: NYC mayoral poll : politics
Free buses, more housing, taxing the rich: how Zohran Mamdani has gone viral in the New York mayor's race : politics
What Zohran Mamdani Got Right About Running for Mayor : politics
Zohran Mamdani Just Showed How to Stand Up to Trump : politics


FEMA is unprepared for the next Hurricane Katrina, disaster experts warn : politics


Opinion | Is the American Dream still alive today? - Washington Post Today there is widespread skepticism among the public that the American Dream - however they personally define it - is still possible. For many, the notion that hard work can reliably lift people up and that the next generation will be financially better off is simply a relic of the past. But what's the reality?


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,911 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Dan Roundfield.


Opinion | Airbnb, Vrbo and other apps used to be fun. What happened? - The Washington Post Renting someone's home with apps like these used to be fun. Talk about a vibe shift.

Divorces tend to spike in early spring and late summer. Here's why : NPR

Miss Thing | Sasha Frere-Jones

How to answer any question in a job interview - Fast Company This four-part method can aid you when replying to any question you get asked -- even the unexpected ones.

Elon Musk says he takes ketamine for depression. But what are the risks of abuse? | Vox Ketamine, the drug that reportedly messed up Musk's bladder, is a public health paradox.

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NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander : worldnews
NASA spacecraft around the moon spots crash site of Japanese company's Resilience lander | AP News


Reuters: US urges China to dissuade Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz - Bluesky



NEXTA on X: The State Duma has stated that Russia may share the fate of the USSR There is no money — but hang in there. Even members of United Russia are now speaking about the massive problems in the economy, which can no longer be concealed or ignored. Shocked officials haven't heard such blasphemy in a long time. Andrey Makarov, head of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, stated that Russia may share the fate of the USSR if the state lacks the funds to meet the needs of the population. According to him, the Soviet Union collapsed not because of Gorbachev or Yeltsin, but because it failed to fulfill the main economic law -- the maximum satisfaction of the ever-growing needs of the working people. Now Russia faces the same problem: needs are growing, and resources are shrinking. / X

Ex-ambassador to Russia: Putin, Xi will celebrate Trump's 'preemptive war' in Iran : politics
Russia says countries now ready to supply Iran with nuclear weapons : worldnews
Iran's foreign minister heading to Russia to meet with Putin after US strikes : worldnews

max seddon on X: "Asked how far his army will go in Ukraine, Putin says: I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one people. In that sense all Ukraine is ours. / X
Institute for the Study of War on X: NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin's long-term demands for full Ukrainian capitulation remain unchanged. Additional Key Takeaways: Ukrainian officials responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin's June 20 statements at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and urged the international community to take more decisive action against Russia./ X
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: We are moving deeper into Ukraine and will continue to do so. We have a strategic advantage. Why should we lose it? We do not need a ceasefire, - Kremlin spokesman Peskov. / X

Russia's Medvedev: Countries to arm Iran with nuclear warheads | The Jerusalem Post : worldnews
Medvedev Hints at Nuclear Support for Iran as Russia Deepens support for Tehran : worldnews

Russia condemns US 'irresponsible' bombing of Iran as violation of international law : worldnews

Ukraine still holds ground inside Russia's Kursk, commander says : worldnews

Ukraine's deep strikes cost Russia over $10 billion this year, Syrskyi says : worldnews

Visioner on X: In Russia's Bryansk region, Ukrainian forces reportedly destroyed an S-400 air defense battery using Storm Shadow cruise missiles. / X


'Deeply concerned': PM Modi talks to Iranian prez after US strikes, urges immediate de-escalation : worldnews

We will seize all 6 rivers: Bilawal Bhutto says India's Indus water cutoff is call for another war : worldnews
Exactly one day after nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize, Pakistan officially condemns his actions : worldnews



Suicide bomber detonates at church in Damascus, security sources say the Islamic State is behind the attack : worldnews

Saudi Arabia Voices 'Great Concern' Over US Strikes On Iran : worldnews

57 Muslim nations condemn Israeli aggression against Iran, urge de-escalation : worldnews
Arab world reacts to U.S. strikes on Iran : worldnews

US bombing of Iran started with a fake-out | Reuters : worldnews
'We weren't expecting it yet': US attack met with panic in Iran : worldnews

Saeed Azimi on X: Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says Iran's withdrawal from the NPT is "on the agenda", as well as ending cooperation with the IAEA. / X

After U.S. Strikes, Iranian Officials Try to Project a Sense of Normalcy - The New York Times The mood in the government after the U.S. attacks is one of defeat and humiliation. But state media are showing people going about their daily routines.
After U.S. Strikes, Iranian Officials Try to Project a Sense of Normalcy - The New York Times - Publicly, Iranian officials have tried to project a sense of normalcy even though nothing is normal. They have tried to downplay the damage to the nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, even though satellite images show the mountainous site of Fordo's underground facilities punctured with huge holes.

Washington informed Tehran ahead of strikes on Iran's nuclear sites : politics
The Washington Post: Images of at least six apparent bomb entry points at Iran's key Fordow uranium enrichment facility are the first look at damage to one of its main nuclear facilities after American bombers struck that site and two others. -- Bluesky
Images show unusual activity at Iran nuclear site before strikes : worldnews
Iran's Fordo Site Said to Look Severely Damaged, Not Destroyed : worldnews
No rise in radiation levels after US strikes on Iran, say Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and IAEA : worldnews
Apex on X: President Trump initially planned to only bomb Fordow but Netanyahu and Dermer managed to convince him to also target Natanz and Isfahan, an Israeli official told JPost / X
Trump warns Iran: Retaliate and be met with 'force far greater' than bombings : politics

Iran Urges Strike On US Fleet, Closure Of Strait Of Hormuz; Khamenei Warns Of Unprecedented Damage : worldnews
Iranian parliament reportedly approves closing Hormuz Strait: Media : worldnews
Iran eyes all options in response to outrageous US strikes : worldnews
IRGC announces every American in region now 'legitimate target' | The Jerusalem Post : worldnews
What do you think Irans next move will be? : AskReddit
Hezbollah says won't join fight after US attacks Iran : worldnews


Netanyahu congratulates Trump, says US 'unsurpassed' after bold attack on Iran that will 'change history' : worldnews
Why Trump's Ego is More Dangerous than Iran's Nuclear Threat : politics

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Israel at War (Thread #8) : worldnews
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Israel at War (Thread #7) : worldnews

Self-Proclaimed "Peacemaker" Drags U.S. Into Another War | Heeding the request of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump dispatched U.S. warplanes to bomb Iran : politics - disgusting how much pull foreign countries have on our politicians. Kristen Gillibrand lead the charge on forcing Al Franken to resign because she's such a champion of women and then endorses sexual predator Cuomo? Only makes sense when you look at how much money AIPAC has bribed her with ... To strike Iran while diplomacy was ongoing undermines his push for peace elsewhere including with Putin. Why would Russia or any other country negotiate with Trump going forward?

Iran Uses Its Biggest Missile To Strike Israel After US Bombing : worldnews
Iranian missile fired after US strikes causes heavy damage but few injuries in Tel Aviv : worldnews

IDF recovers the body of hostage Yonatan Samerano, killed on October 7, from Hamas; 2 Other Bodies also recovered. : worldnews

U.S. State Department has begun evacuations of Americans from Israel, Huckabee says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1214, Part 1 (Thread #1361) : worldnews

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: Focus is on producing drones, missiles, and potentially artillery, built in partner countries using Ukrainian technology. That's an investment in a shared defense industry that benefits both sides. / X

WarTranslated on X: Ukraine has started producing homegrown radar systems to detect Russian drones. These radars are already being supplied to the military, especially to drone-interceptor units. / X

MAKS 25 on X: Ukraine has received the first light-engine two-seater SHARK aircraft from the Czech-Slovak company SHARK. AERO, equipped with an electronic warfare complex, — Militarnyi ❗️Aircraft equipped with an antenna for detecting and tracking threats from drones. ‼️We can detect electromagnetic profiles of various drones, such as Shahed, Orlan, etc. After detecting these drones, we can neutralize them using jammers that we placed under the aircraft. / X


Visioner on X: "🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian forces report that soldiers from Russia's 810th Naval Infantry Brigade are surrendering en masse to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (ZSU). One notable case occurred yesterday, when a Chechen fighter surrendered a BTR-82 armored personnel carrier to Ukrainian troops and, in return, received a new passport. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ A Russian veteran of the Chechen war who has deserted from the war in Ukraine has described how poorly-equipped Russian soldiers were forced into assaults, shot by their own side if severely wounded, and stopped by Chechen 'blocking detachments' if they tried to retreat. / X


Estonia has begun construction of the Baltic Defense Line on the border with Russia : worldnews

Ukraine's trade with Germany Rises, Surpassing Russia for the First Time : worldnews

Pope Leo Slams Trump's Iran Strike: 'War Does Not Solve Problems' : worldnews
Pope Leo XIV says there should be no tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church : worldnews


Starmer calls for Iran to return to negotiating table : worldnews - Return to the negotiating table now? ... The same day the US bombed them? ... and the same week that Israel murdered their chief negotiator
British Academic Leadership, with Even More Leaderocity than in the U.S. - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Ontario reports another 96 outbreak-related measles cases over a week : worldnews
(63) A toxic brew of corruption and conspiracy at RFK Jr.'s HHS - YouTube




No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war - and there will be profound and lasting consequences : politics
[Serious] US just attacked Iran. Is war inevitable in this scenario? What do you think? : AskReddit
Senator Cantwell Says Trump Walking Away from Obama Iran Deal Has Put us in Current Crisis : politics
There Is No Intel: Trump's Attacks on Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say : politics
If You Thought Donald Trump Would Never Do This, You're an Idiot. The most pernicious delusion of this era has been the idea that Trump is "the peace president." His decision to bomb Iran shatters this myth. : politics
Trump's Anti-Terror Chief, 22, Bashed as Iran Vows Vengeance. | The youngster's jump from ex-gardener to counterterrorism chief drew fresh criticism as Iran promises payback for U.S. strikes. : politics
Ro Khanna calls for all members of Congress to immediately return to DC and vote on his bill to strip Trump of the ability to drag America into war with Iran. What do you think they should do? : AskReddit

Megathread: US President Trump Says That The US Military Has Bombed Multiple Iranian Nuclear Sites : politics
Discussion Thread: US President Trump Addresses Nation After US Bombs Iranian Nuclear Sites : politics ... Trump said under Kamala we'd be at war with Iran in 6 months. It only took him 5. That's the government efficiency we got.
Trump takes huge gamble putting US at heart of Iran-Israel conflict : politics
Full List of Congress Members Backing War Powers Resolution Against Trump : politics - Just one Republican. Imagine how many it would be if Biden dropped bombs on Iran.

Iranian-Aligned Hackers Claim Responsibility for Attack on Trump's Truth Social Platform : technology
Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing. The social network started experiencing global outages within minutes of Donald Trump posting details of a US military strike on Iran. : technology

Week 22 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Strikes - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The template for how to respond to Trump's illegal bombing - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald the Dove's bombing of Iran lacks any legal authority - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump says Iran strikes 'spectacular military success' and warns 'bully' Iran to make peace or face greater attacks : politics
Pentagon officials reveal new details about strikes on Iran's nuclear sites : politics
Trump's big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of 'stupid wars' : politics
The United States Bombed Iran. What Comes Next? : politics

Could this 50-year-old law block Trump's actions in Iran? : politics - he War Powers Act says the president can only send US forces into action abroad a) by statutory permission (which he doesn't have) or b) if the US, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces have been attacked - none of which has happened
Padilla, Schiff introduce modified Insurrection Act to check presidential power : politics

We Have No Idea Where This War Will Go : politics ... Religion is a bronze age relic that hangs aroung the neck of humanity like a brick as we try to swim across the ocean ,,, Christian nationalists bomb Islamic fundamentals in the name of Jewish extremists.
Trump's Strange God Talk Has People Concerned : politics

U.S. State Department has begun evacuations of Americans from Israel, Huckabee says : politics
Discussion Thread: US Defense Secretary Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Caine Hold Press Conference After US Bombing of Iran : politics - Wake up, Trump and Netanyahu have been planning this for months ... Not a single journalist mentioned this. Absolute sham
America joined Israel's war with Iran — and Trump is surrounded by a confederacy of dunces. Try to imagine Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard as Cabinet members advising the president through something like the Cuban Missile Crisis. : politics
In 2003, 2 months after the US invaded Iraq, George W Bush gave this "Mission Accomplished" speech : pics

If "I told you so" was a person : PoliticalHumor

This time, it's Trump's war : politics
Trump says now is the time for peace after strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities : politics
Vance: 'We have no interest in boots on the ground' in Iran : politics
'Ludicrous' To Say Iran Strikes Not Act of War, Republican Congressman Says : politics

Trump's Two-Week Window for Diplomacy Was a Smoke Screen | Even as the president suggested that he was open to negotiations, he had already made up his mind. : politics
Trump administration briefed top Republicans before Iran strikes, but not Democrats : politics
In Bombing Iran, Trump Is Ignoring 80 Years of U.S. Regime Change Mistakes : politics


American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran - The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war. : politics

Thomas Massie says Iran attack "unconstitutional" as Trump divides MAGA : politics
Trump Slapped With 'Impeachment' Threats After Bombing Iran | Top Democrats are calling for action over Trump's "unconstitutional" actions. : politics
AOC Calls For Trump's Impeachment Following Iran Attack: 'Grave Violation of the Constitution' : politics
AOC Says Trump's Iran Strikes 'Clearly Grounds for Impeachment' : politics

MAGA influencers fall in line behind Trump after U.S. airstrikes hit Iran : politics
Trump faces backlash from Maga base after strikes on Iran. Critics concerned that US military personnel could face retaliation by Iran and its proxies : politics
Republican lawmaker on U.S. bombs against Iran: 'This is not constitutional' : politics

Hungry for Progressive Economics, Nearly 2/3 of Democrats Want New Party Leadership : politics

Trump undermines Watergate laws in massive shift of ethics system : politics


Ron Paul: President Trump is unleashing a 'Great Big Ugly Surveillance State' : politics - Ironically, many of those supporting government cracking down on "anti-Israel" students came to fame (and in some cases fortune) as critics of "wokeness" and cancel culture ... they are for a surveillance state when it allows them to crack down on free speech they don't like

Trump Lists Reasons He Deserves Nobel Prize in Epic Meltdown : politics

Trump pivots to distractions as polls show collapsing support for his agenda | Opinion : politics
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Underwater in 15 States He Won : politics - He starting to ramp up his 2020 election rhetoric, just as the topic of the 2024 election being stolen is starting to gain traction. I think its just more projection.

America slides into totalitarianism — and it won't be easy to reverse : politics

Stephen Miller Driving Congressional Aides Crazy With Calls : politics - Naziferatu

Musk Accuses Trump Aide of Federal Crime as Feud Explodes : politics
Court Rejects Motion to Dismiss Elon Musk from a Lawsuit Brought by New Mexico and 13 States Alleging Constitutional Violations - New Mexico Department of Justice

JD Vance intentionally misnames former colleague his administration had tackled and handcuffed for asking a question - Lawyers, Guns & Money - There are entire books to be written about how this smarmy, intensely dislikeable demagogue briefly became the hero of elite media editors because of his connections to Yale and a far-right plutocrat.

Right-Wing Violence Is Not a Fringe Issue : politics

Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons : politics

A powerful tool in Trump's immigration crackdown: the routine traffic stop : politics

Multiple ICE impersonation arrests made during nationwide immigration crackdown : politics

Utah student detained after ICE gained secret access to Colorado deputy's Signal chat, sheriff's office says : politics

Newlywed bride's honeymoon ends with months of ICE detention and the prospect of deportation : news

'Dark day for truth': Kari Lake slashes U.S. global media agency by 85% : politics Infinitely worse because Kari Lake made an announcement that OAN (One America News) will largely replace VOA by providing all the news coverage.

The Supreme Court Just Made Trans Kids' Lives a Lot Harder. But Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill Would Make Things Far Worse. : politics

Trump Changes Could Kick a Million People Off Obamacare : politics
Trump is on a collision course with millions of Americans. He's not backing down. : politics

'New Yorkers have been betrayed': can Zohran Mamdani become the most progressive mayor in the city's history? : politics
Zohran Mamdani's mayoral bid is bigger than New York | Amid a global rightward shift, Mamdani's progressive campaign offers a rare blueprint for the left to win. : politics
Israel is playing an outsized role in a heated New York City mayoral race. Will it matter? : politics - With New York City's nearly one million Jews making up the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, mayors of the past have always claimed support for the country with little pushback. But the war in Gaza has fundamentally changed the dynamic. Mamdani's outspoken support for Palestinians might have previously tanked his candidacy, but his insurgent campaign has galvanised voters ... Cuomo's campaign - flush with millions from pro-Israel billionaires like Bill Ackman - has ramped up attacks against Mamdani as he surged in the polls, including by distributing mailers condemned as racist.
Andrew Cuomo isn't an asshole who gets things done, he's just an asshole - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Bill Clinton's regrettable endorsement of Andrew Cuomo makes a familiar claim: Cuomo forced the NY Power Authority to spend over $100 million on decorative bridge lights that were rarely used and auctioned off for pennies ... Cuomo's history as governor is one of empowering Republicans. Cuomo supported the "Independent Democratic Conference", a splinter group of conservative Democrats who handed control of the state Senate over to Republicans. Additionally, Cuomo appointed Republicans to New York's highest court, where they issued rulings aligning with the conservative majority on the Supreme Court in D.C. Finally, one of Cuomo's biggest backers is hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, well known for his constant support of Donald Trump.
An Urbanist NYC Voter Guide - by Sam Deutsch And the pragmatic case for Zohran Mamdani over Andrew Cuomo

Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession : politics - no degree nurses coming in the future.

Why Trump's Unhinged War on Democrats Threatens Democracy Itself : politics

Gavin Newsom Challenges JD Vance: 'How About Saying It to My Face?' : politics


New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom : politics

Staffing Crisis Hits US Hospitals As Trump;s Visa Restrictions Stall International Medical Residents : science


Massive DDoS attack delivered 37.4TB in 45 seconds, equivalent to 10,000 HD movies, to one victim IP address — Cloudflare blocks largest cyber assault ever recorded : technology

Opinion | Trump creates fear and uncertainty for LGBTQ veterans People enlisting in the military today might be wise to keep their sexual orientation and gender identity to themselves.

Katy Perry tour: I watched her take the stage. It was obvious why America has turned on her. She went from pop royalty to America's favorite punch line. Did she change -- or did we?

High Schoolers Can't Read… and Teachers Are DONE : videos
GitHub - gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts: uBlock Origin filter list to hide YouTube Shorts


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,910 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Nathaniel Silsbee.



Scientists at Columbia have developed a CRISPR base editing approach for gene variant classification in a rare immune disorder, enabling precision therapy treatment for a patient : science

Experienced FPS gamers show faster, more efficient eye movements during aiming tasks, study finds. Their advantage appeared not in accuracy but in execution speed, especially when reacting under uncertain conditions. : science

Scientists uncovered evidence that Parkinson's disease may start not in the brain, but in the kidneys. Key protein involved in development of these diseases can build up in the kidneys and travel to the brain through nerve pathways, especially when kidney function is impaired, finds study in mice. : science

Almost all unmarried pregant women say that the fetus resembles the father, study finds. In the absence of any valid visual cues for establishing resemblance, 93% of women who were not married said that their fetus resembled the father, compared to 68% of married women and 47% of married men. : science


What legendary YouTube channel doesn't make videos anymore? : AskReddit

ELI5: What exactly is Technicolor, and why was it such a big deal in old movies? : explainlikeimfive





062125

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe - major report : worldnews


Japan scraps US meeting after Washington demands more defense spending, FT reports : worldnews
Japan exports fall at sharpest pace in 8 months as U.S. shipments plummet : worldnews

Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong warns of persisting national security threats : worldnews
China sends scores of planes across central line in Taiwan Strait : worldnews
China tightens internet controls with new centralized form of virtual ID : worldnews



Putin Does Not Rule Out Capturing Key Ukrainian City - We don't have a goal to grab Sumy, Mr. Putin said. But I don't exclude it in principle. Wherever a Russian soldier steps foot, that's ours, he added : worldnews

Protests in Russia's Altai Region are part of a long history of resistance against Moscow's oppression : worldnews

Belarus' Lukashenko meets with US envoy Kellogg, Belta reports - Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko discussed with U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg the political situation in the world and the bilateral relations between Belarus and the United States, Belta reported : worldnews
Belarus frees 14 political prisoners following talks with US : worldnews
Belarus opposition leader freed after nearly five years in jail : worldnews



India to help in evacuating Nepalese and Sri Lankan nationals from Iran : worldnews

Trump for Nobel: Pakistan nominates US President for Peace Prize over leadership during Indo-Pak crisis : worldnews
Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif Praises Civil-Military "Hybrid Model" : worldnews


Erdogan vows to boost Turkey's missile production as Israel-Iran war escalates : worldnews

Azerbaijan jails 7 journalists in latest media crackdown on free speech : worldnews

Morocco Invests Over $100 Million to Tackle Stray Dog Problem : worldnews
Briton dies from rabies after 'scratch' from stray puppy in Morocco

Niger attack: More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes storm army base in Banibangou : worldnews

Yemen's Houthis vow to strike US ships if America joins Israel's war on Iran : worldnews

Israel kills IRGC official linked to Oct. 7 massacre, Isfahan reactor attacked : worldnews

Israel says it has killed two top al-Quds officials as Iran warns US against joining war : worldnews

Hundreds of U.S. citizens have fled Iran amid Israeli strikes - The Washington Post A State Department cable obtained by The Post acknowledges many Americans are in harm's way as Trump mulls military action against Tehran.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Israel-Iran Conflict (Thread #6) : worldnews
The Spectator Index on X: BREAKING: Iranian state television says, every American citizen or military personnel in the region is now a target. / X

Khamenei picks possible successors amid war, son Mojtaba not among them - NYT : worldnews
Israel sees no signs of regime instability since operation : worldnews
Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest number since 2015, UN report says : worldnews
American B-2 stealth bombers deploy amid Iran tensions : worldnews
Trump says U.S. has attacked Iranian nuclear sites : worldnews

EU review indicates Israel breached human rights in Gaza : worldnews


Trump casts doubt on Iran's ceasefire request, says Israel is "winning" : worldnews
Iranian ballistic missile damages oldest, second oldest mosques in Haifa : worldnews
Israel-Iran conflict unleashes wave of AI disinformation : worldnews

Iran-Israel war enters second week with more strikes as warning against U.S. intervention issued : worldnews
Israel and Iran's war enters its ninth day as talks fail to reach a breakthrough : worldnews

White House says Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a couple of weeks : worldnews


Zelenskyy: Russia's plans in Sumy Oblast were insane -- we're crushing these murderers : worldnews
In any case, the aggressor loses - Zelensky urges Trump to make the right choice for history : worldnews
Zaphod Beeblebrox - Wikipedia

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1213, Part 1 (Thread #1360) : worldnews

Ukraine approves Termit ground drone for battlefield deployment : worldnews

Russia afraid to admit scale of losses, trying to hide by dumping soldiers; bodies on Ukraine, Zelensky says : worldnews


Jeff2146🇧🇪 on X: A Ukrainian Army Corps has almost all its subordinate brigades deployed alongside each other for the first time since Ukraine formed its first Army Corps in 2022. / X


NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets To Intercept Russian Bombers : worldnews
Most of Europe's bathing waters safe for swimming, says new report : worldnews


Iranian hackers target Albania in retaliation for hosting dissidents : worldnews

Italy's immigration and emigration both soaring, stats agency says : worldnews

Protesters slam war profiteering, Israel at French air fair: Thousands marched on Saturday outside a French trade fair, calling for an end to war profiteering and Israel's offensive in Gaza in the latest demonstration to hit the event : worldnews

All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years : worldnews

Brazil: Eight dead in hot air balloon crash, says state governor : worldnews

Russia's relationship with Milei government is 'frozen,' says ambassador : worldnews
President Milei: 'Iran is an enemy of Argentina' : worldnews

Mexico assessing damage from Hurricane Erick after storm killed 2 : worldnews

Alberta measles cases hover at 1,000 as AHS issues Edmonton's latest alert : worldnews
British Columbia wants a terror designation on gang with alleged Indian government ties : worldnews
Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday : worldnews




Megathread: US President Trump Says That The US Military Has Bombed Multiple Iranian Nuclear Sites : politics

72% of Americans Say the Rich 'Have Too Much' as GOP Pursues Another Handout for Billionaires : politics

In a scathing dissent, Justice Jackson says the Supreme Court gives the impression it favors 'moneyed interests' | In an environmental case, the liberal justice questioned whether the high court treats business interests differently from 'less powerful litigants.' : politics

Anti-Trump protests update: "National day of action" planned for July 17 : politics

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

US ambassador accidentally says Israel 'spreading terror' : politics

Trump says U.S. intelligence 'wrong' about Iran's nuclear capabilities : politics ... Trump has frequently disavowed the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies, which he and his supporters have charged - without providing proof - are part of a "deep state" cabal of U.S. officials opposed to his presidency ... There are two options. If he disagrees with a fact that comes from the opposition (Dems, the media, science) then it's woke. If he disagrees with something that comes from with the branches of government (intelligence services, courts, civil service) then it's the deep state.

White House Rose Garden Bulldozed as Work Starts Paving It Over : politics

Bernie Sanders says Israeli PM 'wrong' both in the past and now: 'We must not get involved in Netanyahu's war' : politics - "Netanyahu was wrong. Very wrong. The war in Iraq resulted in 4,492 U.S. military deaths, over 32,000 wounded, and a cost of roughly three trillion dollars. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis also died as a result of that tragic war. Netanyahu was wrong regarding the war in Iraq. He is wrong now. We must not get involved in Netanyahu's war against Iran," Sanders asserted in his statement.

MAGA Evangelicals Expect The Israel/Iran Conflict To Bring About The End Times : politics
In the Israel-Iran War, Huckabee Wants Trump to Follow Scripture Over Strategy : politics

Elizabeth Warren demands answers over reports of $500m deal for controversial Gaza Health Foundation : politics ,,, Critics have argued that the GHF is a tool for the Israeli and US governments to politicise humanitarian aid and to distribute it in ways that will depopulate sectors of Gaza in apparent violation of international law ... Using food to bait starving people so they can be slaughtered , funneling money into trump's pockets. The longer this regime remains in power the worse their crimes against humanity get including on American soil and around the world

Proud Boys Say Trump Will Lose Their Support If He Goes To War With Iran : politics

Tulsi Gabbard reacts after Trump said she was "wrong" about Iran : politics

Trump gripes he won't get Nobel Peace Prize 'no matter what' as global conflicts persist : politics

Trump Issues Grave Warning to Reporters: 'You Are in Danger' : politics

Trump Calls For Special Prosecutor To Investigate 'Total Fraud' 2020 Election : politics

Trump appears to have another mental fumble and critics pounce: He should be in an assisted living facility : politics
Americans Want to Force Presidents to Release Health Records After Trump's Bonkers Golf Brag Memo. A poll also found that most voters want age limits on elected officials. : politics - It also claimed he's 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 224 pounds.


Trump Has Now Signed More Executive Orders in 5 Months than Biden Did in 4 Years : politics - One of the MAGA talking points about Biden was his overreach with EOs ... They're cultists and hypocrites with cognitive dissonance ... Remember they also called Obama a wanna be king for the executive orders he signed. Hypocrisy is their one true characteristic that never changes.

Hunter Biden laptop update - Lawyers, Guns & Money - A Florida state judge was lobbying for a seat on the federal bench. After he sided with the president in a defamation case, Donald Trump gave him one.

Former Clinton campaign chief on Democrats: 'We're leaderless, we're messageless, we're agendaless' : politics

(62) How Police Control the Media - YouTube

Almost Half of Democrats Say a Third Party Is Necessary -- Poll : politics


Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: 'We found too many slaves' : politics



Trump Threatens to Deploy More Troops After Terrifying Legal Win : politics
Trump's Threat to Unleash Troops in Cities Just Got Darker and Scarier : politics

Mahmoud Khalil released from federal immigration detention : politics - 3 months of detention for having an opinion and expressing it. America.

JD Vance refers to Sen. Alex Padilla as 'Jose Padilla' in remarks blasting Democrats during L.A. visit : politics

By wearing masks, immigration agents undermine authority and endanger us all : politics

"A good day:" Detained U.S. citizen said agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot : politics

ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court "Like the story of Moses and Exodus, the Red Sea parted," said observer Scott Reid of the immigrant-aiding San Diego Organizing Project.

US deports teen soccer star to Honduras days after his high school graduation : politics

Trump Now Says Farmers May Continue Employing Migrants Under a System Where They Assume 'Responsibility' For Them : politics

US Marines Witnessed Detaining A US Citizen In Los Angeles : politics


Minnesota lawmaker shot 9 times at his home in 'targeted' attack is in a critical condition Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, said they were shot multiple times and are continuing their recoveries.

Ohio man arrested in investigation into GOP Rep. Max Miller being 'run off the road' - Live Updates - POLITICO The man voluntarily turned himself in, local police said Friday.


Trump fires commissioner of preeminent nuclear safety institution : politics


'RFK Jr is a disaster': Staff describe chaos in 'anti-science' regime : politics - It's the equivalent of nominating a flat earther to oversee NASA.
Pandemic preparedness dramatically eroding under Trump, experts say : politics

Trump Considering Asbestos Ban Reversal Sparks Warning: Lives at Risk : politics


Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions : politics

GOP Lawmaker Berated After Urging Users to 'Reject Marx' in Support of Privatizing Public Lands: 'So Roosevelt Was a Marxist?' : politics

'No recovery from this': Grand Teton park advocates sound alarm bells : politics

Treasured Public Lands on the Auction Block in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' : politics

Trump administration almost totally dismantles Voice of America with latest terminations : politics



Rich People, Pundits Really Do Not Want Zohran Mamdani to Be Mayor | Allies of former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo are breaking New York City spending limits trying to make him mayor. Mamdani is still closing the gap : politics


Gay weddings have boosted state and local economies by $6 billion since marriage equality. It's not just a legal right -- marriage equality is simply good for the economy. : politics


9th Circuit affirms San Diego judge's ruling that California's one-gun-a-month law is unconstitutional : politics ... California should sue that any gun owner that is not part of a well-regulated militia is operating outside the Constitution.


Louisiana's Ten Commandments law ruled unconstitutional : politics

Texas may soon enact restrictions on when and how students can protest : politics


Critical Legal Studies for Nazis - Lawyers, Guns & Money Short version: A second-year law student at the University of Florida who is a literal Nazi, to the very disturbing extent that is possible in America in 2025, wrote a paper for a law school class last fall ... Turning over the country to "a nonwhite majority," Mr. Damsky wrote, would constitute a "terrible crime." White people, he warned, "cannot be expected to meekly swallow this demographic assault on their sovereignty."


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,909 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Edwin Upton Curtis.




062025

Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country : politics


Japan destroyer sails Taiwan Strait after China jet encounter : worldnews
Taiwan detects 50 Chinese military aircraft around island : worldnews



Putin warns his officials not to allow recession : worldnews

'All of Ukraine is ours' — Putin on Russia's territorial ambitions in Ukraine : worldnews

Ukrainska Pravda in English on X: Russian central bank governor admits last economic resources exhausted / X


Jason Jay Smart on X: Nowhere in Russia is safe. Ukrainian drones just struck Orenburg—over 1,500 km from Ukraine. The target? Likely a base of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces. Ukraine isn't just reaching deep—it's proving that every Russian base is vulnerable. / X


Iran makes an exception, opens airspace for evacuation of Indian students : worldnews


Russia would react very negatively to Iran leader's assassination, Kremlin says : worldnews

Russia pulls its scientists out of Iranian nuclear plant, as Israeli strikes threaten decades of collaboration : worldnews

Iran Rejects Any Negotiation With US While Israeli Attacks Continue : worldnews
Iran rules out US talks unless Israel halts strikes : worldnews

Iraqi militia warns of strikes on US bases if Trump joins Iran-Israel war : worldnews


Iranian ballistic missile hits southern Israel day-care : worldnews

on X: No words. / X
Zelenskyy on Russia and Iran: Aggressive regimes must not be allowed to unite and become partners : worldnews
Russian losses entirely justified, Zelensky says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1212, Part 1 (Thread #1359) : worldnews

Ukraine to adopt air defense able to down Russian aerial guided bombs this year : worldnews

'Unwanted by their homeland' — Ukraine confirms Russia returned bodies of its soldiers disguised as Ukrainian : worldnews

MAKS 25 on X: The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been created. The group unites all military units of the SBS and the Drone Line. This is necessary to increase the efficiency of management and adaptation to the requirements of modern warfare. For the first time, the units will operate within a single vertical of control -- with a defined structure, clear interaction and a common vision of the tactics of using UAVs. The command is carried out by the commander of the SBS, "Magyar". / X


MAKS 25 on X: Denmark will push for Ukraine's EU membership during its presidency of the EU Council, said the country's Minister for European Affairs. Unfortunately, Hungary is blocking [Ukraine's membership in the EU], and we are doing everything we can to apply pressure, while also ensuring that Ukraine continues the necessary reform work / X

Bundeswehr designates Russia as existential risk to Germany and Europe : worldnews

Stalking will now be a criminal offence in Switzerland : worldnews


Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe : worldnews

Assisted dying bill passes in UK parliament after MPs vote in favour : worldnews
Pro-Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton : worldnews
Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in : worldnews


Canada will impose new counter-tariffs against U.S. if it can't make a trade deal in 30 days, Mark Carney says : worldnews




We are witnessing the death of American democracy : politics
Trump 2028 hats and T-shirts for sale on US president's online store | Donald Trump | The Guardian Donald Trump, who has seen his approval rating sink, has not ruled out serving a third term - though most spectators consider that highly unlikely

Exactly Why Is It that All American Presidents Dance to Bibi's Tune? : politics
Americans largely disapprove of U.S. involvement in Israel and Iran war: Poll : politics - 60% of Americans think the U.S. military should not get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Only 16% support U.S. military action, and 24% are unsure.

MAGA has never been anti-war - Lawyers, Guns & Money I alluded briefly earlier in the week to the marks and con artists who believe that Trump is betraying his "anti-war" mandate by threatening direct attacks on Iran. As Greg Sargent observes, this has never been based on anything but cherry-picking and wishful thinking from people who reflexively blame Democrats for everything:

Another Iraq? Military Expert Warns U.S. Has No Real Plan If It joins Israel's War on Iran : politics
Instead of ending wars, 'America First' is being dragged into more of them : politics
Alarm as White House Says Trump Has Not Ruled Out Dropping Nuclear Weapon on Iran : politics
Congressional Efforts To Limit Trump's Ability To Attack Iran Gain Steam : politics
Congress Has the Power to Authorize War. They're Handing It to Trump. : politics
John Bolton on What Trump Might Do in Iran: For Trump, It's Now a Matter of Saving Face : politics

Leavitt Gets Skewered on Trump's Bogus 'Two-Week Deadlines' : politics

Trump Might Take the U.S. to War. Where Are Schumer and Jeffries? : politics ... Another "why aren't they stopping the person we helped put into office" article from the NYT.
Tucker Carlson is doing a better job than Democrats of countering Trump on Iran: 'We're in such a bizarro world' : politics
Trump units - Lawyers, Guns & Money 2 weeks is the new sixth months:

Fury Grows Over Democratic Complacency in Face of Looming War of Choice in Iran : politics ... The Democrats are a political program run by corporate lobbyists and media consultants - that isn't cynical to say that. David Plouffe and Jen O'Malley Dillon are literally political consultants that received a billion dollars in campaign donations for the 2024 Harris campaign and then set it on fire, giving us NOTHING in return, less than nothing. Where do you think that money went? A billion fucking dollars for one political candidate that lost decisively to a criminal fraudster and sex offender.

62 percent of Democrats agree party leadership should be replaced: Survey : politics
The Democrats Must Confront Their Gerontocracy - The party needs a polite way to usher politicians toward retirement. : politics

Two-thirds of Americans say Donald Trump has definitely or probably committed crimes : politics

'No Kings' Was Biggest Protest in U.S. History: Data Analyst : politics

Trump Lashes Out at Fox News Over Devastating New Poll : politics - Trumplethinskin

Trump on Juneteenth: US has 'too many non-working holidays' : politics
Trump Celebrates Juneteenth With Wild Rant Threatening to Cancel It | The president wants to ditch federal holiday marking the end of slavery because he doesn't think you;re working hard enough. : politics

Second War Breaks Out in Trump's Dysfunctional Administration : politics

CNN Dunks on TACO Trump With Supercut of His Failed Two-Week Deadlines : politics

Colbert Sounds Alarm on Symptom of Trump's Declining Skills : politics

6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration's Attacks on Civil Liberties : politics

Trump's megabill hits more trouble as Senate conservatives demand changes : politics - I thought they might be opposing the public lands sale. No, they literally just want to cut Medicaid even more. JFC. Republicans are an existential threat

Trump says he;s close to a deal with Harvard University

Democrats accuse Trump administration of weaponizing law enforcement to silence political foes : politics

It's true, and you should say it - Lawyers, Guns & Money Ketanji Brown Jackson filed two remarkable dissents today critiquing Court's majority with unusual candor. In a case involving gas companies attempting to limit the reach of the Clean Air Act in a case that is about to be moot, Jackson observes that the Court is much more willing to grant standing to corporate litigants that to civil rights litgants:

DNC in Disarray - Lawyers, Guns & Money Literally. What the hell is going on with the Ken Martin regime at the Democratic National Committee? I didn't comment on the battle between him and David Hogg, since while I appreciate what Hogg was doing, I can see his plan to challenge lame incumbents being divisive in that role. I didn't really know what to think. But now the top union allies of the Democrats are bailing on Martin, basically accusing him of forcing them out.

Troops everywhere? Trump may send military to occupy more U.S. cities : politics

ICE announces unilateral amendment of legislative enactment to evade oversight by elected representatives - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... These are not detention facilities, they're just facilities where people are being detained is both farcical on its face and the kind of intelligence-insulting self-refutation that might be good enough for John Roberts since a Republican administration is making it.

Mahmoud Khalil ordered released by federal judge: What to know



Federal judge says Trump administration can't block state funding over immigration : politics

ICE Agent Pinatas Go Viral on Social Media Amid Backlash to Immigration Raids | Los Ángeles has become the epicenter of the protests against ICE : politics

Pregnant US citizen detained by Border Patrol agents: 'We didn't do anything wrong' : politics

ICE agents covering their faces should rattle all Americans : politics

Marisa Kabas: NYT had Tom Homan on The Daily this morning as if he was just a normal guest. They have made a clear decision to lick boots. Couldn't be me. - Bluesky

Trump administration can't require states to cooperate with ICE to get transportation funding, judge says : politics

Democrat posts dystopian ad showing non-white citizens being kidnapped by Republicans in 'Trump's America' : politics

Employees Terrified of ICE Raids Are Failing to Show Up at Work : politics

'Heartbroken' Minnesota lawmaker, wife share details of attack : politics

Republican Proposes New ICE Detention Center Surrounded by Alligators - Newsweek - The Republican posted the idea to X, formerly Twitter, dubbing the proposed facility "Alligator Alcatraz," as it would be located in the Everglades, which is home to more than 200,000 alligators.

Instagram A 20-year-old Walmart employee was returning from break on Tuesday when he saw Border Patrol trucks taking a maintenance worker in the parking lot, he jumped out of the car and wheeled the man's trash can in front of the vehicle as other passersby gathered around the truck yelling, blaring their horns.


More updates from the new Republican populism - Lawyers, Guns & Money I had of course forgotten that in the very distant past (four and a half years ago) Trump had campaigned to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Republicans might redraw House maps in Ohio and Texas to try to protect narrow majority : politics

Conservatives Turn On GOP Senator Over Plan To Sell Off Millions Of Acres Of Public Land : politics
Will the Real Teddy Roosevelt Please Step Forward? - The Wildlife News


digby: If you haven't seen the new documentary on HBO about the Ohio State molestation scandal, don't miss it. Jim Jordan is a monster. - Bluesky
'We were powerless': inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal | Documentary | The Guardian A college physician allegedly abused at least 177 male students during his tenure, a story revived in a harrowing new film that highlights how he got away with it
Surviving Ohio State: HBO film accuses Jim Jordan of a cover-up - We watched HBO's Surviving Ohio State documentary: Here's what you need to know
Ohio State University, Jim Jordan, focus of documentary on Strauss sexual abuse survivors | WOSU Public Media
HBO Premieres George Clooney-Produced Documentary Covering ECBAWM Case Representing Sexual Abuse Survivors at Ohio State - Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP
(61) Former OSU Wrestler: Jim Jordan 'Called Me Crying' After Strauss Abuse Allegation | NBC News - YouTube


Alabama Voters Banned Prison Slavery -- But Prisoners Say It Hasn't Stopped : politics


White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open : politics


Daily News calls Adams' ban of City Hall reporter unconstitutional, demands reversal : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,908 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Andrew Hammond.


Massachusetts jobless rate hits 4.8 percent, the highest in nearly five years - The state's unemployment rate rose for a fifth consecutive month in May to its highest level in nearly four years, as the number of new job-seekers continued to swell while hiring slowed ,,, 5 months of trump = 5 months of consecutive job losses.





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Only two years left of world's carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn : worldnews
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says : worldnews
The 16-billion-record data breach that no one's ever heard of : worldnews


Chinese navy drill near Japan sparks concern and protest : worldnews
Honda conducts surprise reusable rocket test, aims spaceflight by 2029 : worldnews - Mitsubishi: We make naval submarines. Honda: Hold my rocket fuel.


North Korea fired multiple-launch rockets from near Pyongyang, South Korea says : worldnews
North Korea preparing to send 25 000 workers to Alabuga drones assembly lines, main supplier of drones to attack civilian targets in Ukraine, for experience exchange and capabilities : worldnews


NYT: Chinese hackers have repeatedly hacked Russia since 2022 to obtain military secrets : worldnews - I figure with a friendship without limits you could just ask for them?



Trump rebuffs Moscow's offer to broker Israel-Iran deal, telling Putin to mediate Russia first : worldnews

Evgen Istrebin on X: More bad news for Ru Amid the collapse of budget revenues, the Min Finance is forced to increase the state debt at a frantic pace to close the hole in the budget. Since the beginning of the year, as of 18.06.25, federal government bonds worth 2.351 trill rub have been placed / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Unconfirmed reports from Russia's Orenburg region: Local channels claim Ukrainian sabotage units may have crossed in from Kazakhstan. Drones were allegedly spotted near Russian Strategic Missile Forces bases. Waiting for more info. / X


Visioner on X: Russian-occupied Transnistria is on the brink of economic collapse. Since Ukraine cut off gas supplies to the region — and alternative routes are more expensive, logistically difficult, and have limited capacity -- industrial production (mainly metallurgy) has dropped by 43%, and trade has fallen by 31%. As for electricity, exports have ceased entirely, and the enclave has completely depleted its coal reserves. / X



Ron Filipkowski: This is brutal. India says Trump is lying about a trade deal and says he also lied about brokering a peace deal between India and Pakistan. We are a joke around the world. - Bluesky
After PM Modi sets record straight on ceasefire deal, Donald Trump takes U-turn, says India and Pakistan decided to stop conflict | India News - Times of India : worldnews
Air India crash: N Chandrasekaran says one engine on plane was new : worldnews


Satellite Imagery Shows Evacuation at Largest U.S. Air Base in Middle East. : worldnews - Evacuation of a base is not easy or done lightly. The clock is running.

President Trump to decide whether or not to strike Iran militarily within 2 weeks, wants to make time for diplomacy. : worldnews
Trump to decide on Iran action in next two weeks : worldnews

Trump sees disabling Iran nuclear site at Fordo as necessary as he weighs decision on strike : worldnews
Israel strikes inactive nuclear reactor in Iran : worldnews
Israel issues strongest direct threat to Iran's supreme leader : worldnews

Large explosions reported at Arak nuclear heavy water reactor in Iran following Israeli call to evacuate the area : worldnews
Iran's options against foreign aggression include closing Strait of Hormuz, lawmaker says : worldnews
Iran blames Israel for hacking state TV broadcast with calls for uprising : worldnews
Trump and U.S. intelligence appear at odds over Iran's nuclear progress : worldnews - Trump and intelligence are generally at odds.



Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing 'personal cost' of Iran war - postponing son's wedding : worldnews

Israel Deploys 50 Fighter Jets in 24-Hour Campaign Striking Over 40 Iranian Targets : worldnews
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem says State Department planning for contingencies to help Americans leave Israel : worldnews

Israeli FM Israel Katz threatens Khamenei assassination | The Jerusalem Post : worldnews

IDF confirms: Iran launched cluster munitions at Israel : worldnews
Israeli hospital struck in latest Iranian ballistic missile barrage on Israel : worldnews
Israel vows to intensify attacks after Iranian missile hits major hospital : worldnews
Missile salvo from Iran slams into Israel, hospital takes direct hit : worldnews

Oil prices are surging again -- up 9% after Israel's strikes on Iran. Heating oil prices could follow. : worldnews


Euromaidan Press on X: The Times: Trump won't meet Zelenskyy at the NATO summit—days after skipping him at the G7 Trump skipped meeting Zelenskyy in Canada—and won't face him in The Hague either. / X
Putin says NATO rearmament not a threat, willing to meet Zelenskyy : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1211, Part 1 (Thread #1358) : worldnews

Russian assault on Kostiantynivka: Ukraine's defence forces repel major attack, destroying 18 armoured combat vehicles : worldnews


UNITED24 Media on X: Autopsies of Ukrainians returned from Russian captivity reveal skull fractures, starvation, disease, and signs of torture. Some bodies were mutilated or unrecognizable. AP reported on one such case (1/8) / X
WarTranslated on X: The Russians also released footage of their soldiers returning from captivity - well-fed and energetic, they quickly boarded the bus. Meanwhile, Ukrainian servicemen come back with significant weight loss, with dystrophy, ulcers, vision problems, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular disease, and digestive issues. / X


Georgia marks 200 days of protests as government crackdown against dissent continues : worldnews


FT: Trump left G7 summit ahead of schedule due to Zelenskyy and Macron : worldnews
EU increasingly resigned to 10% baseline tariff in US trade talks, European sources say : worldnews - Exactly what Putin was lobbying for, incidentally. Funny how things work out sometimes, isn't it?
G7 nations commit to advancing AI and quantum : worldnews


Finnish parliament voted yes on withdrawing from the Ottawa treaty : worldnews - allowing the Finnish Defence Forces to legally use anti-personnel landmines.

Hungarian opposition party has 15-point-lead ahead of Orban's Fidesz, poll says : worldnews
Hungarian police ban Budapest Pride march, citing protection of children : worldnews

Scaffolding goes up in Venice to save Banksy's migrant mural : worldnews

Swiss National Bank cuts rates to zero with inflation negative, global outlook cloudy : worldnews

'No space for Bezos': Venetians protest Amazon founder's grandiose wedding plan : worldnews - I don't get it, at all. It obviously looks fake and it looks creepy. Kristi Noem vibes. They all have the same face. I blame the Kardashians.


Spain wants exemption from NATO's 5 percent defense spending target : worldnews

Temperatures pass 32C as first UK area enters heatwave : worldnews

Argentina cracks down on Russian disinformation campaign.The Argentine State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) uncovered a foreign influence operation carried out by a group of Russian citizens residing in the country in cooperation with Argentinians. : worldnews

China floods Brazil with cheap EVs triggering backlash : worldnews

Land of the Brave, Home of the Free - Lawyers, Guns & Money The U.S. has always showed its full ass when it comes to Central America. This week is a special version, even if most people aren't paying attention. One doesn't have think anything positive at all about Daniel Ortega to note that a travel advisory to Nicaragua is pretty dumb. It's pretty safe compared to a lot of nations and the people going there know that. Ortega is an asshole. But this reasoning is special compared to what comes with my next link: The U.S. State Department is warning Americans thinking of booking trips to Nicaragua to reconsider their travel plans because the country is sinking deeper into authoritarianism, making it more perilous for tourists ... That is bad. Glad the U.S. would never do that: The U.S. State Department revoked the travel visas of a former president of Panama and a Panamanian presidential candidate, a move the politicians said was direct retaliation for speaking out against recent deals their country made with President Trump.

Danish soldiers train deployment on Greenland : worldnews - Stuff like this really drives home the realization that the rest of the world sees the US as a drunk outside of a bar waving a gun around.




He's moving at a truly alarming speed: Trump propels US into authoritarianism : politics
Obama warns America is 'dangerously close' to moving away from democracy : politics
As his support drops, Trump will "lash out in dangerous, unimaginable ways" : politics
We've become a failed nation-state in 150 days | From chaos and political violence to Israel and Iran, Trump's latest actions have sealed our fate : politics
Donald Trump Rages At Reporter Who Refuses To Stick To 'Positive' Questions : politics

Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval : politics - Then in 2018 President Trump withdrew the United States from the deal, claiming it failed to curtail Iran's missile program and regional influence. Iran began ignoring limitations on its nuclear program a year later
Trump Only Wants to Go to War for the Ego Boost : politics
Like George W. Bush, Donald Trump Is Lying His Way Into War : politics

The Antiwar Trump Was Always a Myth : politics - Who would have thought the man who threatened war with Canada, Denmark, and Panama within his first 90 days would turn out to be pro-war? /s

Jonathan Cohn: There's nothing that Congress loves more than forfeiting its warmaking powers to the president. Doing so has been a longstanding bipartisan project, and the country deserves a better opposition party than one ready to go along with an Iraq War redux. ... Bluesky
Democrats Ambivalent As Trump Weighs War With Iran | HuffPost Latest News Progressives want a vote on the president's war powers while many Democrats are keeping quiet.

Getting the war criminals back together - Lawyers, Guns & Money Elisabeth Bumiller checks in with some of the architects of what is (so far) the worst foreign policy blunder of the 21st century and hoo boy:

The Peace President ponders bombing Iran - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The critical thing to remember is that the foundation for all of this was Trump ripping up the JCPOA out of spite:

The Latest - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, people familiar with the deliberations said

Raw Story: President Donald Trump is relying on a quieter group of experienced aides rather than his more high-profile Cabinet picks as he weighs whether to join Israel's military campaign against Iran, according to a Washington Post report. - Bluesky


Trump incensed over cabinet member's unauthorized video calling out "warmongers" : politics - Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard sidelined in Trump administration discussions on Israel and Iran : politics

Donald Trump's approval rating goes underwater in two more states—poll : politics - his net approval rating above water in 26 states

WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump: Look at this fucking bullshit. This is the area in the White House that features portraits of all the former First Ladies. Trump replaced Hillary Clinton's with his own -- just like he did with Obama's on the main floor. Can we call him a cunt now?" — Bluesky

How The Republican Party Became A Party That Believes The Constitution Only Applies To Its Enemies : politics

Wedges - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald Trump's coalition contains many possible points of conflict and fracture. Cracks are beginning to show. Possible break points can be wedged by the opposition ... Bringing on the Apocalypse: There are two major camps in the Trump coalition who want to bring on the apocalypse: evangelicals who look to their interpretation of the Bible, and Silicon Valley boys who look to AI. Both believe that a cataclysmic event will end the world as we know it. For the evangelicals, that is a war in the Middle East, and for Silicon Valley, it is machines that are smarter than we are. Both see their chosen outcome as a blessing for some, nightmare for others.

Head of world's largest bureaucracy literally cannot manage a military parade - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Putting an alcoholic B-tier Fox News host in charge of the Pentagon seemed like a great idea, but the results appear to be disappointing to the president:

Appeals court says DOJ cannot represent Trump in appeal of E. Jean Carroll case : politics - This isn't a federal govt matter. This is a personal lawsuit.LOL as if that matters. He thinks the entire government answers to him and he can do whatever the fuck he wants.

Slotkin tells Hegseth in heated exchange to 'be a man,' divulge Los Angeles military order : politics
Eschaton: But He Was Straight From Central Casting Trump does love the people on his TV machine when they remain there, but as soon as he hires them he is capable of realizing they are idiots (of course so is he, but...). But two current U.S. officials said Kurilla and Caine have taken the lead on discussing military options with Trump, largely sidestepping Hegseth and his team at the Pentagon. "Nobody is talking to Hegseth," one official said. "There is no interface operationally between Hegseth and the White House at all."
#TuckFrump: Hegseth, Gabbard 86'ed From Trump's Iran "Inner Circle" - Bluesky
Navigating Iran crisis, Trump relies on experience over star power - The Washington Post Gabbard, Hegseth outside the inner circle as president weighs military actions against Iran ... Both won Senate confirmation, barely.

No longer need discovery: Trump admin wants Abrego Garcia case dismissed without revealing whether court orders were defied : politics - I say this as an experienced litigator: these lawyers should be disbarred. These sorts of tactics are intended to thwart the system the lawyers swore an oath to uphold. This goes beyond zealous advocacy into the realm of undermining justice.

Krassensteins: - Bluesky
Joe Walsh: Ugly. Cruel. Un-American. Not who we are. people.com/mom-and-past... - Bluesky
Florida Mom Deported to Mexico Alone After Nearly 30 Years in U.S. She just keeps telling us to be strong, Maria Isidro's daughter said

ICE detains green card-holder returning from visit to son in US Air Force : politics
Less than 10% of immigrants taken into ICE custody in recent months had serious criminal convictions, internal data shows | CNN

Senator Padilla: The Trump Administration Handcuffed Me, but I Refuse to Stay Silent : politics - That's nice, Senator. Next time, please don't embolden those same people by subsequently voting to legitimize their crypto grift...

Donald Trump suffers double legal blow within hours : politics

Will Stancil: at what point did being right-wing become synonymous with openly murderous psychopathy - Bluesky undefined

Trump Erupts in Crazed Hard-Right Rant as MAGA Fury Takes Darker Turn : politics
Musk Savages 'Snake' Trump Aide as Their White House Feud Erupts : politics

Alex Jones Delivers Blistering Rebuke of Trump in MAGA Civil War : politics
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE: because he's a liar who is full of shit, thanks for the headline, temu vox Bluesky - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to send a cargo ship to Mars by the end of next year. Here's why that plan likely won't pan out.

Federal Reserve Warns Trump's Economy Is About to Get Whole Lot Worse - Trump's tariffs are directly to blame, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. : politics

The German word for "blank sheet of paper" is lebensraum - Lawyers, Guns & Money I think I remember when Bill Ackman wasn't crazy, but that was a long time ago now.
Bill Ackman - He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Bill Ackman has expressed public support for Israel's actions in the Gaza war

Seth Abramson: Here is the President of the United States angrily sh*tting on and raging against Juneteenth - Bluesky - I really do think a vast swath of the American people dramatically underestimate how much Donald Trump hates Black people
altNOAA : ""Black people suck!" — Donald Trump - Bluesky
Art Candee: Biden is giving a speech in Galveston, Texas tonight for Juneteenth while Donald Trump is trying to erase Black history. Man, I miss Joe. - Bluesky
Juneteenth: How cities are scaling back celebrations after Trump-era DEI rollbacks | CNN
The road to emancipation - Lawyers, Guns & Money Manisha Sinha has a good piece for your Juneteenth reading:


Senator Scott Wiener: The guy arresting you shouldn't look like the guy in a ski mask robbing a liquor store. It's why we're advancing legislation to put a stop to secret police-style masked law enforcement. - Bluesky
ICE Immigration Jacket Becomes Best Seller on Amazon - Newsweek
ICE impersonators on the rise: Arrests made as authorities issue national warning | CNN Authorities in at least three states have arrested individuals allegedly impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at a time when real ICE agents have ramped up immigration enforcement efforts under the Trump administration, adding to existing fears of law enforcement among migrant communities.

Illinois members of Congress say they were denied access to an ICE facility for second day : politics

President Miller overrules Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Jon Stewart goes hard on Utah's Mike Lee: What the f--- is wrong with that guy? : politics

MAGA Melts Down Over JD Vance's Short-Lived Bluesky Suspension : politics


Republican calls out Trump admin cutting suicide hotline: "This is wrong" : politics

Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse : politics - Those hospitals will cave in soon enough leaving areas with no services. Once again proving Republicans only know how to destroy themselves and their constituents, then blame the Dems who take office, make the Dems clean it up (never fast enough according to them), then start the whole cycle again because people are duped into thinking cleaning up Republican-created problems should only take seconds (when they just sit in Congress creating blockades to progress), so they vote in the shitty Republicans again.


Gavin Newsom Mocks Trump's 'Made in China' Smartphone : politics ... specifications of the new gold-colored phone match with the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G, an Android built by Chinese company Wingtech and available on Amazon for as little as $169. This goes right along with the Trump watch and shoes game plan. Take some cheap piece of crap, paint it gold, put the Trump name on it, and then mark up the price a few hundred percent.

Trump bans 'negative' signage at national parks, asks visitors to snitch : politics - Yup. I don't understand how anyone can look at his track record and say "that's an American patriot". He's the most anti-American president in the history of the US.

Mia : If you thought a dead woman should be kept alive as an incubator, now is the time to help. Her family is now burdened w/ astronomical medical bills, immeasurable grief & the heartbreaking battle of a motherless, profoundly sick & suffering newborn. Adriana Smith's GoFundMe is attached below. - Bluesky

This Viral Video Has People Talking About Christianity Versus MAGA Christianity : politics
This Viral Video Has People Talking About Christianity Versus 'MAGA Christianity' | HuffPost Life As a Christian, I don't think you can be both MAGA and Christian,

The Trump administration is trying to bring back asbestos : politics - Russia is the world'xs largest producer of asbestos, with an estimated annual production of 630,000 metric tons ... He's been all for asbestos since his first term. As you can see here, Russia put his face on their asbestos in 2018, so of course he loves it.
As Trump Favors Asbestos, People Die - Progressive.org - Donald Trump has been rolling back protections against exposure to asbestos, which kills an estimated 15,000 people each year in the United States alone.

SCOTUS upholds Tennessee law banning gender affirming care for minors - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Even Roger Taney didn't argue that the fugitive slave laws didn't target black people, bur rather only slaves. Or at least I don't remember him making that argument (It's been awhile. At this rate we may have to go back and check pretty soon).

The trolling style in American jurisprudence - Lawyers, Guns & Money Paul has already accurately summarized the absurdity of the Court's holding that Tennessee's ban on medical treatments for people based on their sex does not classify people on the basis of sex. Sotomayor's accurate summation doesn't require much more detail: ... What's particularly disturbing here is that the case indicates how much hatred of trans people has become constitutive of what it means to be a Republican.


BigBlueWaveUSA2026 Another day, another Republican busted for sharing child sexual abuse videos. This time it's Robert John May III. May is a Republican member of the House of Representatives. He "serves" the 88th district of South Carolina. #ItsAlwaysARepublican - Bluesky

How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country - The New York Times Once nearly eradicated, the "old man's disease" is back and suffocating younger miners. Federal cuts risk putting a solution further out of reach.


The fantasy economics of American higher education - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Why Did Syracuse Offer $200,000 in Merit Aid to Teens Who Had Turned It Down? - The New York Times The university seems to have misjudged what some families would pay. Next year, maybe applicants should play their own game of chicken with such schools.



Faine Greenwood: "Truly a travesty." - Bluesky Democracy Dies in Darkness, but the Post Dies Under Bezos


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,907 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Yellow Wolf.


Eschaton: Major Battle - Stephen Fry - The 66-year-old actor, comedian and broadcaster - who narrated the audiobooks for all seven Harry Potter novels - said he used to be close to Rowling but has been deeply disturbed by her recent comments and online activity.
Information about prosopagnosia - Face Blind UK


Three-quarters of Americans support bike lanes in their area and nearly half say they increase quality of life : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,906 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Larry Conley.


The Karen Read case - Lawyers, Guns & Money




061825

Astronomers locate universe's missing matter : worldnews
Dark Energy May Not Exist: Something Stranger Might Explain The Universe : ScienceAlert
UK has 50:50 chance of seeing 40C in next 12 years with month long heatwaves predicted : worldnews
Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events : worldnews
HIV-ending drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers | Aids and HIV : worldnews


Senator Penny Wong on X: In an Australian-first, the Government has imposed sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet to help starve its war machine of oil revenue. Russia must end its illegal war. Australia stands with Ukraine. Read more here: / X
Australia lifts plasma donation ban for gay, bisexual men in world first : worldnews


Kim Jong Un is sending another 6,000 people to Kursk, after an estimated 6,000 of his troops were killed or wounded there : worldnews


China records bumper capital inflow as Gulf investors hedge against US : worldnews



Trump Tells Putin To End Ukraine War Before Mediating Iran-Israel : worldnews

Russia fears another loss in Middle East from Iran's conflict with Israel : worldnews

Slava 🇺🇦 on X: "🇷🇺 Russia could run out of armored vehicles by the end of this year, says the Institute for the Study of War. According to ISW, Russia has already used up more than half of its pre-war reserves of tanks and armored vehicles. Only 46% of tanks, 42% of infantry fighting vehicles and 48% of armored personnel carriers remain in stockpiles. / X

Kyiv Insider on X: Russians lament that they can't accomplish any of the things in Ukraine in this 3 years that Israel has accomplished in Iran in 5 days. / X


India's Modi tells Trump there was no US mediation in ceasefire with Pakistan : politics
British survivor of Air India crash discharged from hospital, airline confirms : worldnews

A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government - and was executed for 'high treason' : worldnews - "The Arab writer can be easily killed by their government under the pretext of 'national security'," he wrote.

US pulls out of two more bases in Syria, worrying Kurdish forces : worldnews

Trump's crazed antics have guaranteed a legacy of hatred in the Middle East : politics

Trump's Yemen bombings killed nearly as many civilians as 23 previous years of US attacks, analysis shows : politics

UN Says It Has Lost Track of Iran's Near-Bomb-Grade Uranium : worldnews

Israel - Iran Conflict (Part IV) : worldnews

'Nobody knows what I'm going to do': Trump says he hasn't decided whether to strike Iran : worldnews - Like rumsfield says, there are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. But for trump, there are unknown knowns.
Iran's leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause 'irreparable damage' : worldnews
Iranian Supreme Leader declares the battle begins after warning Israel about great surprise ... that the world will remember for centuries' as Trump weighs whether to order US strikes : worldnews
Iran threatens US with 'irreparable damage' if Trump joins war : worldnews
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States - The Onion
Russia tells US not to strike Iran, warns of nuclear catastrophe : worldnews
Israel says destroyed Iran's internal security headquarters : worldnews
Tehran becomes 'ghost town' as missiles fall and fear mounts : worldnews
Iran is going offline to prevent purported Israeli cyberattacks : worldnews

Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say - The New York Times American commanders have put troops on high alert throughout the region as fears of a wider war grow.

Iran Claims: We Have Gained Complete Control over the Skies of Israel : worldnews


Exclusive | Israel Built Its Case for War With Iran on New Intelligence. The U.S. Didn't Buy It. - WSJ American spy agencies stand by their assessment that Iran hasn't decided to build a nuclear weapon, but Trump now says Tehran is 'very close.'
How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel - The New York Times President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel's push for an assault on Iran's nuclear program. With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.
Thoughts on Israel's Iran Campaign and Donald Trump - TPM - Talking Points Memo

Trump speaks with Netanyahu after crucial meeting on Israel-Iran war Trump speaks with Netanyahu after crucial meeting on Israel-Iran war

Israel struck centrifuge sites in Iran: nuclear watchdog : worldnews
America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment : worldnews

Israel launches airlift to bring home stranded citizens after Iran strikes : worldnews


Astraia Intel on X: G7 The leader of the free world, President Zelensky, sitting in Trump's chair after his departure. Doesn't get any more symbolic than that. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1210, Part 1 (Thread #1357) : worldnews

Tired of military aid delays, Ukraine has designed its own ballistic missile -- and it's already in mass-production : worldnews

Kyiv rescuers find more bodies as death toll from latest Russian aerial attack climbs to 28 : worldnews

Devana on X: Spotify's Founder Invests 600 Million into Drone Manufacturer Supporting Ukraine Daniel Ek, the founder of music streaming giant Spotify, has just invested a staggering €600 million into Helsing — a German defense tech startup that supplies strike drones to Ukraine. The The investment was made through Prima Materia, a company co-founded by Ek and Spotify's early investor Shakil Khan. / X - In an age when tyrants are armed and emboldened, real power is when innovation, capital, and courage meet to defend liberty.

Euromaidan Press on X: Ukraine develops cheaper bomber drones that devastate 4x more Russian targets. Ukraine uses newly-developed Batyar-S and B-1 drones for deep strikes on Russian military factories, airbases and key logistical routes. / X

CJ on X: Going from 10:1 to a 2:1 artillery ratio against the largest artillery force in the world is insanely impressive. It's impressive that Ukraine survived and improved, and impressive that eventually, NATO-suppliers began prioritizing artillery production for the first time in decades. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Ukrainian forces destroyed a large Russian column near Yablonivka on the Kostyantynivka front — 23 units of heavy equipment (MT-LBs, tanks, BMPs), along with quads and motorcycles were eliminated. / X



European ministers to hold nuclear talks with Iran on Friday in Geneva, source says : worldnews
Nato summit will be short and sweet to suit Trump's attention span : politics
EU's top diplomat warns that Russia has a plan for long-term aggression against Europe : worldnews
NATO to End Disclosure of Ukraine Aid and Defense Planning, Fearing Russian Exploitation : worldnews
Ukraine's Zelenskyy warns diplomacy in crisis after Trump's early G7 exit : worldnews
Serving His Russian Master Remains Priority For Trump As He Again Plans To Dodge Zelensky At NATO : worldnews

Satellite images reveal Russia building military town near Finnish border : worldnews

Macron: 'Regime change in Iran through military means would be a mistake' : worldnews


Canada says it scrapped a G7 statement on Ukraine after US resistance : worldnews
FBI director again blames Vancouver for fentanyl crisis, but U.S. data says otherwise : politics
India is a perpetrator of foreign interference, Canadian intelligence agency says : worldnews




House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains : politics - Mortgaging the entire country's future to give some tax cuts to people who don't need them… because trickle-down worked so well last time
Obama Steps Back Into the Public Eye Amid Political and Global Unrest - The New York Times He spoke about the risks of autocracy during an appearance on Tuesday night with the writer Heather Cox Richardson at a time of deep volatility for his party, the country and the world.
Trump has become an easy mark — and so has America. The president's erratic behavior has left him -- and us -- open to manipulation from allies and enemies alike : politics
Obama: US dangerously close to moving toward autocracy : politics
Trump is about to plunge America into another forever war : politics

Poll: Just 16% Of Americans Want U.S. Involved In Israel-Iran War : politics
David Hogg Says Any Democrat Who Supports War With Iran 'Should Be Primaried' : politics
MAGA Podcaster Calls for Trump Impeachment Over President's Iran Response: 'All of His Supporters Should Turn on Him' : politics
Trump won't say whether he will move forward with US strikes on Iran
Top MAGA pollster warns Republicans will lose the majority for 'the next decade' if Trump gets involved in Israel-Iran : politics
Not Just Progressives: Over Half of Trump Voters Oppose US War on Iran : politics
Trump is itching to attack Iran - and take the glory : politics
MAGA supporters call President Trump out over Israel-Iran conflict response


Trump installs massive new flag poles at the White House : politics
Trump Asks Workers Installing White House Flagpole: 'Any Illegal Immigrants? | "Your whole life will be destroyed because of this press conference," the president told the men. : politics



Navy dissented from US push to move assets to Middle East : politics

'No Kings' Was Biggest Protest in U.S. History: Data Analyst : politics
Older women front and center in No Kings pro-democracy movement : politics - preliminary findings showed that the median age on Saturday for participants in Philadelphia was 36 years old while the median age for protest event hosts nationwide was 67 >
Good Trouble Lives On - On July 17th, March in Peace. Act in Power.
No Kings protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration : politics

Senate Republicans hold hearing on Biden's mental fitness as Democrats boycott : politics

The Worst Part of Trump's Big Bill Is Getting Almost No Attention : politics

Fed keeps rates unchanged after Trump floats appointing himself to chair : politics
Trump knocks Fed's Powell, muses about appointing himself to lead central bank : politics

Trump Is Bending Institutions to His Will. Now, He Wants To Control Google's Search Results : politics

Company behind changes to 2024 election voting machines speaks out : politics

Rachel Maddow: Sad and small Trump is now a 'laughingstock on the world stage' : politics

Donald Trump's Old Tweet Mocking Obama On Iran Comes Back To Haunt Him : politics ... His ghost writer for The Art of the Deal famously said that yesterday does not exist for Donald Trump.


Trump lied about the LA protests so you wouldn't see what he's really doing : politics ... This admin isn't playing 5D chess, they're just doing a lot of different shitty things at the same time.

'Necessary to quell the rebellion': DOJ tells 9th Circuit that Trump can deploy National Guard from every state and can't be second-guessed by judges : politics - If judges can't "second guess" the president, every law is null and void.

Trumps Accused of Sourcing T1 Phone From China Despite Built in the US Claim: It's Simply Not Possible : politics

Does America Have Secret Police Now? : politics
Is it legal for ICE agents to cover their face as they detain people?

Trump Jr. falsely blames 'radical transgender movement' for Melissa Hortman assassination. Donald Trump Jr. claimed that trans people are the "most violent domestic terror threat" in the U.S. : politics ... MAGA are literally murdering us in our homes right now. And the left is the terror threat? GET FUCKKKKED ... They blame anyone but their own party. The shooter was a republican ... Not just a Republican, but a religious lunatic. Conservative Christianity is the most violent threat in the US.
Live Updates: Supreme Court Upholds State Ban on Transgender Care for Minors - The New York Times The justices ruled that Tennessee's law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states.
"In sadness, I dissent": Sotomayor blasts conservative justices for upholding trans health care ban : politics


ICE Agents Laughed at Sobbing Wife After Detaining Husband, Family Says : politics

Sen. Lee deletes tweets mocking murder of Minnesota Democrat : politics

'We're not safe': US lawmakers demand more be done after political violence in Minnesota : politics

Trump Team Is Already Lying About Detention of NYC Mayoral Candidate | New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was detained after asking ICE agents at an immigration court if they had a warrant. : politics
Trump's ICE just manhandled another Democrat: 'What the hell is happening to this country!?; : politics
Remember when Brad Lander Caught Kristi Noem Stealing $80 Million? - emptywheel - Lander's detention thus bears a third similarity with that of Ras Baraka: both men had sued DHS, both arrests constituted - per Emil Bove's representations to Dale Ho - election interference, and in both cases, Noem's goons premeditated the arrest. This is beginning to look like a pattern.

Trump administration to activate 2,000 additional military troops to Los Angeles : politics

700 troops have been mobilized to help ICE in raids in Florida, Louisiana and Texas : politics

Judge finds Florida attorney general in contempt for defying court order in major immigration case : politics

Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law : politics

Trump is 'losing confidence' in Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as he mulls removing her entire office, senior official says : politics
Trump Reportedly Left Out Tulsi Gabbard From Camp David Meetings To Discuss Israel-Iran Conflict | "She had a scheduling conflict with National Guard orders, but was never invited in the first place," said Fox News' Peter Doocy. : politics

Pam Bondi Asked To Investigate 2024 Election Results : politics

Kristi Noem rushed to hospital in an ambulance after allergic reaction, DHS says : politics
ICE Barbie Visited Biohazard Lab With RFK Jr. Before Hospitalization : politics

Elon Musk calls Grok answer a major fail after it highlights political violence caused by MAGA supporters : politics

Another broken promise: Trump is targeting states' power over medical marijuana : politics

The U.S. is giving up on taxing inheritances : politics

Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service : politics

With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program : politics ... 8% of 850 miles complete… $3 Billion cost to taxpayers… and the federally funded slice of the wall is only 1/3rd this size ... The contractor business that pocketed the 3 billion is owned by a Republican

Ted Cruz Absolutely Explodes in MAGA Civil War Gotcha Moment : politics - What in the hell kind of bizarro universe did I just step into where Fucker Carlson is actually saying something reasonable and dressing down Fled Cruz???
Tucker Carlson accuses Ted Cruz of knowing nothing about Iran : politics
"I am not the Tucker Carlson expert on Iran": Ted Cruz fumbles through TV interview : politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Americans Have Been Brainwashed by Fox News, New York Post as She Opposes U.S. Entering Israel-Iran War : politics

Former Fox News Favorite Declares Network a 'propaganda Hose' Aimed at Manipulating 'Elderly' Viewers : politics ... This was inevitable the moment they took Netanyahu's side over Putin's on Iran.
Trump Is Suddenly Raging at Tucker Carlson -- and MAGA Is Deeply Rattled : politics
Tucker Carlson Tears Into Ted Cruz In The Most Gloriously Awkward Interview You'll See : politics

What Will Happen after the 2030 Census? - Lawyers, Guns & Money he shift in the 2030 census will mean that Democrats can win Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania and still lose the Electoral College. We will now have to win all of these states, plus some combo of Nevada/Arizona/North Carolina/Georgia in order to have even a narrow presidential win ... But one thing is certain, he added: "The party that wins the south wins the future."

July 9, 2015 - It can't happen here, until it does - Lawyers, Guns & Money One of the most compelling points Rick Perlstein makes in his excellent The Invisible Bridge is that Ronald Reagan was consistently and radically underestimated as a potential political force by the national media, public intellectuals, DC insiders, etc., until practically up to the moment he was on the edge of winning the GOP nomination in 1976.



Thousands of young Americans at risk of homelessness if Job Corps ends : politics

New 'dictator approved' sculpture of smashed Statue of Liberty arrives in DC - but nobody knows who is behind it : politics


RFK Jr. is coming for your vaccines | This is going to cost lives. Children are going to suffer. : politics



Questions raised over Lauren Boebert's financial disclosure filing - which includes no financial disclosures : politics


How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin - The Atlantic Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything - And if ivermectin was good enough to be rejected by mainstream doctors as a cure for COVID, health-care skeptics seemed to reason, then surely it must have a host of other uses too ... Republican-leaning parts of the country helped drive an astounding 964 percent increase in prescriptions for the drug early in the pandemic, and GOP members of Congress have used their official posts to advocate for its benefits.


Take Detransitioners Seriously - The Atlantic Some people reverse their gender transition. Understanding their experience is crucial.


Public safety hearing exposes growing backlash to SoundThinking surveillance in Somerville, Cambridge - The Tufts Daily


Karen Read verdict: Follow live updates Jury acquits Karen Read on all major charges in John O'Keefe's death, finds her guilty of OUI - According to the 2023 NSDUH, 61.4 million people ages 12 and older (21.7% in this age group) reported binge drinking in the past month




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China stockpiling nuclear warheads at fastest rate globally, new research shows : worldnews



Iranian crown prince urges uprising against 'collapsing' regime | Reza Pahlavi said he prepared a 100-day transition plan for establishing democratic rule, "by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people." : worldnews ... CIA installed his father in 1953 after overthrowing a democratically elected government in Iran in 1953. The Shah was a brutal, murderous, corrupt dictator - The 1979 revolution ousted the Shah but instead of a democracy, the ayatollahs took control. And people wonder why Iranians hate us.
US positions military to potentially join Israel war with Iran : worldnews
US spies said Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment : worldnews
China sends mystery transport planes into Iran : worldnews
Trump threatens Iran's leader, demands unconditional surrender : worldnews
Ayatollah Khamenei was reportedly removed from key decision-making after a mental breakdown. : worldnews
Donald Trump says U.S. won't kill Iran's supreme leader Khemenei, 'at least not for now' : worldnews

Iran Capital Evacuation Videos Show People Fleeing Tehran : worldnews
China tells citizens in Israel to leave 'as soon as possible' : worldnews

Israel - Iran Conflict (Part III) : worldnews
Major U.S. Middle East-Focused Buildup Confirmed : worldnews
US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East (F-16s, F-22s, F-35s) : worldnews

IDF: We eliminated Iran's new Chief of Staff overnight : worldnews

Israeli tank fire kills 51 people in Gaza crowd trying to get food : worldnews


US Embassy in Israel sustains minor damage after Iranian missile strike; no injuries reported : worldnews


Zelensky accuses Putin of Terrorism after Deadly Drone Strike : worldnews
Zelenskyy warns oil price surge could help Russia's war effort : worldnews
Poll: 97% of people in Ukraine trust soldiers on frontline, 90% have friends in army : worldnews
Astraia Intel on X: The Ukrainian wrath unleashed. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1209, Part 1 (Thread #1356) : worldnews

Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on drone production facility in Yelabuga, Russia : worldnews

US group designed to pressure Russia into peace in Ukraine disbanded by Trump administration, Reuters reports : worldnews

Kyiv Insider on X: Now confirmed that the US is blocking Ukraine from striking Russian energy assets, protecting Putin's cash cow. / X - Trump is the first U.S. president openly influenced by Russia. Under his leadership, America stopped being a sovereign nation.


G7 leaders: Iran can never have a nuclear weapon : worldnews
EU prepared to accept flat 10% US tariff with conditions, Handelsblatt reports : worldnews
Ideological Gap Widens Between More, Less Educated Adults Political polarization update
EU urges Trump to ditch trade war as G7 kicks off : worldnews
Trump says 'we can work something out' as he talks trade with Carney at G7 summit : worldnews
Donald Trump Ripped As Vladimir Putin's PR Guy After G-7 Whine : politics
Now we are six: G7 leaders try to salvage their summit after Trump's early exit : politics


Italy vows to stop US from sending its citizens to Guantanamo : worldnews




Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away : politics
Trump: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran" : politics
Trump's half-cock diplomacy leaves the Middle East on the brink : politics
Pentagon Signals US Won't Strike Iran as Trump Summons Security Council : politics

What's happening between Iran and Israel is a direct result of Trump's carelessness : politics - Donald Trump claims to be the leader who will end wars. But by effectively killing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear containment deal with Iran in his first term in office and allowing Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to run roughshod across the Middle East in his second, the Republican president is instead fanning the flames of conflict across the region.
A Reminder - Lawyers, Guns & Money When Donald Trump came into office in 2017, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was in force, and working as expected/ hoped. It was a far better agreement than most of us wonks had expected or wished for. When its draft came out earlier, we were dancing in the streets. It was carefully done and extremely specific about limitations on Iran's nuclear program.

House Republican, Democrat move to limit Trump from entering Iran war : politics

Trump Parade Turnout Swamped by Millions Who Protested at 'No Kings' Rallies : politics
Fox News Accused of Adding Fake Applause During Trump Parade Live Stream: 'They Had to Help Him Out' : politics
Trump 'Reamed Out' Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade: Author : politics
Hegseth Laughs After Senator Pushes Him to Deny Ordering Military to Use 'Lethal Force' Against Protesters : politics - Fucking sociopath piece of shit ... Dude scammed two Veterans Charities before he landed where he's at ... One of his answers to "have/will u give permission for soldiers to use lethal force against protestors" was "you should stop reading books, except the bible" ... He never answered the question ... Ted Cruz was also talking about bombing Iran because the Bible tells him to earlier today

Trump, Hitler and how democracies die : politics - There will be a lot of time to catch up on history but you should know that Hitler and the Nazis were primarily backed by Western businessmen who'd lost out on collectivization in the Soviet Union. All of the most powerful Anglos dispossessed of their holdings in the Russo-Asiatic Corporation like Hoover and Leslie Urquhart, but also Ford, Standard Oil, Rockefeller, Prescott Bush... Their enemies were conflatable: Bolshevism and "Bolshevism" ... All of the business plotters were enemies of humanity and democracy. They stocked more Nazi party members into high ranking post-war West German government positions than the Third Reich itself had managed to achieve.
Operation Paperclip - Wikipedia

New SCOTUS Leaks Reveal Secret Details About Justice Amy Coney Barrett : politics

Trump's Own Staff Don't Think He's Fit to Be President | The New Republic A damning new interview reveals that some White House staffers think Donald Trump is unfit to lead ... staffers described Trump as "deeply impulsive, but impulsive without checks and balances around him."

Countdown to eschatological ecstasy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Brad Lander arrested for asking some questions - Lawyers, Guns & Money - "Detained" is such a genteel word for "manhandled by fascist goons."

'I have never seen such open corruption': Trump's crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers : politics
Senate passes landmark crypto regulation bill on a bipartisan vote, sending it to the House The 68-30 vote on the GENIUS Act marked the first time that the Senate has passed major legislation regulating digital assets.

Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says - CBS News

Opinion | Trump Is Daring Us to Impeach Him Again - The New York Times

GOP budget bill faces 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware, poll finds - The Washington Post A plurality of voters oppose the tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll this month.

Appeals Court Seems Inclined to Let Trump Control National Guard in L.A. for Now - The New York Times A three-judge panel sounded skeptical of California's arguments that President Trump should return control of National Guard troops to the state.

Trump Orders ICE Vengeance on 'No Kings' Protest Cities : politics

Donald Trump Approval Rating Suffers Worst Polls Yet -- Awful, Awful, Awful : politics - Approval rating at 38/39% between a Quinnipiac and AP poll — aka the same shit it always is.
Donald Trump favorability

Trump's New 'All-American' Smartphone Is Made in China : politics
It's a sin to let a sucker keep his money - Lawyers, Guns & Money ike we always say here at The Verge, it's vaporware until it ships. And the Trump Mobile T1 Phone 8002 is as vapor-y as it gets.

Trump says he won't call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would 'waste time' : politics
Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Attended a Bible College Popular Among Christian Nationalists : politics
Cops Probe If Captured MAGA Assassin Is Part of 'roader Network' : politics

Too many Republicans embrace conspiracy theories and misinfo after Minnesota shootings : politics

'This is not a joke': Sen. Amy Klobuchar rips Mike Lee for posts about a deadly Minnesota shooting : politics
Sen. Mike Lee deletes social media posts about the Minnesota shootings after facing criticism
The Terrible Human Beings of the Republican Senate Caucus - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Utah Senator Mike Lee had some heartless things to say about the Minnesota shootings. : politics
Truly Disgusting: GOP Senator Slammed For 'Depraved' Tweets After Shootings : politics
Utah Senator Mike Lee had some heartless things to say about the Minnesota shootings. : politics
Mike Lee Flees from Media Questions About His Assassin Tweet : politics
Missouri attorney general works to ensure innocence isn't always enough to get out of prison - Missouri Independent Even after a judge declared Sandra Hemme innocent and ordered her freed, Attorney General Andrew Bailey tried to send her back

'Openly Admitting': Critics Rip Trump For Dehumanizing Sunday Night Announcement: The president ordered a new ICE operation targeting "the core of the Democrat Power Center." : politics

Australian says he was "deported" from US because of his writings : politics - Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that visas would be restricted for foreign officials who engage in censorship of Americans.

"They're taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family as safe. Then ICE deported his wife. : politics

Trump Supporter's Business Was Raided by ICE After Tip-Off, DHS Says : politics

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids : politics

ICE Agents Could Be Banned From Wearing Masks Under New Proposal : politics
California lawmakers introduce legislation to ban law enforcement from wearing face coverings : politics
Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct | Trump administration | The Guardian Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline
Keeping Track of Power and Politics

Ten years gone - Lawyers, Guns & Money Ten years ago today, Donald Trump announced he was running for president.

"Musk's Team Simply Did Not Understand the Data": Maybe It Wasn't a Great Idea to Let DOGE Loose on Social Security : politics
The number is 40% - Lawyers, Guns & Money Really great deep dive by the Times into Elon the Pig Junkie's Merry Band of Incels Excellent Social Security Adventure: (Katie Miller, aka Mrs Goebbels).

Donald Trump as one weird trick for national salvation - Lawyers, Guns & Money I've been looking at the megachurch phenomenon, and it's striking the extent to which it can be thought of as a magachurch movement ... What almost all these churches feature is a strong emphasis on the evangelical concept of being "born again," which, interpreted uncharitably as 'm going to do here for the purposes of political analysis, can be reduced to the proposition that salvation consists of one weird trick, i.e., accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. If you do that, you're guaranteed salvation ... What I'm suggesting here is that evangelical Christian theology and sociology, especially in the megachurch context, primes people to find Trump's claims plausible and attractive, rather than delusional and disgusting.

Mutual Defense - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's barely an exaggeration to say that Trump plans to wage a civil war against much of the population of the United States. How else to characterize his announcement over the weekend that he would be deploying armed agents of the state to "the core of the Democrat Power Center" in blue cities across the country? He explicitly wants to do in New York and Chicago — and probably San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Boston as well -- what he did in Los Angeles.

The American Bar Association Is Suing Over Trump's Extortion Of Law Firms : politics

Joni Ernst's Sick Response to Medicaid Cuts Has Tanked Her Career | When Joni Ernst quipped that "we all are going to die," she probably wasn't referring to her reelection prospects. : politics

"The mother no longer has any interests": the ballad of the American anti-abortion movement - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Don Jr. Confronted With Reality on MAGA Madman's Political Leanings : politics
Donald Trump Jr baselessly claims transgender 'movement' is most violent domestic terror threat in the world : politics

Trump Wants to Ban a Quarter of the World From Traveling to the U.S. : politics

NAACP Breaks With 116 Years of History to Snub Trump. The group accused the president of being on a mission to "eliminate civil rights." : politics

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem transported to DC-area hospital after allergic reaction, DHS says | CNN Politics
Some Democratic senators regret voting to confirm Kristi Noem as DHS secretary : politics

E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos : politics


MyPillow founder Mike Lindell loses $2.3 million defamation case : politics

Joe Rogan Regular Guest Apologizes for Supporting Trump, Calls for Impeachment : politics
Joe Rogan Regular Guest Apologizes for Supporting Trump, Calls for Impeachment : politics

Most people hate the Kick People Off Medicaid so Elon Musk Can Buy Another Yacht bill when they hear about it - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I burglarized the house you failed to protect with a better alarm system - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This Day in Labor History: June 16, 1958 - Lawyers, Guns & Money More broadly. we can and should look at these crossing guards as an important moment in the rise of labor feminism, with women taking on new forms of work and making it their own, making their own demands on the cities and using their own strategies to achieve their aims. This could change unions as well-AFSCME generally became much better about pay equity issues once it had crossing guards

AI: Not a Requirement to Live - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Opinion | Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights - The New York Times

Gov. Pritzker Signs Seventh Consecutive Balanced Budget : politics


Bernie Sanders Will Endorse Zohran Mamdani for N.Y.C. Mayor : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,905 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Jane Byrne.

Fridgescape from LA - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Toxic truth? The cookware craze redefining 'ceramic' and 'nontoxic' | Health & wellbeing | The Guardian Designer brands such as Always Pan and Caraway are booming - but safety experts are raising questions


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Australia to hold talks aimed at entering defence pact with EU : worldnews


S. Korea Holds Emergency Meeting after US Imposes 50% Tariff on Appliances : worldnews

North Korean losses exceed 6,000 in Russia's Kursk Oblast, UK intelligence reports : worldnews

China's nuclear arsenal hits 600 warheads, up 100 from year before : worldnews



World's nuclear arsenals expanding, driven by US and Russia, researchers warns : worldnews
Era of nuclear disarmament 'coming to an end', SIPRI warns : worldnews

Russia Pulls Citizens From Iran, Halts Tehran Consular Activity : worldnews

Russia to demand Ukraine destroy Western weapons to end war, senior Kremlin official says : worldnews



Pakistan shuts Iran border crossings amid rising Israel-Iran tensions : worldnews
Israeli Objectives : pakistan
45pc of Pakistanis live below poverty line: WB : worldnews

Iran asks Gulf states to mediate for ceasefire with Israel, sources say : worldnews

Iran says parliament is preparing bill to leave nuclear non-proliferation treaty : worldnews - So basically anytime Iran signs a nuclear deal, the US backs out, fucks them over, and then Israel charges in to attack them?

Khamenei and his family hiding in bunker north of Tehran, sources say : worldnews
Netanyahu tells ABC he's not ruling out taking out Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei : worldnews
U.S. tells allies it won't join war unless Iran targets Americans : worldnews

Iran says Israel's attack on its state TV building is a war crime : worldnews

UN nuclear agency warns of possible contamination inside Iran's Natanz site after Israeli strikes : worldnews
Iran ready to abandon enrichment but needs a face-saving exit, Iranian diplomat says : worldnews

Iran, Israel escalate strikes as death toll rises : worldnews

Iran's Mossad paranoia grows, amid fears of Israeli spies wearing 'masks, hats and sunglasses' : worldnews - The regime fears there may be as many as 70 million Mossad agents in Iran. All with Iranian names and identities. Very concerning.


Fatalities, wounded and destruction in massive Iranian missile strike : worldnews

US Embassy Damaged By Iranian Missile Strike In Tel Aviv : worldnews - Ambassador Mike Huckabee wrote on X
Trump urges all of Tehran to evacuate'immediately' in new social media post as he says Iran can't have nuclear weapon : worldnews
Faytuks News on X: NEW: Trump's social media post telling Iranians to immediately evacuate Tehran reflected the urgency of the need for Iran to come to the negotiating table, a white house official tells CNN / X
Iran wants to kill Trump, plotted assassination: Netanyahu's explosive claim : worldnews

IDF claims major breakthrough in Iran conflict : worldnews

Israel - Iran Conflict (Part III) : worldnews

U.S. Forward Deploys Dozens of Aerial Tankers Amid Possible Entry Into Israel-Iran War : worldnews

(((Tendar))) on X: Supposedly footage of prisoners who just escaped or got released from a local prison in Tehran, Iran. If confirmed, it would prove the partial collapse of the Iranian state structures. We saw similar events happening before the fall of Assad in Syria. / X


Zelenskyy: Russia proposed exchanging POWs for deported Ukrainian children : worldnews
Concern in Russia as women "lose interest" in local men: Turkey may be to blame - AS USA Russian veterans organization calls for ban on Turkish soap operas that depict "ideal men" and contribute to the country's demographic crisis.

NEXTA on X: "Europe has surpassed the U.S. in military aid to Ukraine for the first time — thanks to Scandinavia and the UK, — reports the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW). Between March and April 2025, European countries sharply increased their support for Ukraine, offsetting the pause in American assistance (the U.S. had not delivered aid since January).The total volume of EU military aid has reached 72 billion, compared to 65 billion from the U.S. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1208, Part 1 (Thread #1355) : worldnews

Ukraine confirms that the US is now protecting Putin's oil and energy assets : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: "Ukrainian man returned home after three years of torture in Russian captivity. / X

Over 40 NATO warplanes to exercise near Russian border : worldnews
Europe largely fills the US aid withdrawal, lead by the Nordics and the UK : worldnews
EU extends sanctions against Russia for annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol : worldnews


Denmark fines Tesla over misleading marketing practices : worldnews

German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture, war crimes : worldnews

Israeli Weapons Displays Covered at Paris Air Show, Sparking Protests : worldnews - Israeli companies had reneged on their promise not to display attack aka offensive weapons.


Anti-tourism protests break out in Spain, Italy and Portugal | World News : worldnews


El Salvador President and Trump Ally Bukele Accused of Cutting Deals With MS-13 Gang Members Using U.S. Aid : politics

Macron visits Greenland and criticizes Trump's threats to take it over : worldnews

Trump to depart the G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying : worldnews
Trump to depart the G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying - The Washington Post President Donald Trump is departing the Group of Seven summit in Canada on Monday night, leaving a day early due to the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran
Canadian Indigenous leader says he was 'filled with rage' before intense conversation with Trump : worldnews




Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei - three angry old men who could get us all killed : politics
Netanyahu says Iran tried to assassinate Trump as he tries to justify air strikes on Fox News : politics


How Trump's Tragic Golden Escalator Predicted the Decade It Started : politics

Trump's lawyers anxiously await Supreme Court decision on judicial power : politics -- The supreme court has to decide if Trump can carry on as wannabe King, or if he should start producing real laws, and get these laws approved in the chambers. Like all presidents before no 47 did.

Senate keeps provision curbing judge's orders in Donald Trump's budget bill : politics - This should really be the top story of that budget bill. Limiting judges' abilities to stop illegal and unconstitutional actions taken by the federal government is dictatorial, full stop. The Parliamentarian not loudly shutting this down should be among the biggest political scandals in U.S. history.

Number of Republicans Who 'Strongly Approve' of Trump Drops in Poll : politics

Why are we still talking about Biden's presidency? : politics

Violence is coming to define American political life : politics

Did military parade crowd leave en masse? What we know : politics - described the crowd and parade as "pretty listless and low-energy," adding that Trump apparel was far more prevalent than Army hats and shirts among attendees. But Steven Cheung, White House director of communications said that some 250,000 people attended.
Was Trump Being Trolled With Creedence's 'Fortunate Son' at Parade? : politics

Trump's Military Parade Was a Pathetic Event for a Pathetic President : politics
Hillary Trolls Trump's Low-Energy Parade with Protest Pics. The No Kings protests took focus off of Trump''s parade and seemingly took his crowd too. : politics - "Sponsored by Coinbase" imagine hearing that as a member of the rank and file. We're in the stupidest timeline.

Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests : politics

Trump to send thousands of immigrants including Europeans to Guantanamo: reports : politics

Trump Hasn't Visited A Single Natural Disaster On His Watch As President : politics
Trump says he may call Walz after Minnesota shootings, calls him 'grossly incompetent' : politics
Trump has not called Walz after Minnesota shootings, attacks him as 'grossly incompetent' : politics


Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman's wife shares update after shooting: "We are incredibly lucky to be alive" : politics ... Good person. Protected the nephew and daughter at the risk of her own life, got shot 8 times.
State senator John Hoffman and wife survive 17 bullets in shocking attack : politics

Man accused of killing Minnesota lawmaker arrested after largest manhunt in state history | kare11.com Vance Boelter has been arrested, KARE 11 confirms.
Read the charges against Vance Boelter Authorities arrested and charged Vance Boelter in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.

MAGA Sen. Mocked for Absurdly Calling Dem Assassin 'Marxist' : politics A right-wing anti-abortion terrorist involved in the same Christian Taliban movement as Mike Johnson is ackshually a radical Marxist. Sure thing.

Padilla warns about what happens "when cameras are not there" after removal from Noem event : politics
Murkowski: Padilla video 'shocking at every level': Reports : politics

'Trump is America's Hitler': Eric Swalwell Remark Draws Fury - Then a Plot Twist (JayDeeFucker said it)

Mike Pence Slams Trump for Using Force in L.A. After Pardoning Jan. 6 Rioters : politics - He just said that he disagreed with the decision to pardon January 6th offenders that had assaulted officers.

Data Guru Says Up to 6 Million People Attended the 'No Kings' Protests : politics - 6 million people and the only violence was from conservative terrorists

Gov. Pritzker suggests protests could help GOP get over 'Trump Submission Syndrome' : politics ... Trump plays a strongman on television, and he is a talented performer. But his strength consists solely in his audience's submissiveness ... "Talented performer" doing more work in that sentence than Trump has done in his entire life.



'Extremely disturbing and unethical': new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans : politics

Trump directs ICE to expand deportation efforts in Democratic-run cities : politics
Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities, undeterred by protests : politics
Donald Trump Tells ICE Agents To Target Democratic Strongholds : politics

ICE is in a deep cash crisis amid the immigration crackdown : politics
ICE Is Already $1 Billion Overbudget And Could Run Out Of Cash Next Month : politics


No Kings rallies come to rural, conservative Wyoming : politics


Big turnout for Democrats in Virginia's early primary voting gives party hope : politics - That's a 25% increase, which is a fantastic sig ... Agreed. Though it is sad that it takes literal fascism to motivate people to head to the polls.

Migrant leader, stepdaughter detained by border agents in Vermont in what immigrant activists have called a "violent and unlawful arrest" just miles from the Canadian border.

US women are defying abortion bans by getting pregnancy-ending drugs online. That could change : politics


Trump's FAA Nominee Lied About Having a Commercial Pilot License : politics

There's a New Plan to Sell Off Public Lands. It Would Impact Millions of Acres in Western States. : politics


Gavin Newsom has landed on a real strategy for resisting Trump : politics

Trump's former surgeon general is now one his most pointed critics : politics



Ark. families sue to block law mandating 10 Commandments in public schools : politics


Trump NIH cuts are 'void,' federal judge in Boston rules Judge William Young ordered the NIH to restore funds for research related to racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people.




Mass. brewery joins other taprooms trying to rein in rowdy children





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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired | Trump administration | The Guardian Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content


Japan condemns Israel's attack on Iran for escalating situation : worldnews


Taiwan blacklists Huawei and SMIC : worldnews

Russia responds to Israel's strikes on Iran: full-scale war possible : worldnews

Journalists identify Russian soldiers suspected in Bucha civilian massacre : worldnews

Power cut off in Russia's Kaliningrad in sabotage operation, Ukrainian military intelligence says : worldnews
Visioner on X: "‼️‼️‼️ Big News — Ukrainian military intelligence agents have destroyed the power supply to military-industrial and armed forces facilities in Russia's Kaliningrad region. According to reports, last night Ukrainian operatives drained the cooling liquid from a transformer and set the facility on fire, resulting in a blackout at Russian military and industrial sites. Preliminary estimates put Russia's losses at nearly $5 million. / X


Slava on X: Brain Drain from Putin's Russia Dives into isolation: scientists flee Russia at a rate not seen even in the 1990s, — SZR Every year, the aggressor state loses about 1% of its own scientists, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine reported. / X

Jason Jay Smart on X: Double strike! 🇷🇺 Russia's Shahed factory in Yelabuga — hit. Iran''s drone plant in Isfahan - wiped out by Israel. Both made the same terror drones. 👉 Russia's war machine is crumbling—one strike at a time. / X


Fulani Islamic terrorists kill 100 Christians in Benue State, Nigeria; Escalates ongoing genocide : worldnews


Islamic State reactivating fighters, eying comeback in Syria and Iraq : worldnews


Israel hits aerial refueling plane in Iran's Mashhad in 'longest-range strike' : worldnews
In longest reach of war, Israel destroys Iranian plane 2,300 km away : worldnews
Israel and US modified F-35s to enable Iran attack without refuelling, sources say : worldnews

Shredding the Iranian National Security State - Lawyers, Guns & Money - After last year's round of strikes between Israel and Iran the Iranians probably should have developed a better appreciation of how precisely the Israelis could hit senior members of the leadership team. They did not ,,, Officials said that the night of Israel's attack, senior military commanders did not shelter in safe houses and instead stayed in their own homes, a fateful decision.

Could Iran Carry Out Its Threat To Shut Down The Strait Of Hormuz? The threat of Iran closing the Strait has persisted for many decades, and it has built unique capabilities to do exactly that.

Satellite imagery reveals damage to key Iran nuclear sites : worldnews
Reports of 'massive blast,' 2.5 magnitude earthquake in vicinity of Iran's Fordow nuclear plant : worldnews

2025 Israel - Iran Conflict (Part II) : worldnews

Iran reports 5 car bomb explosions in Tehran by Israel : worldnews
Top IRGC intelligence command reportedly eliminated in Tehran strike : worldnews
Israel claims it has gained control of airspace over Tehran : worldnews
US quietly sent hundreds of Hellfire missiles to Israel before Iran attack : worldnews

Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iranian supreme leader, US officials state : worldnews
Khamenei's top aide planning to flee Iran, held secret talks with Russia: Report : worldnews
Trump "open" to Putin mediating between Israel and Iran : worldnews


Netanyahu says regime change in Iran could certainly be the result of Israel's attacks : worldnews
Israel found Iran carried out key tests for nuke design ahead of strikes -- report : worldnews


Three killed, at least 100 wounded in two direct hits in central Israel : worldnews


Zelenskyy announces liberation of Andriivka in Sumy Oblast : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1207, Part 1 (Thread #1354) : worldnews

Russian strike hit Boeing office in Kyiv in deliberate attack on US business, FT reports : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: Russians who once dreamed of living in Crimea by the sea, now mass-selling apartments and fleeing back After the occupation, they have become disappointed by the heat, lack of jobs, air raid alarms as Moscow turned the peninsula into a military base / X


ChrisO_wiki on X: "6/ "...fourthly, we have not collected enough forces for this operation. Therefore, unfortunately, my forecast for this offensive is negative." / X


Former French President Sarkozy stripped of national honor : worldnews - He has thus become the second French head of state to be stripped of the award after Philippe Petain, who headed the collaborationist Vichy regime during World War II and was convicted in August 1945 for high treason and conspiring with the Nazi occupiers ... During his time in office, Sarkozy worked closely with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, particularly on problems associated with the eurozone crisis, earning the pair the sobriquet "Merkozy."
French court releases New Caledonia independence leader detained over deadly riots : worldnews

French president touches down in Greenland, in solidarity with territory eyed by Trump : worldnews

Canada is an independent, sovereign country: Starmer backs Carney against Trump : worldnews




Sunday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics


Destroying the Economy for White Supremacy - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Part of the reason the U.S. has such a vital economy most of the time is that we have allowed in immigrants. Here's the thing about immigration-everything thing about it is great and nothing about it is bad. Unless you hate foreigners. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans hate foreigners. So we are going to shoot ourselves in the proverbial head in order to whiten up America ... "For the year as a whole, we think it's likely [immigration] will be negative," Edelberg said. "It certainly would be the first time in more than 50 years."

Economists warn U.S. immigration decline could fuel inflation, stall growth : politics

Majorities in key U.S. allies have no confidence in Trump's global leadership : politics - "majorities" is an understatement. (except Israel and Nigeria)
Donald Trump is losing control of American foreign policy : politics


Pope Leo's First US Bishop Takes Action Against Trump Migrant Crackdown : politics


Donald Trump Has Wrecked America' Brand : politics
US protesters on Trump: 'He's shredding our constitution, our government' : politics
Poll: Americans disapprove of Trump's performance, as Republicans manage splits over spending plans : politics

Fight and Fight Hard - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is exactly right-Democrats need to learn that the only way to fight Trump is to punch back hard.

Donald Trump's Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure : politics
Empty crowd at Trump's birthday parade. All you hear is the squeaking tanks. : Fauxmoi
5 things $45 million could pay for instead of military parade : politics

"I told them once, I told them a hundred times: put 'Military Parade' first and 'Puppet Show' last" - Lawyers, Guns & Money - When even the NYT refuses to bothsides it:
Trump Presides Over $45 Million Military Parade For Himself Before Underwhelming Crowd : politics - Time zones are so weird. In London it's night, in Tokyo it's morning, and in America it's 1939

Trump's Parade Flops as Millions Protest Nationwide : politics
Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests : politics

Triumph of the Will directed by Homer Simpson - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Eschaton: Stay Away Nobody without a US passport should travel to the US unless they really need to. -- An Australian man who was detained upon arrival at Los Angeles airport and deported back to Melbourne says United States border officials told him it was due to his writing on pro-Palestine protests by university students.


Millions across US turn out for No Kings protests against Donald Trump : politics
Millions Rise Up to Say in Unison: No Kings! No Dictator! | The turnout has exceeded expectations. : politics

Photos of anti-Trump No Kings demonstrations across the US : politics
Photos: See No Kings protests around the country : politics

L.A. police use tear gas, flash-bangs on "No Kings" protesters in downtown : politics
60 arrested in "Veterans Against Fascism" protest : politics



John Hoffman's Wife 'Threw Herself in Front' of Their Daughter to Protect Her in 'Politically Motivated Assassination,' Family Says : politics


Reddit - https://i.redd.it/wgbqgqxtoz6f1.jpeg Photo of Minnesota gunman who assassinated a Democratic senator and wounded another.
The deranged fantasy world of BasedMikeLee - Lawyers, Guns & Money The politics of the alleged Minnesota assassin are apparently what they seemed to be:



Mamdani's Economic Populism Closes Gap With Big-Money Rival Cuomo : politics
AOC rallies against Cuomo 'gerontocracy' | The Congress member framed the NYC mayor's race as a referendum on the Democratic Party at a rally for Zohran Mamdani. : politics



Democrats don't need a Joe Rogan -- they need to start talking like people again : politics


Teachers Are Not OK - AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."


The Quiet Unraveling of the Man Who Almost Killed Trump - The New York Times

An analysis of 30,000 police warrant applications in Utah shows that the warrant review process is fast (median time = three minutes) and nearly always results in approval (98% of applications get approved). : science


5 things $45 million could pay for instead of military parade : politics




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Japan warns of collision risks after Chinese fighter jet's abnormal approaches : worldnews


N. Korea discharges uranium waste into waters flowing to S. Korea : worldnews

Taiwan births reach another historic low as population falls for 17 months in row : worldnews

Russia, China condemn Israel's attacks on Iran in UN Security Council : worldnews



MilitaryNewsU on X:US opposes lowering price cap on 🇷🇺Russian oil. EU and UK seek to lower cap from $60 to $45, - Bloomberg. The EU and UK may consider lowering the price cap without US involvement, one of the sources said. Most of Russia's oil is transported near European waters, so such a move could have some effect. / X
The Kyiv Independent on X: Without a hint of irony, Putin offers condolences for 'civilian casualties' in Iran, condemns Israel's 'violations' of UN Charter. Russia has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known. / X

Drone Strike Hits Russia's Largest Chemical Plant in Overnight Attack : worldnews

Ukrainian Armed Forces drones hit two Russian defence industry facilities : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Corrupt Russian officers are suspected to be selling information to Ukraine, contributing to the destruction of high-value assets such as this Iskander missile launcher, according to a Russian journalist. ⬇ / X


Massive Fire Hits 67-Storey Dubai Marina Tower; Thousands Evacuated : worldnews - These buildings all have the same Aluminimum Composite Panel cladding (basically flammable foam with a resistent shell) that was behind the Grenfell incident.


A Miscalculation by Iran Led to Israeli Strikes Extensive Toll, Officials Say : worldnews - We're not talking about some al Qaeda members being in the cabinet. We're talking about the founder and leader of Al-Nusra Front becoming the president of Syria. He was the only person to ever act as Emir of Al-Nusra Front (the official al Qaeda affiliate in Syria). All of the atrocities committed in Syria by al Qaeda were carried out under his leadership.

Israeli military says it arrested Hamas members in Syria : worldnews

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is alive, security source tells Reuters : worldnews
Iran's Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani killed by Israel, NYT reports : worldnews
Israel names nine senior Iranian nuclear scientists killed in Tehran strikes : worldnews

Elon Musk turns on Starlink in Iran as Tehran shuts down internet : worldnews

Iran's largest natural gas field catches fire in reported Israeli drone strike : worldnews
Closure of Strait of Hormuz seriously being reviewed by Iran, lawmaker says : worldnews
Iran threatens strikes on US, UK and France bases in region if they prevent attacks on Israel : worldnews


Israel urges US to join war with Iran to eliminate nuclear program : worldnews
Israel says attacks on Iran are nothing compared with what is coming : worldnews
Israel's defense minister warns Tehran will burn if Iran continues firing missiles : worldnews
Trump Said US Was Aware of Israel's Plans to Attack Iran, WSJ Reports : worldnews

Five Palestinians wounded, including 3 children, after Houthi missile hits West Bank : worldnews

Two killed, 21 wounded after direct hit in residential neighborhood in central district : worldnews


Jake Broe on X: "Russia controls less of Ukraine today than they did three years ago. Their gains have never offset their losses to Ukraine on the battlefield over the last three years. Russia could have stopped the war then, saved themselves 900,000 casualties, and they would be controlling MORE of Ukraine than they do today. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1206, Part 1 (Thread #1353) : worldnews

Via Euronews: Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia warehouse destroys 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid : worldnews

Trump Quietly OKs Another $30M Arms Transfer for Ukraine : worldnews

Su-25 jet shots down his wingman : WTF
Special Kherson Cat on X: Moment of the crash of the Russian Su-25 yesterday on the Donetsk front. / X

MAKS 25 on X: The Defense Forces have regained control over Andriyivka in Sumy region, — Zelensky. 🗣There are 53 thousand Russian soldiers there. The maximum depth at which the fighting is taking place is 7 km from the border. So that people also understand how far Sumy is / X


Norway to supply Ukraine with twice as many F-16 aircraft as officially announced : worldnews


Pro-Orban propagandist's ties to Russian intelligence exposed during national security screening : worldnews

German defense chief pledges $10 billion in Ukraine aid for 2025 : worldnews
'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft : technology


Cuba's students call for resignations and strikes after brutal internet price hike | Cuba : worldnews

Canada to join major European rearmament deal as early as June 23: sources : worldnews
King Charles III approves powerful symbol of Canada's sovereignty and identity : worldnews
Rampant measles spread in northern Alberta prompts another standing exposure advisory | Globalnews.ca : worldnews




31 Nobel Laureates Warn: The Signs of Fascism are Here : politics


Trump administration considers adding 36 countries to travel ban list - The Washington Post An internal memo reviewed by The Post sets a 60-day deadline for the targeted nations to conform with certain requirements, or face a full or partial entry ban.

Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be 'Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War' : politics

People in other countries see what America is becoming : politics ... Canadians living over an exploding meth lab over here. We are just trying not to get burned.

Tucker Carlson Blasts Trump for Being Complicit in Israel's Attack on Iran | The former Fox News star broke ranks to call on the president to put America first and drop Israel as an ally. : politics ... He gets paid by Russia. Russia supports Iran. He got the memo from his handlers.

Trump's financial disclosures reveal tens of millions in income from guitars, bibles and watches with his name on them : politics ... Trump guitars? Do they change their tune constantly? ... They're tone-deaf
Trump reports more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf, licensing fees : politics
Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech : politics

Discussion Thread: D.C. Military Parade : politics - I wish they'd stop calling it a military parade. It's a birthday parade ... This parade is pageantry in service of his own ego, and if I were an American I would be outraged that $ 45 million dollars was being spent on a self-congratulatory vanity project, especially after his administration has railed against government waste and used it as justification to cut people's jobs.
Holy fucking shit. He spelled it perade. : PoliticalHumor - Also, last time a president held a parade in bad rain, he caught pneumonia and died, so i wouldn't call them good luck...
No Kings Protests and Downpours Rain on Trump's Birthday Military Parade : politics
Birthday Parade Open Thread - Lawyers, Guns & Money There are even fewer people anticipating the tanks and planes and soldiers and bands and all that good stuff than anyone expected
America Is Finally Getting A Fascist Dictator Parade, Courtesy Of Donald Trump : politics - After years of admiring autocrats like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping and envying the sort of military parade they get to enjoy, President Donald Trump is finally getting one of his own.
The Shame of Trump's Parade : politics
As the Army celebrates its 250th birthday, officials say the military's apolitical nature is at risk : politics

Discussion Thread: Nationwide 'No Kings' Protests : politics ... I got hit twice with rubber bullets, tear gassed, and hit with shrapnel from some sort of firework. Fuck them, fuck ice, fuck trump, I'll do it all over again. Fuck i feel beat up.
Millions in US expected to join 'No Kings' protests against Trump : politics

Majority of Voters Oppose "Big, Beautiful Bill," With Just 27 Percent Backing It : politics ... Well, the bill is not for voters but for their donors.

Why Trump Is the Most Impotent President in Living Memory : politics

Trump's pardons have shortchanged fraud victims of millions of dollars in restitution, lawyers say : politics

"These aren't people who know what to do" - Lawyers, Guns & Money Kerry Howley is one of the best prose stylists working today, and I enjoy reading her about almost anything. When she gets a really juicy story, the results can be other-level. Hence, her profile of Pete Hegseth: ,,, In choosing Hegseth, Donald Trump did not choose from the large set of people who had never managed an organization, or the considerably smaller set of people who had managed an organization without incident, but from a smaller still set of people who had managed multiple.

TACO Trump Caves on Own Immigration Plan in Wild About-Face. The president has told ICE to pause raids on farms, hotels, and restaurants. : politics

Police arrest roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting outside US Capitol after group crosses police line : politics

Americans say Trump has gone too far with immigrant roundups and sending Marines and National Guard to LA : politics

NY man driving to work is handcuffed by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen : news ... "It felt like I lost all rights when they pulled me over. I felt like I had nothing anymore, Felt like they stripped my rights, I was honestly shocked." Lemus said.

ICE Barbie Went on Bungled Raid Storming Pregnant Mom's Home : politics ... It's crazy to think that Kristi Noem attended this raid with 10 heavily armed men shortly before her agents pushed U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla out of her press conference, forced him to the ground, and handcuffed him. And, the search warrant presented by the ICE agents to Sabrina Medina was for a David Garcia. But, Sabrina's husband's name is Jorge.

Governor Newsom: Trump handed over Californians' personal information to Homeland Security, a dangerous violation of privacy : politics
Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump Administration Of Spreading Fake Protest Images : politics
America is heading down a dark road as fury boils over in California : politics ... Military policing on U.S soil And a taxpayer-funded military parade for a sitting president's birthday. Anyone who defends these actions are either a hypocritical, disingenuous traitor or an idiot.

Confusion at the Top - Lawyers, Guns & Money Seems to imply some disagreement at the top levels of the Trump administration about who precisely ICE should be hunting: ... Core elements of the GOP constituency absolutely require undocumented immigrants in order to survive. These elements convinced themselves that Trump wasn't really serious about deporting EVERYONE, and when Stephen Miller decided to dispel their illusions they began pushing back. Or at least that's how I'm reading the leaves.

Minnesota political violence update - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Minnesota Legislator Assassinations - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Two Minnesota lawmakers shot in homes in targeted attack
Minnesota Speaker of the House killed in Politically motivated Assassination, Gov Walz says. : politics
The road to authoritarianism: Tim Walz says the time for :sternly worded letters: is over - The Minnesota governor said that the path to tyranny "is littered with people telling you you're overreacting" : politics
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, husband killed; Rep. John Hoffman and wife also shot : politics ... If we want to go back slightly further, really the turning point for this country was when it elected George W. Bush over Al Gore in a, to be frank, stolen election. It set this country on a very awful path, one it has not recovered from and possibly never will
Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes : politics
Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman shot in 'targeted' shootings: Sources : politics
Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot : politics - They didn't just shoot lawmakers, but they shot the spouses, too. Now, that is 4 individuals of an opposition party, and they're currently impersonating a police officer because ICE has been allowed to not provide identification or a signed warrant by a judge in every case. MAGA is a parasitic terrorist organization ruining our country.
3 people shot at homes of Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota : politics
Minnesota lawmaker shootings: Legislators targeted by suspect impersonating police : politics ... And they want us to think that people throwing bricks in LA are proof that the left is violent? They know they're liars. They always did.

Missouri governor activates National Guard, declares state of emergency : politics - So let me get this straight. He declared a state of emergency in anticipation of civil unrest? As in there is no unrest but he thinks there might be? What a load of shit. He is using them as a scare tactic that will backfire and cause chaos.

The Resistance 2.0 arrives with nationwide 'No Kings' protests : politics
Hundreds of Thousands Mock Trump With No Kings Protests in Every State : politics - "Elect a rapist Expect to get fucked" Two-million-plus expected to demonstrate on No Kings Day, June 14 : politics

No Kings Protests Across the U.S. Oppose Trump Policies: Live Updates - The New York Times Demonstrators gathered in roughly 2,000 communities large and small, with few reports of unrest. Many protests on the East Coast have wound down, but demonstrations were just beginning in Los Angeles, the epicenter of anger over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Massive crowd marches downtown for Chicago's No Kings protest
More than 1 million descend on Boston Common for Pride and No Kings rallies : politics
More than 1 million descend on Boston Common for Pride and No Kings rallies : politics
'No Kings' protests against Donald Trump flood streets of LA and other US cities : politics
Massive protest in one of the most conservative cities in America Tulsa, OK - OC : pics
Why millions of Americans are joining the 'No Kings' protests While the president hosts a grand parade, we hold a parade of the people.

Opinion | The Polls Are In. Trump Is Not Winning in Los Angeles. - The New York Times

How do conservatives feel seeing the images of the No Kings protests? : AskReddit


Opinion | Antisemitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses. - The New York Times


Florida Sheriff Wayne Ivey threatened to kill anti-ICE protesters, offering multiple graphic, sadistic descriptions of how police would do it… : AdviceAnimals


US experts fear all vaccines at risk as Trump officials target mRNA jabs | US healthcare | The Guardian Administration's actions signal move away from technology as health agencies see vaccine-related shakeups
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves : Shots - Health News : NPR
Absolutely insane RFK Jr. fact-checked by doctors after bizarre Fox News appearance : politics - Friendly reminder: RFK doesn't believe in germ theory despite the fact that we've had microscopes capable of literally seeing germs for 350 years. These people are lunatics.
(56) RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm - Biology Explained - YouTube
Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right. - The New York Times Newer formulations are even more effective at preventing illnesses that commonly afflict seniors - perhaps even dementia.


US vice president JD Vance had 'secret meeting' with right-wing media bosses : politics

To a friend whose work has come to nothing - Lawyers, Guns & Money but faculty governance at American universities is now a complete joke, which is a different but related story for another post probably, assuming I'm not in El Salvador next month. Bringing all this back to what has become this blog's central theme: The election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States (twice) will remain an eternal mystery.

Rape, Revenge, and Writing - Jezebel

109 children rescued, 244 arrested in Operation Soteria Shield, exposing widespread child exploitation in North Texas : news

Christian Singer Michael Tait Who Prayed With Trump Admits to Preying on Men. : Music
Reddit has been compromised! Admins are now sending warnings to users who "upvote content banned for violating policies" - previously reserved only for quarantined communities, now site wide. This is already being used to silence voices of resistance. : NotADragQueen
Not A Drag Queen


'The Boys' star Erin Moriarty reveals Graves' disease diagnosis, urges fans to go get checked: 'I felt the light coming back on' : television


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,903 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Emmett Roe - You have likely never heard of Emmett Roe. But he was a murderous horrible person, one who made America worse for his existing



Do you guys read books based on Goodreads reviews? : books
52 Book Challenge


Should boys start kindergarten a year later than girls? - The Boston Globe


New research links certain types of narcissism to anti-immigrant attitudes. Individuals high in extraverted or antagonistic narcissism were more likely to endorse anti-immigrant beliefs, driven by tendency to view world as highly competitive and to support authoritarian or dominance ideologies. : science ... Fascism is narcissism on a national level

A new study shows Facebook's ad algorithm can reinforce political divides in climate messaging. Ads calling for action tend to reach liberals -- while contrarian ads are cheaper in conservative areas. : science

Problematic porn use remains stable over time and is strongly linked to mental distress, study finds : science

Research found U.S. Christians who believe that God is benevolent, angry, and engaged tend to express stronger religious nationalism. In turn, stronger religious nationalism was associated with greater conspiracy mentality and higher levels of xenophobia : science

Dads with more education or financial stability tended to form stronger emotional bonds with their daughters. They were more likely to express affection, provide support, and engage in protective behaviors -- but they were not necessarily more controlling. : science

California's Salton Sea Is Emitting Way More Toxic Gas Than We Thought | The beleaguered California lake is running low and might be poisoning nearby communities with toxic hydrogen sulfide gas. : science

More than 800,000 galaxies in the darkness - James Webb announces historic discovery out of Milky Way : technology

If everything move towards entropy, why is the Universe more complexe and ordinate now (with complexes systems like stars, galaxies, even on a smaller scale life and volcanism) m than it was seconds after the big bang? : askscience

The COVID-19 pandemic changed scientists' willingness to engage with the public. Some withdrew after facing hostility -- others doubled down. Fear and duty now shape who still speaks out. : science

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder harms relationships for both sufferers and their partners - new study. It causes severe emotional, mental and physical symptoms in the week or two before a menstrual cycle - brain fog, stomach cramps, mood swings, low self-worth, anxiety, even thoughts of suicide. : science


What's your I didn't know I had that kink until it happened moment? : AskReddit

what's the most privileged thing you've ever heard someone say/do? : AskReddit

What's an early sign of cancer that you wish you or your loved one hadn't ignored? : AskReddit

What is the silliest thing you were scared of as a child? : AskReddit


Measles visits Boston, spends a night in the Seaport, takes in the MFA and flies out from Logan : boston

Amazon.com: Harvard Square: A Love Story eBook : Turco, Catherine J.: Kindle Store





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Kremlin Condemns Israeli Strikes on Iran as 'Dramatic Escalation' : worldnews

Super-rich Russians plan big party on North Pole : worldnews

(((Tendar))) on X: The Ukrainian airforce delivered a devastating strike against a Russian drone base. A MiG-29 fighter of the Air Force delivers a high-precision strike with guided aerial bombs on the control point of the enemy UAV operators. The second bomb destroys the enemy ammunition and fuel depot / X



Day after Ahmedabad crash, Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat : worldnews
Boeing 787 identical to crash jet made four emergency landings in a month : worldnews


Charles Lister on X: NEW -- Syrians are reporting a very large departure of #Israel aircraft heading towards #Iran right now. Some say bigger, louder & longer than anything seen last night. / X


2025 Israel - Iran Conflict (Part II) : worldnews

Trump: Israel attack on Iran 'excellent,' more to come -ABC interview : worldnews - I think it's been excellent. We gave them a chance and they didn't take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you're going to get hit. And there's more to come. A lot more...They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse! - The Peace President
Trump warns Iran: Make a deal before there's 'nothing left' : worldnews
Israeli Official to Post: 'There was full and complete coordination with the Americans' : worldnews

Israel decapitates Iran's military leadership in major strike, braces for retaliation : worldnews - Admiral of Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Iran calls Israeli attack a 'declaration of war' : worldnews
Mossad planted kamikaze drone base near Iranian capital, major covert strike reveals : worldnews - I'd like to remind that the Iranian regime had a unit to catch mossad agents.....made entirely out of mossad agents

Israel levels Iran's key nuclear complex in preemptive strike : worldnews
Iran pulls out of nuclear talks with the US : worldnews
Iran prepares "decisive response" to massive Israeli attack : worldnews
Iran says Israel and US will "pay dearly" for attack : worldnews - [7 days ago] — Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention ... , Russia is in charge of U.S. terror prevention.

OSINTtechnical on X: Large explosion and fire reported in the western Iranian city of Ilam, as Israel ramps up airstrikes again tonight. / X
Faytuks News on X: Iranian air-defence batteries are firing continuously in Tehran's Pastour neighbourhood where Supreme Leader Khamenei lives and the president's compounds are located, according to residents - NYT / X

Iran launches 100 drones at Israel in response to air strikes; IDF says all intercepted : worldnews
Iran launches drone attack following Israel strikes on nuclear sites | The Jerusalem Post : worldnews

Reuters: Hezbollah will not initiate attack on Israel in response to strikes on Iran : worldnews



Indonesia to Send 10,000 Tons of Rice Aid to Palestine : worldnews


Ukrainian forces 'gradually pushing back' Russian troops from Sumy Oblast, Zelensky says : worldnews
Ukraine receives 5th tranche of EU aid from frozen Russian assets, PM confirms : worldnews
EU Assistance to Ukraine (in U.S. Dollars) | EEAS

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1205, Part 1 (Thread #1352) : worldnews


Ukraine is paying civilians up to $2,400 a month to shoot down Russian drones with whatever they can find : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ The commander of Ukrainian's unmanned air forces, Robert Madyar Brovdi, has announced a set of reforms to improve the effectiveness and logistical supply of drones in the Ukrainian armed forces. They are to be implemented over the next three months. ⬇ / X

MAKS 25 on X: Claimed as minus Russian Su-25 / X


Swedish pension fund AP7 blacklists Tesla, has sold entire stake : technology

Netherlands aims to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP : worldnews

Emmanuel Macron on X: France's position. / X
Macron says Israel has the 'right to defend itself' : worldnews




Trump Plan to Kill Dozens of NASA Missions Threatens US Space Supremacy : politics

Trump tells ABC Israel strikes on Iran excellent and warns more to come : politics
Strike Update - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Who's up for flirting with a Mideast apocalypse to save Bibi? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Donald Trump responds to 'no kings' protests -- "we're not a king" : politics ... "We" are not a king?
Trump's humiliation is complete -- his strongman image is in tatters : politics

Transcript: Trump Blurts Out a Dark MAGA Truth, Handing Dems a Weapon : politics - Trump just openly admitted that his mass deportations are harming farmers and the economy.

Update on the cognitive fitness candidate - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Donald Trump appears to be under the impression that Vladimir Putin fought in World War II, and may have been the head of the Russian government at the time (If you want to get hyper-technical there was no nation called "Russia" involved in World War II, but that might take several hours and a lot of hand puppets to explain to the Commander in Chief of the world 's most powerful military).
The Anakin Skywalker Theory of History - Lawyers, Guns & Money There's a bunch of discussion in the thread below about whether Donald Trump really got confused about whether Vladimir Putin fought in WWII, and perhaps thinks he was the leader of Russia at that time.
Update on the Peace President - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Does the Supreme Court Really Believe in the Constitution? : politics


Hey boys and girls, there's a big picnic on the White House lawn this evening, and every Democratic member of Congress is invited! - Lawyers, Guns & Money As Merrick Garland and Chuck Schumer would be the first to tell you, bipartisanship is a worship word:

The biggest upward distribution of wealth in American history - Lawyers, Guns & Money

An Emotional Sen. Padilla Speaks After Being Roughed Up At Kristi Noem Presser : politics
Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Kristi Noem press conference in LA : politics
Shocked and sickened Democrats react with fury to video of Padilla's removal : politics

Chuck Schumer blasts "manhandling" of senator at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference : politics
Hawaii senator gives emotional speech after colleague handcuffed, removed from news conference : politics

The Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the states - Lawyers, Guns & Money Boy, is John Roberts ever going to be upset by what Kristi Noem said before armed goons attacked a sitting United States senator for asking a question of a cabinet secretary his committee has oversight authority over:

Noem Announces Military Will 'Liberate' LA From Democracy, Then Watches Security Throw Senator To Ground : politics
'Dictatorial' and 'shameful': Trump admin ripped after 'thugs' handcuff Dem senator : politics
Republicans are all over the place on Alex Padilla's forcible removal : politics
Democrat berates Republican on House floor over Padilla incident

Playing Your Role in History - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Playing Your Role in History - I wanted to commend Alex Padilla for putting it on the line yesterday against Kristi Noem, just as Id like to commend the politicians in New Jersey standing up to ICE. Similarly, if something happens at the No Kings protests tomorrow, well, it happens. Fear is Trump's best friend.

Totalitarian kitsch - Lawyers, Guns & Money To return to a theme we briefly discussed yesterday, Krugman does an excellent job connecting Trump's open authoritarianism to his extremely cruel and unpopular domestic agenda: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) told MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff that he was "escorted" to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference by FBI agents, where he was then manhandled by agents under the claim they didn't know who he was.

Los Angeles, Tehran, and DC - Lawyers, Guns & Money The always interesting John Ganz has some thoughts on a particularly eventful 24 hours: These times are extremely challenging for someone who tries to make a living commenting on politics: the sheer volume of news and the overload of information make parsing the situation feel nearly impossible. It seems with the explosion of war and the wave of domestic repression that now includes elected officials, we have made a vertiginous drop into the abyss.

Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump? : politics


Judge rules Trump illegally used California's National Guard in Los Angeles protests; DOJ appeals the decision : politics
Judge Absolutely Tears Apart Trump's National Guard Plot : politics
Trump administration blocked from deploying National Guard to LA : politics
Judge blocks Trump's election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach : politics

Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Seizure of California National Guard : politics - The block was already itself blocked, pending a hearing on Tuesday.

Trump can keep National Guard deployed to Los Angeles for now, appeals court rules : politics
Marines Authorized to Temporarily Detain Protesters in LA, Raising Legal Concerns : politics
Appeals court delays order that would have blocked Trump from continuing to deploy National Guard in California : politics
Appeals court says Trump can keep California National Guard deployed for now : politics

The Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the states - Lawyers, Guns & Money States have sovereignty, unless they elect governments with different policy agendas than the federal government, in which case the citizens of the state must be "liberated" by having the choices overridden. I'm sure there's a footnote in Shelby County that explains all this.
Trump's deployment of the National Guard in L.A. might lose in court.


Raiding the day cares and preschools - Lawyers, Guns & Money A friend of mine who lives in Los Angeles and has a toddler in day care received this message this afternoon: Stephen Miller would shove his own grandmother into a cattle car if it could make America just slightly more white, so I don't expect him to be concerned about such trivial details, but hopefully (?) somebody has thought about this more than the Trump administration typically thinks about anything other than TV ratings.



More Democratic Governors Dare Trump's Border Czar to Arrest Them Over Resistance to ICE's Efforts: 'Go For It' : politics

ICE detainees tear down a wall in uprising at N.J. detention facility, lawyer says : politics

I Don't Want To Hear It!: AOC Calls Out Utter 'Audacity' Of GOP's Immigration Talk : politics

Los Angeles Stands Up to MAGA : politics

Trump Is Stiffing the National Guard Soldiers He Sent to L.A. - As usual, Trump is refusing to foot the bill. : politics



Mike Johnson Drowned Out by Hecklers at Chaotic Presser : politics

Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump? : politics


Democratic Overperformances on Full Display Following Yesterday's Local Elections : politics


"You're an embarrassment": Carbajal demands Hegseth's resignation over dodged questions : politics


ICE Agents To Be Deployed at FIFA Club World Cup Games: What To Know : politics


Jan. 6 Officers File Suit Over GOP Refusal To Install Honorary Plaque : politics


Fulbright - Lawyers, Guns & Money This does nothing but make America stupider. Which I guess is the point.

GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says : politics


RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change : politics

JD Vance Ridiculed For Defending Confederate Soldiers: Weird Stance For The Vice President : politics


More from the Worst Democratic Governor - Lawyers, Guns & Money Colorado unions are getting a bit of revenge against their unionbusting "Democratic" governor, joining a lawsuit against Jared Polis for yet another horrible action by him ... I know that people here are all about the big tent Democratic Party. I get that up to a point. Jared Polis is outside the tent.


Moms for Liberty honored this GOP Rep. He was just arrested for kiddie porn. : politics - The three-term, 38-year-old Republican allegedly used the screen name "joebidennnn69" to exchange 220 different files of toddlers and young children involved in sex acts on the Kik social media network during spring 2024
Daily Kos | Stories from CajsaLilliehook - Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 55

Tennessee AG says it's "God's will" for him to deny health care to trans youth. He made his comments alongside a member of a Christian Nationalist organization. : politics

AOC Deepens Democratic Rift by Slamming Cuomo Supporters as "Cowards" in NYC Mayoral Race : politics - Political scientists analyzed Obama's overall record. He governed as a Rockefeller Republican, not as a liberal Democrat. This is a fact. Fox News and other right wing outlets attacked Obama as a socialist for eight years when he did nothing remotely socialist at any time. He helped bail out the banks and nobody in Wall Street went to jail. He helped pass the ACA, a market-based healthcare program originally touted by Heritage.



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,902 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Edward Ord.


New England restaurants, top destinations face uncertain summer tourism season Eateries in New England cities and top tourist destinations are facing tariffs, slipping consumer confidence, economic uncertainty, and a lack of foreign travelers




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World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says - BBC News : worldnews
World Bank predicts worst decade for global growth since 60s : worldnews


Japan buys Russian crude oil for first time in over 2 years : worldnews


North Korea refusing to accept Trump letter aimed at restarting dialogue: Source : worldnews

Taiwan jails China captain for undersea cable sabotage in landmark case : worldnews



Russia Relocates Strategic Bombers After Ukraine's 'Spider's Web' Drone Attack : worldnews

Evgen Istrebin on X: Russia's projected expenses for servicing government debt in 2Q25 will amount to RUB 819 billion Growth +59% Y/Y Growth is due to bonds with a variable coupon tied to the key rate / X



London-bound Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes after takeoff
Air India Ahmedabad-London flight crashes near airport in Meghani area | Ahmedabad News - Times of India : worldnews - That amount of fatalities will make this a top 25 worst aviation disaster.
Air India Plane Crash: One survivor found in seat 11A, confirms Ahmedabad police chief | Today News : worldnews


Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan - despite hundreds losing their lives : worldnews
'US never fought Taliban': Ex Afghan VP blasts US General Kurilla for calling Pakistan 'phenomenal partner' : worldnews - Wikipedia goes into details of different types of terrorist groups based in Pakistan, but somehow Pakistan is not able to find them.

Kenyan police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters in Nairobi, angered over the death of a blogger in police custody : worldnews


Saudi Crown Prince MBS will not attend G7 Summit in Canada : worldnews

Houthis Warn US and Israel of War If Iran Attacked : worldnews



U.S. fears Iran's response to Israeli strike would be mass casualty event : worldnews - I don't think some people realize quite how big Iran is.... It's 3x the size of Ukraine, with plenty of mountains and impassable terrain. It also has almost 3x the population of Ukraine. There's no way just an air war would ever accomplish then "losing all their military capabilities in a week" - Also interesting to note Iran is nearly 100x larger than israel..
Iran says it will significantly increase uranium enrichment after a vote at the IAEA : worldnews

Middle East Alert - Lawyers, Guns & Money Lots of happy talk from TACO Don and his golfing buddy Steve Witkoff about how they have this business about Iran's nuclear program all wrapped up, but today the State Department is ordering all embassies within striking distance of Iran to convene Emergency Action Committees to assess and mitigate risks. The Defense Department has authorized the departure of family members from installations across the Middle East.

Egypt deports, detains Global March for Gaza activists : worldnews

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says Hamas attack has killed multiple aid workers : worldnews - Reuters picked up the story about nine months ago but news reminding the general public what a lot of indiscriminate murderers Hamas are simply doesn't get much traction.


Israel attacks Iran's capital with explosions booming across Tehran ... The leader of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was feared dead ... The report offered few details about what happened to Gen. Hossein Salami but said that another top Guard official, as well as two nuclear scientists, were also feared ... The dumbest move in American diplomatic history was the unilateral cancellation of the JCPOA nuclear deal negotiated between Iran and the Obama-Kerry team of grown-ups in 2015. There was no evidence that Iran was reneging on its side of the bargain and it might have bought time to negotiate a longer term agreement. But for spurious reasons the Republican Party blared non-stop venom against the deal, leading to Trump v.1 walking away from peace. The consequences were entirely and here we are with Benjamin Netanyahu leading the charge, totally heedless of any constraint that the highly "respected" American president might seek. "They don't respect Biden. They didn't respect Obama. They respect ME!"

Israel launches 'preemptive strike' against Iran, declares state of emergency : worldnews
Iran state TV confirms killing of IRGC chief Hossein Salami in Israeli strike : worldnews
Israel launches an attack on Iran, warns public to prepare for missile fire : worldnews
The IDF early Friday morning surrounded all Palestinian cities in the West Bank immediately after it preemptively struck Iran : worldnews

Israel Attacks Iran, Promising Full-Scale Military Operation As nuclear talks falter, U.S. officials deny Washington was involved in the strikes.
2025 Israel-Iran Conflict : worldnews - LIVE UPDATES: Israel Strikes Iran
Israel is poised to launch operation on Iran, sources say : worldnews - Trump rerouted missiles meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, and they're evacuating embassies, now this.

They are not so successful — Zelensky rejects claims of major Russian advance : worldnews
Zelenskyy: 'Russia is simply lying to Trump' : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Putin exploits peace talks to avoid sanctions : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1204, Part 1 (Thread #1351) : worldnews

Russia has lost over one million soldiers since February 2022 : worldnews
MAKS 25 on X: "1,000,000 / X


MilitaryNewsU on X:Ukrainian cat intercepts FPV drone / X


Most G7 members ready to lower Russian oil price cap without US : worldnews


German defence minister: not considering sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine : worldnews


Northern Ireland leisure centre hosting immigrants attacked on third night of violence : worldnews


Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary : worldnews
Hegseth All but Confirms Trump Plans to Take Greenland by Force : politics
Peter Thiel-Backed Startup That Wanted to Buy Greenland Is Thrilled That Trump Wants to Buy Greenland A techno-colonialist project sees Greenland as the perfect opportunity to trial its utopian ambitions.

Politician Says 'Gangster' Trump Shouldn't Be Allowed to Come to Canada : politics
An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: 'We're now the architects of certainty for ourselves' | Canada : worldnews





For first time since invasion of Ukraine, US congratulates Russia on National Day : politics
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulates Russian citizens on Russia Day : worldnews - It's crazy how he went from this Rubio Delivers Senate Floor Speech On The Crisis in Ukraine to now celebrating Russia - Absolutely spineless and shameful but, that is exactly what the conservative movement is in 2025 - Kyiv Independent nailed the spineless nature of conservatives: Trump plays a strongman on television, and he is a talented performer. But his strength consists solely in his audience's submissiveness
Marco Rubio Says US 'Committed' to Russian People : politics

Trump approval rating falls to 38% : politics
Eschaton: Leading From Behind Is he unpopular enough, yet? Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 54 percent disapprove. In Quinnipiac University's April 9 poll, 41 percent approved, while 53 percent disapproved ... immigration issues: 43 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove, with 3 percent not offering an opinion; deportations: 40 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion;

Trump Launches $5M Visa on World's Cheapest-Looking Website - MAGA insiders have a dream that wealthy investors will pay off the entire U.S. federal debt ... This is hardly some spirality horrific epic tale. It's a relatively affluent Cuban family trying a couple times to move to the United States before the evil Democrats let his family into the country. Something, I guess, he never forgave them for?

Wisconsin group sues Elon Musk, alleging million-dollar check giveaways were voter bribes : politics - Pretty weird timing that Trump and Miller are jettisoning Musk from the party, and distracting everyone with illegal troop deployments, all the while election lawsuits are finally hitting the news.

The Science of Autocracy Suggests the U.S. Is Headed for Dictatorship : politics - this is what the right voted for. Trump said he was gonna be a dictator on day one and they all cheered and went and placed their vote for him. Don't act all shocked when it turns out living under a deranged authoritarian egomaniac with nothing to lose and no way to be held accountable doesn't end up being all that enjoyable. But hey, at least you'll "never have to vote again!

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Is Underwater on Every Issue : politics

Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of the Worst Traitor in US History : politics - It makes perfect sense that the current chief betrayer of the ideals of our nation would brag to a group of American soldiers that he's going to rename a military base after Robert E. Lee.

Eliminate the Debt Ceiling - Lawyers, Guns & Money I tend to agree with Elizabeth Warren here. If Trump wants to eliminate the debt ceiling, we ought to take the chance to eliminate one of the most damaging and ridiculous issues in American political life, one that brings the world's economy to the brink way too often.


How Can Democrats Build Support in Red States When No One Know What Democrats Did? - Lawyers, Guns & Money You know what is key to winning? Good old-fashioned propaganda. But good government liberal types generally hate stuff like this. But if you go back to the New Deal, FDR engaged in the kind of brand of personal propaganda matched only since by Donald Trump ... But Biden opened the door to that by making sure that no one knew what he had done with the infrastructure bill. Even the signs about it always said the "bipartisan infrastructure bill," as if that was going to get Democrats a single vote ever. Just a complete failure of vision, one far too common for the Democratic Party on strictly political matters for a long time.


Live from the post-apocalyptic nightmare - Lawyers, Guns & Money Back in the day I would not have predicted the co-host of The Man Show to give one of the clearest critiques of Trump's demagoguery, but I'm pleased to see it:
(54) Jimmy Kimmel Tells the Truth About What's REALLY Happening in LA - YouTube



Speculation mounts that Trump is using a 'hidden leg brace' in the wake of his Air Force One fall : politics

Donald Trump booed at Kennedy Center, drowned out by "USA" chants : politics
Thin-Skinned Trump Snaps Over Kennedy Center Snub : politics

Trump's use of the military to suppress protest is, like Trump himself, not popular - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Everyone is aware of the phenomenon where articles in the news section of the Wall Street Journal provides readers with information efficiently debunking ridiculous claims made in the crank op-ed pages. At the New York Times, this can run the other direction
Trump's move to use military for immigration enforcement was months in the making : politics
Opinion | Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He's Actually a Weak Man - The New York Times

Trump's Final Appeal Denied in E. Jean Carroll Civil Rape Case: $5M Enforcement Begins : politics
Court Hands Trump Huge Blow in E. Jean Carroll Sex Abuse Case : politics

Pope Leo plans to give a virtual address in his hometown of Chicago - at the same time as Trump's military parade : politics - Bishop takes king.
Most Americans Think Trump's Parade Is a Huge Waste of Money : politics
Trump's birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms : politics - Pam Bondi just announced that Mother Nature will be arrested if this happens ... And deported
Clever ad says Trump is paying people in crypto to attend parade. It's a joke, right? Right? : politics
Trump's Birthday Parade Isn't a Harmless Military Spectacle : politics
Not Even Republicans Want to Go to Trump's 'Goose-Stepping' Parade : politics
GOP Senators Freak Out When Asked About Trump's Military Parade Costing $45 Million : politics
The Spectacle of a Police State: This Is Martial Law Without a Formal Declaration of War. : politics
Is Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C., a rehearsal for martial law? : politics - Well, it is beginning to look like stormy weather is on the way for Trump's birthday parade. - https://weather.com/forecast/national/news/2025-06-11-fathers-day-weather-weekend-forecast-united-states - I love how they call this the Army's birthday parade.
Report: Dozens of Republicans Are Skipping Dear Leader's Military Parade, RSVP'ing "So Sad to Miss!" : politics - It seems a little ominous for his own party to be skipping out on the insane military parade being put on in our capital, which just so happens to be occuring right as our military is being deployed against civilians…

Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet : politics

Mass. Senators Warren, Markey call for probe into ICE actions

Leavitt Storms Out of Press Briefing Over Free Speech Grilling : politics

Trump Crossed the Line at Fort Bragg : politics
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance : politics
As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey : politics

Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names -- The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military. : politics

Hegseth Stumped by Law 101 Question About Marines in L.A. : politics .. Also, all that hair gel seeping into your brain is making you act as incompetent as you look
California congressman tells Hegseth to "get the hell out" in tense hearing : politics ... You're an embarrassment to this country, Carbajal replied. "There's been bipartisan members of Congress that have called for your resignation. You should just get the hell out and let somebody competently lead this department."

What to know about 'No Kings' protests against Trump's policies on Saturday : politics - Go to nokings.org to find your local protest. My Midwest city of 100k has one, I guarantee yours has one too
As We Protest, We Build Solidarity: Millions Expected at 2,000+ No Kings Rallies Nationwide : politics
Far-Right Groups Buzz With Violent Talk on How to Respond to 'No Kings' Protest : politics
'Shoot a couple, the rest will go home': Far-right groups are sharing scary messages ahead of 'No Kings' protests : politics
Florida sheriff warns protesters ahead of nationwide rallies: '`We will kill you dead' : politics

Gavin Newsom Compares Donald Trump to Emperor Palpatine : politics

LAPD Chief Calls BS on Trump's Claim That Cops Asked for troops. Jim McDonnell says police were "nowhere near" the stage where they needed federal assistance to control immigration protests.. : politics
Troops begin detaining immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role : politics - Military Purpose Doctrine: Trump declares border land a military installation thus 'allowing' military forces to protect it and perform law enforcement as they would on an Army Post, Naval or Air Force Base. Add it to the list of this administration's bullshit.
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: 'Morale is not great' : politics - The advocates said it was important to draw a distinction between the personal political preferences of service members, many if not most of whom voted for Trump last November, and the higher principle that military personnel should not get involved in politics or politically motivated missions that blur lines of responsibility with civilian agencies.

Mike Johnson Refuses to Explain 'Clear Distinction' Between J6 Riot and ICE Protests: 'I'm Not Going to Relitigate' : politics

Trump's top general just undercut his 'invasion' claims : politics

Marines Deployed To Los Angeles Will Be Able To Detain Civilians : politics
US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows : politics
US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows : news
Kristi Noem pressed Pete Hegseth to have the military arrest civilians : politics - Fucking psychotic dog murdering bitch ... Don't forget the goat. Or the three horses...

Trump administration won't release Mahmoud Khalil : politics

US citizen blasts ICE after being detained as he drove to work: 'They're the criminals' : politics

LA Protests Live Updates: Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard in LA - The New York Times
Trump ordered to return control of California National Guard to governor : politics
Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard, must return control to California
Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to help with LA protests, must return control : politics - If Newsom orders them out and the Guard generals refuse WE HAVE AN INSURRECTION. They'll blatantly be defying the Constitution of the United States.
Sen. Alex Padilla confronts DHS Secretary Noem during press conference, is forcibly removed : politics
The Manhandling of Alex Padilla Was a Red-Line Moment for America : politics
Nicolle Wallace calls out Kristi Noem's lie over Sen. Alex Padilla's handcuffing and forced removal : politics
'Goons': See top Dem erupt at Trump DHS going 'Putin' in cuffing senator
'It's time': Elizabeth Warren calls on Noem to resign after Padilla incident 
'It's Time for Kristi Noem to Resign,' Say Lawmakers After Assault on Padilla | "Every day," warned Sen. Elizabeth Warren, "Donald Trump is making this nation look more and more like a fascist state." : politics - Kristi Noem is trash and never should have been confirmed. I hope Fetterman, Kaine, Kim, Peters, Slotkin, and Shaheen eat their votes.
Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident : politics - She is an absolutely heinous human being. Putting this self-serving, narcissistic bag of shit in a position of authority is just outrageously ill conceived. But of course the entire administration is just a terrible cadre of fox news plastic faced morons. The secretary of defense is an alcoholic clown who thinks microorganisms aren't real and boasts that he hasn't washed his hands in 10 years.
Democratic Senator Shoved to the Ground, Detained After Attempting to Question Kristi Noem During Press Conference : politics - He's in the oversight committee, he has authority over her organization. It's actually nuts. He needs to have CHP back him up next time.

Somehow Republicans Are Defending Kristi Noem After the Forceful Removal of Senator Alex Padilla I thought assaulting someone holding federal office was a crime. Not anymore, apparently. By Charles P. Pierce
Somehow Republicans are defending Kristi Noem after the forceful removal of Senator Alex Padilla : politics

Gavin Newsom rediscovers fighting MAGA is popular : politics

Remember, unless it's from the Po valley region of Italy, it's just sparkling authoritarianism - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is a sitting United States senator being assaulted by Trump's goons, for the crime of trying to ask Kristi She-Wolf of the SS Noem some questions at a press conference: ... If you want to know what you would have done in Germany in the spring of 1933, you're finding out now.
Gavin Newsom on X: .@SenAlexPadilla is one of the most decent people I know. This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful. Trump and his shock troops are out of control. This must end now. / X Eschaton: Seems Bad Goons dragged out Senator Padilla and pushed him to the floor just for asking a question at a press conference, and this is what Noem had to say:
Justin Baragona: Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!" — Bluesky ... She admits they're trying to bring down the elected Governor & Mayor ... So she just admitted that ICE isn't there to deport, it's there to overthrow a state government.
L.A. Protests Live Updates: Senator Padilla Forcibly Removed After Confronting Noem - The New York Times Senator's Treatment by Federal Agents Deepens Clash Over Trump Tactics - A federal judge plans to rule soon on whether to limit the role of the military in the immigration raids that led Senator Alex Padilla to confront the homeland security secretary. He was removed and handcuffed ... Authorities have now arrested more than a thousand people nationwide in protests against the intensifying immigration crackdown by federal agencies.
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed and forcibly removed from Kristi Noem's immigration press conference

In Trump's America, the shooting of a journalist is not a one-off. Press freedom itself is under attack : politics - Hell no, it's not a one-off: (eight times so far)

Protests over Trump administration's immigration raids spread nationwide : politics
Protests against Trump are spreading and creating a labour movement : politics

Omaha mayor's office confirms nearly 80 detained in South Omaha ICE operations : politics

Protesters Rally at Spokane ICE : politics

After LA, Trump hard launches new First Amendment: Only MAGA can protest : politics

Ron DeSantis says Floridians have right to hit protesters with cars : politics

I was a Republican - the party I believed in no longer exists : politics - You stuck with them for decades as they assaulted gay rights. women's rights. voting rights. immigration. Muslims.education. atheists. The only thing that's changed is that you don't like their current poster boy.

LAPD Accused of Trapping Protesters Before Curfew 'On Purpose' to Arrest Them for Breaking Curfew : politics - During protests against the 1st Iraq war in San Francisco police would close off both ends of a block, order people to disperse, and then arrest them for not dispersing.

MAGA Supporters Call for Walmart Boycott After Heiress Publishes NYT Ad Promoting 'No Kings' Anti-Trump Protests: 'Good Riddance'. : politics

Tulsi Gabbard Fed Potentially Classified Documents Into AI to Determine If They Were Classified : politics
Tulsi Gabbard Admits She Asked AI Which JFK Files Secrets to Reveal : technology


Walmart Heiress' Anti-Trump Ad Ignites Huge MAGA Meltdown | The billionaire took out a full page ad encouraging people to mobilize on June 14. : politics

Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff | A Florida roofing boss backed the president's tough immigration policies. Then six of his workers were taken away... : politics - He wanted Trump to threaten his employees so they'd be too scared to complain, not to actually carry through on the threats.

The GOP Is Way Too Fucking Excited About Using US Troops On American Protestors : politics
Public database of ICE agents' personal details sparks backlash : politics

Rand Paul attacks immaturity of White House after rescinded picnic invitation, says he's lost a lot of respect for Trump : politics
Rand Paul attacks 'immaturity' of White House after rescinded picnic invitation, says he's lost a lot of respect for Trump | CNN Politics - It's just incredibly petty," Paul told CNN outside the Capitol on Wednesday evening. "I'm arguing from a true belief and worry that our country is mired in debt and getting worse. And they choose to react by uninviting my grandson to the picnic. I don't know. I just think it really makes me lose a lot of respect I once had for Donald Trump ... after he and his family were disinvited from the annual White House picnic long held with members of both parties.

Documents relating to RFK's assassination were released by the CIA

RFK Jr. Bombarded Bill Nye With Endless Anti-Vax Text Screeds : politics - However, the stream of messages didn't end there—even after Nye told Kennedy, "Okay, no more texts." "He started again! So I cut him off. He does not have good judgment. He is not suited for this job," Nye added.
RFK Jr. Bombarded Bill Nye With Endless Anti-Vax Text Screeds
Kennedy's views on vaccines reflect a form of germ theory denial 'When do we wake up? When do we say, 'This is too much'?' said one leading expert ... germ theory, the idea that specific microbes cause specific diseases ... Germ theory, formalized in the 19th century by Louis Pasteur, replaced the once-dominant "miasma theory," which held that disease stemmed from foul-smelling air or vapors from rotting organic matter.

Contemporary fascism and improving standards of living - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This particular disaster could only happen because a majority of Americans are completely oblivious to the importance of modern medicine in their lives. It's not that there's a majority of anti-vaxxers. There are probably 10-15% who agree with RFK's charlatanerie and some of them voted for Trump for that very reasonBut they only matter because the vast majority of Americans, probably 70% or more, simply don't give a shit about it, and the reason they don't care is becausethey have benefited so much from modern medicine that they have forgotten how it would be without ... Trump owes his victory almost certainly less to the dysfunction of the system than to the fact that it has worked so well in recent decades that people think they can afford the luxury to not care. In other words people go fascist because liberal democracy has been so good to them.
RFK Jr. to pack vaccine advisory committee with the intellectual horse paste web - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Congratulations Bill Cassidy, thanks to your dishonesty and cowardice Joe Rogan is now the de facto head of public health in the United States:

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season : politics - Without FEMA, federal disaster relief would have to come in the form of an executive order or legislation, making it an extremely powerful political weapon. The goal is to literally force states to submit or let their people and economies die.


Sometimes it's who you most expect - Lawyers, Guns & Money Wow, you'll never guess who turns out to be a resentful misogynist:

David Hogg to Exit DNC After Backlash to His Primary Plan | Mr. Hogg said he would not run again for vice chair after the party voted to remove him. Democrats have been furious at his plan to challenge the party's sitting lawmakers in primary races. : politics ... The Democrats in control of the party at the moment are paradoxically responsible for losing repeatedly when defeat should have been impossible and simultaneously so arrogant they believe that they are the only ones smart enough to win. It's maddening.

SC legislator indicted on 10 counts of distributing child sex abuse material : politics ... The big (R) again ... Oddly, not in the headline. I wonder why.
#RightWingSexualPredators
SC legislator accused of distributing child sex materials | The State May, who was the driving force behind the creation of the hardline conservative S.C. House Freedom Caucus, had a username "joebidennnn69" to distribute at least 10 videos of child sexual abuse, the indictment said.

Democrats' chances of flipping Florida in governor's race -- Polls : politics

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton is running yet again. That's a problem. The 18-term delegate is the oldest member of the House. Her clinging to office for another two years wouldn't serve her constituents. : politics - You shouldn't even be allowed to be running the government at 88 years old.She isn't running anything ... It's a non voting position. All she has is a soapbox to speak on.

The FBI raided the wrong house. The Supreme Court says the family is allowed to sue : politics
The FBI raided the wrong house. The Supreme Court says the family is allowed to sue | CNN Politics - A family whose home was mistakenly raided in the middle of the night by the FBI eight years ago will be permitted to continue their damages lawsuit after the Supreme Court on Thursday sent their case back to a federal appeals court for additional review. The outcome represents a partial win for the family, which had been barred by lower courts from suing the government over the incident. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for a unanimous court.

Harvey Weinstein case ends with mistrial on remaining rape charge


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,901 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Mattiwilda Dobbs.

Brian Wilson has passed away. : Music


Book Influencer Dies at 36 in Fatal Stabbing Incident : books


Democrats dislike Republicans more than Republicans dislike Democrats, studies find. This partisan asymmetry was linked to Democrats' belief that Republicans pose harm to disadvantaged groups, particularly racial and ethnic minorities, which appears to drive stronger feelings of moral condemnation. : science


Drinking Coffee Is Associated With a Longer, Healthier Life, According to a New Study - The New York Times A new study of over 47,000 women found links between coffee drinking and healthy aging. Here's what we know.

Highly stylized TikTok videos, known as "edits," portraying politicians as physically attractive or "badass" increased ratings of their attractiveness and, in some cases, improved their favorability among viewers. These effects were particularly strong for Donald Trump. : science

New paper shows that stereotyping potentiate gender disparities in math learning in the early school years. Girl math gender gap isn't born, it's made -- right in the first-grade classroom : science

Many Americans overestimate the climate benefits of actions like recycling and underestimate those of skipping flights or eating less meat. Focusing only on personal behavior may even reduce support for collective climate action, according to a new study. : science

People who defeated depression, what really helped? : AskReddit
The Association between Depressive Mood and Cholesterol Levels in Korean Adolescents - PMC


ELI5: Why is black worn in hot climates to keep cool? : explainlikeimfive

What's the most memorable QUOTE you have ever came across that stayed with you forever? : AskReddit - "Givers must set boundaries because takers never do." ... "Being nice has a price that the genuine never pay and the fake can't afford" ... We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn


EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Doubles Prime Video Ads to 6 Minutes Per Hour : television

Cheryl Ferguson, Haverhill SC member, acquitted of groping teen





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Sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystem. Ocean acidification has crossed crucial threshold for planetary health, its "planetary boundary", scientists say in unexpected finding. This damages coral reefs and, in extreme cases, can dissolve the shells of marine creatures. : science


Trump administration reviewing Biden-era submarine pact with Australia, UK : worldnews - Every conceivable good defense project the US could have is torpedoed by the clown. The US defense industry could be pumping out weapons for Allies, NATO and Ukraine with Americans swimming in jobs and money. Instead, he cancels them. How the hell are Republicans not calling for his removal? He's gonna can the pact which will only aid China.


Chinese carrier group entered Japanese waters : worldnews - A Chinese aircraft carrier group entered Japan's economic waters over the weekend,
Japan to release 200,000 more tons of emergency rice to curb prices : worldnews

China's Xi calls for stronger ties with South Korea : worldnews
South Korea close to $6 billion tank deal with Poland in June : worldnews
South Korea stops blasting K-Pop and propaganda at North : worldnews

Kyiv Insider on X: The Russia-North Korea terror superstate continues to strengthen, with only Ukraine willing to stand in the way. / X
on X: What stage of escalation management is this? / X
Russia to help North Korea produce Shahed drones - Ukraine intel : worldnews - So in other words Russia is moving production to North Korea because they are afraid it will be blown up if done in Russia.

Hong Kong bans video game using national security laws : worldnews

Two Chinese aircraft carriers seen in Pacific for first time, Japan says : worldnews
US Offers to Lift Some Chip Controls in Exchange for China Easing Rare Earth Restrictions : worldnews



Evgen Istrebin on X: The rate of growth of the national debt has especially accelerated over the past two months against the backdrop of the collapse of oil prices. The economy is collapsing, revenues are falling, the national debt is growing. Rus is flying into the abyss. Inflation will soon soar / X
Europe heaps harsh sanctions on Russia, saying strength is the only language Moscow understands | CNN : worldnews

Russia's National Welfare Fund at Risk of Depletion By 2026, Economists Warn : worldnews - it's from the Fotress Russia strategy to make Russian economy saction proof while going on the war with Ukraine. They did not expect such a long and expensive war and such level of sanction though.

While at war with Europe, Russia fears that China will take opportunity to conquer Russian territory, FSB document says : worldnews

Russia recruits Cubans for the front lines in Ukraine : worldnews

Investigation Uncovers Telegram's Potential Links to Russia's FSB : worldnews
Investigation Uncovers Telegram's Potential Links to Russia's FSB - The Moscow Times
Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle | OCCRP The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.

Western firms reportedly paid at least $46 billion in taxes to Russia amid full-scale war in Ukraine : worldnews

Russian intelligence document calls China 'the enemy', leak exposes Moscow's deep fear | Today News : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ A Russian military doctor has spoken frankly in an interview about the atrocious state of Russian military medicine and the lack of medical training given to soldiers. Most of the wounded die, he says, and doctors themselves are treated as 'slaves' by the Russian military. / X


PM Modi to visit Cyprus, Croatia during his trip to Canada : worldnews
India intensifies expulsion of suspected foreigners to Bangladesh : worldnews


Satellite images show port emerge at world's biggest construction site : worldnews
(52) Neom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City. - YouTube


Syria orders women to cover up on beaches with conservative new dress code : worldnews

Houthis Defiant After Unprecedented Israeli Naval Attack : worldnews
Israeli navy attacks Yemeni port city of Hodeidah for first time in conflict : worldnews

Iran threatens to strike US bases in region if military conflict arises | Reuters
US military authorizes voluntary departure of troops' dependents across Mideast, officials say : worldnews
US embassy in Iraq preparing for ordered evacuation due to 'heightened security risks', sources say : worldnews

Palestinian Authority President Says Hamas Must Exit Gaza : worldnews


Trump tells Netanyahu to end Gaza war and stop Iran threats, source says, as US ramps up pressure on Israel : worldnews
US slams UN conference on Israel-Palestinian issue, warns of consequences : worldnews
Eschaton: Is This Normally How We Refer To People Being Kidnapped In International Waters -- A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says. - The Associated Press (@AP) June 9, 2025
Greta Thunberg deported from Israel after Gaza boat seized : worldnews

UK sanctions two far-right Israeli government ministers over Gaza comments : worldnews

Israel Knesset set to vote on disbanding in first step to possible election : worldnews - this is a proper crisis and a dead end for this coalition. The ultra orthodox parties are controlled by old out of touch rabbis who are obsessed with keeping and cementing their military exemptions. They see joining the army as a death of the Torah world and fear mass assimilation and people leaving the religion. It was their main election campaign.

Netanyahu falls ill mid-testimony : worldnews


The Kyiv Independent on X: US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says. The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10. / X
Mitch McConnell Grills Pete Hegseth on Russia in Damning Exchange : politics
KyivPost on X: Hungarian intelligence tried to gather information on the locations of air defense systems and military units in Ukraine — Zelensky / X

Ukraine's SBU releases fresh video of Operation Spiderweb, teases new surprises : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1202, Part 1 (Thread #1349) : worldnews
Russia nears one million troops killed and wounded since start of full-scale invasion : worldnews

Russia kidnapped and tortured 73-year-old American man in Ukraine, witnesses says : worldnews - "They beat him, forced him to stand all day, gave him little food, and did not provide medical care because he is American," said Ukrainian prisoners who were held with Hubbard.

Kyiv Insider on X: Kyiv under massive attack for the past 4 hours, largest attack of the war. Apartment buildings are burning all over the city. Dead and wounded. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: Regrettable additional evidence that Russia's motorbike assault tactic, though looking pretty stupid on camera, can actually work. / X

David Kirichenko on X: 2/ After 2014, Ukraine's spy agencies were riddled with Russian moles and dysfunction. The CIA stepped in. They trained a new generation, poured millions into covert capabilities, and helped rebuild Ukraine's defense intellgience (HUR). / X

Ukraine Battle Map on X: "@JayinKyiv Trump took away thousands of APKWS anti-drone rockets that were supposed to be sent to Ukraine - for Vampire Systems, it was the cheapest and most effective solution for shooting down Shahed UAVs The number of rockets would allow Kyiv a whole year of defense against such drones / X

U.S. State Department Spokesperson: Russia's strikes on Ukrainian cities must stop immediately Washington, District of Columbia - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com

"I asked my son, who is at war, to take revenge." Russia attacks Kharkiv with 17 drones, kills 3, injures at least 60 (Photos) : worldnews

Group tracking Russian abductions of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down following Trump admin funding cut : worldnews


Nato chief Mark Rutte warns UK must spend more on defence or 'learn to speak Russian' : worldnews
EU announces punishing sanctions targeting Russian energy and banks : worldnews


Hungarians declare resistance to OrbAn's government with a large protest : worldnews
'Russians are too weak' — Orban questions Moscow's ability to attack NATO : worldnews

Serbia's president heads to Ukraine for unannounced visit : worldnews

Germany's spy chief: Russians support Putin and his war : worldnews
Germany Grants Record Citizenships With Big Increase in Russians : worldnews

Former pupil kills 10 people and himself in shooting at Austrian school : worldnews

Macron says France will ban social media for under-15s if EU does not : worldnews
Putin's suspected daughter found working in anti-war galleries in Paris : worldnews
France will ban social media for those under 15 within months, says president Macron : worldnews ... He went on to say: when I was 15 I was meeting my 40 year old wife ... Who was the mother of my classmate.
French drivers sue Tesla claiming Musk turned cars into 'extreme-Right' symbol : worldnews
French Senate backs law to curb ultra fast-fashion. France's Senate approved a revised version of a law regulating fast fashion on Tuesday, which if implemented would ban advertising by fast-growing Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu. : worldnews

Fifteen police injured amid suspected racially motivated attacks in Ballymena | Northern Ireland : worldnews
Northern Ireland leaders urge end to anti-Romanian riots : worldnews

Gibraltar: Starmer agrees to hand control of border to Europe : worldnews

Bomb Attacks Rock Colombia After Presidential Candidate Shot : worldnews - This is a stark reminder that Colombia's internal conflict never truly ended, it just evolved. The FARC peace deal was historic, but leaving power vacuums in rural regions was always going to invite fragmentation and violence. Now, with a presidential candidate shot and coordinated bombings hitting police stations, it's clear that criminal dissident groups still hold significant power. It's not just a security crisis, it's a governance vacuum sadly.

Election observers voice serious concerns about Mexico's contentious judicial elections : worldnews

Deep seas, Greenland, Antarctica not for sale, Frances Macron tells UN oceans summit : worldnews

PM Keir Starmer to visit Canada for security talks after US threats to Canadian independence : worldnews
More Canadians Are Ditching US Road Trips With 38% Annual Drop : worldnews




AI on the Battlefield and at the Peace Table - Lawyers, Guns & Money

A trillion dollars annually for the Pentagon: Military spending is out of control : politics

Fiona Hill On Trump And Nuclear Weapons - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Lawsuit Challenging 2024 Election Results Moves Forward After Kamala Harris Received Zero Votes in a New York County : politics
Trump's 2024 Victory Under Scrutiny as Legal Complaints Target Elon Musk's Election Tactics : politics
Musk Facing Lawsuit Over Claims He Bribed Voters in Wisconsin : politics

Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero : politics - Andry wasn't even in the US. He was waiting in Mexico under the remain in Mexico asylum scheme, waiting for the US to process his asylum claim. The US contacted him, said he had an interview for his asylum process. They then detained him, held him and eventually sent him to the El Salvadoran torture prison. He did everything he was supposed to and Trump renditioned him to a foreign prison.

Trump Mocked After Suffering Awkward Brain Fart While Trying To Insult Biden : politics

2024 Election Results Under Scrutiny as Lawsuit Advances : politics

Lumps in Trump's Pants Revive Health Concerns as Speculation of 'Leg Braces' Grows Days After Tumbling Up Stairs : politics
Lumps in Trump's Pants Revive Health Concerns as Speculation of 'Leg Braces' Grows Days After Tumbling Up Stairs "It's why he never wears shorts anymore," one user claimed
on X: @patriottakes Exoskeleton leg braces? / X
Trump Mocked After Claiming Flights From LA to San Francisco Cost $2: This Is 'Why Trump Airlines Failed' : politics - aeroplane

Elon Was Right, Trump Is Compromised and Knows It: Ex-Aide : politics

Trump threatens protesters who rain on his military parade Saturday 'will be met with very big force' : politics
The free speech administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Miller's crossing - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some really good reporting [gift link] about how the recent raids in LA were an intentional effort to go after ordinary workers rather than violent criminals because the former are a lot easier to capture to get deportation numbers up:

Opinion | Trump's D.C. parade traces back fantasy from military school - The Washington Post The president's D.C. parade is an ego trip, 79th birthday party and boyhood fantasy rolled into one.

The Scholar Who Predicted America's Breakdown Says It's Just Beginning : politics - Simply put: The existence of billionaires is causing greater and greater instability and it will not get better until their billionaire power is reduced to non-royalty levels.

This Is What Autocracy Looks Like : politics - Trump also, on Monday, called for the arrest of Newsom. If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened - it would be clear that autocracy had arrived. The question, now, is whether Americans who hate tyranny can be roused to respond - When asked what crime Newsom would be arrested for Trump said: I think his primary crime is running for governor, because he's done such a bad job, what he's done to that state is like what [Joe] Biden did to this country. And, that's pretty bad. Fascist psychopath.
Newsom Warns All of America: Dictator Trump Is Destroying Democracy : politics
If data mattered; if wishes were horses - Lawyers, Guns & Money Gavin Newsom often comes across as kind of a tin-earned empty suit and a panderer to the Yeti-like cryptid known as the persuadable MAGA voter, but the guy does have a social media fastball:

Per California Gov. Newsom, Trump order to send in Guard affects all states : politics - Newsom is right. Nowhere in the order does it say California. - You're right, not a single mention. It seems like he plans on using this order anywhere protests occur. I think his goal is to initiate and escalate these situations in liberal cities to take control from local governments - They're just going to send in the military to take control of state governments and pretend it's totally not martial law unless they literally say "this is martial law".
Escalating in LA - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Trump knows exactly what he's doing when he falsely applies the term "insurrectionist." Senate Republicans letting him off the hook for 1/6 was a massive blow to the constitutional order.
Trump Finally Gets the Police State He's Been Craving for Years : politics

ICE Invaded Child's Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting : politics - While ICE has refused to name the detained Venezuelans, the Tribune identified 35 of them. Some were in ICE detention for weeks and were released with ankle monitors. One of the children was even kicked out of school due to missing too many days in detainment. Again, none were charged criminally.

Eschaton: Game It Out After Trump's election, there was a lot of wishcasting in the press about how there would no "resistance" this time. Everyone agreed on the group chat, apparently (I could never quite figure out where this was coming from)."How do we respond when this happens" should have been on the flowchart back in January. I do not think it was.

This rerun is terrible - Lawyers, Guns & Money (And some breaches of the peace have come from law enforcement itself). The idea that LA is a "lawless hellscape" is absurd. But the inability of Bennet's apologists to see this notwithstanding, this has always been what Cotton wanted - to use the military to crush protest whose content he doesn't like. Their critics were right then and they're even more clearly right now.
Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger. : politics - The LA protests today and the Attack on the Capitol on January 6 have one thing in common, Donald Trump caused them both to happen.
Pelosi hits Trump on LA: Where was National Guard on Jan. 6 : politics
Trump Insists He 'Can't Call in the National Guard Unless Requested' in Resurfaced Clip After Deploying Troops for LA Protests : politics

Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles : politics - What makes this moment abnormal is not the fact that Los Angeles witnessed days of mostly peaceful protests against massive and destructive immigration arrests. What makes these times abnormal is the administration's deliberate escalation of the violence, a naked attempt to ratchet up conflict to justify the imposition of greater force and repression over the American people.

Trump's Los Angeles tactics prove it: America is hurtling to autocracy : politics - As America approaches the 250th anniversary of its declaration of independence, the country is fast returning to the autocratic rule against which the Thirteen Colonies rebelled in 1776. President Donald Trump has struck another blow against free speech and democracy by sending at least 2,000 members of the California National Guard, armed with automatic weapons, into Los Angeles to quell protests against raids by government agents which target illegal immigrants. The dispatch of the soldiers by Trump was justified by the pretence that Los Angeles is in the grip of an insurrection, rather than seeing demonstrations by largely non-violent protesters in a few blocks of the city, which has a population of just under four million.

Trump sends thousands more troops to LA as mayor says city is being used as an 'experiment' | California leaders condemn 'authoritarian' president as demonstrations over immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and beyond : politics

Trump Says It Would Be 'Great' if His Admin Arrested Gavin Newsom : politics - The Nazis didn't arrest the Jews first, they arrested political opponents first ... Their rhetoric and tactics have been exactly the same as the Nazis for the past 10 years. It's amazing how dumb and ignorant people are ... OR, it's amazing how many Nazi sympathizers there are ... They're not sympathizers. They're Nazis.
LA protests: Newsom says Trump 'deranged' as thousands more troops deployed : politics - 1. Claim city is a war zone without basis. 2. Send thousands of soldiers to city so that it looks like a war zone
Take a look at the actual area of the LA protests.  Now ask why you need The Marines?  You don't and never did. - Imgur ... And call all of LA a criminal city while falsely saying its burning.
Gavin Newsom Slams Trump's Arrest Endorsement As 'Authoritarian' : politics - 4000 Army and 800 Marines for 6 square blocks. Send more asshat. Make them sleep in tents and piss on trees. They are now the largest group of vagrants in LA. When they have to tell their family how the shot at US citizens and killed some only to find out republicans took their VA healthcare, benefits, pensions, barracks money, PX discounts and social security I am sure they will finally see how they got played.
Homan says Trump administration has "no intention to arrest" Newsom — after Trump says "I'd do it" : politics
As Marines deploy to Los Angeles, California's Newsom says 'a red line' is being crossed | As the Pentagon crafts rules of engagement for Marines deployed to an American city, it's clear that the president is playing with fire. : politics
Trump's National Guard Troops Are 'Sitting Unused Without Orders' After Being Deployed for LA Protests, Gavin Newsom Reveals. The California governor said the troops had been left without food or water in federal buildings. : politics
Donald Trump Manufactured the Crisis in Los Angeles : politics
Trump Is Planning a Nationwide Crackdown Targeting Blue Cities - What started in Los Angeles will soon spread across the country. : politics
Stephen Miller can't make America white. LA is paying for his impotent rage : politics - Miller is FROM LA. This is his revenge.


Mike Johnson wants Newsom "tarred and feathered" over L.A. protests : politics - If Trump were to be tarred and feathered. He will look just like a chicken

LA Protest June 8 : pics

Marines to arrive in LA as ABC camera operator hit by less lethal round during protests : politics
Donald Trump orders national network to fire journalist for criticizing him; network complies - Lawyers, Guns & Money Opposition and resistance needs to be total and uncompromising. This kind of thing is exactly the opposite of that, and a bunch of throat clearing and pearl clutching about how ideally journalists shouldn't tweet out criticisms of El Presidente because it could call into question the sacred values of Objectivity, Fairness, and Balance ™ just completely misses the point.
Post photographer shot in the head with rubber bullet in LA anti-ICE riots — and he caught the terrifying moment on camera : politics
CNN reporter detained by LA riot police live on air : politics
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says 9News reporter shot by rubber bullet in LA was 'targeted' : politics
Multiple journalists shot by LA police with nonlethal bullets : politics
Reporters Without Borders Decries 'Wave of Violence' Against Journalists at LA Protests : politics
"When they think no one's looking": Video shows LAPD officers stomping Los Angeles protestor while on horseback : politics
What I Saw in LA Wasn't an Insurrection. It Was a Police Riot. : politics
Masked ICE Agents Detain 9-Month-Pregnant U.S. Citizen in L.A. Crackdown : politics
Los Angeles police officers filmed shooting woman point-blank with 'less lethal' round : politics

California lawsuit accuses Trump Of 'unprecedented power grab' in LA : politics

About 500 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN : politics

If Trump Orders Soldiers To Shoot Americans, He Seems To Have A Willing 'Yes Man' At The Pentagon : politics - He "seems" to have a yes man at the Pentagon? What the fuck is wrong with the reporting in our media? Of course he does, it's the whole reason every one of these people were put on the Cabinet. It's not a secret, everyone knows this, and has known since they were selected. What the hell.

The fragility of authoritarianism - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Trumpism faces the problem, both symbolic and practical, that, as varieties of authoritarian populism go, it's very unpopular. Thugs like Orban and Duerete have gotten away with as much as they have because they really did achieve high levels of mass support. Trump never has: his approval ratings as president have been negative, often sharply so, for his entire four and a half years in office.
A Tale of Two Resolutions: 75 Dems Join GOP in Resolution Praising Trump's Mass Deportation Regime | by Jonathan Cohn | Jun, 2025 | Medium - Auchincloss, Keating, Lynch, Moulton, Neal
Dallas joins anti-ICE protests as immigration crackdown intensifies : politics
Hundreds in Dallas protest ICE, the Trump administration in response to L.A. unrest : politics

Thousands gather in SF for 'epic battle' against ICE amid Calif. raids : politics

Trump Military Parade May Not Get Much Coverage on CBS, NBC, ABC : politics

'No Kings' Protest to be Largest Mobilization Since Trump Took Office : politics
'No Kings': Millions to Protest Trump's Dictator-Style Birthday Parade : politics
1,800+ 'No Kings' Rallies Planned Across US as Trump Deploys Military to Crush Protests : politics
Where the No Kings anti-Trump military parade protests are planned : politics
"No Kings": 1,800+ Rallies Planned as Trump Threatens "Very Heavy Force" on Army Parade Protesters : politics
Walmart faces MAGA boycott after heiress funds No Kings ad : politics

Fort Bragg Soldiers Were Screened for Appearance, Politics for Trump The receptive audience for the president's highly political speech commemorating the Army's 250th birthday was reportedly no accident

Troops in Los Angeles will cost around $134 million, Trump official estimates at Hegseth hearing : politics - I'm not looking forward to Trumps North Korean style parade. This loser is throwing his own birthday party on the taxpayers dime! I guess DOGE thinks throwing a 134 million dollar birthday party is ok? Fuck you, loser! - Also - $47,857.14 per individual troop.

Jan. 6 riot victims, Democrats see hypocrisy in Trump's response to L.A. protests : politics - We now live in a country where the US Flag is used to beat police and smash windows of the Capitol in the name of overthrowing the government while the Mexican flag represents upholding rights endowed by the creator and liberty and Justice for all. MAGA hides their fascism behind the US flag. Another hard built icon used up by the right wing. The world sees the hypocrisy. MAGA practices Infidelity of the Mind ... When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross - Sinclair Lewis

DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter : politics

Kristi Noem Once Called Federal Use of National Guard as 'Attack on States' Rights'. Now She Supports Trump's Use in LA Protests : politics - So she's a lying, hypocritical sack of shit puppy-killer. In other news, water is wet.
Noem praised Trump for sending National Guard. She opposed it when Biden considered it. : politics
Kristi Noem Reportedly Requested Hegseth Direct Military To Make Arrests In Los Angeles: 'A Grave Escalation' : politics - Four blocks of Downtown Los Angeles, out of 400 square miles of Los Angeles, have become political theater. Good job Team Trump. It's been an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars. It's resulted in about 50 arrests for random stuff.

The Marines have a purpose -- but it is not to support the National Guard that was called in to "protect" ICE : politics

Trump's California Crackdown Is a Sign of Weakness : politics

In Challenge to Trump, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions : politics

University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations : technology


Latinas for Trump founder now condemns White House deportation agenda: 'Not what we voted for' : politics - The problem is, this IS what they voted for.

Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's 'Burn Book' : politics
Elon Musk's 'Burn Book' Is Causing Anxiety Among Some Trump Officials "What does he have on us?"
Elon Musk pestered about Epstein Files bombshell after admitting some of his Trump tweets 'went too far': 'Are you covering?' "Notice, he didn't deny what he said. He just regrets saying it," one user said : politics
Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Try to Woo Back Elon Musk : politics
Cybertank - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Between Elon Musk's wanton destruction of the state's administrative capacity, attempts to buy elections for various reactionary figures, and the extreme shittiness of the car itself, Cybertruck sales have plummeted from an already disastrous baseline:

Federal judge rules DOGE access at OPM is illegal : politics - Judge rules robbing bank was illegal but robbers can keep the money they've already taken.


Fetterman spotted with Bannon at DC MAGA hangout: Report : politics

Entire Fulbright Board Quits Over Trump Aides 'Illegally Interfering' : politics

Trump's big, beautiful bill could decimate SNAP. Food pantries say people will go hungry : politics


Kennedy Says Healthy Children Don't Need Covid Vaccines. Is That True? - The New York Times Here's what the data tells us about Covid's risks to children — and the benefits of vaccination.

RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines : politics - Insane headline after insane headline
Listen, if you didn't know you're bein' scammed, you're too fuckin' dumb to keep this job. If you did know, you were in on it - Lawyers, Guns & Money

RFK Jr. Fires Entire Panel of Vaccine Experts : politics - They want you dead.
Sanders Warns RFK Jr.'s Purge of Vaccine Experts 'Will Lead to Preventable Illness and Death' : politics - Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov, in 1980. From "A Cult of Ignorance"
After Trump's shocking move, health expert calls GOP 'a fascist death cult. God help us' : politics

Trump team set to destroy $12m worth of HIV drugs and contraceptives that were bought before closing USAID : politics

What Have Democrats Done Wrong? Anything at All? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Communication Breakdown - Lawyers, Guns & Money Modern bro-caster culture emerged in part as a response to the enforced sensitivity of #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, which left many young men feeling vilified for their purported privilege.

Placebos - Lawyers, Guns & Money


The GOP is forcing the 10 Commandments on kids. Here's what classrooms really need on their walls. Students don't deserve to have religion forced upon them; they deserve the space to explore what it means to be good human beings. : politics - The Texas legislature has become the latest state to pass a bill mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools throughout the state. Similar bills have recently been signed into law in Louisiana and Arkansas. Arizona legislators also passed a Ten Commandments mandate, but Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed the bill. In Utah, lawmakers passed a watered-down version that requires the text of the Ten Commandments to be taught during classroom instruction rather than posted on the walls.


Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's push to ban THC in Texas draws rare backlash from the right : politics - Here's a strange coincidence: Public records show that Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has received significant campaign contributions from the alcohol industry. Notable contributions include:


Opinion | Why solving America's baby bust problem is so difficult - The Washington Post No motherhood medal or baby bonus will fix what economic modernization (and closed borders) broke - After some two decades of stability, the nation's fertility rate has plunged by almost a quarter since the start of the Great Recession in late 2007, to about 1.6 children born per woman - well below the "replacement rate" of 2.1 needed to prevent the population from shrinking ... Or perhaps men feel less inclined to have children if they are expected to devote more time to child care ... If Trump wants more American babies, he should accept American families as they are. And if he is really worried about the economic and fiscal impacts of an aging and shrinking population, all he has to do is end his war on immigration.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,899 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Alexander Stephens ... Then of course he was elected Confederate Vice-President ... Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new Government, is the first, in the history of the world, based on this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth ... What more does one need to know that the Civil War was treason in defense of slavery? ,,, Still, Stephens should have been hanged for his role in the Confederacy. Alas, almost as soon as the war ended, the Union decided that the South was mostly right about race and so while he was briefly imprisoned, he was soon released

NPR and PBS have less support from conservatives as Congress considers sharp cuts - The Washington Post Public media is facing its biggest challenge as it fights off a vote to eliminate its federal funding.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,900 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Walt Disney. - Disney was an artistic genius but he was a very flawed man. He ran his studio like a dictator and in ways that made no sense to most of the people working there.

Brian Wilson - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Nick Frost Disagrees With J.K. Rowling's Trans Views, Disabled Instagram Comments Amid Backlash to Working With Her: We 'Don't Align in Any Way' : television

I've just found out that Michael Jackson lip synced in most of his performances in his latter years. : Music

Stevie Wonder couldn't perform due to a technical failure. So, a then unknown Tracy Chapman stepped up as a gap filler, sung this, and in the following month a million people bought her album. : videos

Molly Jong-Fast Offers Unsparing Account of Mother Erica Jong's Decline in New Memoir - The New York Times Molly Jong-Fast's unsparing account of her famous mother's decline into dementia, and their life together, is just turning the tables.
My mother was a famous feminist writer known for her candour and wit. But she was also a fantasist who couldn't be bothered to spend time raising me : books
My mother was a famous feminist writer known for her candour and wit. But she was also a fantasist who could't be bothered to spend time raising me | Autobiography and memoir | The Guardian When Fear of Flying, her autobiographical novel about women's sexual desires, came out in 1973, Erica Jong was suddenly big news. But growing up as her only child, I had a very different experience

Girls Do Porn Ringleader Pleads Guilty, Faces Life In Prison | Michael Pratt led Girls Do Porn, a sex trafficking operation that targeted hundreds of young women with force, fraud and coercion. : technology


At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work - The New York Times Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think. Others welcome the shift.

A.I. Is Poised to Revolutionize Weather Forecasting. A New Tool Shows Promise. - The New York Times

Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on AGI, Innovation and More - The New York Times Demis Hassabis, the chief executive of Google DeepMind, says that "we're quite close" to human-level artificial intelligence. After that, all bets are off - The Man Who 'A.G.I.-Pilled' Google


Opinion | Therapy speak is everywhere, and it's not healthy - He'd been tranquilized for the ride, so he doesn't know wtf is going on AND he's stoned out of his little zebra gourd. His friends will never believe any of this.

Opinion | Dementia isn't inevitable. Here's how to reduce your risk. - The Washington Post Key lifestyle changes can improve your brain's health ... Your chance of developing dementia at some point is uncomfortably high. Forty-two percent of Americans older than 55 will develop the condition during their lifetime, It's also on the rise: More than 500,000 had it in 2020; by 2060, that's expected to double .. People who choose to use cannabis should be aware of the expanding body of research linking marijuana to multiple negative health outcomes, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Medicine's rapid adoption of AI has researchers concerned. Trump revoked an executive order focused on AI safety and lay-offs affected FDA's division for AI. Without proper oversight, there is a risk that medical algorithms could give misleading recommendations and compromise patient care. : science - In January, President Donald Trump revoked an executive order focused on AI safety, citing a need to remove barriers for innovation. The following month, lay-offs affected staff in the FDA's division responsible for AI and digital health. Without proper oversight, there is a risk that medical algorithms could give misleading recommendations and compromise patient care.

A large-scale study of U.S. military veterans aged 65 and older found that where someone lives can significantly influence their chances of developing dementia -- even after accounting for age, race, heart disease, diabetes, and whether they lived in rural or urban areas. : science - Veterans living in the Southeast faced the highest risk, with dementia rates 25 percent higher than those living in the Mid-Atlantic, the region with the lowest rates. Other high-risk areas included the Northwest and Rocky Mountains, where dementia risk was 23 percent higher than in the Mid-Atlantic. The South, Southwest and South Atlantic also showed elevated rates. /a>
Which US States Have the Highest Risk of Dementia? - Newsweek


Common wearable devices like Fitbits could be crucial in improving ADHD identification in adolescents by analyzing heart rate patterns, activity levels, and energy expenditure : science

Erythritol is a widely used low-calorie sweetener in "sugar-free" or "keto" soft drinks, baked goods, and candies. In lab experiments, it promoted release of a blood vessel-constricting compound, and impaired release of a key clot-busting protein. These are all associated with higher risk of stroke. : science

Researchers Find Thousands of Pediatric Firearm Deaths Linked to More Permissive State Gun Laws : science

Convergent evidence linking neonatal vitamin D status and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders: a Danish case-cohort study : science


Tennessee Zebras has been captured : funny

Teachers of Reddit, what are your most terrifying "Gen Alpha Can't Read/Behave/Etc." horror stories? : AskReddit

What's a completely normal or minor thing that irrationally gets under your skin, but most people don't seem bothered by it? : AskReddit

What's something that is okay when men do it but frowned upon when women do it? : AskReddit

What's something people did instinctively 15 years ago, but now younger people don't even realize was a thing? : AskReddit

This can't be real, right? : funny


YouTube shuts down ad-blocker loophole, tightens restrictions | More Firefox users have been impacted : technology




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Satellite images show damaged North Korean warship moved to drydock near Russian border | CNN : worldnews


China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams : worldnews



Putin Approves Russia's First Long-Term Naval Strategy Through 2050 : worldnews

Russian authorities start issuing fines for photos and videos of Ukrainian drone strikes : worldnews

Russia Won't End Ukraine War Until NATO 'Pulls Out' of Baltics: Moscow : worldnews

Huge blaze breaks out in Kazan, Russia : worldnews
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Western guests including Elon Musk's father to speak at pro-Putin oligarch's Moscow forum : worldnews - This is the freak that fucked his own stepdaughter, right? How Woody Allen of him.

Visioner on X: BIG news Ukrainian forces have struck the Kazan gunpowder plant. The facility is one of the most critical enterprises in Russia's military-industrial complex, producing gunpowder and warheads for artillery and missiles, including Kalibr and Iskander-M systems. / X

Visegrád 24 on X: BREAKING: Ukrainian long-range drones have struck the Savasleyka Airbase near Nizhny Novgorod, around 650km from Ukraine. A Russian MiG-31 and a Su-30/34 fighter jet have been destroyed. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Ukrainian General Staff: the strike in Cheboksary was at Progress plant. It produces key components for heavy combat equipment: electromechanical drives, hydraulic systems and control units. They are critically important for the operation of such platforms as self-propelled howitzers and Iskander missile systems - without these systems, missiles are unable to reach their target. / X


India launches pre-feasibility study to divert Chenab water currently flowing in Pakistan : worldnews

Conference to recognise Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition, diplomats say : worldnews


Rwanda quits Central African bloc in dispute with Congo : worldnews

Egypt's new capital city to be built, operated by Chinese construction firm : worldnews


Trump Calls Iran 'Tough, too tough' Negotiators : worldnews
Iran Rejects U.S. Nuclear Deal Proposal, Says It Will Submit Its Own Nuclear Proposal to the U.S. Soon : worldnews


Clarify Israeli role in Gaza aid funding, Ben-Gvir tells Netanyahu : worldnews
Israeli Navy commandos intercept 'Gaza flotilla' vessel, redirect it to Ashdod port : worldnews

Synagogue set ablaze in suspected antisemitic arson : worldnews


Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the war : worldnews
Ukraine denies Russian troop presence in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast amid offensive, describes situation as 'tense' : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1201, Part 1 (Thread #1348) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of June 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Ukraine claims to have damaged Russian fighter jets in night-time raid : worldnews

Israel Has Transferred Patriot Systems to Ukraine, Ambassador Confirms : worldnews
Renault may set up drone production in Ukraine - Bloomberg : worldnews

Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on Russian facility producing special receivers for Shahed drones : worldnews

Ukraine's F-16 Took Down Russian Fighter Jet in Historic First: Report : worldnews
Kvist on X: Putin's "super-jet" be like / X

KyivPost on X: This is Russia's idea of "peace." They carved "Glory to Russia" into a Ukrainian soldier's stomach. This is what Russian captivity looks like. Not just war. Not just battle. Torture. / X


NATO's Rutte calls for 400% increase in air defenses to counter Russia, Bloomberg reports : worldnews

Norway Outlaws Sex Without Consent as Europe Strengthens Rape Laws : worldnews - Up to now, prosecutors have had to show that an attacker used violence or threatening behaviour, or had sexual intercourse with someone who was unable to resist, to secure a conviction for rape. Under the new law passed by parliament, anyone who has sex with someone who has not consented to it by word or deed could be convicted of rape, even without violence.


France opens 'complicity in genocide' probes against French-Israelis over blocked Gaza aid : worldnews
French Jews in Israel - Wikipedia - Over ten percent of the French Jewish community emigrated to Israel between 2000 and 2017

Leftist activists in Portugal plot poison attack on Israelis at festival | The Jerusalem Post : worldnews

Nvidia CEO says the UK is in a 'Goldilocks' moment: 'I'm going to invest here' : worldnews


Bolsonaro co-accused testifies on plot to 'redo' 2022 Brazil election : worldnews

SpaceX rocket debris litters Mexico beach, threatens environment : worldnews

Carney to unveil defence, security priorities Monday as Canada under pressure to boost military spending : worldnews
Carney to announce Canada's defence spending will hit NATO's target of 2% of GDP this fiscal year, sources say : worldnews
Carney to announce Canada will meet 2% NATO spending target by March : worldnews
B.C. targets 3 U.S. states with advertising blitz to recruit doctors, nurses : politics
Six babies with unvaccinated mothers born with measles in Canada | Canada : worldnews




Clean energy is generating hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs. So why are Republicans undermining it? : politics - Because they're knuckle dragging troglodytes who get their funding from a different special interest.

Justice Jackson warns the Supreme Court is manipulating the rules to benefit Trump : politics

Supreme Court Republicans: it is an emergency if white nationalist incels do not have immediate unfettered access to your sensitive personal data - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The unsigned opinion intervening so that DOGE can get as much of your data to Peter Thiel as possible as quickly as possible irrespective of its legal authority to do so contains literally no legal reasoning at all:

Acyn on X: "President Trump stumbles while attempting to board Air Force One / X
Trump nearly face plants on Air Force One stairs: 'We want a cognitive test right now' : politics
Trump, 78, Stumbles Climbing Stairs to Air Force One | The moment recalled a similar coordination fumble made by former president Joe Biden. : politics
Trump stumbles on steps up to Air Force One : politics
Trump stumbles on stairs after mocking Biden for doing the same thing : politics


Elon Musk and Donald Trump are heading towards mutually assured destruction : politics

Donald Trump "Wants to Demonstrate Absolute Power": Maggie Haberman on Covering a Tumultuous Second Term : politics

Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US -- that even he may be powerless to control : politics - It was the scenario everyone feared when Donald Trump took office. Deportation hit squads descending on the kind of Democrat-voting communities who would feel morally bound to resist them, triggering the kind of violent confrontation that creates an excuse to send in national guard troops - and ultimately a showdown between federal and state power that could take US democracy to the brink. Now something like this may be unfolding in California,

Sanders: We have a president who is moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism : politics
Is the US on the Path to Becoming a Failed State? : politics
America's infatuation with boy geniuses and 'Great Men' is ruining us : politics


Trump's travel ban could cement racism as his most dangerous legacy | From his so-called 'Muslim ban' to slashing DEI measures, the US president has turned taboo behaviour into norms : politics

America Is No Longer a Stable Country : politics

Trump is invoking emergency powers at a record rate. Here's what that means : politics
U.S. government using secret police in terror campaign against the people : politics
We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state : politics

Discussion Thread: Los Angeles Protests and Federal Response : politics
Stop bending the knee to Trump: it's time for anticipatory noncompliance : politics

Donald Trump on arresting Gavin Newsom: 'I'd do it.' : politics
Trump Says He Would Arrest Newsom, Heightening Tensions : politics
Trump Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Newsom and LA Mayor : politics
'Tom, arrest me. Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat : politics
Trump's Border Czar Dramatically Changes His Tune About Arresting Newsom : politics President Donald Trump's border czar is furiously backpedaling after suggesting California Governor Gavin Newsom could be arrested for interfering with the administration's crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles.
Newsom Requests Trump Admin Return National Guard Control to California : politics
Gavin Newsom on X: "I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command. We didn't have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed. Rescind the order. Return control to California. / X
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is floating a federal tax boycott. : politics

Would Trump and Hegseth Have Protesters Be Shot? See What They've Said : politics
White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete Hegseth : politics
Mike Johnson Offers Bizarre Justification For ICE Masks. Backlash Follows. : politics
Insurrection Act not off the table for LA protests, Trump says : politics
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency : politics - The new American dictator is the Real Emergency.
Trump sans frontières - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump made it very clear during the campaign that his biggest regret from his first term was allowing non-insane people in his administration curb his worst impulses. We are getting exactly what he promised: ... Bigger authoritarian lickspittle than Mark Esper" seems in theory like a hard standard to surmount, but Pete Hegseth is like the Bob Beamon of authoritarian lickspittles.
The military response to protest and the law - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Trump's pardoning not only of the 1/6 insurrectionists but war criminals is critical context here ... Notably, during the Vietnam War, William H. Rehnquist, the future Supreme Court justice, wrote memos for the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel saying that presidents had inherent power to use troops to prevent antiwar protesters from obstructing federal functions or damaging federal property in Washington, D.C., and at the Pentagon.
Key Legal Questions in Trump's Order of National Guard to LA Protests - The New York Times
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State : politics - The peril of the dual state lies in its capacity for targeted suppression.
ABC suspends reporter for telling the truth - Lawyers, Guns & Money - ABC News on Sunday suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran after he sharply criticized President Trump and his top aide, Stephen Miller, in a social media post earlier that day - "Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He's a world-class hater," Moran wrote in the X post. "You can see this just by looking at him because you can see that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate." - What Moran said about Miller and Trump is obviously true to the point of banality, but it's also obvious that "objective" reporting in an authoritarian political system - which is what America has become - means reporting that isn't too offensive to the sensibilities of the authoritarians.

This Day in Labor History: June 9, 1941 - Lawyers, Guns & Money Roosevelt signed an executive order to send in the military to bust this strike. 2,500 soldiers showed up on the morning of June 9. The Communists tried to reenter the plant but the military stopped them. The strike was over, busted by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and CIO leadership. Said Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox: "We met one of our most serious difficulties head-on when we took over the plant. It has had a profound psychological effect and from now on I think our troubles from that source will grow less." Moreover, a month later, this strike never would have happened, not after Hitler attacked Comrade Stalin and communists became committed to working to win the war. The CIO issued statements condemning the use of troops, but in fact CIO leadership did not actually believe that in this case. They just needed to say it to make rank and file union members believe it. If you are shocked that labor leaders would lie to the rank and file, don't be. It happens all the time.

Trump's crackdown on LA protests is pure hypocrisy - and incredibly dangerous : politics
Border Czar Admits ICE Detains People With No Criminal Record: 'That's What Sanctuary Cities Get' : politics
"Bad for all Americans": Former National Guard vice chief calls LA deployment "inappropriate" : politics

Trump Accused Of Inciting Violence With Chilling New Rhyme : politics
Acyn on X: "Trump: When they spit at people— they spit, that's their new thing—when that happens, I have a little statement: they spit, we hit.., if that happens, they get hit very hard / X

Trump says he supports arresting Calif. Governor Newsom over handling of LA protests

Trump's deployment of National Guard are 'the acts of a dictator,' California gov says : politics ... It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. - Samuel Adams ... Hitler only had 30% support. And 30% of maga are willing to go to war and shed the blood of their fellow man.
Trump ignored Newsom in putting the National Guard in LA. That's rare in US history : politics
Newsom Slams Trump as 'Stone-Cold Liar' Over Phone Call : politics
Newsom says California will sue Trump over National Guard, dares Homan to arrest him : politics - They are purposely instigating LA to find any reason to declare martial law. There's a reason they are going after CA first; they are the 4th world's largest economy, putting more than twice the funding into the country than they receive.
Trump Pours Gasoline on L.A. ICE Protests in Late-Night Rant: 'Bring in the Troops!' : politics
Critics Rip 'Wannabe Dictator' Trump for LA Troop Deployment. The move marks the first time since the 1960s that a president has federalized a state's National Guard without a governor's request. : politics
Presidenting Is Hard - Lawyers, Guns & Money How much was President Trump involved in last night's decision to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles? I give you two pieces of evidence. The rest is up to you ... rump is at a UFC fight tonight as Pentagon announces it is deploying federalized National Guard troops in California. Very weird/disturbing alignment. Historic moment perhaps.
LA protester stomped by police on horseback as clashes escalate: video : politics
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Thousands fill the streets, block freeway in Los Angeles after Trump deploys National Guard : politics

Reporter hit with rubber bullet live on camera as Los Angeles protests erupt : politics - That policeman really made the decision to fire on an international news organization reporter in 4K
Shocking Video Shows Reporter Struck by Rubber Bullet in L.A. : politics
LA Riots: Australian 9News reporter Lauren Tomasi struck by rubber bullet

Glendale ends ICE contract, will no longer hold detainees : politics

Labor unions around US demand release of union leader arrested in LA protest : politics

Maxine Waters on troop deployment to LA: Trump a 'cruel, dishonorable human being' : politics

Fox News Quietly Admits to Major Trump Failure amid Fresh DOGE Fiasco : politics

Army video of tanks headed for D.C. parade appears to show 'hang fauci' : politics
Army video of tanks headed for D.C. parade appears to show 'hang Fauci' - The Washington Post The footage, up for more than a day on the Army's official X account, showed tanks being loaded onto a flatcar ... and 'Bill Gates'

Universities back Harvard in court battle with Trump administration
In Public, Harvard Is Fighting Trump. Quietly, It's Dismantling a Program the White House Doesn't Like.

Latinas for Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money Latinas for Trump makes exactly as much sense as Jews for Hitler, also known as the Stephen Miller story.
Off white: A preliminary taxonomy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the "Big Beautiful Bill" : politics
Vanishing immigration is the 'real story' for the economy and a bigger supply shock than tariffs, analyst says : politics

Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight : politics

Mother details 'nightmare' after Trump sends son to El Salvador mega-prison where he's being held incommunicado : politics

ICE agents' mask culture shift risks street violence: Obama ICE chief : politics

Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids : politics
Cele|bitchy | Dr. Phil ran a health club scam in the 70s

'Pure farce': Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia refuse to give up on contempt charges, shred Trump admin for 'convenient ability' to return him to US : politics

'History will judge us as cowards or heroes': Ras Baraka, the mayor arrested by Ice, won't be intimidated : politics

The Usurpation Proclamation - Lawyers, Guns & Money I still haven't gotten fully used to woke Brill Kristol: ... Trump and his apparatchiks may only lead us gradually down the slippery slope on which they have launched us. The normalization of the routine and open-ended deployment of the military at home requires that the public become accustomed to this departure from historic practice. But the departure has been announced. The Rubicon has been crossed. ... I wish the typical mainstream reporter or pundit was capable of being remotely as clear-eyed about the nature of the administration as this, but I will take it from wherever I can get it


Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims : politics - Fulcher offered to share the supposed evidence as long as he could help run the investigation, three of the people said. But when he sat down with agents over a week later, it became clear he had no evidence of a wiretap, and the Pentagon had been duped.
Report: No One Wants to Work With Pete "Lemme Just Text These War Plans" Hegseth : politics

New personnel policy requires all federal job applicants to write pro-MAGA essays : politics


Bourbon Update - Lawyers, Guns & Money ast couple of weeks have seen some brutal reports for the bourbon industry.In response to a question from a stock analyst about the major stock plunge, Whiting said that three of the biggest factors remain the impact of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, legalized cannabis and the decline of drinking in Gen Z-age drinkers.
Crushing American exports - Lawyers, Guns & Money As rough as things are for the bourbon industry, the situation with wine exports is even more dire: Of broader significance is the data from Canada. Despite Trump's impact on the election, I'm not sure it's fully understood how repellent most Canadians found the 51st state talk, and how much it's influencing consumer habits. It's the kind of Trump action that is damaging to the country while purporting to stand up for its interests, with no upside. And it's damage that's not going to be easily repaired.

Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which could limit low-income students' college access : politics

Trump's interest in Medicare cuts is a warning about Social Security too : politics
The only point of Medicaid "work requirements" is to take people's health insurance away while blaming them for your actions - Lawyers, Guns & Money .. he dark cynicism here is to make people think that it's their fault that they're losing their insurance, and this is how Republicans will sell it — this isn't really a "cut," it's just taking healthcare away from poor people who aren't "deserving." I don't think this lie will work on the public if the policy is enacted, but it's as much about convincing themselves (and perhaps some gullible reporters) as anything ... It also can't be said enough that the red line for front line House Republicans isn't mitigating these cuts, it's securing another upper-class tax cut.

U.S. scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's cuts in public-health research : politics
'We Dissent.' Scores of NIH scientists go public to denounce Trump's deep cuts in health research : politics

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel - The Boston Globe
RFK Jr. fires all 17 CDC vaccine board advisors - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Trying to pick the worst member of Trump's cabinet is a challenging exercise, but based on the combination of total lack of qualifications and potential for damage (Pete Hegseth is nominally at the head of a very powerful entrenched bureaucracy) I'm going to go with America's second-most prominent failson.



Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds : politics

Fentanyl remains cheap and plentiful despite White House claims, say American Indigenous groups : politics

Trump Calls on Qatar to Fund Kennedy Center's MAGA Makeover : politics


Stolen pride - Lawyers, Guns & Money Arlie Russell Hochschild does interesting ethnographic work in the heart of Trumpland, and I look forward to at some point reading her latest book. This extended essay (gift link) left me feeling somewhat exasperated, since it adds up to "a bunch of people with radically wrongheaded beliefs about the world end up voting directly against their own economic interests because of those beliefs." I acknowledge that exasperation is not a useful response in the context of figuring out how to peel off some necessary votes from this demographic, but that's your job not mine ... With his Inflation Reduction Act, Joe Biden directed 73 percent of clean energy investments to projects in red states — projects like making batteries and installing solar panels. Red state residents were expected to receive almost double the investment compared to their blue state counterparts.

Archbishop of Santa Fe: "passing this budget would be a moral failure" - Lawyers, Guns & Money I'm surprised that I haven't seen it noted anywhere, but I guess the Catholic Church no longer holds the power it once did. Wester leaves no doubt as to where he stands: ... What would be the human costs of this bill? It is likely that millions will fall into poverty, leaving them to rely on churches and private charities, such as Catholic Charities, to survive. More people will go without health care, at least until they arrive at the emergency room, when their condition becomes critical. Immigrant families, many of whom sit in the pews at Mass every Sunday, will be separated, traumatizing children.


A Very Bad Preprint With A Very Bad Idea - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Brandon Bishop: "This is a horrifically bad idea." - Bluesky


New York Congressman Brands Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Incompetent and Unqualified' After She Revealed She Didn't Read 'Big Beautiful Bill' - If you're out there admitting that you don't know what you're voting on and you regret your vote, Goldman said, "Then you're not qualified or competent to be in Congress" : politics


Can an AOC-backed socialist upset Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayor's race? : politics - Cuomo, like the same Cuomo who's brother got fired from news media and who delt with a slew of lawsuits after lying about COVID spreading in elderly care facilities, that Cuomo? The one counting on name recognition with the uninformed masses as his only chance, that Cuomo?The same Cuomo that resigned the governorship over sexual harassment, yes. It's crazy how much name recognition gets you

Republican lawmaker's raucous town hall reflects challenges promoting Trump's bill : politics


Burlington, Vt., worries about crime and homelessness | Starting Point

Mayor Michelle Wu approves all council amendments to 2026 budget
Mayor Wu faces backlash: Fired employee claims political cover-up Woman alleges her boyfriend's supervisor, Cabinet chief Segun Idowu, propositioned her

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Earth's Atmosphere Contains More CO2 Than It Has in Millions of Years - EcoWatch : worldnews

Japan-U.S. tariff talks still draw a blank at fifth meeting : worldnews


Putin Warned of Dual Threat to Russian Economy: 'Countdown to a Crisis' : worldnews

Ukraine drones attack on Moscow forces airport closure, Russia says : worldnews
Caolan on X: This is wild - The SBU just released the FULL flight from van roof takeoff to destroying the TU-22M plane. It shows just how precise and close it was. What a spectacular operation / X

Elon Musk's father to attend pro-Kremlin event in Russia hosted by far-right ideologue : worldnews

COSSACKGUNDI on X: Massive blow to Russian forces in the south a Ukrainian strike hit a russian locomotive hauling a full column of military gear. Result? 13 tanks destroyed, along with 100+ vehicles and trucks wiped out in one shot. That's not just a hit that's a disaster for their logistics - Mometum is shifting. Fast / X

Evgen Istrebin on X: More BAD news for Russia, as official government statistics agency Rosstat reports catastrophic losses across the entire corporate sectors of oil, gas & mining for Feb and March. Highlights: February 2025 Mining: -61% Oil/Gas: -73% March 2025 Mining: -89% Oil/Gas: -106% / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Seems Ukraine may have just done it again. Russians saying a grain train opened up and drones popped out, destroyed an entire locomotive, 13 tanks, armored vehicles etc.. Ukrainians are just smarter. / X

Civilian Train Crash in Russia shows all Signs of State-Orchestrated Provocation


Extreme Poverty Rate Drops To 5.3% From 27.1% In India: World Bank Report : worldnews


Iran obtains 'vast quantity' of secret Israeli military plans : worldnews



Israel says it has found body of Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar : worldnews

IDF destroys Hamas compound under Khan Yunis hospital : worldnews - Putting a Hamas command center where senior Hamas officials would meet directly under a neonatal unit seems evil even for Hamas - though it sadly is in line with statements from their own leaders where they have said 2 million dead Palestinians is a worth sacrifice for the liberation of Jerusalem. Morally corrupt to say the least!

Israel orders military to stop Greta Thunberg's boat reaching Gaza : worldnews

Heads of terror group that abducted and murdered Bibas family killed by IDF : worldnews


Zelenskyy: We're very close to point when Russia can be forced to end this war : worldnews
Zelenskyy: US has sent 20,000 missiles bound for Ukraine to Middle East instead : worldnews
Kyiv Insider on X: "Trump gave 20,000 missiles to the Middle East: these munitions were for Ukraine, Biden promised them. — Zelensky for ABC News." / X
Zelenskyy says US has not answered Ukraine's request to buy air defense : worldnews
US believes Russia response to Ukraine drone attack not over yet, expects multi-pronged strike; "It will be huge, vicious and unrelenting," a Western diplomat said. : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1200, Part 1 (Thread #1347) : worldnews

Russia claims to have pushed into central Ukrainian region for first time : worldnews

Ukraine Says It Has Stepped Up Its Drone Game, Again : worldnews

Ukraine Front Line on X: Yesterday in the Black Sea, Ukrainian naval drones fired large-caliber machine guns at russian special forces who had landed on one of the towers, and then finished them off with FPV drones. / X

Visioner on X: "🤔 What is Link 16 and how it helps the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF): 👉 Link 16 is an encrypted real-time tactical data exchange system. It allows the transmission of targeting data, coordinates, tracks, requests, and alerts between all compatible units: aircraft, ships, air defense systems, radars, launchers, command centers, and drones. / X

🪖MilitaryNewsA on X:The Armed Forces of Ukraine captured the former commander of the minesweeper of the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy, Mamaiev Oleksii Ivanovich. He was captured near the settlement of Tyotkino, in the Kursk region. / X

MilitaryNewsU 🇦 on X:Ukrainian Aviation Channels write that today's Russian Su-35S fighter was shot down by a Ukrainian F-16 fighter in Kursk region / X


Finnish PM criticizes reported attempts by Trump to weaken Russia sanctions bill : worldnews ... Proving, once again, that Putin has dirt on Trump worse than even the Epstein files.

Sweden telecom sabotage: Sweden probes massive sabotage after 30 telecom masts attacked in what officials call a coordinated strike : worldnews


Swiss government forbids use of donkeys to protect against wolf attacks : worldnews

Pope Leo criticises 'exclusionary mindset' of nationalist political movements : worldnews


Canada wildfires smoke turns UK skies orange : worldnews
King Charles health update: British monarch's cancer 'incurable' bombshell report claims - The Mirror US

Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay shot during campaign event : worldnews

France's Macron to visit Greenland on June 15 : worldnews

Carney lays out Canada's G7 summit priorities while managing a complicated guest list : worldnews




Trump might be the most accessible president ever - for spies or scammers : politics

The Biggest Boondoggles in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | The Trump tax bill now in the Senate also includes hundreds of billions of dollars for pet projects : politics

Trump-Musk feud shows what happens when unregulated money floods politics : politics
With Trump vs. Musk, Capitalist Democracy Reaches a New Low : politics
Trump Issues Jaw-Dropping Authoritarian Threat to Elon Musk : politics
Trump Issues Jaw-Dropping Authoritarian Threat to Elon Musk The president said that his former bestie will face "serious consequences" amid their bitter breakup.
Musk Hit Rival 'Like a Rugby Player' During Infamous White House Fight | The altercation happened steps from the Oval Office and had to be broken up by bystanders. : politics The actual source for that anecdote is Steve Bannon, so take it with a grain of salt.
Elon Musk Floats 'America Party' After Viral Poll Finds 80% Want New Political Party : politics
Petty Trump Is Taking All of 'Elon's Friends' in Bitter Divorce : politics
Sen. Warren asks for contingency plans on national security after Trump and Musk's social media fall out : politics

Musk's DOGE Goons Surreptitiously Transmitted Reams of White House Data. | Musk's team installed a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal on top of the White House, allowing them to bypass data-tracking security measures. : politics

Justice Jackson Just Helped Reset the D.E.I. Debate : politics
Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture. Trump's lawyers claim they've found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured. : politics

It's Getting Harder for Trump to Keep the Gang Together : politics

Donald Trump Is Destroying the Economy and Waging War on the Poor : politics - From Paul Krugman for Rolling Stone: Trump and MAGAnomics are wrecking the economy, dismantling democracy, and making America backward again.

Republicans, be so for real. This embarrassing government is what you wanted? : politics

Trump has pardoned hundreds of people, largely due to a widespread pardon for over 1,500 individuals charged in relation to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. : politics

Trump Is Lusting for Violence: The biggest threat to Los Angeles? A president hellbent on creating a crisis. : politics
White House aide calls Los Angeles anti-ICE protests an 'insurrection' : politics
Trump is Deploying National Guard Under a Rarely Used Power : politics
Presidential Memoranda to approve use of US Armed Forces against American protesters, labeling riots as an act of rebellion. : politics

Trump deploys 2,000 National Guard members after Los Angeles immigration protests : politics
Active duty Marines to be mobilized 'if violence continues' in Los Angeles, Pentagon chief says : politics - There's probably has been a total of only 50-100 aggressive protesters with like 8 people throwing rocks. They are looking for excuse hard.
Trump Orders in Marines in Dramatic Escalation of L.A. Protests : politics

Republicans Say They're Cool With Trump Deploying Troops Against Protesters : politics
Why Trump's Premature Despotism in LA Should Terrify Us All : politics
'A Declaration of War': Trump Sends National Guard to LA Over Anti-ICE Protests | "The Trump administration's baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities," one advocate said. : politics

White House sends National Guard to protests against LA immigration raids : politics
The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A. : politics
"Purposefully inflammatory": Newsom criticizes Trump deploying National Guard amid LA ICE protests - The governor of California said that Trump was trying to "create a spectacle" in the nation's second-largest city : politics ... He even called him Newscum. What an absolute child. As an American, this should've never happened, and he should not be allowed to wreak havoc for 3 1/2 more very, very long years.
Gavin Newsom: Trump is 'unhinged,' speaking like an 'authoritarian' : politics

Trump asks federal employees to examine canceling California funding : politics

ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means? : politics
'This Is What Fascism Looks Like': Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested | "This is about something much bigger," said the president of SEIU California, still in detention. "This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice." : politics

Trump's border czar says he's sending National Guard to fight LA anti-ICE protests as clashes continue into second day : politics - Calling in arrests for the "insurrectionist" protesters in LA, but pardoning the Jan 6 rioters. Got it.
National Guard to be deployed to LA immigration ';riots' - as Trump claims state officials 'can't do their jobs' | US News : politics
Kash Patel dragged for 'hit a cop, you're going to jail' threat to LA anti-ICE protesters: 'Unless it's for Trump' : politics
Riot police and protesters clash after LA immigration raids : politics

'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump echoes notorious Black Lives Matter quote over LA anti-ICE demos : politics
A Refuge for January 6 Rioters in the Hill Country
Judicial Watch Announces $4.975 Million Settlement of Ashli Babbitt Wrongful Death Lawsuit with U.S. Government | Judicial Watch
Proud Boys leaders seek $100 million over Jan. 6 prosecutions : news


What to know about counterprotests to Trump's June 14 parade : politics

Trump's Budget Bill Would Gut the Judiciary's Power to Enforce Court Orders : politics

In fight with Columbia, Trump seeks 'death sentence' : politics

Dismissed by DEI: Trump's Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an "Easy Target" | The president's attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants - even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs. : politics

There are only two commissioners left at the FCC : politics

Women of West Virginia: inform on yourself to the miscarriage police! : politics


US Senate Hopeful Annie Andrews Says Lindsey Graham 'Corrupt As Ever' : politics


Gina Ortiz Jones, a Progressive, Is Elected San Antonio's Mayor : politics



Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails -- even though they aren't real : politics


Motorcycle cop harassing cyclists near MIT : CambridgeMA

Boston Mayor Compares ICE to Neo-Nazi Group: 'There Are Other Groups That Routinely Wear Masks' : boston
ICE man orders Wu to shut up : boston

A construction worker who was arrested Wednesday by federal agents in Lynn, Massachusetts, was released a day later, and he alleges he was assaulted when he was taken into custody.

Your Support Needed as Cambridge City Council Considers "Ending Alewife Sewage" Policy Order : CambridgeMA




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North Korea 'wiped off the internet' for nine hours after mysterious outage : worldnews


China says it may speed up rare earths application approvals from EU : worldnews



Russia Offers Elon Musk Asylum as Fight With Trump Intensifies - Russian officials are having a field day with the sudden Musk-Trump Feud : politics

Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China : worldnews

Drones Hit Russian Airbases, Oil Depot, and Missile Plant as Moscow Strikes Ukraine : worldnews

Powerful blow to Russia as Ukraine smashes locomotive loaded with tanks and vehicles : worldnews
Ukraine downs fighter jet in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Air Force says : worldnews

Central Asia's tallest Lenin statue taken down : worldnews
Kyrgyzstan Dismantles Central Asia's Tallest Lenin Statue : worldnews
After Russian loan, Kyrgyz businessman casts Putin in stone | Reuters


In Pakistan, more than 2 million children frequently attend madrasas - schools that offer free religious education to the most disadvantaged. But behind the walls of these institutions lies a chilling reality: thousands of children are subjected to sexual violence in deafening silence. : videos

A top Taliban official offers amnesty to Afghans who fled the country and urges them to return : worldnews

Syria closes controversial Rukban refugee camp near Jordanian border. Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa said on X on Saturday that the closure of the camp, established in the early years of the Syrian civil war in 2011, marked the end of "a tragic and sorrowful chapter of displacement" : worldnews

Yemen's al-Qaeda leader threatens Trump, Musk over Israel's war on Gaza : worldnews

Botswana's main diamond company has paused production at some of its mines, citing a prolonged downturn in global demand. : worldnews

Israel: Bennett's New Party Leads in Polls, Netanyahu's Coalition Collapses : worldnews
Netanyahu defends arming Palestinian clans accused of ties with jihadist groups : worldnews

4 IDF soldiers killed, 5 wounded after booby-trapped south Gaza building collapses : worldnews

Body of murdered Thai hostage Pinta Nattapong returned during Israel forces special operation : worldnews


Zelenskyy: Over 40 injured in Kharkiv, these are not retaliatory strikes : worldnews
'Putin is a murderer' — Zelensky rejects Trump's claim that Russia, Ukraine are like 'kids' : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1199, Part 1 (Thread #1346) : worldnews

Russia pummels Ukraine's Kharkiv in most powerful attack since start of war - Russian strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city early on Saturday killed three people and injured at least 17 others in what the mayor of Kharkiv described as the biggest drone attack since the start of the war : worldnews

Ukraine used only domestic drones in Operation Spiderweb, Zelensky says : worldnews



Germany plans rapid bunker expansion amid fears of Russian attack : worldnews


UK judge warns of risk to justice after lawyers cited fake AI-generated cases in court : worldnews
'You feel violated': Exploring the dark world of tool theft | ITV News across Britain, thieves are turning vans and building sites into prime targets, fueling an underground economy where stolen power tools are being openly sold at boot sales with little fear of consequence.
Cool Archaeological Finds - Lawyers, Guns & Money
ELI5 Why is Margaret Thatcher so controversial in the UK? : explainlikeimfive



Macron Will Visit Greenland This Month, Defying Trump - The New York Times : politics

Canadians facing device searches and detainment is 'not a pattern,' U.S. ambassador says - National | Globalnews.ca : worldnews
Canada's Liberals to fast-track major projects in new bill with 'goal' of two-year approval : worldnews
Canada: premature baby with measles dies amid outbreak in Ontario : worldnews - Wakefield started it but never let historians forget both Jenny McCarthy and Oprah.
Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought : science




Operation Spiderweb 'gave Putin a reason to bomb the hell out of them,' Trump says, following large-scale attacks on Ukrainian cities : worldnews

Week 20 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The Big Beautiful Bill is horrifying. The Senate is arguing for various changes, but in general the Republicans want to take food from children to give Musk and friends their tax cut.
Heads Up News | Dan Froomkin | Substack

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Elon Musk Floats 'America Party' After Viral Poll Finds 80% Want New Political Party : politics

Trump says he has no evidence to justify his unprecedented Biden investigation : politics
Trump scraps Biden software security, AI, post-quantum encryption efforts in new executive order : technology

Is Trump the antichrist? — and other hard questions Christians should be asking : politics


Adam Parkhomenko: "What are the odds Elon left with a copy of the Epstein files after him and all the young boys working for him got access to everything" — Bluesky
Musk shares footage of Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein as feud intensifies : politics
Musk deletes Epstein tweet after Trump rift : politics
Musk Shares Footage of Trump Partying with Jeffrey Epstein as Feud Intensifies : politics - The Trump/Epstein connection has a mountain of evidence and has for well over a decade. What has muddied the waters was that Trump was president when Epstein finally went down, he died in custody before a trial, and evidence that was to be presented at trial was mysteriously classifieda>

Trump started it, Elon Musk says : politics

Elon Musk Confirms Rep. Dan Goldman's Suspicion -- Pam Bondi is Hiding the Epstein Files to Protect Donald Trump : politics
Democrats ask Bondi for Epstein files after Musk's Trump allegation : politics
Pam Bondi accused of ethics breaches by dozens of Florida attorneys, judges, and law professors : politics
70+ Legal Experts Accuse Pam Bondi of 'Serious Professional Misconduct' : politics

Donald Trump reacts to "Epstein Files" claim by Elon Musk : politics
Trump Uses Epstein's Lawyer as Human Shield Against Musk's 'Really Big Bomb' : politics

Trump Floats Drug Habit as Reason for Messy Musk Breakup : politics
Donald Trump warns of 'serious consequences' if Elon Musk backs Democrats : politics
Trump says 'Elon Musk will face very serious consequences' if he funds democratic candidates : politics

AOC takes victory lap as Trump-Elon nuclear breakup confirms everything she and Bernie Sanders warned : politics

White House security staff warned Musk's Starlink is a security risk : politics
We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink : politics


Kash Patel has live 'WTF' moment on Joe Rogan as he learns of Trump vs. Musk mid-interview : politics

Trump Is Wearing America Down : politics

People Are 'Disappearing' Since Trump Took Office. Here's What That Means. : politics

Deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on a plane headed back to US to face charges: reports : politics
Deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on a plane headed back to US to face charges: reports : politics
Abrego Garcia update - Lawyers, Guns & Money

"Totally unwarranted": Newark mayor Ras Baraka sues Trump officials over his arrest at ICE jail. : politics

Man Robbed Mexican Immigrant, then Wrote Fake Trump Threats in His Name So He'd Be Deported Before Testifying : politics

SEIU California: Let's be clear: ICE injured and detained the president of SEIU California for peacefully observing. ICE picked the wrong side. The wrong state. The wrong person. and the wrong union. David Huerta stood up. And now 750,000 SEIU workers are standing up behind him. seiuca.org/press-releas... - Bluesky

Trump's Odious New Demand of the Civil Service: Loyalty Oaths : politics

Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid : politics
LAPD issues dispersal order as hundreds of protesters rally in downtown LA following ICE raids : politics

Ice agents use pepper spray and smoke grenades to disperse LA protesters | Rights group says at least 45 people arrested as people demonstrate against coordinated raids throughout the city : politics

ICE agents detain US Marshal by mistake : politics
ICE agents mistakenly detain U.S. marshal in Arizona : news


Boston Mayor Compares ICE to Neo-Nazi Group: 'There Are Other Groups That Routinely Wear Masks' : politics


Supreme Court Republicans: it is an emergency if white nationalist incels do not have immediate unfettered access to your sensitive personal data - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Anti-vaccine quack hired by RFK Jr. has started work at the health department : politics

MeidasTouch: "The hits just keep on coming. Read more: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p..." — Bluesky


Some Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past : politics


Republicans worry DOGE cuts will sink them in Virginia governor's race : politics

Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California : politics

Rep. Mary Miller Loses It Over 'A Muslim' Speaking In Congress Before Deleting Racist Post : politics ... Rep. Mary Miller ― a Republican from Illinois who once praised Adolf Hitler


Texas may ban student LGBT clubs. That's unconstitutional. : politics
Texas is about to ban talking on college campuses at night. Seriously. : politics


Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism | Steven Pinker | The Guardian Psychologist and writer's appearance on Aporia condemned for helping to normalise 'dangerous, discredited ideas' - Pinker's appearance marks another milestone in the efforts of many in Silicon Valley and rightwing media and at the fringes of science to rehabilitate previously discredited models of a biologically determined racial hierarchy.


A shattered world: Revisiting "984 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,898 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Lum York.


Syphilis Is Changing Like We've Never Seen... In Seattle : videos

Alzheimer's blood test can spot people with early symptoms. Researchers found the blood test was highly accurate, with 95% sensitivity, which means it was 95% accurate in picking up people with memory problems, with very few cases missed : science

19-year-old dead after doing 'dusting' trend seen on social media, family says : news

ELI5 why men go bald but women typically don't. Can evolution explain things that occur after an organism leaves its reproductive age? : explainlikeimfive

Men dating a woman at least 7 years younger than themselves had a substantially higher overall relationship satisfaction than men dating women at least 7 years older. No such effect was found in women. Younger women who dated older men perceived financial stability as higher with an older partner. : science

Weight loss drugs linked to higher risk of eye damage in diabetic patients. Study finds medicines such as Ozempic associated with greater risk of developing age-related macular degeneration. Patients who had been taking GLP-1 RAs for more than 30 months had more than three times the risk. : science

Divorced women of Reddit, what's something your husband didn't do that could have saved the whole relationship? : AskReddit

What's something people pretend is normal in modern dating, but is actually insanely toxic when you think about it? : AskReddit

ChatGPT Dating Advice Is Feeding Delusions and Causing Unnecessary Breakups : technology

What's something you know is bad for your mental health but you do it anyway? : AskReddit

What's something people romanticize but it's actually horrible? : AskReddit


Google Confirms Most Gmail Users Must Upgrade Accounts : technology




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Australian navy ship accidentally blocks internet and radio across parts of New Zealand : worldnews

6-year-old girl among 16 suspects arrested in Myanmar over alleged links to assassination : worldnews


North Korea refloats warship after failed launch : worldnews



Russia offers political asylum to Elon Musk over Trump feud : worldnews
Moscow ready to grant Musk asylum if necessary amid rift with Trump, Russian official says : worldnews
Russia responds to Trump-Musk feud with jokes, jibes and job offers : politics

Russia's Medvedev mocks fight between Donald Trump and Elon Musk : politics - These headlines are clickbait. Dumb Americans who are addicted to drama and memes and sound bites are happily watching Regime 47 Reality TV while the Heritage Foundation continues to meticulously dismantle democracy behind the scenes. That they started during the Raegan years. Project 25 is being implemented without hesitation and those of us who understand what is really going on are terrified for our country.

Russian weapons plant hit by drones in Tambov Oblast, media reports attacks across country : worldnews

List of journalists killed in Russia - Wikipedia

Russia's Wagner mercenary group says it is leaving Mali after "mission accomplished" : worldnews

Visegrád 24 on X: BREAKING: Ukraine launches huge drone swarm attack against military targets across Russia: - Fuel depot of the Engels Air Base hit - Dyagilevo Air Base hit - Military electronics plant in Tambov hit - Bryansk Airport hit - Podolsk near Moscow & Crimea / X

Visioner on X: Belgorod region, Prokhorovka - Ukrainian saboteurs have destroyed the railway tracks in the direction of Moscow. A locomotive (without carriages) derailed. Rail traffic has been disrupted for three hours already. / X

Turkmenistan reduces 50-year fire dubbed 'Gateway to Hell' : worldnews



Chenab bridge: Narendra Modi inaugurates world's highest single-arch railway bridge in Kashmir : worldnews
India vows to keep up development in Kashmir after tourist attack : worldnews

Unease in India as Pakistan to chair, co-chair UN Security Council anti-terror panels : worldnews
Pakistan Asks Ahmadiyya Muslims To Abandon Eid Celebrations Or Face 5 Lakh PKR Penalty : worldnews - Ironically the movement to create Pakistan as a separate homeland for Muslims from India was started by Ahmediyya Muslims. Today they aren't Muslim enough for Pakistan.



Hajj attendance falls to 30-year-low excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period : worldnews

Iran orders material from China that can make some 800 ballistic missiles. : worldnews

IDF strikes Hezbollah's Aerial Unit, drone production sites in Dahiyeh, Beirut : worldnews


As Israel Slaughters Gazans, US House Progressives Push 'Block the Bombs Act' : politics

Israel accused of arming Palestinian gang who allegedly looted aid in Gaza : worldnews


Operation Spider's Web - Lawyers, Guns & Money
What Is the Impact of Ukraine's Raid on Russia's Air Force? Operation Spiderweb will enter military history as one of the more daring raids.
Opinion | Operation Spiderweb's drone attack on Russia exposes all air bases - The Washington Post A drone attack damaged Russia's bomber fleet — and exposed air base vulnerabilities worldwide.
Latest On Russian Aircraft Loss Assessments From Ukrainian Drone Strikes

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1198, Part 1 (Thread #1345) : worldnews

Russian missiles, drones target Kyiv, Ternopil, Lutsk in one of Moscow's largest air assaults, civilians killed and injured (updates) : worldnews - Ukraine chose to take the high road by attacking military targets. Russia continues to choose to be utter scum by attacking civilian targets.
Anton Gerashchenko on X: One of the Russian strikes on Kyiv last night. Ukrainians live through that - and the very next morning, we go to work, kids go to schools, life goes on (we have to, we cannot let Russia win). Our resilience never ceases to amaze me, honestly. / X
Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb : worldnews

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Crimean Telegram channels post a video of a huge line of trucks at Chonhar control point on the way to Russian-occupied Crimea. According to them, trucks are currently denied entry on the Kerch bridge. While entering Crimea, each truck reportedly goes through an extensive / X

Russia killed at least 125 journalists during full-scale invasion of Ukraine : worldnews

KyivPost on X: Eliminate the f**king prisoners": another Russian commander orders execution of wounded Ukrainians. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Russia's use of frontline 'combat donkeys' is backfiring, according to Russian warbloggers. They say that the animals' large thermal signature is allowing the Ukrainians to track them easily and expose hidden Russian positions. / X

Special Kherson Cat on X: Ukrainian drone equipped with two drone interceptors under its wings. / X

The Ukrainian Review on X: A year ago, we could afford to launch 100 FPV drones per day, now there are nowhere near that, said Serhiy Varakin, commander of the unmanned systems battalion of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade, - BBC Last year, we could easily afford to destroy 11-17 pieces of equipment per day. We could afford to use, if there were active hostilities, 100 FPV drones per day, and their quality was more or less normal, that is, 7-8 out of 10 hit the target. What do we have now? Now our brigade can receive only 200-300 FPV drones per month on a monthly basis, he explains. / X



Trump administration imposes sanctions on four ICC judges in unprecedented move : worldnews
EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges : worldnews


A Maltese court convicted two men of supplying explosives used to assassinate an investigative journalist. Daphne Caruana Galizia, who reported on government corruption, was killed with a car bomb. : worldnews

Three Serbs charged over paint attack on France's Jewish sites, Russian involvement suspected : worldnews


Germany's Merz says some US lawmakers have 'no idea' of scale of Russia's rearmament : worldnews
MAKS 25 on X: Some U.S. lawmakers do not understand the scale of Russia's rearmament campaign, Merz said, - Reuters - I met with some senators on Capitol Hill and told them to please look at the rearmament Russia is doing, Merz told a business conference in Berlin. / X

US puts Switzerland on watch list of trading partners : worldnews


Canada's Carney invites India's Modi to June G7 summit in Canada. : worldnews
Carney and Li agree to regularize communication between Canada and China : worldnews
Rare black iceberg spotted off Labrador coast could be 100,000 years old, prof says : worldnews
Canadian with ties to Osama bin Laden arrested in Montreal : worldnews
More Canadians plan to travel this summer, but not to the US: poll : worldnews - While most blame tariffs on their avoidance of the U.S., other concerns cited include the political climate (61%,) personal safety fears (47%,) poor exchange rates (46%) and feeling unwelcome by Americans (44%) as factors for staying in Canada




Trump Was Secretly Blown Away by Ukraine's 'Badass' Humiliation of Putin | The sneak-attack which partially crippled Russia's aerial threat, took everyone by surprise, including Trump. : politics - America is woke and has to be destroyed to save it. Anyway it doesn't matter because Jesus is coming back to kill you with fire, checkmate libs.
Ukraine's spectacular drone strikes rattled Trump and Putin : politics
MilitaryNewsU🇦 on X:The White House is discussing ending support for Kyiv: Trump is outraged by Ukraine's strikes on Russia, - The Atlantic. This is about an attack on Russian military airfields of strategic aviation / X
WarTranslated on X: "The White House is quietly pressuring the Senate to soften Russia sanctions, per WSJ. Trump's team wants Sen. Lindsey Graham to ease his bill, prioritizing better Moscow ties over punishing Russia's Ukraine invasion. Aides say they're pushing for looser terms, like changing "shall" to "may" / X

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Trump's moves test the limits of presidential power and the resilience of US democracy : politics

Trump-Musk meltdown gets Europe gloating : politics

Conspiracy World Thinks the Musk-Trump Breakup Is a 'Psyop' : politics -- Also MAGA: You really think the guy who was friends with Epstein for 20 years, flew on his jet several times, welcomed him as a member of his club, and called him at all hours of the night was a client of his? I'm not buying it.

Megathread: President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Exchange Public Criticisms : politics - Elon is saying that he knew that the president was a kid fucker for months and helped him win the election even though he knew he was a kid fucker. What does that say about the richest man on Earth history again my friend?

The Day That Trump and Musk Torched Their Partnership : politics
Trump v Musk: 10 ways they can further hurt each other : politics
Trump v Musk: 10 ways they can further hurt each other | Donald Trump | The Guardian If they don't broker a peace deal, their squabble could get messier and more expensive for both of them
Trump says Musk 'lost his mind,' has no interest in talking with billionare as public feud simmers : politics
Trump not interested in call with Musk, White House official says : politics

Musk-Trump breakup puts billions in SpaceX contracts at risk, jolting US space program : politics

Trump Is in the Epstein Files, Charges Musk as Right-Wing Billionaire Bro Feud Goes Kaboom | "That is the real reason they have not been made public," said Musk. : politics
Elon Musk Says Donald Trump 'Is In Epstein Files' : politics
Epstein file accusations, potential contract cuts, impeachment: Trump-Musk feud explodes : politics
Why Trump Fears Musk's Epstein Bomb Most of All: Biographer : politics
Elon musk claims Trump is incriminated in the Epstein files : politics

White House says Elon Musk having "unfortunate episode" : politics

Musk goes nuclear: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election" : politics
Elon Musk Endorses Message Calling To Impeach Trump And Replace Him With JD Vance : politics
Musk floats new party in signal he could torch GOP : politics
The Musk-Trump Divorce Is as Messy as You Thought It Would Be : politics
The Elon-Trump Feud Is Oligarchy in Action : politics

Musk Launches Furious Retaliation Against Steve Bannon for Urging Trump to Punish Him : politics
Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat : politics
Bannon Promises 'Punk' Musk: I'm Going to Rip Your F***ing Face Off : politics
Steve Bannon Calls to Deport Musk Amid Messy Trump Breakup : politics

Trump Is Getting Rid of His Tesla After Musk Broke His Heart : politics
Tesla offers mass discount after Trump supporters turn on Musk : politics
Investors dump Tesla stock following war of words between Elon Musk and Donald Trump : politics

Mom of Elon Musk's 14th Baby Offers 'Breakup Advice' to Donald Trump : politics

Trump Is Bleeding Hundreds of Millions Thanks to Musk's War : politics
Elon Musk's net worth drops by $8bn in a day as Trump feud bites : politics
Elon: I expected Trump to stay bought - Lawyers, Guns & Money
That escalated quickly - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump, Musk brawl 'a long time coming' : politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gets Delightfully Catty On Trump-Musk Split : politics - Approached by Spectrum News 1 about the fracture in their bromance, the smiling New York Democrat said: "Oh man, the girls are fighting, aren't they?"

Nervous Republicans flee Trump-Elon Musk blast radius : politics

Ignore Elon Musk. Pay Attention to Russell Vought. : politics

Trump's fight with Musk reveals MAGA's biggest delusion : politics


Elon Musk has GOP leaders scrambling to save the megabill : politics
Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' losing momentum in Senate : politics

Eschaton: Eyeball Emoji Is Mr. Miller still in the cuck chair? MEET THE MILLERS: Inside the White House, frustration at Katie Miller is widespread. Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and former DOGE spokesperson, is now working for Musk directly ... What drove people here crazy was Katie Miller, and the fact that she was on Elon's payroll the whole time she was an [special government employee] here ...

Jake Tapper is killing America - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Last month, the New York Times conducted a survey that found that nearly half of the respondents who approved of President Donald Trump had not heard much" about anything Trump has done over his first 100 days back in office. The government-sanctioned kidnapping and false imprisonment of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil? Nope. Trump allowing Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to gut vital departments such as the U.S. Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Social Security Administration? No idea. Tariff-fueled stock market losses? That was news to these people ...

Tomorrow is the Last Day to Submit a Public Comment on the L'etat c'est Moi Rule Formerly Known a Schedule F - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The proposed rule seeks to reinstate Schedule F (now called Schedule Polic/Career), Trump's plan to institutionalize political control and loyalty tests for the career bureaucracy by turning 50,000 or more career civil servants into political appointees.

What America voted for - Lawyers, Guns & Money If you voted for any Republican last fall, you voted for this. If you voted for Trump, you voted for this explicitly. From an immigration lawyer in the DC area: ... To be clear, the Biden administration's immigration policies were bad. The Trump administration's policies are much, much worse. "Bad" should be preferred to "much, much worse than bad," which I believe may be one of those tautology thingees that they teach in the cultural Marxist classes in college, unless you need to at all costs maintain the purity of your precious political fluids.

ICE Official Reveals Awful Conditions for U.S. Immigrants Sent to Djibouti - A top ICE official said illness is common at Camp Lemonnier, with inadequate medical care and exposure to smoke from burn pits. : politics

Ice makes record number of immigration arrests on single day - More than 2,300 people were arrested on Tuesday after immigration officers were urged to increase enforcement : politics - They can't find the illegals so they are going after the legal ones and the media is helping by not actually noting that

Lawsuit filed over ICE arrest in Chelsea - Where is Daddy?' Lawsuit filed over Mother's Day ICE arrest in Chelsea; father of three taken in front of children

Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm : politics


Trump appoints 22-year-old with zero relevant experience to head top anti-terrorist group at DHS - Lawyers, Guns & Money - "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." -- Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Buckley's America - Lawyers, Guns & Money Everyone wants to put everything wrong with today's America on Trump and what passes for friends with that guy. Fair enough, but this all has major antecedents. We are living in the America Pat Buchanan envisioned, the America Phyllis Schlafly envisioned, the America Ed Meese envisioned. And the America William F. Buckley envisioned.

Protection racket turns out not to be selling protection - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Let's see how the bet of the Columbia administration that if they gave Trump administration a payoff they'd go away is paying off:
Trump bars foreign nationals from entering US to study at Harvard and targets Columbia ... White House takes additional measures that increase pressure on elite universities
Judge halts Trump's proclamation to suspend new international student visas at Harvard hours after university filed amended lawsuit : politics
Trump Continues to Go After Harvard with Vengeful, Reckless Stupidity : politics
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's ban on foreign Harvard students : politics

A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia? - The New York Times Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer holding.

Another lawyer joins the resistance - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Eschaton: The Academy One can't boycott every bad actor, but if I still had anything to do with academia, Columbia would be #1 and the University of Michigan #2 on the list ... The University of Michigan is using private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups, including trailing them on and off campus, furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations, the Guardian has learned. The surveillance appears to largely be an intimidation tactic, five students who have been followed, recorded or eavesdropped on said. The undercover investigators have cursed at students, threatened them and in one case drove a car at a student who had to jump out of the way, according to student accounts and video footage shared with the Guardian.

After DOGE firings White House asks new job seekers to write Trump loyalty essays, from lawyers to janitors : politics


Trump races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people : politics

New York judge allows Trump to sue his own niece while in office : politics - Can't sue the president but the prwsident can sue you...no issues there.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Seemingly Takes Credit for 'Organizing' January 6 Riot While Pledging Allegiance to Trump : politics

The U.S. Copyright Office used to be fairly low-drama. Not anymore : politics - Shira Perlmutter, the abruptly fired ex-head of the Copyright Office, is suing President Trump, arguing her firing was unconstitutional and a violation of the separation of powers. This is going on just as the office has published its report on whether or not using copyrighted works to train generative AI counts as fair use, which is a legal idea allowing the use of some copyrighted materials without permission in certain circumstances. And it's a report that could influence the dozens of lawsuits going on right now over copyright and AI usage.


Today's Far-Right Crankery Has Libertarian Ancestry : politics - In practice, libertarianism has become conservatism for mostly dudebros and dweebs who want a 14 year old girlfriend.

Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits from wellness product sales : politics - Yet as Dr. Casey Means has criticized scientists, medical schools and regulators for taking money from the food and pharmaceutical industries, she has promoted dozens of health and wellness products — including specialty basil seed supplements, a blood testing service and a prepared meal delivery service — in ways that put money in her own pocket.
Dr. Oz Says People Will Receive Medicaid If They Can 'Prove That They Matter' : politics

Parents Use Republican's Own Law Against Them To Keep Their Kids From Being Subjected To Election Conspiracy Theories : politics

From 1,300 to 81 workers: Trump official plans to cut Voice of America to the bone : politics

A judge tells federal agencies they can't enforce anti-trans bias policies against Catholic groups

Trump Budget Bill Would Lead to 51,000 More Deaths Each Year, as Health Experts Urge Medicare for All : politics - 2% increase in deaths. Pretty massive. Probably a significant decline in life expectancy too - Remember reinassance would have never have happened if bubonic plague didn't. Consider these people are mentally childish and really the only way they will learn is by experience ... There are a lot of ways we can improve how expensive our healthcare is, but taking healthcare away from people is not how to do it,

As We Defend Medicaid, We Can't Lose Sight of the End Goal: Free, Universal Care : politics

This Day in Labor History: June 6, 1844 - Lawyers, Guns & Money On June 6, 1844, George Williams founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London. While it was not really Williams' intention, the YMCA would later become a critical allly in the corporate fight against radical unionization and the initial date of its founding is a good excuse to discuss this history.


Marijuana bill could see edibles outlawed in US: what to know : politics

Judge Orders Reinstatement of AmeriCorps Programs in 24 States : politics

Report: DOJ pardon attorney has clemency plans for Michigan 2020 GOP false electors : politics

Revisiting Rock Springs - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Rock Springs Massacre is one of the most horrible events in American history, a murderous pogrom that miners-mostly members of the Knights of Labor-committed against Chinese competition in the town of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The New Yorker has a very welcome discussion of an event hardly any Americans know about, as well as the archaeology going on there to try and recover what we can about Chinese life in what was always a hardscrabble town and which remains so today.

Republican senator employs aide fired by DeSantis over neo-Nazi imagery : politics - Hochman's position shows once again that there are no guardrails against extremists in the GOP nowadays

How the Christian Right Took Over Texas's Third Largest School District : politics - The Lord put on my heart that my agenda is to tear down the over-interpretation of the separation of church and state that has shut God out of schools

Florida Bar complaint accuses Bondi of 'misconduct' as U.S. Attorney General : politics



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,897 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Tuffy Leemans.



'It's so boring': gen Z parents don't like reading to their kids - and educators are worried | Parents and parenting | The Guardian Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind ... The cost of childcare in the US - roughly $11,000 a year on average - has soared since the 90s. It's no wonder they might be too tired or stressed to read to their kids at night, even if they realize it's important to do so.


The Uncertain and Shifting Future of Ph.D.s in Science Research funding cuts may lead to shrinking Ph.D. classes, raising concerns about impacts on the science-driven economy.

Researchers reconstruct Egyptian Blue, world's first synthetic pigment : worldnews
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Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in 30 million years | New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will continue to warp the environment. : worldnews
'Half the tree of life': ecologists' horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects | Insects | The Guardian A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species' collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides


Ship Carrying EVs Abandoned in Pacific After Catching Fire : worldnews

NZ prime minister's deputy chief press secretary Michael Forbes resigns after reportedly recording sex workers without consent : worldnews

Vietnam ends two-child policy as birth rate hits record low : worldnews


Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours : worldnews
Annual births in Japan fall for 16th straight year amid deepening population crisis : worldnews
Japan births below 700k first time, fertility rate falls : worldnews - The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research had not projected births to drop into the 680,000 range until 2039.
Japan wants to reintroduce wolves to tackle marauding monkeys, deer damage : worldnews
Japan to provide Ukraine with US$3bn loan from frozen Russian assets : worldnews

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung says he'll bolster US-Japan ties and pursue talks with North : worldnews
A look at South Koreas surreal, sizzling election-night TV graphics - The Washington Post This election, candidates were depicted racing to plunge toilets and riding toy horses. But some experts say the flash may have distracted viewers from key issues ... In South Korea, not unlike the United States, entertainment is gradually overtaking the substance of national politics,
(News Focus) Hard-bitten and pragmatic, Lee stages ultimate comeback with presidential election win | Yonhap News Agency
We can fire you anyway: 42% of Korean workers say they can't take parental leave : worldnews

Russia's top security official is in North Korea for talks on Putin's war in Ukraine : worldnews

World won't forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacre : worldnews



Trump compares Russo-Ukrainian war to "children fighting in a park" in his call with Putin : worldnews
Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin again after the huge attack by the Ukrainians: "He said he would have to respond" : worldnews
Putin's uncompromising demands emerge after the latest round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks : worldnews

(48) Why Russia Has Not Retaliated for the Drone and Bridge Attacks (Yet) - YouTube

Condoleezza Rice: Putin getting more 'desperate' : worldnews

Nothing secret left — Ukraine hacks Russia's Tupolev bomber producer, source claims : worldnews - Ukrainian cyber operatives also replaced the Tupolev website's homepage with an image of an owl clutching a Russian aircraft, likely referencing HUR's insignia and cyber warfare skills.
MAKS 25 on X: Ukrainian intelligence gained access to critically important data of the Russian strategic aviation manufacturer, - Channel 24 GUR cyber specialists carried out a successful attack on the resources of the Russian Tupolev Design Bureau - a strategic aviation manufacturer. / X

Kyiv Insider on X: Russia's National Welfare Fund continues to vanish, down another -$4 billion in May, leaving only $36 billion in liquid assets. / X

Rob Lee on X: Longer video released by SBU of the FPV strikes on Russian aircraft including A-50 AEW&C aircraft. / X
Special Kherson Cat on X: SBU's FPV drone truck on the very beginning of the Operation "Spiderweb" / X
NATO estimates 40 Russian aircraft hit (34% of Russian forces' missile carriers) as a result of Ukraine's Operation Spider Web : worldnews

Ukraine strikes Russian missile base in Bryansk Oblast, damages Iskander launchers, Ukrainian military says : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: A side effect of Operation "Spider Web" is the regional collapse of Russian freight transport due to the inspections of trucks that have begun. / X

'Not destroyed but damaged' — Russia claims it will repair bombers struck in Operation Spiderweb : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Russian Black Sea Fleet submarines based in Novorossiysk are reportedly suffering from constant mechanical breakdowns, which are being blamed on sabotage. The suspected culprits, however, are not Ukrainians but the fleet's own personnel. / X

Saint Javelin on X: Hahahah, russian "Yandex" blurred military facilities on its maps of Moscow and in doing so, effectively exposed their exact locations, according to media reports. Thanks to the blurry patches, it's now easier than ever to pinpoint sites tied to the defense industry / X



Modi Not Invited to G-7 Summit in Sign of Frayed Canada Ties : worldnews

Iran's Khamenei dismisses US nuclear proposal, vows to keep enriching uranium | Reuters


IDF retrieves bodies of hostages Judith Weinstein and her husband Gadi Haggai from Khan Yunis : worldnews
Bodies of US-Israeli couple recovered from Gaza nearly 20 months after October 7 attack : worldnews

US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire : worldnews

Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as key coalition party threatens to back opposition motion to dissolve parliament : worldnews - The United Torah Judaism party, one of two ultra-Orthodox factions supporting Netanyahu, said it would leave the coalition unless the government quickly approves legislation granting formal military service exemptions to ultra-Orthodox men .
Israel edges toward election as rabbis order Haredi exit over draft bill impasse : worldnews

Washington Post retracts Gaza aid site story after failing to meet ;fairness standards' : worldnews

Israeli arms sales break record for 4th year in row, reaching $14.8 billion in 2024 : worldnews

Voice4Justice: Israelis hold Netanyahu guilty of far greater crimes than the charges he faces in court' By Allison Kaplan Sommer Article - Bluesky
Voice4Justice: As Netanyahu faced cross-examination in his corruption trial for the first time this week, most Israelis looked away. His misjudgments and wrongdoings before and during the war mean the criminal charges against him now pale in comparison - Bluesky
Netanyahu confirms Israel is arming clans in Gaza to fight Hamas after Liberman's allegations | Avigdor Liberman sat down with KAN's Reshet Bet on Thursday in interview, claiming Netanyahu is arming militias in Gaza. : worldnews - Netanyahu using US weapons paid for by US tax payers to arm ISIS.

Renowned research institution's international survey sheds light on Israel's global reputation : worldnews - Pew surveyed 28 k+ people: 20 / 24 countries now view Israel unfavourably; in Australia, Spain, Sweden, Japan, etc. it's 75-90 % negative. Even in the U.S., dislike is up 11 pts since 2022. Outside Kenya & Nigeria, hardly anyone trusts Netanyahu. Global reputation = free-fall.

Report: Israel contributed NIS 700m to Gaza aid mechanism it claims not to fund : worldnews
Israel providing guns to Gaza jihadist gang to bolster opposition to Hamas : worldnews

New recordings reveal Hamas fired on Gaza aid hub to steal supplies : worldnews
Doctor says many he operated on in Gaza were civilians shot while trying to reach aid : worldnews

BBC Says IDF Detained Several Reporters at Gun Point and Strip-Searched Them : worldnews

Israel to block Greta Thunberg's flotilla bringing aid to Gaza : worldnews


Ukraine wouldn't launch Operation Spiderweb if Russia agreed to ceasefire, Zelensky says : worldnews

Russia Is Giving the Finger to the Entire World - Zelensky Responds to Putin's Threats : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1197, Part 1 (Thread #1344) : worldnews


Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study Finds - The New York Times With high casualty figures and the slow pace of Russia's territorial gains, President Vladimir V. Putin could face years more of a grinding war of attrition in Ukraine - Nearly one million Russian troops have been killed or wounded in the country's war against Ukraine, according to a new study, a staggering toll as Russia's three-year assault on its neighbor grinds on ... close to 400,000 Ukrainian troops have also been killed or wounded since the war began. That would put the overall casualty figure, for Russian and Ukrainian troops combined, at almost 1.4 million ... Russia's military campaign in Ukraine is on pace to be among the slowest offensive campaigns in modern warfare ... They have suffered upwards of one million casualties; they have taken a tiny amount of territory; and they have lost massive amounts of equipment.
Almost 1 million Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine war, study says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1196, Part 1 (Thread #1343) : worldnews

Kremlin breaks silence on Crimea bridge explosion : worldnews
Russia Says No Damage to Crimean Bridge After Ukrainian Attack : worldnews

US Said to Refuse Air Cover for Europe Forces in Postwar Ukraine : worldnews

Ukraine says the drones that hit Russian aircraft used AI to find and strike their targets when they lost signal : worldnews

Russian strike kills 5 in Ukraine, including a 1 year old, hours after Trump calls Putin : worldnews


NATO allies cannot rely on America for their defense, warns US defense chief : worldnews
Trump says it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia 'fight for a while' : worldnews
NATO hails Ukraine's Operation Spider's Web as most successful and estimates Russian aircraft losses : worldnews
French Aid to Ukraine on X: France, the bloc's top buyer, told POLITICO it prefers a strategy of hunting for alternative supplies. Belgium, in second place, wants a report detailing the economic fallout before making a decision. / X

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: "In Ukraine, a bird made a nest out of fiber optic cables, used by the drones. A brand new world, for nature too! https://t.co/SkBbFnRugs" / X

Restoring Norms Fixes Nothing - Lawyers, Guns & Money I was struck by a bit in this about the horrors of the Polish election (and the Polish electorate): There's a big lesson for Democrats here. And this is one reason why we need to have serious debates about the future of the Democratic Party. Things are never, ever going to be the same after Donald Trump. Attempts to just restore good government and norms will backfire. And the reason is clear-voters think the system is broken. They don't want the system. They want something else.


Norway to help Ukraine cover 1 billion euro gas shortfall, Zelensky says : worldnews

Danish cities drop Microsoft over Trump policies and financial concerns : worldnews

Visioner on X: Excellent News: Ukraine to Receive Long-Range Weapons with German Support Soon. Ukrainian long-range weapon systems, with Berlin's support, could be deployed in the Ukrainian army within a few weeks," announced German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
Cologne evacuates 20,000 to defuse unexploded World War II bombs - The Washington Post Authorities in Cologne said this was the largest evacuation of the city since World War II. Unexploded ordnance has commonly been found across Europe.

Italy cracks down on protests, squatters and cannabis : worldnews

French Mirage 2000 fighter jets draw Ukraine's national emblem over Black Sea - photos | Ukrainska Pravda
French Aid to Ukraine on X: It was unexpected, but the French Mirage 2000 fighter pilots showed support for their Ukrainian counterparts. https://t.co/hmOvTvvZUY" / X
French Aid to Ukraine on X: France, the bloc's top buyer, told POLITICO it prefers a strategy of hunting for alternative supplies. Belgium, in second place, wants a report detailing the economic fallout before making a decision. / X

Russian ambassador partly blames uk for Ukrainian drone attack : worldnews
Six go on trial over London arson attack blamed on Russia's Wagner group : worldnews
UK to provide Ukraine with 100,000 drones by April 2026 : worldnews



A colossal cloud of Sahara dust is smothering the Caribbean : worldnews

Denmark won't bend to Trump's pressure over Greenland, prime minister says : worldnews

Trump's 50% tariffs on steel, aluminum take effect: Canada, Mexico blast levies
Canadian judge rules that flipping someone off is a 'God-given right' : worldnews
Canadians divided on whether U.S. is an ally or enemy country: poll. Almost a third of respondents said they view the U.S. as a "neutral country," while 27 per cent said they consider it an "ally" and 26 per cent see it as an "enemy country." : worldnews




List of cities hosting 50501 protests on June 6 : politics - Full list here. Fuck newsweak ... 65% of veterans voted for Trump ... pointing out that a majority voted for the party that consistently takes benefits away from them and then acts surprised when the party takes benefits away from them.

Measles Is Now Showing Up in Wastewater : politics

Deadline is in my brain — Trump dismisses timeline to impose Russian sanctions : worldnews

Hegseth to skip Ukraine meeting at NATO headquarters - POLITICO - marking the first time in three years a Pentagon chief has skipped the event ... Hegseth's absence appears to signal further softening of the Trump administration's relationship with Europe, and Ukraine.

Ukraine's surprise drone strike underscores vulnerability of U.S. defenses - The Washington Post The audacious attacks on Russian airfields highlight the power of unconventional, asymmetric warfare — and the threat to U.S. strategic bases and ports, experts say. - The character of warfare is changing at a ratio faster than we've ever seen,

Kareem Rifai on X: Absolutely wild: the TSA's Quiet Skies program is scrapped in high likelihood because Tulsi was placed on it and is mad about it. Why was she listed? Because she went on a trip last year organized by a Russia-connected businessman on an FBI Terrorist Screening Center watchlist. / X

Trump's Cognitive 'Decline' Suggests He Might Not Make it Through Four Years, Republican Strategist Says. "This is Not the Trump of 2015, Nor is He the Trump of 2020. He's Not Even the Trump of 2024." : politics

The Associated Press: BREAKING: Trump orders an investigation into Biden's actions as president, alleging aides masked predecessor's 'cognitive decline.' - Bluesky - The man who posted that Biden was replaced by a Clone in 2020, is investigating Biden's "cognitive decline".
Trump orders investigation of Biden | AP News
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE: this is going to be dishonest and profoundly cruel, and i think it's also very likely to backfire on them - Bluesky
BNO News: NEW: Trump orders investigation into Biden's mental state and the use of autopen to sign documents - Bluesky
Ron Filipkowski: James Comer announces he has subpoenaed Joe Biden's doctor to testify before Congress." - Bluesky

The Associated Press: BREAKING: Trump announces full travel ban on people from 12 countries and a partial restriction on seven countries, which goes into effect on Monday. - Bluesky
Krassensteins: BREAKING: What do you notice from these 12 Nations Trump just banned travel from? krassencast.com/p/breaking-t... - Bluesky
Kyle Griffin: Breaking: Trump just issued a sweeping new travel ban. 
The ban fully restricts people from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The ban partially restricts Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. - Bluesky
Gillian Brockell: Did ... did this chucklehead just ban the wrong Congo? - Bluesky ... Please note that the people of Saudi Arabia - origin of the majority of 9/11 hijackers and land of Bone Saw MBS - are welcome in any time.

Donald Trump is taking daily briefings less than once a week : politics

Trump's spending bill will cut taxes by $3.7 trillion and add $2.4 trillion to deficit, CBO says
Donald Trump is taking daily briefings less than once a week : politics
Analysis Finds Majority of Trump Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups : politics

The Senate's stablecoin bill risks repeating past legislative mistakes | American Banker

Trump Whines About How Hard It Is to Make a Trade Deal With China : politics
Karoline Leavitt Admits Trump Is Begging Leaders to Make Trade Deals : politics

Vance knocks Democrats over taco truck outside GOP building : politics

US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants | US immigration | The Guardian Exclusive: Ice officers told to get 'creative' with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance

SoCal girl who faced loss of lifesaving care can stay in U.S. - Los Angeles Times

A sweeping new ICE operation shows how Trump's focus on immigration is reshaping federal law enforcement Members of other agencies are getting detailed to assist ICE, while Justice Department personnel shift to immigration-focused teams and prioritize immigration-related cases.

Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties : politics - ICE has refused to release the names of who was detained and where they are currently.

ICE Director Claims Masked Agents Are Being Doxed, Terrorized Online Before Naming Department Heads : politics

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑: "Minneapolis American patriots vs ICE Federal Gestapo thugs" - Bluesky

Trump keeps being overruled by judges. And his temper tantrums won't stop that : politics

Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames - The New York Times President Trump's effort to punish Harvard over antisemitism is complicated by his extensive history of amplifying white supremacist figures and symbols - he posted an image of himself striding down a street with the caption, "He's on a mission from God and nothing can stop what is coming." Shown in the shadows, watching with approval, was a cartoon figure commonly seen as an antisemitic symbol.

State Department posts Substack essay: the revealing backstory | Vox How a Catholic theocrat started speaking for Trump's State Department ... These Western nations, according to author Samuel Samson, have turned on their own heritage: abandoning democracy in favor of a repressive liberalism that threatens to snuff out the heart of their own civilization. ... Samson asserts that German and French criminal investigations into far-right factions are politically motivated repression, but provides no evidence to support this extraordinary claim

Laura Loomer's White House access erases the line between the fringe and mainstream In a normal White House, right-wing activists like Loomer wouldn't have access. But that's not Donald Trump's White House.

Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk - The Washington Post The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.
Pete Hegseth renaming Harvey Milk navy ship sparks fury from veterans group : politics
Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders - CBS News
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship | Military.com

Trump is Melting Down in Private at 'Weak' Amy Coney Barrett : politics

Will courts let TACO steal tariff power from Congress? The early returns aren't promising for Tariff Man.

Trump Golf Club Received 18 Health Code Violations In May Inspection - Earned Lowest Grade In County - The club received a score of 32 out of a 100 possible points, with the inspector documenting 18 violations—nine of which were deemed critical, meaning they "may result in an unacceptable health risk".

Trump Job Cuts Hobble NOAA Team That Reopens Ports After Hurricanes | HuffPost Latest News At least six NWS offices have also stopped routine weather balloon launches that collect data for weather models.

Trump Goes All In on Bonkers MAGA Conspiracy in Late-Night Post : politics - Trump has now suggested twice, that Biden did not call the shots during his presidency and that someone else undercut him and wielded presidential power with the clandestine use of an autopen

RNC Intervenes to Back Trump Anti-Voting Order, Claims Greater Voter Access Hurts Their Candidates - Democracy Docket

Ex-GOP Lawmaker Regrets Being 'Divisive Political Asshole,' Is Joining Democratic Party : politics

The End is also a Beginning - Lawyers, Guns & Money the good news for the Democrats is that opposition to authoritarianism no longer requires defending status-quo institutions.

The B,BB is effectively ACA repeal - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adrianna McIntyre: The final estimated increase in the uninsured is 10.9 million (a little above the prior estimate) - Bluesky

Trump administration revokes guidance to hospitals on emergency abortions | AP News
Trump rescinds guidance protecting women in need of emergency abortions | Trump administration | The Guardian Abortion rights supporters say scaling back Biden officials' Emtala guidance will endanger pregnant patients' lives

The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to 'Correct' Research. - The New York Times - Thousands of scientists, academics, physicians and researchers have responded to the administration's executive order about "restoring a gold standard for science." - the May 23 executive order puts his political appointees in charge of vetting scientific research and gives them the authority to "correct scientific information," control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to "discipline" anyone who violates the way the administration views science.


Exclusive: CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role, sources say | Reuters - Her resignation comes one week after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time vaccine skeptic who oversees the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health, said the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women had been removed from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule.

Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump - The New York Times These are the nearly 2,500 N.I.H. grants that have been ended or delayed.

Opinion | The future of the Democratic Party is an exceedingly long to-do list - Washington Post - Let us count the 3,515 ways in which Democrats are lame

Private sector hiring rose by just 37,000 in May, the lowest in more than two years, ADP says : politics
New Study: Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Will Cause Over 51,000 Additional Americans to Die Each Year : politics
Trump's Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance : politics
Millions Would Lose Their Obamacare Coverage Under Trump's Bill : politics - From Obamacare to Trumpdontcare.

I'm a presidential historian. What's happening in Congress is terrifying : politics - Hypernormalisation (2016) by Adam Curtis ... The American experiment realistically ended a decade ago. For starters, the FBI has known Trump as a Russian agent since at least the 80s. Americans are now living in ignorance or true denial.
HyperNormalisation - Wikipedia ... Destabilisation of the West's psyche leads to the vote for Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump.

Elon Musk claims Donald Trump is mentioned in Epstein Files in X post : politics
Musk claims Trump is in the Epstein files : politics
Musk Accuses Trump of Being in the Epstein Files : politics
Elon Musk Claims Trump Is in the Epstein Files: 'That Is the Real Reason They Haven't Been Made Public' : politics

Christopher Miller on X: Ukrainians watching this big beautiful beef unfold:⚡️ Zelensky promised to end the war between Trump and Musk within 24 hours. / X

Musk says Trump would have lost election without him as clash between the two escalates : politics
Elon Musk Is Spiraling Over Trump Dumping Him on Live TV. Elon Musk has unfollowed Stephen Miller as his breakup with Donald Trump escalates. : politics
Elon Musk signs off on suggestion Trump should be impeached, removed from office : politics
Axios: Musk calls for Trump's impeachment : politics

Trump Turns Sharply on Musk as Harsh New Data Wrecks Case for GOP Bill : politics - Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office just released brutal numbers showing that the House GOP bill will add even more to the deficit and kick many more people off health coverage than previously thought.

Musk goes nuclear: "Without me, Trump would have lost the election" : politics
Tesla stock sinks as Musk and Trump's relationship blows up : politics

Trump and His Team Tease Vengeance Against Elon as Feud Goes Nuclear : politics
Escalating feud, President Trump threatens Elon Musk's billions in government contracts : politics
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Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's "big beautiful bill"
"I Am Not Taking Drugs!" Insists Black-Eyed Elon Musk Following Reports of Physical Altercation With Treasury Secretary and Ketamine/Shrooms/Adderall Use : politics
Elon Musk Blows Up Online as 'Ketamine' Dinner Clip Resurfaces The billionaire issued his most frustrated denial yet amid rumors of rampant drug use.
Musk calls Trump's big tax break bill a 'disgusting abomination' saying 'shame on those who voted for it'
Elon Musk wanted to stay in Trump's White House but was rejected -- Tesla billionaire hoped to make more progress towards his target of slashing $1 trillion from spending
Trump Rages at Worsening Budget Bill Fiasco as Musk Admits It's a Scam | The New Republic As Trump fumes at budget bill foes while Elon Musk exposes the bill's central sham, the author of a new piece on Musk explains how this fits into the 50-year GOP project of taking from the poor to enrich the wealthy.
Warren Report: Musk Leveraged Government Access for Personal Gain | Since Election Day, Musk's staggering net worth has increased by over $100 billion, the report states. : politics
Elizabeth Warren report accuses Elon Musk of profiting from Donald Trump administration work : politics
RFK Jr., Musk Accused of Using Faulty Data in Firing HHS Workers : politics

Biden dismisses Trump inquiry into his cognitive decline as a 'distraction': Former president says investigation of decision-making in office is designed to take focus off 'disastrous legislation' : politics

Elon Musk's Doge army "left Washington office littered with marijuana and cockroaches" : politics
Scientists Study Ozzy Osbourne's DNA: What Makes Him Unique?

Karoline Levitt ditches cross necklace after Jon Stewart's brutal joke : politics
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Opinion: True conservatives have vanished : politics

Jake Tapper is the reason America is doomed : politics

Republicans Have No Good Options on the Budget That is not by accident... Donald Trump has attempted to govern by executive orders (largely unsuccessfully, thanks to the barrage of litigation that has been brought against the lawless regime), tied the economy up in knots with a tariff frenzy, and secured a continuing resolution in March thanks to the foolish capitulation of Senate Democrats.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Freaks Out After She Finally Reads Bill She Voted For : politics

DOGE's data efforts threaten future U.S. data, experts warn : NPR - push to amass data could hurt the reliability of future U.S. statistics
More From America's Worst Democratic Governor - Lawyers, Guns & Money Last Thursday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed the No Pricing Coordination Between Landlords bill (HB25-1004), a measure against price-fixing that would have put more restraints on anti-competitive rent-setting software used by companies like RealPage.

Trump Education Secretary Gets Embarrassing Math Lesson in Hearing: Linda McMahon Doesn't Seem to Understand That 1 x 10 = 10. : politics

22 Young Americans Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders Pushing Fossil Fuels Over Renewables : politics

Revealing ICE Agents' Identities Could Lead to Prison Under New Bill : politics

Trump Says Germany Being Liberated From Nazis Was "Not a Great Day" - Donald Trump made the deranged comment in a meeting with the German chancellor. : politics

Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention : politics - He was previously an intern for the heritage foundation. Thats how he got the job.


Joni Ernst's 'we're all going to die" pushes MAGA's toxic Christian compassion on us all : politics - "But for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my lord and savior, Jesus Christ," she smugly declared.

Young Dem Clinches Landslide Election Win in Lindsey Graham's Backyard : politics

Do Democrats Have the Proper Leadership? - Lawyers, Guns & Money I mean, LOL, obviously not. But this gets more yikes the more you know ... Handing free food to fascists outside their offices might be the high-water mark for the pugilism Beltway Democrats - Here you have it: The Democrats! One says he has a response but can't say what it is or when he'll use it, and the other one is pushing a 10-year-old Republican talking point. America has never needed an effective opposition party as badly as it needs one now; instead we have the most feckless Democratic leaders of the past 100 years.

Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36 percent since last year, data shows - The Washington Post Sales for ticket packages across all genres are down about $1.6 million year over year, a window into the arts center's challenges following President Donald Trump's takeover.

Trump Spent Millions to Discover DEI Doesn't Cause Plane Crashes : politics - But using it as an excuse to cripple the FAA and the air traffic control systems does cause plane crashes. Also pardoning Boeing for causing plane crashes basically allow plane crashes.

Trump admin must process education grants "without delay" A federal judge preserved his ability to enforce the ruling even if the Senate passes a budget bill restraining his contempt power.

Trump asks Congress to repeal $9 billion from NPR, PBS, and global aid.

George Conway : "apnews.com/article/trum... - Bluesky

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Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures - POLITICO Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures

Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits She Didn't Read Trump Mega Bill She Voted For "I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there," Greene said.
Some House Republicans Have Regrets After Passing Trump's Domestic Policy Bill - The New York Times The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump's domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn't realize what they voted for.

Democrats set out to study young men. Here are their findings. - POLITICO A widely mocked project to get under the hood about why Democrats are losing young men has sobering results ... Democrats are seen as weak, whereas Republicans are seen as strong ... The focus groups found that young men feel they are in crisis: stressed, ashamed and confused over what it means to be a man in 2025.

Meet the Worst People in America - by Jonathan V. Last They voted for Trump and now they are very upset that Trump is destroying one of their friends' lives ... 80.4 percent of the good people of Dunklin County voted for Donald J. Trump. Who, you may remember, campaigned primarily on two things: Enacting tariffs and deporting 20 million immigrants. Today the people of Kennett are very upset that President Trump is deporting an immigrant they happen to know and like.

MAGA's idea of an intellectual - Lawyers, Guns & Money It would be tempting to dismiss Curtis Yarvin to be too silly to be worth a New Yorker profile (and, on the merits, nearly impossible not to), were it not for his very real influence: ... You can trace the destruction of scientific research in America and the starvation and death by treatable disease of countless poor people pretty directly to this guy. Which makes it worth pointing out that his ideas are both extremely pernicious and extremely stupid:

FBI finds guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia in Washington state raid | AP News

West Virginia Prosecutor Warns Miscarriages Could Lead To Criminal Charges | Women should protect themselves by alerting law enforcement about their miscarriages, he advised. : politics

Patton Oswalt: Today in L.A. felt SO FUCKING WEIRD. Weird weather, the sky was never the right color, the air felt like it'd been pumped in from a different dimension. Thunder but no lightning. 4pm felt like 9pm and sunset felt like dawn. An ominous day — felt like we'd all been lured into it. - Bluesky

Florida board blocks Ono from UF presidency in historic decision
Here come those Santa Ono winds again - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Whatever gets you thru the night - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Ono, needless to say, got exactly what he deserved, but the process that gave him that is a testament to the openly fascistic agenda of the Trump administration and its enablers in regard to the higher learning in America.

Mike Masnick: It is amazing how many Dems insist that Dems have done things they absolutely never did, but which Republicans insisted they did. - Bluesky - Cuomo says NYC defunded the police, a thing that literally never happened.

Republicans Hate Native Americans - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Texas GOP rep. fails to disclose $500K in crypto purchases within legal deadline : politics

Florida Bridge Displays Pride Colors in Defiance of Ron DeSantis : politics

The Smithsonian faces an existential crisis. The world is watching. - The Washington Post Trump's effort to oust the director of the National Portrait Gallery could give him absolute control of Smithsonian content ... Trump offered no substantial reason for Sajet's dismissal, using only a variation on his all-purpose denunciation of leaders he doesn't like: She is, he said in a Truth Social posting, "a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI." ... If the president succeeds in removing a key leader who is not accused of any professional or personal misconduct, he will effectively gain control over the content and mission of the entire Smithsonian.

Diddy trial recap: Hotel security testifies over Cassie assault video in Sean Combs's case - The Washington Post

Police look for Washington father Travis Decker after 3 daughters found dead - The Washington Post Travis Decker is wanted on three counts of murder and three counts of kidnapping, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office said.

The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers - The New York Times A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.

Zoomers Are Fighting Fire With Fire Against Abusive ATS Systems - Nearly 50% of the Generation Use AI in Job Applications : worldnews
We tested 5 AI summarizers with documents and books. Here are the best. - The Washington Post We challenged AI helpers to decode legal contracts, simplify medical research, speed-read a novel and make sense of Trump speeches. Some of the AI analysis was impressive — and some was downright dumb.

Education Secretary Won't Say If She Knows What The Tulsa Race Massacre Is : politics

Dr. Annie Andrews Is Running To Defeat Lindsey Graham -- and Everyone Is Paying Attention : politics


A Chilling Prediction by Leo Strauss - by Francis Fukuyama Today's post-liberals hate liberalism but lack a coherent alternative ... The reproduced excerpt is chilling because it seems to describe perfectly many of the intellectual trends going on in America today on the extreme right.

Condoms: A History - Lawyers, Guns & Money


MIT professor develops clean power source for airplanes - Prolific MIT materials professor develops a clean power source for airplanes made from... table sal


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,896 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Solomon Nunes Carvalho.


Are cold plunges good for you? Here's what the science says. - The Washington Post Cold plunges are very popular, but a new study shows they may interfere with muscle recovery and growth.

A salt crisis is looming for U.S. rivers - The Washington Post The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground.
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Massachusetts Federal Attorney defends masked Ice Agents : boston
Nearly 1,500 in Massachusetts detained by ICE in last month. "We're going to keep coming back," acting director says : boston
Cambridge Day: Order meant to stop Cambridge police helping Ice gets put on pause by request of the officers' union : CambridgeMA


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Why do people dislike Stop and Shop? : boston

'Two Schools Within a School': The De Facto Segregation In Cambridge's Only Public High School : CambridgeMA
"Two Schools Within a School": The De Facto Segregation In Cambridge's Only Public High School | News | The Harvard Crimson

Why does all the opposition around Wu center around Bike lanes? : boston





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Aussie law makes big firms report ransom payments : worldnews

Japanese startup Ispace prepares for lunar lander to touch down on the moon : worldnews

Lee Jae-myung wins South Korea election as rival concedes : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: North Korea has started supplying Russia with yet another weapons system — for the first time, we're seeing North Korean 60mm mortars in use by Russian forces. This is just a part of a much larger and more troubling trend: North Korea has become a key pillar of Russia's war ... The scale of Pyongyang's support is staggering - especially when compared to the meager contributions from some wealthy Western democracies, which have yet to provide even a fraction of that to support Ukraine or uphold the democratic values they so often preach.It's a harsh reality we live in: North Korea's commitment to war dwarfs the West's commitment to peace./ X


Trump's trade policy is making China great again - at the US's expense, new global analysis finds | Survey finds overwhelming majority of countries simultaneously exhibit worsening views of the United States and improving views of China : politics
China Exposes Trump's Lies About Floundering Tariff Talks : politics


+br /> Kremlin says meeting between Putin, Zelensky, Trump 'unlikely' anytime soon : worldnews - PACO - Putin Always Chickens Out

Record number of Russians support peace talks, end of war in Ukraine, poll shows : worldnews

Ukrainian strike on Russian bombers alarmed Kremlin over nuclear carriers vulnerability, Bloomberg reports : worldnews

Details on one of Ukrainian drone attack on strategic bombers: Massiv attack on Olenya airbase : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: A video reconstruction by AITelly on how Ukrainian FPV drones attacked Russian airbases from prepared trucks during operation Spiderweb / X

Successful and devastating: Massiv drone attacks on Olenya airbase Like a trojan horse: Several drones were launched from a truck near a gas station on the main road next to Olenya air base on the Kola Peninsula. The massive attack on the airbase holding Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers on Sunday appears to be the biggest blow against Russia's terror-bombing cruise missile capabilities ever.

Russia's Medinsky called Ukraine's demand for return of deported children a "show for European old ladies" : worldnews
Oliver Carroll on X: Ukrainian side passed on list of 100s of children deported to Russia. A source with knowledge of the exchanges says head of Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky responded thus: "Don't put on a show for bleeding-heart European old ladies with no children of their own" (2/3)" / X

Russia's ballistic missile production up at least 66% over past year, according to Ukrainian intel figures : worldnews

Medvedev says Russia seeks victory, not compromise, in talks with Ukraine : worldnews - it's an extremely unrealistic list of demands. Leave major cities like Kherson and Zaporizhia, promise never to join any defensive alliance, and also demilitarize. Those are the kind of demands a country makes after a full victory, when your soldiers are in the enemy capital, not when you're struggling to take small villages after over 3 years of grueling fighting.

Anonymous posts Taiwan flag on Russian sites after Operation Spider's Web : worldnews

AlexandruC4 on X: Moscow: Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylaš, commander of the Russian Air Force, accidentally fell out of a window / X

Clash Report on X: "Russian Citizen? Ukrainian Agent. Artem Timofeev, 37, suspected of organizing drone strikes on Russian airbases, became a Russian citizen years ago, registered as a private entrepreneur in 2024, and bought four trucks later used in the June 1 attacks. His social media shows strong pro-Ukrainian views. A former DJ and Euromaidan supporter, Timofeev previously lived in Kyiv before moving to Russia after the war began. Despite clear pro-Ukrainian ties, he faced no scrutiny when acquiring citizenship, buying trucks, or renting warehouses. The trucks were loaded with drones used to strike targets like the Belaya airbase. He hired drivers from Chelyabinsk—now arrested—and reportedly fled Russia with his wife just before the attacks./ X

Visioner on X: Kyiv-based foreign policy and security analyst, Jimmy Rushton: I've been shown unreleased footage of Sunday's SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV (First-Person View) drones / X



Transgender couple Kerala: Kerala HC allows trans couple to be named as parents on birth certificate | India News : worldnews

Over 200 inmates escape Pakistani prison after earthquake : worldnews

Saudi Arabia says it will jointly fund Syria state salaries with Qatar : worldnews

Israel punches back at UN chief for demanding probe into Gaza aid site shooting : worldnews - There's a reason the United Nations has an entire department for Palestinian refugees and then lumps everybody else together


MAKS 25 on X: I discussed with Trump an agreement on the supply of weapons to Ukraine, - Zelensky: We want to buy it. This is an agreement, these are not gifts. I also look forward to meeting with representatives of many teams of our partners, I am waiting for them in Kyiv. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1195, Part 1 (Thread #1342) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of June 3, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/BqXZrYmfS8" / X

Crimea bridge hit by explosion : worldnews
Special Kherson Cat on X: Underwater structure of the Crimean bridge. / X
Russia closes Crimea bridge hours after Ukraine underwater strike : worldnews
Ukraine says it has struck bridge connecting Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives : worldnews - taking the fight to the very people that made your old empire great probably wasn't the smartest idea...
Preston Stewart on X: Russian media TASS reports that traffic has resumed across the Kerch Bridge / X

Ukrainian strikes cut power to Russian-held areas, officials say : worldnews


Ukraine invited to Nato summit in The Hague this month : worldnews

Poland's New President Karol Nawrocki Signals Continued Support for Ukraine : worldnews

Finland to lead EU defence project on quantum technology : worldnews
Post-Quantum Cryptography | CSRC

Dutch government collapses after Geert Wilders' far-right party quits : worldnews

Huckabee suggests Paris give Palestinians state in French Riviera : worldnews ... His son David Huckabee has a sordid history of animal abuse and torture. The entire Huckabee clan is comprised of shitbirds, dickheads, and psychopaths.
French police pulled dead woman and child off migrant boat and let people smugglers carry on to UK : worldnews

TikTok has banned worldwide the popular hashtag "SkinnyTok" linked to weight-loss videos following scrutiny from policymakers in Brussels and Paris : worldnews - Exact same anorexia content under some new bullshit tag like bodyfreedom 5 minutes later.

'We face war in Europe' — UK announces major defense spending boost amid Russian threat : worldnews
NEXTA on X: Britain has threatened to sue Roman Abramovich if he does not send Ukraine 2.5 billion pounds ($3.4 billion) from the sale of Chelsea FC. / X
Britain gets a defence boost aimed at sending a message to Russia, and to Trump : worldnews - Tory goverment stole so much money over the last 10 years, we have pretty much nothing invested in anything, used every chance they could to steal including the pandemic.



Brazil's Bolsonaro to take the stand in coup trial : worldnews ... See, people? It's not that hard. And the country still stands.


Puerto Rico Supreme Court allows 'X' as a third gender choice on birth certificates : politics

Canada to expedite nation-building projects to counter Trump : worldnews
Alberta Wildfires Shut Down About 7% of Canada's Oil Production : worldnews
Canadian wildfire smoke blows over to Europe : worldnews




Ukraine Deliberately Blindsided Trump Before Massive Drone Attack on Russia : politics
Trump and Vance Were Dead Wrong About Ukraine. There's Still Plenty of Fight Left. : politics
Putin 'is preparing for more war,' GOP senator warns after meeting with Zelenskyy and Macron : politics


Donald Trump's tariffs will hurt global growth, OECD warns : politics

'Out Of His Mind': Critics Aghast At Trump's 'Detached From Reality' New Message : politics
Ex-Obama official offers evidence Trump 'is not playing with a full deck' : politics
Trump's Phone Lock Screen Is Going Viral Again - And It's Hilariously On-Brand : politics
Harry Sisson on X: Trum's lock screen was spotted on his phone last night—and it was a photo of himself. Is that not one of the most narcissistic, self-absorbed things you've ever seen??? Not his family, not his kids, but himself. Wtf ... / X

Follow the money: Trump's corruption hits shocking heights : politics
PRRI's Robert P. Jones: "Donald Trump sees himself as the king of kings" : politics


Supreme Court takes on a GOP challenge to mail-in voting : politics

Huge Road Repair Bill Predicted For Army Anniversary Parade On Trump's Birthday : politics

Trump's TACO codename will make him so mad he'll enforce tariffs just to make a point : politics

Trump official who shut down Russia propaganda unit has links to Kremlin : politics
Michael Weiss on X: Darren Beattie, the MAGA appointee who dismantled the State Department's counter-disinformation program, is married to a woman whose uncle has taken several roles in Russian politics and once received a personal thank you message from Vladimir Putin. / X
Michael Weiss on X: Beattie has deleted disparaging tweets about Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, having previously claimed his now-boss attended 'gay foam parties. / X

Nadler demands congressional investigation into DHS detention of staffer : politics
Rep. Nadler wants inquiry after Homeland Security handcuffs staffer in his NY office : politics
Carl Quintanilla: NYT: "The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler's office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office." @nytimes.com - Bluesky
Democrats outraged with DHS after Nadler staffer handcuffed : politics

Trump Disappeared Them to El Salvador. Now, They're Being Erased by Immigration Courts. At least 14 cases of Venezuelans sent to a Salvadoran megaprison have been dismissed by US immigration judges. : politics - This article is so depressing to read, but it's important! These people are basically being wiped off the face of the earth. Also, check out r/TheDisappeared .
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Judges in Trump Deportation Cases Face Evasion and Delays From U.S. Officials : politics - The question is will the Judiciary keep sstepping back from the Administration's blatant disregard for their rulings and keep giving a free pass?
Donald Trump now has his own 'forever war' -- against the judiciary : politics

ICE Arrests High School Student Driving To Volleyball Practice : politics
Judge orders 72-hour stay for Boston teen arrested by Ice on way to volleyball practice : politics


Stephen Miller 'eviscerated' ICE officials in private meeting for low deportation numbers : politics


Trump Talks a Lot About Antisemitism, With a Notable Caveat : politics



50 Cent says he'll reach out to Trump in effort to prevent a Diddy pardon : politics

'Trump Flipped On Us': MAGA Reacts to Potential National Citizen Database : politics

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett would seek impeachment inquiry if elected ranking member on powerful committee : politics

Democrat announces run against Joni Ernst after 'we're all going to die' comments : politics

Republicans Big Mad At Elon Musk For Telling The Truth About The Big Beautiful Bill : politics
The crack up - Lawyers, Guns & Money Elon Musk seems to be falling apart pretty fast, even as one of his hired receptacles decants XJ-451! or whatever his 34th kid is called: ... And far be it from us at LGM to engage in tawdry speculation, but has the Emperor of BrokeDick Mountain been cuckolding Dime Store Goebbels? ... I foresee a couple of messy divorces, literal and metaphorical, as Musk spirals into the Find Out portion of his beautiful quasi-erotic relationship with Donald Trump.
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Trouble in paradise - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This will not stop Musk from using Trump instrumentally and vice versa, of course, but this suggests that Musk is actually upset about how much DOGE damaged his brand: ... But since this was going to happen anyway, better that the political press have a vehicle to point out that the bill will both eviscerate Medicaid and greatly increase the deficit.

Good and hard - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump voters experience Trump governance, a potentially infinite series: ... Huntingdon County voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and other Republicans in the last three presidential election cycles. Norris — who did not vote for Trump — pointed out that no one in Huntingdon County voted for Musk or DOGE.

Trump's War With Leonard Leo Could Expose a Conservative Legal Scam : politics

New Federal Employees Must Now Write Essays Praising Trump's Policies : politics
Lynch: OPM's hiring plan includes 'blatant loyalty test' | The Trump administration last week unveiled its new 'Merit Hiring Plan' that in part quizzes job applicants about their favorite Trump policy or executive order. : politics

"This is an existensial threat": Legal experts warn that the rule of law is on the ropes : politics

Harvard says internal Trump administration records show the White House directed agencies to freeze grant money : politics
Trump Rages at Claim War on Harvard Is Revenge for Rejection : politics

A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle : politics


Trump Tries to Blame Biden for Colorado Attack : politics
Trump Officials Leave Out One Key Detail on Colorado Attack Suspect : politics - He had filed an asylum application.

Top Jan. 6 prosecutor says Trump's Capitol riot pardons signal approval of political violence : politics
Justice Dept. Capitol Siege Section head Greg Rosen resigns, says Trump Jan. 6 pardons sent "terrible message" : politics
We are guilty. Period.: Jan. 6 rioter refuses pardon from felon Trump, claims president has been 'gaslighting' followers : politics



Trump Plans to Offload National Park Sites, But States Don't Want Them : politics

Republicans suggest PBS 'grooming' children with Pride post : politics

Unhinged GOP official rages about LGBTQ+ people performing "ritual child sacrifice" during Pride. The lieutenant governor of Indiana said that "the rainbow beast" is a "state-corporate-pagan alliance to reprogram society." : politics



RFK Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu : politics
House Oversight Democrat Wants RFK Jr. to Answer for 'Shoddy MAHA Report' : politics

The New Placebo Mandate for Vaccines: Unethical, Unscientific, and Impossible | by Dr. Jess Steier | May, 2025 | Medium Would You Test Seatbelts by Telling Half the Children to Ride Unprotected? - Earlier this month, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to require all new vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials before approval -- a radical departure from past practices .. The Buzzword Problem: When "Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled" Becomes a Weapon Against Public Health

HHS budget proposal details significant cuts to National Institutes of Health, other agencies : politics
Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of. : politics
Republicans Are Flat-Out Lying About Their Medicaid Cuts : politics
OA Republicans Are Mocking Americans They Want to Take Medicaid Away From : politics
Medicaid cuts will harm rural Republican communities most : politics
Republican senator says "best health care is a job" in response to cuts : politics - Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that "the best health care is a job (never had a real job)

FEMA head told staff he was previously unaware US has a hurricane season : politics
Report: New FEMA chief told staff he was unaware of hurricane season : politics

Trump's Budget Axes Program That Keeps Poor People From Freezing To Death At Home : politics

Lindsey Graham's 'Deranged' Post About Greta Thunberg Is Condemned Online : politics


Curtis Yarvin's Plot Against America : politics

Democratic Senator Berated by Newspaper From His Own State for Missing Votes, Avoiding His Colleagues: 'Serve or Step Away' - "Public service is not about serving yourself,: the newspaper's editorial board wrote : politics - Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is facing blistering criticism from one of the major newspapers in his home state, which accused him of neglecting his Senate duties

Chuck Todd says his tires were slashed after Trump called him out : politics


Texans flood governor's office with veto requests on THC bill : politics

Trump administration investigates University of Wyoming over transgender sorority sister : politics

The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma is preparing to award its black community a $105m reparations package to address the harms caused by the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 : politics


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Class and Identity Politics - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Besides asking directly about what words those voters associate with each party, she's asked what animals they think of when the parties are brought to mind. For Republicans, those animals are lions, tigers, and sharks. For Democrats, they're tortoises, slugs, and deer-in-the-headlights.


What is the Purpose of the Labor Movement? - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Eschaton: Oh Really Matthew Miller, who, as a state department spokesman, was the voice and face of the US government's foreign policy under Mr Biden, revealed disagreements, tensions and challenges within the former administration. In the wide-ranging conversation, he said: - It was "without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes"; - That Israeli soldiers were not being "held accountable"; - That there were "disagreements all along the way" about how to handle policy; - And that he "would have wanted to have a better candidate" than Mr Biden for the 2024 election.

Extreme HYPS syndrome NYT edition - Lawyers, Guns & Money David Bell, a history professor at Princeton, has just written another of these yes the Trump administration of fascist morons but on this one issue they sort of have a point pieces, which have flourished like kudzu in the first months of our current national insanity .. There are currently about 1.1 million foreign students enrolled in American higher ed, out of around 19 million total students. I'm sure that on some level Prof. Bell is well aware that the modal foreign student is not some kid with billionaire Chinese parents who just funded a new wing at Princeton's Institute For the Study and Replication of the Power Elite

Orginalism as Esotericism - Lawyers, Guns & Money -- the influence of Leo Strauss on conservative constitutional thought in general, and originalism in particular. Not long after, I decided to read some law review articles on "unitary executive" doctrine—and not only because the doctrine is in the process of destroying the American republic. The arguments advanced by its proponents sound totally preposterous. So I wanted to at least understand their reasoning.


Gaming Notes - Lawyers, Guns & Money



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,895 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Jared Sparks ... Jared Sparks is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.



Narcissistic traits of Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump can be traced back to common patterns in early childhood and family environments. All three leaders experienced forms of psychological trauma and frustration during formative years, and grew up with authoritarian fathers. : science

A study of 300,000+ children in the US found that even small amounts of lead in early childhood were linked to lower reading and maths scores all the way through school. Kids with 'low' lead levels still fell behind. : science

Psychopaths tended to be less emotionally reactive and showed deficits in emotional functioning. Narcissists on the other hand, were more likely to report using emotions to facilitate performance, but showed reduced ability to recognize negative emotional states in others. : science - The Dark Triad refers to a cluster of three socially aversive personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Narcissism is marked by grandiosity, entitlement, and a need for admiration. Machiavellianism is defined by manipulation, cynicism, and strategic self-interest. Psychopathy includes traits such as impulsivity, emotional detachment, and a lack of empathy.

Good people are happier, suggests new study. People rated by others as more moral tend to be happier and find more meaning in life. Morality supports happiness through stronger relationships. Even when morality is hard, it often leads to deeper, more fulfilling emotional well-being. : science

New attractiveness study found that most people showed an overall preference for more feminine facial features, both in men's and women's faces. Japanese people preferred more feminine facial features than British people did, particularly when judging men's faces. : science

Research reveals that incarceration in the U.S creates a ripple effect of premature death that extends far beyond individual prisoners to entire communities, with each 10% increase in a county's jail population adding roughly 5 deaths per 100,000 residents. : science

Adults with ADHD face long-term social and economic challenges - even with medication. They are more likely to struggle with education, employment, and social functioning. Even with prescribed medication over a 10-year period, educational attainment or employment did not improve by the age of 30. : science


Researchers discover shared biological mechanisms in depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. New study highlights exon level differences, revealing circadian rhythm, cortisol, and dopamine pathways' roles in these psychiatric conditions, opening doors for future treatments : science - These results show that psychiatric disorders share a common biological basis. In the long-term, this knowledge can help researchers to classify psychiatric disorders not only based on symptoms, but also based on biological mechanisms. This paradigm shift is significant a step towards more precise diagnoses and treatmenta>

COVID vaccine averted almost 13,000 deaths in seniors in Belgium in 3 years. Vaccines averted the highest rate of deaths during the period dominated by the Delta variant, with 68% of deaths averted. Vaccines averted only 31% of deaths during the Alpha period and 54% of deaths during Omicron. : science

Whole-body movement play shows promise for children with autism | Findings show that a movement-focused intervention led to faster responses on a test of inhibitory control and fewer sensory and disruptive behaviors, while a more traditional sedentary play program had no such effects. : science
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) | Boston Medical Center

Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study. Yields were lower than they otherwise would have been by 12-14% for barley, 8-12% for wheat and 4% for maize. : science ... These losses likely exceeded the benefits of CO2 increases over the same period, whereas CO2 benefits likely exceeded climate-related losses for soybean and rice.
As Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, Major Crops Are Losing Nutrients : The Salt : NPR

Researchers say people born more recently, particularly women, have lower risk of dementia at same age as their grandparents. This is likely due to interventions such as compulsory education, smoking bans, and improvements in medical treatments for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes : science - Younger generations are less likely to develop dementia at the same age as their parents or grandparents, and that's a hopeful sign,

Intraarticular injection of relaxin-2 alleviates shoulder arthrofibrosis | PNAS (frozen shoulder) - The accumulation of fibrotic collagenous tissue within the shoulder, knee, and elbow synovial joints restricts movement and causes pain.



Fiber produces up to a 20% drop in heart risk for most people, by lowering the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, suggests a new study. It's more evidence showing that a healthy gut leads to a healthy heart. : science






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Bill Gates to give most of his $200 billion fortune to Africa : worldnews


Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood : worldnews

South Korea sees rise in childbirths for 9th straight month in March : worldnews


Australia asks China to explain 'extraordinary' military build-up : worldnews
China says US has '`severely violated' tariffs truce : politics
China accuses Trump of violation, threatens "forceful measures" : worldnews



The Attack - Lawyers, Guns & Money want people to understand that what just happened in Russia is a Big Fucking Deal.
More Thoughts On Russia's Bomber Losses - Lawyers, Guns & Money

NOELREPORTS on X: Russian media have published a "peace" memorandum allegedly presented to Ukraine, outlining the following demands: Full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia within 30 days of a ceasefire - International recognition of Crimea, / X
Basit on X: "@KyivPost ❗️ The full version of the Ukrainian memorandum handed to the Russian side has been published. part of the Euro-Atlantic community and move towards membership in the EU. Ukraine's membership in NATO depends on consensus within the Alliance. No restrictions may be imposed on the" / X
Russia, Ukraine hold more peace talks after Kyiv strikes nuclear-capable bombers : worldnews

Ukraine's drone attack on Russian warplanes was a serious blow to the Kremlin's strategic arsenal : worldnews
Chris Biggers on X: The revetted parking positions. / X

Jason Jay Smart on X: Ukraine is carrying out massive attacks, AGAIN, now in Russia. Attacks reported across the country including Moscow and Kursk. / X
Richard Woodruff on X: I'm not even joking ,,, his is a live map of the Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow right now / X

KyivPost on X: Talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul have concluded — they lasted just over an hour. Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Yermak said that during the meeting, the Ukrainian side handed over a list of Ukrainian children who must be returned. / X Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Yermak said that during the meeting, the Ukrainian side handed over a list of Ukrainian children who must be returned.

MilitaryNewsU on X: Russians have begun installing metal wires on tanks for protection / X


India's Brahmos foiled Pakistan plan to attack India : worldnews
India's Russian oil purchases nearing 2-year record : worldnews



Nigeria arrests 4 Pakistani nationals over terror links : worldnews



Iran Reviews US Nuclear Deal Offer Amid Rising Tensions : worldnews
U.S. nuclear deal offer allows Iran to enrich uranium : worldnews


Ukraine's drone attack the latest in a series of daring David versus Goliath hits against Russian targets : worldnews
'An Absolutely Brilliant Result' - Zelensky Says All Operatives in 'Spiderweb' Drone Op in Russia Are Safe : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1194, Part 1 (Thread #1341) : worldnews
Greyskull on X: In around 10 days the number will be around 1 million pers casualties / X



Ron Filipkowski: "Another Putin lover having a bad day." - Bluesky - To call Alex Jones an asshole would be a kindness ... Another Russian asset demanding we pull out of NATO

Ukrainian Land Forces Commander resigns after Russian attack that killed 12 soldiers on training grounds : worldnews

Ukraine to Make 10 Million Air, Land, Sea Drones a Year : worldnews

EU ambassador on Ukrainian operation targeting aircraft in Russia: Ukraine has cards : worldnews

Russians inflict systemic violence on LGBTQ+ people in occupied regions of Ukraine : worldnews


NATO east flank backs Ukraine membership, Poland, Romania and Lithuania say : worldnews

Poland: Karol Nawrocki wins presidential election runoff in blow to Donald Tusk's government : worldnews ... And we have been wondering how Trump could have won in the USA.
It Can't Happen Here - Wikipedia
Trump-backed conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election : worldnews


Terrified tourists run for their lives as Mount Etna erupts, sending gigantic plume of ash into the sky : worldnews

Hudson's Bay Company - Lawyers, Guns & Money Anyway, sometimes something happens and it's just like a giant "huh" and is worth (perhaps) noting that here.




The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies : politics

Trump promised peace in Ukraine within a day. Here's what actually happened : politics - Let's be clear, when Trump was using the word Peace what he was proposing was Ukraines Surrender.
Trump was not informed of Ukraine attack on Russia : politics - Yeah spilling a highly classified operation that depends entirely on secrecy and the element of surprise to a guy that keeps classified documents next to the shitter in his golf resort is probably not advisable.


New head of FEMA unaware there is a hurricane season - Lawyers, Guns & Money Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation ... BTW Richardson is the guy who took over after the previous FEMA head got fired for saying in public that he didn't think the agency should be eliminated.


Trump Spreads Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was Executed and Replaced by a Robot Clone : politics ... He's a messiah for abusive narcissists. They feel redeemed by his irredeemable behavior.

Stephanopoulos Slams Trump and Family's 'Brazen Corruption' : politics

Trump Always Chickens Out on Foreign Policy too : politics

The ugly truth of Trump's America first agenda - The president stops the investments that made America wealthy in recent years : politics

The anti-woke warriors used to defend free speech. Now they make McCarthyism look progressive : politics

Homeland Security Cops Invade NY Congressman's Office, Handcuff Aide | The administration is clearly trying to intimidate Democrats, in the same way that they're trying to intimidate the country. : politics

Photos: Community protests after student detained by ICE in Milford - The Boston Globe Hundreds gathered at the Milford Town Hall after Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, an 18 year-old high school student, was taken by ICE agents on his way to volleyball practice.

Congressman Dan Goldman says he confronted ICE agents arresting asylum seekers at routine hearings in NYC : politics - Masked agents provided by the same WH admin that forbids students to wear masks.

Direct assault on the independence of the entire judicial system: Nearly 140 retired judges shred Trump DOJ for charging judge with ICE obstruction : politics

Trump admin blames "administrative errors" after ICE deports wrong man : politics - But not having badges, wearing masks, ignoring court orders, invading courtrooms and repealing legal residency/visas, setting up 3rd country concentration camps and denying due process has nothing to do with it.

ICE Barbie's List of 'Sanctuary' Cities Yanked After Furious Backlash : politics

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town | An immigrant's pending deportation has stunned Trump-supporting Missouri locals who have come to know and love her. Speaking to us on our podcast straight from jail, she makes a tearful, wrenching appeal. : politics


Major Companies Abandon Law Firms That Signed Deals with Trump: Report : politics
Don't do business with Trump collaborationalists - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Inside the destruction of American scientific research by Elon's incel army - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Imagine being an accomplished scientist and having your contractural arguments abrogated arbitrarily by some 23-year-old dipshit with zero relevant expertise:

US official pleaded to keep Harvard national security grant, court records show - Defense Department official pleaded with superiors not to cut Harvard grant on 'biological threats,' court records say - An official with DARPA, a military research agency, cited "grave and immediate harm to national security." ... The sweeping cuts, which Harvard argues are illegal, have defunded medical research on cancer and tuberculosis, for example, and shuttered research programs for NASA. As part of the litigation, Harvard has obtained extensive government records showing the funding terminations were haphazard and "arbitrary," according to the university's lawyers.
Why Harvard Has So Few Conservative Faculty - Or Does It? | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson


Outcry Builds Over GOP Budget Rule Requiring Bond to Challenge Trump in Court : politics - A single paragraph buried deep in a spending bill that passed the GOP-controlled House of Representatives earlier this month is causing growing concern among democracy watchdogs who warn the provision will make it so only the well-to-do would be in a good position to launch legal challenges against a Trump administration that has shown over and over again its disdain and disregard for oversight or judicial restraint of any kind.


Trump Posts Thinly-Veiled Message to Judges on Tariffs : politics
The conservative legal movement and Trump's tariffs - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Johnson says 4.8 million Americans won't lose Medicaid access 'unless they choose to do so' : politics ... When someone builds their entire identity around fairy tales, lying is indistinguishable from belief.


RFK Jr. Swaps Made-Up Studies in His Report for More Made-Up Studies : politics - your national health policy was generated by a hallucinating AI, based on non existent science, prompted by an anti-vaxer with a previous brain-injury while your medical research and response institutions are getting shredded...a>
RFK Jr. fires 'opening salvo' on vaccine status quo : politics - Imagine making it your life's mission to undo one of the greatest humanitarian and scientific achievements of the last century.

Parks, libraries, museums: here's why Trump is attacking America's best-loved institutions : politics


Musk Fends Off Trump Questions in Tense Interview Exchange - The Tesla CEO bristled when asked about politics. : politics
Elon Musk says he doesn't 'want to take responsibility for everything the administration's doing' : politics
Don't do unpaid crisis management for Elon Musk - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the world's richest man literally taking away life saving medication and food from hundreds of thousands of people in exchange for no material benefits whatsoever!
Musk Blows Up Online as 'Ketamine' Dinner Clip Resurfaces - The billionaire issued his most frustrated denial yet amid rumors of rampant drug use. : politics


AOC viewed positively by more Americans than Trump or Harris, poll finds : politics


Tim Walz's powerful speech to California Dems: 'Nobody votes for roadkill' : politics


Lisa Murkowski Isn't Using 'Nice Words' About Life Under Trump : politics - This. Murkowski has the literal best voting track record we could possibly have out of the place that brought us Sarah Palin. During his first term she voted with Trump 73% of the time. Over in red Alaska. Collins? 94%. And to boot, Murkowski is more openly critical of Trump. You're right. They aren't the same. Not even close.



Marco Rubio Is Attacking American Education. International Students Are His Pawns | The Trump administration doesn't want a protectionist college system. They want a destroyed one : politics - In terms of economic self interest, our trade-deficit-obsessed president is shooting himself in the foot by dismantling a major U.S. export: our world-class higher education system. In the last academic year, the U.S. hosted over 1.1 million international students, nearly two-thirds of whom were Chinese or Indian. International students in that year alone contributed nearly $44 billion to the U.S. economy in terms of tuition fees and economic revenue generated.


Pa. voters sent John Fetterman to represent them in the Senate. On most days, he has other ideas | Editorial : politics
John Fetterman trashed in home state newspaper: 'Step away' : politics


Political Leaders React to Colorado Terror Attack - 'Horrifying' : politics


Market Basket boardroom battle is a real-life 'Succession' saga





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China accuses Pete Hegseth of sowing division in Asia in speech 'filled with provocations' : worldnews
Xi Jinping's daughter faces call to be deported from US : worldnews (by Laura Loomer)
China Bans All Poultry Imports From Brazil on Bird Flu Case : worldnews



Olena_Wave on X: Problems with logistics have begun in the #Russian Federation; all trucks on the roads are being checked for drones. Traffic is paralyzed. / X

Major explosion hits Russian Severomorsk - home to nuclear submarines : worldnews

Oriannalyla on X: Moscow region, factory making rockets / X

ITDUDE Fella on X: BREAKING: Some sources report that General Sergey Kobylash is dead, circumstances unknown / X

Two bridges collapse in Russia - as seven people killed and dozens injured : worldnews


Bangladesh top court lifts ban on country's largest Muslim party : worldnews


US sends a nuclear proposal to Iran. : politics


Despite Hamas claims, security camera footage from Gaza aid center shows no shooting : worldnews


Trump was not informed of Ukraine attack on Russia : worldnews - Hence why the attack worked. Trump didn't get to warn his overlord.
Ukraine did not inform US of large-scale attack on Russian airfields in advance, says Axios : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: Today is likely the worst day for the Russian Air Force since 22 June 1941. / X
Clash Report on X: NEW: Ukrainian SBU's Operation "Web" Took 1.5 Years to Prepare Ukraine's SBU spent over 18 months planning the massive "Web" operation that struck 41 Russian strategic aircraft today. President Zelensky personally oversaw the mission, with SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk leading / X
Yaroslav Trofimov on X: This is a strategic setback for Russia. A significant part -- maybe even the majority — of its airworthy strategic bomber fleet (part of the nuclear triad) appears to have been destroyed today. / X

'Russian bombers are burning en masse — Ukraine's SBU drones hit more than 40 aircraft in mass attack, source claims : worldnews
Ukraine says more than 40 Russian warplanes hit in massive drone strikes : politics
Mike Nelson on X: If initial reports are correct, Ukraine destroyed 73% of Russian TU-95 Bears. Absolutely devastating. / X

Richard Woodruff on X: What exactly just hit 4 russian airfields and destroyed over 40 strategic bombers? THIS 13/15 inch FPV Kamikaze drones. At $430 a piece you can take out a strategic bomber worth $100 MILLION DOLLARS. / X
Clash Report on X: "This is reportedly what one of those Ukrainian FPV drones look like that targeted Russian airbases today. https://t.co/04lPAuz03f" / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Exclusive footage reveals the SBU's precise FPV drone strikes on Russian strategic bombers, launched from specially prepared containers and trucks near air bases. / X
Ukraine-Russia war live: Drones emerged from trucks before strikes on bombers during major attack in Russia - BBC News - Ukraine has conducted audacious attacks on Russia before - but this is a new level - Ukrainian authorities report 472 drones and seven ballistic and cruise missiles were involved in an Russian attack last night, in what appears to be one of its largest so far
Euan MacDonald: "Flightline on Fire: Spectacular images of SBU special operation "Web" to destroy enemy bomber aircraft.The SBU says over 40 have been destroyed, including Tu-95 and Tu-22M3 bombers and A-50 aircraft. The enemy's losses already exceed $2 billion, the SBU says." - Bluesky
Intel Night OWL : Strategic #Russia #military #airbases are ablaze following a series of #Ukraine #drone strikes. Among the aircraft reportedly affected are #Tu-95 and #Tu-22M3 strategic #bombers, as well as #A-50 airborne early warning planes. #AWAC#Olenya #Belaya #Murmansk united24media.com/latest-news/ Bluesky

34% of Russian strategic missile bombers at main airfields damaged in Ukrainian drone operation, SBU reports : worldnews
Major Ukrainian Drone Attack In Russia - Lawyers, Guns & Money
To attack Russian air bases, Ukrainian spies hid drones in wooden sheds : worldnews
MilitaryNewsU 🇦:Photos of containers with a secret compartment for drones that attacked Russian airfields today have been published" Bluesky

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1193, Part 1 (Thread #1340) : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: Construction of Ukrainian anti-infantry defense lines made of barbed wire. Here barbed wire is installed inside of an anti-tank barrier. Russian infantry often uses those for infantry movements, so it's an expected decision. / X

Russian soldiers surrendered because 'abuse in units is worse than captivity,' Ukrainian paratroopers say : worldnews

Ukraine says Russia launched the biggest number of drones in the 3-year war on Sunday : worldnews


Swiss court rules no age limit to practice medicine : worldnews




What's the matter with "soft power"? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump's Qatar jet gift 'rife with political espionage' issues, Susan Collins warns : politics

Trump shares bonkers conspiracy theory that Biden is a robot clone | "There is no Joe Biden," the post reads, claiming that the former president was actually murdered in 2020. : politics
Donald Trump shares post claiming Joe Biden was executed, replaced by clones : politics

Looking Back at the Good Old Days of Growth Under Biden : politics

Trump Could Get Fox News-Style Intel Briefings Because He 'Doesn't Read': Report : politics
Working with a functionally illiterate president - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Wall Street warns Trump aides the GOP tax bill could jolt bond markets : politics

ICE releases health worker arrested at airport despite living in the U.S. legally for 50 years : antiwork

Trump Is Turning The Border Into A Military Base. Here's What I Learned From A U.S. Army Tour. : politics
Billion dollar border industrial complex blossoms under Trump's deportation program : politics

'It's just made to instill fear': ICE detains three restaurant employees in Wayne County : politics - It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy,

ICE detains Milford High student on his way to volleyball practice
Massachusetts Gov. Healey demands answers after Milford student arrested by ICE : boston ... taco gestapo ...

ICE officers in Plymouth threaten to arrest woman recording them (5/30) : boston

California Democrat calls ICE agents terrorists : politics

'A historic betrayal': Murkowski slams Trump administration revoking protections for Afghan immigrants : politics

How a Radical Ideology Infected the Supreme Court and Poisoned the Country : politics

Why Trump is really going after Harvard : politics - And on Thursday, Miller told Fox News:"Harvard has engaged in decades of invidious, unlawful and illegal race-based discrimination against American citizens ... The Democrat party's philosophy right now is for foreigners, everything - for Americans, nothing." ... Their goal is to intimidate and break down institutions of higher learning in America because that is where most of the resistance to their authoritarian tendencies is going to come from.
The fallout from Trump's war on Harvard will outlast his term : politics

Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump: 'The repression is growing, but so is the resistance' : politics increasingly, Jewish students, faculty and alumni are pushing back against the exploitation of antisemitism charges to justify repressive policies they say do not represent their Jewish values.

Why is a pro-Israel group asking the US to investigate Ms Rachel? : politics
Why is a pro-Israel group asking the US to investigate Ms Rachel? | Tayo Bero | The Guardian


Elon Musk has gone - but there is an even bigger danger in the White House now : politics - RFK Jr. is an outright deranged individual ... all politics and debates aside.

Elon Musk's Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning - His "departure" from the government is anything but. : politics - The real reason that he's "leaving" (or "quiet quitting") is that he has spent the last four months as a "special government employee," a distinction with a 130-day time limit. Were he to continue working in the same capacity, he would be required by federal law to fill out certain financial and ethical disclosures that he is currently exempted from as an SGE. Given his vast fortune (and lack of ethics), Musk does not want to do this and therefore has no choice but to "step back." I

Elon Musk denies taking ketamine in X reply to bizarre spoon balancing video : politics
NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Musk's supercomputer in Memphis : politics


MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump's Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In : politics
Trump claimed 'tariffs are easy' - he's learning the hard way that's not the case : politics

Can young Democrats threaten Nancy Pelosi and the old guard? : politics

White House to pull NASA nominee Isaacman | Semafor The Administrator of NASA will help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump's bold mission of planting the American flag on the planet Mars. It's essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump's America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon ... Conservative personality Laura Loomer suggested on Saturday Isaacman's nomination is in danger because of the nominee's friendship with Elon Musk. Musk departed the administration this week.
Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA : politics

Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials : politics - A plurality. 49.8% of voters selected Trump.


Kristol Derivatives Revisited - Lawyers, Guns & Money And of course it was Bill Kristol who brought Sarah Palin to prominence within the GOP, which helped pave the way for Donnie and for the fundamental change that broke Kristol's career.


Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins : politics

Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come : politics


Sen. Joni Ernst helps GOP find its authentic voice: 'We all are going to die.' : politics
GOP Senator Doubles Down On 'We All Are Going To Die' Comment : politics

Democratic Party is at risk of becoming roadkill, warns Tim Walz : politics



New poll shows Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs with slim head-to-head leads over top 2 GOP hopefuls : politics - This just clarifies to the rest of the developed world that despite the horrific consequences of GOP policies on America, they're still just a fraction away from retaining power.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,893 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Frank Stringfellow.


Fight breaks out behind Harvard graduate as she reflects on recent divisions : boston

i'm so fed up with that group of teenagers on bikes you see everywhere : boston




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Australia cannot rely on US alone to counter China in the Asia-Pacific, Marles says : worldnews - Trump would trade Australia in a second if China gives him $5. Naming rights to one flea motel/brothel "Trump tower" in some seventh-tier backwater shithole.


World record: 1 million GB per sec internet speed achieved by Japan over 1,100 miles : r/technology

Brain Rot in the Blue House | Grace Moon South Korean politics has a YouTube problem


China bristles at Macron linking Ukraine defence to Taiwan threats : worldnews
China slams Macron over 'unacceptable' comments on Taiwan and Ukraine : worldnews
Pete Hegseth urges Asia to boost defence against China's 'imminent' threat to Taiwan - BBC News : worldnews - while Trump simultaneously muses over abandoning South Korea.
China warns US over Trump's 'Golden Dome' : worldnews


Rosenberg: What a new Stalin statue says about Russia's attempt to reshape history

Russia Accused of Staging Attack on Putin's Helicopter : worldnews


India Confirms It Lost Fighter Jets in Recent Pakistan Conflict : worldnews

Pakistani terrorist behind deadly Pahalgam attack is former Para commando, probe finds : worldnews
Child marriage ban deemed 'un-Islamic' by Pakistan's religious leaders : worldnews
Aisha - Wikipedia


Turkey arrests dozens including opposition party members : worldnews


UN watchdog: Iran has further increased production of near weapons-grade uranium : worldnews
Truckers' protests in Iran grow and win support from prominent dissidents : worldnews


In Gaza, Israel cannot have a "free pass" Catastrophe according to Macron : worldnews

Opposition to Gaza war grows among Israeli soldiers as strikes ramp up : worldnews

Israel delivers over 340 aid trucks to Gaza through Hamas bypass route : worldnews
New Aid Group in Gaza Makes an End Run Around Hamas—and the UN : worldnews

Hamas demands IDF withdrawal, permanent ceasefire in response to Witkoff proposal : worldnews


Putin to Skip Peace Talks As Trump Pushes for Immediate End to War : worldnews

Russia attacks Ukraine with 109 UAVs and 5 missiles overnight : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1192, Part 1 (Thread #1339) : worldnews

America didn't do enough to stop the annexation of Crimea back in 2014, says former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo : worldnews


NATO officials reject Russian demand to halt expansion, media reports : worldnews


Most new cars in Norway are EVs. How a freezing country beat range anxiety. - The Washington Post

Germany's Merz lifts range limit on weapons donated to Ukraine : worldnews
Germany vows to underwrite Ukraine's long-range missile production : worldnews - Investing in Ukraine will enable Kyiv to have a "substantial" number of long-range weapons this year, the German defense ministry said in a statement, with the first deliveries set to take place in just a few weeks' time.

Macron warns the West could lose credibility over Ukraine and Gaza wars : worldnews
The country that made smoking sexy breaks up with cigarettes : worldnews

UK to Recognize Russia as "Immediate and Urgent" Threat : worldnews
UK to ban sale of disposable vapes in response to soaring waste and safety risks : worldnews

More than 90 wildfires are out of control in Canada. : worldnews
Russian national charged in Toronto with illegally exporting military goods to Russia : worldnews




Trump administration accused of hypocrisy after claiming the UK and Europe are 'trampling democracy' : politics

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics
Raging Pencils : 5-30-25 : Taco Trump : Progressive Editorial Cartoons every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Raging Pencils : 5-28-25 : The Good vs. The Grifter : Progressive Editorial Cartoons every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Senate to 'start moving' Russia sanctions bill next week, Graham says : worldnews - as an old russian saying states, "if you're sitting on two chairs, you will get your balls pinched between them"
NOELREPORTS on X: "Ukraine is not losing this war — that's Russian propaganda. Look at the map a year ago and look at it today, it's barely changed," - Senator Lindsey Graham during his visit to Kyiv. / X
MilitaryNewsU on X:We must give Ukraine more radars, Patriots, artillery and planes, not just rhetoric - Senator Blumenthal According to the Democratic senator, in addition to sanctions, the US should continue military support for Ukraine, not just talk. / X

Jamie Dimon says China isn't America's biggest threat. It's 'the enemy within' : politics - Dimon isn't referring to Trumpism as the enemy within, he's referring to government regulation as the enemy within.

Trump's Approval Rating Hits Second-Term Low With Most Accurate Pollster : politics

We Are All Living in George Orwell's World Now : politics

Bond auction shows Trump' s economic house of cards may soon collapse : politics

Trump Says He Doesn't 'Feel Sorry' for 'Vicious' Biden After Cancer Diagnosis : politics
Joe Biden's decency will always outshine Donald Trump's cruelty. | Opinion : politics - Yep. Same as RBG. Any good or decent things they did in their entire lives are meaningless because they ended up being selfish old schmucks who, when push came to shove, selfishly put their own egos ahead of the country.

A court halted his deportation. The Trump administration deported him 28 minutes later. : politics

US immigration authorities collecting DNA information of children in criminal database : politics

Trump, Republicans Have Fucked This Nation So Hard We've Created A New Class Of Refugees : politics

Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300,000 deaths — most of them children : politics - Christianity has a long history of degrading the value of human life. Not surprising considering that it's an offshoot of an Iron Age Israelite apocalyptic death cult.

Trump administration to prioritize 'patriotic Americans' for federal jobs: Applicants for government jobs will be required to write essays explaining how they will advance President Donald Trump's policy priorities. : politics

White House Is 'Full of Lunatics' Says Economist : politics

Trump's Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much : politics

Really, Secretary Rubio? I'm Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump? : politics

Senator Dismisses Medicaid Cuts Killing People: 'Well, We're All Going to Die' : politics
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst defends proposed Medicaid cuts: 'We all are going to die' : politics
Joni Ernst on Medicaid Cuts: 'We're All Going to Die' - Iowa Republican Joni Ernst got existential when constituents at a town hall confronted her about the cuts in the GOP's tax bill
Ernst doubles down on Medicaid comment with sarcastic video "apology" : politics

Has Big Brother arrived? Inside the secretive Trump effort to centralize government data on millions of Americans : politics

One of Trump's closest advisors is impersonated after phone is hacked : politics
One of Trump's closest advisors is impersonated after phone is hacked - nj.com - White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had her phone hacked, and the hackers sent text messages to prominent Republicans and business executives in attempts to obtain more information:

Gov. Tim Walz Suggests It's Time for Democrats to 'Be a Little Meaner,' Calls Trump a 'Cruel Man' : politics

Discussion Thread: President Trump and Elon Musk Speak to Reporters on Musk's Last Day at DOGE : politics - OMG he just repeated the "transgender mice" thing. What an absolute idiot.
Steve Bannon Says Elon Musk and Scott Bessent Had 'Physical Confrontation' : politics
Elon Musk Brands Bono a 'Liar/Idiot' for Telling Joe Rogan DOGE's USAID Cuts Have Cost 300,000 Lives. Zero people have died! Musk insisted, a claim that has been widely debunked by experts. : politics
Trump conducts the weirdest exit interview in history as Musk departs the White House : politics
Trump says Elon Musk 'not really leaving' in Oval Office farewell : politics
Mystery over Elon Musk's black eye as he joins Trump in Oval Office for goodbye event : politics ... "We'll remember you as we announce billions of dollars of extra waste, fraud and abuse," Trump said.
Dems Taunt Stephen Miller Over Wife Leaving Him for Musk : politics

Elon Musk 'took so much ketamine campaigning it damaged his bladder' : politics
White House Refuses to Come Clean on Musk Drug Testing : politics
Elon Musk Was on Crazy Combo of Drugs During Trump Campaign : politics
Did Donald Trump Jr. Do Coke While Standing Next to President-Elect Trump? | Snopes.com The father and son were attending Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket launch in Texas.

Musk DOGE associate fired after interview where he said "The government works. It's not as inefficient as I was expecting, to be honest" : politics

Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing | One idea is to make the briefing, which according to his schedule Trump has been taking less often than his predecessors, a video that looks like Fox News. : politics

Neoliberalism Cannot Be Rehabilitated - Deregulation. Privatization. Tax cuts. Free trade. Stagnant pay for most. A soaring stock market for the top. That's the legacy of neoliberalism. It also brought us Trump. We cannot go back to that place. There's a better path. : politics

Trump Says He Will Consider Pardoning Diddy : politics
Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric : politics


A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines : politics
C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots : politics
RFK Jr.'s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids' teeth, cost $9.8 billion : politics
RFK Jr.'s "MAHA" report contained nonexistent studies. White House says it will be updated. : politics

Who Is Katie Miller? Elon Musk DOGE Drama, Explained

Sanders says Harris fell short with working class. He has a plan to correct that. : politics
New poll shows who Dems want in 2028 -- and it's not Kamala Harris : politics
AOC viewed positively by more Americans than Trump and Harris -- Poll : politics

Tech's Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades : politics

Trump cuts threaten safety training for America's most dangerous jobs : politics

Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American | Trump's dystopian plan is already underway : politics

'Completely Unworkable' : Sculpture Experts Say Trump's $34 Million Statue Garden Has Major Problems : politics

Army says Trump's military parade could cause $16 million in damage to Washington streets : politics

Trump Makes NPR's Legal Case Extra Easy By Admitting Retaliatory Motives In Executive Order Title : politics

PBS removes drag & trans content after GOP complains about it turning kids queer. PBS recently removed a drag queen-themed children's episode and a trans-inclusive gaming documentary. : politics
Trans man uses women's restroom to follow the law. Police detained him for it anyway. No one was in the restroom while he was peeing... but then a man busted in and demanded he leave immediately. Then things got worse... : politics - is this the new Brock Turner, the r@pist?


Louisiana lawmakers push 'chemtrail' ban legislation through the House : politics

Proposal to ban most THC, consumable hemp products in Nebraska delayed until at least 2026 : politics


LGM as Social Media - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Drinking sugar is more problematic for health than eating it. Sugar consumed through beverages, like soda and even fruit juice, was consistently linked to a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Other sugar sources showed no such link and, in some cases, were even associated with a lower risk. : r/science


A growing number of incels (involuntary celibates) are using their ideology as an excuse for not working or studying - known as NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). These "Blackpilled" incels are generally more nihilistic and reject the Redpill notion of alpha-male masculinity. : r/science


When Breast-Cancer Patients Reject the Treatment Plan The Inner Voice vs. the Oncologist - Conventional breast-cancer treatment has never worked better. Yet doctors say more patients are opting out of it.


When People Hear Voices, But Only When They Want To An unusual collaboration between scientists and psychics could transform the treatment of auditory hallucinations.




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Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change. Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the world's population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025. : worldnews
More than 40% of Europe slides into drought, including pockets of Greece, southern Italy and Spain : worldnews
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn : worldnews


Hong Kong pro-democracy and gay rights activist Jimmy Sham released after 4 years in prison : worldnews


A statue of Stalin is unveiled in the Moscow subway as Russia tries to revive the dictator's legacy : worldnews

Kremlin staged drone attack on Putin's helicopter : worldnews

Swan Lake's link to political turmoil in the Soviet Union | Sky HISTORY TV Channel What comes to mind when you think of 'Swan Lake'? Elegant dancers? Emotional music? In the Soviet Union, this ballet was associated with political unrest, a sentiment that still lingers to this day.

Microsoft exits Russian market as local subsidiary prepares for bankruptcy : worldnews


Kvist on X: Sanctions do not work and more will not scare us - Peskov Meanwhile in the real life: / X

Moscow Activists Fined for Placing Putin Quotes Next to Stalin Sculpture - The Moscow Times


India surpasses China, becomes top iPhone exporter to US for the first time - BusinessToday : worldnews


IDF evacuates 250k Gazans from Jabalya as it reaches critical juncture in fighting : worldnews
Hamas rejects Israel's response to US ceasefire plan in Gaza : worldnews

UN aid chief admits starving Gazan baby claim was amid 'desperation' to let aid in : worldnews


Zelenskyy: Russia is doing all it can to ensure next meeting yields no results : worldnews
US will withdraw from peace talks if Russia continues war - senior US diplomat : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1191, Part 1 (Thread #1338) : worldnews


Ukrainian forces repel over 170 Russian attacks, fiercest fighting on Pokrovsk front - Ukraine's General Staff : worldnews

Russian commander behind Mariupol strikes that claimed 8k lives killed : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: Fields covered with fiber optic lines on the front lines. / X


Kvist on X: A day after Russia accused it of supplying weapons to Ukraine / X

Germany's Four-Day Workweek Trial: Most Companies Say They're Never Going Back : antiwork

Greece now has a lower unemployment rate than Sweden, Estonia, Finland, and Spain : worldnews

Macron warns US, Indo-Pacific not to abandon Ukraine as it gears for potential China conflict : worldnews
Israel accuses Macron of waging a 'crusade against the Jewish state' : worldnews


3,000-year-old Mayan city discovered in northern Guatemala : worldnews

5 missing musicians found dead near U.S. border in Mexico; alleged cartel members arrested : worldnews

Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements : worldnews




$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says : politics - The House's plan coupled with the administration's focus on stomping out clean energy and returning us to a country powered by coal and gas guzzlers is causing businesses to cancel plans, delay their plans and take their money and jobs to other countries instead,

Republican Says US Should End All Military Aid to Israel : politics

You won't believe how much richer the Trumps have gotten this year. How in the hell does he get away with this? Here's the answer. : politics
Does Trump Actually Think He's God? The president's messianic rhetoric has soared since the assassination attempt. : politics - No medical report, wouldn't let the FBI examine him, no visible injury less than two weeks later, and he never talks about it. None of this adds up.

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes : politics
Trump administration knew most Venezuelans deported from Texas to a Salvadoran prison had no U.S. convictions : politics

The Trump Admin Reportedly Wants An Office of Remigration. That's Alarming. It's a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want to remove all immigrants, regardless of citizenship status. : politics

Trump Admin Deports 2-Year-Old Girl Who is American Citizen : politics

Children zip-tied at San Antonio immigration court in new crackdown : politics

Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents : politics

Undocumented man accused of making threat to Trump's life may be victim of frame-up : politics
Kristi Noem said a migrant threatened to kill Trump. Investigators think he was set up : politics

How the Supreme Court Made Legal Immigrants Vulnerable to Deportation : politics
How the Supreme Court Made Legal Immigrants Vulnerable to Deportation - The New York Times The court decisions are an abrupt turnaround for a population that entered the country legally and shared detailed information about their whereabouts with the government.

U.S. Citizen Spent Years in ICE Custody During Trump's First Administration. She Was Detained Again: 58-year-old Alma Bowman was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last March : politics


Harvard president's dig at Trump met with standing ovation at graduation : politics
'I feel very proud of Harvard': Trump looms large at 374th commencement

The Trump Administration Is Already Ignoring the Supreme Court : politics
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a ChatGPT version of an LGM post - forever - Lawyers, Guns & Money The post-Bush v. Gore Supreme Court has become a partisan instrument. Its majority was engineered through a combination of judicial hardball (see: Garland, Merrick), norm-breaking appointments (see: Barrett, Amy Coney), and a far-right legal pipeline (see: Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society). The current conservative majority doesn't just lean right -- it's aggressively pursuing a maximalist agenda on guns, abortion, labor rights, and the administrative state. Alito is not the outlier; he is the perfect expression of the majority's worldview.

"Why should I write for scoundrels and hogs like you?" Let the LGM/Martin Luther Spinoff Begin! - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Pam Bondi Locks Bar Association Out Of Vetting Trump's Judicial Nominees | America's main legal organization "no longer functions as a fair arbiter of nominees' qualifications," said Trump's attorney general. : politics
DOJ cutting American Bar Association access to judicial nominees : politics

Fed Chair Slaps Down Trump's Demands to His Face : politics

Why Are Republicans Planning to Tax University Endowments More Heavily Than Other Forms of Private Wealth? : politics

The Republican Plot to Let People Die of Heatstroke : politics

The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings : politics

All the times 'Taco' Trump chickened out on tariffs : politics
10 times Trump has threatened, then backtracked on, tariffs as 'TACO trade' jab gains traction : politics
Trump's Hated 'TACO' Nickname Is Catching On : politics

Trump Has Found God. It's Him. : politics

'Most flagrantly corrupt president' ever: Sen. Whitehouse blasts Trump's presidential profiteering : politics

Trump now claims 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris caused him 'mental anguish' : politics
Trump Lawyers Claim '60 Minutes' Harris Interview Caused Him 'Mental Anguish,' Argue That the 'First Amendment Is No Shield to News Distortion' in Motion to Deny Paramount Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit : politics

'Snowflake' Trump Mercilessly Mocked As His Newest Legal Claim Backfires Spectacularly : politics - Trump reportedly turned down a $15 million settlement offer from Paramount Global, which owns CBS News. He is seeking $20 billion.

Biographer claims it's Trump who didn't get into Harvard : politics

FBI says it will release video that officials say prove Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide : politics
Kash Patel's Epstein files answer creates stir: 'What are they hiding?' : politics

Mike Pence Accuses Donald Trump of Ignoring Constitution : politics


Bongino cries to Fox about how much he hates his new FBI job: 'I gave up everything!' : politics


Bernie Sanders blames election loss on Kamala Harris listening to billionaires over the working class : politics


Michigan Governor Not Mad, Just 'Very Disappointed' as Trump Considers Pardon for Men Who Plotted to Violently Kidnap Her : politics
Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump promised not to pardon kidnapping plotters : politics



RFK Jr's 'Maha' report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies : politics
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist The Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don't exist, according to the listed authors.
White House Dodges AI Accusation After MAHA Report Cited Studies That "Appear Not to Exist" : politics


Most LGBTQ adults feel Americans don't accept transgender people, Pew poll finds : politics

Elon Musk's Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death : politics
Elon Musk's Top Goon Exits DOGE Along With Miller's Wife : politics
Tim Walz's 6-Word Response To Elon Musk's Government Exit Is Hilariously Accurate : politics
Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama on Trump's Campaign Trail - The New York Times As Mr. Musk entered President Trump's orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama : politics
Leaked Photo Allegedly Exposes Musk's 'Serious' Drug Habit : politics
Musk Takes Stephen Miller's Wife—as Trump Aide Rage Tweets : politics
Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he's leaving politics : politics

Eschaton: Concerning Let this sink in. -- The back-to-back failures have hampered Starship's development and put a tighter clock on the vehicle's expected operational start. NASA has contracted SpaceX to develop Starship as the lunar lander for the agency's Artemis 3 mission to return astronauts to the surface of the moon. That mission is slated to launch sometime in 2027. Before then, SpaceX has to land at least one uncrewed Starship on the moon and then successfully launch it back into lunar orbit. So far, Starship has not yet completed one full orbit of Earth.

Musk's SpaceX town in Texas warns residents they may lose right to 'continue using' their property : politics


Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere - Lawyers, Guns & Money But the discourse about how much less expensive and more stable life was back in the day is 93.2% bullshit, and more important it's basically reactionary trending toward fascist bullshit, which is one reason to be very cautious about buying into it. People feel terrible because we have a fucked up culture that specializes in making them feel terrible. It's not because Daddy had a high paying job from which he couldn't be fired in the long ago and far away when it was so much better than it is today.



Rahm Emanuel is considering a White House run. He shouldn't. : politics - Egomaniacal sadist, with history of verbal abuse, and general malcontent, believes he is only fix for broken and deeply divided country

Senate Hopeful Blasts Lindsey Graham in 'Genius' Political Ad: 'Unequivocally Full of Sh-t' : politics

Discussion Thread: Iowa Senator Joni Ernst Holds Town Hall : politics





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Tropical Storm Alvin forms off Mexico's Pacific coast


US sanctions Philippines digital infrastructure provider linked to virtual currency scams : worldnews


Hanoi bans The Economist's printed issue with Vietnam's top leader on cover, say distributor sources : worldnews

Trump's surreal call to Japan's Ishiba focused on Mideast trip, F-47s, self-praise, not trade : politics


North Korea supplied Russia with 9 million shells and 100 ballistic missiles - international report, photos : worldnews


China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says : worldnews
China launches mission to retrieve asteroid samples : worldnews
US says it will start revoking visas for Chinese students : worldnews
Chinese students call measure 'Chinese Exclusion Act' after Rubio vows to revoke visas : worldnews
Rubio says the U.S. 'aggressively' will revoke visas for many Chinese students : worldnews - Neither of Rubio's parents was a citizen at the time of his birth in 1971 in Miami.
Bloomberg: China cuts drone sales to Europe but continues supplying Russia : worldnews



The Kyiv Independent on X: Russia's budget deficit triples amid sanctions and low oil prices, Ukrainian official says. Ukrainian commissioner for sanctions policy Vladyslav Vlasiuk said international sanctions remain a key driver behind the decline in Russia's energy revenues. / X

Massive security blunder: Russian nuclear site blueprints exposed in public procurement database : worldnews

Russia loses US$450bn in energy revenue due to sanctions : worldnews

Baby Trump and Elon Musk feature in Russian propaganda cartoon for toddlers

NOELREPORTS on X: A HIMARS strike wiped out a Russian military facility in Korenevo, Kursk region — initially claimed as a hospital. The site was a permanent base for Russian troops involved in attacks on Sumy region./ X


Four Pakistanis arrested as Nigerian army accuses foreign mercenaries of training Boko Haram : worldnews

Greece and Orthodoxy Shocked by Egypt's Decision to Seize the Ancient Sinai Monastery : worldnews - world's oldest continuously functioning Christian monastery. The Muslim world has to be the biggest crybullies in the world.

Trump's Air Force One deal with Qatar not final despite U.S. claims : worldnews

With Israel's help: This is how Lebanon changed the rules of the game against Hezboll The Lebanese army, aided by Israeli intelligence relayed through the US, has largely disarmed Hezbollah -- in the south—a move that pleasantly surprised officials in both Washington and Jerusalem
With Israel's help: This is how Lebanon changed the rules of the game against Hezbollah : worldnews


Hamas demands changes to Witkoff's new Gaza ceasefire proposal : worldnews
Benjamin Netanyahu accepts US' latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israeli media say : worldnews
Canadian doctors who served in Gaza call for arms embargo, sanctions on Israel : worldnews
Hundreds of Gazans raid Hamas warehouses in Gaza, steal flour; 5 reportedly shot dead : worldnews
Four Palestinians die in storming of UN food warehouse
Gaza aid resumes as IDF urges civilians to expel Hamas from distribution centers : worldnews

Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank : worldnews
Israel approves biggest expansion of West Bank settlements in decades | CNN : worldnews - All the new communities are being established with a long-term strategic vision, aimed at reinforcing Israeli control of the territory, preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state, and securing development reserves for settlement in the coming decades, the statement said. See they're not even hiding it anymore NO PALESTINIAN STATE.


Trump appears to give Putin "two week deadline on Ukraine : worldnews
ChrisO_wiki on X: How to tell if someone's bullshitting: watch for them to give a deadline that they repeatedly push back. / X
Putin's demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement, sources say : worldnews
Putin Ally Shares Map Of 'Buffer Zone' Covering All Of Ukraine : worldnews
Institute for the Study of War on X: "2/ [Barros] said Putin's main goal is to destroy the coalition of international support for Ukraine, which has kept Kyiv in the fight with a constant flow of money and high-tech western weapons." Full article: / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1190, Part 1 (Thread #1337) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Jay in Kyiv on X: / X


NATO to ask Berlin for seven more brigades under new targets : worldnews

Polish astronaut reveals new suit for upcoming mission : worldnews


'Stab in the Back': Russian Spy Agency Accuses Serbia of Supplying Arms to Ukraine : worldnews

Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses : worldnews

Belgians accused of 'stealing wind' from the Dutch : worldnews

In riposte to Vance, Germany's Merz says Europe stands for freedom : worldnews
Volkswagen recalls over 170,000 vehicles. See impacted models : worldnews

France to ban smoking on beaches, parks and near schools : worldnews

Ireland wants expansion of the definition of genocide under the Geneva Convention, says Taoiseach : worldnews

Britain is set to splash 1billion on an 'army of hackers' to target the likes of Putin : worldnews
Russian-linked hackers posing as journalists target UK Defence Ministry : worldnews

Brazil sues Chinese electric carmaker BYD over 'slave-like' conditions of workers : worldnews

Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant : worldnews

Carney's straightforward response after Trump offers Golden Dome membership for free as the 51st state : politics
Canadian province of Manitoba declares a state of emergency over wildfires as thousands flee : worldnews
Senior Canadian diplomat compares Trump's Golden Dome missile program to a 'protection racket' : worldnews




Wall Street's "TACO" nickname enrages Trump at press briefing. Now everyone's making the same joke : politics

Trump's allies demand tougher sanctions on Russia : worldnews
GOP Lawmaker Insists 'We Need to Listen to Putin' as Trump Admin Works on Russia-Ukraine Talks : politics

Trump 2.0 falls apart before our eyes - The president is losing it : politics
Trump treated the White House like a business, made $320 million, racked up 34 felonies, and America barely blinked : antiwork

Court strikes down Trump's tariffs, ruling them illegal : politics

The Trump presidency's world-historic heist : politics - This is the experiment the trump admin is undertaking. That nobody will care if you lie cheat and steal as long as you do it out in the open and dont even pretend to be trying to do anyting else. So far its working. People just dont give a shit, most of them probaby even think its badass and "based" to loot the treasury like this. every future president and official is going to follow this lead.

Trump fires historians who wrote nonpartisan accounts of US foreign policy : politics

Lawrence O'Donnell Reveals Exact Moment Trump Suffered 'Worldwide Humiliation' : politics - the world will reset itself around the restoration of law and order in international trade and the crushing of the Trump tariffs and resultant personal worldwide humiliation of Donald Trump

217 days and counting: Trump's rules slow the release of migrant children to their families : politics -- his is pure evil. Those poor kids.

Trump administration agrees to return "wrongfully" deported immigrant for first time after battling court orders: Judge Brian Murphy ordered officials to "facilitate" the return of a gay Guatemalan rape survivor sent to Mexico : politics

Judge says US effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil on foreign policy grounds is likely unconstitutional : politics
Judge says Rubio 'likely' violated Constitution in ordering Mahmoud Khalil deported : politics

Visas of everyone at Harvard to be investigated by State Department : politics

Stephen Miller's deportation machine is failing — and he's furious : politics - Relative to undocumented immigrants, U.S.-born citizens are over 2 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and over 4 times more likely to be arrested for property crimes,


Notorious Gang Co-Founder Is the Latest Beneficiary of Trump's Pardon Spree : politics - So wait… he accuses anyone of being illegally here in a gang. But pardons the actual founder of the gang?

Donald Trump Pardons Rapper NBA Youngboy : politics
Four officers in now-disbanded police unit charged in cover-up of 2020 beating | AP News


America has a billionaire problem - we need a wealth tax to fix it : politics

'You're Not Above the Law': Judge Approves 14-State Lawsuit Against Elon Musk for Axing 50,000+ Jobs and Illegally Firing Federal Workers : antiwork
Elon Musk opens Trump rift and says: I'm tired of being a whipping boy : politics
Musk confirms exit from Trump administration amid image rehab tour : politics
Elon Musk says role in Trump administration coming to an end : politics - Everyone thinks he's stepping down, but he's already accomplished what he came to do, he siphoned off our sensitive data, dismantled key agencies, and purged government personnel. His mission is basically complete. Now he's likely shifting to operate from the shadows
Ted Cruz Begs Americans Stop Being So Nasty to Elon Musk : politics

The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink : politics - Lutnick's changes to BEAD could hand a lot of the program's money over to private interests like Elon Musk's satellite internet provider, Starlink. And for every person whose home is served by a Starlink connection, their internet will likely be slower, less reliable, and more expensive than what BEAD might have gotten them with fiber.

DOGE is already catastrophic and will continue to be - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump administration pulls the plug on the bird flu vaccine : politics
Scientific Rigor (Mortis), part deux - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Trump administration has canceled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, the drugmaker announced on Wednesday.
Scientific Rigor (Mortis) - Lawyers, Guns & Money I'm sure you will all be shocked to learn that Make America Sick Diseased Hemorrhage Healthy Again report was farmed out to an LLM, which, predictably, hallucinated citations and misattributed arguments.
Scientific Rigor (Mortis), part deux - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Trump administration has canceled a contract awarded to Moderna for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the right to purchase shots, the drugmaker announced on Wednesday.
Trump administration pulls the plug on the bird flu vaccine : NPR The federal government announced Wednesday that it is canceling a contract to develop a vaccine to protect people against flu viruses that could cause pandemics, including the bird flu virus that's been spreading among dairy cows in the U.S., citing concerns about the safety of the mRNA technology being used.

I'm not just the president of the club for low-information voters, I'm also a member - Lawyers, Guns & Money Someone asked a doddering old man about President RubioMiller's latest assault on higher education:

Tools at Democrats' Disposal - Lawyers, Guns & Money Will Chuck and the rest of the Senate Democrats actually use the tools at their disposal to fight against Trump's budget? Or will they Democrat and cave?


Hegseth's Pentagon chooses a controversial new spokesperson, ignoring bipartisan concerns : politics - Kingsley Wilson. Father is a Trump advisor. She believes in great replacement theory. Says Trans people shouldn't be able to own guns and shouldn't be visible in a healthy country. Called for the arrest of Zelensky on OAN. Supports AfD. Worked for a Russel Vought founded organization. She is pretty much what you would expect of this administration.


Will Social Security & Social Programs Be There for Us? Gen Z and the Vanishing Safety Net : antiwork

Democratic pediatrician jumps into race against Lindsey Graham : politics

Andrew Cuomo Is Worse Than You Even Know : politics - Are you implying that Cuomo isn't at least as corrupt as Adams?? You're talking about a guy who started a corruption probe then shut it down immediately when they identified him as the biggest target.


In a county that backed Trump, people depend on Medicaid and are conflicted about cuts : politics
Dying of Whiteness: How the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland | Vanderbilt University


UnitedHealthcare Caught Paying Off Nursing Homes to Let Seniors Die Because Hospital Transfers were "Too Expensive" : antiwork


We Chased Driverless Trucks In Texas. What We Saw Will Scare You. : antiwork - Driverless trucks aren't the problem. Driverless trucks should be a boon for society, replacing a monotonous job with a machine that never gets tired and can drive 24/7 without need for a salary or benefits. The problem as others have pointed out is that when you start automating all industries, what do you do with the people who all of a sudden don't qualify for any job anywhere. It's going to happen, it's already started.


A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained. : politics - The far right are in fact adult toddlers. No ability to take responsibility, to reason, to compromise. Just enough agency to throw fits, throw shit at the wall and regularly act against their own self interest.

But...But... I didn't Vote for this? A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts : antiwork


Found out employer download "productivity tracking" software on every employees computers : antiwork

Found out today our department could have had a 20% pay rise, but the board said no! : antiwork


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,892 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Elmer Ellsworth ... Elmer Ellsworth became the first officer to die in the Civil War. He was 24 years old. The flag Jackson had taken down went to Lincoln.

Why is Donald Trump going after Massachusetts? Trump vs. Massachusetts: How one state represents everything the president despises -- He is attacking our institutions, our economy, and our ideals.


Update Newton Wellesley Hospital: No environmental link to tumors - Work environment at Newton-Wellesley Hospital is 'not the cause' of 7 nurses' brain tumors, reports find





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Report: The world is becoming increasingly authoritarian, but there is hope - The level of democracy enjoyed by the average world citizen in 2022 is back to 1986 levels. This means that 72 percent of the world's population, 5.7 billion people, live under authoritarian rule


Hundreds of drones attack Russia with impacts, disruption reported in Moscow : worldnews

Baby Trump and Musk feature in Russian propaganda cartoon for toddlers : worldnews - In January, history textbooks were released likening Russia's war effort in Ukraine to the Soviet struggle against the Nazis and claimed the invasion was "a question of life and death, the question of our historic future as a people". The Russian television presenter has claimed Ukrainians "serve Satan" and are ruled by "fascists". ... They have an economy the size of a couple of flyover states. It's incredible how much they burn on defense. They have constantly failed to invest in their future and have now all but confirmed demographic collapse.

Anton Gerashchenko on X: The Ukrainian General staff comfirmed a successful drone attack on a Russian strategic enterprise that produces cruise missiles. Last night, drones struck a strategic Russian military-industrial complex facility - the MKB Raduga plant, located in Dubna, 130 km north of Moscow. / X

Kyiv Insider on X: "Russian rail freight volume hits 16 year low, as both domestic economy and exports spiral / X

Maria Drutska on X: For the first time, Ukraine has deployed AI-enabled mothership drones against Russia — Forbes, citing the Ukrainian startup Strategy Force Solutions. ▪️ The system uses a reusable GOGOL-M carrier drone that delivers two FPV drones to targets up to 300 km away; / X


Revealed: Saudi Arabia's secretive rehabilitation 'prisons' for disobedient women | Saudi Arabia : worldnews ... The leaks that come out of these types of places once in a while is terrifying. They talk about kidnapping, torture, rape snd even murder of women routinely like it's the same as giving parking tickets and often for things as seemingly minor to western standards as not covering their hair enough


Lebanese PM: Days of spreading the Iranian revolution are over : worldnews - The days of spreading the Iranian revolution are over. We will not remain silent about weapons in Lebanon that are outside the control of the government.


Hamas executes four Gazans it accuses of looting aid as it tries to assert control : worldnews

Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been eliminated, Israel reports : worldnews - Killed while operating with his command group from a Hamas tunnel complex right below Khan Younis' biggest hospital
Netanyahu gives final confirmation Mohammed Sinwar is dead : worldnews


Trump 'Seriously Considering' Lifting All Biden-Era Restrictions on Ukraine's War Effort, Sources Say : worldnews - Yes, the Kremlin officially had to go on record saying they did not appreciate the people they are killing doing their best to kill them back. How dare they.
NOELREPORTS on X: Zelensky says Ukraine needs ~$30B this year to ramp up arms production & hold the line against Russia. "We're not at full capacity. It's not a production issue - it's a funding issue." He's urging G7 to step up, and wants to use frozen Russian assets to help finance it./ X
Zelenskyy confident that Putin irritates US more than he does : worldnews
Russia masses over 50,000 troops for offensive on northeastern Ukraine, Zelenskiy says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1189, Part 1 (Thread #1336) : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

UNITED24 Media on X: Ukraine remembers the thousands of children abducted by Russia to erase their identity. These are their stories (1/12) / X

Slava on X: The lead singer of Imagine Dragons raised the Ukrainian flag and walked around the stage with it during the world-famous hit "Believer." The American rock band is currently on an international tour, UNIAN reported. / X


NOELREPORTS on X: According to a new Eurobarometer survey, 59% of EU citizens support the purchase and delivery of military equipment to Ukraine. Russia's invasion remains the EU's top concern (27%), followed by the international situation (24%) and security/defense (20%). 77% agree the invasion poses a threat to EU security. / X
Updated: EU formally adopts $170 billion defense plan amid Russia's war against Ukraine : worldnews

China behind 'malicious cyber campaign' targeting Czechia : worldnews - This is really funny after the supposed leader of the FREE WORLD did a backdoor Crypto deal with a state run by an army whose motto is JIHAD! You can't help but laugh at these things when Trump is making deals with literal terrorists and taking jets from their sympathizers

WarMonitor on X: "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth more than 3 billion during a meeting with Zelensky in Berlin." / X
Germany vows to block Nord Stream 2 and weaken Russia's military machine : worldnews
German politicians urge Chancellor Merz to support Taurus missile deliveries to Ukraine : worldnews

French report warns of Islamist 'entryism' as risk to national cohesion : worldnews


US, Argentina launching new 'alternative' to WHO : worldnews - Don't worry, they're not duplicating anything. WHO will have science and germ theory, and we'll have crystals and cod liver oil.

Trump Makes Wild Claim Canada Is 'Considering' Becoming U.S. State : politics - Just for context, the Louisiana Purchase was completed in 1803 for $15 million, which is equivalent to $400-$450 billion in today's dollars. So, just to humor Trump's offer, in historical context and considering that Canada is the world's 9th largest economy, the offer is also ridiculously low.




Fewer international tourists are visiting the U.S. — economic losses could be 'staggering,' researchers estimate : politics

Humiliated Trump's Anger at Putin Grows as GOPers Start Breaking Ranks : politics
MAGA divided as Trump turns on Putin : r/politics

US government ordered US embassies worldwide to stop student visa interviews immediately : worldnews ... Proof that you can be both, a 80 yr old immature man child and the president of the US at the same time, great times to live in for sure.

Trump to disaster victims, past and future: eat shit - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Bush's inept response to Katrina, led by a completely unqualified head of FEMA, generated a remarkable amount of negative coverage. Trump's deliberate and malicious sabotage of federal disaster relief might get a similarly broad and consistent reaction, but I know how I'm betting.

Seth Abramson: "This is why you don't negotiate with terrorists. The firms that caved to this thug are an embarrassment to the legal profession -- and I for one wouldn't be in the least upset if all of them collapsed permanently under the weight of their shame. OF COURSE he's now demanding political—non-pro-bono—work." - Bluesky

Adam Parkhomenko: "Lindsey Graham has played golf with Donald Trump more times than he's held town halls in South Carolina. If only his constituents got as much attention as Trump's tee time…and whatever they do on the back 9 together." - Bluesky

Opinion | The Tragedy of Joe Biden - The New York Times Maureen Dowd ... The polls said he could have beaten Trump, Biden felt, and his team had always doubted Kamala Harris's abilities. But the polls Biden kept counting on never existed — except in Bidenworld's gauzy alternate universe.

Biden accuses Trump of 'modern-day appeasement' towards Russia : politics
Merrick Garland Returns To Biglaw To Continue Not Prosecuting Donald Trump From The Private Sector - Above the Law

Comfortably Numb: "If this was a Watergate-level scandal how come Tapper waited over a year to make his findings public?" - Bluesky
Jake Tapper of CNN Is Everywhere Promoting, and Taking Hits on, His Book - The New York Times

How Donald Trump won the 2024 election | Vox

Trump Short-Circuits Over Wall Street's 'TACO' Slogan: 'Trump Always Chickens Out' | "Don't ever say what you said," President Donald Trump told a reporter when asked about Wall Street's new saying. "That's a nasty question." : politics
Trump's Meltdown Over 'TACO' Trade Spurs Wave of Chicken Memes : politics
Trump Melts Down at 'Why Do You Always Chicken Out' Question. The president also lashed out at the reporter who asked about Wall Street's new nickname for his trade war. : politics
Trump responds angrily to his Wall Street nickname: 'Don't ever say what you said' : politics

Trump Is Killing American Innovation : politics

Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era : politics
Progressive Petition Calls for DNC 'Emergency Meeting' to Shift Gears Against Trump : politics

Trump Shows Signs of Cognitive Decline Says Speech Expert : politics
Cognitive Decline? Trump Repeatedly Fumbles in Multiple Weird Rants : politics
Nearly half of Americans say Trump not being transparent about health : politics The other 50% go along with whatever Trump says

Senate Democrats Have Been Handed a Tool to Stop the Big Beautiful Bill : politics

Donald Trump Jr. wrote that visit to Arlington National Cemetery reminded him of family's 'sacrifices': Trump said he thought of all the attacks we'd already suffered as a family … all the sacrifices we'd have to make to help my father succeed. : politics - The shit apple doesn't fall far from the shit tree, Randy.

Trump has 'never evolved, which is dangerous', his niece Mary Trump says : politics - She added that she does not "understand people who are afraid of Donald, because he's so pathetic. I would be embarrassed to be afraid of him."

Trump's pardons highlight Justice Department's pullback from public corruption cases : politics - Pull back? It highlights that people who commit fraud and violations of the law are no longer going to be held to it if they are loyal to Trump or can buy a pardon.

Pete Hegseth Hit With Stunning Illegal Wiretap Allegations : politics

The argument's over: Americans pay for tariffs : politics
Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs : politics
US trade court rules Trump overstepped his authority with global tariffs : politics

Trump, The Stupidest And Most Cowardly President in American History, Backed Down Again : politics

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner : politics
Trump considers pardoning group who plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer : politics
Donald Trump Pardons Reality Show Couple Todd and Julie Chrisley : politics - Tax evasion, wire fraud, and conspiracy... birds of a feather and all that..
Reality Star Says Trump Told Her on Pardon Call: 'You Guys Don't Look Like Terrorists' : politics
The Basic Cultural Indifference to the Endless Corruption - Lawyers, Guns & Money In what is something of a sick internet joke, Scott's post from about 17 minutes ago about how Trump has abused the pardoning power in a much more egregious way than any other president has been followed by yet another pardon which BY ITSELF would be the most massive scandal of about 43 of the 46 previous presidential administrations. For this administration it's Wednesday: President Trump will fully pardon the reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted three years ago of evading taxes and defrauding banks of more than $30 million to support their luxurious lifestyle.
Trump's pardons show he is becoming more brazenly corrupt : politics
Pardons for sale - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The unconstrained pardon power was a bad idea that has been abused plenty over the course of history, but as with so many things Trump is far worse than any other previous offender. The only check on the pardon power is political, and he got away with it,

Musk says Trump's big, beautiful undermines DOGE's cost-cutting efforts
Musk Throws an Epic Self-Pity Party About Everyone Being Mean to Him. The billionaire is complaining that his mass-firing efforts have been met with fury. : politics

35 Richest Republicans Set to Line Their Own Pockets While Taking Food, Healthcare From Millions : politics

Tulsi Gabbard grows to become Donald Trump's most dangerous attack dog : politics

'The Founding Fathers Knew This!' Judge Scorches Trump Order Targeting Law Firm As Unconstitutional : politics

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Says Dems Will Investigate Trump if They Reclaim the House in the Midterms: 'We'll Do What We're Supposed To Do' : politics

Stephen Miller, Noem demand ICE boost immigrant arrests : politics

DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties : politics

ICE raids on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket end with 40 in custody
Possible ICE in Mission Hill : boston

Immigration officials make arrest at Mass. immigration court - They can't be taking people like tha

Stephen Miller Totally Lost it and Yelled at Immigration Officials for Not Making Enough Arrests : politics

Judge Rips Government for Acting Illegally in Harvard Scientist Case : politics - A Harvard University scientist detained by immigration authorities for over three months was granted bail by a federal judge Wednesday in a rebuke to the Trump administration.
Trump's Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged -- and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam. Trump says he's attacking foreign students because they're taking places reserved for American kids. But the House GOP budget bill would hurt countless American students from the working class. : politics
Judge: Harvard should return early photos of slave to S.C. museum - ending descendant's lawsuit - The SJC decision came on the heels of Harvard University's formal acknowledgement of its historic connection to slavery, including that enslaved people lived on the Cambridge campus and that plantation money, built upon slavery, enriched the school.
Karoline Leavitt: Trump wants 'less LGBTQ graduate majors' from Harvard : politics

Trump administration deported a gay man to a country where he was raped. The administration lied to the judge twice, which didn't help. : politics - This is literally the epitome of inhumanity. They deported a person to a place where he experienced the worst kind of violence done to him, and they did it just for the cruelty. This administration is a walking human rights violation.

Trump has ordered a critically ill four-year-old Mexican girl to leave the country. She could die within days, experts say : politics


SpaceX's Starship explodes over Indian Ocean after 9th test flight failure : worldnews
Jon Cooper: "ANOTHER MUSK FAILURE: After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again on Tuesday evening, but the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart." - Bluesky
Mueller, She Wrote: "lol Musk is a budget hawk. Which is weird since he's a massive groundsuck of tax revenue." — Bluesky
Eschaton: Elon Did Another Boom Boom It would be funny except:

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to stall Trump U.S. attorney picks, citing JD Vance's delays under Biden : politics

RFK Jr. and the Worm That Ate His Brain Threaten to Ban Government Scientists From Publishing in Top Medical Journals : politics
Turns Out That RFK Jr.'s Plan to Make America Healthy Again Doesn't Include Most Pregnant Women or Children : politics

Woman's life-saving treatment delayed by Trump cuts to NIH: Cancer shouldn't be political : politics

E. coli Outbreaks Are Ravaging America. The Trump Administration Doesn't Give a Damn. : politics - Destroy our education, make us poor, take away all safety nets, take away our healthcare, make our food inedible, take away our vaccines, destroy our connection to our allies... the government and the oligarchs don't care about us. Project 2025 is about turning a once prosperous country into two classes, the rich and the poor. They want us picking their fruit and working their factories so they can buy another luxury jet.

Sanewashing the anti-vaxxer destroying American scientific research and nostalgia by proxy - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I know we've already had a couple of posts about Daniel Immerwahr's disgraceful sanewashing of RFK Jr., but there's so much bad content in it that we haven't covered perhaps the most egregious passages. Let's start with some classic BothSidesism:

Republican Crumbles When Pressed About Tax Bill at Heated Town Hall : politics - His defense is that he didn't know what was in the bill he was voting for? Seriously? And he's wondering why a room full of people were shaking with rage? Who is this fuckup? Don't worry he won't have anymore town halls, problem solved.
Nebraska Representative admits he did not know what was in "Big Beautiful Bill" when he voted for it : politics

On Class and Average American Values (Whatever They May Be) - Lawyers, Guns & Money

California caves to Donald Trump & institutes partial ban on trans girls in school sports : politics
Donald Trump threatens federal funding to California because one trans student is running track : politics - Same thing he tried to do to Maine. But Maine won in court. He's just whistling Dixie as usual, trying to look like Tough Donny to his Maga droolers.
Newsom should not bend the knee to Trump on transgender athletes: Khanna : politics

Robert Downen: "Just in: Texas' former solicitor general has left the AG's office amid sex misconduct allegations and a lawsuit outlining his apparent, months of detailed disclosures to colleagues about his sexual obsession with watching an asteroid anally rape the agency's No. 2 attorney in front of his kids." - Bluesky

Stefany Shaheen launches congressional campaign in New Hampshire


Dutch masterpiece, missing for half a century, found by art sleuth
Works by Pissarro, Renoir, and Avercamp Vanished. Here's How an Amateur Art Sleuth Cracked the Case | Vanity Fair For 43 years, police were stumped -- until the dashing, enigmatic Clifford Schorer III went searching for clues online.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,891 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Chris Cornell


Vitamin D supplements show signs of protection against biological aging. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial suggests vitamin D can protect against telomere shortening, which is linked to risk of age-related disease. : r/science
Vitamin D Supplements Show Signs of Protection Against Biological Aging | Mass General Brigham VITAL is the first large-scale and long-term randomized trial to show that vitamin D supplements protect telomeres and preserve telomere length
Sirolimus - Wikipedia
Amazon.com : rapamycin

Sense of purpose emerges as key predictor of cognitive functioning in older adults. A large, decade-long study has found that those with higher levels of well-being—especially a strong sense of purpose -- also tended to show better cognitive functioning and less cognitive decline over time. : r/science

Alcohol-related brain damage could affect thousands, warns expert : r/news

The Truth About Salt: How to Avoid One of the World's Biggest Hidden Killers Most of us consume far too much, which can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. But there are some simple ways to retrain your palate and reduce your intake.

What if We Tolerated Diseases? The immune cells that fight viruses are well-known. But some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they're cleared from our system.

Lack of sleep can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers found that just three nights of restricted sleep -- around four hours a night -- triggered changes in the blood linked to a higher risk of heart disease. : r/science


What's your I can't believe other people don't know this hack? : r/AskReddit

Whats something people do in relationships thay they think is sweet but is actually toxic? : r/AskReddit


Inside the booming mini megachurch taking over Liberty Tree Mall Netcast is a coffee shop. And a church. But not a 'church.' And it's booming.

Market Basket board puts CEO Arthur T. Demoulas on paid leave in dispute over management approach : boston

Phil Eng fixing problems on Boston's MBTA subway For decades, the chronically underfunded and crumbling T resisted even modest fixes. Has it finally met its match?




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Japan loses position as the world's top creditor for the first time in 34 years : worldnews - Now it's Germany ... End of an era, 1991 was the end of ascendant Japan and the beginning of the long slow decline of the country

At least 5 dead and 19 injured in chemical plant explosion in China, CCTV reports : worldnews



Trump considers imposing sanctions on Russia in coming days, WSJ reports : worldnews
Trump considers new sanctions on Russia as he grows more furious with Putin : worldnews
Russian bots roast "clown" Donald Trump after Putin comments : worldnews

Putin calls to strangle Western companies still operating in Russia : worldnews
Over 1,000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia—But Some Remain | Yale School of Management

As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality : worldnews - New evidence strengthens the Commission's previous findings that torture against civilians by Russian authorities in Ukraine and in the Russian Federation has been widespread and systematic.
Putin's War Taxes Are Crippling Russia's Oil Industry : worldnews

Russian Lawmakers Declare War on Shrek : worldnews

Russian harvester maker suspends production as demand from farmers collapses : worldnews

Suspicious Russia-related deaths since 2022 - Wikipedia

Kyiv Insider on X: "Another sector of the Russian economy goes down, with one in four construction companies now facing bankruptcy. / X

GermanLions on X: "The Russian Neryungrinskaya coal enrichment plant, one of the largest and most advanced enterprises in the Russian coal industry, blowing up. / X


The Houthis held, Trump folded: Is the US retreating from Yemen? : politics


New US-backed group says it has begun aid distribution in Gaza : worldnews
Israel warns Europe that Palestine recognition may be met with West Bank annexation : worldnews

Gazans clash at new aid centers as Hamas urges Palestinians to avoid aid - The Jerusalem Post : worldnews

Does Empathy Matter? - Lawyers, Guns & Money What is the point of our moral ideals in a world where people can endlessly express care and concern for others—those living in zones of everyday poverty or spaces of terror like Gaza and Tigray—but do nothing in practice? ... It is not without reason," El Akkad writes, "that the most powerful nations on earth won't intervene to stop a genocide but will happily bomb one of the poorest countries on earth [Yemen] to keep a shipping lane open [the Strait of Hormuz].Never mind that ships in the strait would not have been targeted if, instead of bombing Yemen, the United States stopped sending bombs to Israel. This is the perverted moral calculus of our age. Some lives must be made good, no matter the cost to others, no matter the logic or truth of any of it ... So I guess here's the question-does your empathy matter at all? Or does it just make us feel good and thus is another part of the individualist fundamentalism of contemporary liberalism?


KyivPost on X: Trump seriously considering lifting all Biden-era restrictions on Ukraine's war-fighting, Kyiv Post sources say. / X

Institute for the Study of War on X: The Kremlin's ongoing cognitive warfare effort aimed at preventing future Western military assistance to Ukraine is rooted in fear and the acknowledgment that Russia's only real hope in defeating Ukraine is by isolating Ukraine from its allies. / X

Russia can attack Europe 2-4 years after war's end, faster with lifted sanctions, Ukrainian intel chief warns : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1188, Part 1 (Thread #1335) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 27, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine / X


OSINTtechnical on X: Footage of a Ukrainian heavy bomber drone chasing down a Russian Tor SAM launcher, dropping a grenade on the Russian air defense system. / X

Special Kherson Cat on X: The ground on some parts of the front line is completely covered with fiber optics / X

Saint Javelin on X: Ukraine has created a new weapon against Shaheds. This is Sky Sentinel. It's an autonomous AI-powered turret with a Browning M2 heavy machine gun and 360-degree targeting. Trained to ignore birds and only fire at real threats, it can take down targets flying up to 800 km/h. / X


The Kyiv Independent on X: US blocks G7 push to tighten Russian oil price cap, Financial Times reports. The proposal was dropped after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly declined to support it. / X


Merz: Hungary and Slovakia could lose EU funds over pro-Russia stance : worldnews
Germany threatens steps against Israel as tone shifts over Gaza : worldnews
German chancellor says war in Ukraine still far from over : worldnews
WarTranslated on X: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States have lifted the range restrictions on Western weapons supplied to Ukraine. This means that Ukraine is now allowed to use these weapons to strike targets on Russian territory./ X

Macron says he and wife were 'horsing around' in apparent fight caught on camera : worldnews - She's 72 and he's 45. They married ~18 years ago, so he would be 27. She was his teacher and met when she was 39 and he was 15 ... Not only that, she was married with kids when they met - one of whom was her daughter, Tiffany, who was in class with him. And Brigitte took over the after-school drama club when he joined it.... ew.

UK to allocate US$3bn in profits from frozen Russian assets to strengthen Ukraine's defence : worldnews


U.S. secretly negotiating deal to let Venezuela sell more oil if it takes more deportees : politics


King Charles says Canada faces critical moment in Ottawa speech, amid Trump tariffs, annexation threats : politics ... It's largely symbolic but it's also largely important right now because the tangerine syphilis splooge will feel neutered.
Canada reminds Trump that it already has a King : politics
King Charles expresses love for Canada, says it will remain 'strong and free' : worldnews - America First is really America Alone
Canada commits to joining European defence plan in throne speech - National | Globalnews.ca : worldnews




The Washington Post on X: Trump officials suggest suspending habeas corpus. Here's what it means. / X

U.S. could lose $23 billion in GDP and 230,000 jobs if foreign tourists stay away, study says : politics
Tourists from countries badly hit by Trump tariffs are staying away from US : politics ... Our largest travel agency is reporting a 16% drop in April for bookings to the US. If they think foreign Trump fans will fill the void, they are delusional.

Trump Warns Putin He's 'Playing with Fire' : politics
KyivPost on X: "What Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire!" — Trump / X

Igor Sushko on X: KyivPost Some of the most incredible instances of the Biden administration putting the thumb on the scale to ensure Russia would not lose the war outlined here: / X
The United States Should Make Putin Beg for Negotiations The path is obvious once we finally dismiss Putin's nuclear blackmail and overcome our irrational fear of Russia's collapse
MAGA divided as Trump turns on Putin : politics - "Better Russian than Democrat" unironic shirt slogans that they wear.
Donald Trump grows angrier as Vladimir Putin exposes his impotence : politics
Conservative who moved to RUSSIA with family to escape LGBT ideology now says she hates it because locals don't speak English... then begs for forgiveness after Kremlin hears insults | Daily Mail Online

Trump says autism 'has to be artificially induced' : politics

After years of Biden attacks, Democrats want Republicans to question Trump's mental fitness : politics

Aaron Rupar: "Beyond parody" — Bluesky

When you finally figure out that you're the bottom - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Trump is a deranged old man with a very tenuous grip on reality. He would be removed from office in a functional political system. We don't have that so nothing is going to happen. (A lot of surreal things have happened over the past ten years, but nothing has been more surreal than the obsessive focus of the elite media on Joe Biden's mental state at a time when a clearly mentally incompetent person is president, and it's not Joe Biden).

Trump tells families of war dead: Look at me, I have everything : politics
Trump is 'remarkably like' 1930s far-right regimes, billionaire investor warns : politics
The Golden Age of Scams : politics

MAGA Erupts Over '60 Minutes' Correspondent's Viral Warnings About Trump : politics

Trump Kicks Off Memorial Day With Unhinged Post Raging at 'Scum' Dems : politics
'Deranged Lunatic': Critics Blast Trump After 'Utterly Unfit' Holiday Rant : politics

'Deranged Lunatic': Critics Blast Trump After 'Utterly Unfit' Holiday Rant : politics

Trump's Big Budget Bomb : politics - The bill has $1.1 trillion in tax cuts for people who make more than $500,000 a year. And it has $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. It is a straight transfer from people who cannot afford food and medical care to people who can afford to fly first class.

A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king : politics

Trump Adviser Says the Quiet Part Out Loud on Medicaid Cuts : politics

Maryland congressman says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador : politics

ICE Arrests High School Student at Routine Immigration Hearing : politics - The 20-year-old's mother said it has been difficult to contact her son since his arrest, as he has been transferred around the country -- including stops in New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania. What will happen to him next is unclear.

Trump's Deportation Efforts Are About to Kill a 4-Year-Old - Doctors for the child, who has a life-threatening medical condition, say that stopping her treatment could prove fatal "within a matter of days." : politics

Eschaton: Seems Bad As long as "being detained instead of just being told to get on a flight back" is a possibility, this is just going to get worse ... Being denied entry, sucks, too, but a tiny thing compared to being thrown into a cell for months.
Eschaton: Do The Right Thing One thing about it being MAY, 2025 is you don't actually have to run every decision through the focus group. This may have been a tactical mistake. Because now Democratic lawmakers are planning to make a series of public visits to private detention centers in their states starting as early as next week,

Eschaton: Sure Why Not Really do not come to the US. The Trump administration has ordered US embassies worldwide to immediately stop scheduling visa interviews for foreign students as it prepares to implement comprehensive social media screening for all international applicants. They're gonna ask Grok if you ever said a bad thing about Trump or Israel, or a good thing about Biden, or mocked Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.

Trump administration moves to illegally cancel all contracts with Harvard - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The New Dark Age - The Atlantic The Trump administration has launched an attack on knowledge itself. By Adam Serwer

Eschaton: A Big Deal I do think more people should know that DOGE basically stole a building, acted like a conquering army, and a judge made them give it back.

I owed it to them - Lawyers, Guns & Money Shorter lightly rephrased with additional damning context added Mike Johnson: "morality requires us to deny healthcare to 200,000 poor Louisianans to (partially) pay for upper-class and corporate tax cuts" ... They are what their record says they are. That is, nihilistic psychos.

This program helps 6 million families pay their energy bills. Here's what's at risk if it's cut. : politics

White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims : politics ... the Trump advisers tracking the investigation have privately suggested they no longer have any idea about who or what to believe.
Within Pete Hegseth's divided inner circle, a 'cold war' endures : politics
Eschaton: There's A Little Yellow Man In My Head Amazing paranoia in Hegseth-land. The White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Pete Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides last month, after advisers were told that the aides had supposedly been outed by an illegal warrantless National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap ... But the advisers found the claim to be untrue and complained that they were being fed dubious information by Hegseth's personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, who had been tasked with overseeing the investigation.

Trump pardons MAGA sheriff who took more than $75,000 in bribes. President hails him as a 'wonderful person' : politics

FTC Opens Up Bullshit Investigation Into Media Matters for Highlighting Ads Next to Nazi Content on ExTwitter : politics - Trump's FTC doing everything they can to avoid investigating Neo-Nazi Musk and his ExTwitter for their harmful content.
Tesla sales tanking in Europe, Elon will try to conceal his far-right political actions - Lawyers, Guns & Money - It turns out that the market for electric cars and the market for fash politics do not have a great deal of overlap:

Rule by ipse dixit - Lawyers, Guns & Money Steve Vladeck has more on the Supreme Court's latest use of the shadow docket to effectively overrule decades of precedent while carving out exceptions where applying the new holding would be potentially inconvenient for the Republican Party:

There's a Very Simple Pattern to Elon Musk's Broken Promises : politics - The pattern is simple, overpromise, underdeliver, deflect blame, repeat. It's a classic disruptor playbook, but the real world consequences are starting to stack up, especially when public infrastructure or critical systems are involved.
Republicans face a future without Elon Musk's money : politics

There are two Gen Zs - The new political divide splitting young Americans in half. : politics
Democrats mull how to win back working class and gain young male support : politics
A 'Blue Wave' is building. It won't look the same as the last one. : politics


Lunatic had a good idea once supposedly - Lawyers, Guns & Money I have never read a more irresponsible piece of journalism by a fancy academic in a prestige venue than the bit of RFK Jr. sanewashing by Daniel Immerwahr in the New Yorker that Cheryl discussed yesterday.
Maybe RFK Jr. Has A Point, Episode Too Many - Lawyers, Guns & Money I have a simple heuristic for trying to understand whether people have a good point. If they suggest injecting bleach or if they bundle a roadkilled bear cub into their car to eat later, you don't need to take anything else they say seriously. But there's a pundit industry that shies away from such unnuanced thinking. It allows them to write more words.
RFK Jr. revokes COVID shot recommendations for kids, during pregnancy : politics
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals : politics - Speaking on the "Ultimate Human" podcast, Kennedy said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet, three of the most influential medical journals in the world, were "corrupt" and publish studies funded and approved by pharmaceutical companies."

NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House : politics
Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: "Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good..."

Supreme Court spurns Native American religious claim over copper mine on sacred land : politics

The Republican Budget Bill Rips College Away From the Working Class : politics - "We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat." -- Roger A. Freeman, educational advisor to Ronald Reagan

A marijuana tax is now funding $750 no-strings-attached monthly payments to families in New Mexico : politics

Congestion pricing stays alive in New York City : politics
NY Wins Bid to Stop US From Freezing Funds in Congestion Fight : politics - Trump appointed Judge Lewis Liman has issued a TRO against the Trump admin, suggesting that MTA is likely to succeed in its arguments that Sean Duffy was not allowed to unilaterally void the agreement allowing for congestion pricing in NYC.

More transgender Americans are arming themselves under Trump. One LGBTQ+ gun rights group has added over 20 local chapters since the 2024 elections. : politics - Historically the only time the NRA was pro-gun control was when black families started to arm themselves. Expect a backlash.



Requiem - Lawyers, Guns & Money A lot of pretty famous and pretty good people died this week. It's Memorial Day so let's remember them. First, Chuck Rangel.

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,889 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Ernie Johnson.


Doctors sound alarm as over-the-counter drug taken by millions is linked to CANCER | Daily Mail Online - Phenazopyridine — sold under various brand names including Azo, Pyridium, Prodium, Pyridiate, Baridium, and Uricalm


Google Is Burying the Web Alive : technology ... Adding "-ai" to your search query prevents the ai overview from showing up. Using "before:2023" returns results that aren't tainted by ai, which can help in some circumstances.



Building the Pyramids - Lawyers, Guns & Money . I was reading the recent issue of the London Review of Books and discovered this fascinating discussion of a book about a bunch of papyrus recovered that explained how the pyramids were built and the working conditions of the laborers and as a labor historian, I found this all super fascinating ... No one would choose copper for such a task today - it is far too soft - but before the advent of bronze it was the best option for smoothing out rough surfaces. In some cases, copper saws could be improved by adding an abrasive, often sand, but most tools would have required constant sharpening and reforging. The quantity of metal expended is almost unfathomable. Modern experiments suggest that for every three centimetres of granite cut, one centimetre of copper was lost.

Males are more than four times more likely to receive an autism diagnosis than females. But a new study has found no clinical differences in autistic traits between the sexes in toddlers when they are first diagnosed with autism. : science


What's a sexual taboo you've always been curious about, but never dared to explore? : AskReddit




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Australia fast-tracks first-ever machete ban after weekend attack : worldnews

New Zealand will not be 'guilt-tripped' over environment, resources minister says : worldnews... This is what happens when a populist politician is in charge. Stupid people will truly be responsible for the end of this civilisation.


Japan flight made emergency landing after man tried opening door : worldnews


North Korea arrests 4th official over failed warship launch : worldnews
Report: North Korea Has Enough Fissile Material to Make Up to 90 Nuclear Warheads : worldnews


Over 109,600 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation : worldnews ... A safe estimate at this point in the conflict is 250K killed ... People stood up against the Soviet regime over ten times less losses in Afghanistan. One of the most shocking revelations of this war is total apathy and complicity of the modern russians.

Russia's gold and yuan reserves shrinking, reports Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service : worldnews



Drones hit Russia's Shahed drone factory 1,200 km from Ukraine again : worldnews


India reports over 1,000 active Covid cases; spikes in Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi : worldnews

Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir gifts 'fake' photo to PM Shehbaz Sharif, neitizens mock | Trending News - India TV Several internet users claimed that the photo is directly lifted from publicly available visuals of the Chinese PLA, casting serious doubt on Pakistan's narrative around the alleged operation. Scroll down to read more.


Call for freeze on Syrian asylum claims to end as thousands still in limbo : worldnews


Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after US president says Putin is 'crazy' : worldnews

Chanting 'Death to Arabs,'' Israeli nationalists begin an annual march in Jerusalem : worldnews - (From 2012) If the earth's history were a clock, humans have only existed for about a minute and seventeen seconds. Only since 11:58 pm. We are nothing compared to the rest of earths history. Mammals at 11:39 pm, dinosaurs at 10:56 pm, land plants became a thing at 9:52pm. The origin of life on the planet is believed to be 4 am. From dust to dust, we are insignificant.


Russia launches war's largest air attack on Ukraine, kills at least 12 people : worldnews
Slava 🇺🇦 on X: "❗️ Ukraine must finally be armed to the teeth, as well as the most stringent sanctions against Russia, wrote Republican Congressman Don Bacon "It's time to admit that peace talks have no effect on Putin. It's time for honesty. His goal: to dominate Ukraine, and he will not stop until he realizes that he cannot win/ X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1187, Part 1 (Thread #1334) : worldnews


Secret note reveals Russia using Telegram bots to control drones attacking Ukraine, Economist reports : worldnews

The Ukrainian Review on X: Ukrainian military intelligence says it has documents that suggest that Russia plans to increase its drone production to 500 a day, suggesting that attack swarms of 1,000 could become a reality, - The Economist / X


Sperm from cancer-risk donor used to conceive at least 67 children across Europe : worldnews

German chancellor says four countries have lifted restrictions on strikes deep inside Russia for Ukraine : worldnews
Germany's Chief of Defense, Carsten Breuer, has issued a directive ordering the German military to be fully equipped with weapons and materials by 2029, citing concerns that Russia could be capable of attacking NATO territory by then. : worldnews
Robin Brooks on X: The flood of German transshipments to Russia continues unabated. It's been over three years of this now and this stuff is just shameful. The new government needs to make a decisive break with the past and shut these transshipments down. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today... / X
Merz says 'no longer understands' Israel's goal in Gaza : worldnews
German medical cannabis imports increased over 457% in one year : worldnews

Macron: Trump has realised Putin has been lying to him : worldnews



Venezuela's ruling party wins by landslide in elections boycotted by opposition : worldnews


King Charles, Queen Camilla slated to arrive in Canada today amid tensions with Trump : worldnews
Israel raises alert for travellers to Canada, warning of 'increased threat' : worldnews




US silence as Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine highlights Trump's failure: After boasting he would end the war within 24 hours, the question now is whether US president has disengaged : politics
Trump says Putin has gone 'absolutely crazy,' warns of downfall of Russia : politics
'I don't know what the hell happened to Putin,' says Trump as Russia unleashes 3rd consecutive attack on Ukraine : politics
Trump Rebukes Putin, Calling Escalation of Attacks 'Absolutely Crazy' : politics
Russia responds to Trump's criticism of Putin: There is 'emotional overload' right now : politics
Russia says Trum's attack on Putin due to 'emotional overstrain' : worldnews
Putin Accuses Trump of 'Emotional Overload' After His Wild Rant. The president had posted a social media tirade against "CRAZY" Putin after Russia launched new attacks on Kyiv. : politics

NOELREPORTS on X: In one of his toughest speeches since the war began, Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Russia to end the bloodshed or face "bone-crushing sanctions." He called out China and India as enablers if they continue buying Russian oil, declared the U.S. will no longer be a bystander, and affirmed that the Senate is taking the lead. / X

Trump rages at Biden, judges in all-caps holiday message: 'Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum' | The Independent Earlier in the day, the president reshared a post peddling his baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was 'stolen'
Trump rages at Biden and 'scum' judges in all-caps Memorial Day message : politics
Donald Trump Shares Post Calling Biden 'Decrepit Corpse': politics
Trump can't resist attack on Biden during Memorial Day speech honoring fallen heroes : politics
Veterans Group Attacks Trump Cuts in Memorial Day Message : politics
Donald Trump Attacks Judges in All-Caps Memorial Day Message: 'monsters' : politics

How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy? : politics - We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government.

Fed Chair Powell praises integrity and public service amid unrelenting Trump attacks : politics

Trump delays 50% tariffs on EU to July 9 : politics
Trump Chickens Out on Tariff Threat After Call With Europe : politics

Trump Profits Like No Other President, as Outrage Is Muted - The New York Times The president and his family have monetized the White House more than any other occupant, normalizing activities that once would have provoked heavy blowback and official investigations.
'Roadmap for corruption': Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm : politics
The Trumps are monetising the presidency like never before. But where is the outrage? : politics


Trump's border wall expansion endangers wildlife and habitat : politics

J. D. Vance Warns Courts to Get in Line | The New Yorker The Vice-President says it's time for Chief Justice John Roberts to step in and make judges behave. He's wrong.
Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power? : politics
Who Will Protect Judges from Trump's Incitement? : politics
US federal judges consider creating own armed security force as threats mount - Proposal would move security under judges' control as justice department has vowed loyalty to Trump : politics

'No legitimate rationale': Trump improperly added plaintiffs to Iowa pollster lawsuit to keep case local and 'destroy' court's jurisdiction, judge rules : politics

Masked ICE agents are showing up at courthouses. Immigrant groups call it flagrant violation of due process : politics

US police officer resigns after wrongfully arresting undocumented teen : politics



'That's the Way Militaries Work in Russia and China and North Korea' - POLITICO A military veteran in Congress raises the alarm about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's firing of high-ranking officers.


Trump Warns Of The Perils Of 'Trophy Wives' During West Point Commencement Speech : politics


Why is Trump obsessed with Harvard? : politics
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools : politics
Trump says he wants 'names and countries' of all international students at Harvard : politics
Trump Demands Harvard Students'=' Info: 'We Want Those Names' : politics
Did Barron Trump apply or get rejected by Harvard? What to know about Trump kids' schools : politics


The Debt Is About to Matter Again When interest rates outpace growth, very bad things can happen. : politics
GOP senator hits Trump tax bill, says there are enough Republican votes to 'stop the process' : politics
Trump's tax cut plan will be cripplingly expensive for most Americans : politics

Trump's Robin Hood in reverse tax bill is driving up the cost of buying a home, Democrats say : politics
Republican senators rebuke "immoral" Trump bill - "Emperor has no clothes" : politics
Pelosi on the Republican Tax Scam: "One of the Largest Transfers of Wealth in our History." : politics
Rep. Latimer on Republican Budget: This is America's worst budget ever. No matter how you spin it, everyday Americans will suffe : politics

Mike Johnson Insists It's 'Moral' to Throw People Off Medicaid : politics
Mike Johnson Claims 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Will Only Cut Medicaid For Undeserving People - The speaker of the House said the cuts will only affect people who were never supposed to have had Medicaid. : politics

National parks ordered to police 'negative' history under Trump directive : politics

Dermatologists say Marines' tightened shaving waiver could hurt Black members' careers : politics



How Donald Trump Has Remade America's Political Landscape - The New York Times

Democrats Still Searching for a Path Forward Months After 2024 Election - The New York Times - The party's standing is startlingly low after a defeat that felt like a cultural rejection. What comes next

Exclusive | AOC would trounce Sen. Chuck Schumer in primary as party leader bleeding support from Dems, Jewish voters: poll
AOC Edges Out Chuck Schumer by Double-Digit Margin in New Poll : politics

Run for Something co-founder: 'Democrats' reliance on seniority is our downfall' : politics


Jasmine Crockett Slams ICE Barbie's Latest 'Photo Op' in Israel - The Democratic lawmaker said Kristi Noem's visit to Israel was nothing more than a publicity stunt. : politics


The Pool's Open. Trump's Laid Off The Team That Helps Protect Swimmers: The loss of the CDC's drowning-prevention unit is one that water safety advocates fear will have a direct impact on children's safety : politics - Water safety officials usually spend Memorial Day weekend warning families that more toddlers die from drowning than any other cause. This year, fewer people will know about the risk.

RFK Jr.'s FDA Head Wants Diabetics to Get Cooking Classes Over Insulin : politics
The reality of the treatment of diabetes before insulin. (A) Photograph... | Download Scientific Diagram

E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people but details didn't surface : politics
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people but details didn't surface - The Washington Post Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.

5 Years After George Floyd's Murder, the Backlash Takes Hold - The New York Times The Black Lives Matter movement, kicked into high gear after Mr. Floyd's murder on May 25, 2020, has given way to the politics of "white grievance" championed by President Trump.
Report: Police Killings Rose in the Five Years After George Floyd's Murder | An analysis shows how little has changed for Black victims of police violence in America. : politics



Nancy Mace's Former Political Advisor Accuses Her of Showing Nudes in Congress to Extort Property Out of Her Ex-Fiancé : politics


Ohio bill to celebrate 'natural family' month excludes LGBTQ+, single parents : politics - Hate and discrimination are core values for right wing "christians".


Fetterman, Often Absent From Senate, Says He Has Been Shamed Into Returning : politics


Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges : politics


What Experts Want You to Know About Microplastics - The New York Times How can you minimize your exposure? How worried should you be about the health effects? And other questions, answered.


Opinion | Humans believe they understand their dogs. Our research gave us pause. - Washington Post Dog owners don't understand their pet's emotions as well as they think they do.




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First report on world's animal health reveals changing spread of disease impacting food security, trade and ecosystems : worldnews


ASEAN must deepen integration to tackle US tariffs, Malaysia says : worldnews

North Korea makes arrests over botched ship launch : worldnews

China supplying Russian military factories with chemicals, gunpowder, components, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence chief says : worldnews



Putin remains confident in Russia's ultimate victory in Ukraine, US intelligence reports : worldnews

Russia claims it downed 110 Ukrainian drones overnight : worldnews


Putin's helicopter allegedly caught in Ukrainian drone attack during Kursk visit - Russian commander : worldnews



India Becomes World's Fourth Largest Economy, Overtakes Japan : worldnews
India's monsoon rains arrive 8 days early, earliest in 16 years : worldnews

Turkiye's Erdogan declares population crisis, blames LGBT 'fascism and oppression' for falling birthrate : worldnews ... Erdogan himself is particularly responsible for the devaluation of the Lira and a cost of living crisis, due to his geopolitical and economic policies, which dare I say, were fascist and oppressive and obviously affected the birthrate.

Sudan reports hundreds of cholera cases in Khartoum over last 4 weeks : worldnews

Truman engaged in 'largest airstrike in the history of the world' from an aircraft carrier, top admiral says  | Stars and Stripes The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the "largest airstrike in the history of the world" from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia
Truman engaged in largest airstrike in the history of the world from an aircraft carrier, top admiral says : worldnews

Saudi Arabia to lift 73-year alcohol ban ahead of World Cup : worldnews


US asks Israel to delay major ground invasion of Gaza amid hostage deal talks : worldnews
Israel plans to capture 75 per cent of Gaza : worldnews

World Food Programme director calls food situation in Gaza a catastrophe : worldnews

US arrests man for allegedly trying to firebomb embassy in Israel : worldnews


Russia launches mass attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian cities for second night in row : worldnews - trumps phone call really worked
NEXTA on X: Don't't xpect miracles": Ukraine braces for Russia's summer offensive This summer, Putin is planning a large-scale offensive aimed at capturing Kharkiv, Sumy, and Dnipro; a ceasefire is not on the table. Ukraine is preparing for a prolonged and brutal phase of the war, while Western support shows signs of weakening. Ukrainian officials, soldiers, and analysts warn that peace remains out of reach — with no indication that Russia intends to retreat or compromise/ X
Ukraine's Zelenskyy denounces U.S. silence after massive Russian drone-and-missile attacks : worldnews
Trump administration finally responds to large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1186, Part 1 (Thread #1333) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 25, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Russia has upgraded its ballistic missiles with radar decoys and evasive maneuvers, making them potentially harder to intercept even by Patriot air defenses, Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said on May 24 after a massive attack on Kyiv that injured around a dozen civilians. : worldnews


Russia could be ready to strike NATO in two years, new report says : worldnews

People could be asked to prove biological sex under new EHRC code : worldnews

Donald Trump says US and EU have agreed to postpone tariffs : worldnews

Russia's massive Ukraine strike prompts Poland and allies to launch air patrols : worldnews



Pope prays for Chinese Catholics to be in communion with Rome in first comments on thorny issues : worldnews

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for additional EU sanctions against Russia on May 25 following Russia's large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine that killed 12 and injured 79. : worldnews - The dickwad cuntry of the US is doing nothing. From a superpower to a supershit and led by a traitor/grifter.
Germany deploys permanent troops beyond its borders for the first time since WWII : worldnews

European city asks tourists to stop stealing cobblestones from its historic streets : worldnews - Belgium's picturesque city of Bruges has issued a request that tourists stop stealing cobblestones from its UNESCO-recognized medieval streets.

Second suspected sabotage in France as power cut hits Nice : worldnews
Malicious act causes power cut in Nice, in second day of outages across southern France : worldnews

UK farmers pray for rain amid driest spring since 1852 : worldnews
Ministers have hailed a "new dawn" for Britain's railways as the first train services renationalised under the Labour government started operating on Sunday : worldnews
More than 1,900 Americans applied for UK citizenship as Trump began second term : worldnews




New tariff policy unable to survive long weekend - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Aaron Rupar: "Beyond parody" — Bluesky
Meidas_Ian: Anyone collating a book of his gaffs? Will be a bestseller! — Bluesky
Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Should 'Question Trump's Mental Acuity' The congresswoman wants the GOP to ask whether the president is "equipped to serve mentally" - "The job of the U.S. armed forces is not to host drag shows, to transform foreign cultures, but to spread democracy to everybody around the world at the point of a gun."

Chinese company with no revenue set to buy $300 million worth of Trump memecoin - in Trump's most stunning grift yet : politics

As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests : politics

Opinion | Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power? - The New York Times

Noah Berlatsky: wrote about Biden's failure to crush fascism, and why Ds really need to do better next time. if they get a next time. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/biden-shou... - Bluesky
Biden Should Have Imprisoned Trump on Day One Fighting fascists is messy. If you don't do it, though, they win ... The thing is, the rule of law in the United States is that insurrectionists should not hold office. It's right there in the Constitution. It's not ambiguous.

Environmental Protection Agency to propose not protecting the environment - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The New York Times.


Republicans Snuck a Provision Into Their Megabill That Would Let Trump Defy the Courts : politics ... An act that is wholly illegal and could lead to dissolving our union of states through civil war,The collapse of the federal government or just through the citizenry giving up on the rule of law
Cindy Alexander Capaldo: If The SENATE passes this bill, The Courts CANNOT hold him in contempt. HE.. CAN.. DO.. WHATEVER..HE.. WANTS.. - Bluesky

Alt National Park Service: If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington - Bluesky


Sherrilyn Ifill: Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let's get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State. - Bluesky


It's eerie how much Donald Trump's mother looks like Hillary Clinton : pics

Fiona Hill: Trump is terrified of Putin, I've seen it first-hand : politics

Trump Still Seems Convinced That Stealth Jets Are Literally Invisible - Comments made during Trump's West Point commencement speech suggest POTUS still hasn't figured this one out. : politics

Imagine if the mental state of a very elderly president became a big news story - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Imagine if the mental state of a very elderly president became a big news story, part deux - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Who believes that Donald Trump—fixated on imaginary graves and Photoshopped tattoos -- is going to be able to process new and alarming information in the middle of the night, with the fate of the world at stake?


How Trump's clash with the courts is brewing into an all-out war : politics

US judge orders Trump administration to return wrongly deported gay man : politics



Trump seeks to quell 'centers of dissent': Harvard professor : politics


Aaron Rupar: House Republicans just approved a bill to take Medicaid away from 13 million people and Meet the Press is (not) on it - Bluesky
Trump Brags That He's Not Cutting 10 Cents From Pentagon as GOP Guts Medicaid : politics

Our Ignorant Government Wants to Close the One Lab That Can Stop a New Infectious Disease Outbreak : politics


Trump's "Golden Dome" Won't Work—but It'll Make Elon Musk Richer : politics

Kamala Harris Shreds Elon Musk Over 'Empathy' Critique. The former presidential candidate further acknowledged the rise of fascism, telling her audience, "I do worry, frankly, about what's happening in the world right now." : politics ... I'm so disappointed with Harris and her campaign. Running to the right instead of energizing her base. Refusing to fight the fascists in any way post election night. Waiting months to speak out.
Kamala Harris takes swipe at Musk and warns world to remember the 1930s at Gold Coast real estate conference : politics ... Gold Coast real estate conference just seems like such a weird venue for her—and really not the place to meet the moment.

David Hogg Says Jasmine Crockett Is Leader Democrats Need : politics


Police officer who arrested Georgia teen that was detained by ICE resigns from department : politics - Undocumented immigrants paid more than $96 billion dollars into social security and Medicare in 2022. They get nothing out of it unless they obtain citizenship. They are a benefit to our society.


Google DeepMind CEO warns AI will disrupt jobs in 5 years, urges teens to prepare now : worldnews


Apple CEO Tim Cook called Greg Abbott to press him to stop the state's proposed online child safety laws, report reveals : technology - If enacted, app marketplaces will be required to collect and keep sensitive personal identifying information for every Texan who wants to download an app, even if it's an app that simply provides weather updates or sports scores, (under the guise of child porn)

Texas Is Closer To Putting The Ten Commandments In Classrooms After A Key Vote : politics

Fetterman Doesn't Want To Show Up For Work, Says His Mental Health Has Been 'Weaponized' : politics


Nebraska Republican mayor loses reelection after running anti-transgender ads. Democratic challenger John Ewing beat Republican incumbent Jean Stothert 56 percent to 44 percent for the mayorship of Omaha. : politics


priscilla page: I wrote about Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One www.patreon.com/posts/90766824 - Bluesky
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | Patreon
The surprising little star of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One - Hagerty Media


Women whose sister experienced postpartum psychosis are more than 10 times as likely to experience it themselves. Postpartum psychosis is a rare but serious mental illness that causes severe mood swings, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia : science


An eight-week course of bright light therapy helped reduce depressive symptoms in individuals with subthreshold depression. The treatment also altered dynamic functional connectivity in several brain regions associated with mood regulation : science




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An ecological disaster has been unfolding on Australia's coast -- Toxic algal bloom a sign of a changing climate : worldnews

South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims - minister : worldnews ... According to this chart South Africa has the fifth highest homicide rate in the world. Above even Haiti


New Baby Destroyer Suffers Birth Accident - Lawyers, Guns & Money (literal blockhead)

South Africa downgrades Taiwan's representative office as it deepens ties with Beijing : worldnews



Russia Forced to Close Airspace, Shut Down Internet Amid Drone Raids : worldnews
With internet blackouts and airport closures, Ukraine's drones disrupt Russia - The Washington Post As Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, they are disrupting day-to-day life and reminding Russians that the war is not confined to the trenches ... The attacks, while far less destructive than Russia's missile barrages on Ukrainian cities, still demonstrate Ukraine's evolving use of this low-cost, high-impact technology.

Russia Forces 20,000 Naturalized Migrants to Fight in Ukraine or Face Losing Citizenship : worldnews

Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation : worldnews

EU mulls cutting over 20 Russian banks from SWIFT, banning Nord Stream in new sanctions, Bloomberg reports : worldnews



India, Nepal conduct joint search operation for suspected Pakistani terrorists : worldnews


Trump administration begins to lift Syria sanctions in place for decades : politics
Islamist militants attack Russian base, pose threat to Syria's stability : worldnews
Iran-backed Palestinian terror groups said to leave Syria under pressure from Sharaa : worldnews


Iran says will hold US responsible for any Israeli attack on nuclear sites : politics

South Lebanon votes in municipal elections that will test support for Hezbollah : worldnews


'Blood libels': Israel's US ambassador defends Netanyahu, slams legal system : worldnews
Gantz to Netanyahu: You have opposition support, bring the hostages home now : worldnews

Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP : worldnews

US, Iraq close to deal for release of Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov, report claims : worldnews


MilitaryNewsU on X:Russia will be able to fight for at least 2 more years at the current level of losses, - the commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe Kavoli. He added that in 2025 the Russian army should receive 1,500 tanks and 3,000 armored vehicles of various types, apparently restored, modernized and manufactured in total. / X

Russia launches missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian capital, hours after prisoner swap begins : worldnews
Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack with explosions heard throughout city : worldnews
Russia attacks Ukraine with 14 ballistic missiles and 250 drones overnight : worldnews
Ukraine says 15 people hurt in massive Russian attack on capital : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1185, Part 1 (Thread #1332) : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: "Russian losses per 24/05/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1130 men +11 tanks +47 AFVs +36 artillery +5 MLRS (!) +2 AD systems +232 UAVs https://t.co/qv4yTYucQ0" / X

Russia and Ukraine swap 307 soldiers on second day of POW exchange : worldnews
Trump rushes to announce largest Russia-Ukraine POW swap of the war : worldnews - Donald "Not-my-war" Trump rushes to take credit for things he did not do and knows nothing about (again)

Ukraine is using helium-filled balloons to extend the range of its attack drones : worldnews

Ukraine faces multi-billion-euro blow as EU moves to reimpose pre-war trade quotas : worldnews

Russia is offering Ukrainian POWs to 'switch sides and occupy Europe together' : worldnews

'Shoot them on the spot' - Ukraine's military intel records over 150 cases of Russia executing POWs : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: According to Russian sources, part of the crew of the Russian Mi-8 military helicopter that crashed yesterday in the Oryol region had taken part in the 2014 extraction of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Yanukovych, flying him out of Ukraine to Russia during his escape. / X



World's seven wealthiest countries agree to counter China's trade practices | G7 : worldnews - G7 finance ministers and central bank governors pledge to address 'economic imbalances', without naming China
EU calls for 'respect' after Trump threatens 50% tariffs : worldnews


Russian jets violate Finnish airspace, defense ministry says : worldnews


King's visit to Canada will help counter Trump's threats, says envoy. King Charles's sojourn will 'make it clear that Canada is not for sale now, is not for sale ever' : worldnews
Indian study permits see 31% drop as Canada tightens international student cap : worldnews
RFK Jr. urges Canadian health officials to spare B.C. ostrich flock from cull : politics - But children being culled by measles is ok.
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's gift to Donald Trump, he could be barred from Canada as a convicted felon : politics




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Week 18 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - pretty clear to me, anyway, that Stephen Miller is directing these renditions. The legal basis is shaky, and the legal defenses are bullshit. Courts are losing patience, but none of them have resorted to contempt proceedings yet.
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

Trump reportedly to make drastic cuts to US National Security Council : politics

GOP won't install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say : politics

I'm A Psychologist Who Specializes In Narcissists. Here's What We Need To Do To Stop Trump. : politics

Inside Trump's big-spender meme coin dinner: Presidential seal and food that looked worse than Spirit Airlines : politics
At Trump's $148 million meme coin dinner, 'the food sucked' and security was lax : politics - All in, the president was there for 23 minutes, Pinto said. Trump delivered a brief address re-hashing old crypto talking points, then he left on a helicopter before taking any questions or pictures with his meme coin contest winners.

Private event with crypto customers fuels accusations of Trump profiting off presidency : politics
Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Ethics - Free plane, crypto dinner, foreign deals: the first family doesn't seem to care how corrupt it looks. : politics

Trump Hijacks West Point Graduation to Rant About Drag Shows : politics - He wears makeup every day. Literally a drag show President.
Trump Brags to West Point Grads He Can Do Whatever He Wants Now - The president delivered a campaign-style speech to West Point cadets, touting his election "mandate" and how it "gives us the right to do what we want": politics ... Smallest percentage electoral college victory since Nixon beat Humphry in '68 is not a "mandate."
Trump Warns West Point Grads to Steer Clear of 'Trophy Wives'. The president ought to know, having now been married three times to women who were significantly younger than him and employed as professional models prior to getting engaged. : politics
Trump's speech to Boy Scouts: 29 most cringe-worthy lines | CNN Politics July 27, 2017

Donald Trump suffers triple legal blow within hours : politics


Trump Is Immensely Vulnerable : politics (Kristof) - The author of this article seems to be working under the delusion that politics will move forward like usual. Every point listed as a vulnerability in this piece is considered a strength by Trump's supporters... and his opposition seems content to just keep pretending like everything is completely normal.

The curious case of Trump's disappearing media transcripts : politics

Republican-Appointed Judge Warns Trump Over 'Doubly' Violating Constitution : politics

US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate return of Guatemalan deportee : politics ... facilitate = don't bother.

Alabama worker says ICE dragged him from job despite being US citizen: 'Color of our skin has become a crime' : politics

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build 'ImmigrationOS' Surveillance Platform : politics

Trump administration releases people to shelters it threatened to prosecute for aiding migrants : politics - a somewhat confusing headline. The story is this: There are charity-run shelters along the border who feed and aid migrants who have crossed the border. The government has threatened these shelters with felony prosecutions while at the same time sending migrants to those same shelters.

Opinion | Arrest of Rep. McIver is a constitutional crisis in motion The charge against Representative LaMonica McIver is proof that the constitutional crisis is escalating ... And it was on display outside a New Jersey immigration detention center earlier this month, where an oversight visit by a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security was marred by the lawmaker and others being jostled and shoved by several masked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers ... The DoJ presented pictures of the "assault" as part of the charging documents. Her belly touches some guy as another thug seems to grab or push her from behind.

The "Invasion" Invention: The Far Right's Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy : politics

Immigrant arrests at courthouses signal new tactic in Trump's deportation push - The Washington Post U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been instructed to arrest people immediately after a judge has ordered them to be deported or after prosecutors move to drop their cases.

Judge blocks Trump's ban on Harvard enrolling foreign students : politics
Universities See Trump's Harvard Move as a Threat to Them, Too - College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere. : politics
These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students : CambridgeMA
Harvard under attack: Trump's war on America's oldest university Let's call this what it is ... In the 2024 election, Harris won 79% of the Jewish vote, besting Trump by almost 4:1. And of the 34 Jewish members of Congress, only 3 are Republicans. And none of the 5 Jewish governors are Republicans.

Court order blocks Trump from eliminating U.S. Education Department : politics

The Stakes of the Birthright-Citizenship Case : politics

Trump Insists Apple Can Move Production to the US Because of 'Computerized' Factories After Threatening Tariffs : politics
Trump Insists Apple Can Move Production to the US Because of 'Computerized' Factories After Threatening Tariffs. So Donald is giving a company less than 30 days to build a complicated factory that will immediately begin producing. He really thinks like that? wrote one social media user. : technology

Trump Resumes Effort to Destroy Economy - The president threatened a 25 percent tariff on Apple products, as well as a 50 percent blanket tariff on goods from Europe : politics
Trump says he's 'not looking for a deal' with the EU after threatening a 50% tariff : politics

Expert calls Musk's 'Doge' involvement one of the greatest brand destructions : politics - Elon Musk's work slashing federal jobs and budgets for Trump has wrecked Tesla's reputation, knocking it from the 8th most reputable brand in 2021 to 95th today.

JD Vance's Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end ... Its president, Dave Vance, said it had been running a genealogical research project using DNA for a decade and was certain the vice-president had no direct connection to "the John Vance who is popularly assumed by many genealogists to be the sole progenitor of all Irish Vances".
JD Vance's Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end : politics


How Trump's megabill transfers wealth in the US : politics

So, These Oval Office Invitations Are Just Setups, Huh? : politics


All Medicaid gender transition care is cut in late addition to GOP tax bill || The prohibition abruptly expanded to include adults hours before the House passed the bill, escalating the crackdown on transgender care once focused on children : politics
Abandoning trans people 'a mistake' for Democrats, says Tim Walz - Kamala Harris's former running mate says your cost of eggs ... has nothing to do with someone's gender. : politics

GOP Congressman Says Trump's Tax Bill Doesn't Cut Any Medicaid, Food Benefits - Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Democrats are "lying" about the sweeping GOP plan to cut $1 trillion from federal health and food programs. : politics

Trump-Ramaphosa Meeting: We Can No Longer Dismiss the U.S. President's Racism : politics
Racial views of Donald Trump - Wikipedia
Trump administration is minimizing white supremacist threat, officials warn : politics

1-vote victory for Trump's big bill inflames Democratic clash over aging leaders : politics - Most companies have required retirement ages, but not our leadership. Maybe 65 is to low. Even make it high, make it 75 or even 80. At 75 that removes 36 from congress and 16 from the senate. At least, at the very least they should use the average life expectancy in the US as the barometer. So right now that is 77 (74 for men, 80 for women). At 77 you stand just as much of a chance as living as dying the in US. Make that the line ... Well we are nearly 50th by country in life expectancy, and going down. people are dying more and more. But with Medicaid going away that number could get much worse.

Project Esther Is a McCarthy-Era Blueprint for Crushing the American Left : politics

A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. : politics

Merrick Garland Returns To Biglaw To Continue Not Prosecuting Donald Trump From The Private Sector : politics

Digital Fascism is Still Just Fascism - emptywheel - The Death of the Internet and Karim Khan's Inbox - But right now, it's even worse than normal, because Khan's work on Israel has angered the US president.


Hegseth Restricts Press Access at Pentagon, Says Journalists Will Be Required to Sign Pledge : politics
'Direct Attack on Freedom of the Press': Hegseth Cracks Down on Journalists Covering Pentagon : politics

Pentagon promotes Kingsley Wilson to press secretary despite history of antisemitic comments : politics ... Wilson has previously endorsed neo-Nazi conspiracy theories.

Leaving Vichy Biglaw - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's really critical that collaborationist firms and people like Karp pay a huge price for their actions, and clients taking their business elsewhere and partners taking their books elsewhere are both critical steps.

Experts Warn Trump Attack on Nuclear Regulator Raises Disaster Risk : politics


5 Years Ago - U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss : pics ... More Americans died of COVID than WW2 and the Civil War combined ... Covid has probably killed twice as many people in the US as AIDS in a fraction of the time ... 1.4 million is a reasonable estimate: In 2024, the mortality rate from Covid in the U.S. was ~17x higher than Canada's ... Once Trump learned he could kill 100,000 Americans with no repercussions he proceeded to kill 1 million more since nobody cared ... I fucking hate that millions of Americans just deny this happened. Did they just not see it? I knew people that died. I know people that had friends and family die. I know people that will never recover. How can they just ignore reality?What a fucking bizarro world we live in.

pancakebreak comments on 5 Years Ago - U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss COVID really jaded me in a lot of ways, but one pseudo-positive is that I expect a lot less out of people. It made me realize that the average person is far more stupid than I ever imagined.

Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries In many parts of the world, official death tolls undercount the total number of fatalities
SARS-like WIV1-CoV poised for human emergence | PNAS
New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China, now detected in U.S. - CBS News
Alert issued over dangerous new Covid strain - Mask up! | World | News | Express.co.uk
Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week? - ABC News Experts say there is low vaccine uptake and people are not accessing treatments.
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19 - The White House (disgusting)


CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say | Under Trump, the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was cut. : politics


Federal Cuts to Medicaid Could End Medicaid Expansion and Affect Hospitals in Nearly Every State : politics

Republican cuts to food and health benefits 'will kill', advocacy groups warn : politics

Jon Stewart Shares Dark Prediction for How the Trump Story Ends : politics

Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With Trump Over 60 Minutes Interview : politics ... I don't understand how of all people, this guy, this completely incompetent fool with no redeeming qualities, gets away with everything and always has. I don't understand any of it. It all feels coordinated

States Forced to Kill Millions in Rural Broadband Investment After Trump Illegally Kills the Digital Equity Act ... Simply for Having the Word 'Equity' in it. : politics

Trump's FEMA Denies North Carolina's Request for Hurricane Helene Aid : politics

Texas Democrat says Republicans are giving cartels a gift : politics

Fetterman, Often Absent From Senate, Says He Has Been Shamed Into Returning : politics - The craziest part is this is basically his first real job in his entire life.
Eschaton: Fetterman Hates Job I wouldn't want to be a senator, either, but I didn't try to get the job. tl;dr He hates showing up to the Senate, AND he hates seeing his constituents.

Democrat edges out Republican Joni Ernst in Iowa Senate poll : politics

GOP US Sen. Tommy Tuberville is expected to announce run for Alabama governor, associates say : politics

House Republican says he doesn't use straws: That's what the women in my house do : politics

DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix's Treatment of Homeless People : politics

Texas Senate moves to gut medical cannabis expansion after securing THC ban : politics


Certainly: I can rewrite it for you wholesale - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The academic I interviewed Thursday who forwarded me the story about authors forgetting to take their AI prompts of their texts poses this question:

The arbitrariness of fame - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I missed something that has to be mentioned in this context: Mark Burnett picking Trump to star in The Apprentice. Delete that event and Trump is just a bit of 1980s trivia today.



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,889 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Wynton Kelly


5 Tips for Talking to Your Doctor Just getting there can be a huge pain, so it should feel like it was worth it.

Research shows a continuation of a decades-old trend toward increasing US excess deaths, mainly among working-age adults, largely driven by drug overdoses, gun violence, auto accidents, and preventable cardiometabolic causes : science

We tend to trust those from a low-income background over wealthy elites who grew up with privilege, suggests a new study. Experiments found that people generally saw those who grew up in lower-class homes as more moral and trustworthy. : science

Study suggests that depression and anxiety can spread between married couples through shared mouth bacteria or kissing. Bacteria linked to depression, anxiety, and sleep problems became more abundant in both partners. Scientists believe they affect the brain by compromising the blood-brain barrier. : science

Study finds that the depth of small grooves in the brain's surface is linked to stronger network connectivity and better reasoning ability. : science


What is something that has massively destroyed your mental health? : AskReddit



On this day 171 years ago, federal agents enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act seized Anthony Burns, escaped from Virginia, in broad daylight on Court Street : boston - Two weeks later, Frederick Douglass would publish an essay titled is it right and wise to kill a kidnapper? That November, Massachusetts elected one of the most radical state legislatures in history.
Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia After escaping from slavery in Maryland in 1838, Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York and gained fame for his oratory

A Moral and Practical Case for New England Independence : CambridgeMA

ICE is all over eastie this morning : boston

Five years after George Floyd, police reform slows in Massachusetts

Massachusetts utility bills: 4 ideas to lower gas, electric costs

What movie(s) do you think best depicts Massachusetts? : massachusetts

Majority of Massachusetts is now out of drought status : massachusetts

Is the Old Burial Ground in Harvard Square ever open to the public? : CambridgeMA

Residents gather to protest the use of electroshock therapy in this Canton school for kids with development disabilities : massachusetts
"It is mind and body torture" - Jennifer Msumba, survivor of JRC - The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) calls itself a school and claims the Graduated Electronic Decelerator (GED), a remote control electric shock device designed to inflict pain, is a kind of treatment. Survivors like Jennifer Msumba tell a different story.





052325

289 miners trapped in shaft at South African gold mine : worldnews
Hundreds of gold miners trapped underground, rescue underway : worldnews


Japan core inflation tops forecasts as rice prices almost double, hitting 3.5% : worldnews

Pentagon eyes withdrawing 4,500 troops from Korea, Wall Street Journal reports : worldnews

North Korea: Satellite photos show Kim Jong Un's damaged warship : worldnews

Taiwan military boosts readiness amid rising China threat: Defense minister : worldnews

Edward Walker: A good summary of key uncertainties in the coming months. IMO most decisive: If Chinese support for RU accelerates significantly -- for instance if China feels with the US stepping back that they can take the risk of providing massive military aid to RU—that could make a major difference… - Bluesky



US condemns Russia's 'brutal war' in surprise announcement : worldnews
Russia said it's fighting off a massive long-range drone attack across the country : worldnews


Borscht Ingredient Prices Surge Up to 87% in Russia : worldnews


Modi says Pakistan will not get water from Indian-controlled rivers : worldnews


Leaked Muslim Brotherhood report criticized as 'alarmist' by academics and civil society : worldnews


Israeli strikes kill Palestinians protecting Gaza aid trucks, Hamas says : worldnews

Terrorists dressed as women transferred Edan Alexander across Gaza, released hostage recounts : worldnews

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Britain, France, Canada of siding with Hamas - UPI.com : worldnews
Netanyahu accuses Starmer of siding with Hamas : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1184, Part 1 (Thread #1331) : worldnews


Zelenskyy: Russia drafting ceasefire memorandum for a week is a mockery of the entire world : worldnews

Ukraine and Russia exchange 780 soldiers and civilians in biggest swap : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: "A Ukrainian sniper executed disabled Russian APC from distance of 1,700 meters with .50 BMG rifle After the shot, the vehicle stopped movement, with intercepted Russian radio communications revealing panic: "The driver's head is gone — shock. / X


The estimated combat losses of russians over the last day: 1 050 persons, 148 UAVs and 43 artillery systems | MoD News


G7 on Russian assets: They will remain immobilised until Moscow ends war and pays for damage caused to Ukraine : worldnews
The EU must be prepared for the US to lose interest not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe - Sikorsky | УНН : worldnews


Polish PM on presidential candidate's promise not to let Ukraine into NATO: It's treason : worldnews

Leaked files reveal lawyers, politicians in Lithuania on Kremlin's payroll : worldnews

EU Council to discuss removal of Hungary's voting rights in the European Union on May 27 : worldnews

Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate's challenge to results : worldnews


Vatican silent on Russia-Ukraine talks, leaving prospects uncertain : worldnews
Pope Leo appeals for Israel to allow humanitarian aid in Gaza : worldnews

From prison to Paris: Trump appoints new ambassador to France : worldnews

One Special Forces officer blocked 1,585 Afghans from settling in UK : worldnews
US applications for British citizenship hit record high after Trump win : politics



The Boys from Brazil - Lawyers, Guns & Money For years, a New York Times investigation found, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. In an audacious and far-reaching operation, the spies shed their Russian pasts. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities.
Russia Used Brazil to Create Deep-Cover Spies - The New York Times Russia's intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it.

Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump : politics

Economists Say Canada Recession Has Already Begun as Trade War Rages On : worldnews
Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of election results in Terrebonne riding after one vote loss : worldnews
Measles cases increase by 173 in Ontario, bringing outbreak's total close to 1,800 : worldnews




Benjamin S. Weiss: "The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government's nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the "gold standard" for global nuclear power safety operations. I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes" - Bluesky
White House slashing staff in remake of National Security Council, officials say | AP News
White House dismisses scores of National Security Council staff - The Washington Post The dismissals, part of a plan to radically downsize the coordinating body, follow President Donald Trump's recent ouster of his national security adviser.

GOP Refuses to Put Up Plaque to Honor Jan. 6 Law Enforcement : politics

Moody's downgrade intensifies investor worry about US fiscal path : politics

Republican Calls for Gaza to Be "Nuked" Like Hiroshima and Nagasaki : politics - Rep. Randy Fine (Florida) launched into a tirade, calling for unhindered violence against Palestinians and the movement for Palestinian rights ... Fine was born in a Jewish family in Tucson, Arizona.

How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump | The New Yorker At a fateful event last summer, Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others were stunned by Biden's weakness and confusion. Why did he and his advisers decide to conceal his condition from the public and campaign for reëlection? By Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
Joe Biden winning the 2020 nomination was probably suboptimal, but it was not an elite conspiracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money - As part of his endless promotional tour, Jake Tapper repeats the very commonly repeated fiction that Joe Biden was imposed on an unwilling party by a backdoor elite conspiracy: ... candidates would would turn 80 before their first term expired got 84.8% of the 2020 Democratic primary vote, even though there were plenty of talented and potentially attractive younger candidates ... Ezra's framing is correct: 2020 was the product of weak elites and weak parties.

Trump recommends 50% tariff on European Union starting June 1 : politics
Trump Threatens a 50% Tariff on EU Goods Starting in June : politics

Trump warns Apple of 25% tariffs if iPhones not made in US : politics

Nonpartisan Analysis Confirms: GOP Tax Cuts Would Come Nowhere Close to Paying for Themselves : politics

Jared Kushner's Father Charles, a Felon Pardoned by Trump, Confirmed as New Ambassador to France. Real estate developer Charles Kusher -- who once paid a prostitute to sabotage his brother-in-law's marriage -- was previously convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering : politics

America is not for sale: Protesters mob Trump golf course guests ahead of exclusive crypto dinner : politics

Props Trump Used in Oval Office Rant Were Embarrassingly Wrong : politics

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa : politics
Trump's ambush of South Africa's president shows how low the US has fallen : politics

Forget Musk. Russ Vought is the real power behind Trump | Asia Times : politics

Trump wants to destroy fundamental rights that have existed for 800 years : politics - You can't say criminals don't deserve due process — due process is the thing that decides if they are criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like

Border czar Tom Homan's security detail costs around $1 million a month - CBS News

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students | AP News
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Admin From Revoking Harvard's Ability To Enroll International Students | News | The Harvard Crimson
Read Harvard's Lawsuit Against Trump - The New York Times
Harvard Says It Sues US Over Trump Foreign Student Ban : politics
Harvard shares on social media: "They seek to punish the University for its courage in refusing to surrender its independence." : boston
Trump's Biggest "Fuck You" Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World He and his regime are mounting an assault on the American mind. Why? Because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny.
Is Trump Trying to Destroy Harvard? - WSJ The order against foreign students turns away the world's brightest.
Harvard University leaders send support to nearly 7,000 international students in the face of Noem's threat : politics
Chinese college gives Harvard international students "unconditional offers" : politics
Belgian princess left in doubt about her Harvard future following Trump's foreign student ban | AP News

Republican judge strikes down Trump's attack on Jenner & Block - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The only good think I can say about the firms who disgracefully capitulated is that they make the First Amendment violations particularly easy to prove:

Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite government objections : politics

McSpocky: A U.S.- born citizen who was wrestled into the dirt, handcuffed and detained in a vehicle as part of an immigration raid had a REAL ID on him that was dismissed as fake. - Bluesky
U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released: The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him. : politics

ICE Boss Thinks Journalists Shouldn't Be Asking About Masked Officers Disappearing People : politics

"Suck It": Kristi Noem's Cruel Two-Word Diss to Deported Migrants : politics
Kristi Noem's proud MAGA bimbo act builds on the legacy of Sarah Palin : politics

House Republican tax bill favors the rich -- how much they stand to gain, and why : politics

We Voted for Trump to Fix the Border. Now We're Milking Cows Alone at 4 A.M. - Vermont Farmers Face Harsh Reality as ICE Raids Hit Home : antiwork

There's a reason Republicans want to hide what's in their newly passed megabill : politics the courts have no power over the legislature or the President, the Constitution is a joke, no one has rights, do as thou wilt is the whole of the law.
Trump Gets Huge Boost as GOP Slips New Court Rules Into Budget : politics

Joe Biden age update - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Trump administration has stopped making transcripts of the president's remarks available:
Roll Call Factba.se - Donald J. Trump Transcripts

Republican Senators Sound Alarm on Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill. : politics

These Six Republicans Stand to Profit After Breaking Their Vow to Protect Medicaid : politics
How to Buy Your Way to Medicaid Cuts - Lawyers, Guns & Money So just how did Mike Johnson get Republicans supposedly skeptical of Medicaid cuts to vote for them anyway. The answer is some good old fashioned greed ... It is the peak of hypocrisy that the loudest and most vocal opponents of Medicaid cuts cowered in a matter of days in favor of a bill that will make the largest cuts to Medicaid in modern history -- all to pay for lower taxes for the richest. Even worse, those very members stand to financially gain from those tax cuts, while their own constituents lose their health care

Kelly, Ossoff Reintroduce Congressional Stock Trading Ban : politics

New head of Social Security Administration had to google "what is the Social Security Administration?" - Lawyers, Guns & Money - To be scrupfair this isn't nearly as bad as putting Bobby Brainworms in charge of HHS or Drunky McRapist at the head of the armed forces. But it's pretty bad

U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden pitches ending spring elections after series of Republican losses : politics ... Classic republican move. Can't win? Cheat

Trump officials say yearly COVID shots will no longer be approved for healthy adults and children : politics - So, it's not enough that the shots are completely voluntary and anyone can choose not to get it, now you're taking it away a parent's right to choose whats best for their children.

Trump says autism 'has to be artificially induced' : politics


billionaires are ALL evil. there are no "ethical" billionaires. : antiwork

This doctor calls LGBTQ+ rights 'satanic'. He could now undo healthcare for millions | US supreme court | The Guardian His latest cause could be different. Hotze, 74, has sued the federal government to roll back healthcare coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the HIV prevention medication. The case is now before the US supreme court, which is expected to rule in the coming weeks. A decision in his favor could upend healthcare access for LGBTQ+ people across the country - and derail a wide array of preventive treatments for tens of millions in the process.
This doctor calls LGBTQ+ rights 'satanic'. He could now undo healthcare for millions | US supreme court : politics



I Voted MAGA. Now Michigan's Unemployment Jumped from 4.4% to 5.5% and I "Regret Everything" : antiwork


After donating $1m to Trump and axing DEI, Target CEO watches his salary get chopped in half by tariffs and angry shoppers : antiwork


Texas House approves bill allowing daily prayer time in public schools : politics


Russian group 'Qilin' demands ransom by next week, City of Abilene refuses to pay : worldnews


Just 100 corporations (including Shell, Glencore, Repsol, Bayer-Monsanto, representing only 2% of 5,500 companies) responsible for 20% of world's extractive conflicts, exposing how companies from Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms are imposed on Global South. : science


AI in the workplace is nearly 3 times more likely to take a woman's job as a man's, UN report finds : technology




052225

Trump Organization breaks ground on $1.5 billion golf club in Vietnam : worldnews


Kim Jong Un watches as North Korea's newest warship falls off dry dock : worldnews
Kim Jong-un furious as North Korea warship partly crushed in launch gone wrong : worldnews


China 'seriously concerned' over US Golden Dome defence system : worldnews
China's BYD outsells Tesla in Europe for first time : worldnews



Putin announces creation of "buffer zone" on border with Ukraine : worldnews

Trump: Putin won't end war because he believes he's winning - WSJ : worldnews

Visegrád 24 on X: Ukraine has launched its largest drone attack against Russia yet. The airports in Moscow has suspended operations and oil refineries in Ryazan are hit / X


Netanyahu sets implementation of Trump's Gaza relocation plan as new condition for ending war : worldnews
IDF control of Gaza Strip jumps over 50%, on the way to vast majority : worldnews

Israel accuses Europe of 'antisemitic incitement' after Washington shooting : worldnews

Israel to increase security at its embassies around the world following DC shooting : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1183, Part 1 (Thread #1330) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 22, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/Ak30XpunfI" / X


NOELREPORTS on X: Russia may soon be able to launch up to 500 attack drones a day, according to Ukrainian reconnaissance commander Yaroslavskyi. Despite Ukrainian UAV strikes targeting drone factories deep inside Russia, Moscow has managed to ramp up production—showing just how fast their r drone capabilities are growing. / X


NEXTA on X: REAKING: Trump told European leaders behind closed doors that Putin isn't ready to end the war A bombshell from The Washington Post: during recent closed-door meetings with European leaders, Trump made it clear: Putin has no intention of ending the war, and there is essentially no room for compromise at this point. / X


Finland preparing for the worst as Russia expands military presence near border : worldnews



Lesbian mothers win legal status in Italy IVF ruling : worldnews


Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump : worldnews

Canada: Conservatives flip Liberal seat following judicial recount by just 12 votes : worldnews




Two Israeli embassy staffers killed in shooting outside Capital Jewish Museum : worldnews
Global leaders are condemning the fatal attack on 2 Israeli Embassy staffers. Here's what they said : worldnews

Tourists are cancelling trips to the US - travel spending will fall 7 per cent this year, experts say : politics

Trump's White House Goes From Hiding 80% Of His Transcribed Remarks To Hiding 99.5% : politics

10 richest men in the US collectively earned $1 billion every day last year, report : politics ("earned" = "stole")


Trump to hold gala for top investors in his meme coin, as some critics slam event as pay-for-play : politics - "some critics" = every sane person
Donald Trump Openly Selling Access To Those Who Put The Most Cash In His Pocket. His Thursday night "gala" dinner is unprecedented in American history. Using public office for personal enrichment is the literal definition of corruption. : politics
Tucker Carlson Admits It: Trump Reeks of Corruption : politics

Trump Instructs Republicans to 'Erase' January 6 Riots From History, Congressman Says : politics

Trump was supposed to lead a global right-wing populist revolution. That's not happening. : politics

The Supreme Court Just Handed A Match To An Arsonist : politics - With this decision, Trump can fire anyone for not being MAGA enough and Congress can pass no law to stop him. He can now fire half of the federal governments 2 million employees which are the ones who are registered democrats ... Garland was robbed of a position on the court by Republicans and he handed them the country as thanks.
SCOTUS, on a 4-4 vote (with Justice Barrett recused), affirms the judgement of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, ruling against establishing the country's first religious charter school : politics (four theocrats)
Amy Coney Barrett Decision Gives Libs Win in Shock SCOTUS Ruling : politics ... every headline should be 4 Supreme Court Justices voted for Christianity to be the state sponsored religion

A Ludicrous New Supreme Court Decision Could Grant Trump Presidential Power Not Seen Since King George III : politics
Supreme Court Decides Trump v. Wilcox For 237 years, we never thought it would come to this.

Democrats push to strip Trump of authority over police agency that protects judges -- as threats against judges surge : politics

Hidden Provision in Trump's Big Bill Could Disarm US Supreme Court : politics ... If enacted, it would be a "stunning" restriction on the power of federal courts,

Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling international students: NYT report : politics - The move means Harvard can no longer enroll international students and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status, it said.
Trump administration blocks Harvard from enrolling new foreign students, and will expel from the country those who don't transfer - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Trump, his administration, and all his supporters in the government, the courts, and the public at large, are the enemy. We are now in a cold civil war, and the sooner people recognize that, from the administration of the nation's most prestigious university, to the line cook in a restaurant who wonders why his co-workers keep disappearing, the better.

Eschaton: America's Worst Democratic Senators
These 16 Democratic Senators Deserve a Primary - The American Prospect Allowing yourself to be bought by the crypto lobby is unforgivable.

Jasmine Crockett Laughs After GOP Lawmaker Asks If Migrants Are Entitled to Due Process: 'I Would Like to Submit the Constitution' : politics

ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed : politics

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa : politics ... Like you said, they lied. On purpose. To advance their cause. To the true believer, this is a virtuous act ... That is correct and Thomas Paine called this infidelity of the mind. People who practice that in life are capable of any crime.
Trump uses photos from wrong country as evidence of 'white genocide' : politics

The Last 8 Members of Congress to Die in Office Have All Been Democrats : politics
Republicans Pass Horrid Tax Bill Thanks to Democrats Dying in Office : politics
Three Democrats Who Died This Year Would Have Sunk Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' : politics

The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History : politics

US judge says Trump cannot downsize federal agencies without Congress : politics

Hate Trump? According to a Proposed NIH Investigation, You Have a Mental-Health Disorder. | Stalin would be proud. : politics - Donald Trump is a convicted felon, a life-long career criminal, and a declared enemy of the United States Constitution. Hating Donald Trump is called patriotism, not disorder.

House passes Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in marathon overnight session : politics - 3 trillion to extend cuts for the richest citizens while 7.6 million lose their healthcare. Terrorist scum.
AOC Warns GOP Over Trump Bill: 'When This Country Wakes Up ... There Will Be Consequences' : politics

House passes Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill after GOP leaders win over key holdouts : politics - The legislative package includes measures that would deeply cut into two of the nation's key safety net programs - Medicaid and food stamps - while making permanent essentially all of the trillions of dollars of individual income tax breaks contained in the GOP's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department : politics

The current Republican tax bill could cut $500 billion from Medicare — 'This bill just gets more and more cruel' : politics

The Republicans' Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis : politics

' Trump's tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn | Environment : politics

Republican missed key 'one big beautiful bill' vote because he fell asleep : politics

Republicans pass 'Big Beautiful Bill' stripping transgender Americans of health care : politics

This is really bad - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Supreme Court just effectively overruled 90 years of precedent on the shadow docket, greenlighting Trump's firing of multi-member agency leaders while their cases are pending -- despite Congress' effort to protect them against removal. A huge decision
Overruling 90 years of precedent (except for the Fed ;)) in an unreasoned four-paragraph opinion for Daddy Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Court's apparent new rule is indeed just royalism, essentially proceeding as if Congress has no interests worth even being considered:

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging : politics

RFK Jr. Doubles Down on His Bonkers 'Aborted Fetuses' in Jabs Theory : politics

Republicans vote to take healthcare away from upwards of 10 million people to pay for a fraction of upper-class and corporate tax cuts - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Into X Fight With Elon Musk's AI Bot. Greene called xAI's Grok "left leaning" after the bot said her actions "contradict Christian values of love and unity." : politics


It was a terrible idea: Air traffic controllers say recent issues at Newark are rooted in a plan from Trump's first term : politics


F**k You: Entire Trump Team Hated Elon Musk, Damning Report Reveals. Elon Musk has left the White House an utter failure. : politics Yeah, this is typical newrepublic bs clickbait cope. Whenever I see newrepublic it's almost always some Newsweek shit with an altered headline to get libs to click.

Tesla Loses a Major Record for the First Time Amid Musk Backlash : politics - They are no longer the highest selling electric vehicles in europe,


Americans Don't Lack Empathy. We Are Being Drained of It. : politics



Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD: "No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that's exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss" - Bluesky

Ursa: Miscarriage is a personal, painful loss --- not a crime. The state has no place in policing grief or controlling women's reproductive experiences with cages and bonds. This is about basic humanity, about justice, and about respecting women's lives and bodies with the care and dignity they deserve." - Bluesky

Hal Carver: "These anti abortion laws are all just a means of trying to maintain the patriarchy and the current power structure. They're also a thinly veiled excuse for legalizing racism and misusing state criminal justice systems. They also make second class citizens of women between the ages of 10 and 40." - Bluesky

@hastheitgirl.bsky.social: "These anti women laws (let's be real- they are not antiabortion laws, they are anti women laws) are the stuff that maggats' wet dreams are made of. They feed off suffering of women. Sadly I don't see an end in sight. Maggats & their golden calf leader occupy our country and aren't going anywhere. - Bluesky


Ledeen - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,888 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Franklin Sanborn .., Franklin Sanborn is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts.




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Fires cause record loss of tropical forests in climate threat : worldnews
Lancet commission finds a "significant decline" in young people's mental health, and said the climate crisis posed "significant new threats" to their health. Todays adolescents are the first cohort of humans who will live their entire life experiencing the growing reverberations of climate change. : science


A Philippines island defying Beijing in the South China Sea : worldnews

Australia Sends First Batch of Retired M1A1 Abrams to Ukraine : worldnews


Tokyo to waive water fees this summer to combat extreme heat : worldnews


Taiwan alleges China is using cash to win developing nations to its stand on the island : worldnews - And the US made China's influence job easier by killing off internationally influential programs like USAID and torching the US relationship with allies.

China to donate $500 million to WHO, stepping into gap left by U.S. : worldnews



Russia's oil exports are becoming increasingly difficult to track as more and more ships are giving false locations -- or no locations at all -- to the industry's Automated Information System (AIS) : worldnews

Russia Classifies Population Data as Birth Rates Plunge to 200-Year Low : worldnews

'We don't want this anymore' — Russia rejects a ceasefire in Ukraine, Lavrov says : worldnews




Belarusian jailed for 'insulting' Lukashenko mysteriously dies in prison : worldnews



Pakistan, India agree to withdraw troops by end of May, resume iconic border ceremony : worldnews

Suicide bomber hits school bus, Pakistan accuses India : worldnews


70% of Ethiopia's Health Services Halt in Nationwide Protest : worldnews

Israel preparing to strike Iran fast if Trump's nuclear talks break down : worldnews


Israel agrees to Witkoff deal but Hamas rebuffs proposal, PMO says : worldnews

UN retracts aid chief's claim that 14,000 Gazan babies will die in 48 hours without aid : worldnews

Israeli army fires 'warning shots' at French and other diplomats visiting West Bank : worldnews
Italy, Spain and Belgium condemn Israeli forces' shooting at diplomatic delegation in Jenin refugee camp : worldnews

Netanyahu: 20 hostages are still alive, Israel has brought back 148 alive : worldnews

Talks to start on recognition of state of Palestine by western states : worldnews

EU vice president says Gaza situation 'looks a lot like genocide' : worldnews

Israel Expands Ethnic Cleansing Operations in Khan Younis Even though we had endured nearly 600 days of this war of extermination, I didn't believe we would survive this day. It was a living nightmare



Ukraine to ask EU to lead on Russia sanctions as US wavers : worldnews
Make Moscow Pay: The Case for Seizing Russian Assets to Fund Ukraine's Defense : politics

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1182, Part 1 (Thread #1329) : worldnews



Russian missile strike kills six Ukrainian servicemen in training : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: Ukrainian forces report a buildup of Russian troops near the state border in the Kharkiv direction — a possible sign of preparations for new assault operations, says the chief of staff of the Khartiya unit. / X


Politico: Trump team opposed to pledging support for Ukraine or condemning Russia's war in G7 statement : worldnews
Trump refuses to support sanctions on Russia, seeking business deals with Putin - NYT : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: The U.S. is pushing back on G7 plans to include "further support" for Ukraine in a joint statement by finance ministers in Canada + resisting calls to label Russia's invasion "illegal", - Politico" / X
The Ukrainian Review on X: More than half of Americans surveyed believe that the United States should continue military support for Ukraine According to the Harvard CAPS/Harris Pol poll: 🔹 62% of respondents believe that the Trump administration should continue to provide weapons to Ukraine and impose sanctions against Russia; 71% of Democrats support assistance, while 59% of Republicans support it. / X

Poland Says Russian Ship Performed Suspicious Maneuvers Near Cable to Sweden : worldnews

Estonia-Russia ship standoff portends a harsher tone on the Baltic Sea : worldnews

Finland completes first 35 km of fence on Russian border : worldnews

Lithuania urges EU to impose sanctions that truly hurt Russia : worldnews

Germany's Pistorius says Trump misjudged his influence over Putin : worldnews



Ukrainian lawyer Andrii Portnov shot dead outside American School in Madrid : worldnews
Former politician and aide to ex-Ukrainian president shot dead in Madrid : worldnews

Canada discusses joining US Golden Dome missile defence programme : worldnews




US secretary of state refuses to call Putin a war criminal : worldnews
MAKS 25 : The U.S. is pushing back on G7 plans to include "further support" for 🇺🇦Ukraine in a joint statement by finance ministers in Canada resisting calls to label Russia's invasion "illegal", - Politico / X

Trump's $4 trillion deficit bomb : politics - damn. They said Donnie will run the country like one of his businesses and he is,
Trump Is Slowly but Surely Killing U.S. Economy, Experts Warn. Deutsche Bank analysts are ringing warning bells for the U.S. : politics

The 10 richest Americans got $365 billion richer in the past year. Now they're on the verge of a huge tax cut : politics

Mike Johnson faces 11th-hour conservative revolt on Trump's big bill : politics - Some conservative hardliners also feel the bill doesn't go far enough in cutting Medicaid and nutrition assistance spending ... Of course....not cruel enough.
House Republicans Unite Around Sweeping Medicaid Cuts : politics - Most of the states that have the highest Medicaid enrollments are under GOP control.
Republican reconciliation bill would force major cuts to Medicare - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Congratulations to every reporter who treated claims that the Republican Party was shifting to the left because of something Josh Hawley said on a podcast or something as being credible. You were an important part of the con!
Economic Analysis Shows 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Taking From Poor, Giving To Rich : politics
House GOP lawmakers are proposing nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Here's who could be impacted : politics

Democratic Congressman Is the Third to Die in Office in Three Months : politics
Let's Hear It For the Gerontocracy! - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The Democrats and their love for the Olds has paid off big once again with the death of Gerry Connolly, who Pelosi and other senior Democrats went all-in to protect as head of Oversight Committee from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, despite the fact that he had the cancer that has now killed him four months into the new Congress. Great job guys! Moreover, this is the third (!!!!!) old Democrat to die in office during this Congress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many more seats will go vacant thanks to the olds refusing to accept the reality of biology.
Intervention : It was widely believed AOC would take the Oversight job until Pelosi intervened.
Scoop: House Democrats' oldest members are mostly running again
Data from the Democratic Politburo - Lawyers, Guns & Money - the last EIGHT members of Congress to die in office are Democrats: Senators over 80: 3 R, 3 D Senators over 75: 3 R, 11 D Reps over 80: 3 R, 12 D Reps over 75: 10 R, 29 D ... the bigger problem is us losing a Democratic congressperson a month to death so far in this Congress. That this reflects the presidential election as well suggests just what a systemic problem this is. How many more Democratic congresspeople have to die before people get that electing ancients over and over again is disastrous?

James Comey on Trump: 'He's the monster in a horror sequel' : politics .. Arguably the single most responsible person for the first time. This is way too little, way, way too late. He should just be quiet.

South African President Calls Out Trump: 'I'm Sorry I Don't Have a Plane to Give You' : politics -- "I wish I had a plane to give you," a seemingly exasperated Ramaphosa said at one point. "I wish you did. I would take it," Trump responded. "If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it." ... He told everyone it was a gift, turns out he asked for the plane. He is trying to signal to the elite to pay him off for favors!


Pentagon says it has accepted Qatar's gift of a luxury megajet for Trump's use : politics
The US Air Force Has Been Tasked With Modifying the Qatari Jet Gifted to Trump. It Could Cost $1 Billion to Upgrade : politics

Trump Posts Video of Himself Hitting Bruce Springsteen With a Golf Ball : politics
Donald J. Trump on X: / X

Jon Stewart on CNN's Biden book: 'Selling you a book about news they should have told you' : politics

Judge orders Trump admin to 'maintain custody' of migrants deported to war-torn South Sudan | Lawyers for the immigrants, who aren't from South Sudan, contend the deportations violate a court order after a previous attempt to send some people to Libya. : politics - If you think Trump is going to listen to court orders, you haven't been paying attention.
Trump officials 'illegally deported' Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan : politics

Trump Team Can't Say Where Plane Full of Immigrants Disappeared To -- Immigrants' attorneys say they were told they were being deported to South Sudan. But Trump's lawyers won't say where the plane is -- claiming everything is classified. : politics - So he just disappeared a plane full of people.

Judge Finds Trump Administration Violated Court Order With Deportation Flight to South Sudan - The New York Times Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the flight said it had landed for the time being in Djibouti ... Trump administration had violated an order he issued last month barring officials from deporting people to countries not their own without first giving them sufficient time to object.
Judge says Trump administration 'unquestionably' violated court order with deportations to South Sudan : politics

ICE arrests multiple migrants outside Arizona court: "Mayhem": politics
US prosecutors drop charges vs. migrants. Then ICE agents detain them

Charges dismissed against Newark mayor as judge scolds prosecutors - The Washington Post The Justice Department charged Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with trespassing during a visit to an ICE facility in the city, but days later has now dropped the case.
Judge criticizes DOJ for 'worrisome' and 'embarrassing' blunders in arrest of New Jersey mayor at ICE facility - POLITICO Magistrate Judge André M. Espinosa granted what he called the "embarrassing retraction" of the trespassing charge following a May 9 incident.
Judge dismisses Baraka charges, reprimands prosecutors - New Jersey Globe


ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
Judge says US violated order on deportations to third countries | AP News


Trump is more delusional, dangerous and corrupt than during his first term : politics

Suspending Habeas Corpus Is a Hand Grenade on America's Heart | Opinion : politics
Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as the President's Right to Deport People : politics ... Even if every 3rd party voter voted for Harris she still would have lost. You wanna place blame? Blame the dems for losing AGAIN to the worlds dumbest fucking human. It is in fact a politicians job to get ppl to vote for them

Win a game show, become a US citizen? We've entered the realm of the truly depraved : politics

Federal agents are 'very active' around Cambridge and made an arrest outside police headquarters - Cambridge Day Federal agents are 'very active' around Cambridge and made an arrest outside police headquarters

White House purges transcripts of Trump's remarks from its website The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos. There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.

Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon - The New York Times The event was held in the Pentagon's auditorium during working hours and featured Mr. Hegseth's pastor - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon's auditorium on Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader ... the service is part of an increasing infusion of overt Christian evangelization in official government events during Mr. Trump's second term.

If Justice Dept. Can't Prosecute Trump's Foes, It Will 'Shame' Them, Official Says - The New York Times Prosecutors have long spoken only through court filings, to investigate crimes, not people. That's changing as President Trump demands his administration target enemies, with little evidence of criminality.


Official Pushed to Rewrite Intelligence So It Could Not Be 'Used Against' Trump : politics
Leak Shows Gabbard Goon Secretly Ordering Intel Change So It Couldn't Be 'Used Against' Trump : politics
Gabbard and Kent: make up fake intelligence to protect Trump's arbitrary detentions - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump illegally fired surveillance watchdog agency's Democrats, judge rules - POLITICO The case could have ramifications beyond the board, extending to the rest of the Trump administration's control of independent federal agencies.



Eschaton: I Thought Elon Was Going To Fix This Can't Grok take care of all of it? FAA cuts 25% of flights at Newark airport after air traffic controller shortage and construction causes delays

Discussion Thread: House Rules Debates President Trump's Tax & Spending Cuts Proposal : politics
'Intentionally Hiding': GOP Tries to Sneak Through Medicaid Cuts in Dead of Night : politics - Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said around 1:30 a.m. This isn't just incompetence. It's much more nefarious than that. You are intentionally hiding what you are doing. What an insult to the people of this country, what disdain you guys must have for the people who voted for you.

Eric Trump Breaks Ground on $1.5B Resort in Country Desperate for Tariff Relief From His Dad : politics

Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints | Donald Trump : politics

Trump Is Tired of Courts Telling Him He's Breaking the Law : politics

Young girl asks President Trump's press secretary: 'How many people has he fired?' : politics - People who specifically went to years of school to protect our environment or legally defend the weakest amongst us ... The U.S. has lost it's exisistenial intelligence.

Marco Rubio Suddenly Has Amnesia on Key Detail About Trump's Qatar Jet, Meme Coin Dinner : politics

Former House Republican Slams Trump's 'Dumbest People' For 'Spineless Sycophancy' : politics

Donald Trump's approval rating underwater on nearly all key issues : politics

A call for civic institutions to defend the First Amendment Universities, law firms and media organizations must stand up for their rights while there's still time -- Each surrender makes the assertion of First Amendment rights more costly and more perilous

Trump's FEMA risks "flying blind" into hurricane season : politics
FEMA rescinds strategic plan less than 2 weeks before hurricane season - CBS News - The memo authored by Richardson was brief — the new agency head now requires that all FEMA memos to, from or for his office be no longer than one page in length, according to multiple current FEMA employees.


Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate | WIRED A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.


Furious Democrats call for investigation into Musk's bid to help build Trump's $500 billion Golden Dome project : politics
Musk Insults Interviewer for Daring to Ask About His Big DOGE Promise : politics

Checking in on the Intellectual Dark Web - Lawyers, Guns & Money - "The public health situation was much better when mean life expectancy was 31 years" is the kind of Forbidden Knowledge that the Woke Establishment doesn't want you to see:

Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV. They have good reason to fear him : politics

Biden's cancer renews debate about prostate screenings for older men - The Washington Post t is not unusual for a man of Biden's age to skip prostate cancer screening, for a variety of reasons.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago : politics

AOC to Re-Introduce Bill Combating Deepfake AI Porn : politics

A strain of boredom that's uniquely crushing

Democrats win New York state Senate race in Trump-friendly district : politics

Larry Krasner wins Philadelphia's Democratic primary for a third term as district attorney | AP News Progressive stalwart Larry Krasner has won Philadelphia's Democratic primary election Tuesday to continue serving as district attorney after withstanding an impeachment attempt and years of criticism by President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

Pennsylvania progressive group pressures John Fetterman to resign : politics

Democratic pandermonium is a pander trap - And then the opinionators can spew reams about the mysterious lack of enthusiasm among Democratic voters. In short, this crap is a trap and should be avoided. A candidate who can't see that should be avoided too.

Opinion | New Catalist report shows what 2024 election exit polls got wrong - The Washington Post An expansive new report challenges early theories about how Donald Trump won.

Target's problems are escalating : politics
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer : politics
Target earnings miss shows high-income consumers pulling back A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising
a target data story - YouTube - Angela Collier

'The View' Told to Tone Down Trump Bashing by ABC News Boss Multiple sources shared details with the Daily Beast about a meeting in which the ABC News president delivered a message that left the co-hosts unnerved.

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery - Columbia Journalism Review Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault ... Even when they put up a boundary. Even when they say no. His perspective may truly be that every woman in his life has a romantic or sexual interest in him, but that doesn't make it true. His inability to see the damage he's caused—much less change his behavior -- makes me gravely concerned for all young women around him.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,887 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Henry Wade ... But let's be clear, of all the things he did, his role in Roe was just about the least offensive. Otherwise, Wade was a worthless scumbag son of a bitch. His wife openly talked about her fear of him beating her. He was known to discriminate against people of color ... In fact, Wade's sins around the death penalty did a lot to lead to the Texas Innocence Project forming to investigate all the people he put on death row and by 2008, at least 15 people he had convicted were exonerated.



How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers : books


Almost all forms of narcissism are associated with symptoms of social networking site addiction. In other words, individuals with narcissistic traits were more likely to develop problematic patterns of social media use. : science


Cold sores may be implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease. Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) - the virus responsible for cold sores - may have a key role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, and treatment with antiviral therapy might be linked to a lower risk of the condition. : science

Mortality in male bodybuilding athletes | Professional bodybuilders had more than five times the risk of sudden cardiac death compared to amateurs : science


This Boston art collective is looking to the Revolutionary War to fight back against Trump - Fast Company To mark 250 years since Paul Revere's ride, a Boston art collective projected messages onto the city's historic Old North Church.

Mass. police watchdog decertifies officers from Boston, Springfield and 3 other towns - masslive.com

Historic Harvard Square landmark to reopen after 5 years - masslive.com - Out of Town News closed permanently in 2019.




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Australia's Liberal-National coalition splits after election trashing : worldnews ... Australia's right wing has ruptured into two separate parties, meaning they can each be more ideologically pure to their cores but neither of them will be able to form a majority government at the next election


Longest working life: Japanese Shigeshio Izumi worked 98 years on a beet plantation, retiring at the age of 105. : antiwork
Japan's agriculture minister resigns after inappropriate remark about buying rice : worldnews ... Eto came under fire earlier this week after saying that he never had to buy rice thanks to his supporters' gifts, triggering an uproar at a time when consumers are struggling with a rice shortage and skyrocketing prices.


China asks US to maintain stability of international financial system after Moody's downgrade : worldnews - The GOP is so focused on raising taxes on the poor and the middle class (aka tariffs, cuts in medicare) and cutting taxes for the rich (the big beautiful bill) that we are loosing the confidence of global investor class which is reflected in rising borrowing costs (less and less buyers due to concerns ) and the weakening US dollar. Monies are now flowing into Asian tigers and the EU. Sad decline of the US as an economic powerhouse - Thank you Mr T.
Researchers warn of China-backed espionage campaign targeting laid-off US workers : worldnews



Trump says he will not impose new sanctions on Russia : worldnews

Russia reportedly has a new ground forces chief. He's led bloody 'meat grinder' attacks in Ukraine. : worldnews

NEXTA on X: 50,000 Russian Soldiers Wanted for Desertion — Leaked Documents Reveal Mass Exodus from the Army Russian journalists have uncovered lists of soldiers charged with desertion. According to the data, nearly 50,000 occupying troops have been listed as wanted for desertion or unauthorized absence from their units. / X


Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: "The Kremlin is preparing for an Arctic race against NATO, specifically, Finland — once the Ukraine war is over or freezes. NYT: Russia is expanding military infrastructure near Finland. Satellite imagery shows dozens of tents and vehicle depots — just 40 miles from NATO / X


Modi's Government Cracks Down on Dissent Over Pakistan Conflict : worldnews


Syria's driest winter in nearly 7 decades triggers a severe water crisis in Damascus : worldnews


New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say : worldnews


EU to launch Israel trade review as Gaza situation deteriorates : worldnews
UK, France, Canada threaten sanctions if Israel continues new offensive into Gaza : worldnews
Canada, Britain, France threaten action if Israel does not stop military offensive and lift aid restrictions : worldnews
Netanyahu blasts Starmer, Macron and Carney over Israel sanctions threat : worldnews

Vance skipped Israel visit over new Israeli operation in Gaza : politics

Israel allows UN to bring 100 aid trucks into Gaza as international pressure mounts : worldnews

Yair Golan sparks outrage: 'A sane country does not kill babies as a hobby' : worldnews - It cannot be that we, the Jewish people-who have suffered persecution, pogroms, and genocide throughout our history, and who have served as a moral compass for Jewish and human values-are now taking actions that are simply unconscionable ... a weird twist of historic irony that we are here.

Ex-chief rabbi: If Haredi draft dodgers arrested, ultra-Orthodox will leave Israel : worldnews


MAKS 24 on X: 74% of Ukrainians trust President Zelensky — the highest trust level among all Ukrainian politicians, - KIIS poll. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Now Ukraine and Europe are left alone, — Bloomberg 📍Trump did not fail in his attempt to stop the war — he simply never tried to do so - From the beginning, Trump sought to restart relations with Russia for the sake of economic benefits for the United States / X
Trump called Zelenskyy before talking to Putin : worldnews
Zelenskyy reveals details of talks with Trump before and after Putin call : worldnews
'It's our land' — Zelensky responds to Putin's call with Trump : worldnews
No Real Concessions: Putin Used Trump Call to Delay, Not End Ukraine War, Experts Say - The Moscow Times

Peace in Ukraine looks further away after Trump's call with Putin : worldnews
Trump backs off meeting with Putin, calls for direct Ukraine-Russia talks : worldnews
Trump says ceasefire negotiations between just Russia and Ukraine to start 'immediately' : politics
After another call with Putin, it looks like Trump has abandoned efforts to mediate peace in Ukraine : politics
Trump's deference to Putin stunned European leaders on call : politics
Trump Seriously Freaked Out European Allies on Call About Putin : politics
Europe 'shocked' as Trump hands Putin "win": experts : politics
NOELREPORTS on X: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "The U.S. has not halted weapons deliveries to Ukraine." However, no decision has been made yet on new military aid packages, as the current assistance is set to expire this summer / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1181, Part 1 (Thread #1328) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 20, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Euromaidan Press on X: "The EU Council imposed sanctions on three Russian military entities for their use of chemical weapons against Ukraine According to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, Russia has used chemical munitions against Kyiv forces more than 6,900 times since 2022 https://t.co/fPYWf5Gvsu https://t.co/cPhoxAot2j" / X


WHO signs international pandemic response treaty without the U.S. : worldnews
WHO signs international pandemic treaty; RFK Jr. denounces it - The Washington Post As countries overwhelmingly passed a WHO global pandemic agreement, top U.S. health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. invited states to reject the "moribund WHO."
EU will move ahead with new sanctions on Russia without US : worldnews

Poland to try suspect in alleged Russian plot to assassinate Zelenskiy : worldnews

Hungarian Parliament votes in favor of Hungary leaving International Criminal Court : worldnews

Sweden calls for EU sanctions targeting individual Israeli ministers : worldnews

Germany reports surge in extreme-right crime : worldnews

French Prosecutors Claim Najib Had Role in 2002 Submarine Deal Bribes : worldnews ... former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak met defense-company executives to prepare contracts before the 2002 signing of a $1.2 billion submarine deal.Those contracts, they say in the document seen by Bloomberg News, were designed to remunerate himself and others.
Macron's office immersed in major Perrier mineral water scandal : worldnews ... Nestle has no moral standards. Their stench oozes into any product they acquire. Their water division is evil

Spain struck by phone and internet blackout - just four weeks after nationwide electricity outage : worldnews
Spain's consumer rights ministry blocks more than 65,000 Airbnb listings for holiday rentals : worldnews - This is happening all over the world. Airbnb really screwed up the housing situation in many countries. This is the first step to getting residents back into homes

UK suspends trade talks with Israel, summons ambassador : worldnews
UK suspends free trade talks with Israel, announces sanctions over West Bank settlers : worldnews ... Hamas has previously claimed that 70% of casualties have been women and children, a claim no longer reflected in their recently updated lists, according to the research. Approximately 72% of fatalities between the ages of 13-55 are men - the demographic category aligns with Hamas combatants.


Two top members of Mexico City mayor's team killed in attack : worldnews

King's visit to deliver throne speech will bring 2 days of pomp and ceremony to Ottawa : worldnews
Canada Says Most Tariffs on US Remain, Pushing Back on Oxford Report : worldnews
Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn't do much business with Canada. Canada is the world's top buyer of US exports : politics




The Inequality Myth: Western Societies Are Growing More Equal, Not Less : politics
U.S. economy is experiencing 'death by a thousand cuts', says Deutsche Bank : politics - Says the bank who laundered Russian money to loan to trump.

Trump Goes Off Script And Says What He's Really Thinking About Biden's Cancer Diagnosis : politics
Republicans keep clinging to Biden's health to ignore Trump's decline | Opinion. Let me remind everyone that Joe Biden is out of politics, while Donald Trump -- the guy babbling incoherently about Bruce Springsteen, Oprah and Bono -- has the nuclear codes. : politics
Trump Manages to Make Biden's 'Stage 9' Cancer All About Himself : politics
Joe Biden Isn't Your Scapegoat : politics - Biden's belief was that the Trump moment was an aberration and that America could return to its liberal equilibrium if he governed normally and gave the Republican party space to heal itself and turn away from its authoritarian project. Biden's theory of the case was shredded by events.
JD Vance ripped after Biden cancer remarks: "Soulless ghoul" : politics
JD Vance questions Joe Biden's health as president: "need to be honest" : politics
Doctor Who Worked With Biden Says He Had Cancer for Years : politics
Former Biden medical advisor says he probably had cancer at beginning of presidency: 'He did not develop it in the last 100-200 days, he had it while he was president,' former Biden COVID advisor Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel said : politics
A Reckoning for the Biden Coverup | The Democratic and media denial of his infirmity helped make Trump II possible. : politics
Joe Biden's sad, complicated exit from American politics : politics
Trump team tries to thread needle on Biden criticism after cancer news : politics - Thread the needle? LMFAO… have you see Jr's comments? F'ing media is complete garbage.
Trump DOJ Lawyer Floats 'Criminal Charges' for Jill Biden : politics

Marco Rubio Says No Judge Has Authority Over Him in Alarming Testimony : politics

Trump and Hegseth unveil $175 billion plans for Golden Dome missile shield : politics - We are ending school lunches and other food programs that actually work, so we can build a "golden" space dome that will never be constructed. That should be the title...
Fury Over Musk Bid to Build Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome : politics

Qatar's 'Gift' of a $400M Jet Wasn't Their Idea at All : politics
Trump administration first approached Qatar about acquiring jet to use as Air Force One, sources say : politics - So it wasn't a gift so much as a shakedown, from a man too stupid to know he was angling for a white elephant.
Trump accused of committing 'single most corrupt, self-serving act of any President in American history' : politics
Scoop: Schumer introducing legislation to block Qatar's gift to Trump : politics

White House Boasts of Trump's 'Endurance' Despite Him Seemingly Falling Asleep During Saudi Meeting : politics

Supreme Court Lets Trump End Some Venezuelan Migrant Protections : politics

Trump admin must seek return of wrongly deported man to El Salvador, appeals court rules : politics

Potential ICE raid thwarted at Central Calif. strawberry packing facility : politics - The raids are political theater conjoined with natural right wing sadism.
U.S. put Asian migrants on deportation flight to South Sudan, lawyers allege : worldnews
The transparent illegality of Trump's AEA deportations and foreign imprisonments - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... And then there's the additional fact that many of the Venezuelan nationals being sent to torture prisons without due process were in the country legally and had no criminal records.
Mother of three US citizens hit with $1.8m ICE fine over her failure to leave the country : politics

Trump migrant detentions at Guantanamo Bay cost $100,000 per person daily, senator says : politics

January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for burglary : politics

Trump DOJ charges Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver over clash with ICE officers : politics

Donald Trump issued warning as impeachment vote abruptly canceled : politics

Senior House Republicans question Harvard over Iran connections : politics

Trump Press Secretary Flat-Out Lies About Effects of Budget Bill - Karoline Leavitt insisted that Donald Trump's tax cuts won't affect the national deficit. : politics
Trump Spirals at Kennedy Center Dinner: "I'll Shove It Up Their Ass" : politics
The GOP's Budget Hawks Will Bankrupt the Country: The Republicans' tax cut plans are an exercise in bad faith, aimed squarely at the American people. : politics
Trump Declared Food Assistance Cut Will 'Give Everyone Much More Food', Gets Ridiculed: 'Doesn't Even Make Sense' : politics
Trump says big bill should only help GOP states: 'Don't want to benefit Dem governors' : politics

Donald Trump Getting Good News in Approval Rating Polls: Nate Silver : politics

Bernie Agrees: Democratic Party Is a 'Threat to Democracy' : politics

Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing : politics - This is a delusional headline
Hasan Piker is begging Democrats to 'get angry' and fight Trump : politics

House GOP eyes tax bill vote this week as disagreements persist : politics - They don't give a shit about their grandchildren. The only thing they care about is themselves.

Nearly Half of US Kids -- 34 Million -- Rely on Food, Health Programs Targeted by GOP : politics

Majority of US companies say they have to raise prices due to Trump tariffs : politics
MAGA Senator Threatens Walmart for Responding to Trump's Tariffs : politics - Insisting that the largest private employer in the nation just lose money for Trump will not end well. Are the mob tactics becoming clear enough yet?

Judge rules Trump and DOGE's gutting of nonprofit was "unlawful" : politics

Republicans Make Their Politically 'Suicidal' Medicaid Cuts Even Worse : politics

Patel, Bongino dismiss Epstein conspiracy theories: 'He killed himself' : politics - Sooo ... it's confirmed that Trump ordered the killing?
Opinion | On Epstein, Bongino couldn't flatter the base — and was eaten alive - The Washington Post rumpism is built on conspiracy theories — but it's never Trump who's accountable when they implode.

Ron DeSantis's fall from grace: 'He's completely crashed to the ground' : politics


Half of American Jewish voters believe Trump is antisemitic, poll finds : politics

Whatever happened to JD Vance? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Pace George Packer, the answer is…nothing. He is what he always has been. He is what he actually wrote in his terrible book (as opposed to the different, better book pundits invented.) He will always be this, and what this is extremely bad.

F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines : politics
Bobby Brainworms says no Covid vaccine for you - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This of course is only the beginning: One of the greatest achievements of medical science, that saved many millions of lives both in the US and around the world, is being undermined by the religious nutcase/kale smoothies cure cancer/the Holocaust didn't happen crank synergy.
Bill Cassidy to pretend to be shocked that fox cannot be trusted in henhouse unsupervised - Lawyers, Guns & Money - It turns out that putting the most famous opponent of vaccines in the United States in charge of Health and Human Services is bad for access to vaccines:


Nancy Mace Shows Nude Photos of Herself During House Hearing : politics

Democratic senator says he has recordings of favors promised by Trump's IRS pick : politics

Why Did Cory Booker Vote to Confirm Jared Kushner's Dad? : politics


Columbia University's acting president heckled with boos and shouts of 'Free Mahmoud' during graduation speech : politics
Harvard draws the legal blueprint for how to fight back Trump's revenge campaign : politics

Kristi Noem's 'habeas corpus' response to senators raises eyebrows : politics
Noem botches habeas corpus questions at Senate hearing : politics - Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country, Noem said. The stupidest timeline.
Cruel Kristi Noem says it's not her problem if a gay hairdresser she sent to a prison camp is dead : politics

Scorned Elon Turns Off Republicans' Cash Gusher for Midterms : politics

The Democrats' One and Only Union-Busting Governor : politics Polis made an enormous fortune in the 90's tech boom when he and his mother founded and sold an online greeting card company. He might be the richest governor aside from Pritzker.

Texas House repeals gay sex ban in historic, unlikely vote : politics

St. Louis Mayor Says FEMA Still Hasn't Helped With Tornado Recovery : politics - Trump has funded a domestic terrorists family, moved the family of a cartel leader to the US, pardoned the largest online drug trafficker in history, sent his FBI goons to arrest judges, openly defies court orders… and he and MAGA will still insist he is a champion of law and order. That FEMA help may not be coming for a blue city. The tornado warnings were late for some due to DOGE cuts. This is a disaster and those in charge of helping just don't fucking care.

Miami-Dade County a 'Blazing Red Fortress' With Republican Voters Now Outnumbering Democrats : politics ... The headline is deceptive. There are 464k registered GOP. But twice as many voters, over 1 million, are registerd Dem and Ind. That's hardly a "blazing red fortress."

Missouri Republicans Vote To Repeal State's New Paid Sick Leave Law : politics - imagine continually voting for the party that wants to kill you and your children


More on Democrats' Unionbuster - Lawyers, Guns & Money Remember, Jared Polis sucks and should be excommunicated from the Democratic Party.

Road salt regulation: Can New York turn the tide on undrinkable water? : politics

Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Andrew Cuomo, Singling Out Another Political Target - The New York Times After killing a criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams, the Trump administration has begun investigating his chief rival in the New York City mayoral race over his testimony about the pandemic ... after Republicans accused him of lying to Congress about decisions he made during the coronavirus pandemic as governor, according to two people familiar with the matter ... The existence of the investigation is sure to fuel further criticism that President Trump and his administration are wielding the Justice Department as a cudgel to achieve political ends and punish his perceived enemies.

The Mainstreaming of the Spy Genre... - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some interesting observations here: ... From 1981 to 1999, there were only two years when the Outstanding Drama winner wasn't about cops, lawyers, or doctors (and in the case of David E. Kelley's Picket Fences, all three!).


Klarna's AI replaced 700 workers — Now the fintech CEO wants humans back after 40B Dollars fall : antiwork


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,886 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Glenda Farrell.


So my boss secretly put an AirTag in my company car ... and didn't tell me : antiwork

Warning for joking. What a wonderful world we live in. : antiwork





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Japan PM says country's fiscal state is "worse than Greece's", rejects tax cuts : worldnews


China cuts US Treasury stockpile, dropping to No 3 spot among foreign holders. Britain takes China's place as America's second-biggest overseas creditor as Beijing pushes to diversify foreign exchange reserves. : worldnews
China to launch drone mothership : worldnews



The Ukrainian Review on X: US and EU will ramp up sanctions on Russia if Putin refuses peace talks "in a spirit of good will, — Treasury Secretary Bessent He admits past sanctions were ineffective, blaming Biden's soft approach. Trump, he says, "has made the stakes clear" / X
Putin just showed Trump how little he needs him : worldnews

Russia reportedly fails to launch intercontinental ballistic missile to intimidate Ukraine and NATO as planned : worldnews

The new wave of Russian disinformation blogs : worldnews
A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 3: Rapid fire conspiracy theories - Euromaidan Press
The man who studies the spread of ignorance


Pakistan warns India: don't weaponise water. : worldnews
China moved satellites to help Pakistan shoot down Indian jets : worldnews


Trump's Middle East dreams will turn to dust unless he can bring Netanyahu to heel | If a full blown genocide is allowed to unfold in Gaza, there will be no escaping its repercussions for Trump or any states in the region : politics


Project Esther: NYT Details Right-Wing Plan to "Rebrand All Critics of Israel" as Hamas Supporters : politics

Yemen's Houthis announce 'maritime blockade' on Israel's Haifa port : worldnews

Israel must prevent Gaza famine for 'diplomatic reasons', PM says : worldnews
Netanyahu vows to 'take control' of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel : worldnews

Humanitarian aid enters Gaza as IDF escalates invasion, kills senior terrorist in Khan Yunis : worldnews

'We will abandon you if war continues,' Trump tells Israel : worldnews



NOELREPORTS on X: At the Istanbul talks, Russia demanded Ukraine surrender non-occupied territories, abandon its sovereignty, alliances, arms industry, and Western weapons -- Zelensky's top advisor Podolyak told Rzeczpospolita. He added the Russian delegation acted arrogantly, just like in 2022. / X
Putin confident he can fully seize four Ukrainian oblasts by end of 2025 - Bloomberg : worldnews
🇦 on X:Putin is convinced that by the end of the year the Russian Armed Forces will be able to break through the Ukrainian defenses and completely capture 4 regions — Bloomberg. The publication writes that in this regard, the Kremlin is not in the mood for serious concessions during the dialogue with Trump. Despite statements about peace, Putin is ready for a protracted confrontation, "if it allows him to achieve his strategic goals. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1180, Part 1 (Thread #1327) : worldnews


NOELREPORTS on X: Big move from the EU: they've agreed in principle on a €150 billion fund (SAFE) to boost Europe's defense. The cash will be raised through joint borrowing and loaned to EU countries and others like Ukraine for defense projects and strengthening the arms industry. / X

Pekka Kallioniemi on X: For the first time, Russian authorities have detained an oil tanker leaving Estonian port of Sillamäe. Russia is ramping up their hostile activities. / X

Nicusor Dan elected to serve as President of Romania : worldnews
Romanian president signs law allowing troops to shoot down Russian drones in country's airspace : worldnews - Btw the guy that lost the Presidency and his party voted against this before, same with the guy that was denied from running again. For anyone that doubt they're Russian stooges.

Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery : politics

"Symbol of life that needs protection." Zelensky gives Pope Leo XIV icon painted on artillery box from Izium : worldnews

Swiss police break up major Chinese trafficking ring - SWI swissinfo.ch

French state covered up Nestle water scandal: Senate report : worldnews


UK-EU deal 'breakthrough' as Keir Starmer to announce post-Brexit reset agreement after late-night talks : worldnews


China 'fully' respects Denmark's sovereignty on Greenland, foreign minister says : worldnews




In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant. : politics

MAGA Quickly Turns Biden's Cancer Into Another Conspiracy : politics
Donald Trump Jr.'s Post About Joe Biden's Cancer Sparks Fury : politics
Donald Trump Jr. Ripped Over 'Disgusting' Post About Biden's Cancer : politics

The Supreme Court Has Officially Had Enough Of Donald Trump's Excuses : politics

January 6 officer calls Trump 'petty' for Republican refusal to hang Capitol plaque : politics

Opinion | How the media is reshaping Biden's presidency Between the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur and the revelations in a new book, it's now open season on Biden.

Columbia's Mohsen Mahdawi, fresh out of U.S. detention, walks the graduation stage : politics

Dozens of neighbors confront ICE agents during arrest attempt : politics

Trump's revenge tour on America includes his own voters - Lawyers, Guns & Money

It is still Paul Ryan's Congress - Lawyers, Guns & Money MAGA is what it's always been in policy terms — more orthodox Reaganism than Reagan himself:

Trump has wiped Elon Musk's name from Truth Social as GOP insiders admit he's 'finished, done gone' : politics
Musk's Boys Are Attacking the GAO - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Reputation Scores of Musk's Tesla and SpaceX Are Nosediving. Elon Musk's time embedded in the Trump administration appears to have harmed his most beloved companies. : politics
Elon Musk Says He' s Stopping Political Spending After Losing Key Race : politics

RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway : politics

How are the top 10% generating so much money they can consume half the economic pie and still be wealthy indefinitely : antiwork

CBS News president steps down amid Trump lawsuit : politics

Trump says he'll call for 'major investigation' into Kamala Harris' celebrity endorsements : politics
Trump calls for 'major investigation' into Bruce Springsteen after singer brands him 'incompetent' : politics
Trump calls for investigation into Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen performances : politics
Trump Demands 'Major' Investigation Into Beyonce and Springsteen Appearances in Late-Night Rant : politics
Trump Demands 'Major Investigation' Into 4 Huge Stars In Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown : politics

Bruce Springsteen Again Calls Out 'Unfit President' Trump at Second Manchester Concert : politics

Voters who don't know anything about Donald Trump kind of like Donald Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... It simply cannot be the case that the president of the United States of America is, to use the technical term from the relevant political science scholarly literature, a complete fucking idiot. Because if that were the case, that would suggest something indescribably horrible about not only our entire political system, but about the broader culture within which that system exists.

As the thermostat turns - Lawyers, Guns & Money Now that they're beginning to figure out that Trump means higher prices and chaos rather than a world where COVID never happened, the demographics that swing toward Trump in 2024 are starting to back away

Twilight of the gerontocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump Is Furious That His Tariffs Are Doing Exactly What Economists Said They'd Do - Walmart announced it would raise prices due to tariffs. A Trumpian meltdown ensued. : politics

Tariffs could signal decline of American influence in the world: Robert Reich : politics
Trump-world admits it: America pays for tariffs : politics
The argument's over: Americans pay for tariffs : politics
It Sure Looks Like Trump Just Killed His Own Budget Bill - Donald Trump spent his morning urging Republicans to fall in line. It doesn't seem to have worked. : politics

'It's Real Y'all': People Are Sharing Their Tariff Receipts, And My Wallet Is Not Ready For What's Coming - "The product cost is $524 and the tariff charge is $890." : politics

Goodbye to full Social Security benefits at 65: SSA raised the retirement age starting this month : antiwork

RFK Jr. is laundering Christian right views as MAHA : politics - Christian conservatives know they have a branding problem. Increasing numbers of Americans in recent years are rejecting organized religion, seeing it as cruel, restrictive and close-minded. At the same time, interest in a more vague spirituality is on the rise, fueled by "wellness" influencers framing spirituality as a shortcut to worldly gains like money, fitness, and romance. The Christian right was always more interested in social control than in Jesus. Increasingly, they seem comfortable with reskinning their retrograde ideas with the aesthetics of woo-woo instead of Christianity, so long as it serves the goal of crushing social progress.

Taxpayers Will Pay Ashli Babbitt's Family $5 Million Thanks to Trump : politics

The MAGA war on PBS was never about money | The latest GOP push to defund public media won't save much cash. But it will disadvantage poor and rural kids : politics


Federal judge in Texas rules LGBTQ+ people can be discriminated against at work : politics

Abandoning trans people a mistake for Democrats, says Kamala running mate Tim Walz : politics

Another CEO has been killed. : antiwork


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,885 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of William Brownlow, better known as Parson Brownlow.





051825

A new study finds clear evidence that human-caused climate change has intensified fire weather across western North America over the past 50+ years. : science


Taiwan's Only Operating Nuclesr Power Plant to Shut Down : worldnews

Donald Trump says he's willing to travel to China to meet Xi Jinping : worldnews



India, Pakistan Ceasefire To Continue, Army Says 'No Expiry Date' : worldnews

IMF issues strong warning, sets 11 new conditions for Pakistan amid heightened tensions with India : worldnews


Ten dead in brutal attacks by Isis-linked militants on Mozambique wildlife reserve : worldnews


Half a million refugees returned to Syria after fall of Assad regime : worldnews


Saudi Report: Mohammed Sinwar's Body Found in Tunnel : worldnews


IDF downs missile from Yemen; Houthis claim to target Ben Gurion Airport : worldnews

World leaders urge Israel to stop its deadly military offensive in Gaza : worldnews

Israel says it will allow 'basic amount of food into Gaza' to prevent hunger crisis : worldnews
Van Hollen: The U.S. Is 'Complicit' in Starving the People of Gaza : politics

Israel launches 'extensive' new ground operations in Gaza as airstrikes kill at least 103 people : worldnews


Russia slams Ukraine with biggest drone attack of the war : worldnews
Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call : worldnews
Trump seeks urgent meeting with Putin, Rubio says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1179, Part 1 (Thread #1326) : worldnews

Former ambassador to Ukraine: 'Peace at any price is not peace at all' : worldnews - Bridget Brink, the 29-year Foreign Service veteran, "resigned from Ukraine and also from the Foreign Service, because the policy since the beginning of the administration was to put pressure on the victim Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia."

GermanLions on X: Kursk Oblast - Reports indicate that Ukrainian forces have encircled Tyotkino. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Ukrainians have imported over 100,000 pickup trucks from Europe for the needs of AFU, — Politico The Ukrainian military is increasingly relying not on heavy armored vehicles, but on civilian pickup trucks — they are more maneuverable, easier to repair and evacuate. The most popular are Toyota Hilux and the discontinued Nissan Navara and especially Mitsubishi L200, which is considered the most reliable. / X


"We are far from that": Europe is not currently preparing to deploy troops to Ukraine - Merz | УНН : worldnews

Exit polls from Romanian election suggest surprise win for pro-Western candidate Nicusor Dan | World News : worldnews

Russia detains Greek oil tanker after it departs Estonian port : worldnews

Visegrád 24 on X: "BREAKING: Denmark announces it's sending a new military aid package for Ukraine worth USD 600 million. It will contain new self-propelled howitzers, artillery ammunition and equipment for the Ukrainian Air Force. / X

Donald Trump is losing patience with Russia, says Finnish leader : worldnews

Britain and Germany to build 2,000km range strike missiles : worldnews

Outrage in Greece after Adidas advert shows drone shoe 'kicking' Acropolis : worldnews

Visegrád 24 on X: "BREAKING: Meloni decides to send more than 400 Armored Personnel Carriers to Ukraine. The 11th Italian military aid package to Ukraine has been announced. Italian media writes it will contain 400+ M-113 APCs, a SAMP/T air defense battery, a satellite surveillance system & ammo / X

Pope Leo greets crowds from popemobile as inaugural Mass begins at the Vatican : worldnews
Pope Leo XIV Grants First Foreign Leader Audience to President Zelenskyy : worldnews
Pope Leo Snubs JD Vance After Inaugural Mass. The pope gave the vice president the short shrift. : politics - Kennedy as "pestilence" and Hegseth as "war" so I've been idly wondering who "death" would be. Vance is definitely Death and I think people were thinking Musk for Famine because of fucking with SS


Guyana soldiers attacked by Venezuela : worldnews




Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer : news

America chose wrong. Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden. | Opinion : politics

Donald Trump keeps declaring national emergencies. Why? : politics - Given the amount of "emergencies and invasions", he sure does golf a lot.

Trump Suggests Supreme Court Is 'Illegally' Blocking His Lawless Deportations : politics
Trump endorses idea that Supreme Court ruling blocking his deportations under Alien Enemies Act is 'illegal' : politics

Al Green on Trump Impeachment Push -- 'Don't Wait' for 'Tanks' : politics

The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US president : politics

Tim Walz Roasts 'Tyrant' Trump with Scathing Warning Speech - The former vice presidential candidate blasted the president for "abusing power to persecute scapegoats and enemies." : politics

ICE adopts new tactic: Deport before court, removing people facing criminal charges : politics

How Trump turned the White House into a cash machine : politics
You Won't Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year - How in the hell does he get away with this? Here's the answer : politics - in the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that's a billion dollars a month.
Donald Trump's 10 most outrageous displays of corruption: President brutally ripped by senator : politics

Trump, 78, Posts Bizarre AI Video of Himself Rocking Out to Journey : politics
Truth Details | Truth Social

Donald Trump claims he invented 'the best word.' It's been around since 1599 : politics ... his trend-setting scepticism of most conventional approaches and treatments to covid likely eventually cost 250,000-500,000 American lives (equalizing.)

Trump tells Walmart to "eat the tariffs" instead of raising prices : politics -- But, wait, I thought the foreign country paid the tariff.
Mike Pence calls Trump tariffs 'largest peacetime tax hike' on Americans : politics


Most of the US' $800 billion in paycheck protection funds went to the richest 20% : politics

Newly Released Army Corps Work Plans Show Trump Abandoning Blue State Infrastructure Projects : politics

MAGA Goes Beserk After Trump's FBI Bosses Say Epstein Killed Himself. Kash Patel and Dan Bongino dismissed a trove of internet conspiracies by stating that Epstein's death was a suicide. : politics - Dan fucking bongino and his crazy conspiracy driven ass is deputy director for the FBI.

RFK Jr.'s FDA Severely Restricts COVID Vaccine Use. The vaccine will only be available to those at high risk from Covid -- excluding those who may need it to protect a relative or friend. : politics
RFK Jr's plan to ban fluoride supplements will "hurt rural America," dentists say : politics


American terror - Lawyers, Guns & Money A deadly attack on a reproductive health clinic that easily could have had even worse consequences: ... This seems like a good time to recall Trump pardoning people who tried to illegally obstruct access to abortion clinics.



Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact : news


(OC) A massive tornado rips across the plains of Texas : pics


"We Buy Ugly Houses" Franchise's Loan Scheme Left 'Incalculable' Damage — ProPublica

Why Apple Still Hasn't Cracked AI : technology


Paul McCartney struggled with 'overwhelming feelings of pain' in The Beatles : Music


Amphetamine scrambles the brain's sense of time by degrading prefrontal neuron coordination. Researchers found that a single dose of amphetamine disrupted mice's ability to judge time accurately by altering how neurons in the prefrontal cortex represent time. : science

Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration. These early humans, who roamed the earth over 100,000 years ago, are believed to have traveled more than 20,000 kilometers on foot from North Asia to the southernmost tip of South America : science

Young adults who drink heavily report more romantic highs and lows. A study of heavy-drinking young adults found that consuming a greater number of alcoholic drinks on a given day was associated with both a higher likelihood of regretted and positive romantic or sexual experiences on that same day. : science


Mother's childhood trauma linked to emotional and behavioral issues in her children, study finds : science


New CRISPR genome-editing tool promises to do what original CRISPR systems have struggled to achieve: insert entire genes into human DNA. It could pave the way for gene-correction therapies that would be given once, and work regardless of the specific mutation causing an individual's disease. : science

New research challenges idea that female breasts are sexualized due to modesty norms | The findings found no significant difference in men's reported sexual interest in breasts -- despite whether they grew up when toplessness was common or when women typically wore tops in public. : science


ELI5: Why do most people don't have any memories from their early youth? : explainlikeimfive

What Is Illegal In Your State or Locally That Should Not Be? : AskReddit

What's the worst city you've ever visited? : AskReddit

What is the most surreal "this can't be real" moment you've ever experienced? : AskReddit

What's your biggest phobia, what scares you to the very core? : AskReddit

ELI5: If seahorse females get seahorse males pregnant, what exactly makes them females? : explainlikeimfive

What is something regrettable that you did to your Body that you would give your lifesavings to reverse? : AskReddit

What's the worst thing you did while being in a relationship or marriage? : AskReddit

What's your worst cheating story? : AskReddit

What's the grossest thing you've seen someone do in public? : AskReddit




051725

Even temporary overshooting 1.5 C target risks irreversible loss of Amazon and boreal forests : science



Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse : worldnews


Hong Kong police smash loan shark syndicate, arresting 24 including 12-year-old : worldnews




Putin won't accept peace unless Russian empire is restored, says US ex-defense secretary Gates : worldnews


Rare earth deposit believed to be the third largest in the world : worldnews



UN launches an enquiry into Rohingya refugees being cast into the sea by Indian naval vessels : worldnews

Pakistan, India should sit down at the table like peaceful neighbours and settle outstanding issues: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif : worldnews



Kyiv Insider on X: Similar to Ukraine's efforts from 2014-2021, Syria continues to rid itself of the Russian connections that've acted as a parasite on the country for decades. / X


Over 65 released hostages urge Netanyahu, Trump to close a 'comprehensive deal' : politics

Israel launches major offensive to 'seize and control' areas of Gaza : worldnews
Israel Says It Has Begun Mobilizing for a New Gaza Advance : worldnews

54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says : worldnews
Gaza ceasefire talks resume as Israeli assault kills hundreds in 72 hours : worldnews


Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after less than 2 hours : worldnews
Russia demanded Kyiv pull back troops before ceasefire, Ukrainian source says : worldnews
Russia demanded Ukraine cede more territory at Turkey talks, Ukrainian source says : worldnews
Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine bloodbath : worldnews
Trump threatens sanctions on Moscow if Ukraine peace talks fail : worldnews
Putin rejects US-Ukraine-Europe peace plan, FT says : worldnews
Trump does not see Putin as obstacle to peace and criticises Zelenskyy : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1178, Part 1 (Thread #1325) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 17, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine / X


Nine reported killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine : worldnews

Russians train Ukrainian orphans to fight their war against Kyiv, report says : worldnews

Over 1,000 Russian tanks destroyed by Ukrainian forces since start of 2025, says Ukraine's commander-in-chief - video : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: Russia lost 50,000 troops trying to take a Ukrainian town with 48 residents—but still failed Ten months, 50,000 casualties, and still no breakthrough in Toretsk. / X

Ukraine's integration will not only transform Ukraine, but also strengthen EU's position on global stage - Director General for Europe and Economic Affairs Elisabeth Kornfeind : worldnews
ICC prosecutor Khan on leave amid sexual misconduct probe : worldnews - This guy is the brother of the Pakistani origin Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan who was also jailed for sexual offences!!
Apple Denies Blocking Fortnite From EU Stores in Epic Dispute : worldnews

Poland gave 17.5bn zloty in public funds to religious organisations in 2021-23, finds state auditor : worldnews - with around 95% of the total going to the Catholic church

Swedish journalist jailed in Turkey for insulting Erdogan is freed : worldnews


stevethdemocrat: Could not have said it better! #DaPope - Bluesky
No evidence Pope Leo XIV said, You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings | Snopes.com Social media users jumped to conclusions over a quote circulating online.


Descendants of Italy's last king should not have crown jewels, court rules : worldnews

Spanish premier calls Israel 'genocidal state,' says Spain does not do business with it : worldnews

Paris unveils a memorial to LGBTQ+ victims of Nazi regime and other persecutions : worldnews

Royal Navy warship destroys supersonic missile in historic first : worldnews
UK on verge of deal with EU to let Britons use European passport e-gates : worldnews


Ontario reports 182 new measles cases, totaling over 1,600 : worldnews
Measles could keep spreading for a year, says Canada's chief public health officer : worldnews
Ottawa Police Deny Inviting Convoy Figure to Help Them With Anti-LGBTQ+ Protest at Elementary School : worldnews - this is the same Ottawa police that happily waved the Freedumb Convoy into the city because their intel on them was provided by a sympathetic officers who fell down the far-right rabbit hole...
'It's Outrageous That You Banned American Products From Your Shelves' U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra opens up about U.S.-Canada tensions and the signals he hopes to see from new Prime Minister Mark Carney. : politics




US measles cases surpass 1K amid outbreak, CDC data shows : politics

With Moody's downgrade, US loses treasured Aaa credit rating : politics
Americans' Confidence in Trump's Economy Hits All-Time Low - Meanwhile, inflation projections continue to creep up. : politics

Week 17 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
How different are Trump's first and second terms?

Watching Trump from afar, Israel fears being left out of a new Middle East it helped create : politics - The problem is Israel doesn't have the cash to compete with Saudi and Qatar for Trumps affection and they aren't going to treat him like royalty. Bibi is kinda screwed.
In Middle East, Trump marginalizes Israel without helping Gaza : politics
What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why : politics

Igor Sushko: Russia: Putin planted a Russian spy posing as a translator sent by the US embassy in Moscow for Witkoff's latest meeting in the Kremlin in April. She is from SVR - Russia's foreign intelligence. - Bluesky

People Left Flabbergasted By Trump's Explanation Of 1 English Word To UAE President : politics

US senators seek to block Trump's UAE, Qatar defence deals : politics

How Donald Trump's 'historic' Gulf state deals benefit a handful of powerful men : politics
'Very disturbing': Trump receipt of overseas gifts unprecedented, experts warn : politics

Biden stumbles over year of son's death, Trump election dates in recording A four-minute audio clip of President Joe Biden's 2023 special counsel interview released Friday evening showed Biden speaking softly and haltingly as he struggled to recall key dates ... The audio was published by Axios as the Trump administration made plans to release the full interview recording. It offers a firsthand look at Biden's much-debated interview with Robert Hur, the special counsel, as part of an investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents ... The Biden administration blocked the release of the audio recordings, which show Biden's verbal and memory struggles.
Yes, the media's Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse : politics
Politics of age: Biden's decline and Trump's immunity
Biden, Fetterman and Why Staffers Might Start Breaking Their Silence - POLITICO The old incentives that kept Capitol Hill careerists quiet are going away.
The Hidden Struggle of John Fetterman All By Himself John Fetterman insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.

'Unhinged': Spy chief alerted as Trump seen threatening Supreme Court justices - Raw Story
Trump Shares Unhinged Plan to Release 'Terrorists' On Justices' Doorsteps. The president is not taking the Supreme Court's rejection of his immigration plan well. : politics

White House Called Out After Claiming Trump Would 'Never' Betray Police: 'Unless They Work at the Capitol' : politics

Juan Francisco Méndez, detained by ICE, returns to New Bedford

Supreme Court rules administration must give Venezuelans more time to challenge deportation under Alien Enemies Act : politics
Supreme Court blocks Trump from restarting Alien Enemies Act deportations : politics
Raging Trump Goes Off On Supreme Court for Blocking Deportation Plan: 'A Bad and Dangerous Day for America'. : politics - I know we're desensitised to this but it's outrageous that Alito and Thomas basically don't believe in due process or the rule of law. Nothing but yes man to a wannabe dictator - pathetic

US House Republicans propose fees on immigrants to fund Trump's crackdown : politics

Trump officials reportedly consider TV gameshow with US citizenship as prize : politics

An alleged smuggler to Colombia's cartels had a secret ally: the DEA : politics
Trump cabinet member's links to El Salvador crypto firm under scrutiny : politics

US claim of state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is 'inadequate,' judge says : politics

Trump Wants To Pull Officers From Ports And Borders To Boost Immigration Raids : politics - Allowing more smuggling of people and goods to occur in order to justify his police state activities. Sounds about right for these fascist morons

Far from border, 62-day detention traumatizes fiance Bromfield grad, and their families ... You know, people come over here because they say that this is the land for opportunity; this is the land for growth. And if we can't even treat people decently, then what kind of message are we sending to the rest of the world?"
Interview with Fabian Schmidt, German Green Card holder, who was finally released after 2 months of ICE detention : politics
Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention | GBH

Cuban Woman Voted for Trump Thinking He Would Only Deport Criminals. Now Her Husband Was Deported While Seeking Asylum : politics

Alito supports his opposition to Anglo-American constitutionalism by claiming source says the opposite of what it says - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions - The Washington Post The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.

Trump's 'Emergencies' Are Pretexts for Undermining the Constitution : politics

Andrew Dessler: Interesting. This is exactly the same argument that Lomborg et al. make when talking about climate change policy. -- Bluesky

New poll shows Trump's approval rating is underwater on nearly every issue : politics

Rep. Al Green Files Impeachment Articles, Cites Trump as Threat to Democracy in 'Dear Colleague' Letter : politics
US Rep Al Green files bill to impeach Trump again. Here's why. : politics


Trump's Push to Defund Harvard Prompts Clash Over Veteran Suicide Research : politics - If you are a veteran and you support Trump, you are a sucker. There is no other way to say it. You are a chicken voting for more McNuggets.

Forget the DEI hires -- meet Trump's latest WTF hire : politics

Trump's Embrace of White South Africans Takes Dark, Unnerving New Turn : politics
Trump seeks a return to America's racist roots — and he's moving fast : politics

A Trump trifecta as he slams Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Supreme Court on same day : politics
Trump Has Embarrassing Public Meltdown After Bruce Springsteen Diss : politics
Trump's New Post About Taylor Swift Is So Immature, We Needed Child Psychologists To Explain His Thinking | "The tone and content of the post resemble childlike behavior -- impulsive, unprovoked and lacking basic decorum; yet, even that comparison may be unfair to children." : politics

A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place - Lawyers, Guns & Money A man in Rhode Island bought his wife a Donald Trump-branded watch as a gift, but what they got was a "Rump" watch due to an unfortunate typo on the watch face. Tim Petit paid $640 for a limited-edition Trump watch that is only one of 250 made.

Gone in 40 days: how Trump's 'liberation day' tariff assault unraveled : politics
Trump's White House accidentally admitted the truth about its tax plan : politics - In 2029, Americans making less than $30,000 will actually pay more in taxes under the GOP's plan than under current law. Americans making less than $15,000 — the poorest of the poor — will pay 53% more in taxes than they do now as their average tax rate jumps from 3.3% to 5.1%. Meanwhile, households making over a million will pay 6.4% less in taxes (totaling an estimated $74 billion collectively), as their average rate falls from 30.8% to 28.7%.

Trump Says His Bill Cuts Everyone's Taxes. It Raises Them on the Poor : politics

A Huge Scandal: Internal Doc Exposes Trump-Musk Hunt for Social Security Fraud as a Sham : politics
FBI Agent goes public with Russian intelligence operation that hooked Musk and Thiel : worldnews
Russian Intelligence Used Sex, Drugs to Target Elon Musk: Former FBI Agent An ex-FBI Agent has claimed that Russian intelligence officers used Musk's susceptibility to sex and drugs to target the tech billionaire for exploitation.

Elon Musk's chatbot just showed why AI regulation is an urgent necessity | X's Grok has been responding to unrelated prompts with discussions of "white genocide" in South Africa, one of Musk's hobbyhorses. : politics
Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust : technology - It is kind of wild to have the press document people trying to build a fascist LLM in real time...

Trump warns Walmart not to raise prices just because tariffs make their inventory a lot more expensive - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Occam's razor suggests that when somebody sounds like a complete moron all the time there's a very straightforward explanation for that, but maybe it's just all a very clever plan of some sort.

FBI Disbanding Public Corruption Squad In Its Washington Office, Sources Say : politics undefined

Food For Millions Rots in Storage After Trump's USAID Cuts. Over 60,000 tons of U.S. food is going to waste in warehouses while millions starve and children die. : politics

Let's Start Talking About Jail Time for Trump and His MAGA Enablers - Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly. : politics

H.R.3432 - To direct the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support research to advance the understanding of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and for other purposes. : politics

White House Freaks Out Over Don Jr. Being Compared to Hunter : politics

Old Video Of Barbara Walters Needling Trump Has Everyone Saying The Same Thing : politics

Walt Disney Figure That Looked Uncannily Like Donald Trump Seemingly Quietly Modified at Disneyland : politics

The Hyper-Aggressive, Comically Loyal Government Flacks Who Talk Like Trump : politics - In the end, Trumpese doesn't say much: instead, it's a kind of blustering white noise designed by turns to provoke, batter, smear and, above all, shut down questioners. And whenever this age of American history is over, its strange linguistic conventions will stand as one of many reminders of just how far things went.

Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns : politics

Christopher Webb: WATCH THIS. He gets it right Nottoway Plantation: the so-called "White Castle", burned down. With it, a monument to whitewashed brutality. We don't need romanticized nostalgia for slavery. We need truth. Let this be the end of pretending these places were anything but what they were: crime scenes. - Bluesky


FEMA not ready for hurricane season: document : politics
Paying the Price for DOGE - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Cuts to weather staffing in a place prone to sudden, violent weather:

At least 21 are dead after severe weather in Kentucky, Missouri Gov. Andy Beshear says 14 people have been killed by severe weather in Kentucky — including what appeared to be a devastating tornado -- and that the number is likely to rise
After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down : politics - KY Gov. Beshear said at least 14 people died as a result of last night's storms, including 9 in the Eastern part of the state. Actions have consequences.

Critical attack on our freedoms: Half Price Books argues against Texas bill that could punish bookstores for alleged obscene content : books

Pillen orders Nebraska medical cannabis regulations to proceed as legislative, legal fights approach : politics

Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman eyeing Florida Senate run : politics

Texas House passes bill to legally erase trans identities. The bill also declares that men are "bigger, stronger, and faster" than women. : politics

High School Runner Slams 'Bully' GOP Lawmaker For Attacking Race's Trans Winner. "I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points," Anelise Feldman, who finished second in the race, wrote of state Rep. Laurel Libby. : politics



Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas : politics

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,884 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Carter Harrison, IV.


Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: Working from home makes us happier. : technology

Microplastics and the Rising Tide of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Exploring the Environmental Gut Connection : science

A study found that cannabidiol potentiates p53-driven autophagic cell death in non-small cell lung cancer following DNA damage. : science when a cancer drug is combined with CBD, it's even more successful at getting rid of bad cancer cells.

The most powerful known outburst from the Sun hit Earth in 12,350 BC during the end of the last Ice Age, according to scientists. It was an event known as a solar particle storm, during which charged particles from the Sun fire through space and smash into our planet. : science

Scientists discover new antibiotic, saarvienin A, from a strain of bacteria found in a rare earth mine in China. It shows strong activity against drug-resistant bacteria and appears to act through a different, yet to be determined, mechanism which may avoid common bacterial resistance mechanisms. : science

FDA clears new blood test for Alzheimer's designed to be more accessible - The Washington Post The test is designed to detect amyloid plaques in the brain for patients with symptoms.

Mindfulness reduces anxiety symptoms and perceived stress in autistic adults, finds a new randomized controlled trial. : science

Brain dopamine responses to ultra-processed milkshakes are highly variable and not significantly related to adiposity in humans : science

Inhaled DMT produces rapid and lasting antidepressant effects in treatment-resistant depression. Participants reported major reductions in depression and suicidal thoughts within a day of dosing, with benefits lasting up to three months. : science

Couples who cuddle at bedtime feel more secure and less stressed. A recent study of heterosexual couples found that those who slept in physically closer positions at the onset of sleep reported lower stress and less insecure emotional attachment. : science


What online subscription app that you use daily is 100% worth it? : AskReddit
zAudiobooks.com - Yes we have alot of good audiobooks for free!

Outdoor Boys quits YouTube : videos



Federal funding cuts affect Mass. health and education programs

Skinniest House in Boston : boston




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The Dude Carbon Problem - Lawyers, Guns & Money Cars and meat are major factors driving a gender gap in greenhouse gas emissions, new research suggests. Men emit 26% more planet-heating pollution than women from transport and food, according to a preprint study of 15,000 people in France. The gap shrinks to 18% after controlling for socioeconomic factors such as income and education.


Fresh Covid-19 wave hits Asia; Singapore and Hong Kong see surge : worldnews


A Chinese Company With Zero Revenue Just Gave a Bunch of Money to Trump : politics


Kremlin Negotiator Invokes Peter the Great's 21-Year War With Sweden in Ukraine Talks : worldnews


Trump says India has offered America 'o tariffs', but India says deal not yet complete : worldnews

Pakistan Pm Shehbaz Sharif 'ready to talk about peace' days after India, Pak pause fight : worldnews

World Bank says Saudi Arabia and Qatar have paid off Syria's outstanding debt : worldnews


Israeli Air Force strikes Houthi targets in western Yemen : worldnews



Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya : politics


Ukraine reportedly accuses Russia of undermining peace talks with last-minute demands : worldnews
Ukraine accuses Russia of 'unacceptable demands' at first face-to-face talks in three years : worldnews
Ukraine-Russia talks: prisoner swap agreed, but no progress on ceasefire - The Irish Times Istanbul talks follow strained start to the latest diplomatic push

WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 on X: Ukrainian delegation is rightly refusing to speak Russian to the Russian delegation and is using a translator to communicate. Powerful. / X

OSINTtechnical on X: Just a bizarre series of events, Putin offers direct leader-to-leader peace talks last weekend, and the end result is a small Russian negotiating team showing up to deliver the most maximalist, revanchist, and unhinged demands. / X
OSINTtechnical on X: Russian chief negotiator Medinsky, reportedly talking to Ukraine's delegation in Turkey: Maybe some of those sitting here at this table will lose more of their loved ones. Russia is prepared to fight forever. / X
NOELREPORTS on X: During the Istanbul talks, the Ukrainian delegation reportedly refused to withdraw troops from partially occupied territories. In response, Russian delegates allegedly stood up and warned: "Next time, it will be five regions," referring to Dnipropetrovsk. / X
Kyiv Insider on X: Russians unleash massive disinformation operations using fake versions of popular western news sites to push artificial stories about Ukraine-Russia Istanbul talks. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1177, Part 1 (Thread #1324) : worldnews


Russia targeting journalists in Ukraine hotel strikes: Report : worldnews


European leaders want to turn screws on Putin after delayed Turkey talks : worldnews
Russia could be ready to strike NATO in two years, new report says : worldnews
US sanctions hit International Criminal Court in The Hague. : worldnews

Bucharest mayor overtakes nationalist frontrunner in Romania's presidential race: poll : worldnews

Finland moves to ban Holocaust denial under new criminal law : worldnews

'My heart goes out to the beloved people of Ukraine' — Pope Leo XIV receives list of Ukrainian POWs at Vatican : worldnews



No evidence of genocide in Gaza, UK lawyers say in arms export case | Arms trade : worldnews


Seventeen of El Chapo's family enter US in 'secret cartel deal' : politics

Tariffs aimed at bringing business back to the U.S. are actually driving it to Canada : politics
Trade war drives business to Canada and away from U.S. : worldnews




Every president since Lyndon Johnson has recognized the security risks of climate change. Then came Trump. : politics

US ambassador: I quit Ukraine because Trump is 'complicit' with Russia : politics

Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE | The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries : politics

Moody's downgrades United States credit rating on increase in government debt : politics
US Completely Loses Perfect Credit Rating for First Time in Over a Century : politics

Conservatives block Trump's 'big beautiful bill' in stunning setback : politics - Let's be fucking very clear: They blocked it because it did not cut deep enough. That's right... They blocked it because not enough pain would be inflicted. They did not "side with democrats". That is the headline. Nothing more. They will be back with a vengeance.
House GOP opposition torpedoes Trump's big, beautiful bill : politics - Let's be clear here. This failed because enough Republicans want the cuts to Medicaid to be deeper and come in to effect sooner. Prime among them is Chip Roy and Norman. They want more people to be suffer and to be hurt sooner. No one here is a good person or grew a conscience.
Most lunatic faction of GOP opposes reconciliation for not denying enouugh poor people healthcare quickly enough - Lawyers, Guns & Money undefined
Trump's Tax Bill Falls Apart as He Spirals in Wild Online Rant : politics

Trump Revives Mental Decline Concerns After Attempting to Leave Oval Office Before Signing Executive Order: 'Is He OK?' : politics

Trump's Approval Rating Plummets in Just About Every Category - America is fed up with Donald Trump. : politics

Gold Palaces, Jet Deals and McDonald's: Trump at Home in Middle East : politics
Trump Tells Gulf Hosts He's 'Not Thrilled' With Their Gift - Next to a $400 million jet, everything looks cheap. : politics

Migrant Drug Seizures by Border Patrol Incredibly Rare, Data Shows : politics

Trump Sends Thinly Veiled Warning to Supreme Court Justices : politics
Clarence Thomas appears to side with Trump move to curtail judges' powers : politics

Trump lawyers tell Supreme Court that Constitution doesn't apply to the president : politics

Supreme Court rules against Trump administration in Alien Enemies Act case : politics
Court rules 7-2 against Trump administration's efforts to disappear people without due process - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Case Has the Supreme Court Baffled : politics
Ted Cruz Mocked for Declaring Birthright Citizenship is a Terrible Policy: 'Bold Statement When He Benefited From It' : politics

Trump's Justice Department Is About To Charge a Member of Congress: Representative LaMonica McIver was one of three members of Congress who attempted to enter an ICE facility in New Jersey. : politics

Student who earned Ph.D. while DHS tried to deport her over minor traffic violation is granted injunction : politics

ICE Agents Abandon Child on Street After Arresting Adult, Video Shows : politics


Angry Dems have a message for Jake Tapper, CNN, Axios, Politico and others: 'F--- them!' : politics


Largest Medicaid cut in history: Leader Jeffries calls out Republicans over 'tax scam' : politics
The Trump Cuts Have Already Devastated Promising Cancer Research : politics
br /> The truth about Donald Trump rarely makes it into the news Mainstream journalists are depriving their audiences of crucial context

What does 8647 mean? The 'code' that landed James Comey in hot water with the Secret Service : politics

Trump's Face Plastered on USDA Building Draws North Korea, Russia Comparisons: 'He Is Going Full On Dear Leader' : politics

Donald Trump's approval rating now underwater on nearly every issue : politics

Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is a one-way ticket to El Salvador with free room and board - Lawyers, Guns & Money
DHS Is Considering A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete For Citizenship | The news comes after Rep. Bennie Thompson called out DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for her apparent costumes and staged photos during ICE raids and DHS assignments. : politics

Producer Swears ICE Reality Show for Citizenship Won't Be a Complete Dystopian Nightmare : politics

Trump's firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators : politics

Trump Envoy Watched Netflix Documentaries to Bone Up on World Affairs : politics

GOP congressman confirms Hegseth ordered pause in cyber operations against Russia, despite Pentagon denial : politics


Matt Gaetz insists his use of '86' is distinct from Comey's 'threat' as MAGA accused of hypocrisy over term : politics


Trump lashes out at Bruce Springsteen after he called president 'treasonous' : politics

MAGA Senator's Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters : politics

Foreign groups are stealing $1 trillion a year through identity theft - and DOGE is just letting it happen : politics
DOGE's Fraud Tracker at SSA Turns Into Massive Self-Own : politics
Voters promised $100 by Musk PAC say they weren't paid : politics

3 White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists, NPR finds : politics

Who asked for this, the assassin lobby? Trump bill ripped over sickening gun provision : politics


MAGA Is Losing Its Mind Over an Instagram Post Calling for Trump's Ouster : politics - Hang mike pence is totally fine though

AOC or bust: New poll finds NY congresswoman or 'no one' are top choices for face of Democratic Party : politics

DNC vice-chair David Hogg on Democratic party: 'We need to dramatically change' : politics

John Fetterman and the death of American shame : politics


Missouri Voted in Favor of Abortion Rights and Paid Sick Leave. State Republicans Just Overturned Them Both : politics

Some Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past | Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration. : politics

Texas lawmakers take first step towards repealing sodomy law More than 20 years after it was struck down by the Supreme Court, twelve Republicans joined sixty Democrats to repeal the state's unenforceable ban on sodomy.
Texas House repeals gay sex ban in historic, unlikely vote : politics



Investors now own 30% of metro Atlanta's single-family rental homes, data shows : politics


Medical examiner audit reclassifies dozens of police-restraint deaths as homicides : politics


Sean Combs Allies are Actively Working for a Trump Pardon : politics


Los Angeles Votes for $30 Minimum Wage : politics


8 U.S. cities where you need to earn at least $100,000 to live comfortably - CBS News The second-priciest city is Boston, where renters need to earn $127,000 a year to comfortably afford rent, according to Zillow.


It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System | Thanks to a new breed of chatbots, American stupidity is escalating at an advanced pace. : technology
Best AI assistants tested: What works, what doesn't, and which to use | Vox
Deep love or deepfake? Dating in the time of AI | Context by TRF

Eschaton: Sure, Elon - We all know what happened is that Elon got enraged that Grok wasn't as racist as Elon wanted it to be, started yelling at people to fix it in mintes or he'd fire them and they'd be deported, so this was the result of a quick "fix."
"Some Weird Elon Musk Shit": Inside LA's Young, Testosterone-Fueled Sperm Race | Vanity Fair

The Kim Kardashian Heist Trial Starts, and the World Awaits a Star's Testimony | Vanity Fair

Got a life problem that nothing seems to fix? The answer might be 'family constellations' | The Independent
(29) Heal your ancestry - powerful Family Constellation - YouTube




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Australia has ramped up its travel warnings for the USA three times since April : worldnews


Japan set to fully cover childbirth costs possibly from April 2026 : worldnews


A new cold war is brewing over rare earth minerals | China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric vehicles. : technology



President Putin sacks commander-in-chief of Russian Ground Forces : worldnews


Pakistan writes to India with an appeal: Reconsider Indus waters decision : worldnews
ELI5: How does the caste system in India work and how do people know who is in what caste? : explainlikeimfive - Washing toilets, dealing with carcasses, cleaning sewers etc. is not something that a Shudra would touch. That dubious honor belongs to Dalits, or "untouchables". 25% of India's population are Dalits, and they are not part of the official caste hierarchy. They are outcastes. They have faced so much oppression from the traditional caste structure that a majority has by now converted to other religions: Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. Almost 75% of India's muslims are descendants of Dalit ancestors.


Trump Backs Off Plan to Rename Persian Gulf After Backlash from Iranian Officials : worldnews



Trump Says US Should Take Gaza And Turn It Into 'Freedom Zone' : worldnews


Putin proposes restarting direct peace talks with Ukraine 'without preconditions'
Moscow Mocks Zelensky as 'Clown' in Heated Clash Over Istanbul Talks : worldnews - Putin picked the time, place, and topic. Then bailed like a little bitch.
Putin's no-show throws Ukraine peace talks into confusion : worldnews
Putin, Trump to skip Ukraine's peace talks that Russian leader proposed : worldnews
Trump will skip Ukraine-Russia peace talks as Putin evades negotiations, US official says : worldnews

(((Tendar))) on X: The Istanbul talks are probably the greatest political own goal in decades. Putin fell into his own trap and all what's left is just nervous, political stuttering. It is also a disaster for everyone advocating that negotiations are needed to end the war. This instance shows vividly that Putin has no interest in doing so. Every word coming out of this Russian KGB mouth is aimed to lie, delay and distract. / X
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1176, Part 1 (Thread #1323) : worldnews

Russia has already started its summer offensive in Ukraine : worldnews


Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb : technology
noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step


Jay in Kyiv on X: Despite the full weight of Russia's influence operations, cash and propaganda, the Russian takeover of the Romanian government is now faltering, with the Kremlin-backed candidate falling behind in the polls as Romanians understand what's going on. / X

UK becomes fastest-growing G7 economy after strong first quarter : worldnews

Chris Brown arrested in over bottle attack on music producer at London nightclub : Music
Chris Brown arrested at Manchester hotel after 'unprovoked attack' in nightclub : Music



Trump Makes Stunning Deal With Mexican Cartel Leader : politics
Sheinbaum demands US inform on El Chapo family's border crossing: Wednesday's mañanera recapped : worldnews
Family members of drug lord El Chapo enter US, Mexican officials say : worldnews - The El Chapo family? The same El Chapo family that founded and runs the Sinoloa drug cartel? The Sinoloa drug cartel designated as a terrorist organization by the Trump administration with executive order 14157? >
Trump Struck Secret Deal With El Chapo's Terrorist Cartel - The family members of infamous drug lord El Chapo were given access to the U.S., catching the Mexican president off-guard. : politics - The special access came after negotiations between the White House and El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who is a top-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, AP News reported late Tuesday. The criminal group is designated a foreign terrorist organization and a powerful drug trafficking and organized crime syndicate based in Mexico.




Did the media blow it on Biden? - by Nate Silver The fight for the nomination between Biden and Kamala Harris was covered extensively. But the public deserved to know more about Biden's fitness for the presidency.
How Joe Biden Handed the Presidency to Donald Trump | The New Yorker At a fateful event last summer, Barack Obama, George Clooney, and others were stunned by Biden's weakness and confusion. Why did he and his advisers decide to conceal his condition from the public and campaign for reëlection?

The Trumpian Nightmare Must End Before it Gets Worse: A fascist monster who demonizes migrants, exacts revenge on his perceived foes, actively destroys the rule of law, and whose real agenda is not "America First" but rather "Trump First" is in charge of today's United States. : politics

Science Tells Us the U.S. Is Heading toward a Dictatorship : politics - 77m MAGA voters showed up for trump in 2024. Another 90m eligible voters figured "I'm ok with whatever other people choose" and didn't bother to vote. That's 167m idiots that outnumber by more than 2:1 the 75m Americans with a clue.

Democrats are failing against Trump. We need a new generation in 2026 : politics - Hogg should never have gotten in. He cheered the loss of a pro-choice, pro-trans Dem because she didn't align with his extreme position on guns.

Birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'What ever happened to Never Forget?': 9/11 families blast Trump for warm embrace of Saudi officials : politics

Kyiv Insider on X: FBI agent arrested for attempting to publicize investigations into Russian intelligence operations that put Musk and Thiel under the influence of Putin. / X
Massive Cost of Trump's Birthday Military Parade Revealed : politics ... $25 to $45 million for my birthday, but you get no more than 2 dolls or five pencils.

This is so weird. What a timeline! : PoliticalHumor - A murderer, a rapist, and a terrorist meet in a bar.

The GOP hates you and wants you to have a harder life. Having a steady and reliable supply of cheap labor to maintain high profits requires widespread poverty, ignorance, death, and disease. So their policy agenda is built around creating that. : politics

Qatar's Gift to Trump Is Unsold Plane It's Been Trying to Dump for Years : worldnews .. My dad worked on this plane over 10 years ago when it was the prime minsters jet. I have pictures of the interior at the time. This thing is a flying palace. It doesn't even look like a plane on the inside, it looks like a mansion, it has an elevators and multiple bedrooms. It has a library with over a million dollars in first addition books, an insane Conferance room etc etc. the interior was over a 100 million dollars. It's unsold because no one can afford it.
Mike Johnson Insists Trump Accepting Qatar Luxury Plane Was 'Not My Lane,' Gets Dragged: 'Most Certainly Is Your Job' : politics
Lawrence O'Donnell: Trump Is 'Too Stupid' to See How He's Being Humiliated With $400M Jet Gift. : politics

Democrats rattled again by fresh claims that Biden aides hid his frailty - The Washington Post A new book and Biden's public appearances are potential distractions as the party seeks to focus on Trump.
The 12 Democrats who make the most sense for 2028 - The Washington Post There's a vacuum atop an adrift Democratic Party. Here's who could fill it.

Fuck everything, we're doing two engines - Lawyers, Guns & Money The whole press conference is unbelievable. Some commenter claims the median IQ score for 78 year olds (Trump turns 79 in less than a month) is 79, which sounds like ageism, and we are strongly against that at LGM, or so I have read.

Judge Arrested by Trump Administration Fights Back With Trump's Own Immunity Case : politics

Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online. Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows. : technology

Majority of Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship, NPR/Ipsos poll finds : politics
MAGA Melts Down After Trump-Appointed Justice Argues Against Ending Birthright Citizenship: Remove This Imposter : politics
Trump Trashes the U.S. as a 'Stupid Country' of 'Suckers' in Birthright Citizenship Rant - The president also offered the Supreme Court a very questionable history lesson about the 14th Amendment. : politics

In all fairness, the toddler was suspected of being a narcoterrorist. : PoliticalHumor
MAGA meets the literal definition of crazy (the inability to discern reality) : PoliticalHumor

Nine Migrants Have Died In ICE Custody Since Trump Took Office, ICE Head Says : politics

Outage leaves up to 20 pilots headed to Denver airport unable to contact air traffic control on Monday : news

Ben & Jerry's Founder Arrested at Senate Hearing After Protesting War in Gaza : politics

Trump Tells Tim Cook to Stop Building iPhones in India : technology
Told Apple CEO Tim Cook that I don't want him to build in India: Donald Trump : worldnews

71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison : politics
Elon Musk Was Donald Trump's Useful Idiot (Gift Link) : politics

Tulsi Gabbard Fires Top Intelligence Officials Who Contradicted Trump : politics
Tulsi: it is a fireable offense to present facts that are inconvenient for Dear Leader - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Top Sexual Assault Hotline Caves to Trump in Chilling Move : politics - Donald Trump has been accused of rape, sexual assault or harassment by at least dozens women dating back to the 1970s. Keep in mind that these are only the women who have spoken out. Who knows the exact number of women that Trump has silenced with pay offs and NDAs over the years. A book published in 2019 titled All the President's Women spoke of at least 43 additional allegations.

Pam Bondi sold over $1M in shares the same day Trump tariffs were announced : politics

'Out of Touch' RFK Jr. Believes $40K a Month Is Affordable Price for Rehab: 'That's a Salary' : politics

Kristi Noem Refuses To Confirm If Gay Makeup Artist Stuck In El Salvador Prison Is Even Alive : politics

'Deeply creepy': Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs alongside Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture | The Independent
'Deeply creepy': Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs next to Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture | Twitter users are scoffing at banner, saying it has a North Korean aesthetic and gives off Saddam Hussein vibes : politics

This Amendment in the Republican Budget Bill Is Terrifying : politics - the treasury secretary could deem any nongovernmental organization to be "terrorist supporting," and, if the group could not prove that they weren't in 90 days, they could be designated a terrorist-supporting group and have their tax-exempt status revoked

U.S. House panel passes GOP plan that cuts Medicaid by $625B, adds work requirement : politics

H.R.3346 - To Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency : politics - EPA started by Nixon. Back when Republicans were true conservatives. What an ironic bookend

Now ICE Barbie Wants Her Own Brand New $50M Private Jet : politics

Loss of Medicaid coverage linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults -- The risks were particularly high among individuals with greater clinical needs and on more expensive medications. : science

RFK Jr orders mifepristone review as anti-abortion groups push for ban : news

The Kids Online Safety Act Will Make the Internet Worse for Everyone : technology


Trump question from high schooler surprises GOP Rep: 'Why is he so orange?' : politics


Bait and switched some people with this one : PoliticalHumor

Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump Incompetent and Treasonous at 2025 Tour Kick-Off : Music

Penn State blames looming campus closures on 'declining' Pennsylvania : news

UnitedHealth under criminal probe for possible Medicare fraud, WSJ reports : news

How America's Trucks Became Inferior to Europe's : videos

Republicans Outdo Themselves in Food Stamp Cuts : politics
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds : politics

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code : news

Walmart warns of higher prices, withholds second-quarter profit guidance : news


Colorado joins 19-state coalition to challenge federal funding amid sanctuary city battle : politics



Oklahoma education standards say students must identify 2020 election 'discrepancies' : news - Oklahomans weren't satisfied being ranked 49th in Education. They really want that coveted 50th spot

Planned Parenthood Turns on Gavin Newsom : politics - Dr King said it best: white moderates are a bigger impedement to progress than any ku klux klanner


Georgia mother says she is being forced to keep brain-dead pregnant daughter alive under abortion ban law : news


The Oppression of the Algorithm - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Human Rights Watch has a pretty comprehensive and damning report on how American employers use algorithms to oppress workers. It's long and very informative


Mother allegedly buys ammunition, tactical gear for son's planned mass targeted violence at middle school: Officials : news ... as payment for watching his younger siblings


Woman divorces husband after ChatGPT reads his coffee grounds and predicts affair : technology


Cassie Says She Fled 'Once in a Lifetime' Experience at Prince's House After Learning Diddy Was There Too : Music

Georgia woman missing in California's Sierra Nevada for weeks found alive in snow-covered cabin : news

Child actors who were hailed as acting prodigies but grew up to being mediocre actors as adults : movies

Alice Munro's Passive Voice | The New Yorker The celebrated writer's partner sexually abused her daughter Andrea. The abuse transformed Munro's fiction, but she left it to Andrea to confront the true story.

A Hundred Years of Mrs. Dalloway: An exemplar of modernism, Virginia Woolf's revolutionary novel explored ideas—psychology, sexuality, imperialism -- that roiled the twentieth century. : books
A Hundred Years of Mrs. Dalloway - JSTOR Daily

This Austin book club has been reading the same book [Finnegans Wake] for 12 years. They're not even close to done. : books

Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb : technology


The reasons why romantic couples move in together may matter. Those who do it in order to spend more time together had a better relationship well-being over time. But those who do it to "test" their relationship had worse relationship health over time. : science

Newborns who are deficient in vitamin D have a higher chance of developing autism, schizophrenia and ADHD, finds the largest study of its kind of more 70,000 people in Denmark. : science

Footage from several nuclear tests demonstrate the effects of the blast wave's tremendous force : gifs

The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated | New research shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of dying from random accidents. This suggests that previous studies have probably been misleading. : science

Scientists have developed a gel that releases some of coral larvae's favorite scents. When applied to a surface, coral larvae settlement increased by twenty times that of untreated surfaces, suggesting it may be useful in aiding with coral reef restoration. : science

Researchers estimate that 19 million children -- 1 in 4 of Americans under age 18 -- live with a parent or other adult who meets the definition for a substance use disorder, raising the risk that those children will go on to do the same : science

ADHD symptoms appear to influence women's orgasms | The researchers found that women with inattentive ADHD symptoms reported lower orgasmic consistency than those without ADHD symptoms or with other subtypes. : science

Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes : gifs

A Stanford-led study has identified a mutation on the X chromosome that causes orange fur in cats. Unlike other mammals with orange shades - tigers, golden retrievers and red-haired humans -- cat orange isn't linked to the usual pigment genes (like MC1R or ASIP). : science

Brain imaging study reveals the power of 'eureka moments'. New evidence from brain imaging research shows that these flashes of insight aren't just satisfying - they actually reshape how your brain represents information, and help sear it into memory. : science

World's first personalized CRISPR therapy given to baby with genetic disease. Little KJ Muldoon, now nearly ten months old, is doing well after receiving three doses of a gene-editing treatment to mend a mutation that had impaired his body's ability to process protein. : science

Molecule from brain cells may reverse cognitive decline in aging - researchers examined the impact of hevin, a molecule secreted by star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes, on cognitive decline in older mice with and without dementia.

Feelings of frailty can set in at 40. Loneliness, feeling older than your age and a negative attitude to ageing are all associated with early stages of frailty, even in people as young as 40. Many people assume frailty is something that happens when we get much older. : science

45 years ago this month, Mt. St. Helens erupted. We are volcano scientists. Ask us anything! : IAmA

Eli5: Why do tires appear to rotate in reverse the faster they go? : explainlikeimfive

Sitting for hours daily shrinks your brain, even if you exercise. Research showed that even older adults who exercised for 150 minutes a week still experienced brain shrinkage if they sat for long hours. Memory declined, and the hippocampus lost volume : science

What is the most disturbing confession you've seen on reddit? : AskReddit

What's a "fun fact" that nobody asked for? : AskReddit

People who cut-off a friend you had for over a decade, what was the final straw? : AskReddit

People who have ruined their life, what is your story? : AskReddit

What's the creepiest thing you've seen someone do when they didn't know they were being watched? : AskReddit

What's the most weirdest encounter you have faced when travelling overseas? : AskReddit

Whats an insult you heard that was so creative you couldn't be mad, just impressed? : AskReddit

People of reddit, why do you or do you not fear death? : AskReddit

ELI5 Why do some women get period cramps while others don't ? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: why do bank credit cards always have Visa or Mastercard on them, if your bank is the one lending you money? : explainlikeimfive

[Serious] What is a "seems to be harmless" symptom that requires an immediate trip to the ER? : AskReddit

Married people, what made you realise your partner was the one? : AskReddit

Which car do you see on the road and instantly think, Yeah, this person's definitely an a-hole? : AskReddit

When did you realized that therapy was just a waste of time? : AskReddit

I've been trying to reseed a bare spot ants made in my lawn, but they keep churning it up. In retaliation I thought I'd flood their nest. But three minutes (8+ gallons) later. . . how deep is this thing!? : WTF

Men of Reddit, what's the most ridiculous thing you've been told is too feminine and will threaten your masculinity? : AskReddit

What is a clear sign your getting older? : AskReddit

What did your ex say to you that broke you? : AskReddit

What's a creepy occurrence you experienced that haunts you to this day? : AskReddit

What is the pettiest reason you've broke up with someone? : AskReddit

What are some type of people you really don't understand? : AskReddit

What's your I knew I was down bad moment? : AskReddit
What's your "if you go low, I'll go lower" moment? : AskReddit

What's a dirty secret about your workplace that people shouldn't be knowing? : AskReddit

Men of Reddit, what's something Women don't realise is a turn off? : AskReddit

ELI5: Why do we never see human skulls with crooked teeth? : explainlikeimfive




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Australian local government removes often-vandalized monument to renowned British explorer James Cook: worldnews


This is the lunch that was served to everyone at an elementary in South Korea. : pics


Xi says 'bullying' will backfire, 1 day after tariff truce with US : worldnews
Ghost in the machine? Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters : worldnews
China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon - potentially leaving the US in the dust : worldnews



Russian economy in worse shape than Moscow says, report for EU shows : worldnews

Putin Approves Emergency Support Measures for Ailing Coal Industry : worldnews


Finally, India makes it official: Trump didn't broker India-Pakistan ceasefire : worldnews
India slams China for renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh : worldnews


Netanyahu says there is 'no way' Israel halts the war in Gaza until Hamas is defeated : worldnews
Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment as Trump visits region : politics - Israhell won't stop bombarding until every Palestinian is dead.
Israeli bombing wave kills dozens in Gaza including at least 22 children, say reports : politics

In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation : worldnews


Ukrainians' trust in Zelenskyy rises to 74% in early May -- survey : worldnews
MilitaryNewsU🇦 on X:US opposes Zelensky's invitation to NATO summit in The Hague, scheduled for June 24 — ANSA NATO allies are wondering why Washington is reluctant to invite the Ukrainian president to the summit. So far, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand have received invitations to the summit. / X
Trump must realise Putin is obstacle to peace, Zelenskyy says | Volodymyr Zelenskyy : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: Trump said that if Putin refuses a peace deal, the US will provide Ukraine with support "Beyond what it can imagine": I really like this phrase, — Yermak" / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Zelensky is on his way to Turkey's capital, Ankara, according to the Ukrainian Embassy in Turkey. / X
Putin will not attend Ukraine peace talks in Turkey : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1175, Part 1 (Thread #1322) : worldnews

Rob Lee on X: Ukrainian intelligence officials told the Financial Times that Russia appears to be gearing up for a larger offensive, moving forces to key hotspots on the battlefield, rather than signalling its readiness for peace talks. @ChristopherJM @polinaivanovva @laurapitel / X


MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 on X: Former gamers from the US, UK, Canada and France are now top FPV operators hitting targets in Russia, - NYP Ukraine's military calls them the best pilots and future of drone warfare. / X


US opposes inviting Zelenskyy to NATO summit in The Hague : worldnews
EU backs 17th round of Russia sanctions : worldnews

Polish foreign minister: I believe President Putin is insincere and is mocking Trump : worldnews
Poland prepares for war : State of the World from NPR : worldnews

Russian-style law targeting independent press and NGOs tabled in Hungarian parliament : worldnews
Hungary considering law to ban groups seen as threat to national sovereignty : worldnews

Russian Su-35 Violates Estonian Airspace During Shadow Fleet Tanker Incident : worldnews

Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift : worldnews

Merz: Germany Will Build Strongest Conventional Army in Europe : worldnews
German defence minister: Putin does not want peace, he wants to keep bombing Ukrainians : worldnews

Macron: What Netanyahu is doing in Gaza is unacceptable and shameful : worldnews
Netanyahu slams Macron over criticism of Gaza aid blockade : worldnews
France says it's high time to strangle Russian economy after adoption of 17th EU sanctions package : worldnews
NEXTA on X: The US and Europe should impose joint sanctions to suffocate the Russian economy and force Moscow to end the war. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. / X



Outrage as Peru archaeological site defaced : worldnews

Mexican security chief confirms 17 cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration : politics

The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for Decades : politics

Canada' s New Tariffs on US Drop to 'Nearly Zero' With Exemptions, Oxford Says : worldnews
Mark Carney says Canadians are not impressed by UK's invite to Trump : worldnews
Yemeni terror suspect placed under house arrest at Toronto mosque : worldnews




This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally : politics

The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump : politics

'Bribe Force One': Democrats Seize on Qatar Plane Deal : politics
Opinion | Trump is taking a $400 million gift from the same government that funded Hamas : politics
s://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1kmaeaq/jealous_trump_i_need_free_plane_to_outdo_royals/"> Jealous Trump: I Need 'Free' Plane to Outdo Royals With Bigger Jets : politics
Yes, Trump called Qatar 'funders of terrorism' in 2017 : politics
Donald Trump compares Qatar gift to Statue of Liberty : politics
Can Donald Trump help it if so many people feel like giving him gifts, expecting nothing in return? - Lawyers, Guns & Money I must say I don't recall any of this hyper-technical apologetic hairsplitting when the Times was, say, going through its endless array of Clinton Foundation nothingburgers.
Can Donald Trump help it if so many people feel like giving him gifts, expecting nothing in return? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ted Cruz Raises 'Espionage' Concerns If Trump Were to Accept Luxury Plane From Qatar: 'Poses Significant Surveillance Problems' : politics
Watch Sean Hannity Help Trump Justify Qatar Jet Gift In Real Time : politics
MAGA voices turn on Trump over reported Qatari jet gift: "That's not America first" : politics
Qatar's $400 million jet offered as free Air Force One stop-gap, but security and tech overhauls would cost millions | It could take years to retrofit the "flying palace" for presidential security : technology
Former Trump Cabinet Member: If Biden Accepted a Plane From Qatar, We Would Be Furious : politics
Democrats to fly :Qatar-a-Lago:" banner near Trump's Palm Beach home. The DNC said this banner is to make clear that the president's allegiance belongs to the highest bidder. : politics

How presidency saved Trump from ruin and made him a fortune | Follow the money and his return to office looks like it's been fun for all the family : politics - Due to a range of business interests in the region, Trump also looks set to make a barrel load of money for himself and his family. The energy-rich Gulf states that the president is visiting this week are becoming almost like a second home for the first family.
Trump Biographer: This Is the Truth About Him and Melania : politics

Donald Trump impeachment moves forward in Congress : politics

Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech : politics

9,000 Afghans who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban will lose deportation protections, Trump admin says : politics - No one hates veterans more than the draft dodger ... Somebody ought to tell the vets because 65% of them voted Trump

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Over ICE Case : politics - Took them two years to indict Trump for BLATANTLY ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES so they could delay it to post-election but this case must be IMMEDIATELY taken care of. Crazy double standards.

Trump's border intimidation is coming for US citizens too - ask streamer Hasan Piker : politics

Trump's ICE Used a Woman's Kids and Grandchild as Bait To Arrest Her : politics
Discussion Thread: ICE Acting Director Lyons Testifies at Oversight Hearing : politics
ICE Used Kids as 'Bait' to Arrest Woman in Worcester, Massachusetts The president's crackdown on immigrants has roiled the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, following a chaotic arrest last week

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists : politics
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists : politics

Chief Supreme Court Justice Gives Biggest Sign Yet of Trump Disapproval : politics

Trump's impossible org chart exposes a key weakness : politics
How do you say "My offer is this: nothing" in Mandarin? - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Trump's entire "negotiating: style is based on bullying people or entities with far less leverage. When he's dealing with people he needs at least as much as they need him, he's got absolutely nothing and any intelligent counterparty knows it ...But the institutional wreckage he leaves will endure. Yes, by January 2026 Trump is almost certain to have lost interest in trade and tariffs, and to have have wandered off into the business of wrecking other parts of the fragile equilibria that sustain American prosperity, But his actions in 2025 will have changed the world.

Kristi Noem Ignores the Law -- and Reality - in Tense Immigration Hearing : politics

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan Files Motion to Dismiss Federal Obstruction Case, Citing Judicial Immunity : politics

Anti-Defamation League Pushes Google to Reject Review of Human Rights Abuses | The organization claims any concern over human rights is "a thinly disguised ploy to weaken Israel's national security." : technology


How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success | The New Yorker With "The Apprentice," the TV producer mythologized Trump—then a floundering D-lister—as the ultimate titan, paving his way to the Presidency.

Joe Biden age update - Lawyers, Guns & Money - It's pretty well known that Trump has little to no idea what's in the executive orders being put on his desk, but forgetting what his ceremonies are even about is another brick in the wall: The moment Biden dropped out of the race the questions of mental acuity and cognitive ability, which were the foundations upon which the election was to be decided, vanished and instead we talked about egg prices and Imane Khelif.

GOP to destroy the IRA, largely at the expense of their own constituents - Lawyers, Guns & Money Climate change denialism is a major part of the Republican turn against any kind of expertise, and above all else it owns the libs. So undoing the major climate bill passed under Biden is a Republican priority up there with taking health insurance away from people, and they don't care of they have to hurt their own voters to do it ... It's hard to overstate just how bad the reconciliation bill is going to be, which is why Republicans are floating false stories about tax increases to gullible reporters.

AOC Issues Warning Over Republican Medicaid Plans : politics
AOC Tears Apart Republican "Math" on Medicaid Cuts - In just one minute, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed Republicans' lies on Medicaid—and their plans to make health insurance worse for everyone. : politics
Many will die if GOP cuts to Medicaid happen this week : politics
Hawley warns GOP Medicaid cuts are 'morally wrong and politically suicidal' : politics

Republicans' 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Would Shift Food Benefit Costs Onto States : politics

10 Terrible Policies in Trump and the GOP's Bill to Cut Taxes for the Rich : politics - According to the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, the GOP's proposed tax provisions would increase the national debt by $5.3 trillion. It's a phenomenal cost that Republicans intend to offset, to some degree, by forcing 10 million Americans off Medicaid, pushing millions off food stamps, and increasing health care costs for many.
Permanent Ways & Means Bill Could Add $5.3 Trillion to Deficits : politics
'Reverse Robin Hood of the Highest Order': GOP Advances Massive Tax Cuts for the Rich : politics
Dozens of Protesters Arrested on Capitol Hill as House Republicans Push Bill To Cut Nearly $1 Trillion From Medicaid : politics
GOP Effort To Revoke Tax-Exempt Status From Some Nonprofits Sparks Concern : politics

House GOP unveils plan to raise debt limit by $4 trillion : politics

Trump's decision to fire the librarian of Congress sparks an intensifying controversy : politics - The library of Congress stores copies of ALL books presented to it for copyright purposes ... even more it isn't lending library and no one under 16 can access it for research. All the excuses for the firing were lies.

What they do, not what they say - Lawyers, Guns & Money Believe Sean Duffy'ss revealed preferences with respect to the Duffy/Doge federal aviation system: ... It's not clear if Duffy understands the difference between his ass and a Taylor Ham, but at any rate I'm sure there will be many more airports on the private Duffy family no-fly list before his tenure is up.
US transportation secretary changed wife's flight from Newark after insisting airport was safe : news These people are as comically evil as they are incompetent. You can't trust a single thing they say ... The only job requirements for this administration are TV experience and history of committing sexual assault

Trump Says Chuck Schumer Has Become a Palestinian : politics


The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again: Conservatives don't just want white dominance. They want to be able to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible -- and get rewarded for it. : politics


f="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1kmff25/what_has_elon_musks_doge_actually_achieved_six/"> What has Elon Musk's Doge actually achieved? Six months after the so-called Department of Government Efficiency was unveiled, it yet has to find a fraction of the hoped for savings : politics

According to the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, the GOP's proposed tax provisions would increase the national debt by $5.3 trillion. It's a phenomenal cost that Republicans intend to offset, to some degree, by forcing 10 million Americans off Medicaid, pushing millions off food stamps, and increasing health care costs for many.
DNC Moves to Oust David Hogg After He Says Party Isn't Standing Up to Trump : politics


Anti-trans hate is misogyny. Republicans have been making that obvious. The point is to police women to maintain the patriarchy. Women like Nancy Mace are seeing the consequences of collaborating with oppressors. : politics

Democrats pull off an upset in Nebraska, electing Omaha's first Black mayor : politics
Democrats Ousts incumbent Republican in Omaha mayoral race : politics
The Trump Effect Is Here: Democrats Sweep to Victory in Historic Upset : politics

House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies : politics

Newsom Proposes Scaling Back Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California : politics
Here's a Truly Horrible Democrat - Lawyers, Guns & Money Gov. Gavin Newsom will call Wednesday for California to scale back health care for undocumented immigrants to help balance the state budget, retrenching on his desire to deliver "universal health care for all."
California Governor Newsom seeks to scale back free healthcare for migrants : news

Dems In Disarray - Lawyers, Guns & Money Despite what Donald Trump says (and everyone is too easily taken in by his ranting), he won the 2024 election by a little over 1% plurality. That's little enough for everyone to claim their favorite factor as being decisive! And they are not wrong! All those factors added up to that tiny difference!

Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: 'I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me' : politics

Man burns 100 Beachwood Public Library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ education: report : books



Bill that would legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania stalls out in state senate : politics

Hawaii's prized Kona fields have become a target for ICE : politics

ICE says it deported more than 500 people in Houston area : politics

Poor Democratic Governance - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Nostalgia and Masculine Work - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Nostalgia is the beating heart of the Trump movement. From fears of DEI displacing whites to the rise of so-called "trad wives" wanting to replicate what they see as traditional notions of motherhood under patriarchal households, nostalgia for a supposedly lost past drives much of Trump's appeal ... the future of telling the history of the Trump era is very much in doubt since the job of history professor barely exists anymore. But you make your remarks when you can.

Death to AI - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The MSNBC Problem - Lawyers, Guns & Money

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Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI -- he's been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet : technology



18-year-old girl escapes captivity from New Jersey home where she was allegedly forced to live in dog crate and abused : news

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional protection of abortion rights in 2022, Democratic candidates became significantly more likely to campaign on abortion and to do so using unambiguous language, while Republicans increasingly obfuscated their positions on the issue. : science


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,883 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Chris Doleman.



Audits of the 2020 American election show an accurate vote count -- Scholars have compiled every available audit of votes cast in the 2020 elections, finding an inconsequential net error rate (an error rate on the order of thousandths of a percent) : science


AI tools may be weakening quality of published research, with a surge in papers that look scientific but don't hold up under scrutiny. Easily accessible datasets via APIs and large language models may have led to many post-2021 papers use a superficial and oversimplified approach to analysis. : science

When doctors dismiss symptoms, patients suffer lasting harm. Psychological damage and health care avoidance may occur when doctors dismiss, minimize or ignore patients' symptoms, a phenomenon medical scientists call "symptom invalidation" and patients often call "medical gaslighting." : science


People with more nature in their neighborhood smoke and drink less, study finds | Those who make regular visits to nature tend not to smoke. : science


Long work hours linked with altered brain structure. Research has shown that people who worked 52 or more hours a week displayed significant changes in brain regions associated with executive function and emotional regulation, unlike participants who worked standard hours every week. : science - overwork kills more than 800,000 people every year,


Autistic people communicate just as effectively as others. There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to connect with others. : science


ELI5:Why can't population problems like Korea or Japan be solved if the government for both countries are well aware of the alarming population pyramids? : explainlikeimfive


Honey bee sleep shows brain activity patterns similar to humans, offering insight into memory and pollinator health | Sleep appears to carry the same "signature" at the neuronal level. : science


Men are more likely to die of 'broken heart syndrome,' study says. The condition is usually brought on by the stress of an event like losing a loved one. The syndrome is formally called takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Men die from it at more than twice the rate. : science

What if you could delay menopause? How scientists are working to slow down ovarian aging


How many married couples here sleep in separate bedrooms and why? : AskReddit


Women of Reddit, what's something men don't realize is a turn-off? : AskReddit

Mom and me ~1976 | now she's got dementia and can't even remember me. : pics

What was the moment for you that finally made you say "Wow, people really are this stupid"? : AskReddit


What's the wildest thing you did to get laid? : AskReddit

ELI5: Are humans still evolving, and could we ever become something completely different from Homo sapiens? : explainlikeimfive


What did you discover about the opposite sex's body that surprised you? : AskReddit

How did your family's genetics do you dirty? : AskReddit




051325

'Earth's Black Box' is being built in Australia that will record 'every step towards demise of planet' : worldnews


Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague | Philippines : worldnews

China's Xi Jinping says "bullying only leads to self-isolation," after tariff truce with US : worldnews
China sees the U.S. trade deal as a huge win for Beijing : worldnews ... so Americans get to pay 30% tax more on imports from China for no good reason ... Trump shit the bed, he changed the sheets but it still smells. There's no win here.
US slashes 'de minimis' tariff on small China parcels to 54% : worldnews



Kremlin Rejects German Ceasefire Ultimatum, Says "You Can't Speak to Russia That Way" : worldnews

Russia faces record 2.6 million worker shortage amid war recruitment : worldnews

Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile is crammed with parts from Kyiv's allies, Ukraine says : worldnews

Russia was found responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight in 2014 : worldnews
Maria Avdeeva on X: "UN's aviation body finally said what we've known for years: Russia downed MH17 and murdered 298 people. Russia's lies failed. Reparations are next./ X
Kyiv Insider on X: The Russian economy continues to spiral, with agricultural machinery sales another -33% for the first quarter of 2025. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ A military doctor who has deserted from the Russian army says she was forced to be a commander's field wife, had to rate crippled men as fit, saw "undesirable" soldiers being shot by their officers, and others being "sold for slaughter" for their commanders' profit. / X


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: India-Pakistan Conflict (Thread #5) : worldnews
Donald Trump again boasts he brought peace between India, Pakistan: 'Used trade to a large extent' : worldnews
India disputes Trump's claim that trade incentives led to the India-Pakistan ceasefire | AP News
India proposes retaliatory duties against US over steel, aluminium tariffs in WTO : worldnews
Steelworkers union says incoming doubling of tariffs will be devastating : politics
COVID-19 makes us more aggressive and dumb, researchers find

Pakistan army says 51 killed in military conflict with India : worldnews

Lavrov to lead Russian delegation at talks with Ukraine in Istanbul : worldnews

US strikes $600bn deal with Saudi Arabia as Donald Trump's Middle East tour begins : worldnews
Old Man Trump Falls Asleep in Middle of Saudi Briefing on Arms Deal. : politics
Democratic Wins Media on X: BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump just fell asleep at his briefing in Saudi Arabia. What a disaster. / X
Sleepy Trump Caught on Camera Nodding Off at Summit in Saudi - The president has a habit of resting his eyes while at important public events. : politics
Saudi Arabia Rolls Out Custom Mobile McDonald's for Trump Visit : worldnews

Trumps family's Middle East business ties have more than tripled since his first term : worldnews - His financial links have raised questions about whether his actions prioritize the country's interests or his own profits, especially with deals involving foreign governments, such as a Trump-branded golf course in Qatar and investments backed by Saudi Arabia. Critics worry these ventures might influence U.S. policy to benefit foreign powers and Trump's business empire.

Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria : worldnews


Israel targets Hamas leader Mohammad Sinwar in hospital strike in Gaza : worldnews

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces | The Times of Israel The premier's policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from By Tal Schneider
I'm Arno Rosenfeld, I cover antisemitism and Israel for the Forward, the country's largest Jewish newspaper, AMA! : politics


President Zelensky insists on swift meeting with Putin for talks to resolve the conflict. : worldnews
A 30-day ceasefire will not stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine and will not help the Russians - Zelenskyy | УНН : worldnews
Putin's refusal to join Istanbul talks would be 'last signal' Russia doesn't want peace, Zelensky's chief of staff says : worldnews

Trump 'issued an ultimatum' to Ukraine, Russia to advance peace talks or face US exit, Witkoff says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1174, Part 1 (Thread #1321) : worldnews


Ukraine's former commander in chief warns that modern warfare is far from what NATO is now operating : worldnews - drones have revolutionized the battle-field, much like the english long-bow once did, and made defensive operations much more favorable. In NATO we still rely on few high tech-machines and relatively few operating personell, which Zaluznyj has been outdated due to drones and we are now back to slugfests and static lines.

Poland confirms Russia behind fire that destroyed Warsaw's biggest shopping center (1.4k shops and services). : worldnews
Poland's monthly coal in energy mix falls below 50% for first time : worldnews

Poll shows Romanian hard-right and centrist candidates tied ahead of run-off : worldnews - This is probably the most important election in modern Romanian history. We have the chance to have a competent, anti-corruption president for the first time in decades. Or a Russian puppet.

Germany gives Russia until end of day to agree to 30-day ceasefire : worldnews
Germany bans far-right Kingdom of Germany group : worldnews



The EU is preparing powerful and large-scale sanctions against Russia in case of disruption of negotiations on a ceasefire - the head of the French Foreign Ministry | УНН : worldnews
Cannes bans nudity on its red carpet | AP News
Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty of Sexual Assault in France

UK risks becoming 'island of strangers' without more immigration curbs, Starmer says : worldnews
UK police arrest man for arson after fire at PM Starmer's house : worldnews


Mexican mayoral candidate gunned down during live broadcast of campaign rally : worldnews

Tariffs Push Honda to Move Production From Canada to U.S. : worldnews
JORN defence radar is being bought by Canada, the decision is part of a wider shift : worldnews




US popularity shrinks worldwide, new report says : worldnews - The thing is, Trump's administration doesn't care because they purposely seek isolation, in order to achieve a more extensive grip on their country

I ran Nato - now we need a new alliance against Trump : politics

Trump's Unquenchable, Unconstitutional Greed Is Deforming America : politics
Trump Truly Is the Greatest President of All Time (at Being Corrupt). Trump's brazen use of the White House to advance his family b usinesses should be one of the biggest scandals in the country's history. : politics
Donald Trump Warns That Supreme Court Ruling Against Him Could Destroy US : politics

Discussion Thread: Three House Committees Consider 2025 Budget Legislation to Cut Medicaid, SNAP, and Some Taxes : politics

Trump is visiting 3 countries on his Middle East trip. All 3 have made recent deals with the Trump Organization. : politics - "Deal" is a funny word to describe a "bribe" .. .Art of the Bribe ... Media is incapable of doing honest journalism.
Donald Trump will get to keep Qatar jet even after he leaves office : politics
Chuck Schumer Finally Takes Action After Trump Accepts Private Jet : politics

A free plane? Trump's Air Force One plan could be an expensive 'security nightmare.' : politics

Everyone hates Qatar's reported luxury plane gift to Trump - even the MAGA faithful : politics
Trump Says Qatar Is Giving Him $400 Million Jet Out of Goodness of Their Heart : politics
Trump fumes at 'ABC fake news' reporter for pressing him on pricey Qatar plane gift: You should be embarrassed! : politics
'It's a bribe': MAGA media stars bash Trump's reported Qatar plane gift | CNN Business : politics
Republicans are breaking with Trump over Qatar plane : politics ... I mean it is Newsweek. They are the comic book of news outlets.
Qatar jet obviously Emoluments Clause violation: Former White House ethics lawyer : politics

The Disability Follies, Part the Thousandth - Lawyers, Guns & Money In one of those brave acts of revelation long after the fact to sell books, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson tell us that President Joe Biden's aides were told by his doctor that Biden might need a wheelchair if he tood a bad fall.

Rule of law is 'endangered,' chief justice says : politics
John Roberts criticizes jurisprudential catastrophe created by (checks notes) John Roberts - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Judges Working Trump Lawsuits Describe 'Psychological Warfare' Behind Unsolicited Pizza Deliveries : politics

Stephen Miller is running the DOJ, and Pam Bondi is just a figurehead, report claims: She is like an actor : politics

Ice has become Trump's private militia. It must be abolished : politics

Political Pundit Hasan Piker Questioned by US Customs at Airport : politics
Hasan Piker Detained By CBP While Re-Entering The Country From France : politics

Massachusetts police hold girl's face to the ground as ICE arrests her mother, video shows : politics

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' : politics

Trump Team Spent a Whopping $21 Million on Deportation Flights to Guantanamo Bay. There are Currently 32 People There. : politics

Hackers leak to press details of Trump deportation flights : politics


Undue Process | Students Studying at Columbia Library Were Suspended for Protest They Took No Part In : politics - It's hard to see these actions as anything but attempts to appease an administration that is looking to bend the educational establishment to their own agenda. If modern history has taught us anything, it's that trying to appease authoritarians in the long run isn't effective in avoiding future oppression and instead speeds the process along instead


Trump puts white South Africans on citizenship fast track while rejecting all other refugees: 'As subtle as an air raid' : politics
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government : politics
Episcopal Church quitting federal aid partnership over Trump embrace of white South African 'refugees' : politics
MAGA attacks church over Donald Trump rebuke: 'Funds must be pulled' : politics

Trump's Flagrant Racism : politics

Eschaton: Sounds Bad - Attention is focused on Newark, but obviously they can't shift people from Philly, LaGuardia, or JFK either ... on Monday evening between 18:30 to 21:30, flights out of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) were handled by just one air traffic controller and a trainee. The report quotes a New York-based controller describing the situation as "pure insanity." ... how many ATCs left due to Elon ...
Elon Musk's Starlink has growing footprint in federal government
Duffy Called Out After Repeatedly Claiming 'It's Clear' Biden's to Blame for Air Traffic Control Issues: This Admin is a Joke : politics

Library of Congress Staff Turn Away New MAGA Bosses : politics
Trump tries to appoint completely unqualified crony as Librarian of Congress - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Congratulations again to every reporter who took Trump's denials of Project 2025 at face value:
Axios: Trump naming Todd Blanche — the former defense attorney from his hush money trial - as acting Librarian of Congress - Bluesky
Why Trump Is Trying to Take Over the Library of Congress The Trump admin is trying to take over the Library of Congress, a major component of the legislative branch that confidentially advises lawmakers

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts : politics

Sanders, Democrats Call Trump's Bluff on Drug Price Executive Order - "If Trump is serious," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, "he will support legislation I will soon be introducing to make sure we pay no more for prescription drugs than people in other major countries." : politics


Trump Adviser Called Kamala's Plan to End Price Gouging 'Communist'. Now Trump Plans to End Price Gouging : politics

Two more Fetterman aides leave embattled senator's office : politics

DNC panel opens the door to removing David Hogg from his national post : politics

RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother's Day: 'The National Park Service bans swimming in Rock Creek for high levels of bacteria : politics
RFK Jr. Admitting Big Pharma Paid Trump $100 Million Leaves Internet Stunned: 'Was That a Fraudian Slip?' : politics

House Democrat forces long-shot vote on impeaching Trump : politics

The Baby Name 'Vance' Is Dropping In Popularity : politics

Give birth? In this economy? US women scoff at Trump's meager 'baby bonuses' : politics

Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? : politics
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Republicans want to redefine obscenity: A new bill would ban sharing visual content that might "arouse" or "titillate" : politics

Illinois governor is first in US to block federal access to personal data on autism : politics

New study suggests that Texas's abortion restrictions were associated with increases in mental distress among females of reproductive age, especially among younger individuals who may have less ability to overcome barriers to abortion care. : science

Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants : technology

Sorry, Affordable, Evenly Deployed Fiber Optic Broadband Is Illegal Now Under Our Shitty, Ignorant Government : technology

A helicopter pilot recalls the May 13th, 1985 incident where Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a black neighborhood (despite the pilot warning officials against it) : videos



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,882 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Elkanah Watson.


New U-Michigan study: When Facebook blocked news in Australia, user engagement dropped 11% and non-news posts fell 9%. The platform also lost 4.3% in ad revenue -- highlighting how real journalism boosts social media profits. Published in Marketing Science. : science

Most leading AI chatbots exaggerate science findings. Up to 73% of large language models (LLMs) produce inaccurate conclusions. Study tested 10 of the most prominent LLMs, including ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Claude, and LLaMA. Newer AI models, like ChatGPT-4o and DeepSeek, performed worse than older ones. : science


Researchers have found the genes linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for the first time, after identifying 30 regions on the human genome | Study involved more than 50,000 people with OCD and pinpointed approximately 250 genes linked to OCD. : science

For decades, scientists searching for the root cause of depression have mostly focused on neurons and their chemical signals. But a recent study in Cell points to a new role for astrocytes. : science


Awe reduces depressive symptoms. The research marks the first clinical evidence that deliberately cultivating experiences of awe - that sense of wonder when encountering something vast or beyond our normal frame of reference - can have measurable benefits for psychological health : science


The secret to psychedelic drugs' links to greater empathy and insight may lie in their ability to coax the right hemisphere of the brain into a position of dominance over the left, according to a proposed new theory. : science


Paper experimentally demonstrates the Terrell-Penrose effect by capturing snapshot images of objects moving at relativistic speeds that appear rotated rather than length-contracted : science


Alcohol use has particularly negative impact on individuals with ADHD. The adverse effects on quality of life appear to be amplified by dysfunctional efforts to manage the intense emotional dysregulation associated with ADHD under the influence of alcohol. : science


What non sex profession has the freakiest employees? : AskReddit


Who is a celebrity who did horrible stuff when they were alive but are praised like saints now that they're dead? : AskReddit



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Trump backs Putin's proposal for Ukraine talks, undermining allies : politics


Tesla sales plunge further in France, down 59% in April : technology



Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S. : politics




US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump's return : politics

U.S. added to int'l human rights watchlist over Trump attacks on democratic norms : politics

Republicans' partial tax plan estimated to cost $5 trillion : politics
The Big Beautiful Bill Is Hanging by a Thread : politics The big beautiful bill is a death blow to the post-depression reforms and an affirmation of poverty ... Trump can wave at the peasants from the windows of his flying palace.

'Prodded onto the shakiest of limbs:' States sue Trump over 'fake' energy emergency he declared in unsupported and unlawful executive order : politics

A $400 million bribe that includes the notation "bribe for the president of the United States" is not a scandal - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... New York Times headline at the moment: Trump's Plan to Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar Strains Bounds of Propriety
Trump Loses His Cool Over Pushback to Qatar Jet Deal : politics
Critics Condemn Trump Plan to Accept Lux Plane From Qatar as "Comically Corrupt" - This is spectacularly corrupt, a level of greed and depravity that is breathtaking, even for Trump. : politics
Rep. Brendan Boyle on Trump's Qatari jet: He is the greatest grifter in American history : politics
Pam Bondi's Qatar links under scrutiny over Trump's luxury plane gift : politics
Democrat Seeks Immediate Ethics Probe Into Qatar Gifting Trump a Luxury Plane: 'A Flying Grift' : politics

New Trump golf course, $5.5 billion beachside project announced for Qatar : politics

Trump's stablecoin chosen for $2 billion Abu Dhabi investment in Binance, co-founder says : politics

Trump claims credit for new American Pope Leo's election - despite having nothing to do with Conclave : politics

Trump officials 'created confrontation' that led to arrest of Newark mayor | US immigration : politics
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested for Visiting ICE Jail, Slams Trump Admin's "Insane" Abuse of Power : politics

Michigan father and green card holder spent nearly two months in ICE detention : politics
Florida woman details horror of being detained despite being US citizen : politics

A Mother Took Her Sons to an ICE Check-In. She Never Saw Them Again. | No criminal records. Pursuing green cards. Under Trump, it doesn't matter. : politics

"Unruly" crowd tries to stop ICE agents from detaining woman in Massachusetts, 2 arrested : politics

AOC Slams ICE Barbie and Trump Border Czar Over Mayor Arrest: 'We're Going to Have a Problem' - The progressive congresswoman has waded into the furor surrounding a Newark mayor's arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey. : politics
Steve Bannon: "Certain members of Congress should be arrested this afternoon for their activities on this situation up in Newark" | Media Matters for America

Markets Celebrate Total Trump Surrender on Signature Policy : politics ... Trump's greatest achievements are always when he stops doing whatever stupid stuff he started ... Sort of like Hitler's greatest achievement was killing Hitler.

Trump might claim China tariff victory - but this is Capitulation Day : politics

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care : politics
Under Cover of Night, GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid : politics
Children Will Die: Democrats Raise Alarm About GOP Efforts to Cut Medicaid : politics
Republicans propose taking away healthcare from millions of people to partially pay for upper-class tax cuts - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks ... The two major legislative goals Republicans have pursued during the Trump era are making taxes for corporations and rich people as low as possible and taking away healthcare from as many people as possible. Truly a bold, exciting new direction!

Jen Psaki Trolls Karoline Leavitt With Withering Fake White House Briefing : politics

Trump picks conspiracy theorist 'wellness influencer' Casey Means with no medical license to replace Fox contributor as Surgeon General : politics

Donald Trump Vows to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs by Up to 80 Percent : politics

Americans putting life on hold amid economic anxiety under Trump, poll shows : politics

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says it's terrifying to watch as tariffs open doors to crony capitalism : politics
A guy don't walk on the lot unless he wants to buy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Remember when sky high tariffs were the key to economic prosperity, and might even replace the entire federal income tax? That was the 1890s yesterday.


Pete Hegseth's pastor says homosexuality is caused by abuse & can be cured by Jesus. The pastor called gay people sodomites that are perverting God's beautiful design. : politics
Mike Johnson was dean of a Christian law school that didn't exist | AP News

Elon Musk's Regulatory Woes Are Conveniently Vanishing Under Trump : politics

Trump's funding cuts are unofficially halting government operations : politics

Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use : politics

Trump adviser says people out of work due to tariffs should be "optimistic" : politics

Unpacking RFK Jr.'s 'doublespeak' on vaccines - The Washington Post Instead of a full-throated endorsement of vaccination, the nation's top health official speaks to anti-vaccine forces, public health experts say


Gavin Newsom Is Normalizing Trump's Constitutional Violations : politics

Oklahoma wants to teach kids Trump's false version of the 2020 election where he was cheated out of victory : politics

Texas GOP wants to ban kids from playing dress-up: Yes, really : politics
Cannabis has been life-changing | Texas House bill would expand state's medical marijuana program : politics


Trump administration accused of declaring 'fake' emergency by 15 states. The president has been accused of creating a "fake" energy emergency in order to "line the pockets of Big Oil," according to 15 states. : politics


Nearly 60 cases dismissed due to corruption in Alabama police department : politics

He is not getting out: AG Keith Ellison reacts to MAGA's push for Derek Chauvin pardon : politics

Sen. Mike Lee wants a national definition of obscenity. Here's why : politics
New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S. : politics
New Bill Would Make All Pornography a Federal Crime in the U.S. : politics

Olympic gold medalist, NCAA champion wrestler arrested in prostitution sting : news

Sleepwalking into disaster - Lawyers, Guns & Money Andrew Cuomo believes in one and only one thing other than himself: Republicans should have a veto over policy in Democratic jurisdictions. When he was governor, he worked hard to ensure that it was the state Senate. If he becomes mayor, he'll just play the part himself:

Conservatives are more likely to prefer dominant-looking leaders, possibly because they can enforce hierarchies or defend against threats. In contrast, people with more liberal views may prefer leaders who signal cooperation rather than dominance, and less likely to support strong men. : science

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,881 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Elbert Gary.


ELI5: What is the big deal with quantum computers? : explainlikeimfive



For those who don't want knee replacement, other options exist - The Washington Post Physicians caution that the treatments aren't permanent fixes, but they may work well for some.


Weight-loss drugs cut alcohol intake by almost two-thirds, Ireland study suggests: Individuals who took liraglutide or semaglutide for weight loss reduced their alcohol consumption by almost two-thirds in four months : science

GLP-1 receptor agonists show anti-cancer benefits beyond weight loss | After accounting for the relative advantage of surgery in reducing weight loss, GLP-1 drugs were associated with a 41% lower risk of obesity-related cancer : science


Scientists use AI to read thoughts and reconstruct sentences straight from brain activity : science


People Taking HIV Drugs Are Less Likely To Develop Alzheimer's - Research indicates that HIV drugs called NRTIs could prevent up to a million cases of Alzheimer's disease each year. : science


Psychopaths Are More Attractive, Study Warns: A new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences examined how people perceive strangers' trustworthiness based on facial appearance alone. : science


Cats generally live longer than dogs. New research suggests that longer livespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex immune systems. The study found that those with bigger brains and longer lifespans tend to invest more heavily in immune-related genes. : science


Babies Who Sleep Less More Likely To Grow Up With Autistic Traits. Research found each additional hour of night sleep was associated with a 4.5 percent reduction in autistic traits at ages two and four, as well as a 22 percent lower chance of an autism diagnosis by age 12. : science

Cell death discovery could lead to next-gen drugs for neurodegenerative conditions | Researchers have discovered how to block cells dying, in a finding that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. : science



Faking Down Syndrome For Views : videos


who do you feel got away scott free for a serious crime, who really needs to be held accountable? : AskReddit





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South Korean conservative party fails in a bid to switch presidential candidates : worldnews


Chinese Factories Are Moving Manufacturing to Vietnam to Escape Trump's Tariffs : politics
US and China hold 2nd day of tariff talks. No breakthroughs but Trump touts 'great progress' : politics



Trump hails 'total reset' with China after Geneva trade meeting : worldnews
Kremlin Rejects Zelenskyy's Istanbul Peace Summit Proposal, Calls It "Political Theater" : worldnews

Russia alleges Macron, Merz and Starmer had cocaine party in Kyiv in a veiled statement - Turkiye Today : worldnews

Russian Economy enters full collapse mode

Russian prosecutor seeks 6 years in prison for independent election monitor : worldnews lol its a crime to expose fake elections that the Russian people know are fake. cmon


Pakistani army generals attending terrorists funeral along with Lashkar-e-taiba designated terrorist : worldnews

Bangladesh's interim government bans the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina : worldnews


Trump's meeting with Saudi ruler said set to include leaders of PA, Lebanon, Syria : worldnews
Saudi Arabia 'optimistic' about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week : worldnews


Iran to send Russia short-range ballistic missile launchers, Reuters reports : worldnews
Khamenei endorses 'Death to America' chants ahead of nuclear talks : worldnews



Witkoff said to tell hostage families Israel pointlessly extending war, US urging deal : worldnews
Tom Moran: It's not just self-defense in Gaza. It's ethnic cleansing. : politics

Hamas will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, group says : worldnews

ICC decided to charge Netanyahu after Khan accused of sexual assault - report : worldnews

Israel won't be involved in new Gaza aid plan, only in security, US envoy says : worldnews


Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war : politics
Zelenskiy says: I am ready to meet Putin in Turkey on Thursday : worldnews
(((Tendar))) on X: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy responded to Putin and it is a quite clever response. He welcomes it, but subtly preconditions the peace negotiations with the ceasefire starting tomorrow. This elegantly shifts back the discussion on this topic and puts lens on tomorrow. If Russia agrees to the ceasefire, then it opens the opportunity for the West to move into Ukraine, as laid out by me yesterday. / X
NOELREPORTS on X: Zelensky speaks with Pope Leo XIV for the first time. They discussed thousands of Ukrainian children deported by Russia—Ukraine hopes for Vatican support in bringing them home. Zelensky also informed the Pope of the 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting today and reaffirmed Ukraine's readiness for direct talks. / X

(((Tendar))) on X: The Ukrainian offer for an immediate ceasefire starting Monday while having the representatives of major powers sitting in Kyiv is a masterclass of political maneuvering. It leaves the ball squarely in the Russian court and no matter what Moscow decides, it will bring Russia in a a less favorable position. If Putin refuses, he would squander even that little bit of goodwill in the West especially Washington, enabling a new round of arms deliveries. US-President Trump has been literally Putin's last hope to somehow come out of this quagmire, though it would be temporal, at best. But if he refuses, then it is political game over. Trump already loses his patience and interest. / X
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1172, Part 1 (Thread #1319) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of May 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/Ks1O9gHEpl" / X
UK Raven air defence system proving vital in Ukraine : worldnews

Russian soldiers are replacing tanks with motorcycles : worldnews




Satellite images show Russian military buildup near Finnish border : worldnews

Hungary's Viktor Orban targets Ukraine, as opposition grows : worldnews

After year of investigation Poland says Russian secret service behind 2024 fire in Warsaw shopping centre : worldnews
Poland launches free preventative healthcare programme for people aged 20+ : worldnews

Toxic chlorine cloud near Barcelona confines more than 160,000 indoors : worldnews

Pope Leo XIV appeals to world powers for 'no more war' in first Sunday appearance : worldnews

John Swinney says Scottish independence will be 'central' to SNP 2026 election campaign : worldnews

UK plans to end failed free market experiment in immigration : worldnews
Six members of Russian spy ring run from Great Yarmouth guesthouse are jailed : worldnews
Heathrow Airport worker runs charity tied to Hezbollah in Lebanon - report : worldnews



Dozens of boxes of Nazi materials found in basement at top Argentinian court : worldnews

Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote : worldnews




'Beacon of freedom' dims as US initiatives that promote democracy abroad wither under Trump : politics

Trump Administration Preparing to Accept Luxury Jet from Qatar's Royal Family: Report : politics
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar : politics
Trump Takes Free Golden 'Air Force One' from Qatar -- and Keeps It After Office : politics
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources : worldnews
Oh Michael how much could a banana cost, ten dollars? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
UVA Prof. Larry Sabato on Qatar "Gifting" Trump a Luxury Jet: "The Trump Administration is drowning in corruption-and few Americans seem to care. It's another sign of a dying Republic." | Blue Virginia

Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it's Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy : politics
Global Shift to Bypass the Dollar Is Gaining Momentum in Asia : politics

Trump: The EU is 'nastier than China' - POLITICO

'Dealmaker' Trump Frustrated By Inability to Strike Deals : politics

Even with DOGE cuts, the U.S. has spent $166 billion more than last year : politics

Hundreds of dock workers go without work because of tariffs : politics
Small business owners on damage from Trump's tariffs : politics - Every Republican starting with Reagan has caused a recession. This will be convicted felon Trump's second. Maybe stop voting for recessions and they'll stop happening?
Can Donald Trump sell a recession? : politics
Lutnick says 10% tariffs here to stay, but insists consumers won't pay for it : politics

Donald Trump's Approval Rating on Economy Plunges to New Low : politics - 36% approve of his handling of the economy. What a shock.

I Run the Country and the World : politics ... He misspelled ruin

Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador mega-prison in 2024. He pitched it to Stephen Miller : politics

Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center : news

DHS releases bodycam video of incident leading to Newark Mayor Baraka's arrest : politics
Mayor Ras Baraka to Protest ICE Detention Center in Newark : politics

Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees, but what persecution are they facing? : politics
Who are Afrikaners? Trump welcomes white South Africans as other refugees are halted. : politics
Update on the race neutrality administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of 'storming' an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there : politics

3 teens arrested by ICE agents after release by police in Chelsea, Mass : boston

A college student was stopped after turning right on red. Now she could be deported : politics

Quakers march against Trump's crackdown on immigrants carrying on their long faith tradition : politics

What is habeas corpus, the legal procedure Trump is considering suspending? : politics

Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, introduced by Sen. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, asks the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark federal case that legalized same-sex marriage in 2015. : politics

EAIAC and BSDI as psychological defense mechanisms - Lawyers, Guns & Money Northwestern University law professor and co-founder of the Federalist Society Steven Calabresi illustrates perfectly something I've been meaning to write about, which is how critical the intersection of Every Accusation Is A Confession (EAIAC) and Both Sides Do It (BSDI) is to crypto-fascists who like Donald Trump's tax cuts, but wish he would be more subtle about the whole authoritarian takeover of the US government.

Elon Musk Thought He Could Break History. Instead It Broke Him. : politics

The US House of Representatives Can't Even Agree on a New Chaplain : politics - We don't fucking need a fucking chaplain! 200k a year!? Fuck this timeline.


The Postliberal Delusion that Trump will Restore Gods Allegedly Destroyed by the Open Society A prominent critic of liberalism has no solutions so he puts his faith in Trump to resurrect the fallen gods of traditional orders


FEMA cuts emergency training under Trump as hurricane season looms : politics - The 2025 tornado season is expected to be above average, with AccuWeather predicting between 1,300 and 1,450 tornadoes across the US, compared to the historical average of 1,225. AccuWeather hurricane experts say Texas, Louisiana, the western coast of Florida, North Carolina, and Atlantic Canada face a higher risk of direct impacts this hurricane season compared to the historical average.

Trump's drastic cuts to federal agencies temporarily halted by U.S. judge : politics

Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say : politics ... Morelle speculated that there was "surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk's efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models," in reference to the report released by the Copyright Office this week.

Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months - The Washington Post The latest loss of an F/A-18 Super Hornet comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth twice extended the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

Hegseth sparks fears as he moves to ax generals : politics (will make Fox hosts the new generals)
Princeton Student Newspaper Accuses Hegseth of Plagiarism : politics

Trump's funding cuts are unofficially halting government operations - The Washington Post Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.

Is Trump Out of Touch, Senile, Nuts, or Something Worse?: It takes a degree of insanity to think that sharing a picture of yourself as pope or Luke Skywalker will somehow boost your plummeting poll numbers. : politics

Trump adorns Oval Office with statue depicting Butler assassination attempt — as artist plans massive 9-foot sculpture : politics

The GOP Is Already Planning to Win the Midterms... by Suppressing Your Vote! : politics
Trump Is Already Obsessed With the Midterms : politics

Donald Trump mocks Pete Buttigieg for being married to a man - LGBTQ Nation
Donald Trump mocks Pete Buttigieg for being married to a man : politics

Pentagon orders military to pull all library books on diversity : politics
What Republicans mean by "Anti-DEI" - Lawyers, Guns & Money

How MAGA centrists blamed a viral racist rant on the 'woke;': A woman earned over $700k in donations after calling a child the N-word. Trump-friendly pundits blamed it on the left for provoking the "woke right." : politics


Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Democrats would have been 'better served by a primary' in 2024 : politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says There Will Be Hell To Pay If Dems Are Arrested For ICE Protest : politics
AOC Isn't Ruling Anything Out, Including the White House : politics


Jasmine Crockett says Democrats want 'the safest white boy' for 2028 ticket and have a specific candidate in mind : politics

RFK Jr., DOGE gutted legally required offices. Courts may undo it all. : politics

Measles Cases In The U.S. Just Hit 1,000. RFK Jr. Still Isn't Taking It Seriously. : politics
RFK Jr. Spews Wild Anti-Vax Theories As Measles Cases Surge : politics
Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic : politics

Dr Oz Mocked for Insisting It's Americans' 'Patriotic Duty' to Stay Healthy: 'Cutting Medicare is Unpatriotic' : politics
Trump administration halts funding for research on infants with heart defects | The Independent The Trump administration withdrew a grant to fund research on a device that improves blood flow to infants with holes between the chambers of their heart


Here's a Worthless Democrat - Lawyers, Guns & Money Really, Jared Polis just needs to fuck off.


GOP rallies around embattled Democratic Sen. John Fetterman : politics

Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records : politics - Even applying stringent criteria, about 1 in 500 live births is "intersex", meaning that chromosomal sex is inconsistent with observed or expressed sex, or the observed sex characteristics are not classifiable as either male or female.

Arkansas governor makes second request for federal disaster aid : politics

This Texas marijuana plan deserves a green light : politics

Ohioans voice opposition amid proposed changes to marijuana law : politics

A probation officer in Oregon was fired for using a Nazi salute at work. An arbitrator restored his job : politics



George Carlin once said, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." What is a good example of that? : AskReddit


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,880 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Jesse Brown.

Ozempic and similar drugs are safe and effective for people with mental illness looking to lose weight. There was no evidence of increased risks of mental health problems including suicide, while patients with or without a mental illness were likely to see a beneficial impact on their mental health. : science

Zepbound is more effective than Wegovy in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs

Nearly Half of Sexual Abuse First Happens at Age 15 or Younger, a Global Study Reveals. Nearly one out of five women and one out of seven men aged 20 and older globally faced sexual violence as a child : science


Evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed ancient city in the Jordan Valley. The shock of the explosion over Tall el-Hammam was enough to level the city. The distribution of bones indicated "extreme disarticulation and skeletal fragmentation in nearby humans." : science


Only about 14% of Americans identified their romantic partner as their best friend. While these individuals reported more companionship in their lives, others who maintained a best friend outside their romantic relationship reported greater perceived social support. : science


Early life growth (from 0 to ~2 years) is strongly associated with the variability in pubertal growth, and adult height, but not with the timing of pubertal growth : science


What is a time you got seduced, that you will never forget? : AskReddit





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Noaa to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters: 'Major loss' : politics


South Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees : worldnews


Taiwan faces similar threat to Europe in 1930s, president says : worldnews
Taiwan's population declines as births fall to all-time low : worldnews - Taiwan's crude birth rate is now the lowest in the world, below South Korea (excluding HK, Macau, and Singapore)

China's Transnational Harassment Exposed - With Ties to Hungary : worldnews
China 'Strongly' Urges India, Pakistan To Avoid Escalation : worldnews
China says it will stand by 'iron-clad friend' Pakistan : worldnews
China buys Canadian and Australian wheat as heat hits crop, traders say : worldnews



The Moscow parade pictures that show how far Russia has fallen in 15 years : worldnews

Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashes back to Earth, disappearing into Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit : worldnews



Violations reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire : worldnews
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: India-Pakistan Conflict (Thread #4) : worldnews

India declares future terror attacks will be treated as act of war : worldnews
Operation Sindoor: Five top JeM, LeT terrorists killed in May 7 strike, say officials : worldnews - Indian security officials on Saturday (May 10, 2025) have confirmed that five high-profile terrorist leaders were eliminated in precision strikes conducted on May 7, 2025 against terror facilities in Pakistan during the launch of Operation Sindoor, in retaliation to the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, in which 25 Indians and a Nepali citizen were killed.

Pakistan PM calls meeting of body that oversees nuclear arsenal, says Pakistan military : worldnews
Pakistan defence minister: no meeting of government top nuclear body is scheduled : worldnews
Missile strike targets Nur Khan Airbase as explosions hit Rawalpindi and Lahore | Pakistan Today : worldnews
Pakistan launches 'military operation against India | World News : worldnews
Controversial Pakistani firm BSI removed as partner from US satellite company's website : worldnews


World court says lacks jurisidiction to rule on Sudan's genocide case against UAE : worldnews


Lebanon purges Hezbollah staff from Beirut airport in fatal blow to terror group's smuggling - WSJ : worldnews
The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook An ambitious U.S. task force targeting Hezbollah's billion-dollar criminal enterprise ran headlong into the White House's desire for a nuclear deal with Iran.


The tiny Gazans bearing the brunt of Israel's aid blockade - ABC News
UK Lawyers for Israel condemned over claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza : worldnews

Two powerful Israeli men aren't hiding their true Gaza plan. Biden shunned them, but they're back in Trump's circles - ABC News Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have influential roles in Israel's government.
Two powerful Israeli men aren't hiding their true Gaza plan. Biden shunned them, but they're back in Trump's circles : politics
Report: US removes demand to disarm Hamas as part of ceasefire deal : worldnews

US isn't required to get permission from Israel' to cut deal with Houthis, US Ambassador to Israel says. : worldnews ... Of all the terrible things going on, Netanyahu finding out he engineered a presidency that would destabilize his regional power is hilarious to me. He did everything he could to put Biden in impossible situations so Trump would win again, and now he finds out Trump has no friends, just servants.


Russia and Ukraine blame each other as fighting continues despite Moscow's truce : worldnews
Western leaders head to Kyiv to demand Putin agrees ceasefire : worldnews ... He agreed to every single ceasefire in Ukraine since 2014, and violated them all. Every single one.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1171, Part 1 (Thread #1318) : worldnews



EU officially endorses unconditional 30-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia : worldnews
US, Russia explore ways to restore Russian gas flows to Europe, sources say : worldnews ... Just so we are on the same page, Europe is replacing that Russian gas in part with US made LNG. This is yet another instance of the Trump administration actively working against America's interests. These people are traitors. Europe backs tribunal to prosecute Putin for crimes against Ukraine. : worldnews


Inequality, Foreign Investment, and Imperialism by Thomas Hauner, Branko Milanovic, Suresh Naidu :: SSRN We present an empirical restatement of the classical economic theory of imperialism and the origins of World War I. Using recent data, we show 1) inequality was at historical highs in all the advanced belligerent countries at the turn of the century, 2) rich wealth holders invested more of their assets abroad, 3) risk-adjusted foreign returns were higher than riskadjusted domestic returns, 4) establishing direct political control decreased the riskiness of foreign assets, 5) increased inequality was associated with higher share of foreign assets in GDP, and 6) increased share of foreign assets was correlated with higher levels of military mobilization. Together, these facts suggest that the classic theory of imperialism may have some empirical support.

German prosecutors move to strip AfD lawmaker's immunity amid bribery probe : worldnews


Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision of papacy, identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
Pope Leo XIV condemns Russia's 'imperialist' invasion of Ukraine : worldnews

As U.S. and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump's tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims : worldnews

France vows to come to Poland's aid if it is under threat


Trump Cooks Up a New Plan to Get Greenland : politics

Canada won't sacrifice USMCA or vital sectors for quick deal with Trump: envoy : worldnews




1,584 days ago at The US Capitol : pics

Week 16 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics
Jeff Danziger by Jeff Danziger for May 6, 2025 | GoComics

Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine : politics - Witkoff, a former real estate mogul and cryptocurrency trader, does not speak Russian. Witkoff's efforts appear to have yielded little results in ending the war.

Zero ships from China are bound for California's top ports. Officials haven't seen that since the pandemic : politics


Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk is released from ICE custody : politics - They fly her to Louisiana, hold her for 45 days, are forced to release her and do so...in Louisiana??? 1500 miles from her home? She just has to figure out how to get home on her own?

Moment 'fed up' crowd in Massachusetts swarms ICE agents attempting to arrest mother : politics
ICE Sparks Chaotic Fight After Trying to Arrest Mom Holding Her Baby - Residents of the town surrounded ICE agents in an attempt to stop them from arresting the woman. : politics

Pro-Trump Green Card Holder Was Arrested by ICE After Over 30 Years in US : politics

Iraq War veteran in US for nearly 30 years can be deported: Judge : politics

Trump Admin Says Definitely on the Table to Arrest Democrats Over Protest : politics
Trump DHS eyes arrests for House Democrats over New Jersey ICE incident : politics

Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next : politics

Trump administration considering suspending habeas corpus : politics
The Great Writ - Lawyers, Guns & Money Steve Vladeck has a useful history lesson for the Reich Minister of Propaganda:

Full List of Fox News Personalities Serving in Donald Trump Administration : politics - Pirro is the 23rd current or former Fox News employee Trump has recruited for his administration since taking office earlier this year.

At some point, you''e not being tricked, you're just in on it - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's bad enough when low-information voters make up an imaginary moderate Donald Trump to support. It's much worse when it comes from being people being paid a lot of money to write about politics?

Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control : politics

The Future of PME - Lawyers, Guns & Money It turned out to be easy to undermine West Point. All it took was an executive order from President Trump and a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dictating what could and couldn't be taught in the military and its educational institutions.

They would do anything for Trump, but they won't do that - Lawyers, Guns & Money

AOC Warns Republicans Are 'Robbing People' to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts : politics

Cognitive Decline? Try to Decipher Trump's Rant on Taxing the Rich : politics
Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse? : politics
Trump Aide Loses It at MSNBC Host for Discussing President's 'Mental Illness' : politics

Trump has sat for only 12 'daily' intelligence briefings since taking office : politics
Trump Has Skipped Almost All of His Intelligence Briefings : politics

Woke Pope? Trump reckons with a 'liberal' American leader he can't trash-talk : politics

Trump's administration fills with Fox News personalities : politics

Brooklyn electronics company Adafruit hit with surprise $36K tariff bill: "pay in one week" : technology
High tariffs become 'real' with our first $36K bill « Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Trump isn't the only one targeting federal employees. House Republicans are pushing cuts to pension benefits : politics

Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul : politics ... It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. - Samuel Adams

Manufacturers Say Trump Has Made Opening U.S. Factories Impossible. : politics

More Than $220 Million in Contracts Canceled by Musk and DOGE Have Been Brought Back: Revived contracts include everything from software license agreements to partnerships with vendors in charge of government data and records : politics
More Than $220 Million in Contracts Canceled by Musk and DOGE Have Been Brought Back: 'Revived contracts include everything from software license agreements to partnerships with vendors in charge of government data and records' : politics

Trump Said New Surgeon General Pick Could Be 'One of the Finest' in History. The Next Day, He Said 'I Don't Know Her' : politics

Trump Hilariously Calls Toy Firm Mattel a Country : politics

Lawyer who prosecuted Trump hauled in front of House judiciary committee : politics - For prosecuting the most obvious possible crime with absolute cut and dry evidence. This country is a sick joke.a>

Angry Trump Kills 'Woke' Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters. It's called the Digital Equity Act. That word -- "equity" -- caught the White House's attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America. : politics
Trump wants Americans to sacrifice in ways he never would : politics

Trump illegally fires Democrats on Consumer Product Safety Commission : politics
Trump fires all 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission : politics

Kash Patel Is Seriously Infuriating FBI Officials : politics ... For decades, the FBI chief has received an 8:30 a.m. daily "director's brief" with the most important information gathered from thousands of agents and analysts. Patel reportedly had trouble making the morning briefing, so it was dropped from five days a week to two. "Even that has been a struggle," an unnamed official told NBC.

The Military's K-12 Schools Are Banning Award-Winning Kids' Books To Appease Trump : politics


Biden reveals on The View he wasn't surprised Trump defeated Harris in 2024 election, says Americans are sexist : politics

Kamala Harris 2028? Hard Pass. : politics


Point of order - Lawyers, Guns & Money Curiously enough, Sarah Palin's career as a right-wing political celebrity turned out to be short-lived. Despite the enormous publicity boost the combination of the presidential campaign, her shameless demagogic pandering, and her conventional good looks gave her, she was apparently too lazy, undisciplined, and disorganized to make it as a conservative media grifter in the post-McCain Republican party. This is more or less equivalent to failing as a cocaine dealer at a Led Zeppelin afterparty in 1977, which is to say it was an impressive negative achievement in its own right. Sarah Palin's big mistake, it would seem, was being born about 15 years too early ... In 2008, the idea that being a complete idiot was bad still had some sway in national politics. It was declining rapidly, but it was still there.


Trump pal Roger Stone calls for senator's 'execution' after he challenges president's crypto profits in office : politics

Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects : politics

Toilet paper shortage could be coming to US thanks to Trump tariffs : politics

Trump's "Exploratory Therapy" Is Still Just Conversion Therapy -- and It's Dangerous : politics

This Day in Labor History: May 10, 1972 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Laura Loomer's 'WOKE MARXIST POPE' tweet becomes a meme 'To the tune of YMCA.'

Fetterman doubts explode into Capitol Hill firestorm : politics

Ain't no way maga believes this right? Right??? : PoliticalHumor actually describes that blue used to be the color of Republican not so long ago: https://www.cnn.com/style/why-republicans-red-democrats-blue
Why Republicans are red and Democrats are blue | CNN - But the current configuration has only been cemented in the public imagination since the 2000 US presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore ... R-for-Reagan logic.

Marjorie Taylor Greene declines to challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia Senate race : politics


Millions in California Advised to Avoid the Sun - Newsweek - The heat advisories extend from Santa Ynez southeast through the French Valley, encompassing more than 8 million Californians. This week's heat wave comes after a period of below-average temperatures, meaning that the rising temperatures might feel particularly warm.



Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model | The web as we know it is dying fast : technology

Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it : politics


Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S. : news


ELI5: Why are white people called caucasian, when many aren't from the Caucasus? : explainlikeimfive



Annual multi-cancer early detection blood tests could spot cancer early and help more people survive cancer. The blood test looks for DNA fragments shed by tumors. Annual blood testing was associated with 49% fewer late-stage cancer diagnoses and 21% fewer deaths within five years. : science

What do population studies say about genetic risk in cases of repeated cousin marriages? If both parents are first cousin and you're both first cousins : askscience


Researchers developed effective way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by stimulating vagus nerve around the neck using a device the size of a shirt button. In a trial with 9 patients given 12 sessions, they had 100% success and found that all the patients were symptom-free at 6 months. : science
PTSD treatment that excites a nerve in your neck wipes symptoms completely : technology


Conversion therapy, a discredited practice that attempts to alter a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, may harm the health of young adults with higher levels of inflammation and elevated blood pressure levels, both of which are potentially damaging to heart health, finds new study. : science

Neuroscientists Pinpoint Where (and How) Brain Circuits Are Reshaped as We Learn New Movements : science

Failed Alzheimer's trials suggest amyloid-beta42 is not just a villain : science

New RSV vaccine, treatment linked to dramatic fall in baby hospitalizations | Interim Evaluation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Rates Among Infants and Young Children After Introduction of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Products — United States, October 2024-February 2025 : science

Periodontitis, a common gum disease, is linked to 30% higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart rhythm disorder. New study finds first clear evidence that P. gingivalis bacteria in the gums can infiltrate the heart in mouse models and found in the hearts of human patients with AF. : science


A study of American teens found that adolescents who used a condom during their first sexual experience were more likely to continue using them in the future. Contrary to expectations, knowledge about safer sex was not associated with condom use. : science

Moderna's combined Covid and flu shot outperformed the existing standalone vaccines for both viruses, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. : science



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Daily Table grocery store locations set to close 'Food inflation really clobbered us,' says the founder of innovative local grocer

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Children born in 2020 will face "unprecedented exposure" to extreme weather events, including heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, even if warming is limited to 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures. : science
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change : news


Record Numbers Leaving New Zealand : worldnews

Xi Jinping supports Putin's position on war against Ukraine : worldnews
Negotiating with Chinese - some practical considerations - Council on Geostrategy



Russia wants medical grads to find work in one year or pay the government 3 times their education expenses : worldnews



/r/WorldNews Live Thread: India-Pakistan Conflict (Thread #3) : worldnews
Indian Cities On High Alert After Pakistani Fatah-II Missile Intercepted In Sirsa - News18 : worldnews
Around 400 drones used to target military bases from Leh to Sir Creek: MEA on Pakistani escalation : worldnews ... It's beyond crazy to consider that the Dickless Wonder (Elon Musk) has more cash reserves available to him than a major country of 275 million people. Our end-of-capitalism, corpo dystopia of the contemporary world sure sucks.

End support to terrorist groups, USA secretary of state Marco Rubio tells Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif : worldnews


US admits its new aid plan would initially only feed 60% of Gaza, as UN rejects proposal | CNN : worldnews


Trump Calls for 30 Day Ceasefire Between Ukraine and Russia, and threaten to impose further sanctions if a truce is violated. : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1170, Part 1 (Thread #1317) : worldnews


NEXTA on X: "❗️❗️BREAKING: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR PUTIN EU foreign ministers have approved the creation of a special international tribunal to investigate Russia's crime of aggression. The launch is set for next week in Luxembourg, according to the country's foreign minister. The tribunal will target the so-called "trio" — Putin, Lavrov, and Mishustin. Lukashenko and Kim Jong Un are also on the radar. / X

Orban'`s government claims Ukraine supports Hungarian opposition after spy network exposed : worldnews
Ukraine says it has busted Hungarian spy ring collecting military data : worldnews
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "🇪🇺🇭🇺 Kallas on Hungary's veto of Ukraine's EU bid: The EU has Plan B and Plan C — but the focus is still on Plan A: full support from all. Talks with Hungary continue, but if no compromise is found, the EU is ready to act. The accession - or reunification - process matters not only for Ukraine, but for the EU as well, she said. / X

Sweden's new national security adviser resigns within 24 hours amid Grindr photo scandal : worldnews

Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, the first American Pope : pics
New Pope Leo XIV Bashed JD Vance on Twitter Just Weeks Ago : politics
New American Pope Trolls Trump in Very First Speech - Pope Leo XIV quoted his predecessor by telling the world to "build bridges," not walls. : politics
New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans - The New York Times His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America ... The pope's maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city's Seventh Ward, an area that is traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots.
What will the new pope be like? He's chosen to be called Leo: that's no accident | Catherine Pepinster | The Guardian ... Popes who take that name tend to be progressive reformers. If Trump and JD Vance think they have an ally in the Vatican, I think not ... If Pope Francis was the People's Pope, then Leo XIV is all set to be the Workers' Pope
MAGA melts down over 'WOKE MARXIST POPE' who is a 'Never Trumper liberal' : politics

Iran special operations team suspected in bomb plot at Israel's London embassy | The National : worldnews
Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree : worldnews

Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico's name for US users : worldnews

US considers special status for Greenland amid Trump push for control : worldnews

Opinion: Trump's betrayal of Canada is starting to unravel : politics
Ontario reports almost 200 new measles cases as virus spreads across Canada : worldnews ... For what it's worth the outbreak has been linked to a Mennonite gathering in New Brunswick, and has been largely affecting the Mennonite / Amish / Anabaptist populations. The government has been translating literature into Low German to try to get their message across




'Civilized People Do Not Starve Children to Death': Sanders Rips US-Backed Israel's 68-Day Gaza Aid Blockade - "What we are seeing now is a slow, brutal process of mass starvation and death by the denial of basic necessities," the senator said, calling for an end to U.S. complicity : politics

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dead | CNN Politics : politics

Judge Orders Release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts Student Detained by ICE - The New York Times The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana. A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens.
Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student, freed on bail by Vermont judge - And there is no outrage from the right about her fellow U.S. born students who co-authored the editorial that is the pretext for her removal. The canard that speaking out against Israel's conduct in Gaza is anti-Semitic is an outright lie, conjured by fascists who can and will generate scapegoats to foment hatred and demonstrate their supposed power.


ICE agents battle mom clinging to baby in 'chaotic' video : politics - Nothing screams, "Gestapo," like tearing a baby from its mother's arms. This is pure evi
ICE Agents Battle Mom Clinging to Baby in 'Chaotic' Video - Newsweek

Video: Worcester police hold teen girl down during ICE operation - NBC Boston

DHS Secretary Flouts SCOTUS Order, Says 'No Scenario' Where Abrego Garcia Comes Back : politics ... Not surprising considering this is a woman who gleefully shoots puppies for acting like puppies ... South Dakota's citizen-led experiment to "drain the swamp" of political corruption appears to have lasted less than three months. Lawmakers in the state Senate voted 27-8 Wednesday to repeal the voter-approved initiative. It targeted South Dakota's status as the only state that allowed lobbyists to give politicians unlimited and undisclosed gifts.
Noem says Abrego Garcia will 'never return' as Democrats grill DHS secretary at budget hearing : politics
Mutually Assured Law Enforcement Destruction | Opinion - Newsweek What is perhaps more newsworthy is the specific names associated with those raided restaurants. One of those restaurants, Chef Geoff's, is owned by Geoff Tracy, the husband of CBS News anchor and former vice presidential debate co-moderator Norah O'Donnell. Another of the raided restaurants is owned by former Biden White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, and a third is owned by the left-wing activist Spanish restaurateur, José Andes.

Newark mayor, New Jersey candidate for governor Ras Baraka arrested after refusing to leave ICE facility Newark's top official taken into custody in rare standoff with federal immigration authorities.
Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, arrested at immigration detention center he has been protesting | AP News
Ras Baraka has been released. : pics .,. He left the facility when asked—then arrested him.

Man 'Disappeared' by ICE Was on El Salvador Flight Manifest, Hacked Data Shows

Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaners to U.S. as Refugees Next Week - The New York Times The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.

White House "actively looking at" suspending habeas corpus - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This is only constitutional if there's an insurrection or a foreign invasion. I guess I would say there is an insurrection, but not in a sense that Stephen Miller would recognize ... This is only constitutional if there's an insurrection or a foreign invasion. I guess I would say there is an insurrection, but not in a sense that Stephen Miller would recognize. Lincoln suspended the writ, but guess what the Civil War was an honest to Jehovah insurrection, and the only mistake he made was not hanging every member of the CSA above the rank of major. I prayerfully hope that mistake won't be repeated.
White House actively looking at suspending habeas corpus in immigration

Karoline Leavitt Snaps When Asked About Trump Profiting Off Presidency. Donald Trump is using various schemes to line his pockets while in the White House. : politics

H.R.3245 - To repeal the USA PATRIOT Act. : politics

Trump Has Total Meltdown After MSNBC Exposes Tariffs Disaster : politics

Democrats trying to force retailers to display cost of Trump tariffs on products : politics
In a Bid For Survival, Businesses are Labeling Tariff Costs on Receipts to Explain Price Hikes and Retain Customer Trust : politics
Raskin Introduces Legislation to Reveal How Much 'Trump Tariffs' Cost Americans | New bill would require large retailers to clearly display the cost of Trump Tariffs in their price labeling for consumer goods. : politics
Trumpflation Is Here : politics
Trump's Supposed U.K. Trade Deal Gets Trashed by Surprising Person : politics - Conservative radio show host and far-right influencer Erick Erickson blasted the Trump administration's deal with one its longest and strongest international allies Thursday, likening the minimum rate tariff to permanent taxes on the American people.

Hegseth issues ultimatum to trans troops: Resign by Pride or else : politics
Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order : politics

President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden | AP News

USDA wants states to share sensitive food stamp data : NPR

Barnard suspends WKCR and Spectator reporters who covered Butler Library protest Columbia issued an interim suspension to a WKCR reporter but revoked it hours later.

Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program "racist and illegal" | Trump move also takes grants away from veterans and people with disabilities. : technology

Inside the new regime: Source says Team Trump is growing "disillusioned" : politics ... Trump's officials are quietly concerned about his "blatant criminal behavior."
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History : politics

Donald Trump threatens to stop Barbie dolls being sold in US : politics
Why is Trump so fixated on toys for little girls? : politics - The comments aim to cast the pain that consumers will face as ultimately feminine and frivolous, their complaints petulant and childlike. In this respect, Trump is drawing on a long tradition of economic rhetoric that aims to cast consumption as feminine, decadent and morally suspect - and to contrast it with the supposedly more manly and virtuous productive side of the economy. It's a laughably stupid symbolism, one that only works for those deeply committed to their ignorance about how the economy actually works
What is Trump even doing any more? : politics

Lone Republican Votes Against Bill Renaming Gulf of Mexico - Newsweek Both Democrats and Republicans had eight non-voting members, and only one Republican, Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted against the measure. He had previously told reporters he found the bill "juvenile. "We're the United States of America. We're not Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany or Napoleon France," Bacon told CNN earlier this week. "We're better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do."

How One Little Joke Triggered Donald Trump's Biggest Insecurity : politics Spy magazine co-founder Kurt Andersen explains how he helped plant that insecurity more than 30 years ago, when the publication first called Trump a "short-fingered vulgarian,"
Trump reportedly takes over some first lady duties, including White House decor choices : politics

Pirro cost her last employer $787 million. I wonder how much damage she'll do at her new job. : AdviceAnimals ...Shes a raging alcoholic so she'll fit right in with the rest of his Avengers Of Stupidity.

Elon Musk is responsible for "killing the world's poorest children," says Bill Gates : worldnews

Crypto Is Still for Criming - Paul Krugman Democrats shouldn't give this scam cover, but probably will - Claims of a major deal were, in short, fake news. This was all about creating the illusion that Trump's tariffs are accomplishing something.

Republicans approve sale of federal lands: Which states have the most? : politics Selling publicly owned land to fund a tax cut for billionaires should enrage everyone. Just awful behavior and something that is not reversible.

Speaking of Collaborationalists - Lawyers, Guns & Money Go fash, go broke: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft struck a deal with President Trump last month intended to secure the future of New York's oldest law firm. Instead the pact is backfiring, adding to an exodus of lawyers that has placed the firm on uncertain footing.

MAGA Conspiracy Theorist Turns On Trump Admin After Accusing Pam Bondi of 'Covering Up Epstein' Files: 'The White House Already Knows' : politics

MAGA figure faints on Fox News talking about 'incompetency'

Joe Biden's postpresidency interviews draw fire from Democrats
'I beat him': Biden gives blunt answer after The View asks why Trump remains fixated on him : politics
Biden, Harris return to spotlight as Democrats try to plan for future : politics

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | Science | AAAS Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Bondi: Tens of Thousands of Videos of Epstein With Children, Child Porn : politics
Pam Bondi Spilled Epstein Secrets to Bogus 'Nanny' at Brunch : politics


RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info : politics
Democratic senators stand up to Robert Kennedy Jr & tell him to not eliminate LGBTQ+ suicide line. "We believe that suicide prevention should be a nonpartisan issue," the letter stated. : politics

Internal polling shows Fetterman's support is tanking with Democrats in his backyard - POLITICO The survey indicates a potential 'freak-out moment' for the Pennsylvania senator who has made Pittsburgh - his home region - core to his brand.

Republicans Approve Sale of Federal Lands: Which States Have the Most? - Newsweek

Archetypal goobers on fyre - Lawyers, Guns & Money MAGA is grifts upon grifts inside a web of ineptitude:

Alabama 'purposely' diluted Black votes with congressional plan, court finds | CNN Politics : politics ... A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional plan with a second Black majority district after courts, including the Supreme Court, repeatedly rejected maps with just one such district.

Donald Trump's approval rating is underwater in Florida and Texas : politics

A Serious Attempt in North Carolina to Thwart American Democracy Just Crashed and Burned : politics

Republicans Just Made It Legal to Take Homes from Legal Immigrants in Texas New law empowers Texas Governor to seize property from legal immigrants ... The bill restricts property ownership based on nationality and perceived threats from specific countries. Conservative lawmakers rabidly supported this bill, despite clear evidence that it discriminates against legal immigrants, Visa holders, and permanent residents.

Barbarism and Ineptitude - Lawyers, Guns & Money An inmate put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his heart, according to a pathologist hired by the inmate's attorneys ... The extraordinary steps we're willing to undertake and resources we're willing to expend in order to torture to death a man who committed a murder twenty-years ago…

NYPD's Push To Criminalize Cycling Spells Trouble For Immigrant Workers - Streetsblog New York City : politics


Land under the country's largest cities is sinking. Here's where — and why - The Washington Post

AI tool FaceAge makes aging predictions for medical decisions - Mass General Brigham scientists say the tool, known as FaceAge, may help doctors select treatments for other illnesses as well.

People with lower cognitive ability more likely to fall for pseudo-profound bullshit (sentences that sound deep and meaningful but are essentially meaningless). These people are also linked to stronger belief in the paranormal, conspiracy theories, and religion. : science

Face mask can detect kidney disease via breath. The mask correctly identified kidney disease 84% of the time, and accurately ruled out kidney disease 88% of the time. As many as 35 million Americans have chronic kidney disease : science

First-in-human clinical trial testing CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing in 12 highly metastatic, end-stage GI cancer patients saw several of their cancer growth halt, and one patient had a complete response - metastatic tumors disappeared over course of several months and have not returned in over two years. : science


Doctors often gaslight women with pelvic disorders and pain, study finds : science

Women With Both High Math And Verbal Ability Appear Less Likely To Choose Science Careers As Their Broader Skill Set Lends Them More Career Choices : science

People living within a mile of a golf course had more than twice the odds of Parkinson's disease. The risk remained higher for people living up to three miles away but fades after that. Pesticides, including neurotoxins, used to keep fairways and greens well groomed, have been linked to Parkinson's. : science

In 12 years of Reddit climate change discussion, only 4-6% of posted links point to scientific sources, dwarfed by links to news sites and other social media. Scientific links are more likely to be posted by users who post centre-left political sources, and less by those posting polarized sources. : science

Cannabis study: legalization reduces problematic consumption, particularly among people who use other drugs in addition to cannabis : science

Online incel forums generate "dark emotional energy" that reinforces toxic group identity. They maintain their ideological commitment not through the positive emotions usually associated with social bonding, but through a shared emotional atmosphere dominated by despair, resentment, and nihilism. : science

Some narcissists may not be as confident as they seem. New study uncovered 4 personality types linked to narcissism, including one that combines boldness with hidden insecurity. These individuals may act charming and self-assured, but underneath, are emotionally sensitive and prone to self-doubt. : science



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There is a global consensus for AI safety despite Paris Summit backlash, new report finds : worldnews
Heat and drought are quietly hurting global crop yields : worldnews


18 million Filipino high school graduates functionally illiterate - Philippine Statistics Authority : worldnews

Children Account for 10.6% of Total Population in S. Korea, Lowest Among 37 Countries : worldnews
South Korea Is Over - YouTube


Putin asks Xi Jinping to build factories in Russia: China refrains for now : worldnews



Slava 🇺🇦 on X: Moscow is almost completely paralyzed: nothing works in the capital due to preparations for the parade, — Russian media. - Airports are in a state of collapse: - hundreds of passengers are stranded, companies are canceling flights; mobile Internet is "dead"; - restaurants, / X
NOELREPORTS on X: Chaos expected in Moscow on May 9th — reports say all communication will be shut down from 9:00 to 13:00 for the parade. No internet, calls, or SMS will work during this time. A full "digital vacuum" over the city. / X
Chinese soldiers to march on Red Square at Victory Day parade : worldnews

Putin Blames Bulgaria and Romania for War in Ukraine : worldnews

Ukrainian drones hit two key defence plants in Russia : worldnews

Russia says it will cut off parts of the country's internet during its Victory Day celebrations : worldnews

Over 60,000 passengers stranded in Russian airports due to drone attacks : worldnews



Kazakhstan legalizes hemp, launches pilot to grow green economy and rural jobs : worldnews



/r/WorldNews Live Thread: India-Pakistan Conflict (Thread #2) : worldnews

2 women officers lead Operation Sindoor briefing, India makes a statement to world. : worldnews
IAF strikes killed 100 terrorists, Operation Sindoor still ongoing, Govt tells oppn: Sources - IAF strikes killed 100 terrorists, Operation Sindoor still ongoing, Govt tells oppn: Sources BusinessToday : worldnews
Rauf Azhar: IC-814 hijack mastermind and terrorist behind Daniel Pearl's beheading reported killed in Op Sindoor : worldnews

India ramps up diplomatic outreach as Pakistan tensions spiral : worldnews
Iranian, Saudi officials on trip to India amid tensions with Pakistan : worldnews
India Neutralises Pakistani Drone, Missile Attacks; Targets Air Defence Systems : worldnews
India dismisses report of Pakistan downing jets as "disinformation" : worldnews
Indian PM vows to stop waters key to rival Pakistan : worldnews

Starlink Gets Indian DoT's Approval, Report Says US Pushed Countries Facing Tariffs to Accept Musk's Company : worldnews

X says India asked it to block 8,000 accounts, including those of global news outlets - CNBC TV18

Pakistan Defence Minister asked for proof of shooting down IAF jets, he answers 'it's all over social media videos…' : worldnews
Pakistan's Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft, US officials say : worldnews
French intelligence official confirms downing of Rafale by Pakistan: CNN | The Express Tribune : worldnews ... what could be the first known combat loss of the French-made aircraft.The nature of the shoot down is notable ... Being taken out over friendly territory while lobbing stand off munitions is a screwup.
India fires attack drones into Pakistan and several are shot down, Pakistani military says : worldnews
India has used drones to hit Karachi, Lahore and other major cities, claims Pakistan Army : worldnews

Balochistan Liberation Army claims killing of 14 Pakistan soldiers : worldnews

Turkey discovers 20 billion barrels of oil in Somalia : worldnews


Syria breaks isolation with international financial institutions , it's finance minister being now in contact with IMF and the World Bank : worldnews

South Sudan clashes block aid to 60,000 malnourished children : worldnews


Putin's 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it | CNN : worldnews

Vance says Russia sking for too much to end war with Ukraine : worldnews
Vance says Russia is 'asking for too much' in negotiations to end the war with Ukraine : worldnews
Trump taking harder approach towards Russia, says US former adviser : worldnews
Trump appeasing Putin with pressure on Ukraine, Biden tells BBC : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1169, Part 1 (Thread #1316) : worldnews

Ukraine receives 1bn loan from EU, secured by profits from frozen Russian assets : worldnews

A New Boat... - Lawyers, Guns & Money Satellite imagery shows work on the first of Russia's Project 23900 big-deck amphibious assault ships, also known as the Ivan Rogov class, is continuing at a shipyard on the occupied Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian forces have targeted the Zaliv yard in the past, severely damaging at least one warship.

Ukraine considers shift from dollar to euro amid geopolitical realignments : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: "⚡️The European Parliament on May 8 overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Russia's forcible deportation and Russification of Ukrainian children, calling it a "genocidal strategy" aimed at erasing Ukrainian identity. / X




European Union to launch dispute against U.S. tariffs with World Trade Organization : worldnews
The EU wants to end all Russian gas imports. Moscow's friends in the bloc say it's a 'serious mistake' : worldnews
EU takes aim at US planes, autos in €100B counterstrike against Trump tariffs : worldnews



The Netherlands wants to force a review of EU ties with Israel as concerns grow over Gaza | AP News : worldnews

Danish politicians call for government inquiry into transnational repression following China Targets investigation : worldnews

Riots rock Brussels as mayor condemns Bruges hooligans : worldnews

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz to declare state of emergency over migration : worldnews

Stockholm rejects US letter urging city to reverse diversity initiatives : worldnews
Stockholm syndrome - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... A city official in Stockholm has said the municipality has no plans to comply after one of its offices received a letter seeking to impose Donald Trump's rollback of diversity measures, in what is believed to be the first such missive sent to a foreign government.

White Smoke Above The Vatican: A New Pope Elected By Conclave : worldnews
The Catholic Church has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope - Pope Leo XIV : worldnews
The Catholic Church has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as pope : news

France is making more of the devastating Hammer bombs that are proving hard for Russia to intercept in Ukraine : worldnews

Spain moves forward with a proposed law to shorten the working week to 37.5 hours : worldnews

Trump set to announce US will agree trade deal with UK - reports : worldnews
Why submarine war in the Atlantic could intensify - The U.K's recent discovery of underwater spy sensors near its shores has raised fears of a looming escalation in tensions with Russia and China. Meanwhile, the effects of global warming on the oceans are changing submarine warfare, especially in the Atlantic.
Wikipedia legally challenges 'flawed' online safety rules Wikipedia is taking legal action against new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors and their ability to keep harmful content off the site.


Brazil rejects US request to classify local gangs as terrorist organizations : worldnews ... How come KKK and proud boys are not designated terrorist groups? What bullshit is that lol

Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report : worldnews ...

William Shatner says Mark Carney should offer to make the U.S. the 11th province : politics
Majority of Canadians feel unwelcome and unsafe travelling to United States: new poll : politics
Canada to build first of four small modular nuclear reactors | Financial Post : worldnews




Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege amid judge's Abrego Garcia inquiry : politics

Trump's Border Czar Secretly Deported Two U.S. Citizen Children : politics

Irish woman detained by US immigration released after 17 days in custody | US immigration : politics


Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president : politics (well maybe not this president)
Trump v. United States - Wikipedia

Trump's crypto dinner, where plates cost $1.5m, draws ethics concerns as president could make millions from meme coin : politics

Lawfare Daily: Alexis Loeb on Kleptocracy and National Security | Lawfare How does the Justice Department's dismantling of the Kleptocracy Team—along with other administration actions—undermine national security?

Nicolle Wallace: 'The U.S. economy is being held hostage... by the whims and delusions of one man' : politics ... It's not one man, it's the entire republican party.
Trump Is Sounding A Lot Like The Man He Considers A Terrible President : politics

'He can, in fact, be stopped': Buttigieg exhorts Democrats to show voters more in fight with Trump : politics
Buttigieg warns Democrats returning to past status quo would fail : politics
Donald Trump Blames Air Traffic Control Problems on Pete Buttigieg : politics

Fact Check: No proof Harvard marked up letter from Linda McMahon announcing end to new federal grants

Poll: Democrats Pledging to Impeach Trump Could Help Their 2026 Midterm Chances : politics


Bill Gates horrified by cuts to US aid overseas, to give away $200B in 20 years : politics
Bill Gates says Elon Musk is "killing world's poorest children" : politics
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing children with USAID cuts : politics


Cast of Trump's Favorite Musical to Boycott Kennedy Center. Cast members from one of the president's favorite musicals are refusing to perform for him at the Kennedy Center. : politics
Rebellion at Les Miserables: cast members refuse to sing for Trump : politics


Chris Cuomo Tears Into 'Coward' Republican After Bailing Minutes Before Live Interview: 'What a Punk A-- Move'. "You're too much of a coward to make a case unless you're on Fox News getting some laugh track behind you." : politics ... In this case, the punk ass was Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)

Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP : politics
(18) why functioning governments fund scientific research - YouTube

Why does MAGA want more people to die of preventible or treatable diseases? - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I think JMM identifies the three key legs in the stool: the longstanding war on academia, Elon's Silicon Valley bullshit, and the deep resentments fostered by the response to COVID: ... In related news, Jay Bhattacharya might be the single most pathetic lickspittle in an administration that has Marco Rubio in it:

Trump nominates Dr Casey Means, influencer close to RFK Jr, for surgeon general : politics ... Casey Means has no government experience and dropped out of her surgical residency program, saying she became disillusioned with traditional medicine. She founded a health tech company, Levels, that helps users track blood sugar and other metrics. She also makes money from dietary supplements, creams, teas and other products sponsored on her social media accounts.

MAGA lunatic Laura Loomer is dictating US health care policy - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Sarah Palin, professional moron and proud of it, was the precursor to today's GOP. ... And Make America Healthy Again just means we don't need to pay for health care if we just avoid processed foods and vaccines. So let's stop paying and see how that goes (Science!)

The day in incompetence, continued - Lawyers, Guns & Money Dumb guy even for MAGA standards Doug Collins — currently the head of Veterans Affairs, which would tell you how much Trump values veterans had he not made that abundantly clear already — appeared before Congress with the expected results:

WW2 veteran runs over Tesla in tank : politics
Old man crushes a car with a tank. : interestingasfuck


Greene bangs gavel almost 50 times to quiet Democrat in House hearing : politics ... To be clear, this whole hearing was about a single trans person at a single fencing match, which receives no money from the government.
DOGE committee goes off the rails after Democrats suggest Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in insider trading : politics
House Democrat Gives Marjorie Taylor Greene Absolute 'Hell' Over Trans Fixation : politics

Walking the GOP track - Lawyers, Guns & Money The distressing spectacle at the University of Michigan this past week is captured well by this piece in the CHE from Silke-Maria Weineck.
Life at Rufo U - Lawyers, Guns & Money As a companion piece to the president of UMich (attempting to) take the drop from Ron DeSantis, a professor has a report about what it's like in Gainesville right now [gift link]:

John Fetterman staffer left crying over his erratic behavior: Report : politics
'He needs to resign': Democrats react with quiet shock to damning John Fetterman profile | Pennsylvania senator broke down crying and threatened to skip Hegseth vote, hid serious car wreck that injured his wife, New York Magazine reports : politics
AP: Sen. John Fetterman Raises Alarms With Outburst At Meeting With Union Officials : politics

Red Wine Supernova - Lawyers, Guns & Money The good news is that Ed Martin was too much for even Trump's pet Senate to tolerate. The bad news is that it's still a senile Fox News grandpa making the nominations:

Port Of Seattle Commissioner Sounds Alarm On 'Real Implications' Of Trump Tariffs : politics

West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH : politics

Trump tariffs to hit small farms in Maga heartlands hardest, analysis predicts : politics

Pennsylvania House approves bill to legalize adult-use cannabis : politics


Senate passes "cruel" Republican plan to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids | Senate vote nullifies FCC hotspot-lending program for kids without broadband. : technology ... The Republican Party fucking hates kids.
(19) George Carlin on pro-life conservatives and their obsession with abortion - YouTube


Cambridge passes broker fee ban





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Election of the Day: Vatican City - Lawyers, Guns & Money


The White House Is Now Harnessing the Full Power of U.S. Intelligence Agencies to Spy on Greenland : politics
U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland : politics

Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn't do 'much business with Canada.' Canada is the world's top buyer of US exports | CNN Politics : politics




AWTTDWTG - Lawyers, Guns & Money Should an ally inform another ally when it has negotiated a ceasefire with an enemy of the ally? Depends. President Small Crude Useable Hands made an important announcement during his first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney ... The US did not inform Israel about its de facto truce with the Houthis before Trump announced it in the Oval Office, an Israeli official said. The whiplash felt among Israeli officials was palpable given the timing, coming just hours after Israel carried out some of its most significant strikes in Yemen to date ...


Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years : politics

Opinion | Bad leaders who destroyed their countries History shows that thriving countries can collapse from the very top.

Republicans Silent as Trump Refuses to Commit to Upholding Constitution : politics ... Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied

Why Did the N.Y.P.D. Hand Over a Sealed Arrest to Homeland Security? : politics ... The New York Police Department is investigating why officers gave U.S. authorities the sealed arrest record of a New Jersey woman who was detained at a protest last year — information that immigration officials are now using to seek her deportation.

Trump falsely calls Olympian Imane Khelif trans - a reminder that he has no idea what he's on about. Donald Trump has once again repeated the lie that Olympic boxer Imane Khelif is trans -- proving he has no clue what he is talking about when it comes to trans people in sports. : politics


Joe Biden on Trump: 'What president ever talks like that? That's not who we are' : politics
Joe Biden: "Trump is not behaving like a Republican president" : politics ... I think Joe is giving Republicans too much credit with this statement. Trying to separate Trump from the party that enabled him is still part of that "we go high" strategy that failed us.
Joe Biden likens Donald Trump's Ukraine war diplomacy to 'appeasement' of Russia : politics ... trump mediating Russia's war against Ukraine would be like Mussolini mediating Hitler's takeover of Czechoslovakia.

Lawyers Are Quoting $1 Million in Fees to Get Pardons to Trump : politics

GOP push to formalize Trump's 'Gulf of America' runs into resistance in House : politics
Trump set to rename Persian Gulf as the 'Arabian Gulf' in snub to Iran, officials say : politics

In Escalating Trump's War with Harvard, Education Secretary Linda McMahon Comes Off as Plain Stupid : politics ... No, she came off as plain stupid long before that.

JD Vance Jokes About Deporting Tourists Attending 2026 World Cup : politics

A 'beautiful baby girl' doesn't need so many dolls, Trump says. Also: five pencils are enough : politics
Republicans blast Trump's economic messaging: No more doll talk : politics


Warren pushes investigation into Trump family crypto deal : politics ... It's amazing how all the MAGA cultists who cried about Hunter Biden are totally okay with Trump offering up direct access to himself to anyone who buys into his meme coin.
Senate Dems propose ban on presidents investing or endorsing crypto assets : politics

Judge blocks Trump's dismantling of 3 agencies : politics

Trump's Grinchy Tariffs Will Cancel Way More Than Just Christmas. After campaigning on a promise of bringing prices down for American consumers, the Trump administration's economic message now seems to be, "Do you really need to eat every single day?" : politics
A federal court is about to decide whether to strike down Trump's tariffs : politics
Donald Trump's economic policy is based on the principle that suffering is caused by desire - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... For complicated and tedious reasons I was in a social situation tonight where I pretty much could't avoid watching Scott Bessent getting interviewed by Laura Ingraham on Fox News. It was like a Maoist struggle session for Fortune 500 CEOs. I can't even begin to describe what an alternate reality Fox News viewers inhabit:

Federal Reserve Rings Every Alarm Bell About Trump's Economy : politics

Hegseth's War Plan Sees a Second $70 Million Fighter Jet Sink Into the Sea. The defense secretary has twice extended the deployment of the aircraft carrier involved in the losses. : politics ... I have a hard time believing a cable entertainment channel propagandist who is also an alcoholic is doing this bad of a job running something he has no qualifications to run. He is also a cocaine addict ... He's also a chronically unfaithful, spousal abusing piece of shit.
Another $70 Million F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet Sinks Into Sea During Hegseth's War
Trump lose planes - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Hacking into an app used by tRump goons takes 15 to 20 times longer than falling in love - Lawyers, Guns & Money - In the anti-rational world of the fascist, transgender servicemembers, who each have more patriotism in the tip of one pinky finger than DOD Sec. Pete Hegseth has in his entire gin-pickled body, are an intolerable threat to U.S. security. But a debauched shudder of fascist clowns using easily hacked apps to transmit sensitive information is no big deal.

Republicans to Pay for Trump Tax Cuts With Sales of Public Land : politics ... That's them conservatives for you! Always conserving stuff.

Trump is dismantling a key worker safety group. It's another betrayal of the working class : politics

Medicaid Cuts in Republican Bill Would Charge Poor People More for Coverage : politics

Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee : politics ... All this because he fucked up COVID. Pathetic ... And hilariously he fucked up covid because he shut down the pandemic preparedness response team set up by Obama. History sure does like to rhyme

Trump Might Already Be Losing Low-Information Voters : politics

The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their "Enhanced Transparency." Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. : politics



Eschaton: Nom Nom Nom This is an excellent example of sanewashing, which is repeated almost without exception in American media. The full video of Trump is here, in which he talks about being a movie maker and Alcatraz escapes and sharks. He is mixing reality with Escape from Alcatraz, which happened to be on TV on in South Florida right before he got this wonderful idea. The writeup pulls the only sane-sounding bit of the quote. Here's the full one (I pulled this off the subtitles): This is what PBS quotes: (four paragraphs of insane babble) It represents something very strong, very powerful in terms of law and order. Our country needs law and order.


States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts : politics - A federal judge has halted President Trump's attempt to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services - the agency which provides federal funding to libraries and museums across the country.



5 blue-state Republicans willing to sink tax bill over state, local deduction : politics

Fetterman Vows Not to Quit Over Bombshell 'Hit Piece' on His Mental State - "Why are people talking about anyone's personal medical things?"" the Democratic senator told CNN. : politics

In response to RFK Jr., Pritzker to sign first in nation executive order protecting autism data : politics ... And he's not in prison! I've lived here my entire life and he's the best governor we've had and it's not even close.

Michigan AG drops all charges against seven pro-Palestinian protesters | Michigan | The Guardian Dana Nessel acts after Guardian report detailed her extensive links to university regents calling for prosecution ... The announcement came just moments before the judge was to decide on a defense motion to disqualify Nessel's office over alleged bias. Defense attorney Amir Makled said the motion largely stemmed from an October Guardian report detailing Nessel's extensive personal, financial and political connections to university regents calling for the activists to be prosecuted.

Alaska Legislature rejects call for Canada as 51st state, opposes 'restrictive trade measures' : politics

Boise City Council approves resolution adopting pride flag as official flag amid state law tensions : politics
Salt Lake City approves 3 new flags to get around Utah's ban on Pride flags : politics

Republican Jefferson Griffin concedes N.C. Supreme Court race after months of legal battles : politics


Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following WA law requiring child abuse confessions to be reported : politics - It's a Christianity-wide problem. The changes to the law were proposed because of cover-ups by the Mormon and Jehovah's Witness cults, not anything related to Catholicism.


Maine raises legal age of marriage to 18 : politics ... Alabama is 14 ... 16
Why child marriage is still legal in California - CalMatters



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,879 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of George Davis.


The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet's New Favorite Therapy | The Nation Internal Family Systems is the latest therapy trend for a traumatized United States. But can splitting ourselves into parts be a science?


The sky is brighter than astronomers imagined - Big Think The most famous Hubble images show glittering stars and galaxies amidst the black backdrop of space. But more was captured than we realized.

Women tend to underestimate their spatial intelligence compared to men, despite performing just as well on tests, according to new research. This tendency—called the hubris-humility effect -- suggests men overestimate their abilities (hubris), while women underestimate theirs (humility). : science





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Doctors rushed us to urgent care, only survivor of mushroom lunch tells court : worldnews


10% surge in Taiwanese currency vs US dollar could hurt PC and components pricing | We are witnessing the most powerful Taiwan Dollar appreciation in over 30 years. : technology

China's Xi urges healthy ties with EU to 'illuminate the world' amid tariff war with US : worldnews
Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing's tactics to silence dissent across continents : worldnews
Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing's tactics to silence dissent across continents - ICIJ - ICIJ's partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.
Cyberattack against Uyghur rights activists shows hallmarks of Chinese repression tactics, researchers say : worldnews



Man Stages Rare Anti-Putin Protest Across From Kremlin Before Jumping Off Bridge : worldnews

Ukraine strikes Russian drone control center in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine's General Staff says : worldnews


Kadyrov asks Putin if he can resign as head of Chechen Republic : worldnews ... Kadyrov's statement comes amid news that the Chechen dictator's illness, pancreatic necrosis, is progressing rapidly, […] This is not the first time Kadyrov has asked for his resignation. He made similar statements in 2016, 2017, and 2022,




War on the Subcontinent? - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Things could get gnarly:
Judah Grunstein: "A few quick thoughts on India's strike on Pakistan. 1. For understandable reasons, US observers may reflexively blame the Trump admin for failing to deescalate. But this is a conflict that has historically been impervious to outside influence and mediation, particularly on the Indian side." - Bluesky
Bilateral tension: India reduces the flow of a river supplying Pakistan by 90% : worldnews

Missile strikes in Pakistani Bahawalpur, Kotli, Muzaffarabad by India: DG ISPR : worldnews
Pakistan Army says India launches air strikes, vows to respond : worldnews
Major airlines are avoiding Pakistan's airspace as tensions with India simmer following tourist massacre : worldnews



Drone strikes pound Port Sudan, putting aid deliveries at risk : worldnews

Trump says the US will stop bombing Yemen's Houthis after rebels say they'll stop targeting ships : worldnews - Houthi have said to Bloomberg that they have agreed nothing.
Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis after agreement struck : worldnews
IDF issues unprecedented warning urging evacuation of Yemen's main airport : worldnews
Israel's military says it has fully disabled Yemen's main airport with airstrikes : worldnews
Houthis: Attacks on Israel to continue after ceasefire with US : worldnews


Netanyahu dragging US into 'disaster' in Middle East, says Iran : worldnews
Iranian authorities say failure to observe safety procedures at port where explosion killed at least 70 people : worldnews



Eyeless in Gaza - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Here's a story about the Israeli government's impeding escalation of the war in Gaza (gift link). What the strategy or end game here is remains opaque to me - counter-insurgencies have a really terrible track record, and the failure of the IDF to eliminate Hamas as a military and political entity after 18 months of intense fighting and blockading of a territory smaller than the city of Chicago would seem to raise some questions about whether any of this makes any sense from a military perspective, leaving aside the whole human catastrophe ... When you combine what's happening on the right wing in this country with the obvious strains of anti-Semitism in a lot of the anti-Zionist anti-settler colonialist rhetoric on the left, it makes for a very ugly situation, especially given that the ongoing human rights catastrophe in Gaza is being accelerated by the corrupt and generally despicable Likud government in Israel. That starving the civilian population of Gaza and anti-Semitism are both bad things is apparently too complex a thought for many people to keep in their minds at present.

Israeli Leadership Votes to Expand Gaza Ground Offensive : worldnews

Gantz: Idea of creating a Palestinian state 'sdisconnected from reality' : worldnews
Benny Gantz says idea of a Palestinian state 'disconnected from reality' - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post Speaking at the Makor Rishon Settlement Conference in Ofra, Gantz said Israel "cannot allow a direct and significant threat to its citizens on any border" and insisted that the country must retain security control and operational freedom in Gaza, the West Bank, southern Lebanon, and along the Syrian frontier.

Israel alarmed by Trump-Houthi deal amid Iran talks : worldnews


Ukraine dismisses Moscow attack speculation ahead of May 9. Ukrainian officials have dismissed the likelihood of an attack on Moscow before May 9, citing air defense systems and potential U.S. backlash : worldnews

'These are not liberators': Ukraine urges boycott of Russia's WWII parade : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1167, Part 1 (Thread #1314) : worldnews

EU To Formally Accuse Russia Of Using Chemical Weapons In Ukraine

Ukraine gets initial ok to buy F-16 equipment and services totaling over $300 million : worldnews


EU Announces Plans to Cut All Russian Gas Imports by 2027 : worldnews
After 3 years of full-scale war in Ukraine, Europe announces plan to ban all Russian gas imports : worldnews

The Kremlin has officially announced its support for George Simion. : worldnews - Russia was quick to announce its support for George Simion, but so far only through Putin's ideologue Alexandr Dughin. The extremist who is always threatening the whole world with doom in the name of Russia ascribes messianic qualities to Simion.

Poland says Russia attempting to interfere in presidential election : worldnews
MAKS 24 n X: Poland is facing an unprecedented attempt from Russia to interfere in its presidential election, the digital affairs minister said, - Reuters ❗️Poland says its role as a hub for aid to Ukraine has made it a key target for Russian sabotage, cyberattacks and disinformation. / X
New evidence casts further doubt on Polish presidential candidate's claims over second apartment : worldnews
Polish far-right presidential candidate stripped of immunity by European Parliament : worldnews - Braun, who has a long history of attacking minority groups and promoting conspiracy theories, then took to the parliamentary podium to declare that he was 'restoring a state of normality by putting an end to acts of satanic, racist triumphalism, because that is the message of these [Hanukkah] holidays'.

Time to push Putin 'to the corner,' Estonian foreign minister says: 'Putin understands only the strong position' : worldnews

Denmark's museum objects at risk from 'extreme' new mould, say conservators : worldnews
Killer fungus could spread through parts of Europe due to climate change : worldnews

US Approves Sale of AIM-9X Block II Tactical Missiles to Norway : worldnews

Merz wins on second ballot to be Germany's next chancellor, hours after historic defeat in first round : worldnews
Friedrich Merz warns the US to 'stay out' of Germany's politics : worldnews
Merz fails to be elected chancellor by German parliament : worldnews
Germany's AfD sues the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and threatens civil servants : worldnews

Papal conclave: All cardinals who will elect a new pope arrive in Rome : worldnews

Switzerland moves to ban smacking of children : worldnews

Starmer prepares Britain for attack by Russia : worldnews
UK reportedly starts to secretly prepare for Russia's attack and updates its defence plan | Ukrainska Pravda


Mexico's president tries to defuse fears of US military intervention : worldnews - They wanted Donald trump bc he wouldn't start new wars but within a 100 days or so he has moved tons of military equipment to the middle east incase of war with Iran over the deal he ripped up, threatened to invade Greenland a nato ally, send troops into Mexico illegally, not rule out invading Canada and turning gaza into a resort ... You forgot Panama

Greenland belongs to Greenlanders, EU's top diplomat warns : worldnews

Canadian PM Smacks Down Trump to His Face: Not 'For Sale' - Mark Carney whispered "never, never, never" as Trump said he wanted to make Canada part of America. : politics
Carney tells Trump: Canada 'won't be for sale ever' : worldnews
'Just the way it is.' Trump says Canada's prime minister can do nothing to reduce tariffs today : worldnews
Canadian dollar posts a 7-month high as Carney visits White House : worldnews
Canada Moves to Take Ownership of Stranded Russian Cargo Plane, Hand It to Kyiv - The Moscow Times : worldnews
Canadian exports to U.S. slump, but surge to other countries : worldnews




Nationwide 'No Kings' protest planned for parade on Trump's birthday : politics

Raider: "Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution." - Bluesky

'Putin doesn't want peace, he wants Ukraine' — Pence rebukes Trump's stance on Russia : politics
Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard : politics ... Sounds like Putin went past Donald to Hegseth to give the order.
Hegseth Controversies Pile Higher Amid Report He Nixed Military Aid Without Approval : politics
Extent of Pete Hegseth Signal usage revealed as he used app to ask aides to relay military plans to other countries : politics

Supreme Court Lets Trump Discharge Transgender Servicemembers : politics - After firing both 4 star women serving as generals, bashing DEI, assertions that women are less lethal, and a bunch of other bull has probably given those same assholes all sorts of new ammo to fuel their belligerence.
Supreme Court to allow Trump's ban on trans servicemembers to remain in place - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is obviously not a good sign: Alito and Thomas have expressed many times the idea that civil rights and liberties for LGBTQ people are unacceptable because they might imply something bad about people who don't think that LGBTQ people do not merit equal citizenship, and these views are becoming particularly widespread on the right.

Air Traffic Controller Warns Major Airport Unsafe for Travel: Avoid Newark at All Costs : politics


Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants : worldnews
'They Just Made Sh*t Up': Declassified Spy Memo Undercuts Trump Pretext for Deportations to El Salvador : politics
They voted for Trump and now their son is in ICE detention : politics - It was obvious when his father was caught in a KKK parade in costume ... How big of an asshole do you need to be to get Woody Guthrie to write a song about you?

Second judge blocks Trump administration's use of Alien Enemies Act to remove certain migrants : politics - Hellerstein, appointed by President Bill Clinton, said that the Trump administration failed to demonstrate the existence of a war, invasion or predatory incursion. Because of that, the Alien Enemies Act "was not validly invoked by the presidential proclamation," he wrote. The judge said noncitizens in his judicial district can still be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Appeals court denies Trump request to revoke 400,000 migrants' legal status : politics
CIA Brutally Fact Checks Trump's Wartime Deportation Law : politics

GOP senators draw line against Trump shipping US citizens to foreign prisons : politics undefined

Bernie Sanders: Resisting Trump Is 'Not Good Enough' : politics


Trump administration to garnish wages of 5.3 million defaulted student loan borrowers this summer : politics


Park Service suspends air-quality monitoring at all national parks : politics

Blue wave resistance: - Bluesky

How Republicans in Congress Enable Trump's Tyranny : politics ... and trump himself is a logical continuation of Palin, who herself followed from Bush's folksy act ... "Trump" and "Republicans" should be positioned as ONE thing.

'What Are They Doing Illegal?' Officer Says Before Arresting Pro-Palestine Students : politics

Trump hasn't said who funded his presidential transition effort despite pledging to disclose donors : politics

"A free fall not seen in modern history": 100 days of destruction. Trump has been more aggressive in his efforts to destroy democracy than any other autocrat in recent decades. : politics

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz—and everyone has the same Netflix theory - Did Trump watch 'The Rock' and then order Alcatraz reopened? : politics
Trump Busted Stealing His Policy Ideas From TV... Again : politics
Meidas Michele: Trump officially entered the psychotic emperor phase ... - Bluesky

Voters Are Clear: This Economy Belongs to Donald Trump : politics

Trump Accidentally Admits He Hasn't Made Any Trade Deals : politics
The first boats carrying Chinese goods with 145% tariffs are arriving in LA. They're half-full. Expect shortages soon : politics
Deal or no deal? (Answer: No deal.) - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Two-time presidon't T Ronald Dump would like everyone to shut up about the wonderful tariff deals he said he maybe made but maybe didn't ... that the United States does not need to "sign deals" with trade partners, despite top White House officials claiming for weeks that such deals are the administration's top priority ... the contract that only one party signs and can only be enforced by the party that didn't sign gambit. Very nth-dimension tiddlywinks. Only people who are smrt like Don can understand it.
Bergholt Stuttley Johnson - Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki
Trump's wanton destruction of the economy damaging his standing among his critical constituency of low-information voters - Lawyers, Guns & Money - this is the story of the disengaged voter: why they showed up for Trump, why they're turning on him now, and what that tells us about political accountability in the era of the "engagement gap."
Trump tariffs threat bloats trade deficit to record high : politics
Trump to announce pharmaceutical tariffs 'in next two weeks' : politics
Mattel CEO says toy manufacturing won't come to America, but price hikes will : politics

Trump Erupts After Republican Guru Rips Him on Fox News: The president can't handle criticism of his remarks about children's dolls : politics

Mister Rogers, Sesame Street on PBS teach empathy. Trump wants to take that away : politics

Study: 'Biden' Among Most Frequently Used Words By Trump : politics

Donald Trump hosts a $1.5 million-per-person fundraiser, raising ethics concerns : politics

Maggie Haberman Spots Trump Supporter Revolt In Most Surprising Place : politics - She was one of the top sane washers of Trump. Anyone who kept quiet for years only to write a book when they left Trump's orbit can also fuck right off.

Dear Republicans, Get a Grip on This Guy Already, Will You? : politics

ChatGPT Was Asked To List Everyone Trump Has Called 'A Low-IQ Individual' -- And It's Pretty Racist : politics

Democrats walk out of crypto hearing after tense moments : politics

Donald Trump's Approval Rating is Showing Cracks in His Base : politics

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years : politics - This year, The Wall Street Journal reported that she had been initiated into the Science of Identity Foundation, which ex-members have accused of being a cult. Gabbard oversees the 18 organizations comprising the US intelligence community.

AOC Won't Seek Oversight Role: 'Underlying Dynamics in the Caucus Have Not Shifted' : politics


Trump Ally Bukele Reportedly Set to Arrest Journalists Who Revealed His Secret Pact With Gangs | Common Dreams : politics

Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes' Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. : politics

A wise and important steward - Lawyers, Guns & Money The somehow-crazier-than-Betty-DeVos Secretary of Education has escalated the administration's shakedown with a letter presumably written by an AI that has been trained only with inputs from Donald Trump's Truth Social feed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms | With Trump's help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year's congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028. : politics


GOP Rep Was Awarded a Bronze Star for His Bravery in Iraq. Those he Reportedly Saved Can't Remember Him Being There. : politics

The Libertarian Party is on the Verge of 'Full Collapse,' Party Chairman Tells Board : politics ... Libertarians are a bunch of phonies. 90% of them just voted for a fucking autocrat! They claim Trump was the "lesser evil." Meanwhile he's literally shredding the Bill of Rights.

Trump critics launch new group to highlight rising costs : politics - A new organization of high level political PR people, funded by unnamed rich people.


Federal judge orders NC to certify Democrat Allison Riggs as winner in Supreme Court election : politics


CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years : politics - 80-85% of pediatric influenza deaths are in unvaccinated children.
Death is the policy - Under RFK Jr., 'Make America Healthy Again' means junk science like 'survival of the fittest.' : politics - "Do your own research," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents considering vaccination for their children during an 80-minute televised interview with Dr. Phil last week. He offered the loaded directive with some of his go-to antivax falsehoods: common shots are neurotoxic, the measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is "leaky," the MMR vaccine hasn't been adequately tested. In the middle of a major U.S. measles outbreak, where three unvaccinated people have died - two of whom were children - Kennedy continues to downplay the virus and refuses to tell the truth about lifesaving vaccines ... Kennedy indicates that he does not believe in germ theory, instead subscribing to a version of the abandoned 19th century concept that the 'miasma" is the source of disease
Why Do They Do It? - Lawyers, Guns & Money As Elon Musk and an army of COVID-deniers and the bear cub boy destroy the US's scientific and academic wealth, we need to think about why they are doing something so destructive to both its soft and its economic power. Derek Lowe, a chemist who writes a blog for Science magazine, has thoughts. I mostly agree with him. It's at least a reasonable way to think about their worldview. - 1. These people are here to deliberately destroy the federally funded science agencies as we know them.

jamelle: "seems like the administration is objectively pro plane crash www.washingtonpost.com/transportati..." - Bluesky ... Pro cancer, pro plane crash, pro AIDS, pro measles. The only thing they seem to be anti lately is dolls and pencils, just like they campaigned on.

Mother Jones: ""I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy," Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall." - Bluesky
Feathered Stone: "This is the one that gets me" - Bluesky
Mother Jones: ""I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy," Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall." - Bluesky
Meet the 64-Year-Old Social Worker Who Was Booted From a Republican Town Hall - Mother Jones Her offense? Asking Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) what it would take for him to stand up to Trump.

US federal judge on Meta's AI copyright fair use argument: 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work' : technology

The Real Lesson of a Republican Judge's Just-Failed Attempt to Steal an Election : politics - The real lesson? When a country's leader won't accept the result of a free and fair election, it sets a dangerous precedent likely to be repeated.
North Carolina Republican judge fails to steal election. Here's the real lesson. On Monday, a conservative federal judge shut down one of the most brazen attempts at election subversion in modern American history. In a scathing decision, U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers spurned Judge Jefferson Griffin's bid to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat from Justice Allison Riggs, who narrowly won her race in Novembe
North Carolina Republicans finally concede election they lost last year - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... But these farcically lawless arguments were good enough for two Republican state courts, and theyre likely to try it again.

How Ohio became a hotbed of white supremacism, spreading its tentacles globally : politics

Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact. The new academic standards promote U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies' groundless 2020 election conspiracy theories. : politics - The state ranks 49th out of 50. This fits. "I love the poorly educated" - Donald Trump

DOJ investigating 'anti-Catholic' Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse : politics ... Republicans: We're tough on crime! Also Republicans: Whoa whoa whoa! Who ever said abusing children is a crime?

Florida's Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart : politics

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes anti-trans bills, and tells lawmakers to 'focus on real issues that matter' : politics

Newsom begs to be shaken down - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Imagine looking at the first 100 days of Trump 2.0 and thinking "we need to make our cultural industry more dependent on federal funding." The guy is just a natural collaborationist, I guess. Anyway, this is one of the most inept de facto presidential campaigns I've ever seen. He somehow finds a new way every week to make clear that he could not possibly be less equipped to deal with the threat to American democracy.


How Police Let One of America's Most Prolific Predators Get Away | The New Yorker When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams? - By Ronan Farrow
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Research Announcements Shifting to Bluesky : technology


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,878 - Lawyers, Guns & Money his is the grave of Adlai Stevenson, Sr. Born in 1835 in Christian County, Kentucky, Stevenson grew up in a slaving family that grew tobacco ... None of this is helping me understand why his son was the beloved only hope for a benchless mid-20th century Democratic Party, but we will explore the more known Adlai Stevenson later in this series.


Did lead poisoning cause downfall of Roman Empire? The jury is still out - Ars Technica A new video from the American Chemical Society revisits longstanding academic debate

Researchers have uncovered a "light smog" of microplastics drifting below the surface of the world's oceans — revealing far more plastic pollution in deep-sea waters than previously known. : science

Older adults reflect less on their personality traits than younger adults, study finds : science


What is the worst surgery that you went through? : AskReddit

What's a common phrase that immediately makes you suspicious? : AskReddit


ICE spotted in East Boston : boston

'Accused me of being a man': Same-sex couple seeks apology from Boston hotel after bathroom incident : boston
Boston hotel suspends security guard after bathroom confrontation involving same-sex couple - Boston 25 News — A luxury hotel in Boston announced Tuesday that it has suspended a security guard who was allegedly involved in a confrontation with a same-sex couple inside a women's bathroom on Saturday. Ansley Baker and Liz Victor told Boston 25 News reporter Drew Karedes that they were booted out of the Liberty Hotel at 215 Charles Street after a security guard accused one of them of being a man. Baker said a security guard knocked on her stall and demanded to see her ID to prove her gender.

Which one of you changed the channel to Seattle?? : boston

So are they tearing down The Garage in Harvard square or not? : boston

25 Investigates: Child rapist from Brazil living at Cape Cod daycare : boston





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Philippine bishops defend papal front runner over clerical sex abuse : worldnews


Japanese finance minister says selling U.S. bonds a "card on the table" : worldnews


The Kyiv Independent on X: North Korea sends nearly 15,000 migrants to Russia to cover labor market shortage, WSJ reports. The move represents an apparent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed in the wake of North Korea's ICBM tests / X
Business Insider: Kim Jong Un is opening a tourism mega-resort in North Korea. It's unclear how he'll fill its thousands of rooms. : worldnews



Ukraine launches drone attack targeting Moscow, mayor says : worldnews
Ukraine Targets Moscow With Drones Second Straight Night, Officials Say : worldnews

Kremlin says Putin-Trump meeting is necessary : worldnews

Analysis of detailed biographies of more than 5,000 Russian mafia leaders shows that that the Russian mafia originated in the Soviet Gulag, and could be found near the camps' initial locations throughout the 1990s Russia. : science

WarTranslated on X: "One of the Russian military trains currently being transferred to the front was spotted carrying up to 70 units of T-62MV and T-62M tanks. These were produced between 1961 and 1975. Essentially, it's scrap metal on tracks — and the crews operating these machines are most likely doomed, heading on a one-way trip. >



Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail : worldnews

Pakistan may hit 120 degrees amid extreme heat in South Asia : worldnews
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Inside a South African mass wedding: Polygamy and pageantry on display at a the IPHC church ... Behind them came the groom Lesiba Molala, who was marrying another wife at the elaborate ceremony at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) south-west of Johannesburg ... Rendani Maemu told the BBC that as she was raised in the church, she always knew she might be a "first or second wife"

Top UN court dismisses Sudan's genocide case against UAE : worldnews


Israel strikes in Yemen after Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport : worldnews
Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen for the first time in months, a day after Tel Aviv airport attack | CNN : worldnews


Iran says it will strike back if US or Israel attack : worldnews


Israel approves plan to seize all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely, officials say : worldnews
Netanyahu Says Pounding Gaza Again Will Finish Hamas. Not Everyone Agrees. : politics
Israel issues ultimatum to Hamas: Deal within two weeks or expanded war : worldnews

Netanyahu vows powerful Israeli operation in Gaza as ministers OK plan to capture the whole enclave : worldnews
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say : politics

Trump: US to help Gazans, 'they're being treated very badly -- by Hamas' : worldnews

Popemobile converted into clinic for Gaza's wounded children : worldnews

Israeli army starts calling up reservists for planned expansion to Gaza offensive : worldnews


"The goal is to make them hate Ukraine": Russians intensify militarisation of children in occupied Zaporizhzhia : worldnews


Kyiv responds to Fico's''anti-Ukrainian' remarks ahead of Slovak PM's Russia visit to attend Moscow Victory Parade : worldnews

Dropping Oil Price Boosts Odds of Ukraine Peace Deal, Trump Says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1166, Part 1 (Thread #1313) : worldnews

Jake Broe on X: This graph is insane! This shows the average daily causality rate for the Russian military per month year over year. The war increasingly is becoming more deadly for Russia as they send their troops on failed assaults with worse equipment and Ukraine continues to develop better defenses. / X


Ukraine Naval Drone Shoots Down Two Russian Warplanes in 24 Hours: First-Ever USV Fighter Jet Kill : worldnews



EU will double military aid to Ukraine if Trump fails to persuade Putin to make peace - European commissioner : worldnews
Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding : technology
Tesla's European Death Spiral Has No End In Sight | After a disastrous first quarter, Tesla's sales figures in Europe tanked even further in April. : technology

Swedish journalist sentenced in Turkey for 'insulting Erdogan' : worldnews

More than 10,000 passengers hit by delays following sabotage and technical issues on Spain's AVE line : worldnews

NEXTA on X: "Bad news for the Kremlin: Boris Pistorius will remain Germany's defense minister in the new government - As the most popular member of Scholz's cabinet, Pistorius has been one of the strongest advocates for rebuilding the German army and stepping up military support for Ukraine. / X

Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump's war on universities as 'gigantic miscalculation' : worldnews

Eight men including seven Iranians arrested in two England anti-terrorism operations : worldnews



Mexico's president says she rejected Trump's plan to send US troops across the border : worldnews ... After Esper politely pushed back, he says President Trump told him, "No one would know it was us." "He said that," Esper tells O'Donnell. "And I just thought it was fanciful, right? Because, of course, it would be us."

Advocates rally in Mexico City to demand cannabis reform : worldnews

Trump renews threat of military force to annex Greenland : worldnews

Threat reiterated as Prime Minister Carney prepares for critical meeting : worldnews
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The world is now reversing course to reject Trumpism : politics
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Historian of Fascism Claims Trump Is Speeding Towards Dictatorship Faster Than Putin. Professor says the U.S. slide into authoritarianism is unprecedented in modern times. : politics
"End Times Fascism": Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right 'Don't Believe in the Future' : politics

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Letitia James is Hunting for Insider Trading in Trump's Inner Circle : politics

GOP Rejects Amendment Blocking ICE From Deporting US Citizens : politics
3 People Die in ICE Custody in April as Conditions Worsen in Immigration Jails : politics

Judges must clear a high bar to separate parents from children forever, Texas Supreme Court rules : news

Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut number of senior generals by 20% : politics
US Defense Secretary Hegseth to slash senior-most ranks of military : news
Pete Hegseth had at least 12 Signal chats for Pentagon business: Report : politics

Aging, Slurring Trump 'Lives in Fear' of Dad's Dementia : politics

GOP keeps pretending Trump has a mandate. Americans are clearly saying otherwise. | Opinion : politics
Trump's goodwill and approval ratings are in free fall : politics

The Republican Budget Plan Could Kick Millions Off Medicaid : politics ... Kick millions off Medicaid but spend millions on a new golden AF 1, millions to golf every weekend and a military dictator parade. They sure have their priorities straight now don't they.

Asked If He Must Uphold the US Constitution, Trump Says: 'I Don't Know' | "I'm not a lawyer," the president said in a newly aired interview. : politics
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Trump is acting like it's his choice whether he obeys the Constitution : politics

Trump Tells Hate Leader And J6 Seditionist 'I Love You Guys' At Mar-A-Lago: Report : politics

Thelma and Louise economics - Lawyers, Guns & Money Maia Mandel has an excellent post about the underpinnings and impact of Trump's trade war: .... The main effect of the agenda of isolationism and protectionism isn't just some misguided masturbatory RETVRN fantasy of white male supremacy - it also undermines the basic world order, the rule of law, and liberalism itself.
Aaron Rupar: Trump: We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It's very simple. - Bluesky

Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value' : politics

Trump isn't making America great -- he's making it unrecognizable : politics

Trump pushes back on recession warnings: the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy : politics
Trump says Biden caused the economic downturn. That's malarkey. : politics

President Trump Says He Will Implement 100% Tariffs on Foreign Films : politics
Shares of Disney, Netflix and Other Studios Fall After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Movies 'Produced in Foreign Lands' : politics
How do you even tariff a movie? : PoliticalHumor
President Trump announces 100% tariff on all movies imported into the United States. : politics ... "it's cheaper to fly 100 Americans to Ireland than to walk across the lot in Los Angeles" ... Trump's trade policy is rooted entirely in a memo circulated by Navarro, citing the fake Vera and his fake research. Apparently straight down to the formula they (supposedly) use to determine the level of tarrifs. Including the critical mistake they accidentally worked into said formula. It's 8 layers of dumb as rocks, wrapped around the "last guy in the room" problem.

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My...Oh, Never Mind - Lawyers, Guns & Money The New York Post this week ran an article highly critical of Donald Trump's chief negotiator for Israel-Palestine, Iran, and Russia's war on Ukraine, Steve Witkoff. Witkoff is a real estate buddy of Trump's, so he must be one of the greatest negotiators ever!

Donald Trump's cartoon-like chaos leaves US economy on unstable course : politics
Trump says he'll call CEOs when he disagrees with their business decisions : politics

We Could Soon Be Seeing Empty Shelves Everywhere. Here's Which Items Might Disappear First. : politics
Donald Trump Admits His Stupid Tariffs Are Going to Ruin Your Child's Christmas : politics

Trump cuts will increase devastation after disasters, expert warns: 'It is really scary' : politics

Trump set to raise millions from crypto and memecoin this month : politics

Social Security reduces benefit clawback from 100% to 50% for some; experts still warn of devastating effects : politics

Supreme Court case could tear down wall between religion & schools. The case could force taxpayers to fund anti-LGBTQ religious charter schools. : politics

In his first 100 days, Trump launched anall-out assault on the environment : politics

An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters : politics

PBS CEO says "we have never seen a circumstance like this" after Trump targets funding : politics

Trump Sons' Deals on Three Continents Directly Benefit the President : politics

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series : politics

'Practically impossible': As the White House pushes women to have more babies, the women who want them can't afford it : politics - Have more babies…while we tax you to death and cut taxes on the rich, do nothing about gun violence, nothing about climate change, and gut public school education.


Trump Throws a Tantrum After Getting Roasted by Karl Rove : politics

John Oliver Suggests New Approach to Interviewing Trump : politics


Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz : politics
'Clearly Unhinged': Critics Sink Trump's 'Asinin'' Plan To Reopen Alcatraz Prison : politics
Trump Seems to Have Decided to Reopen Alcatraz Because of a Movie : politics
Trump announced Alcatraz reopening just hours after 'Escape from Alcatraz' aired on a South Florida PBS station : politics
Cognitive Decline? Trump Spews a Word Salad to Explain Alcatraz Idea. : politics

GlobalX, Airline for Trump's Deportations, Hacked | Hackers say they have obtained what they say are passenger lists for GlobalX flights from January to this month. The data appears to include people who have been deported. : technology

Donald Trump Flips Out At Wall Street Journal Reporter:'You Hear Me? What I Said?' : politics

Former Vice President Pence defends Constitution after getting Profile in Courage Award : politics

MTG Warns Republicans Will Suffer Crushing Election Loss at This Rate : politics

The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked : politics
The information security administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money I regret to inform you that Hillary Clinton has refused to use two BlackBerries again:
The cognitive fitness and in touch with the working American candidate - Lawyers, Guns & Money Home / General / The cognitive fitness and in touch with the working American candidate Say what you will about Donald Trump, you can't deny he's a devoted family man: Thank Christ we avoided the bullet of having a doddering, confused old man like Kamala Harris in the White House

US scientist who touted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid named to pandemic prevention role : politics - Before Hatfill began working for the Trump administration, he was a biodefense researcher for the army in 2001 and was named a "person of interest" in the investigation into anthrax-filled envelopes sent by mail across the country, which killed five people and made 17 others sick.

TeleMessage app used by Mike Waltz suspends service over suspected hack : worldnews

Democrats Denounce Rubio Holding Four Roles in Trump Administration : politics

Trump says he is considering Stephen Miller for national security adviser : politics
Stephen Miller's Ex-Colleague: He's a Horrible Human Being : politics
Stephen Miller Unveils Totally Made Up Definition of "Due Process". The Trump adviser is trying to redefine the Constitution in order to carry out his extreme immigration agenda. : politics

'60 Minutes' Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment : politics
60 Minutes Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment : politics

A slippery slope to eugenics: advocates reject RFK Jr's national autism database : politics

A government of cranks for cranks - Lawyers, Guns & Money There are officially at least two Trump cabinet members who don't believe in germ theory. In the case of the angry drunk in charge of the Pentagon, this is literally because he cannot see them with the naked eye: ... And remember that virtually the entire Republican conference supported both of these assholes.

House Democrats launch probe into Elon Musk's 'conflict of interest' : politics
As Musk steps back, experts say Doge cuts have harmed government services | The billionaire fired thousands of workers, but savings are minimal and offset by degradation of services. : politics ... Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline compared with 2024, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share nonpublic data. That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue ...

I never thought the leopard would eat my seed corn - Lawyers, Guns & Money Like other farmers in western Iowa, in early April Mr. Hanson was preparing for spring planting. The decisions he made then could determine whether he would be in the red or the black come fall harvest ... Like many rural Iowa communities, Monona County voted heavily for Mr. Trump, 72 percent, in the election. Mr. Hanson won't discuss his vote and notes that he sits on the county fair board and sells seed to customers all around the area.

Pennsylvania legislators propose legalizing adult-use cannabis : politics ... The short answer is racism. At the turn of the 20th century, cannabis—as it was then commonly known in the United States—was a little-used drug among Americans. With the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, however, many Mexicans began moving to the United States, and they brought with them the tradition of smoking marihuana. Amid a growing fear of Mexican immigrants, hysterical claims about the drug began to circulate, such as allegations that it caused a "lust for blood."

Time to get it done: Medical cannabis advocates speak at town hall hosted by Nebraska state senators : politics

'Really horrifying': Missouri draws scorn over treatment of teen mom in foster care : politics
Missouri's voters restored abortion rights. Their leaders are trying to overrule them. : politics

Gay-Porn Scandal Ensnaring GOP Nominee John Reid Splits Virginia Republicans Ahead of Key Election : politics ... Youngkin asked embattled candidate John Reid, a radio host in the Richmond area, to withdraw as the nominee upon learning of the images of naked men posted on an account using Reid's Instagram handle last month.Reid has denied the account is his and refused to step aside — leaving party faithful scrambling to unify about six months out from the state's bellwether 2025 off-year election.

Conservative school boards face election defeats in Trump heartland : politics

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills beats Donald Trump, gets school meal funds restored while defending trans kids. She said she would see him in court. She did. She won. : politics

Young woman's strip search at festival akin to 'sexual assault', court told : news
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DoorDash driver shot in the back in New York's Orange County, police say : news

Federal 'Diddy' sex trafficking trial officially begins in NYC with jury selection : Music


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,877 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Mike Royko.
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Goodbye to the old Facebook - Zuckerberg admits he no longer connects family and friends, faces FTC lawsuit that could dismantle Meta : technology


Mathematician Finds Solution To Higher-Degree Polynomial Equations, Which Have Been Puzzling Experts For Nearly 200 Years : science

In a first of its kind study, projections suggest that by 2030, 24%, 17%, and 32% of countries will continue to have one in every five adolescent children married, giving birth, and out of school, respectively : science

Research shows how an advanced MRI scan can reveal your heart's functional age and how unhealthy lifestyles can dramatically accelerate it : science

When subjected to sufficient stress, tissues can "suddenly and dramatically rearrange themselves," challenging the notion that mechanical responses in tissues are entirely localized. : science


Sleep disorders associated with higher risk of dementia, study finds. Specifically, those with obstructive sleep apnea had a 45% higher risk of Alzheimer's disease, while individuals with insomnia had a 59% increased risk of vascular dementia and a 49% higher risk of Alzheimer's disease. : science


A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful - The New York Times A new wave of "reasoning" systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don't know why ... What the system says it is thinking is not necessarily what it is thinking,

Physical punishment, like spanking, is linked to negative childhood outcomes, including mental health problems, worse parent-child relationships, substance use, impaired social-emotional development, negative academic outcomes and behavioral problems, finds study of low‑ and middle‑income countries. : science

Some narcissists may not be as confident as they seem. New study uncovered 4 personality types linked to narcissism, including one that combines boldness with hidden insecurity. These individuals may act charming and self-assured, but underneath, are emotionally sensitive and prone to self-doubt. : science


to doctors of reddit: whats the craziest shit you have ever seen? : AskReddit


What is the relationship between the cold weather and diseases such as cold, flu, tonsillitis, etc? : askscience


What is a real world fact you have learned from a video game? : AskReddit

Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again : technology


Non Christians, what is the most unsettling story from the bible? : AskReddit

Multilingual people of Reddit, what have you heard in a meeting that you weren't supposed to, because the participants didn't know you speak their language? : AskReddit

What's something you secretly wish your partner would do in bed, but you're too nervous to ask for? : AskReddit

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Microsoft Confirms You Cannot Cancel New Windows 11 24H2 Update : technology

Leaked Images & Details of upcoming Surface Pro 12 inch : Surface




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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reelected on anti-Trump message : politics


Putin, 72, says the succession is always on his mind : worldnews
Moscow has means to bring Ukraine war to 'logical conclusion,' Putin says : worldnews

WarTranslated on X: Russian sources claim the Kremlin halted talks prep with Trump after the Ukraine-US mineral deal. A Kremlin insider reports that top Russian officials are forced to urgently revise their White House engagement strategy. / X



India cuts Chenab water flow through Baglihar Dam after Indus treaty halt : worldnews


Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion international airport | Watch : worldnews

Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center : politics


Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion international airport | Watch : worldnews

Netanyahu vows to retaliate against Houthis and Iran after missile attack : worldnews

Israel calls up thousands of reservists, plans to expand Gaza offensive amid stalled hostage talks | CNN : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1165, Part 1 (Thread #1312) : worldnews


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MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 on X: "⚡️✈️ In the territory of occupied Crimea, as a result of a successful operation, another Russian plane was destroyed, the second (!) in a day, — Zelensky" / X


Five men arrested in connection with suspected terrorist plot in UK : worldnews


Mexican president rejects Trump's proposal to send U.S. troops to fight drug cartels : politics

Trump says he 'doesn't rule out' using military force to control Greenland : worldnews

Trump mostly -- but not entirely -- rules out military action on Canada : worldnews
Trump delighted by his influence on Canada's election: U.S. journalist - National | Globalnews.ca : worldnews




'A cocktail for a misinformed world': why China and Russia are cheering Trump's attacks on media : politics

Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know' : politics
Trump says, 'I don't know,' when asked if he's required to uphold Constitution : politics
Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights : politics
Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary : politics undefined

House Republicans approve rule to block Democrats from forcing votes on executive oversight : politics

Trump budget proposes $1 trillion for defense, slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance : politics ... Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 ... Since Eisenhower, every Republican president we've had had been the worst president we've had since Eisenhower.

A Tidal Wave of Change Is Headed for the U.S. Economy : politics
America may be just weeks away from a mighty economic shock : politics

Core Part of Trump's Base is Abandoning Him: 'Rural voters are rapidly souring on the president, thanks in large part to his decision to tank the economy for no reason' : politics

Trump's next 100 days will make the first 100 look tranquil : politics

Trump rejects concerns about prices and economic uncertainty as he defends his agenda : politics

Analysis: Trump is trying to chill the investigative journalism that holds him to account : politics

Trump Anoints Himself New Pope in Bizarre Truth Social Post : politics
Blessed Are the Flight Logs : PoliticalHumor
Catholic Bishops Flame Trump for Mocking Pope in Crazy Post - "Do not mock us," New York's Catholic bishops warned the president. : politics
MAGA Melts Down Over Trump's 'Disrespectful' Pope Post : politics

American Panopticon. The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next. : politics

Trump may get a new national security adviser - or he might just keep Marco Rubio : politics

Judge Accuses Trump of Trying to 'Kill All the Lawyers' in Brutal Ruling : politics
The Courts Must Stop Presuming Donald Trump is a Regular President : politics

Inside Trump's 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison : politics ... The review shows that despite the administration's claims, many of the immigrants sent to El Salvador had entered the United States legally and were actively complying with U.S. immigration rules ... To be clear: Trump took law abiding people and sent them to one of the world's most notorious prisons. They are able to lie about it on Fox News and in the breifing room... but not in the courts

White House Mocks Man Trump Illegally Deported With Obama Campaign Theme : politics
Trump White House Mocks Abrego Garcia With Obama Campaign Theme Image Instead of bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia home, as ordered by the Supreme Court, Trump's White House is now making memes about him
The White House on X: Ah yes, a true classic. We call this one... 'Not a Maryland Dad' / X

Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs : politics

U.S. senators introduce legislation that would require Trump administration to report on deportations to El Salvador : politics

Abrego Garcia was called a 'gang member' in custody dispute. His accuser is now in prison : politics

A pregnant woman wandered the desert for days before Border Patrol detained her. Now with a newborn, she faces deportation : politics

'What is left of our democracy?': freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule : politics


International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained : politics - This is such a bizarre story. This student's visa was revoked (under the Biden administration!!) for no reason whatsoever, now the student is being detained for an indefinite period of time for no reason whatsoever.

Two men in ICE custody died of 'natural' causes. Were their deaths preventable? : politics
John Oliver: A death certificate isn't like a degree from USC. It means something | John Oliver | The Guardian The Last Week Tonight host focused on the underfunded system of medical examiners and coroners

Car Prices Expected to Rise as Tariffs on Parts Kick In : politics

Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday : politics

White House brings conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials and a family friend to its 'influencer briefings' : politics


Warren Buffett Steps Down From Berkshire Hathaway After Slamming Trump. | The multi-billionaire used one of his last moments as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway to take down the president. : politics


Trump administration plans to cut thousands of employees at spy agencies : politics

Trump cuts demolish agency focused on toxic chemicals and workplace hazards : politics

Musk leaves Washington with his credibility and brand in self-inflicted shambles : politics
Elon Musk: It Is 'Outrageous' to 'Claim That I'm a Nazi' : politics

Stop using religion to justify depriving youth of their rights to a full education. LGBTQ+ topics aren't a threat to kids or communities. In fact, queer history and sex ed both save lives. : politics

Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today's campus protests : politics

Voice of America to resume airing after court halts Trump's dismantling of broadcaster : politics

Corporation for Public Broadcasting sues over Trump board firings plan : politics
Trump's Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy : politics


RFK Jr. calls for 'new' vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials : politics
RFK Jr. Hawks Bogus Measles Cure Amid Escalating Outbreak : politics ... The New York Times reported in March that some children in Texas who had received Kennedy's favored treatment, cod oil containing vitamin A, had suffered liver damage.
One Of The Greatest Villains In American History: Democrats Release Scathing Statement On RFK Jr.

Trump's controversial US attorney is coming for medical marijuana : politics

Oklahoma wants to teach kids Trump's false version of the 2020 election where he was cheated out of victory : politics



'SNL' Debuts New Stephen Miller Impression to Rip Trump's First 100 Days : politics


'Disgusted' But 'Not Afraid': Wisconsin Governor Rips Arrest Threat From Trump Border Czar : politics

Gavin Newsom's 26% cannabis tax hike is now official : politics

Threat against local public officials including in Colorado follows authoritarian playbook | Trump administration accuses 'sanctuary' offenders of insurrection. A Denver City Council member says it's an abuse of the legal system that attempts to terrorize political opponents. : politics


Conservative Texas school board voted out amid book bans : politics


When a Child's Life Becomes the Family Business - The New York Times Evan Lee, better known as EvanTube, still had his baby teeth when he became an influencer. Now 19, he's ready to reflect on what that kind of exposure meant.




How Much Advil Can You Take? What to Know About Health Risks - The New York Times Ibuprofen can be a blessing for those with aches and pains, but overdoing it poses serious risks.


Stark Differences in Life Expectancy Across U.S. States Over the Past Century. States like Mississippi, Alabama, saw minimal gains, particularly among women, suggesting that systemic factors -- including socioeconomic disadvantages, limited access to health care, have left imprints on mortality : science

Low iron could cause brain fog during menopause transition | Higher iron status predicts better cognitive performance among menopausal women who were neither iron deficient nor anemic. : science undefined

Avoidant attachment to parents linked to choosing a childfree life, study finds. Individuals who are more emotionally distant from their parents were significantly more likely to identify as childfree. : science

Low iron could cause brain fog during menopause transition | Higher iron status predicts better cognitive performance among menopausal women who were neither iron deficient nor anemic. : science


Which Reddit user has the wildest or funniest rabbit hole of a post history? : AskReddit





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Australia votes in national election seen as latest test of global anti-Trump sentiment : politics ... We have a joke here: what's the difference between Pierre Poilievre and a toilet? A toilet has a seat!
Right wing loses Australian election with Labor's Albanese set to remain PM : worldnews
Australia's center-left Labor Party set to retain power : worldnews
Australia opposition leader Peter Dutton loses seat in shock vote defeat : worldnews - First Pierre Poilievre in Canada, now Peter Dutton in Australia is the second conservative opposition leader to get kicked out of his seat. All these Trump wannabes are getting wrecked at the polls. Peter Dutton has made history as the first Opposition leader to lose his seat in a federal election in Australia.
Trump costs conservatives the Australian election, and 4 other takeaways : politics


China Coast Guard helicopter enters Japan airspace off Senkakus : worldnews


China's Shandong carrier makes rare show of force as US and Philippines hold joint drills : worldnews
CIA's Mandarin-language spy recruiting ads mocked in China : worldnews



Putin is under pressure in Russia after the signing of the agreement between Ukraine and the USA - The Washington Post | УНН : worldnews

She tried to expose Russia's brutal detention system — and ended up dead : politics

Russia reportedly turning toy hoverboards into deadly drones : worldnews

Russia's Medvedev says Trump's statement about US World War Two role was 'pretentious nonsense' : worldnews




Apple Warns of $900M Tariff Hit as It Shifts iPhone Production to India : worldnews
India bans direct, indirect imports from Pakistan : worldnews

Pak minister's fresh threat: Will strike any structure built to divert Indus water : worldnews
Pakistan test-fires ballistic missile as tensions with India rise | Border Disputes News | Al Jazeera : worldnews

Thousands of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women's rights | AP News : worldnews ... The group claims reforms contradict sharia law ... Most post-Soviet Muslim-majority countries are very secular. Most of the -stans, for example ban public head coverings, and they use civil law rather than Sharia law. There's a statue in Azerbaijan called the Statue of a Liberated Woman that celebrates a woman not covered.
Thousands of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women's rights | AP News : worldnews


PA leader Abbas: Hamas-affiliated gangs primarily responsible for Gaza aid looting : worldnews

Israel military plane circled Malta, hours before flotilla 'drone attack' : worldnews

Netanyahu calls defeating Israel's enemies the 'supreme objective,' not freeing hostages : worldnews


Zelensky says talks with Trump at pope's funeral were their best yet : worldnews
Ukraine not responsible for safety of foreign officials traveling to Moscow for May 9 parade, Zelensky says : worldnews
Zelenskyy vows to make Russia "feel the war" as missile program heats up : worldnews

UK intelligence reports Russia may suffer record losses in war against Ukraine in 2025 : worldnews UK intelligence has estimated Russia's total losses at around 950,000 dead and wounded since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.However, Russia has lost approximately 160,000 people in the first four months of 2025, based on estimates in the UK intelligence review.Should these casualty rates persist for the rest of 2025, this would be the costliest year of the war in terms of Russian personnel, continuing the year-on-year trend of casualty increases - This is insane. Hopefully they will soon withdraw back to Mordor.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1164, Part 1 (Thread #1311) : worldnews

Ukraine must accelerate creation of ballistic systems, Zelensky says : worldnews

US State Department approves sale of F-16 training, support services for Ukraine

Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister: "Restoration of Azerbaijan's Territorial Integrity Can Serve as an Example for Ukraine" : worldnews

Kyiv may not see 10 May: threats from Russia follow Zelenskyy's warning about safety of Victory Parade guests : worldnews

Naval Drone Downs $50m Russian Fighter Jet, Ukraine Says -- 'World's First' : worldnews
Ukrainian uncrewed boat destroys Russian warplane for first time in history : worldnews - A $250,000 drone shooting down a $50,000,000 jet. At a cost ratio of 200:1, that's a hell of a win.
Kvist on X: / X



Europe to hand billions in frozen Russian cash to Western investors, sources say | Reuters : worldnews

Second Italian journalist allegedly targeted with 'mercenary spyware' | Ciro Pellegrino of Fanpage, who has been critical of Meloni government, says notification provoked horrible feeling' : worldnews

Romania taken off US visa-free travel list : worldnews

Remarkable scenes of gratitude greet Canadian war veterans in the Netherlands : worldnews

Rubio and German Foreign Ministry spar on X over comments accusing Germany of "tyranny in disguise" : worldnews

Swiss court rules vegan meat substitutes can't use animal names : worldnews

Handling of Gaza funds and alleged ties to Muslim Brotherhood cause uproar at Dublin Islamic center : worldnews

Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships : worldnews ... A Danish museum has been claiming them to be pirate ships, and they turned out to be massive Danish slave transport vessels. Lol lol lol okay then, hoorah for that totally accidental and believable "mistake"

US designates two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups : worldnews

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum drew a red line for Trump in a recent phone conversation, she told supporters at a public event on Saturday -- saying she rejected his wishes to deploy U.S. troops within her nation. : worldnews - We will never accept the presence of the United States Army in our territory," she said she told Trump, drawing applause and supportive chants from the crowd. I told him, "No, President Trump, our territory is inviolable, our sovereignty is inviolable, our sovereignty is not for sale"

US-Canada travel craters : politics




NOELREPORTS on X: The US feared giving Ukraine enough weapons to win, says ex-CIA chief Ralph Goff in a blunt interview with The Times. "We gave Ukraine enough weapons to bleed, not to win." Goff says Biden & allies delayed critical arms, intimidated by Putin's nuclear threats. / X

Week 15 - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... EO giving DHS and DOJ 90 days to develop a plan to nationalize local police. Announced a military parade for 14 June, the Generalissimo's birthday. Brought suit to put the federal judiciary under Trump's control.

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Underwater in Every Swing State -- Poll : politics


Trump on if US will enter a recession: 'Anything can happen' : politics

Trump budget proposes $1 trillion for defense, slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance : politics

How Trump Accidentally Sabotaged His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia. Trump has now admitted twice that he could bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home, but says his lawyers are telling him not to. This was a very dumb move -- and also a very revealing one. : politics
Trump Admits He Could Get Abrego Garcia Back, But Angrily Insists Non-Existent Tattoos Are The Reason He Won't : politics

Why are Republicans so bad at the economy? - In fact, the U.S. has been victim to an epidemic of economic downturns under Republican presidents in the last four-plus decades.

Waltz ouster adds to tumult in Trump's national security team but consolidates power in fewer hands : politics

How Rubio became Trump's minister of many hats : politics
Trump white-collar criminal pardons cost public $1bn, says ex-DoJ official : politics

Military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary will be held on Trump's birthday : politics
Trump Ripped Over 'Shameful' Plan For A Massive Military Birthday Parade : politics

Trump's Truth Social posts make no sense - what do they say about his mentality? : politics

MAGA Melts Down as Germany Declares Far Right 'Extremists' : politics

Trump Ally Stephen Miller Sues John Roberts in Bid to Control Courts : politics

ICE agents storm Irvine couple's home in search for answers about posters placed around LA : politics

US House Republicans vote against blocking ICE from deporting US citizens : politics

Federal judge strikes down Trump order targeting law firm for representing clients and causes that he dislikes : politics
Trump's Order Against Perkins Coie Struck Down by Judge : politics

Pam Bondi turning DoJ into Trump's 'personal law firm', top experts warn | Pam Bondi : politics

Pritzker on Trump: Everyone understands 'we've got an authoritarian in office' : politics

Trump Posting Apparent AI Photo of Himself as the Pope Takes Off Online : politics
White House posts AI image of Trump as pope : politics
Trump Posting Apparent AI Photo of Himself as the Pope Takes Off Online - Newsweek
Catholics of Reddit, how do you feel about the White House posting an AI image of Trump as Pope? : AskReddit

Trump vows to end Harvard's tax exempt status in social media post
Harvard faculty members pledge to donate 10% of pay amid Trump funding fight : politics
Harvard Sends International Students' Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared | News | The Harvard Crimson

Tru\mp Admits He Could Get Abrego Garcia Back, But Angrily Insists Non-Existent Tattoos Are The Reason He Won't : polit\ ics

Trump Rages at Own Judge After Ruling Halting Deportations Under Wartime Act. "Our Country, as we know it, is finished!" the president wrote after a court ruled he could not deport migrants without due process. : politics

Another round of auto tariffs just went into effect. They could change the industry forever | CNN Business : news

Trump's Tariffs Are Crushing His Voters : politics
Another round of auto tariffs just went into effect. They could change the industry forever | CNN Business : news
Trump Fact-Checked Into Oblivion Over Laughable Gas Price Boast - The internet relentlessly mocked the president after he claimed that he had brought gas prices down to $1.98 per gallon. : politics
Americans Really Dislike Trump. But They're About to Truly Hate Him. Welcome to the summer of scarcity and the full-blown Trump recession. : politics

Trump wants to sell off land that all Americans own. It should make you furious. : politics

Trump to eliminate 1,200 CIA positions within larger plan to shrink spy workforce: report : politics .. Dumpy has been in bed with vladdy daddy for decades, he knows, he doesn't care.

16 Democrats Just Voted to Confirm Another Trump Appointee : politics
Trump Suggests Republicans Start Expelling Democrats From Congress : politics

Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't : politics
How This Muppet Explains Why That Muppet Is Going After PBS : politics

Hegseth Says The Pentagon is Done 'Walking on Eggshells.' Women in Uniform Say it Feels Like a 'Slap in the Face.' : politics
'Never seen anybody this incompetent': Sen. Warner says Hegseth is the 'worst' Defense Secretary : politics

Trump does impression of transgender weightlifter during Alabama speech : politics
Trump does impression of transgender weightlifter during Alabama speech | AP News

'Do I Look Like I Care?': AOC Shreds Trump's Border Czar In Blunt Free Speech Reminder : politics

Massive crowd gathers in Philadelphia for Sen. Bernie Sanders, May Day rally; dozens arrested, police say : politics
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials, TeleMessage. The source code contains hardcoded credentials and other vulnerabilities. : technology
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked : technology


U.S. press freedom falls to historical low : politics


World may be 'post-herd immunity' to measles, top US scientist says : politics ... Risk of measles is considered high in the Americas, and has grown 11-fold compared with 2024.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination : politics

Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride : politics
Texas governor to sign largest US school voucher law, marking conservative shift : politics
Why Is Texas the Epicenter of Christian Nationalism? - Texas Monthly Billionaires here are funding right-wing politicians to knock down barriers between church and state. But a small countermovement is now rising to meet them ... he 2nd largest by GDP is the 4th worse in education and going further downhill.

Director of Arizona Medicaid Agency Resigns Following Fraud Response — ProPublica Under Carmen Heredia's leadership, the agency withheld payment to more than 300 businesses as it investigated fraud allegations. The state's swift response left patients homeless, ProPublica and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting found.

DeSantis wants Florida National Guard members to be immigration judges : politics

John Fetterman Seems Like a Risk to Himself and Everyone Around Him - A damning new report reveals how the Democratic senator appears to be endangering his own life, and those around him. : politics

Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama? : politics ... Trump for the third time publicly just said he 'wouldn't be here if not for the rigged election.'

MTG is considering running for the Senate. She is dead last in a poll of potential candidates : politics

GOP lawmaker admits he has no proof of student "furries" using litterbox. He filed a bill to stop students from acting like animals in schools. His entire bill is based on a lie. : politics

The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI : politics

Tesla Takedown Protesters Are Hitting Musk Where It Hurts: His Bottom Line : politics
Elon Musk's Mom Blames Murdoch Paper for Letting Women Write About Her Son : politics


Sports betting is destroying sports!! : videos


Pennsylvania woman arrested for launching explosive diarrhea out of her rear end on another driver's car during a road rage incident. : WTF

Kentucky $167.3 million Powerball jackpot winner arrested days after claiming prize : news

Cincinnati police fatally shot an armed 18-year-old. The next day, his father killed a sheriff's deputy, authorities say | CNN : news


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,876 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Lyman Trumbull.



Citizens in democratic countries have more benevolent traits, fewer malevolent traits, and greater well-being, finds study of 200k from 75 countries. With democratic backsliding, less freedom leads to more malevolent behavior, autocrats claim more power, worsen everyday living, a downward spiral. : science

Jeremy Renner and the Science of Extraordinary Near-Death Experiences - The New York Times A little over two years ago, the actor was run over by a snowplow. Like thousands of others, he then felt an "exhilarating peace." Why?

Two Theories of Consciousness Faced Off. The Ref Took a Beating. - The New York Times What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way - A 2021 survey identified 29 different theories of consciousness.

"Unparalleled" snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times : worldnews

Higher emotional intelligence is associated with better sexual satisfaction, study finds : science

New cannabinoids and chlorin-type metabolites from the flowers of cannabis sativa L.: a study on their neuroblastoma activity : science

Insomnia, anxiety, and depression are part of the same brain circuit (the amygdala-hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex circuit), even though they involve distinct areas : science

Negative images hijack attention and linger in memory, new study shows | These negative images also led to more negative feelings and were more likely to be remembered afterward. : science

Boy reported feeling kinder during in-person interactions as opposed to online exchanges, while girls rated themselves as significantly kinder than boys, finds study of how students aged 14-18 conceptualize kindness and how they express it in their everyday interactions. : science

NASA captures the Himalayas from the space [Non-OC] : pics

Scientist discover ancient brain-cleaning system that may break down in Alzheimer's disease | Researchers found that specialized glial cells in spiders use tiny canals to draw waste from neurons into structures that resemble microscopic receptacles. : science

Older adults who eat more organic food tend to have better cognitive performance, with a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment among women, but not among men. Organic foods tend to have less pesticide residues and heavy metals, and more polyphenols, vitamins, and omega-3 fatty acids. : science

A new study shows that even a moderate dose of caffeine alters brain activity during sleep, increasing complexity and nudging neural systems toward a high-efficiency processing state, especially in young adults during deep sleep. : science

A large-scale experiment with U.S. local elected officials (N = 23,738) shows that Black‌ ‌men‌ ‌are systematically ignored, regardless of the message they send. The officials also respond less to ‌Black‌ ‌women‌ ‌when‌ they ‌discuss race ‌and‌ ‌less to ‌White‌ ‌women‌ ‌when‌ ‌they discuss gender. : science


Those who cheated on their partners and left them for someone else, what's your story behind it? : AskReddit

ELI5: when does an island stop being an island? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: How did ships sail against the wind and still manage to reach their destination? : explainlikeimfive

Readers of Reddit, which is the darkest novel have you ever read? : AskReddit


Emmanuel College admissions admin charged with soliciting student




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U.S. Marine in Okinawa indicted over rape, injury : news



Astraia Intel on X: "NEW The Trump administration is reportedly concerned about Witkoff's approach to negotiations with Putin, according to the New York Post. Witkoff is said to violate established diplomatic protocol by attending negotiations without advisers, subject-matter experts, or military officials. Additionally, he reportedly relies on a Russian translator—whom he doesn't even know -- instead of bringing his own. / X
All smiles in the Kremlin as Putin sits down with Trump's deal maker Steve Witkoff : worldnews



Special Kherson Cat on X: Demolition of the bridge on Russian supply road. / X



Most US IPhones Will Be Made In India Now: Apple Tim Cook : worldnews


Sky News: Lydia Mugambe: UN judge who forced woman to work as slave jailed for more than six years : worldnews

Turkish Cypriots protest over what they say is Turkey's introduction of Islam into education system : worldnews


Astraia Intel on X: "BREAKING China pleads Kyiv not to strike Moscow during Russia's May 9 parade. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1163, Part 1 (Thread #1310) : worldnews

US State Department approves sale of F-16 training, support services for Ukraine : worldnews


Tesla Sales Plummet 80.7% in Sweden : technology

Switzerland to enact Hamas ban from May 15 : worldnews

Cardinal Gerhard Müller says next pope must be 'strong on doctrine' and stand up to 'gay lobby' : worldnews

German spy agency ranks far-right AfD "extremist" : worldnews
Rubio condemns German intelligence's decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremist : worldnews


Ireland fines TikTok 530 million euros for sending EU user data to China : technology


Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico: Report : worldnews

"No political games": Mark Carney says he will quickly call by-election so Pierre Poilievre could have a seat in Parliament : worldnews
Canada invites King Charles III to open Parliament in rare move: sources : worldnews




US will no longer mediate peace talks between Ukraine and Russia - State Department : worldnews
US Vice President JD Vance says Russo-Ukrainian war unlikely to end soon : worldnews

Trump Allies Sue John Roberts To Give White House Control Of Court System : politics

Trump signs executive order cutting federal funding to broadcasters : technology
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR : news
PBS, NPR Blocked From Federal Funding Under White House Order : politics

Donald Trump Calls for Democrats To Be Removed Over Impeachment Moves : politics

Supreme Court Justice Gets Standing Ovation for Breaking Cover to Attack Trump : politics ... Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received a standing ovation on Thursday after denouncing the Trump administration's "relentless attacks" on federal judges, calling them a threat to the rule of law.Ah so this is why they were floating the idea of arresting SC judges who don't obey the fascism.

Complete Moron' Trump Announces WWII Victory Day on Wrong Date : politics

WHOA!! SCARY NOT CLICKBAIT! Trump is MS13 : PoliticalHumor

Really this wouldn't surprise me at all. : PoliticalHumor

Donald Trump says America should "forget about" the separation of church and state. Trump said that instead of a separation of church and state, he will bring "religion back to our country." : politics

Trump Humiliates Musk in Speech After White House Exit : politic
Trump Takes a Surprise Dig at Elon Musk After Tesla CEO's White House Exit ...
Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too. He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he's done. : politics

'Daily Show Unloads On Pam Bondi's 'Bulls**t' Trump Claim: 'You Sound High As F**k!' : politics

Microsoft drops a law firm that appeased Trump, hires firm that's fighting Trump : politics

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Collapses With Rural Americans : politics


RFK Jr plans placebo-trial testing for 'all new vaccines' : news


Neil Young brands Elon Musk 'a fascist' in scathing new version of This Land Is Your Land : Music


Empty Seats for Trump at the University of Alabama (oc) : pics

Justice Department lifts desegregation order in Plaquemines Parish : news - So, after constantly screaming about being called Nazis, they want racially segregated schools?

Texas House passes bill that bans people under 18 from using social media : technology


John Fetterman's Struggle: The senator insists he's in good health. Staffers say they no longer recognize him. : politics


House votes to block California from banning sales of gas cars by 2035 : technology


Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale | News | The Harvard Crimson : books - Since 2018, at least 50 employees have left the press
Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale | News | The Harvard Crimson Since George T. Andreou '87 became the press's director in 2017, staff alleged - in interviews, union surveys, and letters to Harvard officials - that he belittled employees and mismanaged the publishing house.


Critically ill 9/11 first responders are being turned away from the program meant to save them : news



What's something coming out in the next 10 to 15 years that will change humanity (forever) that not enough people are talking about? : AskReddit


Rihanna dragged into Chris Brown's $500m legal battle as sexual assault accusations persist : Music


Ozzy Osbourne Deteriorating, 'Modern Miracle' To Do Final Concert : Music

New study finds a shared genetic link between endometriosis and immune conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. : science

A large-scale experiment with U.S. local elected officials (N = 23,738) shows that Black men are systematically ignored, regardless of the message they send. The officials also respond less to Black women when they ‌discuss race and less to White women when they discuss gender. : science

A novel research project has shown that areas with greater amounts of green space have a lower prevalence of police violence. The study is the first to find such a significant relationship, and it showed that the most deprived areas seemed to benefit the most from green spaces. : science

People with higher intelligence tend to reproduce later and have fewer children, even though they show signs of better reproductive health. They tend to undergo puberty earlier, but they also delay starting families and end up with fewer children overall. : science

What ages people real quickly? : AskReddit

One pill, multiple doses: New capsule stages delivery of your meds | Now, a customizable capsule could simplify complicated dosing schedules thanks to a unique staged release system. : science

Many people around the world believe in karma but that belief plays out differently for oneself versus others. People are more likely to believe that they've earned good things in their own life through karmic merit, while bad things that happen to other people are due to karmic punishment. : science

Can a single-celled organism become cancerous? : askscience

Handwriting helps children learn to read more effectively than typing. In an experiment with 5-year-old prereaders, those who practiced writing by hand -- either by copying or tracing -- outperformed children who typed the same material on a keyboard across a variety of tasks. : science

Men are more likely than women to get sick and die, but less likely to seek care from hypertension, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS | In most countries, males were also more likely to smoke, while females were more like to be obese and engage in unsafe sex. : science

A new study shows that even a moderate dose of caffeine alters brain activity during sleep, increasing complexity and nudging neural systems toward a high-efficiency processing state, especially in young adults during deep sleep. : science


Study links the body's immune response with schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, depression, and bipolar disorder : science - The findings suggest a fundamental change in the understanding of causal mechanisms for neuropsychiatric conditions. To date causal explanations for depression and schizophrenia have been predicted on monoamine neurotransmitters, such as serotonin and dopamine, but this study suggests that overactivity of the immune system could also contribute to the cause of mental health conditions


Vaping doubles risk of serious lung disease, even without smoking history - study : science

ELI5 If Fluoride is removed from drinking water can I get the same benefit from Fluoride toothpaste? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5; How adults can 'sleep wrong' or 'sleep too long' : explainlikeimfive

what's one nsfw confession you'd only make anonymously? : AskReddit

What is the absolute most badass movie line in history? : AskReddit

What mental health condition is the worst to have? : AskReddit

How and where did you get banned for life? : AskReddit

What's a silent struggle people face every day and no one talks about? : AskReddit

What's the most infuriating thing you've been told by someone who's technically "above you " like a Boss/Teacher/parent/etc ? : AskReddit

Redditors, how did you discover your partner's affair? : AskReddit

What's something you tried once and immediately knew it wasn't for you? : AskReddit

What's a completely normal thing you did that accidentally made someone fall in love with you? : AskReddit

Who was the worse "poser" you ever met? : AskReddit

What's something 'from back in your day' that the kids today won't understand? : AskReddit

If Books Could Kill - Episode 31: The Anxious Generation - YouTube

Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive : technology




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Snake halts Japanese bullet trains after wrapping around power line : worldnews

South Korea's ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol indicted on new charge of abuse of power : worldnews


'We don't care': A defiant China looks beyond Trump's America : worldnews ... US now only accounts for 14.8% of Chinese goods. This doesn't cover intermediary goods, but China really can look beyond the US as decoupling exacerbates.



Kremlin says Russia ready for mass mobilization like in WWII 'at any moment' : worldnews ... Also the average age of the russian soldier has moved from about mid twenties to near enough 50.

Russia's Foreign Ministry states it will not allow Ukraine to be restored within 1991 borders : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: Chinese soldiers are already marching in Moscow's parade rehearsal — officially "neutral," but enemies in disguise. Xi Jinping is expected to attend the May 9 event marking 80 years since WWII victory. No rational or law-abiding government should legitimize a regime openly violating international law by joining such a parade. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Six drones vs ten thousand — guess which side prevailed? On 27 April, Ukrainian drones flew a mind-blowing 1,200 km (746 miles) deep into enemy territory, untouched by Russia's air defenses. Their target? The massive Shahed factory churning out 300 killer drones a day — Putin's go-to weapon for pounding cities, blacking out the grid, and causing 27% of civilian deaths in January alone ... David just took down Goliath's weapons factory. / X



India achieves record $825 billion in exports for 2024-25 - The Times of India : worldnews
India has deployed jamming systems along its western border to disrupt the (GNSS) signals used by Pakistan military aircrafts. The deployment is aimed to impair Pakistan situational awareness. : worldnews

Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC for seventh straight day despite India's warning : worldnews
Pakistani Kashmir closes seminaries fearing Indian military strikes | Reuters : worldnews



Hennops River: Missing South African police officers found dead after six days : worldnews
Hennops River: Missing South African police officers found dead after six days


Trump says any country that buys oil from Iran will not be allowed to do business with U.S. : worldnews

Lebanese army dismantled 'over 90%' of Hezbollah sites near Israel, security official says : worldnews


Hamas wins huge majority | News | Al Jazeera The Islamic group Hamas has won a huge majority in parliamentary elections, with Palestinian voters rejecting the long-time rule of the Fatah movement.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Hamas sweeps to election victory Islamic militant group Hamas has won a surprise victory in Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections.
Hamas Wins Palestinian Authority Elections | PBS News Fatah supporters took to the streets of Ramallah last night to celebrate a victory that was not theirs. The exit polls got it wrong. The faction founded by the late Yasser Arafat had not, in fact, won a narrow victory. Instead, it was roundly defeated by the radical Islamic organization Hamas.

West Dismayed by Hamas Win; Calls for Policy Change - DW - 01/26/2006 There has been a chorus of Western dismay Thursday at the victory of Hamas in Palestinian elections. Leaders echoed warnings there could be no dealings with it unless the party stopped seeking the destruction of Israel.

Israel facing 'national emergency' as it battles worst fires in a decade, says Netanyahu : worldnews .. international news sources are kind of lagging here. As seen on Ynet, the fires are not out but are under control and all evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes.


US and Ukraine sign economic deal after Trump presses Kyiv to pay back US.: Follow live updates
With Minerals Deal, Trump Ties Himself to Future of Ukraine : worldnews
US and Ukraine sign natural resources deal and agrees to establish investment fund : worldnews
Russia's Medvedev says Ukraine minerals deal means Trump has forced Kyiv to pay for US aid : worldnews

Carney reiterates commitment to Ukraine in call with Zelenskyy : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1162, Part 1 (Thread #1309) : worldnews

Russia ignores the ceasefire proposal, attacking Ukraine with 170 drones - Zelenskyy : worldnews

NEXTA on X: "🚨 The SBU confirmed the assassination attempt on Sternenko: the volunteer was shot at with a firearm Ukrainian intelligence services prevented the murder of Ukrainian volunteer and activist Serhiy Sternenko. A photo of the neutralized attacker, who was recruited by Russians, has been published, along with a video of the moment of the attack. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: "Kyiv court ordered detention without bail for two defense executives from Dnipro plant for supplying 120,000 defective mortar rounds to the front lines. Suspects are accused of cutting costs at expense of quality, while mil officials overlooked defects / X

(((Tendar))) on X: Ukrainian mid-range drones continue to devastate Russian radar and air defense assets across Russian-occupied Crimea. The video shows strikes against ST-68, Obzor-3 and Imbir radar stations and launchers of S-300V SAMs. / X

Savchenko Volodymyr on X: I filmed this video for my followers. This is what the night in Odesa looked like: Shaheds hit residential buildings, and multiple fires broke out across the city./ X

Jürgen Nauditt on X: russia will not win this war; there have been no serious successes for a year and a half. They have not taken Kyiv, they have not advanced west of the Dnieper, they have not taken Odesa. - Kellogg. / X

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: Victoriia called her parents in August: I was promised to be home in September. Mom, Dad, I love you. She was taken from the cell on Sept 8, ready for a prisoner exchange. Roshchyna never returned. Russia's military police told her father she died on Sept 19. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Ukrainian soldiers get reward points for destroyed Russian targets, which they can then exchange for new equipment. Just like in a game. - Politico. The exchange happens through an online marketplace called Brave 1 and the troops need to provide video evidence to earn points. / X ... has already doubled the rate of Russian casualties since adjusting the point values.


EU will not recognize Crimea as part of Russia, Kallas says : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: Rheinmetall & Lockheed Martin are expanding cooperation to boost missile production in Europe. They plan to build a European center of excellence for missile systems—strengthening NATO, EU defense, and reducing reliance on U.S. supply chains. / X



Russia publishes book on Lithuanian history, preface written by Lavrov : worldnews ... Russia is and has always been a terrorist state. They can shove their revisionist fantasies where the sun doesn't shine. Lithuania existed long before Moscow was even a village.


Swiss defence industry moving abroad to escape neutrality : worldnews

300,000 Rally Across France For May 1, Union Says : worldnews

MPs set to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales : worldnews
Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027 : worldnews
UK among lowest-ranked countries for 'human flourishing' in wellbeing study : worldnews


Screwworm fly plague opens a new front between the Trump administration and Mexico : worldnews
We once rid the US of this nasty parasite. Now it could be coming back | Salon.com For years, a multi-country effort kept screwworm at bay. The US picking fights with Mexico isn't helping ... All I'm seeing is plagues and diseases are starting to pop up again. Strange how that happens under trump, maybe God is sending a message
Bird flu, screwworm monitoring among foreign aid programs killed by Trump | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc .. The 5,300 grants and programs killed in the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency of International Development include U.S.-funded animal disease monitoring projects operated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

Trump Won't Add Canada, Greenland or Panama to US Territory, Carney Says : worldnews
Quebec to impose full ban on cellphones in schools : worldnews




Trump reportedly shifts tone on Putin after UK, France apply diplomatic pressure : worldnews ... A former British ambassador, speaking anonymously, said London and Paris continually emphasized to Trump that Putin was "disrespecting him by consistently breaking the ceasefire he claimed to be implementing"
Visioner on X: According to Politico, after three months of negotiations and diplomatic efforts, Britain and France managed to convince Donald Trump that Putin was simply manipulating him. Starmer and Macron persistently tried for three months to persuade Trump to stop pressuring Zelensky and direct his anger toward the Kremlin. A face-to-face meeting with Zelensky in Rome also had a significant impact on Trump. / X

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: Trump approves first direct commercial arms sale to Ukraine for $50 million. Yesterday I thought that the new framework agreement strengthens Ukraine position with the U.S. Today we're seeing the results. 1 / X

KyivPost on X: A key US Senate ally of Trump says 72 senators back a bill imposing "bone-crushing" sanctions on Russia and 500% tariffs on countries buying its oil, gas, or uranium - unless Putin engages in serious talks to end the war — Bloomberg / X

One hundred days of Trump 2.0: falsehood after falsehood, again and again - The Washington Post The president's Time magazine interview featured 32 false or misleading claims.
7 polls that sum up Trump's first 100 days, approval rating - The Washington Post Where Trump is strong, the many places he's losing ground and what it says about what comes next.
Trump's First 100 Days: Destroying America Was The Plan All Along : politics
If leaders stay silent, the US won't survive Trump's next 100 days - We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out : politics

Trump's Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen : politics
Trump is losing : politics

MAGA Influencers Now Have Their Own Special White House Briefings : politics ... Barbie Goebbels

Republicans love Trump's economy-destroying regressive taxes - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The entire Republican Party owns Trump's self-induced recession.

We've never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency : politics - Trumps first term got over 1 million Americans killed due to his negligence and completely tanked the economy. We are only 100 days into this one and he's not quite lived up to that just yet ... Trump term 1 had guardrails (people that told him no or that is wrong or that won't work) vs Trump term 2 with zero guardrails and a cabinet full of billionaires that applauds everything he does ... "rule of flaw":

Trump's first 100 days will require a second Reconstruction : politics .. The entire post Civil Rights right wing political movement has been an attempt to reestablish a stratified, hierarchical society.

Judge holds that Trump's AEA deportations are illegal - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Leaving aside that the administration has been unwilling to even conform to the procedures of the statute it is invoking to kidnap people and try to deport them for writing op-eds, guilt by in-law association, guilt by random tattoos, etc., the Alien Enemies Act obviously does not confer authority to the executive branch to conduct deportations in these circumstances:
Trump-appointed judge says president's use of Alien Enemies Act is unlawful in first-of-its-kind ruling : politics

What Trump's interview revealed about Kilmar Abrego García's deportation - The Washington Post The administration has suggested it couldn't get Abrego García returned even if it wanted to, because he's in El Salvador. Trump just blew that up.
Judge denies DOJ's request to further delay discovery in Abrego Garcia case : politics - The administration now has 5 days to comply, after giving a week stay 7 days ago. More waiting, but I think this deadline will remain firm.

Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention : politics ... Before she died, she spent ten weeks in detention... for what? She supposedly "didn't have a valid immigrant visa." There are no other details. Nothing about her being a gang member or terrorist or anything. Why are people being detained for such long periods of time -- in harsh conditions -- when they aren't causing any harm to anyone? It's such a lack of compassion and decency. And because of these harsh conditions, people are dying. No, I don't believe they just randomly happened to pass away and it had nothing to do with the conditions of the detention centers ... The previous administration actually prohibited the DOJ from contracting with private prisons. Repealing that was amongst Trumps first executive orders.

Trump Administration Deported 238 Men to Hellish Prison in El Salvador. 75% Apparently Have No Criminal Record : politics

Undocumented immigrants contribute more to Social Security than they receive in benefits : politics

Migrants At Texas Detention Center Send SOS Message To News Outlet's Drone : politics


Vice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to kill bipartisan effort to rebuke Trump's trade policy : politics
Republicans Vote Against Move to Stop ICE Deporting US Citizens : politics

Eschaton: The Worst People At The Worst Time Leadership is just fucking awful. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER Hakeem Jeffries was asked Monday whether Democrats should continue to advocate for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the other men wrongly shipped to El Salvador, by making the trip to the country to put a spotlight on the issue. 'Our reaction is that Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating of any president in modern American history,' Jeffries responded.
Adrian Carrasquillo on X: "Weird they didn't pushback on the central thrust of the piece and we communicated on other parts of the story 👇🏽 Here it is https://t.co/PzSGjtUP3i" / X

"Bats**t crazy": House Dems float unsuccessful amendment to bar ICE deportations of US citizens : politics - Any part of The GOP that was remotely redeemable is dead and never coming back.Never forget: the GOP could stop this ANY time they wanted to. They're complicit ... The laughable part is these same folks bitched ENDLESSLY about their rights being infringed upon during Obama and Biden only to be practical mutes during this utter shitshow.

Watch: Pam Bondi Brags About Plans to Kill American Citizens : politics ... Interesting she tells the cabinet they won't be arrested by the US Marshals ... Black water can be deputized as part of the US Marshalls. They just did this for Elon's security team
Punishable by death: Pam Bondi raises the stakes in the war on federal workers - The Trump administration's war on whistleblowers takes a "treasonous" turn : politics
Pam Bondi Brags About Plans to Kill American Citizens | The attorney general on Wednesday expressed excitement over "signing death warrants." : politics

Harvard released antisemitism, Islamophobia reports: 5 takeaways.
Opinion | Harvard's not Hillsdale. That's a good thing - In fiscal year 2024, Harvard received $686 million from federal agencies, most of which came from the National Institutes of Health. Eighty-eight percent of Harvard's sponsored expenditures, including federal and private grants, went to Harvard Medical School, the School of Public Health, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering ... If you want your kid to become a right wing religious zealot, Hillsdale is the place to go.
The youth and mental acuity president confuses "Harvard" and "Harlem' - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Aaron Rupar: asked by Stephen A. Smith about his Harvard shakedown, Trump starts ranting about Harlem and says "I got a very high Black vote" - Bluesky

Stephen Miller Crashes Out Defending Trump's Weird Dolls Comment : politics

Critics Think Trump's 'Brain Is Cooked' After Bonkers Town Hall Tangent : politics
Trump Town Hall Bursts Into Laughter When He Says He Hasn't Made Any Mistakes : politics ... Four Seasons Total Landscaping happend because Trump claimed the Four Seasons (kinda fancy hotel) would be hosting his press conference, and the hotel told him to fuck off. They went with a landscaping company next to a crematorium and a dildo shop just because it had a similar name, and Trump wouldn't have to correct himself.
"Just Say Yes": Trump Demands Media Abandon Reality for His Version - The interview moment that perfectly encapsulates Trump's relationship with truth and expectations of media compliance. : politics - When Moran explained that the letters "MS-13" were digitally added to the images Trump was referencing, the former president lost his cool. In perhaps the most revealing moment of the exchange, Trump literally demanded that Moran abandon journalistic integrity and just lie: "Why don't you just say, 'Yes, he does,' and, you know, go on to something else?"

Trump Quietly Took Away a Living Wage From Thousands of Federal Workers : politics
Trump's Understanding Of The Economy Is Like A Toddler : politics

DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations : technology - A young man with no government experience who has yet to even complete his undergraduate degree is working for Elon Musk's so-called DOGE and has been tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the agency's rules and regulations.

As Musk steps back, DOGE looks to Congress to finish what it started - The Washington Post The effort faces an uncertain future in a largely frozen Congress that has passed few bills since President Donald Trump took office in January.
Musk Melts Down Over Report That Tesla Is Considered Replacing Him : politics - Ibstill find it funny that he had more money than he and his descendants could spend in hundreds of lifetimes, could have sampled every pleasure and joy (legally) that humanity could offer, and never have to want for anything in his life. Instead he'd spend hours writing up Twitter vendettas against people with <100 followers in some putrid infantile rage to "own" them on the internet like it was some 00s forum argument.
'This Is What We Were Always Scared of': DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State : politics
Full federal appeals court says Trump admin 'flouted' bedrock principle of keeping Americans' data safe by giving DOGE 'unfettered access' to social security data : politics
Elon Musk Suffers Late-Night Meltdown Over Murdoch Newspaper : politics ... Literally losing sleep over how much people hate him. Good ... He only recently just stolen all our data and infiltrated the agencies investigating his companies. I feel like his biggest crimes are yet to come.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to Step Down, CBS Says : politics
Waltzing Out the Door... - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Fired 'Idiot' Waltz Leaked One Last Signal Chat with Vance : politics
Photos Show Mike Waltz Using Signal in Trump Cabinet Meeting : politics
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages : politics ... "Let us take care of your Signal archiving and recording requirements," the video concludes ... Bonus - looks like an Israeli company too
(9) Project 2025 Private Training Video: Oversight and Investigations - YouTube

Trump's Open Corruption Hits Next Level With $2 Billion Crypto Scheme : politics ... The Trump family's cryptocurrency business just got a $2 billion investment from a firm backed by the United Arab Emirates government. The deal is rife with conflicts of interest.

Senate to vote on a measure to undo Trump's global tariffs : politics
Trump Says Kids May Just Have To Live With Fewer Toys Because Of His Tariffs : politics ... "Fuck the kids" - Republicans

JB Pritzker wants Democrats to stop compromising with the far right. : politics

Harris accuses Trump of abandoning American ideals in first major speech since leaving office : politics
Kamala Harris says Donald Trump has created the 'greatest man-made economic crisis' in modern history : politics

Horowitz Redux - Lawyers, Guns & Money

RFK Jr. Sat Down with Dr. Phil For a Conversation That Was Completely Detached from Reality : politics
Dr Phil Flatters Trump as a Man of 'Deep Conviction' and the Internet Goes Wild: '34 Convictions, Actually' : politics ... I blame Oprah for a lot of the shit we are in today.
The party of death - Lawyers, Guns & Money MAGA means more preventable overdose deaths: Despite his own history of overcoming heroin addiction, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is backing plans to end a federal Narcan distribution program credited with helping drive a steep drop in U.S. overdose deaths ... Supporting this party is absolutely unforgivable.
On the other hand, he's against potato chips in kids' school lunches - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... According to public health experts, the country's worst measles outbreak in years is being fueled by vaccination hesitancy, which critics say Kennedy has stoked for years. Asked to defend his response to the health crisis, President Donald Trump's secretary of health and human services blamed that hesitancy on "aborted fetus debris" in jabs ... For years, Kennedy has spread debunked conspiracy theories about vaccines, falsely claiming the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine causes autism, and that the COVID-19 vaccine is the "deadliest ever made." But this appears to be the first time he's floated the patently false "fetus debris" claim. This barely scratches the surface of the crazy things he believes. Now he's in charge! Of health! There is not this much ruin in a nation.
RFK Jr. Launches Bats**t New Conspiracy About 'Fetus Debris' in Jabs : politics

Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and U.S. : worldnews
Trump begins mass layoffs at FDA, CDC, other US health agencies | Reuters

The DOJ Says Trump Has Saved 258 Million Lives. I Asked Them What That's Based On | "Are you ready for this, media?" No, actually! : politics

Ilhan Omar Tells Right-Wing Reporter to 'F**k Off' : politics


The self-inflicted death of American science has already begun : politics
April Reading List - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Judge restricts Border Patrol in California: 'You just can't walk up to people with brown skin' : politics

Illinois governor says don't blame trans kids for losses by 'do-nothing Democrats' in fiery speech. The Democrat, J.B. Pritzker, took his party to task in the wake of Donald Trump's authoritarianism. : politics

Warm take: Markey refusing to retire at 80 kinda retroactively vindicates Joe Kennedy's 2020 primary challenge : boston


Democrats could win first Texas Senate race in 33 years: Poll : politics


11 high schoolers ordered to surrender after lacrosse team hazing in upstate New York : news

Middle schooler records himself harassing 5-year-old with ethnic slurs : news


Sheryl Crow Says Armed Intruder Came on Her Property After Selling Tesla : Music


Massive Attack Support Kneecap Amid Backlash Over Coachella Backlash: "Solidarity with all artists with the moral courage to speak out." : Music - Massive Attack continued, "But do politicians and right-wing journalists strategically concocting moral outrage over the stage uttering of a young punk band, while simultaneously obfuscating or even ignoring a genocide happening in real time (including the killing of journalists in unprecedented numbers) have any right to intimidate festival events into acts of political censorship? Kneecap are not the story. Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story."


Male victims of SA, how do you cope? : AskReddit


Opinion | Dire wolves, woolly mammoths: de-extinction duds Bringing back long-gone animals may sound like a great idea — until you look more closely at what's going on.


Hail video: High-speed cameras capture falling hail in groundbreaking research


New study confirms the link between gas stoves and cancer risk: "Risks for the children are [approximately] 4-16 times higher" : science

Sex Hormones Are Brain Hormones. Neuroscientists have learned that estrogen is vital to healthy brain development and also contributes to conditions including multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's. The insight that sex hormones also affect the brain is transforming how doctors approach brain health. : science

ELI5 Why does rabies have a near 100% fatality rate? : explainlikeimfive


US sees disproportionate increase in body mass index rates of more than 60. In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among Americans has risen by approximately 30%, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a BMI of more than 60 kg/m2, increased by 210%. : science


Cannabis industry in Massachusetts has an investment problem Because of oversupply and federal restrictions, the state's cannabis industry has come up against hard times


Bertucci's shutters five Massachusetts locations

Karen Read retrial: Here's how Wednesday unfolded

Turtleboy case: Prosecutors seek to revoke his bail




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3 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on China's space station : worldnews
World's military spending rises at highest rate in nearly four decades, report says : worldnews


Russia starts building bridge to connect with North Korea : worldnews
Russia starts building bridge to connect with North Korea | Ukrainska Pravda Construction of a road bridge across the Tumen River, which will connect Russia with North Korea, has begun in Russia's Primorsky Krai.


China suggests COVID-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation : worldnews



ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ On 3 May 2023, a Ukrainian drone hit the Kremlin (shown in the video above). In an evident attempt to prevent a repeat, the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that the authorities have forced hundreds of public sector employees to patrol the streets around the clock... / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: "President Trump's Special Envoy Keith Kellogg: "Russia's not winning this war. Russia has not made any major advances in the last year and a half. They haven't taken the city of Kyiv, the capital, they haven't pushed to the west of the Dnipro river (which is the major river obstacle), they haven't taken Odesa.They've lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers and they haven't really moved anything. It [Russia] moves by meters, not by miles. And the Ukrainians are fighting on their own soil, and they are fighting hard. So when Russia says they're winning - no, they're not. If they were winning, they would have already won this war... So I think they need to sit back and realize it. I think Ukraine's n a good position. The Europeans really stepped up." / X

Putin admits Ukrainian soldiers remain in Kursk Oblast after boasting about region's recapture : worldnews

About 600 North Korean soldiers killed in Kursk Oblast - Seoul : worldnews
About 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting for Russia, South Korea says : worldnews

India's Modi to Skip Moscow Victory Day Parade Amid Tensions With Pakistan - The Moscow Times : worldnews
India closes airspace for Pakistan-operated aircraft, airlines, military flights : worldnews

Pakistan claims it has 'credible intelligence' India will strike within 36 hours | CNN : worldnews
Major Escalation By Pakistan, Firing At International Border, India Responds : worldnews
Pakistan minister admits to shielding TRF, the outfit that owned Pahalgam terror attack, at UNSC : worldnews


Israel defends Syrian Druze with airstrike on extremist group near As-Suweida : worldnews


Israel's population tops 10 million for 1st time, on eve of 77th Independence Day : worldnews

Sara Netanyahu caught saying 'fewer' than 24 hostages remain alive - The Jewish Chronicle : worldnews

All Independence Day events cancelled in Israel as wildfires rage outside Jerusalem, following Hamas calls to set fires in the extreme weather conditions. Thousands evacuated from towns, and 3 Palestinians from East Jerusalem arrested in suspicion of arson. : worldnews
Wildfire shuts Jerusalem highway amid scenes of horror, triggers mass evacuations across Israel : worldnews
Hamas, Arab news outlet calls to set fires in Jerusalem, West Bank - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post Youth of the West Bank, youth of Jerusalem, and those inside Israel, set their cars ablaze... Gaza awaits the revenge of the free the terrorist organization wrote.


Putin demands full control of 4 Ukrainian regions, stalling US ceasefire push, Bloomberg reports : worldnews - 4 regions he doesn't even control. Ukraine would have to give Russia a foothold on the west bank of Dnipro river, a massive natural defensive line.

Zelensky warns Russia is "preparing something" in Belarus under guise of military drills : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1161, Part 1 (Thread #1308) : worldnews

Ukrainians declare victory in battle of Pokrovsk : worldnews


Ostap Yarysh on X: Russia is planning to forcibly move more than 50,000 Ukrainian children from the occupied territories to so-called 'holiday camps' - to indoctrinate and erase their national identity. / X


Rikard Jozwiak on X: Exclusive and wide-ranging interview with @MartaKosEU on: - possibly moving ahead of on EU accession - joining EU before 2029 - Her views on Dodik🇧🇦 & Vucic - Brussels re-engaging with again - and its EU prospects / X

Poland promises "appropriate response" to Russian military exercises in Belarus : worldnews

Norway Donates GRIFF 60 Cargo Drone to Ukraine for Life-Saving Operations : worldnews


Man arrested in Alexandroupoli(Greece) on espionage charges linked to Russian intelligence : worldnews


Eighty years after Mussolini's execution, nostalgia for fascism persists : worldnews


Danish king Frederik X arrives in Greenland as Trump eyes takeover of strategic Arctic island : worldnews

Mark Carney's Liberals fall short of majority in Canadian election : worldnews
'Holding our breath': Canadian auto workers face crisis as Trump threatens higher tariffs : worldnews
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country deserves "respect" from the US and stresses he will only allow a Canada-US trade and security partnership on our terms : worldnews
Canada's economy shrunk 0.2% in February, but early signs point to growth in March: StatsCan : worldnews
Day before Vancouver's Lapu Lapu tragedy suspect told police items were being thrown into his SUV : worldnews




Trump's Latest Order Wants to Use Military for Terrifying Purpose | Donald Trump wants to turn the military into his personal police force. : politics
Trump Seen as 'Dangerous Dictator' by Most Voters, Many Who Regret Voting For Him in Last Election: Poll : politics
We are witnessing slow constitutional collapse in the US : politics
Trump warns 'nothing will stop me' at rally to celebrate 100 days in office : politics

Elizabeth Warren Marks 100 Days Of Trump By Reading Aloud 100 Reports Of His Corruption : politics


Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won't : politics
Trump says 'I could' get Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador : politics
Trump Insists Edited Abrego Garcia Pic Is Real in ABC News Interview : politics
Trump tells ABC interviewer he has 'never heard of him' in testy White House exchange : politics ... The man is not all there and it's painfully obvious.
Trump Melts Down at Being Fact-Checked Right to His Face : politics
Trump Ridiculed After Claiming Abrego Garcia's Photoshopped MS-13 Tattoos Prove His Gang Member Status: 'Oh My God He's Senile' : politics
Trump admits he based deporation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on picture that isn't real : politics

"I am not afraid of you!" - Lawyers, Guns & Money Mohsen Mahdawi was released today on bail at the order of Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford of Federal District Court in Vermont. His immigration case continues, but he can fight it from outside a detention facility.
Trump Accused of 'Abduction' After Parents of Girl, 2, Deported to Venezuela Without Her : politics

ICE Agents raid home, force family out in their underwear: "Traumatized" : politics
'We're citizens!': Family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects : politics

GOP lawmakers unnerved by Trump's intensifying fight with judiciary : politics

Trump Weakens - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald Trump, in his first 100 days, has sown the seeds of his destruction. So say Josh Marshall and Jamelle Bouie, and I agree with them.
Pam Bondi Flatters Trump With Claim That 75% of America Would Be Dead if Not For Him : politics

Trump: you will get nothing and like it - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The idea that Trump would lower prices was probably the single most decisive issue in the 2024 election. True story! Also a true story is that Trump considers literally every economic transaction like people buying degrees from Trump University, and a lot of people are going to suffer based on his sheer stupidity.

Group non-think - Lawyers, Guns & Money Ben Smith has a story about a Signal group chat among America's worst and least bright: ... But their influence flows through X, Substack, and podcasts, and constitutes a kind of dark matter of American politics and media. The group chats aren't always primarily a political space, but they are the single most important place in which a stunning realignment toward Donald Trump was shaped and negotiated, and an alliance between Silicon Valley and the new right formed ... One takeaway here is that this group of extremely rich people, who are fanatically devoted to reducing their own tax burden while piling as many budens as possible upon the less fortunate, seem to do nothing that could reasonably be called "work." ... ANDREESSEN had grown up in an impoverished agricultural small town in Wisconsin, and despised it ... "I'm glad there's OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet." his, of course, is one of the actual messages of Hillbilly Elegy, no many how many pundits missed it entirely, and here we are.
Tom Scocca: Amazing how David Sacks is clearly and reliably always the worst guy in a collection of the most terrible guys in the world, it's like watching Usain Bolt run the 100 but for Being an Asshole - Bluesky

Crushed by the wheels of industry - Lawyers, Guns & Money Billionaire Howard Lutnick has a vision for Americans who aren't billionaires: Tending robots and fixing HVAC in factories. Forever ... Recall that last month Lutnick claimed that only a crook would complain if their Social Security payment was a month late. This month he's peddling a dystopian vision for people who aren't millionaires, because that's what he thinks is good enough for them. At least until the robots learn to repair themselves and the HVAC systems.

Good News - Lawyers, Guns & Money David Horowitz is dead. Bill Donohue, one of the worst living Americans, is sad. Let's remember some of Horowitz's greatest hits: "Obama is an anti-American radical and I'm actually sure he's a Muslim, he certainly isn't a Christian. He's a pretend Christian in the same way he's a pretend American. It really is disgraceful. He's inviting the terrorists to behead more Americans when he should be attacking them with our military. His whole agenda in office has been to defeat America, he lost the war in Iraq deliberately, he created a vacuum which ISIS has filled."

Donald Trump Approval Rating Drops 7 Points With GOP Pollster : politics

Wednesday's Q1 GDP report added to fears U.S. is already in a recession : worldnews

U.S. economy went into reverse in the first quarter, new GDP data shows : politics
Trump blames Biden as US economy goes into reverse : politics
Trump blames Biden 'overhang' after GDP shrinks in first quarter, says growth will 'take a while' : politics
And it's worse when I try to remember - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump contract economy:
The US economy likely just had its worst quarter since Covid : politics

Trump Says Voters Unhappy About The Economy And His China Trade War Should Deal With It Because 'they did sign up for it, actually' : politics
Trump says supporters 'did sign up for' higher costs : politics

Trump, Who Owes His Freedom To Due Process, Is Destroying It for Everyone Else : politics

Trump is proving too incompetent to be an authoritarian : politics

Abortion laws after Dobbs decision may accelerate ideological migration in the US. Following the Supreme Court's decision, people living in states expected to adopt policies contrary to their beliefs reported a lower sense of belonging and greater desire to move to states aligned with their values. : science

Most Democrats say their party's elected officials are not pushing hard enough against Trump's policies : politics

Trump Tariffs Liberate 20,000 UPS Workers From Their Jobs : politics

Trump Fires Harris' Jewish Husband From Holocaust Memorial : politics

'Completely unprecedented': Trump officials are attacking science, experts say : politics

Senator Mark Kelly blasts Pete Hegseth: 'Americans are less safe because of his mismanagement' : politics... DUI hire Whiskeyleaks ... Kegsbreath ... This guy is a treasure trove
House Republicans block vote to probe Hegseth's Signal use : politics

H.R.3040 - To prohibit the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Federal office. : politics ... gerrymandering, voter suppression, opposition to the voting rights act, banning giving water to people in line to voteeroding education throughout all these years. An uneducated populace vote republican.knowledge has a known liberal bias ... That happened in Florida this election. It didn't pass, but they did introduce a bill that would make the Democratic party illegal.

Trump's new executive order says private law firms will do free work for accused cops : politics

Mother Jones: "According to Kash Patel's own financial disclosure statement, he pocketed $25,000 from a production company operated by a filmmaker associated with a Kremlin-subsidized propaganda project, a pro-Putin oligarch, and a pro-Kremlin disinformation agent. @davidcorn.bsky.social's NEW video explains:" - Bluesky

UPS cutting around 20,000 jobs amid 'new or increased tariffs'; 164 buildings closing : politics ... Just when Trump-voting truckers thought they were headed for good times too. "You'll be so RICH!", Trump said. BEHOLD the grim future that awaits, Trump Truckers. This story really buries the lead.

AOC's 75-Year-Old Rival for Top Committee Spot Steps Aside : politics


Amazon says displaying tariff cost 'not going to happen' after White House blowback : politics


Elon Musk Has Already Packed Up and Left the White House : politics

Gretchen Whitmer Speaking at Trump Rally Sparks Fury: 'Enabling Behavior' : politics

Democrats Win Landslide in Safe Iowa Seat, Claim 'Rebuke of Trump' : politics ... Turnout was just 17.4%. That's insane ... It seems like Republicans angry at Trump's hijinks didn't want to vote Democrat, so they didn't bother voting at all lol.

Trump pardons Palm Beach Gardens tax cheat two weeks after judge sentenced him to prison : politics


The lavratory of democracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money You will have almost certainly guessed the second state to ban fluoride in its public drinking water: Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities ... Fluoride strengthens teeth by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water is considered among the greatest public health achievements of the last century ... I'm so old I remember when most of the elite press tried to sell the public on the idea that DeSantis was the sensible, competent alternative to Donald Trump, and specifically that his anti-vaxxism was actually about "freedom."

Breaking bad - Lawyers, Guns & Money What can men do against such reckless lies? Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump's first 100 days we've seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. The claim that Trump administration policy regarding fentanyl saved the lives of more than one third of the nation's population in the first three months of 2025 has multiple functions.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,875 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of David Davis ... Also, in 1878, Davis notoriously slipped on a banana peel while in Washington and went head over heels like a bad comedy, which was reported in the press. Now that's quality history!


As the Carthaginians Did - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some interesting genetic research on the Carthaginians: ... ntriguingly, Dr Reich and his team established that there was, indeed, a recognisable genetic mixture that could be described as "Punic". But it had little to do with Phoenicia. Instead, it drew in Greek, north African and Sicilian genotypes.
Punic people - Wikipedia


What improved your quality of life so much, you wish you did it sooner? : AskReddit

What's your very first memory? how old were you? : AskReddit





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China sends a stern video message to Trump: We won't 'kneel down' : worldnews



NOELREPORTS on X: The "truce" Putin declared for May 8-10 isn't about peace — it's about protecting VIP guests in Moscow, says Ukraine's Presidential Office. This move is seen as pure manipulation, not a real step toward ending the war. / X
Russian State Media Censors Trump's Criticism of Putin : worldnews
Russia rejects Trump's proposed peace deal : worldnews
President Putin's proposal for a 'three-day truce' is absurd, says Trump's Ukraine envoy : worldnews
Trump suggested that Putin could bring the situation to the point where US President takes Ukraine's side | УНН : worldnews

OSINTtechnical on X: "Ukrainian forces successfully struck an oil depot in the Russian city of Novorossiysk tonight. The facility is currently ablaze. https://t.co/WgynAJWmnE" / X

NEXTA on X: "‼️Russian Pensioners in Latvia Left Struggling as Russia Forgets Its Financial Obligations to Pensioners Russian pensioners living in Latvia are facing a severe financial crisis as Russia fails to send the necessary funds for their pension payments. In the first quarter of 2025, Russia transferred just €21,000, a sum far too small to cover the millions needed for pensions. The list of recipients included only 9 people, leaving the vast majority of pensioners without any support. / X

Russia has lost over 950,000 soldiers since February 2022 : worldnews


Euromaidan Press on X: "Ever wonder how effective Ukraine's aid really is? One homemade drone just wiped out more Russian shells than the US and EU produce together in a year. On 22 April, Ukraine's $1 million Palianytsia drone flew 700 km (435 miles) to torch Russia's 51st Arsenal — igniting 264,000 tons of ammunition in a blast NASA satellites caught from space. Even 70 km from Moscow, Russia's air defenses failed to stop it. / X


PM Modi gives armed forces full freedom to decide 'mode, timing & target' of India's response to Pahalgam terror attack : worldnews

Pakistan ex-special force operator key conspirator behind Kashmir terror attack : worldnews
Pakistan may hit 120 degrees this week. It could be a global record. : worldnews


US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier : news


The Counter-Offer - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Visegrád 24 on X: "BREAKING: Zelensky rejects Putin's ceasefire proposal for Victory Day (May 9) Zelensky tells Putin to accept Trump's full 30-day-ceasefire: "We value lives, not parades. A real ceasefire must start immediately & last at least 30 days -- not just pause killing for a few days" / X
Institute for the Study of War on X: Ukraine, in contrast to Russia, continues to demonstrate its support for Trump's desired full, permanent ceasefire. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1160, Part 1 (Thread #1307) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Russia Returned Ukrainian Journalist Viktoria Roshchyna's Body Without Internal Organs : worldnews ... The body showed signs of a postmortem dissection carried out in Russia and presented clear evidence of torture, including abrasions, bruises, a broken rib, and suspected injuries from electric shocks. Investigators discovered that several organs were missing, including the brain, both eyeballs, and part of the trachea. According to an international forensic expert consulted by journalists, the absence of these organs could have been intended to obscure evidence of death by strangulation or suffocation


Almost 90% of Ukrainians don't trust Trump, poll shows : worldnews


MAKS 24 : Medvedev said that "denazification is necessary not only for Ukraine but also for all of Europe." He proposed creating an international tribunal after the end of the "conflict" in Ukraine, "Nuremberg 2.0" / X (+the eyes)
Savchenko Volodymyr on X: Friedrich Merz: "We are under immediate threat from Russia. We see daily sabotage, destruction of data lines and submarine cables, systematic disinformation of our population. We also see poisonings and murders in many cities in Europe. This is the work of the Russian government and its accomplices. / X
Projekt Europa on X: "@SavchenkoReview @Maks_NAFO_FELLA Merz calls it what it is: Russia's war isn't waiting beyond NATO's borders. It's already crawling through Europe's cables, poisoning its streets, hacking its minds. Every silent sabotage, every quiet murder - that's not "gray zone conflict." That's war by other means. And gnoring it won't make it quieter. It will just make it closer. / X



Germans too mentally weak for war, warns former president : worldnews
Consistent_Score_602 comments on How ever-present was Nazi persecution in the lives of average German citizens who didn't fall into persecuted groups?

Freak disappearance of electricity triggered power cut, says Spain PM Sánchez : worldnews

KyivPost on X: "France, holding the current presidency of the UN Security Council, has called an emergency meeting in response to Russia's latest escalation of attacks on civilians in Ukraine. / X
In first, France accuses Russian intelligence of repeated cyber attacks : worldnews
France says Russian hackers behind attack on Macron's 2017 presidential campaign : worldnews



As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert : politics The border state of Chihuahua has recorded 713 confirmed cases, with its outbreak linked to the ongoing cluster of cases north of the border in Texas ... Data from the US has been wiped.

Mark Carney's Liberals have held on to power : worldnews ... Straight up News Corp needs to be banned, it is a fascist disinformation racket. Toss it all out ... American here. Do it while your parents are still sane. Do it while you still can.
Trump Made Carney's Turnaround Victory Possible : politics ... Quebec in particular had rallied, and you know when they rally for Canada, someone has really fucked up.
Canada's conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in election collapse : worldnews
Gigantic loser Pierre Poilievre loses his own riding after blowing 25 point lead - Lawyers, Guns & Money
'Our old relationship of integration with the US is now over': Canadian Prime Minister : worldnews




Notes on fascist camp - Lawyers, Guns & Money I was excited to hear that President Trump is open to the idea of being the next Pope. This would truly be a dark horse candidate, but I would ask the papal conclave and Catholic faithful to keep an open mind about this possibility!(@LindseyGrahamSC) April 29, 2025

Former Social Security Chief Martin O'Malley Warns of "Collapse of the Entire System" Under Trump : politics ... I am shocked that republicans under Trump are finally doing what they've wanted and threatened to do for most of lifetime… kill social security

An offer you can't accept - Lawyers, Guns & Money A good summary by Krugman about why Trump's attempts to leverage countries have been a dismal failure:

Trump Issues Executive Order Ramping Up American Police State : politics
House Democrat unveils articles of impeachment against Trump : politics

Dems need to unite as a broad anti-Trump coalition - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Most Americans now see Trump as "a dangerous dictator," poll says : politics
More give Trump an F than any other grade for first 100 days, poll finds : politics
Donald Trump Given 'F' Rating by Americans After 100 Days : politics ... New Executive order: Alphabet ends at E now.
100 days of disaster - Lawyers, Guns & Money

CNN Poll: Frustrated Americans want more checks on Trump, have dim views of Democratic opposition : politics
Why is America sleeping as autocracy approaches? : politics

White House Says Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus To Speed Up Mass Deportations Is Open to Discussion : politics
Across 500 Pages, Harvard Task Force Reports Detail Hostility on Campus and Urge Broad Policy Changes | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard's twin task forces on combating bias toward Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian affiliates released their long-awaited reports on Tuesday afternoon -- describing an atmosphere of fear and exclusion, as well as deep divisions over curricula, protests, and the scope of academic freedom.

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family's fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings - even though they were not the suspects the agents were looking for ... But any comfort they had disappeared Thursday morning when about 20 men, armed with guns, busted through the door ... She said they ordered her and her daughters outside into the rain before they could even put on clothes.

ICE Gave 2-year-old U.S. citizen Deportee Mom 2 Minutes to Decide Citizen Kids' Fate : politics

Stephen Miller tells Fox News anchor on air: Fire your pollster : politics

Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget

Tainted love - Lawyers, Guns & Money No Republican EVER does anything like this, and for good reason. At the precise moment that rage against the Trumpist machine is reaching incandescent levels all across America, Democratic governors like Whitmer, Newsom, and Polis are apparently astonishingly tone-deaf.

Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Office, Prompting 'Exodus' - The New York Times Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump's agenda. (defend white supremicism)
De facto repeal of the Civil Rights Act - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump executive order requires truck drivers to speak English

Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act : technology ... Given Trump's unhinged reaction to recent bad polling, there's a 101% chance he'll use this Act to purge all content that's less than fawning about him
Why Congress Is On Sound Legal Footing To Pass The TAKE IT DOWN Act : technology

Republicans Move to Block Inquiries Into Trump Admin Amid Signal Scandal : politics
Mike Johnson Quietly Moves to Block Democrats Investigating Trump : politics

It's time for the US to guarantee healthcare to all : politics

Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans | Techdirt ... This latest move follows Martin's established pattern of constitutional violations, including investigating protected speech by Congress members, attacking the Associated Press, and probing medical journals over their editorial policies.


Trump's Navy Secretary Keeps Flubbing The Date Of Pearl Harbor John Phelan, an investor and Trump donor, has never served in the military. : politics

Fascists eventually come for everyone, they don't stop with rights activists : politics

Some pictures from Anti- Trump and Musk. : pics


Donald Trump's New Order Sparks 'Martial Law' Concerns : politics

Trump Orders Hegseth, Bondi to Send Military Assets to State, Local Police 'to Prevent Crime' in Latest Executive Order : politics
Bondi and Hegseth ordered to look at how military can be used in domestic operations Trump's latest order could violate 1878 law designed to keep Armed Forces out of law enforcement concerns : politics


Elon Musk's Doge conflicts of interest worth $2.37bn, Senate report says | Committee calls figure a 'conservative estimate' and warns Musk may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability : politics ... I'm sure just reading the title makes LumpFace Leon poop his new Trump diapers.
DOGE team gain accounts on classified systems with nuclear secrets : NPR
Musk's Boys In Restricted Data? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
NLRB whistleblower claims Musk's DOGE potentially caused significant security breach | PBS News

Tesla is in worse shape than you think : technology 71% drop in net income. Damn.
Watch Neil Young debut a new song and take a jab at Elon Musk: "If you're a fascist, get a Tesla" : Music
'If you're a fascist, get a Tesla': Neil Young targets Elon Musk in new song : politics

RFK Jr.'s Sister: 'He Is Not an Appropriate HHS Secretary' : politics


"We will bring this home": North Carolina Democrats confident they'll defeat GOP election denial : politics

Angry Florida voters hold 'empty chair' town halls for absent Republicans : politics

In Trump-voting Iowa, farmers have started to shout at each other : politics ... They'll blame anyone but themselves for this disaster they wanted.


Tracking San Francisco's drug overdose epidemic Of those deaths, 44 involved fentanyl. In the previous month, 57 people died, and 42 of those deaths involved fentanyl February 2025
A Night in San Francisco's Open-Air Drug Market - YouTube

After killing unarmed man, Texas deputy told colleague: 'I just smoked a dude' : news



The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here



Erik Visits an (Non) American Grave, Part 1,874 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave, or cool frog urn anyway, of Frida Kahlo. ... Frida was a communist. Or more accurately, a Communist. She was a member of the Mexican Communist Party, beginning in 1927
' The Two Fridas - Wikipedia
Diego Rivera - Wikipedia


Photography in the Vietnam War - Lawyers, Guns & Money
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America - The New York Times Vietnam was the first "living room war," seen on TV and through remarkable photography.


High Cannabis Use Linked to Increased Mortality in Colon Cancer Patients : science

Lion's Mane mushroom is packed with compounds that seem to protect your brain and body by fighting inflammation, oxidative stress, and even some microbes, but scientists still need to do more tests on people to be sure : science

Testosterone heightens neural sensitivity to social inclusion and exclusion, study finds. Healthy men who received testosterone showed amplified brain activity related to empathy for others' inclusion and exclusion experiences, even though their self-reported feelings of empathy remained unchanged. : science ... Having read before that there has been a population-level decline in testosterone levels in the US over the past 50 years or so, maybe that does have some bearing on the more reclusive and fragile nature of modern society.

Researchers found that up to 32% of dementia cases over an eight-year period could be attributed to clinically significant hearing loss, suggesting potential benefits from hearing interventions. : science

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) tied to 124,000 premature deaths over 2 years in US. UPFs include preservatives, emulsifiers and sweeteners. Sugary drinks, sweets, chocolates, pizzas, hamburgers, chicken nuggets are defined as UPFs. By 2018, UPFs made up more than half total dietary energy in the US. : science

Study indicates that prostate cancer can be diagnosed at an early stage through a simple urine sample : science

Multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines do not cause significant metabolic changes. The findings help counter misinformation and support confidence in vaccination. While mild SARS-CoV-2 infections can cause more pronounced metabolic changes, the temporary fluctuations after each vaccination were minor. : science



ELI5 how did Meth and Fentanyl overtake Crack Cocaine as an epidemic drug? : explainlikeimfive

What's a terrifying display of intelligence you' ve seen by another human? : AskReddit

Men: What's a "cheat code" you discovered in marriage that actually works? : AskReddit


Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users : technology



The State of Public Transit in the United States : boston ... The Boston metro landed the #1 spot in our ranking. The metro is home to 113 bus, 12 rail, 3 subway, 5 light rail, and 2 ferry lines that allow riders to get nearly anywhere in the area within 30 minutes.





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A fleet of aging army tanks donated to Ukraine are yet to leave Australia : worldnews

After Google, Samsung is planning to shift smartphone production from Vietnam to India : worldnews


North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time in KCNA report : worldnews


China rejects Trump's claim that Xi has called him by phone : worldnews



Putin announces three-day Ukraine ceasefire from 8 May : worldnews
Putin thanks North Korean troops for participation in war, while US State Department expresses "concern" : worldnews

Drones reportedly strike Russian plant producing parts for missiles, radars : worldnews

Saint Javelin on X: "List of foreign officials who have confirmed their attendance at Moscow's Victory Day on May 9th. / X

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: Russia is not in a good shape. Really! Putin's money machine is sputtering - The Economist. Russia's economic growth has crashed from 5% to 0% since late 2024 [according to Goldman Sachs]. Sberbank's [The biggest Russian bank] business turnover index also dropped. / X

WarTranslated on X: Russia is preparing for a military conflict with NATO after the war in Ukraine ends, according to The Wall Street Journal. A ceasefire in Ukraine would allow Russia to carry out a limited operation against the Baltic states within 2-3 years, according to the Carnegie Center in Berlin. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: "Russia has officially declared its conditions for ending the war, according to MFA Lavrov. Among them: Crimea, Sevastopol, DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions must be officially recognized as Russian. Ukraine must lift the ban on negotiations with Russia, renounce NATO membership, and secure a neutral, non-aligned status. Ukraine must undergo demilitarization and denazification, all sanctions against Russia must be lifted, and frozen assets returned. Ukraine must also cancel laws limiting the use of Russian language, culture, and churches./ X

Euromaidan Press on X: Frontline report: Ukrainian drones strike key Russian drone facility 1,200km behind lines Five Ukrainian drones carrying 250-kilogram bombs successfully struck Russia's main Shahed assembly line in Yelabuga / X

(((Tendar))) on X: US Republican Senator John Kennedy: „He (Putin) has disrespected our President. I don't think it's gonna get any better until we make it clear to Mr. Putin that we are willing to turn him and his country into fish food. / X


World Bank says India lifted 171 million nationals out of extreme poverty in a decade : worldnews
India signs $7.4 billion deal to buy 26 Rafale fighter jets, official says : worldnews

Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent : worldnews

Iran tight-lipped on cause of deadly port explosion that killed at least 65 people | CNN : worldnews


The Settlers review - this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he's never done before : television

Israel seems set on destroying system of international law compliance, ICJ hears : Global_News_Hub

Israel rejects five-year Gaza ceasefire deal that would allow Hamas 'time to rearm,' official says : worldnews


Trump 'thinks' Zelensky ready to give up Crimea to Russia : worldnews
Donald Trump calls on Putin to end war and sign deal : worldnews

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Yes, this is a great excerpt from President Zelenskyy's interview with Ben Shapiro. I decided to make subtitles. Rabbi Moshe Azman Chief Rabbi of Ukraine does amazing things for Ukraine. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1159, Part 1 (Thread #1306) : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Russian soldiers' chances of being evacuated from the battlefield are now virtually non-existent in many parts of the front line, according to a Russian military doctor. The prevalence of Ukrainian drones, cluster shells and remote mining is blamed. / X

Institute for the Study of War on X: "2/ The innovation and operational concepts being forged in Ukraine will set the stage for the future of warfare. ⬇️ ISW has observed the rapid rate at which both Ukraine and Russia have managed to conceptualize, field, and implement near-continuous technological innovation and battlefield-adjusted tactics to optimize combat dynamics. Ukrainian and Russian forces field new adaptations over the course of months rather than years and are constantly experimenting, further driving the feedback loop of increased reliance on technology and tactical innovation to maintain battlefield advantages. / X


Euromaidan Press on X: "Frontline report: New British truck turns Russian drones into electronic confetti — and Ukraine wants it bad In live-fire tests, Britain's new microwave weapon disabled 100 Russian drones at once — for pennies per shot. / X


Poland's last anti-LGBT resolution repealed : worldnews


Conclave to elect new pope to start on 7 May, Vatican says : worldnews

Germany pledges that it will help Ukraine even if the United States moves on : worldnews undefined
NOELREPORTS on X: German Defense Minister Pistorius voiced concern: U.S. demands for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia are going too far. / X
Germany surges to fourth largest global military spender : worldnews
Robin Brooks on X: If Germany wants to deter Russia, it doesn't need big fiscal stimulus. Germany's direct exports to Russia have fallen (black), but transshipments - especially via Turkey (orange) - mean there's really been no drop in German exports to Russia. 3 years of this nonsense. Just stop. / X
Bestselling German novelist found killed on Hamburg houseboat : books

Russian cyberattack shuts down websites of numerous Dutch municipalities and provinces : worldnews

Large parts of Spain and Portugal hit by power outage : worldnews - due to extreme temperature variations in the interior or Spain, there were anomalous oscillations in the very high voltage lines (400 KV), a phenomenon known as 'induced atmospheric vibration'. These oscillations caused synchronisation failures between the electrical systems, leading to successive disturbances across the interconnected European network.
Spain declares state of emergency after nationwide power blackout : worldnews
Spain's nuclear reactors prepare for reconnection to grid, nuclear safety council says : worldnews


UK and EU to defy Trump with 'free and open trade' declaration : worldnews


US urges Mexico to stop screwworm parasite from crossing border : worldnews
The 'Wall' That Keeps Flesh-Eating Worms Out of America - The Atlantic Inside the U.S. and Panama's long-running collaboration to rid an entire continent of a deadly disease

'It was meant to be!' Trump greets Canada election with fresh threats : worldnews
Trump says Canada should become U.S. state as president weighs in on Canadian vote : worldnews
Donald Trump Sends Election Message to Canadians: 'Cherished 51st State' : politics
Ahead of Canada's Election, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Speaks Out on Trump's Plans to Annex the Country : worldnews
Rubio reiterates Trump's view that Canada 'would be better off' as a US state : worldnews Little Marco parroting Donnie's talking points. What a pathetic spineless jellyfish piece of garbage Rubio is. How does it look at himself in the mirror each morning as a Man?




Ukraine has exposed Trump's true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all - and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price : politics

Trump Tells Americans What Putin Wants Them to Hear : politics

China rejects Trump's claim that Xi has called him by phone : politics
Trump Claims Trade Negotiations are Happening Every Day With China. No One in Beijing or Washington Seems to Know Who is Doing the Talking: President says U.S. and China are talking, China denies it, and no one in the administration seems to know about it : politics


Congressman Shri Thanedar Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors : politics
Majority of US Voters Support Third Trump Impeachment: Poll : politics


Trump team litters White House lawn with mugshots of arrested migrants : politics
Trump White House lines lawn with mugshots of illegal immigrants : politics

Americans to Trump: You've Gone Too Far : politics
What Trump has broken in 100 days, explained in 10 charts : politics
The Worst First 100 Days of Any Administration in History : politics
100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified : politics
We are not a serious country - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald Trump's poll numbers are cratering pretty much across the board, despite: ... Partisan views of Trump remain broadly polarized, with 86% of Republicans approving and 93% of Democrats disapproving. But among political independents, the president's approval rating has dipped to 31%, ... You do not know anyone as stupid as the marginal American voter. You just don't.

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism - The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They're also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter. : politics
'I Run the Country and the World' : politics
100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified : politics ... Recall the current editor in chief for the NYT stated that he didn't think it was part of his job to defend democracy.

Trump approval sinks as Americans criticize his major policies, poll finds : politics
Awful Awful Awful: CNN Data Chief Exposes Trump's 'Just Horrible' New Poll : politics - Nixon had to hit 24% approval before they had him resign. So Trump still has a bit of cushion before anything big could hit him.
Trump Melts Down Over Plummeting Popularity, Says Pollsters Are 'Criminals' : politics
MAGA loves a tantrum: How public meltdowns became the preferred method of GOP communication : politics


Donald Trump demands investigations into negative approval rating polls : politics


Trump's descent into fascism is worse than we could have predicted : politics
Trump's second term will be the worst presidential term ever - Tragically, the president's second term is already more lawless and more authoritarian than any in US history : politics

Trump Promised a Markets Boom. 100 Days In, Stocks Have Only Seen Damage : politics
Trump took the US economy to the brink of a crisis in just 100 days : politics

Jewish senators accuse Trump of exploiting antisemitism to target universities : politics

Trump golf club to host speaker who markets chlorine dioxide bleach as health treatment for cancer, Covid and autism. : NewsOfTheStupid

Wisconsin judge faces up to 6 years in prison for allegedly misdirecting ICE : politics
Senate Democrat on judge's arrest: 'Gravely serious and drastic move' : politics

Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after visiting her father in Ireland : politics

Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges : politics

Trump DOJ rescinds Biden-era protections for news media : politics The Justice Department has rescinded a policy implemented during the Biden administration that restricted prosecutors from seizing reporters' records in criminal investigations. Gee, I wonder why the Felon-in-Chief might want to do that.

Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute them : politics

Axed Pentagon Aide Says Hegseth Spends Half His Time Investigating Leaks : politics ... Plus, the fact that he's posting sixteen photos and videos of himself working out with troops in just one month is kind of pathetic, don't you think?
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says Pete Hegseth has "created chaos" at the Pentagon : politics
Jimmy Kimmel on Hegseth bringing his wife to meetings: 'Maybe she's his designated driver' : politics

Trump World Is Ruled by Group Chats, Damning New Report Shows | Turns out, Pete Hegseth's group chats aren't the only ones being used to shape decisions. : politics - This is literally Project 2025. The whole fucking purpose of this is so that nothing is retained. Every illegal decision is automatically deleted after a little bit of time.

How religious public schools went from a long shot to the Supreme Court : politics
Supreme Court this week hears case of proposed Catholic public school - The Washington Post Catholic groups and some conservatives want the justices to launch an education revolution by approving a Catholic public charter school in Oklahoma.

How to Alienate Western Republicans - Lawyers, Guns & Money There is only one that Trump can really lose western Republicans-sell off the public lands. This is a big part of Project 2025 though. There's room for these jerks to maneuver -- reducing some of the national monuments to encourage drilling won't do it. But there's only one thing that unites the West and that's public lands. So of course Trump and friends are alienating their western colleagues already over the issue.

RFK Jr.'s Assault on America's Health Is Worse Than We Ever Imagined : politics - Over the past four months, President Trump and RFK Jr., along with unchecked billionaire Elon Musk, have followed through on their threats to destroy the agencies that protect our health. As part of their drastic and haphazard purge and reorganization at HHS, they have eliminated entire agencies. Among them are institutions that have saved the lives of someone near to each and every one of us.

RFK Jr. to End 'Godsend" Narcan Program That Helped Reduce Overdose Deaths Despite His Past Heroin Addiction : politics


Elon Musk's DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability : politics
Musk Leads MAGA Meltdown After Dem Demand for Mass Protests : politics
Tesla is in worse shape than you think : politics ... "We're not on the ragged edge of death, not even close"

Can AOC Be the New Chuck Schumer? : politics

'60 Minutes' Flames Owners for Bending Over to Trump : politics


Mob chased Brooklyn woman after mistaking her for protester at speech by Israeli security minister : politics
Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue Woman, who requested anonymity, says 'a group of 100 men followed her, shouting threats and kicking her : WomenInNews
Mob of religious Zionist men chase woman down and assault her after mistakenly believing she was a part of the protests against Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir's visit to Brooklyn : stupidpol
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Yeshivas Flush With Public Money - The New York Times New York's Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight.
Mother of 10 says her kids didn't learn basic reading, math, science at Hasidic schools | Here & Now ... In 2019, the Central United Talmudical Academy tested 1,000 boys in reading and math. All of them failed

Destroying Democracy, an American Tradition - Lawyers, Guns & Money But this nation was in no way, shape, or form a democracy before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and our very young democracy is barely hanging on for dear life today. Earlier attempts to create democracy in this nation were crushed in ways quite similar to what Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are doing right now. The comparison we need to understand is Jim Crow.
Commentary: If Democracy Collapses in America, It Won't Be the First Time | The Daily Yonder Anti-democratic efforts are not new in America. We don't have to import history lessons from abroad to learn of dangers and atrocities a successful collapse of democracy can bring.

More sad tales from the gerontocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Rep. Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will step down from his leadership post on the panel and not run for reelection ... BTW prior to Ronald Reagan no US president had ever been in office as late as his 70th birthday, with the exception of Eisenhower, who served the last three months of his second term after hitting that milestone. Also since this is a day that ends in y I think it's a good time to recall Ruth Bader Ginsburg's wildly irresponsible selfishness, and the long-term damage that it did and continues to do.

Centrist Dems in Swing Districts - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District : politics

JB Pritzker's fiery speech calling for mass protests sparks talk of 2028 run - Democratic governor of Illinois declares Republicans 'cannot know a moment of peace' in New Hampshire speech : politics
Simpering Timidity - Lawyers, Guns & Money - J.B. Pritzker is not messing around and unlike Gavin Newsom, he understands who will be voting in the 2028 Democratic primaries.

As the thermostat turns - Lawyers, Guns & Money the Trump administration is acting as if the shifting of Hispanic voters into the Republican coalition was an inexorable trend, and his narrow victory a mandate to do anything he wanted with no political cost. The bills are coming due on that very quickly:

Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges : politics


'A trickle to a tidal wave': behind the Trump protest movement that launched on Reddit : politics


BREAKING! MUST CREDIT LGM! (And Jann Wenner immolating his influence) - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Final autopsy results on Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, reveal complex health issues : news
Final autopsy results on Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, reveal complex health issues - Report confirms that Arakawa died of hantavirus and her husband, who had heart problems and Alzeimer's disease, may not have realised she had died : Fauxmoi


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,873 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Osborn Elliott.


Being shouted at by parents can alter child's brain, experts tell UK MPs - Meeting will hear how exposure to verbal abuse leads to biological changes and can make mental ill-health likelier : EverythingScience


Goodbye, Skype. I'll never forget you : technology




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These Australian twins have crazy synchronicity : NPR

China Claims Sovereignty Over Disputed Reef in South China Sea : worldnews




Robin Brooks on X: "Putin wants you to believe Western sanctions don't work. No! The US, UK and EU in early 2025 sanctioned many shadow fleet tankers. Ships hit by US sanctions saw activity fall -85%. Ships hit jointly by the US, UK and EU saw activity fall -93%. Sanctions work! With @econ_harris / X

54 terrorists killed as infiltration attempt thwarted in KP, Pakistan : worldnews


Uganda declares end to Ebola outbreak : worldnews


Saudi Arabia, Qatar to Pay Syria's World Bank Debt, Unlocking Funds : worldnews ... honesty without compassion is cruelty, but kindness without honesty is manipulation.

Egypt demands Hamas provide full report on hostages' condition by early May : worldnews


Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefire - The Boston Globe
Marco Rubio Silences Criticism of Israel at State Department Rubio wants to dismantle the only internal sounding board for critics of Israel — and the only place those criticisms might've had any teeth.

Hamas official says group open to freeing all hostages for five-year truce in Gaza : worldnews - On Friday, the terror group said that while it was willing to discuss new ideas, disarming Hamas was not on the table

Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn : worldnews ... Germany was about as zealous as you can get. Up to the last day they were murdering Jews ... Killing Jews was more important to them than saving Germany.


Institute for the Study of War on X: US President Donald Trump stated that the United States is no longer pursuing a concrete deadline for achieving a resolution to the war in Ukraine — a departure from the administration's previously stated goal of ending the war within its first 100 days. Trump told reporters on April 25 that the United States has 'no deadline" to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. / X Marco Rubio warns Russia and Ukraine if there's no peace deal this week, the White House may move on : worldnews ... Really shows how corrupt the United States is that they'd literally rather wipe their asses with their own foundational documents and cede all soft power on the world stage rather than throw ONE nakedly corrupt wealthy criminal in jail where he belongs.

Shocked by US peace proposal, Ukrainians say they will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Russia is deceiving the US and the whole world | УНН : worldnews .... Republicans see Putin as a White Fascist strongman, and they want that form of government for America. trump wants what Putin has, complete dictatorial control of a country.
NEXTA on X: "We are nowhere near real negotiations to end the war,"— Dmytro Kuleba Some talks are happening, people are communicating, but in terms of getting closer to a ceasefire, we are exactly where we were in January. And in terms of ending the war - right where we were last fall said the former Ukrainian foreign minister. / X
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1158, Part 1 (Thread #1305) : worldnews

Russia launches drone barrage into Ukraine after Trump-Zelenskyy meeting : worldnews

CJ on X: This is… insane. At 432 systems per year, this would make the Bohdana one of the most mass-produced large-caliber artillery systems in the world. / X
Ukraine 'one step away from nuclear meltdown', warns energy minister : worldnews ... Russia has been attacking the substations supplying independent cooling power to the nuclear station. So when there is destruction of these power supplies, the nuclear units go into an emergency shutdown regime

Russian military turns to motorbikes to evade Ukrainian drones on frontlines : worldnews


World leaders and mourners gathered Saturday to honor Pope Francis.
Some pictures from the funeral. : pics

Swiss canton elects first woman council chief : worldnews ... Why this is such major national news. Appenzell Innerrhoden is the canton that resisted the introduction of Swiss women's suffrage in 1971 and only introduced it locally after the state government intervened in 1990, following a complaint from a woman ... Switzerland is a lot more conservative than most people realize. And some parts are downright regressive.


Opinion | Criticize your child's school? In Britain, that could land you in jail. Britain's policing of free speech is astonishing - The Washington Post


Greenland to strengthen relationship with Denmark amid disrespectful US rhetoric, prime minister says : worldnews

'\'Bodies everywhere': Multiple people killed, injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver : worldnews
Update: 11 people killed, many injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver | Vancouver Sun - He said the suspect had previous interactions with police and health care professionals because of his mental health problems. While police haven't determined a motive for the attack, he stressed that it is not related to terrorism.
Canada faces largest measles outbreak since 1998 : worldnews ... Alberta sounds a lot like Texas.




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics
Tesla Sales Tanking

The American democratic republic has died. It was 236 years old : politics
The world has a verdict on 100 days of Trump 2.0: Wow, what a loser : politics
After 100 days, Trump's presidency feels like a vengeful monarchy : politics
100 Days. That's All It Took to Sever America From the World. : politics
Trump's Biggest Beneficiary: Himself : politics
However Scared You Are, You Are Not Scared Enough - Back during the campaign, Trump pretended his "Dictator on Day 1" talk was just a joke. One hundred days in, it's clear he was not joking. : politics
Trump Claims He's Made 200 Deals on Tariffs. His Cabinet Members Can't Name One : politics

By failing to stand up to Trump, Congress is filled with cowards : politics ... Under any other circumstances, "mistakenly" deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia (a U.S. legal resident) to a prison in another country without trial would be grounds for impeachment, so why not now? ... If Congress does not act now to impeach Trump and bring Mr. Garcia home, then they will not only be cowards, but oath-breakers and traitors.

Trump's approval rating is lower than the "worst president in history," new poll says : politics
Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: Poll : politics
Trump's approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades : politics ... Musk posted on X a Trump 2032 hat. Some people aren't mentally well.
One Hundred Days of Ineptitude : politics

About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a 'terrible' president amid sinking approval: Survey : politics

More Than 75% of Americans Disapprove of Trump's Handling of the Economy, New Poll Finds : politics

Trump Promised Lower Food Prices On Day 1, 99 Days Later Has Delivered The Opposite : politics

Tyrants like Trump always fall - and we can already predict how he will be dethroned : politics


Video of Pete Buttigieg's explanation on Social Security takes off online : politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democrats lack vision for the future' : politics

Trump Administration Highlights: Government Deports 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen to Honduras - The New York Times
Judge says US citizen, 2, may have been deported without 'meaningful process' : politics
Justice Accused - Lawyers, Guns & Money A federal judge says that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process amid the Trump administration's drive to ramp up deportations.

Secret Trump Memo Tells ICE to Break into Homes Without Warrants : politics

Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana : politics

More than 100 immigrants detained at illegal nightclub in Colorado
ICE Arrests Nearly 800 in Florida in Operation With Local Officers : politics

The New York Times: Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know. - Bluesky
FBI director posts photo of arrested Wisconsin judge's perp walk, possibly violating DOJ policy : politics
FBI Director Kash Patel on X: "No one is above the law" / X
What to know about Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the man who appeared in judge Hannah Dugan's Milwaukee courtroom - Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge Hannah Dugan is facing two felony charges on allegations in trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest by ICE agents after he appeared in her courtroom.

A Bomb Threat Targeted Gaza Protesters. Why Did They Get Blamed? A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the "terrorists/communists that are protesting." But you wouldn't know that from the school's statements.

Is there any breaking point? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Obviously the Republican conference is a Trump personality cult beyond salvation while he remains alive — and they care as little about their own constituents as Atlantic columnists think that Democrats do — but one wonders if there's any breaking point for his trophy spouses in the business community:


Judge blocks Trump executive order that strips union rights from federal workers : politics
Federal employees find themselves without health insurance despite being told otherwise : politics

Secretary of State Marco Rubio: 'Of course' all people in the U.S. are entitled to due process : politics ... "That's why we made sure they are no longer in the US!"
Trump Claims No Time for Immigrant Due Process in Anti-Judge Screed : politics
Marco Rubio And Trump's Border Czar Defend Deportation Of U.S. Citizen Children. Both men said the children weren't deported... they just went with their mothers. : politics

Hope as US universities find 'backbone' against Trump's assault on education : politics - The article doesn't match the headline. It only gives Harvard as an example of standing up and gives many examples of universities complying.
The ongoing attack on the American university, Indiana division - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The Indiana state legislature voted in literally the middle of the night to attach a series of quasi-secret riders to a budget bill, for the purposes of smashing even the possibility of having actually independent public research universities: ... The Republican party in its present incarnation is an existential threat to the American university, among many other things worth preserving in this country that it is fanatically committed to destroying.

Law Firms Called Out for 'Caving to Trump' by Viral Student Spreadsheet Lobby to Change Designations After Failing to Recruit New Talent: Report : politics

Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship | The New Republic Stephen Miller has found a new excuse to ignore the Constitution - Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has begun baselessly claiming that birthright citizenship has become a massive welfare scam ... The biggest financial rip-off of Americans in history, not to mention the fact that it is the number one magnet for illegal immigration and invasion

Neil Gorsuch's homophobic alternate fiction - Lawyers, Guns & Money Given the opportunity to combine homophobic hysteria with one of his favorite pastimes — completely inventing "facts" in a religious freedom case — Neil Gorsuch really delivered this week:

The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit : politics

DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says. : politics

Ossoff: Trump's recent actions 'should chill us to the bone' : politics

Hegseth Fires Dozens of Pentagon Advisory Board Members, Cites Need for 'Fresh Thinking' to 'Drive Bold Change' : politics
Ex-Hegseth Aides' Mud-Slinging Ramps Up With Cocaine Claim : politics

Trump DOJ Threatens Wikipedia's Nonprofit Status Over Alleged 'Propaganda' | The attorney claims Wikipedia is being manipulated by "foreign actors." : technology
Trump's pick to run the critical DC attorney's office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report | The Independent


RFK Jr.'s Wish Is Coming True: Everybody's Getting Measles : politics

Trump says he will not recognize Indigenous Peoples Day President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor's practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, accusing Democrats of denigrating the explorer's legacy as he pressed his campaign to restore what he argues are traditional American icons.

Pentagon Prepared Briefing for Elon Musk on Top Secret U.S. Weapons for China War : politics
Musk is unpopular and most think he has too much influence in Washington : politics
Taking on Musk, New York Considers Move to Close Tesla Dealerships : politics

House Minority Leader Jeffries, NJ Sen. Booker begin sit-in protest on Capitol steps : politics


Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump's budget cuts : politics
Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts : politics

Ron and Casey DeSantis were plotting a political dynasty in Florida. Then came a scandal : politics "Lawmakers spent the spring investigating why $10 million from a state Medicaid settlement was routed to a charity connected to Hope Florida, which then transferred the same amount to two groups that financially backed a DeSantis-led campaign against legalizing recreational marijuana. Key lawmakers have publicly suggested the flow of money appears illegal."

Apple TV+ is 'worst marketer in the universe,' says producer Alex Berger, who made La Maison : television



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,872 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Rebecca Latimer Felton and William Felton.


Circumcision at NYC hospital almost made baby bleed to death, parents say : news


Older adults who eat more organic food tend to have better cognitive performance, with a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment among women, but not among men. Organic foods tend to have less pesticide residues and heavy metals, and more polyphenols, vitamins, and omega-3 fatty acids. : science

A trial in women with fibromyalgia showed that transplantation of healthy gut microbiome is associated with reduced pain and improved quality of life. Transplanting gut microbiome from women with fibromyalgia into mice induces pain. Replacing this with healthy microbiota alleviated pain in mice. : science - I used to believe we are our brain, but all this stuff I keep seing about gut bacteria ruling our entire existence makes me feel like we're actually our ass.

Medicine spares cancer patients from some surgeries and therapies

Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle in the United States : science

What's a 'harmless' habit you had as a kid that you realize now was a cry for help? : AskReddit



Eggs, health: Does it matter whether eggs are brown or white? They are more expensive. (no)




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Suspect in Russian general's killing is 'Ukrainian special services agent,' Russian state media report : worldnews

Russia lost over 62,400 soldiers in Kursk operation, Ukraine says : worldnews

NEXTA on X: It seems Russia has lost its secret satellite The secret Russian satellite "Kosmos-2553," linked to the nuclear weapons program in space, has malfunctioned, according to Reuters. Russia launched it just before the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The U.S. believes he satellite was part of plans to place nuclear weapons in space to destroy American satellites. The Kremlin denies this. / X
Institute for the Study of War on X: 2/ Russian officials are likely attempting to discredit European states more broadly in order to deter them from providing further assistance to Ukraine and revitalizing their defense industries in order to set conditions for future Russian aggression against a weakened Europe. / X


20000 Indian Troops have surrounded 1000 Maoists in the mountains of Chattisgarh : worldnews


Huge explosion at Iranian port kills 5, injures hundreds : worldnews


Israeli airstrike kills 10 people, half of them children, as mediators try to restart a ceasefire : news


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1157, Part 1 (Thread #1304) : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 26, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: Russians continue focusing all war efforts on murdering Ukraine's civilian population. A residential building is targeted this morning in Bila Tserkva. / X


Nearly 170,000 in Lithuania live in absolute poverty, among highest rates in EU. More than 600,000 people - roughly one in five Lithuanians - live just above the poverty line : worldnews

Trump Gets Called Out in Front of Millions at Pope's Funeral President Donald Trump may have gotten his front row seat at Pope Francis' funeral, but the Pope rebuked him from beyond the grave anyway.
Trump Gets Called Out in Front of Millions at Pope's Funeral : politics ... Trump responded angrily, calling it "disgraceful" for a religious leader to question his faith and accusing Mexico of manipulating the Pope. The bitter and very public exchange saw Trump label Francis as "a very political person." .. Trump's allies hit back, mocking the Pope's criticisms by pointing to the high, secure walls around Vatican City ... Remember when he said he knows the Bible "better than most" and was asked which verse is his favorite and he said "all of them" and they said just pick one and he said he didn't want to do that?
Trump Refuses to Give Biden Air Force One Ride to Pope's Funeral : politics
Sleeping, Blue suit, Live for the Pope's funeral, Sloppy Steaks at Truffoni's : pics - First time he's slept next to his wife in years
Trump accused of Pope Francis funeral faux pas after 'breaking dress code' then leaving early : politics
Three Former U.S. presidents, all dressed in black suits during the Funeral of Pope John Paul II : pics

Zelensky meets France's Macron, UK's Starmer in Rome : worldnews
WarTranslated on X: Trump after meeting Zelenskyy: Putin had no reason to shell civilian areas, cities, and towns in recent days. It makes me think he may not want to stop the war, just playing with me. Time to deal with him differently, with 'Banking' or 'Secondary Sanctions'? / X (((Tendar))) on X: President Zelenskyy described his meeting with President as potentially historic. We have to see that. It also paraphrases that Putin was missing once again at a world historic event. Not good for him. For Russia this is very painful. / X
Dutch town hall says it may have accidentally thrown out Andy Warhol work : news


Trump says US ships should be allowed to travel through the Panama and Suez canals for free : worldnews

Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador mega-prison in 2024. He pitched it to Stephen Miller : politics

Alberta in the midst of worst measles outbreak since 1997 as doctors call for action : worldnews
Chretien predicts a Liberal majority win on Monday as leaders blitz key ridings : worldnews Chretien pointed to Canada's united and patriotic turn since U.S. President Donald Trump began imposing tariffs and talking about annexing the country to make it a 51st state. "We have never been so united," Chretien said. "We should say thank you to Mr. Trump."




Week 14 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Donald Trump is not doing well this week. He is losing in the courts. One count I saw was 11 losses this week. He is underwater on all the issues on all the polls. For example ... And he wore a blue suit to the Pope's funeral. He did put his red tie aside for a blue one in a concession to the Vatican's request for men to wear black suits and ties. Seems clear that they are not making numbers for immigrants, so they are going for show instead. Last night's show was deportation of toddler citizens, one of them with cancer.

100 Daze - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Underwater did a 100-days-in Time interview, and I must say I'm beginning to have some doubts about the Mental Acuity and Command of Policy Detail candidate:

Putin Allies Can't Believe How Much Trump Is Groveling to Them | While Donald Trump is bragging about the Ukraine peace deal, Vladimir Putin's allies are laughing at him. : politics ... Like at least Russia has the excuse that their population was beaten down for more or less a thousand years by awful autocrats of every type. The U.S. just fell over at the first time of asking after 200 years of spouting off about freedom and personal responsibility

Fact check: It wasn't 'in jest.' Here are 53 times Trump said he'd end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office : politics
Trump says he doubts Putin's willingness to end the war in Ukraine, a day after saying a deal was close : worldnews

Trump receives dismal ratings in NYT poll : politics ... The results released Friday show Trump with an approval rating of 42 percent, while 54 percent said they disapprove of his job performance, putting him 12 points underwater in net approval. Trump's approval rating in the poll sits at just 29 percent with independents, who indicated they're showing stiff resistance to many of his policies, siding more with Democrats in opposition than Republicans who still overwhelmingly back his administration ... 42% of people are OK with arresting judges for ruling against him... 42% are fine with him skull fucking the economy and helping his friends making billions by insider trading? 42% are fine with a health secretary who doesn't believe in germ theory, and an alcoholic SecDef who forced his subordinates to install an unsecured internet line in his office so he could text war plans to random civilians on two separate occasions??? I knew our education system was bad but how the fuck could there be that many fucking morons in one place???

Majority of Americans rate Trump as 'terrible' or 'poor' president in his second term, poll finds : politics ... Average"....20% of respondents said that he is an average president
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why. : politics

Only About Half Of Republicans Say Trump Has Focused On The Right Priorities, AP-NORC Poll Finds : politics .. half of Republizan is 23% of the country ... So long as Reddit isn't something rural people and your uncle use it won't be a priority for them. They're also lax to focus here because this is a website organized around lengthy text, which their target demographics abhor. If their voters had the patience for lengthy reading they wouldn't be their voters.

From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID : politics

Officials Prepared to Return Abrego Garcia -- Until Trump Intervened : politics
Trump says he hasn't asked El Salvador's president to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia : politics

Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with 'no meaningful process' : politics ... The child, whose redacted U.S. birth certificate was filed in court and showed she was born in New Orleans in 2023,
Trump Judge Demands Answers in 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen's Deportation : politics

ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation - America's Voice : politics
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation : politics

Trump Just Deported Another U.S. Citizen Child With Cancer : politics
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer : politics

Tampa woman deported to Cuba gets separated from one-year-old and U.S. citizen husband : politics


Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant : politics

Musk's DOGE Goons Are Building a 'Deportation Machine' from Sensitive Personal Data : politics - The project is mining sensitive data from across various federal government departments -- including the IRS, Social Security Administration, and Health and Human Services -- with help from Palantir Technologies, the controversial Silicon Valley data analytics firm co-founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel.


Voters See Trump's Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds : politics ... Exciting? 42%, seriously? What does that even mean, anyway. Is that a positive thing in these people's minds???? This is just a fucking joke to them.

As the thermostat turns - Lawyers, Guns & Money I think there are a couple of reasons why the administration largely reversed itself on cancelling student visas. My first guess is that someone with authority was told or figured out that while elite private schools can survive without the revenue generated by international students paying full freight, state schools in red states may be another matter. But the more important factor is that the administration understands that its most important political advantage is being squandered by overreach: This deeply unsettling scenario appears not to be happening. And it's not just because Trump quickly crashed the good economy he inherited. A genuine backlash to Trump's ethno-nationalist authoritarianism may be starting to take shape on its own terms ... The president claiming the power to disappear people to foreign slave prisons is a fight you have to have irrespective of the politics — the foundation of constitutional government is at stake.

Some good news - Lawyers, Guns & Money As always, don't trust and do verify. The Trump administration has restored the student visa registrations of thousands of foreign students studying in the United States who had minor - and often dismissed - legal infractions.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse : politics
Judges Are Slowing Down Trump's Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He's Arresting Them For It. : politics ... 4.5 million mail in and absentee votes were successfully suppressed by republican lawyers in courts in the swing states.

Sanders Says Trump Arrest of Wisconsin Judge Is About One Thing Only: 'Unchecked Power' - "Let's be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism." : politics ... Bernie, my man, fascist authoritarianism is already here. It started on January 20th.

Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by FBI for allegedly helping undocumented immigrant 'evade arrest' : politics ... The only statement I have found across all the articles so far about what they considered "obstruction" was that she instructed the ICE agents to wait until court proceedings were finished. That is what the FBI is arresting judges for.
Trump's FBI Just Arrested a Sitting Judge : politics ... I am still very upset that when Minnesota had the recent name-a-snow-plow contest, the person who submitted the name "Abolish ICE" didn't win easily. Instead we got "Anthony Sledward"

Judges Worry Trump Could Tell U.S. Marshals to Stop Protecting Them : politics

Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done : politics - Lining his pockets while the economy crashes ... I disagree, arresting a sitting judge who you don't agree with is more corrupt than his meme coin.

Some see Trump weaponizing government by targeting opponents: See a recap

Trump's Attack on ActBlue Just Blew up in His Face - Donald Trump's attempt to target the major Democratic fundraising platform has instead galvanized donors. : politics ... Conservatives have repeatedly claimed that ActBlue was acting as a conduit for foreign contributions

Trump Says He Wouldn't '100 Percent' Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men : politics

Congress erupts over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judge : politics - "If she broke the law, she needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. No double standards." The absolute fucking BALLS to have this level of hypocrisy. ... He also just pardoned a judge with no law degree who stole from a fund for slain police officer so she could get plastic surgery.
Trump Pardons 'Lady Trump' For Spending Slain Officer Charity Funds On 'Rent, Cosmetic Procedures, and Her Daughter's Wedding': "Trump is spitting in the face of law enforcement" : politics

Trump's Attorney General Warns Arrested Judge Is Just the Beginning : politics ... Remember that Trump personally gave Bondi $50,000 just days after she announced she would decline to prosecute him for defrauding students at Trump University.

Attorney General Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists in leak investigations : politics

Pam Bondi Pledging to 'Come After' Those Who Go Against Trump Policies, Including Judges, Sparks Fears of 'End Times': 'This is a Test' : politics

Trump Makes Bonkers Claim About All His Trade Deals | Donald Trump claims he's made hundreds of deals -- but won't say with whom. : politics
Trump Caught Red-Handed Lying in Crazy '200 Deals' Interview : politics

Trump Just Defunded a National Program to end Prison Rape. It'll Harm Queers Most. : politics - it's 2025, if you havent learned the GOP is the party of rape yet then I dont know what to tell you
Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 55


Medical journals complain of 'harassment' from Justice Department : politics ... A self-imposed Dark Ages makes nothing great again. From even a purely capitalistic angle, pulling funding on medical research that was on the brink of curing CANCER, HIV/AIDS, EVEN ALZHEIMER'S, makes no sense ... The anti-science and pro-oppression party, everyone Speed running the destruction of everything that made America great.

Judge halts Trump's order to end collective bargaining rights for many federal workers : politics

The 'F-ck You, Pay Me' Presidency : politics

Jet-Set Kash Patel Took FBI Plane to NHL Game and GF's City : politics

Tulsi Gabbard Blasted for 'False' Claim That Federal Employees Spent 'Half Their Day on DEI Work' Under Biden: 'Making It Up as She Goes' : politics
Tulsi Gabbard Tries to Blame Signalgate on Biden : politics

The tyranny of evil men - Lawyers, Guns & Money Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking ring who said she was "passed around like a platter of fruit" as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41. Ms. Giuffre died by suicide, according to a statement by the family ... That Trump is on some level mixed up with all this is a matter of public record, but he seems to have passed through some Scandal Singularity where literally nothing matters any more ... Speaking of singularities, Trump's lies are both so constant and so outrageous that they've ceased to matter as well, at least in the eyes of the hopelessly ignorant and irrational people who decide the outcome of national elections in this country.

Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia : politics

Attorney General threatens doctors with 10 years in prison for providing gender-affirming care. She said she would prosecute it as female genital mutilation, not explaining how that would work. : politics

Hegseth's Phone Number Widely Available Online, Presenting Massive National Security Threat: NYT : politics - "There's zero percent chance that someone hasn't tried to install Pegasus or some other spyware on his phone," Mike Casey, the former director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, told the Times. "He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage."
Paranoid Hegseth Is Screaming at Generals About Polygraph Tests : politics

RFK Jr.'s Assault on America's Health Is Worse Than We Ever Imagined - One of the House's foremost experts on the nation's health systems breaks down the terrifying pace at which Kennedy is working to make America sick again : politics

Make diarrhea great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money More good news for people who think that America's food supply is too safe: The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat ... Anybody checked in on whether Jared Polis still thinks that the administration is sincerely committed to making American health again because if not why would they use that slogan?

James Carville should take his own advice - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Fox News Freakout Likens Viral Mayor Pete Clip to Trans Make-Up Tutorial : politics ... Seriously, JD and his eye liner, trump with his orange jizz and pretty army boy put in a whole damn make up station. The party of double standards has no standards.
Fox News Freakout Likens Viral Mayor Pete Clip to Trans Make-Up Tutorial "Mayor Pete is not exactly the one you send out to get the young bro crowd," the contributor told stand-in host Rachel Campos-Duffy.Arroyo, who worked with the Eternal Word Catholic television network and wrote several religious books, added: "You might as well send Dylan Mulvaney doing a makeup class and hope you can get more guys. Come on."

Now comes the 'womanosphere': the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican : technology

Mike Lindell's lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes : politics .. Both Kachouroff and Demaster got their law degrees from Regent University, the one founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.



Crockett attacks 'idiot' Elon Musk and agrees to IQ test against Trump : politics


'I am concerned': How Susan Collins talks about Donald Trump as he targets Maine : politics ... You previously said "he learned his lesson" (during an impeachment so no need for removal), how the fuck is that working out for you Susan?!?! As a former Mainah (or Maniac if you prefer), fucking do your job, for once..."Mrs. I'm gonna serve two terms and be done". Eat an entire satchel of Richards, you fucking fossil. If I were still a registered voter in my home state, I would continue to vote your ass out. GTFOH.
Most Mainers don't think Susan Collins deserves another term, survey says : politics ... Well, during the last election, she was very vulnerable and all be damned if the Democrats supported a candidate who was not from Maine. It's like. . . rule #1 to run in that state.


Three years after making camping a felony, Tennessee lawmakers add more homelessness penalties : politics


Florida Republican senator wants to remove working caps, mandatory breaks for minors : politics - Republican Sen. Jay Collins of Hillsborough County has filed a bill allowing employers to schedule minors to work at any time and for more than 30 hours per week. The changes wouldn't only apply to minors over 16. Under the proposal, 14- and 15-year-olds who have graduated from high school, earned a GED, are homeschooled, or attend virtual school could also work longer hours ... I mean, the plan is just to delete public education altogether, so you'll either be rich, homeschooled, or a child labourer.


Republican Defends Law Classifying Slaves as Three-Fifths of a Person : politics .. Many historians emphasize ... Christ, our press is garbage. All credible historians know for a fact that the Three-Fifths Compromise was inherently discriminatory, because they have eyes and brains and know what words mean ... The sticking point was that the slavers wanted to count their enslaved people as part of the population they would get to represent. Counting the slaves for representation, while also still considering them property, wasn't giving those slaves any more democratic representation. It was giving their enslavers extra representation that they didn't deserve.


7 for Santos - Lawyers, Guns & Money Former Congresscritter George Santos has been sentenced to 87 months in prison ... Honestly, if the GOP wasn't so racist he'd be prime presidential material when he gets out. And no, the party will not be less racist when he gets out. You'd need to add a couple of zeroes to his sentence for that to be a possibility.


They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money - Lawyers, Guns & Money - "What does he think he is, special?" complained Fishler, himself a Trump voter. "JD should have waited until the Americans who had tickets had their visit and then gone in." His wife, Anila, tried to calm him down and blamed the Italians ... The political press deciding that an extremely online Yalie venture capital guy was the Authentic Voice of the Working American was one of its dizzier post-2016 moments.


MAGA-Friendly Website PublicSquare Backfires: Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support - the opposite of what the site was set up for. : politics

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,871 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Amos Lawrence ... Also, the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts is named for Amos Lawrence, who of course funded a lot of the mills that gave it a reason to exist ... His son Amos was the founder of Lawrence, Kansas and an important rich abolitionist, funding John Brown's defense after Harpers' Ferry ... Amos Lawrence is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.


The Pitt - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Kanye West joins streaming service Twitch - gets banned after seven minutes : technology


Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years : politics


Americans are more likely to support populist politicians when they find them entertaining. Leaders viewed as exciting, engaging, or attention-grabbing predicted support -- more strongly for populist leaders like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders than non-populist figures like Joe Biden or Mitt Romney. : science


A 1% increase in new housing supply (i) lowers average rents by 0.19%, (ii) effectively reduces rents of lower-quality units, and (iii) disproportionately increases the number of available second-hand units. New supply triggers moving chains that free up units in all market segments. : science


Psychedelic use linked to shifts in sexuality, gender expression, and relationship dynamics. A majority of psychedelic users reported changes related to sexuality and relationships, including heightened attraction to partners, increased openness, and altered experiences of gender identity. : science

What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire

What is cortisol—and should you actually be worried about it?

New research explains why our waistlines expand in middle age. Aging shifts stem cells into overdrive to create more belly fat, finds new mouse experiments later validated on human cells. This is the first evidence that our bellies expand with age due to stem cell high output of new fat cells. : science

Stress during pregnancy can molecularly reprogram newborns' stress response systems by altering tRNA fragments in umbilical cord blood, particularly those regulating acetylcholine, a key neurotransmitter : science


Just had a stupid revelation that I need to share : Music - I've always been annoyed by Disturbeds cover of the Sound of Silence, but today while I was listening to the original version it hit me, it's a pun.

Who is the biggest loser you ever met? : AskReddit

Have you ever broken up with somebody you still love? If so, then why? : AskReddit

What is the most unhealthy thing you've seen a human do? : AskReddit

Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's huge Copilot venture flatlines in popularity : technology





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World's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, new study estimates


BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA : worldnews ... Trump silences Voice of America. If that doesn't just sum it all up..

Health of Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro has worsened, doctors say : worldnews

US Visa Applications from Japan Now Require Disclosing Social Media History : worldnews

Xi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade war : worldnews .... On Friday afternoon, China's foreign ministry reiterated its claim that the US and China are not engaged in any negotiations on tariffs, contradicting Trump's claims on Thursday
Trump says he's talked with Xi about tariffs. China has denied talks are taking place : worldnews
China Reportedly Wants To Exempt Some U.S. Items From 125% Tariffs : worldnews



Senior Russian military officer killed in car explosion in Moscow region, Russian media report : worldnews
Sergej Sumlenny, LL.M on X: "A rare video of a russian Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Major General Yaroslav Moskalik, being not rare at all, but well done. / X

Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy | Far right (US) | The Guardian
Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy : worldnews

Russian satellite linked to space weapon programme appears to malfunction in orbit : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 on X: Car Explosion in Bryansk: Leading Russian Designer of Krasukha Electronic Warfare Systems Killed In Bryansk, Russia, the car of Russian designer Evgeny Ritikov exploded. Ritikov, a key figure in the development of modern Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems, was the head of the design bureau at the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant. / X

Yaroslav Trofimov on X: "Wow. What a story. https://t.co/oOyccrrclU https://t.co/465N7jUA4e" / X



Gunfight between Indian and Pakistani forces erupts on Kashmir border : worldnews


Trump poised to offer Saudi Arabia over $100 billion arms package, sources say : worldnews ... In related news, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund announces a $3bn seed investment into Barron Trump's startup PE fund.


Houthi rebels shoot down 7 US military Reaper drones worth $334m, in recent weeks : worldnews Should be noted that it's NZ$334 Million, US$200 Million.


Canada PM Carney condemns Israeli blockade on food, says WFP must be allowed to work in Gaza : worldnews


NEXTA on X: Full Response of Ukraine and Europe to Trump's Peace Plan — Reuters Ceasefire: Full and unconditional commitment to a permanent ceasefire in the air, on land, and at sea; Both sides immediately begin the technical implementation of negotiations with the involvement of the U.S. and European countries. Simultaneously, the agenda and modalities for a full peace agreement are prepared; / X
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: "❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tykhy announced three principled positions of Ukraine regarding the peace plan: ▪️Ukraine will never recognize Crimea or any other part of its territory as Russian; ▪️It will not agree to restrictions on its Armed Forces and defense / X

Trump no longer has deadline for Russia-Ukraine peace deal : worldnews
'End policy of appeasement' — European foreign affairs chairs rebuke Trump's Russia stance : worldnews
Ukraine gets nothing in Trump's proposals for peace, says Boris Johnson | Ukraine : worldnews
Republican senator arrives in Kharkiv, says US military support "essential" for Ukraine's future : worldnews
US to Demand Putin Accept Ukraine's Right to Military Force : worldnews
Ostap Yarysh on X: "‼️Reuters published proposals to end Russia's war in Ukraine, allegedly set out by the U.S., as well as counterproposals from Ukraine and Europe. Compare the texts. / X
WarTranslated on X: "Reuters: Trump's "final plan" for Ukraine — ceasefire, European security guarantees, no NATO, Crimea recognized as Russian, de-facto occupation of Donbas and south. Ukraine regains Kharkiv, ZNPP, Dnipro access. Sanctions on Russia lifted, economic ties resume. Wittkoff meets Putin today to hash out details. / X
Russia has always sought to destroy US leadership and economy - Zelensky | УНН : worldnews

Zelenskyy: Missile that killed 12 in Kyiv made with 116 foreign components, majority US-made : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1156, Part 1 (Thread #1303) : worldnews


WarTranslated on X: "Harsh Russian-style casualty evacuation. Getting to a medpoint is a wild ride for Russians, even without Ukrainian help. Wounded soldiers literally fly out of evacuation vehicles / X


Tens of thousands pay final respects to Pope Francis at Vatican ahead of funeral : worldnews
Former President Joe Biden, Jill Biden to attend Pope Francis' funeral in Rome : politics
Trump to be in third-tier seats at Pope's funeral : politics
'Glad he's dead': Here's the great 'irony' behind MAGA fury at Pope Francis


Rupert Murdoch's company, News Group Newspapers, has been accused by former detectives of having 'actively frustrated" their UK investigation into phone hacking, with one concluding a senior executive could have been arrested for perverting the course of justice, according to a court document : worldnews


Health of Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro has worsened, doctors say : worldnews

Ontario measles outbreak at over 1,000 cases : worldnews
Canadians rate U.S. relations as poor as ties with Russia, worse than links to China : worldnews
Trump: 'I'm really not trolling' with talk of Canada as 51st state : politics
Carney confirms Trump spoke to him last month about making Canada a U.S. state : worldnews




"Harvard is a threat to Democracy." : CambridgeMA


ICE arrested Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant : politics

Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Second Immigrant Returned From El Salvador Prison : politics

We Need Proof of Life for the Makeup Artist Trump Sent to El Salvador : politics
"We Know Donald Trump Wants the Story to Die. Democrats return to El Salvador, looking for gay makeup artist thrown into CECOT."v: politics

ICE Arrest Virginia Man in Court Despite Judge Dropping Charges Against Him : politics

'Unfathomable': Calif. woman facing deportation for decades-old conviction

As Trump Guts Support for Disabled Students, Their Families Are Fighting Back: Disability rights advocates are filing lawsuits as students, teachers and parents organize to protect education. : politics

Trump Is Acting as a Proxy for Putin : politics ... Trump's proposal would functionally destroy Ukraine, which would limp away from the deal as a vulnerable rump state, shorn of some 20 percent of its territory and millions of its citizens. It would cede control over its foreign policy by promising never to join NATO—an ironic Russian demand, given how starkly Putin's invasion has reminded the world why alliances such as NATO must continue to exist.Trump is not a fair broker: He is acting as a de facto Russian ally and making demands as Moscow's proxy ... Putin was able to bomb anywhere and anything he wanted, but restraints were put on Ukraine, the country that was being destroyed by Russia. (tmx Biden)

Trump has mentioned Biden on average six times every day of his presidency as obsession with old foe continues : politics

Twisted truth and half the news, can't hide it in your eyes - Lawyers, Guns & Money Are you smarter than a Republican? Are you more alert than a roly-poly? To find out, guess what China said in response to this statement from the truthphobic Republican president and an anonymous Republican lackey: ... China on Thursday directly contradicted President Donald Trump's claims that Beijing and Washington are actively discussing resolutions to a trade war that threatens to upend the global economy.

Trump can't withhold funds from sanctuary cities, says federal judge : politics

Trump has two weeks to save America from empty shelves : politics
China cancels 12,000 metric tons of US pork shipments : politics

Trump: I 'love the concept' of millionaire tax hike, but 'may not be acceptable to the public' : politics .... I think that this was, politically speaking, what they call "the absolute worst fucking answer you could possibly give."

Fox News Forced to Admit That Everyone Hates Trump : politics

Trump Store Now Selling 'Trump 2028' Hats : politics
Kidding on the square all the way to tyranny - Lawyers, Guns & Money The hats are made in China natch. (Any guesses on the per unit manufacturing cost of this $50 hat?).
Trump Unveiling 2028 Campaign Hats Sends Users in a Spiral: 'Soft Launching a Fascist Dictatorship Is Insane' : politics
It's not really a scandal if it's right out in the open - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is simply a straight up pay-to-play scheme. I mean Trump is not even bothering to create some sort of pretext, no matter how flimsy or absurd. It's just "bribe me." ... The flashy online announcement called it 'the most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World,' a chance to have "an intimate private dinner' with President Trump at his members-only golf club in Virginia, followed by a tour of the White House ... The effort was, in effect, an offer of access to the White House in exchange for an investment in one of Mr. Trump's crypto venturea ... The story's journalists or editors reflexively add "in effect," when there's no "in effect" about it: IT'S NOT IMPLICIT! IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE AD!

Against defeatism - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is a powerful and correct argument against being supine in the face of Trump's narrow victory: Most people responding to a March Reuters/Ipsos poll, 82 percent, said the president should follow federal court rulings even when he disagrees with them. A smaller but still significant majority said the president should stop deporting people in defiance of court orders.

'Upended the constitutional order': Trump has 'no authority' to impose tariffs for 'whatever reason he finds convenient,' lawsuit says : politics

Trump Is Facing Six Wars, and He's Losing All of Them : politics
Trump Humiliated by Judges as He Loses Three Cases in a Day : politics

White House Gave Wall Street a Tip-Off on Trade Deal Negotiations: Fox Reporter : politics

More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE : politics

Alito too homophobic to understand book written for 5-year-olds - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case involving parents who believe that the 1st Amendment gives them a right to have their children opt out of seeing materials that acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ+ people
Sonia Sotomayor forced to correct rightwing judge who misunderstood a book for 5-year-olds : politics

There will be growth in the spring - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I'll be finished. Now, some countries may come back and ask for an adjustment, and I'll consider that, but I'll basically be, with great knowledge, setting -- ready? We're a department store, a giant department store, the biggest department store in history. Everybody wants to come in and take from us. They're going to come in and they're going to pay a price for taking our treasure, for taking our jobs, for doing all of these things. But what I'm doing with the tariffs is people are coming in, and they're building at levels you've never seen before. We have $7 trillion of new plants, factories and other things, investment coming into the United States. And if you look back at past presidents, nobody was anywhere near that. And this is in three months.


Pete Hegseth's Signalgate Scandal Somehow Just Got Worse: The defense secretary went out of his way to use Signal on the Pentagon premises. : politics - Once again, this is straight out of project 2025 and intentional. The architect (Russel Vought, Trumps current Director of Management and Budget) and his close aides specifically said this is their plan. They want their plans, actions, and communications "un-FOIA-able"

Hegseth threatened to polygraph top military officers : politics
"I'll hook you to a f**king polygraph!": Hegseth's paranoia bubbles over as Pentagon leaks continue : politics
Pete Hegseth Priced Out a "$10-15k" Makeup Room for the Pentagon, But Settled For a Glam Countertop : politics
Hegseth's chief of staff is ousted, the latest sacking at the Pentagon : politics
Anthony Weiner laptop update - Lawyers, Guns & Money


'Authoritarianism in Action': Trump Orders DOJ Probe of Democratic Donation Platform ActBlue | Rep. Jamie Raskin called Trump's memorandum "the kind of edict you'd expect from a power-mad dictator in a Banana Republic." : politics


'I am horrified': Why autistic people say RFK Jr.'s comments on autism are so dangerous : politics ... We need to keep pointing this out. The dehumanizing and tracking of people with "undesirable" genetic traits is LITERAL NAZI SHIT.
RFK Jr.'s autism registry idea raises all kinds of red flags : politics
No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director's claim : politics
Fox News Host Laughs at RFK Jr's Claim That Teens Have 'Less Testosterone' Than Elderly Men: 'Wait, Wait' : politics

Trump's Transport Officials Now Begging Staff Who Resigned to Stay: 'It's a S**t Show' : politics

Trump Executive Order Raises Alarm Over Women's Financial Independence : politics
Trump Executive Order Raises Alarm Over Women's Financial Independence - Newsweek Although the EO cannot change the law, that can only be done by an act of Congress, if independent federal agencies abide by the order they will stall litigation protecting women from being discriminated against for credit, and they will roll back guidance and regulations which were in place to protect people's rights.
White House Faith Office Leader Says 'It's Not Hard' For Wives To 'Submit' To Husbands : politics


New blood - Lawyers, Guns & Money Senator Blue Slips will not seek re-election: In addition to having fallen behind the times in terms of understanding the Republican Party, Durbin is 80. It should be obvious that it's time to move on, but as we all know too many elite Democrats have not done this.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chances of being 2028 nominee double in one week : politics

DNC unveils new 50-state strategy: "Organize everywhere" : politics


A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. : politics ...So to summarize: he stole Medicaid money from children to fund a Super PAC that campaigned on putting more black people in jail for weed. ack of shit.

Trump to Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Sorry, No Disaster Relief for You! : politics

Why MAGA media is fixated on a Texas teen murder case: The racist exploitation of Austin Metcalf's killing shows how MAGA tears local communities apart : politics

Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer : politics

Musk: Robotaxis In Austin Need Intervention Every 10,000 Miles


Target foot traffic down 10 consecutive weeks amid company's shift away from DEI policies : politics



Generation Alpha, Z, and Beta: The fascinating -- and insidious -- reason why generations have such boring names. Generation names are notoriously lame. There's a surprising—and insidious—reason why.


Behind Closed Doors, A Turf War Over 'Alternative Response' to Policing in Cambridge City Hall : CambridgeMA
Behind Closed Doors, A Turf War Over 'Alternative Response' to Policing in Cambridge City Hall | News | The Harvard Crimson The Cambridge Police Department and the city's Community Safety Department developed parallel ways to reimagine public safety. They've struggled to work together since.

Are there any decent ISP options in Cambridge : CambridgeMA




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Factories slow production, workers sent home as Trump tariffs hit China's economy : worldnews
China says no ongoing trade talks with the U.S., calls for canceling 'unilateral' tariffs : politics



India tells all citizens to leave Pakistan as tensions rise : worldnews

Pakistan cancels visas for Indian nationals, suspends trade, closes airspace after Kashmir attack : news


Benin admits that 54 soldiers killed in border attack by Jnim : news - For those curious like myself, Jnim is a terror org from Mali but active in a lot of west africa. They're 4 groups that combined with a leader that pledged allegiance to the leader of the Taliban among others



Donald Trump Pleads With Putin to Stop Attacking Ukraine: 'Vladimir, STOP!' : politics
Kremlin claims sending peacekeepers to Ukraine will lead to World War III : worldnews

Zelensky posts 2018 US Crimea Declaration amid Trump's policy shifts : worldnews


"Ballistic missile explodes in the sky over Kyiv" — from Reuters : pics


UK bans export of video game controllers to Russia used to operate drones : technology
Eschaton: Go, King -- Not enough people enjoy pissing off the Harry Potter lady.-- Pedro Pascal has strongly criticised JK Rowling following her public celebration of a UK Supreme Court decision that trans women are not legally women. The Last of Us actor left a pointed comment on Instagram under a post by activist Tariq Ra'ouf, who had urged a boycott of all future Harry Potter projects in response to Rowling's stance. -- Pascal's sister is trans.




Book publishers see surging interest in the US Constitution and print new editions : news

Americans Believe Russian Disinformation 'To Alarming Degree' : technology - News broke over last summer that several major right wing influencers were literally being paid by Russia and the story made almost no noise. Some of those same people are now in the WH press briefing room using their questions to spread propaganda. It's insanity ... No, it's treason

Quite a deal maker. : PoliticalHumor

Judge orders Bail hearing for detained student Mohsen Madawi next week : news

After a month of searching, man learns from NBC News that DHS sent his brother to El Salvador : news - About 1000 children separated from their family during Trump's first term still haven't been reunited with their families!

Trump judge orders White House to return deported migrant : politics

Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety : politics

Trump's Approval Rating Plummets With Nearly All Key Groups: Poll : politics
Just 15 percent of young Americans say country is heading in right direction : politics

Donald Trump is coming to the end of his first 100 days in office, how do you think he has done so far? : AskReddit - No it will cost us 2-3 generations to fix the damage. Not just here at home. But on the world stage. We have proven to the world that we cannot be trusted to elect sane and competent leaders. We elected a unhinged individual not once, but twice. He has destroyed our relations with our most steadfast allies. By threatening our allies with military force, voiding his own trade deal by this stupid trade war. That is cratering the US economy.


Trump Offers a Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin : politics

DOGE's Social Security Cuts Create Chaotic 'Day of the Dead Living'. | Elon Musk and his DOGE foot soldiers effectively killed the financial lives of "countless" citizens through their database meddling. : politics

Elon Musk and Scott Bessent had a 'very loud' shouting match in the West Wing: 'two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE' : politics

Transcript: Trump Is a Weak and Failing President. Treat Him that Way. : politics

'Looks horrible': Former Trump FBI chief says Kash Patel may have fumbled judge's arrest

Gabbard refers intel leaks to DOJ, blames 'deep-state criminals' : politics

US Justice Department reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys amid shakeup, say sources : politics - Personnel moves come as Trump administration steers Civil Rights Division away from its historic priorities - who managed offices that investigated abuse by police and handled violations of voting and disability rights, have been ordered to take other assignment


Eschaton: Seems Bad If the US does have a big measles epidemic, other countries, including current visa waiver countries, will start requiring proof of vaccination for travel. The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday. No change in the current vaccination rate would result in hundreds of thousands of measles cases over the same period, according to a mathematical model produced by a team of Stanford University researchers.


Conspiracy theory roundup: Ron Johnson's priorities are backwards, and he's a silly man."= Plus: Bioweapon deployed in Texas. - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Stupidity uber alles - Lawyers, Guns & Money So puberty blockers are child abuse if they're administered by medical specialists with full parental consent as part of gender affirming care for trans kids, but great if they're part of some woo scheme administered by crackpot grifters to supposedly "fix" autistic kids.

"Absolute fool" RFK Jr. stuns America with wild claim about teenage sperm counts : politics -RFK claimed an American teenager has less testosterone than a 60-year-old man. Perhaps less than him because he's on TRT

Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Autism Research -- Even As It Aims to Find the Cause : politics

Bernie Sanders says Democrats have 'paid a political price' for not listening to the working class : politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sees popularity With New York Republicans surge : politics

Trump administration kills landmark pollution settlement in majority-Black county : politics


California is now the 4th largest economy in the world : politics


In annual address, Gov. Tim Walz sharply criticizes President Trump, calls on divided legislature to work together : politics


Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request : news ... Trump easily carried the state or Arkansas for the third time in a row in 2024, this time by a 30.64% margin, the largest since 1972.

The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor : politics

Sarah Palin Hoped to Keep Her Spotlight—and Overturn a Landmark SCOTUS Decision. She Got Neither. : politics

Texas creates its own DOGE in attempt to make the state more business-friendly : news ... What is it going to cut? Republicans in Texas have been in charge of the budget for decades ... mostly just the poor whites

Nancy Mace holds town hall in Beaufort County. The general public isn't invited. : politics

Minnesota preemptively sues Trump administration over trans athlete ban : politics

Blue Shield of California leaked health data of 4.7 million members to Google : technology

AI secretly helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar | A contractor used AI to create 23 out of the 171 scored multiple-choice questions. : technology

Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion : politics

How a 1960s cult led by a former call girl gave us punk, goth aesthetics, and a Utah dog sanctuary : Music


Target foot traffic down 10 consecutive weeks amid company's shift away from DEI policies : politics


What's your opinion of US judges declaring googles power and control on advertisement a monopoly, and therefore illegal? : AskReddit


ELI5: when the EU fines companies like Apple or Google for millions or billions of dollars, what happens to the money? : explainlikeimfive


Experimental vaccine to prevent buildup of pathological tau in brain associated with Alzheimer's dementia generated robust immune response in both mice and non-human primates. Antibodies from immunized monkeys bound to tau protein in human blood samples. Researchers plan human clinical trials next. : science

Why does prehistoric cave painting not degrade, but painting from ancient civilizations like Greece or Rome does? : askscience

New analysis of U.S. school shootings finds all shooters easily accessed the firearms they used. Most shooters in the study came from a social background in which guns were key leisure items that were often important for family bonding time, often from a young age : science ... Some shooters described guns as being their "only friend" or the "love of [their] life.""

ELI5 How protective are those padded bomb squad suits really? : explainlikeimfive


Poultry consumption above 300 g/week is associated with a statistically significant increased mortality risk both from all causes and from gastrointestinal cancers, study finds : science - Higher Lower red meat consumption with higher white meat consumption means lower risk of heart disease and greater likelihood of dying from something else (all other causes).


Parts of the human genome (DNA) change much faster than previously known, even passing from parents to children, providing new insights into the origins of human diseases and evolution : science


Roman gladiator remains show first proof of human-animal combat : science


What's something that doesn't exist, but absolutely should by now? : AskReddit - Universal "unsubscribe from everything" button

Are there any good bass guitar solos? : Music

Bro just found his direct ancestor. : funny




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NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS The Women's Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
Global coral reef bleaching hits record amid rising sea temperatures - The Washington Post Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it for survival.

We're now on Bluesky! Follow us @RedditWorldNews to keep up with the latest breaking news and trending posts from around the world : worldnews



'There are not enough' — Putin admits gaps in Russian weapons manufacturing : worldnews
Politico: Putin's sham Easter truce was marketing ploy aimed at Trump, Paris says : worldnews ... It was obviously just so Trump could say "See! My friend Putin tried peace, but that mean Zelensky wouldn't play!" and make more demands.

Ukrainian drone strike hits Russian drone factory over 1,000 kilometers from border, military claims : worldnews

Suspected female suicide bombers death toll rises to more than 30 in Nigeria : worldnews


Trump tells DOD to move more forces equipped for combat into Middle East as US ups pressure on Houthis : worldnews


Jordan bans all activities of "Muslim Brotherhood" : worldnews


PA president to Hamas, relase hostages, you sons of dogs and step down in Gaza : worldnews


Trump'If these peace terms are as reported, they are a historic betrayal. Nothing in American history would come near to it. It would side the US squarely and definitively with dictatorship. It would mark the collapse of Western values across the Atlantic betrayal of Ukraine is complete : politics ... it is a near-complete capitulation to Russian demands.
'This is a very dangerous moment' — Zelensky warns against US withdrawal from peace effort : worldnews
Trump blames Zelenskyy for rejecting Ukraine-Russia negotiations, claims a deal was very close : worldnews
High-profile Ukraine peace talks collapse : worldnews
Ukraine talks downgraded in London as Kyiv rejects Trump's 'final offer' : worldnews ... Trump's final offer was for Ukraine to just surrender. Only Trump supporters are dumb enough to accept that.
Tatars vows to oppose any recognition of Crimea as Russian : worldnews
France: Europe will demand respect for Ukraine's territorial integrity in any peace deal : worldnews
EU will never recognize Crimea as Russian, Kallas says : worldnews

Ukraine Summons Chinese Ambassador over Support for Russia in War : worldnews

Three years of war in Ukraine - in pictures : pics


EU fines Apple and Meta combined €700m : worldnews


Colombian President Says Trump Admin Revoked His Visa: 'I'll Go See Other Things' : politics "I've already seen Donald Duck several times, so I'll go see other things," Colombian President Gustavo Petro - Give this man his props. Everyone is getting tired of the duck's shit.

Dominican Republic deports dozens of Haitian pregnant women and children in hospital crackdown : worldnews

Record 7.3 million Canadians voted during advance polls: Elections Canada : worldnews
Canada election sees record high early voting, figures show : worldnews
China says it wants to partner with Canada to push back against American 'bullying' : worldnews
Trump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying 'as a state, it works great' : worldnews
Trump says 25% auto tariffs could go up for Canada 'at some point' : worldnews
Ontario reports over 100 new measles cases, bringing total to 925 : worldnews




America's Richest 19 Households Control a Record Share of Wealth: The Rise of the Ultra Wealthy - WSJ The richest of the rich in America control record slice of nation's wealth - $1 Trillion of Wealth Was Created for the 19 Richest U.S. Households Last Year

50th Edition - Spring 2025 | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bonds, and declining trust in institutions. As the nation confronts generational turnover and a volatile political climate, the 50th edition of the Harvard Youth Poll reveals what matters most to young Americans—and what they're losing faith in.

MAGA natalism is a dead end - Lawyers, Guns & Money Republicans are going to try to respond to their panic about lowering birthrates with policies that are a proven failure, at least in part they care more about traditional gender hierarchies than they do about increasing birthrates: ... According to a Pew poll last year, 57 percent of American young men say they want children someday, compared to only 45 percent of young women. Unfortunately, these men are getting the wrong message from our leaders about how to make themselves attractive prospects as fathers. The administration is led by an old-fashioned sexist who has bragged that he has never changed a diaper ... It's about reasserting a rigid, traditional vision of American family life: one where parents are straight, women are submissive, and the bro-natalists in charge get to pretend it's all for the good of the nation.

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' : news
California Man Ordered to Leave the U.S. 'Immediately' Despite Providing Birth Certificate: 'I'm Not Trying to Be One of the Government's Mistakes' : news

Let's talk about a civic uprising - by Dan Froomkin What does that mean? How do we get there?

Approval of Trump's immigration policies declining - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'He's panicking': Trump's tariff comments put China in control, analysts say : politics
Terrified Trump Flees Tariffs War After CEOs' 'Empty Shelves' Warning : politics
Trump economic approval rating falls to 37 percent: Survey : politics
Trump's Approval Rating Is Tanking by Every Indicator That Matters - Americans think Trump is failing at pretty much everything, a new poll finds. : politics
Donald Trump's approval rating drops lower than the 'worst president in history,' new poll shows : politics
Trump's self-declared reputation as a world-class dealmaker continues to unravel - One of the weirdest myths in contemporary politics is that the president is good at deal-making. This has never been true, and it's certainly not true now. : politics
Trump blames the press for all those times he said he's going to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump Wants You to Think Resistance Is Futile. It Is Not. : politics
Don't believe the doubters: protest still has power : politics

Jasmine Crockett says she would 'absolutely' go head-to-head with Donald Trump on IQ test : politics

Lawrence O'Donnell Reveals Moment Trump Became A 'Humiliated Clown' On Live TV. The president had to back down on Tuesday -- nd the world noticed. : politics
In Trump 2.0, the mistakes are multiplying : politics


'That ends now': Judge overseeing Abrego Garcia case knocks Trump administration for repeated stonewalling : politics
Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up : politics
Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online : politics

ICE Accused of Lying to School Staff as Part of Bid to Detain Elementary Students : politics - We are deeply concerned that HSI officers attempted to question several children, between first and sixth grade, during the school day apparently without contacting or coordinating in advance with the schools, parents or guardians, or state or local child welfare agencies

CNN anchor rips CBS execs who sold out to Trump: 'Hope the money's worth it' : politics

Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target : politics
Oops! Fox News Accidentally Introduces Pete Hegseth As 'Former' Secretary : politics
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon : politics
Hegseth's Signal Leak Scandal Wife Tried to Get Security Clearance : politics


'JD Vance brings misfortune': Terror attack in India latest calamity to befall Vance's 'cursed' world tour - Tragic events seems to be following Vance. : politics


Trump Called Out for Garnishing Student Loan Borrowers' Wages Despite Forgiving PPP Loans to Business Owners : politics

I Know It Seems Impossible to Remember, but There Is Actually a Reason We Had an FDA : politics

RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People : politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Launch National Autism Registry Using Americans' Private Health Records: 'Data will be collected from pharmacy chains, lab tests, smartwatches and more' : politics
RFK Jr. Shocked At 'Tsunami Of Anger' Over Autism Comments - The health secretary called autism a "preventable disease" and claimed that people with the disorder will never go out on dates, pay taxes or write poems. : politics
Anecdote of a Nazi - Lawyers, Guns & Money So RFK Jr. is going to to build a government data base out of private medical records to track useless eaters people with autism in real time.
Eschaton: Culling The Botched And The Bungled It has a few different flavors (Musk/Thiel, Kennedy, Miller), but the people in charge are implementing a eugenics agenda and until reporters understand that the public will have no idea what is happening. The spread of measles in the Southwest now constitutes the largest single outbreak since the United States declared the disease eliminated in 2000, federal scientists told state officials in a meeting on Monday ... Months of describing DOGE cuts as being about about waste, fraud, and inefficiency instead of highlighting the real, if clumsily implemented, agendas behind it.

The Biden Official Who Doesn't Oppose Trump's Student Deportations | The New Yorker - Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for "opening the door" to the Trump Administration's professed campaign to tackle antisemitism. By Isaac Chotiner

Tesla's 71% Drop in Profit May Pressure Elon Musk to Return to Day Job : politics
Polling debunks Musk excuse that his unpopularity, collapse of Tesla, is because of paid protesters : politics
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. : politics
Trump's Musk gamble has backfired - Americans are sick of Doge and its boss : politics


Bill Owens of '60 Minutes' quits, saying he lost independence


Army suspends female commander after Trump portrait found flipped around : politics


Catholic group calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene's censure for post made after Pope's death : politics


Sarah Sanders says Arkansas in 'dire need of federal assistance,' but Trump says no : politics
Trump Is Now Screwing Over Republicans in Need of Disaster Relief : politics

Florida Govt. Reportedly Sent $10 Million in Medicaid Money to Charity Overseen by Ron DeSantis' Wife : politics - This headline does not tell the whole story. They sent $10M in medicaid to a charity run by his wife, who then gave it to a non profit, who then gave most of it to Desantis as a campaign contribution. So Desantis stole $10M in medicaid money for himself.


Opinion | Opinion Today: Larry David Imagines a Private Dinner With Hitler - The New York Times

Even Republicans are falling out of love with Tesla : technology
Tesla's Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks : politics


City of Uvalde reaches settlement with families of school shooting victims : news In addition to a monetary settlement that would be paid out by the city's insurance, the families were asking for Uvalde Police to adopt new fitness standards for the force and boost officer training, attorneys announced at a press conference in May 2024.


The 30 best fiction books of the last 30 years - Los Angeles Times


NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS The Women's Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings


Bowel cancer rates in adults under 50 has been doubling every decade for past 20 years, and will be the leading cause of cancer death in that age group by 2030. Childhood toxin exposure 'may be factor', with mutations more often found in younger patients' tumours caused by toxin from E coli strains. : science


Seattle's Pike Place Market Car Free for first time in its 118 year history : pics


ELI5: Why is milk used to wash people's faces when they've been tear gassed? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5 How does only milligrams of antibiotics work on our big bodies : explainlikeimfive

How do you have an active sex life after having kids? : AskReddit

Scientists find evidence that an "optimal sexual frequency" exists and mitigates depression - people who engage in sexual activity at least once a week are less likely to experience symptoms of depression. Having sex one to two times per week may offer the greatest psychological benefits. : science

What's something you tried in bed once and immediately said "never again"? : AskReddit

What's a completely harmless secret that you keep from your partner? : AskReddit

What is a deal breaker no matter how attractive someone is? : AskReddit

What did you think was normal about yourself until you realized it was just mental illness? : AskReddit

What's a super "normal" thing in your country that would completely confuse or shock someone visiting for the first time? : AskReddit

What is your best "I say it wrong on purpose" example? : AskReddit





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Global Leaders Reach Historic Climate Accord at COP29, Agreeing to $300 Billion Funding for Developing Nations and Establishing Global Carbon Market Framework : worldnews ... And I quote, "There are no institutional safeguards to guarantee that the promised $300 billion will actually be paid." This "funding" is just a suggestion. And clearly the US is not going to pay a single dime in the next 3 and a half years.
US Imposes Tariffs Up to 3,521% on Southeast Asia Solar Imports : worldnews


IMF slashes world growth forecasts due to trade war : worldnews

China sends team to Myanmar to monitor ceasefire, foreign ministry says : worldnews


Japan's biggest Yakuza crime group pledges to end decade-long gang war : worldnews


China asks Korea not to export products using rare earths to US defense firms, paper reports : worldnews


US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not 'sustainable' : worldnews ... White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that Trump told her "we're doing very well" regarding a "potential trade deal with China."



Russia hunts journalist who fled house arrest over Ukraine war criticism : worldnews

State of Emergency Declared as Huge Explosion Rocks Russia's Vladimir Region : worldnews
WarTranslated on X: Powerful explosions rocked the 51st GRAU arsenal of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the Vladimir region — 100,000 tons of ammunition went up in the air. Among the destroyed items were glide bombs, artillery shells, rockets for multiple launch rocket systems, and components for air defense systems. It was one of the largest depots in Russia. / X



26 killed in terrorist attack at Jammu & Kashmir India : worldnews ... These terrorists asked the people whether they were Muslim or not, and then shot them if they weren't Muslim. Even going as far as checking in their pants for circumcision (Hindus don't get circumcised). Always seem to be one particular religion in these terrorist attacks..
Multiple casualties feared after 'terror attack' at Kashmir tourist hotspot, Indian police say : worldnews
Kashmir Attack - Lawyers, Guns & Money


In a first, Egypt conducts military drills with China, signaling closer ties - Breaking Defense : worldnews


Syria detains two leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad : worldnews


Houthis Send Defiant Warning to Trump: "Quagmire" : worldnews


IDF kills senior Jama'a Islamiya terrorist in Lebanon : worldnews
Israeli military strikes south of Beirut in Lebanon - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post - The IDF killed Hussein Izzat Mohammad Atwi, a senior terrorist in the Jama'a Islamiya terror group affiliated with Hamas, during a strike in Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday.


Ukraine, U.S., UK, France to hold talks in London on ceasefire deal with Russia : worldnews
Ukraine waiting for answer from Russia on civilian infrastructure ceasefire : worldnews
Kremlin satisfied with US statements that Ukraine will not join NATO : worldnews
Putin offers US to freeze Ukraine war along current front line, FT reports : worldnews

U.S. to recognize crimea as Russian in future Ukraine peace deal : worldnews
Zelensky rules out recognizing Crimea as Russian, warns against playing into Putin's 'game' : worldnews
Politico: Putin's sham Easter truce was marketing ploy aimed at Trump, Paris says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1153, Part 1 (Thread #1300) : worldnews


UAVoyager🇺🇦 on X: This is pure terrorism. russia is attacking civilian areas using Shaheds armed with cluster munitions. But your media won't show it, because the world doesn't care. And that's just a fact. Odesa tonight. / X


Von der Leyen: World is 'lining up' to work with Europe amid Trump's trade war : worldnews ... Trump has done the one thing I never thought possible, unite UK and France.


Czechia independent of Russian oil for first time in history : worldnews

Russia is upping hybrid attacks against Europe, Dutch intelligence says : worldnews

Mexico's Sheinbaum bans 'foreign propaganda' after US anti-migrant ad : worldnews ... The commercials showed US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem warning that anyone crossing the US-Mexico border illegally would be prosecuted and deported.




Trump Tower Project in Moscow Might Be Offered by Putin : politics ... Trump had a deal in the works for Trump Tower Moscow during the 2016 campaign, when he said "I have no deals, no nothing with Russia" and then the signed paperwork was published.

U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism, hundreds of scholars say : NPR (Trump will delete NPR)

Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany : politics -- "It was [Jürgen] Habermas' mentor, Theodore Adorno, who wrote that the first step in that nation's descent into hell was, and I quote, 'the conversion of all questions of truth into questions of power,"' Gore said. ""He described how the Nazis, and I quote again, 'attacked the very heart of the distinction between true and false.' End quote. The Trump administration is insisting on trying to create their own preferred version of reality."

If Trump flouts the Abrego Garcia rulings, the Constitution is done : politics

Four House Democrats travel to El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release | Reps. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., and Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., met with the U.S. embassy in El Salvador on Monday. : politics ... He was deported by accident, the Supreme Court has intervened and said the Trump admin has to try to get him back, and instead Trump launched a massive propaganda campaign against him.


New images could change cancer diagnostics. ICE detained Harvard scientist who analyzes them. Without scientist Kseniia Petrova's expertise, no one can fully unlock the data's potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.


Joe Rogan Turns on Trump, Questions Abrego Garcia's Deportation Without Due Process: 'We Got To Be Careful That We Don't Become Monsters' : politics


Trump birthright citizenship bid heads to Supreme Court: what to know (Trump will delete milliions of "home-grown" Americans)
Trump Attacks the Supreme Court in Most Alarming Comments Yet : politics ... This is by design according to one of the founders of the Heritage Foundation - Our strategy will be to bleed this corrupt culture dry. We will pick off the most intelligent and creative individuals in our society, the individuals who help give credibility to the current regime.
What's the Court Up To? - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... for all we talk about Trump as the ultimate disaster of American politics, the two justices that are the most extreme are still the appointees of the two Bushes ... Issuing an order at 1 am on Saturday is a pretty clear indication that the justices understood that their ruling was, in fact, a matter of life or death. It's an indication that they knew that the people being herded onto buses in North Texas were being sent to their doom.
Trump Attacks the Supreme Court, Says America 'Cannot Give Everyone a Trial' - The president slammed the justices for halting his latest deportations while dismissing immigrants' due process rights as an inconvenience : politics ... Fun Fact: Treason is the only crime defined in the US Constitution (Art III, Sec 3). This was done specifically to prevent the kinds of abuse / misuse of treason charges that Trump is now trying to alledge
Trump Says US Cannot Give Every Person It Wants to Deport a Trial : politics

Virginia National Guard Pilot Wrongly Identified as Involved in DC Midair Collision Sues for Defamation : politics ... She's a transgender woman, this wasn't 100% random, they just needed a scapegoat to ramp up more trans hate.
Virginia National Guard Pilot Wrongly Identified as Involved in DC Midair Collision Sues for Defamation | Military.com | The next day, Ellis, who is transgender, was alarmed to hear Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say that diversity initiatives had undermined air safety at the Pentagon, hinting that they had played a role in the midair collision ... she learned she had been named by Matthew Wallace, a cryptocurrency influencer with 2.3 million followers on the social media platform X, as the pilot. Wallace posted photos of her and said Ellis was driven by a diagnosis of gender dysphoria to conduct what he called a possible "trans terror attack."

Anarchy in the US - Lawyers, Guns & Money Pete Hegseth is somehow hanging on, because total idiocy, incompetence, and corruption mark every aspect of the Trump administration:

Over 100 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration : politics
Over 150 college presidents sign letter rebuking 'government overreach' : politics

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom : politics

Live updates: Hegseth takes aim at 'leakers' during TV interview amid controversies at Pentagon - The Washington Post
Pete Hegseth's Pentagon Crisis Is So Much Worse Than You Think : politics ... The fact that the statement, "I'll quit drinking if I get the job." Wasn't an immediate disqualifier for this administration, tells you all you need to know
Eschaton: Seems Bad Drunk man walking.Minutes before U.S. fighter jets took off to begin strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last month, Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, who leads U.S. Central Command, used a secure U.S. government system to send detailed information about the operation to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. But then Hegseth used his personal phone to send some of the same information Kurilla had given him to at least two group text chats on the Signal messaging app, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the exchanges told NBC News.
Info Pete Hegseth shared with wife, brother came from top general's secure messages | Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News. : politics
Pete Hegseth May Be Too Incompetent Even for Trump | Turns out Fox News loudmouths are bad at running the military. : politics ... Who would have known a Fox News Propaganda Machine host, With absolutely zero experience in politics,a shady booze fueled,sexually perverted past, With Racist overtones and questionable Military career. Would turn out to be an utterly despicable, incompetent, careless bungler.
First House Republican calls for Pete Hegseth to be fired in the wake of Signalgate 2.0 : politics

"Full-Blown Meltdown": Don Jr. and MAGA Rage as GOPers Turn on Hegseth : politics

Kristi Noem, International Woman of Mystery - Lawyers, Guns & Money

I never thought we'd get this far. Every last legislator is complicit in this. The judiciary has been compromised. The executive is consolidating power with little kickback from anyone. When he said we won't need to vote again I believe him.
Republicans are coming for the Medicaid expansion - Lawyers, Guns & Money - There's an all-too-real chance that the most important expansion of the welfare state since the Johnson administration won't survive a second Trump term: So, in other words, millions of people will be denied access to medical care to partially pay for another massive upper-class tax cut. I believe this is the new Republican Economic Populism (TM.)

Traditionally, one of the few things actually good about this horrible, racist, violent, misogynist, and cruel nation was public education. Establishing the right and expectation of a universal public education was an actual good policy that came early in our history and lasted a long time. Naturally, it is under target by the Republican Party. And as usual, Idaho leads the way in destroying it ... The Republican leading the push to defund Idaho's Empowering Parents grants said it had nothing to do with the party's decision to fund private schools. But the state's most prominent conservative group, a strong supporter of the private school tax credit, drew the connection directly.

Trump Is Laying the Groundwork to Blame Powell for Any Downturn : politics
Investors flee US assets as Trump attacks Fed chair Jerome Powell : politics
Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send 'No Confidence' Signal : politics
Trump crash stonks - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The past few months have been particularly punishing for Tesla, which fell about 5.8% Monday. Its shares have now erased all of their postelection gains and have plummeted 44% in 2025 so far. On Monday, Tesla dropped outside of the largest 10 U.S. companies by market value for the first time since June 2024.

Recession 'absolutely' will happen if Trump's tariffs remain, top financial expert says | 'We will have bankruptcies of retailers of very significant magnitudes if this is allowed to continue,' Torsten Slok says : politics


Musk wants to leave politics because he's tired of 'attacks' from the left: report : politics
DOGE isn't saving much money. So what is Elon Musk really up to? : politics

RFK Jr. Knows Amazingly Little About Autism - Mother Jones or someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
RFK Jr's autism study collecting Americans' private medical records : politics

The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data : politics



Republican Support Collapses Under Donald Trump : politics
As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another : politics

David Hogg wants Democrats to wake up: "We have to show how our party is going to fight back" : politics

This is How We Win: The Four Stages of a Revolution What the Civil Rights Movement Can Teach Us About Resistance

That Tasty New Gilded Age Milk - Lawyers, Guns & Money As I've said again and again, the policy positions of the Trump administration are to return the U.S. to the Gilded Age, repealing the 20th century. Maybe it would help if Americans stopped watching the Nazi documentaries and remember that their own country is at fault for many of the problems in the world and that to understand what is happening in the U.S. today, focusing on our own history makes a lot more sense. For example, milk: ... By destroying the government capacity to keep the milk supply safe, what kind of nation are we returning to? This one: ... They also faked the look of rich cream by using a yellowish layer of pureed calf brains ... Finally, if the milk was threatening to sour, dairymen added formaldehyde, an embalming compound long used by funeral parlors, to stop the decomposition, also relying on its slightly sweet taste to improve the flavor.
Eschaton: Sure Why Not Pro-natalism agenda proceeding as expected. - WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. - Gotta increase that birthrate even more if you're trying to increase the childhood mortality rate, too.


"My Dinner with Adolf": Larry David roasts Bill Maher's meeting with Trump in satirical NYT essay : politics ... From Nate White for why the British do not like him: ""A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed."
Curb your enthusiasm (for Donald Trump) - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Larry David gets an immediate induction into the subtweeting Hall of Fame for absolutely demolishing Bill Maher


Private security guards charged after woman was dragged out of chaotic Idaho town hall meeting : politics
Woman Dragged From Republican Town Hall Seeks $5 Million In Damages : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,869 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


The comeback of cursive: A new generation finds the tactile joys of an old-school art - The Washington Post

Eight Times It Might Be Healthier Not to Forgive "Sometimes it's more authentic and empowering to move on without forgiving," says one psychologist and author.




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Evgen Istrebin on X: The number of bankruptcies in Russia is reaching unprecedented levels. 9.5 million citizens are banned from traveling abroad due to debts, an increase of 3 million in a year!!!! / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: "1/ Ukraine was reportedly able to breach Russia's fortifications in the Kursk region in August 2024 because of a massive fraud by Russian constructors and politicians, with fake companies, fake workers, substituted materials, and trenches made of "shit and sticks". / X

UncleSamsNaughtyFella on X: "usual" / X



US airstrikes killed 12 people in Yemen's capital, the Houthi rebels say - The Boston Globe



The State of the War - Lawyers, Guns & Money The relative stability of the front is a consideration for Ukraine's bargaining position but the point is to arrive at a cease-fire before the front collapses, not after.


Pope Francis dies on Easter Monday at 88: Live updates and reactions
Francis, the First Latin American Pope, Dies at 88 : politics
After meeting JD Vance, the Pope delivered a pointed message to the world : politics
Pope Francis dying hours after meeting JD Vance sparked a truly dark meme - 'What did you do?' : politics

Pope Francis' Last Act Was to Give JD Vance a Lesson About Migrants : politics

MPs and peers call for Trump to be blocked from addressing Parliament during UK visit | MPs and peers have warned the US president should not be allowed to address Parliament as he 'does not respect democracy' : politics
Trans rights supporters rally in London after UK Supreme Court ruling : worldnews




Boston Marathon 2025: Full results and inspiring stories from race day

Trump team reveals lack of expertise -- and patience -- as it threatens to abandon Ukraine peace talks | Trump administration : politics


US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days : politics

Sen. Chris Van Hollen argues Trump administration's actions in Abrego Garcia case 'threaten everybody's rights' : politics
Van Hollen: If You Won't Fight for the Constitution, You Don't Deserve to Lead : politics
Van Hollen: 'I am not defending the man, I am defending the rights of this man to due process' : politics

Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to El Salvador facility with own bed and furniture, update reveals : politics

More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf : politics
House Democrats land in El Salvador, demand Abrego Garcia's return : politics

Republican senator criticizes Trump, calls Abrego Garcia case a 'screw up' : politics


Transcript: Trump's Ramblings about Abrego Garcia Wreck His Own Case : politics ... There is significantly more evidence and judicial documentation (findings, affidavits, etc.) showing that Trump is a rapist, than there is showing that Kilmar Garcia is in MS-13 ... "This comes out of the State Department and very legitimate sources. I mean, I assume. I'm reading, I'm just giving you what they handed to me, but this was supposed to be certified stuff" He distancing himself from the lie as he's telling it. It's unbelievable how shameless he is.

GOP Sen. John Kennedy says Trump administration should not send Americans to foreign prisons : politics ... This fuck is the king of double speak. YouTube some videos of him when he was a Democrat AG and listen to his non existent southern drawl vs what he employs so ham handedly today.

Teen Girls Arrested and Deported While Backpacking in Hawaii : politics ... Two teenage girls from Germany were detained, arrested, and deported at an airport in Hawaii after immigration officials said it was suspicious they had not booked a hotel room ... But despite having ESTA travel authorization, immigration officials accused them of attempting to enter the U.S. to work illegally, and they were placed in handcuffs and takent to a nearby detention center they later learned was a deportation facility. Upon arrival, they were subjected to full-body scans, strip searches and forced to wear green prison jumpsuits ... They were then placed in a holding facility with serious criminals, including an alleged murderer who had been locked up for 18 years, and were forced to spend the night in a freezing cold double cell ... People looking for any excuse to detain and mistreat foreignersEspecially if they're young women who you want to strip search

Trump acting like a 'royal despot', say prominent Republicans : politics


Trump Slams Biden and Courts in Yet Another Hate-Filled Easter Message : politics - "[Biden] was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing," Trump wrote.
Trump's 'Happy Easter' Message Filled with Vengeance and Vitriol : politics
Trump Skips Church to Go on Unhinged Easter Posting Spree Instead | The president posted over 20 times on Easter, but had little to say about the holy day. : politics
Donald Trump Vows to Make America 'More Religious' Than Ever Before : politics (said the antiChrist)

Trump's approval rating on the economy drops to lowest of his presidential career, CNBC survey finds : politics

Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch : politics ... still no Bush what a surprise /s

US stock markets fall again as Trump calls Fed chair 'a major loser' : politics
Trump escalates power grab for the Federal Reserve The president's fight with Fed chair Jerome Powell is about more than interest rates. It's a grab for power over a central bank long prized for its independence.

Millionaire Tax Would Generate About $400 Billion in Revenue : politics

Trump's Trade War is Pushing Investors Away From America : politics

GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump's costly agenda : politics

Thousands join anti-Trump protests across US : politics (millions, evil press)
Anti-Trump Protest Update: Organizers Say More Than 3 Million Attended : politics (just a few thousand, says BBC)
'Hands Off': Millions of Anti-Trump Protesters Take to US Streets : politics

Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection

Ok, Chuck Schumer. Trump Just Crossed Your Red Line. Now What? : politics
Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contempt : politics

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant : politics

Sensitive government documents improperly shared with thousands

Turns Out It Wasn't Such a Great Idea to Put Pete Hegseth in Charge of the Military : politics
First House Republican calls for Pete Hegseth's ouster : politics
Hegseth Melts Down in Front of Own Kids in Rant to Save Job : politics
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session : Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense ) Susan Collins always does this. She only ever bucks the party when she knows it won't matter. If Hegseth's nomination was in danger, she would have voted yes.
'He Must Resign in Disgrace': Hegseth On the Ropes After Second War Plans Chat Exposed - "How many times does Pete Hegseth need to leak classified intelligence before Donald Trump and Republicans understand that he isn't only a f*cking liar, he is a threat to our national security?" asked Democrat : politics
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense : politics

Eschaton: Leaky Pete Is A No Show The guys who got fired are pissed that they were slimed on the way out (whether or not they deserved it) and Pete's worried about what they'll say.

Hegseth Texted War Plans to Wife and Brother on Second Signal Chat : politics
Former top DOD spokesperson: Pentagon in 'disarray' under Hegseth : politics
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat : politics
'Full-blown meltdown' at Pentagon after Pete Hegseth's second Signal chat revealed : politics
Duckworth: Hegseth endangering troops with 'singular stupidity' : politics
Former Pete Hegseth aide in op-ed: 'Total chaos at the Pentagon' : politics
Pete Hegseth Flips Out Amid Second Signal Group Chat Scandal : politics

Trump's cuts to NASA budget could make failure an option for space agency : politics

'Not going to happen': Judge quickly reverses Trump's mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau : politics

Jasmine Crockett Trolls GOP With Blunt Reminder About 'Fearless Leader' Trump : politics


Democrats face growing calls for generational change : politics

AOC seizes the moment as Democrats seek a new identity : politics



Harvard sues Trump administration over funding freeze
Trump Administration Irate at Harvard, Will Pull Additional $1 Billion in Funding : politics
Massachusetts governor calls Trump's attacks on Harvard 'bad for science' : politics


Who Were Those Gullible People Who Believed Donald Trump's Bullshit?: 'His campaign promises, from peace in Ukraine to "beautiful" tariffs, were truly unbelievable. And yet, somehow, many people believed him' : politics
But you did! - Lawyers, Guns & Money Even people specializing in covering the industries Trump's tariffs will most obviously devastate were delusional about what his election meant:

Eschaton: What Did They Think Would Happen I don't mean Trump, as his brain is mostly worm castings at this point, but any of the people around him. Did it not occur to them that countries would retaliate? -- A Boeing jet intended for a Chinese airline landed back at the planemaker's US production hub on Sunday, a victim of the tit-for-tat bilateral tariffs launched by Donald Trump



Eschaton: Sorry, Elon Tesla stock, today.
Tesla stock falls, Dan Ives says Musk needs to leave DOGE
Tesla Bull Calls 'Code Red' Saying Musk Needs to Leave DOGE : politics


This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No "Economic Value" | Vanity Fair As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company's stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and Andrew Sean Greer, are individually worthless. (said Zuckercrook)


Six men charged after forcibly removing woman from North Idaho town hall : politics

'F*ck You:' Nancy Mace Loses It in Public Argument With Constituent : politics
Nancy Mace yells 'F**k you!' at man she assumes is gay for asking her a question in an Ulta store. The Republican lawmaker, known for her transphobia, said the man 'got in her face.' A video she posted shows he didn't. : politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says 'Evil Being Defeated' After Pope Francis Death : politics



On Intentional Homelessness - Lawyers, Guns & Money One of the few areas where I sharply dissent from the norms of contemporary left-liberalism is that of homelessness. To be blunt, homelessness is terrible. It's a failure of society. It is not OK to be homeless. It is an absolute blight on cities. Where we as a society became so focused on individual rights so that you have people arguing that being homeless is totally cool if people want to be and also if they want to shoot up on the streets
San Jose Considers Arresting Homeless People Who Refuse Housing - The New York Times The mayor of the Silicon Valley city has proposed arresting people who don't accept offers of shelter. It's the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.




Why Neo-Nazis Are Obsessed With the Occult : politics
Why Neo-Nazis Are Obsessed With the Occult | The New Republic The Nazis themselves were murder nerds. Now their successors are LARPing as wizards of racial superiority as they commit very real atrocities -- as seen in the recent parent killing in Wisconsin.
SS-Ehrenring - Wikipedia


LGM Podcast: Spy Movies - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,868 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Maxwell Taylor ... Maxwell Taylor arguably was the most destructive general in American history ... He was also key in picking Gen. William Westmoreland to command the war there.




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Akash Maniam on X: "Paid for by frozen russian assets. Japan is an invaluable ally and a class act. / X

Hyundai Putting Tens of Thousands of Advanced Robots to Work : worldnews

UN researchers warn that Asian scam operations are spreading across the rest of the world : worldnews

Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party is shutting down as Beijing leaves no room for dissent : worldnews

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X:China is sending its soldiers to fight in Ukraine to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan, — The Hill. zx X
China coal generation declines by nearly 5% in the first quarter of 2025 : worldnews
China's CATL launches new sodium-ion battery brand : worldnews
China vows retaliation against countries that follow U.S. calls to isolate Beijing : worldnews
China to sanction US Congress members and others who 'acted egregiously' on Hong Kong : worldnews



Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Putin publicly acknowledged the Russian missile strike on Sumy, saying it was "retribution." Putin also commented on the April 4 attack on Kryvyi Rih, which killed 21 people and called it a "punishment". Basically, Putin is saying that Russia can hit any civilian object in in Ukraine and say that the goal of that strike was a military one. Russian war crimes will continue. / X
Russian Economic Officials Brace for Lowest Oil Prices Since Pandemic : worldnews
Russian Orthodox Priest Claims Migrants Are Coming to 'Replace' Locals : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 4/ There have also been repeated reports of sexual exploitation of female soldiers, with commanders reviving the World War Two practice of taking "field wives." X
ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ Over the past three years of war in Ukraine, abuses by Russian officers have frequently been reported. Dissent is often punished by sending the culprits to die in unsupported assaults (an approach nicknamed Puzikism, after one particularly notorious commander). / X

Russia's effort to get US to drop aviation sanctions hits EU resistance : worldnews

China Buyers Selling Knockoffs of Russian Military Gear Back to Russia : worldnews

Chechnya: Body of teenager displayed publicly after attack on police : worldnews


Behind closed doors, Kazakhstan challenges decades-old deal with $160 billion claim against Big Oil : worldnews


Vance arrives in India for a 4-day visit that includes talks with Modi and personal engagements : worldnews
India: At least 11 killed after New Delhi building collapse : worldnews
Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels : worldnews

Drones can deliver supplies on Mount Everest this year, and it may change climbing forever : worldnews

Algeria drops French, adopts English as university language : worldnews ...Chinese speakers especially, by learning pronunciation through Pinyin. Chinese, on the other hand, have a much higher barrier to entry with their character system, which anyone used to a phonetic alphabet will find challenging to learn.
Pinyin - Wikipedia

"We are all Hamas": Qatari defense minister posts, then deletes message in support of Hamas : worldnews

Iran's police-school pact sparks fear of hijab policing in classrooms : worldnews

Hezbollah 'will not let anyone disarm it,' vows leader Naim Qassem : worldnews

Lebanese army foils rocket attack on Israel as president doubles down on disarming Hezbollah : worldnews

Hamas said to recruit 30,000 Gaza youths into its military wing : worldnews ... It's sad how Israels and palestines best chance at long lasting peace, Yitzhak Rabin, was shot by a guy motivated to his assassination by now prime minister of Israel Netanyahu. Netanyahu and all of his chronies have to disappear just as much as Hamas has to disappear for peace to be possible.


Israel cancels visas for French lawmakers : worldnews - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted with fury to France's possible recognition of a Palestinian state. He said establishing a Palestinian state next to Israel would be a 'huge reward for terrorism.'

Police ban photos of hostages and Gaza children at anti-war protest, then backtrack | The Times of Israel Protest organizer Alon-Lee Green, co-director of the joint Jewish-Arab "Standing Together" movement, told The Times of Israel that it seemed police had backtracked on their initial demands by Sunday evening.

'Professional failures' led to killing of Palestinian medics in Gaza, says Israeli military : worldnews
IDF fires officer over killing of 15 rescue workers in Gaza's Rafah : worldnews

Israel cancels visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers ahead of visit : worldnews

Israeli minister says returning hostages not 'the most important goal' : worldnews ... Israel's far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, drew outrage Monday when he said returning Israeli hostages still held by Hamas is not the war's "most important goal." Instead, with an ally like President Donald Trump in office, Israel should reconquer the Gaza Strip, expel its Palestinian residents and occupy the land, he said.

Bar says Netanyahu demanded personal loyalty, obedience to him and not Supreme Court : worldnews

Israeli spy chief hands court scathing rebuke of Netanyahu bid to sack him : worldnews ... The head of Israel's domestic intelligence service said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to sack him followed his refusal to fulfil requests that included spying on Israeli protesters and disrupting the leader's corruption trial ... Netanyahu's Likud party has accused Bar of acting against the prime minister and turning parts of the Shin Bet service into "a private militia of the Deep State ... Those included Shin Bet investigations into leaks of secret army documents to the media and possible links between Netanyahu aides and Qatar, and a Shin Bet inquiry into its own failings, which also pointed to the government ignoring warnings before the October 7 attack and policy failures that preceded it


'Evil may have its hour, but God will have his day': Zelenskyy's Easter message after accusing Russia of ceasefire violations : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1152, Part 1 (Thread #1299) : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: Ukraine will be able to continue the war until 2029 if Germany and other countries take on the financing of AFU, - Ukrainian representative to the UN Melnyk ❗️Melnyk calls on Merz to transfer 30% of all military equipment in the Bundeswehr arsenals for the needs of AFU / X
Ukraine Says Russia Broke Its Own Easter Cease-Fire Vow : worldnews
KyivPost on X: The US has proposed a plan to its allies aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine, reportedly including provisions to ease sanctions on Moscow and allow Russian-occupied territories to remain under Putin's control — Bloomberg / X
'No NATO, US recognizing annexation of Crimea — Washington awaits Kyiv's response to ceasefire pitch, WSJ reports : worldnews ... Bend over for Russia? Is that really what my idiot President is offering?
Ukraine's Zelensky says Russian artillery fire goes on, despite ceasefire proclamation : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: Zelensky imposes sanctions on Chinese firms over alleged arms supplies to Russia. These firms provide a range of dual-use goods. ▪️Beijing Aviation; ▪️Aerospace Xianghui Tech; ▪️Rui Jin Machinery; Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber. / X

Ukraine says aiming to wrap up mineral deal talks within a week : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1151, Part 1 (Thread #1298) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 18, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Ukrainian Air Force Destroys Russian Drone Hub in Kursk Region : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: The Ukrainian military uses "Techno Taras" aircraft-type interceptor drones to shoot down Russian reconnaissance UAVs, - Militarnyi ❗️As of today, 160 such interceptors have been used, they have shot down 133 enemy reconnaissance UAVs. Efficiency - 83%. /X /a>

SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre on X: Sending ballistic missiles into an apartment building featuring a giant Christ mural on Good Friday to kill sleeping Ukrainian families is the purest demonstration of core Russian culture. Kharkiv, today. / X

Ukraine repels Russian offensive near Pokrovsk, killing 200 Russian soldiers, Zelensky says : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: "⚡️ Ukraine's partisans report panic among Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, claim officers' families have fled. "There is currently panic in the units of the Russian Black Sea Fleet," the Atesh group said in a post on Telegram. / X

​Ukrainian Forces Strike russian Locomotive on the Front Line for the First Time (Video) | Defense Express The brigade clarified that this was the first time a russian locomotive had been hit.



Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Russia will be capable of attacking NATO territory in 2029, - Inspector General of the German Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer. "We see that Russia is now significantly increasing its armament, including about 1,500 battle tanks per year. These are either tanks that are taken from warehouses and repaired, or new production. And we see that these 1,500 tanks, as well as about 4 million units of artillery ammunition - all the armor that is produced does not go directly to the front in Ukraine, but is sent to warehouses. / X
Trump White House jeopardises EU-US data deal: German ministry : worldnews
Von der Leyen warns X, Meta, TikTok to play by the rules in Europe — no matter who's CEO : worldnews
EU says it will enforce digital rules irrespective of CEO and location : worldnews



JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome : politics

Irish Freemasons apologise for hosting Conor McGregor interview at Dublin hall : worldnews


RAF intercepted Russian jets to defend Nato airspace : worldnews
RAF fighters scrambled twice to intercept russian planes last week : worldnews

Argentine peso recoups lost ground after FX control ease, Milei rules out intervention : worldnews

Alberto Fernandez reiterates denial as court confirms gender violence trial : worldnews ... An appeals court in Buenos Aires has confirmed the trial of former president Alberto Fernández for allegedly beating and threatening his ex-partner, former first lady Fabiola Yánez.

El Salvador proposes sending US-deported Venezuelans to Venezuela : worldnews
Venezuela accuses El Salvador of human trafficking as prisoners caught in row between authoritarians : worldnews

Panamanian Judiciary Moves to Prevent US Troops in Canal Zone : worldnews

A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet : worldnews

Haiti nearing 'point of no return' amid gang violence, UN representative warns : worldnews ... Haiti has been oppressed by France since it broke free of slavery. The amount of reparations they were forced to pay back doomed the country.

Neil Young appears with "hands off Canada" sign at anti-Trump protest : politics
Canadian Politician Thanks 'Malignant Narcissistic Slug' Trump for Uniting His Country : politics
Canadian Tories heading for historic collapse - Lawyers, Guns & Money Before Trump's inauguration, the incumbent Liberals were headed for their worst defeat since 1984. Today, they're (narrowly) projected to have a majority government:
Damien Moule: The simultaneous drops of support for conservative parties in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand around the Trump inauguration, tariffs, ally threatening, etc. is a really remarkable demonstration of the globalization (angloization?) of perceived political ideology. - Bluesky
Canada: Federal security officials report repression operation targeting Conservative candidate opposed to Chinese government : worldnews
Carney urges Canadian doctors in the U.S. to come home : worldnews - In America, health care is big business - but in Canada, it is a right, said Mark Carney,




Iran Sells Russia Drones And Missiles To Kill Ukrainians And Trump Doesn't Care : politics

Claretta Nijhuis on X: Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past" - George Orwell "1984". The Budapest Memorandum signed in 1994…has disappeared from White House web site. / X

MAGA Goes Into Full Meltdown Mode Over SCOTUS Ruling on Deportations : politics

Anti-Trump rallies held across the U.S. to protest administration's policies : politics
"No Kings": Protesters across country march against Trump, Musk : politics ...Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Anti-Trump demonstrators rally across the US : politics
Nationwide "Hands Off!" 50501 protests against Trump continues for second weekend : politics
Anti-Trump protesters turn out to rallies in New York, Washington and other cities across country : politics

Lawlessness is blind - Lawyers, Guns & Money Sam Alito has finally filed his dissent in Trump v. The Foundations of Anglo-American Law, and it proceeds as you'd expect:

Hegseth Hegsething Again... - Lawyers, Guns & Money
White House admits Hegseth chaos is even more serious than even we had at first been imagining - Lawyers, Guns & Money As an aside, the right wing's method of catapulting the propaganda through repetition makes them sound like a student trying to meet the word count for an essay ... At any rate, whether she meant it or not, Leavitt made it clear that either the entire Pentagon has to go, or it is time for Hegseth to be Pentagone
Hegseth gone? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald Trump gave the most important job in the cabinet to a raging alcoholic who promised to quit drinking as soon as he was given this job, but not before ... We are in uncharted waters here, and the way they have covered the situation indicates the extent to which so much of the prestige media are still in total denial about that.

250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy : politics
250 Years Later, We Need Paul Revere Again : politics
250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy : politics

The Left Gerontocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Raul Grijalva and the Gerontocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Sen. Van Hollen says U.S. in constitutional crisis with Trump 'flouting the courts' : politics

Internet Sleuths Slam Trump for Photoshopping MS-13 Tat on Deported Dad's Hand - Trump alleged that Kilmar Abrego Garcia "got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles." Social media users are pushing back. : politics

Republican Rep Bungles Vandalizing Dem's Office Plaque After El Salvador Visit : politics
Republican Rep Bungles Vandalizing Dem's Office Plaque After El Salvador Visit Rep. Mike Collins posted a photo intended as a jab at Sen. Chris Van Hollen—but he accidentally struck a fellow Republican instead ... The plaque that Collins vandalized actually belongs to Republican hardliner Sen. Rick Scott. ... Collins ... U.S. representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district

Trump's FCC Chairman Is Sporting A Gold Trump-Head Pin, And It's Eerily Similar To Historical Pins From World Dictators - Things are getting scary.

Busted: Report paints vivid picture of Trump corruption : politics

Stephen in Wonderland - Lawyers, Guns & Money One of the two most influential people in the White House is literally asserting that the 1/6 insurrectionists received less due process than the people Trump is deporting to torture prisons without a hearing: In authoritarian discourse, the more obvious the lie, the better — they need a discourse in which truth simply has no value on their team.

Opinion | Trump's 100 days will be recalled as a historic failure - The Washington Post America has seen ruinous periods, but never when the president was the one knowingly causing the ruin.

The fascist moment is here: Have mainstream liberals heard the alarm go off? : politics

Harvard won't comply with demands from Trump administration : politics

Jewish people fear scapegoating as Trump invokes antisemitism to justify crackdowns : politics

Kevin McCarthy Predicts AOC as the Future of the Democratic Party - The former SOTH also claimed that we're currently watching a civil war unfold. : politics

Trump tariffs: DHL suspends high value US deliveries : politics

Donald Trump's approval rating drops with America's most accurate pollster : politics

Trump Official's Embarrassing Comparison of French Palace to Mar-a-Lago Baffles Users: 'Like Comparing McDonald's With Michelin Restaurants' : politics

The America I loved is gone : politics

Many in the autism community say RFK Jr. is pushing harmful and regressive rhetoric about who they are : politics

Just Like Mar-a-Lago! Lackey Compares France's Historic Élysée Palace to Trump Residence : politics

Kleptocracy, Inc. : politics

The dying coal town that reveals Trump's lies about reviving mining : politics - On 8 April, Trump signed an executive order vowing to revive the coal industry, which is located mainly in Wyoming, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kentucky. "I call it beautiful, clean coal," said Trump. "I tell my people never use the word coal unless you put 'beautiful, clean' before it."

From Ken Griffin to Robinhood: The Donors Who Funded Trump's Inauguration Revealed : politics

Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts : politics

Elon Musk's Breeding Spree Is So Much Wilder Than You Thought | Vanity Fair The billionaire bureaucrat, who wants a "legion-level" of offspring, has reportedly solicited women on X to have his children and pays his kids' mothers millions to keep quiet.

Man stunned during Marjorie Taylor Greene's town hall is a Marine veteran, attorney says : politics ... So it's come to police violence (tazing) if you raise your voice towards a Republican lawmaker and refuse to leave?


Transgender teen can't legally change name until age 21, Mississippi Supreme Court rules. The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a 16-year-old trans boy cannot legally change his name even with the support of both his parents. : politics ... Only in America where you can buy a gun at 18 but not change your name till 21.

Pa. GOP lawmaker apologizes for questioning a 12-year-old about pornography at civics event : politics

Republican Candidate Proposes Forcing Migrant Women to Marry American Men : politics ... White moderates are everyone's enemy, including their own.
The religious right is now targeting sexless marriages as 'selfishness.' They want to ban those too - LGBTQ Nation It's not just same-sex marriages Republicans want to ban. Now they don't like asexual marriages either ... As obtained by Politico, some 83 Christian nationalist groups (led by the Alliance Defending Freedom) released a letter in July imploring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to block the Respect for Marriage Act, because marriage equality somehow opens the door to further immorality, like platonic marriages.

Carville blasts 'supremely naive' Maher over White House dinner with Trump : politics

Opinion | Why Gen Z men love Trump's reign of destruction - The Washington Post Trump's appeal to the demographic might not have to do with his policies.


Sarah Palin's amazingly frivolous libel suit - Lawyers, Guns & Money


The Life and Work of Karen Wynn Fonstad - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Mistaking Mary Magdalene | The New Yorker The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

The Moments That Shape Our Beliefs - The New York Times The Times asked celebrities, faith leaders, writers and readers to tell us about a significant time in their religious and spiritual lives.

On Judas - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jesus Christ Superstar (1970 Original London Concept Recording) [Full Album] - YouTube




041925

Japan to provide Ukraine with $ 3 bn from Russian assets - Euromaidan Press : worldnews

Impeached South Korean ex-president Yoon spotted wearing a red hat says "Make Korea Great Again" : pics


8 arrested over running Hong Kong scam ring, opening bank accounts with deepfakes : worldnews
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S&P 500: 11 U.S. Stocks Are At China's Mercy - You Likely Own Some Of Them | Investor's Business Daily
'No quick wins': China has the world's first operational thorium nuclear reactor : worldnews
China-Built Airport in Nepal Was Littered With Corruption, Inquiry Finds : worldnews
Boeing begins flying back planes refused by Chinese airlines : worldnews



Russian Ruble strengthens vs. US Dollar, up 40% since start of 2025 : worldnews

Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court to spend five years and six months in a penal colony : worldnews


WarTranslated on X: Russian military experts are growing uneasy about the true state of the RF army's "successes." Assessing the staggering losses and dubious methods behind them, insiders suspect the top brass and political leadership are clueless about the grim reality unfolding on the ground. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Russia is in a coal crisis, — Foreign Intelligence Service. In the first quarter of 2025, transportation volumes to the ports of the Azov, Black and Baltic Seas decreased. Because of this, 30% of the ordered deliveries were not delivered, and the railway is forced to keep 295 thousand (!) excess wagons. / X





Taliban minister expresses concern to Pakistan over Afghan repatriation drive : worldnews


Tunisia jails opposition leaders for up to 66 years : worldnews


U.S. and Iran nuclear talks are making "very good progress," U.S. official says : worldnews



Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has 'no choice' but to continue fighting in Gaza : worldnews
Amid discontent over Gaza, more Israelis back hostage deal : worldnews ... "The sanctity of life, Mr. Prime Minister, takes precedence over God of vengeance," in reference to Psalm 94.

A Palestinian woman mourns near the bodies of her relatives,killed during an Israeli strike in Gaza. : pics


Institute for the Study of War on X: Kremlin officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly stated that they are unwilling to accept any agreement that does not concede to all of Russia's territorial and political demands for Ukraine. Russian officials' continued insistence on these demand / X
Daniel Szeligowski on X: The U.S. 'peace proposal' put forward in Paris essentially is: - no Ukraine in NATO - no foreign troops in Ukraine - no U.S. military support for Ukraine - waive the sanctions - unfreeze the Russian assets - allow Russia to freely integrate the occupied territories What a deal / X
Zelensky Calls Putin Truce Proposal Attempt... To Play With Human Lives : worldnews
Ukraine's Zelensky says Russian artillery fire goes on, despite ceasefire proclamation : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Drones Over Ukraine Reveal Putin's True Attitude Toward Easter and Human Life : worldnews
Trump admin considers recognizing Russian control of Crimea as part of peace deal, Bloomberg reports : worldnews
White House Peace Talks Include Recognizing Russian Control of Crimea : worldnews
China denies Zelenskyy's charge that it provides Russia with weapons : worldnews
Martin Rowson on the martyrdom of Volodymyr Zelenskyy - cartoon | Martin Rowson | The Guardian
Russia launches overnight missile and drone attacks on five Ukrainian regions : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1150, Part 1 (Thread #1297) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/BPeRsKkB5T" / X

Russia Deported Over 700,000 Ukrainian Children From Occupied Territories, Says Presidential Office : worldnews
Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

Russia used cluster munitions in deadly overnight strike on Kharkiv : worldnews

Leaked: Ukraine and US intend to finalise mineral exploitation deal by end of April : worldnews

Ukraine proposes extending truce beyond Easter Sunday : worldnews
Trump says US will 'pass' on Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon : worldnews
Rubio Threatens to Abandon Ukraine Peace Talks Within Days : worldnews


Pope Snubs Vance and Gets Deputy to Lecture VP on Compassion : politics


Trans rights supporters rally in London after UK Supreme Court ruling : worldnews


Mexican President Organizes Song Contest To Counter Popular Genre Glorifying Cartels : worldnews
Mexico's Sheinbaum Counters Trump Deportations With Tens of Thousands of Jobs for Returned Citizens : worldnews

Mark Carney unveils a plan to Trump-proof Canada : worldnews
Elections Canada announces record turnout on 1st day of advance voting | CBC News : worldnews
Albanese claims victory in Vegemite fight as Canada concedes spread poses low risk to humans | Australia news : worldnews
Sanitarium Marmite 500g | Marmite from New Zealand




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics
Rob Rogers by Rob Rogers for April 16, 2025 | GoComics

Week 13 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Travel warning for journalists entering US : worldnews

U.S. immigration authorities are detaining European travelers, weighing on tourism - CBS News

SCOTUS Dramatically Stops Trump's Brazen Immigrant Roundup : politics
The Supreme Court's Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One : politics ... The Court not only sent signal to T, but signaled to Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to stop messing with the Court with their delay tactics.
Did Alito refuse to refer A.A.R.P. v. Trump to the full Court to facilitate Trump's illegal detainments? - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... It seems that not only has the Supreme Court's majority finally figured out that they're facing an existential threat to their power and have had enough of Trump's evasion of judicial orders, they've had enough of the president of the Article III Donald Trump fan club (and the Mouseketeers on the 5th Circuit):
The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump : politics
SCOTUS Dramatically Stops Trump's Brazen Immigrant Roundup : politics - Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. Fuck these guys. If it was up to them, we would be heading straight for a dictatorship with them as supreme ayatollahs
Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations to El Salvador - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... SCOTUS is approaching the point where it's going to have to rule on the substantive question of whether the Trump administration can abuse the AEA in this way, instead of hiding behind endless procedural obfuscation of that question.

John Roberts can't split the difference on birthright citizenship -- When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Trump's attempt to ignore the 14th Amendment, there can be no room for equivocating. : politics

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Moved Out of Notorious CECOT, Van Hollen Says : politics

Judge blocks administration from deporting noncitizens to 3rd countries without due process : news

The State Department Relied on Columbia University's Mischaracterization of Protests to Arrest Mohsen Mahdawi Columbia University refused to retract its statement calling pro-Palestine protests "intimidation." Now, the Trump administration is using it against Mohsen Mahdawi.
Emails Show Mohsen Mahdawi Pleaded with Columbia for Protection for Months Before ICE Detained Him "Is this how Columbia cares for its students?" the green card holder asked less than a month before his arrest this week.

Undocumented Immigrant Faces Decades In Prison After Breaking ICE Officer's Nose During Arrest : news - They aren't running around with warrants. They are making "determinations" and scooping people up. I think they will prosecute you for resisting arrest, even if the arrest is illegal.

Federal judge 'astounded' that Florida cops violated her order on immigration arrests : politics ... For years now, I have not been able to understand why AJ has been immortalized on our twenty-dollar bill into a position of honor. Some of the greatest human rights abuses that have happened in America, happened under his rule. Learning the history of his presidency and seeing him on our money, next to "In God We Trust", really opened my eyes to the priorities and values of our country. I lost a lot of hope to say the least.

Supreme Court orders Trump administration not to deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act for now : politics
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
US Supreme Court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan migrants : news

American born doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately : news - When incompetence meets abject cruelty, this is the result.

US citizen arrested by ICE despite proving he was born in the country


Marco Rubio read 1984 and thought "Hold my banana daiquiri" - Lawyers, Guns & Money - One of its less charming features is that Trumpism is becoming increasingly impossible to satirize: ... That's right: according to lil' Marco, your LAWFUL EXPECTED BELIEFS (this apparently means beliefs you don't actually have yet, but may acquire at some point; I think there was a Tom Cruise movie about this though I didn't see it, or maybe that's just Scientology) can provide a sufficient basis for expelling you from the country of which you are a lawful permanent resident, who also happens to be married to a U.S. citizen.

Federal agents in President Trump's anti-immigrant campaign seem to be reveling in brutality | Nobody involved in this administration's anti-immigrant campaign seems to care how cruel they appear. : politics

WH Ignited Harvard War by Mistake -- but Still Blames Harvard : politics
Eschaton: Bullies Always stand up to them. Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration last Friday that included a series of demands about hiring, admissions and curriculum so onerous that school officials decided they had no choice but to take on the White House.
Viewpoint Diversity - Lawyers, Guns & Money The old saw about right-wingers that every accusation is a confession is mostly true. But you rarely see it as clearly stated as Trump's demands on Harvard ... Note that the sentence before the highlighted one says that Harvard must ban ideological litmus tests in hiring. And then the highlighted sentence literally calls for ideological litmus tests in hirings.
Is tRump 2.0 so out of touch that it accidentally sent threatening letters to Harvard University? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Disorganized crime - Lawyers, Guns & Money Can't they even find somebody to execute a proper shakedown anymore?

Trump Posted a Photo of Abrego Garcia's Hand With an MS-13 Knuckle Tattoo. Internet Sleuths Say It's Photoshopped : politics
Linda Higgins on X: Hey Old Man, @realDonaldTrump , have someone teach you about Photoshop. This is an excellent example of altering a photo, in this case to make your illegal actions look good. But instead you look foolish" / X

Michigan Rep. Thanedar calls for Trump to be impeached over case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia : politics

'Will end badly for him': Republican Karl Rove says Americans are already tired of Trump : politics

ChatGPT Declares Trump's Physical Results 'Virtually Impossible': 'Usually Only Seen in Elite Bodybuilders' : technology
Between the Lines, Trump's Annual Physical Provides Diagnosis of Mental Illness : politics

Trump's DOJ Claims Academic Journals Hold "Partisan" Stance in Scientific Debates : politics

A Group of Top Economists is Circulating Letter That Says Trump's Tariffs Have 'No Basis in Economic Reality' : politics
Nearly 70 percent of CEOs disapprove of Trump's tariffs: Survey : politics

News story correction: Trump cuts White House speech short as he rushes from podium after 'diaper emergency': : PoliticalHumor
The Life And Grotesque Death Of Emperor Galerius - The Historian's Hut - Divine punishment overtook [Galerius], which started with his flesh and went on to his soul. An abscess suddenly appeared in the middle of his genitals, then a deep ulcerous fistula that ate into his inner intestines incurably. From them came a great mass of worms and a deadly stench, since gluttony had transformed his whole body, even before the disease, into a great blob of flabby fat that then decayed, offering a revolting and horrendous spectacle ... As told by Eusebius, Galerius died in 311, shortly after releasing the edict that called for the toleration of Christians

Who's out, who's in ... front of the bus? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Out: Acting head of IRS Gary Shapley, installed by President Musk three days ago.

Trump's Tariff Math: Lose $10 Trillion, Gain $500 Million -- Genius : PoliticalHumor
Trump brags gas is down to $1.98 a gallon in a 'couple of states.' It isn't — anywhere : politics
Late is better than never, I guess... : PoliticalHumor - only 3% of people who voted for Trump regret doing so. The "regretful Trunp voter" is a media invention.


Gorka Diagrams, Redux - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged.

More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests | US news : politics

MAKS 24 on X: Elon Musk-led US DOGE department is suspected of organizing a large-scale leak of confidential databases to unknown recipients from Russia, - Militarnyi Cybersecurity expert and security developer at the National Labor Relations Board Berulis informed the US Congress about a covert cyber operation against his department, which was organized by the DOGE government efficiency department. / X
DOGE Goon Accused of Screaming at Federal Workers on 36-Hour Shift : politics

"They want to rob it": Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are "wrecking" agency to raid it : politics

House Democrats: DOGE is building a 'master database' of Americans' sensitive information : technology
DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up : technology



Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an 'extraordinary' healer : news
Opinion | The rise of RFK Jr. is a wake-up call for liberals Kennedy may be wrong about vaccines, autism, sunscreen, and raw milk, but his ability to tap into ambient feelings of rage and powerlessness has been remarkable. And it's an anger that Democrats and liberals have failed to address.

The Nixon Head Rock - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Tesla discounts hit almost $12,000 as Cybertruck sales struggle : technology

A billboard outside St Leonard's Hospital in London : pics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,866 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Nathaniel Hill.


Notorious 4chan Forum May Be Doomed After Hack : technology .. Internet's favorite hot spot of moral bankruptcy


Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' is a fantastic depiction of a child with a short life expectancy : books


Authoritarian attitudes linked to altered brain anatomy. Young adults with right-wing authoritarianism had less gray matter volume in the region involved in social reasoning. Left-wing authoritarianism was linked to reduced cortical thickness in brain area tied to empathy and emotion regulation. : science

Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time. Peer-reviewed study's findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances' impact on fertility. : science

ELI5 Why do stimulants work differently on people with ADHD? : explainlikeimfive

'Big leap' for Parkinson's treatment: symptoms improve in stem-cell trials : science

Americans with medical debt were 5 times more likely to forgo mental health care treatment in the following year due to cost. Nearly one in four U.S. adults live with a mental illness. 15.3% Americans reported having medical debt in 2023. : science

Researchers discover new color that's impossible to see without lasering your retinas : science
Scientists hijacked the human eye to get it to see a brand-new color. It's called 'olo.' : technology

ELI5: how is it possible to lose technology over time like the way Roman's made concrete when their empire was so vast and had written word? : explainlikeimfive


ELI5: Why can other carnivores eat raw meat but humans are so prone to infections? : explainlikeimfive

Whats something that's not considered sexual but it's hot as hell? : AskReddit

What is more traumatic than people think? : AskReddit

What do you consider the most well known post in Reddit history? : AskReddit

What's the first word that comes to mind when you think of your life right now? : AskReddit

Two women meeting for the first time can judge within minutes whether they have the potential to be friends -- guided as much by smell as any other sense, research on friendship formation finds. : science ... current research estimates 40-50% of autistic people also have an anxiety disorder! It is one of the common comorbidities. The estimate for the whole US population is only 19.1%.

Doctors, nurses, EMTs, etc. -- what's the most shocking thing you've seen after thinking "nothing could surprise me anymore"? : AskReddit

Six blind people are given a camera and asked to take photos. : videos




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Japan bus driver with 3 decades of service loses $84,000 pension after he was caught stealing $7 : news


Trade war: China 'completely' stops buying liquefied gas from the US : worldnews ... When super powers decouple, the world gets more dangerous as it makes war much easier. Trump is causing all of this, he is an old man that doesn't care if he kills us all.The sick man of the west.Empowered by over a hundred million Americans. The greediest, most self centred performative victims on earth.a CNN video from just a couple days ago that basically showed that if the elections were redone basically today, the result would likely be no different.



Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict : worldnews

An 80-year-old woman survives a six-story fall while cleaning her windows. : WTF


Latest on the Norks - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Laser-Guided Rockets Shown Shooting Down Houthi Drones For First Time - A dedicated air-to-air counter-drone version of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket has also now been disclosed.


Hamas admits to lying about Palestinians allegedly killed by Israel - Defense News - The Jerusalem Post - Hamas admits 72% of combat-aged fatalities are men, quietly reduces civilian death toll - Approximately 72% of fatalities are aged 13-55 and are men - the demographic category aligns with Hamas combatants.

Fatima Hassouna and 9 of her family members murdered 24 hours after film accepted in Cannes Festival : movies ... There's really not any other way to describe a targeted missile attack against civilians.


Czech magazine with Trump and the topic 'Trump's trade war: the chaos continues' on the cover... : pics


JD Vance is using a trade deal to get the UK to end its LGBTQ+ hate speech protections : worldnews


Trump tank economy - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Yet more data about the impact of Trump turning in US into a pariah state: Overseas travel to the United States has declined sharply since President Donald Trump returned to office.
U.S. citizen says he and his wife detained without explanation after returning from Canada : news




'This is a murder' - Zelensky rebukes Trump for calling deadly Sumy strike a mistake : worldnews
'Trump's Top Pastor' Visits Ukraine, Urges President to Send F-35s, Tanks, Anti-Drone Weapons: 'Real People Are Dying Here' : worldnews

Trump is wrapping up 100 days of historic failure : politics ... Everyone who voted for Trump needs to realize that they each caused deep and lasting damage to the country that will take generations to repair. Hating brown immigrants and trans athletes should not have caused so many people to vote for an evil insane person who wipes his ass with the constitution, and there is clearly a deep issue with the country for having let this person be in charge a second time after Jan 6, felony charges, and claiming on the debate stage that dogs and cats were being eaten.

Opinion | Trump's arrests of immigrants undermine the Revolution's ideals - This is not a drill : A repressive, arbitrary regime is taking shape before our eyes.
Opinion | What's Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. - The New York Times

US Senator Van Hollen says he met wrongly deported man in El Salvador : news
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador : politics
Kilmar Abrego Garcia with Senator Van Hollen In El Salvador : pics
Chris Van Hollen Meets Kilmar Abrego Garcia - Lawyers, Guns & Money
LIVE: Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen holds a press conference after El Salvador visit - YouTube

Republican allowed into El Salvador prison, as Democrat denied access : politics
Cory Booker to visit El Salvador in effort to return wrongly deported man to US | Cory Booker : politics

ICE Refuses to Release US Citizen Detained Despite Showing Birth Certificate : politics ... In Trump's America, a simple traffic stop can result in citizens being detained by ICE ... This is Florida's anti sanctuary city law causing this. Local PD's and Sheriffs aren't allowed to ignore an ICE hold request. There's no provision in the law for when an ICE hold is completely nonsensical. So this guy has to rot till ICE cancels the hold or takes him to a El Salvadorian death camp.

Some immigrants labeled dead by Social Security are being reinstated - The Washington Post The immigrants are among more than 6,000 who were falsely added to a deaths database by DHS and the U.S. DOGE Service in a bid to pressure them to leave the United States.

Traitor! : PoliticalHumor

ICE just ordered $30 million worth of new technology from Palantir to track immigrants : technology

The wolf was always there - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump is just openly, unambiguously defying court orders now:

Trump Is Sending People To The Camps : politics

Fascism Isn't Coming -- It's Here. Now What? : politics
Jon Stewart & Maria Ressa On the US's Authoritarian Slide | The Weekly Show - YouTube

Chris Hayes: This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!! - Bluesky ... FUN FACT: Boasberg is a former homicide prosecutor who was appointed to head the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by Chief Justice John Roberts

Imagine trusting Fox News, thinking Trump and Elon have your back, and proudly voting for poverty wages, privatized healthcare, gutted schools, poisoned air, crushed unions, billionaire tax cuts, and a harder life for your kids. Congrats, soldier. You're firing against your own side in a class war. : AdviceAnimals

Harvard and Trump administration: Trump administration demands Harvard turn over sweeping records on foreign funding and staff, alleges disclosure violations
Harvard tax-exempt status: What would losing it mean for its real estate? The university owns nearly 500 buildings on both sides of the Charles. Few are on local property tax rolls.
What it would take for Trump admin to change Harvard's tax status : NPR - History shows revoking Harvard's tax status won't be easy -- or fast

2 Defense Department officials, including senior adviser to Pete Hegseth, put on leave amid leak investigation : news
Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post - POLITICO There is a complete meltdown in the building ... Everyone knew that Pete Hegseth did not possess the leadership qualities, background, or experience to be Secretary of Defense,

Trump no longer expected to visit Scotland to meet King : worldnews

Supreme Court says it will consider Trump's birthright citizenship ban : politics


House Democrats fume at David Hogg's plan to oust lawmakers : politics
House Democrats fume at David Hogg's plan to oust lawmakers Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg's plan to spend $20 million to primary older Democratic incumbents in Congress has sparked intense anger from some lawmakers.


JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence : politics ... Vance belongs to Thiel, not Trump.

Trump unilaterally destroys CFPB - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Elon Musk Decimated the Government and Saved Almost Nothing : politics ... A DOGE staffer created government system accounts for Russian users, who then attempted to access the sensitive system more than 20 times within 15 minutes of the account being created. The only reason they couldn't access it was because of network policies that prevent out-of-country access.Eventually though, the Russian was able to log in, and then the DOGE staffer deleted all logs

Silicon Valley got Trump completely wrong : technology

Elon Musk's harem exposes the emptiness of Republican 'family values' : politics
Breaking down rumors that Musk has a penis implant | Snopes.com The rumor spread as the tech magnate was continuing efforts to reshape the U.S. government.

4 Million Cars with Defects: Tesla Faces $10 Billion Bill : technology
The self-lying car has arrived : AdviceAnimals


Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flop is bigger than Katy Perry | Projectile dysfunction. : technology
Seattle crosswalks hacked with fake messages from Jeff Bezos : videos


RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be 'model for the world' - Lawyers, Guns & Money
CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says - CBS News
Autism Stigma Disorder - Lawyers, Guns & Money - HHS Secretary Kennedy is an eugenicist piece of shit who really hates autistic people. He has been following a common right wing tactic, which is to wave a piece of legitimate research (in this case, the latest findings on autism rates for children in several states), scream We Must Protect the Children! and use it to promote lies and hate.
RFK Jr. Says There Are No Autistic Poets. We Asked an Autistic Poet. - Mother Jones RFK Jr. Says There Are No Autistic Poets. We Asked an Autistic Poet.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Scrambles to Defuse Outrage Over His Autism Claims : politics
RFK Jr. Touted as 'Unfit' After Rant About Lack of Autism in 'Older People': 'He Cannot Be This Stupid' : politics

Trump Turns Covid.gov Into a Lab Leak Theory Fan Page | The president will never take responsibility for his failures in 2020. : technology
Pandemic Truthers Take Over HHS Covid Site - Mother Jones Covid.gov now redirects to a page attacking masks, New York, and Anthony Fauci.
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19 - The White House


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,865 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Elijah Muhammad ... George Lincoln Rockwell, one of the worst Americans to ever exist, said of Muhammad that he was "the Hitler of the black man," which of course he meant as a positive comparison.



Austin Metcalf's father escorted out of Karmelo Anthony's family news conference after unexpected appearance : news

New Pornographers Drummer Joseph Seiders Charged with Child Pornography : Music



F-15 shooting down a satellite. : pics

How can astronomers tell a galaxy spins anti-clockwise and is not a clockwise galaxy that is flipped from our perspective? : askscience

Changing implicit stereotypes helps men see themselves as more caring, by training men to associate themselves with communal traits (caring, empathy, social connection) with their own gender. Men identify less with these traits than women do, a gender gap despite society's emphasis on equality. : science


ELI5: How does Ozempic cause weight loss? : explainlikeimfive

Most male-female couples who are in satisfying relationships tend to engage in sexual activity close to once per week. 85% of couples reported both high satisfaction and regular sex. Happy sexless couples exist—but they are very rare. : science


The Rise and Fall of Warhorses | Wendy Doniger | The New York Review of Books You can tell the history of a large part of the world by who had what horses when.


Tibetan doctor drains excess knee fluid like puncturing a water balloon : WTF

Medical workers of Reddit: what's the craziest lab result you've seen in a patient? : AskReddit


About the hatred for Holden Caulfield... : books

How can you tell when people find you attractive? : AskReddit

What's something that boys think is embarrassing, but girls don't really care about? : AskReddit

What are some of the most absurd, unbelievable websites that most people don't know about? : AskReddit

What's a basic skill you're shocked some adults still don't know? : AskReddit

What do you wish people would stop romanticizing, because you've lived the reality of it? : AskReddit

What is something your partner could do to immediately ruin the mood in the bedroom? : AskReddit




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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet : worldnews - The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut NASA's science budget in half, eliminating future space telescope and other astrobiology projects. If that happens, Dr. Krissansen-Totton said, "the search for life elsewhere would basically stop."
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet : worldnews - Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the team detected chemical fingerprints within the atmosphere of K2-18b that suggest the presence of dimethyl sulfide or DMS, and potentially dimethyl disulfide or DMDS. On Earth, both molecules are only produced by microbial life, typically marine phytoplankton.



Japan reports a $63 billion trade surplus with the US as it talks with Trump on tariffs : worldnews
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google. : worldnews

South Korea's Defense Exports Set to Surpass 30 Trillion Won (22 Billion USD), Transforming Global Arms Landscape : worldnews
Satellites Show Chinese Moves Against US Ally : worldnews


62 Taiwanese military members found with Chinese residency permits : worldnews

Asia will overtake the U.S. as world chip leader : worldnews

China's Economy Grows Faster Than Expected Despite Trade War Fears : worldnews
Beijing responds to Google label in South China Sea : worldnews
China targets U.S. services and other areas after decrying 'meaningless' tariff hikes on goods : worldnews
Trade war fallout: Cancellations of China freight ships begin as demand plummets : worldnews
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang flies to Beijing for talks : worldnews



`gg1 Putin Ally Says Any European Peacekeepers in Ukraine Will Return in Coffins : worldnews
Tariffs-spared Kremlin says a global war trade would still hurt Russia : worldnews

Moscow plans to use seized US-owned company to supply Russian army with food : worldnews

Vladimir Putin lauds Elon Musk as rare pioneer : worldnews

Russia has violated energy ceasefire more than 30 times, Ukraine says : worldnews

Lukashenka's propagandist suggested seizing territory from Poland : worldnews


US Blackwater founder Erik Prince reaches deal with Congo to secure mines : worldnews
50 dead after a boat catches fire in Congo : worldnews

US issues warning over new Zambian cyber-security law : worldnews
Trapped by debt: China's grip on Zambia's future

ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of 'complicity in genocide' : worldnews

Trump blocked Israeli-proposed joint attack on Iran to pursue nuclear deal : worldnews
Saudi Defense Minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed : worldnews



Netanyahu accuses Qatar of fomenting anti-Israel rot on US campuses: Choose a side : worldnews

Palestinian Photojournalist & Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In Israeli Gaza Strike : worldnews ... The subject of the film, photojournalist Fatma Hassona, was killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside nine members of her family on 16 April 2025, the day after the film was selected for the Cannes ACID section.

No plans to allow any aid into Gaza, says Israeli minister : worldnews

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as ceasefire efforts stall : worldnews


Russia removes Afghan Taliban from list of banned terrorist groups : worldnews


Zelensky says US envoy Witkoff is spreading Russian narratives : worldnews
The Economist: Trump administration 'fed up' with Europe's efforts to strengthen Ukraine : worldnews
Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with weapons: Zelensky : worldnews
US did not support UN resolution mentioning aggression in Ukraine : worldnews
Zelenskyy after Russian attack on Dnipro: 'Pressure must be applied to the killers' : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1148, Part 1 (Thread #1295) : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: "Total madness today on the Pokrovsk front - according to preliminary info, up to 150 (!) Russian motorcycles took part in a new assault. Ukraine didn't lose a single position according to Ukrainian military sources. / X
Double Tap: Ukraine Retaliates Against Bloody Russian Missile Attack With Rare Follow-Up Drone Strike : worldnews

Ukraine Destroys 29 Russian Armored Vehicles Assaulting South : worldnews


Russia seizing thousands of homes owned by Ukrainians in Mariupol, report says : worldnews

A NATO country will send troops to Ukraine to learn from the war. Russia said they will be legitimate targets. : worldnews


Russia's threats voiced by Naryshkin against Poland, Baltic States are real, says analyst : worldnews

Polish gynaecologists seek legal clarity after late-term abortion case sparks controversy : worldnews
Trial of 45 doctors for spreading anti-vaccine claims during Covid pandemic starts in Poland : worldnews

ICC demands Hungary explain why it didn't enforce Netanyahu arrest warrant : worldnews
EU countries decry Hungary's Pride ban as Brussels considers legal action : worldnews

Lithuanian Constitutional Court legalises gender neutral partnerships : worldnews

Germany will not invite Russia and Belarus to second world war commemoration : worldnews

Chinese couple shot dead in Rome in mafia-style assassination linked to textile industry turf war : worldnews
1,900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme, research suggests | CBC Radio : worldnews

Nearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics 'scientific asylum' : worldnews

UK supreme court rules legal definition of a woman excludes trans women : worldnews
- British soldiers successfully test new Drone Killer Radiowave weapon for first time : worldnews

Brazil prohibits hormone therapy for transgender minors : worldnews

Peru's former president and wife sentenced to 15 years in prison for Odebrecht-linked money laundering scheme : worldnews

Alberto Fernáadez formally indicted for gender-based violence - Buenos Aires Herald : worldnews

Family files first lawsuit over deadly roof collapse in Dominican Republic nightclub : worldnews

Unraveling the traveling - Lawyers, Guns & Money The U.S. held a Canadian citizen who looks white for 12 days and banned her for five years. For someone who is a visible minority there is also now the very real threat that some pig will notice he has a birthmark, claim it is a terrorist gang tattoo and the U.S. will send him off to the El Salvadoran oubliette ... 25% of total arrivals came from Mexico. Arrivals from Canada - 28%. If travel from our southern neighbor also declines, there will be even more unemployed people who aren't trained to work in the imaginary factories that aren't springing up all over the place.
Canadians cancel U.S. business trips amid tariff anger and border fear : worldnews
Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding : worldnews




China calls bluff on 245% US tariff: 'Meaningless' : worldnews
'Extreme' US-China decoupling could cost US$2.5 trillion, Goldman warns : politics

Extreme US-China decoupling could cost US$2.5 trillion, Goldman warns : worldnews

Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule : politics

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Munitions plants in NATO countries continue exploding - today the Northrop Grumman plant in Utah, producing rocket engines for Pentagon and control units for Patriot missiles. Spain, Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Czech, Bulgaria, Slovakia..now the US. https://t.co/mvaMvGMSyo" / X
The Kidnapping of Tufts University Student Rumeysa Ozturk Is Indefensible : politics
Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions - The Tufts Daily By Rumeysa Ozturk, Fatima Rahman, Genesis Perez and Nicholas Ambeliotis

The New York Times: "Breaking News: Senator Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador." — Bluesky
El Salvador won't let Sen. Van Hollen visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia : politics - Van Hollen said he questioned Ulloa on the legal justification by which El Salvador continues to imprison Abrego Garcia. "And his answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT,"
Van Hollen details meeting with vice president of El Salvador: "His answer was that the Trump administration is paying El Salvador, the government of El Salvador, to keep him at CECOT," : politics ... All those lies about how it was El Salvador preventing his release when the SOLE reason he is there is because the Trump administration is paying to keep him there.
Abrego Garcia updates: Defiant senator 'won't rest' until he brings deported man home : politics

El Salvadoran VP Reveals Trump Is 'Paying' to Keep Abrego Garcia at CECOT, Senator Says : politics
Experts: $6 million payment to Salvadoran prison likely violates US human rights law : politics
Abrego Garcia's Wife Responds After Restraining Order Revealed : politics

Trump admin goes scorched Earth on senator traveling to El Salvador to fight for wrongfully deported immigrant - It is waging an online campaign against Chris Van Hollen. : politics

Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights : politics
Trump rendition policies shock the conscience of prominent right wing judge - Lawyers, Guns & Money Wilkinson almost ended up on the Supreme Court back in the day, and you really couldn't have more impeccable right wing jurisprudential credentials. Writing for a Fourth Circuit panel, he just threw down regarding the Abrego Garcia case: ... We are in a dark place when we're depending on the right wing of the federal judiciary to make sure this particular train ends up being late, but here we are.
Appeals court backs judge in Abrego Garcia case: Live updates - Trump officials' defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation is 'shocking,' appeals court says.

Pam Bondi Insists Wrongly Deported Dad's Wife and Child Are Better Off With Him Gone : politics

Broken Immigration Law - Lawyers, Guns & Money I claim no knowledge on the details of this, or most any other, legal question. But this is a pretty compelling and disturbing piece on how and why our immigration law is so broken ... But I note again that everything happening in the United States is extremely overwhelmingly American and there is far far more to learn about our present moment by studying the 19th century than there is by listening to more Nazi podcasts.

Bondi says mistakenly deported man 'not coming back to our country' : politics
Hillary Clinton: I Told You So on Trump Deportation Mess : politics ... She's bitter because she gambled that Americans who hated her would hold their nose and vote for her if she manipulated things so that a cry baby fascist was the other choice - and she lost. He literally told us what he wanted to do and millions of Americans still voted for him and pretended he didn't say it. This isn't some great insight - we heard it straight from him. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE who simply was paying attention knew all this was coming this time.

19-Year-Old Was Not Whom ICE Was Looking For. Now He's in an El Salvador Prison. -- Merwil Gutiérrez, an asylum seeker, was reportedly sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center without due process. : politics - Trump trafficked 200+ people to a death camp. Nobody leaves CECOT.

The midterms are 19 months away, you can oppose authoritarianism now - Lawyers, Guns & Money For the latest reminder of why nominating Governor French Laundry is a terrible idea, check out this gibberish:

Karoline Leavitt Tries to Tie Deported Dad to Murder He Didn't Commit - The White House continues to defy the courts with a new scare tactic. : politics ... They said Obama was setting up death panels when we passed the ACA. Now we're literally funding a foreign death camp which the President has said he'd love to send American citizens who committed crimes.


Judge Opens Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Officials : politics
'Do not have the authority to press-gang the President': Trump DOJ says judge 'crossed' constitutional line and created 'fishing expedition' with her demands in deported dad case appeals motion : politics

Donald Trump is shrugging off the Supreme Court. These are uncharted waters. : politics

Donald Trump's approval rating breaks unwanted record : politics
Trump approval rating knocked as poll shows Americans trust Democrats with economy more than Republicans: Live : politics

Harvard Stacked Every Penny of Its $54 Billion Endowment and Told the Trump Administration to Bring It On : politics
Harvard students and faculty applaud defiance of Trump's demands : politics

The Emergency Is Here : politics ... They refuse to bring him back because they want to use him as a symbol. A symbol of fear and oppression - of their power - for if they can do this to him, they can do it to anyone who dare oppose them. They want us all to live in fear, to accept second class status, in which the laws bind us, but do not protect us, in which the laws protect them, but do not bind them. In which we must bend the knee, never get out of line, never protest or speak out against them.
It's Time to Protect America From America's President : politics

Trump escalates feud with Fed chair Jerome Powell, saying his 'termination cannot come fast enough' : politics Trump may try to fire Jerome Powell, even though that would be illegal - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The advantage of Chinese manufacturing today is not just labor costs, but also decades of built-up infrastructure, personnel, and expertise. None of that can be replaced in the United States within a year, let alone a month : politics

Trump Killed Musk's Secret Pentagon Briefing: 'What the F*** Is Elon Doing There?' : politics ... So if the press hadn't said anything Trump wouldn't have known. Kind of speaks to Elon having free run in our defense structure.

Judge says labor unions' lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department systems can move forward : politics

Trump's pick to run the critical DC attorney's office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report : politics .. Crazy Donald is not even trying to hide where his loyalties lie.

Trump's open defiance of the law leaves no room for Republican redemption : politics
The economic consequences of a mad king : politics

What We Know About the Trump Administration's Cuts to the Federal Work Force - The New York Times

jamelle: 'meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology' — Bluesky

Big Balls Made a Boo Boo - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month fired dozens of staffers responsible for going after retailers who illegally sell tobacco to minors. Now it's begging them to come back. ... The scramble followed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s termination of roughly 10,000 employees, which included everyone in the FDA office charged with preparing and seeking fines against stores that repeatedly violate a ban on selling tobacco to customers under 21.

Judge rules against Trump admin after it couldn't find evidence of fraud in clean energy program : politics

Make Work Manly Again : Trump wants his tariffs to bring back "masculine" manufacturing jobs. There's only one problem: Men don't want them. : politics ... Funny coming from Trump, the least masculine man on the planet.

Americans are coming together to fight for freedom against a president who hates it : politics

'This is so bad, so much worse than we thought': Elizabeth Warren slams Trump on Colbert : politics

'I don't think this is Trump country, I think this is our country': AOC fires up crowds on tour : politics
'This Is Not Trump's Country': 255,000 Have Rallied With Sanders and AOC on Nationwide Tour : politics
AOC draws 3-mile-long line for rally in California's Trump country : politics ... Remember when Biden couldn't even forgive fucking student loans. And now Presidential power appears limitless.

DNC Vice Chairman David Hogg rolls out $20 million initiative to boost younger primary candidates : politics ... He's pissed off the comfy do-nothings like Carville so Hogg is doing something right.

Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE : politics
Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE - The Atlantic

RFK Jr.'s child autism comments spark backlash: "Flat out lie" : politics
Euthanasia Program and Aktion T4 | Holocaust Encyclopedia - The goal of the Nazi Euthanasia Program was to kill people with mental and physical disabilities. In the Nazi view, this would cleanse the "Aryan" race of people considered genetically defective and a financial burden to society.
Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy : politics
NIH science board purge hits women and minorities hardest, review shows - The Washington Post Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
Measles Cases Are Rising. Other Preventable Diseases Could Follow : politics ... A preventable disease was voted into the whitehouse.

Mary Richardson Kennedy - Wikipedia - Her death was ruled a suicide by hanging.[21] An autopsy revealed that she had antidepressants in her blood.[22] Before her death, Richardson had discovered Kennedy'ts personal journal from 2001, in which he recorded sexual encounters with 37 different women. According to Kennedy, Richardson passed the journal along "to her sisters with instructions that, if anything happened to her, [it should be] published in the press"

RFK Jr.'s Health Cuts Put Goal Of Ending HIV Out Of Reach, Advocates Say : politics
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help : politics

The Washington Post: "Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job." — Bluesky

Nearly 50 House Democrats say no to unauthorized AI in Trump administration : politics

Make food poisoning great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Republican vision of a state that will not provide basic protections for its residents but might send them to torture camps without due process is being swiftly realized:


GOP Rep Says Arson On Shapiro's House Should Make Him 'Tone It Down' On Trump : politics

Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by 'Loud Men' : politics


MTG's Town Hall Goes Haywire as Voters Tear Her to Shreds : politics

Former DeSantis spokesman arrested for allegedly exposing sex organs : politics

Missouri Democrats filibuster GOP effort to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave : politics

"Andy, that's not true:" Texas Republican mocked after admitting he doesn't know what intersex is : politics

Power Plays in New York - Lawyers, Guns & Money Two major New York unions, both of which had put pressure on Andrew Cuomo to step down, have endorsed him in the mayor race.
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MSNBC: NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Bluesky

FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say - CBS News

Zuckerberg reportedly cozied up to Trump so he could settle his FTC lawsuit for $450m instead of $30bn : politics ... But instead you decide to chase the high score while displaying your complete and utter moral bankruptcy on a regular basis and making the world a worse place for everyone else.

Murder by numbers - Lawyers, Guns & Money You will be extremely unsurprised to learn that Elon was lying about rescuing food assistance from his wonton cuts: ... "Letting food rot rather than giving it to starving children in order to save trivial amounts of money" is a good summary of the ethos of the Trump administration. But at least the burgers are also getting more expensive.

Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk : politics - She got fired for doing her job. Unbelievable.

'I'm in ruins' | MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he can't pay thousands in court-ordered sanctions in election defamation case : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,864 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Henry Knox.


US judge rules against google, says tech giant monopolised ad market




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Colossal squid filmed by scientists for first time in ocean


Tokyo has 'many cards' to play in U.S. tariff negotiations, says Japanese economic advisor : worldnews


North Korea has gained over US$20 billion from supporting Russia in Ukraine war : worldnews


US plans to use tariff negotiations to isolate China, WSJ reports | Reuters : worldnews
China Pivots From US to Canada for More Oil as Trade War Worsens : worldnews
China tells Trump to 'stop threatening and blackmailing' : worldnews
Chinese state media tells Trump to 'stop whining' as trade war spirals : politics
China defies Donald Trump's tariffs with strong first-quarter growth : politics
Xi says China will stand with Asian peers to 'combat unilateralism' : worldnews



Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to father of Soviet space program : worldnews

Russia's Birth Rate Plunges to 200-Year Low : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: A massive fire is currently raging at the APZ-20 bearing plant in Kursk, Russia — a facility which is said to be turned into producing components for military equipment such as engines, turbines, and power transmissin equipment. / X


The children of Severomorsk are told that neighbouring Nordic countries support Nazism : worldnews

Putin building infrastructure to station troops along Finland border : worldnews


Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely : worldnews

Israeli Firms Supplying Tools for Russia's S-400 and Su-35 Production Despite Sanctions, Investigation Finds : worldnews

'Gaza is humiliated': Anti-Hamas protests erupt again, call for end to war and terror : worldnews

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as ceasefire efforts stall : worldnews


Ukrainians roll eyes at Witkoff, reject border changes : worldnews ... Why the fuck is a real-estate investor like Witkoff who last year was doing things like renting ground floor commercial space to a Chipotle running around 'negotiating' with Putin and colluding against the Western allies?
Trump refused Ukraine in Patriot systems, despite its readiness to pay $50 billion - Media : worldnews
MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 on X: "🇺🇸🚫🇺🇦 Trump refuses $50 billion deal: he does not want to supply Ukraine with weapons even for money, — BILD Despite Ukraine's urgent need for Patriot systems and missiles for them, the Trump team is not even interested in the possibility of selling these complexes. https://t.co/bDZF1f6VaH" / X
Ukraine Received Nearly All Donated Patriot Air Defense Systems: NATO Chief Mark Rutte said on Tuesday - Newsweek : worldnews
Merz signals Ukraine could use Taurus missiles to target Crimea, Kerch Bridge

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1147, Part 1 (Thread #1294) : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/pxBmKmK36l" / X


The Kyiv Independent on X: Russia arms kamikaze drones with chemical weapons, Ukraine says. A capsule with CS gas, a riot control agent, has been found in a Russian Shahed-type drone, Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation said. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Russian Telegram channels report a massive drone attack on the city of Shuya in Russia's Ivanovo region. According to "Z-bloggers", the 112th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces was attacked, which carried out a strike on the center of Sumy on Palm Sunday with Iskander-M https://t.co/OPPrIGxusb" / X


EU dismisses US demands on food standards and ties to China : worldnews


Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest against government : worldnews


Swiss police block traveller convoy on motorway : worldnews


UK supreme court rules legal definition of a woman excludes trans women : worldnews


Peru's ex-president and first lady sentenced to 15 years in prison : worldnews

Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. from Canada in March as cross-border travel plummets : worldnews
Canadian universities report jump in US applicants as Trump cuts funding : worldnews




The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran : worldnews

Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets : politics
Tourism Pullback and Boycotts Set to Cost U.S. a Staggering $90 Billion : politics ... Yesterday he literally said "I am flexible...I don't change my mind" in one sentence

Everybody should listen: Driving the news: Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent an extremely harsh message on Saturday to anybody thinking of visiting the country. ..."Visiting America is not an entitlement," he wrote in a Fox News opinion piece. "It is a privilege extended to those who respect our laws and values." We expect -- and the law requires -- all visa holders to demonstrate their eligibility every day their visa is valid."

El Salvador denies senator visit with mistakenly deported man: Van Hollen : worldnews ... This is going to come into play in the contempt proceedings in front of Judge Xinnis, showing that El Sal is holding Garcia only because Trump administration is paying them to. This is the opposite of facilitating his return.
The Newsroom - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore...(Restricted language) - YouTube
Sen. Chris Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release : politics
Sen. Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia : politics
Democrats Follow Van Hollen's Lead, Planning El Salvador Trip to Bring Abrego Garcia Home - "A massive congressional delegation should join him with international human rights lawyers," said one state lawmaker. "This moment absolutely requires this." : politics

Trump officials must testify after doing 'nothing' to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge rules : politics

'No tolerance for gamesmanship': Judge reminds Trump admin 'you lost' at SCOTUS in wrongfully deported dad case, tells them to start following orders : politics
Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she's weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration : politics

Trump is halfway to making America a police state: The president's refusal to accept a Supreme Court ruling on illegal deportation is a turning point : politics
America is dangerously close to being run by a king who answers to no one : politics
NYT: I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country's Future : politics "itSs commendable that the president honors men and women who work with their hands." Stop legitimizing corrupt actions with bullshit context. Stop pretending this is anything else other than destroying infrastructure for personal gain. (enabler Friedman)
John Roberts created this monster. What is he going to do about him? - This is beyond a constitutional crisis because Roberts' Supreme Court already granted Trump presidential immunity : politics

Trump Admin Deports Man's Teenage Son to El Salvador Prison: Report : politics

DHS wrongly sends notices to US citizens: 'It's time for you to leave' the country : politics

Video shows ICE agent smash window to detain man in Massachusetts. Attorney says they have wrong person. : politics
Video shows ICE agent smash window to detain man in Massachusetts. Attorney says they have wrong person. - CBS Boston His attorney says he is not the man the agents were looking for. Juan Francisco Mendez, 29, has no criminal record and was awaiting his final documentation to solidify his asylum status.

"Disappear without recourse": Trump's defiance of a court order means "any American" could be next : politics
"Homegrowns Are Next": Protests Erupt as Trump Proposes Sending U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran Prisons : politics

Little Marco: the unemployment rate is currently too low, please make it higher - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Worst Place on the Planet - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump v. Justice - Lawyers, Guns & Money
"You cannot have despotism for some and freedom for others" - Lawyers, Guns & Money Jamelle Bouie [gift link] puts the Trump administration's assertions of unchecked power to detain people to lifetime imprisonment in torture prisons — including the vice president using a massive lie to justify a claim that due process does not apply if it is inconvenient for the ambitions of the state, a repudiation of the foundations of American constitutionalism and Anglo-American law more broadly - in historical context: This is a major inflection point for the country, which happened in part because of a failure of too many voters to take things seriously in 2024.

Harvard Knows One Big Thing: Trump Is Not All-Powerful : politics ... My wife went to FSU and got her masters in economics which turned out to be a completely Koch funded and curated curriculum pushing Republican economic stances. And that's a state university
Multiple colleges join Harvard in fight against Trump admin : politics
Obama Comes Out Swinging Against Trump's 'Ham-Handed' Harvard Demands : politics
Thomas Is a Very Useful Engine... - Lawyers, Guns & Money In the course of a not very interesting op-ed on Harvard that is genuinely not worth your time, the distinguished Thomas Chatteron Williams opines…
Charles Petersen: "Apparently this was the breaking point for Harvard: cluster hires for conservatives." - Bluesky

History will reveal GOP Congress as cowards : politics ... They're not cowards. They're perpetrators. They want this.

Trump's D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times. : politics

Biden says Trump's admin has 'done so much damage' since taking office : politics
Trump is destroying the great economy that Biden created : politics
Joe Biden Says Trump and Musk Have 'Taken a Hatchet' to Social Security : politics
Biden says "we can't go on like this as a divided nation" in first public remarks since leaving office : politics

A Majority of Americans Want Congress to Block Trump's Tariffs — Poll : politics

California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs : politics - THIS is one of the reasons Trump went after the top law firms in the country so quickly. He now has hundreds of millions in legal fees in a "pro bono" slush fund to use against all of the lawsuits that will be filed against all of the illegal activities he is pursuing.

White House calls NPR and PBS a "grift," will ask Congress to rescind funding : politics

Imaginary Donald Trump betrayed by real Donald Trump again - Lawyers, Guns & Money Ross Douthat has buyer's remorse less than three months into Trump's presidency, which seems to be based on the fact that he had no idea what he was buying:

User with Russian IP address tried to log into NLRB systems following DOGE access, whistleblower says : politics ... DOGE creates an account and immediaely someone in Russia uses the new username/password to log in. One of many ways the press has failed miserably is by taking DOGE at its word that its goal is budget cuts -- instead of espionage and destruction.
Whistleblower Blames Musk's DOGE Goons for 'Significant Cybersecurity Breach'. | A whistleblower said he observed suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in Russia using DOGE's new accounts. : politics
Shashank Joshi on X: On their own, a few failed login attempts from a Russian IP address aren't a smoking gun...But given the overall picture...it's a concerning sign that foreign adversaries may already be searching for ways into government systems that DOGE engineers may have left exposed. / X
Elite Pentagon Unit Resigns En Masse After Clashing With DOGE. | "The best way to put it, I think, is either we die quickly or we die slowly," the program's director said. : politics ... Nearly every staffer at the Defense Digital Service (DDS) is resigning over the coming month, according to the program's director Jennifer Hay and three other current members of the office—effectively shutting down the program.

Elon Musk's DOGE is claiming victory after uncovering $382 million in unemployment fraud - but the government already found it years ago : politics

Doge unemployment 'fraud' discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say : politics

Bernie Sanders Says Packed Rallies 'Scaring the Hell Out of' Trump and Musk - "The people of this country do not want oligarchy, they do not want authoritarianism, and they want a government that works for all of us, not just the 1%," Sanders asserted. : politics
As AOC and Sanders Draw Crowds, 72% of Democrats Want Party to Abandon Centrist Approach to Trump : politics

Trump/Vance/Elon '24: Fuck Them Kids - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Let's check in on how Peter Thiel Assoc. are doing with what is definitely their very real plan for transforming the Republican Party in a family-friendly direction: More than a dozen Head Start classrooms in Central Washington are closing as the national free preschool program comes under fire from the Trump administration.

Flagrantly insane Bond villain minus the charm is de facto president of the United States - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The whole thread is utterly bananas, and I suggest you click through for ideas for your dystopian sci-fi apocalypse novel, or your documentary about contemporary American politics, whichever.
Eschaton: Ladies, Is Elon Sliding Into Your DMs? Amazing guy. While Musk posts sometimes dozens of times a day on X about right-wing politics or his companies, among other things on his mind, he often interacts with lesser-known users. He replies to them and sometimes interacts through direct messages, some of whom he eventually solicits to have his babies, according to people who have viewed the messages.

Trump Discriminating Against Blue States Sets Up Historic Crisis : politics
Trump administration denies FEMA funds to Democratic-led states | Trump has repeatedly shown a willingness to impose conditions on critical funds for disaster recovery : politics

Karoline Leavitt Crashes When Asked if Trump Is Abusing His Power : politics

"Getting worse": Majority of Americans think economy is in decline under Trump : politics

Republicans Less Trusted on Economy Than Democrats For First Time in Years : politics ... So weird because the GOP has been crashing the economy from the White House for my whole life

Trump MAGA voter being decimated by tariffs wanted sympathy. He found only scorn : politics


We're Getting Dangerously Close to a Losing North Carolina Candidate Being Declared the Winner : politics
Republicans Are Trying to Steal a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat : politics



Musk's Wild Plan to Father 'Legion' of Kids Using X Revealed : politics ...Not one of the people around trump is psychologically stable.
Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: - Benjamin L. Corey

Republican Senator confronted at town hall over Trump: "Shameful" : politics
Tempers flare as few Republicans hold in-person town halls : politics

Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall : politics
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall - ABC News Three people were arrested, two of whom were stunned with a Taser, police said ... Outside of the disruptions, Rep. Greene did receive continuous support from the audience, which had about 80 people in attendance. Outside the venue, protesters lined up on the street.

Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,863 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This is the grave of William Parker. Luckily, Parker didn't hang around much after Watts. He had a heart attack the next year and died. The best part is that it was at an event to honor him. Sometimes, the bad do die young. He was 61 years old. Amazingly, Gene Roddenberry modeled the Spock character in Star Trek after his good buddy, William Parker.




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Lost daschund spotted on Kangaroo Island, Australia after 500 days on the loose. : worldnews

In first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google : worldnews ... for violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall the company's apps on their Android smartphones ... when Japan, China, and Korea are putting aside their seething hatred of each other you know you've fucked up. They all smell an opportunity to shift the global power eastward and they are absolutely correct.

U.S. is unable to replace rare earths supply from China, warns CSIS : news
Eschaton: Even More Whoopsie.It's one thing to start a trade war with one country, even a big one like China, quite another to do it with the whole fucking world simultaneously.
China won't talk if U.S. doesn't show respect, ex-official says : worldnews



Jay in Kyiv on X: "China continues to ramp efforts to be the backbone of the Russian invasion of Ukraine." / X

Evgen Istrebin on X: Coal price collapse. Russia's problems are growing every day. / X

Russia's Oil Earnings Hit Lowest Point Since Mid-2023 Amid Falling Exports and Prices, Bloomberg Reports : worldnews


PM Modi reaffirms India's support for green strategic partnership with Denmark : worldnews

Sudan in 'world's largest humanitarian crisis' after two years of civil war : worldnews


Israeli fighter jet drops bomb near Israeli community on Gaza border after "technical malfunction," IDF says : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1146, Part 1 (Thread #1293) : worldnews

Russia forces aren't as strong as they claim, say captured Chinese fighters : worldnews


US blocking G7 statement denouncing Russia's Sumy strike, Bloomberg reports : worldnews
WarTranslated on X: "According to Bloomberg, the U.S. blocked a G7 statement condemning Russia's missile strike on Sumy. The Trump administration informed allies that it could not sign a statement condemning the terrorist attack, as it is "working to preserve space for peace talks" while meetings between the White House and the Kremlin are ongoing. / X

US to demand EU pulls away from China in return for cutting tariffs : worldnews

JD Vance says Europe should have done more to stop Iraq War : worldnews

EU to ban Serbia if president joins Putin's victory parade : worldnews


X's (Twitter) UK profits collapsed by 74% the year after Elon Musk's takeover : worldnews


Trump still wants Canada to be the 51st U.S. state, White House says : worldnews
Avoid U.S. or take burner devices, Canadian executives tell staff : worldnews




Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack - BBC News : worldnews
Trump advisers push for tougher stance on Russia, but he is siding with special envoy Witkoff, WSJ says : worldnews

The Constitutional Crisis Is Here : politics - No due process. Ignoring the Supreme Court. What's next? Citizens in concentration camps

'Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis' Deepens as Bukele Refuses to Release Maryland Resident - "If this holds," said one critic, "there is no law but Trump's law." : politics

The Crisis Over Trump's Salvadoran Gulag Has Reached a Terrifying Breaking Point : politics

A look into CECOT, the El Salvadoran prison that's in the news recently : videos

Trump Demands El Salvador Builds More Prisons, Vowing to Send More Deportees: 'The Home-Growns Are Next' : politics
Trump thanks Bukele for prisons and tells Americans: You're next : politics ... "I don't know what the laws are. We always have to obey the laws."

Washington Post Editorial Board - Return Abrego García to Maryland : politics
Conservatives of reddit, what are your thoughts on Kilmar Abrego Garcia being deported? : AskReddit
Americans of Reddit, what do you think about President Trump and El Salvador president Bukele refusing the Supreme Court's order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US? : AskReddit

Living and dying with the choices they'll make - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Josh Marshall pithily sums up the choices facing the Supreme Court and Nayib Bukele: The critical questions here are 1)whether at least two Republicans on the Supreme Court are willing to accept a permanent diminution in power to facilitate Trump's authoritarianism, and 2)whether Bukele is willing to keep acting like Trump is never going to leave office. I wouldn't say I'm especially optimistic about either answer.

MaddowBlog: I think it's only a matter of time before [a state attorney general] figures out how to file state kidnapping charges against those that are abducting people who are in the country legally... says former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley." — Bluesky

As the Romans Did - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's pretty much inevitable that the Trump administration will deport an American citizen to El Salvador:

ICE Agents Realize They Arrested Wrong Teen, Say 'Take Him Anyway' - Newsweek The young man, Merwil Gutierrez, was later deported to El Salvador's notorious super prison, despite his family's insistence that he has no gang ties or criminal history.
ICE Realize They Arrested Wrong Teen, Say 'Take Him Anyway' - Newsweek : politics ... The literal Nazis sent a team of lawyers to the Southern USA in the 30s to study the Jim Crow system. They were slightly horrified and recommended that Germany not go quite that far.


Musk and Trump Are Increasingly Unpopular, New Polling Finds : politics

Trump take manufacturing jobs - Lawyers, Guns & Money Any Democratic politician who feels the need to do a "I like Mister Trump's idea in theory" routine about incredibly damaging policies he does not actually have the authority to implement is just not ready for prime time.

Harvard University rejects Trump administration's proposed conditions for federal funding : news - The demands included leadership reforms, an immediate halt to diversity, equity and inclusion policies, an audit of "viewpoint diversity" among students and faculty, and "meaningful discipline" for students who violated school policies when a pro-Palestinian tent encampment went up on Harvard Yard.
Trump officials cut billions in Harvard funds after university defies demands | Trump administration : news
Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands : politics
Find the cost of freedom - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Trump threatened Harvard University's tax-exempt status on Tuesday after the school rebuffed the administration's demands ostensibly aimed at purging "woke" ideology from America's college campuses. The changes, Harvard officials said, required severe restrictions, including to freedom of expression, that they could not accept ... [George] Norlin is also remembered for resisting efforts by the Ku Klux Klan, which had taken control of the Colorado legislature in about 1922. The Klan insisted he dismiss all Catholic and Jewish faculty, but he resisted and guided the University through the years until 1926, when the Klan lost control of the legislature and governorship. During that period, the University subsisted on a millage built into the state constitution; its budget was cut to zero.

Eschaton: Sounds Bad technical staff members were alarmed about what GE engineers did when they were granted access, particularly when those staffers noticed a spike in data leaving the agency. It's possible that the data included sensitive information on unions, ongoing legal cases and corporate secrets ... Extra bad, even: Meanwhile, his attempts to raise concerns internally within the NLRB preceded someone "physically taping a threatening note" to his door that included sensitive personal information and overhead photos of him walking his dog that appeared to be taken with a drone,

Eschaton: Boycott Columbia - One exists in society and can't boycott every bad actor, but I am pleading with every academic and adjacent to cut any and all ties, present and future, with that rotten institution. : President Claire Shipman of Columbia University just sent out an email advertising an "International Student Relief Hardship Fund". When you click on the link for "Special Student Relief", you're taken to the ICE website to report people. Sent this after a student was detained.

Donald Trump just got the 'worst set of polling data' of his entire presidency : politics

U.S. is unable to replace rare earths supply from China, warns CSIS : news

[OC] JD Vance fumbles Ohio State's championship trophy during White House visit : pics
JD Vance drops Ohio State's national championship trophy at White House celebration : politics

Biden to deliver first public address since leaving White House : politics


White House bars AP from Oval Office event despite court order : politics

A bigger hole: Trump has already spent $155bn more than Biden. Musk now claims DOGE only saved $150bn : politics


Lucky duckies - Lawyers, Guns & Money Wow, some very savvy investing here, and I wonder what could have compelled her to buy right then?


Measles cases linked to Texas outbreak reach 561, with 20 new infections confirmed : news ... This update adds 20 cases to the number of reported cases in Texas associated with the outbreak. Friday's update added 36 cases. Last Tuesday's update added 24 cases. Last Friday's update added 59 cases. Two new hospitalizations were reported, up to 58 from 56. Texas has two deaths associated with this outbreak. Both were in school-aged children.
Texas measles cases hit 500, but expert says it could be 4 times that


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,862 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Kirk Douglas.


'Silicon Six' accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years : technology
'Silicon Six' accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years | US taxation | The Guardian Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average


4Chan hacked; Taken down; Emails and IPs leaked : technology


People who overestimate their political knowledge are more likely to react negatively during online conversations with those who hold opposing views—and as a result, become more emotionally polarized over time : science


ELI5: If every cell in your body eventually dies and gets replaced, how do you still remain "you"? Especially your consciousness and memories and character, other traits etc. ? : explainlikeimfive

Overuse of CT scans could cause 100,000 extra cancers in US. The high number of CT (computed tomography) scans carried out in the United States in 2023 could cause 5 per cent of all cancers in the country, equal to the number of cancers caused by alcohol. : science

Men return to prison at a 6 percent higher rate if they have been held in solitary confinement. Long periods of solitary confinement are associated with a 15 to 25 percent increase in re-imprisonment rates. : science

People who experienced abuse, neglect, or domestic abuse during childhood have a significantly higher risk of developing certain chronic immune disorders later in life—specifically, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. The association was particularly strong among women. : science

An analysis of published studies that looked at technology use and mental skills in more than 400,000 older adults found that over-50s who routinely used digital devices had lower rates of cognitive decline than those who used them less : science

Probiotics may improve mood via gut-brain axis: Young, healthy adults who took probiotic daily for a month had reduced negative feelings (anxiety, stress, fatigue or depression) compared to placebo. It took about 2 weeks for probiotics to work, about the same time as antidepressants. : science

A study suggests that increasing the ratio of dietary potassium to sodium may be more effective in lowering blood pressure than merely reducing sodium intake. Researchers have also developed a mathematical model that successfully identifies how this potassium-to-sodium ratio affects the body. : science

Brain-harming chemicals released from mattresses while children sleep: Study measured chemicals in air of children's bedrooms and found worrisome levels of more than two dozen phthalates, flame retardants and UV filters. Warmth and weight of sleeping child could increase off-gassing of toxicants. : science

Men fall in love slightly more often than women, but women obsess about their partner more than men, finds first-of-its-kind study investigating the difference in romantic love between the sexes across 33 countries. : science
The Divorce Gap - The Atlantic There's a common perception that women siphon off the wealth of their exes and go on to live in comfort. It's wrong.


ELI5: If swelling helps in the healing process of sprains, why is ibuprofen recommended to treat it? : explainlikeimfive

Sixth Staff Member Identified with Brain Tumor at Newton-Wellesley Hospital : news


What's the stupidest thing you've done because of lust? Was it worth it? : AskReddit

What's a lie everyone just accepts… simply because it's easier that way? : AskReddit

ELI5: If Bluetooth is just radio waves, why can't people listen in like they do police radios? : explainlikeimfive

What is something you thought is easy until you tried it out yourself? : AskReddit

What has little by little disappeared over the last 10-20 years without people paying much attention or noticing? : AskReddit

What's a personal internet hack you use that makes life easier but isn't widely known ? : AskReddit




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Japan rules out big Trump concessions, must understand "emotional" views : worldnews
Ishiba says Japan won't compromise in rush to wrap up tariff talks with U.S. : worldnews
Japan sees record drop in population : worldnews

Ex-President Yoon attends first criminal trial on insurrection charges : worldnews


Trump Says Xi, Vietnam 'Trying To Screw The U.S.' : worldnews
Chinese exchanges restrict daily stock sales as trade war with U.S. escalates, sources say : worldnews



ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel (which is continuing to publish despite Telegram handing its original channel over to a Putin crony) reports on the parlous state of Russian air defences. Coincidentally, yesterday Russia celebrated Air Defence Day. / X

Murshidabad violence: Hundreds cross Ganga to flee Murshidabad violence in Bengal | India News - The Times of India : worldnews

New EU sanctions against Iranian judicial officials for state hostage-taking : worldnews

Lebanese army takes control of most of Hezbollah bases in south Lebanon, some sites in north : worldnews


Hamas rejects Egyptian ceasefire proposal, refuses to discuss disarming - i24NEWS : worldnews


Zelenskyy invites Trump to Ukraine: Come see 'what Putin did' : worldnews
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: Only a completely defeated bastard could do such a thing, - Zelensky about the attack on Sumy on Palm Sunday. "This Friday it was a month since the Russian Federation rejected the American ceasefire proposal. They are not afraid. / X Volodymyr Zelenskyy Says JD Vance Is 'Somehow Justifying' Putin's War In Ukraine : politics
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Thirty four days ago, Ukraine responded positively to the U.S. proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire. And for thirty four days now, Russia has been openly refusing to cease fire. Putin remains focused on continuing the war. Russian state propagandists are preparing their audience for the idea that diplomacy will not bring any results. There is only one reason for this - in Moscow, they are not afraid. If there is no strong enough pressure on Russia, they will keep doing what they are used to -- they will keep waging war. We all want this to end. Peace is needed - and it must be lasting. That is why Ukraine always works constructively with its partners, in all formats that can bring security and restore peace. We are not just ready for peace quickly - Ukraine has never wanted this war, not for a single second. And when the war ends, the world will clearly know: it happened because Russia, the aggressor, was forced into peace. The same aggressor that came to Ukrainian land in 2014 - 11 years ago. And it's important for everyone that this doesn't take more years. | XCancel


Ukraine is ready to purchase 10 Patriot air defense systems from the United States using its own funds to protect major cities from Russian missile strikes : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: Crosses any line of decency - US Envoy Kellogg condemns Russian attack on Sumy. "As a former military leader, I understand targeting and this is wrong," Kellogg wrote in response to Russia's deadly Palm Sunday missile strike on civilians in Sumy. / X Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Russia attacked Sumy again today. According to local authorities, it was a drone attack. Russian war of terror on Ukrainian civilians continues. / X Institute for the Study of War on X: Russian forces conducted a devastating ballistic missile strike against Sumy City on April 13, causing more than 100 casualties. ⬇️ Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck the center of Sumy City with two missiles on the morning of April 13, killing at least 34 / X
NOELREPORTS on X: "This is Toretsk. Once a city habited by 30.000 people. Now, deserted and completely destroyed. This is Russkiy Mir arriving. Footage made by the 100th Mechanized Brigade / X
Euromaidan Press on X: Frontline report: Ukraine's elite brigade decimated half a Russian battalion in a single day in the Kharkiv direction. The Third Assault Brigade destroyed Russian makeshift pontoon bridges across the river to isolate soldiers in open-field assaults. / X
ChrisO_wiki on X: "1/ An acute lack of transport provided by the army is requiring Russian troops to buy and modify their own assault vehicles at their own expense, often for one use only / X
Special Kherson Cat: In bowling they call it a strike. - Bluesky


Europe's new war with Russia: Deep sea sabotage : worldnews This headline is misleading. It is Russia waging war with Europe by engaging in deep sea sabotage. Not the other way around. In English, it matters.
Don't go to Russia's WW2 victory day celebrations, EU warns European leaders : worldnews
European leaders invited to Kyiv on May 9 to counter Putin's Moscow parade : worldnews
Putin is mocking Trump: EU foreign ministers call for new sanctions on Russia after Sumy attack : worldnews

Russia 'mocking' US ceasefire efforts by attacks on Sumy, Kryvyi Rih, Polish FM says : worldnews

Hungary's Pride ban mocked with 'Gray Pride' march: 'Humour exposes the absurd' : worldnews

Indian fugitive accused in nearly $2 bln bank fraud arrested in Belgium, source says | Reuters : worldnews

Italy says Rome to host second round of US-Iran nuclear talks : worldnews

WarTranslated on X: I call on the EU to impose the toughest sanctions against Russia in order to strangle its economy and prevent it from continuing military actions." - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. He noted that Ukraine had agreed to a ceasefire over a month ago, while Russia has has shown absolutely no intention of moving in that direction. / X France wants to make one-off wealth tax permanent : worldnews

UK transfers almost $1 billion to Ukraine under G7 loan covered by Russian assets : worldnews


Asylum claims surge at this border crossing into Canada, as Donald Trump's crackdown forces officials to prep for possible U.S. migrant influx : worldnews
Trump still wants Canada to be the 51st U.S. state, White House says : worldnews




US added to human rights watchlist over Trump moves : politics

How the G.O.P. Fell in Love With Putin's Russia - The New York Times What explains the Trump administration's radical reversal toward Moscow?

Trump reacts to Russian strike on Sumy: It was terrible, they made a mistake : worldnews
Trump blames Zelenskyy for 'horrible job' after Russia ballistic missile strike kills dozens in Ukraine : worldnews
Trump Makes More Excuses for Russia After Latest Horror Attack on Ukraine : politics ... "This is Biden's war," he added during another 40-second rant that, again, did not include the words "Russia" or "Putin." "That war would have never taken place."
Trump blames 'Crooked Joe Biden' and Zelenskyy for Russia invading Ukraine: 'SO SAD!' : politics

Ballerina who was imprisoned by Russia after $52 donation to Ukraine charity has returned to U.S. : worldnews ... She was traded for a guy who ran a missile tech smuggling ring and ...was accused of procuring more than $225,000 worth of controlled electronics components with military applications from U.S. distributors and shipping them to Russia.


Inside Rumeysa Ozturk's Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell — ProPublica

Columbia pro-Palestinian protests leader arrested in Vermont

Trump, Bukele say they won't return mistakenly deported man to US : politics
The World's Highest Security Prison: CECOT (The most evil are kept here) - YouTube
Kilmar Abrego Garcia not leaving El Salvador prison, Bukele says at Trump meeting : politics
Salvadoran President says he won't return wrongly deported man back to U.S. : politics
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says he won't return Abrego Garcia to U.S. : worldnews

Trump Admin Tells Judge It Doesn't Have to Bring Back Man It Illegally Shipped to El Salvador : politics


Rubio says another 10 people have been sent to El Salvador : politics

Trump says he supports deporting U.S. citizens : politics
Trump's Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to Gulags : politics
Trump Official Declaring 'Anyone Who Preaches Hate for America' Will Be Deported Worries Users: 'They Just Skip the First Amendment' "Democracy doesn't work like that," one user commented.
Trump literally wants these 2 men arrested for criticizing him : politics ... Krebs publicly contradicted Trump's false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Trump has branded Krebs "a significant bad-faith actor" who poses grave "risks" to the American public.
Donald Trump Hit By New Migrant Deportation Lawsuit : politics

About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record : politics

Trump Just Defied the Supreme Court. What Is John Roberts Going to Do About It? : politics
Trump Gives Supreme Court Middle Finger on Mistakenly Deported Man : politics
I don't like Mondays - Lawyers, Guns & Money Refusing to return Garcia from El Salvador, on the day Trump is meeting Bukele. SCOTUS will have to decide if this is defying a court order, as everyone pretends it might not be.
Aaron Rupar: Trump to Bukele: Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough. - Bluesky
Binational Scumbaggery - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Coalition of the Vile: Mr. Bukele said returning Mr. Abrego Garcia would be akin to smuggling "a terrorist into the United States." As the Salvadoran president talked, Mr. Trump smiled in approval, surrounded by cabinet members who spoke in support of the president on cue.
NYT: We Should Know by Now. The Courts Aren't Going to Stop Trump and His Kind : politics

Harvard faculty, Democrats praise university for rejecting Trump demands
An elite institution finally understands the shot - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King: Go fash, lose cash - Bluesky

Shouting Stephen Miller Melts Down on Fox News Over Deported Dad : politics

Donald Trump Health Update Raises Eyebrows : politics ... after his physician mentioned his "frequent victories in golf events."


Trump and Some of His Cabinet Members Attend U.F.C. Fight in Miami - The New York Times The spectacle at the mixed martial arts event was emblematic of an emboldened president who increasingly encourages displays of force to carry out his agenda ... a spectacle of violence, throbbing music and cheering crowds that the president has long admired.

Trump Has A 'Maximum' Meltdown On Social Media After Hate-Watching '60 Minutes' : politics

Trump's approval rating falls as 59% say the economy's in bad shape: Poll : politics

What Could've Been - Lawyers, Guns & Money Merrick Garland is highly concerned that he should have done anything about this ... But also, let's not forget just how bad the Biden administration blew any chance of solidifying what had happened in 2020. Biden never could get his head around the seriousness of the problem.

DOJ argues for paying reparations to 1/6 seditionists - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... What the DOJ is doing here is signaling that not only were the crimes that the 1/6 seditionists were convicted of committing not really crimes, their actions were so brave and praiseworthy that the government should take the extraordinary step of paying them reparations, in the form of reimbursements for the fines they were required to pay as part of their punishment for the crimes that were really heroism. Trumpism requires more than the alteration of the past: it requires a literal inversion of its meaning.

Why Trump's tarrifs should be opposed clearly and unambiguously - Lawyers, Guns & Money Krugman lays out an excellent case for the proposition that whatever you think optimal tariff levels should be, there is no excuse for anything but clean opposition to Trump's tariffs, which are substantively awful in general and for workers in particular, and are also very unpopular even before the economic downturn they make inevitable:
The Tariff Lesson of the 19th Century - Lawyers, Guns & Money

CNN Data Guru Reveals 'Americans Are Not Buying What Trump Is Selling' : politics

Murdoch Paper Floats Impeaching Trump Over Tariffs : politics ... $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the rich (the House bill) Over $6 trillion in losses out of the stock market due to tariffs. (in just a week)
Trump Admin Walks Back Tariff Exemption On Electronics : politics

President Trump says CBS and '60 Minutes' should 'pay a big price' for going after him : politics

There's No Coming Back From Trump's Tariff Disaster : politics

Reality gets in the way of Elon Musk's latest misguided boast - Elon Musk lowered his spending cut targets from $2 trillion to $1 trillion to $150 billion — and even that total is no longer credible. : politics


Make America White Again - Lawyers, Guns & Money I wonder if or when Americans will really wake up to just how far this administration is willing to go on the issue of white supremacy ... Oh yes, nothing bridged the divide of race like slaves escaping white masters!

Marjorie Taylor Greene bought thousands of dollars in stock right before Trump's tariff pause sent markets soaring : politics
Sen. Cory Booker says Congress should hold hearings on whether insider trading on Trump's tariffs occurred : politics

Billionaire Ray Dalio: 'I'm worried about something worse than a recession' : politics


Bernie and AOC Are Starting a New Political Movement Before Our Eyes : politics
Bernie Sanders warns of 'extraordinary danger' facing U.S. under Trump at LA rally : politics

Trump and Republicans Are Leading An Open Assault on Free Elections : politics

Republicans nonsense is convincing me to never vote Republican again : politics

Joe Rogan Slammed For Claiming Resurrection of Disability Slur Is 'One of the Greatest Cultural Victories' "The word 'r--ded' is back, and it's one of the great culture victories that I think is spurred on, probably, by podcasts"

Eschaton: Well I'm Sure The Other News Outlets Will Continue Their Existing Show Of Solidarity Good job, Schumer: Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele ... Schumer's "red line" for a constitutional crisis was ignoring the SUPREME COURT, you see.

The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines - The New York Times The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr's Infection Comments ... In order to get enough cod liver oil to reach that amount you would have to ingest 45 teaspoons of cod liver oil per day for 2 days
RFK's pledge to discover the "cause" of autism isn't just a ploy — it's a war on children's health : politics

'One Of The Greatest Villains In American History': Democrats Release Scathing Statement On RFK Jr. (2024)


North Carolina Republicans might just get away with stealing an election : politics

Nancy Mace rages at "evil" constituents who flooded her office with calls about town hall. Mace - who has made a national name for herself by bullying trans people - told callers to "stop being violent with your words." : politics .... Nancy Mace is a textbook definition of a crybully.

Eschaton: Unclear Charitable explanation: really busy with Candy Crush. It's unclear how State Police, who have a 24/7 detail assigned to Shapiro and additional security at the governor's residence, allowed Balmer to enter the property, start a fire, then break into the building and start two more fires before fleeing on foot without apprehension.


Meta's antitrust trial is about to begin. Here's what to know : NPR The Federal Trade Commission's blockbuster antitrust case against Meta kicks off on Monday in a courtroom in Washington. It's the culmination of a nearly six-year investigation into whether the social media giant broke competition laws in acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp.


Mario Vargas Llosa, RIP - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,861 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of James Forten.


'The Last of Us' Season 2 review: Lies and consequences hang over the zombie drama : NPR


Opinion | Reckoning with the truth about my adoption from South Korea - The Washington Post



Illinois bill would remove cannabis odor as probable cause for police to search car : politics


Explosion in Austin Damages 24 Houses and Injures 6 People - The New York Times The cause of the enormous explosion at a house on Sunday, which could be heard miles away, was not immediately known. Officials described it as an "isolated incident."

How Snow Becomes Deadly - The New York Times This season, more than 20 people died in avalanches in the U.S. Can mountains be safer?



Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? - The New York Times With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it ... Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 11.4 percent of American children had been diagnosed with A.D.H.D., a record high. That figure includes 15.5 percent of American adolescents, 21 percent of 14-year-old boys and 23 percent of 17-year-old boys. Seven million American children have received an A.D.H.D. diagnosis, up from six million in 2016 and two million in the mid-1990s ... "diabetes of the brain," ... While the medications can have a powerful effect on how children behave in the classroom, they do little to improve how they learn ... Historically, this is one of the main reasons people have taken amphetamines: They make tedious tasks seem more interesting ... The children who took Ritalin for an extended period grew less quickly than the nonmedicated children did ... Their A.D.H.D. symptoms, meanwhile, were no better than those who had stopped taking the medication or who had never started ... even a medium-strength daily dose of Adderall more than tripled a patient's likelihood of developing psychosis or mania ... researchers showed that for most subjects, their symptoms and level of impairment in fact fluctuated over the years, often quite substantially ... certain children with A.D.H.D. symptoms are at much greater risk than others ... What matters instead, he says, is the distress children feel as they try to make their way in the world.Characterizing A.D.H.D. as a personality trait rather than a disorder, they saw themselves as different rather than defective ... not because their brains are chemically refashioned in a way that makes them better able to fit into the world, but because they find a way to make the world fit better around their complicated and distinctive brains.

5 Takeaways From New Research About A.D.H.D. - The New York Times

But there was no association in 8- and 9-year-olds for reasons that remain unclear

More exercise linked to lower cancer risk in longitudinal study - The Washington Post The study had participants use a device that measures movement for seven days to measure sedentary time, step count and activity intensity.


The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults

Church allowed abuse by priest for years - The Boston Globe Since the mid-1990s, more than 130 people have come forward with horrific childhood tales about how former priest John J. Geoghan allegedly fondled or raped them during a three-decade spree through a half-dozen Greater Boston parishes.

Find Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists and Psychologists in Cambridge, MA - Psychology Today




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Australia, Indonesia strengthen ties amid tariff hikes : worldnews
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained : worldnews
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister's memorial | US immigration | The Guardian - Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him 'retarded' and boasted 'Trump is back in town'


Ex-President Yoon faces criminal trial on insurrection charges Monday : worldnews

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party moves to disband as freedoms dwindle : worldnews - the more likely explanation is that Musk just axed USAID, so their funding dried up.
Outcry after British MP refused entry to Hong Kong : worldnews

'Correct mistakes': China calls on US to completely cancel reciprocal tariffs : worldnews
'If the US wants to shut itself out, be my guest' - China analyst : politics
China Says US Tariff Break a 'Small Step' to Fixing Mistake : politics
China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies : worldnews



US envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Trump tells Moscow to 'get moving' on Ukraine : politics ... They've been "moving" on it since 2014, unfortunately.
Russia rejects Ukraine compromises, seeking US concessions : worldnews
center of Sumy moments after russian strike, dozens of civilians injured or dead : ukraine
Russia 'was and remains the aggressor', says Von der Leyen following deadly attack on Ukraine's Sumy : worldnews

'A war crime' - European leaders react to Russia's Palm Sunday attack on Sumy that killed dozens : worldnews ... This wasn't by accident, they knew that this day would be a holy day in Ukraine.
Russia missile strike kills more than 20 civilians in Ukraine's Sumy : worldnews
Russia used cluster munitions in deadly attack on Sumy, US ambassador says : worldnews

Republican Russophilia: how Trump Putin-ised a party of cold war hawks : politics


More than 100 people killed after heavy rain hits India, Nepal : worldnews
Waqf act protests: Three killed in fresh violence reported from West Bengal's Murshidabad : worldnews

Pakistan warns it may expel thousands of Afghans hoping for resettlement in the West : worldnews

Bangladesh reintroduces 'except Israel' inscription on passports after thousands rally in Dhaka over Gaza situation : worldnews


Turkish opposition leader criticises Starmer for ignoring arrest of Istanbul mayor : worldnews

More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan's RSF attacks Darfur displacement camps | Sudan : worldnews
UK to co-host global conference with aim of resolving Sudan's civil war : worldnews


Damascus-aligned forces and the SDF on Sunday began to jointly manage security in Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods of northern Aleppo, a significant step in a wider deal to integrate the Kurdish-led force into Syria's state institutions : worldnews

Yemeni gov't reportedly preparing 80,000 man assault on Houthi-controlled Hodeidah port : worldnews - Iran has completely pulled their forces out of Yemen, ending their support of the Houthis after Trump's threats to hold Iran responsible for continued Houthi attacks. Iran now sees a Houthi collapse as inevitable, as their supporting network of proxies has crumbled - without Hamas and Syria, and with Hezbollah much weaker, it's much more difficult for Iran to keep the Houthis propped up, especially with the US Navy conducting daily strikes for like a month now

US to sign nuclear and energy investment deals with Saudi Arabia : worldnews

Iran to Continue US Talks Next Week After 'Constructive' Meeting : worldnews
Eight Pakistani workers killed in Iran : worldnews
Eight Pakistani workers killed in Iran Eight workers from Pakistan's Punjab province were killed by Baloch militants in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province in an incident of target killing, according to a media report on Sunday.


Palestinian medic attacked in Gaza is being detained in Israel, says ICRC | Israel-Gaza war : worldnews

IDF fully surrounds Rafah as Katz warns Gazans of 'final moment to remove Hamas' : worldnews

Israel cuts off Rafah, vows to 'vigorously' expand in Gaza
"An Abrupt Plunge Into Hell": Gaza After the Ceasefire Israel renewed its bombing campaign on Gaza in March. Killings and food shortages have become the norm again.


Zelenskyy on Russian attack on Sumy: 'Only scum can act like this' : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1144, Part 1 (Thread #1291) : worldnews

Russia launches scores of drones on Ukraine, four people injured, Kyiv says : worldnews

Domestic missile production increases eightfold in 2024, Ukrainian minister says : worldnews
Ukraine Becomes World's Leading FPV Drone Producer With Over 2.2 Million Units Built : worldnews

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: "❗️The 🇺🇦Ukrainian laser complex "Tryzub" was shown for the first time. It is stated that the Ukrainian laser can destroy attack drones, aerial bombs, cruise and ballistic missiles at a distance of up to 3000 m, and helicopters, airplanes, and reconnaissance drones at a distance of up to 5000 m. / X

Ministry of Defence on X: "Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 12 April 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https://t.co/eRh9Do9LOp #StandWithUkraine / X

The Ukrainian Review on X: Protective arch over the fourth reactor of Chornobyl NPP has lost its functionality after being hit by drone, - Ministry of Environment ❗️In June, the restoration plan will be presented at the Donors' Assembly. The sarcophagus of Chornobyl NPP was attacked on February 14. / X


Illegal crossings into Europe down one third in a year : worldnews - Russia has no more resources and focus to push refugees into Europe from Africa. Finally.

Macron: Russia chooses to continue war despite Trump's proposals : worldnews

Trump tariffs 'increase risk' of financial crisis, Germany's Merz warns : worldnews - Trump is a financial crisis. In his business life and his political life, financial problems follow.


Sinn Fein seeks EU for a Ireland unity : worldnews

Ambassador does not deny Russia is tracking UK nuclear subs with sensors : worldnews

Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals : worldnews - Seriously, brexit was Putin's greatest success as well as getting his puppet into the White House twice.
The moron premium - Lawyers, Guns & Money The recent experience of the United Kingdom constituted good advice the American electorate refused to take. First Brexit: ... I know it''s uncouth to say it but "randomly wreck things out of boredom and/or random grievances" is in fact politics for morons.

Chile is considering legalizing adult-use cannabis : worldnews - Currently, cannabis is legal for adult use at a national level in Uruguay, Canada, Malta, Luxembourg, Germany, and South Africa. Additionally, two dozen states in the U.S. have adopted recreational cannabis measures, regional adult-use pilot trials are operating in the Netherlands and Switzerland, and top courts in multiple other countries have ruled against adult-use prohibition policies.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro hospitalized with abdominal pain related to old stab wound : worldnews - Lying shit. As soon as it appears that the Brazilian courts are ready to make an ask for him, he suddenly goes to hospital. Guy did the exact same thing in 2023.




AIPAC launches ad blitz against senators who voted to block arms sales to Israel - The ads, customized to target each of the 15 senators, are airing across 11 states : politics

Trumps use of 18 Century authority will be considered in a second appeal with enormous potential consequences : politics

Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to 'Immediately' Self-Deport: An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country. But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear. : politics

Trump is already skirting due process. Now he's musing about deporting citizens : politics

Trump DOJ Doesn't Know Location or Well-being of Maryland Man Mistakenly Deported to El Salvador: 'Extremely Troubling' : politics .. "Mistakenly Deported"? More like KIDNAPPED and HUMAN TRAFFICKED.

Lawyers for wrongly deported man ask judge for U.S. contempt hearing : politics ... He's dead or he's been tortured, and they're desperate to cover it up.
US won't say whether it's facilitating return of mistakenly deported man
Mistakenly deported man is alive and detained in El Salvador, Trump admin says : politics
Kilmar Abrego Garcia 'alive and secure' in El Salvador prison, Trump administration says : politics
'These barbarians are now in the sole custody of El Salvador': Trump official insists dad deported in error is 'alive and secure' - but POTUS says his 'future' not up to US : politics

The Case Against Mahmoud Khalil Hinges on Vague "Antisemitism" Claim The Trump administration filed no new evidence in its case against Khalil, according to a new filing ahead of Friday's hearing.
Mahmoud Khalil and Necropolitics of Trump's Attack on Immigrants - This is more than cruel expediency. Death is the point.

US deports another 10 gang members to El Salvador, Rubio says : worldnews

Boston's Citizenship Drive: Overcoming Trump Immigration Challenges - On Saturday, hundreds of green card holders from 50 countries prepared citizenship applications at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury with free help from volunteers and pro bono lawyers.

US Citizen Told by Trump Admin to Self-Deport Amid Crackdown : politics ... A United States citizen who is an immigration attorney received an email on Friday morning that told her to self-deport—one of seemingly dozens of recipients.

Trump DOJ Flips Off SCOTUS in Brazen Update on Deported Dad : politics

DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk : politics ... MAGA has emboldened the Republicans as Germans did Hitler. We are watching history repeat itself live.

Social Security is now an immigration enforcement tool : politics

Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department : politics ... Eliminating human rights, climate diplomacy, and African affairs is not a reorganization but a demolition. And they're calling it "streamlined."

Cutting Through The Crap - Lawyers, Guns & Money 1. Immigrants build our houses, grow our food, care for our children and parents. They own restaurants and pick up our garbage. They do scientific research and they staff our hospitals as doctors and nurses. They work in banks and other financial institutions. Many of them fled untenable situations in their home countries. 2. Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than citizens.

Trump says he took a cognitive test during his physical and 'got every answer right' : politics
Trump says he's 'in good shape,' but results of his physical aren't immediately released : politics
Jasmine Crockett Says it's 'Beyond Wild' That Nobody is Questioning Trump's Mental Fitness : politics

Trump's honeymoon is over : politics - THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON TRUMP - The New York Times, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Opinion No, Donald Trump Does Not Know What The Hell He Is Doing : politics - The US is paying El Salvador $20,000 a head, allegedly. That's enough to feed and house their families in America. Instead of profiting from their labour and taxes we're reaping the thrill of torturing them to death.



Republican says Americans will accept cuts to Medicaid : politics

Trump's Approval Rating Quickly Plummets Among Young People : politics

Some members of Congress are starting to talk about impeachment. They're right. : politics ... Exactly Mitch McConnell's flagrant rule breaking and the Democrats complete unwillingness to ever even challenge him, set the stage we are on now.

Elon Musk drastically drops DOGE's savings goal from $2 trillion to $150 billion for the year : politics
Trump Officials Growing Tired of 'Unfunny' and 'Irritating' Musk | "He's just the most irritating person I've ever had to deal with, and that is saying something," one official reportedly said. : politics .. Even his own kids hate him

Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information : politics


'Revolution With Joy': Bernie and AOC Draw Massive Crowd in Los Angeles : politics ... MSNBC and CNN have been very slow to pick up anything about this rally. You can watch the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/live/T2449UaMaiQ ... We need more people like Bernie backing up the young Dems, and fewer people like Schumer failing to do their jobs.

Bernie Sanders' Crowd Size 'Biggest' Ever at LA Rally With AOC - Staff : politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rally 36,000 in LA : politics
Bernie Sanders surprises Coachella crowd : politics .. He's sorta a hippie at heart, but didn't become an asshole like a lot of them as they got old.

DSA Housing Justice Commission on X: "We support Denver DSA. Affordable housing can't be provided by the market. Reforms offered up by the state and developers that don't include democratic control and redistribution of land are ultimately false promises that serve only to benefit capital. / X

Pete Buttigieg - bearded and blunt - calls out Donald Trump's tariff chaos: 'This is people's lives' : politics

Iowa State economist on Trump tariff policies: 'We're all going to be poorer' : politics
No retreat on tariffs, Trump promised. Hours later, he blinked : politics ... Then they said the USA will build iPhones. Trump then folds on tariffs for iPhones. World's best negotiator.


Republicans fear Trump's trade war could lead to political wipeout : politics ... It would be 100% karma for the party which caused this with their anti-foreign, anti-establishment and anti-intellectual behaviour to be wiped out. They deserve it.


'The U.S. economy is the next business Trump will bankrupt': Analysts on 'dangerous' tariff fallout : politics ... Anyone can bankrupt a casino, it takes real genius to bankrupt the worlds largest economy

There's No Coming Back From Trump's Tariff Disaster : politics

Trump wrong that China made $1 trillion off US trade in 2024 : politics
Trump Is Begging China to Make a Deal Over Tariffs : politics ... Four days ago they were "kissing my ass" ... When you start a trade war with the country that makes all your stuff and has a larger middle class population than you have an entire population, well you're going to have a bad time ... Never start a land trade war in Asia
Trump Commerce chief fuels tariff confusion, saying exemptions for phones, computers and other electronics are not permanent : politics
Smartphone tariffs are coming back in 'a month or two,' says Trump admin : politics ... Setting up the timing tables for buying and selling smartphone stocks for him and his goons.
Trump's tariff policy is 'all chaos and corruption': Sen. Elizabeth Warren : politics
Most believe Trump tariffs benefit wealthy, corporations: Poll : politics ... Where were "most people" on Election Day?

A and B, not A or B - Lawyers, Guns & Money But Trump has been talking about the magical power of tariffs since the 1980s, that is, long before he could have anticipated what a great opportunity they would be for him personally to enrich himself via open corruption ... In addition to the fact that Trump paid no price for 1/6, it's worth noting that there weren't even investigations into his openly taking bribes in his first term. Today the press acts ho-hum-dog-bites-man to Trump openly telling people he's getting millions in cash bribes and manipulating the stock market ... Amazing how fast the US has adapted to replacing a President with an openly corrupt dictator and pretending this is how it's always been. We'll have to tell the kids that it wasn't always like this. That actually, once, only a bit more than 50 years ago, a Vice President had to resign due to bribery and was indicted and convicted like an ordinary criminal ... When it comes to Trump, corrupt or stupid is a radically false dichotomy. This is true for many of his minions and most fanatic supporters as well. But it is always 100% true about Trump himself.

I'll be a diode, cathode, electrode, overload, generator, oscillator... - Lawyers, Guns & Money Once again Presidont Dithering Don, who cannot lose, but might occasionally appear to lose to lesser minds too feeble to move the goalposts for him, has again not not not changed his big strong tariffs-against-China-until-they-kiss-his-ass stance. He merely created a teeny, tiny wafer-thin exception for a few items that hardly anyone uses anyway whether they are exported from China or any other nation.


Trump brags to NASCAR drivers that friend Charles Schwab made $2bn from stock market chaos : politics

MTG reveals she bought big during stock market dip -- now people want her investigated | MTG bought very low. : politics


Is doing everything you can to alienate your core customer base good business? - Lawyers, Guns & Money The returns on this question would seem to be answering this question in the narrative: Tesla's electric vehicle sales in the US are worse than what the media is reporting right now. That's partly because Tesla is hiding its sales.

Ford Mustang Mach-E Review: Strong 2025 Sales Make It A Good Tesla Model Y Alternative


'Gun to the Head': Harvard Professors Sue Trump Admin Over Review of $9 Billion in Funding : politics

Coal is not clean, it's not beautiful, and we don't need it for AI | The Independent : politics

New FEMA head denies NC request to extend 100% reimbursement for Helene damage : politics ... And North Carolina voted for this
Trump Denies FEMA Aid Extension in State He Won Three Times : politics


Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities : politics ... It also follows a series of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump and internal policy shifts championed by Hegseth, who has made the erasure of those groups a core goal of his tenure so far ... Republicans want unquestioning loyalists at the top so when they start rounding up citizens no one will stand in their way.


US congressional speeches are getting less evidence-based over time | An AI analysis finds that since the 1970s, speeches by US Congress members have shifted to favour language such as "fake news" and "mislead" over words such as "science" and "statistics" : politics ... This linguistic trend away from evidence in favour of intuition was revealed in an artificial intelligence analysis of millions of congressional speech transcripts. It also coincides with both greater political polarisation in Congress and a decline in the number of laws that get enacted through Congress ... this kind of language was last in ascendance here was during the Gilded Age and the Great Depression, which has been indirectly hailed by the current president as high points in the nation's development.

Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote : politics ... Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar, and Ed Case voting in support of a bill that could disenfranchise millions of voters. 216 republicans and 4 democrats.

'Trump's America feels more like The Handmaid's Tale every day' - Nearly 100 days after the self-proclaimed 'fertilisation president' came to power, American women are feeling disturbed by the Trump administration's obsession with their bodies and who controls them, writes Anna Hart : politics ... More women voted for Trump in 2024 then in 2020. A 4 point swing ... A majority of White women voters voted for trump (a convicted criminal, adjudicated rapist, and notorious cheater on each of his 3 wives) after he took away their right to control their own bodies.

2024 Post-Election Survey: Gender and Age Analysis of 2024 Election Results

Sign of trouble for Republicans? Poll says Ohio voters are getting tired of Trump. : politics


Firm That Won Multimillion Defamation Suit Against Fox News Takes on Trump : politics ... "No administration should be allowed to punish lawyers for simply doing their jobs, protecting Americans and their constitutional right to the legal process," Susman Godfrey said in a statement.


Measles cases rise to 700, adding pressure to RFK Jr. : politics
RFK Jr giving families 'false hope' on autism, says outgoing US vaccine official : politics
'We are flying blind': RFK Jr.'s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more - Fired workers and outside experts say the cuts leave the nation more vulnerable to health threats. : politics
Don't Be Fooled: RFK Jr. Is Still Talking Down Vaccines : politics
RFK Jr. Suggested I Gave My Son Cancer -- He Is Wrong In other words, XMRV had never been linked to human illness of any kind (let alone leukemia). Kennedy had mangled a malign belief and told it to me as if it were irrefutably proven. It was not only dangerously wrong—it was perhaps the cruelest thing anyone had ever said to me.

The Grift Economy is Coming for your Cats - Lawyers, Guns & Money tl;dr don't feed your cats and dogs raw food: The $6.3 trillion wellness industry thrives on distrust of science, glorifying "natural" alternatives, and fear-based marketing. The result? Pseudoscience that's not just harming human health. It's killing animals, too, specifically via H5N1 bird flu.

Video of Bill Maher revealing details of his dinner with Trump goes viral : politics ... Congratulations Bill for finally learning something lots of us find out around 4th grade. That's some good investigative reporting there, boy.

Trump's order could force states to buy costly new voting machines : politics ... Are these the voting machines that Ivanka got special Chinese trademarks for during Trump's last term, by any chance? The voting machines she got trademarks for along with 40 plus other businesses, including happy ending massage parlors?


Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student's Chosen Name. "Every child deserves to be educated in an environment where they feel respected," a petition backing the teacher says. : politics - Treating someone with respect is a fireable offense in the land of the free. Got it ... Same goes for the phrase "everyone is welcome here" ... MAGA wants to ban all forms of empathy, as they see it as an obstacle to their plans

George Pyle: Utah state school board members think Jefferson and Lincoln were Marxists : politics

Eden Prairie firm was set to pay $18K in tariffs on its shipment from China. Now it's $170K. : politics

'Build your own manufacturing': Trump-voting business owner stung by tariffs savaged after asking for ways to keep company afloat | 'Thoughts and tariffs.' : politics .. "Damn that's wild because I voted for you to have zero tariffs and a $50K tax break as a small business owner under Kamala," reads the top comment

Police investigating an arson attack on PA Governor residence : politics
Arson investigated in fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence | AP News The fire broke out overnight on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which Shapiro and his family had celebrated at the governor's official residence in the state capital of Harrisburg

Oregon GOP Chairman Resigns After Oregon Journalism Project Report About His Past : politics - In a statement early this afternoon, Cummings, 51, an insurance agent and pastor from Columbia County, said he is stepping down to spare his family any further difficulty ... Remarkably, the fact he resigned in the wake of the allegations rather than denying and blaming his wife means he's one of the most honorable Republicans in Oregon, or perhaps the country.

Secular groups oppose plan for Mormon seminary at Arizona high school : politics


Teen Killed Parents to Fund Trump Murder Plot and 'Save The White Race' : politics ... According to his manifesto, the motive behind the murder plot was to start a political revolution in the United States and to "save the white race" from "Jewish-controlled" politicians ... Casap was associated with the satanic neo-Nazi group "The Order of Nine Angles," finding images of Hitler on his phone with the text: "HAIL HITLER HAIL THE WHITE RACE HAIL VICTORY." DHS prioritizes Tesla vandals over this.


Jameson Quinn - Lawyers, Guns & Money known in our community under the name Gregor Sansa.
Jameson Quinn: "Jameson Quinn died in a fall in Guatemala on March 23, 2025. This is his mother Helen Quinn, just to inform his followers here of this tragic event. We will check this profile for your responses. Anyone who has copies of recent writings from him not posted here please let us know." - Bluesky

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,860 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Ferdinand Silcox.


Parenting lessons from the animal kingdom's best mothers | The Independent

The Unknown Librarian Who Saved Queer History You probably don't know the name Paul Fasana. But the librarian was instrumental in preserving hundreds of thousands of artifacts of queer history.

"The First 48" and the Wrongly Convicted Man — ProPublica

The secret language of incels How online slang and emojis are used to mask misogyny




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Countries have agreed a global deal to tackle shipping emissions, after nearly ten years of negotiations : worldnews
National Climate Assessment Under Threat: Experts Warn - Trump is trying make a climate report go extinct




Japan, U.S. to hold joint patrol in Okinawa Prefecture following sexual assault cases involving U.S. servicemen. : worldnews


Taiwan plans to use 7-Elevens as war hubs if China attacks : worldnews

China Building World's Highest Bridge, Will Cut Travel Time From 1 Hour To 1 Minute : worldnews
Beijing moves to soothe India over $100 billion trade deficit : worldnews
Tariffs could trigger humanitarian crisis - China warns WTO over US trade measures : worldnews
Reuters: Chinese military officers have been present behind Russian lines with Beijing's approval : worldnews
Visioner on X: China is supplying Russia with 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the microchips needed for its industry. In return, China receives stealth technology for submarines and other forms of assistance. The North Korean regime is sending Russia thousands, possibly hundreds of of tactical missiles. In exchange, Pyongyang hopes to receive surface-to-air missiles and other air defense systems / X


Russia's Lavrov praises Trump's understanding of Ukraine conflict : worldnews
U.S. and Russia move toward normalizing relations and easing diplomatic work : worldnews

Russia's Justice Ministry has added Andrei Kozyrev, the country's first foreign minister after the fall of the Soviet Union, to its list of foreign agents : worldnews

Evgen Istrebin on X: The first harbinger of Russia's default. Budget revenues have stopped growing. Growth in Q1 +3.9%. In March - 0% And expenses on servicing the national debt in Q1 grew by 43% And judging by the dynamics of oil prices, Ru income will fall. And one fine day, there will be a default / X
Evgen Istrebin on X: The number of companies with overdue debt to Ru banks began to grow sharply The share of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs with overdue debt to Ru banks increased in 2 months from 18% to 22%. Over the year, the growth was from 16% to 22 Source / X
Evgen Istrebin 🇺on X: Huge problems for the Ru budget! Everyone is talking about the decline in oil revenues RU But they forget about NON-oil tax revenues Starting from the 2nd half of 2024, the growth rate fell from 37% to 10%, in real terms it is 0%, and this is despite the increase in the tax rate! / X


'We never negotiate at gunpoint': India after Donald Trump hits 90-day pause on tariffs : worldnews



Prominent Nigerian Islamic Cleric Ibrahim Jalo Jalingo Calls For Execution Of Those Who Leave Islam, Believe In More Than One God : worldnews ... "It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong" Voltaire


Iranian, US delegations begin high-stakes nuclear talks in Oman : worldnews

Lebanese army said to enter Hezbollah bases north of Litani River for first time : worldnews


Most Americans view Israel more unfavorably than before Oct. 7, Pew survey finds | Young people in both parties have relatively high unfavorables toward Israel. : politics
Human Shield - Mr. Fish
The Crime of Clarity - Mr. Fish

Gaza rockets targeting Israel, intercepted, IDF cuts off southern Gaza from the rest of the Strip : worldnews

Israel says it will expand its offensive across most of Gaza : worldnews


Savchenko Volodymyr on X: Witkoff must go." Republicans outraged by his role in Ukraine talks, - Reuters The White House and State Department were alarmed by the fact that Witkoff invited the Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev to his personal residence for dinner before a meeting at the White House. Some American and European officials are concerned that, "while Witkoff follows Trump's strategy, the Russians are taking advantage of his lack of experience at the negotiating table." / X
US 'demands control' from Ukraine of key pipeline carrying Russian gas : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1143, Part 1 (Thread #1290) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 12, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X
Russian Missile Strikes Indian Pharma Firm' s Kyiv Warehouse: Ukraine : worldnews

Astraia Intel on X: Dying for nothing: 3 years of Russian shame. / X
MAKS 24 on X: Russia increased the number of drone attacks against Ukraine by 8 times in 2025 ❗️Since the beginning of 2025, Russia has already launched almost 11,400 drones over Ukraine, while during the same period in 2024 (from January 1 to April 10) only 1,400 drones were launched. / X
Institute for the Study of War on X: Russian forces recently executed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in western Zaporizhia Oblast amid continued reports of systematic executions of Ukrainian POWs across the theater of war. @AP reported on April 10 that it obtained a video from Ukrainian and Russian drones showing Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs surrendering in Pyatykhatky (northwest of Robotyne). / X
Visegrád 24 on X: "Ukraine tripled its defense production in 2024 and now surpassing all Western nations combined in the output of towed and self-propelled artillery systems. The total value of domestically produced military equipment rose from $3 billion in 2022 to $20 billion in 2024. Ukraine also increased its output of mortar and artillery shells by 2.4 times compared to the previous year. / X

NATO chief warns Russia is considering placing nuclear weapons in space : worldnews


Norway pledges around $940 million to train and equip Ukrainian brigade : worldnews

Peace in Ukraine 'out of reach' in immediate future, Germany says : worldnews

Spain proposes using frozen Russian assets for Europe's defense, beyond Ukraine : worldnews


UK takes control of British Steel under emergency powers : worldnews
Former Putin-appointed governor jailed for breaching UK sanctions : worldnews ... So America is considering handing over territory whilst the UK is prosecuting these Russian agents. Another point to the UK I guess. America should be embarassed. Traitors.


Panama opposition party accuses US of 'camouflaged invasion' : worldnews

Ontario measles outbreak grows to more than 800 cases : worldnews ... The US had a higher average MMR vaccine rate of 93% for 2023-2024 school year. Though it varies from state to state, even the lowest, Idaho, had a 79.6% rate while Ontario slid to 76% in the same period for 2nd dose.
Why higher measles vaccination coverage matters so much now | CBC News
Canadians turn their backs on U.S. travel, as return trips plunge: StatCan : worldnews
Snowbird selloff: Canadians are parting ways with U.S. properties : worldnews
Canadians required to register with U.S. government if in country at least 30 days : worldnews




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Trump envoy's embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, U.S. allies : worldnews
Trump extends Biden's sanctions against Russia : worldnews

An emboldened antiabortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges - The Boston Globe

Trump DOJ Refuses to Comply With Judge's Order on Return of Wrongly Deported Dad : politics
Judge demands 'daily updates' on whether Trump admin is complying with court order to return illegally deported man : politics

A Maryland mother was detained by ICE nearly two weeks ago. So far, no evidence has been provided : politics
Two women the Trump admin tried to send to El Salvador prison speak

ICE Is Using A Random British Guy's Tattoo To Identify TdA Gang Members | "I'm just an average middle-aged man from Derbyshire," the man told the BBC after seeing his tattoo in a DHS training document. : politics

Harvard protest: Cambridge council, others urge Harvard to stand up to Trump

Harvard sues Trump over DEI ultimatum : politics

Trump orders agencies to 'sunset' environmental protections : politics
Trump Administration Says U.S. Endangered Species List Should 'Go Extinct' : politics


Trump's Nearly 5-Hour Physical Exam Raises Questions About His Health After Massive Bruise Saga : politics
Trump Can't Recall Details of His Favorite Cognitive Test : politics

Trump's bid for Sydney casino 30 years ago rejected due to 'mafia connections' | Donald Trump | The Guardian

'Completely out of touch': golf and dinners for 'king' Trump as economy melts down : politics

Obama's portrait in the WH has been replaced with the photo from Trump's assassination attempt : pics

Progressive Democrat wonders why nobody questioning Donald Trump's mental acuity: 'This is crazy work' : politics

Tim Cook's ass-kissing pays off - Lawyers, Guns & Money .. But while this tariffs-and-arbitrary-exemptions is going to do nothing to restore American manufacturing, it certainly creates a basis for corruption the likes of which the world has never seen, which is needless to say the point.

Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump's Tariffs - A technical "glitch" has created the biggest hiccup in Trump's tariffs rollout. : politics
"It'vs all computer!" : AdviceAnimals

White House refuses to provide list of countries it claims reached out with tariff deal : politics

Donald Trump Supporters Are Losing Their Minds Over The New Trump Tariffs, And It's Exactly The Meltdown We All Saw Coming - "The 34% tariffs threaten our survival. We voted for you, believing in America First. Please consider us." : politics

Trump BRAGGING about billionaires making money after pausing HIS TARIFF PLAN - YouTube

Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs : technology
U.S. Announces Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions for Chinese Smartphones, Computers, and Integrated Circuits : worldnews
Trump reportedly suspends Nvidia H20 export ban plan after $1 million dinner with Jensen Huang | Tom's Hardware


Trump Is Torpedoing the Dollar. You Don't Want to Know What Happens Next. : politics


Trump Loyalist Sports 'Troubling' Trump Golden Bust Lapel Pin: 'Makes It Easier to Recognize Cult Members'

They called him a madman, too : PoliticalHumor
My friend won this toilet brush : pics


Trump administration is ordered to unfreeze funding for Mainen over transgender students


Despite DOGE, Government Spending Under Trump vs. Biden Up $154 Billion This Year : politics

In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE's Savings Goal - The New York Times ... Mr. Musk's group has slashed budgets and fired thousands of workers around Washington, but so far the DOGE website indicates that it remains far from reaching his goal of $1 trillion in savings next year. As of Thursday, the site claimed $150 billion in savings, with an itemized list of some of the purported cuts.
DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency ... Amount Saved Per Taxpayer $931.68
Trump tariffs will cost average American family $4700 per year, Yale study says : politics
Musk Mocked After 'Top Secret' Cabinet Meeting Notes Go Viral: 'They Wrote That to Make Him Feel Included' : politics
1 hour 40 minutes and 32 seconds of Lemon Usk being trolled by gamers - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Is it funny to see a bullying billionaire shithead who actively nurtures the worst sort of bullies get bullied? Let's hear from another anti-fan. Elon. It's me, Ashley St. Claire. I have no other means of contacting you so I bought PoE2 early access. Please pay your child support. Thank you Elon.


Measles Is Spreading, and RFK Jr. Is Praising Quacks : politics
Staffers Walk Out of RFK Jr.'s Slur-Ridden Speech About Deep State : politics
jamelle: "RFK believes that he is one of the genetic elect and that it is a violation of the natural order to either impose on the genetic elect with public health OR prevent nature from taking its course with those who are predestined to biological damnation." — Bluesky
Experts Push Back on RFK Jr's Infection Comments ... In order to get enough cod liver oil to reach that amount you would have to ingest 45 teaspoons of cod liver oil per day for 2 days,


The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X. The SSA's shift to X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent : technology ... Elmo won't stop with SSA recipients either. He's trying to establish this as precedent for ALL government comms with the populace. What a dirtbag.


As many as 1 million additional children will become infected with HIV and nearly 500,000 will die from AIDS by the end of the decade if the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is suspended or only receives limited, short-term funding : science


Luigi Mangione's attorneys call attempt at death penalty in CEO's killing a 'political stunt' : politics


New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line : politics


The NC candidate/judge still trying to throw out 60k ballots (7k are overseas/military). : pics (the face)
1/6 in robes - Lawyers, Guns & Money North Carolina Republicans are steadfastly opposed to democracy even by the standards of Republicans in 2025, and this is one of their lowest points:


With college enrollment declining, MA higher ed, economy at risk It goes back to the Great Recession, when people started having fewer babies — many fewer.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,859 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Charles Goodman.


Can a 'Sleep Divorce' Improve Your Sex Life? - The New York Times Therapists and couples say that sometimes a "sleep divorce" can revive a relationship.


Proud Veteran: "It's all about indoctrination of children followed by a lifetime of blasphemy accusations in order to perpetuate the bizarre and inconsistent narrative. Home schooling, school vouchers and book banning are all about brainwashing children. It's been wildly effective for over two thousand years." — Bluesky

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut is so relevant it disgusts me : books ... This book has made me (what I believe to be) rationally angry towards the entire "news" landscape of today, which serves not to inform us as a society but instead to polarize us and divide us ... It has stiff competition, but I think "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." tops my Vonnegut quote power rankings ... Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created.
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People taking medications like Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss report consuming less processed foods, soda, refined grains and beef. Fruits, leafy greens and water showed an overall increase. Food companies may be challenged as demand for processed foods falls and fruits and vegetables increases. : science
Estimated Sustainable Cost-Based Prices for Diabetes Medicines | Diabetes and Endocrinology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network
Estimated Sustainable Cost-Based Prices for Diabetes Medicines | Diabetes and Endocrinology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network


Inflammation in the brain may trigger depression. Review of 31 randomized trials found anti-inflammatories, including diet changes and omega 3 fatty acids, were more effective than placebo in reducing depressive scores for older adults with depression, with similar improvements to antidepressants. : science


Women unconsciously tune into infant distress, regardless of parental status, study finds. Women -- whether they are mothers or not -- are more likely to have their attention captured by distressed infant faces, even when those faces are presented so briefly that they are not consciously perceived. : science


Accumulating wealth doesn't make people more likely to vote Conservative : science ... This takes place in Britain ... The narrative has always been that republicans were fiscally conservative. It's a lie, the data says otherwise. In almost every measure of the U.S. economy including total job growth, unemployment, economic growth, manufacturing job growth, manufacturing investment, small business creation, and contribution to the national debt, economic performance is stronger under Democrats.


People who reported neglectful, abusive, or controlling parenting styles in their upbringing were more likely to experience impairments in work, relationships, and emotional well-being. This is linked to lower levels of conscientiousness (being organized, responsible, and self-disciplined). : science

ELI5 What is the difference between "repressed memories" and just like remembering something you haven't thought about in years? : explainlikeimfive .. Dissociative Amnesia,

Agnostics are more indecisive, neurotic, and prone to maximizing choices, distinguishing them from atheists and Christians. Atheists and agnostics, who together constitute a significant proportion of nonbelievers in both the U.S. and Europe, have often been treated as a homogeneous group. : science

Turns out eye scans at 45 can reveal your risk for Alzheimer's decades early. People with thinner nerve layers or unhealthy eye vessels had higher dementia risk. It's low-cost, non-invasive, and might change early detection big time. : science


Who is the most horrendeous person you've ever met - not just a bad person, not truly rotten to the core, who wishes nothing but evil on everyone and is aware of that? : AskReddit

What's one product you bought that turned you into a total snob — like, you can never go back to the cheap stuff? : AskReddit

What's a basic skill you're shocked some adults still don't know? : AskReddit

What is an interesting nsfw fact you know? : AskReddit ... The natural lubricant produced by human women during intercourse is nearly identical to lubricant that sharks produce near the pores of their lips for electromagnetic detection of prey.

whatever it takes, she is the one : pics


ELI5 What is the difference between a kingdom & an empire? : explainlikeimfive




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Indian Consulate Vandalised In Melbourne, High Commission Raises Matter With Australian Authorities : worldnews
Monash IVF: Woman gives birth to stranger's baby in Australia embryo mix-up : worldnews
Microchimerism - Wikipedia

Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa : worldnews


US to deploy long-range drones near Taiwan, Japan's defence minister confirms : worldnews
In a first, Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging undersea cables : worldnews

China warns Hong Kong's last major opposition party to disband, members say : worldnews
China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 125% in Retaliation : worldnews



KyivPost on X: Trump reproached Russia for being slow in making a deal to end the war in Ukraine. / X

Center for Countering Disinformation on X: Russian propaganda is attempting to change the nature of its disinformation campaign about alleged "atrocities by the AFU in kursk region" in order to expand its reach. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: The desperate math of Russia's peace talks gable: Send 12 tanks to grab territory, lose everything in half an hour, repeat twice more. As dawn broke on 7 April, 12 Russian vehicles surged toward Ukrainian lines near Kurakhove in a dramatic departure from their usual infantry tactics. The high-stakes goal: secure Donetsk Oblast before potential peace negotiations could cement their failure to fully capture the region. Instead, they drove straight into a meticulously prepared minefield. When the lead tank struck a mine, trapping the entire convoy, Ukrainian forces unleashed: / X

Visioner on X: If we look at it from a realist's perspective, I do not see peace between Russia and Ukraine in the near future ... In my opinion, no country will agree to give up its territorial integrity. Therefore, expecting Ukraine to relinquish its legitimate territories for the sake of peace is unjust and unrealistic." - President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

NEXTA on X: Words to remember from Kaja Kallas "It takes two to make peace, but only one to start a war. One thing is clear: Russia wants war," / X

AlexandruC4 on X: Meanwhile in Moscow / X

Russia frees ballerina in prisoner swap with US : worldnews

Over 100 people died after heavy rain hit India, Nepal : worldnews
India Wants a US Trade Deal With an 'Urgency' Not Seen Before : worldnews
Canadian wanted for 2008 Mumbai attacks arrives in India after US extradition | Reuters : worldnews


Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN says : worldnews


The Iran Negotiation - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram

Israeli member of cabinet accused of rape by daughter : worldnews
Who is Orit Strook, the Israeli minister accused of sexual abuse by her own daughter? A prominent Israeli minister known for her extreme right-wing politics and support for illegal settlements is facing serious allegations of sexual abuse by her daughter ... alongside her husband and one of their sons.

AP doubted reliability of Hamas-linked reporter years before Oct. 7, documents show : worldnews


Witkoff suggested that Trump "allow" Russia to take four regions of Ukraine : worldnews
Visegrád 24 on X: "BREAKING: Reuters reports that, after a meeting with Russian Envoy Dmitriev, Trump's Envoy Witkoff told Trump that the fastest way to broker a ceasefire would be to give Russia 4 regions: Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk & Donetsk. Ukraine still holds: - 42% of Kherson ... / X
NEXTA on X: Ukraine to receive record-breaking military aid — key takeaways from "Ramstein" Today, the 27th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group was held in Brussels. Here's what was announced: Germany: 4 IRIS-T air defense systems, 300 interceptors, 30 Patriot missiles, 15 Leopard-1 tanks, 25 Marder IFVs, and 100,000 shells ... / X
Allies pledge 'record' $23.8 billion to Ukraine at Ramstein summit as UK warns 2025 will be 'critical' : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: Only 6 of 30 countries in the "coalition of the willing" have expressed their willingness to send troops to Ukraine, — AFP European officials told the agency that the six include the United Kingdom, France and the Baltic states. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1142, Part 1 (Thread #1289) : worldnews

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 10, 2025 | Institute for the Study of War

Ukraine set to extend martial law again, pushing back prospect of elections : worldnews


The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure : politics


NOELREPORTS on X: Far-right Romanian presidential candidate Gheorghe Simion loses trial over alleged ties to Russian agents after former Moldovan Defense Minister Anatol Shalar accused him of meeting with FSB representatives. The decision can be appealed within 30 days. / X


Germany's incoming government agrees to get tougher on illegal migration : worldnews


Italy's sex workers get business code in a step out of shadows : worldnews

UK reportedly considers 5-year troop deployment to Ukraine to help rebuild army : worldnews
British man' s tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document : politics

Mexico to Reach Deal on US Border Water Dispute, Sheinbaum Says : worldnews

Haitian Authorities Using Weaponized Drones To Prevent Gangs From Taking Over The Capital : worldnews

US recognizes Panama's sovereignty over canal, Panama says after talks : worldnews

Trump Admin Considering Giving $10,000 To Each Person In Greenland To Annex The Island : politics
Trump Admin Considering Giving $10,000 To Each Person In Greenland To Annex The Island : worldnews
US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' Vance : politics
Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit : politics
Greenland Base Commander Removed After Reported Email About JD Vance : politics

Carney's Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs





Paul Krugman: 'Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak' : politics
Trump Says He Is Serious About Staying in Office Past 2028 : politics

Joshua J. Friedman: "NEW: Rumeysa Ozturk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul..." — Bluesky

Visas revoked for 13 UMass Amherst, 4 Worcester Polytechnic Institute students : boston .. Their visas were cancelled with no warning, no notification, and with no reason given. One second they had a valid visa, the next second they didn't. And they might never have even known if the colleges hadn't caught it.

Trump Administration Classifies 6,000 Latino Immigrants as 'Dead' So They Will 'Self-Deport' : politics

The Mystery of ICE's Unidentifiable Arrests | The New Yorker In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico -- a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.

Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report : politics

Supreme Court upholds judge's order that U.S. should facilitate return of man deported to El Salvador : politics

It's On - Lawyers, Guns & Money In the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, where the government renditioned an innocent man without due process to the infamous El Salvador prison, Judge Paula Xinis, interpreting the Supreme Court order, gave the government until this morning to respond to three questions. An hour late, this is the response:
Owen Barcala: "I'm not sounding alarm bells or anything but this is—literally—refusing to follow a court order after the Supreme Court affirmed that the judge had the power to require compliance" — Bluesky
John Roberts has given us his loophole, now let us exploit it - Lawyers, Guns & Money The equivocal backup the Roberts Court gave to Judge Xinis has, predictably, done nothing to affect the Trump administration's total defiance of the law:

Homeland Security agents attempted to enter 2 LAUSD schools. Here's what families should know | LAist

Laura Loomer's influence on Trump is terrifying : politics

Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies : politics

Donald Trump Suffers Quadruple Approval Rating Blow : politics
Donald Trump's approval rating is falling among Republicans : politics ... Trump's approval rating among Republicans at 89 percent. However, while his approval rating has declined slightly, his disapproval rating has remained the same, at 9 percent.

Lawmaker Blasts Trump Billing Taxpayers $30M for His Golf Trips: 'If We're Gonna Talk About Efficiency...' : politics

The Republican Budget Plan: Snatch Food From the Mouths of Hungry Children : politics

The Data Shows Trump's 'Radical Leftist Judge' Claims Are Pure MAGA Delusion & Projection : politics

Trump Is Showing Why Dictatorships Fail : politics

Trump called a 'Kremlinesque' cabinet meeting after walking back his tariffs : politics
Trump's 'F**king Gross' Cabinet Meeting Has Critics Cringing So Hard : politics

Liberation (from your disposable income) Day - Lawyers, Guns & Money Very good story about the implications of the 145% tariff being placed on Chinese goods:

Ron Wyden says the U.S. economy 'has gone from the envy of the world to a laughingstock in less time than it took to finish March Madness' : politics
Does anyone remember "major questions doctrine"? - Lawyers, Guns & Money I don't think it requires any fancy doctrine of statutory construction to hold that most or all of Trump's tariffs are beyond the authority granted by Congress -- they're not an emergency security measure and aren't even really pretending to be
Trump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs : politics

House Republicans Approve Budget Slashing Medicaid, Nutrition Aid While Pushing $5.5 Trillion in Tax Breaks for the Rich : politics

Eggs Prices Soar to Record High as Trump Destroys Economy : politics
No, Gas Prices Are Not Falling Under Donald Trump. They Are Actually Rising : politics

Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn't have a tariff plan and that he 'might be insane' : politics

'They Are Laughing at Us All': Trump Tariff Whiplash Boosts Wealth of Mega-Rich by $304 Billion | "Is there any doubt in anyone's mind they were tipped off?" asked one progressive news outlet. : politics

Chop Wood, Carry Water 4/10 - by Jessica Craven So much for Mr. Tough Guy.
Trump Is Dumb. Is Wall Street Even Dumber? : politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene Snapped Up Stocks as Trump Tariffs Tanked Markets : politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces 'Insider Trading' Probe Calls Over Stock Buys : politics

AOC Demands Ban on 'Insider Trading' in Congress After Record Stock Rebound : politics


JD Vance's whopper on alleged Social Security fraud - The Washington Post The vice president falsely claims that 40 percent of calls to a retirement program involve fraud.

How DOGE used Social Security data to push dubious fraud claims : NPR

Plane Full of U.S. Lawmakers Is Hit on Runway After FAA Cuts : politics
Two Planes Just Collided. Trump Team Is Arguing With People About it. : politics

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives : politics

Elon Musk's Wisconsin meddling backfired, poll suggests : politics
Elon Musk quits favourite video game after being 'cyber-bullied' : politics

Republicans are poised to kill tens of thousands of jobs in districts that voted for Trump : politics

Aaron Rupar: "MacCALLUM: They did several studies that said there was no connection between vaccines in autism. So what are you seeing? RFK Jr: The studies that they did were very very narrow ... 14 of those studies are invalid" - Bluesky
Bloomberg News: "New: RFK Jr. warned FDA staff about the influence of the "deep state" on the agency in an all-hands meeting where he also made off-color comments about children with developmental disabilities" -- Bluesky
Opinion | RFK Jr. mimics AIDS denier Thabo Mbeki - The Washington Post The South African leader paid a price for allowing thousands of needless deaths ... Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa and ruled in his shadow for nine years, was the world's most powerful AIDS denier. As president, he could do far more than spout long-debunked theories about HIV not causing AIDS. He appointed a health minister who insisted that the cure was garlic, lemons, beets and beer. And he forbade public hospitals to provide the antiviral drugs that were saving lives in other African countries ... Its name initially was not AIDS but GRID: gay-related immune deficiency.


MAGA's war on empathy exposes misogynist fears : politics .... Trump has eclipsed Jesus himself as the object of worship on the Christian right, as evidenced by the hosts of "Girls Gone Bible" invoking Trump's name as if he were God in their rewrite of the Lord's Prayer. At his inauguration ball, a "worship painter" even replicated Trump's image while the crowd sang "amen" over and over, underscoring this shift in the de facto theology of these "Christians."

How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy : politics


Meta whistleblower claims tech giant built $18 billion business by aiding China in AI race and undermining U.S. national security : politics


Eschaton: America's Most Ridiculous Dem Senator - Elissa Slotkin.


Karen Read's Second Murder Trial Is Already a Spectacle | Vanity Fair




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Australia declines China's offer to 'join hands' on Trump tariffs : worldnews

Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine : worldnews


U.S. slaps 145% tariff on China in sharpest trade escalation yet : worldnews



Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India to beat Trump tariffs, sources say : worldnews



'Real danger' Trump may agree to a mediocre Iran nuclear deal, Israeli officials warn : worldnews


Israeli Air Force set to sack reservists who signed letter calling for fresh hostage deal : worldnews


U.S. ambassador to Ukraine to resign her post early : worldnews
Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine : worldnews
EU Sends Ukraine $1B From Interest of Frozen Russian Assets : worldnews

Ukrainian long-range strikes cut Russia's shell fire rate by nearly half, Syrskyi says : worldnews
Europe to fund two million artillery shells for Ukraine - Shmyhal : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1141, Part 1 (Thread #1288) : worldnews

Woman jailed for $50 donation to Ukraine freed in prisoner swap : worldnews


EU pauses retaliatory tariffs following Trump's trade U-turn : worldnews
Nato warned over internet blackouts in wake of subsea cable attacks : worldnews


Estonia passes law targeting Moscow-linked church ties : worldnews


Macron says France could recognise Palestinian state : worldnews

Britain backs Nuremberg-style trials of Russia despite Trump opposition : worldnews
24 Things Nobody Does Better Than Trump (According To Trump) - YouTube
Hamas Launches Unprecedented Legal Case in Britain, Demanding the Government Remove its Terror Designation In a legal filing, a Hamas founder argues that the group has the right to use armed resistance to achieve Palestinian liberation—and that Britain is crushing honest debate about its aims.


Death toll hits 184 after nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic : worldnews ... 218 now.

Canadian travel to the U.S. has plummeted. One reason why: fear : politics




Burn Down the House | Christopher Ketcham Democracy in the United States faces a critical threat in the rise of fascist revolutionaries

April 5 protests were a rebellion against fear Will courage now be contagious?

Supreme Court orders Trump to free Maryland father from El Salvador prison : politics
Supreme Court holds that the District Court can order the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, to a point - Lawyers, Guns & Money

White House Press Sec Says Trump's Seriously Considering Deporting US Citizens : politics

Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window : politics ... And their justification was that this 50 year old mother is a violent gang member. I don't know why they even bother; they aren't fooling anyone with that bullshit.

Wife of Trump voter detained by ICE 'trusts' president to make US safer : politics

Trump 2.0 is in a state of permanent emergency : politics

Trump must face defamation lawsuit from 'Central Park Five' defendants : politics

'The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history': How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting : politics
The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting : politics

Trump caved on tariffs. It took a scary bond market freakout. : politics
US stocks set to tumble again as reality sets back in on Wall Street : politics

Trump ignites 'insider trading' accusations after global tariffs U-turn : politics
Trump's Tariffs Whiplash Is Open Corruption. He Admitted It Himself. : politics
Trump's 'Great time to buy' post before tariff pause prompts insider trading accusations - 'Who knew ahead of time and how much money did they make?' : politics
'What Billionaire Just Got Richer?': Trump Tariff Pause Sparks Insider Trading Suspicions : politics
'This was the plan': Fox News hosts unashamedly celebrate Trump backing down on tariffs : politics

Trump Admin faces "insider trading" investigation over stock market surge : politics
Adam Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump Over Tariff Pause : politics

Fund Managers Worry Trump Might Be "Insane" : politics

No, Crashing The Stock Market With His Tariffs Definitely Was Not Part Of Donald Trump's Plan All Along : politics ... His opponent in 2016 wanted to expand rights for collective bargaining and unionization, wanted a public option for healthcare, and wanted a constitutional amendment for Citizens United. We also would have had the chance to have a liberal court for like the 2nd time ever in our countries history if Trump didn't get his judges as well. We fucked up bigly.

House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign : politics


Donald Trump Accidentally Roasts Himself With Oval Office Question : politics ... "How do you get to be president and you're stupid?" Trump asked reporters in the Oval Office

James Carville Fears Trump Will Declare Martial Law and Rig the Elections : politics


Democrats unveil legislation raising federal minimum wage to $17 an hour : politics

Trump orders probe into 'Anonymous' New York Times editorial writer : politics

White House denies a military parade is scheduled for Trump's birthday : politics



Musk's DOGE reportedly deploys AI to monitor federal workers for anti-Trump sentiment: 'The willingness to skirt laws is brazen' : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited : politics
Musk's Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates Tesla : politics
Massive bust of Elon Musk's head in South Texas vandalized : politics


RFK Jr. suggests some vaccines are risky or ineffective, downplays measles threat : politics


Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems with false 2020 election claims, judge rules : politics
Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit : politics


Marjorie Taylor Greene Showed My Photo In A DOGE Hearing And Called Me A Monster. I'm Fighting Back. : politics


Wisconsin superintendent says schools will not comply with federal request to eliminate DEI programs : politics


Wrenching the Ranchers | Christopher Ketcham Roaming public lands with a livestock saboteur


U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% over five years, NIH study finds : politics
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. — ProPublica


Titanic digital scan reveals new details of ship's final hours


Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks?


Who are some famous people you've seen in Cambridge? : CambridgeMA




040925

China calls for world to unite against Trump's 'trade tyranny' : worldnews
Trump to slap additional 84% tariffs on Chinese imports : politics
China slaps retaliatory tariffs of 84% on U.S. goods in response to Trump : politics
China Issues Travel Warning For US : worldnews




WarTranslated on X: The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a strategic Russian Tu-22M3 bomber worth over $100 million. - Syrskyi. Ukrainian drone struck the aircraft during landing. / X

The Kyiv Independent on X: Russia's spring offensive has 'already begun,' Syrskyi says. For nearly a week, Russian offensive operations have almost doubled in all main sectors, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in an interview with LB UA. /X
Visioner on X: "🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces have regained full control over Shcherbaky on the Zaporizhzhia front and Tarasivka in the Donetsk front, specifically in the direction of Myrnohrad. https://t.co/gu0dMqV5VP" / X

EU to impose 25% tariffs on USA : worldnews
EU slaps tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream to target Trump's red states : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: "The US is removing troops from a crucial Polish logistics hub that handles 95% of military aid to Ukraine, citing cost savings of "tens of millions of dollars" while transferring responsibilities to other NATO allies / X

We'll Pass Trump Tariffs Back as Higher Prices for Americans: German Firm : politics
Receiving a universal basic income makes people happier without causing a drop in employment, according to the results of a long-term study presented in Berlin on Wednesday. : worldnews


Tax cut for Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires on the table, St armer confirms : worldnews


Canada will not be subject to new 10% tariff, says ambassador to U.S. : worldnews ... He did abolish the Department of Education! Probably because he has been called stupid his entire life!




Chris Murphy: "Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency." - Bluesky

Trump announces 90-day tariff pause for at least some countries : politics ... So in 90 days we do this all again. Every 90 days a pump and dump with the entire stock market ... Trump also said that he was raising the tariffs imposed on imports from China to 125% "effective immediately" due to the "lack of respect that China has shown to the World's Markets."
Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for everyone but China : worldnews
Donald Trump Backs Down On His Trade War Against The World : politics
Trump's 'Great Time to Buy' Claim Hours Before Tariff Pause Raises Insider Trading Concerns : politics
Trump's Team Has No Idea What to Say About His Sudden Tariffs Reversal : politics
Even Fox News admits: Trump 'capitulated' : politics

Goldman Sachs warns that oil could crash under $40 in an 'extreme' scenario : worldnews

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Slumps to Lowest Level in Multiple Polls : politics ... And they still have him at 48%!
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Collapses : politics ... Trump's approval rating currently stands at 44 percent, while 53 percent disapprove That is not what I'd call a collapse.

Leavitt Says White House Will Ghost Reporters Who Use Pronouns: 'Matter of Policy' : politics

Trump's Speech At The Republican National Congressional Committee Was Bonkers - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Breaking through the denial - Lawyers, Guns & Money As many people have pointed out, the basic problem the media face, besides being owned by plutocrats who put the expansion of their wealth ahead of all other social goals, is that any straightforward description of who Donald Trump is and what he represents is going to sound impossibly hyperbolic.
Thank you for your attention to this matter - Lawyers, Guns & Money Once again for the people in the back: There is no plan, there is no secret underlying logic, there is no cost-benefit analysis, rudimentary or otherwise. There is nothing but his bottomless stupidity and impulsive narcissism.
I'm not yippy, you're yippy! - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The cult abdicates to its leader - Lawyers, Guns & Money Republican leaders in the House are moving to short-circuit an attempt to force a vote on President Donald Trump's new global tariffs, repeating a maneuver they used earlier this year to block attempts to overturn narrower levies targeting Canada.
Another one bites the dust - Lawyers, Guns & Money Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, one of the Democratic Party's most prominent state leaders, warned in a speech on Wednesday that President Trump's trade war could have calamitous effects but was careful not to blame him directly as she embraced a bipartisan message

Opinion | The Tariff Saga Is About One Thing | Trump's Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated - The New York Times ... The fundamental truth of Donald Trump is that he apparently cannot conceive of any relationship between individuals, peoples or states as anything other than a status game, a competition for dominance ... Trump is a winner, and he'll show it by making all of us the loser.

Hooked on a feeling - Lawyers, Guns & Money The outcome of yesterday's meeting between Trump and Netanyahu is probably the worst economic news so far ... In other words, the answer to the question of whether Donald Trump is actually stupid enough to believe that trade imbalances are inherently wrong and unfair, and therefore that the US should strive to have a trade surplus with everyone, is yes, Donald Trump is actually stupid enough to believe this, and does believe it, to the extent he remains capable of forming and maintaining beliefs.


The New York Times: "Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes." -- Bluesky
Trump-appointed IRS head resigns over egregious privacy violations - Lawyers, Guns & Money
DOGE to effectively end federal tax enforcement - Lawyers, Guns & Money - When you combine this with the Trump tariffs, this means both much less tax revenue and a much more regressive taxation structure. Bad news for those trying to sanewash the tariffs as a debt reduction strategy, outstanding news for billionaires. The new Republican economic populism!

Trump Is Trying to Deport a Purple Heart Veteran. You Could Be Next : politics

'Citizenship won't save you': Free speech advocates say student arrests should worry all : politics
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To Deport U.S. Citizens : politics
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To 'Deport' U.S. Citizens : politics

University of Florida student deported to Colombia following traffic stop : politics

ACLU files suit to block Alien Enemies Act deportations : politics ... Dems became the conservatives of the 80s and the republicans became white-supremacy neo Nazis.

ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: 'Prime, but with human beings' : politics

About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record : politics ... This is the early stages of a genocide.

Form without substance, the John Roberts story - Lawyers, Guns & Money Yesterday, the Roberts Court made a critical doctrinal change involving the most foundational principle of Anglo-American law, in 4 paragraphs of occasionally pissy boilerplate that reads like Alito's dumbest clerk lightly edited a Chat GPT prompt: ... the holding that Trump's AEA detention can only be challenged with individual habeas petitions is no minor technical changeis tailor-made to make it as difficult as possible to restrain Trump's arbitrary detentions:

ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Mocked for Pointing Gun at Officer's Head : politics .. The Mormons already have "Bring em Young" It was the rallying cry at mountain meadows.
Mountain Meadows Massacre - Wikipedia

Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With "Love" : politics


Trump Isn't Even Bothering to Call World Leaders Back on Tariffs : politics ... There isn't enough time between golf holes, truth socialing, eating and changing diapers,
Trump threw the economy into chaos because of a bizarre misinterpretation of one statistic : politics
Trump's trade deficit obsession - and misinterpretation - is causing economic chaos | Vox Trump believes that if the US has a trade deficit with a country, they're "beating" us. Huh?
Trump Press Secretary Says Everyone Is Lying About Hating the Tariffs : politics
Trump Tells Americans to Stop Being 'Weak' and 'Stupid' amid Stock Market Crash That Unfolded During His 4-Day Golf Trip : politics
Trump Insists 'I Know What the Hell I'm Doing' as His Tariffs Unleash Carnage : politics
Trump is intentionally murdering the stock market. Imagine if Biden did that. : politics

Dramatic sell-off of US government bonds as tariff war panic deepens : politics

US Treasurys not behaving as a safe haven, economists warn : politics
Why US Treasuries Sell-Off Is Nightmare Scenario for the Economy : politics

73% of Americans expect price surge under Trump tariffs, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds : politics

New Stanton Bill Would Force the US House to Vote on Trump Tariffs : politics

Trump: Major pharmaceutical tariffs coming soon : politics ... I've always said that the one thing America needs is more expensive medical care.
Trump says US will soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports : politics

Trump tariffs 'will increase the unemployment rate to recessionary levels,' says economist : politics
Ackman: Many small businesses will go bankrupt if Trump doesn't pause tariffs soon : politics

Republicans who say they didn't vote for this economic crisis are wrong: Trump is doing exactly what he promised to do with his radical tariff regime. : politics

Senate Republicans Are Struggling to Contain Their Tariff Angst : politics
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This dead cat won't bounce - Lawyers, Guns & Money After a big explosion of wishful thinking earlier in the day, the stock market is cratering again at the close. The indices will have lost something like 13% of their value over the last four trading days ... Meanwhile: The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather.

Trump influencers keep swearing today is the day the market will rebound… for real this time : politics

Trump Is Firing the Wrong People, on Purpose : politics


The Memo: Amy Coney Barrett becomes an unlikely hate figure for MAGA World : politics


Insider Says Elon Musk Is Out to Sabotage Social Security : politics

Tesla shares plunge below Lutnick's 'never this cheap' level : politics


Trump is dismantling election security networks. State officials are alarmed : politics

Trump exempts dozens of coal plants from stricter pollution standard : politics


Public health leader calls for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, citing 'complete disregard for science' : politics


Arizona's "privatization scam" is starving public schools. Trump wants to take it national : politics


Delaware judge rules Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems : politics
Trump signs executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfrey | Reuters ... Houston-based Susman Godfrey is representing electronic voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems in defamation lawsuits against Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, and others related to false claims that the 2020 election was rigged against Trump.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,857 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of David Bustill Bowser.


(53) Neural Holography, the Dreaming Brain, and Free Will
Classic Reboot: Qabala and Physics, Stories Within Stories with Fred Alan Wolf - YouTube


A Majority of Cambridge City Council Now Calling For Toner's Resignation | News | The Harvard Crimson

Council Narrowly Votes To Return Two-Way Traffic to Garden Street | News | The Harvard Crimson
From two-way car traffic to one-way and back, Garden Street gets more upheaval, less parking : CambridgeMA




040825

World surges past 40% clean power in record renewables boom : worldnews - More than half of the increase in solar generation in 2024 was in China, with its clean generation growth meeting 81% of its demand increase in 2024. India's solar capacity additions in 2024 doubled compared to 2023. These two countries are at the forefront of the drive to clean power and will help tip the balance toward a decline in fossil generation at a global level.
Sea ice reaches this year's maximum extent and it's the lowest on record : worldnews
ArcticDeathSpiral.org What's The Arctic Death Spiral?
A day at Uranus just got 28 seconds longer : worldnews ... The was no change to Uranus' rotation. We just got better at measuring it than in the 1980s.


Ash soars kilometres into air as Philippines's Kanlaon Volcano erupts : worldnews - Kanlaon Volcano, one of 24 active volcanoes in the South-East Asian nation, erupted on Tuesday morning, local time.

Tariffs threaten 35,000 jobs, entire towns in South Africa's citrus sector, farmers group says : worldnews


South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross border : worldnews


Trump's 104% tariffs on China to take effect at midnight, quashing earlier market gains | CBC News : worldnews
Treasury Secretary Bessent says China's escalation was 'big mistake,' country playing with 'losing hand' : worldnews
China vows to 'fight to the end' as Trump tariff war rages : worldnews
Tariff tensions escalate as White House hits China with 104% hike : worldnews
China is Reportedly Considering Banning U.S. films as Part of Its Response to Recent U.S. Tariff Increases : worldnews
China lashes out at JD Vance for calling Chinese people 'peasants' : worldnews
China Mulling Ban on Hollywood Film Releases in Response to Trump Tariffs (Report) : movies




Tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have fled the war : worldnews
Bucha massacre - Wikipedia

NOELREPORTS on X: Ukraine's Air Force struck a Russian military warehouse complex in Ozerki, Kursk region, destroying hangars, buildings, and equipment. Over 30 Russians, including UAV crews and repair teams, were eliminated. / X

Alexander Kokcharov on X: "Russia is reportedly planning to resettle at least five million Russians in the occupied territories in south and east of Ukraine by 2030. This is textbook genocide. https://t.co/KlUwhf76Yi https://t.co/hv1CFw8Age" / X


33 killed as floods leave half of Congo's capital under water : worldnews


Trump says U.S. holding nuclear talks with Iran in surprise announcement : worldnews
Our nuclear program can't be dismantled : Iran defiant ahead of talks with US : worldnews
An update on the FireEye report and Reddit : announcements

Israeli soldiers reveal systematic destruction of Palestinian property to create Gaza buffer zone : worldnews


MAKS 2 on X: U.S. Helsinki Commission: Vladimir Putin has no interest in peace. On Friday, he proved this once again by attacking civilians in Kryvyi Rih, killing 20, including children on a playground. / X
Ukraine braces for a new Russian offensive : worldnews
Chinese soldiers captured fighting alongside Russians in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy : news
Zelenskiy Confirms for First Time That Ukrainian Troops Active in Russia's Belgorod Region : worldnews

Officials from France, UK, and Ukraine met in Kyiv to discuss deploying combat forces. : worldnews
Not Peacekeepers - Expeditionary Combat Forces: France, UK, Ukraine on How to Deter Russia

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1139, Part 1 (Thread #1286) : worldnews

'They do not surrender': Ukraine commander details fight with North Koreans in Russia : worldnews

Indian component found in Russian weapon for first time, Ukraine's military intelligence says : worldnews

Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: The Economist: Europe is quietly turning Ukraine into a $15bn steel war machine. 5M FPV drones and 3,000 cruise missiles in 2025. EU plans to double military aid to €40B in 2025, focusing on arms procurement and scaling Ukraine's defense industry. ("porcupine strategy") / X


EU offered 'zero-for-zero' deal to US weeks before tariff announcement : worldnews ... Peter Navarro's ego and ideology, facilitated via a billionaire funded right wing Christian Fundamentalist organisation such as the Heritage Foundation and enacted by a gullible orange idiot in Trump who is just trying to keep himself out of jail. See Project 2025, Chapter 26, Page 765. They clearly explained what they were going to do and did it ... I personally think the goal is to cause mass protests then use those as an excuse to mobilize the military on US soil and suspend elections..
Trump says EU must buy $350B of US energy to get tariff relief : worldnews

The United States may withdraw up to 10,000 troops from Poland and Romania, which were stationed there following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine : worldnews

Trump's 25% tariff triggers Audi, Jaguar Land Rover, Stellantis to halt US shipments | Audi's parent company Volkswagen plans to add import fees to the sticker prices of vehicles shipped to the U.S. : technology

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: Estonia's parliament plans to allow its armed forces to sink ships that threaten undersea cables / X

Brussels police arrest US State Secretary Rubio's bodyguard : worldnews

MAKS 24 A new investigation by Germany's ZDF has revealed that, in the days leading up to the knife attack in Mannheim, internet users in Russia were actively searching for information about a "terrorist attack in Germany." According to investigator, this could point to prior knowledge of the crime: "We're actually seeing search queries from Russia about the attacker in advance - even the name - and that's highly unusual." / X
Elon Musk's zero-tariff proposal with Europe is a sign of weakness and fear, German economy minister says : worldnews
Map shows how much gold countries store in US as Germany mulls exit : worldnews

200 firefighters battle major Paris inferno : worldnews

Less than half of Britons now think the US is an ally to the UK and majority of Britons now back retaliation against US for tariffs : worldnews
UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill : worldnews


27 dead, more than 138 hospital transfers after roof of Dominican Republic club collapses : worldnews

Pentagon's Hegseth to visit Panama Canal after Trump threatens to take it back : worldnews

Mexico would reject unilateral US military action, after drone strike report : worldnews
Bird flu: Mexico reports first human death : worldnews

Canada to impose tariffs of up to 25% on vehicles imported from U.S. Wednesday, escalating trade war : worldnews
Canada says it is 'leading the charge' against Trump's trade war : worldnews
Hey Canada, Tell us how you really feel, LOL : PoliticalHumor




Joe Biden's Final Days: Did Aides Cover Up His Mental State -- or Was It Group Delusion? | Vanity Fair Revelations from within the Biden bubble—detailed in the new book Uncharted—show how the reelection team persevered despite alarming signs of decline. Asked one top Democratic insider ... Over Saint Patrick's Day weekend 2024, at a small White House party, Biden spoke to guests using a teleprompter. Daley (who, on a dozen visits to the White House, was never invited to drop in on Biden) couldn't believe it. If the president needed a script for a small gathering of Irish guys, how would he survive the rigors of a campaign? "How are they letting this f---ing thing go on?" ... very freaking one of them had no balls.
The Last Days of Biden - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Foreign Policy Doesn't Elect You - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Trump 'not happy' with Russian bombing of Ukraine, says he 'doesn't know what's happening there' : worldnews
"They're bombing like crazy right now," Trump criticises Russian shelling of Ukraine : worldnews
More Americans say Trump is favoring Russia too much : politics
Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit : NPR - May 15, 2017

Eschaton: What's Happening

White House floats deporting U.S. citizens. Justice Sotomayor just warned about that. : politics
Trump Administration Debuts Legal Blueprint for Disappearing Anyone It Wants : politics
Press Secretary Says Trump Wasn't Joking About Deporting U.S. Citizens : politics

U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records : worldnews
U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records - CBS News

Lawyer for U-M protester held at airport; refused to give feds his phone 'This administration is doing something that no administration has done — they're attacking attorneys'
Collaborators - Lawyers, Guns & Money A lawyer's spring break trip to the Dominican Republic with his family ended on a troubling note at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday: He was detained by federal agents, questioned about his clients, and asked to give up his cellphone, he says.
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family : news "and questioned about … his clients" If you are not scared, you should be
FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? | PBS News

Senate Democrats demand return of wrongfully deported Maryland man : politics
Mom, 3 children detained by ICE and taken to Texas being returned to New York, officials say : politics ... The attached article to this post says that the law-enforcement officers went out to a farm to arrest a man who they knew was transmitting child pornography, but walked away with a mom and 3 kids instead?

Trump Has a New Target for His Mass Deportations: U.S. Citizens : politics - Trump, a 34 time convicted conman whose negligent incompetence led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and counting. The man who harbored the Pedo King of New York, partying with him and his victims for 20 years. The first job losing president in nearly 100 years. The man - and this is not hyperbole, it is a fact - who wiped out the most wealth in human history (in only two days)... Says OTHER criminals should be sent to El Salvador ...but not him.

Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador : news

Today on the shadow docket: assisting Trump's arbitrary deportations to slave prisons - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now : news
The Supreme Court's New 5-4 Bailout for Trump Couldn't Be More Ominous : politics

Donald Trump Rejects Europe's Offer to Drop Tariffs: 'They Are Screwing Us' : politics ... "The Executive branch may not seize individuals from the streets, deposit them in foreign prisons in violation of court orders, and then invoke the separation of powers to insulate its unlawful actions from judicial scrutiny," "A Justice Department lawyer conceded in a court hearing that Abrego Garcia should not have been deported. Attorney General Pam Bondi later removed the lawyer, Erez Reuveni, from the case and placed him on leave."

Trump administration fires senior Navy female officer at NATO. She appeared on a 'woke' list : news

Trump is going to be a historical Republican President : PoliticalHumor

The Trump White House Cited My Research to Justify Tariffs. It Got It All Wrong. : politics
Trump just handed Democrats the golden ticket. Tariffs have unified the American electorate. : politics
Senate Democrat Ron Wyden Says He'll Force Vote on Repealing Trump Tariffs : politics - Democratic Senator Ron Wyden said Tuesday he will force a vote on repealing the sweeping global tariffs Donald Trump announced last week, testing political support for the president's trade war ... GOP senators are showing signs of unease as they are torn between loyalty to the president and anxiety over potential economic damage.
Massive Protests Against Trump are Just The Beginning : politics
Polling predicts huge Democratic gains as Trump resistance returns : politics ... The polls were accurate every single election for the past 8 years. The only polling error is people not knowing how to read polls.

Call it the Billionaire Boomerang: The Ultrawealthy are Turning on Trump Over Tariffs : politics
The world's 10 richest people lost $172 billion in 3 days as stocks crashed : worldnews

Judge says White House can't ban AP from Oval Office, Air Force One : politics
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can't bar its journalists : politics

New White House tip line to report immigrants bombarded with calls to arrest Musk 'flood those lines.' : politics
Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk's face : politics

Elon: "I have a child, officer. " : PoliticalHumor
Tesla Sitting On Thousands Of Unsold Cybertrucks As It Stops Accepting Its Own Cars As Trade-Ins : technology

Color me unsurprised : PoliticalHumor
Saw this on the way to work. Trump flag hanging upside down, a symbol for distress [OC] : pics

Jon Stewart on Trump's Botched Tariff Rollout & The Stock Market's Meltdown | The Daily Show : television

An endless firehose of lies abetted by a compliant media - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The effectiveness of this kind of propaganda demonstrates one of the chief characteristics of modern masses. They do not believe in anything visible, in the reality of their own experience; they do not trust their eyes and ears but only their imaginations, which may be caught by anything that is at once universal and consistent in itself. What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably part.

Amy Coney Barrett Siding Against Trump Sparks MAGA Fury: 'Disgusting Fraud' : politics

Donald Trump's polling after 'liberation day' is disastrous for Republicans : politics

Eschaton: Oh No

Texas judge tosses Biden-era policy to increase nursing home staffing : politics

US Justice Dept disbands crypto enforcement team, citing Trump order : news - Can't have people looking into crypto scams when the President and his family are the ones running the crypto scams.

RFK Jr. visits family of child who died because they followed his bullshit conspiracy theories - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Little Things - Lawyers, Guns & Money One thing about King Trump and President Musk and Senior Advisor Big Balls destroying government capability is that it destroys all the little things that the U.S. government could do to make things just a little better. There are so many examples. Here's one, on USAID and global cultural heritage.

Trump Admin Reverses Harriet Tubman Website Change After Furious Backlash : politics

Fired cancer researchers will labor in the new factories that rise from the soil near Des Moines as 100 manufacturing flowers bloom - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Bessent appears to be saying that former federal workers are going to create the labor pool for a manufacturing renaissance in the United States. Just beyond parody.

Mistaking a Victor's Peace for a Cold War - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Obama to University Administrators: Stop Sucking - Lawyers, Guns & Money Barack Obama rarely speaks out. He should-I very much wish he did a lot more. But when he does speak, it's for a reason and it tends to be to people he think will listen. So talking directly to university administrators and telling them to quit being cowards is a good thing.

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has law license suspended for three years for fraudulently advancing Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The Kafkaesque/Orwellian essence of the present moment is reflected in the fact that the wild lies this guy at least temporarily incinerated his legal career to advance are something that every single elected Republican official in this country now has to support, usually explicitly, in order to remain politically acceptable in the eyes of the chief liar of all, Donald Trump ... The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.

History is Not a Surprise Party - by Mel Brennan The Delusions of David Brooks: Why We Must Demand Better ... We cannot afford more columnists waking up in slow motion. The time for awakened elites is over. The time for visionary builders is now.

ProPublica: "This year, we launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country. Here's how to use it." - Bluesky


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,856 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Herbert Brownell ... . Eisenhower needed a VP and Brownell had a great idea to fill the role - Richard Nixon ... Brownell really did do the world a favor, because this was a direct intervention to stop Robert Taft from becoming the Republican nominee ,,, But the idea of an angry evil man such as Taft becoming president in 1952 is a scary thing to contemplate


American readers are worried books will get pricier thanks to tariffs : books


Happy anniversary to the time Conan aired my favorite bit in all of comedy. I don't even want to describe it in order to not ruin the surprise. : videos

WTF?!?!?!! BoywithUke actively insulted San Francisco, the Warfield, and the fans who showed up to see him tonight - Musicians who do this should lose bookings : Music


Nevada man arrested after 7 'emotional support' tigers are seized from his home : news


Veteran lawmakers are more effective and bipartisan, study finds. Members of US House of Representatives with military experience are more effective at passing legislation and more likely to work with colleagues across party lines. This is more pronounced among veterans who served on active duty. : science


Researchers use DNA to create 3D electronically operational devices with nanometer-size features. 3D electronic architectures that imitate the natural 3D structure of the brain may prove more effective at running brain-mimicking AI systems than existing 2D architectures. : science

A study of 9 LLMs found medically unjustified differences in care based on patient identity - with Black, LGBTQIA+, and unhoused patients often receiving worse or unnecessary recommendations. : science

The first study of US adolescent girls after states enacted restrictions on abortion access following the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision found that as a result of Dobbs, two-thirds of girls ages 13 to 17 (more than 7 million) now live in states that ban or severely restrict their abortion access. : science ... They found that 66% (7,080,485 of 10,666,913) of adolescent girls live in states with an abortion ban, restrictive gestational limits (six to 22 weeks), parental involvement requirements or a combination of the three.

The season in which you were conceived could have a surprising impact on how your metabolism works today. The largest study of its kind has found that individuals conceived in colder months store fat differently from those conceived in warmer months. : science

380-year-old Descartes circle problem generalized using spinors from quantum physics : science

Childhood Experiences Shape the Brain's White Matter with Cognitive Effects Seen Years Later. Research found the aspects of white matter that show a relationship with our early life environment are much more pervasive throughout the brain than first thought : science - Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is also associated with lower performance on cognitive tasks. However, certain social resiliency factors like neighborhood cohesion and positive parenting may have a protective effect.

ELI5: How do scientists prove causation? : explainlikeimfive

Background music impacts employees: When background music at a workplace is out of sync with what workers need to do their jobs, it can affect their energy, mood and even performance, and can lead employees to feel more fatigued, have trouble focusing, and not really enjoy being at work. : science

ELI5 How can the moon be visible in England and Australia at the same time? : explainlikeimfive

If we're over-farming nutrients out of soil, wouldn't that eventually happen anyway? : askscience

Newer classes of diabetes drugs that lower blood glucose, including drugs such as Ozempic, have been linked to a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. : science

New research suggests that instead of drastically reducing calories, people can achieve similar metabolic benefits of intermittent fasting by cutting back on carbs, leading to better handling of a high-fat meal and reduced triglyceride levels : science


The first person you started dating where are they now? : AskReddit

What is the scariest thing that ever happened to you? : AskReddit




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Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans - report : worldnews


Vietnam's tariffs offer rejected by Trump adviser -- "Not a negotiation" : worldnews


'Deeply unreasonable': Trump's 32% tariff on Taiwanese imports stuns Taipei : politics

Trump trashes China for ignoring his warning not to retaliate over tariffs : worldnews
Beijing tells US firms to blame Washington for 'tariff tensions', hails China prospects : worldnews



The Kyiv Independent on X: "Analysts say that the U.S. could pressure Moscow to end its war by increasing aid to Ukraine, strengthening existing sanctions, or imposing more tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil. So far, U.S. President Donald Trump has done none of that. / X
Russia excluded from US tariff list due to ongoing ceasefire negotiations, White House says : worldnews
Russia gloats over Trump's tariffs: "Our country will become a great superpower and Trump will help with that" : worldnews

Russia rejecting ceasefire because it wants to keep launching strikes from Black Sea, Zelensky says : worldnews

'Shoot them' — Russian commander ordered troops to open fire on their comrades, intercepted call suggests : worldnews

UNITED24 Media on X: "⚡️ Ukrainian FPV drones took out four Russian Buk missile systems worth $170M in one strike. One of Ukraine's most expensive and effective drone attacks so far / X


Israel controls 50% of Gaza after razing land to expand its buffer zone : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1138, Part 1 (Thread #1285) : worldnews
Colby Badhwar on X:Russia has suffered nearly 800,000 casualties in Ukraine. ~Unclassified estimate from US European Command Read through the thread below to see what else General Cavoli shared in his written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.


The Ukrainian Review on X: The moment of sttike from the RoseMarine restaurant in Kryvyi Rih. The Russians claimed that there were many officers there. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Ukraine is finding it harder to shoot down "Kinzhal" missiles and other ballistic rockets as Russia upgrades its weapons and tactics. According to Yurii Ihnat, Russia has improved both its missiles and drones, including "Shaheds" with new guidance systems and satellite / X



Ukraine gets approval to export eggs to Canada : worldnews



Global markets tumble for 3rd day : worldnews
European markets plunge as Hong Kong index sees worst slump since 1997 : politics
European Markets Extend Losses Due To Trump Tariffs, German Stocks Crash 10% : worldnews


Belgium Joins Hungary in Rejecting ICC Warrant Against Netanyahu, Signaling Shift in International Stance : worldnews
Brussels police arrest Rubio security detail supervisor after fight - Washington Examiner : worldnews

Germany looking to withdraw its gold from the US : worldnews
Musk Is Showing Signs of Weakness and Fear, Germany's Habeck Says : politics


UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against demand for iPhone 'backdoor' a secret : technology
Rats 'bigger than cats' are roaming Britain's second-biggest city as garbage collectors strike : worldnews


Trump Is Losing in a Landslide in Canada - The president's trade war and threats of annexation have united Canadians as never before : politics
'We're not friends': Canadian union leaders call out American counterparts for supporting Trump's auto tariffs : politics




What four major news networks were covering at the top of the 10 am ET hour on Monday, April 7, 2025 : PoliticalHumor

More than 1,300 rallies worldwide protest Trump and Musk 'Hands Off' protests put on by more than 150 groups drew huge crowds to locations across the US and the world. : politics

Things To Look For This Week - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Kristi Noem Violated Geneva Convention "To Pose with Prisoners" Says U.S. Former POW/MIA Director — MAGA Defends Her

Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo 'Lawless' Deportation to El Salvador : politics
Vermont federal judge denies request to order ICE to release Tufts student on bail : boston

With US Now a 'Pseudo-Democracy,' Sanders Says Democrats Have to Answer One Key Question | "I think that the Democratic Party has to make a fundamental decision," says the independent Senator from Vermont, "and I'm not sure that they will make the right decision." : politics
Bernie Sanders: law firms that cut deals with Trump administration 'sell out their soul' : politics
An attack on the Constitution? Why Trump's moves to punish law firms are causing alarm : politics

Resistance Grows as Proposed Cuts Threaten Health Care for Over 79 Million in US : politics

U.S. stock futures plunge ahead of Monday open as Trump tariffs shock continues : politics

The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster : politics
Trump's global tariffs paired with Elon Musk's DOGE cuts could push the U.S. into 'a far worse situation than 2008,' Mark Cuban warns : politics
Tesla's Plummeting Stock Just Hit a Level That Lutnick Said Would 'Never' Happen : technology
Republican Warns Tariffs Spurred 'Worst Depression We've Ever Had' : politics
Trump's Top Wall St. Bro: Tariffs Could Trigger 'Economic Nuclear Winter' : politics
Ackman warns of "economic nuclear winter" from Trump's tariffs : politics
MAGA influencer furious that the Donald Trump that existed solely in his own imagination has been betrayed by Donald Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money Bill Ackman's sweaty attempts to rationalize his enthusiastic support for Trump with a plan to destroy the international economy out of a combination of rank stupidity and pure spite that he retains enough of his faculties to know is insane is resulting in some truly pathetic denialism:
Ex-GOP Rep: Trump Tariffs 'Worse Than COVID' for Economy : politics
US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals : politics
Trump threatens to increase tariffs, unsurprisingly the U.S. stock market plummets again. : pics

Trump Exposes Own Kindergarten-Level Understanding of Economics : politics
House Republican to Introduce Bill to Limit President's Tariff Powers as Trump's Trade War Rattles Globe : politics

A basic category error - Lawyers, Guns & Money I wish to offer the following dictum: However stupid you think Donald Trump is, he is stupider than that.
Trump take 401(k) - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... It is slowly dawning on people in denial that Donald Trump really is a huge dumbshit who cannot comprehend the concept of a positive-sum exchange and has his policies implemented by barely post-adolescent incels from the vice president's group chats:
Trump digs in his heels as global markets keep dropping over tariffs : politics
Trump to America as Markets Crash: 'Sometimes You Have to Take Medicine' : politics
Market Meltdown Deepens as Trump's 'Beautiful' Tariffs Spark Global Trade War : politics ... I'm not sure you can rebuild it, this has caused the entire world to realise that you're only ever about 25000 hillbilly morons away from elected a total fucking lunatic, because your political system is basically the stupidest and most corrupt system that could still technically qualify as 'democracy'
Trump Calls Tariff Madness a 'Beautiful Thing to Behold' as Global Markets Crater : politics
Trump Treasury Sec. Boasts Market Meltdown 'Went Smoothly' : politics
Donald Trump Loses It Over Reporter's Straightforward Tariffs Question: 'So Stupid' : politics

The First Victim of Trump's Trade War: Michigan's Economy : politics
Newsom Will Seek Trade Deals That Spare California From Retaliatory Tariffs - The governor's announcement could ratchet up animosity between the Trump administration and California, the world's fifth-largest economy. : politics

Porno for Pyros - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Like all extremely stupid people, he thinks that a complex issue has a simple answer, and he can't be talked out of that view because he's extremely stupid. This doesn't mean he isn't also extremely crooked, and will therefore use his extremely stupid beliefs about tariffs to try to extort people: he is, and he will.

What it means to have a high trade deficit - and why it's not always a bad thing : politics

Trump's Secretary of Commerce Admits US Workers Won't Get Jobs In New Factories Spurred by Tariff Strategy: 'Howard Lutnick suggests robotics are the future' : politics
Trump official admits US workers won't get jobs in factories spurred by tariffs : politics

'It is a wrecking ball': Former DOGE worker describes Musk-led government-slashing effort from the inside : politics
Elon Musk Inking Multibillion-Dollar Pentagon Deal Amid DOGE Cuts : politics ... Is this how we word it now? Corruption is now just a deal. It wasn't a deal. It was a demand. This country is so fucked!

Mad King Trump's War on the Troops : politics

Oversight Dems request interviews with Signal chat members : politics ... Yet, when Republicans suspected Secretary Clinton of wrongdoing, they spent almost a decade and millions of taxpayer dollars conducting multiple investigations into her, and in the end, they couldn't bring her up on a single charge. Not one. So tell me, who's the absolute grand champion of wasting time and money?
Trump's joint chiefs nominee says he would have stopped Signal chat : politics

Trump admin sends Hegseth to ceremony for remains of US soldiers while president attends fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago : politics

The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI : politics

Johnson faces fraught week as House takes up Trump budget blueprint : politics

CIA is reviewing its authorities to use lethal force against drug cartels : politics ... Some folks might call that an armed invasion. A military invasion, if you will.

National Park Service removes references to Harriet Tubman from'Underground Railroad' webpage : politics ... they also removed any references to "slavery," and instead celebrated it as a show of "people of all races working together" ... One plantation in SC refers to slavery as a lifestyle ... antebellum workers.

Holocaust book, Maya Angelou's autobiography among nearly 400 items pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge : politics
Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administration : politics
California State Library's $15 million federal grant terminated : politics

GOP senator claims "entire men's teams" are "turning trans" to win at women's sports. He did not name any of these teams. : politics

RFK: MMR vaccine is the "most effective way" to prevent measles spread : politics


Trump administration cancels dozens of international student visas at University of California, Stanford : politics

Republicans In North Carolina Just Won't Admit That a Democrat Won : politics
NC Supreme Court grants temporary stay in Griffin Riggs case | Charlotte Observer

Sen. Booker: Biggest mistake Democratic Party has made is 'not centering people enough' : politics - 1. Force the resignation of Chuck Schumer.

The Expert Who Kept Eye Drops From Blinding You Was Fired Yesterday : politics

Florida bill would allow high schoolers to graduate without passing algebra or English final exams : politics



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,855 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Jack Valenti.
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 293 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of J. Edgar Hoover.


The 26 greatest movie openings of all time, ranked | The Independent

TIL Dua Lipa has been conducting incredible interviews with authors over the last year on a 70k subscribers YouTube channel : videos

NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. : politics


colossal bioscience inc. claims to have resurrected the dire wolf - they haven't : wolves
The Return of the Dire Wolf : worldnews

Choking during sex: many young people mistakenly believe it can be done safely, new study shows. But stopping blood flow to the brain can take less pressure than opening a can of soft drink. And research shows strangulation can result in serious harms even when it's consensual. : science

The Truth About Protein: How to Get Enough - At Every Age We need protein to build muscle, produce hormones, regulate mood and appetite, and strengthen bones. But how much, and what kind, should you eat every day? ... An older person who's trying to be active might need 1.4g per kg.

A study found that young people aged 17 to 30 with ADHD reported listening to background music significantly more often than neurotypicals when playing sports and studying, preferring stimulating music over relaxing music : science

The Surprising Cause of Hawaii's Snorkeling Deaths Snorkeling deaths caused by rapid onset pulmonary edema may be as common, or more so, than the accidental inhalation of water.


Family of Texas teen accused in fatal stabbing raises over $150K : news

Villanova Student Demands Man Who Recorded Her Sexual Assault Not Walk at Graduation : news

Pocatello Police shoot autistic teenager while responding to domestic call : news

People of Reddit who knew somebody in school who would later make the news for being charged with murder: what was that person like? Were you surprised? : AskReddit

What's the most unhinged thing you've ever seen someone do in public like it was completely normal? : AskReddit



ELI5 how does metformin work? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: What is Time? : explainlikeimfive

A new study from the Colorado School of Public Health concluded that Colorado children diagnosed with a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow were more likely to live near oil and gas well sites than children who were free of cancer. : science


Billionaire Investor Gerald Chan Under Scrutiny for Neglect of Historic Harvard Square Theater : CambridgeMA

Garden Street Back to Two Way for cars: Vote Tonight Monday Apr 7th : CambridgeMA




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Trump admin fired USAID workers in Myanmar earthquake zone: Report : politics ... all three of them

U.S. tariffs could trigger full-blown global trade war: Singapore PM Wong : worldnews


Japan could lose $17 billion in car exports due to US tariffs, says UN trade agency : worldnews
Japan startup to sell stair-climbing electric wheelchair in 2026 : worldnews
Western Journalist travels to Hiroshima right after the atom bomb. : videos


Taiwan eyes zero tariffs with US, pledges more investment : worldnews



Russia announces beginning of "respectful dialogue" and new round of talks with US : worldnews

Ukrainian forces struck 77,000 Russian targets with drones in March, Syrskyi reports : worldnews ... We are witnessing the future of warfare in real time. It's scary as hell.

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Russian soldiers are reported to be causing chaos in military hospitals, threatening to blow themselves up with grenades, attacking and attempting to rape other patients, robbing patients, drinking, starting fights and calling prostitutes to their wards. / X

WarTranslated on X: Russian truckers film troops moving de-preserved WWII howitzers somewhere. Guess everything's totally going according to plan for them. / X



India to focus on trade deal, avoids retaliation on Trump's tariffs. : worldnews

6,700 Afghan nationals deported from Pakistan since April 1: Report : worldnews


US revokes all South Sudan visas over failure to repatriate citizens : worldnews ... he US revoking all South Sudanese visas pretty much punishes innocent people with valid, legally obtained visas that are fleeing conflict.. especially when "home" means returning to chaos. Sad days.

U.S. progress against resilient Houthi militants remains murky : worldnews

Iran rejects 'meaningless' direct talks with US : worldnews

Hamas leaders asked Iran for $500 million in 2021 to destroy Israel within 2 years : worldnews


IDF investigates killing of Red Cross medics in Gaza - Defense News - The Jerusalem Post : worldnews

Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly Mistaken : worldnews ... Killing 15 emergency workers in 4 ambulances and then destroying the ambulances and burying the ambulances and the medics inside under the sand in mass graves to hide their crimes is what we call a 'mistake' these days?

US reportedly sends Patriot, THAAD systems to Israel amid Iran tension : worldnews

Israeli strike on Gaza school allegedly kills 31 Palestinians, many kids, but IDF says it hit Hamas : worldnews


Zelensky says 'no Response' from US after Putin Rejected Truce : worldnews

Russia attacked Ukraine with 23 missiles, 109 drones overnight, Air Force reports : worldnews ... Looks like trumps ceasefire is working about as well as he is handling the economy
Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures three and triggers air alert : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1137, Part 1 (Thread #1284) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 6, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Katie Livingstone on X: Multiple sources have confirmed to me that Marianna Budanova, wife of 🇺🇦 Ukraine's military intelligence chief, was quietly flown to the US for advanced treatment in Dec. 2024 — over a year and a half after a suspected Russian poisoning that targeted her and other top Ukrainian officials in one of the largest assassination attempts of the war./ X

Special Kherson Cat on X: Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance witnessed a brutal groundhog battle somewhere on the front line. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Russian propaganda continues to hit new lows: Russian forces claimed to target Ukraine's central artillery base and defense industry, but in reality, they destroyed an office building in Kyiv housing Ukrainian and state international broadcasters. / X


The Kyiv Independent on X: US neo-Nazi terrorist group pays recruits to carry out attacks in Ukraine, Guardian reports. A U.S. neo-Nazi terrorist group with links to Russia is offering locals payment to carry out attacks, the Guardian reported on April 5. / X



Institute for the Study of War on X: "NEW: The rate of Russian advances in Ukraine has been steadily declining since November 2024, in part due to successful Ukrainian counterattacks in eastern Ukraine. MORE ⬇️ Russian forces conducted the largest series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine in nearly a https://t.co/KoFiHqZB1T" / X

Visegrád 24 on X: The Ukrainian government has approved a new initiative to start writing the Crimean Tatar language in Latin instead of Cyrillic script. The spelling is based on the alphabet, approved in September 2021, and involves the use of Latin graphics, which corresponds to modern language / X


EU seeks unity in first strike back at Trump tariffs : worldnews


ICC sent Hungary a request to arrest and surrender Netanyahu after his arrival : worldnews

Pope Francis makes surprise public appearance after leaving hospital two weeks ago : worldnews


MilitaryNewsUA on X: French President Macron: How much longer will Russia toy with peace offers from the United States and Ukraine, while continuing to kill children and civilians? / X
Le Pen vows to fight conviction in front of supporters but large-scale protests fail to materialize : worldnews
France's Bayrou accuses Trump of 'interference' with Le Pen rant : worldnews

UK and US hit major milestone in development of hypersonic weapons : worldnews
Starmer vows to shelter British business from the storm of US tariffs : worldnews
British Comic Creator R.E. Burke Banned From Visiting USA For 10 Years : worldnews
Russian spy sensors found hidden in UK waters : worldnews


"We will win," Carney says of Trump's trade war with Canada : worldnews
U.S. set to significantly hike softwood lumber duties against Canada : worldnews




Thunderstorms trigger catastrophic flooding across the middle of the US : news

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Nationwide anti-Trump protest planned for April 19 -- What to know : politics ... The review finishes on Hitler's birthday? Coincidence?

Exclusive: how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat | Signal group chat leak : technology

Discussion Thread: President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Hold Joint Press Conference : politics

DOJ attorney placed on leave after expressing frustration in court with government over mistakenly deported man : politics
Third grade student arrested by ICE sparks mass protest : politics ... ICE wasn't allowed to invade schools or churches until one of Trump's first executive orders gave them power to do so.
Donald Trump Says He Loves Idea of Sending Americans to El Salvador Prison : politics
'60 Minutes' Calls BS on Trump's Reason for Dystopian Deportations - No Records Found : politics ... The investigation found that 75 percent of those migrants now detained in El Salvador had no criminal record, 22 percent did have a criminal history—mostly for non-violent offenses like theft, shoplifting, and trespassing—and 3 percent had unclear records. Only a dozen of the migrants were accused of murder, rape, assault, and kidnapping

White House fires multiple administration officials after president meets with far-right activist Laura Loomer | CNN Politics ... including at least four National Security Council staffers,
Doge's attack on social security causing 'complete, utter chaos', staff says | US social security : news
DOGE Goons Cause Major Crash to Social Security Site : politics ... It's fucking amateur hour with those traitor tots.

Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for his 79th Birthday : politics
Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade -- Honoring Himself. Donald Trump is pulling straight from the dictator's playbook. : politics

Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production. : politics

Trump Enjoys 'Big Moneymaking Weekend' Amid Market Meltdown | The president managed to host a Saudi-funded golf tournament and two glitzy fundraisers during a Florida getaway—all while stocks plummeted to historic lows. : politics
President Trump tells Americans to 'hang tough,' golfs again as universal tariffs begin : politics
Trump Hoped Economy Would Crash Under Biden in Resurfaced Clip as Markets Continue to Plummet : politics

Al Green says he'll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days : politics

7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump's trade authority : politics ... I think we're about ready to see the term "Trumper Tantrum" defined in starkest possible terms.


Court overturns Trump's firings of two independent agency board members : politics

Bernie Sanders says U.S. under Trump is facing "unprecedented level of danger" : politics
Social Security warning issued by Bernie Sanders over Trump budget bill : politics
The DOGE war on Social Security - Lawyers, Guns & Money - As Trump crushes the value of your 401(k), remember that he also wants to separate as many people as possible from their Social Security benefits: A president who wasn't in full nihilist mode might care about this, but the one we have will hit the links, have a 22-year-old incel generate some more AI penguin tariffs, and then take a nap.

America is having a break with reality on tariffs. The world will move on to a new order : politics - The Trumpists are not even right-wing or conservative in the normal sense, just tribal, recklessly macho and inept.

Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump : politics
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country : politics
Anti-Trump protesters gathered at hundreds of locations nationwide : politics
Massive anti-Trump and Musk protests erupt in cities around the world : politics .... Morons Are Grifting America
Will you look at all those anti-Republican voters Congress. : PoliticalHumor
Sign Seen Today During the #HANDSOFF Protests : pics
Hands Off Protest in D.C. Today : pics
OC Anti-Trump Protest today in Washington D.C. : pics
OC: Thousands gather for "Hands Off" in Chicago to protest Donald Trump and Elon Musk policies. : pics
Thousands of 'Hands Off' protesters demonstrate against Trump, Musk at California Capitol : politics... Don't let the right wing media try and downplay how massive today was. 5mil+ is the most recent official cumulative headcount and that's excluding the massive support from the cars passing by, bystanders, workers, and more who weren't on the ground with us.
Trump-stronghold The Villages in Florida holds large "Hands Off!" rally : politics ... The most telling part about these protests is that it is not reported anywhere AT ALL on Fox News ... I mean they removed the stock market ticker lol so this is not surprising
Favorite sign I saw at the San Francisco Hands Off 2025 protest : pics

The resistance is alive and well - and our research shows it | Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman and Soha Hammam | The Guardian Street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest

Conservatives are accusing yesterdays protestors of being paid actors, how do you feel about that? : AskReddit

Dow futures tumble more than 1,500 points as the massive market selloff continues : politics

Trump, the (even more) nihilist years - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Three Pillars of Trumpian Wisdom - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... These are the three pathologically stupid, infantile and privileged pillars of Trump's entire worldview. 1. There can only ever be winners & losers in all aspects of human interaction. 2. Extracting cash money from other people instead of paying them cash money is the only measure of who wins a transaction. 3. It is possible to live a life where everybody else gives YOU goods & services and you give THEM nothing or the bare minimum in return. And for some reason, we've given this stunted, spoiled brat of a man the reins of the global economy ... But no combination of privilege and decadence can disguise forever that this is what we have done, or have allowed to happen.

White House Releases Statement Praising Trump's Golf Win As Enraged Nation Protests The White House has responded to national protests against the president's administration with a statement praising Trump's golf victories ... The White House ignored the protests of an entire nation and instead talked about notorious golf cheat Donald Trump's "victory" at a tournament held at his own club.

"Disaster": Trump Voters Suddenly Realize How Badly He Screwed Them : politics
Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them : politics

And tomorrow he'll do something even more stupid : PoliticalHumor
Trump tariffs based on massive error, conservative think tank says : politics ... The absurd formula reflects Trump's worldview: A nation that has the audacity to sell stuff to Americans that Americans want deserves to be punished.

This is the stock market's worst start to a presidential term in modern history : politics
Dave Portnoy dubs stock market tumble'Orange Monday' : politics
Musk Melts Down at Trump's Tariff Guru as Feud Goes Public : politics
Trump Tariff Cold Open - SNL : television
Americans: How do you think the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump will affect the U.S economy in the coming years? : AskReddit

Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk each lose more than $23 billion after Trump tariffs spark market meltdown : politics ...
White house squabbling: Musk doesn't understand trade cheating, Navarro says. A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing, Musk says. : politics ... The trade deficit is the sum of all cheating ...
Musk lashes out at architect of Trump's tariffs in first public comments about shock policy : politics ... Trump had asked Kushner to find an economic policy advisor that aligns with his views. Jared scrolled through books on Amazon until he found a title he liked. Didn't read the book. Just the title. The author was Peter Navarro, who cites a man named Ron Vara several times as an expert. Surprise! Ron Vara doesn't exist. The name is an anagram of Navarro. Remember folks: Trump hires only the best people.

Weak INSECURE men vote for fake masculinity. Trump wears spray tan and The Vance wears eye liner. GOP=SHAME. How's your 401k? : AdviceAnimals

Paying one Trump tax - Lawyers, Guns & Money - An 8-year-old girl in Texas died Thursday morning of "measles pulmonary failure," according to The New York Times, citing records it obtained ... The outbreak - now spanning Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and possibly Kansas - reached at least 569 cases Friday, according to data obtained from state health departments ... Experts said these numbers are most likely a severe undercount because many cases go unreported ... This is a specific version of the more general question of how it is that reactionary authoritarian political cults, that reject the very idea of science and expert knowledge, swept across the world early in the 21st century.

The DEI Books - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Bad mojo at the US Naval Academy.
Read the Naval Academy's list of removed books - The New York Times

'Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes' by Gerald Callahan - Los Angeles Times
Between XX and XY : intersexuality and the myth of two sexes : Callahan, Gerald N., 1946- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Elon Musk's PAC alters video with $1m woman saying she was paid to vote : politics ... The video was taken down Tuesday, and was replaced with another, which was exactly the same except the word "vote" was eliminated.


Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age : politics ... It's interesting how the media had no problem attacking Biden's age but seems to be silent when it comes to Trump


Bloodied Trump Fan Pulls Rifle in Anti-MAGA Clash at 'Hands Off' Rally : politics


Texas records second measles-related death in a child : news

RFK Jr. Touts Bogus Measles Treatment Hours After Burying 8-Year-Old : politics


Small-Dollar Donors Are Asking John Fetterman For Money Back : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,854 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Elizabeth Taylor.


Why would a musician join OnlyFans? Because making a living is only getting harder : Music

Elton John Opens Up About Losing His Sight: 'It's Distressing' : Music


Study of different types of patriotism from Poland suggests that those who glorify their nation tend to prioritize obedience to national symbols and traditional purity values while being less concerned with preventing harm or ensuring fairness. : science
Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences | Scientific American Scanners try to watch the red-blue divide play out underneath the skull ... , conservatives desire security, predictability and authority more than liberals do, and liberals are more comfortable with novelty, nuance and complexity ... people who have suffered damage to their grey matter lean conservative

Scientists of Reddit: What's a discovery that should have blown people's minds but somehow got a collective shrug from the world? : AskReddit

Lonely individuals are more likely to be sick, study finds. Individuals who were socially disconnected—lonely, socially isolated, or lacking social support—had a higher incidence of all 11 categories of medical conditions tracked in a large Danish study. : science

Men are more distracted by sexual images than women | In all conditions, participants were slower to make decisions when exposed to sexual images. : science

ELI5: How do scientists cool down temperature to single digit kelvin temperatures? : explainlikeimfive

Women subjected to domestic violence and abuse are often isolated. Their loneliness results not just from the manipulation and violence of the perpetrator, but also from the lack of response from the outside world when victims choose to seek help but are not listened to. : science

Sweetener saccharin shows surprise power against antibiotic resistance : science


ELI5: Why do animals all seem to like getting their chins/necks scratched? : explainlikeimfive

What's the best thing someone can say to you after sex? : AskReddit


At 94, I'm Still Worth Looking At | Allure

The Verdict's in—but What Happens When a Juror Changes Their Mind?

She was America's parenting hero. Then the backlash came | The Independent Emily Oster set out to empower moms through data. Now she has angered everyone from gentle parenting advocates to the medical establishment - but she doesn't mind at all, she tells Holly Baxter

All About Vaccines | ParentData by Emily Oster


States Most Likely To Survive Alien Invasion; Massachusetts is ranked #3 : boston




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Japan lambastes Trump's tariff as 'extremely regrettable' : worldnews


China says 'market has spoken' after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout : worldnews



Russian Markets Reel from Trump Tariffs, Oil Price Collapse : worldnews
WarTranslated on X: Meanwhile, a full-blown tantrum is raging in Russian Z-channels about a wrecked optical fiber plant. None of them can figure out how it happened and are tripping over themselves trying to sort out who's actually to blame. / X

Robin Brooks on X: Western sanctions of Russia's shadow fleet are wildly successful. They crushed activity of sanctioned ships, almost ending their role in exporting Russian seaborne oil. That's gone below the radar with everything else going on. Sanction more shadow fleet ships! With @econ_harris / X


Iran's currency falls to record low against the dollar as tensions run high : worldnews


Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On : worldnews ... The fact that they buried the ambulances is so telling. They knew what they did. And they still avoid accountability. And this is funded by the USA.
IDF admits mistakenly identifying Gaza aid workers as threat - after video of attack showed ambulances were marked : news
orld Middle East Video showing final moments of Gaza emergency workers casts doubt on Israeli account of killings : worldnews
Phone footage appears to contradict Israel's account in troops' killing of 15 Palestinian medics : news ... Troops then bulldozed over the bodies along with their mangled vehicles, burying them in a mass grave. U.N. and rescue workers were only able to reach the site a week later to dig out the bodies. You mean the Israeli soldiers murdered them. They were murdered. Israel is a fascist state committing a genocide ... appears... the news is such trash anymore.

Hamas says it won't move hostages to safety, Israel responsible for their lives : worldnews


Zelenskyy: We need to put pressure on Russia, not waste time in empty talk : worldnews
US embassy's response to Russia's Kryvyi Rih attack 'unpleasantly surprising,' Zelensky says. : worldnews
Ukrainian refugees mistakenly told they must leave US in email mix-up : worldnews
Trump administration accidentally tells Ukrainian refugees they must leave U.S. immediately, citing an "error" : worldnews
Russian attack on Zelensky's home city kills 19 people, including 9 children, one of the deadliest attacks this year : worldnews
Euromaidan Press on X: A photo of 3,9-year-old Tymofiy, who was killed by the Russian missile on Kryvyi Rih on 4 A / X
UNICEF calls for immediate end to attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine as nine children reportedly killed in Kryvyi Rih : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1136, Part 1 (Thread #1283) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Europe must end reliance on US technology - ECB President Christine Lagarde : technology


UK's Jaguar Land Rover to pause shipments to US over tariffs : worldnews


China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil : worldnews




Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency : politics ... Yep, it's no coincidence that Trump fired the head of the NSA after spending the last 8+ years downplaying the threat of Russian cyber attacks.

How 2 Presidents honored fallen American soldiers. Lithuania's stood in the street with thousands of his countrymen, America's played golf and sent a drunk to receive them. : PoliticalHumor
Donald Trump to Skip US Soldier Memorial, White House Confirms : politics ... Yet a significant portion of our troops love Trump.

Trump Posts Video of Airstrike on Yemen's Houthis: 'Oops' : politics

Canadian detained for 11 days by U.S. immigration speaks out for others stuck in limbo : politics
Visas revoked for five international students at UMass Amherst, chancellor says
ICE Is Reportedly Violating Detained Tufts Student's Right to Medical Care : politics
Judge gives US 3 days to bring mistakenly deported Maryland man home : politics
DACA recipient and Kansas City father of 3 deported to Mexico despite valid documentation : news
Judge orders US government to return man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by end of Monday : news
Roofer says ICE arrested three of his relatives in a workplace raid. : news
Romance author Ali Hazelwood cancels UK tours over doubt she could 'safely' return to US : books

U.S. democracy appears to have weakened during the 21st century. This democratic backsliding damages favorable U.S. image among the global public, finds an international study of 12 countries. : science

Week 11 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.
Was it a good idea to put a lazy ignorant arrogant idiot in control of the world's economy? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump approval rating goes negative with Republican pollster for first time : politics ... "A man is quicker to forget the death of his father than the loss of his patrimony" - Machiavelli

Barack Obama calls on Americans to defend democratic values in face of Trump agenda : politics

Supreme Court uses shadow docket to help Trump again - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze millions of dollars in grants to states for addressing teacher shortages, the administration's first win at the high court since reclaiming power in January. The decision was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the three liberals dissenting.

Anti-Trump Protesters Assemble in Every State and Cities Worldwide | Hundreds of thousands gather for the largest opposition protest since the inauguration : politics
Even Utah turned out to protest this joke of a government here in America : pics
"Stop the Oligarchs" Is a Winning Message : politics
(OC) Over 500 people at the Anti-Trump/Elon protest in Daytona Beach today. 3 blocks full. : pics
Best sign award : pics
HANDS OFF! - Lawyers, Guns & Money
[OC] Hands Off! Anti-Trump Rally - 5th Avenue, NYC : pics
At the Washington Memorial today : pics
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country : politics ... My small town of 40,000 already has over 5,000 at our protest!

'Hands Off!' rally draws thousand in Boston
See some of the signs at the'Hands Off!' rallies in New England
Americans, what would the country look like today if the FCC hadn't abolished the Fairness Doctrine in the 1980s? : AskReddit

'Dumbest' Recession Ever: Democrats Prepare To Make GOP Pay For Trump's Tariffs : politics
Trump Shares Post About How He's 'Purposely Crashing the Stock Market' : politics
Trump Boosts Claim That He's Crashing the Stock Market 'On Purpose' Days After Announcing Tariff Plan : politics
Trump didn't even apply his own AI-incel formula correctly - Lawyers, Guns & Money The attempts to sanewash the Trump taxes Paul mentions below notwithstanding, "no matter how dumb you think this is it's dumber" remains undefeated as a Trump explanation heuristic:
Unsurprisingly, Trump's hurting America with his tariffs : PoliticalHumor
Trump's Tariffs Are Threatening The US Semiconductor Revival : technology
Take a deep breath: US Treasury Secretary urges countries not to retaliate against tariffs : worldnews
What do you think about about Trump's tariffs? Will the tariffs be as bad as the Smoot-Hawley Act, which is blamed for deepening the Great Depression? : AskReddit
The Affordable Car Is About to Go Extinct in the US : politics

Trump showing the 'Golden Card', which will allow rich immigrants to the US to live in the country : pics

What happened to Anonymous saying they had information that Trump and Musk fixed the election ? : AskReddit

What FDR built, Trump wants to tear down : politics

Trump's tariffs are 'biggest policy mistake in 95 years,' Wharton's Jeremy Siegel says : politics .. All politicians can cause recessions, only Republicans can cause depressions
A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy : politics ... Letting? They gave him the power to do it ... Republicans in congress, this is a shit headline
A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy : politics
Congress is scared of Trump but not of the people losing all their money? : AdviceAnimals

Trump's tariffs drive economy off a cliff. Thanks, Republicans. You wanted this. | Opinion -- Trump was never shy about his plans. He touted tariffs as if they were a mythical power other American presidents had been too timid to wield. : politics
Trump said the Great Depression "would have never happened" if the U.S. maintained a strong tariff policy at the time. : PoliticalHumor ... Smoot-Hawley Act, enacted in 1930 is credited with the Great Depression.
The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster : politics ... Roy Cohn was Trump's mentor and taught him the art of the deal. At the end of his life he gave his blackmail dossier on Trump to the Russians. He did it because Donald humiliated and abandoned him when he got AIDS.

Tech megacaps lose $1.8 trillion in 2 days as Trump tariffs lead Nasdaq to worst weekly drop in 5 years. : technology ... Absolutely zero coverage on Fox News

The White House had a TikTok deal. Trump's China tariff wrecked it. : technology
The Grandmaster of 4D chess : PoliticalHumor
If you voted for Trump, or you didn't vote at all, this IS your fault : PoliticalHumor
High IQ Individual : PoliticalHumor
Voting to destroy your own 401k was a bold move : AdviceAnimals

Trump's tariffs send shockwaves through the video game industry : technology

Trump is giving TikTok another 75-day reprieve to find a new buyer as Amazon, MrBeast, and Alexis Ohanian line up to make a deal : technology

Elon Musk's DOGE teams cut critical funding from America's libraries, officials say : news ... America made him the richest man in the world. You'd think he'd be so happy and grateful he'd try to GIVE BACK? Nope. THIS is how he repays our generosity: Destroying American Institutions, Chainsawing through our assets and investments, Terminating those working to keep the government's pact with The People, Threatening those who defy him with prison or illegal rendition. He's proud of it. And with billions in the bank, this compulsive liar and grifter throws bribes at American voters to recruit MORE devils to do his bidding.

House Democrats Slammed for Supporting Tariffs 'If Done Right' As Market Plunges: 'We're Being Governed By Morons' : politics

3 in 4 Americans Don't Feel Better Off Under Donald Trump: Poll : politics

Neil Young and Joan Baez set to join Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 'Fighting Oligarchy' event : Music

Poll Has AOC Leading Schumer by Nearly 20 Points in 2028 New York Primary | "What AOC is doing is leadership -- and people see that," said one observer. : politics

We're Committing Cultural Suicide - Corey Robin ... First, to call this a DEI purge is to miss the forest for the trees: This is a wholesale assault on knowledge as we know it
We're Committing Cultural Suicide : books A breakdown of books being removed for DEI purposes. It's so all encompassing that one can say it is targeting culture itself. Your thoughts?
These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library : books ... Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge : politics
Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Libraries and Museums : politics

It's just simple math : PoliticalHumor

Tesla's software engineering head to step down : technology

Justice Department seeks 87-month sentence for former GOP Rep. George Santos: 'Pathological liar and fraudster' : politics


This College Staffer Lost Her Job After Showing a Film Critical of Israel. Now She's Suing Over Free Speech. : politics

Government memo reveals research projects targeted in Harvard review ... The list included: shuttering diversity offices, implementing "merit-based" admissions and hiring practices, cooperating with federal immigration authorities, and altering student disciplinary procedures.The Trump administration contends those measures will help combat antisemitism and reduce what officials have described as illegal race-based discrimination ... Harvard president Alan Garber, said, "If this funding is stopped, it will halt life-saving research and imperil important scientific research and innovation."
As the Trump administration puts on pressure, what will Harvard do?

Montana Republican Party censures nine GOP senators; no longer considers them Republicans: Members of the nine said they back a conservative agenda, answer to Montanans, not GOP party : politics

Trans student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first : news

New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order : politics

Texas measles cases jump nearly 14% to 481 in three days : politics
Measles outbreak in Texas hits 481 cases, with 59 new infections confirmed in last 3 days : news

North Carolina judges back Republican colleague in bid to toss votes and overturn election | North Carolina : politics


Walmart Fires Cis Employee *BECAUSE* She Was Harassed by Transphobic Customer in Bathroom : videos
Trans student's arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first : news


Advocates cry foul after YouTube quietly removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy : technology


Identical triplets, separated at birth, reunited when two met by chance in college. : pics

I took a photo of my wife trying on a new dress and I really love it (the pic, the dress, the wife) : pics


The sinking of the German heavy-cruiser Blücher from the Norwegian movie "The King's Choice" : videos

What do you do to make the world a better place? : AskReddit

Judge allows newspaper copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to proceed | AP News : technology

'AI will become very good at manipulating emotions': Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth : books ... No, he's not in favor of AI novels. No he doesn't say that AI will write good fiction. He is concerned about our society rejecting facts in favor of emotions. Emotions are being used to manipulate people politically and he's rightly pointing out that AI is going to make this worse.


Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans : politics

Americans have a dim view of their country's future. The US media is biased towards bad news. People are pessimistic about the nation's future after reading bad news, finds new study. : science

A new study found COVID-19 infection significantly reduced sperm count, motility, and increased DNA fragmentation, potentially affecting male fertility. : science

Are elephant cells the same size as humans? Also, are elephants more likely to develop cancer? : askscience ... We actually do have a good understanding of why elephants get less cancer than expected for their size. It's because they have >40 copies of the TP53 gene, which is one of the most important tumor suppressor genes in the genome. Humans (and all other animals) only have 2 copies.

ELI5: how do we not bleed to death during surgery? : explainlikeimfive

A 180-year-old drug may be the fastest depression treatment ever discovered on mice | A new study shows that nitrous oxide may provide fast relief for those struggling with depression when traditional treatments fail. : science

Are galaxies spherical or flat? : askscience

ELI5: Why can't Light escape a Black Hole : explainlikeimfive

Bacteriophage Qbeta virus like particle vaccines elicit protective antibodies against heroin and fentanyl : science

Study: Dietary modifications may help individuals manage pain associated with endometriosis. The most popular involved reduction or elimination of specific items (eg, alcohol, gluten, dairy, caffeine) rather than specific diets, such as the low-FODMAP diet. : science

How long does an elevation of white blood cells persist after an infection? : askscience

Brain abnormalities seen in military members with blast exposure: Study challenges the idea that "invisible" injuries are harmless. Service members with more blast exposure had more severe symptoms -- including memory problems, emotional difficulties and signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. : science

Pandemic-era children show altered brain responses to facial expressions, with a reduced neural response to happy faces. One possible explanation is that happy expressions may have decreased during the pandemic, due to both mask-wearing and the emotional toll experienced by caregivers. : science

Scientists find age-related links between beverage choices and mental health risks. A large study has found that different types of beverages are linked to the likelihood of developing depression and anxiety disorders. : science

Researchers created a chewing gum made from lablab beans -- that naturally contain an antiviral trap protein (FRIL)—to neutralize two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) : science

5 nurses who work on the same floor at Massachusetts hospital have brain tumors : news


What is a pain you can't truly explain until you've endured it? : AskReddit

ELI5: Why does a computer need to restart to complete installing Windows updates? : explainlikeimfive

What's a random thing someone told you once that stuck with you for years? : AskReddit

What is the most embarrassing moment from your childhood? : AskReddit




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Chance of asteroid hitting Moon increases slightly : worldnews
6.9-magnitude earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea coast : worldnews


People react after hearing the news that President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office : pics
President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached : worldnews
South Korea's impeached president is removed from office, four months after declaring martial law | CNN : worldnews
Yoon Gone - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Just imagine the idea of consequences for a President who attempted to destroy democratic institutions! It's hard to even visualize ...


China floats battle barges in Taiwan invasion plans : worldnews

China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. : news
China Imposes 34% Tariffs on All US Imports as Retaliation : worldnews
China files complaint with WTO over new US tariffs : worldnews
China strikes back at Trump with 34 percent tariff — bans rare earth exports to the U.S. : worldnews



Kremlin says "no plans" for Putin-Trump call as White House warns patience is limited : worldnews ... It's like each republican was a step on stairs down to the end of the American experiment. Dems would get voted in and level us out, get us briefly on the upturn so the public would feel good enough to fear social issues and fake boogie men instead of what republicans ruined 4 years before, ... the best the dems could do when they only had the presidency and both chambers of congress 6 years in the past 45. Americans have given the house or senate to republicans every midterm when a democrat was president.


Stanimir Dobrev on X: "Just to do a quick recap of the major stories about the Russian economy this week. 30% of logistics companies operating trucks went out of business this winter. Auto sales are down 45,5% and smartphone sales are down 20%. And budget oil and gas revenues missed their target." / X


Institute for the Study of War on X: "NEW | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 3, 2025: Russia seeks to leverage ongoing ceasefire and future peace negotiations to seize large amounts of territory in Ukraine and install a pro-Russian puppet government in Kyiv but will likely continue military operations / X


Taliban launches investigation after Aqel Nazir claims to be 140 years old : worldnews


Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (NYT gift article) : news

US sending Israel 20,000 assault rifles that Biden had delayed, say sources : worldnews


Russia ignores ceasefire agreement for 22 days, showing no will for peace - UK at OSCE : worldnews
Ukraine still holds land in Russia and is actually expanding, top US general says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1135, Part 1 (Thread #1282) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Russian strike kills 14, including six children in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine : worldnews ... russians hit with missiles with cluster ammunition a playground when children were going back home. If this is not terrorism, I don't know what it is ... There is nothing here but a residential area. Videos of small bodies covered with blankets and crying parents are devastating.


Over 70% of accessible land in Ukraine cleared of mines : worldnews

KyivPost on X: "Kryvyi Rih. Friday evening. A mother sits next to the body of her dead son, holding the hand from which the last warmth slips away, second by second. He is one of more than a dozen killed today by Russian ballistic missiles. / X
Kvist on X: Russia is right now double tapping Kryvyi Rih with Shahed kamikaze drones. Right after killing kids with ballistic missiles, they are probably trying to hit the rescue workers. / X

KyivPost on X: Russia's Ministry of Defense has confirmed the strike on Kryvyi Rih that killed 16 people, including six children, claiming it used a "high-precision blast warhead missile" to hit a restaurant — allegedly targeting a "meeting of unit commanders with Western representatives. / X

Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | on X: CATCHING THE BUG: Russia has discovered that reusing downed UKR drones was a bad idea. The UKR drones contain Trojan Horse software that infects Russian flight control systems. The hacks are contagious, and are now spreading drone-to-drone in Russia's fleet. / X
WarTranslated on X: Ukrainian fighters are once again showcasing a anti-drone corridor along one of their logistical routes. Unlike the Russian version, the Ukrainian approach appears far more reliable. / X

Secretary of State Marco Rubio asks NATO allies to chip in with 5% GDP : worldnews
How do you feel about the EU fining Elon Musk (X) $1 Billion for 'disinformation' ? : AskReddit

Finland to leave anti-personnel mine treaty : worldnews

Putin's chaos agents invade Poland's infosphere. : worldnews

Norwegian government approves increased $7.8 billion Ukraine aid for 2025 : worldnews

How do you feel about Germany wanting to withdraw their gold out of the Federal Reserve Vault? : AskReddit

Netherlands expects that Zelenskyy will be invited to NATO summit in Hague : worldnews

Meta's 'fair use' defence for 'training AI with published books won't work' in UK, says PA : books


Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.'s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance - WSJ Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary's team wants to show vaccines aren't safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments
Science Friday: "In today's episode, we discuss the repercussions of the layoffs of 10,000 federal health workers and other top science news of the week. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi... = Bluesky

Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments : worldnews

US Will Not Let Greenland 'Become Dependent On China': Rubio : worldnews

Canada to Europe: US relationship will 'never be the same again' after Trump's trade war : worldnews




'Potentially historic' flooding threat looms after almost 100 tornadoes hit US : news ... Also, from the tornado subreddit: NWS Louisville won't be able to send any damage surveyors out until this weekend, a process that normally starts as soon as the storms are over. Why? Staff cuts. Directly from the horse's mouth.

Geopolitical Suicide and Economic Self-Immolation: Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The American Age Is Over - by Jonathan V. Last Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide ... And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended ... We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order. He did this with the enthusiastic support of the entire Republican party and conservative movement. He did it with the support of a plurality of American voters ... Understand this: There is no going back.

Netanyahu planning to visit White House Monday, sources say : worldnews

Federal judge rules return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison : news

Trump's National Security Firings Come as He Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses - The New York Times The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country's fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.
NSA leadership ousted - Lawyers, Guns & Money The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command was removed from his job on Thursday, according to the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committees ... a U.S. official briefed on the matter said Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and outside adviser to President Trump, called for General Haugh's removal during her Oval Office meeting on Thursday. Mr. Trump ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to fire General Haugh,

Obama Breaks Silence on Trump's 'Unimaginable' Presidency - "Imagine if I had done any of this," the former two-term president said. : politics


A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled. Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again. : technology

There is no plan - Lawyers, Guns & Money We are fucked, it's going to hurt, and any useful resistance starts by looking this complete national breakdown of all moral and intellectual standards in the face, instead of writing another reactionary centrist NYT op-ed about how Trump's message resonates with some genuine anxieties produced by real social problems which both parties blah blah fucking blah.

How the Supreme Court helped Trump wreck the economy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Greg Sargent has a good interview with Norm Ornstein, who both remind us that Trump only has the power to create an instant recession because it was delegated by Congress:

Dow plunges 2,200 points as tariff tumult rocks markets : news
Trump Shares Post About How He's 'Purposely Crashing the Stock Market' : politics
Trump Shares Claim He's Crashing Stock Market 'On Purpose'
U.S. stock market has wiped out $9.6 trillion since Inauguration Day : politics
How do you feel about the stock market losing nearly $4 trillion in value after two consecutive days of sell-offs? : AskReddit
ELI5: when the stock market crashes, where does the money go? : explainlikeimfive

'Batsh*t Crazy' Trump Tariffs Should Be Seen as $7,000 Tax Hike on Workers, Says Economist : politics
Ted Cruz Warns Trump Tariffs Could Lead To a 'Bloodbath' For Republicans In Midterm Elections : politics
'Every single Republican stooge owes America an apology' : politics

Mainstream media falls for Trump's insane'reciprocal' tariff talk

Tech CEOs who grinned behind Trump at inauguration lose billions in wake of tariffs : technology

Poll: AOC leads Schumer in head-to-head New York primary matchup by double digits : politics


Trump Picks Golf Dinner Over Dignified Transfer of U.S. Troops' Bodies : politics

A history of (domestic) violence - Lawyers, Guns & Money Fun fact: Since the five-day trading week began in 1952, there have been only four 10% two-day drops in the S&P 500's history: In 1987, 2008, 2020, and this week. Donald Trump was president for 50% of those events.
Trump Tariffs Live Updates: Stock Market Loses $3.1 Trillion in Value, Worst One-Day Drop Since Covid : politics
Stock Market Closes Week in Bloodbath as Trump's Tariffs Cause Historic Two-Day Drop And Wipe Out $6 Trillion : politics
Critics Rip Trump's 'Absurd' Tariff Math: 'Resting on Made-Up Numbers' | One called it a "kindergarten-level understanding" of international trade. : politics ... Trade deficit divided by imports? What the actual fuck?
It's not just Trump's math that's off - MAGA's underlying logic is even dumber : AdviceAnimals
Elon Musk lost $11B after Trump's tariffs—and he wasn't the biggest loser : politics
Billionaires lose combined $277b in one day from Trump tariffs. : technology
Apple has its biggest stock drop in five years because of Trump's tariffs / Amazon and Meta shares are down about 7%. : technology ... Kind of ironic that all of them gave money to Trump.
Wall Street's biggest tech bull warns of $3,500 iPhones as 'economic Armageddon' looms from Trump tariffs : technology
TintedApostle comments on Americans Worry Trump Too Closely Aligned With Russia

Trump hits the golf course as the stock market plummets for a second straight day over tariffs : politics
Trump, at Doral golf course, says things are "going very well" after worst stock mkt crash in years : pics
I did this : pics
Donald Trump Really Is a Lot Dumber Than We Thought. Like, a Lot! : politics
Thank God there's no smellavision for the internet : PoliticalHumor

How courts might work now in America. : videos

How do you feel about Tesla stock losing 100 billion (33.5%) since Trump took office ? : AskReddit

New DOGE staffer appears to be young lawyer with surprising bio - Jeremy Lewin, 27, who until recently worked at Usha Vance's former law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP—the same firm that has represented Musk's Tesla in several high-profile cases—and attended Harvard Law School where he served as a research assistant for famed legal scholar and vocal Musk and Trump critic Laurence Tribe.

How to leak to a journalist | Nieman Journalism Lab

In 2011, NPR executives "drafted a secret plan for the worst" | Nieman Journalism Lab

Trump May Finally Move to Cash Out His $2 Billion Stake in Truth Social | Other Trump orbiters might sell, too. : technology

It Can Happen Here - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Department of Homeland Security has revoked the visas of several University of Kentucky graduate students. The move affects "a small number of international graduate students at UK," President Eli Capilouto said in a news release Friday evening. The number of students affected was not specified. It comes as the Trump Administration has targeted diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at colleges and universities around the country.


If Donald Trump had never won an election, how do you think the U.S. would be today? : AskReddit

Appeasing Trump Damages Harvard and America | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Adam Schiff: Putin Sees Trump as a'Child' Who Can Be Easily Manipulated : politics
Psychological Science Says Trump Is a Four-Year-Old | Psychology Today Looking for the source of Trump's appeal.

Anti-Trump network becomes fastest-growing political channel on YouTube : politics

New Haven/Cambridge galaxy brain syndrome - Lawyers, Guns & Money


North Carolina Republicans win major battle to steal election - Lawyers, Guns & Money Barring an act of conscence on the part of the Republican-controlled top North Carolina appellate court or the federal courts — LOL — this election will be outright stolen by retroactively changing the rules for one election held in North Carolina and none of the others.


USA Fencing disqualifies athlete for refusing to compete against transgender woman : news


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,853 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Charles Richter.


Why Smartfood White Cheddar Popcorn Doesn't Hit Like It Used To - Eater



Wikipedia servers are struggling under pressure from AI scraping bots : technology


Which artists death in the last 10 years affected you the most? : Music

Baylie Grogan's mother writes book after daughter dies at college

Kanye West Says Wife Bianca Censori Left Him After Trying to Get Him Committed : Music

Russell Brand Charged With Rape & Sexual Assault : television
Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape : news

Stay-at-home husband tries to act his way out of a murder charge : videos

C.E.O. Choked Man Who Danced Barefoot on Cruise Ship, U.S. Says : news
C.E.O. Choked Man Who Danced Barefoot on Cruise Ship, U.S. Says - The New York Times Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, the chief executive of First American Financial, was charged with assault. His lawyers say that the other man was harassing the executive's wife.

Ex-Green Beret's wife accused of killing and dismembering him after he revealed divorce plans : news

Woman, 20, sentenced for false rape report that jailed innocent man for a month : news

One more charge of sex trafficking and one more of prostitution filed against Sean Combs : Music



Fake Down Syndrome Influencers Created With AI Are Being Used to Promote OnlyFans Content : technology

The Data that Says We're Getting Stupider : videos


Democrats are more likely to trust their personal doctors and follow their doctors' advice than Republicans, new research finds. The study found that Republicans and Democrats shared a trust in their doctors until 2020, when Democrats began to show more trust in their doctors than Republicans. : science


A 180-year-old drug may be the fastest depression treatment ever discovered | A new study shows that nitrous oxide may provide fast relief for those struggling with depression when traditional treatments fail. : science ... Laughing Gas counters the big sad I guess

Study found that people who were not married were less at risk (at least 50% lower risk) than married people for dementia. One contributing factor may be that single people are better at maintaining social ties. Single people may also have a greater variety of interesting and unique experiences. : science

This Is the Most Detailed Map of Antarctica Ever Made - Scientists compiled decades of data to reveal the continent hiding beneath millions of miles of ice. : science

ELI5: Why is it that a mouthwash is not effective to prevent *bacterial* STI infection acquired through oral sex, given that a standard mouthwash can kill 99.9% bacteria? : explainlikeimfive

A study of more than 600,000 first-time mothers in Denmark found that those who started a hormonal contraceptive in the year after giving birth were almost 1.5-times more likely to develop depression compared to mothers not using a hormonal contraceptive : science

TFP 376 Testosterone supplementation for cis gendered men: Compared to placebo, testosterone may increase lean body mass by ~1.6kg in older men but has no consistent, meaningful impact on sexual function, strength, fatigue, or cognition. Pulmonary embolism and atrial fibrillation risk may increase. : science

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a collision course to explode as a type 1a supernova, appearing 10 times brighter than the moon in the night sky : science

ELI5 what happens when someone can't run for more than 1 minute without feeling like their chest will explode to then being able to comfortably run for several minutes after a few weeks of training : explainlikeimfive

Exercise as an anti-ageing intervention to avoid detrimental impact of mental fatigue - Retired people who habitually exercise are more able to fight the impacts of mental fatigue, and outperformed sedentary adults in physical and cognitive tests, new research suggests. : science

ELI5: What is the heat death of the universe? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: How do singers in black-metal bands like Deafheaven make it through a whole concert without destroying their vocal cords, much less a whole tour? : explainlikeimfive

Did non-avian dinosaurs have syrinxes? : askscience

Bill Gates Releases Microsoft's Original Source Code : worldnews




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Uninhabited Heard And McDonald Islands, 'Remotest Places On Earth' hit by tariffs : worldnews
No explanation from White House why tiny Aussie island's tariffs are nearly triple the rest of Australia's : worldnews

Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake : worldnews
US sends three-person disaster response team to earthquake-stricken Myanmar after USAID gutted : worldnews


Taiwan calls Trump's 32% tariff 'deeply unreasonable' : worldnews

US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens : worldnews



Russia, Belarus excluded from Trump's sweeping tariffs list due to existing sanctions, White House says : worldnews
NEXTA on X: "The U.S. hasn't imposed new tariffs on Russia — and lied about the reasons for the lack of tariffs, - Le Monde According to the White House, "existing U.S. sanctions already prevent any significant trade with Russia." But in reality, the 2024 trade volume between the U.S. and Russia was around $3.5 billion — more than with Mauritius and Brunei, both of which are now subject to new tariffs of 40% and 24% respectively. Had Russia and Belarus been included on the new tariff list, duties would've been 42% and 24% accordingly. /X
White House explains why new tariffs do not apply to Russia, North Korea : worldnews
Trump's trade war goes global: U.S. president blows up postwar order : worldnews
Russia declares Elton John AIDS Foundation undesirable organisation : worldnews

Massive fire breaks out at Russian shipyard in Karelia : worldnews

Trump's massive 46% Vietnam tariffs could hit Nike, American Eagle and Wayfair : worldnews

NATO believes Russia stockpiling missiles for new strike on Ukraine : worldnews


"Not Great, Bob!" - Lawyers, Guns & Money I'm not saying we're prepping for war with Iran, but if we're not it's hard to tell the difference. B-2s!


US tourist arrested after visit to restricted North Sentinel island Social media influencers pose a "new and increasing threat" for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island.
US citizen arrested for entering Sentinel Island : worldnews


Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians : worldnews


The Kyiv Independent on X: Trump''s pick for top US general backs military support for Ukraine. Dan Caine said that the U.S. "should focus on what unique capabilities only the U.S. can provide," while European countries should increase their share of support. / X
(((Tendar))) on X: "The White House is now admitting that there won't be a ceasefire in Ukraine any time soon, not in the coming months and even less before Easter. This is not bug, but a Putin feature. The only way to extract concessions from Putin or Russia is by force, and once you have achieved that target, then only force will uphold it. It is what it is. / X
The Kyiv Independent on X: US defense secretary to skip Ramstein summit for the first time, media reports. U.S. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth will not take part in the Ramstein-format meeting of Ukraine's partners next week, Defense News magazine reported / X ... his would make the April 11 summit in Brussels, co-chaired by the U.K. and Germany, the first instance when the Pentagon's chief will be absent since the format's founding in 2022.
Hon. Ola on X: "@RpsAgainstTrump Got any minerals? / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1134, Part 1 (Thread #1281) : worldnews
Ukraine Front Line on X: "The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 03.04.25 / X

Bricktop_NAFO on X: "Russian's in 'Anti Drone Suits' I can't. I just can't. LOooooOL We really need a video of them running away from drones in these. If anyone find, please, do not forget me. / X

Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 on X: "Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 03 April 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: / X

Visioner on X: "‼️‼️‼️ After a several-month pause, the Russians have launched an attack with armored columns on the Donetsk front in the Andriivka direction, involving more than 20 units of heavy armored vehicles. According to Ukrainian sources, 7 of them have already been destroyed, and the https://t.co/PtolR1YOZ2" / X
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "Russians started using large mechanized columns again, now near Andriivka in the Kurakhove direction. It seems the Russians have shifted focus to this sector. Yet, after three years, they still come up with the same tactics, with the same outcome. Russian lost 7 units this https://t.co/dMn9U8feNf" / X

MAKS 24 on X: Ukrainian drones are now being used to conduct minor cyber operations against Russia, - Forbes According to Russian video, the variants of malware on the Ukrainian drones are "burning out the USB port, preventing reflashing, or hijacking the repurposed FPV and revealing the operator location." / X

SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre on X: "Ukrainian authorities have busted up another Russian disinformation farm aimed at European audiences. A network of Russian agents in the Kyiv region who spread Kremlin narratives through over 200 fake websites, trolls and bot networks targeted the EU media space have been arrested. Primarily aimed at laundering the images of Russian elites, including Kremlin-linked financiers Igor Shuvalov and Andriy Kostin, both key players in funding Russia's war, the operation's goal was to raise support for removing sanctions. / X



World Leaders reacted to Trump's Tarrifs on all US Imports : worldnews
Euro jumps over 2% against dollar after hefty US tariffs announced : worldnews
E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk's X (Gift Article) : worldnews
Elon Musk's platform X faces over $1 billion fine from EU regulators : worldnews

Danish prime minister to the US: 'You cannot annex another country' : worldnews

Today, Lithuanians unite in silent tribute for 4 U.S. soldiers killed in training accident, raising over $250,000 for the soldiers families. : worldnews

Poland hands over 5,000 Starlink systems to Ukraine : worldnews

Bulgaria's government survives a no-confidence vote brought by a pro-Russia political party : worldnews

Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court : worldnews ... Just in time for Netanyahu's visit

Trump will 'buckle under pressure' if Europe bands together over tariffs, German economy minister says : politics


Trump slaps 31% tariff on Swiss goods compared to 20% on EU : worldnews
'The most economically illiterate speech I have ever heard', analyst says - FRANCE 24 English - YouTube
France's Macron Urges Companies to Pause US Investments : worldnews


Trump tariffs could undermine Brexit deal in Northern Ireland : worldnews


Canada to impose 25% tariffs on US autos that are non-compliant with USMCA, says Carney : worldnews
U.S. companies say Canadian retailers are turning away products : worldnews
Carney: 'If the United States does not want to lead, Canada will' : worldnews




Trump Accused of Using ChatGPT to Create Tariff Plan After AI Leads Users to Same Formula: 'So AI is Running the Country' : politics
Trump's new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT's | ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude all recommend the same "nonsense" tariff calculation : technology
Trump Accused of Using ChatGPT to Create Tariff Plan After AI Leads Users to Same Formula: 'So AI is Running the Country' : technology
Stable Genius Trump Just Put Tariffs on a U.S. Military Base: 'Trump imposed tariffs on an island inhabited only by American soldiers' : politics
Trump just imposed the largest tax hike since 1942 without congressional approval : politics

The Sad Silence Around Trump's Deportations - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The deportation regime is leading to all sorts of crimes against humanity and Trump, Vance, Miller, and other allies of evil are just getting started if they get their way ... Particularly notable is the absence of meaningful criticism from major Democratic Party luminaries such as former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, former Secretary of State, former Democratic nominee for president — and Columbia lecturer --  Hillary Clinton, none of whom have commented on the Khalil case or any of the other individuals the Trump administration is kidnapping off the streets ... for example, Sen. Schumer not one, but twice, heavily implied Khalil was guilty of promoting anti-semitism and harassing and menacing Jewish students --  a claim without a shred of evidence ... Some, like Harvard's Steven Pinker, have aggressively spoken out about Trump's withdrawing of funding from higher education, but have been notably quiet on the kidnapping of international students for the supposed crime of political speech.


Hegseth expected to skip key meeting with allies on Ukraine support : politics

Calls for Waltz's Resignation Grow Amid Report of At Least 20 Sensitive Signal Group Chats | "There must be accountability for this administration's dangerous disregard for our national security," said one Democratic congressman and former military prosecutor. : politics
A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal : technology
Ilhan Omar Is Reportedly Drafting Impeachment Articles Over Signalgate : politics

Trump during the Moment of Silence at the 9/11 memorial : pics

I would like to return this country it is scratched - Lawyers, Guns & Money he White House has fired at least three National Security Council staffers, three sources familiar with the move told CNN. The firings came after Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who once claimed 9/11 was an inside job, urged President Donald Trump during a Wednesday meeting to get rid of several members of his National Security Council staff, including his principal deputy national security adviser, claiming that they are disloyal.

Team Trump is losing World War III : politics ... When Japan and South Korea join China in preparing a response to US tariffs you know you did something bad.
This is one of America's most shocking economic defeats in 40 years : politics ... Donald Trump has achieved his first global peace deal. China, Japan and South Korea have kissed and made up after years of trade quarrels.
Trump Jets Off to Watch Golf as U.S. Economy Goes Up in Flames : politics
Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years" : politics

JPMorgan Raises Risk of U.S., Global Recession to 60% : worldnews

Trump approval falls to 43%, lowest since returning to office, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds : politics

Trump's pitch on tariffs was built on a foundation of strange lies : politics -- Wow what a dramatic departure from his usual pitch's sturdy, logic-based foundation!
President Trump's mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc : politics
"Bad Idea": Republicans raise alarm over Donald Trump's tariffs : politics

U.S. stocks plunge just minutes into trading day as tariffs wreak global havoc : politics
US stock futures plunge. Dow drops 1,000 points as investors digest Trump's tariffs : politics
Trump Tariffs Wipe Out Nearly $2 Trillion From US Stock Market : politics
Trump Tariffs Set to Wipe Out Nearly $2 Trillion From US Stocks : politics
Trump tank stonks - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Massively disrupting the international trade order with a plan that apparently a 22-year-old incel came up with by throwing something into experimental AI software half and hour before the deadline seemed like an incredibly bad idea, what went wrong?
Dow Jones Futures Plunge 1,200 Points On Trump Tariffs; Apple, Nvidia, Tesla Dive : politics ... Lucky for MAGA people all of their money is safe in Melania Meme Coin.

Liberation Day - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Donald Trump, who is by far the stupidest person to be president of the United States -- an office once held by Warren Harding mind you -- got it into his teeny tiny brain many years ago that the late 19th century was an economic golden age for America, and that the reason this was the case was because of tariffs and no federal income tax, the subsequent implementation of which caused the Great Depression ... What extraordinary nonsense this is.
It Ain't No Good - Lawyers, Guns & Money We have been liberated! Yesterday, President Trump announced the imposition of a vast array of tariffs on nearly every country.
Donald Trump's Tariffs Are Just a Giant Mistake - 19FortyFive

US Emerges as Biggest Loser in Markets From Trump's Tariffs : politics
'Welp, There Goes the Economy': Trump Tariffs Trigger Global Alarm : politics
CNBC Panel Agrees: Trump Tariffs 'Worse Than Worst Case Scenario' : politics

Four GOP senators vote with Democrats to undo Trump tariffs on Canada : politics

Russia doesn't appear to be on list of Trump's reciprocal tariffs : politics
Trump's tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia : politics
Why Did Trump Spare Russia From New Tariffs? : politics

EU's tariff response should target Republican-led US states and tech firms, Austria says : politics
Sen. Rand Paul warns Republicans that tariffs have brought down the party before : politics

House Democrats plan to force vote on killing Trump tariffs : politics

I feel my worlds converging - Lawyers, Guns & Money (1) Idealization of an industrial and pre-industrial past, in which manly men did manful work in a masculine and manly way, because "real work" is coded as male, while all domestic labor is girly stuff that needs to be performed by wives, domestics, first bound concubines, etc. (Help me out here Karen).

Trump Mocked for Claiming Tariffs Would Have Prevented Great Depression: 'Make Everyone Poor Again' : politics
'Ferris Bueller' Clip Goes Viral amid Trump's Tariff War as a Concise Economy Lesson : politics
"Anyone, anyone" teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off - YouTube

"Trade war with penguins": Trump places 10% tariff on uninhabited Antarctic islands : politics
Trump Mocked for Placing Tariffs on Two Uninhabited Islands : politics

Trump's new tariffs would be laughed away by a high school economics teacher, analyst says : politics
However dumb you think the Trump taxes are, they're dumber - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The boy who would never do his homework - Lawyers, Guns & Money As someone who has spent his life in the noble profession of teaching, I had exactly the same thought as Paul Krugman about the genesis of yesterday's very special episode of America: Fuck Around and Find Out:


The real Donald Trump betrays the imaginary Donald Trump again - Lawyers, Guns & Money

MAGA Rages at Mike Pence for Torching Trump's Tariffs as 'Largest Peacetime Tax Hike in History' : politics

Trump kicks off sale of $2.3bn Truth Social stake : technology

SEN BERNIE SANDERS: We have a government of billionaires, by billionaires and for billionaires : politics


Wide majority of Americans oppose impeaching judges who rule against Trump, new poll shows : politics

Republicans are increasingly anxious about a midterms wipeout : politics


Now Musk Is Boosting Claims the Wisconsin Election Was 'Stolen' : politics
Elon Musk Wore a Cheesehead Hat, Spent More than $20 Million, and Still Got Whupped in Wisconsin : politics
Democrats Go After Humiliated Musk With Salute Attack Ad : politics
No, these Democratic politicians did not make the same arm gesture as Elon Musk - Truth or Fake
The Elon Musk experiment looks like a political failure : politics
Elon Musk Accused Of Failing To Pay Millions To Canvassers In Class-Action Lawsuit : politics
Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk's face : politics
'He's a loser': Tim Walz says Elon Musk's 'toxic personality' repels voters : politics
Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements - YouTube

Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid : news ... Another grifter. Jesus fuck.

After months of surrender, the Democrats have finally stood up to Trump - thank you, Cory Booker : politics

50+ Groups to Schumer: 'Time to Step Down as Senate Minority Leader' | "We need a leader who will tell a clear story about what Musk and Trump are doing... rally the people and organize in congressional districts across the country, and... engage forcefully and clearly in the media." : politics ... "My job is to make America support Israel" he said

Bobby Jr. doesn't want people he's lied to about vaccines to be confronted by facts - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... After years of working diligently to spread lies about vaccines, HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. and his ilk have achieved a major milestone in their efforts. The U.S. is having a measles outbreak ... MMR vaccine rates are down in the U.S. because for years a bunch of bigoted perverts with a fetish for sick children have spread the lie that vaccines cause autism ... EXCEPT. A significant percentage of the public "doesn't already know." Because fucks like Bobby Jr. have been emptying their raw milk ravaged bowels into the vaccine information pool.

Jasmine Crockett Defies Pam Bondi's Fox News Threat: I'll Say It '50,000 Times!' : politics ... The Democratic congresswoman had it with the attorney general after she warned Crockett to "tread very carefully" with her Elon Musk criticism - In any other scenario, a high-ranking official making a threat to a politician based on "you said something mean to my friend" would be ousted and treated like the dysfunctional, sensitive human they are. But, you know, republicans and their famous admonitory.

Mike Johnson melts down after House proxy vote failure exposes MAGA's "pro-family" lie : politics

Susan Crawford turns 10 Trump counties in landslide state Supreme Court win : politics

Democrat Flips Florida County That Donald Trump Won by 19 Points : politics ... Won that county (which is the notable part), lost the election.


AI will doom us all - Lawyers, Guns & Money
dan sinker: "Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?" - Bluesky
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America - YouTube

TIL that in 1989 Val Kilmer punched and threw actress Caitlin O'Heaney to the floor during an audition for the lead female role of The Doors. There was not any punching in the scene Oliver Stone laughed about it and the company wrote her a check for $24,500 to not discuss the allegations publicly. : todayilearned

TIL there is no evidence that a first responder has actually experienced an fentanyl overdose from accidental exposure : todayilearned


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,852 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Dwight Eisenhower ... Fifth, there is the issue of foreign policy. So many of the worst crimes the United States ever committed in the world came during the Eisenhower years. Letting the Dulles brothers raise hell around the world based on the enormously large umbrella of whatever the U.S. needed to do to fight the Cold War was a disaster that the U.S. still lives with today ... he frankly loved segregation, he stated privately that appointing Earl Warren to the Supreme Court was a huge mistake. But he was a law and order military man and a governor like Faubus flouting the federal government was simply an unacceptable situation, especially when troops were involved. And for as weak as the Ciivl Rights Act of 1957 was, Eisenhower did sign it. Again, like with much of Eisenhower, it's a deeply mixed bag that looks better on the surface than it does in depth.


Shingles vaccine can decrease risk of dementia, study finds. : worldnews

ELI5: why does Nature like hexagons so much? : explainlikeimfive

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases. Conversely, an African diet rich in vegetables, fiber, and fermented foods has positive effects. : science


Whoever designed the updated Inman Square stoplight/intersection at Cambridge and Antrim deserves to have someone show up to their place of work everyday and blow a car horn at them for 20 minutes. : CambridgeMA

I've witnessed 2 driver-caused crashes in 3 days. After the latest, the driver told me he'd beat my brains in. : CambridgeMA

Toner, Facing Calls to Resign Over Brothel Charges, Is Quietly Stripped of Committee Chairships : CambridgeMA
Vice Mayor Marc McGovern Calls on Toner to Resign : CambridgeMA

Cambridge Raids City Savings In Late-Night Vote For $570,000 Of New Guns For Cops : CambridgeMA




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What the Night Sky on Mars looks like 250 million miles away #nasa #s... | nasa | TikTok
Night sky on Mars #nasa #mars #Space #nightsky | nasa | TikTok
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The Kyiv Independent on X: Some Russians celebrated Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow, intercepted calls suggest. "Let them bomb the Kremlin," one man from Belgorod Oblast said in an intercepted call released by HUR on March 31. / X

Russian strategic bomber crashes in Siberia, one person dead, governor says : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: "1/ Russia aims to make up its huge war losses and declining population by encouraging schoolchildren to marry at 18, as part of a "special demographic operation." Some regions have introduced bonus payments for pregnant schoolgirls. / X

U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Wife of Russian Billionaire and close Putin friend Rotenberg : worldnews



Israel announces expansion of military operations in Gaza to seize 'large areas' of land : worldnews
Israel announces intention to seize large areas of Gaza Strip in major escalation : worldnews - But if Kamala Harris actually gave the pro palestine group a seat at the table instead of preventing them from being able to speak at all. If she, when she made a great choice in Walz, actually let Walz campaign. If she didn't listen to her family on wall street and kept pushing left wing populist policies. If she didn't put the bloody Cheney's of all people on a pedestal. She could have won. She had the money and the momentum. She squandered it by listening to centrist liberals who have created and/or exacerbated almost all of the problems in modern society. And in the wake of her defeat, which can ONLY be placed at the feat of centrist policies, they wanted to blame their mere solidarity with LGBTQ+ people? Yeah, that's nonsense.



Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: "74% of Ukrainians say the country should keep fighting even without U.S. aid - after killings, torture, and deportations followed Russia's 2022 invasion, The National Interest. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1133, Part 1 (Thread #1280) : worldnews


European Tourists Start Avoiding US as 'Unknown Territory' : worldnews

European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation : worldnews ... German investigators said Wednesday that they had dismantled a major platform for the distribution of child sexual abuse images that had 1.8 million users worldwide, in an international operation coordinated by the pan-European police agency Europol ... About 3.5 new videos were being uploaded to the site per hour before it was taken down, according to the international police agency.

Norway, Ukraine in Talks to Co-Produce New Air Defense Missile : worldnews

Denmark, Netherlands react to Trump's DEI ultimatum : worldnews

Italy slams door on people hoping to claim citizenship through great-grandparents : worldnews

More Russian assets frozen in Switzerland : worldnews ... The value of frozen Russian assets in Switzerland currently stands at CHF7.4 billion ($8.4 billion), the Swiss government announced on Tuesday. This represents an increase of CHF1.6 billion in one year. Additional assets have been identified, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Military clash 'almost inevitable' if Iran nuclear talks fail, France says : worldnews
Trump, Iran trade nuclear barbs as U.S. sends bombers and warships to region : worldnews

Denmark Leader Visits Greenland in Trump Tug-of-War : worldnews

Donald Trump hits Canada with 25 per cent auto tariffs and 12 per cent on goods not covered by trade deal : worldnews
U.S.-bound border traffic from B.C.'s Lower Mainland plummets further, dropping over 42% in March : worldnews
Canada exempt from Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs, PM Carney meeting with cabinet : worldnews




silver lining? #earthmama #clevercackler | charles leclerc | TikTok

Israel: In Trump's Pocket - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel backed away from his nominee to lead Israel's domestic intelligence service on Tuesday, after conservative allies attacked the candidate for criticizing President Trump and Israeli media reported that he had protested judicial overhauls pushed by the government ... because he had written a column two months ago criticizing Mr. Trump for rolling back policies to fight climate change ... Bibi knows who butters his bread I guess.

Trump to escalate global trade tensions with 'Liberation Day' tariffs on trading partners : worldnews
Canada and Mexico exempt from Trump's new tariffs, existing duties remain : worldnews
Canada spared any new tariffs : worldnews
Trump hits UK with 10% tariffs as he ignites global trade war | Trade policy : worldnews
Trump imposes 26% tariff on India : worldnews
Trump unveils his double-digit 'Liberation Day' reciprocal tariffs on China, Taiwan, and a slew of other key trading partners : worldnews -- Happy Recession Day Everyone!
China Restricts Companies From Investing in US as Tensions Rise : worldnews

Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. : politics ... 30 states do not require a permit for concealed carry weapons.
Trump admin locking up families, children at NY-Canada crossings : worldnews ... Especially as I started hearing about this and did not have a way to make contact with people … I felt like people were disappearing," Connor said. "And it's a scary feeling."

Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias says US cancelled his visa : worldnews
Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias says US cancelled his visa The former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, says his US visa has been revoked. Arias, a Nobel laureate, said he was informed of the decision weeks after he had publicly criticised Donald Trump, comparing the behaviour of the US president to that of a Roman emperor.

Outcry as White House Admits to Sending Maryland Man to El Salvador Prison 'In Error' | "If Trump can disappear Abrego Garcia, he can disappear you," warned one advocate. "This is why due process matters. Without it, America slides into dictatorship." : politics

Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children : politics

Judge rejects Trump administration's bid to move Mahmoud Khalil's legal case to Louisiana : politics

Tufts student arrest, see timeline of Rumeysa Ozturk's detention

University of Minnesota student who was detained by ICE sues for immediate release : politics

DA Hayden calls ICE arrest mid-trial 'extraordinarily reckless'


Schumer, Democrats call for full, unredacted transcript of Signal attack chat : politics
Mike Waltz Used Personal Gmail for Government Communications: Report : politics

Mike Waltz's Gmail Account Use Called Out for Similarities to Hillary Clinton's Email Scandal: 'Now the GOP is Real Quiet' : politics ... Similar? It's objectively worse since a private email server can be far more secure than a fucking gmail account.

Donald Trump's Honeymoon Is Over: 'It looks like the president's Project 2025 agenda, market-rattling tariffs, and odd obsessions -- from Greenland to the Gulf -- are already turning off Americans' : politics
Republicans Are Just Now Admitting That Trump's Tariffs Will Suck : politics
Press Secretary Suddenly Knows Nothing About Trump Tariff Comments : politics

Trump Set To Announce Biggest Tax Increase On Americans In Decades : politics
America Is Headed for a Grim Fiscal Reckoning : politics

The MAGA Backlash Arrives : politics
Trump Rages at 'Unbelievably Disloyal' GOP Senators in Late-Night Rant: 'What Is Wrong With Them?' : politics


Discussion Thread: US Supreme Court Considers Case on Whether to Permit States to Disqualify Planned Parenthood as a Medicaid Provider : politics

Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say : politics

Speaker Johnson suffers defeat as GOP rebels tank effort to block remote voting for new parents : politics
Lawmaking Moms Hand Mike Johnson a Major L : politics
Mike Johnson cancels votes after suffering Republican rebellion : politics


'People Will Die' -- RFK Jr. Guts America's Health Bureaucracy : politics
RFK Jr Guts The Department of Health and Human Services - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Yesterday Secretary of Health and Human Services began the destruction of the American health system. Large numbers of people, starting with the heads of agencies, were fired from NIH, CDC, and FDA. We no longer need drug research, pandemic planning, or regulations to assure the safety of food and drugs, if we just think correctly. And Kennedy plans to have outdoor camps with healthy exercise to help us think correctly ... Between retirements and firings, something like 20,000 people will leave the agency, which employed 82,000. Say goodbye to research on Alzheimer's dementia, m-RNA vaccine for cancer of the pancreas, surveillance of bird flu, and reliable food and drugs.
US House Democrats open investigation into Kennedy bird flu response : politics


Megathread: Senator Cory Booker Sets All-Time US Senate Speech Length Record in Protest Against Trump Administration : politics ... Erasing a stain on American history of the racist stand Thurmond made, now we have a record standing for WHATS RIGHT.
Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was a Stunt. It Worked. : politics
Booker says it 'irked' him that Thurmond held previous record to 'stop people like me from being in the Senate' : politics
Ted Cruz threatens to end Cory Booker's Senate protest with a fire alarm : politics


Elon Musk to 'step back' from advising Trump : politics ... One senior administration official quoted by Politico said Musk was likely to remain an informal adviser and would continue to be seen around the White House.

Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat : politics
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk : politics

Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders congratulate Susan Crawford on her win over Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race : politics
Liberal judge beats Elon Musk-backed candidate in most expensive judicial election in US history : politics

'This Guy Is Toxic': Susan Crawford Defeats World's Richest Man Elon Musk in Wisconsin| "As a result of your strong grassroots organizing, you have defeated the wealthiest person on earth" said Sen Bernie Sanders to the state's voters after the Supreme Court race was called "You have set an example" : politics
Elon Musk's Wisconsin mission explodes : politics
Elon Musk bet big on the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. He lost. : politics
Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk : politics
Elon Musk Wasted $25M on Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Failure : politics
'Failed Spectacularly': Critics Troll Elon Musk After 'Humiliating' Loss In Wisconsin : politics ... The ketamine klansman is a dark (money) magat.
Musk Suffers Humiliating Loss at Hands of Wisconsin Voters : politics
Musk Dramatically Changes His Tune on Wisconsin Race After Stinging Defeat : politics ... I remember reading 1984 in high school and thinking it was ridiculous that an entire population bought into the propaganda and doublespeak. Now I am living in that world.
Bice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to 'vote' : politics
Elon v. democracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Eschaton: I, Too, Read A Lot Of SciFi When I Was 13 And some since - nothing wrong with it! - but this isn't even bong hit dorm room stuff, it's bong hit 8th grade.
Elon Musk: Humanity Is a Kind of 'Biological Boot Loader' for AI : artificial

Tesla Sales Drop 13% in First Quarter as Elon Musk Backlash, Aging Models Hurt Demand : politics
Tesla sales plunge: Biggest decline in history : politics
Rapid unscheduled disassembly - Lawyers, Guns & Money The day after Elon Musk suffered a beautifully humiliating political defeat, the news about his primary source of wealth is similar, and apparently Trump is beginning to understand that he's a liability ... Elon's not unstoppable, Wisconsin voters showed on Tuesday. When the rubber hits the road, he's nothing but a Cybertruck.

Democrat-backed candidate reelected as Wisconsin schools superintendent : politics

Mallory McMorrow jumps into Michigan's Senate race with a call for change in the Democratic Party : politics

Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) says he won't apologize for calling fired federal worker a 'clown' who 'probably deserved it' : politics

Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback : politics Just throw it on that pile of "acts that would be impeachable under any other administration in the history of this country".
Leaked Emails Expose Trump's Devastating Revenge Plot on Dem. Governor : politics ... "No money will go from the public trust to a petulant child." (ME Gov Janet Mills) But we keep paying for his fucking golf trips.

Far-right podcaster who hosted Kash Patel eight times says he wants a 'final solution' to rid US of Jews : politics


Political underdogs join forces in David vs. Goliath battle against Utah's GOP dominance : politics


Trans woman arrested after washing her hands in Florida Capitol women's bathroom : politics


Federal Worker Militancy-Can It Return? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Will federal workers rediscover the militancy that was once not uncommon in their ranks and resist Trump's union-busting with collective action? Will the broader union movement and its allies stand with them, putting their own organizations on the line to defend workers' basic rights? On the answers to those questions will turn not only the fate of the union movement for decades to come, but of a multiracial American democracy in which the right to collective bargaining has served as an essential pillar for almost a century.


Val Kilmer - Lawyers, Guns & Money




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Global warming of more than 3C this century may wipe 40% off the world's economy, new analysis reveals : science


UN warns window to find Myanmar quake survivors closing, death toll climbs towards 3,000 : worldnews

Japan enforces law for swift removal of defamatory online posts : worldnews


Xi says China and India should strengthen ties in 'Dragon-Elephant tango' | Reuters : worldnews
Chinese military says it's launched joint army, naval and rocket force drills around Taiwan in 'stern warning' : worldnews



Putin says Xi will be his "main guest" on Russian Victory Day celebration : worldnews

Russia Dismisses Claims Of Blood-Coughing Mystery Virus, Cites Common Respiratory Infections : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: Moscow is waiting for Zelensky's removal to install a "puppet" who will accept any Russian terms, The Moscow Times reports. Putin's maximum plan is Ukraine's full capitulation, regime change, and rebuilding the state under Russian control. The minimum goal is securing full control over the four occupied regions and restricting Ukraine's sovereignty. / X
AlexandruC4 on X: BREAKING: Russia says it 'cannot accept US ideas' as they are right now - claiming Moscow's needs are not addressed by President Trump - Sky News / X

Robin Brooks on X: "Western sanctions on Russia's shadow oil tanker fleet only really kicked into high gear recently, with the US (blue) and EU (red) sanctioning lots of ships in Jan. '25. These sanctions are highly effective at hurting Russia's war economy. Lots of scope for more. With @econ_harris / X

Moldovan president criticizes Russia for 'unacceptable interference' : worldnews

Kadyrov Appoints Teenage Son to Supervise Chechnya's Interior Ministry : worldnews



Meta faces 'substantial' fine for not complying with Turkey's gag orders : worldnews


Blood feud: Gaza clan executes Hamas policeman, Gazan reports say : worldnews

Hamas 'quietly drops' thousands of deaths from casualty figures : worldnews - About 72 per cent of fatalities aged 13-55 are men, which is the rough age range of Hamas combatants, Mr Fox said. "We know that Hamas uses child soldiers, and these statistics show clearly that Israel is targeting fighting-aged men."


Zelenskyy urges tough Russia measures after Trump shows frustration with Putin : worldnews
Russia 'Cannot Accept' Trump's Ukraine Peace Plans : worldnews
Jake Broe on X: "A record high 46% of Americans now are saying American support for Ukraine is not enough. In total 69% of Americans still support continued military aid and cooperation for Ukraine. Trump is failing the American people and destroying his own popularity by trying to ally himself with Russia./ X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1132, Part 1 (Thread #1279) : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: "Russian losses per 01/04/25 reported by the Ukrainian general staff +1540 men +9 tanks +37 AFVs +15 artillery +46 UAVs +2 cruise missiles / X

Russia dropped over 10,000 guided bombs on Ukraine in just three months : worldnews

Visioner on X: Ukrainian authorities have captured well-known Russian propagandist and one of the key ideologists of the war, Kirill Molchanov, on EU territory. He faces 12 years in a high-security penal colony. / X


EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump's mega tariffs | Brussels sees America's transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles' heel. : worldnews
European Union 'ready to retaliate' to US Trump trade tariffs, says commission president : worldnews

Volcano erupts in Iceland, triggering tourist evacuation : worldnews

Russia Tours Fake Ukrainian Ballet in Sweden and Finland, Funneling Funds to Moscow : worldnews
Tomi on X: Finland is launching a joint project with other Nordic countries to develop a nuclear weapon
Finland plans to withdraw from Ottawa landmines treaty : worldnews

Lithuanian foreign minister: Russia offers three scenarios - war, threat or occupation : worldnews

Travel warning as two European airports close with all flights cancelled : worldnews

Bosnian Serb leader flees to Moscow as authorities step up pursuit : worldnews

MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orban. But he's left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished. : politics
The time has come to punish Orban, Germany's next government says : worldnews

Germany launches permanent troop deployment on NATO's eastern flank : worldnews

Potential Russian drone flyovers of a European Union facility are under investigation by Italy, with suspicions of espionage : worldnews

Le Pen judge placed under police protection after receiving 'personal threats' : worldnews
Allshorts: "Don't Suffer Fools": "Victor Orban, "Je Suis Marine Le Pen"... France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzling European Union funds. Sentenced to 4 years in prison and banned from running for public office again. She was friendly to the Kremlin. #marinelepen #rn #rascist youtu.be/y1eD3WZUesY" - Bluesky

'Not a hope in hell': Irish politicians roundly reject Conor McGregor's presidential bid : worldnews

UNITED24 Media on X: BREAKING: UK Security Minister Dan Jarvis declares Russia a national security threat for the first time. Russian agents must register activities or face 5 years in jail. / X
UK open to Canadian involvement in new fighter jet project : worldnews

Russian cult leader linked to human and drug trafficking arrested in Argentina : worldnews
Konstantin Rudnev: Russian cult leader linked to human and drug trafficking arrested in Argentina | International | EL PAÍS English Konstantin Rudnev was attempting to board a flight from Bariloche to Buenos Aires accompanied by six women Konstantin Rudnev

Kenyan police in Haiti suffer more casualties in clashes with gangs : worldnews


Leaders of Canada, Mexico discuss plan to fight trade actions by US : worldnews - Unsurprising and it's going to get worse. -- Driving the news: Advance bookings for Canada-U.S. flights in April-September are down over 70% compared to this time last year, per aviation data firm OAG. -- Being turned away at the border or airport is a mildy amusing story in the later telling. Being locked up is not!




Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can't get him back : politics ... Tell me these words by Rubio don't sound like a fuckin nazi talking: "He called the group a "combination of people" whose presence is "not productive to the United States" and who were "removable" by law."
Trump Administration Admits Accidentally Deporting Maryland Father to El Salvador Mega Prison : politics ... Kristy Noem doing that video in front of the crammed cell is very much like Himmler being photographed in front of a POW camp. Jesus 2 toilets for 200 people.
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an 'Administrative Error' : politics
JD Vance defiant after man deported by error: "Gross to get fired up" : politics
Vance doubles down after Trump admin admits 'error' sending man to Salvadoran prison : politics

The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act | The New Yorker The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process-and, in many cases, under false pretenses.
Chris Hayes: www.newyorker.com/news/annals - Bluesky ... This is such a heartbreaking story. That poor young man will be traumatized and scarred for life, even if they get him out soon, and there's no indication that is happening.

The Trump Administration's War on Activists Is Escalating - ICE's detention of a Washington state union organizer, alongside other threats to activists, raises the question of how far the Trump team will go to stifle dissent. : politics

Yale professor describes why he is leaving the U.S. to teach in Canada : NPR

Kristi Noem's Prison Porn - Lawyers, Guns & Money
That's Bait - by Jeff Sharlet - Kristi Noem and fascism's sadistic eroticization of power

With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? : politics
Joe Rogan Splits From Trump on 'Horrific' Deportations : politics

Trump in the wilderness - Lawyers, Guns & Money Just for the heck of it, I decided to do my own research on the question of what place Donald Trump had in the American cultural and political consciousness during his years in the (relative) celebrity wilderness ... ... The point here is that really nothing has changed for Trump himself in the past quarter century. He's exactly the same utterly empty blowhard he was back when he was a washed up celebrity, except he's beginning to show signs of early dementia, just like Dear Old Dad at the same age

Democrats Sue to Block Trump Bid to Control Elections : politics

Signalgate 'Idiot' Actually Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats : politics
White House says it's 'case closed' on the Signal group chat review : politics
Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe 'lied repeatedly' about Signal chat messages, Bennet says
Checking in on the information security administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money Members of President Donald Trump's National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials. -- The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication than the encrypted messaging app Signal, is the latest example of questionable data security practices by top national security officials already under fire for the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a group chat about high-level planning for military operations in Yemen

Donald Trump's approval rating falls to new low : politics
New polls are bad news for Trump's handling of economy : politics
Poll: Americans Disapprove of Trump's Handling of Pretty Much Everything : politics
Americans Are Souring on Trump's Economy, Polls Show : politics

Discussion Thread: Senate Democrats and President Trump Press Events on the Trump Administration's New Tariffs : politics
Trump lackeys have no idea why they're about to impose the largest regressive tax increase in modern American history - Lawyers, Guns & Money - A large across-the-board tariff is about to be imposed because the president is a total crackpot who loved McKinley-era tariffs even before he went senile because he legitimately cannot grasp the concept of a positive-sum exchange.

Trump is plotting the biggest tax rise in global history: The burden for paying the bulk of the president's Liberation Day tariffs will fall on consumers, potentially at some $600 billion a year : politics
The eternal mystery at the heart of American politics - Lawyers, Guns & Money The details of the tariffs are still unclear, which is one reason the markets are so on edge. Political leaders are on edge as well, because Mr. Trump has made clear that the tariffs will fall on adversaries like China as well as nations that, until recently, were considered America's closest defense and intelligence allies ... But just as curiously, the administration has not described any cost-benefit analysis of the president's actions, such as whether the revenue gained is worth the damage done to America's central alliances.

Opinion | Trump's Tariffs Make Absolutely No Sense - The New York Times - Trump Is About to Bet the Economy on a Theory That Makes No Sense ... the reasoning behind the "reciprocal tariffs" President Trump is expected to announce this week.

Sen. Grassley plans bill to stop judges from carrying out checks-and-balances powers : politics

There's no such thing as a fully American-made car : politics

Nearly 2,000 top researchers call on Trump administration to halt 'assault' on science : politics


Nevada joins coalition suing RFK Jr, HHS over federal public health grant cuts : politics
'Obama 202'' trends as Donald Trump references third term run : politics

Trump's 'External Revenue Service' can't replace the IRS : politics

Eschaton: Seems Bad Even during Trump I, you'd probably get about 10 pundits writing pieces about how this was bad, and now you won't. The lawyer working for Donald Trump and Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who now leads the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has a history of violence and racist remarks, 10 people who knew him allege.
USAID Staffer Jeremy Lewin Accused of Violent Acts, Racist Remarks The son of a world-renowned classical pianist, Lewin attended the prestigious Massachusetts preparatory high school Buckingham Browne & Nichols School. The Cambridge private school is one of the top feeder schools for Ivy League universities like Harvard, according to The Harvard Crimson. Six people who knew him then described a troubled teen who made outlandish claims and expressed racist remarks.

Beating the Record - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Booker's speech tops 350M likes on TikTok live : politics
Cory Booker Has Been Shaming and Protesting the Trump Administration For 20 Straight Hours : politics
Cory Booker's anti-Trump speech on the Senate floor has lasted 15 hours and counting : politics
Hunter Walker: "Cory Booker just hit 2.5 hours on the Senate floor. He's reading from a binder of letters written by constituents and advocates." - Bluesky
Discussion Thread: US Senate Filibuster on March 31st, 2025 by Sen. Cory Booker : politics
Danilo, a Pip's VIP : "So it may be true that from a strict analysis of procedure, this doesn't do much to interrupt the business of the senate but WE also have a role to play here. Now everyone gets to call their Democratic Party senator tomorrow and say "HEY, when are you YOU gonna filibuster" gotta start somewhere" - Bluesky
Jennifer Get In Good Trouble: "Cory Booker is now in his *third hour* on the Senate floor-still speaking with heart, fire, and fierce conviction. He's not just holding the floor-he's holding the line for democracy. This is what moral courage looks like. Keep going, Senator. We see you. We stand with you. @booker.senate.gov" - Bluesky
Mueller, She Wrote: "Man. There are a lot of cynics out there. If what Booker is doing doesn't bring YOU joy, there's no need to shit all over everyone else's appreciation." - Bluesky


One Photo from Abu Ghraib Lost the Iraq War. Kristi Noem Continues the Tradition : politics

'Zero Self-Awareness': Musk Invokes Soros While 'Literally' Bribing People to Vote in Wisconsin | "The world's richest Nazi, Elon Musk, claims hecklers are paid Soros operatives while he literally bribes people to vote for the fascist, far-right candidates of his choosing." : politics

Eschaton: Oh No Bet it's more.-- Tesla has about $200 million worth of Cybertrucks in inventory in the US, as the truck is extremely difficult to sell.


Deserving Things Happen to Deserving People - Lawyers, Guns & Money LOL on this one:
Aaron Rupar: "Damn. Ranking Member Kamlager-Dove calls GOP witness Matt Taibbi a "serial sexual harasser" and enters articles into the congressional record about his history as a sex pest" - Bluesky


Out of ashes, victory: How New York's garment workers rebirthed the US labor movement After the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Progressive Era kicked into high gear. What can the working class of today learn from our predecessors?

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show : politics

Musk pours money into elections across the country as he rants about Soros' influence : politics
Elon Musk's Rant At A Heckler Backfires After Critics Deliver Brutal Reality Check : politics
Elon Musk Says He Has No Clue Why People Hate His Guts : politics
Wisconsin College Republicans chairman received one of Elon Musk's $1 million checks : politics
Elon Musk's $1 million handout winners are connected to Republican causes : politics
Elon Musk and DOGE staff would face drug tests under Democrat's bill : politics

X hit by 2.8 billion profile data leak in alleged insider job : technology ... , the leak is the result of a disgruntled X employee who allegedly stole the data during a period of mass layoffs. [This data leak] doesn't contain email addresses, but it does hold a goldmine of profile metadata, including:


What is your opinion on AG Pam Bondi seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangoine to "Make America Safe Again"? : AskReddit ... His lawyer is arguing the mayor of NY destroyed his right to a fair trial by announcing he was guilty already. So ironically she just strengthened his c

Louisiana shock election sends message to Trump : politics ... One state lawmaker insisted the measure, which could have paved the way to locking up 14-year-olds for crimes like stealing a phone, was needed because "[s]ome of these kids are already lost when they''re 2 years old."

Republican Calls ICE on GOP Rival's Farm : politics


PatriotTakes In a video posted by Elon Musk's PAC, a $1M check recipient linked voting to receiving the money: My name's Ekaterina Deistler. I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars. - Bluesky


Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rise to 470, state health departments say : news


Diane Sedai Galloway: Obama and Hillary joining Bluesky to talk about ACA and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race doesn't say a lot about Obama or Hillary we didn't already know but it does say a lot about Bluesky's position in the social media hierarchies" - Bluesky
NaughtyJester: "Oh boy, Hillary is on Bluesky now. The hawkish, unappealing agent for NON-CHANGE who saw an opportunity, threw Bernie under the bus, and failed spectacularly, thus clinching the victory for the worst human being on Earth. Roll out the red carpet, people. Like SHE did for Agent Orange. - Bluesky


Casey Newton: An excerpt from @keachhagey.bsky.social's new book on Sam Altman explains in the greatest detail yet why the board fired him in 2023 - and raises the question of what would have happened if the board had told us all this at the time - Bluesky

Bluesky: "We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky. Posts can now be 299 characters long!" - Bluesky


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,851 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Lucian Pye ... Lucian Pye is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Scott Galloway: "Great conversation on the Diary of a CEO podcast with host Steven Bartlett and Logan Ury, behavioural scientist turned dating coach and Director of Relationship Science at Hinge." - Bluesky
Masculinity Debate: Are Dating Apps Creating Incels?! Lonely Men Are More Dangerous Than Ever! - YouTube


Hank Green: The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI - Bluesky .. tl;dr conspiracism itself has become successfully co-opted as propaganda for fringe political movements to the point where attempting to disprove any of it risks giving said fringe movements more credibility in the minds of conspiracists



Technology Connections: "For those who are actually curious what living with a modern EV (which isn't a Tesla) is actually like... youtu.be/3GUQdrpduo0" - Bluesky


A demanding work culture could be quietly undermining efforts to raise birth rates - research from China shows that working more than 40 hours a week significantly reduces people's desire to have children. : science

Men's turn: US scientists unveil a hormone-free male birth control pill! | YCT-529, a hormone-free pill developed by US researchers, has shown 99% effectiveness in trials and is now in human testing. : technology

Researchers analyzed GPS data from 200,000 Lyft drivers. Results showed identical speeding rates across racial groups, yet non-white drivers were 33% more likely to be cited. : science

TIL that heart attack symptoms can be significantly different between men and women : todayilearned

Researchers found Gastric Bypass to be most clinically effective for patients and to provide the best value for money for the NHS three years after surgery : science

Dangerous Fungal Infection Sees a Dramatic Increase in US Hospitals : ScienceAlert : science


TIL In WW2 Germany built an underground fortress in France to fire V-3 superguns at London. The artillery had a range of 103 miles and the potential to fire at 60 rounds a hour. : todayilearned

(10) Jason Jimenez's answer to What historical fact blows your mind? - Quora - Well one fact that blew my mind was that the United States secretly used to make a white clear Coca Cola specifically for General Zhukov after World War II

Doctors, what's is the scariest thing a patient has ever done/said? : AskReddit




040125

As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response | A U.S. team has yet to arrive in Myanmar after last week's 7.7-magnitude earthquake, while China has already rescued six people and committed $14 million in humanitarian aid. : politics


Japan's Defense Industry Plays Catch-up - The Diplomat Japan has taken steps to revitalize its flagging defense industry. Much remains to be accomplished before it can reach the goal of building a vibrant domestic defense industrial base.

China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says | The Standard



Kremlin says Putin "remains open to contact" with Trump after president was "pissed off" at Russian leader : worldnews ... He has neither insulted Putin nor sought revenge. Therefore this is all character acting to make it seem that they are not in cahoots.
Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Putin has signed a decree on spring military conscription. According to the plan, 160,000 people will be drafted, which is 10 thousand more than last year (and the highest number in 10 years). Putin promised coscripts wouldn't be sent to war. However, coscripts have been taken captive and found killed in his "special military operation."/ X
Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine : worldnews
Trump's Russian oil tariff threat doesn't faze traders who suspect it's a bluff : worldnews

WarTranslated on X: Russian army set up an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region. Now it's no longer there. / X


Russia's Repression Goes South - The Atlantic A group of Russian exiles thought they would find freedom in Georgia. They were wrong.


Russia officially moves to legalize the Taliban - Moscow once listed the Afghan hard-line movement as a terror group, but President Vladimir Putin now describes it as a "trusted ally." : worldnews
Taliban leader declares democracy 'dead' in Afghanistan, says no need for western laws : worldnews


New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan's national museum as rooms stripped of treasures : worldnews


Bodies of more than a dozen aid workers found in Gaza 'mass grave' following Israeli attacks : worldnews
Netanyahu Promises the "Final Stage" of Gaza Genocide Will Lead to Implementation of "Trump's Plan"

Top Netanyahu aide arrested amid allegations of Qatar financial ties - The Washington Post Jonathan Urich was arrested amid increasing allegations that Netanyahu's inner circle was involved in the transfer of money from Qatar, a key backer of Hamas.

Marked for Assassination: Gaza Journalists on Israeli Hit List Refuse to Stop Reporting Israel singled out six journalists. After it killed Hossam Shabat, the others discuss reporting in the crosshairs.

Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza : worldnews


Zelenskiy says Russia has committed over 183,000 war crimes in Ukraine : worldnews
Human safari (terror campaign) - Wikipedia
The Partnership: The Secret History of America's Involvement in the Ukraine War - The New York Times ... Mr. Trump has already begun to wind down elements of the partnership sealed in Wiesbaden that day in the spring of 2022. Yet to trace its history is to better understand how the Ukrainians were able to survive across three long years of war, in the face of a far larger, far more powerful enemy. It is also to see, through a secret keyhole, how the war came to today's precarious place.
Ukrainian Elections - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The electoral landscape of Ukraine has changed a bit over the past six weeks…


Bricktop_NAFO on X: "Three years ago today, Bucha, Ukraine, was liberated from Russian occupation. It was found that Russian forces had committed widespread atrocities, they had executed, tortured and raped innocent civilians on a mass scale. Their bodies were left in mass graves scattered around the landscape or sprawled across the streets with their hands tied behind their backs before the Russians had shot them at close range. The world will never forget Bucha. The world will never forget Ukraine. And we will always remember, just what Russia did and who they really are. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Ukrainian military to receive 15,000 robots in 2025 Almost all robots will be manufactured in Ukraine, as foreign models are significantly more expensive, the director of the Ministry of Defense procurement department said / X

'Russians are sending way more drones than they used to, Ukraine defence unit says : worldnews


Anton Gerashchenko on X: A drone, believed to be of Russian manufacture, flew over the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Italy 5 times, Corriere della Sera reported. According to the media, the person who controlled the drone focused primarily on the JRC, which has advanced laboratories and research infrastructure and where specialists in nuclear power, security, and space fields work. In addition, within a radius of several tens of kilometers from the drone's observation site, there are key plants of the Leonardo defense company, / X


NOELREPORTS on X: Enough talk-time for action. Friedrich Merz's incoming government will push the EU to cut Hungary's funding and revoke its voting rights over violations of key EU principles, - Politico. / X


France accuses US diplomats of meddling with a 'diktat' about Trump's DEI policies : worldnews
France's Marine Le Pen convicted of embezzlement, gets 5-year politics ban - The Washington Post The sentence means Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, cannot run in the 2027 presidential election, unless she successfully appeals.
Marine Le Pen found guilty in EU funding embezzlement case : worldnews
Marine Le Pen's allies in Russia and Hungary lash out at guilty verdict : worldnews
Egg shortage: First the US, now France : worldnews

Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful conviction | Kenya | The Guardian New emails reveal 'panic' inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David Tebbutt


Canada closes doors to foreign workers, students and tourists as visa denial rates soar in 2024 : worldnews
Liberals Promise to Build 500,000 New Homes : worldnews
U.S. senators push back against 'fake emergency' Trump relied on to justify Canadian tariffs : politics




Major F-47 Revelations Were Just Dropped By Former Air Force Secretary We now have a fuller picture of how the Air Force arrived at the F-47, and the potential for future next-generation fighter "increments."

Eschaton: Issue Polls As for some potential implications, as a general principle it's not acceptable to most if some legal U.S. residents were to be mistakenly detained by immigration authorities. But half of Republicans say it would be acceptable. *IF*

Detention of Russian scientist at Harvard worries MA. Ukrainians - Ukrainian activists in Massachusetts are fearful that the detainment of a Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School who protested the invasion of Ukraine will lead to further actions to stifle opposition to the three-year-old war ... This isn't just targeting people they disagree with politically, but specifically academic women, it seems (Trump goes full Putin)

Columbia University student ran from Homeland Security, but still doesn't know why they came for her : politics
In Trump's America, you can be disappeared for writing an op-ed : politics

ICE Is Canceling Students' Legal Status Without Informing Them or Their Schools: Report : politics ... So, revoke their status without notice, then arrest them for being here illegally? Jesus fuck.
Tim Walz demands answers after university student detained by ICE : politics


Senate Republicans urge Trump, allies to stop threatening courts : politics

Beijing beckons fired federal scientists : politics

After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis - The New York Times A veteran who returned from Iraq injured and transformed, Joy Marver is now facing a crisis at home.

Don't think 'it can't happen here' - it's already happening : politics

'What Dictators Do': Critics Shred Trump's Claim He's 'Not Joking' About 3rd Term : poli Just to Be Clear, No, Trump Can't Be Elected President Again : politics
Republican Lawmaker Insists Trump 'Wasn't Advocating' for Third Term Despite Saying He 'Was Not Joking' About Another Run : politics
Trump says he's serious about running for a third term - Lawyers, Guns & Money As to whether Trump could get pseudo-elected three and a half years from now, I'm pretty much giving up on even trying to guess what the Ariana Grande Theory of Politics voters will be thinking, or "thinking," at that point, since the entire Trump era is just a testament to the massive irrationality of our political process. But I think we can say with considerable confidence that Trump isn't going to leave office voluntarily.
The Future is Unwritten - Lawyers, Guns & Money On the other hand . . . the future is unwritten. The current legal and political situation in the United States is largely if not wholly unprecedented, which among other things means that no one, very much including Donald Trump and his enablers and supporters, really knows how any of this is going to play out ... we're in the undiscovered country, sailing upriver toward the Chief of the Inner Station ... The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed sombre under an overcast sky-seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
Heart of Darkness - Wikipedia ... Conrad draws parallels between London ("the greatest town on earth") and Africa as places of darkness ... It provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness 67th on their list of the 100 best novels in English of the 20th century ... (the famous line "Mistah Kurtz-he dead" would become the epigraph of T. S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men") ... Orson Welles adapted and starred in Heart of Darkness in a CBS Radio broadcast on 6 November 1938 as part of his series,

Trump Rages at NBC After Signal Journalist Calls Out Leak Lies : politics
Mike Waltz used Signal for more sensitive national security chats: Report : politics
MAKS 24 on X: Waltz discussed Ukraine, not just the Houthis, on Signal, - WSJ Waltz created many other national security conversations on Signal with members of the U.S. government, including how to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine and military operations / X ... He's the US national security advisor, endangering US National Security
Trump wants to move on from the Signal security scandal. House Republicans aren't making it easy : politics
Republicans' calls for probe of Trump officials' Signal chat grow : politics
Eschaton: Sure Why Not Every macho guy needs a babysitter. The wife of the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, attended two meetings with foreign defense officials during which sensitive information was discussed, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

Trump says reciprocal tariffs will 'start with all countries,' rejects narrower launch : politics ... his being pissed with Putin yesterday ... This is posturing to foster and maintain a deception that Trump is not a friend of Russia. And like everything else from Trump it is a lie.

White House to cut down tree thought to be planted by Andrew Jackson : politics

Even MAGAs Can't Explain Trump's Foreign Policy : politics ...it's pretty simple really; isolate America and cripple its ability to project power so Russia and its allies can do whatever they want.

The Washington Times on X: "House task force investigators revealed new information about the shooter who tried to assassinate presidential candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, and unearthed new mysteries about the July 13 attack." / X

Donald Trump's new golf tab for taxpayers hits incredible milestone : politics ... He's on track to spend 300 million dollars on golf by the end of his term…
Trump Demands 'Terrorists' Who Vandalized His Golf Course Be 'Treated Harshly' : politics

Trump Orders Firing of Prosecutor Investigating One of His Donors : politics

Trump and Musk are targeting Social Security, and you should worry : politics

Trump Administration Slammed for Slashing $12​ Billion in Funding for State Health Services "These are not people who want to make America healthy," said one advocate for people with disabilities. "They want to make the sick disappear." : politics

The Anti-Worker Playbook - by Jaxon Reid - The Hero Call How the GOP Model Rewards Corporations and Abandons the Working Class.

Republicans are quietly trying to disenfranchise millions of voters : politics

S&P 500, Nasdaq at over six-month lows as tariffs spark recession fears : politics
Goldman Sachs Revises Up US Recession Probability To 35% From 20% : politics
Look Around: The Signs of a Trump Recession Are Everywhere | The latest signs from the American heartland are not encouraging. The average voter's confidence about their economic prospects is falling quicker than at almost any other time on record. : politics
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It's What Republicans Do. : politics

The IRS unit that audits billionaires has lost 38% of its employees since January, new data shows : politics

RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say : news
'Abhorrent. Evil. Indefensible.' Trump Cutting Vaccine Alliance Funds Could Kill 1.2 Million Children Worldwide : politics

As Anger Over Wealth Inequality Deepens, Wall Street Bonuses Are 4 Times a US Worker's Pay : politics

Trump's funding freeze of Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law : politics

Sinema gets the quo - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Going all-out to ensure that private equity parasites pay much lower taxes on their income than ordinary wage workers doesn't make a lot of sense if your primary goal is doing good policy as a Democratic legislator or getting re-elected in a swing state. If you're interested in getting a whole lot of money to do not a whole lot of work, though, it's a winning move.

The right profile - Lawyers, Guns & Money As a follow-up to Keker, Van Nest & Peters urging powerful firms not to pay tribute to Trump, some less powerful people are making a statement: ... how likely is it that the firm whose response to Trump shaking them down is to fold like a $5 tent in a cyclone is going to give you the most vigorous representation?
When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come? - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's also critical for customers of firms that capitulate to Trump to take their business elsewhere, for both principled and practical reasons, and for lawyers woking at those firms to leave if they can.

A huge blow: USDA cuts threaten to throw Wisconsin's local food supply into disarray : politics

Dem Sen. Mark Kelly fires back after Musk stands by 'traitor' accusation - The senator is a military veteran and former astronaut : politics ... The Welfare Queen that grew up in Apartheid South Africa is calling a red blooded American veteran a "traitor"?
Elon Musk must face fraud lawsuit over disclosure of Twitter stake : politics

'Blatantly unlawful': Elon Musk buying voters in state Supreme Court election with $1 million offers, attorney general says - asks top court to stop him : politics
Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him : politics
'What a coincidence': Musk's $1 million Wisconsin giveaway won by chair of state's College Republicans : politics ... People are crying foul on Musk's Wisconsin giveaway after one of the winners happened to be an activist and organizer for the GOP ... The other winner is of Russian origin. The man has to be trolling the people that signed the petition ... Also, the winner is about the right age to join DOGE.

Protesters swarm Tesla showrooms across U.S. amid growing anti-Musk backlash : politics

Trump is more contemptuous of his own rural voters than any urban liberal will ever be - Lawyers, Guns & Money I never thought the Dismantle Any Protections For Workers Party would dismantle my etc.: ... searching for deeper coal reserves is only going to make mining more dangerous, and needless to say Trump and Elon couldn't give a shit about the workers they most fetishize.

Chuck Schumer Is Pushing Young People Away From the Democratic Party With His Toothless Leadership : politics - "My job is to keep the left pro-israel" - Schumer
Schumer's Warning | David Klion The Senate minority leader addresses antisemitism ... eight out of ten Israeli Jews supported Trump's proposal at least in theory, while a mere 3 percent objected to it on moral grounds ... Deputy Knesset Speaker's stated goal of "erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth" or the Heritage Minister's proposal to nuke Gaza because there were "no uninvolved civilians" there. But Schumer is more troubled by how the rhetorical invocation of "genocide" and "settler-colonialism," however substantially accurate, might make American Jews feel ... He notes that his name, Schumer, derives from the Hebrew shomer, meaning guardian or watchman ... Born in 1950 to an exterminator and a housewife with roots in Ukraine ... Schumer has as good a claim as any American politician to be Everyjew ...and seen no need to treat Palestinian lives as even comparably important to the emotional wellbeing of American Jews in the face of impolite rhetoric and vandalism ... "My job is to keep the left pro-Israel," Schumer told Stephens, who was too polite to note that Schumer is completely failing at that ... After all, leading the Democratic opposition to Trump-who, at least according to Antisemitism in America, is not an antisemite-is Schumer's actual job.

Biden's Final Humiliation | David Klion - Biden and his few remaining dead-enders might protest, but everyone else knows Trump made this happen, which means he accomplished in a week what Biden and his "A-Team" of seasoned foreign policy professionals failed to achieve for over a year ... but as of now Trump can plausibly claim he brought an end to one of the worst extended atrocities so far this century -- an atrocity that was enabled at all stages by Biden and never repudiated by Harris ... The bar was already in hell, but compared to almost any of his predecessors other than Trump in his first term, Biden did not even make a token effort to bring about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (yes, even George W. Bush tried harder-look it up). After Trump shifted U.S. policy in the region well to the right-moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's authority over the Golan Heights, and negotiating the "Abraham Accords" that normalized Israel's relationships with several Arab countries without any nod toward Palestinians-there was near-total continuity in policy going into the Biden administration, with Trump's moves treated as fait accompli ... The attacks likely occurred when they did because Hamas recognized it needed to do something bold to derail McGurk's dreamed-for Israeli-Saudi deal, and in that sense they were successful: ... The Harris campaign's contempt for Palestinians was so palpable that a pro-Trump PAC funded by Elon Musk capitalized on it, targeting ads at Arab Americans in swing states that claimed Harris would "ALWAYS stand with Israel." ... and the thing is, it worked: many Arab Americans in Michigan and other swing states actually did switch from Biden to Trump ... October 7, 2023 through June 30, 2024 ... over 64,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children, had died from traumatic injury, a figure that does not include the untold thousands more who died of starvation or disease resulting from Israel's bombardment of Gaza's infrastructure (a previous analysis published by The Lancet estimated total Palestinian deaths to that point at over 186,000). Another six months of nonstop devastation in Gaza have passed since the data for The Lancet study was collected ... Biden's handling of Gaza might have cost Harris the election ... Among this subset of the electorate, a 29 percent plurality named "ending Israel's violence in Gaza" as the most important issue in deciding their vote, with even higher percentages in the key battleground states of Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin ... Taken together, the Lancet study and the IMEU survey capture Biden's decision to prioritize the slaughter of countless Palestinians over what he himself described as the core mission of his presidency: saving American democracy and preventing Trump from returning to power ... it will all be downstream of an addled Biden's stubborn refusal to apply meaningful pressure on Netanyahu for fifteen months. After a decades-long and profoundly mediocre political career, it's what Biden deserves to be remembered for.

Everybody Hates Marty | David Klion Marty Peretz is a money guy. Sure, he lectured at Harvard and blogged for The New Republic, but the main reason we know his name is how he spent his money-most visibly, bankrolling TNR for more than thirty years, during which the magazine's Third Way liberalism and hawkish foreign policy became ascendant in the Democratic Party. There are lots of money guys out there, but most of them prefer not to be seen, heard, or read. Peretz is an exception, and now he has a memoir, The Controversialist, that brazenly insists on his own centrality to recent history ... why a man of his generation would wait until age eighty-four to fully come out of the closet ... Peretz's TNR has a dismal legacy: there's the Iraq War, the Contras, the ironclad pro-Israel consensus in Washington, our shoddy health care system, and the callousness of welfare reform (meanwhile, in the unambiguously positive column, gay marriage is legal in every state, though Sullivan himself has devolved into a bitter reactionary and a champion of the anti-trans backlash) ... But what Peretz thinks about any of the above is mercifully irrelevant now, whereas what he thinks about his own decades-long march through America's elite institutions-and of the kinds of people he encountered along the way-has a lot to teach us about the incestuous networks, petty rivalries, and hubristic assumptions that brought us to this moment. It may not be precisely what he intends to teach.
Marty Peretz - Wikipedia Peretz grew up in New York City. Both of his parents were Zionists, but not religious Jews.[1] He is a descendant of the Polish-Yiddish writer I. L. Peretz ... Peretz has said, "Support for Israel is, deep down, an expression of America's best view of itself."[6] Alexander Cockburn and Ken Silverstein have said that Peretz said, "I am in love with the State of Israel."[7] ... he Atlantic's James Fallows summarized Peretz's reputation, concluding that if his legacy were settled that day, despite being "beloved by many students and respected by some magazine colleagues", he would be considered a bigot. Fallows also wrote: "Martin Peretz has been undeniably shamed. And lastingly shamed."[30] ... women were rarely, if ever, given opportunities to write or edit for the magazine: ... "Several women... said they were humiliated when Mr. Wieseltier sloppily kissed them on the mouth, sometimes in front of other staff members. Others said he discussed his sex life, once describing the breasts of a former girlfriend in detail. Mr. Wieseltier made passes at female staffers, they said, and pressed them for details about their own sexual encounters ... The Glass fabrications were "the greatest scandal in the magazine's history and marked a decade of waning influence and mounting financial losses" ... Peretz is portrayed in Stephen Glass's 2003 novel The Fabulist[21] and by Ted Kotcheff in the 2003 film Shattered Glass, based on the Glass controversy ... From 1967 to 2009, Peretz was married to Anne Devereux (Labouisse) Farnsworth Peretz, daughter of Henry Richardson Labouisse, Jr. and an heir to the Singer Sewing Machine Company fortune ... In 2009, the couple divorced, with his wife citing multiple infidelities and an "explosive temper" as problems in the marriage.[15] In his 2023 memoir, Peretz wrote for the first time that he is gay,[37][38] confirming long-standing rumors.[39]

Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Buys New Republic
The New Republic is sold by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes

The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending - The Atlantic Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to bring to a close an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans-and demolish the liberal order they helped establish. By Franklin Foer March 4, 2024

Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr. - Wikipedia Labouisse left United States government service in 1954 to work for the United Nations. He was appointed director of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in June 1954 at the request of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. The UNRWA was established in December 1949 to carry out relief and works projects in cooperation with local governments. When Labouisse assumed his directorship, the UNRWA was responsible for the care of 887,000 Arab refugees who had fled Palestine in 1948. Labouisse oversaw the improvement of the standard of living in the refugee camps, raised the standards of health, education, and vocational training, and established a grant program that allowed refugees to make a down payment on a farm or shop. He left the UNRWA in 1958.[4]

George Packer's American Fables | David Klion - George Packer seeks refuge in political myth ... Packer's latest, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, is all blind spot.

Democratic base's anger puts some party leaders on shaky ground : politics

Fetterman, McCormick called 'cowards' by protesters after canceling Pa. event : politics ... Two republicans running away from their constituents. Fetterman is understandable, he's practically a senator for tel aviv more than a senator for Pennsylvania at this point. McCormick is shame though. One of the few bush era republicans left and his electoral record is, pretty middle of the road, if such a thing still exists

Bitter divorcee Marjorie Taylor Greene rages at AOC for being unmarried at age 35 | "She's never been married!" Greene, who is also not currently married, said. : politics


Transgender people are about 1% of the US population. Yet they're a political lightning rod : politics
Governor stands with trans kids & won't take 'soul-sucking path' of sacrificing their rights. "Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only, a punch in the face." : politics ... Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has never shied away from standing up to Donald Trump, and he has also made it clear he supports the LGBTQ+ community.

Supreme Court appears supportive of tax exemption for Catholic Charities - The Washington Post The Wisconsin Catholic Charities case has implications for other religiously connected nonprofits, including hospitals, and for state unemployment system ... a majority of justices appeared ready to reverse a Wisconsin state court ruling that denied Catholic Charities the tax exemptions that the Catholic Church and other religious institutions receive.


The Lie Detector Was Never Very Good at Telling the Truth Taking a polygraph test is always stressful, and the results are often flawed. So why have police been using it for 100 years?

Beks: "There were 13 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes this week." - Bluesky (pedocons)


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,850 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of John Hathorne - Hathorne would not be remembered today if it wasn't for his role in the Salem witch trials. He was all in. He was one of the first people called in to question potential witches and he believed they were basically all guilty. Here is a transcript of one of his interviews of Bridget Bishop: ... Also, Hathorne was a big enough deal in the witch trials that he is a character in Arthur Miller's The Crucible ... Hathone was the great great grandfather of Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was the author himself who changed the spelling. Hawthorne was deeply ashamed of his ancestor ... Hathorne was also a character in Stephen Vincent's Benet's "The Devil and Daniel Webster." He was the judge. (John Brown's Body)
The Devil and Daniel Webster - Wikipedia


Are supplements beneficial to my health? Here's what the science says. - The Washington Post


Experimental Lilly drug cuts genetic heart disease risk factor by 94% in trial : worldnews




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Tsunami warning issued after strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits near island country of Tonga : worldnews

Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried : worldnews - The search for survivors has been primarily conducted by the local residents without the aid of heavy equipment, moving rubble by hand and with shovels in 41-degree Celsius (106 Fahrenheit) heat, with only the occasional tracked excavator to be seen.

South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom : worldnews

Overseas Dalai Lama reincarnation 'could not be recognised' by Beijing : worldnews



Russia Gears Up for Major Spring Offensive Against Ukraine, Set to Last 'Almost All of 2025' : worldnews

Kadi on X: This is absolutely devastating / X


Erdogan in Eid al-Fitr holiday greeting: 'May Allah destroy Israel' : worldnews


Jurgen Nauditt on X: US no longer demands Syria vacate russian military bases - TRT Global. Syrian authorities have received a new list of demands from the US to ease the sanctions regime. Unlike the Biden administration, the new US administration is no longer insisting on the withdrawal of russian troops from the bases in Tartus and Khmeimim. These facilities remain key points of russia's presence in the region, but their existence is apparently no longer a critical issue for trump. / X


Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter : worldnews
Iran rejects Trump's request for direct nuclear negotiations, state media reports : politics
Donald Trump's warning to Iran on nuclear deal: 'There will be bombing' : worldnews
Trump threatens to bomb Iran if nuclear deal can't be reached : worldnews


Houthis persist in strikes against Israel: Sirens send millions to shelters; IDF intercepts missile : worldnews
Hamas said to turn down $2B offer to disarm, relocate top commanders from Gaza : worldnews
Hamas begins brutal crackdown on Gaza protests with torture, executions : worldnews
Red Cross gravely concerned for nine missing medics in Gaza : news


Ukrainska Pravda in English on X: Zelenskyy: Deal with US will not be signed if it threatens Ukraine's accession to EU / X
Rep. Don Bacon n X: Gallup Poll: 69% of Americans want to sustain military aid to Ukraine at current or higher levels. / X
Zelenskyy preparing for summer elections, says The Economist : worldnews - Ukrainian officials have told the outlet that Zelenskyy convened a meeting last week, instructing his team to prepare for an election to take place after a full ceasefire -- which, according to US estimates, could be achieved by the end of April. T
Rare Earth Reality Check: Ukraine Doesn't Have Mineable Deposits : worldnews - All in all, by the time you invest the money to acquire the minerals, you were better off just paying for the minerals from somewhere else because you'd have spent less money to acquire it.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1130, Part 1 (Thread #1277) : worldnews


Volodymyr Tretyak on X: American officials were furious when Ukraine successfully struck the Russian cruiser Moskva. As @nytimes writes, this attack angered some American politicians because "the Ukrainians did not warn them about it." They were also surprised that Ukraine had the missiles for this. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: There's still a lot of other bodies in that pit. And if they reveal where Russell Bentley's remains are, a lot of other bodies will be found. And nobody wants that." Russian Z-propagandist Tatyana Montyan has admitted that the Russian army commits atrocities in Donetsk: local local residents are kidnapped and killed en masse, and their bodies are dumped in mine pits so that they will never be found. / X

Belarusian opposition leader missing, Poland aids in search efforts : worldnews


TIL Germany and the UK have lower GDP per capita (2024) than any U.S. state except Mississippi. : todayilearned ... The entire country of Russia has a smaller GDP (in total, not per capita) than the state of NY


TIL Cayman Islands has more registered companies than its population. : todayilearned ... So does Delaware. More businesses than people.

The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign : politics .. The entire administration should resign. No exceptions ... Seppuku is acceptable as well ... I'm fine with falling out of a window.
Prime minister of Denmark to visit Greenland in wake of Vance's trip : worldnews
Greenland's prime minister says the US will not get the island : worldnews
Trump won't rule out military force to take Greenland : politics
Trump is committed to annexing Greenland and reiterated that a military option was not off the table. : politics

Mexico bans junk food sales in schools in its latest salvo against child obesity : worldnews ... Starting Monday, schools are required to provide healthier alternatives like bean tacos and plain water, addressing an obesity crisis where junk food contributes 40% of children's daily calorie intake.

'We stand by your side': Germany's Scholz condemns Trump's attacks on Canada : worldnews
Conservatives demand Carney fire candidate who said Tory should be turned in for Chinese bounty : worldnews
Why Canada is on Trump's 'Dirty 15' list but Russia and Iran are not : politics ... Cause Canada doesn't have video evidence of him raping children in Moscow.
One in Five Americans Want Their State to Secede and Join Canada: Poll : politics




WHO must cut budget by 20% after US withdrawal : worldnews - Keep in mind that nearly 10% of WHOs funding still comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Week 10 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This morning came the announcement that the visas of hundreds of foreign students have been revoked. ICE has demonstrated their willingness to kidnap university students on thin pretexts, sometimes having to do with protests about Palestine. It's a terror campaign, starting with those who are the most helpless, but it's a signal to all of us.

ICE Arrested And Detained A US Citizen For Hours Because He Looked Mexican : politics ... The point is the white supremacy. It always has been.
Immigration officials silent after another graduate student detained - this time, at the University of Minnesota : politics ... Many questions still remain unanswered: It is unclear what the student has been accused of, what their immigration status is or where they have been detained.
Dallas man may have been deported to notorious El Savadoran prison over autism awareness tattoo : politics
Innocent man sent to foreign prison after being declared clean : politics ... Venezuelan man detained in Texas earlier this month, was deported to El Salvador ...
'This Is Authoritarianism': Lawmakers Demand Release of Abducted Tufts Student : politics
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist whose professor profile has disappeared from Indiana University - "He's been missing for two weeks and his students can't reach him": fellow professor : technology

Police say ICE tactics are eroding public trust in local law enforcement : politics
"As far as we know right now, ICE is yet to provide any justification for their actions, so we are not sure if this persecution is politically motivated, as has been seen in other universities around the country." : politics
Trump team considering blocking 'pro-Hamas' colleges from having any foreign students : politics

Trump Deportation Fight Reaches Supreme Court : politics

Private groups work to identify and report student protesters for possible deportation. "Months of them hiding their faces went down the drain!" a fledgling technology company boasted in a social media post, claiming its facial-recognition tool had identified the woman despite the coverings. : technology

US scientists who want to move to Europe because of Trump speak out: 'I'm scared of fascism' : politics

Officials say texts sent by Waltz, Ratcliffe in Signal chat may have damaged US ongoing ability to gather intel on Houthis : politics ... Texts sent by Waltz, Ratcliffe in Signal chat may have toasted allies' ongoing willingness to share intel with the US.
Trump calls 'never ending' Signal leak story 'old and boring,' blasts media : politics


Trump tells NBC News he's angry and pissed off at Putin : politics ... if Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia's fault, which it might not be ...

Trump's counter-terror cuts will harm fight against far right, experts warn : politics

The Signal security lapse was bad. So is what the chat logs actually reveal. : politics
Trump says he won't 'fire people' over Signal messages, reiterates support of national security team : politics
Trump Says He Won't Fire Officials Involved in Leaked Signal Chat : politics ... Trump hates America for convicting him of 34 felonies. He literally wants to destroy the U.S.

Trump Mentioned Biden 316 Times in 50 Days, Mostly to Blame Him for Things : politics

Trump says he's 'not joking' about possibly running for a third term - even though he can't : politics
Trump won't rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News 'there are methods' for doing so : politics

More Republicans call for investigation of Trump officials' Signal chat : politics

Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won. - Greg Palast

Trump issues Executive Order to chop down 4,000 cherry trees: "Today I am finishing the job that George Washington started but couldn't get done!" : PoliticalHumor ... Trump and Melanoma fucked up the rose garden, so this wouldn't be too big of a stretch. Safe bet he;d replace every one of them with 100' tall gold statues of himself. And Putin. And he'd make the taxpayers pay for it. And then he'd fly back to Mar-a-lago to pocket billions from the Saudis for his LIV golf crap.
Trump announces plan to chop down magnolia tree purportedly planted by Andrew Jackson: 'Must come to an end' : politics

Trump claims offshore wind energy is driving whales'loco.' Scientists disagree : technology ... Compared to the oil rigs which makes whales very calm obviously

Sources: White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor - Los Angeles Times , after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Adam Schleifer was terminated Friday morning, receiving an email informing him that the dismissal was "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump," Schleifer was fired via a "one line e-mail, and it came from a White House staff account."

Donald Trump's polling has 'fallen through the floor' on issue that could decide his presidency : politics - It's the economy, stupid. And Trump is fucking it up 6 ways to Sunday.

Despite Musk's claims, the Trump administration's spending is on pace to surpass Biden levels : politics ... Conservative always spend more despite preaching to spend less and always have worse stock markets. It's a fucking fact. Yet we have idiots who worship these liars.
'Inflation-Busting' Trump Goes All in on Hiking Car Prices | "I couldn't care less if they raise prices," the president said on Saturday. : politics ... Where are all the Trump supporters who raged at "Bidenflation" and prattled on about how Trump was the only one who could fix things and bring down prices?
trump tells nbc he couldn't care less about higher auto prices : politics

IRS to overhaul its tech after finding $21.1 billion in fraud in just two years : technology

Trump's FCC starts harassing public broadcasters with bogus investigations, despite no evidence of actual violations - Public broadcasting (what very little the U.S. has) challenges right-wing perspectives distributed via AM radio, broadcast TV, cable TV, and the internet : technology ... Totalitarian move.

The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account : technology ... conservatives being honest... they enjoy the suffering of people they see as "lesser"

Former White House Aide Predicts Trump Will Give Vance the Boot : politics ... It is eerily similar to how his father's organization was run when he had dementia ... .Yup, they let him be driven to his office and sign stacks of 'important' placebo papers all day.

Trump's executive order targeted this museum. Many visitors question why. : politics
Historians see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism : politics ... What's odd is that Trump received more support from non-white voters than any Republican Presidential candidate in over 30 years. Why? That just never made any sense to me.

How do you feel about the fact that Trump has been in office for less than 3 months and has already taken 14 days off and spent $26 million of taxpayer money on Golf? : AskReddit


Tens of Thousands Join in 'Tesla Takedown' Actions Around the World | 'Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it; : politics
Musk Calls Walz A Huge Jerk For Cheering Tesla Stocks Crash : politics ... musk is deeply unwell. far more so than even trump ... Says the guy cheering massive job loss by maniacally wielding a chain saw prop ... Kapt'n Ketamine is a snowflake. He loves to dish it out but starts crying the moment he gets called out.
Musk Berated for 'Absurd' Social Security Fraud Lies : politics
Wisconsin Sues Elon Musk Over His $2 Million Voter Giveaway Scheme : politics

How imposing term limits could reshape the power structure of Congress : politics ... Congress will never vote for term limits ... Both parties have demonstrated complete support for genocide. America is cooked. MAGA fascists won with help of corporatist appeasement oriented democrats. It's over.

How Trump is following Project 2025's radical roadmap to defund science : politics ... He said he had nothing to do with project 2025 even though multiple of his former staffers wrote parts of it. Too many people believed him.
Project 2025 Tracker

'Revenge is his number one motivation': how Trump is waging war on the media : politics ... Remember if Merrick Garland would have done his job and held Trump accountable for his many crimes this wouldn't be happening,

Donald Trump 'is going to prison,' president's ex-adviser warns : politics

US Senator Sanders to force Senate votes on blocking arms for Israel : politics


Fired corporate regulator sounds 'blinking red alarm' over apparent rise of billionaire power under Trump | Alvaro Bedoya, who was involved in cases against firms such as Amazon, warns of apparent 'quid pro quo' deals : politics

Trump administration guts child care office, leaving centers in limbo - The Washington Post Child-care centers in federal buildings are at risk of lower quality and higher costs after the closure of the GSA office overseeing them.


Living With a Murderer On personal responsibility under the second Trump administration


Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects effort to block Musk's $1M giveaways : news - Can't give a bottle of water to someone waiting in line to vote in Georgia. I hate this country ... Notably, the court also rejected a bid from Musk's lawyers to ask two justices, who had campaigned for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford, to recuse themselves.

Ohio Republicans join push for convention to change U.S. Constitution : politics ... Yes they have wanted a Article V convention for decades because the Constitution prevents them from getting full control.
Push to Amend the Constitution Could Expand Trump's Power - ProPublica A draft lawsuit being floated to attorneys general in several states argues Congress must call a convention over the national debt. But the legal theory mixes and matches petitions from states dating back to 1789.

Louisiana voters reject 4 constitutional amendments, handing Landry major defeat : politics .. Gov. Jeff Landry immediately blamed George Soros for the defeat.

Georgia Senate approves investigation of Democrat Stacey Abrams as Trump targets her : politics ... Here come the fascist purges of political enemies.

Michigan had largest unemployment jump in nation as growth slows : politics ... If Trump's tariffs kick in on April second, that number will probably get much larger.

Indiana Republican faces fiery crowd after defending Musk, DOGE : politics

Vulnerable Senate Democrat Ossoff seeks to channel Trump outrage on tough road to reelection : politics

Utah is now the first state to remove fluoride from their drinking water. What do you think that's going to look like for them in a few decades? : AskReddit


Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump's America. Was #MeToo an epic failure? : politics ... It's actually a good article. MeToo was great by increasing comfort in victims coming forward and outing abusers in our midset. The problem comes in where men, especially younger men, are now lashing out against the increasing accountability, and even some women.
jamelle: "pedocon theory on its way to becoming a scientific law" - Bluesky
Beks: Texas christian school CFO, Rory Waide, has been arrested for child grooming. - Bluesky

Andrew Tate accused of beating and choking woman during U.S. trip - The Washington Post The self-described misogynist influencer was sued by an ex-girlfriend who accused him of assaulting her in a Beverly Hills hotel room in March.


TIL: Ancient Athens had a system called ostracism, where citizens could vote to exile someone for 10 years without a trial, often used against powerful or controversial figures to protect democracy. : todayilearned


4,000-Year-Old Babylonian Texts Reveal Ancient Language Evolution: Southern Regions Retained Archaic Spellings While Diyala Innovated : science

New study finds online self-reports may not accurately reflect clinical autism diagnoses. Adults who report high levels of autistic traits through online surveys may not reflect the same social behaviors or clinical profiles as those who have been formally diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. : science

Longer weekend workouts can help lower anxiety risk all week long, suggests new study. "Weekend warriors" (people who only exercise on Saturdays or Sundays) had a 35% lower risk of anxiety than inactive people. : science

Narcissists may be more likely to behave ethically when they are exposed to an "inoculation message" that warns that unethical behavior can damage reputations, and they care deeply about how they are perceived. In contrast, this may not work with individuals high in psychopathy or Machiavellianism. : science

Researchers have programmed infomorphic neurons that learn in a self-organized way and extract the necessary information from their immediate environment in the network. : science

Highly educated people face steeper mental declines after stroke. Attending higher education may enable people to retain greater cognitive ability until a critical threshold of brain injury is reached after a stroke. At this point, compensation may fail, and rapid cognitive decline occurs : science


Scott Galloway: "Can confirm." - Bluesky

Reddit, what's your favourite quote? : AskReddit




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Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 1,000 as rescuers search for survivors with their bare hands : worldnews
Surgeries were performed outdoors in the open air during 7.7M earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand : pics
Remaining USAID staff fired, Trump says Myanmar will still get earthquake aid : worldnews



Ukraine launches new incursion into Russia's Belgorod region : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Tuberculosis has become rife on Russia's front lines, with thousands of soldiers being treated for infections. The disease has spread from conscripted prisoners, but many men are being sent back to the trenches unhealed or are simply not being sent for treatment at all / X
Mysterious virus in Russia causes severe illness and bloody coughing : worldnews



American woman detained in Afghanistan has been freed | CNN On Wednesday, the US removed millions of dollars of bounties on three Taliban officials but kept their terrorist designations.
American woman detained in Afghanistan has been freed : worldnews


Hundreds of thousands protest in Turkey to defend democracy : worldnews
Turkey's Opposition Calls for Imamoglu's Release at Huge Rally : worldnews
Pikachu joins Turkey street protests against opposition leader's arrest


Syrians left in the dark as the interim government struggles to restore electricity : worldnews


Israel strikes Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire : worldnews


Hamas agrees to ceasefire proposal it received from mediators, Hamas chief says : worldnews
'Punishment of Bullets': Hamas Executes 11 Palestinians Accused of Collaborating With Israel : worldnews ... Right after Palestinians were protesting Hamas. What a strange coincidence.
Red Cross gravely concerned for nine missing medics in Gaza : news

Palestine - Wikipedia - . Israel has constructed large settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967, which currently house more than 670,000 Israeli settlers, which are illegal under international law.
Judea and Samaria Area - Wikipedia - an administrative division used by the State of Israel to refer to the entire West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, but excludes East Jerusalem
Nakba - Wikipedia
1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight - Wikipedia - Dozens of massacres targeting Arabs were conducted by Israeli military forces and between 400 and 600 Palestinian villages were destroyed. Village wells were poisoned in a biological warfare programme and properties were looted to prevent Palestinian refugees from returning ... The existence of the so-called Law of Return allowing for immigration and naturalization of any Jewish person and their family to Israel, while a Palestinian right of return has been denied, has been cited as evidence for the charge that Israel practices apartheid


Zelenskyy says no to any US minerals deal that might risk Ukraine's EU bid : worldnews ... The "deal" was that for the meagre price of all Ukraine's natural resources and total control of its energy production, they would get, no security assurances, Intel only support, the removal of Zelenski, a US run election, dissarmament and Donald Trump's word that Putin won't just roll in again at a later date
🪖MilitaryNewsU on X: Witkoff often quotes Kremlin narratives, this will not bring us closer to peace - Zelensky / X Ukraine will resist 'with their bare hands' if forced into unjust peace, CIA chief says : worldnews
IMF completes review, will disburse $400 million to Ukraine : worldnews
Putin wants to leverage UN and USA to enforce "external government" for Ukraine achieving one of his declared war goals of controllable goverment : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1129, Part 1 (Thread #1276) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Mar. 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X Verified Russian Deaths in Ukraine War Exceed 100K : worldnews


Russia's Latest Combat Vehicle Is A Truck From 1952 : worldnews


Russian Il-20M Intercepted by German Jets After Violating NATO Airspace Near Rugen : worldnews
Russia prepares for war with NATO - German intelligence : worldnews

US warns French companies they must comply with Trump's diversity ban : worldnews ... Florida wants to let 14 year olds work overnight shifts. Our country is doomed ... On school nights.
Le boycott: French customers shun McDonald's, Coca Cola and Tesla to protest against Trump : worldnews


Argentina's economy rebounding strongly: 6.5% year-over-year growth in January : worldnews


Vance Calls Greenland 'Cold as Sh*t' -- Just Like the Local Reaction to His Visit : politics
JD Vance admits that he wasn't entirely sure why Trump wanted Greenland in the first place : politics ... in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.
First as farce, then as tragedy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Remember how taking over Greenland was one of the big jokes of the first Trump administration? ... Fox ... It's hard to believe that we're only two months into this.
After Vance visit, Denmark tells US: Stop treating us like dirt : worldnews
Greenlandic political leaders looks to enhance cooperation with China : worldnews ... European country which has already been hosting a US airbase since 1943, pushed toward China. In less than 70 days. Completely undermining the 'security' angle which this whole shitshow was allegedly about in the first place. Every time I think we've reached peak stupid, they give us another masterclass.

Canada to spend up to $100M on new drones for navy warships : worldnews
Canadians pull back on U.S. trips, threatening to widen United States $50 billion travel deficit : worldnews
Explicit Canadian emails target bourbon maker as Trump's trade war intensifies : worldnews
The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together. That era could be ending. | Political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth. : politics




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

'Why would they choose her?' Friends, family lament ICE arrest of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Özturk. Tufts student detained: Loved ones confused by grad student arrest
Judge blocks deportation of Tufts University student : politics

Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they're not citizens : politics
Unlawful Expulsions to El Salvador Endanger Lives Amid Ongoing State of Emergency - Amnesty International - The expulsion of 238 individuals from the United States to El Salvador, despite a court order explicitly barring their removal, represents not only a flagrant disregard of the United States' human rights obligations, but also a dangerous step toward authoritarian practices as the Trump administration ignored and is now calling for the firing of a federal judge of the United States Judiciary.

Second Florida resident learns they aren't a U.S. citizen nearly 60 years after moving to America : politics

Trump's Secret Police Are Stalking More and More Students | Scholars targeted by ICE are suing to fight deportation -- and halt Trump's war on the First Amendment. : politics
Trump's Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds : politics
The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide : politics - Due process protects everyone. They're just kidnapping people and sending them to a literal gulag without even checking who they have. They're sometimes basing this on tattoos. Do you really trust the brown shirts to accurately identify gang tattoos vs the normal tattoos that a massive amount of people have?
'Incredible': Trump admin reportedly deports man over autism awareness tattoo : politics .. Stop calling it "deported". He was sent to a goddamn concentration camp in El Salvador.

Only 34 Democrats Sign Letter on ICE Making Students Disappear : politics (9 MA + AOC and Schiff) ... No Jasmine Crockett?



@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social: "Make no mistake, we are knee deep into a Constitutional Crisis" - Bluesky
Trump administration seeking to destroy the truth : politics
Nick Denton: The US is being governed by '500 nuts on X' : politics

WEI conspiracy: White, entitled and ignorant : politics
WEI conspiracy: White, entitled and ignorant | Courthouse News Service Our federal government today is run by male prostitutes, with a few female abettors. This type of immorality was defined 231 years ago by the great American revolutionary Thomas Paine. Paine wrote in "The Age of Reason": "Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe. It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime


Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark : politics

Hegseth Brings in Emotional Support Brother as Pentagon Aide : politics ... The shit show continues. Bringing wives to meetings, brothers, who cares. It's all just one big joke to these guys. We've lowered the bar in so many ways so quickly. Shameful.
Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials : politics ... Fun fact: George W Bush didn''t quit drinking either. My buddy was a bartender at some restaurant down in San Diego and was delivering drinks to W on the DL during some event.

Military heroes pipe up: Trump's ego 'is going to kill somebody!' : politics

Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook : politics

Trump Brings Back Confederate Statues in One of His Most Racist Orders | The New Republic Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of "anti-American ideology." ... In other words, statues of treasonous Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee and Albert Pike will soon be returning. Their statues were removed nationwide after the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
Trump Brings Back Confederate Statues in One of His Most Racist Orders : politics - ust to be clear, Obama was president for twice as long as the Confederacy existed.

Donald Trump Suffers MAGA Backlash Over Commonwealth Proposal: 'Hell No!' : politics

Trump's Executive Order on Elections Aims to Dictate How States Run Elections and Handpicks Which Citizens Can Vote : politics
Trump executive order says states must use voting machines that don't exist. : politics
Trump Order Includes Provision That Could Punish States For Not Ceding Authority Over Election Admin To DOJ : politics

Judges block Trump executive orders targeting law firms tied to Mueller probe : politics

Majority of Democratic Voters: Current Leaders Failing to Combat Trump, Defend Working Class : politics

Trump kill stonks - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Buyer's remorse doesn't get much more remorseful than this: Another wipeout walloped Wall Street Friday. Worries are building about a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a U.S. economy slowing because of households afraid to spend due to the global trade war.


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Rehire Fired Employees with Backpay : politics

Trump gives JD Vance new marching orders: remove 'improper ideology' from Smithsonian : politics ... More literal Nazi shit.

Judicial rulings block Kari Lake's drive to shutter Voice of America : politics

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling of Consumer Protection Bureau: CFPB is responsible for protecting consumers from financial fraud and deceptive practices, and was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crash : politics

Trump's climate purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it. : politics

Tulsi Gabbard says she canceled security clearances for top Biden aides and officials who pursued cases against Trump : politics

Trump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Tariff Spin in Leaked Call Stunner | In a call with auto CEOs, the president warned them against raising prices. Isn't that an admission that his argument for tariffs is bogus? : politics

Profiles in something - Lawyers, Guns & Money Three days ago, 79 law school deans signed a very brief and anodyne letter. that merely pointed out in the most restrained terms that Donald Trump's executive orders targeting law firms are illegal. Here's the letter:

Social Security employee warns 'people could be out of benefits for months' as staffers who fix payment glitches exit : politics
Virginia Lawmaker Says He Called Social Security and It Hung Up on Him: 'It's Very Concerning' : politics

Why Gen Z Men Voted for Trump | Scientific American en Z can't stand inequality. Why so many of its men voted Republican is a lesson in understanding male identity - Young Gen Z white men -- mainly those without college degrees -- voted overwhelmingly for Trump (67 percent), which is eerily similar to their just-older millennial peers (also 67 percent). By comparison, young white working class Gen Z women were more likely to vote blue (43 percent) than their just-older millennial peers (34 percent) ... Based on research spanning decades, including my own, the answer relates to three core ideas of social psychology: conformity, motivation, and threat ... the central role of motivation in male anger and aggression ... parents who place the most pressure on their sons to be powerful, breadwinning protectors
Here's how Gen Z voted -- or didn't - The Independent Florida Alligator The 2024 election revealed a decrease in voter turnout and increase in political polarization ... In the 2024 election, there was a distinct shift among people ages 18-29 towards Trump, especially in men. Fifty-six percent of young men were in favor of the former President in 2024, compared to only 41% in 2020. While the majority of young women did favor Harris in this election, there was a decrease from 65% in 2020 to 58% in 2024.
How Does Gen Z Feel About The Election And President-elect Trump? - Press Room - Montclair State University Professor's interviews provide insight into Gen Z's thoughts on politics, the election, Donald Trump and what issues are important to them

DOGE cuts will in all probability increase the U.S. deficit -- by a lot : politics
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: "There's nothing "efficient" about Elon Musk's DOGE. It's a waste of your $ and its main accomplishments include cutting funding for cancer research, closing Social Security offices, and illegally accessing your data. More like the "Department of Greed and Evil" if you ask me. - Bluesky

Ryan Mac : "I also sold my 2008 Honda accord to myself for $1 million" - Bluesky

Dare Obasanjo: This guy has confused his own mortality with humanity's. Just because you are aged 50+ and think your life is ending doesn't mean the same goes for humanity as a whole. Gutting the social safety net and institutionalizing racism isn't going to raise birth rates. Some genius - Bluesky
Elon Musk, who laughed about putting people out of work, cries: Democrats are being mean to me! : politics
The right's outrage about Tesla protests rings especially hollow - Conservatives love boycotts, as long as they get to choose the target. : politics


Trump claims the right to ban 700k federal workers from having union representation : politics

The cover for the upcoming release of the New Yorker. Totally insane. : PoliticalHumor

As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them : NPR

White House Correspondents' Association cancels plans to have a comedian headline annual dinner : news

Billionaire Holocaust : videos
Billionaire: Attacking 1% like Holocaust - YouTube

FDA's top vaccine official resigns - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies "
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA's top vaccine scientist : politics
Country's Top Vaccine Expert Quits and Flames RFK Jr.'s 'Misinformation and Lies' : politics
Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study : politics ... Let's not forget, Geier was fined for practicing medicine without a license. His father lost his license in more than 10 states for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children. CHEMICAL CASTRATION! And this is who HHS thinks should be leading research on vaccine safety?

Growing measles outbreak in Texas pushes U.S. cases above 520 : politics

The Careless People Won - A controversial new book about Facebook serves as a field guide for the DOGE era. : books

Wisconsin takes legal action against Elon Musk over election cash offering : politics

Republican's town hall draws boos and jeers at Trump spending cuts : politics
Republican Booed During Fiery Town Hall While Mentioning DOGE : politics

California not backing down on trans student privacy - despite Trump's threat to yank funding : politics
Proposed California ballot initiative 'Luigi Mangione Act' would make it harder for insurers to deny medical care : politics

Satanist leader's attempt to hold Black Mass in Kansas Statehouse sparks chaos and 4 arrests : politics

Trump budget cuts canceled 20 truckloads of food for Cleveland food bank : politics ... Multiply that by 400 Food Banks across the country that partner with over 60,000 local food pantries and meal programs

Maine officials will not sign Title IX compliance agreement from Trump administration : politics

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers' jobs with children: 'It's insane, right?' : politics


Goodbye Brandon - Lawyers, Guns & Money


The Deaths-and Lives -- of Two Sons | The New Yorker The truth is that however I choose to express myself will not live up to the weight of these facts: Vincent died, and then James died.

Twitch Streamer Amouranth Was Robbed. Why Didn't Anyone Believe Her? -- Amouranth said she had to defend herself when three people broke into her house demanding crypto -- then, she had to defend herself from the internet


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,849 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - this is the grave of Ralph Dungan.


Eight Cheap Gadgets That Will Save You Money on Groceries | Lifehacker

The Science on Weight and Health Is More Complicated Than You Think | SELF There's a lot that people-including health care professionals -- get wrong about the connection.


TIL that researchers have developed a new blood test that can predict if someone will develop Alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms appear : todayilearned

ELI5: Why are prime numbers considered important? : explainlikeimfive

TIL despite being key to the premise of Jurassic Park, scientists have been unable to extract DNA from insects fossilized in amber, even from those fossilized during the current Holocene epoch. : todayilearned

Cold plunges actually change your cells, study finds. Ten healthy young males who underwent cold-water immersion at 14C (57.2F) for 1 hour across 7 days had significantly improved cell autophagic function, which allow cells to better manage stress, with implications for health and longevity. : science

Human urine, a valuable resource as fertilizer for sustainable urban agriculture | Study finds that using treated 'yellow water' provides plants with necessary nitrogen and reduces the need for external, nitrogen-based fertilizer. : science
Only Half of Drugs Removed by Sewage Treatment | Scientific American

ELI5: Why does nuclear fusion release so much energy? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: how did someone come up with pi? or how did they find it? : explainlikeimfive

TIL a 2018 study found that male gorillas who participated the most in babysitting duties sired more than five times the offspring as male gorillas who avoided child care. Male gorillas are "often quite snuggly, letting infant and juvenile gorillas cuddle, play and just hang out in their nests." : todayilearned

A new global study has revealed that women consistently have more sensitive hearing than men -- by about two decibels on average -- regardless of age or where they live. The researchers suggest that this may reflect a universal biological trait rather than a culturally specific pattern. : science ... These sex differences are also relevant in the context of biological ageing, as, despite women's longer lifespans, they often experience poorer health outcomes in later life, raising questions about their overall quality of life.

When did blood appear and how diverse is it in the animal kingdom? : askscience

A new study has found that a kid who has suffered a concussion - even a mild one - is 15% less likely to go on to higher education in adulthood. It highlights the long-term impact of traumatic brain injury on learning, regardless of severity. : science


Which celebrity creeps you out? : AskReddit

What's the most unsettling thing you've ever heard a child say? : AskReddit undefined

Which traditionally unattractive person do you find attractive? : AskReddit

Women of reddit, what do you consider slutty/sexually attractive for a man to wear? : AskReddit

ELI5: Why do we remember painful moments so much better and longer than happy ones? : explainlikeimfive

What's a seemingly minor decision you made that accidentally changed the entire course of your life? : AskReddit

Furious Garmin users revolt over new subscription service - "We need to take a firm stand" : technology

Massachusetts Schools Per Pupil Expenditure

Elon Musk's alleged meddling sparks Reddit backlash : politics
Let's see how this plays out for him. : PoliticalHumor





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7.7 Earthquake caught live on television today(Bangkok, Thailand) : videos
Skyscraper under construction collapses after earthquake in Bangkok : WTF
Myanmar, Thailand earthquake: See photos
Trump says the US will help in Asia quake: Follow live updates

Equality Australia issues travel warning for US : worldnews
Former Australian officer who killed 95-year-old woman with Taser avoids prison : worldnews ... An overpaid, privileged manchild got impatient when confronted by a 95 year woman suffering dementia, so he used a taser on her which resulted in her death. He was then given a stern talking to by the corrupt system he helps perpetuate.


Taiwanese soldiers guarding president's office were spying for China : worldnews

China Boosts Defense Spending by 7.2 Percent for 2025 - Beijing's military posturing aims to assert its dominance on the global stage, particularly with the United States and Taiwan.
Chinese hackers are getting bigger, better and stealthier



Russia Reserves the Right to Violate Ceasefire Agreement on Energy Strikes, Says Peskov : worldnews
Putin vows to 'finish off' Ukraine and mocks size of British army after 'reassurance force' announced : worldnews
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "🇷🇺⚠️ German intelligence warns Russia is preparing for a major war with NATO by the end of the decade. They say Putin won't stop at Ukraine and is ready to use force for imperial ambitions. Lithuania's intel notes Russia isn't ready for full-scale war yet but may test NATO's resolve with limited attacks. / X

Russian propaganda network Pravda tricks 33% of AI responses in 49 countries | Just in 2024, the Kremlin's propaganda network flooded the web with 3.6 million fake articles to trick the top 10 AI models, a report reveals. : technology

Months after first incursion, Ukrainian troops are fighting inside a second Russian region : worldnews

Russia says Ukraine 'virtually destroys' gas infrastructure in Sudzha : worldnews

Kadi on X: Situation normal, all fcked up. / X

WarTranslated on X: A Russian officer, in a plea to Putin, gripes that their commanders force them to buy gear, fix equipment, and even purchase lumber for bunkers out of their own pockets. Anyone who resists gets tossed into a forest pit for days without food for "re-education." / X




UN hails India's reduction in child mortality, call health reform 'exemplar' for saving millions young lives : worldnews


Erdogan's jailed rival says his lawyer has now been arrested : worldnews

Trump threatens Iran with "bad things" unless it accepts nuclear deal : worldnews


Anti-Netenyahu protests in Tel Aviv after Israeli government decision to break the ceasefire. : pics

Israeli soldier tells CBS News he was ordered to use Palestinians as human shields in Gaza : news

Israel provided intel on Houthi target in attack described in Signal chat, WSJ reveals : worldnews ... sraeli officials reportedly complained when the information was leaked to an Atlantic journalist with one official off record saying "it's fucking amateur hour over there"

Prominent Jewish figures boycott Israel antisemitism event over far-right guests : worldnews

How Israel Ceased Negotiations and Resumed Firing on Gaza There are indications Israel may return to the negotiating table, but Netanyahu is still operating from his well-worn sabotage playbook to maintain his war of annihilation


"We will finish them off": Vladimir Putin continues his threats against the Ukrainians : worldnews

Institute for the Study of War on X: Russia continues to strike Ukrainian critical and civilian infrastructure under the cover of the ceasefire on energy infrastructure strikes - which is not in line with US President Donald Trump's goal of using the temporary ceasefire to facilitate a lasting peace in Ukraine. / X
NOELREPORTS - Ukraine will present evidence of Russia violating the energy ceasefire to the U.S., expecting a response - Zelensky. He announced this in Paris after the Coalition of the Willing summit / X
Ukraine's spy agency says Russia believes it must end the war by 2026 or risk falling far behind the US and China : worldnews .. The gdp of Russia is 1/2 that of California.

Donald Trump pushes for near-total control of Ukraine's minerals and energy in huge increase on earlier demands : worldnews
President Trump crosses red lines: proposed minerals deal demands Ukraine repay all US aid with interest : worldnews
Ukraine's officials call US minerals deal "robbery" as Washington expands demands : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Ukraine will not recognise US military aid as debt under minerals deal : worldnews
Nuclear strike won't destroy Ukraine - it'll ensure it gets nuclear weapons - journalist Satter : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1128, Part 1 (Thread #1275) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Mar. 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - +1860 Personnel tied with Dec.21.24 as the 7th highest daily loss - +210 Vehicles is a new daily loss record

The Triple Tap Raid On the Engels Bomber Base Cost Russia $960 Million : worldnews

Russia suffers heavy losses in east Ukraine amid shaky limited ceasefire : worldnews

Iuliia Mendel on X: "Over three years of war, Patriot has shot down about a hundred ballistic missiles, most of them flying towards Kyiv. Patriot is the only system that can shoot down the Russian Kinzhal missile, which Putin boasted about. No one in the world has used the Patriot system as much and as widely as the Ukrainians. / X

European leaders say now not the time to lift sanctions on Russia in clear message to Trump : worldnews ... So Trump ads more Tarifs against EU but wants to lift sanctions on Russia... Hmm the United USSR.Trump has turned the US into Russia's bitch.

Sweden unveils historical military rearmament plan : worldnews

Norway issues travel update for US : worldnews

NEXTA on X: "Berlin takes down Putin's shadow fleet⚓️ Germany has replaced the crew on the oil tanker Eventin from Russia's''shadow fleet'' which it detained in mid-March, and has taken control of the vessel, including its cargo, the German Finance Ministry said. The Panamanian-flagged Eventin was carrying oil from the Russian port of Ust-Luga in January. Then the tanker malfunctioned and was towed to the German coast. / X

Macron sums up the Paris summit: Ukraine will have naval, air, and ground deterrence forces. : worldnews
'With or without the US' - France, UK harden line over Ukraine at'Coalition of the Willing' summit : worldnews
Nicolas Sarkozy's trial: Prosecutors request 7-year prison sentence for the former president : worldnews

King Charles hospitalised after experiencing side effects from cancer treatment. : worldnews
Research highlights urgent need for national strategy to combat rising eating disorders | Eating disorders (EDs) are a major public health concern for the United Kingdom, with an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK having an ED. : science
Confidential British Army documents found scattered on Newcastle streets : worldnews

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House : worldnews ... Apparently six young women were arrested for a meeting that involved discussion of climate change and Palestine.

Portugal Issues Travel Warning For US : worldnews

Panama Port sale scrapped reversing Trump gain : worldnews

Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland : worldnews
Putin threatens Arctic war ahead of US VP Vance's visit to Greenland : worldnews .. Trump says he "needs Greenland" for "defence". Putin immediately confirms reason for said need.
Putin threatens US over Greenland ambition: 'We will not allow encroachments' : worldnews
Trump says Greenland takeover needed for 'world peace' : worldnews ... It'll be a fake war between America and Russia so then America can claim the land and say look we protected you guys…
The Truth About Trump's Greenland Campaign - The Atlantic When the president talks about security in the Arctic, he's talking about climate change.
JD Vance Warns of 'Very Strong Evidence' China, Russia Want Greenland : worldnews
Political leaders in Greenland have agreed to form a broad four-party government "to face the heavy pressure" from the United States : worldnews
Vance Lands in Greenland, a Place That Doesn't Want Him : worldnews

Canada Announces Bombshell Break With U.S. Over Trump : politics
Mark Carney just said, "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over." What do you think about that? : AskReddit
Flight bookings from Canada to the US plummet over 70% : politics
Trump says 'things will work out very well' with Canada-U.S. relations after Carney call : worldnews
Canada Freezes $43M in Suspicious Tesla Rebates. Tesla's Claim of 1.5 Sales Per Minute Prompts Government to "Fully Examine Each Claim Individually." : worldnews
Global anti-Elon Musk protests planned at nearly 200 Tesla showroom locations : worldnews
Musk: Trump will 'go after' people 'pushing the lies' about Tesla : politics




Yashar Ali BREAKING The FDA's top vaccine official has resigned. Dr. Peter Marks wrote this in his resignation letter about Robert Kennedy Jr.: "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies." - Bluesky - he was given the choice to resign

Rumeysa Ozturk's kidnapping : videos
The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn't "Signalgate" | The national-security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally. : politics ... Scandal is such a gentle word for masked men kidnapping women off the streets for writing an op-ed ... Marco Rubio took away her visa so they can deport her. She's been here since she was 7
Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk not notified visa was revoked before ICE arrest - Rumeysa Oztürk was not notified her visa had been revoked before ICE agents arrested her, defense says - Federal judge rules Tufts student should remain in US until ruling on jurisdiction issues
Mike Masnick: "Harvard has a $52 billion endowment. It can fucking stand up to Trump." - Bluesky
ICE detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues : news
Boston judge launches inquiry after ICE apprehends defendant
Over 2000 protest in wake of student detainment : news
Ha. Ha. Ha. : PoliticalHumor
Scott Galloway: "The kind of person that kills dogs." Bluesky - perfect
Tufts student's arrest for deportation poses legal questions : 'Something no one's ever seen before'
Rubio defends detention of Tufts grad student says visa revoked for 'creating a ruckus' - really rich for Rubio to call out protesters for causing a ruckus when his buddies the Proud Boys caused a much bigger ruckus and murdered cops when they staged a coup to destroy democracy on Jan 6

Pentagon police in unmarked vehicles rounding up immigrants (Arlington, VA) : pics

ICE Detains Russian Scientist Who Opposed Ukraine War : politics - Fucking Christ we're just overtly doing Putin's bidding now. What a goddamn farce.

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him deport migrants without due process : politics - Let me correct the headline: Trump Asks The Supreme Court To Ignore The Constitution ... On the one hand, the Court has insisted for more than a century that foreign nationals living among us are "persons" within the meaning of the Constitution, and are protected by those rights that the Constitution does not expressly reserve to citizens. Because the Constitution expressly limits to citizens only the rights to vote and to run for federal elective office, equality between non-nationals and citizens would appear to be the constitutional rule.

Drew Pavlou on X: Peter Hegseth now confirmed to have a Russian email address. The password matches his other email addresses which were all compromised in a mass data breach. This is the Secretary of Defense, what a disaster / X
Chris Hayes: "He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother." - Bluesky
Republicans Against Trumpism: "NEW: Pete Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser Phil Hegseth's past experience includes founding his own podcast production company, Embassy and Third, and working on social media and podcasts" - Bluesky
Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role as liaison and senior adviser inside the Pentagon | AP News
Majority of voters, plurality of GOP say Hegseth should resign : politics

Yes, Of Course Trump is a Russian Asset - by Jaxon Reid The Russian Asset You Can See From Your House
Influencer Paid by Russia Added to White House Press Pool : politics

Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal chat on Yemen strikes : news
Signal For Secure Comms: Convenience Over Security Without The Record-Keeping


Trump calls Signal chat fallout a 'witch hunt,' says the messaging app 'could be defective' : technology
Republicans Play "War Plan" Semantics As More Damning Texts Released | The Daily Show : television
Fox News Is Really Struggling to Spin the Signal Chat Leak : politics
Signalgate: A crack in the facade? - by Robert B. Hubbell Signalgate gets worse - and will continue to do so.

Top Republicans Break With Trump Over Leaked War Plans : politics
America has hit the MAGA tipping point : politics
Trump has made America hated around the world. Here's a sign of how bad it's getting. : politics

Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online : news
Diversity Actually Is Strength - Lawyers, Guns & Money on Pete Hegseth's War on Diversity: ... But they choose not to because rewriting history, dismissing women, and playing into their version of "manhood" is more important than maintaining global military readiness. And that should concern us all.
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email : news
MAGAs are Starting to Lose Their Taste for Peaty Scotch : AdviceAnimals
Don't put in the paper that VP Vance got mad - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Scourge of Lesbian Penguins - Lawyers, Guns & Money Vice President JD Vance has been ordered "to work to eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology from the Smithsonian and its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo."
His main job : PoliticalHumor
The current President doing nothing weird at all : pics

"We made a mistake": GOP Rep. Bacon suggests limiting Trump's presidential tariff powers : politics

Bannon: Trump 'going to prison' if Democrat wins White House in 2028 : politics ... And that is exactly why Trump chose loyalist idiots only as his minions: they will all constantly break the law just as their supreme orange leader and thus face a potential prison sentence in 2028, too. In order to avoid that, all of them together will do anything to prevent a Democrat becoming next president. That will likely include rigging the election, imprisoning democrat candidats, extreme gerrymandering and using government money for propaganda. Welcome to Russia/ Turkey/ etc.

Dow sinks more than 600 points. Stocks are on track for their worst quarter since 2023 : news
Car prices could jump $6,000 as Trump's 25% import tariff kicks in | Brace for higher car prices : technology
Because of US tariffs: Baerbock demands 10 cents per iPhone update : worldnews
Trump's Approval Rating On the Economy Hits New Low, Polls Show : politics

Elon Musk Brags About How Much He Controls Trump : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE "revolution" is a return to tyranny : politics ... Time wounds all heels.
Elon Musk's xAI buys social media platform X for $45 billion : news
Takedown intensifying - Lawyers, Guns & Money You love to see it: Protesters gathered at Tesla dealerships throughout Washington and dozens of other locations across the U.S. on Saturday in a coordinated protest against CEO Elon Musk's involvement in the federal government.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the high-security El Salvador prison : pics
Hillary Clinton warns Trump 'stupidity' will leave US 'feeble and friendless' : politics

McConnell warns of future headline: 'Russia wins, America loses' : politics ... still this turtle fuck. Could have prevented this all multiple times. I hope he finds a long flight of stairs to hell.

President Bystander: Trump appears out of the loop in his own White House : politics

3 in 4 Americans Don't Feel Better Off Under Donald Trump: Poll : politics
Trump's pollster sounds alarm: MAGA appears to be losing its grip in Trump country : politics ... Biden Unfortunately for all the good he did he will be remembered as the president who failed to stop trump.

The American dream is officially over : politics ... The American Dream has been on life support since Ronald Reagan knifed it in the early 80s.

Social Security close to total system collapse: Ex-head : politics
Big Balls and Groyper 1488 never have to worry - Lawyers, Guns & Money Enjoying your hard-earned retirement? Thinking of retiring in the near future? Elon would like to take take what is likely most of your disposable income to the Dunning-Kruger casino: ... The fact that the de facto president thinks Social Security is an illegitimate Ponzi scheme should be extra reassuring.

Trump sells another pardon - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Trump pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who had been convicted of fraud in federal court for what prosecutors said were his lies to investors about his zero-emissions trucks ... In one instance, prosecutors said, he created a video of what appeared to be a truck driving normally-but it was really an inoperable prototype rolling down a hill ... Brad Bondi, a lawyer for Milton, didn't respond to a request for comment. Brad Bondi is the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi. Campaign-finance records show that Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to a Trump fundraising committee in October.

Exclusive: FDA staff struggle to meet product review deadlines after DOGE layoffs : news
'Cuts to the Bone': Leaked Trump Doc Shows Feds Plan to Slash Up to 50% of Agencies' Staff : politics

You were serious about that? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Ariana Grande voters, so critical to Trump winning in 2024, are a problem that is nearly impossible to solve - there's not really a strategy you can use to reach voters who don't pay attention to politics and may or may not make a decision to vote based on essentially random vibes at the last minute. They are what they are

Trump ends collective bargaining rights for many federal employees - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence, Citing 'DEI' : politics

The Supreme Court case that could turn SCOTUS into DOGE on steroids | Vox FCC v. Consumers' Research could turn SCOTUS into DOGE on steroids ... If the Supreme Court accepts an argument raised by a federal appeals court, which struck down the federal program, it would bring about one of the biggest judicial power grabs in American history, and hobble the government's ability to do, well, pretty much anything.

DOGE says it's cutting nearly half a billion dollars from Kentucky, Indiana health departments : politics
Kentucky GOP supermajority overrides nearly all of Democratic governor's vetoes in one day : news

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We've got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com" - Bluesky

Wisconsin Democratic leader accuses Musk of 'illegal' actions in Supreme Court race : politics

Mark Cuban: "I think there is going to be a Red Rural Recession and soon if all the cuts continue as is All the firings, cancelling of grants and contracts with companies , the closing of offices, disproportionately impact small towns, cities and states. Their finances will be turned upside" - Bluesky

Alternative medicine murders people - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Opinion | The Story of One Woman Who Fell Prey to the Medical Freedom Movement - The New York Times

X Goes Down for Thousands of Users : technology

Aladdin Tingling Diakun (FSA | SCR | JD) Man. I regularly think that even the doomiest and most terminally online among us remain utterly unprepared for how unhinged & surreal the coming years are likely to get. - Bluesky

"MAGA junkie" says she regrets Trump vote after DOGE cuts : politics ... Empathy is a sin to these people. Literally they talk about the sin of empathy.
"I never thought the Destroy the Administrative State Party would arbitrarily fire me from my job with the administrative state" - Lawyers, Guns & Money -- Anyway, at least the many parts of rural America that are going to get their economies decimated by DOGE can take solace in knowing that their Medicaid will be taken away if John Roberts didn't do it first.


Wilhoit's law is a harsh mistress - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Nearly verbatim Victoria Spartz: you are only entitled to due process if state state isn't trying to take your life, property, or liberty:
The Tennessee Holler: Indiana Rep Spartz (R): "You violated the law, you are not entitled to due process." Dangerously ignorant. - Bluesky ... Born in 78 in Soviet Ukraine. You'd think she would appreciate the horror she's helping to visit upon others. Surely, she had to see that growing up. Holy shit.

Measles case confirmed in person who rode Amtrak train to Washington, D.C., health officials say : news
'It's a shot, not a vaccine like MMR': New scepticism prompts call for action - This 'vaccine is not a vaccine' is a new, previously unreported type of vaccine-specific scepticism, and it arose only during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds new study analyzing posts on Twitter/X. : science

Yes, MAGA Fredo does need to be protected from "controversial" opinions - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Humphries made one outrageously false claim after another on Rogan's podcast, at various points claiming that tuberculosis "was a side effect of the smallpox vaccine," that polio cases were caused by the insecticide DDT, and that Covid-19 was lab-engineered to include "snake toxin proteins," apparently echoing a years-old conspiracy theory about people getting the disease from snake venom in drinking water ... As a liberal commie, I do believe that, because of the overwhelming evidence that the average Trump voter is a complete fucking idiot

Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water : news

Woman Arrested After Miscarriage In Georgia Under Abortion Law : news
Woman Arrested After Miscarriage In Georgia Under Abortion Law A 24-year-old Tifton woman faces criminal charges after experiencing a miscarriage, raising concerns about the application of Georgia's strict abortion legislation.

NYU website defaced as hacker leaks info on a million students : technology


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,848 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Albert Niblack.


Former ND Sen. Ray Holmberg sentenced to 10 years in prison for sex crime : news

Former Del. middle school principal charged with raping student for 4 years : news

Before/After - Kidnapped and enslaved at age 11, freed at 21 : pics (muzfucked)

Criminology student who murdered woman in beach attack jailed for a minimum 39 years : news

Police please explain : funny



Scientists find 18 million tons of 'white gold' beneath California's Salton Sea worth $540 billion: Report : news -- Lithium -- Sounds like the US is gonna have to annex California now


Charlie Javice convicted of defrauding JPMorgan out of $175 million


How OpenAI's Ghibli frenzy took a dark turn real fast : technology
The White House on X: / X

ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically - newer versions of ChatGPT show a noticeable shift toward the political right. : science ... Like that poor MS bot that was indoctrinated in 24 hours.

American robot firms, including Tesla and Boston Dynamics, warn that without a national strategy 'the U.S. will not only lose the robotics race but also the AI race' : technology


My interpretation of the car accident in 'No Country for Old Men': Anton Chigurh is a dead man walking. : movies


What is going on with these stairs? : WTF


Quick video on the rise and fall of 23andMe : videos

Americans Exaggerate How Often They Go to Church : videos

ELI5: Lapel mics are widely used alongside normal expensive desk mics and boom mics, but sound about the same. How come? : explainlikeimfive

After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers : technology


What is something more traumatizing than people realize? : AskReddit


People who most frequently encounter everyday, subtle discrimination are 5x more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression, and the effect holds even after adjusting for race, gender, age, education, income, weight, language, immigration status or where they live : science

TIL about immune amnesia: One of the most unique -- and most dangerous-features of measles pathogenesis is its ability to reset the immune systems of infected patients. : todayilearned

75% of Scientists Want to Leave the US for Europe and Canada Because of Trump's Policies : politics

Partisan identity drives social polarization more than race or religion, study finds | Dislike for opposing political groups appears more powerful than loyalty to one's own party. : science

Study finds that the number of daily steps may be more important for cancer risk in older adults than the intensity of the activity : science

Archaeologists perplexed by Bronze Age burial of sacrificed teenagers. Scientists suspect the sacrifice of this "age set" may represent a ritual initiation into a cult that was figuring novel political arrangements leading to later dynasties. : science

Straight man's love of breasts is innate, not imposed by culture : science

First hormone-free male birth control pill clears another milestone - In male mice, the drug caused infertility and was 99% effective in preventing pregnancies within four weeks of use. In male non-human primates, the drug lowered sperm counts within two weeks of starting the drug. : science

ELI5: If the age of the universe if ~13.8 billion years old, how can the event horizon be ~45 billion light years away? : explainlikeimfive

Researchers found that, contrary to popular belief, reduced exposure to male hormones during early development in males might actually be linked to traits often associated with autism, such as heightened sensory sensitivity and specific talents. : science

NYU website defaced as hacker leaks info on a million students : technology


What's the most underrated app you swear by? : AskReddit
The 6 best note taking apps in 2025 | Zapier These Evernote alternatives are the best out there.

Elon Musk pressured Reddit's CEO on content moderation : technology

Surface Pro 11, Can I emulate android apps? : Surface
The March windows 11 update is out now : Surface


Cambridge brothel hearings identify doctor, pharmaceutical head





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'Impossible to keep up': Japan stunned by Trump trade threats, false claims : politics
Japan vows appropriate steps against U.S. auto tariffs : worldnews


China's glacier area shrinks by 26% over six decades due to global warming : worldnews



Visegrád 24 on X: The Washington Post reports that US intelligence has assessed that Putin hasn't abandoned his goal of controlling all of Ukraine. The classified assessment presented to officials in the Trump administration on March 6th states that Putin's goal isn't limited to just 5 regions./ X

Janis Kluge on X: "Russian fertilizer producers should be sanctioned because they are key to Russia's war machine: Hiding under the umbrella of "no food sanctions," they supply Russia's military industry with vast quantities of chemicals used to make explosives, a Bloomberg investigation shows. / X

Rene Duba on X: "Russian general Aleksandr Pavlovich Lapin (on the name badge) has gone missing in the Belgorod region where currently there are ongoing battles. He is suspected to have died. Awaiting confirmation. He was/is the current chief of staff of all Russia's ground forces. / X

max seddon on X: Gazprom was a cornerstone of Vladimir Putin's empire - until Russia's invasion of Ukraine destroyed its business model. Now it's facing a grim future after posting record losses and roiled by infighting. A rare look inside, with / X
Kyiv Insider on X: The oil facility that handles 13% of Russia's crude oil transport is no more. Kavkazskaya, Krasnodar /a>

Russia to Train 1.5 Million Drone Operators Over 5 Years, Will Use Kids to Build Them : worldnews


German nurse abducted and held in Somalia for 7 years pleads for release in new video : worldnews

BBC reporter arrested and deported from Turkey : worldnews

Six dead and nine injured after tourist submarine sinks off Egyptian coast : worldnews

The Real Outrage: Yemen Signal Group Called for Attack on Civilian Home We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend's building and it's now collapsed.


Israel's Systematic Destruction of Life Essentials in Gaza Has Forced Palestinians into a Hunt for Survival Amid a total siege and massive bombing, people in Gaza are on the brink of starvation as they search for food, water, and basic goods
"The Target is Unmistakable": The Shooting of Gaza's Children American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report witnessing a disturbing pattern of children being shot by Israeli snipers.

Attacks on Hamdan Ballal's Village Ramped Up After He Won an Oscar

Gaza family lost 132 relatives in 1 Israeli strike, NPR finds : NPR


🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X:Putin will die soon, it's a fact, and his safe and unsuccessful historical life will end, - Zelensky. / X
MAKS 24 on X: Putin is preparing for a spring offensive on Sumy and Kharkiv, - Zelensky : Putin is buying time. We see the preparations and have shared intel with allies. He wanted to launch this 8 months ago but was delayed by the Kursk operation. / X

The Kyiv Independent on X: Russia has struck Ukraine's energy sites 8 times since Putin's claimed pause, Zelensky's advisor says. "We're not going into all the details, but there have already been eight confirmed hits on energy facilities" since March 18, Dmytro Lytvyn said / X
Ukraine says its latest attack on a Russian air base blew up 96 cruise missiles : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1127, Part 1 (Thread #1274) : worldnews

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Russia's domestic propagandists celebrate that the new "truce" on energy infrastructure has allowed Russia to strike much more of Ukraine's energy infrastructure as well as everything else. Incredibly, the west still has no idea how Russians operate. To Russians, everything everything that causes their targets to back down is opportunity to hit harder. / X


Financial Times on X: Sweden to increase defence spending sharply to 3.5% of GDP / X

Germany says it 'will not give in' as Trump announces 25% car tariffs : worldnews

Summit in Paris: Putin wants to "divide" Europe and the United States, says Zelensky : worldnews
KyivPost on X: Macron has announced the deployment of a "Franco-British team" to Ukraine. According to him, the UK and France will send a military delegation to work with the Ukrainian army to assist in planning for the future. / X
Macron: Sanctions should only be lifted once 'peace has clearly been established' : worldnews


Cuba has lost 24% of its population in the last four years due to emigration according to an independent study : worldnews

Putin Says US Plan To Take Over Greenland 'Serious' : worldnews
Usha Vance's Greenland Trip Somehow Gets More Embarrassing for Trump - nobody in Nuuk willing to host Second Lady : politics
Denmark To Draft Women Into the Military Amid Greenland, Russia Tensions : worldnews
And for Greenland sailed away - Lawyers, Guns & Money I think they're on their way home, so let's have a recap of Second Lady Usha Vance's Excellent Greenland Adventure, which became Usha & JD's excellent trip to a U.S. military base. Good thing we're not super concerned about unnecessary spending

Trump Threatens More Tariffs If EU Works With Canada : worldnews
Canada's 'old relationship' with U.S. 'is over' amid Trump tariffs: Carney : worldnews




Trump 'not briefed' on four missing US soldiers hours after search was announced : politics
Donald Trump Caught Off Guard When Asked About U.S. Soldiers Missing In Lithuania : politics


Masked Agents Whisk Away Tufts Student From Sidewalk : politics ... This is wholly unacceptable in a supposedly free, democratic country. Slowly but surely America is sinking into the abyss of being a fascist police state. It's both terrifying and heartbreaking to observe.
The New Video of Federal Agents Ambushing a Student and Disappearing With Her Should Chill You to Your Core : politics
Hundreds protest after Turkish student is arrested near Boston by masked immigration agents : politics
ICE Makes Another Student Disappear-and No One Knows Why : politics
Thousands protest after Tufts grad student arrested by ICE, transferred out of state : politics
Writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed can get you kidnapped by Trump's Gestapo and then deported - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Columbia student protester can't be detained for now as she fights deportation, judge rules : politics


Signalgate: A crack in the facade? - by Robert B. Hubbell

Trump Says Pete Hegseth Had 'Nothing To Do' With War Plans That Hegseth Texted To Journalist : politics
Hegseth Rages at The Atlantic for Publishing His 'Really S**tty War Plans' : politics
Democrat Asks Intel Leaders If Pete Hegseth May Have Been Drinking Before Signal Chat : politics
Duckworth:'Pete Hegseth is a 'f‑‑‑ing liar' : politics ... "This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could've gotten our pilots killed. He needs to resign in disgrace immediately," Duckworth said in a statement. "Hegseth and every other official who was included in this group chat must be subject to an independent investigation. If Republicans won't join us in holding the Trump Administration accountable, then they are complicit in this dangerous and likely criminal breach of our national security"
Time to End an Error - Lawyers, Guns & Money The knives are coming out for Pete Hegseth: The egregious actor here is Hegseth, said one former senior intelligence official. "He's in the bullseye now because he puts all this out on a Signal chat"

SignalGate Isn't About Signal | WIRED The Trump cabinet's shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.
The real problem with the Signal chat leak is it shows systemic dishonesty : politics

Democrat: Leaked Messages Show Waltz Admitting to War Crime in Yemen Strike : politics
Mike Waltz Says He's Never Met Jeffrey Goldberg. Here's a Photo of Them Together : politics - his whole admin from top to bottom lies incessantly
Michael Waltz's Venmo Is Public, and It's Full of Journalists : politics

Trump's CIA Director Blames Biden Team For Allowing Communications On Signal App : politics

'So cringe': JD Vance trolled for offering 'victory prayer' in leaked Yemen Signal group | 'This must be the cringiest part of that chat.' : politics

Trump appoints 'first buddy' and DOGE head Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder : politics - His official recommendation to avoid this in the future will be to force all government employees to conduct classified discussions on new twitter-premium-government-only accounts (each with a $10,000 per month subscription), over starlink, from inside of their personal tesla vehicle (which each of them will be given, paid for by the tax payer, of course)
House Democrats Tear Into White House for Assigning Musk to SignalGate Investigation: 'Dumb F--kin Idiot' : politics

Tulsi Gabbard Picked Apart for Inconsistencies in Defense of Signal Group Chat Involvement: 'All of a Sudden She Recollects Details' : politics

Signal Chat Leak More Serious Than Clinton Emails for Americans: Poll : politics ... Clinton emails was manufactured outrage. Signal chat is real
Hillary Clinton on the Signal Group Chat Scandal: 'The Hypocrisy is Staggering' : politics - The hypocrisy is staggering, but worse, the arrogance and incompetence puts the lives of our military men and women in danger,
Hillary Roasts Hegseth for Freaking Out About Her Emails : politics

Trump unlikely to fire Waltz or others involved in Signal chat leak, officials say : politics
Trump Has A Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown About... Well... So Many Things : politics ... the people around him are using him to enact what the GOP has been working toward for decades. Trump's their useful idiot.
Trump is surrounded by conspiracy theorists who are a danger to us all : politics
Trump Accidentally Reveals Just How Clueless He Is on Basic Intel : politics

In blow to Trump, DC Circuit won't allow Alien Enemy Act deportations to resume : politics
Alien Enemies Act Deportations Were Carefully Orchestrated To Keep Courts In The Dark - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Donald Trump Discusses 'Compensation Fund' for Jan. 6 Rioters - Newsweek
Trump Considering 'Compensation Fund' for Pardoned Capitol Rioters Leaves Users Appalled: 'Paid for Committing Treason' : politics
Trump Pardon May Get J6er Out of Child Porn Charges : politics

Eschaton: Also, Too Only the best people. Private contact details of the most important security advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials.

Kristi Noem's 'Utterly Reprehensible' Migrant Prisoners Video Sparks Fury : politics
Kristi Noem wore a $60,000 Rolex to film a promo inside notoriously brutal El Salvadorian prison : politics ... bitch is 50+ yrs old - what's with the mean girl in high school hair & outfit?

Free Press Defenders Rip Marjorie Taylor Greene's Bullsh*t Attack on Public Broadcasters | "Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to defund Sesame Street and dismantle PBS and NPR," said one Democratic congressman. "Not on our watch. Fire Elon Musk, and save Elmo." : politics

Elon Musk pressured Reddit's CEO on content moderation | The Verge Nearly two months ago, Elon Musk went on a public crusade against Reddit.On X, he said it was "insane" that subreddits were blocking links to the platform in protest of him appearing to give a Nazi salute.

Car prices will surge by thousands of dollars because of Trump's tariffs. It'll happen before you expect it : politics


Kavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to break with the Supreme Court's MAGA wing : politics

NY county clerk refuses to file Texas' fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills : news

The party of death - Lawyers, Guns & Money We are governed by total sickos: The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States' financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century, and to significantly scale back support for efforts to combat malaria, one of the biggest killers globally.
Make measles and e coli great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Preventing diseases, a safe food supply - these are the demons you must slay if you want to be Donald Trump's Director of Health and Human Services:

Trump cancels food aid, amounting to loss of 900,000 meals for Food Bank of Delaware : politics

Trump Always Treats His Underlings Right - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump leaving Elise Stefanik without a UN position or a leadership position in the House is pretty LOL: Now, if Stefanik was a drunken rapist or had given journalists classified national security information by mistake, she'd be gold.

Bluesky's ahead, but is X a dead parrot? - Altmetric

For the sake of US democracy, it's time for Chuck Schumer to step down : politics - For fuck's sake, three Senate Democrats just voted with Republicans to confirm an anti-abortion candidate to lead the FDA:Three Democrats-Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) -- joined Republicans in the confirmation vote to appoint Makary..

'We Need Something New': Why a Democrat Is Primarying Nancy Pelosi : politics

Senate Confirms Trump's Anti-Abortion Pick to Lead the FDA - Mother Jones - Martin Makary shared misinformation about abortion pills at his Senate confirmation hearing.

Musk super PAC pours last-minute money into special Florida elections : politics
Elon Musk hands $1m to voter in desperate attempt to flip Wisconsin's Supreme Court : politics

The Canadian roots of Elon Musk's conspiracist grandpa Raised in Saskatchewan, Joshua Haldeman was a tech-utopian, politician and apartheid fan

Extreme heat without AC in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel punishment, judge rules : politics

Policies that Work - Lawyers, Guns & Money Maybe we should keep doing this congestion pricing thing in cities such as New York: ... But hey, at least purported Democratic governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy is there to work with Donald Trump to kill this great idea. That's leadership!

They're Not Sending Their Best Farleys - Lawyers, Guns & Money A New Jersey police chief has come under fire after colleagues accused him of defecating on the station floor, attempting to drug co-workers by putting Viagra and Adderall in their coffee, and sticking a hypodermic needle into an officer's penis, according to a report.

The Human Cost of Jeff Landry's Drive to Resume Executions | Bolts

Babysitter finds man under bed after child complains of 'monster' : news


DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy : worldnews


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,847 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of George Wright and his son Beals Wright.


Psychologist who studies couples: 5 'hard truths' about marriage most people learn the hard way


Gen Z Are Getting Fired Left and Right | by If I Ain't Readin' | Jan, 2025 | Medium The reasons are obvious, yet troublesome for most companies


The Government's Rock Librarian | The New Yorker Her work was so quiet and fundamental-to academia and industry, all over the world -- that she believed her job would be safe.


New study of 3 million patients with diabetes found that the use of semaglutide (Ozempic) is linked with a more than 4 times greater risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) compared with non-GLP-1RAs (empagliflozin, sitagliptin, and glipizide). : science

We may be one step closer to not just treating baldness but preventing it, with scientists discovering that hair growth comes to a screeching halt without MCL-1, a "bodyguard" protein, in mice. By boosting MCL-1 levels, we might be able to safeguard hair follicle stem cells and prevent hair loss. : science

Study finds long Covid patients feel pressure to prove their illness is real. People living with Long Covid often feel dismissed, disbelieved and unsupported by their healthcare providers, according to a new study. : science

Study finds male sex offenders with male teen victims face much harsher sentences than those with female teen victims (30 years vs 15 years in prison) : science


Time for Digg 2.0 : pics




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Taiwan has a new all-purpose sea attack drone after watching how Ukraine smashed Russia's Black Sea Fleet : worldnews





Yauhen Lehalau on X: Maybe the last, but also the most extensive article for @RFERL. Together with @Tatarigami_UA , @GeoConfirmed and a group of volunteers, we analyzed more than 100 satellite images and found out that the total damage to energy sector from strikes was at least $886 mill / X

Kyiv Insider on X: Two of Russia's most prolific and genocidal propagandists were destroyed in the past 24 hours. What's going on? / X


Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director says Israeli soldiers beat him after attack - he was heavily beaten by an Israeli settler and soldiers the night before. The settler, he said, kicked his head "like a football" during a settler attack on his village. The soldiers then detained him and two other Palestinians. Ballal said he was kept blindfolded for more than 20 hours, sitting on the floor under a blasting air conditioner. The soldiers kicked, punched or hit him with a stick whenever they came on their guard shifts,

Hamas must go: Gazans demand an end to war in protest : worldnews


Russia has'seized the upper hand' in Ukraine war, intel community warns : worldnews
MAKS 24 - There will be no normalization of relations with Russia even after the end of the war in Ukraine - NATO Secretary General Rutte / X
EU says 'unconditional withdrawal' of Russia from Ukraine is a precondition to amend sanctions : worldnews


Russia refuses to give up massive Ukrainian nuclear plant to Trump or anyone else : worldnews

Four US soldiers died in Lithuania, NATO's Rutte says : worldnews

NATO leader warns Russia to expect a devastating reaction if it ever attacks Poland : worldnews


Netherlands issues US travel warning, Belgium set to follow : worldnews


Emmanuel Macron receives his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the Élysée Palace this Wednesday evening. Paris, Île-de-France - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com
President Zelensky speaks to all of Europe this evening from Paris. : worldnews
Emmanuel Macron announces "two billion euros" in military aid to Ukraine Paris, Île-de-France - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com

Ireland issues travel warning for US : worldnews



Brazil Supreme Court majority votes Bolsonaro should stand trial : worldnews

Trump Says US Must Have Greenland as Vance Heads Over on Trip : worldnews
Vance to accompany wife to Greenland amid backlash : worldnews
Greenland tourism business accepts, then declines Usha Vance visit : worldnews
Denmark welcomes change of plans for Vance's Greenland visit after outcry : worldnews

Canadians overwhelmingly opposed to becoming the 51st U.S. state: poll : worldnews
Canada not mentioned in U.S. threat assessment's summary of fentanyl crisis : worldnews
U.S. plan to restore Russian fertilizer sales is Trump's most disturbing action: Saskatchewan premier : worldnews
India Is Said to Have Meddled in Canadian Party Election : worldnews
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must 'look out for ourselves', says Mark Carney : worldnews
Canadian travel to the U.S. drops over 70% for summer 2025, according to OAG : worldnews
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+ : worldnews




Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk detained by federal officials sent to Louisiana - The Trump administration's campaign against pro-Palestinian activists reached the Boston area Tuesday evening when an international PhD student at Tufts was arrested by masked federal immigration agents on a residential street and sent to a detention facility in Louisiana ... She was transferred to Louisiana despite a federal judge ordering US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday night not to remove Ozturk from Massachusetts without prior notice.
Rumeysa Ozturk: What to know about the Tufts student arrested by immigration officials

Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her : news ... extrajudicial kidnapping and human trafficing fascists
US to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries. Over 1 million children will die as a result. : worldnews

Trump admits Russians could be 'dragging their feet' on Ukraine peace deal : politics

It's Over. America Has Ceased to be Leader of the Free World. : politics
Donald Trump's New World Order Is the Old World Order : politics
How Trump blew up the world order - and left Europe scrabbling : politics

82 percent say presidents should obey federal court rulings: Survey : politics

Judge targeted by Trump is assigned to Signalgate lawsuit : politics
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online : politics
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public : technology
The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis : politics
Jeffrey Goldberg releases more Trump Admin Signal messages : politics
Entire Signal chats about Yemen attacks are published after Trump team denied it included any classified information : politics
Tulsi Gabbard Suddenly Claims Amnesia About War Plans Group Chat - Tulsi Gabbard says she doesn't remember anything that happened just a few weeks ago. : politics
Nadler Calls for Gabbard and Ratcliffe to be Prosecuted for Perjury Following Latest Signalgate Release : politics
New Texts Prove Hegseth Leaked 'Court-Martial' Level Secrets - Trump's top officials insisted no classified information was included in the chat, but defense sources now contradict that claim. : politics
Trump reacts to new Atlantic messages: 'Really not a big deal' : politics
The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner. : politics
The Signal Leak Is Too Big to Sweep Under the Rug : politics
Atlantic magazine publishes all messages from Signal chat

The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated : politics
The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated : politics
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal - The Atlantic (gift link)
The complete chat - Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal : politics ... Tulsi Gabbard yesterday, "I don't recall specific weapons systems being named. I don't recall specific timing."
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal : politics

Full list of Trump officials on Signal text chain with journalist : politics
Trump officials all but dare Atlantic to release Houthi strike texts : politics

Mike Waltz Called Out After Declaring He's 'Never Met' SignalGate Journalist: 'How the Heck Did You Have His Number?' : politics
Trump Assigns 'F***ing Idiot' Signal Leaker to Probe Himself
How the Kremlin has targeted Signal app at heart of White House group chat leak : politics
How the Signal chat transcript undermines three key Trump team claims - The Washington Post The transcript undermines the claims that they weren't "war plans" and testimony from key figures that they didn't recall discussions of weapons or timing.

Hegseth Boasts 'I Know Exactly What I'm Doing' After Stunning War Plan Leak : politics
Trump Spokesperson Doubles Down on Hegseth Claim That 'No War Plans' Were Discussed in Leaked Signal Group Chat : politics
'This is not the first thing he has screwed up': Sen. Mark Kelly calls on Pete Hegseth to resign : politics
Democrats Call for Hegseth and Waltz to Resign : politics
Hegseth is 'literally the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in history': Sen. Duckworth blasts : politics
Pete Hegseth Sued Over Signal Text Debacle : politics
Pete Hegseth's Home State Newspaper Publishes Call for Him to Resign - Newsweek

Pete Buttigieg: Trump Cabinet's use of Signal app for military ops is 'highest level of f**kup imaginable' : politics
White House Insiders Pile on Single F***ing Idiot for Epic Group Chat Fail : politics
60% of Republicans think the Trump administration's military leak is a very or somewhat serious problem : politics (40% think Trump is god and don't give a shit)

Pentagon Was Aware Russian Hackers Use Signal App to Spy Days Before SignalGate: Report : politics

Trump Downplays Signal Leak, Backing Waltz and Pointing Finger at Journalist : politics
In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton's server : politics
'But her emails': Trump White House scandal puts Hillary Clinton's server in a new light : politics
Literacy in the United States - Wikipedia

DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show : politics

'Crime Does Pay': Critics Rip Trump For Floating 'Obscene' Plan To Compensate J6 Rioters : politics
Top Democrat Suggests Trump Should Deport Melania : politics

House Dems Tear Into Johnson's 'Outrageous' Suggestion That Congress Could 'Eliminate' Some Fed Courts : politics

Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services after backlash - The Washington Post Advocates warned that the moves would cause limited access for elderly and disabled beneficiaries, while scams proliferated tied to the policy.

Trump's new executive order could upend voting : politics ... President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that would require prospective voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. The order's sweeping changes test the power of Trump's presidential authority.
Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes : politics ... The measure also seeks to block states from accepting mail-in ballots after election day, regardless of when they are mailed in ... He really is the Anti-Christ, what a frightening concept.
Trump Signs Order in Attempt to Vastly Reshape U.S. Elections : politics
Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback : politics

Who's In Charge? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dumb as a Box of Rocks - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The cover up is even dumber than the crime - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Trump is only president today because the political press determined that Hillary Clinton not wanting to use two BlackBerries was a scandal of roughly Watergate-level importance.
Another batch of horrible and illegal executive orders - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Liberation Day Delay - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The reappearance of Neil Gorsuch's sporadic textualism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Why Elon wants to buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kennedy isn't out of touch, it's the sick children who are wrong - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Republicans put anti-vax fraud who hawked autism cures in charge of proving vaccines cause autism - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Maxine Waters: Trump is Working Towards a Civil War : politics

Donald Trump's approval rating plunges with baby boomers : politics

GOP Senator Says Party Not Being Honest About Social Security Cuts : politics

Trump admin deletes webpage on Bea Arthur's military service as part of DEI purge. The same purge saw the page on the "Enola Gay" getting deleted as well. : politics

Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson says it's become clear to Wall Street that President Trump 'doesn't care' about the stock market : politics

Man falsely declared dead by Social Security still dealing with fallout, he says : politics

The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires: A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax. : politics

As Trump's orders target attorneys, big law faces pressure to speak out: 'It's a capitalistic cowardice' : politics

Today Trump Pardoned Devon Archer Who In 2018, a federal jury convicted Archer on charges of defrauding a Native American tribe by fraudulently issuing and selling more than $60 million of tribal bonds. Devon Archer later became a key figure in the congressional inquiry into the Biden family. : politics ... arguing that the former business partner to Hunter Biden was treated unfairly.

Almost 2/3 of American Jews oppose Trump's Gaza displacement plan - survey | The Times of Israel

Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill : politics ... Word has it that they will change the name of measles into "freedom freckles."


Lauren Boebert's Tease to Rename 'District of Columbia' to 'District of America' Stuns Users: 'Does She Think DC is Named After Colombia?' : politics



Academic groups sue Trump administration for arresting students and faculty linked to pro-Palestinian protests : politics

After ICE operation in Mass., border czar says 'sanctuary' cities will keep seeing 'collateral' arrests : politics

New York sues Trump over Department of Education closure : politics

Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant women : politics

Democrats keep majority control of PA State House after special election : politics
Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset : politics
In major upset, Democrats on track to flip a Lancaster County state Senate seat that Trump won by 15 points : politics

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocks wheelchair-bound Greg Abbott as 'Gov. Hot Wheels' : politics ... Are we not calling him Governor Pissbaby anymore?


Ex-North Dakota lawmaker to be sentenced for traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minors : politics (article omits fact he is a Republican)



Kanye West Sued for Copyright Infringement Because of His Support for Nazis : Music


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,846 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of P.G.T. Beauregard.


The best AI email writing assistant: We tested 5, and only one beats a human - The Washington Post
4 Lifechanging ChatGPT Features You May Not Know About (Feb. 2025) | by Jordan Gibbs | Feb, 2025 | Medium


Therapists of Reddit, what's been your biggest "I know I'm not supposed to judge, but holy sh*t" moment? : AskReddit


Exercise of any kind boosts brainpower at any age. Whether it's an early morning jog, or a touch of Tai Chi, groundbreaking research shows that any form of exercise can significantly boost brain function and memory across children, adults, and older adults. : science


Data from 300,000 births reveal how essential biological measurements are altered by carrying and delivering a baby. Several measures of liver function and cholesterol took around six months to settle, and an indicator of bone and liver health, took a year to recover : science


Person in Ohio dies of rabies after contracting virus from organ transplant : news


Conn. woman who allegedly held stepson captive for years makes brief court appearance

Newton woman scammed out of nearly $500k by fake drug agents





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Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis : worldnews


Australia's science agency sent questions from Trump administration asking if it is taking 'appropriate measures against gender ideology : worldnews

Myanmar's junta bombs medical clinic, killing 11 : worldnews

Papua New Guinea shuts down Facebook in test to stop 'pornography, misinformation, hate speech' : worldnews

A court orders the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan : worldnews ... The publicisation of the assassination also encouraged lots of japanese people to testify about the predatory nature of the church (demanding donations even if it endangered the finances and lives of people). Yamagami received lots of tributes and support sent to his prison.

Giant sinkhole swallows motorcyclist in Seoul : worldnews


Chinese EV giant BYD overtakes Tesla with annual sales topping $100 billion US : worldnews


Sudan army accused of killing hundreds in airstrike on Darfur market : worldnews - According to the UN, it's currently the world's worst humanitarian crisis

Turkey's autocratic slide - Lawyers, Guns & Money - the situation in Turkey is taking a turn. Erdogan has seemingly engineered the arrest of his leading rival for the presidency. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, on assorted corruption charges.
Mass protests erupt across Turkey; 1,100 detained : worldnews


Hundreds of Gazans march in rare anti-Hamas protest : worldnews

Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director after he was attacked by West Bank settlers : worldnews ... Ballal was "lynched" by a group of Israeli settlers ... held at Israeli army base and blindfolded for 24 hours

'No Other Land' Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Freed After Attack, Petition

Armenian inscriptions found in Jerusalem offer glimpse into early Christian community : worldnews


Palestinian 'revised' curriculum continues to promote antisemitism, glorify October 7 : worldnews ... "The concept of jihad as a religious obligation is a central theme in the new curriculum. From an early age, students are taught that martyrdom is a path to divine reward. For instance, a Grade 1 Arabic language exercise introduces the word shahīd (martyr) as part of the alphabet-learning process."

IDF says forces fired at Red Cross building due to incorrect identification : worldnews


EU affirms Ukrainian territorial integrity, decries Russian sham referendums amid Witkoff controversy : worldnews
Zelenskiy Says Ukraine to Implement Partial Ceasefire Now : worldnews
Russia seeks full control of partially occupied Ukrainian regions in talks with US, media reports : worldnews
Trump Unveils Black Sea Deal With Russia, Ukraine : worldnews


Russia abducting Ukrainian kids to 'turn them into Russians,' says report : worldnews

Russia is leveling up its Shahed drones with new Chinese antennae to defeat Kyiv's jammers, Ukrainians say : worldnews ... This is more evidence that Russia and China are allies. Boycott China.

Western Banks Sent Billions in Cash to Russia on Eve of Ukraine Invasion, Data Shows : worldnews

Ukraine Unveils "Katran" Secret Naval Drone With 1,000 km Range, Armed With Torpedoes and Minigun : worldnews

Ukraine has handed over a list of objects that cannot be struck - Zelensky : worldnews


Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption by Swiss court : worldnews


German parliament sits for first time with AfD as main opposition : worldnews

Netherlands tightens U.S. travel warning, especially for LGBTQ visitors : worldnews

Russian threat in Europe 'not theoretical,' says French foreign minister : worldnews
France updates US travel advice over gender 'at birth' : worldnews

China seeks stronger ties with Europe, it says in meeting with Portugal's foreign minister : worldnews

UK spies fears intelligence leaks after Trump team blunder: UK intelligence sources say higher restrictions are now likely to be placed on intelligence material sent to US counterparts as a growing distrust clouds the 'special relationship' : worldnews

Government to declassify files on Nazis who sought refuge in Argentina post-World War II : worldnews ... Among the most infamous was Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the "Final Solution" - the Nazi party's genocidal plan to exterminate European Jews. Another notorious fugitive was Josef Mengele, the man known as Auschwitz's "Angel of Death," who was infamous for carrying out brutal medical experiments.

Brazilian Supreme Court to decide whether to put Bolsonaro on trial : worldnews

Greenland to Trump: No, we didn't invite you : politics
Greenlanders unite to fend off the US as Trump seeks control of the Arctic island : politics
Danish PM accuses US of 'unacceptable pressure' over planned Greenland visit : worldnews
Danish PM condemns Trump team over imminent Greenland visit : worldnews
People of Nuuk Protest Against US Attempts to Take Over Greenland. : pics
The United States puts unacceptable pressure on Greenland, Denmark says : worldnews


Canada says China and India may seek to meddle in election : worldnews
Canadian intelligence reports India backed Poilievre's Conservative leadership bid : worldnews 'A serious, serious issue': Canada'ss Carney jabs Trump admin after war plans leak fiasco : worldnews ... The Mueller Report identified the Trump Administration's use of Signal as one of many examples of obstruction of justice by the Administration.

Ottawa freezes Tesla's $43-million rebate payments, bars it from future rebates because of tariffs : worldnews




Atlantic Editor suggests he's open to sharing Hegseth's full war plans texts publicly : politics ... It's so fucking brazen and ultimately unsurprising that they would wave their hands and say this was all unclassified material.
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia : news
Trump Chat Security Fiasco Gets Worse With Member's Moscow Visit - Trump's top negotiator was in Moscow for a meeting with Vladimir Putin when he was added to a group chat on Signal discussing military strikes in Yemen. : politics
House Republican on war plans chat: 'There's no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff' : politics
Pentagon warned staffers against using Signal before White House chat leak : news
"It happens": Republicans shrug off Trump administration's leak of Yemen war plans : politics
The Scandal Will Also Be in How They Brush It Aside : politics
Tulsi Gabbard Fumbles Key Question on War Plans Group Chat Debacle : politics

America's biggest cyber threat is inside the government : politics
Google warns Russian hackers are targeting Signal app used by Ukraine's military - UPI.com
Making Russia Great Again, Again - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... In essence, the United States has agreed to let Russia rebuild its economic and military capacity in exchange for a thirty-day ceasefire in the Black Sea, a prisoner exchange, a moratorium on hitting energy targets, and a few other mutual steps by Kyiv and Moscow ... Witkoff's participation in the illegal, dangerous, and unbelievably stupid Signal group chat about U.S. military planning should not distract you from his nearly as idiotic comments to Tucker Carlson about Putin.
American Foreign Policy Is Being Run by the Dumbest Motherfuckers Alive - The fuckwittery on display right now by Trump's foreign policy team boggles the mind.
The Cast - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Emperor's New Philosophy - Paul Krugman Of drunkards, lampposts and economic doctrines
Chartbook 363 Stockholm syndrome in Mar-a-Lago: The belief that "something must be done" and the sanewashing of economic policy in the age of Trump

Senate will question US intelligence officials on national security threats after war plans exposed : politics ... Correction to the article: Democrats will question them. Only Democrats.
Jeffries calls for investigation of top Trump officials after bombshell military breach : politics

Stunned Trump Learns of Leaked War Plans: 'They Had WHAT?' : politics
What Did the President Know, and When...? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump White House Says 'No Classified Material' Sent in Compromised Chat : politics
Pete Hegseth says 'nobody was texting war plans' after group chat breach : politics

Calls for Hegseth's Resignation Spread After War Plans Text Blunder: 'If This Doesn't Get You Fired, Nothing Does' : politics
Criminal recklessness. - by Robert B. Hubbell - It beggars belief that the nation's top national security and intelligence community officers used a commercial messaging app (Signal) to coordinate a military strike against Houthi rebels last week.
Calls for Hegseth's Resignation Spread After War Plans Text Blunder: 'If This Doesn't Get You Fired, Nothing Does' : politics
John Bolton blasts Trump officials for using Signal to conduct government business : technology
John Bolton: 'Stunning' no one on war plans group chat said 'we ought to get off Signal' : politics

'Idiots. Dangerous idiots - just complete idiots.' Reaction to Trump admin screwup is lethal : politics - Oh well, I hope the Republicans are proud of all of those idiots they confirmed. Drunk foxnews host at the head of the military was an especially great idea.
'Nobody is above the law': Trump officials who criticized Clinton's emails now under scrutiny for leaked war plans : politics ... We have a sitting president with dozens of felony convictions who has faced zero repercussions for anything he's ever done. But sure, "nobody is above the law."
Why Signal Leak Shambles Isn't Even Trump's F---wits Worst Foreign Policy Move So Far : politics ... Yeah, as bad as it is it is not on par with openly threatening to conquer all or part of four Allied nations
CNN airs brutal montage of Trump officials who were in Signal chat condemning Hillary Clinton's email server : politics
CNN montage of Trump officials talking about Hillary's email server | The Independent Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, John Ratcliffe and Mike Waltz all publicly criticized Clinton for failing to use proper government channels to share classified information
Live updates: Trump presidency news; Military plans leak | CNN Politics
Trump officials shared military plans on a private app - 10 years after uproar over Hillary Clinton's private server : politics ... Maybe we'll even find out that hesgeth sold tanks to foreign countries over Facebook marketplace.
Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder : politics ... so far. ... that we know of.

Stunning Signal leak reveals depths of Trump administration's loathing of Europe : politics
'Pathetic European free-loading': What was said in Trump officials' leaked group chat : politics

Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder : politics
Holy crap on steroids! Top Trump officials exposed in shocking, sloppy military security blunder : politics
Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it : politics

White House official confirms Yemen strike plans were mistakenly texted to journalist : politics
Pete Hegseth Denies Texting War Plans to Journalist : politics
"Nobody was texting war plans": Hegseth denies Yemen leaks, calls Atlantic editor "garbage-peddler' : politics ... The White House confirmed it 10 hours before drunk Hegseth went on this rant
If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign : politics
Himbo - Wikipedia

The Scandal - Lawyers, Guns & Money This has already become just another authoritarian flex: We can do whatever we want and you can't do anything about it.
Take this Waltz, please - Lawyers, Guns & Money 3) The White House just doesn't believe the rules apply to it

Supreme Court Shockingly Stands Up To Trump On Press Freedom: Will not take on a case aimed at rescinding press protections : politics

US Postmaster General Louis Dejoy resigns : politics

Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down : politics
Elon and Trump destroying the Social Security administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook : politics
Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook - The New York Times The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a "South African nepo baby."
Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United : politics
Elon Musk Is Openly Trying to Buy Votes in Crucial Supreme Court Race : politics ... He got away with during the Presidential election. He is going to do the same thing in every election from here on out.
Elon Musk's approval rating is "falling through the floor," polls show : politics

DOGE keeps trying to dodge the Freedom of Information Act. So we're suing. : politics

An airport, Mount Rushmore and the $100 bill: Inside the effort to venerate Trump while he's still in office - POLITICO House Republicans say they're honoring the sitting president with their unprecedented bills. Historians see something darker.


Bernie Sanders and AOC's Rallies Can Become a Mass Movement : politics


Cutting veterans' suicide prevention in the name of efficiency is a fatal mistake : politics ... None of this has ever been about efficiency. It's entirely about destabilizing confidence in institutions as a pretext for further dismantlement, while creating a 'data point' on reducing government payroll.


Why overturning Roe v. Wade only made America's abortion rate rise : politics

Robert F Kennedy Jr. MAHA agenda and its impact on the food supply


Crockett calls Texas Gov. Abbott 'Governor Hot Wheels' : politics

Texans Might Soon Have to Show Photo ID to Buy a Dildo Online : technology

John Fetterman told to resign in home state newspaper : politics

Former MN Sen. Justin Eichorn's wife files for divorce after prostitution sting : politics - The republican running to take his place has ties to child sex trafficking. I guess birds of a feather flock together.
DFL Statement on Disgraced Former MNGOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan's Bid to Replace Justin Eichorn | Minnesota DFL It's disgraceful that the Minnesota GOP might replace a Senator who resigned after a child prostitution arrest with a former Minnesota GOP Chair who resigned because of her ties with a child sex trafficker."

What If We Didn't Suck, or, Taking Out the Gerontocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Look, I have no particular problem with Jan Schakowsky, the congresswoman from IL-9, which is a super blue Chicago district. But like just about everyone else in the Democratic leadership, she is old as the hills. In fact, she is about to turn 81 ... people in their 80s should not be in office in super blue districts. We can do better.

Why STUPID People Are a Greater Threat to Society Than Criminals : videos


It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your DNA data is? - Lawyers, Guns & Money However, I will say that the company is not being as straightforward as it could and should be.


'Brainrot' AI on Instagram Is Monetizing the Most F*cked Up Things You Can Imagine (and Lots You Can't) : technology


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,845 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Levi Lincoln.
Mount Auburn Cemetery - Founded in 1831


Since 1950, Black infants and children in the US have consistently died at twice the rate of their White peers. Over 5 million excess deaths could have been prevented. : science

Recent studies reveal that microphone quality in videoconferences can significantly influence social judgments, affecting perceptions of intelligence, hireability, credibility, and desirability, potentially contributing to unintentional bias linked to socioeconomic status. : science

Swiss study: Humans can train their brain to communicate with machines : worldnews

The salary you need to be considered middle class in every U.S. state The upper bound of what's considered middle class for households exceeds $100,000 in every U.S. state ... Massachusetts has the highest threshold for middle-class salaries,


Surviving a Plane Crash Isn't Just Luck. It's About Doing These Things. Don't wear leggings. Do keep your shoes on.


'The Perfect Church': Inside the Religious Sect in Oregon, Illinois How tiny Oregon, Illinois, has spent decades grappling with one strange congregation, from abuse allegations to a leader who was supposed to live forever - Rose Aluli ... if you were without sin, you would live forever. Rose was, of course, without sin.

How toxic masculinity, Andrew Tate and the online 'manosphere' inspired 'Adolescence' The series, which rose to the top of the streaming service's most-watched shows list, follows the fallout after a teenage boy is arrested for murdering his female classmate .. critique on social media-boosted toxic masculinity and its role in the teenage experience.

How Terrorgram Collective Influencers Groomed a Killer - ProPublica ... Krajcík had found his way to the Terrorgram community after hanging out on 8chan, a massive and anonymous forum that had long been an online haven for extremists; he would later say that he was "redpilled" - or radicalized - on the site.
Eric Rudolph - Wikipedia ... When Rudolph was 18, he spent time with his mother at a Christian Identity compound in Missouri known as the Church of Israel.[6]


ELI5: How is ink made and why is printer ink so expensive? : explainlikeimfive


Inside'Secret Mall Apartment': The True 4-Year Story of Domestic Life in a Shopping Center | Architectural Digest A new documentary explores the saga of artist Michael Townsend's clandestine Providence mall condo: "I was arrested three days before the wood floors went in"

Are you cleaning your water bottle enough?

Yes, I Went to the Yankees' Women's Mini-Fantasy Camp - The Atlantic - Women have always loved America's pastime. It has never loved them back.


These scientists are building a cat database to understand why they act like that : NPR
Darwin's Cats | Darwin's Ark Curious about cats? Darwin's Cats accelerates scientific discovery by engaging cats and their people in feline research

Spaghetti science: What pasta reveals about the universe

ADHD may be linked to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life and new study provides first evidence for a neurological mechanism. Patients with an ADHD diagnosis have more iron in certain regions of their brain consistent with old age-related dementias such as Alzheimer's disease. : science

Physical attractiveness far outweighs other traits in online dating success, far more than any other trait like intelligence, height, or occupation. Notably, men and women valued these traits in nearly identical ways, challenging long-held beliefs about gender differences in mate preferences. : science

Study finds intelligence and education predict disbelief in astrology. Spirituality, religious beliefs, or political orientation played surprisingly minor roles in astrological belief. Nearly 30% of Americans believe astrology is scientific, and horoscope apps continue to attract millions of users. : science

Boiled coffee in a pot contains high levels of the worst of cholesterol-elevating substances. Coffee from most coffee machines in workplaces also contains high levels of cholesterol-elevating substances. However, regular paper filter coffee makers filter out most of these substances, finds study. : science

Why do plastic containers always come out wet from the dishwasher? Science has the answer ... plastics cool down faster, leaving much of the water on the surface.

Breast vs Bottle: What Happens When Babies Are Fed Differently Revealed | The study found that longer and exclusive breastfeeding was significantly linked to better language and social development. : science ... Goldshtein explained that the current data couldn't differentiate between breastfeeding and pumped milk feeding.


Tips to protect yourself from modern scams | Starting Point


Plummeting pot prices have Mass. cannabis businesses on edge | WBUR News

State looks to toughen rules around timeout rooms in schools

Maybe I'm being naive but was porter square station always this bad? Not pictured is the multiple pieces of human doo doo feces : boston

Paul Toner, accused of paying for sex, says he won't resign He attended his first meeting of the panel on Monday night since allegations became public





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Kyiv Insider on X: Still burning into its 6th day, Russia's $350,000,000 "Kavkaz" oil transhipment facility now appears to be nearing completion of its lifecycle. / X
MAKS 24 on X: ❌ Minus ~1.7 million barrels of oil per day / X

(((Tendar))) on X: The Russian gas transfer point at Sudzha and near the Ukrainian border has been severely compromised. It is unlikely that it will be ever operational. Source: Telegram / Bavovna / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ A Russian air base is seeking urgent donations after its last remaining forklift broke down under the strain of loading 1500 kg bombs onto aircraft. The air base has already had to resort to transporting bombs using bicycles for want of other means of transportation. / X


Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal is attacked by Jewish settlers and arrested, activists say : worldnews ... Tbh, at this stage, Israels only plan is killing and destruction. It's the only end game where racial supremacy and capturing land are the sole goals
Israel approves controversial proposal to facilitate emigration of Palestinians from Gaza | CNN ... Israel's security cabinet has approved a controversial proposal to facilitate Palestinian emigration from Gaza, a move critics warn could amount to ethnic cleansing.


Zelenskyy says Russia manages to influence some people in Trump team : worldnews
'Absolutely unacceptable' - Ukrainian MPs react to Witkoff's statements on occupied territories : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1124, Part 1 (Thread #1271) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Mar. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


UNITED24 Media on X: Russian drones are mysteriously exploding on takeoff in occupied Kherson. Ukrainian partisans suggest sabotage in the supply chain, turning launches into a deadly risk for operators. / X


WHO calls for immediate action as report shows 10% rise in child TB infections in European region : worldnews ... The countries with the highest number of new TB cases in the WHO European Region are Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. When it comes to EU member states, the worst affected countries are Romania and Poland.


Denmark's defense committee head said he regrets choosing the F-35: 'We must avoid American weapons if at all possible' : worldnews

Austria says it has uncovered a Russian-steered campaign to spread disinformation about Ukraine : worldnews


Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian - Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality. : worldnews ... but only four percent of the Paris electorate turned out to cast their ballots.

White House pressured UK to criticise Zelenskyy for spat with Trump, Starmer says : worldnews
National Grid confirms Heathrow never lost access to power : worldnews
Two women who spied for Russia tracked down and named by BBC : worldnews

Trump says any country that purchases oil from Venezuela will have to pay 25% tariff on trade with U.S. : worldnews

Greenland PM furious at visits by US officials after Trump threatens takeover: 'Highly aggressive' : politics
Greenland's prime minister slams 'highly aggressive' visit by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance : politics
US president's expansionism into Greenland is threatening global order in place since 1945 : politics
Greenland officials express fury over Trump's plan to send a delegation. : politics
Anger in Greenland over visits this week by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz : worldnews
Greenlanders overwhelmingly oppose becoming part of the United States, poll shows : worldnews

P.E.I. says Teslas no longer eligible for electric vehicle rebate : worldnews
P.E.I. news: Teslas no longer eligible for EV rebate
Tesla's Europe sales collapse as anti-Musk backlash grows : worldnews




The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans - The Atlantic U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn't think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. By Jeffrey Goldberg
MAKS 24 - Trump on The Atlantic Signal story: I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic. It's a magazine that's going out of business. But I don't know anything about it. - Bluesky
Congress erupts over Trump admin Signal leak: "Heads should roll" : politics
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans : politics - In his text detailing aspects of the forthcoming attack on Houthi targets, Hegseth wrote to the group-which, at the time, included me-"We are currently clean on OPSEC." ... This headline WILDLY under emphasizes how bad this was. US VP, SecDef, and other cabinet level officials used a method of communication to discuss battle plans, share attack specs including targets, timing, and armaments, and did it over a channel that is not subject to Information Retention standards or approved as a secure method. The information they shared was only to be shared from within a SCIF. And the kicker is that one of them accidentally added a reporter and NOBODY FUCKING NOTICED.
Trump Team Leaks War Plans in Jaw-Dropping Security Fiasco | A National Security Council spokesperson said the text chain "appears to be authentic." : politics - No, this is a million times worse than Watergate. Not even in the same planet as Watergate

'Amateur hour': Washington aghast at Trump administration's war plan group chat : politics ... A journalist was randomly added to a group chat with the highest level of us government officials for no discernable reason as they openly planned top secret attacks on the houthis. They planned attacks using group chats that anyone can join, see, etc. but disappear after four weeks, so therefore are skirting all sorts of government accountability rules. Did I mention this administration plans top secret attacks by fucking group chat?! Using emojis? In violation of just about every single rule in existence? But Clinton's emails.

Putin gifted a portrait of Trump to the U.S. president : worldnews

Trump Is Sending Innocent People to El Salvador For Soccer Tattoos : politics
Trump Wants Green Card Applicants Already Legally In The U.S. To Hand Over Social Media Profiles: 'Chilling effect on free speech' : politics

IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA : politics

US could default on debt as soon as July: analysis : politics

WSJ editorial page: Sam Alito would never resign if he thought he would be replaced by a results-oriented hack - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Boasberg Will Not Relent. - by Harry Litman (An intriguing sidenote here: Trump said he never signed the proclamation and had nothing to do with it. However, it bears his signature. The White House scrambled to clean up his admission, suggesting he was referring to the original 1798 Alien Enemies Act as opposed to the proclamation signed Friday. That interpretation is risible in context, which leaves no doubt he was talking about the proclamation. So how did the signature get on the proclamation? ... So Boasberg ordered the administration not to deport the Venezuelans, and they did it anyway.

The Republicans who could succeed Trump in 2028, ranked - The Washington Post 2. Donald Trump Jr.

Who Really Loses in a Global Trade War? The Workers Furthest from the Headlines. | by Reynolds Taylor | (Ir)rational Review | Mar, 2025 | Medium

The authoritarian playbook: Trump targets judges, lawyers … and law itself : politics
Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky: "Right Now, the U.S. Is Ceasing to Be a Democracy" : politics
Trump's imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe : politics

White supremacists are trying to reconquer the United States | The Trump administration is targeting big law firms, including two in Boston, for trying to attract a diverse group of attorneys. Not in this zero-sum America. : politics

Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security : politics

Republican senator laughs at idea of supporting third Donald Trump term : politics
Trump complains about "distorted" portrait in Colorado Capitol building : politics
Trump complained about a portrait of him in Colorado's Capitol. Now it's being removed. - The Washington Post ... Trump falsely claimed that the portrait had been arranged for by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) and alleged that his likeness had been "purposefully distorted" - but in reality, the portrait was commissioned during Trump's first term and backed by Republicans

Protests break out across US over plans to change Postal Service : politics

Schumer Refuses to Step Down Despite Criticism : politics
Schumer Rejects Calls Within Party For Braver Democratic Leadership : politics

Bernie Sanders and AOC Rallies Are Pissing Off Elon Musk - The two Democrats are drawing huge crowds on the "Fight Oligarchy" tour. And it's making Republicans nervous. : politics

Eschaton: We Don't Really Need You Anymore I don't think people understand that, whatever people think of the US generally, it just isn't the Main Character nearly as much as it used to be ... Walmart thought it could use its immense power as America's biggest retailer to make Chinese suppliers eat the cost of President Donald Trump's tariffs. But Walmart got a response it's not accustomed to hearing: No.

Eschaton: Some Good News I admit I've never quite understood the quest to get rid of Sullivan, though I guess "beware of the consequences" doesn't really apply to people who never face any.
Supreme Court Will Not Weigh In On Billionaire's Case Against Press Protections - NewsBreak

McMahon Won't Rule Out RFK Jr. Taking Over School Vaccines : politics

Standing up for cancer - Lawyers, Guns & Money One unifying theme to this administration is that they really want more people to die of treatable or porentially treatable diseases:
L O L G O P: ""No money for kidney cancer," Vieth said. "No money for pancreatic cancer. No money for lung cancer. It leaves so much completely unfunded. Yeah, wow. It's pretty devastating." Wonder what percentage of America knows Elon is stealing cancer research for his tax cut?" - Bluesky

Worst national disaster since Civil War makes eliminating disaster relief a top priority (irony alert) - Lawyers, Guns & Money US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting Monday that the department would move to "eliminate" the government's disaster relief agency, days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing state and local governments to "play a more active and significant role" in responding to catastrophes.

Pam Bondi warns Jasmine Crockett to 'tread very carefully' in what she says about Elon Musk: Ahead of expected protests at Tesla locations, the Democratic representative said her calls to action against Musk were nonviolent. : politics
Rep. Jasmine Crockett eviscerates transphobic Republicans: 'Find the trans child ruining your life' : politics ... we recently learned they will literally sacrifice their children to measles to not be reasoned out of their beliefs


Gov. Pritzker takes aim at Trump, Musk: 'Things are bad, and they are going to get worse' : politics

New York Times reports Musk donated $6,600 to Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert : politics
Flirty Lauren Boebert dances for Kid Rock in behind-the-scenes video before leaving party together in dead of night | Daily Mail Online


Minnesota anti-trans state senator, who touted Trump derangement syndrome, arrested for soliciting a minor. Anti-trans elected officials appear to be far more likely to be a danger to minors than drag queens or transgender people. : politics
Daily Kos | Stories from CajsaLilliehook Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 54

Angry Voters Yell at 'Empty Chair' Town Halls as Republicans Chicken Out : politics


Influencer Announces Run For Congress After Revealing She Was Questioned By Elon Musk's Lawyers: 'I'm Not Scared' : politics


The autocratic structure of the American university - Lawyers, Guns & Money


How a Gag Order Made 'Careless People' a Bestseller - The Gag Order That Birthed a Best-seller Behind the making of Careless People, the Facebook tell-all its publisher insists is "not a book of news." ... The moment that an arbitrator (requested by Meta) slapped Wynn-Williams with a gag order, banning her from promoting her memoir, Careless People, he handed her the kind of publicity no book party could match. Suddenly, Careless People wasn't just another tech whistleblower book; it was the book Mark Zuckerberg didn't want you to read, and for many, that's enough to recommend it. (Zuckerfucker fucked himself and Sheryl Sandfucker) In Wynn-Williams's description, Sandberg is a charismatic tyrant who demands too much work and too much intimacy from her underlings;
What is "masculine energy"? - by Ariella Steinhorn


The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations ... Amanda Palmer
Amanda Palmer's New York show cancelled after complaints Palmer is also scheduled to play Somerville's The Armory on May 10.

Which actor is both terrible at acting and a terrible person? : AskReddit


Jay : "When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist - Bluesky



Delete your DNA data from genetics company 23andMe right now - The Washington Post The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California's attorney general has issued a privacy "consumer alert."




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Shashank Joshi on X: "America's main negotiator with Russia appears to be completely captured by Russian propaganda. Witkoff: "there have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule." / X
'They are Russian-speaking, and there have been referendums,' - Witkoff parrots Russian propaganda, legitimizing Putin's claim : news
Trump Envoy Says Putin Not Planning To Invade 'All Of Europe' : worldnews

Russia Raises Military Enlistment Payouts as It Struggles to Fill Army Ranks : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: Explosions were heard overnight in Volgograd, with reports suggesting a local oil refinery was targeted. / X

MAKS 24 : Russian voenkor Romanov confirms that AFU controls Demidovka in Belgorod region." - Bluesky
Russia's Ukraine Offensive Stalls Amid Belgorod Counter : worldnews
Greyskull on X: "Russian channel reports on the grave situation for russian troops in Belgorod, with up to 1000 troops risking encirclement near Grafovka and Demidovka https://t.co/ehLtdr8V0D" / X


Erdogan's political opponent, Mayor Imamoglu, has been imprisoned. : worldnews


Wajahat Ali: "How does anyone justify this anymore? If you do, I'm sorry, you're a genocidal psychopath. I hope someone in your life intervenes and talks to you about how you've completely dehumanized an entire people and become blinded by your hate and racism. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025..." - Bluesky
50,000 Dead - Lawyers, Guns & Money - At least Netanyahu is moving toward Trumpian ethnic cleansing here. That will show 'em! This will certainly secure Israel for the foreseeable future and not create more enemies willing to kill! In any case, what is the answer for the appropriate number of dead. 100,000? 200,000? The genocide of all global Muslims?

Ignoring Massacres in Gaza City While Protesting for Democracy in Tel Aviv - Opinion - Haaretz.com How is it possible to square the defense of Israel's democratic values with a situation in which on the other side tens of thousands of Palestinian lives are being cut short in a single blow? - Israel recently committed the largest child massacre in its history. Two hundred children and 100 women were killed in one day. Altogether, about 400 civilians were killed, and the number of dead is not yet final.

People Who Matter, People Who Don't Matter - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... In 2002, Columbia University Pulitzer Prize board member, alleged "anti-authoritarian" expert, and Atlantic Magazine columnist Anne Applebaum explicitly advocated in Slate magazine that Israel kill Palestinian journalists for the crime of making Israelis and Americans look bad. In her article, "Kill The Messenger," there is little subtlety or equivocation about not only Israel's right to blow up Palestinian media infrastructure, but to kill reporters for simply doing their job:

How Israel plans to escalate its war on Hamas in Gaza - The Washington Post Israel's political and military leaders are considering plans for a fresh ground campaign that could include a military occupation of Gaza for months or more.

Israel's Renewed Assault on Gaza Is a Prelude to Mass Expulsion | The Nation With Trump's green light for ethnic cleansing, Israel's return to war threatens to become an all-out effort to empty the enclave of Palestinians.

Largest Gaza hospital struck


Nathaniel Wice on X: @yarotrof @WSJ Much like Hitler occupied militarily only part of France yet politically controlled the entire country, Putin seeks to establish a Vichy regime in Kyiv, said @NathalieTocci, director of @IAIonline in Rome. @yarotrof / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1123, Part 1 (Thread #1270) : worldnews

Гюндуз Мамедов/Gyunduz Mamedov on X: "1 in 6 Ukrainians has acquaintances who have become victims of illegal detention, according to the @RatingGroup. This figure is particularly high among IDPs, reaching 25%. This highlights the seriousness of the issue of illegal detention of civilians, which affects not only / X

raging545 on X: Ukrainian aircraft carried out two air strikes on a Russian base in occupied Nova Kakhovka. There are claims online that it did not go too well for the Russians. / X
ChrisO_wiki on X: "2/ The MT-LB, built in Ukraine, Bulgaria and Poland from the early 1970s, is designed to carry 11 men in addition to a driver and gunner. However, like other Soviet-era APCs, it suffers from low headroom and narrow exit doors which slow down disembarcation from the vehicle. / X

Five year old among killed in Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says. : news

Visioner on X: "‼️‼️‼️ Big news - Ukrainian sources write that today, soldiers of the army special forces shot down/destroyed 4 Russian helicopters. We are waiting for photo-video evidence. / X



Electricity from renewable sources in the European Union reaches 47% in 2024 : worldnews


Czech Republic ready to join peacekeeping force in Ukraine, says president : worldnews


Italy suspends Starlink purchase negotiations with SpaceX amid Musk controversy : worldnews

Tens of thousands took to the streets in France against racism and far-right : worldnews
France hits hydrogen jackpot: World's largest reserve valued $92 billion found : technology

Starmer says he faced pressure from US to criticize Zelensky after Oval Office clash with Trump, NYT reports : worldnews
Jeremy Clarkson taunts'idiot' Elon Musk over Tesla vandalism : worldnews
Nursing assistant who planned Leeds hospital terror bomb jailed Mohammad Farooq planned to detonate an explosive at St James's Hospital in Leeds in January 2023, after earlier plotting to target RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate.
(8) What was it like to live in London in the 1800s? - Quora


Trump says Denmark isn't protecting Greenland. Here are the facts. - Washington Post

Tourist Attacked by Locals After Climbing Forbidden Mayan Temple in Mexico : worldnews

ICE raids shatter perception of Puerto Rico as a sanctuary for immigrants : politics

New Canadian prime minister Mark Carney calls snap election : worldnews
Alberta Premier under fire for Breitbart interview suggesting Trump lay off tariff threats until after a Canadian election in the hopes of seeing Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives elected. : worldnews
For over a century, a U.S.-Canada cross-border library used a single entrance. Now, the U.S. says Canadians must build their own. : news




US debt could explode above 200% of GDP in two decades if Trump's tax cuts become permanent, CBO says - putting it at unsustainable levels : politics

Jim: "The evidence in is more and more clear that there was manipulation of voting systems in the 2024 election. Lets get a proper count www.change.org/p/demand-a-h..." - Bluesky

Trump wants a 'Golden Dome' capable of defending the entire US: 'Strategically, it doesn't make any sense' : politics
Questions swirl after Trump says he didn't sign Aliens Enemies Act - so who did? | The Independent : politics
Donald Trump Asked Son Barron 'How'd You Do That?' When He Turned on a Laptop : politics

Molly Jong-Fast: "offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system." Bukele said his country would accept only "convicted criminals" and would charge a fee that "would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable." ... Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to accept deportations of American citizens www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... Bluesky
IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants : technology


Week 9 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State : politics ... it's not a dual state, it's a police state. stop tip-toeing around the truth
Kelly McParland: Trump's litany of failures is adding up : politics
Donald Trump's imperial presidency is a throwback to a greedier, pernicious age : politics
Trump lawyer argues president has the power to fire all women & people over 40 if he feels like it : politics ... Nice is appearance; kindness is intent.
While Washington DC Burns, Trump Golfs | The president is spending Saturday at his Bedminster golf club. : politics
Meanwhile, at Mar-a-Lago… : PoliticalHumor

Ex-US Attorney Jessica Aber investigated Russia, CIA leaker before death : politics

The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America - and serving a Christian nationalist plan : politics ... The "Executive Order to Combat Anti-Semitism" is EO 14188, which is a shameless Nazi dog whistle (14/88 being a common neo-Nazi code phrase)(needs validation).

The End of Free Speech? If the White House can punish anybody who engages in speech it dislikes, nobody will be free to criticize the government-and corporate criminals will be free to run amok. : politics

Trump ordered the attorney general to report 'frivolous' lawsuits against his administration so he can consider executive actions against firms. Read the memo. : politics
Trump memo seen as attack on lawyers and attempt to scare off lawsuits : politics

Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43 - NBC4 Washington The cause of her death is still under investigation
emptywheel: "It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f..." - Bluesky It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced | TIME
Jenny Cohn: "One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I'm not a gang member. I'm gay. I'm a barber.' I believed him. He "began to whimper," as his head was roughly shaved, "folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell." He "asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again." - Bluesky

Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention : politics

Green Card Holder Who Has Been in US for 50 Years Detained by ICE -- Niece : politics

Trump's Cuts Create Grim Future for VA's Mental Health Services : politics

Trump's defiance of court orders is 'testing the fences' of the rule of law : politics

Trump official doubts seniors would mind if their Social Security checks stopped : politics

Trump Turns Against the DEI Marxist Communist Islamocommunist First Trump Administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money Everyone who reads this website already knows this, but the second Trump administration is so, so, so much worse than the first. And yet the idiots who make up the electorate of the United States really don't see this clearly at all. But that's the thing about committed left/liberals-we pay attention to actual policy and know why it matters. So when Trump and Elon and Big Balls decide to kill programs from the first Trump administration, we even cringe at that because some of them were actually not horrible.

The Department of Government Inefficiency - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Not that this is news, but the point of DOGE is sabotage, not efficiency:

Why We Can Never Give Up on Trump Voters - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I asked American voters how much of a priority they thought a range of policy moves should be for Mr. Trump. The very top of the list? "Reduce the cost of living." Also high up on the list were actions on immigration, which explains why my polling has found that Mr. Trump's immigration job approval remains positive even as his approval in other areas has grown weaker.


Ron Filipkowski: "When you make a Twitter troll Secretary of Defense." - Bluesky

Daughter of 1st Black Marine says it's 'unbelievable' to see 'my dad caught up in DEI' : politics

The Little Bits of Destruction - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump and Big Balls destroying the nation includes the big things we've been talking about it but it also includes destroying the little things that make life better for smaller numbers of people where a bit of money really matters, such as the library world ... The IMLS is more than a grantmaking entity - it is the only federal agency dedicated to sustaining the entire museum and library ecosystem in the United States.


"First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil" - by Meghnad Bose Those close to him tell the story of a man whose journey took him from being a "double refugee" to scholar to political prisoner.
Trump Administration Lodges New Accusations Against Mahmoud Khalil - The New York Times


It did happen here - Lawyers, Guns & Money The collapse of the American liberal democratic order continues to accelerate: It's a long "memorandum," but it's essentially telling Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem to go after lawyers who challenge the federal government - which is many lawyer's jobs.

These six Democrats are showing the party how to resist Trump 2.0 : politics
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the courage to brawl for the working class : politics
Over 30,000 turn out for Bernie Sanders, AOC rally in Denver amid push for progressive change : politics

Walz reemerges as Democratic fighter with shots at Musk : politics


Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama warned us about Donald Trump. They were right. | Opinion : politics

Musk's SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump : politics
3 people face federal charges in Tesla arson attacks in U.S. as 80 more vehicles at Canada dealership are damaged : politics
Elon Musk Promises Lawsuit After Ex-Congressman Jamaal Bowman Calls Him A 'Nazi' : politics
Protesters gather outside Tesla showrooms and dealerships to denounce Elon Musk and DOGE : politics
Forget the Protests. It's Elon Musk Who's Driving Tesla-and America-Off a Cliff. What Musk is doing is indeed an act of mass destruction. But the attacks are targeted, and the aim is no total annihilation-rather, it's a government that works in his personal service. : politics
Elon Musk Freaks Out That People Are Bullying Him: Musk continues to insist he's only doing "productive things." : politics
Kara Swisher: "Also, it's owned by a jackass" - Bluesky

The rot - Lawyers, Guns & Money There's a story in the NYT this morning about how Elon Musk is poised to make billions of dollars from the eventual granting of "competitive" government contracts to his companies, despite all that sweet efficient slashing of other parts of a $6.3 trillion dollar budget ... In the Before Time this would have been enormous scandal, even for a Republican administration. For a Democratic administration it would be considered - you're not going to believe this - even more scandalous than lying about a consensual affair, in a deposition in a phony sexual harassment suit, brought for no reason other than to set this precise perjury trap ... Bubba Cunningham ... "You had Harry Houdini on the committee, had a bonus and a check for putting y'all in the tournament. Never trust a guy named Bubba," Barkley said to North Carolina legend and co-host Kenny Smith.

Elon Musk's daughter, Vivian Wilson, interviewed in Teen Vogue
Ron Filipkowski: "Hello darkness my old friend " - Bluesky
hello darkness - Google Search
Elon Musk says it's trans people's fault that cis people are burning Tesla cars. The billionaire Trump ally lashed out hours after Vivian Jenna Wilson called him a "pathetic man-child" : politics
Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? : politics

Elon Musk will be to thank if Brad Schimel wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Ron Johnson says : politics ... At this point, my only hope is that he becomes so outrageously awful that the entire human race is forced to recognize that billionaires can no longer exist. There needs to be a full blown counter-revolution. The balance of power is so far out whack, this is not sustainable.

RFK Jr. tells anti-vaccine group to take down fake CDC page The mock webpage online featured the CDC's familiar blue banner across the top, and the agency's blue-and-white logo along with the words "Vaccine Safety." The headline read "Vaccines and Autism."
Jon Cooper: "My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic. RFK Jr can go fuck himself." - Bluesky

Peter Morley 💙 ♿️: "Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed..." - Bluesky


TIL Thomas Jefferson wanted the official motto of the US to be "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." When it was rejected he appropriated it for his own seal. : todayilearned


Why Words Have Lost Their Meaning | by John Rees: Writer & Student of Life | Mar, 2025 | Medium And Why That Matters More Than Ever in 2025 - Trump: Rewriting Reality, One Slogan at a Time


Why is the historically unpopular president so popular? - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Deputy NYT opinion editor Patrick Healy got the opinion section conservative columnists together to discuss why Donald Trump is so popular, based on cherry picking one source of data (right track/wrong track numbers) from an NBC poll and downplaying or ignoring others. The questions are like this:


Fascist Aesthetics - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nick Lowles on X: "What a plonker! Tommy Robinson uses an AI image of D-Day with the soldiers heading out to sea. #fool h / X
Ashlea Simon on X: The future of Britain. Our girls will never be safe living in multicultural Britain. Is this the future you want for your children and grandchildren? / X
Javier Milei (Javiermilei) - Instagram photos and videos
Javier Milei | NO ENTREGARÉ EL DÉFICIT CERO Una parte del Congreso muestra una vocación sistemática por destruir el equilibrio fiscal, lo cual conlleva a... | Instagram
Labour apologise after posting TikTok video featuring explicit song | Politics News | Sky News
The Awful Plan to Turn Gaza Into the Next Dubai | The Nation The Netanyahu administration seems to have learned from neighboring petrostates that spectacle can distract from ethnic cleansing.
shauna: ""Meta bet that threading the political needle and protecting its brand from controversy would help Threads grow safely, but instead it alienated the very users it needed most. Meta sent a clear message from the start: user input came second." absolutely correct. Meta ignored us ... so we left." - Bluesky

How 'Careless People' is becoming a bigger problem for Meta : technology
Ex-Meta executive: 'People deserve to know what this company is really like' | CNN Business : technology

Sen. Fetterman must resign : politics - As President Trump was incoherently rambling anti-constitutional and fascist rhetoric to the nation's top law enforcement officials, Sen. Fetterman was on the floor of the U.S. Senate delivering a vote in favor of a Republican government funding bill that will enable the continued decimation of federal agencies at the hands of South African Billionaire Elon Musk.

Can Zohran Mamdani, a Socialist and TikTok Savant, Become N.Y.C. Mayor? : politics

KFile: Gavin Newsom spent years fighting for progressive positions he now bashes on his new podcast : politics

Nearly 1,000 people attend Lexington rally to protest Trump cuts. Rep. Barr is a no show : politics

Trump demands 'full throated' apology from Gov. Mills over Maine's transgender athlete policy : politics

Maine protesters call out Sen. Collins for not holding a town hall in 25 years : politics


Breaking: P Diddy Paid Off Judges, Prosecutors and Cops (to frame early investors in Bad Boy) : Music

Couple sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for forcing adopted Black children to work as slaves : news


LEAVING NEVERLAND, the 2019 Michael Jackson documentary that shook the world, has effectively vanished after HBO-MAX removed it due to a non-disparagement clause : movies



Science Friday: "The book"Doctored" makes the case that scientific fraud has helped stall progress toward effective Alzheimer's treatments." - Bluesky


Feeling forgiven by God can reduce the likelihood of apologizing, study finds. Divine forgiveness can actually make people less likely to apologize by satisfying their internal need for resolution. The findings were consistent across Christian, Jewish, and Muslim participants. : science - There is no hate like Christian love.

Shared genes explain why ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia often occur together, study finds. This shared genetic basis helps explain why children with ADHD are more prone to experience difficulties in reading, spelling, and mathematics. : science


Ladies of reddit, when fantasizing about a man what specifically do you picture or think about that turns you on? : AskReddit

What insignificant thing did someone say that stuck with you forever? : AskReddit

ELI5: If I use a single pulley to lift a 100lb weight, why wouldn't the tension on the rope be 200lbs? : explainlikeimfive

'Frequently returned item' warning slapped on Snapdragon Surface Laptop 7 at Amazon - Tom's Hardware : Surface




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For the first time ever, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal in the US : technology
TIL that by 2050, the Northwest Passage -- once an impossible Arctic route-will become the most valuable shipping lane on Earth, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific through Canada and Greenland. : todayilearned
Pyramid-like mountain in Antarctica, located in the Ellsworth Mountains. : pics
At the Mountains of Madness - Wikipedia


North Korean dictator says he strongly supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine : worldnews


Xi's family holds millions of dollars in business interests: U.S. intel : worldnews



US special envoy to Russia praises Putin, says he's not a bad person : worldnews

Kazakhstan Restores Populations of Przewalski's Horse, Turanian Tiger, and Snow Leopard : worldnews



Hundreds arrested in third night of Turkey protests : worldnews
Turkey detains 343 people over protests against Istanbul mayor's detention, interior ministry says : worldnews
Key Erdogan rival's university diploma is revoked in a move that blocks him from Turkey's election : worldnews
Musk's X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest : worldnews


Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in ramp up against Houthis : worldnews
Houthis report 3rd attack on Israel's Ben Gurion Airport within 48 hours : worldnews


Fatah Urges Hamas To Cede Power To Safeguard Palestinians Existence' : worldnews


Zelensky defies Trump, warning: Hands off my nuclear power stations : politics
Putin's occupied territories deportation decree part of genocide policy, Ukraine says : worldnews
Trump says 'contract' being drafted on 'dividing up' land in Ukraine war : worldnews
China is considering deploying a contingent to Ukraine : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1122, Part 1 (Thread #1269) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 22, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Costin Andries on X: Odesa, 150 km de Romania / X
Visioner on X: Very interesting video - Due to the use of a Ukrainian EW system, a Russian guided aerial bomb misses its target / X


Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it : worldnews

Only vaccinated children could be allowed into schools, suggests top Polish health official : worldnews

ELI5: How does the Norwegian ski jumping cheat technically work? : explainlikeimfive

Germany finalizes 3 billion euro aid package for Ukraine : worldnews
Street Art in Hamburg : pics

Pope Francis to be released from the hospital : worldnews

Italy's Starlink talks at standstill amid Musk outrage, minister says : worldnews
Italy's deal with Starlink has stalled, defence minister says : worldnews

Macron: Russia has once again demonstrated it doesn't actually share desire for peace : worldnews
Police evict hundreds of migrants squatting in Paris theatre for months : worldnews

UK to accelerate military planning to support Ukraine, No 10 says : worldnews
UK says it has 25 billion in frozen Russian assets : worldnews
Teenage girls have more depressive symptoms than boys in both London and Tokyo. The study found that this gender gap is around twice as large in London and the year-on-year rise in depressive symptoms is around four times steeper for teenage girls in London than for teenage girls in Tokyo. : science ... Social media is hellish on teen girls ... on purpose. Read Careless People the expose on Facebook. They targeted teens, especially girls, at their most vulnerable times ON PURPOSE to sell more ads.

Scotland has been reported to the UN over its dire access to justice for the public : worldnews

"A pivot moment": Some travel agents are now urging their clients to avoid the United States | Tourists are cancelling their trips, spooked by recent incidents that suggest the U.S. is not a safe place to be : politics
Americans, how you do you feel about the news that Germany, Denmark and the UK have issued travel warnings for the United States? : AskReddit

Canadians will head to the polls April 28, following snap election call : worldnews
Mark Carney claps back at Donald Trump's claim he changed Canada's political landscape : worldnews
"I do not wish it upon anyone": BC woman detained for 12 days at US border details ordeal : videos ... To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks. Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there.




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism : politics
The Media Is Responding to Trump With a Huge Face-Plant - The press's pathological need to normalize autocratic misrule is paving the road to ruin. : politics

The Right Doesn't Actually Care About Antisemitism : politics ... just rage, hate and selfishness.

Columbia agrees to government demands in bid to restore funding : news - the silver lining in this miserable timeline is quickly exposing just how many spineless cowards are amongst us.
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million | A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it. : politics

Trump Claims He Didn't Sign Deportation Order He Definitely Signed : politics
U.S. to revoke legal status of more than a half-million migrants, urges them to self deport : news ... Elon Musk and Melanie both worked illegally in the US and on that basis should also be deported. They are deporting folks for that offense, even many years on.

Judge orders reinstatement of USAID functions, says DOGE effort to shutter agency likely unconstitutional : politics

Naked Kennedy Center Staffer Rips 'Villainous Liar' Trump and 'Nazi Wannabe' Musk | "I have called Trump out on his bullshit and dare him to fire me for being unapologetically queer, and critical, for showing up everyday in my best red lip and woke gender ideology that says don't fuck with me." : politics

Social Security chief rows back on shutting down agency : politics

Efforts to save Department of Education move to courts : politics

IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts : politics

Donald Trump Asks Boeing to Design a New Military Jet. He's Naming It After Himself : politics

How Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill - The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert. : politics

Green card holders warned against leaving the United States : worldnews
Trump's Deportations Rely on Tattoos -- It's Bullshit. : politics

Trump Says Jan. 6 Rioters Were Nothing Like Those 'Terrorist' Tesla Vandals : politics ... Well, he's right about that. One tried to attempt a coup (J6). The other is trying to prevent one (TT). ,
'Delusional' Trump Threatens to Send Tesla Vandals to Prison for 20 Years... in El Salvador | "If genuine steps are taken to remove U.S. citizens convicted of crimes to prisons in El Salvador," said one legal expert, "this removal would violate not only U.S. law but the U.S. Constitution." : politics ... Trump will ship you off to be tortured in a Central American concentration camp over vandalizing a swazticar but will totally pardon insurrectionists that vandalized the Capitol building, assaulted cops and took dumps on people's desks and smeared poop on the walls
Mugshot of Colorado Tesla arsonists Trump intends to send to El Slavador prison : pics
Trump floats sending Americans to foreign prisons. Civil rights groups say that would be illegal. : politics ... The media is afraid of him which makes them complicit in the destruction of our nation. Absolutely insane we are here. I used to wonder what 1930s Germany was really like. I would have preferred to read about it though not experience it.
No evidence of coordinated vandalism of Teslas despite Musk and Trump claims : politics
The used Tesla market is crumbling | CNN Business : technology
Tesla trade-ins surge to record high : technology
Elon Musk Goes On Transphobic Rant The Same Day His Estranged Daughter Speaks Out : politics
He did not see that coming : AdviceAnimals
Seen in D.C on the way to work this morning : pics ... Neither is the body, his real torso looks like a bunch of trapped gnomes slightly shifting around inside a burlap sack.

Trump administration scrubs 'Golden Girls' star's Marine Corps contributions in latest DEI purge : politics

How do racist people still exist? Combined with Trump's demographic, Trumpers and Racists have the combined IQ of a carrot. But that's doing the carrot dirty. : AdviceAnimals
The foretold end times? : PoliticalHumor
The white moderate MLK warned us about : PoliticalHumor undefined
Let's hope the Dept of Education survives this insanity. : AdviceAnimals

20% of Americans support boycott of firms aligning themselves with Trump agenda : politics

Court hearing centers on Newsmax CEO's role in spreading election-fraud claims : politics

Cancellations and missed deadlines: Kennedy Center in 'free fall' since Trump takeover : Music


Boeing Sued Over Whistleblower's Death-Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleging Harassment Led to Suicide : worldnews


Measles cases linked to outbreak in Texas reach 309, surpassing nationwide total in 2024 : news
How a Texas child's measles death was weaponized by the anti-vaccine movement Anti-vaccine influencers see the child's death as proof - not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories ... The couple, who are Mennonites, believe their daughter's death was the will of God.


Bernie Sanders is drawing record crowds as he pushes Democrats to 'fight oligarchy' : politics
Sanders, AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight 'Oligarchy' in Denver | "The American people will not allow Trump to move us into oligarchy and authoritarianism. We will fight back. We will win," said Sanders. : politics

Chuck Schumer: The Man Who Let American Fascism Rise Without a Fight -- There is no more room for weak leadership, no more time for calculated political inaction. Schumer must go, and Democrats must replace him with a leader who understands the existential stakes of this moment. : politics

'They hate us': Democrats now fear midterms could result in their ouster as voters want candidates to take on Trump : politics
Democrats Face Singular Question at Voter Town Halls: Where's the Fight? : politics ... Maine Senator Susan Collins has not held a town hall in 25 years.

"Cowardly fraud" Nancy Mace refuses to attend town hall because its "not safe". Mace has made a national name for herself by bullying trans people, but it seems she is unwilling to be on the receiving end of any ire. : politics

How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles : politics

Stephen King quote: We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

Gov. Brad Little signs bill to let Idaho doctors refuse care if it violates beliefs : news

Poll: Only 20% of Utah voters support fluoride ban, but lawmakers passed it anyway : politics

Alabama board defunds local library for failing to protect teens from 'inappropriate' books : politics

She hoped Trump would revive her farm. Now she worries his policies could bankrupt it. : politics

Were the Kennedy files a bust? Not so fast, historians say. - The Boston Globe

A troubling trend? 4 former and current HCSO deputies take their own lives in last 6 weeks : news

Matt Owens Steps Down As'One Piece' Co-Showrunner To Focus On Mental Health : television

Episode 12 of The Pitt has to be the best episode of a medical drama I've ever seen : television

Which celebrity gives you "I sold my soul to the devil" vibes? : AskReddit

Britt Lower Reveals the Brief 'Severance' Finale Moment She Insisted Not Be Cut: 'That moment is really essential for what comes next' : television



Diverging views of democracy fuel support for authoritarian politicians, study shows. People who supported democracy in principle but adhered less strongly to liberal democratic norms, like minority rights protection and constraints on executive power, tolerated democratic violations more readily. : science

How to think about the sublime | Psyche Guides
When does philosophy overlap with literature? Iris Murdoch talks to Bryan Magee | Aeon Videos
Iris Murdoch - Wikipedia
Iris Murdoch's last novel reveals first signs of Alzheimer's disease | UCL News - UCL - University College London
Sir Terry Pratchett: A watershed moment for dementia - Alzheimer's Research UK ("who's")
Linguistics Sleuths Probe the Mental Health of Agatha Christie - Cognitive Neuroscience Society
The interlocking finger test in patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy subjects - ScienceDirect
The interlocking finger test in patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy subjects - PubMed
Interlocking Finger Test May Be Useful as Parkinson's Screening Tool
Dementia quick self test at home. Can you repeat these movements with ... | test | TikTok
The meaning of meaningless gestures: A study of visuo-imitative apraxia - ScienceDirect

Potential risk biomarkers found for schizophrenia resulting from cannabis use : science

Scientists Uncover Lyme Disease's Hidden Achilles' Heel - And How to Exploit It : technology ... B. burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease) has a special kind of "battery charger" (lactate dehydrogenase or LDH) that helps it make energy without oxygen. Scientists think this charger is different enough from the ones in other bacteria and human cells that they might be able to attack it without hurting anything else.

Study reveals age-related differences in how children with social anxiety handle errors | Findings suggest that the way social anxiety affects cognitive processes changes as children grow. : science

A new study in mice shows the brain physically links memories of events that occur close in time in dendrites, branch-like projections extending from neurons. When one memory forms, affected dendrites are primed to capture new information arriving within the next few hours. : science

Whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) may act as a fast antidepressant, with mood benefits lasting up to six weeks. It likely works by resetting stress pathways and increasing IL-6, triggering anti-inflammatory effects. More studies are needed to confirm long-term safety. : science

ELI5: Why is estrogen increase a side effect of being an obese man? : explainlikeimfive ... Adipose tissue expresses an enzyme called aromatase, which converts testosterone to estradiol.

DNA points to mystery journey of hunters 8,500 years ago that crossed two continents : science

End of a romantic relationship does not come out of the blue but starts 1-2 years before breakup. Study shows terminal stage of relationship consists of 2 phases. First, there is a gradual decline in relationship satisfaction, reaching a transition point 1-2 years before dissolution of relationship. : science

Boosting brain's waste removal system improves memory in old mice | Researchers found that rejuvenating the lymphatic vessels in the brain enhanced recognition memory and restored synaptic function through an interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathway. : science



You see a person shoplifting, what will you do? : AskReddit

What's a habit/behavior you thought you'd outgrow but didn't? : AskReddit

What turns your rage meter up to 99.9 ? : AskReddit

ELI5 Germs move slow. Then, how does a personal object (e.g. earphone) lose its cleanliness when dropped on a toilet floor although picked up immediately? How they transfer to it that fast? : explainlikeimfive

What's a song you can't listen to? : AskReddit

What's the best piece of sex advice you have to share? : AskReddit

What was the very first game you played on a PC? : AskReddit

What is the most pleasant non sex or drug related experience a human can have? : AskReddit

Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be? : technology




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'Vandals in the White House' no longer reliable allies of Australia, former defence force chief : worldnews


Tokyo. The largest city in the world with a population of 37 million! : pics


Steve Rosenberg on X: "One Russian newspaper today: America now has more in common with Russia than Washington does with Brussels or with Kyiv. #ReadingRussia / X

Russian energy giant Gazprom suffers $13.1 billion loss in 2024 : worldnews

Jimmy Rushton on X: For a comparison, this is what this section of the Engels-2 airbase looked like before the Ukrainian attack... / X
New satellite images show the damage after Ukraine struck a bomber base deep inside Russia : worldnews


TIL in 2017, five bald men were killed in Mozambique because their killers believed that the heads of bald men contain gold. : todayilearned

Student shot by plastic bullet at protests in Turkey (OC) : pics


Netanyahu's party falls to 19 out of 120 seats in new poll, the coalition would be left with 49 seats. : worldnews

A month-old girl is pulled from the rubble in Gaza after an airstrike killed her parents : news ... The girl's grandmother, Fatima Abu Dagga, sat with a group of other women in a relative's house Thursday, taking turns cradling the infant. Her sons and their wives and eight grandchildren died in the bombing, and only the baby survived. She wept over the loss, and the return to the devastation of war.


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1121, Part 1 (Thread #1268) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 21, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

NOELREPORTS on X: UN report reveals Ukrainian youth are being coerced into sabotage for Russia. At least 11 minors aged 13-17 have been arrested for acts of sabotage, including arson. The report also states that over 200 minors were forcibly taken to Russia in the war's first year. Ukrainian children in occupied areas face exposure to Russian war propaganda. / X
Russia used risque pics to blackmail teen girl into terror act : worldnews


Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. The AP documented 59 incidents : politics


Iceland minister who had a child with a teenager 30 years ago quits : worldnews

Denmark Issues Travel Warning For US : worldnews


French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found : worldnews

UK foreign secretary: Putin cannot veto deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine : worldnews
Prince William sends message from tank near Russian border on Estonia trip
Global Travel Plunged Into Chaos as Huge Fire Shuts Down London's Heathrow Airport : worldnews ... Counter-terrorism police investigating <- we are here
'MI5 will be all over this': Security expert tells LBC Russian operatives could be behind Heathrow chaos : worldnews
U.K. Authorities Probing Possible Putin 'Sabotage' After Heathrow Airport Fire : worldnews
Cease-Fire Negotiations - Lawyers, Guns & Money The British are trying to find their way to a light security guarantee that does not include British troops on the ground, probably as a means of negotiating around a Russian red line:
Donald Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealth : worldnews


Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America | AP News : worldnews

US rejects Mexico's request for water as Trump opens new battle front : worldnews

US to limit Canadian access to cross-border library where Kristi Noem taunted hosts
Americans were grateful for Canadian aid during the Iran hostage crisis of 1980. : pics
Halifax musicians stopped by US traffic cops, searched for drugs, asked if they prefer [Canada or America] : Music
Halifax musicians say U.S. traffic stop led to drug search, questions about allegiance | CBC News MacDonald sisters shaken by experience but say they plan to continue touring in the U.S.




We're Finally Seeing the "Evidence" Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It's Unbelievable. : politics

A Note On Strategy - Lawyers, Guns & Money [The previous Washington consensus] is that America was made stronger by being the dominant or strongest figure in these various global alliances and institutions. That meant not using the full extent of our power.

ELI5: What's the difference between a 4th and 5th generation fighter? What is the best fighter out there and where does the F-35 figure in the list? : explainlikeimfive

Opinion | William Strauss and Neil Howe's political prophesy Thinking of American history in terms of generations helps explain our current breakdown - and how long this new era may last.

Donald Trump is worse than every president in modern history in key area, new polling shows : politics
J.D. Vance Is the Most Disliked New Vice President in History : politics
Trump Melts Down Over How Much Power President Elon Musk Has : politics
The best is always made in America : PoliticalHumor
Good job donny : PoliticalHumor
Reality is getting closer and closer to satire : PoliticalHumor
Since we are on the topic of tattoos : PoliticalHumor

People named in JFK assassination documents are not happy their personal information was released : news
Trump Admin Publishes Social Security Numbers of Living People in Unredacted JFK Files: Congressional staffers, intelligence experts and federal contractors are among those whose private information is now public record : politics
Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can't Have Data Trump's interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can't access Americans' most sensitive
Acting head threatens to shut down Social Security after court ruling - The Washington Post Leland Dudek argues that a ruling blocking Elon Musk's cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.
Howard Lutnick thinks that if you don't get your Social Security check and complain you are probably a fraudster - Lawyers, Guns & Money
A Tale of Two Cities: Themes | SparkNotes

Donald Trump impeachment warning issued : politics ... 2026 is too far away.

Meet Kai Trump, the Gen Z White House influencer - The Washington Post

"Ludicrous" Situation: Jeffrey Epstein Case Redaction Takes Over FBI's New York Office | Vanity Fair The bureau's New York field office normally chases drug dealers and spies. Right now, according to multiple sources, priority one is redacting the sex trafficker's case files.

Tim Walz: Trump Will Start Arresting Political Opponents : politics

Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services : politics

The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations. : politics

Trumpism without Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money JD Vance's unprecedented unpopularity at this point of the administration is trumping even that of his official boss's:

Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China : news ... Hahaha, conservatives sold out the USA for 250 million? That's it?
Elon Musk Threatens Pentagon Leakers After China War Story : politics
Elon Musk holds Pentagon meeting, wants leakers prosecuted : politics
Based on our current foreign policy towards aggressors, maybe there's no reason to worry that Elon got a Pentagon briefing on China : AdviceAnimals
Finally found the immigrant taking American jobs : PoliticalHumor
Elon Musk received court summons in SEC suit over failure to properly disclose Twitter stake : politics

Judge bars Musk's DOGE team from Social Security records in scathing ruling : news
Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can't Have Data : politics
A boom market for wallet inspectors - Lawyers, Guns & Money Jeremy Peters - the reporter who found Elon Musk's politics an unfathomable mystery - discovers that Republican complaints about CANCEL CULTURE may not have been made entirely in good faith:

Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department : news
Another Slapdown for Trump as Education Dept. Is Saved : politics ... In what world is the Department of Education being gutted by actual pro wrestlers any kind of win? This really is a race to the bottom.
This is the secretary of education : videos

ICE Deported Professional Soccer Player After 'I Love You' Sign Language Symbol Was Interpreted as Gang Sign: Affidavit : politics

Trump Touts Prison in El Salvador for Tesla Attackers : politics
Trump touts prison in El Salvador for Tesla attackers : worldnews
Musk's Echo Chamber Is So Deep He Thinks People Like Him : politics ... Ketamine is actually incredibly difficult to OD on and that's part of why it's so popular as a party drug. It's one of the only drugs that's regularly abused recreationally where the recreational dose is significantly lower than the clinical dose used for anesthesia
How do you feel about a sitting President and the Commerce Secretary going on television to tell people to buy Tesla cars and stocks? : AskReddit
The White House's promotion of Tesla's stock is an ethics nightmare - and it's not even working : politics
Tesla owners are trading in their EVs at record levels, Edmunds says : news
Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks after using wrong glue to stick on steel panels : technology
Musk's Dad: Elon's Not Racist -- He Was Friends With 'Black Servants'​ : politics
Musk links trans people to Tesla attacks the same day his estranged daughter critiques him in Teen Vogue interview
Elon Musk's daughter condemns work with Trump: "Cartoonishly evil" : politics
A Rumor About Elon Musk's Penis Won't Die. Unfortunately, I Found Out What That Would Look Like.
Azealia Banks on X: "Grimes told me this too" / X

Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election : politics ... Schimel, the Republican candidate, has promised to be a "support network" for Trump. He's also said that the Supreme Court "screwed over" Trump by not overturning the 2020 election.
Elon Musk is paying voters again ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election : politics

'The silence on this issue is deafening': Judge admonishes Trump admin's 'fishing expedition' while blocking DOGE from accessing Americans private data : politics

The "struggling middle class" - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Yes the "middle class" faces plenty of economic challenges, especially in regard to the cost of housing, health care, and higher education, but middle class families, broadly defined, are still much better off in regard to all three of those social goods than they were during the Golden Age of MAGA nostalgic lore ... the fact that "the middle class doesn't feel like it has enough to get by" is a product, above all, of right wing propaganda, which at this point is functionally fascist propaganda. Repeating that propaganda is a bad idea.

AOC and Bernie draw crowds of thousands: Is the Democratic Party having its Tea Party moment? : politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders rally Democrats, calling for a party that 'fights harder' : politics

Dem Rep Ripped at Town Hall by Furious Anti-Musk Voters : politics
Two Utah GOP representatives hosted a town hall. They were met with shouts of 'shame' and 'do your job.' : politics

GOP Lawmaker Who Ousted Liz Cheney Says It's 'Bizarre' How 'Obsessed' People Are with Government at Explosive Town Hall : politics
Dear Chuck Schumer, the 'old' Republican Party is never coming back : politics

GOP proposes bill that would punish supporting trans youth through new names and haircuts. A bill in Arkansas would allow lawsuits against people who use trans kids' preferred names or give them gender nonconforming haircuts. : politics
Texas school's punishment of a Black student who wears dreadlocks is going to trial

GOP Rep. Drowned Out by Boos After Defending Elon Musk in Town Hall : politics ... She genuinely believes she was elected to destroy the federal government, like the other Republicans. She thinks it's weird that not everyone's on board.

Gay Valimont tells supporters she's raised $6.7 million to flip Matt Gaetz seat blue : politics

MAGA Republican Resigns After Being Charged With Soliciting Sex From a Minor : politics

Avoid at all costs!! : PoliticalHumor

"I don't regret the vote": Why most Trump voters stand by him, even as he ruins their lives : politics

Thought we wouldn't notice : AdviceAnimals

US Senate Democrats call on Trump Medicare nominee Dr. Oz to pay $400,000 in avoided taxes : politics

Vaccines still don't cause autism : videos
Anti-Vaxx Mom Whose Daughter Died From Measles Says Disease 'Wasn't That Bad' : news


Eminem Rep Makes Rare Statement After Ex-Employee Is Charged with Leaking Unreleased Music: Damage 'Cannot Be Overstated' : Music

Dolly Parton doing better than she thought she would after husband's death: 'He'll still always be with me' : Music

What is the "Stairway to Heaven" of other bands? : Music



TIL that Benjamin Franklin never patented any of his many inventions, writing that "as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." : todayilearned


TIL 2025 = 45², a rare perfect square year ,The last was 1936, the next comes in 2116 : todayilearned

ELI5: What Chiropractor's cracking do to your body? : explainlikeimfive

Sex differences in brain structure are present at birth and remain stable during early development. The study found that while male infants tend to have larger total brain volumes, female infants, when adjusted for brain size, have more grey matter, whereas male infants have more white matter. : science

A new study finds that for every 10°C rise in temperature, sleep duration drops by nearly 10 minutes. By 2099, climate change could cause an annual loss of 33 hours of sleep per person. : science
Atmospheric CO2 levels can cause cognitive impairment

Layout of trees and human health: Study identifies a significantly lower mortality risk in people who live in neighbourhoods with large, contiguous and well networked areas of tree canopies. : science

Cloaked in color: Research finds some female hummingbirds evolve male plumage to dodge aggression | Like changing outfits allows people to tailor their look in hopes of attracting or avoiding attention, hummingbirds may take a similar approach. : science

Physicists Have Spotted Electrons Forming 'Tornadoes' Inside a Quantum Semimetal. : science

Marijuana users at greater risk for heart attack and stroke: Adults under 50 are more than six times as likely to suffer a heart attack if they use marijuana, compared to non-users. They also have a dramatically higher risk of stroke, heart failure and heart-related death. : science

Speed of light and the observable universe? : askscience

Scientists discover biological differences between sexes when it comes to chronic pain, which may explain why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men. The study found in female rodents, pain signals release leptin, a hormone associated with heightened pain sensitivity. : science

TIL the earliest known depiction of Christ on a cross is a piece of mocking graffiti in an ancient Roman boys school. Jesus is depicted with the head of a donkey, the text "Alexamenos worships his god" carved underneath. : todayilearned

ELI5 how did they get rid of LA smog? : explainlikeimfive

Night owls who stay up late, called "evening chronotypes," have more depression symptoms than people who are early risers, or "morning chronotypes." On average, night owls had poorer sleep quality, higher alcohol consumption, and acted with less mindfulness than morning chronotypes. : science

Deadly bacteria have developed the ability to produce antimicrobials and wipe out competitors : science
Probiotics - Health Professional Fact Sheet

A study analyzed the disparity in the performance of 26,000 residential PV systems in the USA. Companies installing high quality systems mainly serve high-income and white neighbourhoods, whereas companies installing inferior quality systems disproportionately serve low-income and racialized areas. : science


Saw 4chan's ten year top 100 list last year. Decided to read them all. Now I'm halfway done. My thoughts. : books

10 Years Ago This Picture Caused Arguments All Over The World : pics
Wikipe-tan wearing The Dress reduced - The dress - Wikipedia

ELI5: Why do websites want you to get their app? : explainlikeimfive

Apple Losing Over $1 Billion a Year on Streaming Service : movies

ELI5: What happens in the brain when people say they get blackout drunk and can't remember anything? : explainlikeimfive


How Mr. Darcy Became One of Jane Austen's Most Memorable Creations : books

What's a childhood snack that disappeared but you still think about? : AskReddit


Boston brothel: Names of alleged customers read in court
Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner named in brothel case : CambridgeMA
In the Cambridge brothel case, Councilor Paul Toner faces charges
Boston brothel names: More alleged customers identified - Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner named in brothel case
Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner IDed in MA brothel bust case - NBC Boston
Breaking: Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner Charged With Buying Sex Through Brothel Ring : CambridgeMA
Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner named in brothel case : boston

It has been 177 days since John Corcoran was killed on Mem Drive and nobody has been arrested yet : CambridgeMA

Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Destroy Satanic Temple in Salem with a Pipe Bomb : boston




032025

More than 150 unprecedented climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN : worldnews
The Doctor, the Biohacker, and the Quest to Treat Their Long Covid - 20 million Americans and at least 400 million people worldwide currently suffer from long COVID, a debilitating condition that still has no approved treatment and is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood.


Amnesty International Canada devastated by reports of Canadians executed in China : worldnews
Canada condemns China after it executes Canadians over drug related crimes : worldnews
China executed 4 Canadians this year, Ottawa says - DW : worldnews



Putin orders Ukrainians 'without legal status' to leave Russia, occupied territories by Sept. 10 : worldnews

CIA provides White House with intelligence refuting encirclement of thousands of Ukrainians in Russia's Kursk Oblast : worldnews
Western intel contradicts Trump's, Putin's claims on Ukraine's encirclement in Kursk Oblast, Reuters reports : worldnews

UK: Putin's War Has Triggered Russia's Largest Losses Since WW2 : worldnews

Ukraine struck a key Russian air base used for Tu-95 and Tu-160 bomber attacks : worldnews
This morning the UA Defense Forces attacked the Engels-2 military airbase in the Saratov oblast, Russia : UkraineWarVideoReport
Ukraine attacks Russian strategic bomber airfield, Russian officials say : worldnews

Kremlin Accuses Europe of Planning 'Militarization' : worldnews


Elon Musk's X sues India over 'unlawful' censorship via Sahyog Portal and IT Act : worldnews


U.S. offers $15 million reward for woman, 3 accomplices accused of smuggling drone technology to Iran : worldnews
FBI Most Wanted on X: Baoxia "Emily" Liu is wanted by the #FBI for her alleged involvement in a years-long conspiracy to unlawfully export & smuggle U.S.-origin electronic components from the U.S. to Iran. The U.S. Department of State, offers a reward of up to $15 million: / X

Thousands protest in Israel over attack on democracy by Netanyahu : worldnews
Thousands march on Netanyahu's home to demand he quit over continued war in Gaza : worldnews
Israeli businessman admits he transferred money from Qatar to PM spox - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post Israeli Businessman Gil Birger admitted that he had transferred funds from a Qatari lobbyist to a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's media team.

Hamas armed wing says it fired rockets against Tel Aviv : worldnews


Zelensky announces talk with Trump on March 19; says Russia attacked Ukraine's power grid despite claimed pause : worldnews
KyivPost on X: Macron unexpectedly called Zelensky while he was speaking with journalists. When asked to confirm if it was the French president, Zelensky replied: Yes, I just spoke with President Macron. We talk very often - about once a day, on average./ X
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in one of the war's largest exchanges : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1120, Part 1 (Thread #1267) : worldnews
Kyiv Insider on X: Russian losses over the course of the past 1.5 years clearly show that Russian assaults are now mainly composed of civilian vehicles and ATV's rather than rare remaining armour. The Russian army has been mostly destroyed. Charts by @AndrewPerpetua / X


EU explores creation of new satellite intelligence to cut reliance on US - FT : worldnews


🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: Germany to increase military aid to Ukraine to 7 billion euros, Scholz 4 billion euros already planned, another 3 billion will be added thanks to amendments to the German Constitution. / X
Germany updates US travel advice after 3 citizens are detained : worldnews

Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies : worldnews

Germany issues travel warning for US : worldnews

France makes key move towards legalising medical cannabis : worldnews
French Aid to Ukraine on X: The capacity of the Forges de Tarbes could be increased to a maximum of 20,000 shells per day (...). The Forges de Tarbes reportedly has an ambition to produce more than 7 million artillery shell bodies a year. / X
As security fears grip Europe, France plans to distribute a 'survival guide' to households : worldnews

Britain Issues Travel Warning for US : worldnews


EU throws down gauntlet to Trump with Apple, Google rulings : worldnews


Mexico Recognizes Palestine: A Historic Gesture of Solidarity : worldnews - Remember, the Mexican President, Sheinbaum, is Jewish.

New World Order may see a closer alliance between Canada and Europe : politics ... Sad times realizing how naive I was to not see that so many other Americans are evil fascists.
Canadian Prime Minister will ask Governor General to dissolve Parliament Sunday and call election, sources say : worldnews
Buy Canadian movement starts to take a sizable bite out of U.S. business : worldnews
Montreal Tesla dealership vandalized amid backlash against Elon Musk : worldnews
As many as 80 Tesla vehicles damaged at dealership in Hamilton Ontario - Hamilton Police : worldnews




Finland takes top spot, US gets lowest-ever rank in World Happiness Report : politics

We'll deport you if we have evidence against you, and if we do not : politics
More egg product seizures than fentanyl seizures at the border so far this year : politics
The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note : politics

Unredacted JFK assassination files released - Lawyers, Guns & Money - 1)these files will not reveal any material evidence of a grand conspiracy to kill JFK but 2)will probably contain at least some amount of embarrassing information about the conduct of American public officials during this period.
What do the JFK files say? 5 key takeaways on the assassination records. - The Washington Post
In Rush to Release Kennedy Files, Personal Information Went Public, Too: Social Security numbers and other personal details were included in the 64,000 pages of documents that the Trump administration declassified this week. : politics


US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin : worldnews


Trump to sign executive order directing shutdown of Education Department : politics - People DO NOT RECOGNIZE what the Department of Education does for America ...

Donald Trump 'Paving Over' White House Rose Garden: What We Know : politics
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Goes Negative in Another Poll : politics
Steve Bannon admits Maga operatives working on third term for Trump : politics

Mark Cuban: "The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It's a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved" - Bluesky
90-year-old veteran wrongly declared dead struggles to restore Social Security benefits : politics
Cuts 'absolutely going to crater' Social Security, says former commissioner : politics
DOGE ends Social Security benefits and raids bank account of living recipient - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Republicans want Musk to shut up about Social Security : politics

Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker : politics
Democrats Press Marco Rubio Over Deleted Russian War Crimes Data : politics ... That is totally fucked and indicative of how the Trump regime is aiding and abetting Putin.

Tesla falls after Commerce secretary recommends buying stock : politics
Elon Musk says he's shocked at the level of Tesla hate and vandalism happening: 'I've never done anything harmful' : politics
Elon Says He's 'Never Done Anything Harmful.' Americans Disagree : politics
Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle : worldnews
Tim Walz says he 'boosts mood' by looking at Tesla stock : politics
Tim Walz calls Elon Musk a 'South African nepo baby' | Walz is just one of several Democrats who have referred to Musk's immigrant background : politics
"They basically want to kill me": GOP efforts to turn Musk into a MAGA martyr are backfiring : politics
'Tesla Takedown' protesters planning biggest day of action : politics
Does anyone else smell metaphor? I think there's a leak. - Lawyers, Guns & Money After many delays, Tesla delivered the first Crybertrucks on Nov. 30, 2023. They cost about $150,000. Keep that in mind as you read about the latest, greatest recall ... The problem? Tesla, which has some experience with producing vehicles, used the wrong glue on its vehicle that costs as much as two Honda CR-V electrics
Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk's Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth and Taking on the Right Online | Teen Vogue
Elon Musk's trans daughter, Vivian, slams father as 'serial adulterer'
Elon Musk said his trans child was 'dead.' Now she's fighting back. - The Washington Post ... The Tesla CEO said he was "tricked" into approving gender-affirming care for his child in an interview with Jordan Peterson
There's a lot of stuff I need to debunk which I will get to don't worry, but I want to start with what I find the funniest which is the notorious "slightly autistic" tweet. This is gonna be a bit so just bare with me
Elon Musk's Daughter Says She Doesn't 'Actually Know' How Many Siblings She Has
Musk family - Wikipedia


FBI agent who has criticized the bureau arrested on charges of sharing confidential information : politics ... Yep. There it is. We're two months into a four-year term and we've already reached "criticism of Trump is now domestic terrorism" territory.

The state of exception - Lawyers, Guns & Money Jamelle Bouie (gift link) points out that there's a big difference between the unconstitutional and the anti-constitutional ... An anti-constitutional act is one that rejects the basic premises of constitutionalism. It rejects the premise that sovereignty lies with the people, that ours is a government of limited and enumerated powers and that the officers of that government are bound by law.

United States Institute of Peace Resists The Musk Boys - Lawyers, Guns & Money


A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous - Lawyers, Guns & Money Krugman gets at the heart of why Elon feels the need to arbitrarily strip the most needy of their Social Security benefits, and obviously the deficit has nothing to do with it: ... Still, does the plan have to be this cruel to the most vulnerable Americans? As I see it, the cruelty is a feature, not a bug.


White House Fact-Checked on Live TV After Falsely Claiming Judge Who Blocked Trump's Order Was Obama Appointee : politics - hilarious, because the judge they're trying to paint as a soft-on-crime, bleeding heart liberal was roomies with Brett Kavanaugh in college,an AUSA for the DC District Court, specializing in homicide prosecutions before becoming a George Bush appointed judge who ordered the release of Hillary Clinton's emails and blocked the release of Trump's tax returns.


Pentagon 'DEI' purge leads to removal of web page on Iwo Jima flag-raiser - The Washington Post Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
Where have you gone Jackie Robinson - Lawyers, Guns & Money Home / General / Where have you gone Jackie Robinson - A friend of mine in the JAG remarks: "No person reading that and agreeing with it is well, mentally or morally." This is just frank white supremacy with the hood off.

The Rollback of the Civil-Rights Movement Is the Singular Moral Failure of Modern American Conservatism : politics ... it seems like normie journalists aren't really putting it together how much of the administration's civil rights rollback is straight from stormfront. guys like JD vance were stewing in online spaces like stormfront since high school or maybe even younger. like the people calling them nazis

Murkowski says her colleagues are 'afraid' of Trump and Musk: 'I'm not going to compromise my own integrity' : politics ... She's not going to compromise her integrity because that happened a long time ago!


Trump's new top prosecutor in Upstate NY suggested trying Biden for treason, deporting Obama : politics

Trump Administration Now Attacking Judge's Wife : politics

"It's Only 'Free Speech' If We Agree With Them," Says AOC of GOP-Only Town Hall | "The fact is, we work for everybody. If Republican politicians can't get that we work for the public, then the public should give them the boot," said the Democrat from New York. : politics
Democrats are desperately searching for new leaders. AOC is stepping into the void. : politics
Sanders, AOC hit the road for a 'populist revolt' : politics

jamelle: "this is a straightforward delusion" - Bluesky ...Schumer ...
Scoop: Schumer faces growing House Dem calls to step down : politics
Democratic Leaderocity! - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jon Stewart Knocks Dems' Lack of Vision In Countering The Trump Agenda | The Daily Show - YouTube

Eschaton: Shocked Face The savvy are the easiest marks.


The Fifth Dentist: "I'm at the point where I just assume all Republicans are pedos until proven otherwise." - Bluesky


A Trans Teacher Is Getting Death Threats After Rep. Nancy Mace Mocked Her on X : politics

'It's him, it's him!' - Mother spots son deported from US in mega-prison footage : politics

Trump voter asks for donations for wife's bond after she's detained by ICE : politics ... Man who is married to an immigrant and can't come up with $3k for an emergency voted for the guy who wants to deport immigrants and give tax cuts to the rich. How stupid can you be?
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Democrats Show Up In Republicans' Backyards To Troll Them: Republican's are ghosting their constituents. Democrats are meeting with them instead. : politics


Failed candidate found guilty in shooting plot against New Mexico Democrats : politics


Laura Delano's memoir'Unshrunk' takes aim at psychiatric medications - The Washington Post Laura Delano's "Unshrunk" is more than a memoir. It's a treatise against psychiatric medications.
RFK Jr.'s Mental Health Bait and Switch | The New Republic The newly anointed HHS secretary is weaponizing legitimate anger at the failures of current psychiatric care to gut public services, abandon poor and disabled people, and expand the police state.

This Day in Labor History: March 20, 1945 - Lawyers, Guns & Money On March 20, 1945, four leaders of a strike among Black WACs at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, were convicted of disobeying orders and sentenced to hard labor.


College professors are paid less now than they were in 1970, while upper administrator salaries have increased many times over - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Mar-a-Lago Accord - Lawyers, Guns & Money



Minn. MAGAt who introduced TDS is a mental disorder bill accused of attempting to pay a minor for sex - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The arrest came on the same day he made headlines with his TDS bill.



Book Review: 'The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource' by Chris Hayes offers a compelling look at how we lost control of our minds -- and why it matters ... The contrast between the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates -- which featured 90-minute speeches that captivated audiences - and today's rapid-fire presidential debates with two-minute sound bites perfectly illustrates how our collective capacity for sustained focus has eroded .. Donald Trump as the embodiment of the attention age ... why our public discourse increasingly resembles what Hayes calls a "failed state" dominated by "attentional warlordism."

Advice from your mortal enemies - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This is a very clever dissection of misogynists who offer "advice" to women about how they have a solemn obligation to settle for an undesirable partner lest they be alone:
Average Men Don't Have the Cards - Cartoons Hate Her - What if your love rival isn't Chad, but a book and a bubble bath?

What It's Like to Have "Facial Dysmorphia" My Facial Dysmorphia Destroyed My Ability to Be Free' For these women, staring at their own faces online has made them unrecognizable to themselves.
NIKA (@nikamotiie) | TikTok

ADHD misinformation on TikTok is shaping young adults' perceptions. An analysis of the 100 most-viewed TikTok videos related to ADHD revealed that fewer than half the claims about symptoms actually align with clinical guidelines for diagnosing ADHD. : science

Oxygen discovered in most distant known galaxy : worldnews


ELI5: Why are textbooks so expensive in the US? Why don't students just photocopy textbooks? : explainlikeimfive


Jonathan Cohn: @mayorwu.boston.gov: No one tells Boston how to take care of our own. Not kings and not presidents who think they are kings.- Bluesky




031925

Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in 800,000 Years : worldnews


Big pharma's plea to Trump to punish Australia for cheaper medicines : worldnews


US deletes evidence of Russia's kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children : news
Trump administration halts program to track abducted Ukrainian children, lawmakers say. Data about 30,000 abducted children may be gone for good : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1119, Part 1 (Thread #1266) : worldnews

Trump suggests to Zelenskyy that the US should take ownership of Ukrainian power plants for security : worldnews


Furious Hungarian MPs throw photos of Orban and Putin kissing in parliament after PM bans Pride : worldnews
Hungarian Anti-Gay MEP Resigns After Breaking Lockdown to Attend Orgy - Business Insider
Hungary might deploy Chinese surveillance tech

Seven EU countries back Czech plan to fund Radio Free Europe : worldnews


French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism : worldnews

In Scotland four out of five males in prison have a history of significant head injury, with many having been exposed to repeated head injuries over time. Prisoners who had experienced significant head injury were also more likely to have had more arrests, charges and convictions and at younger ages : science
When personality changes from bad to good

Now Boris Johnson turns on Donald Trump: 'Putin is laughing at us' : politics


Extermination camp found in Mexico : worldnews

NATO chief seen laughing as Trump floats Canada and Greenland takeovers : pics

Canadians Are Skipping US Travel and Opting for South America Instead - Business Insider : worldnews
Tesla removed from Vancouver Auto Show : worldnews
Donald Trump Says 'Nasty' Canada 'Meant to Be 51st State' : politics
The Diabolical World of Phone Scams - Macleans.ca How the RCMP busted the biggest fraud ever to target Canadians-and why they can't keep up anymore.
Canadians are turning to ;Made in Canada' goods, and complaints about mislabelling are surging : worldnews
I'm the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped : politics ... They make the whole system a Kafkaesque hellhole so that people have to stay in custody longer and then the company gets more money.
Canadian detained by Ice for two weeks before being put in a detention center with an indefinite sentence. : worldnews




Why Trump is Putin's Puppet-A Full Timeline : AdviceAnimals

'You see?' Russia broke Trump's hyped partial Ukraine ceasefire after 1 hour : politics
U.S. has no peace plan for Ukraine, says Polish politician : worldnews
Putin showed 'true face' by bombing Ukraine after ceasefire call, says Finland's president : worldnews
Trump-Putin call dismissed as "flop" by German defense minister : worldnews

Starlink Installed at White House to "Improve Wi-Fi" - Experts Question Security and Technical Necessity : technology

Donald Trump Suffers Multiple Legal Blows in 24 Hours : politics
Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional : politics
Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump after president calls for US judge's impeachment : pics
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Faces MAGA Backlash Over Trump Statement : politics

Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients : news
What to know about Social Security office closures | AP News

Fact Check: Story of Trump staffers saying his 'terrible body odor' obstructs his agenda...well that "Depends"... : PoliticalHumor
Kevin was obviously downwind when this photo was taken

Wall Street should have known better than to trust Donald Trump : politics

Rubio Refuses To Say If There's Evidence Justifying Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest : politics
Top Trump Official Can't Justify Effort To Deport Mahmoud Khalil In Fiery Interview | Deputy DHS Secretary Troy Edgar hemmed and hawed for five straight minutes in an interview with NPR. : politics (lied and lied)
DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest : NPR
Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil case to be moved from Louisiana to New Jersey | Mahmoud Khalil : politics


Hilarious Karoline Leavitt Blunder Causes Her To Accidentally Tell The Truth | HuffPost Latest News Leavitt: "We want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting law and order." - Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 17, 2025

Judge blocks Trump's executive order barring transgender people from the military : politics

Tit for tat : PoliticalHumor

Schumer Has Infuriating Answer After Completely Caving to Trump : politics ... This mother fucker can write a book, but can't read the room.
Why a top progressive group says Chuck Schumer should resign from leadership : politics
Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would 'expel' Trump, book says : politics


Trump freezes $175M of UPenn funds over trans women : politics

Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep : politics
Jackie Robinson Army history scrubbed from Department of Defense websites : politics


I'm Lauren Harper from Freedom of the Press Foundation. A judge recently ruled that DOGE, led by Elon Musk, is "likely covered" by the Freedom of Information Act, which would require its documents to be publicly available by request. AMA! : IAmA

Dropkick Murphys Suspended From X After Singer Calls Trump a 'Rat and a Coward' and Slams Elon Musk : Music


RFK Jr. Unveils Disturbing Plan to Combat Bird Flu:'Should be allowed to spread unchecked to identify birds that could be immune' : politics

T-Online Pulls Tesla Survey After 253,000 Votes Cast From Just 2 IPs In The US : technology
Teslas Torched at Las Vegas Facility in Targeted Attack - Authorities say the suspect damaged five cars with Molotov cocktails and a firearm and spray-painted "Resist" on the front of the building : technology
Tesla loses ground as Chinese EVs dominate global markets : technology


Voters boo Nebraska Republican over Musk, Ukraine, Trump tariffs during raucous town hall : politics
Definition of Insanity : AdviceAnimals

Trump voter says he doesn't regret choice despite wife's ICE arrest : politics


GOP Senator Solicited Sex From Minor the Same Day He Introduced 'Trump Derangement' Bill: Police : politics

GOP Rep. who wanted to "protect" girls from trans people arrested for preying on young girl : politics ... Always a Republican, a Conservative or Pastor
PastorArrested

GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors. The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles. : politics

The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury : books
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America - YouTube
The Problem With Feudalism Later historians say the concept doesn't match reality
The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury : technology It also talks about how they shifted policy from 2015 onwards to manipulate elections globally, by funding and boosting certain politicians, in order to try and prevent Facebook/Meta having to pay taxes in those countries.


History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED : videos

Ben & Jerry's claims Unilever ousted its boss over political activism : news


Breaking: JD Vance feels insulted after Crew-9 landing. "We've done so much work to bring these stranded astronauts back and they still haven't thanked us even once." : PoliticalHumor


Amazon To Cut 14,000 Jobs In Mega Cost-Saving Drive: Report : technology

It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed : technology

Microsoft quantum computing claim still lacks evidence: physicists are dubious : technology

New cancer therapy disguises tumors as pork to trigger immune attack, 90% effective : technology


Diverging views of democracy fuel support for authoritarian politicians, study shows. People who supported democracy in principle but adhered less strongly to liberal democratic norms, like minority rights protection and constraints on executive power, tolerated democratic violations more readily. : science


We are 71 bipolar disorder experts and scientists coming together for the world's biggest bipolar AMA! In honor of World Bipolar Day, ask us anything! : IAmA


Only 10% of non-surgical treatments for back problems kill pain - Only six out of 56 treatments analysed yielded 'small' relief according to most comprehensive worldwide study, with some even increasing pain. : science

Eating more fruits, dietary fibre, dairy products and caffeine is linked to a lower risk of tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Higher fruit intake was linked to a 35% reduction in tinnitus risk, dietary fibre a 9% reduction, dairy products a 17% reduction and caffeine a 10% reduction. : science

New research led by U-Michigan is believed to be the first to evaluate the link between heavy and prolonged menstrual bleeding and fatigue and lack of pep as women approach menopause. The study follows 2,329 midlife women who kept menstrual diaries and completed annual surveys from 1996 to 2005. : science

Low-speed uphill exercise elevates blood and brain lactate, increasing BDNF in cortex and hippocampus. Flat exercise does not. Prolonged incline walking recruits fast-twitch fibres, enhancing brain plasticity. Slow and steep may support cognitive health and memory formation. : science

Study shows that cannabidiol may promote biomineralization of teeth even under inflammatory conditions. Results show promise for dental tissue repair in mice. Cannabidiol may be a promising dental treatment, especially in regenerative dentistry. : science

Association of Diet and Waist-to-Hip Ratio With Brain Connectivity and Memory in Aging : science

Solar cells are prone to UV-induced degradation and are most often protected against it by petroleum-based films. Researchers discovered that bio-based nanocellulose dyed with red onion skin extract provides very effective UV protection at 99.9%. : science

Scientists Just Found a Way to Turn Sewage into Protein and Green Hydrogen | This new method of converting sewage sludge cuts CO2 emissions by 99.5% compared to conventional methods. : science ... This sludge is piling up faster than ever. More than 100 million tons of this dry sludge accumulate globally every year, clogging treatment facilities and costing billions to process. But what if this waste wasn't just waste? What if it could be food or fuel? Scientists have just developed a system that does exactly that.

Adults can quickly learn the melody and rhythm of a new language by listening alone, but seeing written words too soon can disrupt this natural ability : science

ELI5: What exactly do people mean when they say zero was "invented" by Arab scholars? How do you even invent zero, and how did mathematics work before zero? : explainlikeimfive

Cousin marriage: The new evidence about children's ill health

TIL That an estimated 14,500 Holocaust Survivors died nearly immediately upon liberation from Refeeding Syndrome in which the body can't process food after prolonged starvation. : todayilearned ... We learned the wrong lesson from WWII. We learned that the Nazis were evil. We should have learned that people like us can become Nazis, and become paranoid and vigilant against that happening.

TIL the "Kamikaze of 1274 and 1281" otherwise known as "The Divine Wind", is massively attributed to the ending of the Mongol invasions. Along with the Mamluks stopping their western expansion, The divine wind typhoons blew through some hundreds of ships, devastating a force of 140,000 Mongols. : todayilearned

A reporter broadcasts from the top of Mount St. Helens days before the eruption : videos

5 Seemingly Harmless Habits That Can Really Hurt Your Back

OXO Fought Back Against the Black Spatula Panic. People Defected Anyway.

'M*A*S*H's most shocking episode aired 50 Years ago (on March 18th, 1975): The final appearance of Col. Henry Blake : television

What drove you to lose weight? : AskReddit

what's one thing (nsfw or sfw) that you will take to the grave, but can tell internet strangers? : AskReddit

COVID-19 lockdown was 5 years ago. What do you remember about that day when the world stopped? : AskReddit

What is something you've always wanted to try in sex but have never tried? : AskReddit

What's your go to ice cream flavour? : AskReddit

What do you feel like when you wake up in the morning? : AskReddit

Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece

Best PDF Annotation App that can highlight in a straight line ? : Surface

Marijuana User 6 Times More Likely to Have a Heart Attack A new study of 4.6 million people found that cannabis users were more like to experience heart failure, strokes, and cardiac arrest

Boston Dynamics Atlas walking, running, crawling, cartwheeling and breakdancing : videos

What's your weirdest habit? : AskReddit

What's a seemingly small decision you made that completely changed the course of your life? : AskReddit

ELI5: Light speed question: If light doesn't experience time, then does that mean the light beam has existed forever in the past, present and future? : explainlikeimfive

What's a social norm that needs to be deleted immediately? : AskReddit




031825

Texas measles outbreak grows to 279 cases, approaching nationwide total for 2024 : news
In West Texas' measles outbreak, families forgo conventional medicine along with vaccines As the outbreak rages, unproven remedies like cod liver oil are being distributed free by some doctors. Families are lining up for them.


NASA's Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally returning home after nine months in space : worldnews
NASA'S Butch Wilmore and suni Williams return from space after a 8 day mission turned into 9 months. : pics

Antarctic base "under control" after researcher accused colleague of assault, South Africa says : worldnews

Australia strange foam: Surfers fall sick : worldnews


Japan to deploy long-range missiles able to hit North Korea and China : worldnews


Trump and Putin wrap up 90-minute conversation : worldnews
The Not-Yet-A-Ceasefire - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Putin Is Said to Want All Arms to Ukraine Halted for Trump Truce : worldnews
Trump supported Putin's idea to organize a hockey match between the USA and Russia : worldnews
Putin told Trump Ukraine must halt mobilisation and rearmament as condition for truce : worldnews
Kremlin: Putin tells Trump that US, allies must end military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine to halt hostilities : worldnews
Putin wants US to stop all arms shipments to Ukraine for "truce" : worldnews

Trump pulls the plug on Voice of America - but Russia and China keep their government-funded broadcasters on air : worldnews

North Koreans troops key to Russian advances in Kursk, says Ukraine : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: Russian energy giant Gazprom suffers $13.1 billion loss in 2024. Gazprom's financial troubles were compounded by falling share prices in its subsidiary Gazprom Neft and an increased income tax rate of 25%, which raised deferred tax liabilities. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ Radio Free Europe reports that despite the legal prohibition on allowing men with communicable diseases to serve in the Russian armed forces, the Russian army's insatiable demand for manpower means that it is illegally forcing infected men to fight. / X

Mayor of Ingushetian capital Magas bans staff from using the word 'no' / OC Media : worldnews


Whither the Panther? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Indian city sets curfew after Hindu groups demand demolition of 17th century Muslim ruler's tomb : worldnews


Turkey Cuts Russian Oil Imports by 31% Amid G7 Sanctions : worldnews


Head of ISIS has been killed, Iraqi PM says : worldnews
Hamas 'Prime Minister' among senior terrorists killed in IDF surprise attack : worldnews ... served as the President of the Union of UNRWA Employees in Gaza.


Trump Gave Israel the Go-Ahead for Shock New Bombing That Killed 400 : politics
Gaza war: Israel launches airstrikes, more than 400 killed : worldnews
Netanyahu says fighting has resumed in Gaza with 'full force' : news
Israel resumes war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against Hamas : worldnews
Return To Fighting In Gaza 'Fully Coordinated With Washington': Israel : worldnews
World leaders express outrage at Israel's renewed bombing of Gaza civilians : worldnews
Israel hits Gaza with extensive strikes, killing over 400 and ending ceasefire : worldnews

Hamas' 'superstar blogger' stole donations for Gaza: Became a millionaire with a click : worldnews

Netanyahu, emboldened by Trump's 'deep state' purges, goes after Shin Bet head : worldnews

Israel is ramping up annexation of West Bank, UN rights chief says : worldnews

Hamas gathered forces during ceasefire for attempted invasion into Israel - report : worldnews


Zelensky signs law permitting Ukrainian troops to operate abroad during martial law : worldnews
Ukrainian long-range drone successfully completes 3,000-kilometer test, Zelensky says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1118, Part 1 (Thread #1265) : worldnews

Ukraine unveils 600-mile cruise missile that can reach Moscow amid peace talks : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Elon Musk's Starlink is now just as crucial for Russian forces fighting in Ukraine as it is for the Ukrainian defenders. A mass deactivation of many Russian Starlink terminals last month has prompted an unusually frank assessment of much the Russians now depend on it. / X

Critical Ukraine coverage at risk as Trump slashes Radio Free Europe funding

MAKS 24 on X: In 2024, the Ukrainian military-industrial complex produced weapons worth $10 billion, - UIF. ▪️2022 - $1 billion; ▪️2023 - $3 billion; ▪️2024 - $10 billion. In 2025, production is expected to increase to $30-35 billion. / X


Poland and Baltic states lift bans on landmines : worldnews

'We won't be dragged into this' -- Hungary opposes $22 billion EU aid package for Ukraine : worldnews
A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software : worldnews
Hungary's parliament passes a law banning Pride events, in a new assault on LGBTQ+ rights : worldnews

'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too : worldnews

Gelada family at the Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam. : pics

Switzerland cuts funds for STD prevention : worldnews

Pope Francis: War is absurd. Let's disarm the Earth - Vatican News : worldnews

Germany poised to unlock €3B Ukraine aid after historic spending deal : worldnews
Germany approves massive spending package to boost defense : worldnews
Majority of Germans are against repeal of cannabis legalization : worldnews

Heavy rains in southern Spain trigger flooding and evacuations : worldnews


TIL a judge in Brazil ordered identical twin brothers to pay maintenance to a child whose paternity proved inconclusive after a DNA test and their refusal to say who had fathered the child. The judge said the two men were taking away from the young girl's right to know who her biological father was. : todayilearned

Peru declares an emergency and deploys the army as violence surges in the capital : worldnews

Mexico arrests alleged MS-13 leader on FBI's most wanted list : worldnews

TIL the caribbean island of Montserrat celebrates St Patrick's Day as a national holiday and festival in honor of a slave rebellion that occured on that date in 1768 : todayilearned

Justin Trudeau's first selfie as a retired man : pics
Toronto excludes Tesla from EV incentive due to US trade war : worldnews
Quebec aluminum towns aren't feeling the sting of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs : worldnews
Canadian airline cancels flights to Tennessee : politics
Canadian actor detained at US border in 'inhumane conditions' for nearly two weeks | US news : news




Trump's approval rating plunges with America's most accurate pollster : politics

Trump's Call to Annex Canada as a State Should Have Invoked the 25th Amendment : politics

Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February : worldnews

Putin keeps Trump waiting more than an hour for high-stakes Ukraine war phone call : politics
Putin keeps Trump waiting more than an hour for high-stakes Ukraine war phone call : worldnews

Trump admits spat with Zelenskyy in Oval Office was part of pressure on Ukraine. : worldnews
Zelensky and Trump, 2019. His face says everything : pics

What happened last November - Lawyers, Guns & Money - the gender gap among young voters was much much larger - more than twice as large - as it was among voters over 30. A majority of non-white young men actually voted for Trump, which means that non-white young men were more Trumpy than white men over 75!
The information security presidency - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump is president today because the Director of the FBI decided to strongly imply that one of the candidates in the 2016 election was a crook less than two weeks before the election because she didn't want to carry two BlackBerries.
Breaking: The Information Security Administration hands over White House Wi-Fi to totally not any kind of security risk Elon Musk - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Irony has been reported dead on numerous occasions, so this is probably more like desecration of a corpse.
The problem is the idiot vote - Lawyers, Guns & Money [This means] that the lower your political engagement, education level or socioeconomic status, the less engaged you are in politics, the more Trumpy you are. And that just wasn't true four years ago.
Elon Musk's DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit : politics
Elon Musk Dealt Huge Blow as Judge Rules USAID Cuts Unconstitutional : politics
Musk's DOGE Goons Accused of Breaking Into Peace Agency Building : politics

Elon Musk's war on Social Security unmasks the GOP's true disdain for retirees : politics

Secret Service for Trump's Adult Children Cost $1.7 Million : politics

Amy Coney Barrett Recusing Herself from a Case on Public Funding for Religious Schools Is Mighty Interesting : politics

'Shocking, Insulting': Karoline Leavitt's France Remark Stuns Critics : politics
Karoline Leavitt Is the Living Embodiment of Hamlet's Line, One May Smile, and Smile, and Be a Villain : politics

Donald Trump Revokes Hunter Biden's Secret Service: 'Effective Immediately' : politics

Lawyer Says Venezuelan Client Was 'Disappeared' After Trump Invoked Alien Enemies Act: 'We Are Horrified' : politics - Our client worked in the arts in Venezuela. He is LGBTQ. His tattoos are benign. But ICE submitted photos of his tattoos as evidence he is Tren de Aragua

Schumer is doing damage control. It isn't working. - POLITICO The Senate minority leader and his aides have been talking privately with liberal groups.

There Is No Method to Trump's Madness. He's Simply Insane. | His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That's a fool's errand -- but fools abound in this administration. : politics

jamelle: kind of incredible to me that no one wants to be a john quincy adams - The American tradition of former presidents just melting away into the set dressing once their done is a hindrance right now - Bluesky
And you may say to yourself, "My God, What Have I done?" - Lawyers, Guns & Money Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump and his allies' calls to impeach judges who've ruled against the administration.

How do we fight against the growing anti-empathy and anti-truth movement? : AskReddit

The Stock Market Gained 2% During Biden's First 60 days. Under Trump The Market Has Tanked 7% : politics

Stephen Miller Throws On-Air Tantrum After MSNBC Analyst Dares To Question Trump : politics

Trump fires only two Democrats on FTC: 'The President just illegally fired me' : technology

Collaborator's remorse - Lawyers, Guns & Money From people who bought shares in Trump's casinos to donors from industries that rely on exports and/or integrated markets, way too many people have found out the hard way that they're the mark rather than in on the con.

'Today We Celebrate': Kremlin and Russian Propaganda Rejoice as Trump Guts Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America : worldnews

Conor McGregor draws Irish leader's ire after anti-immigration comments at White House : worldnews

AOC reflects Democrats' "core values" more than Harris, Newsom: poll : politics

Are you ok with the DOD removing articles from their website about veterans who served honorably because of the president's executive order against DEI policies, and if so why? : AskReddit ... I'm just thinking about how these are the same people who argued in favor of keeping up statues of Confederate traitors because it "teaches history."

Musk Now Admits Hitler 'Murdered Millions' After Backlash for Absolving Nazi Dictator : politics ... By Monday, Musk responded to a Twitter user condemning people for forgetting why Hitler was a villain. "We didn't hate Hitler because he made a stiff arm salute, we hated him because he murdered millions of people and tried to eradicate an entire race." Musk replied: "Exactly."

Elon Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution by shutting down USAID, judge rules : politics
Putin Envoy Dmitriev Says He Will Hold Talks With Musk About Mars Exploration : worldnews
Tesla's Q1 Sales May Be Its Worst In Years As Analysts Warn Stock Could Sink 50% : technology
Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks : news
Tesla Insurance Rates Set To Spike As Cars Become Vandalism Targets : technology
Mark rober doing experiment with Tesla by creating a fake painted road : videos
New Tesla Logo : PoliticalHumor
Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to step down as boss | Money News : news undefined
Tesla investor calls for Elon Musk to step down as boss | Money News | Sky News
Trump plan to fund Starlink over fiber called "betrayal" of rural US | Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined. : technology

DOGE Wrongly Declared Elderly Man Dead Causing Bank to Take Thousands From His Account: 'Take It Up With Social Security' : politics

Eschaton: Why Would They Do That - The greatest minds of punditry are having a hard time figuring it out. After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.

Trump-Hating Podcast Rockets Past Rogan With Nearly Double the Downloads | The MeidasTouch Podcast sits atop the podcast of the month list for the second time in a row. : politics

Adam Kinzinger Dares Trump To Arrest Him: 'Stop Pretending Like You're Tough' : politics

Recession seems more and more likely, to those who lived during the 2008 recession, what was life like? : AskReddit

Texas Arrests abortion provider - Lawyers, Guns & Money A new post-Dobbs landmark:

Conservatives who opposed removing Confederate statues, how do you feel about Trump removing DEI-related historical events/people like the Navajo Code Talkers from government sites? : AskReddit

ICE'disappeared' 48 New Mexico residents, civil rights lawyers say : news


Eschaton: Pedocons Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn was arrested Monday in Bloomington for allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution. Bloomington police said Eichorn was arrested near the 8300 block of Normandale Avenue at around 6 p.m. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was booked into the Bloomington city jail and remains in custody ... Eichorn's arrest on Monday came hours after he and four other Republican senators introduced legislation to designate "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness.


San Diego officers among hundreds in California stripped of their badges under recent law, but large backlog remains : news


Research found no evidence to support myth that women's cognitive abilities change across menstrual cycle. Given physiological changes that occur across menstrual cycle, the changes to the brain are either small enough that they don't influence performance or women compensate for these changes. : science

Transgender people prescribed gender affirming hormones are at significantly lower risk of depression, a new study shows. The researchers suggest that this happens because of the physiological changes caused by hormones, as well as reductions in gender dysphoria leading to better social functioning. : science

Democracies boost women's participation in the labor market - study finds that freer societies compel more women to pursue careers. Democratic rule reduces discriminatory attitudes toward women in the workplace and creates more female role models, further encouraging women to enter the labor force. : science
Women's Employment - Our World in Data - How does women's labor force participation differ across countries? How has it changed over time? What is behind these differences and changes?

Early social rejection may foster dark personality traits through loneliness, study suggests | These traits, often referred to as the Dark Triad, are typically associated with manipulativeness, impulsivity, and an inflated sense of self-importance. : science

ELI5: Why aren't mental illnesses diagnosed by measuring neurotransmitter levels in the brain? : explainlikeimfive

TIL Yale psychologists compared 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' to 'Sesame Street' and found that children who watched Mister Rogers Neighborhood tended to remember more of the story lines and also demonstrated a much higher "tolerance of delay", meaning they were more patient. : todayilearned

TIL That when Alois Alzheimer first attempted to report his new findings re the disease at a lecture in 1906, he was largely ignored by his audience because they were far more interested in the following lecture which was all about 'compulsive masturbation'. : todayilearned

Low-speed uphill exercise elevates blood and brain lactate, increasing BDNF in cortex and hippocampus. Flat exercise does not. Prolonged incline walking recruits fast-twitch fibres, enhancing brain plasticity. Slow and steep may support cognitive health and memory formation. : science

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd : science

TIL about Prions, an infectious agent that isn't alive so it can't be killed, but can hijack your brain and kill you nonetheless. Humans get infected by eating raw brains from infected animals. : todayilearned ... Consistently, these individuals or their immediate family were hunters who ate their kills, particularly venison. Stay away from the venison. It's not worth the risk.

What massively improved your mental health? : AskReddit

Lethal synthetic opioids found in Australian wastewaters. Protonitazene is about three times as strong as fentanyl, which has driven an overdose crisis in North America in the last decade, while etonitazepyne is 40 times more powerful : science

What's your most nsfw confession? : AskReddit

What's the hardest part about learning to drive? : AskReddit

What's a simple life skill that surprisingly many people struggle with? : AskReddit

Trans man Amelio Robles Ávila (1889-1984) who threatened to shoot anyone that called him a woman : pics
Coloring the Past - Eli Erlick


What's one "type" you'll never date again? : AskReddit

TIL that before Breaking Bad, Giancarlo Esposito faced bankruptcy after his divorce and he considered suicide by arranging his own murder to provide insurance money for his children. A realization about missing their lives stopped him. He persevered and found success as Gus Fring. : todayilearned

On the 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, retired FBI agent offers theory on whodunnit : boston

UMass medical school suspends certain PhD admissions, citing 'funding uncertainty' under Trump | GBH

Just a PSA: there's a norovirus going around that's causing people to experience IBS and or Colitis symptoms : boston

Colonoscopy without an Escort? : boston




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UN agency warns of 'unprecedented' bird flu threat as H5N1 virus jumps to mammals : worldnews
World Health Organization warns of possible tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts : worldnews


Trump voices desire to reestablish ties with Kim Jong-un, says Kim has 'a lot of' nuclear arms : worldnews


'How gratifying': Cheers in China as Trump dismantles Voice of America : worldnews
China will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting from September : worldnews
ELI5: how did china get so advanced? : explainlikeimfive



NEXTA on X: Kremlin Demands'Ironclad' Veto on Ukraine's NATO Future 🇷🇺 Moscow wants guarantees that Ukraine will never join NATO, as Trump's team pushes for a ceasefire deal. Russian Deputy FM Grushko insists on a neutral status for Ukraine. 🔹 No word on the 30-day ceasefire / X
Russia's Medvedev threatens war with NATO over Ukraine peacekeepers : worldnews
Red lines in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

Russian economy in freefall as mortgage costs soar and mass layoffs hit firms : worldnews - as per usual, the people will suffer and bear the cost while the gremlin in the kremlin gorges himself on Napoleon Cake ... Orange louse in the White House

Russian ceasefire conditions show Moscow doesn't want peace -- Kallas : worldnews

Ukraine Front Line on X: russia's largest refinery was just hit. 50% of Moscow's fuel supply is at risk after a drone struck the country's largest refinery. / X


Rwanda says it has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium and ordered all of the European country's diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours : worldnews


Houthi ban US vessels from Red Sea in response to Yemen attacks : worldnews
Houthi missile, drone attack on U.S. Navy ships failed, official says : news
Fresh US strikes in Yemen with 53 now dead, Houthis say : worldnews

Saudi Arabia in Massive trouble due to Price Crown's NEOM project, es timated cost 25 times higher than GDP | All you need to know : worldnews


Netanyahu moves to fire intel chief who is investigating his aides : worldnews

Girl gets food as Israel blockades all food, medicine, & fuel to 1.5 million civilians : pics


MAKS 24 on X: Ukraine is ready to ease sanctions against Russia as part of a peace deal, Ukrainian presidential envoy for sanctions policy Vlasyuk told Politico. ❗️He said that economic restrictions, embargoes and bans on Russian energy imports "have their own goals, which can push / X
Anton Gerashchenko on X: "The United States is reportedly withdrawing from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine - a group that investigates leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine (starting with Putin, obviously, and including Russia's allies in Belarus, North Korea and Iran) / X
MilitaryNewsU on X: Britain is prepared to maintain its military presence in 🇺🇦Ukraine indefinitely, The Times reports British forces will remain as long as necessary to support peace agreements and deter Russia. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1117, Part 1 (Thread #1264) : worldnews

Trump says Ukraine-Russia peace talks looking at 'dividing up certain assets' : worldnews - Reminder that one of the bankers instrumental in getting Trump loans through Deutsche Bank was Justin Kennedy, son of conservative SC justice Anthony Kennedy and the swing vote (and writer of the majority opinion) in the Citizens United decision, which basically put our elections up for sale to the highest bidder.
Trump weighs recognizing Crimea as Russian territory in bid to end war : worldnews

Spiegel: Ukrainians find way to jam Russia's guided bomb systems : worldnews
Ukraine Has Been Jamming Russian Glide Bombs. Now We Know How : worldnews


Vilnius Ikea fire linked to Russia, to be tried as terror act - Lithuanian prosecutors : worldnews
Lithuania Says Russian Military Intelligence Behind Ikea Store Arson : worldnews
Lithuanian prosecutors announce evidence linking Russia's military intelligence service GRU to arson attacks in Lithuania, Latvia & Poland : worldnews

Sonic weapons not used to attack thousands of protesters, Serbia says : worldnews - After a brief investigation, the ruling party has concluded that the ruling party did no such thing.
Siberian City Bans Protest Against Protest Ban : worldnews

Czech foreign minister proposes that EU should fund Radio Free Europe - Novaya Gazeta Europe

Italy one of five 'dismantlers' causing 'democratic recession' in Europe, report says : worldnews

France Eyes Wealth Tax to Fund Military While UK Faces Similar Questions : worldnews

Scotland-wide alert after deadly contaminated heroin causes immediate overdose : worldnews


The French Air Force has practiced landing on ice runways in Greenland : worldnews
Anti-Trump demonstration in Nuuk, Greenland : pics

Canada PM Carney invites Zelensky to G7 summit in June : worldnews
I see a little silhouetto of a man - Lawyers, Guns & Money Last week MuskTrump's slouching Secretary of State faced questions about his boss' desire to conquer Canada.
Rubio says G7 won't discuss US 'takeover' of Canada | Reuters
Canada's Carney starts first trip abroad with implicit digs at Trump : worldnews
Mark Carney calls Canada 'the most European of non-European countries' while in France : worldnews
Bob Rae says Donald Trump's goal in Canada is 'theft by force' : worldnews
Ontario and Toronto move to ban US contractors. : worldnews
Air Canada apologizes after Israel erased from the map on some of its planes : worldnews
British Airways apologises over 'Palestinian Territories' marker over Israel on in-flight map | The Independent | The Independent




Most Americans are rooting for Ukraine. But nearly half think Trump prefers Russia. : politics
Opinion | Trump is helping Russia and China by upending the world - The Washington Post The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.

Majority of Americans Disapprove of Trump and His Handling of Ukraine, US Economy : politics
Trump's economic approval rating hits record low in NBC poll : politics
While Trump slashes jobs, his golf trips are costing taxpayers millions : politics

White House seriously considering deal from Oracle to run TikTok - POLITICO Any deal could face security concerns from China hawks in Congress.

Brown Medicine professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite having valid visa, court filings claim : news

Deported on her way to the hospital: 10-year-old American girl recovering from brain cancer sent to Mexico : politics

White House denies defying judge's order over deportations to El Salvador : news
This Is American Gestapo: Grave Warnings as Trump Gleefully Defies Courts on Deportations | "Not a single president in the history of the United States has ever asserted the authority to unilaterally deport someone outside of the procedures set by Congress until now." : politics
What can be done if Trump is openly defying the courts? : politics

Venezuelan immigrants deported from USA arrive at the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador : pics ... And these are the images they allow the public to see.
Deported Brown University professor had sympathetic photos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says : boston

'Unconstitutionally silenced': Trump violating First and Fifth Amendments by deporting protesters and 'impermissibly restricting speech' based on critical viewpoints, suit says : politics

Alien and Sedition acts also made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish...any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government. : politics

Democrats Are Furious With Chuck Schumer | The Senate's top Democrat helped pass Trump's budget. It's costing him. : politics
Out of Touch - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Schumer interview with the Times is full of nuggets of shit, more evidence that this man is the worst possible leader for the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party Disaster - Lawyers, Guns & Money No one likes the Democratic Party, including Democrats. These poll numbers are gruesome.

Trump unplugged: What he says behind closed doors : politics

Trump Gloats About Dubious Golf Title as Americans Die in Severe Storms : politics

Dictator S**t: Trump's Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown Nulling Biden Pardons Is Slammed : politics
Trump Declares Biden's J6 Pardons 'Void' in Late-Night Truth Social Meltdown : politics

Trump Calls Biden Pardons 'Void' Because of Autopen Usage : politics ... So the president declassifying documents in his mind without telling anybody else is a valid, legally binding procedure, but using an autopen voids the pardons? ... this would of course confirm that Biden's concerns about them being the target of frivolous lawsuits was entirely correct and showed a solid understanding of Trump's nature.
What is an autopen, the device at the center of Trump's attack on Biden's pardons? : technology
Trump Tries to Undo Biden Pardons Via Social Media Proclamation : politics

Karoline takes a swing : PoliticalHumor

Will Trump order Bondi to prosecute the people Biden pardoned for attempting to prosecute Trump? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump's trade war will do disproportionate damage to his voters - Lawyers, Guns & Money As I am not the first person to point out, Trump isn't merely punishing people his voters hate, he's materially punishing many of his own voters as well:

The DOGE Deaths - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... 4+million USAID

Uneasy but effective collaboration - Lawyers, Guns & Money The endless arguments over the past decade regarding whether Donald Trump was "really" a fascist and/or whether Trumpism was genuinely a fascist movement, now seem painfully jejune. Fascism isn't a single discrete thing: it's a a group of political movements that share certain strong family resemblances, despite the differences between them.

Trump Celebrates After Killing Anti-Money-Laundering Law : politics

Dem Rep. Jasmine Crockett suggests US might not 'have elections' in 2028 after branding Trump dictator : politics

Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning. : politics - Diplomats warned Washington that stopping USAID's efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia. They received no response.

Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website : news - Despicable beyond belief. Here's his Wikipedia page:
Charles Calvin Rogers - Wikipedia
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website : pics

U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order : politics

We are not a cult! : PoliticalHumor

Jewish Americans Are Sick Of Trump Exploiting Them | The community is uniting against Mahmoud Khalil's abduction, demanding the government stop its free speech crackdown disguised as fighting antisemitism. : politics

D.C. Press Breaks 140-Year Tradition in Snub to Trump : politics

Musk Attacks NNSA - Lawyers, Guns & Money Like all the illegal cuts by Musk's boys, the cuts at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are not thought out and will do damage. But maybe not as much damage as some are making it out to be.

Democrats demand investigation into Musk over possible criminal corruption : politics
The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction: Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why Musk wants to end government by the people : politics ... the Silicon Valley elite - along with politicians like Vice President JD Vance - have pushed the idea that democracy should be ended and replaced with governments run by all-powerful businessmen.
Protesters target Tesla showrooms in US : pics
Tesla Stock Is Dropping Again. It Could Drop for a Ninth Straight Week. : technology
Trump talks tough on antisemitism while Musk reposts vile Hitler excuse | Opinion : politics undefined
Tesla Autopilot drives into Wile E Coyote fake road wall in camera vs lidar test : technology

4 dead and 142 injured in Oklahoma wildfires; more than 400 homes damaged statewide : news


If you like your local library, you should read this : books


Millennials, what's y'all plan for retirement? : AskReddit


I hate feeling like a conspiracy theorist : AdviceAnimals


Zuckerberg lied to Senate, Sandberg asked me to bed, says Sarah Wynn-Williams (former Facebook executive and author of'Careless People') : technology
Meta Tries to Bury a Tell-All Book | WIRED Mark Zuckerberg might be in his post-fact-checking-era. But that hasn't stopped Meta from going after the author of Careless People.


Will Snow White be a 'victim of its moment'? How the Disney remake became 2025's most divisive film



For The First Time, Scientists Show Human Skin Cells Can Communicate Through Bioelectrical 'Screams' : science


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,840 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of (spit) Donald Rumsfeld ... Rumsfeld holds more responsibility than arguably any single person for the disaster of American foreign policy after 9/11 and the huge numbers of dead, both American and Iraqi ... In a just world, Rumsfeld would have been tried for war crimes, or at least been persona non grata at every event he wanted to attend. Instead, he got a huge advance for his memoirs, established The Rumsfeld Foundation to push his ridiculous ideas both domestically and internationally and was given an award at the annual CPAC conference in 2011.

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,839 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of William C.C. Claiborne ... Claiborne's enormous lineage includes Liz Claiborne and former Rhode Island senator Claiborne Pell.


We find no evidence of an increasing trend in critical reporting of the police over the past decade. : science



Antarctic scientists plead for help after'sexual assault and threats' by colleague : worldnews

Michigan boy's death raises concerns about unregulated hyperbaric oxygen therapy : news

Employee charged in killing of trucking CEO found after fire in Chicago suburb : news

Cop Allegedly Forced 6-Year-Old Daughter To Hold Sign In Freezing Cold For 'Pouting' - Wide Open Country


AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality : technology

A study found students use AI for writing and research, balancing editing with argument development. Many remain sceptical, preferring to refine ideas rather than rely on AI entirely. : science

Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove 'Ideological Bias' From Powerful Models : technology

China puts American AI industry on notice yet again with Ernie X1, Baidu's new open-source reasoning model : technology

People are using Google's new AI model to remove watermarks from images : technology


TIL a finance worker was scammed for $25 Million through a Deepfake video conference. The worker thought he was on a call with multiple of his colleagues (who he recognised) and the company's CFO, but all of them were fake. : todayilearned


Social media's role in "delusion amplification" highlighted in new study, which suggests that social media can act as an incubator for delusional thinking, reinforcing distorted self-perceptions and encouraging excessive mentalistic cognition. : science

TIL that In 2003, during Belgium's elections, an unexpected anomaly occurred: one candidate received 4,096 extra votes. Investigations revealed that a cosmic ray had likely struck the computer system, causing a bit flip -- a phenomenon where a binary digit changes state, leading to computational error : todayilearned

First study to pinpoint a single brain area capable of halting aggressive social behavior and encouraging pro-social actions. Reducing the activity of this brain area lessened aggressive behaviors in mice and encouraged more sociable interactions. : science

A picture of a child with measles : pics

Study exploring how combining polygenic risk scores with transcranial sonography can enhance the prediction of Parkinson's disease susceptibility. : science

ELI5: Who gave companies like GoDaddy control over TLDs? Where did they acquire them from originally? : explainlikeimfive

A study of 7M+ hospital cultures in the US (2012-2022) found antimicrobial resistance declined until 2016 but surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community-onset cases now outnumber hospital-onset cases. : science

TIL in 2012 the widow of a man who died while having 3-way sex with a friend & a woman who wasn't his wife was awarded $3m in a malpractice suit. The jury found his doctor was negligent in misdiagnosing his heart condition & failing to warn him to end all physical activity until more tests were done : todayilearned

Cancer nanotech nurtures sustainable agriculture innovation | Scientists outlined how nanotechnology principles developed to deliver toxic drugs to cancer cells could help produce more environmentally-friendly pesticides and fungicides. : science


What movie is 10/10, yet hardly anyone has heard of it? : movies

Fred Astaire Ceiling Dance and how it was filmed in 1951 : videos

People who have stopped going to church, what made you stop? : AskReddit

What's the most terrified you've ever been in your life? : AskReddit

What is your current hyperfixation? : AskReddit

What's an adult problem no one warned you about? : AskReddit

What shouldn't you do because it will have bad consequences when your get older? : AskReddit


What is the hottest date you have ever had? : AskReddit

Who is the worst actor ever? : AskReddit

What's the biggest leap of faith you've ever taken? : AskReddit

For women, what do pierced nipples do for you? : AskReddit




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Evgen Istrebin Russia's financial catastrophe. The balance on treasury accounts has collapsed from 12 trillion rubles to 5 trillion in 3 months. The reason is the growth of military spending + the fall in income = budget deficit There will be more problems in the future. Oil is falling, the ruble is strengthening" - Bluesky

50% of Moscow's fuel supply at risk after Ukrainian drone strike on its largest oil refinery : worldnews

Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, says IOC chief | Olympic Games : news


A river 'died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine : worldnews


Code Name Caesar: The Man Who Photographed Assad's Torture Victims - DER SPIEGEL


NEXTA on X: Erdogan sends a fiery message to Putin, reminding him that Crimea is Ukraine On the 11th anniversary of the so-called "Crimean referendum," the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that they do not recognize the illegal annexation of the peninsula and fully support Ukraine'territorial integrity and sovereignty.s / X


Nine killed in Israeli attack in northern Gaza, officials say, in deadliest strike since ceasefire began | CNN : news ... Nine charity workers, to be clear.
Security forces foil Ramadan terror plot in Jerusalem, Arab Israeli suspect arrested : worldnews


Putin 'prolonging' Ukraine war, Zelenskyy says after Trump peace appeal : worldnews
Zelenskyy accuses Putin of seeking to prolong war amid buildup of forces : worldnews
'We must stop Putin': Zelensky says Russians launched 1,020 attack drones, 1,360 guided aerial bombs this week : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1116, Part 1 (Thread #1263) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X Russia has lost 100,000 military personnel in 2025, says Ukraine's commander-in-chief : worldnews


Thousands rally against Hungary's Orbán in Budapest : worldnews

Mass protest in Serbia, 100,000 people demonstrating against a corrupt government : pics

Nightclub fire in North Macedonia leaves 51 dead, over 100 injured : news


Macron to EU colleagues: Stop buying American, buy European : worldnews
French politician says US should give back Statue of Liberty : worldnews

UK proposes Western peacekeeping mission of 10,000 troops in Ukraine : worldnews

US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order : news


King Charles signals support for Canada as Trump talks annexation : worldnews
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks alliances in Europe as he deals with Trump : worldnews




Republicans push to make "Trump Derangement Syndrome" a mental illness : politics


Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants, despite judge's order
Tom Homan after deportation flights: I don't care what the judges think : politics
Donald Trump Ignoring Court Order Is Doomsday Scenario -- Legal Analyst : politics

Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua : politics
Tren de Aragua - Wikipedia is a transnational criminal organization and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization[3] from Venezuela.
Trump Invokes Controversial 1700s Wartime Law Used to Justify Japanese Internment Camps: 'Could be applied to target any non-citizen whom he deems a threat' : politics
Judge blocks Trump from using 18th-century wartime act for deportations : politics

Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know. : politics
Mahmoud Khalil's case is setting up an epic first amendment battle with Trump : politics
Milwaukee mother deported to Laos, a country she has never been to, where she doesn't know anyone and doesn't speak the language : politics

DOGE approval ratings tank with nearly 60% of Americans unhappy, poIl finds : politics

Steve Herman : "Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave)." - Bluesky
Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order : politics
Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations : technology
Voice of America Silenced : worldnews

jamelle: "they look at russia - a stagnant backwater - with envy" - Bluesky
How 'America First' MAGA turned the Republican Party into an'arm of the Kremlin' : politics

It's a Cluster***k': Inside DOGE's Chaotic IRS Shakeup : politics
A DOGE staffer broke Treasury policy by emailing unencrypted personal data | The Verge - The staffer, a former employee at Elon Musk's X and SpaceX companies named Marko Elez, had been tasked with combing through the Treasury's payments system, but resigned in early February over racist social media posts that were linked to him. DOGE has since rehired him to work at the Social Security Administration.

Trump nixes $17.75 minimum wage for federal contractors adopted by Biden : politics Sounds like the federal contractors that voted for Trump thought they were overpaid so good job guys

Federal workers cast Trump's many Mar-a-Lago trips as working from home : politics

American Gothic : PoliticalHumor


Liberal group calls for Schumer to step down as minority leader after spending bill vote : politics
'People Will Not Forget': Fury as Schumer Caves to Trump-Musk Destruction : politics
Over 16K sign Democrat petition against Chuck Schumer: "Enough is enough" : politics


Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announce visit to Arizona State University : politics
Ocasio-Cortez leads poll of Democrats on which leader best reflects party's core values : politics
Videos of Bernie Sanders' large Midwest rallies take off online : politics
AOC Spars With Kyrsten Sinema Over Filibuster After Senate Democrats Cave : politics


US Flies Alleged Gang Members To El Salvador Despite Court Block : worldnews

Pentagon webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner restored after outcry : news


TIL Prior to the Reagan era trickle down economics was called Horse and Sparrow Theory, as in feed the horse lots of oats and the sparrows get to pick it out of their poop. : todayilearned - I see why so much effort went into the rebranding of "eat our shit" economic theory

Whistleblower's exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton : technology
Facebook's secrets, by the insider who Zuckerberg tried to silence : technology
Careless People a book by Sarah Wynn-Williams - Bookshop.org US

Trump says the economy 'went to hell' under Biden. The opposite is true : politics

'They ruined this place': JD Vance and Usha Vance jeered as they attend concert : politics

Trade War Retaliation Will Hit Trump Voters Hardest : politics

TIL That we only know about MKUltra because 20,000 pages of records were filed incorrectly : todayilearned

He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center. : politics
Trump's MAGA might not admit it, but new study says many could pay dearly for their vote : politics



Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here' : news

The Texas Rangers didn't check the meaning in Spanish before mass producing these hats : funny


Andrea Dworkin Saw Trump's Female Enablers 40 Years Ago
Andrea Dworkin - Wikipedia

Murder the Truth by David Enrich review - disturbing read on effort to undo free speech in US : books


At least 32 dead in massive storm: New fatalities reported in Kansas and Mississippi
Hegseth orders review of military grooming standards: "Our adversaries have better looking hair" so hes ordering all armed forces to slick back thier hair in a similar style to his... : PoliticalHumor


People working for Tesla right now, what's it like? : AskReddit


Daryl Hall Speaks on John Oates Feud and Reveals Why Duo Won't Reunite: 'That Ship Has Gone to the Bottom of the Ocean' : Music

Who is making the biggest positive impact on the world right now? : AskReddit

Family of Ardrey Kell student pushes for hate crime charges after girl is injured at school : news

The Rise and Fall of the Bombshell Bandit For two months an unusual bank robber shocked, mystified and captivated the US. She was a woman, she was short, young and well-dressed, and she held up a string of banks in quick succession.


IBM CEO says AI will boost programmers, not replace them : technology


What do you think of the "billionaires should not exist" (meaning that no single individual should exclusively own that much money) argument? : AskReddit


TIL in 1963 Hugh Hefner was arrested for promoting obscene literature after he published an issue of Playboy featuring nude shots of Jayne Mansfield in bed with a man present. The case went to trial and resulted in a hung jury. : todayilearned

TIL that Jeffrey Hudson, a court dwarf of the English Queen Henrietta Maria, shot a man in a duel, after which he went into exile, was captured by Barbary pirates, spent 25 years enslaved in North Africa during which he grew 25 inches, which he attributed to the hard conditions. : todayilearned

ELI5: what is presentism? : explainlikeimfive

Three Essential Things to Know About Microplastics - And How to Avoid Them

The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing - Asterisk Why do some people find certain sounds intolerable? And why has it taken so long for scientists to get even a preliminary answer?

Study in animals reveals that herpes virus-1 (HSV-1) can travel through the nasal cavity directly to the brain, resulting in severe and lasting neurological symptoms : science
Why does HSV-1 Not Transfer to other parts of the body? : askscience
Epidemiology of herpes simplex - Wikipedia

Pro-life people partly motivated to prevent casual sex, study finds. Opposition to abortion isn't all about sanctity-of-life concerns, and instead may be at least partly about discouraging casual sex. : science

Study suggests that semaglutide, a weight loss drug commonly used to treat diabetes, may help protect the brain from the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Semaglutide reduced inflammation in the brains of genetically modified mice that mimic Alzheimer's disease and improved their memory performance. : science


Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing | Official Trailer | Netflix : television

Scientists discover how to reactivate cancer's molecular "kill switch". Synthetic RNA fragments introduced into cancer cells in human cells lines and mouse models effectively flipped this genetic switch, restoring the body's natural ability to inhibit tumor progression. : science

New research found individuals with lower levels of cognitive flexibility were more likely to report personal barriers to vaccination -- that is, they tended to state that vaccination conflicted with their personal beliefs : science

Older adults might be more resistant to bird flu infections than children, Penn research finds - Those who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 were found to be more likely to have antibodies that bind to the H5N1 avian flu virus. : science

A study found maternal tea consumption - especially in later pregnancy -- was linked to better cognitive scores in toddlers. No effects were seen for coffee. : science

Less than 1% of people with firearm access engage in defensive use in any given year. Those with access to firearms rarely use their weapon to defend themselves, and instead are far more likely to be exposed to gun violence in other ways, according to new study. : science

We spend around 17,000 hours in primary and secondary school. What have you learned in your adult life that made you skeptical of your past education, particularly given the last 15 years of self-learning and wealth creation through the Internet? : AskReddit

Researchers found that dopamine in mice not only reinforces rewards but also reduces the value of reward-related memories, altering future behaviors. This insight could lead to new treatments for addiction and similar disorders : science ... a violation of what we expected, revealing that dopamine's role is more complex than previously thought

Twin study suggests rationality and intelligence share the same genetic roots - the study suggests that being irrational, or making illogical choices, might simply be another way of measuring lower intelligence. : science

Words used to describe rape victims (such as 'scantily clad' and 'being promiscuous') can have effect on jail time for offenders. In court cases where victims are described in a prejudiced manner, defendants receive prison sentences that are 16 months shorter than in cases without such descriptions. : science
What Were You Wearing? - Susan B. Anthony Project
What were you wearing?

What's small thing do poor people notice in middle class houses, that middle class people have no idea marks them as middle class? : AskReddit

The World's Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse : worldnews they are talking about tuberculosis.


How do you quit smoking? : AskReddit

What is the most frightening sound you've ever heard? : AskReddit

Women of Reddit: What are some things that women say that only women would understand? : AskReddit

Who did you admire growing up that you're now disappointed by? : AskReddit

ELI5: Why "Dark Web" sites can't be reached with regular browsers? : explainlikeimfive

What is the weirdest or most disgusting thing you've found in someone else's house? : AskReddit

What's one thing a therapist has said to you that you will never forget? : AskReddit

What's a "normal" childhood experience you later realized was actually traumatic? : AskReddit

People who don't want children what is your biggest reasons? : AskReddit

TIL King Edward II was murdered by having a hot poker shoved up his... fundament : todayilearned


ELI5: How did so many languages adopt versions of "mama" and "papa" to address parents? : explainlikeimfive


Google's officially retiring Assistant : technology

Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail Warning-AI Attack Nightmare Is Coming True : technology


St. Patrick's Day parade hits South Boston





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Multiple Russian warplanes briefly enter S. Korea's air defense zone during training: JCS : worldnews

China Is 'Laughing' at US Trade Wars, EU Top Diplomat Says : worldnews
Chinese 'invasion barges' spotted on drills for first time : worldnews



KyivPost on X: Making limited headway on the battlefield, Russia is shifting tactics - y preparing to fight its next battle at the ballot box, by attempting to push as many of its proxies in Ukraine's parliament as possible. / X

MAKS 24 In February 2025, strike drones successfully struck 12 critical infrastructure facilities in Russia and occupied Crimea. ❗️ refineries/oil depots and oil processing plants and 3 military airfields were hit. / X


Bangladeshi women alarmed by emboldened Islamists : worldnews


Ukraine won't recognize occupied territories as Russian as part of any peace deal, Zelensky says : worldnews
Ukraine's Long-Range Neptune Missile Successfully Strikes at 1,000 km, Zelenskyy Says : worldnews
Strike on Tuapse oil refinery yesterday, in russia...Long Neptune successfully tested : ukraine
No, Russia Has Not Surrounded Thousands Of Ukrainian Troops In Kursk : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1115, Part 1 (Thread #1262) : worldnews
Naalsio on X: 2024 #Kursk Offensive confirmed equipment losses as of 10 March 2025 In summary: 632 (+122) Ukrainian 🇺🇦 losses vs. 712 (+51) Russian losses Ukrainian confirmed losses added since last update: 8 destroyed T-64BV 1 abandoned T-64BV Zr. 2017 1 destroyed T-64BM Bulat / X

Ukraine's cyber chief wants tens of thousands more computer whizzes to combat Russian hackers : worldnews

Greg Sargent on X: "SCOOP --> Trump's State Department quietly terminated a contract that was in the process of transferring evidence of Russian abductions of Ukrainian kids to European law enforcement, two sources familiar with the situation tell me. Details here: / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Russian forces on the Dnipro river are suffering huge casualties - which one soldier puts at 80% - and an acute shortage of boats and supplies as they attempt to make crossings against fierce Ukrainian opposition. / X

Yulia Svyrydenko on X: "Although Russia's PR machine exhausts great effort to convince the world that their invasion of Ukraine isn't genocide, but evidence is clear - Russia's "double tap" attacks are now occurring every day, all over Ukraine. Today, Russians struck a residential neighborhood in n Kharkiv region with drones, then waiting an hour for rescuers to arrive, struck again. / X


Germany on track to commit $3.2 billion in military aid to Ukraine : worldnews

Trump's tech bros pose 'existential threat' to EU, says Brussels : worldnews


Don't let Putin 'play games' over Ukraine ceasefire, says UK's Starmer before key summit : worldnews
The Cat's Meat Man: Feeding Felines in Victorian London - The Public Domain Review Feeding Felines in Victorian London


Grave Mistakes: The History and Future of Chile's 'Disappeared' A brutal regime hid hundreds of people's remains. Can new forensic science help find them -- and regain public trust?


Cuba suffers another widespread power outage, leaving millions in the dark as ministry works on fix : worldnews

From Canada to Europe, Trump's tariffs fuel 'boycott USA backlash : worldnews
WarMonitor on X: Canada is strengthening its reliance on European defence industries and divesting in American. Its proposed buying of 85 F-35s from America is reportedly to be revoked. / X




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Trump Orders US Military to Plan Invasion of Panama to Seize Canal: Report : worldnews

Donald Trump's approval rating goes underwater : politics
'He's underwater on everything:' Fox News host breaks down Trump approval polling : politics
Today's PSA for y'all... : PoliticalHumor

US asks countries to help lower soaring prices of eggs : news

Bill to ban Chinese people from studying in US introduced : worldnews

Trump set to ban people from 43 countries from travelling to the US including Russia and Belarus - with nations warned they will stay on banned list if governments do not address deficiencies within 60 days : worldnews

'Scum,' 'crooked' elections and 'corrupt' media. What Trump said inside the Justice Department : politics
Trump baselessly accuses news media of 'illegal' behavior and corruption in DOJ speech : politics ... 34 time felon rapist scam artist dictating what illegal behavior is. They need to change the headline

Donald Trump Just Signed an Order Gutting Seven More Federal Agencies : politics

Fear and resignation after 'world's most powerful company' pays Trump a $100 billion 'protection fee' : technology - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

US wine shops and importers say Trump's threatened 200% tariff on European wines would kill demand : politics

Week 8 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Senate Votes to Avert Shutdown as Schumer Relents : politics
Eschaton: Norms Violations I guess Schumer is willing to violate some!
Anger Grows at Sen. Chuck Schumer in Protests Outside His Brooklyn Home : politics ... Schumer lied through his teeth to us. He has such contempt for his voters because he's been getting away with being controlled wallstreet opposition for decades.
What do you think about Rep. Ro Khanna saying Chuck Schumer sold us out and we have to "take back the Democratic party"? : AskReddit

Judge temporarily blocks Trump's anticipated use of 1798 Alien Enemies Act for deportations : politics - Reminder that this is the law that allowed the US Government to put ~125,000 Japanese-Americans into internment camps during WWII (est. 75-80k of those people being US citizens through birth).

Do something, dammit!: Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans primal scream : politics

The Kind of Thing Dictators Do : politics

Eschaton: Seems Bad I know some of the reaction to this is "but he's a White European!!!" but it does drive home that the goons have been unleashed.
US Green Card holder stripped naked, "violently interrogated" by ICE : politics

Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3 : politics ... President Donald Trump promises he'll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds.

The Trump administration is coming for student protesters : technology

JD Vance Ridicules Protesters: 'Don't You All Have Jobs?' : politics

Director of HHS convinces people to expose their children to measles and then not to take them to a doctor - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Every Republican senator but one voted for this asshole:

'Today, we celebrate': Judge says National Park Service must reinstate all fired employees : politics

'Deeply disturbing': Musk's 'Hitler didn't murder millions' repost draws outrage : politics
Elon Musk shared, then removed a post absolving dictators for genocide : politics
He called Tesla's stock crash. Now he thinks it'll fall even more. : politics
The Tesla Backlash Is Biblical : videos
Boycott Tesla : technology
Used Tesla prices tumble as embarrassed owners look to sell | Some owners would rather sell their car than be associated with Tesla now. : technology
It's just a tell when someone is lying all the time - Lawyers, Guns & Money Elon Musk is an unelected white supremacist authoritarian drug addict, who is going around wrecking incredibly important decades-old government projects, because he's a completely out of control megalomaniac: The observatory may be the single most important data collection point in the international effort to understand and address anthropocentric climate change.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi warns alleged vandals: "If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we're coming after you." : technology


USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks : news

Supreme Court Rules the Clean Water Act Doesn'`t Actually Require That Water Be Clean : politics

Men who will not be president - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Amazingly, Newsom isn't the most delusional prospective 2028 candidate:


ELI5: how did pay get so far from the cost of living? : explainlikeimfive


Asheville, North Carolina: A veteran being escorted out of a town hall for using his free speech. : pics

TIL Jerald terHorst was Gerald Ford's press secretary for only month. He resigned after Ford granted Nixon a pardon, which he found especially unconscionable in light of Ford's refusal to pardon draft dodgers during the Vietnam War : todayilearned


His Daughter Was America's First Measles Death in a Decade - The Atlantic A visit with a family in mourning


The Real Reason Walgreens Collapsed - BIG by Matt Stoller The 124 year old company is being squeezed to death by monopolistic pharmacy benefit managers.


Megachurch pastors might be the most overlooked scammers out there-I remember seeing a fundraiser where a pastor was asking for $65 million for a private jet. : videos ... funny that Kenneth Copeland is a televangelist when he basically looks like a demon masquerading in human skin.
Ken Copeland's Wind Of God REMIX - WTFBRAHH - YouTube


PSYCHO THERAPY (2025) Trailer : movies


Long Live Joyce Carol Oates' Twitter Account: The Only Pure Space Left on This Site The 86-year-old author's social feed might be her greatest contribution to literature - with philosophical musings on everything from US politics to an infected foot.

Best movie twists: The 31 most mind-blowing moments in film history, explained | The Independent
The 30 Best Love Triangle Movies of All Time | Marie Claire

The last known photo of Heath Ledger, taken in January 2008 days before he died from a drug overdose : pics

Puddle of Mudd's Wes Scantlin Arrested For Alleged Domestic Violence, Drugs : Music

Watch: Passengers seen on wing of plane after jet catches fire : news


SpaceX Has Finally Figured Out Why Starship Exploded, And The Reason Is Utterly Embarrassing | by Will Lockett | Predict | Mar, 2025 | Medium This should never have happened.

The defining photos of the pandemic -- and the stories behind them



PFAS, microplastics, pesticides: The pollutants in our rain | Vox Here's why you should never, ever drink the rain. - While precipitation has become less acidic, a growing body of evidence suggests that it's now full of many other pollutants that pose a risk to public health, including microplastics.

TIL: Sumerian and Babylonian math used a base 60 system. 60 was the most important number in Mesopotamian math. It is such a useful number system that today, we still measure time, angles, and coordinates using the Base 60 system created by the ancient Mesopotamians! : todayilearned

Why are saturns rings seen as "flat" and not debris all around the planet? : askscience

The Science Behind Your Sugar Cravings, According to Experts | SELF Whether it's an Oreo or ice cream cone, here's why you may find yourself hankering for a sweet treat.

TikTokers Think 100 Jumps In The Morning Is A Wellness Hack
Jumping 100 Times in The Morning | TikTok
Jumping 100 Times in The Morning | TikTok

How prescription drugs get their names | Popular Science - Hint: It's all in the suffix.


How to Quit Just About Anything

Where does tattoo ink go in your body? There's one particular spot. | Popular Science Dermatologists break down how your body reacts to tattoos.

What if Native American tribes had gotten their own state? Historian Donald L. Fixico explores a forgotten moment in Oklahoma history and its lessons about liberty.

What was your little victory today? : AskReddit

What's a conspiracy theory you've heard that seems way more believable the more you look into it? : AskReddit

Men of reddit. What makes a woman creepy? : AskReddit

What's something you learned from porn that actually proved not to be complete BS? : AskReddit
Why straight women watch lesbian porn: study identifies factors: desire for authentic depictions of pleasure, lack of degradation, and relatable sexual experience. Rather than reflecting shift in sexual identity, straight women are drawn to lesbian porn as a way to explore desire on their own terms. : science

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Adults of reddit what is some advice you would pass down to the younger generation? : AskReddit

How The Great Gatsby became a misunderstood American institution | Vox The Great Gatsby is more than cocktail parties and color symbolism.

The Real Reason Jane Austen Never Married | HistoryExtra Jane Austen's literary heroines famously enjoyed romantic wedded bliss, yet Austen herself remained unmarried all her life. Here, expert David Lassman asks why…

Pictures capturing the 2025 lunar eclipse 'blood moon' globally




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Record-breaking wildfires in the Western US (2020) reduced solar radiation by up to 70%, darkening skies and lowering temperatures by 5°C. This means that wildfire smoke can rival volcanic eruptions in terms of radiative impact. : science


Starlink could be linked to scam call centres in Myanmar-Thai border, say officials as India repatriates over 500 nationals : worldnews

Philippines bans poultry imports from US states amidst bird flu fears : worldnews

Amid new Trump era, South Korea considers plan B - building its own nuclear weapons : worldnews


Putin makes clear Russia will only play ball with Ukraine by his rules | Vladimir Putin : worldnews
Putin's stalling on the US plan for Ukraine looks like an attempt to play Trump : worldnews

Sky News: Trump's fixer was made to wait eight hours to meet Putin - it felt like a classic power play : worldnews
President Trump has praised 'very good and productive' talks with President Putin after his envoy Steve Witkoff met the Russian leader last night : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X Russian oil prices continue to fall, - Reuters Urals fell to $54 per barrel. Compared with mid-January, when Urals was shipped to the Baltic at $70 and more, Russian oil has fallen by 23%. There is very little left to the "critical" level of Urals from the budget point of of view / X

WarTranslated on X: Ukrainian SBU drones struck two gas compressor stations and an S-300/S-400 missile depot, creating a fireworks display. Videos from Russian forums capture hits on equipment and powerful explosions. / X


Bangladesh: Fierce protests as eight-year-old rape victim dies : worldnews

British pensioner killed by president's convoy in Kenya hit-and-run : worldnews

Shahzadi Khan, Indian nanny, quietly and quickly executed in Abu Dhabi : worldnews

Syrian leader signs constitution that puts the country under an Islamist group's rule for 5 years : worldnews

Trump says 'nobody is expelling Palestinians,' weeks after saying they should be moved to Arab states | CNN : worldnews

Sudan rejects US request to discuss taking in Palestinians under Trump's Gaza plan : worldnews

Hamas superstar blogger stole donations for Gaza: Became a millionaire with a click : worldnews

Hamas says it's willing to release the five American hostages in Gaza : news one alive and four bodies

Apple accused of discrimination for telling employee to stop wearing jewellery supporting Gaza : news


Ukraine's Zelenskiy says there is now a good chance to end war : worldnews
Putin preparing to reject ceasefire, Zelensky says on Putin's ceasefire stance : worldnews
Jewish Ukrainian President, kneeling with Muslim Ukrainians at Iftar, signing Ukrainian flag : pics
Ukrainian child next to her 26 year old father killed in combat. : pics
Zelenskyy on the Kursk operation: "It fulfilled its task" : worldnews
The Ukrainian Review on X: "Ukraine will not lift martial law and will not hold elections in the event of a 30-day ceasefire," - Podolyak He stressed that a short ceasefire does not mean the end of the war, and without security guarantees it is impossible to organize an electoral process. / X
The Ukrainian Review on X: The EU could double its military aid to Ukraine in 2025, potentially reaching €40 billion, - Reuters The plan includes an initial commitment to provide Ukraine with 2 million artillery shells this year. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1114, Part 1 (Thread #1261) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 14, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Destruction of Ukraine dam caused 'toxic timebomb' of heavy metals. The reservoir released 9,000-17,000 tonnes of phytoplankton each day in the first week after the dam was blown up, driving an increase in water turbidity that led to the "probable loss" of 10,000 tonnes of macroinvertebrates : science

Retreating From Kursk, The Ukrainians Abandoned Some Of Their Best Weapons. : worldnews

Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia : worldnews

US to send GLSDB to Ukraine : worldnews



NOELREPORTS on X: EU plans massive defense industry revival - Politico. A leaked draft of the EU's White Paper on defense calls for major, long-term investment to counter Russia and support Ukraine as the U.S. pulls back. The plan will be presented next week. / X
Huawei lobbyists banned from accessing European Parliament after bribery arrests : worldnews

Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to peace treaty after nearly four decades of war : news

Finland sentences member of Russian neo-Nazi unit to life for war crimes in Ukraine : worldnews

USA asks Denmark for help in the egg crisis : worldnews

Hungary drops veto and agrees to prolong EU sanctions on Russia : worldnews

A six-year-old child infected with diphtheria is in serious condition (First case in Poland since 24 years) : worldnews


French minister slams Trump's "stupid" tariffs, threatens "equal" response : worldnews
'We Are Witnessing a New Brain Drain' as Scientists Flee America for France. | A French university says it's providing safe harbor to American scientists from Yale, Stanford, NASA, and the NIH. : technology

Portugal Drops Plans for F-35 Citing U.S. Political Uncertainty : worldnews

Trump's Irish Golf Course Vandalized After His Meeting With Prime Minister : politics

As Trump thaws ties, Russia has a new public enemy number one: Britain : worldnews
London air quality improves after expansion of levy on polluting cars, says report : worldnews


Greenland's likely new prime minister rejects Trump takeover efforts : worldnews

Mark Carney sworn in as Canada's PM after Trudeau steps down : worldnews
Canada will 'never' be part of US, says Carney in first speech as PM : worldnews
Canadians who visit US for more than 30 days will be fingerprinted : news
British Columbia woman detained at U.S. border, sent to Arizona detention facility in chains : news
B.C. ends subsidies for Tesla products amid trade war : technology
Tesla Claimed 8,669 Canadian EV Rebates as the Program Ran Out of Funds… That's 1.5 Sales Per Minute : worldnews
Tesla Rebates Axed in Canadian Province as Trade War Widens : worldnews
Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel : worldnews
Toronto cops PRAISE Oct 7 and laugh in shocking official police podcast : worldnews




! : PoliticalHumor ... Muskolini & the Dick/Traitor

U.S. stock market loses $5 trillion in value in three weeks : politics

Make No Mistake, Trump Is Turning the US Into a Police State : politics

Bernie Sanders warns liberal podcasters that Trump and Musk are creating 'oligarchy' : politics

Chris Hayes: The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. "What can we do to make the least number of people mad?" is just a bankrupt way to operate. - Bluesky

Ten Senate Democrats cave to avert government shutdown : politics
Schumer voting for cloture on the CR - Lawyers, Guns & Money - as Josh Marshall predicted or already knew yesterday, the Senate Dem leadership is willing to let the Republicans have their way with no concessions of any kind to the Democrats, other than the opportunity to hold an empty symbolic vote opposing the deal that voting for cloture ensures will now pass.
Democrats Rage At Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Fold : politics
Grassroots Democratic group calls for Schumer to resign as minority leader : politics ... It's time to 'chuck' Schumer out
House Democrats have "complete meltdown" as Schumer folds on shutdown : politics
Trump Praises Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Surrender : politics
Schumer Tells Democrats He'll Vote to Advance GOP Funding Bill: Report : politics
AOC breaks with Schumer on GOP government funding bill. : politics
AOC Rages at Democrats for 'Betrayal' Amid Government Shutdown Talks : politics
Calls for AOC to Primary Schumer Mount After 'Gutless' Surrender | Schumer should step down from Democratic leadership -- or be forced out-and let someone actually willing to fight Trump and Musk take his place. : politics
Nancy Pelosi Delivers Remarkable Rebuke to Chuck Schumer : politics
Pelosi shades Schumer on funding bill:'Listen to the women' : politics
Top House Democrats Throw Chuck Schumer Under The Bus Amid Funding Fight - "This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable," Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill. : politics
The Internal Rebellion - Lawyers, Guns & Money
I Hope I Die Before I Get Old - Lawyers, Guns & Money I Hope I Die Before I Get Old - By Erik Loomis My God, get rid of these old gerontocratic Democrats, a generation of utterly hopeless and worthless leadership:

Maybe if I'm extra nice he'll stop hitting me - Lawyers, Guns & Money One thing that simply doesn't work is to run for election on the we're in an existential battle to save democracy from the fascist hordes platform, lose, bombard all your supports with twelve zillion texts and emails about how Donald Trump is on the verge of establishing a dictatorship so you had better rush us ten dollars now to pass the No Kings Act (how stupid do they think we are? Don't answer that), and then, after all that, simply unconditionally surrender to the aforementioned hordes and aspiring dictator, on the basis of the inspiring claim that it's the savvy thing to do.

Why is America Intentionally Destroying its Global Influence? : videos

The deplorable way House Republicans are treating Rep. Sarah McBride knows no historical equal. History will honor McBride's courage and integrity while condemning the House Republicans' current cruelty, writes John Casey. : politics

Why is Donald Trump crashing the US economy? Because he's high on his own supply of fake news | Jonathan Freedland : politics

Gutting the Department of Education Is as Cruel as It Is Stupid : politics

I am an air traffic controller. The FAA is currently hiring more controllers from off the street. The bid closes on Monday, March 17. This is a 6 figure job that does not require a degree. AMA. : IAmA


Ben Jennings nailed it : PoliticalHumor
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries reportedly on hold because the trim is flying off : technology
'Deeply disturbing': Musk's 'Hitler didn't murder millions' repost draws outrage. : politics
Tesla warns Trump administration it is exposed to retaliatory tariffs : technology
Sen. Mark Kelly Says He's Ditching His Tesla Over 'A**hole' Elon Musk : politics

JD Vance Booed While Attending Concert at Kennedy Center : Music
Videos of JD Vance being booed at Kennedy Center go viral : politics

What's something you just don't understand? : AskReddit

Leopards, Faces, Etc - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... We only voted for white supremacy, don't blame us!

Mark Zuckerberg helped China develop censorship tools, hid CCP ties from Congress, ex-employee's memoir alleges : technology - Sarah Wynn-Williams "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism"
Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee. Social media company wins emergency arbitration ruling on book, 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn-Williams : technology

Ex-Facebook director's new book paints brutal image of Mark Zuckerberg : technology
The book Zuck doesn't want you to read - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it's the one about him : technology
Top court upholds Meta's $4.6M fine for user data leak : worldnews

Amazon is using AI to discourage unionization, including automating HR processes to control workers, and monitoring private social media groups to stifle dissent, according to a study of workers at a warehouse in Alabama : science

Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans : politics

Videos of Republican heckled at town hall viewed 1 million times : politics



Dollar General warns low-income Americans' finances are getting worse : politics



Measles cases linked to Texas outbreak grows to 259, with just 2 among fully vaccinated people : news


This Day in Labor History: March 14, 1882 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Alan Simpson - Lawyers, Guns & Money


What's a conspiracy theory you've heard that seems way more believable the more you look into it? : AskReddit

Ex-Barclays boss Jes Staley admits having sex with member of Jeffrey Epstein staff : news

Texas man Anthony Lucky released on bond after kidnapping, drugging and assaulting the girlfriend of a man who owned him money : videos

TIL in 2001 a 13 year old boy scout went missing in Yellowstone Park for over 18 hours and used his belt buckle to reflect sunlight and signal passing planes. His signal was happened to be spotted by Harrison Ford. : todayilearned

Netflix's Chaos: The Manson Murders takes on a wild theory. Even Errol Morris isn't sure he believes it. It's such a wild theory, even he's not sure he believes it.


Penn & Teller on vaccines : videos

Report: Average Male 4,000% Less Effective In Fights Than They Imagine : videos

Linguistic capacity was present in the Homo sapiens population 135 thousand years ago : science

ELI5: How is π irrational if it is a ratio? : explainlikeimfive For a circle, the diameter and circumference cannot both be integers.

TIL that in 1849, Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for his alleged anti-government activities with a radical intellectual group. He had already been marched out to the firing squad and was standing before the executioners when the order came through to spare him. : todayilearned

OpenAI declares AI race "over" if training on copyrighted works isn't fair use : technology

A new study investigated how long it takes to get over an ex-partner. On average, it took about 4.18 years for the emotional attachment to an ex-partner to be halfway dissolved. For the typical person, the bond to an ex completely faded away around 8 years but for some it takes longer. : science

Beta Blockers: Why Is Everyone Suddenly Taking Them For Anxiety? | Glamour

It makes you lose weight. Now they say it curbs alcohol cravings. Is it too good to be true? I'm an epidemiologist who fact-checks the science news. I never say this about a drug.

30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020 - The New York Times

TIL Pandas are only fertile once year and only for 36 hours! : todayilearned

Sugary drinks linked to greater oral cancer risk, study indicates. Women who consumed at least one sugar-sweetened beverage daily had a nearly 5 times greater chance of developing oral cancer than those who largely avoided sugary soft drinks. : science

Study reveals a growing divide in young people's mental wellbeing based on how 13 to 16 years old in Sweden rated their depressive symptoms over two decades. While some adolescents report high mental health, an increasing number are experiencing significant issues, especially among girls : science

TIL - Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a non-psychotic disorder in which a person experiences apparent lasting or persistent visual hallucinations or perceptual distortions after using drugs,[1] including but not limited to psychedelics, and dissosciatives. : todayilearned
Those who trip on LSD or DMT often report that the seams of existence come apart, bringing them all kinds of reality-bending sights. How come that never translates into anything concrete, like a process of reverse engerineering such experiences? Is it all just recreational, courtesy of drugs? : AskReddit

JAMA: Women do experience anger similar to men (see footnotes for individual papers. Emerging evidence indicates that problem anger is prevalent in women-it is no less common than in men following military service,2, can be more prevalent than in men after natural disasters 3. and in adolescent pop. : science undefined

4 Rocky Worlds Found Orbiting Earth's Closest Single Star, And They're Tiny : science
Violent supernovae 'triggered at least two Earth extinctions' | At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, study suggests : science

A new neuroimaging study has revealed that viewing nature can help ease how people experience pain, by reducing the brain activity linked to pain perception : science

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the US. Experiencing 5 or more blistering sunburns between ages 15 and 20 increases one's melanoma risk by 80% and nonmelanoma skin cancer risk by 68%. Study found that 30.3% of US adults had 1-5 sunburns and 2.1% more than 6 sunburns in the past 12 months. : science

Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success | Scientists have managed to convert mouse skin cells directly into motor neurons, skipping the usual step of stem cells in between : science

Eating fish safely in Massachusetts | Mass.gov While fish are an important part of a nutritious and varied diet, people who are pregnant should be aware of the possible dangers of eating fish caught in Massachusetts streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and some coastal waters.

1 kg of compost contains up to 16,000 microplastic particles, finds new study. The scientists suspect the origin of these fragments are biodegradable compoOAstable bags used to place food and garden waste into. : science

Study looked at the vow to stand by a marriage in times of sickness. Marriages are about 7 times more likely to end when the wife becomes ill than when the husband does. When the husband was in poor health but the wife wasn't, they were no more likely to split than when both were in good health. : science

Playing with dogs for just 15 minutes relieves stress in humans and canines alike, study shows - Fecal tests showed that canine cortisol levels were lower a week after hanging with a human and students' self-reported stress levels decreased by 33.5% after interacting with the dog. : science

Those who have been clinically dead and came back-what did you see?? : AskReddit

Parkinson's treatment closer as problematic protein imaged for first time | Known as PINK1, the protein has been linked to the disease for decades but its structure and how to switch it back on have remained elusive -- until now. : science

TIL in 1863, Union General Joseph Hooker significantly boosted troop morale. He issued soft bread 4 times a week, fresh onions or potatoes twice a week, and dried vegetables once a week. He also improved sanitation, requiring bedding to be aired and soldiers to bathe twice a week. : todayilearned

I am an award-winning historical fiction author, published historian, and co-host of the Vikingology Podcast. AMA about Viking history, writing, or storytelling! : IAmA

What historical "fact" did you learn in school, that later turned out to be completely wrong or misrepresented? : AskReddit

What's a modern convenience that actually made your life harder? : AskReddit

What's the best relationship tip you can give that creates healthy relationship? : AskReddit

People who had a 'one-night stand' that turned into an actual nightmare-what happened? : AskReddit

What's a piece of "life advice" you got when you were younger that you didn't believe at the time, but now you completely agree with? : AskReddit

What is the best comedy movie of all time? : AskReddit
Who's an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it? : AskReddit

The Fight to Keep Cambridge Local News Alive | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson The fragility of Cambridge's media ecosystem raises questions of what a sustainable model for local journalism looks like - and what the city loses when local news disappears.

New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year | Reddit will likely continue increasing the amount of ads users see. : technology

Suspected clients in high-end Massachusetts, Virginia brothel case being revealed at Cambridge hearing : boston

What did I just see? A boat towing a house?? : boston

Protest in Boston Common right now : boston
If you had to describe Boston in one photo, what would it be?? : boston





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The record temperatures observed in the oceans in 2023 and 2024 are not a sign of an "unexpected" acceleration of global warming, according to a new study, but such an anomaly, however, would have been "virtually impossible" in the absence of a global warming trend. : science
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer's : worldnews
German spy agency concluded COVID virus likely leaked from lab, papers say : news
Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997 : worldnews -- 40% of measles infections in Europe and Central Asia were in children under 5 and that more than half of all people sickened by measles had to be hospitalized.


Australia moves to arm troops with anti-ship missiles as China threat looms : worldnews

Duterte takes responsibility for Philippines drug war, anticipates long ICC battle : worldnews


KF-21: The 'Cheap' Stealth Fighter America Must Worry About : worldnews
KF-21: The 'Cheap' Stealth Fighter America Must Worry About - 19FortyFive The aircraft is described as a 4.5-generation supersonic fighter jet.


Chinese scientists recently unveiled the "Zuchongzhi 3.0" quantum computer prototype, which reportedly operates at speeds quadrillions of times faster than classical supercomputers and a million times faster than Google's latest quantum computing results from 2024. : worldnews



Putin ready for ceasefire but demands 'guarantees' depriving Ukraine of aid : worldnews
Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks : worldnews

Almost 10,000 drones used by Ukraine to attack Russia since start of war : worldnews

Russia says it has recaptured key Kursk region town, as Trump says peace is 'up to Russia now' : worldnews
Ukraine Control Map on X: "Kursk frontline from august till now / X

Ukrainian drones set ablaze Russian factory, infrastructure site overnight, authorities claim : worldnews

Russia forms infantry units from nuclear forces, deploys them to Toretsk : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: An interesting sign… After the arrival of the US special representative in Moscow, CHP-16 caught fire. The fire is getting bigger every minute! / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ In two possible indications that the Russians expect fighting in Ukraine to end soon, the Russian army has reportedly abruptly stopped recruiting convicts, and officers are said to be flocking to safe areas of Donetsk and Luhansk so that they can gain war veteran benefits. / X


India watchdog plans to limit satellite permits to five years, defying Musk's Starlink | Reuters : worldnews


Russia's ghost ships haunt Libya : worldnews

Entire families killed during recent violence in Syria, UN says : worldnews

Israel strikes Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus : worldnews


Hamas welcomes Donald Trump's U-turn on Gaza mass expulsion plan; 'We call for this position' : worldnews

Trump appears to reverse course on Gaza Plan: 'No one is expelling Palestinians' : worldnews


Russia seeks to prolong war, Zelensky says about lack of clear response to proposed ceasefire : worldnews
The only concession Putin has made to Zelensky is: he's started dressing like him. : pics
Russia lays out demands for talks with US on Ukraine, sources say : worldnews
Russia plays hard ball over a ceasefire deal as U.S. officials head to Moscow : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1113, Part 1 (Thread #1260) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Kyiv ready to fight in Kursk Oblast 'as long as necessary' as Russia claims to retake over 86% of seized territories : worldnews

Explosions in Ivano-Frankivsk: law enforcement confirms Russians blew up teenage agents : worldnews This is the kind of shit Pablo Escobar did. That's how evil Putin is.

KyivPost on X: Yet another execution video showing Putin's soldiers killing unarmed Ukrainian POWs has surfaced online. The Ombudsman has sent letters to the UN and ICRC to document yet another Russian war crime. / X

PS01 □ on X: "KURSK ‼️Six days underground without oxygen or water. 800 people went in - only a company, about a hundred, came out. First, methane poisoned dozens, then the AFU hit the pipe with cluster munitions. Did these fighters realize they were heading on a journey with no return? / X


Poland asks the U.S. for nuclear weapons : worldnews

Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway's lofty reputation : news

The U.S. is in talks with the German government and Russian officials to resume refinement of Russian oil from a major pipeline snaking through the NATO country, according to German and independent Russian media reports. : worldnews
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin, at forfeiture risk if Musk found guilty of German election interference : pics

Austria's new government is stopping family reunions immediately for migrants : worldnews

Silja: Russia=Genocide on X: : FRANCE: Parliament vote a resolution for the seizure of the Russian frozen assets / X
Trump threatens France with 200% wine and Champagne tariffs : worldnews

TIL that the oldest operating bookstore in the world is in the Chiado neighborhood of Lisbon, Portugal. It was founded almost three hundred years ago, in 1732. : todayilearned

UK revokes accreditation for two Russian diplomatic officials : worldnews
UN judge from Uganda is convicted in the UK of forcing a woman into slavery : worldnews - Further evidence that the UN is far far FAR from an institution that should be looked to as a moral authority on Anything. Point of evidence 2- the Saudi motherfucking Arabians being appointed to Chair the council on women's rights. Burn the whole damn institution to the ground. It's lost its purpose, meaning and way.

Mass Extermination Ranch Discovered at CJNG Training Camp in Jalisco, Hundreds Believed to Have Disappeared : worldnews

Trump Asks Military for Plans to Take Panama Canal 'By Force' : politics
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say : worldnews

US trade rep Greer says EU retaliation ignores US national security needs : worldnews
Trump threatens 200% wine tariff if EU does not remove whiskey tariff : worldnews

"One last thing": Trudeau posts message to Canadians on final day as prime minister : worldnews
Trump threatens to acquire Canada, Greenland while next to NATO chief : worldnews
NATO Chief Mum as Trump Goes on Bonkers Canada Rant : worldnews
Nobody Is Safe: Canada Sends World a Warning Against Trump : worldnews
'Just say thank you': Lutnick says Canada is acting like Ukraine in Trump negotiations : politics
Canadian ministers, Ontario premier to meet with Lutnick as tariff fight continues : worldnews
Trump tariff threats are pushing Canada's largest oil producer to break its dependence on the U.S. : worldnews
Canada to be EU's 28th member? Nearly half of Canadians say yes - Euractiv : worldnews
Trump's threats leave Canadian Afghan war veterans feeling angry and betrayed : worldnews
Top Canadian Grocer Says Sales of US Products 'Rapidly' Dropping : worldnews




SpaceX scrubs astronaut flight that was to retrieve stuck astronauts : news

Key Findings of the Mueller Report | ACS

Donald Trump, who has been on a mission to strip transgender people of all dignity, complains 'everything is transgender'. He made the bizarre remarks in front of the Irish prime minister. : politics

Trump is actively tanking the economy. Why aren't Republicans stopping him? : politics
Trump Loses It After Wall Street Journal Trashes His Economic Policies : politics
Massive Bruise on Trump's Hand Reappears Weeks After White House's Hand Shake Excuse : politics

Hey Democrats, wake the f-k up : politics
Majority of Americans Would Blame Trump, Congressional Republicans for Shutdown : politics

Americans Worry Trump Too Closely Aligned With Russia : politics not a peep out of dems on all this)/a>

'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources : politics

Tim Walz Takes Responsibility for Trump Chaos: 'I Own This' - The former Democratic nominee for VP said he and Kamala Harris fumbled their White House bid, therefore helping to create the tariff war and resulting economic slump. : politics
Walz: 'We wouldn't be in this mess if we had won the election' : politics ... Kamala told the voters to fuck off, so they did. Apparently, "Dick Cheney is brat" wasn't a good campaign slogan.

ICE Wastes $16M on Guantanamo Bay Operation as All Migrants Returned to US : politics

Trump's Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System : politics

After Heated Dem Meeting, Schumer Says Dems Will Push For Vote On Short Term CR First : politics - What a joke. Schumer is worthless. GOP will make zero concessions and then pass it with a simple majority. Really nailed that one Chuck. Asshole

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents : news
Chinese nationals banned from US student visas under new House GOP proposal : politics

jamelle: we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars" is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and - well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass - Bluesky
Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war | Trump administration | The Guardian The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general's corps

Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations : politics
An unelected billionaire is gunning for Social Security. Get Musk out, now. | Opinion : politics

Opinion | Over 130 scientists warn of irreversible damage to NIH

US Judge Says Trump Cannot Fire Democratic Member of Federal Labor Board : politics

Trump administration to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency's woke "environmental protection" agenda - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Dementia - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Aaron Rupar: Trump: To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it. - Bluesky
Trump Derails Oval Office Meeting to Discuss JD Vance's Socks : politics
Trump Hurls Bizarre Religious Insult at Chuck Schumer in Oval Office Donald Trump alleged Wednesday that Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, is not Jewish.
Trump Hurls Bizarre Religious Insult at Top Dem Senator : politics
Just an old lady in rural Russia : pics

Egg prices continue to hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but some relief may be coming : politics

Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower's lobby to demand the Columbia University activist's release : politics
Jewish Americans Are Sick Of Trump Exploiting Them : politics
Protesters take over Trump Tower in NYC to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil : pics
Mahmoud Khalil arrest video captured by wife: They just handcuffed him, I don't know what to do. - YouTube
Pro-Israel group says it has deportation list and has sent thousands of names to Trump officials | Mahmoud Khalil : politics

Trump administration pulls intel job offer for critic of Israel : politics

TIL only 1 US President has been born after 1946. : todayilearned

Pete Buttigieg Decides Not to Enter Michigan Senate Race, Leaving Door Open for Possible 2028 Presidential Run : politics

Elected Republicans need to face town hall furor they helped stoke : politics

Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts : politics

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor's Secretive Influence Campaign : politics

Press coverage of Trump's tariffs understates the insanity One CNBC analyst has spoken the truth. Will other journalists follow?

Scenes from American Kleptocracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Let's check in on the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to make corruption great again.

Tesla's decline in value could be unprecedented in automotive industry: JPMorgan - By market capitalisation, Tesla has lost $795bn since December 17, or 53.7 per cent : technology
Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024 : politics
Musk Shares Claim That Stalin and Hitler Didn't Murder Millions: 'Public Sector Employees Did' : politics
Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three : technology
Elon Musk Looks Desperate : politics

Eschaton: One Simple Trick To disenfranchise many women. The issue, Spencer said, was that her surname on her birth certificate is different from how she was registering to vote. "When I divorced, I kept my last name for consistency with my family," Spencer said. "The idea that women have to prove their name change is profoundly sexist and limiting."


RFK Jr. Spreads Dangerous Lies About Measles as Texas Outbreak Tops 220 Cases : politics


Paranoia runs deep - Lawyers, Guns & Money Andrew Gelman has some thoughts on my thoughts regarding Naomi Wolf and the varieties of stupid experience.
Monty Hall problem - Wikipedia


Tuberville falsely claims 'men were boxing against women' during 2024 Olympics : politics

Joan Baez Pauses John Mulaney's Talk Show to Slam 'Incompetent Billionaires' Running America:'Our Democracy Is Going Up in Flames' : Music



Wisconsin appeals court overturns ruling allowing for emailing of ballots to disabled voters : politics

Miami Beach mayor moves to cancel independent cinema's lease after screening of No Other Land : movies
For a perspective beyond No Other Land, try From Ground Zero, an anthology of short films from the Gaza Palestinians : movies


Meta goes to arbitrator to prevent whistleblower from promoting tell-all book : books
Meta mocked for raising "Bob Dylan defense" of torrenting in AI copyright fight | Meta fights to keep leeching evidence out of AI copyright battle. : technology


'Murder conspiracy': OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's mom shares pic from day of his death, claims several CCTV cameras 'stopped working' : technology


jamelle: "you're telling me that yet another one of these guys is a degenerate sex criminal? i'm shocked" -- Bluesky

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes : politics
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of lewd acts with a child : news
Gateway megachurch founder, former Trump spiritual adviser, indicted on charges of lewd acts with Oklahoma girl : politics

TIL in 2009, Claire Boucher attempted to float down the Mississippi River in a homemade houseboat filled with live chickens, a sewing machine and 20 pounds of potatoes. She failed. A year later she released her successful debut studio album. She is known professionally as Grimes. : todayilearned


Reddit Is Restricting Luigi Mangione Discourse-but It's Even Weirder Than That: The website is attacking the users that made it the front page of the internet. : technology


Men in childcare are seen as less warm, moral, and competent than women | Study explores the stereotypes that shape public perceptions of men working in childcare and how these beliefs influence support for increasing gender diversity in the field. : science


ELI5: Why does waking up from an afternoon nap not feel the same as waking up in the morning from a night's sleep : explainlikeimfive

In the late 19th century US, milk was frequently diluted and contaminated by merchants, causing public health harms. In response, major cities adopted quality standards for milk and hired milk inspectors. This in turn reduced deaths from diarrheal diseases and typhoid by up to a third. : science


All this bad AI is wrecking a whole generation of gadgets | We were promised multimodal, natural language, AI-powered everything. We got nothing of the sort. : technology
What jobs do you reckon will disappear in the next 10 years due to ai? : AskReddit


Study found that women who reported higher levels of self-objectification were more likely to fake orgasms, perform desire for their partner, and tolerate discomfort during sex. The strongest predictor of lower orgasm rates was women's perception that their partner objectified them. : science

Citrulline, an amino acid, is now shown to selectively inhibit mTOR, suppressing inflammation and aging-related metabolic shifts. Unlike rapamycin, it modulates immune metabolism without immune suppression. This discovery positions citrulline as a novel, safe anti-aging and anti-inflammatory agent. : science

Poor quality or lack of sleep, as well as sleep disorders, were linked to lower brain volume. The evidence from a review of over 100 studies suggests that inadequate sleep could contribute to neurodegeneration. : science

Top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have less heart disease risk than others, and this gap has widened over past two decades, even after adjusting for factors like blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI. Life expectancy for richest 1% of Americans is now 10 years higher than poorest 1%. : science


What is you most prized possession? : AskReddit

What do you think happens when we die? : AskReddit

Why are you single right now? : AskReddit

What do women actually look for in a guy? : AskReddit

ELI5 - What is the catch on diet sodas? : explainlikeimfive

What is the worst legal thing someone has done to you? : AskReddit

What secret will you never tell your parents? : AskReddit

What will the next ridiculously overdone house design style be? Aka what will be the next architectural fad will we regret in a decade? : AskReddit

People who have known genuine physcopath what's your experience with them? : AskReddit

When did you realize you were an adult? : AskReddit


How old is average user on Reddit? : AskReddit - It's 23. I googled it for you.

New North Korean Android spyware slips onto Google Play : worldnews
GrapheneOS: the private and secure mobile OS

Tim Marchman: Check out our updated guide to Signal, which is as easy to use as your phone's native texting app and which you should absolutely be telling your mom she has to download if she wants to be able to text you: - Bluesky




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Anthony Albanese denounces US tariffs as 'not a friendly act' after Donald Trump refuses exemption for Australia | Australian economy : worldnews - You know this is all a pretext so the US can start trading with Russia. Anyone else not see it?


Seven men arrested in Japan for raping daughters, sharing footage in chat group. : news


NOELREPORTS on X: Putin is likely to agree to ceasefire terms with Ukraine, but wants to include his own conditions, according to Bloomberg sources. One of the conditions could be a demand to halt weapons supplies to Ukraine. / X

Zelenskyy expects 'strong steps' from US if Russia rejects ceasefire. : worldnews
Ukraine won't recognize occupied territories as Russian as part of any peace deal, Zelensky says : worldnews
EU lawmakers accuse US of 'blackmailing' Zelenskyy into ceasefire : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1112, Part 1 (Thread #1259) : worldnews

Michael Kofman on X: Although it may have temporarily exacerbated the situation, the most recent Russian advances in Kursk were taking place well before the suspension of US military assistance/intelligence. The problem was battlefield geometry, logistics, and constant assaults by DPRK." / X WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 on X: "Ukraine's most combat-ready brigades have been withdrawn from Kursk region." / X
Ukraine's Best European Missile Just Shot Down Its First Russian Jet : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: "4/ "It's just that day and night you sit underground and any attempt to stick your head out and run ten meters is a sophisticated suicide attempt. The sky resembles an international tourist airport - not a single second of clear space." / X

PS01 on X: No American company can keep up with Ukraine": America turns to Ukraine for help in creating better drones , - The Wall Street Journal American drone technology has proven disappointing on the battlefield , so startups have turned to Ukrainian manufacturers to create more than two million drones. / X

EU wields 'sledgehammer' against Trump tariffs - Brussels strikes back against the U.S. president's 25 percent levies on steel and aluminum : worldnews
(((Tendar))) on X: The skipper of the Solong, the ship which rammed the Stella Immaculate a tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military causing one death and a lot of damage, has been arrested by British authorities. He is a Russian. Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the nearby Port of Grimsby / X
Russia posed spy as Belarusian refugee to set Warsaw mall on fire, prosecutors say : worldnews


Meta faces publisher copyright AI lawsuit in France : worldnews


Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country - Musk's social media platform X being a problem. : worldnews
Canada to announce $29.8B in tariffs on U.S. : worldnews
Trump to require fingerprinting, registration for some Canadian travelers : worldnews




EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change

New poll on Trump's performance has shockingly bad results : politics

The Entire World Is Pissed at Trump -- and It May Cost the U.S. Big Time: There's a growing global call to boycott American-made goods. : politics

Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats won't provide votes to pass GOP funding bill as shutdown draws near : politics
Schumer says Democrats united on not signing off on House funding bill - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... I'm coming around to the view that the faster we have a genuine economic and constitutional crisis, the sooner we can move toward using those things to restore some minimal level of sanity to our legal and economic arrangements in this country.
The politics of the Musk/Trump/Thune/Johnson shutdown - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The most important point, though, is this. Republicans have made no concessions to the Democrats. To respond to an offer of "nothing" by capitulating would be really bad, and I just don't see any political downside that would justify it:

Sanders:'These are the scariest times in my life' : politics < br />
The CIA chief and his Russian counterpart are going to chat regularly now : worldnews

The Viral 'Debate' Video That Proves Most MAGA Voters Are a Lost Cause : politics

Ukraine, U.S. work out ceasefire, now all eyes are on Russia : worldnews
Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire Simulation - Lawyers, Guns & Money

What is your view of late senator John McCain assertion that Russia is "petrol station masquerading as a country"? : AskReddit .. a gas station run by the mob masquerading as a country
Rubio lays down the red line : PoliticalHumor

Ongoing destruction of evidence: Trump admin shredding and burning'classified' USAID docs with info that's essential for rehiring unlawfully fired workers, unions say : politics

USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases : politics
Make America Healthy Again! - Lawyers, Guns & Money While RFK is making America healthy again by letting kids die of measles and making sure the only appropriate use of government spending is to investigate the "connections" between vaccines and autism, the government is also making sure that kids can't get locally grown food in their school lunches.

DOGE Pushes Social Security Administration to Cut Off Phone Service : technology SSA leadership is weighing a proposal to eliminate telephone support for claims processing and direct-deposit account transactions, instead directing seniors and disabled individuals to online services and in-person field offices, one source told the Post.
Make Way for Tomorrow - Lawyers, Guns & Money Republicans have always hated Social Security and they still want it gone. The Gilded Age is their ideal and by God that's what they are going to get if they have to declare a dictatorship to have it ... 1,039 people between the ages of 220 and 229; one person between the age of 240 and 249; and one person is listed at 360 years of age ... Republicans hate you and want you to die on a park bench.


Trump/Elon: there are not enough drug overdoses in America - Lawyers, Guns & Money - One quiet recent development that has not gotten a lot of attention is that fentanyl overdoses have declined significantly: ... DOGE is going to lead to a lot of unnecessary death and suffering through illegal impoundments, but at least the savings involved will be trivial.


Trump metals tariffs draw swift EU retaliation : politics

Social Security Administration: How slashing staff is sparking fears the system could collapse | CNN Politics
As an American worker, how do you feel when Social Security is referred to as an entitlement program? : AskReddit

Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics
U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment : news

Leader Jeffries: "House Republicans and Donald Trump have proposed the largest cut to Medicaid in American history" : politics ... The worlds richest man taking healthcare from the poorest people. Remember: this is what MAGA voted for.

In your opinion when exactly did Trump and Musk become besties? : AskReddit

How the US economy went from booming to a recession scare in only 20 days : politics

Trump to liberals: Stop 'illegally' boycotting Teslas! : politics
Is Tesla cooked?The CEO is absent, the stock is plummeting, and the brand is toxic. Tesla's future looks grim. : technology
People who are shocked at Trump promoting Tesla at the White House must've forgotten about this. : pics
X Marks The Rot : pics
Lack of Self-Awareness Across Decades : pics
Trump's efforts to help Tesla could hurt it instead : technology
Musk Literally Gave Trump a Script for Desperate'Tesla Ad' : politics
Elon Musk net worth has dropped by over $100 billion so far this year : politics
What are you Thoughts on Elon Musk Saying He wants us to leave NATO? : AskReddit
Musk rumored to donate $100m to MAGA super PAC after Trump's Tesla purchase : politics
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X : technology
Trump reposts Nazi-era gay symbol. The pink triangle represented imprisonment and death for gay men in Nazi Germany. : politics

Tariffs break trust: How Trump's trade policy is putting pressure on U.S. farmers : politics

Anti-Israel commentator tapped as a deputy director of national intelligence : politics


Trump's Call to Scrap 'Horrible' Chip Program Spreads Panic : technology

Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr Harasses Google For Not Carrying Right Wing Religious Programming : technology

German Thru-Hiker Detained, Deported, and Banned From US : worldnews

The Art Looters - Lawyers, Guns & Money While this might not be as important as gutting Social Security, it's still pretty important.

After Khalil Abduction by ICE, Jeffries and Schumer 'Not the Men for This Moment In History' : politics


Where JD Vance gets his authoritarian ideas : politics

Tim Walz Might Run for President in 2028 if You Ask Him Nicely | Kamala Harris's running mate describes losing in 2024, opposing Donald Trump now, and his future. : politics

House Republican adjourns hearing after exchange over misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride : politics

Americans, what do you think is the actual plan? Or, our government truly run by a bunch of idiotic middle-schoolers? : AskReddit



Senator Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Democrat, Won't Run Again in 2026 : politics


Why I Left the Washington Post - by Ruth Marcus : politics



Fear of flying is pushing ticket sales down in the wake of multiple crashes, airlines say : news


Texas measles cases grow to 223, mostly among children and teens : news

An explanation of why kindness is intelligence : videos


Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court : news



Idaho teacher ordered to remove "Everyone is welcome here" sign from classroom : politics


Mom missing for 6 days found alive stranded in car: 'She had given up hope' : news


The decline of Christianity/religion in American life - Lawyers, Guns & Money - According to Pew, since 2007, the share of Americans who describe themselves as Christian has dropped to 63 percent from 78 percent ... The reality is that 20 percent of boomers are nonreligious and it's at least 42 percent of Gen Z ... The bottom line is that two-thirds of the millennial generation view religion as either obsolete or not a matter they have an opinion about, which is arguably an indirect expression of obsolescence,
Boebert ridiculed for fumbling sign of the cross during House Oversight Committee hearing


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,836 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Little Richard.


What's a book that completely broke your brain-in a good way? : books

Zyn and the New Nicotine Gold Rush | The New Yorker

What has gradually disappeared over the last ten years without people really noticing? : AskReddit

What Is The Worst Thing You've Come Across On Omegle? : AskReddit

What group of people experience the most prejudice? : AskReddit

Benson Boone says he is no longer Mormon : Music

What famous person suddenly dropped off the radar in the last decade? : AskReddit


The prevalence of chronic conditions has risen to unprecedented levels over the past twenty years, with nearly 1-in-3 young people estimated to now be living with pediatric onset conditions that significantly affect their lives : science

Stan Lee's Tumultuous Final Years to Be Explored in Documentary. Jon Bolerjack filmed hundreds of hours of footage which he says shows bad behavior by those around the Marvel legend. Now he is turning it into a doc, 'Stan Lee: The Final Chapter.' : movies


TIL St. Nicholas was purportedly imprisoned and tortured at the behest of Emperor Diocletian. : todayilearned

A study suggests that many girls believe experiencing low mood and anxiety is "normal" for their age group, especially within their generation. Contributing factors include gendered expectations, educational pressures, relationships and social media : science

Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to cut a single gene from head and neck cancer cells, eliminating 50% of tumors in mice. The study highlights CRISPR's potential for cancer treatment, suggesting CRISPR could be effective against multiple cancer types, including myeloma and liver cancer. : science

AI Discovery Reveals 5,000-Year-Old Lost Civilizations Hidden Beneath the World's Largest Deserts : technology

Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions 100,000 years ago included cultural exchange. Findings of relations between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens suggest that the ancient human species coexisted, and even shared aspects of daily life, technology and burial customs. : science

Scientists Uncover Face of The Earliest Human Ancestor Ever Found in Western Europe : science

The tendency to view men as default 'people' is well documented. Another study found parents across the US are more likely to use gender-neutral labels-for instance, "kid" -- more often for boys than for girls and to use gender-specific labels, such as "girl," more often for girls. : science

Artificial intelligence predicts adolescent mental health risk before symptoms emerge. The United States is facing a youth mental health crisis. Almost 50% of teens will experience some form of mental illness, and of those, two-thirds will not get support from a mental health professional : science

Researcher figures out how to diagnose people with sleep apnea while they're awake using EEGs : science

s://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1j8rhsu/women_with_higher_selfacceptance_are_less_prone/"> Women with higher self-acceptance are less prone to problematic pornography use | Additionally, women who use pornography more frequently tend to experience greater difficulties in engaging in goal-directed behaviors. : science

ELI5: How did Aristarchus measure the angle between the Sun and Moon to be 87 degrees? : explainlikeimfive

What's one small thing that instantly makes men more attractive? : AskReddit

Ancient DNA shows Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa. The discovery is the first direct evidence of trans-Mediterranean sea voyaging during this time, although archaeological finds have hinted at cultural exchange between European and North African hunter-gatherers. : science

The herb rosemary has long been linked with memory. A compound found in rosemary and sage, carnosic acid, is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. A stable form of carnosic acid was used to treat mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, leading to greater memory function and other disease improvements. : science

Researchers have identified a genetic link to smoking in pregnancy, they found also that males experience more long-lasting effects when the mother smokes whilst pregnant : science - Women, however, were more likely to develop digestive and reproductive disorders as well as mental health issues.

A new study finds that at least 1.1% of medieval manuscripts were copied by female scribes - suggesting over 110,000 manuscripts were written by women. : science

What are the best stories you have heard in reddit? : AskReddit

What's the most I'm definitely getting fired for this moment you've ever witnessed or experienced at work? : AskReddit

whats a sign someone is good at manipulating people and or lying? : AskReddit

What made you go mentally numb? : AskReddit

Children who regularly eat seafood at age 7 exhibit more positive social behaviors -- such as sharing, helping, and interacting kindly-by ages 7 and 9, compared to those who rarely consume seafood. N = 6,000 children : science

What's the weirdest thing you caught your partner doing? : AskReddit
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If you could change 1 thing about Reddit, what would it be? : AskReddit

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Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Being Taken To Hague, Netherlands ICC Today : worldnews
[Philippines] Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested over crimes against humanity : worldnews
Rodrigo Duterte forced onto plane to The Hague after ICC arrest, his daughter says | CNN : worldnews
Duterte Arrested - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Some were shot by vigilantes on motorbikes. Others had bullets in the head, execution style. In killing after killing, the police would only describe the victims as "drug suspects" who had resisted arrest, a charge that rarely stood up to even minor scrutiny. And yet the slaughter continued with impunity, at the behest of the man who was elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte.


South Korea wants to sell submarines to Canada as relations sour with U.S. : worldnews

Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China : worldnews



MAKS 24 on X: Putin Unwilling to Compromise on Ukraine, - Bloomberg Western security officials say Putin is making deliberately "maximalist" demands ahead of talks to end the war that he knows will likely be unacceptable to Ukrainians and Europeans. Putin is prepared to continue fighting if his demands are not met. / X
Moscow reportedly targeted by largest drone strike in war; over 330 UAVs allegedly downed across Russia : worldnews
Moscow airports suspend flights after 'massive' Ukrainian drone attack : worldnews
Ukraine Targets Moscow With Large-Scale Drone Attack - The New York Times The assault, which the mayor called the largest on Russia's capital since the war began, was a reminder of Ukraine's power to strike as its president proposes an air truce.
Video: Moscow hit by Ukrainian drone attack | CNN

Russia blames UK for 'instigating' both world wars after expelling two British diplomats from Moscow : worldnews

david D. on X: due to the huge airstrike... russian rail is shut down around moscow, for the first time ever!!!! / X Jay in Kyiv on X: Seems Ukraine's done playing nice, no more living under forced US restrictions as to what sort of Russian targets they can hit. Massive drone attack all over Russia. Russians claim to have shot down 337 but videos show many hits all over country. / X
WarMonitor on X: Russian State Duma Deputy Sobolev: The US will rearm Ukraine in 30 days of ceasefire and start the war anew, Russia will not go for it. / X

Iran's President to Trump: I will not negotiate, 'do whatever the hell you want' : worldnews


Ukraine says in joint statement with US that it is open to 30-day ceasefire in war with Russia : worldnews
Ukraine agrees to U.S.-led ceasefire plan if Russia accepts : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1111, Part 1 (Thread #1258) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X
French Aid to Ukraine on X: "The SAMP/T surface-to-air defence system transferred to Ukraine has already shot down a Russian Sukhoi aircraft. This is further confirmation of the Aster 30's performance in a high intensity war. / X
KyivPost on X: Dnipro, this hour. Another residential house reduced to rubble by a Russian strike with deadly drones / X


European stocks steady after US markets plunge : worldnews

Poland PM in blistering attack on Europe's 'cowardice' as he seeks nuclear weapons to stare down Putin : worldnews

Romania court upholds ban on far-right populist running for president : worldnews

Czech president: Europe must be ready to defend itself independently : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: Putin Unwilling to Compromise on Ukraine, - Bloomberg Western security officials say Putin is making deliberately "maximalist" demands ahead of talks to end the war that he knows will likely be unacceptable to Ukrainians and Europeans. Putin is prepared to continue fighting / X


US wasn't invited to summit of military representatives in Paris : worldnews
French consumers seeking to boycott US struggle to identify American products : worldnews - Here in Canada, many of us are checking labels carefully and when we find American products we put them back on the shelf upside down as a signal to other customers


Trump says Ontario 'not allowed' to slap surcharge on electricity sent to U.S. states : politics
Trump raises Canadian steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% in retaliation for Ontario energy duties : worldnews
Trump imposes, then reverses, new tariffs on Canada : worldnews
Trump Calls Canada 'Tariff Abuser' After Electricity Surcharge : worldnews
B.C. removes all U.S. liquor from store shelves: Trump can 'keep his watery beer' : politics
China says it will grow relations with Canada on basis of mutual respect : worldnews
Canada is caught in a 'double trade war' - and one premier is urging Ottawa to drop its fight against China : worldnews - Trump is coming after Canada far more aggressively than he is the government of China.
Ontario premier threatens to 'shut off electricity completely' for US if trade war escalates : worldnews
Canada's Mark Carney Rips Trump In Blistering Speech, Refuses To Kneel And Be 'Conquered' : worldnews - As a Canadian living in the US it's kind of absurd that people see it only as a trade war. Trump is threatening other countries' sovereignty, which is way more serious.
Tesla Accused Of Gaming Canada's EV Rebate Program After 4 Stores Sold 2 Cars Per Minute Wiping Out $43M In Grants : worldnews - Four Tesla stores in Canada each sold an average of 30 cars per hour, amounting to 120 cars per hour across all four locations-essentially one car every minute, 24 hours a day…for three straight days. And yes, this includes hours when the stores were closed
Trump is getting increasingly fixated on annexing Canada as "our cherished 51st state" - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump Intensifies Statehood Threats in Attack on Canada : worldnews there would no longer be a Northern Border problem.




The corpse of Mussolini hanging by his feet in the Piazzale Loreto, Milan. April 1945 : pics
Ceausescu: unpublished images of the execution - mediaclip
The moment of the execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu, 25 December 1989, Târgoviște, Romania. : UtterlyUniquePhotos
Romanian Revolution - Dramatic News Footage Captures Fall of Nicolae Ceaușescu (1989) - YouTube
NEXTA on X: Historical footage: 35 years ago, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were executed by firing squad Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu were charged with destroying the national economy, armed insurrection against the people and the state, genocide, and dismantling https://t.co/yA5Vz35SY2" / X
Yes, Trump Said, 'They Rigged the Election, and I Became President' : politics
Donald Trump impeachment petition gets 250,000 signatures : politics

U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties : worldnews

Cease-fire? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
US agrees to lift pause on military aid, intelligence to Ukraine, which says it is open to 30-day cease-fire
U.S. to restart intelligence sharing and security assistance to Ukraine immediately : worldnews
The USA is immediately lifting the pause in intelligence sharing and resuming security assistance to Ukraine. | УНН : worldnews
Western Officials Say Putin Knows His Ukraine Terms Won't Be Met : worldnews - Governor Krasnov of the US oblast and his lapdog, the fascist chihuahua, who either barks incessantly at guests or humps couches when no one is watching.
Trump says Putin has no cards in Ukraine talks, although up until Friday he did : worldnews

There are multi McCarthyisms a day - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is not the most important recent Trump attack on free speech, but the Kremlin's top person at National Intelligence pulling the security clearances of yet more critics of Trump is still a highly disturbing example of viewpoint-based intimidation:
Post-Left Watch: Matt Taibbi supports Musk and DOGE. I do think this is the only thing you can do. You have to just absolutely devastate these agencies and then rebuild them. And Musk is probably the right person to do that, because that's who he is, he's a firer of people. -- Bluesky
The MAGA exacta - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Elon Musk pushed debunked theories about Social Security on Monday while describing federal benefit programs as rife with fraud, suggesting they will be a primary target in his crusade to reduce government spending ... Using completely false allegations of fraud and Nazi race theory to justify slashing Social Security - what can you say, the man understands what his job is.
Tesla mega bull sounds the alarm on Elon Musk's leadership : news

Musk's incel wreckers lay off half of the Department of Education's work force - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... As always, Hannah Arendt's analysis of the mid-20th century Nazis and Stalinists remains all too relevant to our own depraved era: Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.

Russia has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda : worldnews

House Democrats whip "NO" on GOP plan to avoid government shutdown : politics
Eschaton: Please Give Your Wallets To The Wallet Inspectors With Republicans making clear that any spending bills are just fake, Dems would be insane to provide any support ... Some Dems keep saying they're worried they'll be blamed for the shutdown. They should be more worried they'll be blamed for what they've endorsed, if they do.

Eschaton: Seems Bad : We won't be able to respect any mainstream political journalism until they start making explicit is that Republican crime is all legal now because the FBI and the DOJ will do nothing about any of it.

Trump's ICE Deported Fewer People in February Than the Biden Administration : politics
Trump's Department of Justice deletes link to study showing undocumented immigrants commit less crime than US citizens : politics

Trump tells Americans to 'shut up' about embarrassing problem he can't fix : politics

Trump freezes $1 billion in food aid given to local schools and food banks to help low-income families : politics

Trump Demands MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Nicolle Wallace Be 'Forced to Resign' : politics

Trump's first 50 days: Stocks heading toward worst start to a presidential term since 2009 : politics
Trump Promised Americans Booming Wealth. Now He's Changing His Tune. : politics
Rapid scheduled disassembly: the economics of Donald Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money If your plane is about to crash into a cliff, the key is to speed up:
US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs : politics
House Democrats Tear Into Trump Admin for Quickly Tanking 'Strongest' Stock Market Ever: 'In 1 Month They've F--ked It All Up' : politics
Trump Goes on Insane Truth Social Posting Spree as Stock Market Freefalls : politics
Even Fox News Is Worried About the Stock Market Under Trump : politics
Dow drops again - falling nearly 600 points as Trump ramps up Canada trade war : politics
Dow plunges 900 points as recession fears, tariffs scare Wall Street : politics - It is amazing to me that an administration can do so much damage in so little time. It's only been seven weeks.
Call What's Coming the 'Donald J. Trump Recession,' Says Economist | While a recession may not be fully baked into the cards at this point, the risk is evident and it's almost entirely coming from Donald Trump's policies. : politics

Judge Orders U.S.A.I.D. and State Dept. to Pay Funds 'Unlawfully' Withheld : politics

Judge orders urgent release of DOGE records, citing 'unprecedented' power and 'unusual secrecy' | It's the first significant ruling in a growing legal push to pierce DOGE's secretive veil, a decision that undercuts Musk's repeated insistence about the operation's transparency. : politics
Judge Orders DOGE to Release Records, Citing Its 'Unusual Secrecy' : politics

I won't be gaslit over Trump. If you suck up to him, you will get more bullying : politics

Eschaton: Eugenics : When Covid hit, there were a lot of right wing groups - not quite as prominent in the US as elsewhere - who saw it as an opportunity to cull the botched and the bungled, believing only the weak get sick, somehow. I'm not sure what most of these people see when they look in mirror, but most of them aren't exactly obviously Ubermenschen.

Eschaton: Cunning Plans If we just agree to the "compromise" about girls in sports, then we can otherwise avoid the topic and put it behind us forever ... Republicans are continuing their deadly crusade against transgender Americans by holding multiple events on Wednesday, March 12th for "DeTrans Awareness Day," The Handbasket has learned ... These issues never just "stop." There is no centrist dipshit "compromise" on the table that will stop them.

Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump : politics
Legal US resident is "disappeared" EXPLICITLY for engaging in legally protected speech - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Domestic Enemy Hat: "This is a grave and sobering admission: they are not pursuing the "WELL ACTUALLY he broke the law during protests," they are bragging that they are deporting people for protected speech." - Bluesky
Trump Confirms ICE Arrested Palestinian Columbia Graduate Over Political Speech : politics - publicly traded private prison companies. There's two - GEO Group, and Corecivic. They both skyrocketed - like literally doubled in value - the day after the election. That's horrifying.
AOC Rips "Tyrannical and Un-American" Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil : politics
Mahmoud Khalil's wife speaks out on ICE Detention: "Need your help" : politics
Eschaton: Signs Of Life Many prominent Dem politicians have made applaudable statements in support of Mahmoud Khalil. This one's good: ... And then there's whatever the fuck Hakeem Jeffries released... Worst fucking guy for the moment.

For those of you who voted for Trump specifically because you hoped to avoid higher taxes, how has that decision affected your finances? Did things turn out as you had hoped? Why or why not? : AskReddit

Musk calls Sen. Kelly a 'traitor' over trip to Ukraine, Kelly hits back : politics
Bernie Sanders: Musk calling Mark Kelly a 'traitor' is 'beyond the pale' : politics
Mark Kelly: Musk has only sworn 'an oath to his checking account' : politics

Elon Musk Finally Admits Social Security Is on the Chopping Block : politics
Trump Proves He's Totally Subservient to Elon Musk With Tesla Stunt - Tesla's stock value is plummeting. : politics
Trump Cries for Elon, Blames 'Illegal' Liberal Boycott for Tanking Tesla : politics
A couple of car salesmen in front of the White House : pics
Corruption at its finest : pics
Tesla Cybertruck Tow Hitch Stress Test Results In Catastrophic Failure : technology - Jerry rig comes from jury rig, which is a nautical term for a temporary or makeshift type of rigging. It really just means slapped together, haphazard rigging...like a tesla.
Trump says he will label "violence" against Tesla dealerships "domestic terrorism" : AdviceAnimals ... So attacking a tesla dealership is terrorism, but attacking our country's Capitol is fine. Not just fine but encouraged ... Not just encouraged, they were called great patriots and pardoned. Their prosecution was called a political hit job ... Alot of those pardoned were also pardoned from their other various and heinous crimes. Like being sexual predators and rape. So the strategy is to invade the capitol if you've got a large criminal record and trump will make it all go away. What a piece of shit

TIL as of 2024 there are 756 billionaires residing in the USA alone : todayilearned - approximately 1/10,000 residents of San Francisco are billionaires ... 1) San Francisco has the third-highest number of billionaires total with 75. New York comes in No. 1 with 105 and Hong Kong at No. 2 with 87San Francisco's population is 800k, we are a much smaller city than people realize. NYC is over 8 million people.


As Thousands Attend His 'Stop Oligarchy Tour' Rallies, Bernie Sanders Becomes a Face of the Anti-Trump Resistance : politics - He needs to go to the belly of thHe needs to go to the belly of the beast. Bernie needs to have a rally at Mara-Lago.

If you get sick it's your fault, unless you got vaccinated, in which case it's the vaccine's fault - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments.
Five years a pandemic - Lawyers, Guns & Money - That restaurant is now gone, along with a lot of other things, the most important for me personally being my prior belief that an enormous percentage of the American people aren't really evil, or hopeless morons, or both. ... One other note: I now have a much better understanding of exactly how and why the 1918-20 flu pandemic disappeared so completely from the cultural and political consciousness. Because pretty much the same thing is happening again, now with extra fascism.


Eschaton: America's Worst Democratic Governors Gavin Newsom. I know I've hit this twice now, but palling around with Charlie Kirk is not the answer to anything, and Newsom should not touch that stove again. Of course he is touching that stove again - his second guest is Michael Savage ... Michael Savage was so bad that MSNBC had to fire him and he's banned from entering the UK (and maybe Israel too) ... Fuck Newsom. Selling trans folks down river AND hosting Kirk are unforgivable sins. He's completely lost me.


Former Meta director says Mark Zuckerberg worked "hand in glove" with Beijing to build a censorship tool : technology


One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting, a new study shows, revealing the depth and impact of the epidemic of gun violence that has washed over the US in recent decades.. : science



On Fridays, Bloggers Sometimes Retract Their Claws - The New York Times Oct. 28, 2004 - IN the vitriolic world of political Web logs, two polar extremes are Eschaton (atrios.blogspot.com), a liberal, often anti-Bush site with a passionate following, and Instapundit (www.instapundit.com), where an equally fervent readership goes for hearty praise of the administration.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,835 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Big Bill Broonzy. Born possibly in 1893, but also possibly in 1903 (big discrepancy!), Lee Bradley was one of 17 children his parents had.


ELI5: If nuclear fission produces energy why does fusion also produce energy? : explainlikeimfive

Study has found that targeted psychological interventions can significantly enhance long-term resistance to misinformation. Dubbed psychological booster shots, these interventions improve memory retention and help individuals recognize and resist misleading information more effectively over time : science

Eli5 Why can't we get smaller than quarks? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: Why do we use half life? : explainlikeimfive


Karen Read case: 6 takeaways from The Atlantic's profile of 'Turtleboy'

SJC ruling: Mass. can impose gun laws on NH residents

The Dept of Ed threatens BU, Emerson, Tufts, Harvard, and Wellesley with withheld funding over "antisemitic discrimination and harassment" : boston - The Administration is reigniting a culture war topic with the Gaza protests, and the ruse of "protecting" minorities, to further the goal destroying our country's educational institutions




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Fossil Fuels Are the Future, Trump Energy Secretary Tells African Leaders : technology


Trump's Chaos Is a Gift to Xi Jinping, Ex-Australian PM Says : politics
Australia police say seemingly antisemitic terrorism incidents were really criminal con job to sow chaos : worldnews
Russia warns Australia of 'grave consequences' if peacekeepers join coalition forces in Ukraine : worldnews

Indonesian police allegedly filming and sell cp to australian porn site : worldnews

7,000-strong force to arrest Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte : worldnews


China slams Trump's return to the 'law of the jungle' : worldnews ... At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer. If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. - Abraham Lincoln in his Lyceum Address



Russia expels two British diplomats over alleged spying, drawing dismissive response from London : worldnews - We found them not spying while we were spying on them.
Bulgarians guilty of spying for Russia in the UK - BBC News

Euromaidan Press on X: Ukraine targets 8.8-million-ton capacity Rosneft refinery in Samara Oblast One of Russia's 10 largest oil refineries supplying fuel for military operations was reportedly hit by Ukrainian drones nearly 900 kilometers from the front lines X


Syria reaches deal to integrate SDF within state institutions, presidency says : worldnews
Kurdish-led SDF agrees to integrate into Syrian state institutions, presidency says | Reuters

Turkiye blocks Israel from participating in NATO exercise : worldnews

KyivPost on X: Trump will NOT resume military aid to Ukraine until Zelensky leaves the presidency - BILD / X
NOELREPORTS on X: Ukraine will likely make it clear to the U.S. that any peace deal restricting its rearmament, forcing recognition of occupied territories as Russian, or interfering in internal politics-such as pushing for elections-is unacceptable, Economist writes. / X
NEXTA on X: Senator Mark Kelly: The U.S. Must Stand with Ukraine Former astronaut and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly didn't hold back after his visit to Kyiv, making it clear that the U.S. cannot abandon Ukraine. Key takeaways from his statement: Cutting off military aid would hand victory to Russia and embolden Putin in future negotiations.
Russia traps Ukrainian troops in Kursk pincer movement : worldnews
Collapse of the Kursk Pocket - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The cutoff of intelligence sharing is the main culprit: ... Now, with Russia's military again grinding its way forward, the Trump administration has halted weapons deliveries and intelligence sharing that have been critical to Ukraine's resistance against a three-year invasion by its giant neighbor that has killed tens of thousands and razed dozens of cities ... Trump's promise to increase sanctions on Russia isn't even hollow; it's just a lie: ... We're firmly within the confines of the worst case scenario at this point.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1110, Part 1 (Thread #1257) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 10, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Frontline report: Ukrainian elite units break through southern Toretsk as Russian defenses crumble The 8th Combined Arms Army has been "almost entirely eradicated" according to Russian sources, creating critical gaps in defensive lines. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Ukraine has become the largest military laboratory. In garages all over the country there are brilliant researchers and engineers who are doing what no one has done before, - The Times The most ardent supporters of the Ukrainian defense industry believe that within a a year a domestic alternative to long-range weapons (!) from the United States will appear. / X

Evgen Istrebin 🇺🇦 on X: "Ukrainians have completely stopped the Russian offensive. In the last 7 days, the Russians have captured 0 km2 And this is despite all of Trump's attempts to help the Russians / X

Saint Javelin on X: America stops supporting Ukrainian F-16s, - Forbes Trump's team has ordered to halt vital support for the jamming systems of the F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine. Before being transferred, the aircraft were upgraded with AN/ALQ-131 pods, PIDS+, and ECIPS+ systems, enhancing their ability to counter Russian threats. / X
French Aid to Ukraine on X: Fortunately for the Ukrainian air force, the surplus Mirage 2000s France is donating to the service come with their own powerful jammers-and no Americans are involved in their programming. /X

Russian Forces Depleted and Stalling on Eastern Front, Ukraine Says : worldnews



Sky News: Tanker and cargo ship collide in North Sea - with more than 30 casualties reported and vessels on fire : worldnews
Oil tanker and cargo vessel collide in the North Sea : worldnews
Ships on Fire off Humber River | Containership Solong Struck US Flagged Tanker Stena Immaculate - YouTube

Jay in Kyiv on X: The party of Trump's favorite pro-Russian Hungarian kleptocrat Orban is now officially losing in the polls, while the party that wants to jail him for looting the country is #1. TISZA-EPP: 44% Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 39% MH-ESN: 6% DK-S&D: 4% MKKP→G/EFA: / X

Trump and Putin gang up on European centrists in Romania's election crisis : worldnews

'It is like jail': German man visiting American fiancé detained by ICE for over 2 weeks : worldnews ... Issue is they separated him from his American fiancee who could translate and cuffed her for asking too many questions.
Tesla Sales Fall Off A Cliff Globally, Including Germany, Australia, And China : technology
Germany Concerned Over F-35 'Kill Switch' Amid US Policy Shifts - https://eutoday.net : worldnews

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg has died at age 22, royal family announces : worldnews

More than 30 nations will participate in Paris planning talks on a security force for Ukraine, a French official says : worldnews
France rolls out plan to prepare for 4C temperature rise by end of century : worldnews
François Hollande says Europe, abandoned by its former ally, must rearm fast : worldnews

British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue : worldnews


Brazil to Nearly Double Egg Exports as US Reels From Shortages : worldnews

Cuba gets older: The island reports its lowest birth rate since the Revolution : worldnews

In show of unity, some 350,000 protesters gather in Mexico City : worldnews

Canada's Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney to succeed Justin Trudeau : news
Mark Carney becomes Canadian Prime Minister - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Former Canadian Prime Minister: "Stop this nonsense; Canada will never join the United States!" : pics
Number of Canadians travelling to U.S. plummets amid threats : worldnews
This Day in Labor History: March 10, 1959 - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Ah, labor history. You think it is going to be the Good Workers against Evil Capital. It is not. It is filled with all kinds of stories of different workers hating each other more than hating the employers.
What do you reckon Trump is hoping to achieve by threatening to annex Canada, Mexico, Greenland? : AskReddit
'There's never been a spotlight like this': Greenland heads to the polls as Trump eyes territory : worldnews
B.C. pulling all U.S. booze from government stores, widening red-state liquor ban : worldnews
As Trump blames Canada, smuggled guns from the U.S. claim Canadian lives : worldnews
Ontario slaps 25% increase on electricity exports to the United States in response to Trump's trade war : worldnews




US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms : politics

This Isn't Four-Dimensional Chess. Trump's Helping Russia. : politics
How Putin hoodwinked American conservatives : politics

Just Jack: "Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia..." - Bluesky
Radley Balko: "The co-president says speaking against Putin's interests is akin to treason. So I guess that's where we are now." - Bluesky
'Scary S**t': Ex-GOP Lawmaker Delivers Urgent Warning Over Trump's Next Move : politics
Fox host asks Trump whether he is 'comfortable' that Ukraine may not survive : politics

X Suffers Third Global Outage Today; Users In US, UK, India Report Issues : technology
X outage: Hacker group claims it took down former Twitter platform : worldnews
Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in : worldnews
Elon Musk claims massive cyberattack on X amid series of global outages : worldnews
Elon Musk points finger at Ukraine for X cyberattack : worldnews

The Disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ben Lorber: "Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil's abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus." -- Bluesky - And of course, the ADL supported both the nonprofit killer bill & Khalil's abduction. They've chosen their bedfellows & whenever we get to the other side of this - which we will - this is how they will be remembered
Derek Lowe: "No matter what you think of the Israel/Palestine situation, and no matter what you think of the Columbia Univ. protests: If ICE can grab a permanent resident, suddenly revoke their Green Card (!) and whisk them away to a distant prison incommunicado, no one's liberties are really safe." - Bluesky

Democrats Who Disrupted Trump's Speech Were Forced Into 'Come to Jesus' Meeting With Party Leaders After: Report : politics
Adam Schiff: Democrats lacked 'coordinated response' to Trump joint address to Congress : politics

Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers' town halls as Republicans hide from voters : politics

Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance : politics

AOC teams up with Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna for bill capping credit card interest at 10% : politics

Remember "Great Power Competition?" Lol. - Lawyers, Guns & Money The normie national-security advisors who dominated the first Trump administration needed a way to make Trump's semi-coherent ramblings legible to the global foreign-policy community. Their answer was "Great Power Competition," ... Trump's aims are increasingly clear: he wants to form a kleptocrat elite-pact with Putin. The two leaders will help themselves stay in power while they, and supportive oligarchs, maximize the value of the rents they extract and the foreign bribes that they receive.

Guide to Trump Speak : PoliticalHumor

'Putin's Useful Idiots': JD Vance Slammed by His Own Cousin Who Fought in Ukraine : politics
Eschaton: Designated Vance Whisperers With this WaPo beat sweetener, we now know they are Natalie Allison and Jacqueline Alemany.
Trump says US has just about ended pause on Ukraine intel sharing : worldnews

Stephen King: "It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum." - Bluesky
The emptiness of MAGA - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The idea that Trumpism can survive as a political movement in the wake of a recession so obviously caused by Trump's own reckless is extremely questionable at best.

Trump Refuses To Rule Out Possible Recession: 'There Is A Period Of Transition' : politics
Dow Jones Dives 500 Points On Trump Comments; Nvidia, Tesla Sell Off : politics
Aaron Rupar: "the Dow has now given back all gains made since November 5" - Bluesky
Evan Altman: "Wild that Cyber Trucks are trash, SpaceX rockets are exploding all over, and X is a broken shit heap. Wonder if there's anything in common." - Bluesky
Will Bunch: "One month stock chart for TSLA" - Bluesky
Tesla and the Trump Tank - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tesla shares plunge 14%, head for worst day in five years. Since peaking at $479.86 on Dec. 17, Tesla shares have lost over 50% of their value, wiping out over $800 billion in market cap. : technology
Billionaires at Trump's Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion : politics - If Tesla's share price dropped to zero, he'd lose approximately an additional $90 billion, but his net worth would still be approximately $230 billion! That means he would still be the world's richest person!
Lawmakers Demand Answers From Rubio Over the $400 Million Armored Tesla Contract : technology

Trump declines to rule out 2025 US recession : politics
'Shut Up About Egg Prices': Trump Shares Brazen Message About High Costs : politics
Jeras Ikehorn JUST IN: Target boycot is working, their store traffic fell 10% & stock fell -23% in the last 6 months *Target is also facing 40-day boycott starting today, over company's shift away from DEI policies. Let's. Do. This. #BankruptTarget" - Bluesky

The free speech presidency - Lawyers, Guns & Money As Dan Moynihan explains in excruciating detail, cancel culture is real after all: This is full Exhuming McCarthy, and may well end up being worse.

Trump's Rewriting of the Past for Evil - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The Trump administration's basic goal on both economic and social issues is not only to return America to an imagined 1950s, but to an imagined 1890s ... The historian Cate LiaBraaten was scheduled to give a talk to the Tennessee National Guard on women's suffrage, when the Guard told her she couldn't because it would make Trump mad ... The Trump administration's position is that women's history is unimportant and divisive

Trump officials use the census to justify a USPS takeover : politics - Destroying the USPS also makes it VERY hard to vote by mail. that's the real reason for that!

Trump rejects pleas from business for more clarity on tariffs: 'They always say that' : politics

USDA eliminates two food safety advisory committees : politics

Tiny Independent Agency Punches DOGE In The Nose : politics It's unclear if the DOGE dipshits ever got into USADF's computers, or if they contented themselves with smashing a couple of laptops and taking a whiz on the conference room table before skulking off to cancel grandma's social security checks.

There's Never Been a Better Time to Be Anti-American : politics

Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency's programs gone : news


Veterans are being especially hard-hit by Trump's federal cuts. Here's why : politics

"Enola Gay will henceforth be known as Enola Straight": Pete Hegseth's DEI paranoia knows no limits : politics

Move Fast and Destroy Democracy - Silicon Valley's titans have decided that ruling the digital world is not enough. : technology
How Silicon Valley's Corrupted Libertarianism Is Dismantling American Democracy : technology
Senate Republican says Musk does not have the power to fire people : politics

How the GOP Spending Bill Would 'Hand a Blank Check to Elon Musk' | One top Democrat called the seven-month continuing resolution a "power grab" that "further allows unchecked billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump to steal from the American people." : politics


RFK Jr. could further deter childhood vaccinations as rates fall in the U.S. : politics
Populist science and the destruction of expertise - Lawyers, Guns & Money A former editor of JAMA is arguing that it's a good thing to do yet more studies on whether vaccines cause autism, because a lot of the public don't believe the studies that have concluded universally that it doesn't: ... There is at this point no more reason to believe vaccines cause autism than there is to believe vanilla ice cream does. The only reason this was ever even a question is because of one subsequently retracted study, that was not merely wrong but actively fraudulent.



Video of Indianapolis ICE arrest captures agents dragging men out of their vehicle : news

British Comic Creator R.E. Burke Detained By ICE After Crossing Border : worldnews



Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of killing column : news
Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus resigns after accusing CEO of killing column Ruth Marcus, a columnist and associate editor, said she had no choice as the paper's traditional press freedoms have "dangerously eroded" at the Post. - In a resignation letter to Bezos and CEO William Lewis, Marcus said "independent judgement" is no longer in play at the Post opinion section and new editorial policies will "break the trust of readers that columnists are writing what they believe, and not what the owners has deemed acceptable." ... Bezos, the Amazon founder who purchased the venerable publication in 2013, told the staff last month that the opinion section would take a radical turn by "writing every day in support and defense" of "personal liberties and free markets."
James Bond's Corporate Suit - by Rob Long - The Ankler. Rob Long on why 007 needed his earlier impossible owners

The New Literalism Plaguing Today's Biggest Movies - The New Yorker : movies


The best labourer dead - Lawyers, Guns & Money Kevin Drum was one of the OG bloggers, and also one of the most consistently interesting and intelligent commenters in this medium.


3-year-old boy covered in bruises dies after being dumped outside Brooklyn hospital: sources : news


ELI5: How do people know if their child needs glasses before they are old enough to articulate it? : explainlikeimfive


Pirates of Caribbean Rome , Yeonah Kim with Julien Cohen - YouTube


(10) Is Pope Francis supposed to be the last pope before the false prophet/antichrist? - Quora

Italian Scientists Have Turned Light Into a Supersolid : science - The researchers suggest this is just the beginning of exploring supersolidity, with potential implications for quantum physics and technology.

A US research team has bred mice with mammoth fur. : WTF

The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white shark, but new research suggests that perception is all wrong. The study finds the prehistoric hunter had a much longer body -- closer in shape to a lemon shark or even a large whale. : science

Your friends may be better for your mental health than your partner - nurturing friendships may be a consistent way to protect against depressive symptoms throughout life. However, becoming romantically involved was actually associated with increased depressive symptoms, regardless of age. : science

ELI5: Why can the human eye focus so fast but a camera can't? : explainlikeimfive

Whale urine 'funnel' moves 4,000 tons of nitrogen and over 45,000 tons of biomass annually, keeping ocean alive | The incessant industrial whaling of the 19th and 20th centuries had a drastic effect on the whales' natural transport system of nutrients. : science

Doctors of Reddit, what do we *not* know about the human body? : AskReddit

Dentists of Reddit, what are common mistakes people make with oral care? : AskReddit

University of Michigan study finds air drying clothes could save U.S. households over $2,100 and cut CO2 emissions by more than 3 tons per household over a dryer's lifetime. Researchers say small behavioral changes, like off-peak drying, can also reduce emissions by 8%. : science - Remember, if you and everybody you know air dry your clothes and cut down on all of your carbon emissions, you may be able to just slightly offset the 15.6 million tons of CO2 produced by private jets each year.

TIL humans don't have "wetness" receptors, our mind has to rely on context cues to detect liquids : todayilearned

AskScience AMA Series: I'm a plant virologist from the University of Maryland! I study how we can use plant viruses to combat citrus greening, a lethal disease that attacks citrus trees. No cure means citrus will disappear from supermarkets in a decade! AMA about citrus greening and plant virology! : askscience


Hi, our team of testers and journalists at Consumer Reports have extensively researched and tested laundry and cleaning products. Ask us anything about any stubborn messes or tips we've picked up over the years. : IAmA
Spring Cleaning Guide - Consumer Reports

It's Time to Clean Your Books. Here's How. : books

What did you dream of doing as an adult, when you were a kid? : AskReddit

What has been your most enjoyable travel adventure? : AskReddit

How does Frieda McFadden get away with copying other authors as much as she does? : books

People who have done unspeakable evil, what's your story? : AskReddit

What's the most ridiculous thing you've ever overheard in a public restroom? : AskReddit

What can you absolutely not get enough of? : AskReddit

What are some tough but essential truths everyone should know by the age of 30? : AskReddit

what were the most dangerous children's toys ever made? : AskReddit
What is the eternal cliffhanger story from your life that you will never know the ending too? : AskReddit
What is a time a person made you so uncomfortable you felt your skin crawl? : AskReddit
What is the scariest story that has happened to you? : AskReddit
What is something you had to give up? : AskReddit


What's your favourite part of all history ? : AskReddit

What's your opinion on reddit? : AskReddit

Google Doesn't Work Anymore" - How AI has ruined Google Search, Images, News etc... : videos

The Fight to Keep Cambridge Local News Alive | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson The fragility of Cambridge's media ecosystem raises questions of what a sustainable model for local journalism looks like - and what the city loses when local news disappears.





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A huge study analysing 40 years of data has found tropical forests are not adapting fast enough to climate change, leading to fears over their ability to survive as the Earth warms. : science


South Africa rejects Musk claim Starlink can't operate there because he's not Black : politics


Russia is advancing in Kursk, threatening Ukraine's sole territorial bargaining counter | CNN : worldnews

Russian officials criticised for giving meat grinders to mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine | Russia : worldnews


India signs $248 million deal with Russia for advanced battle tank engines : worldnews


Taliban urge Pakistan, Iran to slow return of Afghan nationals : worldnews


More than 1,000 people in Syria have died in 2 days of clashes and revenge killings, monitors say : worldnews
More than 1,000 people killed in two days of clashes in Syria : worldnews
Syrians describe terror as Alawite families killed in their homes : news
Syrian Kurdish commander demands accountability for those behind mass killings : worldnews

On International Women's Day: More than 8,400 Violations Against Yemeni Women - Yemen Online | : worldnews


Iran's Khamenei rebuffs 'bullying' Trump's negotiation demands for new nuclear deal : worldnews


Hamas says talks with US focused on release of American : worldnews
Israel cuts off electricity to Gaza : worldnews

Netanyahu aides reportedly suspected of receiving six-figure sums from Qatar : worldnews - The alleged ask was to ensure the spread information aligned with Kremlin talking points, and which polarizes the Israeli population in line with the Kremlin's active measures approach.


'Sorry, I'm Not In A Suit': Ahead Of Crucial Talks, Zelenskyy Makes Light Of White House Drama : worldnews
Trump suggests Ukraine may not survive war -- even with help from US : worldnews
Trump says Ukraine may not survive even with US continued aid : worldnews
Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Minerals deal won't be enough to restart US aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine - NBC News Trump aides report that if Ukraine signs the critical minerals deal during the meeting with the US in Saudi Arabia next week, the aid will not be restarted. President Trump has made it clear in private conversations that he wants Ukraine to change its stance on peace negotiations, including a willingness to make concessions to Russia. He also wants some movement towards elections in Ukraine. / X Trump wants to see more than just a minerals deal to restart aid and intel to Ukraine : worldnews
"You will not avoid war." Kyiv furious as Germany suggests Ukraine should fight Russia until 2030 to shield Europe : worldnews
Australia considering joining 'coalition of the willing' for Ukraine amid talks with Starmer : worldnews
Minerals deal won't convince Trump to resume aid to Ukraine, NBC News says : worldnews - Russia and USA meet in Saudi Arabia to carve up Ukraine! Backstabbing bastards!

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1109, Part 1 (Thread #1256) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of March 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X
Sky News: Russian forces creep through disused gas pipeline in attempt to launch surprise attack on Ukrainian soldiers : worldnews

US Ends Support for Ukrainian F-16s, But French Mirages Will Be Salvation - Forbes : worldnews

Ukrainian front line would collapse if Starlink is turned off, Musk claims : worldnews
Poland says it may need alternative to Musk's Starlink in Ukraine : worldnews

Jay in Kyiv on X: Italian defense giant Leonardo cuts reliance on US financial sector in the wake of the Trump admin move toward Russia. / X

Romanian Far-Right Frontrunner Barred From May Presidential Vote : worldnews
Calin Georgescu's candidacy rejected : worldnews ... We here in Romania have the monoatomic gold, we have all the possible and even some impossible rare metals. Yes, the monatomic gold is here in Romania, this is an element which does not even exist on Mendeleev's table. Our wealth is as great as Afghanistan's!

After Poland spat, Musk vows Ukraine can keep Starlink : worldnews

European countries should 'absolutely' introduce conscription, Latvia's president says | World News : worldnews


Tesla Sales Fall Off A Cliff Globally, Including Germany, Australia, And China : worldnews

US blacklists Switzerland for "unfair trade" : worldnews

Swiss defence spending 'a joke', say German politicians : worldnews

France to use interest from frozen Russian assets to finance arms for Ukraine : worldnews

Eschaton: Little Buddy - People finally saying out loud what "everybody" knows but most people don't - the UK doesn't really control its own nukes.

Trump's Scottish golf resort vandalized over intent to ethnically cleanse Gaza : politics

Astraia Intel on X: BREAKING Britain urged to form a breakaway "Four eyes" intelligence sharing group in response to President Trump's decision to block intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Trump's America has turned into a pariah / X

US Warned of Caribbean Becoming 'Chinese Lake' : worldnews

For the first time an election in Greenland will be closely watched : worldnews

Not Just Tariffs: Trump's Wildest Threats Against Canada
Ontario's Premier Doug Ford moving ahead with tariffs on the U.S. : politics
Far-reaching consequences for Kentucky bourbon after LCBO strips U.S. spirits off shelves : politics
Canada's Liberals will elect new leader to replace Trudeau as country deals with Trump's trade war : worldnews
Trump says tariffs on Mexico and Canada could go up, declines to rule out possible recession : worldnews




US 'to cease all future military exercises in Europe' : politics

With Congress on the sidelines, judges and world leaders defy Trump : politics

'Nothing like this in American history': the crisis of Trump's assault on the rule of law : politics

Nuclear warning for Donald Trump: "Dangerous Moment" : politics
US vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers : worldnews - the U.S are now firmly a Russia puppet state and Putin is our supreme leader.a>
How Trump is driving US towards Russia - a timeline of the president's moves : politics - Everyone seems to notice except the NYTimes, WaPo, CNN et al. When will the US media cover this with the same vigor and persistence they covered Biden's non existent dementia?a>

47th president of the United States : pics

Trump Admits He's Willing to Let Americans Suffer for His Trade War : worldnews
Donald Trump Just Proved He's an Economic Idiot. Again. : politics
Trump Doubles Down on Lie, Says Government Funded 'Transgender Surgery on Mice' : politics


Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way : politics ... and declare martial law.
Insurrection Act Explained: Trump Admin Deciding Whether to Invoke 1807 Law : politics - There was a reason all the top JAG Generals were fired without being replaced.

H.R.1936 - To prohibit funds for the Armed Forces to engage in operations to invade or seize territory from Canada, the Republic of Panama, or the self-governing territory of Greenland. : politics

Trump's pause on Ukraine aid is like the U.S. switching sides in WWII, expert says.. yet Israeli funding continues. : politics
Trump and Vance aren't clever, they're clueless: The US administration seems wilfully naive to the existential threat we face from Putin and his murderous regime : politics - They aren't clueless they are complicit.

More than 200 health professionals say Trump has 'malignant narcissism' in open letter | US elections 2024 : politics

Elon and Trump's war against healthcare for vets and cancer research - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Government by the unilateral decree of libertarian incels who know nothing about anything relevant is very bad. as it turns out.

Elon thinks that anti-Tesla protests are being driven by a dead guy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Here's a solid indication that the boycotts (as well as Elon's own efforts to make his brand toxic among its consumer base) are working:

The party of death - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Government by sickos to increase the number of sick and dead everywhere.
The appropriate response to RFK Jr. is to destroy him - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Tim Walz says he and Harris were too 'safe' during 2024 presidential campaign : politics


Ah yes, the art of the deal -- where being 'strong' apparently means endless talks with a country that keeps doing whatever it wants anyway. : politics

US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for Trump's golf trips : politics


Is wealth inequality leading to a class war? : politics

'Gut punch': Democrats decry Trump's plan to cut 80,000 at Veterans Affairs : politics

No harm, no fowl: Trump recommends a return to subsistence farming - Opinion | Backyard chicken farming won't fix the egg price problem - The Washington Post Frustrated with egg prices? Just raise your own chickens!

How Social Security Fraud Actually Works : videos We must take away my grandpa's retirement immediately, just in case someone tries to steal money. Sure, he'll be homeless, but if that's what it takes to catch a thief...


Secret Service shot armed man in confrontation near White House : politics


Bernie Sanders draws 10,000 supporters to Warren for a 'Fight Oligarchy' rally : politics The Pelosi wing of the DNC needs to die hard. They talk a good game but at the end of the day they were selfishly in it for themselves first.
Bernie Sanders, Shawn Fain draw thousands at Michigan rally : politics

AOC laughs at Republicans avoiding town halls - and wants Dems to host their own | Ocasio-Cortez mocked Republicans over guidance advising them to avoid in-person town halls as Americans rage over Trump's policies. : politics

CBS responds defiantly to Trump's lawsuit: Bring it on! : politics


Rage Against Elon Musk Turns Tesla Into a Target : politics ... Wank tanks
Musk Claims He Challenged Putin to 'One-on-One Physical Combat' Over Ukraine : politics
Elon Musk Got Exposed as a Fraud Gamer (All Updates) : videos
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says Tesla 'is the worst in the world' at improving its technology for drivers : technology
Musk's DOGE 'whiz kids' flew to California to try and release water themselves during LA fires. The pair traveled to California after reportedly trying to pressure a top government official to open the water pump : politics
Mike Myers channels Dr. Evil for return as Elon Musk in 'SNL' cold open : politics

If you don't speak out against Trump, you are complicit : politics
Trump Boosts Message Telling Voters to 'Shut Up' About Egg Prices : politics

James Carville is wrong. Democrats should fight, not 'play dead.' : politics

National Parks Contributed Record High $55.6 Billion to U.S. economy, Supported 415,000 Jobs in 2023 | U.S. Department of the Interior : politics

VP Vance's digitally altered face is the new viral social media meme that is flooding the internet : politics
Bro got the full set… : PoliticalHumor
7/11 Truther on X: "For every 100 likes I will turn JD Vance into a progressively apple cheeked baby / X
Logan Hall on X: "never let anyone tell you twitter isn't real life https://t.co/zVmZJIs6Cp" / X
Knob: the one little word which sums up what we're thinking about J.D. Vance : politics
Vance Protester Roasts His Account He Was Followed by Mob: 'No One Was Chasing Him' : politics
'S**t People': Vance Condemns Pro-Ukraine Protestors Who Followed Him | The vice president tweeted his condemnation after encountering the protestors in Cincinnati. : politics - People in Ukraine died because of his temper tantrum in the oval office. He can cry all he wants to, or stop going out in public...we'd all prefer that he'd shut the fuck up regardless.
Pro-Ukraine protesters dispute JD Vance's account of confrontation he claims left his daughter, 3, 'anxious and scared' : politics - If you endanger a group of immigrants by telling outrageous lies about them, or withhold intelligence to make it easier for Russia to kill innocent Ukrainians, you're a s*** person



What are some psychology tricks to mess with your friends? : AskReddit


ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Says Migrant Kids Made 'Choice' to Come Illegally : politics

A group funded by Elon Musk is behind deceptive ads in crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court race : politics
BREAKING: Musk caught meddling in MASSIVE race - YouTube

Plane crashes near retirement community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : news

"Hope is an action": In red states, activists refuse to surrender on reproductive rights : politics

New York Under Siege: Internet Fraud Spikes 44% Amid AI-Driven Phishing Scams : technology

Cops burst into women's restroom to remove butch lesbian, accusing her of being a man. "The only men in the women's restroom were the cops." : politics


Meta, Mark Zuckerberg considered censorship for China, whistleblower says - The Washington Post Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.


Doctors say Trump's orders targeting trans patients threaten their safety - The Washington Post Physicians say threats of violence are rising after President Donald Trump's executive order labeled gender transition care for minors a "dangerous trend."


TIL the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division fought off the largest banzai attack in World War II. Over 4,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and the fighting was so fierce that a U.S. Army dentist was awarded the Medal of Honor. : todayilearned

TIL a nurse discovered she could accurately smell Parkinson's on people before they were diagnosed. : todayilearned

What is a dead giveaway that someone finds you attractive? : AskReddit

What's a sign that someone has been through a lot of emotional or psychological trauma in their life? : AskReddit

8 years old girl has a crazy voice @Violamarie @Charles Gaugué#hallelujah #singing #clarinet - YouTube
When Vivaldi Comes to Life in the Mall! - YouTube

ELI5: Didn't the constant RPM playback mechanism of old tapes or records mean that the audio quality got worse as you got towards the "slower" end of the recording? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5: Why did older cars need a long metal antenna to operate the radio and newer cars don't? : explainlikeimfive

People on Wegovy or Ozempic find weight loss plateaus after losing 20-25% of body weight because the body responds by slowing down metabolism, burning fewer calories. Scientists discover in mice that they can turn off a gene so that the body doesn't realize it is fasting and continues burning sugar. : science
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What quantum particles look like.. probably idk : gifs

TIL Confucius's family kept genealogy records for over 2 millennia : todayilearned ... I can only trace my genealogy back to my mother and even then it's a little questionable.
How Did The Plantagenet Dynasty Rule For 331 Years? | HistoryExtra - Robert Bartlett is Wardlaw professor of medieval history at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation (Princeton UP, December 2012)
Robert Bartlett (historian) - Wikipedia
Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation on JSTOR ... Of all religions, Christianity is the one most concerned with dead bodies ... the promise of indulgences
Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation by Robert Bartlett -- review | Religion | The Guardian
How far back does the concept of the veneration and intercession of saints go in the Church? : AcademicBiblical

16.05.12, Bartlett, Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? | The Medieval Review
Open Access Journals at Indiana University

What's your most powerful in theatre movie experience? : movies

What's your most powerful in theatre movie experience? : movies

" The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver is absolutely incredible, and I'd love to talk about it : books

ELI5: How do smelling salts work and why are they so effective? : explainlikeimfive

What's an adult confession you'd never tell your family? : AskReddit
A new study has found that exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy and actually smoking increase the risk of placental abruption, a complication that can be fatal to both parent and baby. : science


Opinion | With COVID, Fauci and other scientists let us down On the fifth anniversary of the COVID outbreak, a new book examines where American science - and politics - went wrong.


Boston is the greatest city in America. : boston





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Japanese police hold US service member on alleged bar assault : worldnews


Kremlin rejects possibility of compromise and refuses to discuss ceasefire : worldnews

Ukraine considers Kursk withdrawal amid fears of encirclement of 10,000 troops, Telegraph reports : worldnews

Russia shutting down its mines as Putin woos Trump with minerals : worldnews

Ukrainian drones attacked Russian oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast, military intelligence source says : worldnews


Syria Remains Unsettled - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Overall, the campaign by the anti-government forces seems to have been fairly well planned.
Hundreds of Alawite civilans executed in Syria: 'They killed every man they saw' : worldnews
2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead : worldnews


Muslim nations reject Trump's call to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population : worldnews
France, Germany, Italy and UK back Arab plan for Gaza reconstruction : worldnews


Trump's assistance to Daddy Putin getting a lot of Ukrainian civilians killed - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Deadly Russian attack overnight on Ukraine kills at least 20 and injures 55 more : worldnews
Russia launches devastating attack on Ukraine after Trump's defence of Putin : worldnews

Trump suspending US intelligence sharing is 'suffocating' Ukraine's hope, says Ben Wallace : worldnews
Europe scrambles to aid Ukraine after US intelligence cutoff : worldnews
US shares intelligence with Ukraine for defense, not for attacks on Russian troops, CNN reports : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: The US is trying to push Ukraine into negotiations to resolve the war by limiting its support," Kellogg said. This is a way to move forward. It's a coercive function to realize that we want to move to peace talks, to a peace agreement. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1108, Part 1 (Thread #1255) : worldnews

(((Tendar))) on X: The situation in the war in Ukraine and Russia is quite dynamic and partially shifting. While Russians are pushing against the Ukrainian pocket in Kursk, Ukrainian forces are gaining ground around Toretsk, Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar and Kupyansk. My guess is that Putin wants the situation in Kursk resolved in Russian favor before any negotiations can start. It is anyway highly questionable that he would be willing to pause the war right now, given that the wrong decisions by the Trump administration have given Russians an edge they can hardly ignorebut with Ukrainian troops in Russia, it would be politically impossible for Putin to stop / X

Colby Badhwar on X: Russia is running out of T-72s. / X


Hungary and US to agree on economic cooperation package, PM Orban says : worldnews

Poland's PM on latest Russian strikes on Ukraine: This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians : worldnews ... Fuck Russia. And fuck the current political climate in the US for praying on a war torn country to basically steal minerals so innocent people can stop getting killed by Russia. All of these people have no shame and are the worst versions of humanity ,,, Only a pathological narcissist would steal minerals from a war-torn country. Sickening!!
Behemoth's Nergal acquitted for "offending religious feelings" after phallus sculpture controversy - Lambgoat

the United States to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe, Swedish media reports : worldnews
Swedes launch boycott of US goods in response to recent policy shifts : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: Trump's closeness to Putin has Germany pondering nuclear weapons, - WSJ ❗️Friedrich Merz, the likely German chancellor, said Berlin should begin talks to expand French and British nuclear deterrents. / X
Julia Davis on X: "Meanwhile: / X


Activists vandalize Trump golf resort over his comments on emptying out Gaza : worldnews
Britain blocks launch of Elon Musk's self-driving Tesla : worldnews
Trump Announces New 250% Tariff on Canada Starting Almost Immediately : politics
12 people wounded by 3 men shooting randomly at Toronto pub customers, police say : news
Invading Canada would spark guerrilla fight lasting decades, expert says : politics
Canada to name a new leader while dealing with Trump trade war : worldnews
Canadian businesses enjoying boost in sales thanks to tariff threats, annexation talk : worldnews





Week 7 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Cracks Are Showing in Trump After a Week of Chaos and Resistance : politics

Trump's Florida Golf Weekends Have Cost Taxpayers $18 Million: 'Played golf on 13 of the 48 days he has been back in office' : politics
Trump administration: Article II makes Article I unconstitutional - Lawyers, Guns & Money
In Trump's assault on the media, disturbing flashbacks to the Third Reich : politics

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

JD Vance says he and his daughter, 3, were confronted by a group of pro-Ukraine protesters : politics - "confronted" aka people at a distance yelling and hurling insults. While he's under the protection of the secret service.

Rob Lee on X: The U.S. government is studying ways it could ease sanctions on Russia's energy sector as part of a broad plan to enable Washington to deliver swift relief if Moscow agrees to end the Ukraine war, according to two sources familiar with the matter... That work would allow Washington to roll back the sanctions quickly in the event of a peace deal, according to the sources, who made clear the effort should not be read as an indication that the U.S. would lift the sanctions without Russian concessions. / X

NEXTA on X: The U.S. has informed allies that it will halt participation in planning upcoming military exercises in Europe This shift follows U.S. efforts to reduce military spending in Europe, prioritizing the Indo-Pacific region instead. NATO countries may now have to plan exercises without significant U.S. involvement. / X

MilitaryNewsU on X: DOGE (US Department of Government Efficiency) will lay off about a thousand employees at the largest ammunition factory in the US, McAlester Army Ammunition Plant / X

Preston Stewart on X: Big difference in these answers across the board. 4% or less of Americans sympathize with Russia but 15-74%, depending on political leaning, think President Trump sympathizes with Russia. / X

US forces - what is your view on Trump threatening to move forces to Hungary? : AskReddit

Eschaton: Supergeniuses This is dumb and horrifying for all of the obvious reasons, but a "funny" thing is the MIT thing signals Trump understands planes crashing would be bad and that's why he points at America's Greatest Geniuses, MIT grads, as the solution.

He's not a good president - AdviceAnimals - People who bought "school nurses are performing sex change operations on children without their parents consent" aren't able to think that clearly.

Maxine Waters suggests 'we don't know' scope of Musk's influence over election : politics
Dear Democrats: It Would Be Nice If You Could Lead, And Not Off A Cliff : technology - Leadership needs to roll over, let the firebrands in. Still don't understand why they didn't boycott Trumps address. Half a room would let America know something was deeply amiss. Instead they agreed to be raw meme material for laughing fascists. Weakness is the number 1 sin for these people.

Growing Fear Of 'Trump Recession' Amid Tariff Whiplash And DOGE Chaos - Concerns are increasing that Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it. : politics
Trump Team Is Pivoting to No Pain, No Gain as Economic Message : politics

Trump's "Speak English" Order Explained-in Spanish | It's a pointless attack on tens of millions of Americans by a guy who barely speaks English himself. : politics
Trump reacts to something he doesn't like in the Oval Office on March 6th : pics

This Trump Voter Is Having Second Thoughts After ICE Agents Detained Him at Gunpoint | "They'll only come for those bad people, right?" quipped one observer. : politics

The Empire Strikes Back - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Silicon Valley Tech Bros have made clear their rage against the very idea that workers should be able to make any kind of demands about the nature and governance of their workplaces.

Trump Admin Slammed As 'Stupidest' Ever After Linking WWII Plane 'Enola Gay' To DEI : politics

Tesla shares have declined every week since Elon Musk went to Washington : politics
Elon Musk Claims Organization Funded by George Soros Is Responsible for Tesla Protests : politics
Tesla car battery catches fire as crews demolish Md. home damaged in previous blaze : news
Trump cabinet confronted 'liar' Elon Musk in White House showdown : politics
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Ghislaine Maxwell Prosecutor Placed On Leave for Undisclosed Reason as Epstein Files Remain Classified: Report : politics ... The lawsuit named Trump and Jeffrey Epstein as defendants and claimed that they held Johnson as a "sex slave" and assaulted her when she was 13 years old.

Scenes from Broke Dick Mountain - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Elon Musk re-tweeted the image below, because Elon Musk is the biggest dork in the world: ... Future historians, if any, should take into account that the destruction of the United States was in no small part (snicker) a consequence of a lot of white men being unable to deal with the fact that their schlongs were pitifully microscopic and/or, as in Elon's case, completely non-functional. Please make a note of it.

They voted for Trump in 2024. Months later, his administration fired them : politics

New Report Shows Working-Class Americans Live 7 Years Fewer Than Rich : politics



Trump's 2.2 billion-gallon dump from Calif. reservoirs just got even uglier : politics

Utah senator announces he's leaving the Republican party, joining Utah Forward Party: 'I don't have to be part of the crazy-making anymore,' Sen. Dan Thatcher of West Valley says : politics

Rep. Zooey Zephyr, first openly trans Montana state rep, flips 13 Republican votes with passionate speech against anti-trans bills : politics
Rep Zephyr's speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana - YouTube


Dad speaks out after 4-year-old daughter gets serious complications from flu - ABC News


Boy kidnapped by mother 7 years ago found in Colorado: Police - ABC News


How women shaped a century of music: 1925-1949 : World Cafe : NPR


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,833 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This is the grave of James DeWolf. ... that there was some sort of division between North and South over capitalism, i.e., the North was capitalist and the South was not capitalist and the Civil War was some sort of capitalist war against a non-capitalist region. This is absurd on the face of it, in part because slavery was the foundational economic activity of American capitalism.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government," This is a quote from the Declaration of Independence. What do you think about it, especially given the current political climate? : AskReddit - When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty

New survey suggests the vast majority of iPhone and Samsung Galaxy users find AI useless - and I'm not surprised : technology

Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having 'profound' security and privacy issues : technology

AI-generated 'doctors' are duping TikTok users with fake medical advice : technology


Chronic moderate stress increases risk of stroke by 78% in young women but not in men, finds new study. By contrast, men show stronger association with other risk factors for stroke, such as heavy alcohol consumption. Men also are taught to under-report stress and "tough it out." : science
ELI5 why do some injections have to go in a vein and others can just be injected into flesh? : explainlikeimfive

Adopting a plant-based diet could provide non-linear protective effects against chronic diseases, with the magnitude of this protection varying by gender, study finds : science

Unmet needs increase susceptibility to believing in conspiracy theories. Psychologists have found that when individuals spread conspiracy theories it can be an attempt to compensate for their feelings of uncertainty, insecurity and to defend their own 'threatened' social image. : science

Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea | This new clinical trial has repaired this damage in patients thanks to a transplant of stem cells from their healthy eyes. : science


What's the best NSFW tip you wish everyone knew? : AskReddit

What is the most important NSFW lesson you learned the hard way? : AskReddit


Where do we go when Reddit becomes like facebook, instagram and twitter? : AskReddit





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Scientists raise concerns -- sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide being halted : worldnews


Trump Criticizes Security Treaty With Japan as Uneven : worldnews

South Korea court paves way for President Yoon's release from jail : worldnews
Fighter jet misfire casualty number rises to 29, South Korea says : worldnews


Taiwan is one of the world's most important flashpoints - how Trump will deal with it remains uncertain : worldnews

China Fires Off Furious New Threats Over Trump Tariffs : worldnews



Russia has infiltrated AI chatbots around the world : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: Frontline report: Russian logistics near Pokrovsk have completely collapsed under relentless Ukrainian drone strikes Russian forces are now resorting to horses, donkeys, and even a camel to transport troops and supplies to the front, the report said / X

Special Kherson Cat on X: Ukrainian FPV drones launched from the naval drone attack two Russian air defense systems deep in the Russian rear. "Naval drone carriers delivered the FPV drones by sea to the operation site, and then they hit the Strela-10 and Osa-AKM air defense systems! This excellent result was made possible thanks to the combat work of the Navy in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine, innovative solutions of Ukrainian engineers, as well as your donation. / X


Syria sees worst violence since Assad's toppling with dozens killed in clashes between army and ex-regime loyalists : worldnews
Syria: Security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites : worldnews


Trump promised to protect Jews and religious liberty. His refugee ban is keeping out 700 persecuted Iranian Jews. : worldnews


Zelensky's approval rating jumps to 68% after Trump clash, poll shows : worldnews
Hundreds Dead: Inside the Trump Ukraine Fallout : worldnews

Jürgen Nauditt on X: Unbelievable. The American company Maxar has suspended Ukraine's access to its satellite imagery services, - Military The company cited an "administrative request" as the official reason. This confirms that the trump administration, through the State Department, has banned American companies and commercial services from providing satellite data to Ukraine. / X

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs unless ceasefire with Ukraine : worldnews
EU preparing to give Ukraine access to Single Market as part of peace plan : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1107, Part 1 (Thread #1254) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Mar. 7, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

UK volunteer after surviving Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih -- 'Trump, Vance, come see Ukraine for yourselves' : politics
US satellite company Maxar reportedly cuts off Ukraine's access to imagery : worldnews

Ukraine sees surge of fake reports on X aimed at undermining military draft : worldnews

Russia's former president said Moscow's main goal is 'inflicting maximum damage' on Ukraine as the US pauses weapons aid : worldnews


Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes in space, raining debris over Caribbean : worldnews
European Space Agency successfully launches Ariane 6 rocket for the first time as SpaceX crashes : worldnews

Romania foils 'revolution' of pro-Russia group featuring a 101-year-old man : worldnews

Albania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children : worldnews

Poland to call up all adult men for military training, says PM : worldnews
Poland to train 'every adult male for war' : worldnews
Poland seeks access to nuclear arms and looks to build half-million-man army : worldnews

Failure of Middle East conference in Geneva reflects 'too divided' international society : worldnews

Donald Trump considers pulling troops out of Germany : worldnews
Germany should reduce reliance on US arms amid geopolitical shifts, Airbus Defense and Space CEO says : worldnews
Germany issues warning for transgender & nonbinary people traveling to the U.S. : politics
Tech boss Jan Marsalek is Russian spymaster who has led cells across Europe...and is now on the run : worldnews
Tech boss Jan Marsalek is Russian spymaster who has led cells across Europe...and is now on the run

Traffic halted at Paris's Gare du Nord after World War II bomb found on tracks : worldnews

Sky News: Three people guilty of spying for Russia from seaside guesthouse : worldnews

Brazil Presses for Climate Action with Grandson of a Champion of Israel | Best Countries | U.S. News

Ecuadorian president offers carte blanche to police and military after attack kills 22 in Guayaqu : worldnews

'I am a Zionist': Trudeau commended for speech condemning antisemitism : worldnews ... "self-determination in their ancestral homeland" is such a nice way to say "colonisation"
Canadians list cannabis legalization as Trudeau's crowning success : worldnews
Trudeau announces $37B in child care deals with 11 provinces and territories : worldnews
Trump turns Canadian politics upside down : worldnews
Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy : worldnews
Canada's tariffs to remain despite Trump postponing tariffs on many imports from Canada for a month : worldnews
Trump tariffs: US expands exemptions to Canada and Mexico tariffs : worldnews
Ontario won't walk back retaliatory measures despite one-month tariff exemption for many Canadian goods : worldnews
U.S. grid operators scramble over Canadian electricity imports : worldnews
As Canadians cancel trips due to Trump, the U.S. tourism industry could lose billions : politics
B.C. to toll U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska through province : politics
Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Government Investigation : technology
Canadian officials are investigating an unusual spike in Tesla vehicle sales. : news




Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut : politics

Trump's Ukraine policy makes Biden look like a genius : politics
Trump says Putin launching massive strike on Ukraine is 'what anybody would do' | US foreign policy : worldnews

Trump's attempt to topple Zelenskyy through elections could be catastrophic : politics ... It's illegal under the Ukrainian constitution. The Trump team is trying to defy the constitution of a democratic state to force an illegal election and manipulate the result, exactly as Putin would do.
Fox & Friends Host Brian Kilmeade Stunningly Breaks from Trump for Vilifying Ukraine: 'Putin Is the Bad Guy' : politics ... We are now at a place where saying "Putin is bad" is considered standing up to Trump in some way. But don't worry, Trump isn't a Russian asset, apparently. So Trumpers say.

Politics and the thought-terminating cliche - Lawyers, Guns & Money the fugue state that the Republican party has now entered, in which the fact that it has become a classic political cult requires all good party men to treat each of Trump's daily reversals and swerves from the previous day's policies as just today's masterstroke of genius by the omniscient and infallible Leader ... "thought-terminating cliche," a term coined by Robert Jay Lifton in 1961. ... MAGA is at its core a crypto-fascist ideology precisely because it so enthusiastically embraces and celebrates an inability or unwillingness to think. In this way it is merely an extreme form of classic conservative thought.

Trump Asked for The Real Declaration of Independence to Be Moved Into His Office, 'Alarming' Aides: Report : politics

Google Removes Women's History Month From Its Calendar App : technology

Trump's Shockingly Lawless Second Term : politics

Trump's America Is a Nation of Chumps : politics

Trump is fast dismantling the free press. We all have to stop him. : politics
Orange Dick Tater Hater: "Two words. STATE TV" - Bluesky
White House's Favored Reporter's Former Outlet Took Payments For Covering Trump : politics

The art of the deal - Lawyers, Guns & Money Despite everything I can never quite get over what a complete moron this guy is: ... Looking forward to the "why did we get involved in World War II anyway?" question that Trump is pretty sure to ask in the near future.

American CEOs Sour on Trump's Economy : politics
Rattled markets, negative polls: Trump's honeymoon is over : politics
Wall Street is turning its back on Elon Musk : politics

Federal judge slaps Trump down in fiery ruling accusing him of "power grab" : politics
Judge says Trump 'not a king,' reverses firing of NLRB chair : politics
Federal Judge Slaps Down Trump, Says U.S. Constitution Has No Kings: A court has just dealt a major blow to legal Trump's attempted takeover of the NLRB. : politics

Sanders Says Senate Should Probe DOGE and Subpoena Musk | "My constituents in Vermont and constituents all over this country want to know what the hell is going on with the federal government right now," the democratic socialist senator said. : politics

20 states sue Trump yover mass firings saying Musk's DOGE skipped required notices : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE Sued After Using U.S. Marshals to Take Over Agency : politics
We Found Elon Musk's DOGE Email Address and We're Fighting to Reveal His Messages : politics
The Awkward Truth About Trump, Musk, and Kids With Cancer: Before honoring a 13-year-old survivor in his address to Congress, President Trump joined Elon Musk in cutting funds for pediatric cancer research and treatment. : politics
Eschaton: We Get So Much Valuable Data When They Blow Up I didn't even bother to check if they ran with that one this time, but for years, every time one of Elon's pet rockets would blow up, SpaceX employees would quickly say that and journalists would quickly type it up.
Rep. Dave Min Introduces Bill to Repeal the Executive Order Creating DOGE : politics

Marco Rubio Melts Down at Musk in Furious Cabinet Shouting Match : politics

Trump to order US Education Department abolished : politics

MAGA world turns on Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett : politics - Without a hint of irony, they believe that since trump appointed her to ostensibly a "neutral, impartial" judicial position, she owes him forever to be a partisan maga cultist and never disagrees with with him. This is their idea of a fair, unbiased judiciary.

Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing : politics

Pete Hegseth Banned Images of 'Enola Gay' Plane in DEI Crackdown : politics - The plane… named after the pilots mother… that dropped the first A-Bomb. I'm rarely surprised by the ignorance of idiots but this is pretty dumb.
Military to remove 'Enola Gay' photos for violating DEI rules : politics ... But the lightning-fast process of finding DEI references is resulting in removal of media that literally have nothing to do with DEI "initiatives". Removing references to people named Gay, or any text including the word, is not just eliminating DEI, it's eliminating a legitimate part of the English language. We're running out of superlatives to describe how stupid this is.
"DEI" is anything that makes white nationalists uncomfortable, continued - Lawyers, Guns & Money The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.

Tanking Tesla - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Tesla owners are already complaining about how driving their Nazimobiles are making them public pariahs.

IRS Chief Vows Revenge After Being Ousted by Elon Musk's DOGE: "I'm just trying to do my goddamn job. They have no idea who they picked a f-king fight with." : politics

Rep. Al Green set the bar for Democrats. Most of them failed to meet it. : politics
Watch: Moment Democrat Al Green sings to protest his censure : politics
'Cowardly' and 'Spineless': 10 Dems Join House GOP to Censure Al Green for Disrupting Trump Speech | "Some of these Democrats have more smoke for Rep. Al Green than the man trying to cut Social Security and Medicaid," wrote one critic. : politics

JD Vance's downfall is coming - and soon : politics

Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country : politics

Catherine Rampell: "Another ominous development: The Social Security Administration is no longer allowing parents in Maine to register newborns for SSNs at hospital after birth, is instead requiring them to visit a Social Security Office to register their children. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/06/s..." - Bluesky

Trans women transferred to men's prisons despite rulings against Trump's order : politics

National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept Quiet. : politics

The "Fighting Antisemitism" Canard - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Roughly a quarter of Columbia's undergraduate student body is Jewish -- it is, on a per capita basis, the third most-Jewish of the elite universities (behind Harvard and Brown). The percentage of Jewish graduate students (16%) is higher than any of the other elite institutions that I surveyed (source).

'Donald J. Trump Highway' proposal fails in Arizona Senate by a single vote : politics

Factions - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump supporters are not all of the same mind, although for now they mostly agree on disassembling the government. If we can identify the potential fracture lines, we can devise wedge strategies.

Ron DeSantis antagonizes MAGA supporters by going after Andrew Tate : politics


Kennedy Center Confirms More Than 20 Show Cancellations Or Postponements Since Donald Trump's Takeover : Music

Jason Kirk: "Holy fuck stop screenshotting Matty Yglesias. We all know where to find his unwashed posts if we want to see them" - Bluesky
What are your thoughts on Matt Yglesias' piece "Throw Biden Under the Bus" and is that actually a good idea going into 2028? : AskALiberal
Against Yglesias's Against Murder-Suicide Politics | by Michael Ettlinger | Medium

Sky News: Gene Hackman's wife died from rare infectious disease around a week before actor's death, medical investigator says : movies
Gene Hackman died of cardiovascular disease, while wife died of hantavirus: Officials : news


A Scam Company Just Stole an Indie Dev's Entire Game And Sold It On Consoles : videos

Valere Public Schools superintendent makes up to $870,000. His district serves 1,000 students. | The Texas Tribune


Trump: I followed three women who wanted to leave their husbands over the election results. I can't believe where they ended up.


39 new cases of measles reported in Texas as outbreak grows to 198: Officials : news
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: 'I really made a mistake' | Well actually | The Guardian Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism


Those of you who grew up poor, what was your favorite meal? : AskReddit


Heroin: You had ONE job - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

Parenthood linked to shifts in gender ideology, study finds | Women are inclined to embrace more traditional roles following childbirth, while fathers seem to be related to both their wives' gender perspectives and the economic dynamics of the partnership. : science

Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic - PMC - . A connection between marijuana smoking and lung or colorectal cancer was not observed.

Neither osteopathy nor chiropractic care can be recommended as first-line treatments for musculoskeletal conditions : science - the vast majority of back pain (acute) will resolve on it's own without additional, outside, care. Even for chronic back pain, chiropractic care is debated.

Cannabis-like synthetic compound delivers pain relief without addictive high. Experiments on mice show it binds to pain-sensing cells like natural cannabis and delivers similar pain relief but does not cross blood-brain barrier, eliminating mind-altering side effects that make cannabis addictive. : science

ELI5: how small is a genetic bottleneck, and how did humans get out of it? : explainlikeimfive

How do you want to die? : AskReddit





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Five years on: The countries that never locked down for Covid-19 - Even some researchers who have found evidence that lockdowns saved lives have cautioned against turning to this measure in haste in the future. The longer-term effects on children, education and economies are still playing out and will likely not be fully understood for many years to come.


TIL: the macadamia nut is the only indigenous Australian plant grown as a large scale commercial food crop : todayilearned ... Straight from macadamia acedamia

New Zealand sacks diplomat who questioned Trump's understanding of WWII : worldnews


Bombs are accidentally dropped on civilian districts in South Korea : WTF



Turkey ready to send troops to Ukraine if necessary, source says : worldnews
Russia Warns European Peacekeepers in Ukraine Would Mark NATO's Direct Involvement : worldnews


Israel fears sharing intelligence with U.S. due to Trump's rapprochement with Putin : worldnews


Quick Reminder: Zelenskyy with his Family (Pre-War) : pics

Trump team meets with Zelensky's political rivals in apparent bid to remove him from power : worldnews ... So now they are sponsoring a coup?
Ukrainian opposition leaders dismiss idea of wartime election : worldnews
Russia's former president said Moscow's main goal is 'inflicting maximum damage' on Ukraine as the US pauses weapons aid : worldnews
Kremlin Says Rubio's View of Ukraine Conflict as a US-Russia Proxy War Matches That of Putin : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1106, Part 1 (Thread #1253) : worldnews

A hotel in Kryvyi Rih after being hit by a peaceful Russian ballistic missile yesterday : pics
Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia : worldnews ... Trump cuts off aid, Russia bombs a hotel with Americans inside. That was fast.

Ukrainian journalist allegedly tortured by Russia weighed just 30 kg before her death - report : worldnews

Six people arrested in Romania for treason over alleged negotiations with Russian agents to leave NATO : news

Norway more than doubles Ukraine aid to $7.8 billion in 2025 : worldnews


Meloni Backs Giving Ukraine NATO Security Without Membership : worldnews

France providing intelligence to Ukraine, minister assures after US freeze : worldnews
France shares intelligence with Ukraine amid 'morally detestable' US aid cutoff, says French minister : worldnews
French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship | The program, called 'safe place for science,' offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France. : technology
In speech televised across Europe, Macron warns continent to prepare for war with Russia - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ukraine's ambassador to the uk says the US is "destroying" world order : worldnews
Former Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi: Not just Russia and axis of evil trying to destroy world order, but also US : worldnews


Trump announces month-long suspension of Mexico tariffs : worldnews

Trump says the U.S. will take control of Greenland 'one way or the other' : worldnews

Trudeau says Canada will not back down as Trump announces tariff delay for Mexico : worldnews
Trudeau says call with Trump was colorful and warns trade war will continue for foreseeable future as a senior official reports usage of profanities by Trump. -- CBC : worldnews
Doug Ford says Ontario will go ahead with 25 per cent tax on electricity it provides to the U.S. on Monday : worldnews
Candians disagree : pics
Canada's Anti-Musk Pivot Hits Starlink's Second-Biggest Market : worldnews
Canadian authorities display 835 kilograms of seized drugs smuggled across US border into Canada : pics
Trump Adviser Wildly Claims Canada Has Been 'Taken Over by Mexican Cartels' : worldnews
Jack Daniel's maker says Canada taking bottles off shelves 'worse than tariffs' : news
Jack Daniel's hits out at Canada pulling US alcohol : worldnews




Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes : technology ... Republicans let a KGB agent ("TASS reporter" which is just a cover) into the Oval Office when Zelenskyy was there. Nothing to see here citizen.

How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming? : politics

US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009 : news
America is set for a major recession with an estimated -2.4% GPD growth rate : worldnews

Trump suspending US aid to Ukraine is not about a ceasefire - it is to force Kyiv's surrender : politics
Trump lifting US sanctions on Russia would be 'huge win' for Putin, 'chaos' for global economy : worldnews

Trump 'planning to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees' - key Ukraine developments : worldnews
Trump revoking legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian war refugees - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations : politics - FYI, deporting war refugees violates international law and is a war crime.
Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say : worldnews

As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S. : worldnews
Ukrainians call Trump's move to halt vital intel 'pathetic' and 'petty' : worldnews
Some U.S. allies are considering scaling back the intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration's conciliatory approach to Russia, four sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News. : worldnews

Video of Zelensky saying thank you to America 94 times goes viral : politics

White House Reacts to Its 'Dress Code' After Zelensky, Musk Comparison : politics ... Zelensky could wear flip flops and a shirt from Hooters to the Oval Office and he would still be bringing more dignity than this administration.

What are your thoughts on candidates passing a civics test before they can run for political office? : AskReddit

Trump Loses Millions of Viewers With Longest-Ever Speech to Congress : politics

One man alone stands against fascism : pics

How Trump's tariffs will impact everyday Americans

China's envoy to the EU appalled by Trump's treatment of Europe : worldnews
US prepared to go to war with China, says defence secretary amid threat of tariff retaliation : worldnews
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian denounced US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's statement that the US is "prepared" to go to war with China following Beijing's warning over escalating trade tensions. : worldnews

Layoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and Musk : politics

The Trump administration wants to review all prospective citizens' social media accounts | People applying for US citizenship or personal residency may soon have to disclose their social media handles to the government. : technology

Ex-presidents' silence on Trump dismays some Democrats : politics
The Ever Brave Democratic Caucus - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Crosspost of an AMA with two writers for New York Times Opinion who have been closely following President Trump's second term : IAmA

It's been a short honeymoon - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump's approval ratings to return to the net negative status where they belong:

Cult of personality - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump's behavior is rapidly devolving into a series of random impulsive gestures, more redolent of a gathering narcissistic dementia than any kind of strategy or plan. T

How to stand up to unconstitutional bullying - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Facing Trump's threats Columbia investigates students critical of Israel | AP News

Slotkin's rebuttal - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... In short it has nothing to say about what is actually happening in this country right now. Instead we get a bunch of the usual pablum about how awesome the Middle Class is, plus a nice little dose of nostalgia for the greatness of Ronald Reagan (not kidding) ... what it symbolizes is a radical failure to respond to the political moment on the part of the Democratic party's leadership. And that means something.

You didn't have to love me like you did but you did, but you did. And I thank you - Lawyers, Guns & Money some rather critical context for Roberts not being willing to go the full Alito the morning after the not-technically-State-of-the-Union:

The incredible further shrinking of Little Marco - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Trumpcession - Lawyers, Guns & Money None of this is the natural product of the business cycle; it's just random pain inflicted on the American people by an increasingly checked-out old fascist and the drug-addled libertarian-except-for-me narcissist to whom he has delegated most executive authority.

Locked in the trunk of a Tesla - Lawyers, Guns & Money Krugman speculates about which essential government service Elon's incel brigade will screw up badly enough that people will really notice, and thinks Social Security payments might be the answer:

Elon Just Woke Up Prime Bill Burr : videos

Gavin Newsom acknowledges that rootless cosmopolitans have too much influence on German finance - Lawyers, Guns & Money Besides being morally depraved, this is also stupid politics on Newsom's part, because Bill Clinton-era triangulation doesn't work with fascists, who only like triangles when they're pink, and worn involuntarily.

So long, Department of Education -- we'll miss you and all your syllables : AdviceAnimals

Thoughts on the state of the union - Lawyers, Guns & Money 35% of the public is so completely disengaged that they don't even vote in presidential elections, even though doing so is now exponentially easier than it was even eight years ago.

Watch The Exact Moment John Roberts Realizes He Whored Himself Out : politics ... Trump publicly thanking Roberts for his 'get out of jail free card' ruling and offering him quid pro quo ("I won't forget it") is one of the most sickening moments in US politics that I have ever witnessed (and I'm old)....and it was right out in the open because they don't even have to try to hide the corruption anymore.
Anna Bower: "Thank you again. Thank you again. Won't forget it," Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union." - Bluesky

'Read this email immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work : news (Muskfucked)

Elon Musk Is Now $111 Billion Poorer, Thanks To His Best Bro Donald Trump's Tariffs : politics
Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn't Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts. : politics

If those kids could read… : PoliticalHumor

r/Conservative is hopefully imploding under its own stupid weight : AdviceAnimals

TX Agency Fires Employee For Refusing To Remove Pronouns From His Emails : news

Fire Sale! - Lawyers, Guns & Money It looks like the list has been withdrawn. Pushback works! Wired has an interactive map of the buildings on the list. ... they really do want to shrink the government down to where they can drown it in a bathtub.

Another Kennedy Killing - Lawyers, Guns & Money An unvaccinated New Mexico adult who tested positive for measles has died, the second death in a growing outbreak centered along the Texas-New Mexico border, officials said Thursday.

Amazon Boycott Begins Friday, Includes Whole Foods, Prime, Twitch : news

Google tells Trump's DOJ that forcing a Chrome sale would harm national security : technology

Political poll news site 538 to close amid larger shuttering across ABC and Disney : news ... The broader media landscape has been hit with mass layoffs seemingly nonstop for months. Last month, MSNBC announced a massive shakeup at the network that included letting go of Joy Reid and her production team, as well as no longer using the Spanish-language network Telemundo ... Real Clear Politics ... are decidedly right leaning as an organization

Former Meta official's 'explosive' memoir about the social media giant to be published next week : books ... In the early days of facebook Mark Zuckerburg would wonder into the company bathrooms and if he noticed someone sitting down in the stalls he would pop his head over and try to talk to them about their projects ... GET THE FUCK OUT HERE YOU IDiOT LIZARD LOOKING FUCKER

ELI5 why can tv shows produce like 10+hrs a season year after year but it takes movies so much longer? : explainlikeimfive


Ohio Real Estate Agent Fired After Leaving Racist Note on Bill : pics

TIL that in her 2019 testimony to stop paparazzi from endangering her children, Jennifer Garner described a solid decade where there were five or six cars minimum, and easily up to 15 or 20 on the weekends, outside of my house at all times. : todayilearned


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,832 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.



ELI5: If the demand for GPUs is so high and not everyone can buy one why don't they just make more? : explainlikeimfive

I Used to Teach Students. Now I Catch ChatGPT Cheats | The Walrus I once believed university was a shared intellectual pursuit. That faith has been obliterated

5 Natural Ways to Improve Your Memory, According to Experts Retrain your brain with these smart strategies to sharpen your focus and boost cognitive thinking.


TIL that the rapture, the evangelical belief that Christians will physically ascend to meet Jesus in the sky, is an idea that only dates to the 1830s. : todayilearned


ELI5: Why do alcoholic drinks not show ingredients? : explainlikeimfive



Paralyzed man moves robotic arm with his thoughts - He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by imagining himself performing the actions. Brain-computer interface (BCI) worked for a record 7 months without needing to be adjusted. Until now, such devices have only worked for a day or two. : science

People who use anti-inflammatory drugs over a long period of time may be at a lower risk of dementia regardless of the dosage. The findings suggest that prolonged, rather than intensive, use of anti-inflammatory medications may help protect against dementia. : science

Naturally occurring molecule identified appears similar to semaglutide (Ozempic) in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight. Notably, testing in mice and pigs also showed it worked without some of the drug's side effects such as nausea, constipation and significant loss of muscle mass. : science

Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US. Nearly one-third of the 342 butterfly species we were able to study declined by more than half. Twenty-two species fell by more than 90%. Only nine actually increased in numbers. : science

Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. The results dispel the idea that diet-related inflammation in the aging brain is driven by obesity, researchers say. : science

Researchers who are accused of sexual misconduct start to receive fewer citations after the media covers the allegations. But the same cannot be said about scientists publicly accused of scientific fraud, whose citations remain unchanged. : science

People who undergo surgery just before the weekend have a significantly increased risk of death and complications, finds a new study. This is commonly called the "weekend effect," when hospitals and health care systems tend to operate with skeleton crews during the weekend. : science

I can't understand how light gets "polarised" and how it filters through different polariser in terms of its electric and magnetic field ? : askscience

TIL that sugar doesn't directly cause hyperactivity in children. Instead, the excitement around treats, the setting (like parties), and the expectations of parents and children play a bigger role in perceived energy boosts. : todayilearned

Woman With Down Syndrome Mystified Scientists By Having All The Physical Signs of Alzheimerll's Without Dementia Symptoms : science

ELI5 why do we have no universal way to prevent dengue, when more than half the world is at risk of getting it? : explainlikeimfive

Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of T cell immunity : science

Incels significantly overestimate how much society blames them for their problems and underestimate the level of sympathy from others, according to recent study : science



People who unsubscribed from their once favorite YouTuber, what made you hit "unsubscribe"? : AskReddit

People in their 40s, what's something that people in their 20s don't realize will impact them as they get older? : AskReddit

What is the strangest fetish you have had the opportunity to fulfill? : AskReddit

People who unsubscribed from their once favorite YouTuber, what made you hit "unsubscribe"? : AskReddit

Orwell's nightmare was easier to escape : books

Study shows Mass. men, boys struggling in education, economy, and more





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World's biggest iceberg runs aground after long journey from Antarctica : worldnews
Increasing fire risks in cities worldwide under warming climate - Nature Cities : worldnews
City fires are likely to increase with climate change, modeling study warns
2% of the world's amphibians are at risk of overheating, and climate change could push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological heat tolerance : science
"Cool: years are now hotter than the "warm" years of the past: tracking global temperatures through El Nioo and La Nina: The world is warming despite natural fluctuations from the El Nino cycle. : worldnews
Facebook searches for Cyclone Alfred were blocked for containing content breaching 'community standards' : worldnews


Tesla sales fall more than 70% in Australia during February : technology

'Zuchongzhi 3.0' launched: China sets new quantum computing benchmark : worldnews
China Sets GDP Target at About 5% Despite US Tariffs : worldnews



NEXTA on X: Smuggled US Jet Parts Keeping Russia's Fleet in the Air? Three Ohio residents have been charged with illegally exporting $2M worth of aircraft components to Russia, bypassing US export controls (Euronews). Key points: The defendants, linked to a Russian-owned US / X



India Foreign Secretary Misri set to visit Russia on March 7 : worldnews


Islamic State in retreat after offensive in Somalia's Puntland : worldnews


Israel's Shin Bet says Netanyahu policies helped pave way for 7 October : worldnews
Over 500 October 7 victims sue Palestinian Authority for $1.2 billion : worldnews
U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas : worldnews

Trump tells Gazans 'you are dead' if Israeli hostages are not immediately handed over : worldnews

Egypt's Gaza plan excludes Hamas from future governance : worldnews


Zelenskyy outlines first stages for truce, urges Russia to act similarly : worldnews
The USA has effectively disconnected HIMARS for Ukraine, halting the exchange of intelligence data | УНН : worldnews
Rob Lee on X: The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military's ability to target Russian forces, according to officials familiar with the matter. @ChristopherJM @HenryJFoy @LOS_Fisher @hallbenjamin / X
Zelensky says lasting peace 'achievable' : worldnews
'Time to make things right': Zelenskyy says he's ready to work with Trump after Oval Office spat : politics
Ukraine reacts with defiance and anger to Trump withdrawal of military aid : worldnews
Zelenskyy says he will work under Trump's leadership as he proposes Ukraine peace plan : politics
Russia bombards Ukraine as Trump touts prospect of 'beautiful' peace deal to Congress : worldnews ... Fanta Fuhrer

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1105, Part 1 (Thread #1252) : worldnews

Ukraine's troops dying over US aid cut-off, say soldiers on front line : worldnews

max seddon on X: A senior official said that Ukraine will probably run out of US military supplies in two or three months. After that, it will be very difficult for us. It will not be a total collapse, but we will be forced to withdraw from areas more quickly. / X

Trump threats prompt EU to plan for fresh Ukraine refugee wave : worldnews

Twenty thousand troops from 'some random country' won't bring peace to Ukraine, says JD Vance : worldnews

A lot of people in Europe seem worried about war with Russia, especially given recent US politics. However, Russia has been struggling for three years in Ukraine, a country much smaller and less powerful than bigger European nations. How realistic is this fear that Europe has? : AskReddit

Sofoklis, a Lithuanian publishing house, said on Tuesday it is removing a book by US Vice President JD Vance from sale and urged people to read books by Ukrainian authors instead. The move comes after the US paused military aid to Ukraine. : worldnews undefined
Lithuania's Žemaitaitis faces probe after being tricked into fake meeting with Musk : worldnews

Greek government to face no-confidence vote over 2023 deadly train crash : worldnews

European markets soar as Germany lifts 'debt brake' to raise defence spending. : worldnews
'A really big bazooka': German defense spending likely to rise after parties agree historic debt change : worldnews
Germany exploring ways to block Nord Stream revival under U.S.- Russia agreement : worldnews

Italy Is Getting Cold Feet Over Deal to Use Musk's Starlink : worldnews

Macron to address the French on Wednesday 'at moment of great uncertainty' : worldnews
Emmanuel Macron says Europe must be ready to defend Ukraine without U.S. assistance : worldnews
France floats taxing the rich to fund military buildup : worldnews

UK cannabis legalization could yield 1.5 billion annually : worldnews

UN judge treated alleged slave 'with love' : worldnews

Panama president says Trump lied about Panama Canal : politics

Greenland PM rebuffs Trump: We do not want to be Americans : politics
Greenland's prime minister says island isn't for sale as Trump seeks control 'one way or the other' : worldnews

China to boost food imports from Latin America, Europe as US trade war escalates : worldnews

Mexico could seek other trade partners after US tariffs, president says : worldnews

Canadian Premier Apologizes To Americans For Considering Cutting Energy Exports: 'It's Not You It's Your President' : politics
Not going back': Ford will cancel Starlink-Ontario deal even if tariffs are lifted : worldnews
Canada Won't Scrap Tariffs Unless All US Levies Are Lifted, Official Says : worldnews




Weather tracker: Polar vortex collapse could chill North America and Eurasia : worldnews

Trump Is Hiding Something on Ukraine : politics
The Ukrainian Review on X: According to the Reuters poll, 70% of Americans disagree with Trump's Ukraine rhetoric, only 7% agree. Among Democrats, 81% disagree, and among Republicans, 62% disagree. / X

Carolina Forest wildfire enters 4th day, winds expected to pick up : news

Trump Insults and Berates His Way to Longest Address Ever : politics
Hot Mic Captures Vance's Dread Before Marathon Trump Speech : politics

Trump trade war intensifies as tariffs go into place : politics
Trump Suddenly Grants Tariff Exemptions After Massive Blowback : politics
'He Finally Shot the Hostage': Trump's Trade War Is a Brutal Reality Check : politics
Trump doesn't seem to know why he launched a giant trade war : politics

'Trumpcession' Talk Surges as US Economy Could Be Rapidly Shrinking : politics

Trump admin plans to cut more than 70,000 jobs at Department of Veterans Affairs, memo says : politics

Have We All Just Agreed to Live With Soul-Crushing Racism? : politics

Donald Trump approval rating goes negative for first time in presidency : politics
Democrats Are Acting Too Normal : politics
Bernie Sanders walks out on Trump's speech, calls Trump's remarks part of the 'big lie' : politics
Sanders: 1 Percent Has Sapped $79T in Wealth From Bottom 90 Percent Since 1975 | In 2023 Alone, $3.9 Trillion Was Sapped From the Bottom 90 Percent -- Enough to Give Every Worker a $32,000 Raise. : politics
Since 1975, $79 Trillion Has Flowed From Bottom 90% to Top 1% in US: Analysis | Sanders used the findings of a recent working paper to denounce Republicans' determination to pass tax cuts that will benefit wealthy Americans the most. : politics
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Elon Musk's AI chatbot says a 'Russian asset' delivered the State of the Union | Opinion -- The chatbot Grok scoured available public data and found a '75-85% likelihood' that Donald Trump more or less works for Vladimir Putin. : politics
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett labeled an icon for calling President Trump 'Putin's ho' : politics
'Somebody Slap Me And Wake Me The F**k Up': Jasmine Crockett Pans 'Nightmare' Trump Speech : politics
Al Green's Removal Slammed After Users Point Out How Republicans Also Protested at Biden's Address: 'The Double Standard' : politics
U.S. Representative Al Green: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS's plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s... Bluesky
10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest : politics
He 'Understood the Assignment': Support for Al Green Pours In After Disruption of Trump Speech : politics
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene NOT getting kicked out after heckling Pres. Biden. : pics

Donald Trump faces new impeachment bid after speech to Congress : politics

FBI and DOJ headquarters are among more than 440 federal buildings listed for potential sale : politics

Trump threatens to pull federal funds for US schools allowing 'illegal protests' : politics

Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters : politics

DOGE Tries to Do Math Again and Makes $86B Mistake : politics

Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to cancel $2 billion in foreign aid : politics

Trump dismisses GOP town hall backlash as result of 'paid troublemakers' : politics

Republicans target 4 'sanctuary' cities as Trump pushes mass deportations : politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech : politics

Ravin Boodram: SpaceX's Starship explodes during test flight. Bluesky
BNO News: "BREAKING: Debris over the Bahamas after SpaceX Starship falls apart during test flight" - Bluesky

Trump admits that Elon Musk is the head of DOGE, contradicting DOJ denials in federal court : politics
What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain : politics
John 'RockiT" Hatchard: #Ketamine #Trump #ElonMusk #Musk #Project2025 #TheFourthReich #WW3 #Dominionism #BadFaith #ItsACult #Fascism archive.is/nyTP2 What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain: How much should Americans worry about Elon Musk's usage? - Bluesky bite-sized article thread (10 min) with added links - Bluesky

Three in five Americans say the cost of living is going in the wrong direction : politics

Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way : politics

Amy Coney Barrett was a mistake: Conservatives and MAGA influencers fume over Trump-appointed justice siding against president on foreign funding freeze : politics

Trump declares 'illegal' protests at schools in America won't be tolerated. He threatened expulsion, deportation and jail for anyone violating his edict. According to the First Amendment, that's not constitutional. : politics
Memes are a key tool for extremist communities and conspiracy theories : technology

'Literally Eat Sh*t: Supreme Court Strikes Down EPA Clean Water Rule : politics

Bill Nye becomes target of MAGA after making claims about Elon Musk on CNN : politics

Trump Wants to Use the IRS to Track Down Immigrants. They May Stop Paying Taxes. : politics

Arizona 15-week abortion ban permanently blocked under Arizona Abortion Access Act : politics

California farmers backed Trump. Now, his tariffs could hurt them : politics

SCOTUS tells Trump to pay out $2 billion to USAID and rejects bid to pause spending : politics


Wyoming Gov. Gordon vetoes abortion bill requiring transvaginal ultrasounds : politics


Apple is pumping out some of the best sci-fi in a while and not letting off the gas peddle. : television


Women in relationships with men diagnosed with ADHD experience higher levels of depression and a lower quality of life. Furthermore, those whose partners consistently took ADHD medication reported a higher quality of life than those whose partners were inconsistent with treatment. : science

Romance publisher yanks book series after author finds herself in controversy : books


A study of 6,000 smokers in the United States found that e-cigarette use does not enhance smoking cessation and is actually linked to reduced tobacco abstinence : science

Treating male partners along with women may help stop bacterial vaginosis : science
Bacterial vaginosis can be passed to women by men, researchers find : news

Study finds link between young men's consumption of online content from "manfluencers" and increased negative attitudes, dehumanization and greater mistrust of women, and more widespread misogynistic beliefs, especially among young men who feel they have been rejected by women in the past. : science

You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results : technology

ELI5 why do cats follow us to the bathroom : explainlikeimfive

Woman With Down Syndrome Mystified Scientists By Having All The Physical Signs of Alzheimer's Without Dementia Symptoms : science

Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of T cell immunity : science

People can feel lonely even within a marriage as it's not just about being physically alone, but a subjective feeling of isolation, even when surrounded by others. Even when spouses were grateful and forgiving, loneliness still seemed to negatively affect their sexual relationship. : science

A new study from the University of Michigan reveals that people strongly believe women are more generous, cooperative and equality-driven than men. These widespread beliefs shape workplace dynamics, hiring decisions and leadership opportunities, often holding women back from key positions of power. : science

Woman With Down Syndrome Mystified Scientists By Having All The Physical Signs of Alzheimer's Without Dementia Symptoms : science




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ChrisO_wiki on X: "2/ The Russian government has introduced a new subject in the current academic year - Fundamentals of Security and Defence of the Motherland" (OZBR). It is part of an increasingly intensive programme of militarisation of schools, intended to create a new generation of soldiers." / X
ChrisO_wiki on X: "6/ In one case, prosecutors say that schoolchildren's rights "in terms of basic knowledge in the field of defence" were infringed. A Krasnodar prosecutor claimed that it could have negative consequences in the area of military-patriotic and spiritual-moral education of minors. / X


'People will die,' says Canadian charity in Kenya as Trump's USAID cuts threaten HIV medications : politics


Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera' : politics


Zelenskyy says it is 'time to make things right' after Oval Office blowup : politics
Lech Walesa, 'disgusted' by Trump, says it's the world that should be thanking Zelensky for freedom fight | The Independent : politics


Deborah Haynes on X: "Brigadier General Yuriy Shchygol signalled these attacks would grow, revealing that his country plans to more than quadruple the production rate of deep strike drones - with a range of hundreds of miles - to more than 2,000 aircraft a month. 2/" / X


Musk rallies the far right in Europe. Tesla is paying the price. : politics

Germany's Merz says Trump-Zelensky fight a 'deliberate escalation' by US : politics

European defence stocks soar as arms makers expect orders boom : politics


Trump turns on Starmer and allies in new Ukraine tirade - even as PM insists US is vital to peace deal : politics


Panama Canal ports sold to BlackRock in victory for Donald Trump : politics


Canada and China retaliate after Trump's tariffs take effect : politics
Canada to cut off electricity to US states: "Need to feel the pain" : politics




It's clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed : politics
'Putin Is on the Inside': Shock as U.S. Caves to Russia in Cybersecurity Fight | The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has reportedly received a new list of directives which exclude Russia as a threat. : politics
Trump Loses It After Former Adviser Calls Him Out on Putin Stance : politics
Trump Short-Circuits When Asked if U.S. Policy Is Aligning With Russia : politics
White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia : politics

Trump halts all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, White House official says : politics
Trump's pause on Ukraine aid is like the U.S. switching sides in WWII, expert says : politics
Ukrainian lawmaker says Trump military aid pause looks like attempt to push Kyiv towards capitulation : politics

Trump and Vance's Disgraceful Oval Office Ambush of Zelenskyy Comes at America's Expense and Only Benefits Putin : politics

Trump is Surrendering a Century's Worth of U.S. Global Power in a Matter of Weeks : politics

Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Thoughts of a dry brain in a dry season - By Paul Campos - Things seem to be falling apart at a very fast pace. The big difference between Trump's first term and what's happening now is that he wasn't ready, at all, the first time around. This resulted in somewhat competent people being in most of the most important administration positions, at least until the latter stages of the term ... Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty. ... U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Monday claimed there are entire teams of transgender girls participating in womens high school sports, but did not provide any evidence to back up his assertion.

Market Plunge: Trump's Mexico, Canada tariff announcement sends stocks into freefall : politics
Stocks fall as Donald Trump imposes tariffs on top US trade partners : politics
Trump Reveals Tariffs Plan to Ruin American Farmers' Lives : politics
With tariffs looming, Trump urges farmers to 'have fun' selling their products domestically : politics
Warren Buffett: Tariffs are 'an act of war' : politics
Trump Tariffs Set to Send Car Prices Soaring Up to $12,000 Higher : politics
Trump could scale back Canada, Mexico tariffs Wednesday, Lutnick says : politics

Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump's Congressional Address : politics

Former Social Security Head Warns System Could 'Collapse' in 'Next 30 to 90 Days' : politics

There Is No Musk Clause in the Constitution : politics

JD Vance Accidentally Spills The GOP's Strategy In Stunning Self-Own : politics

Democrats Must Become the Workers' Party Again. Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life. : politics

Wyden to skip Trump's first speech to Congress, hold town hall instead : politics

Head of FBI New York division forced to retire after telling agents he was prepared to 'dig in' : politics

Millions of married women voters could be disenfranchised under proposed federal law, opponents say : politics
Millions of married women voters could be disenfranchised under proposed federal law, opponents say - mlive.com Experts warn a proposed federal law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote would disenfranchise some populations, including married women who adopt their spouses' last names.

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber : politics


RFK Jr.'s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts : politics


Ted Cruz's Investigation of 'Woke' Science Funding Turned Out Even Dumber Than It Sounds : politics

Senate Confirms Education Secretary Who's Out To Destroy Public Schools : politics


Pro-Trump techies enraged by president's crypto reserve announcement, causing early rift : politics

Bill to ban trans athletes from girls' and women's sports teams fails to advance in Senate : politics

North Texas Republican's bill would ban gender-affirming care for all Texans, even adults : politics - ompletely bans gender-affirming care for all ages, not just minors. FORCED de-transition of all trans Texans.


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James Harrison: Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies : worldnews Known in Australia as the man with the golden arm, Harrison's blood contained a rare antibody, Anti-D, which is used to make medication given to pregnant mothers whose blood is at risk of attacking their unborn babies.



White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say : worldnews

Jay in Kyiv on X: Ukraine's deepest strike of the war last night was no joke. 1300km from Ukraine. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: Reminder: when people demand that Volodymr Zelensky should step down and hold an election, they are literally repeating a Nazi demand from World War II that Britain rejected then. / X
Steve Rosenberg on X: "Seems Moscow's quite pleased with how the last few days have gone. Today's Russian papers: · "Russia can't conceal its malicious pleasure…" · The Western system is crashing like a house of cards. -- Kremlin "New US foreign policy...largely aligned with Russia's/ X

Israel Considering Shutting Down Gaza's Electricity in Preparation for Renewed War : worldnews


Trump Halts Ukraine Aid : worldnews
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is 'very, very far away' : worldnews
Trump to discuss potential suspension, cancellation of military aid for Ukraine on March 3 : worldnews
U.S. Officials: No Minerals Deal Without Zelenskyy's Public Apology : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1103, Part 1 (Thread #1250) : worldnews

Jason Jay Smart on X: Three years ago, Russia rolled into Ukraine with massive tank convoys, expecting victory in three days. Now, they're sending troops on horseback. Russia isn't winning-unless we let them. / X

The Ukrainian Review on X: The U.S. has finally forced Europe to spend trillions on weapons. But in doing so, they have effectively pushed themselves out of this market. European defense companies, which until recently played a secondary role, are now receiving record-breaking orders, and the U.S. can no longer impose its defense contracts as easily as before. / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: The incoming Chancellor of Germany knows Trump is working with Putin. Finally, Europe has a chance to wake up. / X
France has 'trouble understanding' US halt on cyber operations against Russia : politics

Farage accused of 'licking Trump's boots' for calling Zelensky 'rude' in Trump clash : politics



Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with 'no room' for delay : worldnews
Trump dashes hope for last-minute Canada and Mexico deal ahead of 25% tariffs : worldnews

Ontario will cut U.S. power 'with a smile on my face,' Ford says | Toronto Sun They rely on our energy, they need to feel the pain, Premier Doug Ford said Monday on cutting Ontario electricity exports to U.S.
Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia : worldnews




Sanewashing Trump's mental deterioration - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Dow tumbles 800 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday : news

Zelenskyy declines to apologize to Trump after heated Oval Office meeting : politics
Zelensky said Thank You 33 times : politics
Europeans embrace Zelensky after he was vilified by Trump : politics

Trump to discuss potential suspension, cancellation of military aid for Ukraine on March 3 : politics

Trump Wants Americans to 'Spend Less Time Worrying About Putin' : politics
Speaker Mike Johnson Goes Against Trump: Putin 'Not to Be Trusted' : politics
Trump insists Putin wants peace. But the war is raging - and Ukrainian civilians are dying : politics
Chris Christie Leaves No Doubt: Donald Trump 'Looks And Sounds Like An Ally Of Putin' : politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders says calls for Zelenskyy to resign are'horrific' : politics

Majority disapproves of Trump job performance ahead of address to Congress: Survey : politics ... Almost 50% approval is wild and tells me exactly where we are as a society.
Just 4% of Americans support Russia in war with Ukraine - even as questions swirl over where Trump stands : politics
Trump Is Doing Real Damage to America : politics

BlueWaveSurfer - Bluesky - It would take seven patriotic Republicans ...

Breaking news: Formerly vegan leopards unexpectedly turn carnivorous - Lawyers, Guns & Money Peter Schiff, who publicly endorsed [checks notes] Donald Trump for president, is shocked and appalled that Donald Trump, of all people, is running a crypto pump and dump:

Trump Wants to Be President for Life -- and He's Already Preparing for It : politics

John Bolton calls on Marco Rubio to resign after Zelensky White House spat : politics

Democrats Finally Sue Trump for Trying to Control Elections : politics

'Bloodbath': Social Security Administration Begins Mass Firings : politics

'This Guy Is a Leech on the Public': AOC Rips Musk Over Attack on Social Security | "No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts and government contracts, it will never be enough for him," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Now he's going after the elderly, the disabled, and orphaned children : politics

Musk, Trump and Bezos have led me to reconsider my stance on eating the rich | Opinion : politics

Trump Screws Over His Base, Part the Zillion - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... I'd like to say that folks will learn, but in places like this, I don't think they will. Not so long as Democrats are equated with Satan incarnate, no matter what they say or do.

Nothing the Trump administration does should be supported by anyone who isn't a fascist - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Texas Republican Repeatedly Heckled at Tense Town Hall: 'Vote You Out' : politics

FAA reportedly ordered staff to find 'tens of millions of dollars' to fund a deal with Elon Musk's Starlink : politics

The Rich Will Always Be Our Enemy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Unsurprisingly, even billionaires who have supported Democrats in the past really love Donald Trump.

RFK Jr. urges people to get vaccinated amid deadly Texas outbreak : politics

Connectivity and Carrier Life - Lawyers, Guns & Money Awfully interesting report from Geoff Ziezulewicz on how expanded wifi has changed crew life on the USS Abraham Lincoln. First, on the strictly military side an expansion of bandwidth enhances the capabilities of modern weapon systems:
Carrier Air Wing's Key Priorities To Win In Future Pacific Fight Laid Out By Navy undefined


15 Republican AGs Urge The Supreme Court To Make Providing Affordable Broadband To Poor People Illegal : technology


Oscars' host Conan O'Brien draws resounding applause for crack about 'standing up to a powerful Russian' : politics
If Failure Was A City, It Would Be This One... - YouTube


Texas is still one of the worst states for women to live in, study finds : politics

Kroger Chairman and CEO resigns following investigation into personal conduct : news


'I was in shock': DC gallery pulls exhibits of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump DEI crackdown : politics
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days : politics


Zach D Roberts: If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You're a part of this now. - Bluesky



DHS Now Allows for Surveillance based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

Opinion | There are two sexes. Gender policy is what's debatable. Carole Hooven is an evolutionary biologist, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the author of "T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone That Dominates and Divides Us."

Debunked: No, New Study Does Not Show Transgender Surgeries Double Depression The study, which has been paraded around right-wing media sources, does not evaluate the impact of surgery on transgender depression rates.

Chewing different materials affects the brain and a new study found that chewing on wood (wooden tongue depressors), compared to chewing gum, led to a significant increase in a natural brain antioxidant called glutathione, and better performance on memory tasks. : science

Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage to physical and mental wellbeing, study finds : science


Researchers debunk common belief that women get better muscles by timing their workouts to their menstrual cycles. This challenges the internet belief of cycle syncing made popular by internet influencers to co-ordinate workouts, certain diets and lifestyle behaviours with the menstrual cycle. : science

ELI5: How/why did humans evolve towards being optimised for cooked food so fast? : explainlikeimfive

Type 2 diabetes: New plant-based pill shows promise in human trials | The researchers found that in addition to reducing liver fat content, HTD1801 significantly improved blood glucose control. : science

A western dietary pattern during pregnancy is associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and adolescence. Research found significant associations with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism diagnoses : science

Israel-Palestine doc No Other Land is set to make Oscar history. It'd be a shameful first. The most relevant movie in theaters just became even more timely. It still doesn't even have a distributor.

is GoodReads overly harsh? : books

TIL that Winston Churchill was the 1953 recipient for the Nobel Prize in Literature : todayilearned

Since shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, why are there two vaccines? : askscience

Who has indirectly been the worst person in the world? : AskReddit

Harsh parenting in childhood may alter brain development and lead to behavioral issues in girls : science

Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash : technology





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US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea after North Korea test-fired missiles : worldnews


Russia celebrates US foreign policy that now'coincides' with Moscow's worldview : politics
Trump's Foreign Policy'Largely Coincides With Our Vision' - Kremlin Spokesperson : politics
Kremlin Says U.S. Foreign Policy Shift Aligns With Its Own Vision - The Moscow Times : worldnews
Trump says sanctions against Russia to be lifted 'at some point' : worldnews

B52 bomber flies to within 50 miles of Russia's border in huge show of strength : worldnews

max seddon on X: A former spy and close friend of Vladimir Putin has been engineering a restart of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe with the backing of US investors, a once unthinkable move that shows the depth of Trump's rapprochement with Moscow. / X


Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza : politics
Netanyahu announces blockade of food and aid shipments into Gaza with Trump's support - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ben Gvir refuses to apologize to hostages who said his rhetoric led to torture : worldnews


Trump administration expects public apology from Zelensky to mend relations with Kyiv : worldnews
NEXTA on X: The U.S. won't give Kyiv money until Zelensky comes to Washington with a peace plan This statement comes from Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. / X This statement comes from Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1102, Part 1 (Thread #1249) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Mar. 2, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Ukrainian Troops Disable Key Russian Military Component : worldnews

New Ukrainian general inflicts 'unsustainable losses' on Russia : news


MAKS 24 on X: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told his European counterparts that they should expect a reduction in the US military presence in Europe, - WP ❗️European diplomats were told that 20,000 US troops sent by the Biden administration will be withdrawn from Europe. / X
Europe's nightmare is here: They have to fight Putin without the U.S. : worldnews
Tusk: 500 million Europeans ask 300 million Americans to protect them from 140 million Russians : worldnews
Starmer tells Europe: We are at a crossroads in history : worldnews

EU to help Ukraine replace Musk's Starlink : worldnews

Finland to provide Ukraine with $691 million in military equipment : worldnews

Norway rethinks 1.7 trillion sovereign fund to boost support for Ukraine : worldnews
Norwegian fuel supplier halts sales to US Navy over Trump-Zelensky dispute, citing 'moral compass' : worldnews

German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility : politics

Macron: EU needs 'hundreds of billions' in defense spending as US pivots away : worldnews

UK gives royal welcome to Zelenskyy after White House meltdown : politics
Rachel Reeves: I'm sending billions from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine : worldnews
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States. : worldnews


How Canadians Are Making Their Anger Toward the U.S. Loud and Clear : politics





Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before - The New York Times
A Shameful, Appalling Spectacle : politics
Trump's style of petty domination was in full display with Zelenskyy : politics
In siding with Russia over Ukraine, Trump is not putting America first. He is hastening its decline : politics Carville Suggests Trump Has Syphilis After 'Mad' Zelensky Meet : politics

Trump Is Breaking Things We Can't Just Fix : politics

A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down : politics
Trump news: Russia media gained entry into Oval Office : politics


Mike Myers Makes Surprise SNL Cameo as Elon Musk in Cold-Open Spoof of Zelenskyy's Disastrous Meeting with Trump: Watch : politics
Mike Meyers as Elon Musk on SNL. : pics

Trump belongs to Putin - Lawyers, Guns & Money Over the past eight years, and most especially since his re-election, Trump has behaved EXACTLY as one would expect the president of the United States to behave if he were a puppet of the Putin regime, rather than an independent actor. This is because Trump is a puppet of the Putin regime.
AnthonyAndrews on X: Now that it's been reveals that Trump has been a Russian asset for 40 years named Krasnov by the FSB, I will write a simple thread of various pieces of information that solidifies the truth of everything I've written. Please read and share. #Krasnov / X

The Rachel Maddow Show [9PM] 2/28/2025 | Russian Asset Su rvy - YouTube

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

US Senator Mike Lee, Elon Musk calls for United States to dump NATO : worldnews

Daddy Musk looks happy : PoliticalHumor

CNN Poll: Public remains negative on Trump ahead of address to Congress : politics

Pro-Ukraine protests erupt across US after Trump and Vance 'ambush' Zelenskyy : politics
Protestors Ambush Vance During Vermont Ski Weekend: 'Go Ski in Russia' : politics
As JD Vance takes ski weekend in Vermont, protesters give him the cold shoulder : politics undefined

Trump Blocked Federal Scientists from Attending Latest IPCC Meeting: What Now? : politics

Trumpism Isn't Working - As a checked-out president sits back and lets Elon Musk shred the civil service, the signs of economic calamity are growing-and Americans of all stripes are getting pissed off. : politics

AOC calls Elon Musk a 'leech' on the public as their tit-for-tat feud continues | 'No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts and government contracts, it will never be enough for him,' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said : politics
AOC Perfectly Sums Up Everyone's Mood: Everything Feels "Like a Scam" : politics

Bernie Sanders headed to Wisconsin to campaign in districts held by Republicans : politics

Dem Congressman to Marco Rubio after Trump fiasco: 'Grow a pair' : politics

Murkowski says Trump administration 'appears to be walking away from our allies,' a rare GOP rebuke on Ukraine : politics

Shock as U.S. Caves to Russia in Cybersecurity Fight : worldnews

'Can't defy gravity forever': Trump-linked assets take a hit in Wall Street's tumble : politics

Trump's White House continues chipping away at press freedoms : politics

Justice Department broadens Jan. 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges : politics

Elon Musk Calls Social Security A 'Ponzi Scheme' : politics
Ponzi schemes, real and imagined - Lawyers, Guns & Money The acting president went on the podcast most beloved by Moron-Americans to mumble his way through a nonsensical declaration that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme: ... Trump announces the United States will hold the exact same cryptocurrencies that his crypto tsar David Sacks holds
Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says : politics
Social Security Administration will have 'significant' cuts. What does this mean for you? : politics

"Devastated." "Cruel." "Surreal.": Federal workers share the toll of losing their identity : politics

Military spouses are being fired from federal jobs, raising concerns about force retention and readiness : politics

Document, Document, Document! - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some good advice on Bluesky this morning for government workers confronted with DOGE goons. I'd like to expand on it, having dealt with similar (but much less blatantly illegal) maneuvers back in the day.

Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump's bid to oust him was unlawful : politics
Head of federal watchdog agency fired by Trump should remain on the job, judge rules : politics

The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think : politics

18F Eliminated by DOGE : technology


The Trump administration blocks student-loan borrowers from online access to decades-old affordable repayment plans : politics

Blue Ghost, a Private U.S. Spacecraft, Lands on the Moon : technology


Elon Musk Supports US Withdrawal from NATO, UN : politics
'Tesla Takedown' protesters gather outside 50+ showrooms to rally against Elon Musk's role with DOGE : politics


Texas Files Bill to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Adults. Activists warn the bill is a signal of anti-trans laws and rhetoric to come : politics
New Texas'trans ban' bill aims to completely eradicate gender-affirming care in the state : politics

Federal Workers Deserve Respect, Not Cruelty | The idea that federal workers should be traumatized demonstrates this administration's reckless retreat from rationality. : politics


Billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez 'looks like a hooker' | The Courier Mail

Polestar's Trade In Your Tesla $20,000 Deal Is Already A Hit : technology

Don't Be a Sucker : videos
Don't Be a Sucker - YouTube



What's the weirdest post on Reddit you scrolled by today? : AskReddit
What is a hint that a Reddit story is fake? : AskReddit


Reddit, what's your weirdest but really the weirdest of weird childhood memory? : AskReddit


Better-glass breakthrough achieved using just sound and salt | The brand-new method may lead to glass made without the use of harsh chemicals for self-cleaning windshields, germ-busting surfaces, or maybe even better beer. : science

Ergothioneine, an amino acid found in mushrooms and beans, supports mitochondrial function by directly activating a key enzyme involved in energy production and respiration. This study provides direct proof of how this amino acid protects against neurodegenerative diseases. : science
A Mushroom-Derived Compound That Could Change Your Life: Ergothioneine
Ergothioneine controls mitochondrial function and exercise performance via direct activation of MPST: Cell Metabolism
ERGOTHIONEINE: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews
Ashwagandha Or Lion's Mane | Benefits of Lion's Mane | Grape Tree

Plant-based diets considerably enhance glycemic management, cardiovascular health indicators, inflammatory markers, and quality of life for those with type 2 diabetes, randomized controlled trial finds : science

Eating more fish linked to slower disease progression for multiple sclerosis patients : science

Parenting more children is linked to increased brain connectivity in areas that typically decline with age, suggesting parenthood may help protect against brain aging. The effect was seen in both mothers and fathers, indicating that caregiving experience contributes to these brain benefits. : science

Researchers estimated the lifetimes of of various household appliances owned in Norway between 1940 and 2022. The lifetimes of fridges, freezes, dryers, and dishwashers didn't significantly change, but the lifetimes of washing machines and ovens fell by 8.6 and 9.3 years. : science

Cannabinoid receptors may be why only some people with chronic stress develop anxiety and depression. Scientists injected mice with genes in viruses that doubled the cannabinoid receptors in their brain. Baseline anxiety, and symptoms of anxiety and depression induced by social stress, were reduced. : science

ELI5: If CPR is used to move blood around the body when the heart stops, why only do it at 110 bpm and not as fast as possible in order to create better blood flow? : explainlikeimfive

Narcissists feel ostracized more frequently than their less self-absorbed peers, according to research. This may stem not only from being shunned due to their personalities but from a tendency to misinterpret ambiguous social signals as exclusion. : science



Landlubber77 comments on TIL 35% of whole blood donors become iron-deficient (defined as ferritin levels of below 25 µg/L). Daily iron supplementation (37 mg of iron) for at least 8 weeks after is expected to replenish iron loss from one whole blood donation.

TIL that the Spanish flu epidemic was especially severe in Alaska, causing 51% of all deaths there in 1918-19. It was particularly severe for the natives, which was one reason a diphtheria outbreak there in 1925 was treated as such an emergency : todayilearned

TIL that FDR may have not had polio, but rather Guillain-Barré syndrome. Guillain-Barré was not widely understood as a distinct disease until after FDR's death. : todayilearned


ELI5 Why are there statutes of limitations on some crimes? : explainlikeimfive



I've tried reading Neuromancer twice and couldn't get into it. It's incomprehensible. : books

I haven't read Stephen King in years, but I feel like every time I look up, he has a new book on the bestseller list. Is his new stuff actually worth it, or is he just a churn machine these days? : books

TIL that the current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell Nelson, is over 100 years old. He was appointed in 2018 at age 94. : todayilearned





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Top global persistent methane sources mapped. South Sudan Sudd wetland 4.5 million tonnes per year. Turkmenistan coast oil and gas 3.5. Argentina Ibera wetland 3.3. China Liaoning other anthropogenic sources 2.9. : science


Impact of Political Leaning on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: A Network-Based Multiple Mediation Analysis - PMC Despite controlling for alternative explanations of hesitancy, there was a statistically significant relationship between the percentage of Republican supporters and rates of vaccine hesitancy. The higher the Republican affiliation, the lower the vaccination rates. It is possible that the Republican Party has played an organizing role in encouraging vaccine hesitancy and patient harm.


'A bigger victory for Putin than any military battle': Russia gleeful after Trump-Zelenskyy clash | Volodymyr Zelenskyy : politics
Trump's Dressing Down of Zelensky Plays Into Putin's War Aims : politics
AnthonyAndrews on X: Ivana's FBI files indicate she had a questionable origin story and was working with known stock manipulators and Russian mob. / X
Trump Family Depositions in New York AG Investigation Placed on Hold Due to Ivana Trump's Death

TIL that in 2012 a movie theater in Beirut was raided for homosexual pornography and 36 men were subjected to anal examinations to determine their sexual orientation. : todayilearned


Trump Brings a Day of Historic Shame for the United States : politics
Bullying, berating Trump shows his worst self in Zelenskyy ambush : politics
Zelensky says he doesn't think he did anything wrong after public spat with Trump : politics

News Eye: "NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. "It's time to say it plainly. America's leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn't Zelensky. @kyivindependent.com - Bluesky
George Conway: "When Trump loses the Daily Mail, he's a global pariah" - Bluesky

What Zelenskyy understands about Trump's smarmy lickspittle that too many American elites did not - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Kayfabe for Hitler - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump's Truth Social post a few minutes after he his meeting with Zelensky is definitive proof that the whole Oval Office shouting match was a pre-planned stunt on Trump's and Vance's part: This is exactly what you would expect the president of the United States to say if he were a Russian asset.
How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance : politics

Shapiro releases statement about White House meeting with Ukrainian president : politics

The Observer view on the Trump-Zelenskyy clash: a moment of dark reckoning | Observer editorial : politics

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1101, Part 1 (Thread #1248) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Mar. 1, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

You'd better say Thank you! : PoliticalHumor

Russian forces suffer record vehicle losses in February : worldnews



Political cartoon from today, published in one of Norways largest newspapers : pics
Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine : worldnews


'Not something we would comment on': Buckingham Palace on Trump threats to annex Canada : politics


Governance by Scam - Lawyers, Guns & Money I fully expect this kind of thing to be official U.S. policy by Tuesday: The digital coin was called $Libra, and it had been created 23 minutes earlier. Over the next few hours, thousands of people invested. $Libra's value skyrocketed. Then it swiftly collapsed. The largest stakeholders had sold their coins, leaving almost everyone else with a collective $250 million in losses.

Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops and Stryker combat vehicles to border - The Washington Post Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved orders on Friday to further militarize the U.S. southern border with Mexico, officials said.




The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History : politics
Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States : politics
Trump Melts Down in Deranged Rant During Zelenskiy Meeting : politics
Steven Beschloss: Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away. - Bluesky
MAGA: Make Russia Great Again 🇷🇺 : PoliticalHumor
It was an Ambush: Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy : politics
Schiff: 'I've never felt such shame about American policy' : politics
Brace yourselves: whatever crazy, awful things Trump may have done to date, it's only going to get worse : politics
White House officials blame Zelensky for Oval Office blow up, say he ignored their advice to praise Trump. : worldnews
AlexandruC4 on X: "BREAKING: The White House has announced that there will be no more aid to Ukraine / X
John Hudson on X: The Trump administration is considering ending all ongoing shipments of military aid to Ukraine in response to Zelensky's remarks in the Oval Office on Friday and his perceived intransigence in the peace process, per senior administration official / X

Week 6 - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This is the week when the President of the United States and his bully boys ceased to support democracy against autocracy.
Fash Ivy League Debate Club - Lawyers, Guns & Money JD Vance knew what his job was yesterday - attack Zelenskyy as a stunt to give Senate Republicans a pretext for abandoning Ukraine for Daddy Putin, because both Vance and Trump prefer right-wing authoritarianism to liberal democracy - and he executed it like the Yale debate-me-bro nihilist striver he is:

'Who's that good for?': Maddow connects the dots on Donald Trump's behavior toward Russia : politics

"His people are dying": Trump asks Zelenskyy to be less "negative" about Putin : politics
Is Donald Trump a Russian asset? This US author is completely certain he is. : politics

Trump takes seized boxes back to Florida on Air Force One : politics

Trump's 'bald power grab' could set US on path to dictatorship, critics fear : politics ... Good thing we gave democrats 4 years to let him skate. Democrat voters chose this, too, by supporting "former" segregationist joe Biden to run as a democrat for some reason.

President Trump Embarrassed Himself, the Nation, and Every Thinking Human on Earth. In the Oval Office on Friday, Donald Trump and JD Vance Behaved Like Angry Children. Volodymyr Zelenskyy Acted Like a Man. : politics
Vance lit the fuse, and Trump exploded. Inside the historic Oval Office meltdown that could change the world : politics

Disgust - Lawyers, Guns & Money Imagine aesthetics without disgust for tastelessness and vulgarity; imagine morality without disgust for evil, hypocrisy, stupidity, and cruelty.
Trump's Disgrace: While F.D.R. set a modern standard for the revitalization of a society, Trump seems determined to prove how quickly he can spark its undoing. : politics

George Conway: And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin. - Bluesky
A profile in courage, a narcissist, and a fascist bootlicker walk into a bar... - Lawyers, Guns & Money I am pretty confident that the whole world was just treated to a "readout" of how Putin manipulates the shit out of Trump.

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video) Timothy Snyder - of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence.

Just Two GOP Reps Dare to Publicly Rebuke Trump for Zelensky Meltdown : politics
MTG's Boyfriend Dresses Up as Reporter to Confront Zelensky : politics

Cities of God - Lawyers, Guns & Money Today's events brought to mind something I've been contemplating for some time, which is the decadence and decay and eventual fall of even the greatest nations and empires ... Our country is now explicitly aligned with the worst regimes in the world: with the Russians, and the Chinese; with Hungary and North Korea; with authoritarian imperialism, and ethno-nationalist kleptocracy. All things fall and are built again, says the poet, and perhaps it will be our fate to try to begin to build again, among the ruins of what once was.

What Are Days of Action Supposed to Accomplish? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Donald Trump suffers major legal loss in four states : politics - On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's executive order banning funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth. The order applies to the states of Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and Colorado

Mattis joins ex-Pentagon chiefs in call for hearings on 'wreckless' Trump military firings : politics

The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like : politics

Trump to sign an executive order making English the official U.S. language : politics

Musk's Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn-and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie : politics - MAGA is The United Hates of America

Hegseth threatens unilateral military action in Mexcio - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald the Dove's Secretary of Defense shows off the Non-Interventionist Mindset: Hegseth told the officials that if Mexico didn't deal with the collusion between the country's government and drug cartels, the U.S. military was prepared to take unilateral action,

Musk's AI Finds 'Significant Similarity' Between Trump's Ceasefire Negotiations and Failed Concessions Made to Hitler : politics

Elon Musk says 'I'm not a Nazi' and the online hate he gets in general is 'pretty stressful' : politics


MSNBC Host Reveals 1 Trick World Leaders Keep Using To 'Humiliate' Trump In Public : politics

Trump has suffered a lot of losses in court - Kevin Drum
Kevin Drum - Wikipedia

Anger over brutal Trump-Musk cuts erupts at town halls everywhere : politics ... They aren't the ones with power. It's really only 3 people - Dorkrat, Zuckerbot, and Bezos the human thumb.


Eschaton: Gotta Laugh One reason we are here is because of decades of press coverage praising him and all the other "tech" guys, who are mostly just money guys and hype men, as geniuses.

The Washington Post Is Dying a Death of Despair : politics

Iowa senator condemns GOP in fiery speech over trans civil rights repeal:'Shame on all of you Christians' : politics

Report shows Fetterman has missed the most Senate votes so far this year : politics

RFK measles response under scrutiny as deadly outbreak frightens Texas parents : politics
A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment : politics
RFK Jr. issues rule barring public comment on HHS rulemaking : politics

Social Security Administration to Cut Roughly 7,000 Workers : politics

All the Smartest Guys in One Government - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel, whose proclaimed plans to overhaul the nation's premier law enforcement agency have rattled many within the bureau, has proposed enhancing the FBI's ranks with help from the Ultimate Fighting Championship ... The Manosphere will be the death of all of us.

'Erased generations of talent': US public land stewards decry firings and loss of knowledge : politics ... "It seems like a lot of voters have been fed this idea that they are going to fire the fat cats, the bureaucrats who live on government cheese and never do any real work," said Ben Vizzachero, who lost his position at California's Los Padres national forest last week. "The people they are firing are hardworking everyday folk."

Trump & Moms for Liberty open "snitch line" to report on pro-LGBTQ+ schools. "I believe Hitler had a program like this," said one educator of the new Department of Education tip line. : politics



Trump says paper straws'don't work,' leaving small U.S. manufacturers reeling - The Washington Post The president says paper straws "don't work," setting off a wave of turmoil for small manufacturers around the country.

Email shows that Musk ally is moving to close office behind free tax filing program at IRS : politics


Kansas senator's rural town hall meeting swamped by people mad at Trump administration : politics

February Reading List - Lawyers, Guns & Money Imagine this - back in 2010, you start working on a dissertation that demonstrates how pre-Civil War New Orleans elites not only didn't care if tons of people died of yellow fever but that the survivors actively benefitted from indifference to mass death and they build their slave-based cotton capitalism upon that fact? They blame the deaths on the poor's lifestyle habits, claim they survived because they were better people, and assume that slaves are simply immune to the disease anyway so who really cares what happens to them. Then, as you are finishing it up in 2020, the Covid pandemic happens and the Trump administration doesn't care if tons of people die and justify it based on some kind of lame survival of the fittest rhetoric and that just said it was old people dying anyway and who cares?


A SWAT team raided this innocent family's home. The Supreme Court won't hear their case. : politics


Our favorite Gene Hackman performances, from "French Connection" to "Unforgiven" - The Washington Post From "Bonnie and Clyde" to "The Birdcage," the actor often played gruff characters with a soft inside.

What movie had no business being as good as it was? : AskReddit


Psilocybin increases emotional empathy in depressed individuals, study finds | These improvements lasted for at least two weeks after treatment. : science


ELI5: How does our brain get stimulated from porn videos or literature versus physical stimulation of the genitals? : explainlikeimfive

TIL-1954 US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll, which accidentally becomes the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the US. (March 1st) : todayilearned


Men experience faster Alzheimer's progression after brain amyloid buildup - study found that while Alzheimer's disease is more common in women, men tend to experience a quicker decline in brain health and cognitive abilities once the disease process begins. : science

About two-thirds of Americans are getting too little or too much sleep. People not getting the right amount of sleep -- seven to nine hours a night -- had a 29% increased risk of premature death from any cause, finds new study. : science

TIL people can get stones in your scrotum, just like they can get bladder and kidney stones. They are called "scrotal pearls" or "scrotoliths" and are benign calfications within the scrotal sac. : todayilearned

TIL that the former term for hypersexuality - nymphomania - was only supposed to be applied to women. The equivalent term for men was 'satyriasis'. Like nymphs, satyrs in Greek mythology were nature spirits and were often portrayed with the ears and tail of a horse. : todayilearned

Eschaton: Vitamin A One issue with supplements is people tend to think that if one is good, then two might be better, and Vitamin A is actually a bit dangerous, especially if you started hyperdosing kids.


ELI5: how long does it take for water to reach the bladder and make you want to pee? : explainlikeimfive

TIL that Aspirin can cause Reye's Syndrome to users 18 & under which is a rare disorder that causes brain and liver damage. : todayilearned

Microsoft Outlook, 365'global outage' affects millions : technology

ELI5: What's the point of a Real ID if you already have a Passport? : explainlikeimfive





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Australia criticises Thailand's deportation of Uyghurs to China : worldnews

Biggest city on earth left me speechless… : pics


North Korea refuses to repatriate dead from Ukraine in fear of civil unrest : worldnews

Taiwan Government Changes Stance to Increased Caution as US, Trump Pivot on Ukraine : worldnews

A new study finds 17.4% of urban housing in China is unused, contributing 55.81 million tons of CO₂ annually – 6.9% of residential emissions. : science
Trump's alienation of Europe has China 'delighted,' says former U.S. ambassador : worldnews
China and Russia are 'true friends tempered by fire', Xi Jinping tells Kremlin aide : worldnews



Moscow asks for direct flights to resume between Russia and the US : worldnews

'Doing Our Job For Us': Russian State Media Rejoice at Trump's Putin Embrace - The Moscow Times : worldnews
Russia Is Already Celebrating Trump's Horrific Meeting With Zelenskiy : politics


PM Modi likely to visit Russia to attend 80th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War : worldnews
57 labourers trapped due to avalanche in India : worldnews

Taliban says 'misunderstanding' led to arrest of British couple in Afghanistan : worldnews

Congo mystery disease "investigation deepens" as deadly, unidentified illness spreads, WHO says : worldnews

Saudi border forces accused of killing 'hundreds of Ethiopian migrants' : worldnews

Arab countries will give Trump a plan for Gaza 'within weeks,' Jordanian official sources say : worldnews


British academic David Miller detained under Terrorism Act after reporting from Lebanon : worldnews

BBC apologises for 'serious flaws' over Gaza documentary : worldnews

'Bibas family not murdered, Hamas has legitimate cause,' claims Rima Hassan : worldnews - Strangling with bare hands. The more you read about it, the more inhumane it is.

Today's "meeting" in a nutshell. : pics -
What are your thoughts on the Donald trump Zelenskyy conference just now? : AskReddit
Zelenskyy telling trump europe spend more than USA : pics
Trump Berated For 'World War III' Warning During Heated Argument With Zelensky: 'Straight Up Kremlin Propaganda' : politics
Moment Zelensky walks out of White House as press conference is cancelled : politics
It Was an Ambush : politics This whole thing was a setup so Trump can abandon Ukraine to his sugardaddy Putin.
Secretary of State Rubio looking uncomfortable during the Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy spat. : pics
Trump may halt all military aid to Ukraine, administration official tells The Post : worldnews
Bullying, berating Trump shows his worst self in Zelenskyy ambush : worldnews
Zelensky thanks US after tense meeting with Trump : worldnews
Tears and shock in Ukraine and Europe after heated Zelensky-Trump meeting : worldnews
'Free world needs a new leader': Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack : worldnews
Europe rallies around Zelensky after disastrous White House meeting : worldnews
Trump's "disaster" meeting with Zelensky stuns Republican hawks : worldnews
Donald Trump says Zelenskyy must make 'compromises' with Russia. Zelenskyy responds "No compromises with a killer" : worldnews
Zelensky stresses Ukraine won't pay '10 cents' to US in revised natural resources deal : worldnews
President Trump accuses Zelensky of not being ready for peace : worldnews
Trump and Zelenskiy shouting match leaves Ukraine exposed in war with Russia : worldnews - Zelenskyy didn't shout and showed restraint. Trump and Vance did shout and became erratically emotional showing incredible weakness.
Fact check: 33 times Zelensky thanked Americans and US leaders : politics
Karl Rove: Putin wins in Trump-Zelensky dispute : worldnews
Medvedev cheers Trump for Zelensky's 'proper slap down' in Oval Office : worldnews
A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business : worldnews
European leaders show support for Ukraine after Oval Office talks explode : worldnews
Zelenskyy leaves White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blowup : worldnews
State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration : worldnews

Donate to Ukraine's defenders

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1100, Part 1 (Thread #1247) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X
Russia's vehicle fleet is so depleted they are widely using donkeys to resupply troops. : worldnews


Danish grocery chain to distinguish European from US goods : worldnews



Far right gets shut out as Austrian government forms : worldnews


Hundreds of thousands protest across Greece over deadly train crash : worldnews

Macron says Ukraine is an 'existential' fight for Europe as he makes two-day state visit to Portugal : worldnews



Greenland elections hit by misinformation campaign, Danish intelligence warns : worldnews

Google removing 'state' designation from Canadian government buildings. No word from Microsoft : worldnews
Canada races to revive Commonwealth ties with its U.S. relationship on shaky ground : worldnews
Ontario reports 84 new measles cases, nearly doubling count : worldnews




Rare seven-planet parade will be visible from the sky - The Washington Post The planetary alignment will be visible Friday night, but not all of them can be seen by the naked eye.

Trump supporters lose $12bn as president's cryptocurrency coin collapses : news

Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: 'Putin is on the inside now' : worldnews
Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning : worldnews

US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say : worldnews

Trumps terrible attempt at hiding his balding : pics

U.S. Mint takes Jan. 6 coin honoring officers who protected the Capitol off its website : politics

A movement is calling for an'economic blackout' on Friday, February 28th. : politics

Why Aren't We in the Streets? : politics

GOP Blocks Sanders Attempt to Pass $2,400 Increase in Social Security Benefits : politics
Sanders steps back into role as anti-oligarch crusader : politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells NPR: 'Everything feels increasingly like a scam' : politics
AOC: Pharma Reforms Had Almost Unanimous House Support -- Until Elon Musk Tweeted : politics

Trump is the most unpopular president in more than 70 years. Sorry, MAGA. | Opinion : politics

Harsh findings on Trump's aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog |Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released in fear of Trump's wrath, official says : politics

How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy : politics

Trump no longer needs MAGA voters, so he's gutting Medicaid and laying off veterans | Opinion : politics

Who's the boss in Washington? An unelected, chaotic billionaire thinks he is : politics

'He's Full Of S**t': Pediatrician In Congress Blames RFK Jr. For Child's Death From Measles : politics

Donald Trump Named in Jeffrey Epstein Flight Logs Released by His Own Attorney General : politics
Conspiracy Theorists Melt Down Over White House's Dud 'Epstein Files' Stunt : politics
MAGA Supporters Turn on Trump Admin for 'Poorly Handled' Epstein File Release: 'We Voted for Better' : politics
House Republicans Share 'Epstein Files' Link That Redirects to Famous Rick Roll Troll Song : politics
GOP Rick-Rolls People Looking for Epstein Files. You Read That Right. : politics

Opinion | The story behind the rightward shift of young men - The Washington Post The idea that MAGA-enthused bros swung the young male vote doesn't really capture what happened ... The problem for Democrats, then, was probably less that White dudes have been listening to Joe Rogan than it was Black and Hispanic voters have not been voting like their parents

Tesla stock sinks even further by 26% in wake of Elon Musk's 'Nazi' salute at Trump rally : politics

Hot mic catches Trump urging Fox News reporter to say Cabinet meeting was 'unbelievable' : politics

Mass firings across NOAA and National Weather Service ignite fury among scientists worldwide : politics
NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers : politics
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts : politics

Make Ebola great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money At today's cabinet meeting, the president conceded that he and his incel army had made a few oopsies, but the problems have been corrected: ... Yet current and former USAID officials said that Musk was wrong: USAID's Ebola prevention efforts have been largely halted since Musk and his DOGE allies moved last month to gut the global-assistance agency and freeze its outgoing paymen

Transgender US military personnel must be identified and stood down, says Pentagon memo : news

Navy Secretary Nominee, a Trump Donor with No Military Experience, Glides Through Confirmation Hearing : politics

Senate Dems warn of precedent set by Trump 'power grab' : politics

Former defense chiefs call for congressional hearings on Trump's firing of senior military leaders : politics
Federal Judge Rules Trump Mass Firing Order Was 'Illegal' and 'Should Be Stopped' | The Office of Personnel Management "does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency," wrote Judge William Alsup. : politics

Judge orders Trump officials to sit for depositions in lawsuit over DOGE access to federal databases : politics

Mike Johnson claims 'paid protesters' are disrupting GOP town halls - then backtracks when asked for proof : politics


The Trump Admin Thinks Affordable Fiber Broadband Is 'Woke' : technology

Iowa transgender erasure act is about fear, not protecting women : politics

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World : worldnews
Vaccination rates are declining. They might get worse as states relax rules. | More states are loosening vaccine mandates and scaling back campaigns to get people immunized. : politics

The SAVE Act Would Force Many Rural Americans To Drive Hours To Register To Vote : politics

Citibank collaborating with Trump administration's attempt to use knowingly baseless criminal charges to illegally claw back already disbursed funds - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's always instructive who is willing to go along with the flagrantly illegal actions of the Trump administration's political employees and who isn't:

A Handy Chart For Supporters of Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The importance of Trump's fake moderation - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Should these marginal voters have known he was lying? I suppose. But personally I'm much more inclined to blame all of the well-compensated reporters who repeated Trump's lies at face value or with "brilliant gambit, sir" horse race meta-coverage:
Brief Thoughts on the Thing - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is at least one more post than the subject requires, but I do diverge a bit from both Cheryl and Scott on the Ryleigh Cooper question.


The Party of Rural America: Life Expectancy in West Virginia is way too high - Lawyers, Guns & Money Krugman observes that the Republican war on Medicaid will be particularly devastating to the rural states that overwhelmingly support Trump: West Virginia is a very red state; Donald Trump received more than two thirds of its votes last year. That West Virginia and states like it will continue to support Republicans even if these savage cuts go through will make quadruple-bank-shot arguments about how rural Republican support is ACTUALLY about material interests even harder to sustain, not that people won't continue to try.


Singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens calls off Kennedy Center show, citing Trump takeover : politics


Army Deleting Online Content Related to Women, Minorities Using Key Words Like 'Respect' and 'Dignity' : politics

Dying in Darkness: Jeff Bezos Turns Out the Lights in the Washington Post's Opinion Section : politics


Texas lawmakers rally around Black official after intense DEI interrogation : politics

US Police Killed Someone Every 6.5 Hours on Average in 2024 : politics ... with Black and Indigenous people disproportionately targeted.


TechBro Apocalyptic Fantasy Hour - Lawyers, Guns & Money Large corporations are shopping for underground bunkers that can survive a nuclear blast to protect their data centers and C-suite employees as geopolitical tensions rise. The first adopters are primarily cryptocurrency firms, companies that build the facilities told Semafor ... Got to keep that C-suite alive when the zombies come!


The Cuddled Little Vice - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's been six weeks since Vulture‘s gut-wrenching report on the sexual assault accusations against Neil Gaiman, which expanded on allegations raised last summer ... In a landscape where the question of how (and whether) to separate the art from the artist often seems to be raised as little more than a cudgel with which to beat on others who don't share your opinion, it's an intelligent, thought-provoking attempt at an answer.
The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman) – Eruditorum Press
Neil Gaiman Situation Explained - YouTube


LGM Film Club, Part 495: Exiled - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Goodbye, Dawn - Lawyers, Guns & Money Michelle Trachtenberg has passed. For a particular generation of television fans she will forever be Dawn, Buffy's younger sister/magical macguffin on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

In your opinion, which movie villain received the most satisfying justice by the end of the movie? : movies

School board fires cafeteria worker who collected donations to pay for student lunches : news

TIL in 2005, three lions rescued a girl of 12 kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and protecting her until she was rescued by Ethiopian police. : todayilearned

Associative learning. Research found that primary school children outperform all other age groups in the ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences. : science

Some women develop romantic feelings for fictional "bad boys" with stereotypical masculine traits like dominance, aggression, and emotional stoicism. Women who approach love in a playful and uncommitted way, and with a strong desire for excitement and new experiences, were more likely to do this. : science

TIL that George Washington ordered smallpox inoculation for all troops during the American Revolution. "we have more to dread from it than from the sword of the enemy." : todayilearned


Antarctica cruise scams travelers out of tens of thousands dollars. : videos

Quantum fractal patterns visualized | EurekAlert!
Quantum fractal patterns visualized (Hofstadter's butterfly) : science

Dads taking more leave after their child's birth were 31% more likely to have moms breastfeed longer. Study adds to evidence linking fathers' leave with family benefits. 'In medical training, no one talked about involving dads'. : science

ELI5 How can voltage be negative? : explainlikeimfive

"Nothing is what we thought" – The James Webb Telescope Confirms There Was an Error in the Way We Viewed the Universe : technology - Could it be that the Universe expands at different speeds depending on the method with which it is measured?

TIL for several decades shoe shops used to take x-rays of people's feet in order to make their shoes fit better. : todayilearned

What is your favorite religion created by an author specifically for one of their own works of fiction? (Quotes, but no plot spoilers) : books

What's the weirdest, most unexplainable thing that has ever happened to you? : AskReddit

Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge : technology

Skype to ring for last time in May as Microsoft confirms shutting it down - Technology News | The Financial Express : worldnews

A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom : technology




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Australian politician Fatima Payman apologises for saying Iran is a place where women's 'voices are heard' : worldnews

Thai PM says human rights principles must be followed, amid concern over fate of Uyghurs : worldnews

Myanmar scam centres: Thousands who have been freed are now stuck in camps : worldnews

Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low : worldnews


Trump Declines to Say If US Would Protect Taiwan From Invasion : worldnews

'China is the real winner': President Trump's reversal in Ukraine aids Beijing, Western officials say : worldnews
China's Xi affirms 'no limits' partnership with Putin in call on Ukraine war anniversary : worldnews



Institute for the Study of War on X: Lavrov's and other Kremlin officials' continued rejections of a ceasefire and other terms that Trump and European leaders have identified as necessary to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine demonstrate that Putin remains uninterested in meaningful negotiations and assesses that he can achieve his war objectives militarily in the medium- to long-term. / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: Putin extends his open looting of the country, finding reasons to "nationalize" private companies all over Russia. Just some of Putin's recent seizures. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: "General Staff reports strikes on airfields in Crimea and oil refineries in Russia Ukrainian forces struck Russian military airfields and an oil refinery that exports 90% of its products and also supplies the Russian army / X


Bibas family tells Netanyahu to 'shut up,' as he details the murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir : worldnews


Trump considered canceling Zelensky's visit, changed his mind after meeting Macron, TV channel reports : worldnews
Trump on calling Zelensky a dictator: 'Did I say that? I can't believe I said that.' : worldnews
Exclusive: The full text of the US-Ukraine mineral deal
MAKS 24 on X: he cost of US aid to Ukraine is half the official estimates, - EFU The actual cost of US military aid to Ukraine is $18.3 billion instead of the more than $60 billion announced in Washington. The main reason for the disagreement is the inflated estimate of old American" / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1099, Part 1 (Thread #1246) : worldnews
Ministry of Defence on X: Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 27 February 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https://t.co/qtJvb0qwQu #StandWithUkraine / X
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 27, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Russia spends almost $1 billion per day of war in Ukraine, - Budanov He noted that 41% of the aggressor country's budget goes to defense. At the same time, he added that in order to implement this budget, Russia has curtailed almost all social programs. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Since 2014, Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. They were deported or forcibly displaced by the Russians. Russia is essentially stealing Ukrainian future. About 600,000 children live in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: Russians are no longer able to attack as they once were, with assaults now at their lowest in 3 months, down 67% since December high. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Ukraine is jamming Russian glide bombs across the front. Russian KABs and UMPKs rely on GLONASS, Russia's GPS equivalent, and require a stable satellite signal for accurate strikes. However, Ukrainian electronic warfare systems are disrupting these signals, causing the bombs / X


Global democracy score hits historic low: report : worldnews
Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them : worldnews


Daractenus on X: The Romanian Senate has now passed the law allowing the Romanian Armed Forces to shoot down Russian drones violating Romanian airspace. The law should reach be reaching the Romanian President shortly and come into full effect in the coming days. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on 26 Feb. that NATO membership remains the most effective security framework for Ukraine's future / X

Geneva researchers discover warning signs of chemotherapy resistance : worldnews

Merz makes surprise trip to Paris for talks with Macron : worldnews


High-level EU-US diplomatic talks are called off as transatlantic tensions rise : worldnews

Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the US as officials meet with Trump team : worldnews

Anti-Trump sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada's Liberals : worldnews
Supreme Court of Canada says it is moving away from social-media platform X : technology
Canada looks to shift intelligence sharing from U.S. as Washington diverges on foreign affairs : worldnews
White House official threatens to redraw Canadian border : worldnews
Tariff uncertainty is part of Trump's overall strategy to destabilize Canada, BC to diversify from US regardess says BC Premier David Eby : worldnews




Vladimir Putin's Investment in Donald Trump Pays Off Bigly: After secretly helping Trump's last three presidential campaigns, Russia is getting its money's worth from him. : politics

'Trump Gaza' video shared by president originated from pro-Israel accounts that have embraced AI : technology

Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegally : news

Senate Democrat: Musk, Trump 'proving every single day they do not know what they are doing' : politics

Official Installed by Trump Moves to 'Demolish' Social Security Administration : politics
Social Security Administration could cut up to 50% of its workforce : politics

Elon Musk hold first Cabinet meeting while Trump dozed off. : PoliticalHumor
Trump's First Cabinet meeting: At least 16 lies. : politics
Why did Elon Musk take center stage at a White House Cabinet meeting? | The first Cabinet meeting of Donald Trump's first term was ridiculous. The first Cabinet meeting of his second term, however, was worse. : politics
Tristan Snell: "The Nodfather, Part III Just when we thought he was out, they pull him back in. So he can fall asleep while his sugar daddy runs the country." - Bluesky Just when we thought he was out, they pull him back in. So he can fall asleep while his sugar daddy runs the country.

Musk brings fingers together in meeting for the millionth time to create a sense of intelligence : pics


Donald Trump tells Apple to "get rid" of diversity programs after shareholders back them | "DEI was a hoax that has been very bad for our country" : technology



Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool : news
NSA staff accused of 'sex chats' - they were just discussing LGBTQ+ issues


Donald Trump's approval rating with Black people is disastrous : politics


Secret Service agent, Dan Bongino guarding Hillary Clinton : pics
Yashar Ali : The Deputy Director of the FBI - Bluesky
Dan Bongino made his name in podcasting, with plenty to say about the FBI | AP News


Forest Service chief resigns, tells Wyoming, national workforce to brace for 'unsettling' times : politics

'Against everything this country stands for': ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe takes his local anti-Maga protest national : politics
Is MAGA a Nazi movement? - by Jaxon Reid - The Hero Call The Unsettling Similarities Between MAGA and Nazi Germany - Jaxon Reid


RFK Dismisses Measles Outbreak That Killed Kid as No Biggie : politics - The first child death from measles in 15 years is not considered unusual by the Secretary of Health.
RFK Jr. states that measles outbreaks are "common" after first death since 2015. : pics
RFK Jr. Has Horrific Response to Measles Death : politics
Measles case confirmed in Kentucky : news
Two deaths now reported in Texas measles outbreak. : news

Linda McMahon's Only Qualification as Education Secretary Is a History of Spreading Hate : politics


Julie Zebrak: I logged onto LinkedIn today expecting to see my feed filled with outrage from the lawyer connections I have – most of whom are former federal government attorneys who now work outside the federal government in private practice or in the private sector. Per a Tuesday Executive Order, /1 - Bluesky


Neo-Nazi rally spurs armed watch by Black Lincoln Heights, Ohio, residents - The Washington Post Residents of Lincoln Heights, Ohio, are guarding their streets with rifles after criticizing the police response to a neo-Nazi rally.

Judge blocks Trump-ordered transfer of transgender women inmates to male prisons : politics


Andrew Tate 'Not Welcome' in Florida, Ron DeSantis Says : politics

Fascism Came to Idaho-and Hundreds of People Just Sat and Watched


What's the worst thing a coworker got fired for where you work? : AskReddit

Why do Boomers keep voting against affordable healthcare? : AdviceAnimals

ELI5: how did the Great Depression happen? : explainlikeimfive


Meta fires 20 employees for leaking : technology

Starlink poised to takeover $2.4 billion contract to overhaul air traffic control communication | The contract had already been awarded to Verizon, but now a SpaceX-led team within the FAA is reportedly recommending it go to Starlink. : technology

Trump's big Epstein release was all old documents-and far-right influencers who hyped it are getting flamed : politics

MAGA Loses It as DOGE Staffer Identities Revealed : politics

Thousands Of Tesla Cybertrucks Gather Dust, Even With $6,000 Discount : technology

Acyn: Jarvis: And as you said, it's his paper. He owns it. He can drive it in the ground, which he's doing, having lost 300,000 subscribers" - Bluesky


The Onion: Tenth Circle Added To Rapidly Growing Hell theonion.com/tenth-c.. - Bluesky

Nasal Spray Shows Preclinical Promise for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury : science

Violence alters human genes for generations - Grandchildren of women pregnant during Syrian war who never experienced violence themselves bear marks of it in their genomes. This offers first human evidence previously documented only in animals: Genetic transmission of stress across generations. : science

Schizophrenia is reflected in the brain structure : science
Genetic risk of schizophrenia affects men and women differently. Research found in men, genetic risk of schizophrenia was specifically associated with the positive dimension of schizotypy, which includes aspects such as bizarre beliefs and unusual perceptual experiences : science

Teachers are increasingly worried about the effect of misogynistic influencers, such as Andrew Tate or the incel movement, on their students. 90% of secondary and 68% of primary school teachers reported feeling their schools would benefit from teaching materials to address this kind of behaviour. : science

Why does risk of Down's syndrome increase with increasing maternal age? : askscience

ELI5: Since there are colors outside of the spectrum of human perception would an object that is entirely one of those colors be invisible to a human? : explainlikeimfive

We cheat ourselves to feel smarter and healthier, study finds | Research shows that individuals deceive themselves into believing they are genuinely improving, even when their progress is built on dishonesty. : science

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells alive, according to a new study published in Nature : science

ELI5: How are number of days per month originally setup? : explainlikeimfive

Drainage layers in plant pots really do reduce water retention, putting end to decades of mythbusting myths : science

Why Shakespeare was a genius : videos
Coriolanus (film) - Wikipedia

What's a Movie So Good It'll Make anyone Question their Entire Existence? : AskReddit

TIL John Lennon hated the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da calling it more of Paul's 'granny music shit'. When George Martin offered McCartney, a perfectionist, vocal tips, McCartney responded, "Well you come down and sing it," causing Martin to get really upset. The recording engineer quit next day. : todayilearned

Instagram users report a flood of graphic and violent content : news

Daughter indicted for allegedly killing mother with morphine in Evans : news

Racists broke into a black family's apartment ransacked and it left threatening messages : pics


ELI5: When you have a fever, why do you feel cold, and not hot? : explainlikeimfive

What's a family secret that was revealed by a family dna history website? : AskReddit

What unspoken, universal rule do all men seem to understand? : AskReddit

What is the most fucked up thing a person you know has done? : AskReddit

WINDOWS HANDWRITING APPS, i tested all of them : Surface

ELI5: Why does Windows increase volume by 2 instead of 1? : explainlikeimfive

What are some college degrees that people pursue despite it being useless in the current market? : AskReddit

What Was A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius? Dave Eggers wrote a remarkable memoir, but its afterlife was even more extraordinary. : books

TIL longer passwords are considered more secure than more complex passwords. A password of length 20 using only letters and numbers is much more secure than a password of length 15 that uses letters, numbers, and symbols : todayilearned

What's your irrational fear? : AskReddit

121 Broadway - soon to be the tallest building in Cambridge : boston

Help understanding the vote to not audit the legislature : CambridgeMA

American Airlines flight from Boston aborts landing at D.C. airport to avoid departing plane : boston

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos-One Click Stops It : technology

Reddit co-founder says Meta's end to third-party fact-checking is 'very pragmatic' : technoloy




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Taiwan dispatches military to counter surprise Chinese 'live-fire' drills : worldnews


Iran accelerates production of near weapons-grade uranium amid rising tensions with US : worldnews
Israel seen as likely to attack Iran by midyear, Washington Post reports | Reuters


Saudi Arabia, UAE demand Hamas disarmament; Egypt, Qatar oppose : worldnews

Trump Says Ukraine Should 'Forget' NATO Ambitions Ahead of Zelensky Meeting : worldnews
Fact check: Zelenskyy hasn't banned Trump's Truth Social platform : politics
Russia's IRA is thriving on right-wing apps like Gab and Truth Social, study finds

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1098, Part 1 (Thread #1245) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 26, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/Q83qXECjN2" / X

State of emergency declared after blackout plunges most of Chile into darkness : worldnews

After trade dispute, Mexico officially bans the planting of GM corn : worldnews

Supreme Court of Canada says it is moving away from social-media platform X : worldnews




GwenieThinks 🤔: "Many ancient cultures believed that a blood moon was an omen of death, the overthrow of a king, or an attack on the king -- Bluesky

The Sellout of Ukraine Is One of the Most Disgraceful U.S. Foreign Policy Episodes In Decades : politics ... Elon's personal wealth has increased just since the 2024 election by more money than the US has spent on Ukraine in the past 4 years.

Mass consumer 'economic blackout' planned for Feb. 28 : politics

Trump's aluminum tariffs could cost 100,000 American jobs, US industry leader warns : politics

Was 40-year-old Trump recruited by the KGB? : politics
Trump says Russian oligarchs could be eligible for $5 million US 'gold card' : politics
Trump: 'I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people' : worldnews

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett: "This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m..." -- Bluesky

Eric Feigl-Ding: "BREAKING-RFK Jr's FDA suddenly cancels meeting to update next season's flu vaccines, with zero explanations. Any delays will jeopardize next year's vaccine supply chain. God help us all." -- Bluesky
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

Joyce White Vance: "This is evil. Pure evil." -- Bluesky

"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power : politics

White House says it will decide which news outlets cover Trump : politics

Donald Trump's Revenge Tour Is In Full Swing: The president is using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents, threaten federal investigations and ban media organizations. : politics

The anti-Trump resistance begins to wake in earnest : politics

Judge indefinitely blocks Trump's plan to freeze federal aid : politics
'I can't get a straight answer from you': Judge loses patience with Trump admin lawyer for repeatedly ignoring court order unfreezing USAID funds, issues harsh evidentiary demands : politics

House GOP adopts Trump budget after topsy-turvy night : politics

Trump Posts Deranged AI Video of His Vision for 'Trump Gaza' : politics
Trump posts disturbing "what's next for Gaza" video, even upsetting his own Truth Social followers : politics
And that's the way it is, February 26, 2025 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald Trump shocks with bizarre Instagram video of his vision for Gaza : politics

Bluesky Deletes AI Protest Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes, Calls It 'Non-Consensual Explicit Material' : politics

The post-policy era? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Looking at those healthcare numbers, it seems very likely that Trump's political future plays out differently if John McCain doesn't vote against ACA repeal. The 2019 nostalgia that was so critical to Trump winning would have been a lot harder to pull off if what a lot of people remembered about 2019 was chaos in the healthcare market.

We Will Never Do Anything About Climate Change - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... I mean, sure, this is only the greatest crisis in the entire history of humanity with a nonzero chance of eventually leading to a mass extinction event, but what about the quarterly report?
Bezos Goes Gilded Age - Lawyers, Guns & Money
It's the oligarchy, stupid. - Robert Reich
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News: "Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many."-- Bluesky
Jeff Bezos is muzzling the Washington Post's opinion section. That's a death knell | Margaret Sullivan | The Guardian
Billionaire Class Interest - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Democrats Who Suck - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some of our electeds are up to the challenge of Trump. Many are not. One of them who really sucks and has for a long time is Stephen Lynch, the long-time congressman who represents South Boston and regions south toward Rhode Island.

Elon Musk Throws X Tantrum After Judges Defy President Trump's Orders | The billionaire accused the judiciary of "overriding" the people's will in a series of posts on X. : politics

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites : politics

Elon Musk says failure to respond to email a second time will end in termination : politics
DOGE Secretly Changes Its Website After Being Caught in Huge Lies : politics
DOGE Staffers Resign After Being Asked To Dismantle 'Critical Public Services' : politics
Elon Musk's Cruel Cuts Expose What MAGA Really Thinks of Veterans : politics
House Democrat introduces bill to reinstate veterans fired from the federal government under Trump : politics
Nearly 40 percent of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings : politics
Musk's Attempt to Overhaul FAA Reveals Shocking Lack of Air Travel Knowledge : politics
71 percent of Trump voters oppose Medicaid cuts : politics

Musk: we must suspend the Constitution because it does not allow me to be the CEO of the United States - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Elon is asserting that judges should be impeached for ruling that he and his also unelected battalion of white nationalist incels do not have the power to do things they do not in fact have the power to do, and that's not all ... a flat-out suspension of the rule of law because its stands in the way of his plan to illegally destroy the administrative state and to take healthcare away from as many people as possible.

DOJ Demands Safe Space After Mean Judge Lady Made Them Sad With All Those Hard Questions : politics

Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund : politics
Patagonia CEO speaks out against Trump plan to sell public lands to highest bidders : politics

Democratic congressman punished for calling Trump 'grifter in chief' : politics

Border Patrol Agents Board Bus Carrying New Mexico Students to Swim Meet : news


The first Cabinet meeting of the second Trump administration : pics

Trump claims European Union was formed to "screw" the US : worldnews
Merkel Had to Explain Trade to Trump 11 Times - Business Insider

VA fires 1,400 workers in second round of cuts : politics - Just found the stat: 61% of vets voted Trump and 37% voted for Harris

'Showing You Exactly Who They're Working For,' GOP Votes to Gut Medicaid for Tax Cuts | "House Republicans have ignored the demands of their constituents and instead chosen to side with their billionaire donors." : politics
House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts : politics

I guess the honeymoon is over - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's probably not a good sign for your "have an asshole plutocrat illegally break the government" agenda when you need a SWAT team to face your constituents

Author of "How to Fight Anti-Semitism" publishes defense of public Nazi salutes - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... I wanted in particular to emphasize the irritating "maybe there are some bad elements on the right nowadays, but WOKENESS made us do it" move that is the bratwurst and sauerkraut of people who write for the Bari Press:

Security Firm Loses License After Woman Dragged Out of Idaho Town Hall : politics

Pete Hegseth Snaps at Reporter Asking About 'Underqualified' Military Chief : politics

RFK Jr. targets childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back : politics ... Brainworm Jr. the smack monkey goes after medicine prescribed by actual doctors that has documented benefits--America is worse than Idiocracy now


Oops! Trump Accidentally Fired FDA Medical Device Reviewers : politics


Rachel Maddow staff to be let go as part of MSNBC overhaul | leading network star criticizes management for decision to cancel shows hosted by non-white anchors : news

Republican cites Bible to defend hitting disabled students : politics


Marjorie Taylor Greene says federal workers 'do not deserve their paychecks' : politics

Nine US states now have measures to try to overturn equal marriage : politics ... Michigan, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas

Utah Bill would allow Utah doctors to refuse care based on 'moral, ethical, religious' objections. : politics


High Court finds Roger Waters has defamed 'The Dark Side Of Roger Waters' documentary director : Music

What makes a woman attractive? : AskReddit

SWAT team raided the wrong Denver apartment and traumatized two young girls, lawsuit says : news

What's something you see many people do, that you'll never do? : AskReddit

At what moment did you realize you were over your ex? : AskReddit


Serious mental illness common in chronic kidney disease. Patients with chronic kidney disease are 56 percent more likely to suffer from serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression compared to the general population. : science

Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate - Earth's plants and soils reached peak carbon dioxide sequestration in 2008 but proportion absorbed has been declining since, study finds. Passing this tipping point increases the chances of runaway climate breakdown. : science

TIL that human body temperature has declined in the past century. : todayilearned

TIL that because nicotine has an affinity for melanin-containing tissues, skin colour has a direct biological impact on one's ability to quit smoking. : todayilearned

Female physicians in the U.S. are 53% more likely to die by suicide than other females. Male physicians, however, have a lower suicide rate than other males. : science

Helium in the Earth's core | Researchers have discovered helium, typically considered chemically inert, can bond with iron under high-pressure conditions. Earth's core may contain substantial amounts of helium, challenging existing theories about the planet's internal structure and history. : science


What's the strangest thing that has happened to you, that to this day you still can't explain? : AskReddit

Eli5: how can a computer be completely unresponsive but somehow Ctrl+alt+del still goes through? : explainlikeimfive




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Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance : worldnews

North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world's biggest ever heist : worldnews
North Koreans forced to work on Chinese ships 'without touching land for 10 years' : worldnews

Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed ship after subsea cable cut : worldnews
A new stage of Russian hybrid warfare - YouTube


Putin says he and Trump have not discussed ending the Ukraine war in detail : worldnews

Anton Gerashchenko on X: "Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region. Russian assaultmen from the so-called "crutch battalions" - one occupier walks with two sticks, while the other crawls on all fours. / X

OSINTtechnical on X: Earlier today in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukrainian forces conducted a long-range heavy drone bomber mission, successfully destroying a rare Russian 9А83М TELAR from an S-300V4 theater SAM system. The drone then quietly landed nearby, watching the Russian SAM system burn. / X


UK to suspend bilateral aid to Rwanda over Congo conflict : worldnews
Mystery illness in Congo kills more than 50 people, including children who ate a bat : news


Israeli warplanes conduct airstrikes south of Syria's capital, Damascus : worldnews


Hamas plants bombs and cameras in northern Gaza : worldnews


US joins Russia, North Korea and Belarus at UN in refusing to vote against Putin for Ukraine war : worldnews
Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit US for 'very big deal' – DW : worldnews
Ukraine defies trump & votes Zelensky to remain president under martial law : worldnews Zelensky: Ukraine will not admit debt to the US of either $500 billion or $100 billion : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1097, Part 1 (Thread #1244) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 25, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Ukraine needs $524 billion to recover, rebuild after three years of war, World Bank says : worldnews
Economic value of US aid to Ukraine is twice lower than official estimates : worldnews

Countries tell Ukraine 'you are not alone' after UN adopts neutral stance on war : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: The US will supply weapons to Ukraine until 2026, thanks to contracts that Biden administration concluded with US defense companies before he left the presidency, - WSJ" / X


MAKS 24 on X: Ukraine likely to join EU in 2027, - Norwegian PM ❗️"Europe cannot just raise its hand and say: here we are, give us a place at the negotiating table, because the American president can say: why are you needed here, what can you bring here. That is why Europe and Ukraine" / X

KyivPost on X: "France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen OPPOSE transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, fearing they will lose "leverage" over Russia - Politico Europe holds €200 billion in frozen Russian assets / X

Swiss army and intelligence chiefs have resigned : worldnews

France to offer nuclear shield to Europe : worldnews

It's time to seize Russian assets, not just freeze them, says UK's Lammy : worldnews
Seen in London : pics

Spanish city "adopts" two migrants who intervened in homophobic attack : worldnews



TIL in 2006 thieves in Buenos Aires tunneled underneath a bank & entered its vault. After a 7-hour standoff with 23 hostages, authorities entered to find $20m missing, a row of toy guns, & a note that said "In a neighborhood of rich people, without weapons or grudges, it's just money, not love." : todayilearned


As Trump Ups The Ante, White House Official Suggests Kicking Canada Out Of Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance - News18 : worldnews
Navarro dismisses report that he wants Canada ousted from Five Eyes : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: Canada imposes new sanctions on Russia. 76 individuals & entities linked to Russia's military-industrial complex, deportation of Ukrainian children, propaganda operations, top officials, and oligarchs close to Putin are now sanctioned / X
More than 230,000 Canadians call for Musk's citizenship to be revoked : worldnews




US aligns with Russia in UN vote on Ukraine : news
US opposed Ukraine's UN resolution to avoid antagonizing Russia, Rubio says : worldnews
Putin offers to sell minerals to Trump, including from Russian-occupied Ukraine : worldnews
Vladimir Putin Dumps Cold Water on Trump's Bragging About Ukraine : worldnews
Trump administration 'insisted' Israel vote against Ukraine at U.N. : worldnews

A new MAGA hat : pics

French President Emmanuel Macron fact checks US President Donald Trump. : pics
Ukraine support after 3 years of war: Aid flows remain low but steady - Shift towards weapons procurement | Kiel Institute
Macron interrupts Trump to correct him on European assistance to Ukraine : worldnews
Trump pouts while Macron corrects Trump's previous declarations, in the Oval Office. Feb. 24, 2025 : pics

Trump, 78, Shows Mysterious Large Bruise on Hand : politics

Trump says he will hit Canada & Mexico with 25% tariff next week after month-long pause : worldnews

Trump admin deported fewer people than it fired in first month : politics

Musk - who is not a secretary - will attend the first Trump cabinet meeting, White House says : politics

A new MAGA hat : pics

Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse : politics
Trump administration backs off requiring response to 'What did you do last week?' email : technology
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings : politics
Trump's Angry DOGE Defense Backfires at Presser as More Bad Polls Hit : politics
Judge: US gov't violated privacy law by disclosing personal data to DOGE | Disclosure of personal information to DOGE "is irreparable harm," judge rules. : technology
Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse : politics
Federal workers sue Musk over demand they justify their jobs : news
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email : technology
Elon Musk Faces Massive Lawsuit After Menacing Email Ultimatum: Elon Musk sent an email to every federal worker asking them to explain their accomplishments. He got sued instead. : politics
Doge is Working On Software that Automates the Firing of Government Workers : technology
Tesla's market cap sinks below $1 trillion as stock slumps more than 9% : politics
Tristan Snell: "Tesla's shareholders just lost another $38,640,000,000 today - a total $TSLA loss of $600 billion since December. Tesla's CEO was not in the office. In literally any other public company ever, this would be the point where the CEO gets fired." -- Bluesky
Amy Siskind: "I love this for him! $TSLA down another 5% today, plowed through $300 and just keeps plunging. I might be enjoying my schadenfreude a bit too much. But maybe not. -- Bluesky

Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not. : politics


Bolton: Trump's 'mind is full of mush' : politics

America first crowd, how do yall feel about a South African man firing American workers? : AskReddit
A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal : news

Oregon Tesla Showroom Shot Up Weeks After Arson Attack on Same Store: Police : news


All 50 States Have Now Introduced Right to Repair Legislation : technology


Krasnov - King of Lies : pics


US Rep. Jasmine Crockett praised as'national hero' after 2-word response to Elon Musk question : politics

Two days after a woman was dragged from a Coeur d'Alene town hall, Sheriff Bob Norris and other parties will face investigation into conduct : politics


Idaho CEO resigns following controversy over giving "Nazi salute" at corporate event : news


Philadelphia Eagles' Reported White House Snub Sparks MAGA Anger : politics

Ohio university displays 'biological' sex bathroom signs in wake of new state law : news

Apple shareholders just rejected a proposal to end DEI efforts : technology

Joann to shutter all 800 fabric stores after failing to find a buyer to save its locations : news

TIL that all 7,000 corporate employees at Costco's headquarters are assigned cubicles. The CEO's cubicle is slightly larger than the others. : todayilearned


TIL Marie Curie had an affair with an already married physicist. Letters from the affair leaked causing public outrage. The Nobel Committee pressured her to not attend her 2nd Nobel Prize ceremony. Einstein told Marie to ignore the haters, and she attended the ceremony to claim her prize. : todayilearned


Childhood trauma increases incidence of heart disease in Black women, Emory study finds : science

Every hour children spend on screens raises chance of myopia, study finds - The results, largely based on data from children, adolescents and young adults, reveal that an additional hour of daily screen time is, on average, associated with 21% higher odds of having myopia. : science

What did your therapist tell you that flipped the switch in your brain for the better? : AskReddit

Study reveals the behaviors that fuel mutual disliking in children. Emotionally struggling students were 35% more likely to develop enemies, showing that how we manage emotions and interact with others early on can have lasting social and emotional effects. : science

Birth control pill may curb women's competitive drive | While natural fluctuations in fertility across the menstrual cycle do not appear to influence a woman's competitive motivation or actions, the use of hormonal contraceptives is associated with a reduced interest in competition. : science

Antidepressants linked to faster cognitive decline in dementia | Patients with dementia treated with antidepressants experienced an increased cognitive decline compared to patients who did not receive medication. : science

Researchers Discover 16 New Alzheimer's Disease Susceptibility Genes : science

Research reveals that 10- to 11-year-olds who engage heavily with social media, video games, texting, and videos show a greater risk of symptoms such as inflated self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, rapid speech, racing thoughts, - behaviors characteristic of manic episodes, : science

What have you been genetically blessed with, and nerfed with? : AskReddit

Harsh parenting in childhood linked to dark personality traits in adulthood | The findings indicate that experiencing harsh parenting, particularly psychological aggression and severe physical assault, during childhood is associated with a higher likelihood of exhibiting traits from the Dark Tetrad. : science

Ancient Beaches Found on Mars Reveal The Red Planet Once Had Oceans : science

AskScience AMA Series: I am a theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Maryland. My research uses general relativity and astroparticle physics to explore relativistic jet emission theory from supermassive black holes. Ask me about black holes! : askscience

Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies mid-flight : news



A new Android feature is scanning your photos for 'sensitive content' - how to stop it : technology


WTFHappenedin1971.com : gifs

ELI5: Why do GPU's need thousands of cores to get by nowadays, but CPUs can excel with just 8? : explainlikeimfive


Booker Prize nominees are mostly under-200-page novels : books

What's a subtle sign that someone is secretly going through a really hard time, but most people wouldn't notice? : AskReddit

What is the creepiest thing that ever happened to you but never told anyone? : AskReddit

What's something you want sexually but would never do in person? : AskReddit

Tony Hawk wishes Kurt Cobain could meet their shared grandson : Music

Couple forced to sit next to dead body on plane for 4 hours after woman dies mid-flight : news






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'Extremely capable' weapons on Chinese warships off Australia's east coast, NZ government says | New Zealand | The Guardian : worldnews
National MP Andrew Bayly resigns over 'inappropriate' incident with a staff member : newzealand
Prime Minister says he won't comment on details of Commerce minister Andrew Bayly's resignation : newzealand
Warning of deadly snakes on rise after rains in Central Australia : worldnews

Nutritionist finds list of issues after visiting Auckland schools delivering lunch programme : newzealand

'White genocide' claimed by Elon Musk is imaginary, says South African court : worldnews

Shariah court in Indonesia sentences 2 men to up to 85 lashes for having gay sex : worldnews


49 schools in South Korea to shut down amid declining population: Education ministry data : worldnews


Chinese rivals to Musk's Starlink accelerate race to dominate satellite internet : worldnews



NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "❗️According to Russian media, the EU has disconnected 13 Russian banks from SWIFT in the latest sanctions package and banned 8 Russian media outlets from broadcasting in Europe. New restrictions have also been imposed on supplying Russia with software, equipment, and technology / X

MAKS 24 on X: Ryazan refinery halts operations after drone attack, - Reuters. ❗️The attack reportedly caused a fire at the main crude distillation unit CDU-6. The plant has completely halted oil processing, but may partially resume operations within days. / X

Institute for the Study of War on X: "Russia appears to be relying more on Iran and North Korea to support its war in Ukraine. Russian forces continue to execute Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in clear violation of international law / X


Getting Out Of Hand: American Airlines Flight Diverts After Bomb Threat On Board : worldnews
Kerala, India: Teenager alleges rape over five years by 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives, strangers | CNN
11 dead as India struggles with creeping paralysis outbreak linked to contaminated water : worldnews


Children of UK couple detained in Afghanistan appeal to Taliban for their release : worldnews


IDF strikes in Lebanon, says it targeted Hezbollah rocket launchers and weapons : worldnews

Israeli jets that killed Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah fly over stadium holding his funeral : worldnews


Netanyahu says Israel won't allow Syrian forces 'south of Damascus' : worldnews

What You Need to Know About Israel's Humanitarian Aid To Gaza | AJC

Israel offered Mahmoud Abbas 94% of West Bank in 2008, former PM Ehud Olmert reveals : worldnews

Rocket launched from Gaza falls in Strip, IDF says : worldnews

Senior Hamas official: I wouldn't have backed Oct. 7 attack if I knew the outcome for Gaza : worldnews

Israeli tanks move into the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002 amid growing crackdown : worldnews



Zelensky wants peace 'this year' on third anniversary of Russian invasion : worldnews
Three years on, Ukraine's extinction nightmare has returned : worldnews - In private, European politicians and diplomats recognise that, with Joe Biden, they gave Ukraine enough military and financial support not to lose to Russia, but never enough to win.
With Zelenskyy offering his resignation up in exchange for NATO membership and drawing the line in this stance, what do you think his fate will be? : AskReddit
Zelensky sent Trump list of all 'ceasefires' violated by Russia : worldnews
Zelensky hails Ukraine's 'absolute heroism' on third anniversary of Russia's invasion : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1096, Part 1 (Thread #1243) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Ukraine has become the world's #1 producer of drones - Defense Minister Umerov These drones allow AFU to compensate for the advantage that Russia has over them in artillery. Long-range drones can reach a distance of 1700 km away. Ukraine domestically procures 96% of the drones used on the battlefield. / X
MAKS 24 on X: We are already striking 1,700 km deep into Russia. And this distance is constantly increasing, - Syrskyi ❗️The situation with weapons and military equipment remains difficult, - Syrskyi - 96% of drones are produced or purchased in Ukraine, - Umerov / X


Europe says it is ready to back EU membership for Ukraine : worldnews
The Ukrainian Review on X: We must ensure that Ukraine has the strongest possible position at the negotiating table. The ultimate goal should be its accession to NATO," - Petr Pavel / X


How do you feel about germanys election results? : AskReddit ... It's not about today. It's about next election 2029. If the new coalition won't deal with the issues why AFD got so big then AFD will win 2029.
Germany's New Leader Wants Absolutely Nothing to Do With Trump : politics undefined
Germany's Friedrich Merz signals seismic shift in Europe-US relations : worldnews
Merz says he will find a way for Netanyahu to visit Germany without being arrested : worldnews
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: "❗️In 2025, Germany will transfer 370 thousand artillery shells to Ukraine / X

Device explodes at Russian consulate in Marseille, France : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat on X: The Government of Ireland is to donate a substantial portion of Ireland's ageing air defence systems to protect towns and small cities in Ukraine. Giraffe Mark IV radar systems will be transferred to the Ukrainian armed forces Ireland possesses seven of the Giraffe systems. / X

Britain's net zero economy is booming, CBI says : worldnews
Keir Starmer warns 'Europe will be next' if Ukraine falls to Russia : worldnews
NEXTA on X: BREAKING: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a record £4.5 billion ($5.6 billion) in military aid to Ukraine Britain also introduced its largest sanctions package yet, targeting Russian and Chinese companies linked to the war. / X
Ministry of Defence on X: On this third anniversary of Putin's full-scale invasion, the UK is committed to ensuring that Ukraine is in the best position to secure a just and lasting peace. Here's a summary of our military support / X



Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear : worldnews

Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated : worldnews

More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk's citizenship | Parliamentary petition launched due to billionaire's link to Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to conquer Canada : politics .. Born in South Africa and owning US companies including electric vehicle-maker Tesla, aerospace company SpaceX and the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Musk has Canadian citizenship through his mother: model and dietitian Maye Musk, who is from Saskatchewan's capital, Regina.
Sending Canadian troops to Ukraine 'on the table' under possible peace deal: Trudeau : worldnews
Trump says he will hit Canada with 25% tariff next week after month-long pause : worldnews
Angry Google Maps users report Canada's provincial parks mislabelled as 'state' parks : worldnews




A gift any Russian leader could only dream of is in Putin's grasp - a NATO without US military support : politics
Unhinged and Hallucinating - Lawyers, Guns & Money
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war : worldnews
Give it up DougJ - Lawyers, Guns & Money
As President Trump's Lawyers - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Faytuks News on X: "Some interesting observations: US voted against with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and Israel. Serbia voted in favour." / X US voted against with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and Israel. Serbia voted in favour.
UN adopts Ukraine's resolution condemning Russia's invasion : politics
UN rejects US resolution that urges an end to the Ukraine war without noting Russian aggression : politics

Putin's man in DC votes against boilerplate condemnation of unprovoked invasion - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Banana Republic Foreign Policy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump, Putin and Musk all share a leadership style -- we've figured out what it is : politics
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: "❗️Trump Refuses to Call Putin a Dictator "I Don't Use Those Words Lightly" / X
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X:After the war, responsibility for Ukraine's security will be placed on European countries, Trump said / X

Trump's attempts to denigrate Zelenskyy have led to a surge in Ukrainian unity : politics

Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico 'will go forward' : politics

The "Daddy" Party Is Scaring the Hell Out of the Family : politics

Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp' : politics
We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to 'contain' people of color and immigrants : politics

Trump, DOGE work to shutter CFPB, an agency created in response to the 2008 financial crisis : politics
Trump is selling 'official' DOGE membership in exchange for donations : politics

Trump Makes Stunning Admission as He Rages About Michael Wolff Book : politics - The book, All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, written by Michael Wolff
Donald Trump & Tim O'Brien -- A Courtroom Story | National Review

'We Are So Effed': Trump's Bonkers FBI Announcement Has Critics Asking WTF?! : politics

The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave : politics
Musk unilaterally shutters USAID - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'Cried About Trump,' 'Cried About Elon': Trump Taunts Federal Workers With 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Meme : politics
Federal workers sue over Elon Musk's threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishments : politics

Fiasco for Musk as Trump Officials Openly Defy Him amid New GOP Panic : politics

Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump's FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals : politics
Trump names right-wing commentator Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director : politics
New FBI Deputy Director Is 'Significant Shareholder' In Right-Wing Video Platform : politics
Trump nominates the Glenn Greenwald of Joe Rogans to be Deputy Director of the FBI - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'A true free-speech emergency': alarm over Trump's 'chilling' attacks on media : politics

'The President is neither a King nor a dictator': Maine Governor Mills defends state's transgender policies amid Trump investigation : politics
Trump Wants to Be President for Life-and He's Already Preparing for It : politics

We led the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force. Trump's military purge is dangerous : politics

Supreme Court rejects challenges to abortion clinic 'buffer zone' laws that restrict protesters : politics


Blue states fear invasion by red-state National Guard troops for deportations: Washington state Democrats back a bill to keep other states' units out. : politics

Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money : politics

No compassion - Lawyers, Guns & Money What's the appropriate attitude to take toward people like this Virginia couple? ... We are a nation of childish idiots.

Local News and the Growing Resistance - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some good points here at this here substack about how the real media coverage of people standing up to Trump is happening at the local level:
Local news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge fallout

Ex-NFL punter arrested after calling MAGA a 'Nazi movement' at a City Council meeting in Calif. | Former Minnesota Vikings player Chris Kluwe was carried out in handcuffs after protesting a pro-Trump plaque. : politics
Chris Kluwe (@chriswarcraft.bsky.social) - Bluesky

Update on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed : politics
Trump, DOGE work to shutter CFPB, an agency created in response to the 2008 financial crisis : politics
Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene : politics

'You people are next': Woman who threatened 'evil' health insurance company has charges dropped : politics
Florida woman charged for threatening health insurance company: 'Delay, deny, depose' - ABC News - Boston's words and the casings both hew closely to the title of a 2010 book: "Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It." ... Following the investigation, Boston was charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism and booked at a jail in Polk County, according to police.
A woman made a vague threat to a healthcare company -- does she really deserve up to 15 years in prison? | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

'We're clearly heading towards collapse': why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang : politics


Online scams may already be as big a scourge as illegal drugs : worldnews



Minnesota grad student expelled for allegedly using AI is suing school : technology ... Yang said he did use ChatGPT to write the lawsuit filings.



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,827 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Charles Henry Foster.
Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,486 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Margaret and Catherine Fox ,., This was the period of the Second Great Awakening.

Roberta Flack, RIP - Lawyers, Guns & Money

On the lighter side: Rock stars and death - Lawyers, Guns & Money





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Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown : worldnews

Japan's emperor marks 65th birthday with a call to keep telling the tragedy of WWII : worldnews


Institute for the Study of War on X: "NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified a campaign to prevent the emergence of an independent veterans-based civil society in Russia, likely out of fear that veteran groups could threaten the stability of his regime upon their return from Ukraine. The Kremlin seeks to silence voices capable of meaningfully objecting to the continuation of Russia's aggression in Ukraine or questioning Russian government decisions. / X


British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan : worldnews


Israel PM Demands Complete Demilitarisation Of Southern Syria : worldnews


Israeli jets fly over Beirut during Nasrallah funeral as hundreds of thousands attend : worldnews


Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners : news

IDF tanks poised for first West Bank operation in 20 years : worldnews

Terrorist behind deadly bombing falls to his death a week after release under Gaza deal : worldnews


Zelenskyy says he's willing to give up presidency for peace in Ukraine or NATO membership : worldnews
Witkoff declines to blame Russia for starting war in Ukraine : worldnews
Special envoy Witkoff declines to blame Russia for starting war in Ukraine - POLITICO The Trump-appointed special envoy called Ukraine's ambitions to join NATO "a threat to the Russians."

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1095, Part 1 (Thread #1242) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 23, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters : worldnews
Musk denies US threat to cut Starlink over Ukraine minerals deal : worldnews

Russia launches largest drone attack since start of full-scale invasion : worldnews

Ukraine's military spy chief says N. Korea provides 50% of Russia's ammunition : worldnews

Jason Jay Smart on X: Over 90,000 cases of rape and sexual abuse by Russian soldiers have been reported since February 2022. Victims are often elderly women & young children. Captured Russians admit they target them because they don't run as fast. / X

WarTranslated on X: "Looks like the Russians got a "cutting-edge combat tech" upgrade from Shoigu. Now, Russian army personnel will roll out to storm Ukrainian positions on hoverboards. Apparently, donkeys didn't prove too effective in combat conditions. /X

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "The war could end in 2025 as Russia needs a pause due to lack of forces and high financial costs, – GUR chief Budanov said. I have seen their strategic planning until 2045: if it does not get out of the conflict by 2026, then in the coming years it will lose its chances of becoming a superpower, he added. / X
WarMonitor on X: 85 percent of destroyed Russian armed forces equipment and personnel is by Ukrainian munition drones- The head of Ukrainian special intelligence service. Drone warfare has arrived a new era has begun. / X

Swiss army open to peacekeeping role on the Ukrainian-Russian border : worldnews



EU considers confiscating part of Russia's frozen $280 billion, Bloomberg reports : worldnews

Ukraine is too powerful to be sold out, Polish official says : worldnews


Germany's Conservatives Win Election: TV Exit Polls : worldnews
Germany's election winner Merz: Europe Must Reach Defence 'Independence' Of US : worldnews
Merz claims victory for German conservatives and the far right heads for strongest postwar result : worldnews
Election of the Day: Germany - Lawyers, Guns & Money
German election: Exit polls say CDU/CSU leads with 29% : worldnews ... A far right party has not been anywhere near this popular in Germany since WW2
Friedrich Merz on track to be Europe's most powerful leader as America turns its back : worldnews
Elon Musk Boosts Germany's Far-Right AfD Party Again Ahead Of Sunday's Election : worldnews
Elon Musk's Bid to Propel Germany's Far-Right Party to Victory Has Failed | The AfD party scored historic numbers, but won't be a part of government. : politics

France prepares for largest child abuse trial in its history : worldnews

UK to announce new sanctions on Russia : worldnews
Starmer says UK won't cave to 'threats and tyranny' as PM warns bad Ukraine deal would be a 'disaster for everyone' : worldnews
Nearly 50 percent of Britons favor supporting Ukraine over US : worldnews
US Congress sounds the alarm over China's proposed 600,000 square-foot 'mega-embassy' in London in rare intervention : worldnews undefined


As Trump complains about Canada, data shows most crime guns seized in GTA come from U.S. : worldnews




Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People - The New York Times Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state ... 90 cases of measles, with at least 77 of them being children. Sixteen people have been hospitalized, the department said ... Gaines County had one of the highest exemption rates in the state last year, with more than 13 percent of K-12 students exempted from receiving the vaccine ... when more than 95 percent of people in a community have been vaccinated, most people will be protected through immunity ... There were 285 total cases in the United States across more than 30 states in 2024 ... National vaccination rates for measles had already been declining since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, and sat at less than 93 percent last year.>

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Trump risks ICC arrest warrant being issued for him, says human rights lawyer : politics

Pentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week, says DOD | After the first round of firings, the Defense Department will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to 8%, an official said. : politics

Justice Department shuts down federal law enforcement misconduct tracker : politics

With Pentagon purge, Trump thrusts military into uncharted territory - The abrupt removal of six top officers has deepened concern among the president's critics, who fear he intends to impose his political will on the nonpartisan institution. : politics

A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power : politics

Trump Envoy Can't Name a Single Concession Russia Will Make in Peace Deal : worldnews
Trump is 'surrendering to the Russians,' Democratic Sen. Jack Reed says : politics
Donald Trump a de facto Russian asset, FBI official he fired suggests : politics
'Trump Recruited as Moscow Asset,' Says Ex-KGB Spy Chief : politics
Is Agent Krasnov God's imperfect vessel? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Opinion | I'm a former U.S. intelligence officer. Trump's Ukraine betrayal will have terrible consequences. : politics
The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine : politics

Trump's Commerce Secretary Confirms Plan to Gut Medicare -- and More : politics

Donald Trump's golfing tab in first month of second term: You won't believe how much he spent : politics ... Trump spent over a hundred American livelihoods to go golfing. (in one month)

Trump team reportedly unaware Patel "had it in him" : PoliticalHumor

Eschaton: The Paper Of Record The NYT is always sanding off the worst bits, while giving themselves just enough plausible deniability. Hegseth just said (wrote) out loud what is basic elite discourse thinking at the moment.

Border Patrol ditching body cameras: Report : politics

Musk says federal employees must explain their work or lose jobs : politics
Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation If They Don't Respond to an Email : politics
DOJ Heads Tell Staff Not to Reply to Musk Demand for Job Details : politics
Patel tells FBI staff to ignore Musk's email as signs of power struggle emerges : politics
Stories of Quality Engineering - Lawyers, Guns & Money I'm sure glad the asshole in charge of this truck is in charge of the government.
DOGE: destroying the administrative state for trivial savings with Enron-caliber bookkeeping - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Elon Musk at CPAC 2025: a transcript | The Verge

DOGE Staffer Known as 'Big Balls' Reportedly the Grandkid of a KGB Spy : technology

FDA scientists told 'woman' and 'disabled' are on Trump's banned word list : politics ... also "elderly" - a lot of data regarding diseases had to be removed from websites due to these banned words

The DOGE Project Will Backfire - The Atlantic Trump's war on public employees is bad for all of us.

Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behind.

Why wouldn't the government not save more money by increasing tax by 2% for the richest 1% citizens than cutting millions of jobs? : AskReddit

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | "It's like there's only one person who is actually able to sidestep the demoralization and frustration," said one observer. : politics
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy : politics
Bernie Sanders Warns Iowa City About Rise Of Oligarchy Power In The United States - YouTube

Kamala Harris Electrifies Audience at NAACP Image Awards in First TV Appearance Since Leaving Office | "Our power has never come from having an easy path," said the former VP while accepting the prestigious Chairman's Award. : politics

Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump : politics

Democrats lack a message and a messenger : politics

Democratic Party Leaders Are Asleep at the Wheel : politics

Trump's Agenda Is Starting to Worry Voters : politics
Republicans silent after Trump reportedly slashes funds for Alzheimer's center : politics

'The Bigotry Is Astounding' Engineers Waste Time and Money Scanning .Gov Sites for 'Transgender' and Other Terms : politics

Many Americans don't trust the media to cover Trump: Survey : politics

Ex-NFL punter arrested after calling MAGA a'Nazi movement' at a City Council meeting in Calif. : politics

Attendee dragged out of Kootenai County Republican townhall : politics
Attendee dragged out of Kootenai County Republican townhall | Spokane News | khq.com
Sheriff Robert Norris attempts to drag one of his constituents out of a public town hall meeting, and threatens to pepper spray her if she does not comply. He claimed he wasn't acting in his official capacity, but he was wearing a sheriff's hat and his badge on his belt : PublicFreakout

Trump will create 520,000 more illegal immigrants by undoing Haitians' protected status. The move effectively retcons J.D. Vance's claim that legal Haitian immigrants were actually here illegally. : politics
JD Vance admits he is willing to 'create stories' to get media attention | US elections 2024 | The Guardian Republican vice-presidential candidate defends spreading false, racist claims demonizing Haitian immigrants

An appropriate response to the Free Speech administration sending threatening letters in response to criticism of de facto president - Lawyers, Guns & Money Donald Trump's Department of Justice has sent a threatening letter to Representative Robert Garcia after the California Democrat mocked Elon Musk last wee

Missouri Farmer in Danger of Losing His Farm Due to Federal Freeze Blasted for Claiming He 'Didn't Have Time to Research' Before Voting : politics

Alarm as bird flu now 'endemic in cows' while Trump cuts staff and funding : news

Kennedy Center Ticket Sales Have Dropped 50% Since Trump Takeover : politics

Kentucky death toll rises to 21 as Gov. Beshear announces disaster declaration : news

Photos: 'Distress flag' protests Yosemite cuts as crowds view firefall
Yosemite National Park workers hang upside down American flag, as sign of national threat, distress : pics

Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash | After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump's term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country. : politics

James Carville predicts Trump, GOP are in 'midst of a collapse' - and gives them 4 to 6 weeks to fully implode : politics
James Carville Makes Bold Prediction About When Trump's White House Will 'Collapse' : politics

Mark Cuban: Democrats Are Too Inept to Exploit Trump's Chaos : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,826 - Lawyers, Guns & Money Johnny Ramone is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California. Or maybe he isn't.


TIL weeks before Marlon Brando's death, three newcomers gained control of his estate. They reclaimed assets promised to friends, sold his island, commercialized his image, and shut down fan run pages. Under their care his eldest son had even couldn't afford the funeral. : todayilearned

Las Vegas woman allegedly drugged, fleeced older men she met on dating apps : news

'Everybody is looking at their phones,' says man freed after 30 years in prison. : technology


Why is it so hard to fight viruses ? : askscience

Adolescents who spend more than three hours a day engaged in sedentary behaviors - including playing video games, reading for leisure or spending a lot of time distracted by screens - have a higher risk of facing psychological distress in the future : science

Scientists developed new blood test for pancreatic cancer that has up to 85% accuracy in detection, even in early stages. Pancreatic cancer doesn't have many obvious symptoms in its early stages, so it's rarely diagnosed until it has spread to other organs. It has a 5-year survival rate of just 13%. : science

How do vaginas acquire their microflora? : askscience

Rolling back on climate actions may spell rise in preventable illness – study. Countries that weaken or stop their net zero and climate actions may be consigning their populations to decades of preventable illness. Net zero policies would result in fewer deaths saving UK billions, say researchers. : science

World's first nailable solar shingle offers 23% more power : technology

All generic drugs are not equal, study finds | Generics made in India have more'severe adverse events' : worldnews

Broccoli sprout compound can help fend off type 2 diabetes - A new study found that one of the vegetable's standout compounds, the antioxidant sulforaphane, also improved blood sugar levels in people with prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes (T2D). : science

Single-session therapy can improve mental health outcomes. Research found that 83% reported positive effects from SSIs for one or more of the following outcomes: anxiety, depression, externalizing problems, eating problems, substance use, and treatment engagement or uptake. : science

New neuroscience research sheds light on how anxiety affects children's emotional processing : science

Angrier men perceived as less intelligent by women | The research suggests that men who exhibit higher levels of anger are viewed as less intelligent by their female partners, and this perception contributes to lower satisfaction within the relationship for both partners. : science



TIL in the 52 BCE Battle of Alesia, Julius Caesar's troops built 25 miles of earthen walls in a few weeks, including spiked trenches, hidden pits, water-filled moats, wooden walls, stakes with iron hooks, and hundreds of lookout towers. The Gauls lost 290,000 troops, to Caesar's 12,800 casualties. : todayilearned



What's the greatest riff of all time in your opinion? : Music

ELI5: Why do we cry when we are sad? : explainlikeimfive

What do you think about the new "Reddit answers" feature? : AskReddit

Is this the new "Surface Pro"? - "The Best Device We've Ever Reviewed" - Asus Flow Z13 : Surface





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Crew on New Zealand navy ship saw indications of possible live fire from Chinese military vessel in the Tasman Sea - reports : worldnews

TIL that in South Korea there are shamans who worship US General Douglas MacArthur. They will sometimes Don sunglasses and a pipe while claiming to be possessed by his spirit. : todayilearned


New coronavirus with potential to cause pandemic discovered in China : worldnews

Leaked Russian military database reveals injuries of 166,000 soldiers : worldnews

WarTranslated on X: "Drones from the Ukrainian Security Service successfully disabled the "Novovelychkovskaya" oil pumping station in Kuban, a critical facility for oil transportation in the region. The drone strike specifically targeted the 110/35/10 kV substation that supplies power to the pumping station. / X


Islamic militants behead 70 Christians in a Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo : worldnews

Children as young as four among victims of gang-rape and ethnic cleansing in war-torn Sudan : worldnews


Turkey Is Supplying 33 Million Lbs. of Eggs to the U.S. amid Shortage Due to Bird Flu Outbreak : worldnews


Missing body of Shiri Bibas is major Gaza ceasefire violation, Israel says : worldnews
Hamas says it is 'surprised by uproar' regarding Shiri Bibas, will carry out own investigation : worldnews


Russia wants to declare 'victory' on Feb. 24, Ukrainian intel says : worldnews
John Jackson on X: "Unexpected and very fiery pro-Ukraine speech by Senator Tillis in the Senate on Wednesday, specifically mentioning Trump, drawing a contrast in their positions. He just got back from Ukraine. This is a positive, Trump needs the Senate to pass his budget: / X
Trump admits Russia attacked Ukraine : worldnews
Marlene Robertson on X: Trump ~ “Zelensky shouldn't have started the war with Russia. / X
US Reportedly Halts Weapon Sales to Ukraine : worldnews
MAKS 24 on X: The US is demanding half of the revenues from ports and other infrastructure as part of a new proposal for a deal with Ukraine on minerals, - New York Times" / X
'It's blackmail': Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1093, Part 1 (Thread #1240) : worldnews
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1094, Part 1 (Thread #1241) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 21, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Europe did more than the US - EU defense commissioner pushes back against Trump accusations : worldnews
Sweden investigates suspected sabotage of Baltic Sea telecoms cable : worldnews

NATO to reportedly extend jet fuel pipeline to Czechia, Poland in case of war with Russia : worldnews

Trump "not well informed" about Ukraine war, Dutch Defense Min. says : worldnews

Pope Francis isn't out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, medical team says : worldnews

Vance floats US troop withdrawal from Germany over free-speech concerns : worldnews

Macron's message to Trump: 'You can't be weak in the face of Putin' : worldnews




Justice Department broadens Jan. 6 pardons to cover gun, drug-related charges : politics
83 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's Jan. 6 pardons: Poll : politics
At the dark end of the democratic street - Lawyers, Guns & Money The curated 538 polling average of Trump's approval numbers since the beginning of the Biden presidency shows that Trump's disapproval/approval numbers are better now -- indeed much better -- than they were over the previous four years.

Donald Trump polling worse on the economy than any recent president : politics
Stocks Notch Worst Week Since Trump's Inauguration : politics

'Very, Very Bad': Ex-Government Economist Makes Bleakest Trump Prediction : politics

Trump Now Has His Election-Denial Dream Team Patel, Bondi, and Vance have helped Trump lie about 2020 and still refuse to concede he lost. That makes them a threat in 2028.

'We Are Seeing Complete Destruction': The Damage Done by the U.S.A.I.D. Freeze : politics

Trump shakes up Pentagon, firing top general, nominating retired three-star : politics
The One Where They Purged the Senior Military Leadership - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dan Caine, Trump's Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks - The New York Times The general made an impression in 2018 when he said, according to the president, that the Islamic State could be defeated in a week.

Week 5 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

FBI managers told 1,500 staff and agents to be moved from headquarters : politics

Republican senators break away from Trump after controversial Ukraine post : politics

Musk vows to 'fix' X after polls show high support for Ukraine's Zelenskyy : worldnews
Elon Musk Says He'll 'Fix' Community Notes on X After It Disagreed With Him : technology
Musk trying to buy Wisconsin judicial election to strangle its restoration of democratic elections - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Elon Musk ready to fire any federal worker who didn't get enough done last week - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Elon Musk is still trying to get a Delaware court to approve a $100 billion -- that's billion, not million - compensation package for what he does at Tesla, which appears to be quite literally "nothing."

The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection system, run out of CDC, "designed to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, to monitor changes in health status, and to measure progress towards goals in improving the health of mothers and infants,"

Donald Trump Called 'Megalomaniac' By Angry Locals at Republican Town Hall : politics

Trump reportedly plans to take control of US Postal Service in step towards privatization : politics

AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech : news

Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In : politics

DOJ Accuses Judge of 'Misconduct' During Trans Military Ban Case : politics

Elon Musk's 'Cringe AF' CPAC Stunt Is Mercilessly Mocked Online : politics

US Justice Department cuts database tracking federal police misconduct : technology

Federal government launches investigation into Maine hours after Democratic governor stood up to Trump's 'bullying' : politics

"It's not being looked at as a crazy thing": Emboldened Republicans renew push to restrict divorce : politics
Conservatives push to overturn same-sex marriage: "Just a matter of when" : politics

Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds : politics



Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing her response to Palisades wildfire : news


Meta approves bonuses of up to 200% of company executives' salaries as it trims stock awards for employees : technology


How'Based' Is Grok 3? + Robinhood C.E.O. Vlad Tenev on Markets for Everything + Vibecoding 101 - The New York Times

Bybit Hit by Crypto's Worst Hack With Almost $1.5 Billion Stolen : news

Sheriff puts 7 deputies on leave, saying 3 killings stemmed from 'piss poor' domestic violence probe : news

Court room sketch shenanigans : pics

Hospital official says gunman killed after shots were fired at a Pennsylvania hospital : news


CEO of Clearview AI, the startup that scraped billions of online face images, resigns : technology


Algorithms are breaking how we think (Technology Connections) : videos


Moderate Saturated Fat intake (<40 g/day) may have a protective effect against colorectal and colon cancer. : science

Ab initio quantum many-body description of superconducting trends in the cuprates : science

Mindfulness training may help with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, study finds | Additionally, anxiety and depression symptoms improved in this group. : science

"Bad trips" and guilt: Why difficult feelings during psychedelic use might actually be a good thing | Study indicates that how well individuals process these difficult emotions, rather than the intensity of the feelings themselves, is linked to their wellbeing in the weeks following the experience. : science

Research has found that people who strive for dominance, whether in personal or professional life, are more confident in their decision-making but are no more accurate in their choices than those of a lower social status. : science

The historically large gender gap in total housework time narrowed further this century, from a women-to-men ratio of 1.8:1 in 2003–2005 to 1.6:1 in 2022–2023. : science

Exciting Breakthrough: Repurposing an FDA-Approved Drug to Target Cancer Stem Cells in Breast Cancer : science


What do you think about a Reddit wide ban on X links? : AskReddit

What has been proven incorrect, but people still believe is true? : AskReddit

What's a red flag in a job interview that makes you immediately want to leave? : AskReddit

What's the best movie scene based on getting revenge? : AskReddit

What Is Your Favorite Movie Scene of All Time? : AskReddit

What is your family's darkest secret? Was there a deathbed confession ? : AskReddit

What is the most horrific reddit post you have ever seen? : AskReddit

What genuinely the craziest shit you've seen posted on Reddit? : AskReddit



Nazis headed to Government Center : boston
Nazis on the common : boston
Nazis in Boston Common : massachusetts




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TIL that in 2002, Saddam Hussein won a referendum on his presidency with 100% of the vote. This narrowly beat the previous referendum in which he won 99.9% : todayilearned


Trump's Eruption of Rage at Zelensky Forces GOP into Inane Contortions : politics
World leaders head to Ukraine as Trump cozies up to Putin : worldnews

Moscow demanded NATO withdrawal from eastern Europe during US-Russia talks, FT reports : worldnews

Pope Francis is improving slightly, has no fever, Vatican says : worldnews

Macron is considering increasing France's military spending from 2.1% to 5% of GDP : worldnews

Sir Keir Starmer to defy Donald Trump with new aid for Ukraine : worldnews


Mexico to reform constitution in wake of US terrorism designations : worldnews

Caribbean leader tells EU chief: Apologise and pay reparations for slavery : news

New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an enemy country : worldnews




FBI Says Backup Now-Confirms Dangerous Attacks Underway : technology

An Ex-KGB Agent Says Trump Was a Russian Asset Since 1987. Does It Matter? : politics
Magic Disappearing DB Story About Spy Chief Allegations Trump Recruited as a Russian Asset in 1987.
Trump may visit Moscow on May 9 for meeting with Putin : worldnews
Trump Acknowledges Russia 'Attacked' Ukraine But Defends Putin : worldnews
Trump to abandon Russia war crimes prosecution : worldnews

Trump Blows Up After Onslaught of Devastating Polls - Donald Trump is losing it after a series of polls this week found his approval rate is quickly plummeting. : politics
Trump Blows Up After Onslaught of Devastating Polls - Donald Trump is losing it after a series of polls this week found his approval rate is quickly plummeting. : politics

Trump reveals he has removed the Resolute Desk used by Biden and Obama from the Oval Office : politics ... Crafted from the once-abandoned British arctic exploration ship the HMS Resolute and gifted to President Rutherford Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880, the Resolute Desk has been used by almost every U.S. leader in West Wing ... bar Georgie H.W. Bush,

President Trump on his 4th straight day of golfing after going on tirade against remote workers. : pics
Trump Golf Track

The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug : politics
DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency : technology

Trump Kicks Off Legal Chaos by Revealing Elon Musk Actually Runs DOGE : politics
Elon Musk's private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service : news
Working toward the Elon - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Elon Musk : pics
'Deadbeat dad': Elon Musk under fire for apparently ignoring pleas from Grimes to help his sick child, choosing instead to wave a chainsaw on stage at CPAC : politics

Trump official calls Social Security'wrong' as administration lays groundwork for massive cuts : politics

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board : politics

Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations : news

Haley admonishes Trump for Ukraine stance: 'Exactly what Putin wants' : politics

Tom Homan's obsession with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a political miscalculation : politics

The Great Seal of Virginia. : pics

Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters : politics ... Kentucky voted for this. Florida voted for this. The leopards will need Ozempic.

Even For This Administration, Cuts to Alzheimer's Research Seemed Inconceivable : politics

'It took the Nazis one month': Pritzker compares Trump's policies to 1930s Germany : politics

'Third Term Project' sticker handed out at CPAC today in DC by 'Republicans for National Renewal' : pics

A CDC vaccine committee meeting, the first of Kennedy's tenure at HHS, has been postponed : politics


Musk Blows Up at Astronaut for Calling Out His Space Station Lie : politics
Elon Musk's Dad Has Secret Second Kid with Stepdaughter The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce, Errol said
Tesla Sales Are Tanking Across The World : technology - DOGE = Dimwit Oligarch Grifter and Extortionist = Destruction Of Government by Elon

How would people react if Obama or Biden, even jokingly, declared himself king? : AskReddit

Former White House Chief Strategist, Steve Bannon, Sig Heils at CPAC today : pics

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested at US Capitol : news


Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested after attacking'corrupt' Maga movement | NFL : news

Trump voter shocked to get fired by DOGE: It's destroying people's lives : politics


Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library : Music

Court strikes down Montana law narrowly defining 'male' and 'female' : politics

Mississippi Legislature not a 'public body' and not subject to Open Meetings Act, judge rules : news



Luigi spotted in NYC : pics
Luigi Mangione Legal Defense Information


Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be 'immediately abolished' : news

Murder charges announced in death of Robert Brooks, man beaten by New York correctional officers : news

Former UNCW student accused of DWI in fatal I-40 crash suing NC State Highway Patrol : news


P Diddy's awyer dramatically quits the case : Music
Diddy's lawyer quits, says 'under no circumstances can I continue' : news


Mark Zuckerberg's makeover didn't make people like him, study shows : technology

If all the cells in your body are replaced every 7 years or so, how are tattoos permanent? : askscience

The risk of developing ADHD was 3 times higher among children whose mothers used the pain-relief drug acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy. The association was stronger among daughters, with the daughters of acetaminophen-exposed mothers showing a 6.16 times higher likelihood of ADHD. : science

Walnuts with breakfast provide an all-day brain boost - Young adults who ate a handful of walnuts with breakfast saw a long-lasting improvement in their reaction times and a boost in memory performance hours later, according to a new study. : science

Diagnoses of Autism in Adult Women Are on the Rise. Here's Why | SELF More likely to fall through the cracks as kids, adult females are seeking autism diagnoses after years of searching for answers.
Did anyone realize you probably had autism after your child was diagnosed? Did you get diagnosed? : Autism_Parenting

Eli5: Why can diabetes lead to amputations? : explainlikeimfive

Cognitive decline risk could prompt rethink of 'healthy' vitamin B12 levels : science

ELI5: what is topological qubits? : explainlikeimfive

Depressed individuals in a eight‐week treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) reduced the activity of 5-HT4 receptors | This finding is consistent with the expectation that the treatment increases the concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. : science

Breast cancer incidence is increasing in U.S. women under 40. The increase in incidence we are seeing is alarming and cannot be explained by genetic factors. : science



ELI5: How does washing hands frequently with soap and water prevent catching Norovirus, but Hand Sanitizer doesn't? : explainlikeimfive

Whats the worst drug experience you've ever had? : AskReddit

For the guys who were told "no" during a marriage proposal -- what happened next? : AskReddit

[Serious] Dear redditors, how did you get over loving someone who does not feel the same about you? Did you manage to remain friends? : AskReddit

What comes to your mind when a man refers to himself as an "Alpha Male"? : AskReddit




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Institute for the Study of War on X: 2. Russia's current force generation apparatus appears unable to recruit the manpower that the Russian military needs to sustain Russia's current rate of offensive operations (1/2) / X

Iran's 2024 executions soar to nearly 1,000 : worldnews


With Coffins and Taunts, Hamas Hands Dead Hostages to Israel : worldnews
IDF confirms return of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, however their mother's body was not returned : worldnews
BBC apologizes for airing film featuring senior Hamas official's son : worldnews

Multiple busses explode at various Central Israel parking lots in suspected terror attack: No casualties : worldnews
'Suspected terror attack' in Israel as multiple buses explode in Tel Aviv : worldnews


NOELREPORTS on X: Trump wants to remove Zelensky, according to The Economist. The publication states that Trump sees Zelensky as an obstacle and may cut military aid, intel access, and Starlink, while lifting sanctions on Russia. / X
Shashank Joshi on X: This is shocking. The US is opposing calling Russia the aggressor in a G7 statement on the third anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, threatening to derail a traditional show of unity, according to five western officials / X
Trump Gave Europe Three Weeks to Sign Off on Ukraine 'Surrender': MEP : worldnews
JD Vance Warns Ukraine's Zelenskiy to Shut up and Obey Trump: The vice president warned against "badmouthing" Donald Trump. : politics
NOELREPORTS on X: "There was supposed to be a press conference afterwards, but it was canceled at the request of the American side." / X
Kyiv's White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump : politics
US Reportedly Halts Weapon Sales to Ukraine : worldnews
War-Hardened Ukrainians Remain Defiant In Face of Trump's Blows : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1092, Part 1 (Thread #1239) : worldnews

Ukrainian female POWs tortured and paraded naked through the snow by Russian troops : worldnews


US opposes calling Russia aggressor in G7 statement marking 3rd year of full-scale war in Ukraine, FT says : worldnews


'Dying' Pope Francis' Final Hours: Frighteningly Frail Pontiff, 88, is Telling Aides he Won't Survive and is 'Bracing for Death' as He's Stricken With Double Pneumonia : worldnews

'Transatlantic relations are over' as Trump sides with Putin, says top German MP : politics
Birkenstock sandals aren't art, just footwear, German court says after copycat lawsuit : news
Young voters are powering the rise of Germany's far-right AfD party : worldnews


Jaysley Beck: Army's handling of sexual assault complaint 'played part in death', coroner says. : worldnews



Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account : worldnews
Brazil's Lula says Bolsonaro should be convicted if charges prove true : worldnews

Trudeau: 'Canada will always stand up for Ukraine' : worldnews
New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an 'enemy' country : politics




Trump did not understand Pearl Harbor, new book reveals: 'What's this all about?' A Very Stable Genius reveals a US president ignorant of geography who struggled to read constitution : politics
Warning signs for Trump in new polling - Two new polls show the president's approval rating is slipping. : politics

Jay in Kyiv on X: "The new Director of the entire US intelligence apparatus recites a series of verbatim Russian disinformation narratives, with lies that are too numerous to count. The US is fucking gone. / X
If Trump allows Putin to keep his gains, we're heading for World War 3 : politics
Republicans Are Mum As Trump Turns Toward Russia And Away From Ukraine (NYT) : politics
Trump's America is Putin's ally now : politics
Incensed Mike Pence Slaps Down Trump For Sucking Up to Putin : politics
Pence denounces Trump's claim Ukraine started war : politics

Ex-presidents' silence on Trump dismays some Democrats : politics

Trump can't end birthright citizenship, appeals court says, setting up Supreme Court showdown : politics

Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director in 51-49 vote : news

$100 Million Dollars in Condoms for Hamas and 12 other lies Trump told this month : politics
THE LIST: Executive orders signed in 2025 by President Donald Trump

The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer's Remorse : politics
Some Rumblings - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Republicans Happily Roll Over as Trump Declares Himself King | Donald Trump made the stunning announcement while trying to roll back congestion pricing in New York. : politics
Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself'king' : politics
MAGA Cheers on 'King' Trump Dropping Pretense of Democracy : politics
'Long Live the King!': Trump Says Quiet Part Out Loud : politics
11% of Republicans think Donald Trump is a dictator : politics

European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office : politics
Trump's approval rating slips as Americans worry about the economy : politics

Trump Again Claims He Put Musk 'In Charge' Of DOGE, Contradicting His Own DOJ : politics
Elon Musk Talks Over Trump in Humiliating Sean Hannity Interview : politics
55 percent say Musk has too much power in making decisions affecting US: Poll : politics
'Blatant Conflict': Fired FDA Workers Were Reviewing Musk's Neuralink | Common Dreams : politics
How DOGE's Sketchy 'Wall Of Receipts' Set Off Panic Inside A Federal Agency : politics

Mitch Reaches the End - Lawyers, Guns & Money - If Mitch had approached impeachment different in 2021 I very much believe that Trump could have been convicted.

DOGE's Shocking $8 Billion Dollar Mistake Called Out : politics
Musk's DOGE Accused of 'Cooking the Books' After $8 Billion Savings Is Immediately Debunked : politics
The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug : politics

Trump's presidency is a mess of contradictions : politics

DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors' Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke : politics

"They're Scared Shitless": The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump's Grip on Congress : politics
How to Organize Our Way Out of the Trump-Musk Putsch | The Nation : politics

Over 6,000 IRS employees expected to be terminated by end of week : politics
IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees beginning Thursday | The terminations will walk back much of the progress IRS, which is in the midst of tax season, has made in recent years to increase its workforce. : politics

'Discovery will be needed': Trump must fork over his personal financials if he follows through with Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' lawsuit, CBS says : politics

During Trump's first term, the White House Medical Unit improperly and freely dispensed controlled prescription medications-including Fentanyl, morphine, ketamine, Provigil, Valium, and Ambien-to ineligible White House staff members, and taxpayers footed the bill. : politics

'Biggest mistake of my life': Regret sets in for Trump voters as Republican politicians panic | Trump voters realizing that what they thought they were voting for is quite distant from what they are getting, and Republican politicians are panicking as they're too afraid to stand up to Trump : politics

New Ten Commandments monument bill fails to advance : politics

Gov. J.B. Pritzker offers dire warning on Trump administration : politics

Trump's dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn : politics

Two more staffers quit John Fetterman's office as the senator carves his own lane with Trump : politics

Flu cases are surging. How infection rates compare to the past.

Figuring Out the Democratic Party's Problems - Lawyers, Guns & Money
One Month - Lawyers, Guns & Money Well, I guess we are still alive at least, more or less. Except for the Democratic Party. That's a stinky corpse.

Sean O'Brien: let's not bicker over who fired who - Lawyers, Guns & Money

The Texas War on Women - Lawyers, Guns & Money ProPublica has a good report on the impact on women's health from the Texas abortion ban, an issue of course that the state of Texas has no intention of tracking (speaking of what the impact of President Musk will be, this kind of thing is at the top). ... Between 2019 and 2023, we found a 33% increase in maternal mortality rates in Texas, compared with a decrease of 7.5% nationally during the same time.

Hochul isn't going to remove Adams - Lawyers, Guns & Money
NY governor won't oust Mayor Eric Adams but vows stricter oversight
NY Governor won't remove NYC Mayor Adams from office, another win for President Trump : politics

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account : politics

Former NFL punter arrested after protesting 'MAGA' on proposed Huntington Beach library plaque : politics

Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library | The country singer started the "Imagination Library" nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy. : politics

Meta approves plan for bigger executives bonuses following 5% layoffs : news

Art Adviser. Friend. Thief. - The New York Times


'They're gonna be pissed' | Video shows more of Evendale police's interaction with neo-Nazi group : news
Video shows more of Evendale police's interaction with neo-Nazi group


A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated with a gene-targeting drug while in the womb for spinal muscular atrophy, a motor neuron disease. The “baby has been effectively treated, with no manifestations of the condition." : science

Cognitive decline risk could prompt rethink of 'healthy' vitamin B12 levels : science



Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending

Trans people are less safe when forced to use the wrong restroom, study finds. Trans people reported less harassment when they can use the appropriate public restroom. : politics


Your Cat Is Probably More Attached to You Than You Think Unlike dogs, cats are not known for their attachment issues. But science tells a different story.


If you thought your country was three to six months away from a violent collapse, how would you prepare? : AskReddit





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Robin Brooks on X: China has been Putin's biggest enabler since Russia invaded Ukraine. Its exports to Russia have more than offset the fall in Western exports, so there's no place for China in any negotiation over ending war in Ukraine. China is no disinterested party. It's Putin's biggest ally... / X



President Putin announces that Russia and the United States have officially agreed to restore diplomatic relations. : worldnews


Special Kherson Cat on X: Just now! Russian Syzran oil refinery is under drone attack. Fire on the territory of the refinery is reported. The Syzran oil refinery has a processing capacity of about 8.9million tons per year and is located approximately 800km from the frontline. / X
WarTranslated on X: Last night, Ukrainian UAVs attacked an oil refinery in Syzran, located 1,000 km from the Ukrainian border. Russia's porous air defense failed to prevent the strike on the facility, which processes 8.9 million tons of oil annually. Local authorities insist the refinery sustained no damage, but videos show a fire breaking out and continuing into the morning. / X

KyivPost on X: Meanwhile, Russia has openly signaled its intent to carry out terrorist attacks in European cities - to then blame Ukraine. The playbook is old. The threat is real. / X


Extremists, Russian expansion in Africa's Sahel threaten world order - Washington Post


Trump says Zelensky'should have never started' war with Russia : politics
Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: Zelensky pushes back on Trump with facts, not rhetoric. Zelensky: The U.S. has provided Ukraine with $67 billion in military aid and $31 billion in budget support. Trump's $500 billion fossil fuel claim isn't a serious conversation. / X
Trump attacks Zelensky in a post, calls him a dictator : worldnews
Russia praises Trump for saying NATO was a major cause of the war in Ukraine : worldnews
Zelenskyy hits back at Trump's comments, says Ukraine is not for sale : worldnews

JD Vance warns Zelensky he will regret 'badmouthing' Trump and condemns his 'atrocious' response to peace talks : worldnews
Opinion | Attack on Ukraine and Zelensky is Trump outrage that stands apart - The Washington Post The president blames Ukraine for its own brutalization
Zelenskyy delays Saudi Arabia visit to avoid legitimizing U.S.-Russia talks : worldnews
Zelensky Fires Back at Trump: He's Living in a 'Bubble' of BS : politics
Ex-intelligence chiefs believe Trump is an unwitting agent of Putin. Here's why The US president's controversial ties to Russia are once again under close examination as he seeks to end the war in Ukraine : politics
Trump is living in a Russian-made 'disinformation space,' says Ukraine's Zelenskyy : politics
Zelensky says Trump lives in disinformation space : politics
No, Zelenskyy doesn't have 4% approval as Trump claims; it's over 50% : politics ... It wasn't just another lie. He was parroting Kremlin's talking points word by word.
Zelenskyy's approval rating grows to 57%, debunking Trump's 4% support claim : worldnews
Trump blames Zelenskyy for 'starting' Ukraine war, calls him 'incompetent : worldnews
Institute for the Study of War on X: 2/ US acceptance of these economic and diplomatic terms - without demanding any Russian concessions on Ukraine in return - would give away leverage that the US will need to achieve Trump's stated objective of achieving a lasting and enduring peace that benefits the US & Ukraine. / X

Setting the Terms for the Negotiation - Lawyers, Guns & Money

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1091, Part 1 (Thread #1238) : worldnews
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 19, 2025 | Institute for the Study of War

ChrisO_wiki on X: "1/ The Russian army is using wounded soldiers as human bullet sponges, sending them out to identify Ukrainian positions by getting themselves shot. An appeal to Vladimir Putin by one man's wife illustrates how soldiers find themselves in this position. ⬇️ https://t.co/56aScms6W0" / X

Republicans against Trump on X: BREAKING: A massive Russian attack on Odesa is underway, just moments after Trump told reporters he believes Russia is sincere in its desire to end the war. Trump's weakness only emboldens Putin. / X

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on No one can force Ukraine to surrender. We will defend our right to exist, - said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha. / X



AlexandruC4 on X: "BREAKING: The head of the Romanian presidential chancellery, Cristian Diaconescu, declared that in the US-Russia negotiations in Riyadh, the Russian delegation demanded a new division of spheres of influence and the withdrawal of the United States from Eastern Europe, including Romania. The United States has refused, at the moment, said Diaconescu. / X

Baltic region prepares for war as Russia and US debate Ukraine's fate : worldnews - A series of intelligence reports from Estonia, Denmark, and Latvia warn that Moscow is expanding its military forces with an eye on a potential future confrontation with NATO. Danish analysts suggest that within five years, if NATO appears weak, Russia could be ready for a large-scale war in Europe.
Denmark set to launch $7B defense fund over rising fears of war with Russia : worldnews


France says it does not understand why Trump blames Ukraine for war : worldnews
Britain and France working on plans for 'reassurance force' to protect Ukraine : worldnews
France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes : worldnews

Scotland abortion protest arrest 'linked to JD Vance's misinformation' : worldnews


Starmer backs Zelensky after Trump 'dictator' claim : worldnews

China promises Latin America 'trustworthy' ties as Trump lays out demands : worldnews

Subsea fibre optic cable deliberately cut for the 2nd time between N.S. and N.L. : worldnews
Trudeau says Ukraine must be included in negotiations after exclusion from U.S.-Russia talks : worldnews




By a remarkable coincidence, Donald Trump's view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is now exactly the same as Vladimir Putin's - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jay in Kyiv on X: The new Director of the entire US intelligence apparatus recites a series of verbatim Russian disinformation narratives, with lies that are too numerous to count. The US is fucking gone. / X

Trump Is Destroying the U.S.–European Alliance : politics
Ocasio-Cortez says Vance 'lied to the world' about free speech : politics
Trump Wanted'Millions' for 15-Minute Meeting With Execs : politics
Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf : politics

JD Vance's Debacle in Germany Exposes MAGA's Sinister Global Endgame : politics
Musk and Trump Are Causing the Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History : politics

Trump's New Executive Order Sparks Fierce Backlash: 'Full-Blown Power Grab' : politics
Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential Powers : politics
Trump signs executive order challenging independence of FCC, FTC and SEC : politics
The full Executive Order is out! This is the biggest executive power grab in U.S. history. : law - All federal agencies, including independent regulatory commissions, are now subject to direct White House control.

Trump says'inflation is back': 'I had nothing to do with it' : politics



Trump's border czar ups the ante against Ocasio-Cortez, seeks DOJ investigation | By all appearances, Tom Homan sure does sound worried about the New York Democrat educating the public about Civil Liberties 101. : politics
Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here's how | Bernie Sanders : politics

Trump Orders DOJ to Fire All Remaining Biden-Appointed US Attorneys : politics
Trump says he has instructed DOJ to terminate all remaining Biden-era US attorneys : politics


Trump cuts threaten a'generation of scientists' as many weigh leaving US : politics

DOGE's incompetence is a clear and present danger to America's nuclear safety : politics

CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE -- Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired : politics

Update on the post-Dobbs Republican pivot to maternal care - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Judge Obliterates DOJ Lawyer At Transgender Ban Hearing : politics


Debunked explanations for Musk's reckless firings expose true goal of wrecking the government | "If you voted for Donald Trump, this is what you were voting for." : politics
Opinion | How Elon Musk's willful ignorance serves his political ends - The Washington Post Musk's claims of widespread fraud in the Social Security system merit skepticis

DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. : politics
DOGE Says It's Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less : politics

US must not interfere in Tate's case, say alleged victims : politics

RFK's plan to make America healthy again? Round up people with mental health conditions in camps : politics
RFK Jr. acts immediately to ensure as many people get sick from viral infections as possible - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off : politics

m: "a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC." - Bluesky
Editor of most influential Beltway political newsletter: Franklin Delano who now? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Not sure why they needed to go all the way to the UK to find this caliber of work when they could have just found someone who failed their first two Intro to American Politics midterms at a local for-profit diploma mill instead. (To be Scrupulously Fair, he's still an improvement on Mark Halperin.)

To what extent is MAGA a political movement based on sadism? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Ben Franklin would be ashamed of what Penn's become | Will Bunch Newsletter

Eschaton: Susan Collins Is Disappointed - The reason to make snarky comments like that is to try to mildly embarrass all of the people who take her seriously every time.

Eschaton: Sacrificing 'T' I expect centrist dipshits to follow the times. They always do, even as they portray lickspittle conformity as noble rebellion. The Kennedy Center has canceled The Gay Men's Chorus concert on May 21.



CNN Host Asks Hysterical Stephen Miller to'Calm Down' : politics

Steve Bannon escalates feud with Elon Musk: 'parasitic illegal immigrant' : politics

Joe Rogan dethroned by anti-Trump podcast in the charts : politics
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X is blocking links to Signal | The Verge - Users attempting to add their Signal.me URL to posts, DMs, and bio descriptions are being met with error messages.


In the war for constitutional governance, Phil Murphy shoots the pro-democracy side in the back - Lawyers, Guns & Money - This would be abominable behavior even if Murphy was right on the narrow policy merits, which Christ knows he very much is not. Congratulations to Hochul for no longer being the worst Dem governor in the tri-state area, at least.


What is the most unbiased news in the USA? or does such a thing exist? : AskReddit
Media Bias Chart Gallery - Public | Ad Fontes Media
Media Bias/Fact Check - Search and Learn the Bias of News Media


The 12 Pettiest Celebrity Grudges





021825

Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports : worldnews


South Africa halts talks to give Starlink an operating licence as US tensions escalate : worldnews


Japan targets 60% emissions cut by 2035 from 2013 levels : worldnews



As U.S. and Putin negotiate, intel shows he's not interested 'in a real peace deal,' sources say : worldnews
Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine, Lavrov says after talks with US : worldnews


Russian Wagner troops execute women and children in Mali : worldnews


Egypt announces first discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago : worldnews

Turkey 'ideal host' for peace talks on Russia-Ukraine war, Erdogan says : worldnews

Russian Air Base in Syria Attacked by Drones – Reports : worldnews


Trump says Ukraine 'should never have started it' in comments about war with Russia : worldnews
Trump: Ukraine should not have chosen to be invaded by Russia - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Saudi Arabia wanted Ukrainians at talks, but US and Russia were opposed : worldnews
US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia begin : worldnews
Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks : worldnews

Russia and US eye joint Arctic energy projects after Saudi talks : worldnews
Moloch - Wikipedia

British couple detained in Iran charged with espionage : worldnews


Hamas says it will release bodies of four hostages, including Bibas children, on Thursday and six living hostages on Saturday : worldnews
Hamas says bodies of Bibas family to be returned Thurs.; 6 living hostages to be freed Sat. : worldnews


'I Honestly Think Europe Is Weak Today' - Zelensky Says Trump 'Wants to Please' Putin : worldnews
Zelensky warns Ukraine won't accept decisions made without them in peace talks : worldnews
Ukraine officials say US is 'appeasing' Russia with talks in Riyadh : worldnews
Zelenskyy: US saying things today that are very pleasing to Putin : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1090, Part 1 (Thread #1237) : worldnews

Ukraine's drone makers are turning up production for a weapon they once thought would never work : worldnews ... fiber-optic drones. These drones are a major threat in combat because they're immune to electronic warfare defenses. Ukrainian drone makers say there was initial skepticism of this tech, but now it's in high demand.

A Ukrainian brigade says North Korean troops have 'disappeared' in its area as Pyongyang's forces grow quiet : worldnews ... But it's unclear what Pyongyang is planning after conflicting reports of withdrawal emerged.


Europe Preps 'Never Seen Before' Defense Package in Boost to Ukraine : worldnews

Top Greek scientist says the Santorini earthquake outlook remains uncertain : worldnews

Pope Francis remains hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says : worldnews... Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor before training to become a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe case of pneumonia and cysts, he was inspired to join the Jesuits in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969>
Pope Francis - Wikipedia

Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services : worldnews

France convenes second meeting on Ukraine with other Europeans, Canada : worldnews

TIL The Netherlands (41,865 km²/12,900 sq mi; pop 17,9 mil) is the third-largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world (after the US and Brazil and before China) : todayilearned

Germany's Habeck slams 'tech oligarch' Musk, calls for a European X : worldnews

Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers. Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a rise. : science - Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a rise


BBC headquarters in London targeted by Palestine Action protesters : worldnews

Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup : worldnews

As Trump 'Exports' Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel : worldnews ... Notably people from vastly different countries (China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan) are affected, suggesting that the crackdown targets all who enter without legal status, regardless of origin

Canada's foreign minister says she gave Europe a 'wake-up call' on threat Trump poses to Canada : worldnews
Trump's musings on 'very large faucet' in Canada part of looming water crisis, say researchers : worldnews
Toronto plane crash: Video captures moment Delta flight overturns, bursts into flames | Globalnews.ca : worldnews
Toronto man builds free tiny homes for homeless, gets cease and desist from the city : videos




West Texas measles outbreak grows to 58 cases, including some vaccinated people : news
Measles outbreak in West Texas is as horrifying as it was avoidable : politics
Make measles great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Yosemite National Park is in chaos - California's beloved national park is on the brink of disaste

AOC Bites Back On Threats By Trump's Border Czar: 'He Can Threaten Me With Jail & Call Names All He Wants' : politics
'This Is Why You Fight These Cowards': AOC Unmoved by Trump Border Czar's Threats | "The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He's got nothing else." : politics

Sanders Has a Message for Working-Class Trump Supporters: 'They're Going After You' : politics

What happened to the Democratic Party? : AskReddit


Democrat: Vance used same language as Hitler did to justify Holocaust : politics

What happens if the president ignores the Supreme Court? : AskReddit

Americans, how do you feel about Trump JUST now signing an executive order claiming that only the President & Attorney General can speak for "what the law is."?? : AskReddit

AOC Dares Trump Border Czar to Have DOJ Investigate Her : politics

DeJoy announces plans to step down as USPS postmaster general : news

Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information : news

Donald Trump defies court order by adding transphobic text to restored webpages. Several government webpages that mention gender now contain transphobic text calling trans people a threat to women and children. : politics

White House Claims Elon Musk Isn't Running DOGE After All : politics
Intellectual death recorded - Lawyers, Guns & Money Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale

GOP Proposes $4.5 Trillion Tax Giveaway to the Rich While 'Ransacking' Food Stamps and Medicaid : politics

There's No Way Elon Musk's Job is Legal : politics

DOGE Is a Massive Scam-Even on Its Own Terms: Even if you believe that Musk is trying to root out waste and fraud (and you really shouldn't), he and his dweeby hatchet bros are only making things more corrupt and expensive. : politics

US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago : news

Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money : news

Majority of GOP voters would reject checks and balances to give Trump more power : politics

Bannon: Musk 'wants to impose his freak experiments' on US : politics

Fetterman flight: from Sanders-style progressive to Trump-adjacent senator | Democrats : politics

Scientists cry foul as Trump administration funding cuts jeopardize 'entire fields of research' : politics

Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says : technology

Tens of millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims : politics

DOGE Reportedly Cuts FDA Employees Investigating Neuralink : technology

Donald Trump's Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities : politics

Neutral information about Jews triggers conspiracy thinking in Trump voters, study finds : science

Head of D.C. Criminal Division resigns rather than pursuing a legally baseless prosecution - Lawyers, Guns & Money Every day a Watergate:

DOGE can keep accessing government data for now, judge rules : technology

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them : politics

Scientists at U.S. weather forecasting agency ordered to get clearance before talking to Canadian counterparts : news

After claiming remote workers are actually golfing, Trump again hits the links in Florida : politics
Trump Golf Track

A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances : politics

Senior U.S. prosecutor resigns, citing demands to open probe into Biden-era contract : news

Leonard Peltier, Native American activist, released from prison after Biden commuted his life sentence : news - and unknown to his defense lawyers at the time, the federal government had withheld a ballistics report indicating the fatal bullets didn't come from his weapon, according to court documents Peltier filed on appeal.



Judge orders Mayor Eric Adams, DOJ lawyers to appear in court to explain case dismissal request : politics
Hochul appears open to removing Donald Trump's sock puppet - Lawyers, Guns & Money - If there was ever a justifiable case for using the governor's authority here this is it.

Dying to serve: Dozens of recruits have died nationwide while training to become police officers : news - Black recruits represented nearly 60% of those who died, a striking disparity given that federal data show Black officers make up 12% of local police forces. Many carried sickle cell trait, a condition most prevalent among Black Americans that increases the risk of serious injury following extreme exertion.


Quantum Search For Time's Source Finds No Difference Between Past And Future : science


Researchers have developed comfortable, washable'smart pyjamas' that can monitor sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea at home, without the need for sticky patches, cumbersome equipment or a visit to a specialist sleep clinic. : science

ELI5: Why are the things the human brain finds the most enjoyable and addictive, also the things that are the most destructive to our bodies? Doesn't this seem counterproductive from a survival standpoint? : explainlikeimfive

Bisexuals who have dated both genders. What little differences surprised you? : AskReddit

Swiss scientists unveil 'gene switch' patch to start cell therapy for diabetes | The chemical messenger GLP-1 stimulates the pancreas to release insulin, using only human components, eliminates the risk of immune reactions or interference with the body's processes. : science

ELI5 Neurologically, when hearing music why do humans perceive major chords as 'happy / pleasant' and then minor or diminished chords as 'sad / tense' and also everything in between. : explainlikeimfive

Researchers have identified more than 700 neurons in the human brain. These cells are involved in "social inference," our ability to read cues from other people's body language and expressions to draw conclusions about what they are feeling or thinking : science

Paleontologists Discover Nearly Complete 30-Million-Year-Old Skull of a Newly Identified Hypercarnivore in Modern Day Egypt : science

Woman who had pioneering cancer treatment 18 years ago still in remission - Researchers say woman treated for neuroblastoma as a child is longest known survivor after having CAR T-cell therapy. : science

Sunscreen's impact on marine life needs urgent investigation, study finds - The chemical compounds that block UV rays may lead to bleaching of coral and a decrease in fish fertility. : science

A case report describes a rare side effect: A 25-year-old woman developed sudden compulsive sexual behavior after increasing her escitalopram dose. The symptoms disappeared upon discontinuation, suggesting a clear drug-related link. : science

A single amino acid change in a protein may underlie human language | Researchers discovered that replacing a single building block in the protein NOVA1 with its human-specific version altered the vocal sounds that mice make. This human-specific variant is absent in Neanderthals and Denisovans. : science

TIL Ancient Greeks did not consider "1" to be a number, and the idea of doing so would be controversial for centuries afterwards. : todayilearned
The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Robert M. Kaplan | Goodreads


A small study of adults with severe generalized anxiety disorder in Lebanon found that these individuals had a lower daily antioxidant intake. After six weeks of antioxidant supplementation, their anxiety symptoms decreased. : science


Chinese film Ne Zha 2 beats Inside Out 2 ($1.699 Billion) and becomes highest-grossing animated film of all time globally : movies

Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Surges Back to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 : Music

Lady Gaga Breaks All-Time Spotify Record for Most Monthly Listeners as a Female Artist : Music

Just finished Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson : books

Bassnectar Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Settled Ahead of Trial : Music


TIL salt used to be used as currency, the word "salary" comes from the Latin word for salt : todayilearned





021725

Singapore Says Asia Now Views US as 'Landlord Seeking Rent' : politics

Taiwan considering multi-billion dollar arms purchase from US, sources say : worldnews

China says US has 'gravely backpedaled' on Taiwan : worldnews
Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts : worldnews



Russia says 'no reason' to invite Europeans to Ukraine truce talks as top Russia, US officials to meet in Saudia Arabia : worldnews
Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says : worldnews
Ukraine will not participate in Russia-US talks, Zelenskyy says from UAE : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Ukraine unaware of Russia-US talks in Saudi Arabia and will not recognise them : worldnews


Russia Releases Footage of U.S. Man Detained at Moscow Airport : worldnews

Russia fines Google for YouTube clip telling Russian troops how to surrender, TASS says : worldnews


NEXTA on X: Washington strikes a deal with Belarusian dictator Lukashenka The U.S. and Belarus have entered into an unexpected agreement that could shift the regional balance of power. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Chris Smith, personally met with Lukashenka and the head of the Belarusian KGB. / X




Special Forces blocked 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos, MoD confirms : worldnews ... Johnny Mercer, the former Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View, who served alongside the SBS in Afghanistan testified to the Afghan inquiry that he had spoken to former members of the Triples and heard "horrific" allegations of murder by UK Special Forces ... elements of the SAS and SBS committed war crimes in Afghanistan, and the UK court investigating this can compel witnesses in the UK, but not in Afghanistan. They are covering up a set of crimes, and quite possibly a policy of encouraging or even ordering these crimes


Turkish fake honey production on the rise – DW – 02/16/2025 Turkey is one of the biggest honey producers in the world. Increasingly, though, honey is being adulterated with sugar syrup or other ingredients - and the fake honey is almost certainly being sold in Europe.


Zineb Riboua on X: "It's official: Putin lost Syria According to Al-Hal, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said that all contracts with Russia will not be renewed, and Syria will not be subordinated to any regional axis. / X


Israel weighs future of ceasefire as Netanyahu praises Trump's plan to take over Gaza : worldnews
Hamas ready to hand Gaza to Palestinian Authority, sources say - report - The Jerusalem post : worldnews

Israel prepares to receive most likely four bodies of hostages on Thursday : worldnews
Freed hostages bring signs of life from depths of Gaza tunnels : worldnews

Hamas rejects disarmament, vows to fight "Israel's agents" in Gaza after the war : worldnews
October 7 was 'historic success,' Hamas official says at Al Jazeera forum : worldnews

Hamas linked to UNRWA, aid went straight to leaders, recordings reveal - report : worldnews


Revealed: Trump's confidential plan to put Ukraine in a stranglehold - US president demands higher share of Ukrainian GDP than reparations imposed on Germany at Versailles : worldnews
Trump confirms Zelensky will take part in Ukraine peace talks as US, Russia prepare Saudi meeting : worldnews
Ukraine will not accept a Saudi-talks peace deal, says Zelenskyy : worldnews
Zelenskyy: 'The Risk That Russia Will Occupy Europe Is 100 Percent' If U.S. Pulls Out of NATO : politics
Zelensky: US 'didn't want us in NATO' even before Trump : worldnews
Ukraine 'progresses meaningfully' in talks on foreign troop presence, Zelensky says : worldnews

Ukraine rejects bid by US to own 50% of rare earth minerals: Report : worldnews
US wants to get 50% of Ukrainian minerals, may deploy its troops to guard them, NBC reports : worldnews
US blackmailed Ukraine in Munich: Either sign minerals deal or no meeting with US vice president : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1089, Part 1 (Thread #1236) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 17, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

MAKS 24 on X: We are not a country of resources. That is why I wanted this document to contain something about security guarantees," - Zelensky ❗️The Economist writes that Bessent gave Zelensky only ONE hour to accept the proposed economic agreement in exchange for US support. / X

The Negotiations - Lawyers, Guns & Money The thing about Trump is that we still do not know what Trump intends to do with Ukraine. Peace negotiations take a long time, even to try to reach a cease-fire, and Moscow and Kyiv and their supporters have not really even started the work that will need to be done.


Clash Report on X: “Leave one, eliminate the rest" – Russian forces execute Ukrainian POWs Three Ukrainian soldiers surrendered, but Russian commander ordered his troops to spare only one and execute the other two. / X

Mykola Kuleba on X: Russia is raising Ukrainian children for its army. This is a war crime. Children rescued from Russian deportation say they were forced to sing the Russian anthem, told that Ukraine no longer exists, and that no one is waiting for them. In occupied territories, they are trained to assemble firearms and operate drones in Russian military youth units. Thousands remain trapped in this system./ X


Jimmy Rushton on X: "The FT is reporting Trump plans to withdraw troops from the Baltic states at least, giving Russia a huge strategic win, and weakening NATO's eastern flank at a critical time. / X

Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers : politics


Zurich guild ends historic ban on women members : worldnews

Germany's Scholz: It's 'inappropriate' to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine : worldnews
Germany deports 50 illegal Iraqi migrants ahead of elections : worldnews

Pope's health a 'complex clinical situation', Vatican says : worldnews

Macron hosts European leaders in Paris as Trump pushes for peace talks on Ukraine : worldnews
European leaders gather for an emergency meeting over fear Trump has isolated age-old allies : worldnews
European leaders gather for emergency meeting after Trump shuts them out of Ukraine talks : worldnews
French minister Valls: Europe must more than ever before defend Ukraine : worldnews
French foreign minister on Russia's return to G7: It's unimaginable : worldnews

Europe may deploy up to 30,000 troops to Ukraine, WP reports : worldnews
'This is the moment for us all to step up': Keir Starmer says it's time to put boots on the ground in Ukraine and send British troops in to enforce a peace deal : worldnews
Starmer open to deploying British troops to Ukraine as US support uncertainty grows : worldnews


Mexico awaits new response from Google on dispute over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit : worldnews

Germany and Norway offer Canada early access to new submarines in pitch to join project : worldnews
Multiple people injured in Delta Airlines plane crash at Toronto Pearson, paramedics say : worldnews
Toronto plane crash live updates, 15 people injured
Emergency teams respond to Delta plane crash at Toronto Pearson Airport | CNN
Conservative Party leader in Canada pledges to respond forcefully to Trump tariffs : worldnews
Justin Trudeau Delivers Message to American Athletes at Closing Ceremony of Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Canada : worldnews




Trump wants to halve US defense spending and let Russia back into G7 after Putin call : politics

Texas measles cases swell to 48, marking state's worst outbreak in three decades : politics
Bill to ban mRNA vaccines passes out of House committee : politics

It's Not The Egg Shortage We Should Be Worrying About - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The egg shortage is being treated as a politico-economic problem. It's far more than that. It's a symptom of the widespread infection of commercial flocks of chickens by the H5N1 virus. They have to be killed, hence fewer chickens to produce eggs. Commercial milk cows have also been infected, as have wild birds ... On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Donald Trump Impeachment Articles Filed. Here's what happens next : politics

'Border Czar' Doubles Down on Asking If DOJ Should Prosecute AOC for Informing Immigrants of Their Rights : politics
Border Czar Whines It's Been 'Hard' to Find Undocumented Immigrants : politics

Trump's First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years : politics

Republican who salvaged Pete Hegseth is already'concerned' with comments on Ukraine : politics

Where Are the Mass Rallies Coast-to-Coast Opposing Trump's Authoritarian Takeover? : politics
A National Debt Strike May Be the Way to Stop Trump and Musk | Opinion : politics
It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance | Erica Chenoweth : politics

Musk Youth wants full access to your tax returns - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country
'Five alarm warning': Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry : politics
Musk's DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS : politics
MAGA cruelly mocks DOGE committee hearing witness just because he's blind : politics
Josh Marshall: "The Richest Man in the World Says We Can't Afford Any More Cures for Cancer talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/nih-a..." -- Bluesky

'This is a coup': Trump and Musk's purge is cutting more than costs, say experts : politics
Our misfortune - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Death of Government Expertise | Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree : politics

Judge hits Donald Trump with legal setback: "unconstitutional" : politics ... This is an unconstitutional power grab. The judge all but said it in those words.

Musk/Trump respond to increase in plane crashes with indiscriminate mass firings of people in an already understaffed agency - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump to Fire Hundreds From FAA Despite Four Deadly Crashes on His Watch : politics
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash : politics

'We're under attack by billionaires': Fired federal workers speak out on terminations : politics


Vice signalling - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump remains undeterred, his advisers say, by hand-wringing in Washington and critical news coverage of the initiatives, including the gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development, a top target of an Elon Musk-led cost cutting commission, the U.S. DOGE Service. A White House official dismissed concerns about the cuts as a “media narrative."
elias isquith: "i stg bill kristol is a better orthodox liberal than like 70% of D-leaning pundits and god knows how many more actual D electeds" -- Bluesky


Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn: 'Defendants argue that Trump pardons should absolve them of additional crimes' : politics


"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court : politics


RFK Jr. Got to Work Gutting CDC Staff on Day 1 : politics
RFK Jr. Goes After Widely Used Antidepressants, Claiming They Could Be A Threat To Americans | The newly confirmed US Secretary of Health and Human Services has falsely stated that SSRIs are more addictive than heroin and contribute to school shootings. : politics


Elon Musk Says Team Behind CBS's '60 Minutes' Deserves 'A Long Prison Sentence' : politics

Jasmine Crockett Torches MAGA And Elon Musk With The Most Backhanded Apology Ever : politics -- "There's an immigrant taking people's jobs," Crockett admitted in a post on social media. "His name is Elon Musk."

About a Third of Project 2025 Has Already Been Implemented : politics
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Trump Justice Department Moves to Complete 'Openly Corrupt Legal Bailout' of Eric Adams : politics


Birthright Citizenship: Barnett & Wurman's NY Times Essay and their Bates/Blackstone Double Backfire – Shugerblog

The Tennessee Holler: "60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…" This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r..." -- Bluesky

Sen. McConnell: Trump tariffs are bad policy. At $1,200, Kentuckians will pay the price. : politics

Trump administration denies extension for hurricane relief in Georgia : politics

🜲 James: "Target's shareholders lost $15 billion of net worth in their holdings of Target common stock when Target announced they were dropping DEI initiatives." - Bluesky
A Study Finds That Diverse Companies Produce 19% More Revenue
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Utah Bans Collective Bargaining for Public Workers - The New York Times Utah joined two other states in prohibiting collective bargaining for teachers, police officers and other public employees in a move that was seen as a possible blow to the country's labor movement ... Federal law protects the collective bargaining rights of workers in the private sector, but determining labor law for public employees is up to the states.


A Note On Strategy - Lawyers, Guns & Money I have a number of posts in mind on figuring out what the Trump administration and Musk's boys are doing, their strategy if we may call it that. My preference for such things is the SWOT method – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats


Washington Post backs out of 'Fire Elon Musk' ad order - The ad's design features a large picture of Musk with his head tilted back, laughing, along with a cutout image of the White House and large white text: "Who's running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk?"
Bezos spikes Anti-Musk ad - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Here's the 'Fire Elon Musk' Ad the Washington Post Refuses to Run | "Is it only okay to run things in The Post now that won't anger the president or won't have him calling Jeff Bezos asking why this was allowed" : politics


X is blocking links to Signal : technology


The Weak Strongman - by Timothy Snyder - Thinking about... Impotence and Unfreedom, Together

Maybe Trump Really Is That Fucking Stupid And Why That Matters
Democracy by Mistake by Daniel Treisman :: SSRN

Evangelical education nearly ruined me. Now the Christian right is coming for public schools | US news | The Guardian From Bible stories to the Ten Commandments, public schools are starting to look a lot like the fundamentalist system I escaped



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,822 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Barry Commoner.



Man got out of car, shot 2 he described as'2 Palestinians' in Miami Beach, police say; victims hospitalized : news




ELI5: What does it mean when people say that most Americans can't read above a sixth grade level? : explainlikeimfive


Trump assassination attempt lowered Republican support for violence and boosted party unity | An event that many feared would widen political divides appeared to have a unifying effect on Republicans without stoking extra hostility toward the opposing party. : science

A study examining the effects of harmine, a major component of ayahuasca, found that it produces no significant psychoactive effects in doses up to 500 mg. None of the participants experienced hallucinations or any notable psychoactive effects typically associated with ayahuasca. : science

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy helps rage-filled middle-aged man overcome antisocial traits and severe alcoholism - Over a three-year period, this treatment helped him overcome severe alcohol abuse, ease deep feelings of depression, and reduce his harmful, antisocial thoughts. : science

New study reveals that sleep prevents unwanted memories from intruding: Sleep problems play an important role in the onset and maintenance of many mental health problems, but the reason for this link is elusive. : science

Men who reported higher levels of socially-prescribed perfectionism had partners who reported higher levels of sexual distress. This suggests that when men feel pressured to be perfect by others, it may contribute to negative sexual experiences for their partners. : science

Using scented products indoors changes the chemistry of the air, producing as much air pollution as car exhaust does outside, according to a new study. Researchers say that breathing in these nanosized particles could have serious health implications. : science

Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds - Bladder cancer risk increased 33% and colorectal cancer by 15% in using chlorine to disinfect water. : science




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Scientists have a new explanation for the last two years of record heat - The Washington Post Rising temperatures are fueled, in part, by declining cloud cover - which could be a potential climate feedback loop.
We have created this website to start a conversation about the long-term future of human society.
Trees might need our help to survive climate change, study finds - Tree ranges are shrinking in response to climate change but failing to expand into cooler, wetter regions. This suggests that forests are struggling to regenerate fast enough to keep up with rising temperatures, wildfires and disease : science
Trump's war on wind power threatens blue state climate goals - The Washington Post


New data shows Australians hold intense dislike for Elon Musk : worldnews - And when it comes to the tech billionaires, Australians hold a special and intense dislike for Elon Musk, with 59 per cent expressing unfavourable feelings towards him. Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg comes second in the unlikeability stakes at 54 per cent unfavourable
Australia to block foreign investors from buying homes for 2 years : worldnews
One of Australia's deadliest snakes 'air-fried' in minutes during Adelaide heatwave : worldnews

Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world's first openly gay imam, was assassinated in South Africa. : worldnews

Marriages in China plunge 20% to a record low in 2024 : worldnews



Rubio to meet with Russian officials to discuss Ukraine peace negotiations : politics
Lavrov and Rubio discussed the removal of "unilateral barriers" set by the previous U.S. administration in a call on Saturday, Moscow says : worldnews

Another American was arrested in Russia on charges of "drug possession." The arrest took place immediately after Russia and the United States exchanged prisoners: Mark Vogel returned to the U.S., while Alexander Vinnik to Russia -- both at Vnukovo Airport, where Russia secured a new "exchange asset" : politics


Vikatan website 'blocked' after BJP complaint over PM Modi cartoon
At least 15 dead after stampede at New Delhi train station : worldnews

Taliban in crisis as leadership splits over women'ss rights : worldnews


Collision Damage To Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Seen In Photo SS Harry S. Truman Seen In Photo The USS Harry S. Truman collided with the cargo ship M/V Besiktas-M earlier this week while moving to enter the Suez Canal.

Forty-three people, mostly women, were killed after an artisanal gold mine collapsed in western Mali : worldnews


Protests over the death of a 19 year old Tehran University student continues to intensify in Iran : worldnews
New Baby CV! - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Trump: US will 'back' Israel in whatever Netanyahu chooses as Hamas continue holding hostages : worldnews
Rubio says Hamas must be eradicated, casting further doubt on the shaky ceasefire in Gaza : worldnews
Netanyahu says with US support, we can finish the job against Iran : worldnews
Netanyahu vows to 'finish the job' against Iran with support from Trump : worldnews
Netanyahu says Israel working closely with US on Trump's plan for Gaza | Gaza : worldnews

Israeli physicist removed from'ghost particle' research team following Oct. 7 : worldnews - Professor Dafne Guetta, a physicist from Ariel University, was part of the research team that made the discovery. However, following the October 7 terror attack on Israel, several academic institutions imposed a boycott on Israeli researchers, leading to her removal from the project.

Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Trump : worldnews

Shin Bet launches inquiry into Netanyahu aides ties with Qatar : worldnews


Zelenskyy outlines his vision for peace talks, NATO's future and what he would say to Putin : worldnews
Zelensky Warns Russia Will 'Wage War' on NATO : worldnews
Ukraine Won't Accept a Deal It Didn't Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says : worldnews
White House calls Zelenskyy "short-sighted" in rejecting agreement with US - AP, as reported by European Pravda. : worldnews
Ukrainians are fearful any Trump-brokered ceasefire will be full of concessions and false promises : politics
Europe will not be part of Ukraine peace talks, US envoy says : worldnews

Overnight Russia strikes hit Ukraine power plant, leaving residents in freezing cold : worldnews

Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration minister confirms Hungary's blocking of Kyiv's EU accession process : worldnews

Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance : worldnews

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1088, Part 1 (Thread #1235) : worldnews

U.S. funding freeze threatens Ukraine investigations of alleged Russian war crimes : worldnews

(((Tendar))) on X: "The already minuscule Russian advances in Donbas have further slowed down. In the last 3 weeks Russians took not more than 23 square kilometers, or in other words, around 1 square kilometer per day. On top of that, Russian bloggers reported that Ukrainian drones absolute dominate the skies of Pokrovsk. Russian vehicles are getting methodically destroyed and cannot be effectively used, / X

PS01 □ on X: "💥 A bold target! The latest enemy S-350 "Vityaz" air defense system was destroyed in the Donetsk region The estimated cost of such an air defense system is about $135 million. / X

TOP LEAD on X: "Today is the Day of Military Journalist in Ukraine. Russia killed 97 journalists during the full-scale war, both Ukrainian and foreign, who revealed the truth about the war to the world. #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #RussiaIsATerroristState / X
OSINTtechnical on X: "Gunner's view from a Ukrainian Mi-24V Hind helicopter gunship engaging a Russian attack drone with its 12.7mm Yak-B minigun. / X

MilitaryNewsUA on X: Ukraine was shocked by the scale of what the Trump administration demanded, - WP. The US seeks control over rare metals and important materials (lithium, graphite, uranium). The agreement that the US Treasury Secretary brought to Kyiv is compared to the division of African colonies by Europeans in the 18th century. / X

Visegrád 24 on X: Europe is preparing new a large joint military aid package for Ukraine. It's likely to be presented at the end of this month (Bloomberg) / X

Russian Marines Flying Soviet Flags Paraded Right Into A Ukrainian Minefield In Kursk. Drones Finished Them Off : worldnews



Jorge Liboreiro on X: "European leaders meet tomorrow in Paris to discuss the war in Ukraine. Confirmed: Emmanuel Macron Olaf Scholz Keir Starmer Giorgia Meloni Donald Tusk Pedro Sánchez Dick Schoof Mette Frederiksen Ursula von der Leyen António Costa NATO's Mark Rutte / X

'Quite upsetting': Europeans comparing Vance's speech to one by Putin : politics
World leaders expected clarity on Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. Instead, JD Vance scolded them on immigration and lectured them about censorship : politics


The Kyiv Independent on X: Trump's call to Putin was a mistake, Polish FM says. U.S. President Donald Trump's phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin was a mistake, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15. There is nothing more dangerous than an empty guarantee, / X

Austrian authorities say Villach stabber was Islamist, pledged allegiance to ISIS : worldnews

China seeks stronger cooperation with Germany and EU : worldnews

Dutch PM says NL may join Ukraine peacekeeping effort - DutchNews.nl : worldnews

King Charles stands with Canada after Trump's statement : worldnews
Oliver Carroll on X: "I've been wondering if Britain - arguably the most stable major European democracy right now - would step up to leadership. Wasn't sure Starmer had the stomach for risk. This is bold and brave. / X
Trump steel tariffs negative for both UK and US, says business secretary : worldnews
Royal Society to vote on expelling 'Bond villain' Elon Musk : politics
UK drops 'safety' from its AI body, now called AI Security Institute, inks MOU with Anthropic : worldnews


Argentina's opposition has threatened to hold an impeachment trial in Congress after Milei touted a crypto coin which crashed soon after : worldnews

Mexico threatens to escalate US gunmakers lawsuit with terror charges | Mexico : politics

Trump 'definitively' looking at Canada becoming U.S. state: Premier Furey : politics




Trump bars federal funding for schools with COVID vaccine mandates : politics
Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate : politics
After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people : politics
"The country is less safe": CDC disease detective program gutted : politics
Flu cases surge to highest levels since 2009 as vaccine rates lag : politics
A stark reminder of vaccine history. : pics
West Texas measles outbreak doubles to 48 cases : politics ... 13 out of 48 hospitalized. All cases unvaccinated. That's 1 in 4 unvaccinated person (mostly children) getting sick enough to need the hospital. And measles is extremely contagious ... If you catch measles... it wipes your body's immune memory and response to everything else it has ever developed antibodies for. From the point of a measles infection onward, as your body makes new memory T and B cells, it only knows measles. All previous infections that you have built a resistance to are now brand new to your body.
CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies : politics

Trump disrupting US bird flu response as outbreak worsens : politics
At least 9 people are dead, including 8 in Kentucky, amid latest blast of winter weather : news


Why a former CSIS official says the U.S. is positioned for 'another 9/11' - National | Globalnews.ca : politics

Understanding RFK Jr. - by Paul Offit - Beyond the Noise If you want to know why RFK Jr. believes so many weird things, just read his book, The Real Anthony Fauci. Four pages explain everything - RFK Jr. doesn't believe in the germ theory. He believes in something called the miasma theory ... diseases are caused by poisonous vapors (i.e., miasmata) that are generated by rotting organic matter, such as trash sitting out on the street. (his head is full of rotting vapors)

US egg prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing : politics

Border patrol to stop usage of body cameras in the field : politics

The collaborators - Lawyers, Guns & Money Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman argue in a NYT op-ed that Donald Trump's attempt to destroy birthright citizenship has some good legal arguments behind it ... The Trump administration is attempting to carry out an atrocious moral crime, which is to deport millions of citizens in the service of white supremacist ideology. Upsetting 135 years of unbroken legal precedent in order to do this would be a horrendous thing to do even if there were good originalist arguments for saying that precedent is mistaken.

'We've been betrayed:' Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration : politics
Trump and Musk's Valentine's Day Massacre of Military Veterans : politics

Week 4 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Economists say the GOP budget would destroy Medicaid and disproportionately benefit the 1% : politics
Steven Bannon warns Trump and Musk that loads of MAGAs are on Medicaid : politics

Government by unaccountable moron - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump administration fires 20 immigration judges with no explanation | US immigration : politics
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order (5-minute Version) by Ray Dalio - YouTube

'The greatest propaganda op in history': Trump's reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes | The president's full-court press to dominate media and control cultural institutions is straight out of the authoritarian playbook : politics

"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law": Trump denies his actions are unconstitutional : politics
Trump suggests he's above the law with ominous Napoleon quote : politics
Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He's 'saving His Country' | President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." : politics
Internet Blasts Trump For Quoting Napoleon: Translation: I Want to Be a Dictator : politics
Donald Trump Admits He Thinks He Can Break Any Law He Wants : politics

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence : politics

Trump and Musk claim the media is trying to drive them apart in Fox News interview : politics

The $75 Billion Reason These 5 Corporations Had to Help Fund Trump's Inauguration : politics

Trump and Musk are firing federal workers en masse. Efficiency isn't the goal. : politics
Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views : politics
Nearly 10,000 fired as Trump, Musk step up assault on US agencies : politics
State AGs want judge to order Musk to say whether he's used agency data to 'train any algorithmic models' : politics
Inside The 'Bizarre' Meeting Where DOGE Requested 'Extensive System Access' At IRS : politics

Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge : politics

DOGE Is Supposed to Be Cutting Government Spending. Its Budget Just Doubled : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE website has been defaced because anyone can edit it : politics

Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy : politics

Trump's "Iron Dome" Looks Like Another Payday for Elon Musk | An American replication of Israel's defense system doesn't make sense. But, experts say, it will likely set up SpaceX for big government contracts. : politics
Elon Musk has to fill out a public financial disclosure, legal experts say. Where is it? : politics


Elon Musk is doing everything conspiracy theorists accuse George Soros of : politics

'A particularly heinous villain': a disdain for Musk has sparked protests across US : politics
Protesters target Tesla stores in US over Elon Musk's cost cutting : politics
Elon Musk has made some disturbing comments about Jews. Here's a list. : politics
Boycotting President Elon - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair claims she had child with Elon Musk : politics

Trump WH falsely claimed USAID funded 'transgender comic book' in Peru : politics

The Tech Bros Who Destroyed the World - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Apparently Musk's newest project is destroying HUD, which would create millions of brand new homeless people overnight, and cost the government a fortune as well as being a crime against humanity, as homeless people are extremely expensive to the public unless you just exterminate them I suppose.

What is the most unbiased news in the USA? or does such a thing exist? : AskReddit

Federal prosecutors drop criminal probe into ex-WWE boss Vince McMahon, his lawyer says : politics

Gov. Hochul giving new consideration to removing NYC Mayor Adams amid crisis at DOJ : politics
DOJ will need 'fool,' 'coward' to toss Eric Adams case, says seventh prosecutor to resign over order : politics
Federal prosecutors drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams : politics

Zuckerberg's political pivot targets Apple, puts Meta staffers on edge : politics
Mark Zuckerberg slams Elizabeth Warren in leaked audio - YouTube

States with abortion bans have more infant deaths, studies say : politics

We Might Have to "Shut Down the Country" : politics

GOP advances bill that would allow Nazi flags while banning Pride flags. The GOP lawmaker behind the bill said that the Nazi flag can serve "educational purposes" but the rainbow flag can't. : politics

Trolling Trump, Illinois governor declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinois : politics

Hawai'i Lawmakers Want To Make It Harder For Kids To Skip Vaccines : politics

Montana Senate kills bill to require Ten Commandments in every public school classroom : politics
Why Eisenhower Added 'Under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance During the Cold War | HISTORY The pledge, as recited by U.S. schoolchildren, wasn't standardized until World War II, and didn't contain "under God" until 1954.

What's Going on at Planned Parenthood? - Lawyers, Guns & Money I don't know anything about the finances of Planned Parenthood, but this seems really really really bad

Men Face $1,000 Fine if They 'Discharge Semen' Under New Bill : politics

For a very long time, I have expressed frustration that Americans obsessively focus on World War II and the Nazis and don't pay enough attention to their own horrible histories. Often, this is reflected in the universities. You could easily fill a 100 seat course on the Holocaust, much easier than you can for a 30 seat course on Native history or the history of slavery. And yet, which is more relevant to what is happening today in the U.S? It's obviously the latter two ... In short, stop reading and watching documentaries about World War II and start reading about the 1890s. It'll help you understand what is going on here. And if you have to look up the Colfax Massacre, well, that's a sign that you probably really need to follow this path.
Colfax massacre - Wikipedia ... During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, historians have given renewed attention to the events at Colfax and the resulting Supreme Court case

Bonneville Power staff departures under President Trump raise concerns about Northwest electrical grid : politics

Coast Guard Suffers Data Breach, Pay Delayed for 1,135 Members - USNI News : politics

The events canceled at the Kennedy Center since the Trump takeover - The Washington Post Actress and comedian Issa Rae was the first major artist to cancel since the Trump takeover.

Bad Unionism - Lawyers, Guns & Money - When it comes to the labor movement, this can mean fetishizing the idea of the independent union, which as I have written about extensively, rarely work ... First, no responsible union goes ahead with a vote when it is going to lose that badly. The standard union strategy is not vote until you have 65-70% of workers with a signed card because you know that in the end, 10-15% are going to slip away on you. To lose a union election is a bad thing anyway


Advice | See how gas prices and EV charging costs compare in all 50 states - Washington Post

Democrats win Delaware senate seats after Saturday's special elections : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,821 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the unmarked grave of Madeline Albright ... Basically, Albright was one of the reasons why so many lefties were Nader curious in 2000. Moreover, the Clinton administration was horrible on so many issues and Albright was part and parcel to the foreign policy part of this

Trump admin pulls hundreds of videos from CFPB's YouTube channel : technology


Dating App Cover-Up: How Tinder, Hinge, and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps – The Markup The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark


Why Gen Z Will Never Leave Home - Macleans.ca Thanks to soaring housing costs, a generation of twentysomethings are still in their childhood bedrooms. A portrait of family life with no empty nest.

When Flamingos Came to the Chesapeake - The Sunday Long Read

Ebikes and Bike Lanes - Lawyers, Guns & Money


How regulators failed to close the deadliest workplace in America - Washington Post Inspectors issued more than 100 safety violations and millions in fines. Yet deaths and injuries continued.


Opinion | Do Trump transportation rules on marriage, kids help rural families? - The Washington Post Many Americans still imagine rural areas as bastions of traditional families. That's no longer the case. - over the past three decades, among women ages 15 to 44, marriage rates have fallen much faster for rural women and girls than for their urban counterparts. Between 1988 and 2018, the proportion of rural women who were married fell from 55 percent to 33 percent. Marriage among urban women also declined but to a lesser degree.

What's the biggest fitness myth that just won't die? : AskReddit

ELI5: what's the grounding wire for? : explainlikeimfive


I completed the Eiffel Tower LEGO set with my dad!! 10,001 pieces of pure joy!! : pics


Cops Leave Dying Man Because Their Shift is Ending : videos

Maryland father sentenced to 65 years for shooting inside mall during his child's birthday party : news

Pontiac mother arrested after abandoning children in home for 4-5 years : news

TIL in 2022 an 18-yr-old student, who did genealogical research as a hobby, cracked the unsolved 1964 murder of a 9-yr-old girl in Hazleton, PA. He researched for 18 months & created 50 complete family trees to find a connection to Hazleton which eventually led him to zero in on culprit James Forte : todayilearned


US government and chemical makers have claimed up to 20% of wildfire suppressant's contents are "trade secrets" and exempt from public disclosure. New study found they are a major source of environmental pollution, containing toxic heavy metal levels up to 3,000 times above drinking water limits. : science

TIL 55% of the world's population aged 15 and older can't swim : todayilearned

TIL a man who received a bone marrow transplant was found that the DNA in his blood and semen had been completely replaced by that of his donor : todayilearned

Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals - Birds have developed sophisticated neural circuits through their own mechanisms, without following the same path as mammals. This changes how we understand brain evolution. : science

Men who thought their partner was more likely to spend time with other men produced ejaculates with higher sperm concentration during intercourse. This suggests that men's bodies could be biologically (but unconsciously) tuned to respond to perceived competition. : science

Study discovered that people consistently underestimate the extent of public support for diversity and inclusion in the US. This misperception can negatively impact inclusive behaviors, but may be corrected by informing people about the actual level of public support for diversity. : science

ELI5: Does smoking make lung cancer worse if you already have it? : explainlikeimfive

MGB study: eating yogurt could reduce colon cancer risk


Julianne Moore in'Great Shock' After Donald Trump Bans Her Children's Book 'Freckleface Strawberry' From Schools: 'I Can't Help But Wonder What Is So Controversial' : books

'Reading is part of my identity': the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon | Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers' platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed : technology
The StoryGraph | Because life's too short for a book you're not in the mood for

Opinion | J.D. Salinger's unauthorized editions On the hunt for unauthorized editions of the stories the reclusive author of 'The Catcher in the Rye' never wanted us to read.

Students across New England remain months behind pre-pandemic peers

Mass General Brigham launches major layoffs amid restructuring


what do you think is the biggest scandal in human history ? : AskReddit





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An asteroid has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. : worldnews
World's sea-ice falls to record low : worldnews



ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ The owners of the Russian oil tankers which sunk in the Kerch Strait in December 2024, causing damage estimated at $335 million, have been fined 600,000 rubles ($6,588). It's also emerged that they bought some of their tankers for under $13,000 each, likely from scrapyards. / X



Three Israeli hostages released in Gaza as ceasefire holds | : worldnews



Zelenskyy tells Vance Ukraine needs 'security guarantees' before any Putin talks : worldnews
Russia must withdraw its troops to February 2022 line, Zelenskyy says : worldnews
'Time has come': Zelenskyy demands creation of 'armed forces of Europe' - The Times of India : worldnews
NEXTA on X: No one invited Ukraine to talks in Saudi Arabia - Zelenskyy :I saw that someone said there would be a meeting in Saudi Arabia at the level of the U.S. and Russian presidents. Some peace talks. They even put up our flag... I don't know what this is. It's not serious. / X
Zelenskyy says he will not take Ukraine's NATO membership off the table : worldnews
Zelensky warns the days of America's guaranteed support for Europe are over : politics
Zelensky 'politely declines' to sign agreement granting U.S. mining rights for half of Ukraine's 'future mineral reserves' - Meduza : politics
NOELREPORTS on X: U.S. Envoy Kellogg: The war in Ukraine will end in less than a year-I give it 180 days to engage all sides. "The U.S. will keep funding Ukraine but insists on an immediate ceasefire to stop the killing. Ukraine will be at the negotiating table, but Europe won't. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1087, Part 1 (Thread #1234) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems plans to double production in Ukraine : worldnews


Roy🇨🇦 on X: With machine vision the FPV is controlled by the operator until a target is a few hundred meters away and designated. He hands over control to algorithms trained by machine learning to recognize the target and fly the FPV until the target is hit. This defeats local jamming. / X

OSINTtechnical on X: Onboard footage of Ukrainian Navy vessels downing Russian attack drones over the Black Sea with their L3Harris VAMPIRE SAM systems. Each intercept relies on a low-cost APKWS laser-guided rocket. / X


Angle grinder used to cut telecommunications cable to Northern Norway military airbase : worldnews

Gabrielius Landsbergis: Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it: 1/17" - Bluesky

Devana 🇺🇦 on X: Pistorius couldn't stay silent. He scrapped his pre-written speech on the spot because he couldn't ignore what Vance had said. And the response? A 30-second standing ovation -- a stark contrast to the reaction to the U.S. Vice President's speech. Pistorius made it clear: / X

Europe will not be part of Ukraine-Russia peace talks, US envoy says : worldnews
Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule : politics
JD Vance Mocked After Downplaying Election Interference To European Leaders : politics
JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany's far-right party : worldnews
German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis : politics

Macron calls emergency European summit on Trump, Polish minister says : worldnews

JD Vance decried as extremist over attack on UK abortion clinic safe zones : politics



Isolated Indigenous man makes brief contact with outside world, then returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest : worldnews


Canada should block U.S. ambassador while Trump talks annexation, professor says : politics
'We're not going to America': Canadians boycott U.S. over Trump threats : politics
Air Canada to Cut US-Bound Flights in March; WestJet Could Follow : worldnews




Meteorologists warn of potentially historic flooding as a major storm hits the east with all hazards : politics

31 Photos From September 11th That You Have Never Seen | by Jeremiah Warren | Medium

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Donald Trump's High Approval Rating Fades. : politics
America Chose the Monster - America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color -- and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.

Trump's executive actions: Tracking his orders by category undefined

Aging Members of Congress Refuse to Disclose Details of Their Top Secret Hospital : politics

George Conway: "I'm having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn't devolve into violence." Bluesky

Trump is badly misreading today's economy - The president's tariffs will make America's whack-a-mole inflation problem worse. : politics

Trump's Purge Hits Nuclear Weapons Agency-Setting Off National Crisis : politics
Trump Officials Fire, Swiftly Rehire, Overseers of U.S. Nuclear Stockpile | Trump administration officials seemed unaware of the importance of the National Nuclear Security Administration, sources told CNN. : politics
Trump Fires Hundreds of Staff Overseeing Nuclear Weapons: Report : politics
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country's weapons stockpile, sources say : politics

'None of This Is About Saving Money': Fury Over Trump-Musk Purge of Federal Workers : politics

Bernie Sanders launches high-profile offensive against 'the oligarchy' : politics

Trump's A.G. Just Did Something So Corrupt She Should Be Fired Already : politics - The top law enforcement officer of the United States, five days on the job, ordered that corruption charges, painstakingly assembled over a multiyear period by prosecutors in New York's Southern District, be dismissed.
Pam Bondi's Order to Dismiss Eric Adams' Indictment Has Triggered 3 Times More Legal Resignations Than the Watergate Scandal : politics
After Watergate, Congress curbed the presidency. Now, Trump is testing those limits : politics

Most Americans say it would be 'too risky' to give presidents, including Trump, more power : politics

AOC Says Eric Adams Is Endangering NYC And Should 'Be Removed' From Office : politics
AOC Mocks Border Czar for Suggesting She's 'Impeding' The Law: 'Maybe He Can Learn to Read. The Constitution Would Be a Good Place to Start' : politics ... It is the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins. - Benjamin Franklin

Federal workers express shock, anger over mass firings: "You are not fit for continued employment" : politics

Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World : politics
DOGE's hastily-launched site has already been hacked: 'This is a joke of a .gov site' : politics

The mainstream press should boycott Trump's free form fascism explorations until the AP's access is restored - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Musk and Trump are stopping the distribution of live-saving aid and firing anybody who tells the public about it - Lawyers, Guns & Money - These people are just cartoonishly evil:
Elon Musk's Son Appearing to 'Shush' Trump During Oval Office Meeting Draws Hilarious Reactions: 'This Is a SNL Skit Happening in Real Time' : politics
Elon Musk is not telling the truth : politics ... he AVERAGES 110 tweets per day. That's one tweet for every 10 minutes he's awake.
Let's Talk About Ketamine
Trump responds to critics who say Musk is in charge : politics

Consumer watchdog agency called 'vicious' by Trump seen as a 'hero' to many it aided : politics

Karthik Sankaran: "The Schmitt has hit the fan." - Bluesky

Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo : politics
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo | The New Republic

Musk's takeover of US health agencies raises pandemic threat, experts warn : politics
Musk and His Rich Friends Are Looting the Federal Government : politics

Judge John McConnell Jr faces impeachment for obstructing Trump : politics

Trump, sensing a lack of solidarity, pushes the press down a slippery slope: Donald Trump demands the Associated Press bend a knee -- while the rest of the media falls back : politics

Anderson Cooper calls Republican a "d***" live on air : politics (Sununununu)
Anderson Cooper Calls Republican a 'D***' Live on Air - Newsweek

Trump's immigration orders are grim reminder of Japanese internment : politics

Kash Patel Failed to Disclose Companies Involved in a Million-Dollar Land Deal | Trump's nominee for FBI head continues to generate questions about his finances. : politics

3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records : politics

Red state legislators upset that their constituents' faces are being eaten - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'No one wants to pay $25 for breakfast': US restaurants are cracking under inflation : politics

Ilya Shapiro and Josh Blackman defend the rule of law - Lawyers, Guns & Money

RFK Jr. is already taking aim at anti-depressants : politics
RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day : politics

Hundreds of Americans get surprise electric bill after Trump change : politics

'Are Your Grocery Bills Lower?' Ad Targets Soaring Price of Eggs Under Trump | "While he is acting aggressively to lower taxes for the wealthy, we haven't seen that zeal to help the working class," said one union leader. : politics



Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says : politics
Despite pleas for veto, Utah Gov. Cox signs bill banning public unions from collective bargaining | Governor also signs bill to restrict transgender students in college dorms : politics

Missouri clinics will 'immediately' offer abortion across the state after judge's ruling : politics



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,820 - Lawyers, Guns & Money Now, Shaler was a legitimate scientist, but despite what people want to believe today, scientific racism was part and parcel of science. The problem of course is that science, when done by racist, is going to be racist ... Nathaniel Southgate Shaler is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.





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Ineffective generic drugs fuel rare public anger in China : worldnews
Trump Floats Deal With Russia, China to Halve Defense Spending : worldnews


Laughing Kremlin Insiders Say Trump Has Given Putin Greenlight to Expand the War : worldnews
Putin is preparing to declare victory despite the real state of affairs - Pentagon | УНН : worldnews

US citizen detained in Russia for drug possession, says state media : worldnews



Trump Says US To Sell State-of-art F-35 Jets To India : worldnews
Italian 'mystic' may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue : worldnews

Over 270,000 Syrian refugees return since Assad's ouster: UNHCR : worldnews


Hamas releases name of three hostages to be freed on Saturday : worldnews

Dr Anwar Gargash: Interests of Palestinian people must come before those of Hamas : worldnews


Ukraine on 'irreversible path' to Nato membership, Starmer tells Zelenskyy : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Trump told me Putin wants to end the war. I told him Putin is a liar. : worldnews
Russia hammers Ukraine with huge drone attack hours after Putin-Trump call : worldnews
Joint statement from the Nordic-Baltic leaders - Government.se
Putin preparing war against Nato countries next year, warns Zelensky - latest Ukraine developments : worldnews
Zelensky refuses to sign document on transfer of 50% of Ukrainian mineral resources to the US - WP | УНН : worldnews
Josh Rogin on X: "Multiple lawmakers here in Munich told me the U.S. Congressional delegation presented Zelensky with a piece of paper they wanted him to sign which would grant the U.S. rights to 50% of Ukraine's future mineral reserves. Zelensky politely declined to sign it. #MSC2025" / X
Volodymyr Tretyak on X: ""A peace agreement cannot be signed in Munich. We remember what things were signed here, I will not repeat that," Volodymyr Zelenskyy / X
Trump's plan for peace negotiations - YouTube

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1086, Part 1 (Thread #1233) : worldnews
Defense of Ukraine on X: A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul. David Gemmell The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to February 14, 2025 / X

Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal : worldnews
Consequences of a russian drone hitting the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant today. : pics


Vance berates European leaders as tensions with close allies burst into the open : worldnews
Growth in Russian military spending outpaces all European countries combined: Think tank : worldnews

Aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman collides with ship in Mediterranean Sea : worldnews


In Munich - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Switzerland inches closer to legalising recreational cannabis : worldnews

'We will soon be next': German leaders sound alarm on Trump's Ukraine plan : worldnews




Measles cases are rising in the US, mainly among those who are unvaccinated: Health officials : news
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD: "In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading." -- Bluesky
The Flu virus won't quit this year, 'It's a salad of viruses.'


Jess Piper: "RFK Jr said he wants to send folks who are taking antidepressants and ADHD medications to "wellness farms" in rural America where they will be forced to labor by growing organic food to "cure their addictions." www.motherjones.com/politics/202..." -- Bluesky

Trump says Russia should be readmitted to G7, adding it was a mistake for Moscow to be expelled : worldnews

White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute : politics
The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of 'Gulf of Mexico' : politics
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press

DOGE Website Reportedly Shares Classified Intelligence Data: Where Did They Get This Information? : politics

Education Department Contracts Axed Across the Country Without Reason as DOGE Barrels On: 'We're Completely Crippled' : politics

Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website : technology

DOJ Enters The Darkest Period In Its Long History : politics

Trump's deranged press conference - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump and competitive authoritarianism - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is an extremely cogent analysis from Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way of the political crossroads that the United States is now at:


Elon Musk's Vision Is Coming Into Focus -- And It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid : politics
DOGE's Website Is Just One Big X Ad : technology
X Cancelled | Verifying your request
X Cancelled
these days... : gifs
Elon Musk and the Right Are Recasting Reporting as 'Doxxing' : politics
Elon Musk Is a Walking Conflict of Interest -- Mother Jones : politics
Elon Musk's Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla: Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars -- Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business. : politics

Apple Comes Crawling Back to X Like a Dog : technology

Trump's firing of a top ethics official is a targeted attack on public trust : politics

Foreign Money, Alleged Lies, and Extremism-What GOP Senators Voting for Kash Patel Ignored | Trumps pick for FBI director is severely compromised. Republicans don't care. : politics

Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze : politics

Statement From Governor Kathy Hochul : politics
Kathy Hochul fires the first shot - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hochul must remove Adams - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Authoritarian clown show - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bove finds his Bork - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Deputy Attorney General admonished DOJ lawyer for taking notes on his criminal fuckin' conspiracy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Manhattan US attorney resigns after refusing orders to drop case against New York City Mayor Adams : news
Another top NY federal prosecutor resigns rather than junk Mayor Adams' corruption case : news
Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump's former lawyer in scathing letter : politics

Why Isn't Congress Doing Anything? : politics ... Republicans are just fine with Elon Musk gutting the government ... You can't fix stupid, and RW voters are the epitome of stupidity.

A Pennsylvanian's Bold Letter to Senator Fetterman.

CNN Headline: "Vaccine skeptic RFK Jr. confirmed as health secretary" - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Dr. Oz Could Decide If Pregnant Patients Get Emergency Care In Anti-Abortion States : politics

Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas : politics

A free speech dispute over a New England town's pastry shop painting heads to trial : news
Donut painting sparks free speech debate for bakery, town | AP News


Laid-off Meta employees blast Zuckerberg in forums for running the 'cruelest tech company out there' : technology

Marc Andreessen, billionaire Project 2025 architect, known on Epstein Island as "The Human Buttplug" : pics


Allstate slammed with lawsuit after scheme to spy on millions of Americans is uncovered: Without their knowledge or consent : technology

Injuries are reported in a more than 100-vehicle pileup near Portland in whiteout conditions : news


Brian Setzer Says He Cannot Play Guitar Due to Autoimmune Disease : Music

What is the worst plot twist you've ever seen in a movie? : movies

A24's 'Death of a Unicorn' Starring Jenna Ortega Rated "R" for Strong Violence & Gore : movies


Meta unveils AI models that convert brain activity into text with unmatched accuracy : science

The consequences of US abortion bans - more babies and higher infant mortality: an estimated 478 additional infant deaths in the 14 states with bans and around one extra baby born per 1,000 woman, or a total of 22,180 additional babies across the country. : science

Study suggests sex can provide relationship satisfaction boost that lasts longer than just act itself. Positive "afterglow" of sex can linger for at least 24 hours, especially when sex is a mutual decision or initiated by one partner, while sexual rejection creates negative effect for several days. : science

Researchers found that feeling satisfied in their relationship, experiencing a good quality of sexual life, possessing empathy, and having children were all linked to higher levels of psychological well-being for women. : science

Study finds neurologic complications of flu nearly 50 times greater for children with underlying neurologic conditions such as seizures, meningitis, altered mental status, and movement disorders : science

A large-scale analysis of 1,705 studies shows that pesticides negatively impact non-target plants, animals, and microbes - raising concerns about biodiversity loss. : science



What's the weirdest thing someone has asked you to do so far? : AskReddit

Stephen King's New Book Is Incredibly Unexpected : books

TIL Coca-Cola sold for 5 cents for over 60 years : todayilearned

What person, whom you've never met in real life, has changed your life? : AskReddit

Men of Reddit, what is something you tell your girlfriend/wife that is completely untrue? : AskReddit

If Heaven is associated with harps, then what instrument is Hell associated with? : AskReddit





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N. Korea executes young woman in public display meant to deter rising crime : worldnews

Russia to get back jailed cybercrime boss from US after freeing teacher Marc Fogel : worldnews


Russia's Putin holds phone call with Syria's Sharaa : worldnews



Israel threatens 'all hell will break loose' on Hamas in latest Gaza ceasefire crisis : worldnews

A recent study has found that individuals in Israel may exhibit an unconscious aversion to left-wing political concepts | The research found that people took longer to verbally respond to words associated with the political left, suggesting a rapid, automatic rejection of this ideology. : science
Political orientations are correlated with brain structure in young adults - PubMed
The Unexpected Relationship Between Ideology and Anxiety | Psychology Today Canada People with left-wing economic views are more prone to more anxiety disorders.

Opinion | Why criticizing Israel is not antisemitic


Ukraine is cut out of negotiations between America and Russia : politics
Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin 'negotiations' on ending Ukraine war and will 'work together, very closely' : worldnews
Russia says it will never swap Ukrainian territory for Kyiv-held parts of Kursk region : worldnews
Russia rejects swapping occupied territory with Ukraine after Zelensky suggestion : worldnews
Hegseth Says NATO Membership Not Realistic Outcome for Ukraine : worldnews


Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc applaud Musk USAid crackdown. : worldnews ... The Axis of evil in now the Circlejerk of oligarchs.



Russia could start a major war in Europe within 5 years, Danish intelligence warns : worldnews

Number of bearded vultures in the Alps could double in ten years - SWI swissinfo.ch ... Today, around 350 bearded vultures live in the Alps.

Homelessness rises in Finland for first time in over a decade : worldnews


'The right answer is not a real estate operation:' French President Macron calls for respect for Palestinians in Gaza : worldnews ... special real estate operation ... Magaza ... an Exodus




'Red, White and Blueland?' Republican unveils bill to rename Greenland : politics





Trump Admits He Caved to Putin in Phone Call on Ukraine - Donald Trump has given Vladimir Putin everything he wants. : politics
Russia 'will not discuss' territorial exchange with Ukraine, says Kremlin : worldnews
Russia Asks Elon Musk to Hand Over Names of Dissidents : politics

Republicans Reveal Trump Tax Plan Will Cost US $4.5 trillion : politics
How many voters have a party affiliation? | USAFacts Of registered voters, 47% have declared a party affiliation. As of September 2024, 36 million voters are registered Republicans and 45.1 million are registered Democrats.

U.S. hits record low in international corruption index : politics The lowest score is the highest on the corruption scale, for those confused.
U.S. hits record low in international corruption index. The Trump effect. : politics

Trump is the Most Lawless President in American History : politics ... It took the crack investigative team at the Guardian a while, but they finally figured out that the only convicted felon in entire American presidential history is their guy.

Elon Musk Goes After NATO - Newsweek : worldnews

Musk's Oval Office Stunt Puts His Shadow Presidency in Plain Sight | Donald Trump cast in a supporting role as the Musk family visited the White House. : politics

Trump Humiliated in the 'Most Powerless Image Ever' of a U.S. President: O''Donnell : politics
Lawrence O'Donnell: Musk Humiliates Trump in 'Most Powerless Image Ever'
After Elon Musk took over, hate speech increased on X (Twitter). The weekly rate of hate speech increased by about 50%, including increased use of specific homophobic, transphobic, and racist slurs. The average number of 'likes' on hate posts also increased by 70%. : science

State Dept. Suspends Plan to Buy Armored Teslas : politics

McConnell only Republican to vote against Gabbard : politics

Trump to order US agencies to plan for 'large scale' staff cuts : politics
Trump Orders Plans for Large Scale Work Force Cuts and Expands Musk's Power : politics

Senator Accuses Kash Patel of Covertly Directing F.B.I. Dismissals : politics

Trump Is on the Wrong Side of History by Design : politics

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Files Official Complaint Against OPM and DOGE : technology

83 percent say president is required to follow Supreme Court rulings: Survey : politics

House GOP Makes Official Its Plan For Devastating Cuts To Medicaid : politics ... But one thing is clear now that has been clear for months: Medicaid, the program that covers health care costs for low-income Americans, is, by design, the main target of the House GOP's federal spending cuts proposal.

Judge orders Trump admin to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight | Removed pages include guidance and data on HIV, contraceptives, and teen health. : technology

Trump Mocked After Blaming Bad Inflation Report On Biden : politics

Ben Folds Resigns from Advisory Position at Kennedy Center After Trump Installs Himself as Chairman : Music

Aging Democrats Are Still Telling the Same Old Story. It's Time to Turn the Page : politics

NASA HQ verbally orders employees to purge workspaces of LGBTQI+ symbols : politics

Musk to Trump "You're not the President" - YouTube

'Highway robbery': NYC comptroller accuses Musk of stealing $80m from city : politics

Acyn on X: Garcia: I find it ironic that Marjorie Taylor Greene is in charge of running this committee. In the last congress she literally showed a dick pick in an oversight hearing so I thought I would bring one as well. Now this, of course, we know is President Elon Musk. / X

Donald Trump's Gen Z popularity plunges : politics

Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party : politics
Frustrated Democrats near their Tea Party moment: 'This is not okay' : politics


Morning-After Pill Ban Proposed by Republicans : politics


Eric Adams' Deal With Donald Trump Is Pure Corruption : politics


First human bird flu case reported in Ohio, Department of Health confirms : news
Alert: H5N1 and U.S. Sickness Levels | Patreon


CA Tesla owners receiving threats to sell their cars, or they'll be vandalized: report : technology


No women among world's top 100 highest-paid athletes : news


ELI5: How does Apple never run out of stock and always sell at MSRP but Nvidia struggles to do the same? : explainlikeimfive



lets ignore the US for a second, how's the rest of the world doing? : AskReddit

ELI5: How did people in extremely cold countries dry their clothes before we invented dryers? : explainlikeimfive

After sex, we leave a unique genital microbial 'fingerprint' on our partners. Both men and women have unique populations of bacteria around their genitals, dubbed the 'sexome'. This signature could be used to identify the perpetrators of sexual assaults in cases where no sperm is left behind. : science

Did your parents spank you as a form of discipline? How did it affect you? : AskReddit

Eating from plastic takeout containers may increase the chance of heart failure, study of 3,000 people suggests. Exposure to plastic chemicals in boiled water poured out of takeout containers led to changes to gut biome in rats that caused cause inflammation damaging the circulatory system. : science

A new study found that White young adults who accept color-blind racial ideology tend to show greater romantic attraction to White individuals, while Black young adults who are more accepting of this ideology tend to show lower romantic attraction to Black individuals. : science

ELI5: Can someone explain nautical mile? What's the difference between that and regular road mile? : explainlikeimfive ... A nautical mile is based on 1 min of latitude and is easier for navigation along a straight line. An imperial mile is based on how far one particular roman solider could march in 1,000 paces.

Second-Hand Smoke Exposure During Childhood Leaves its Mark on Children's DNA . Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to show certain changes in the epigenome, which can alter the way genes are expressed. : science

The first clinical trial of its kind has found that semaglutide, distributed under the brand name Wegovy, cut the amount of alcohol people drank by about 40% and dramatically reduced people's desire to drink : science
Benefits of Weight-Loss Medications | Saxenda (liraglutide) injection 3mg

Ketamine shows promise for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder in new study | Researchers discovered that a single injection of ketamine, an anesthetic medication, led to a rapid reduction in obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. : science
Very Low Dose Ketamine Treatment | Joyous

500-year-old records reveal how people weathered the Little Ice Age : science

Why did only birds remain as the only descendant of dinosaurs? : askscience
North Dakota site shows wreckage from same object that killed the dinosaurs | UW News

High-energy cosmic neutrino detected under Mediterranean Sea : worldnews

86.6% of the surveyed astrobiologists responded either "agree" or "strongly agree" that it's likely that extraterrestrial life (of at least a basic kind) exists somewhere in the universe. : science



TIL that the person who destroyed most Axis planes during WW2 was not a fighter ace but a SAS commando : todayilearned

Are the books of Alistair MacLean still known today? : books
AlistairMacLean.com - The writings and films of Alistair MacLean - Home Page

Who is the most dangerous person on earth? : AskReddit

What's the weirdest thing you've seen in someone's house? : AskReddit

What drastically changed your life? : AskReddit

What's one habit that has changed your life? : AskReddit

What's your "I can't believe they were doing that at work" story? : AskReddit

Adulthood feels like everyone got a 'secret menu' of life skills you missed. What's one thing you later realized you were supposed to just know, but nobody actually taught you? : AskReddit
Dad, how do I? - YouTube





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` Russia's Military Spending Hits $462 Billion, Outpacing Entire European Continent : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Russia is systematically sending badly wounded men back into combat, often denying them medical treatment. Previously, men were allowed to recuperate or leave the army if seriously injured; now, death appears to be the only way out for many. / X


KyivPost on X: One less Kremlin ally, as Armenia's Parliament has just voted to begin the process of joining the EU. / X

More Than 100 Women Kept as Slaves in Human Egg Harvesting Farm in Georgia : worldnews



Euromaidan Press on X: "US gets an intelligence chief who said NATO caused Russia's invasion of Ukraine Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as DNI in 52-48 vote. She'll now control what intelligence America shares with Ukraine / X
'People were killed inside Presidential Office' - Zelensky comments on Russia's assassination attempts in 2022 : worldnews
'People were killed inside Presidential Office' - Zelensky comments on Russia's assassination attempts in 2022 At least three assassination attempts at Zelensky were reported by March 2022 as Russian forces were pushing toward Ukraine's capital before being defeated in the battle of Kyiv.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1084, Part 1 (Thread #1231) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 12, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

MAKS 24 on X: SBU exposed a top FSB "rat" in its ranks! The traitor was detained this morning personally by SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk. As it turned out, the head of the Headquarters of the Anti-Terrorist Center of was working for the enemy. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: The strikes on Kyiv were so strong that people started to lose consciousness from the blast wave, not only windows and doors blew out in the buildings, but also sockets." - local resident on the Russian attack this morning. / X


Trump is driving China and South America's relation to its 'best moment'. : politics

Justin Trudeau says Ukraine decides how war ends with Russia : worldnews




Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine's Pre-2014 Borders Is'Unrealistic' : politics
Hegseth's visit to U.S. base in Germany met with student walkout : politics

Pope Francis's Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA's Dark Soul : politics
Pope Informs J.D. Vance He's Wrong About Migrants, Christianity : politics
Why does the White House need a faith office? : politics

Inflation increased in January, posing obstacle for tariff plans : politics

AOC says Dems need to play hardball if they help Republicans keep the government open : politics


Trump Says the Corrupt Part Out Loud : politics

Trump Just Blew a Hole Through the Constitution : politics

Trump Openly Threatens Judges Who Blocked His Orders : politics

'Autocratic breakthrough': Trump showdown with courts puts U.S. on the brink of abandoning democracy : politics
Supreme Court Justice Sounds Alarm Over Trump's 'Monarchy' Power Grab : politics
Judge Told Trump And Musk To Follow The Law For A Week. They're Calling It Tyranny. : politics
American Bar Association Says Trump Is Not Following The Rule Of Law : politics
Mike Johnson Caves to Trump and Trashes Separation of Powers : politics
GOP senator: We have to follow court decisions : politics

US Homeland Security says election security personnel placed on leave : politics

AP statement on Oval Office access : politics

Look Past Elon Musk's Chaos. There's Something More Sinister at Work. : politics
Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government : politics
The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time : politics
The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration - ProPublica
Elon Musk issues major Social Security warning : politics
Elon Musk's Ego Sure to Get Massive Blow from Stunning Poll Results : politics
Democrats rally against Musk: 'Hands off our Social Security' : politics
Nicola Jennings on Elon Musk being appointed Trump's 'head of efficiency' – cartoon | Nicola Jennings | The Guardian
Trump's Plan Comes Into Focus: Make America Corrupt Again : politics

Dozens of workers at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau have been fired in an after-hours blitz. The emails they received were not even personalized with their names : politics

Trump calls USAID a 'tremendous fraud.' His wife and daughter promoted its work | Melania and Ivanka Trump toured Africa to promote USAID programs. : politics
USAID inspector fired after revealing nearly $500m in food aid was about to spoil amid Trump funding freeze : politics

Trump Signs Order on DOGE as Elon Musk Stands Next to Him Watching : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE office budget more than doubles from $6.5 to $14.4 million : politics

Donald Trump Taunted Over 'Most Powerless Image Of A President' Ever : politics

Trump's pick for FBI chief took money from Russian propagandist, WP reports : politics


Trump State Department official has repeatedly called for mass sterilization of 'low-IQ trash' : politics
Trump supporters use less cognitively complex language and more simplistic modes of thinking than Biden supporters, study finds
College education levels predicted whether states went Trump or Harris - States with fewer grads went for Trump

Republicans start splitting apart under Trump : politics

Grist of Empire | Anna Krauthamer How the West uses sexual violence to advance its interests
The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Expose -

Trump Brings Back One of His Shadiest Practices From His First Term: Donald Trump has proudly declared he'll hide all his guests from the public. : politics

Donald Trump's ban on trans research shows that his ultimate goal is eradication : politics

White House bars AP reporter because of AP style policy on 'Gulf of America' : politics

NYC Mayor Eric Adams' attorney says 'case is over' after Justice Department's order : politics

Unhuman Resources | Hannah Gais The many grievances of Jack Posobiec

Kansas' Democratic governor vetoes a GOP-backed ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors : politics


Gen Zers Long for a Simpler Time They Never Knew : politics


Jack in the Country | Daniel Lefferts


The Ten ONeils - TWO BOATS GALLERY
A mother and her 10 daughters, Boston, 1952 : boston

Inside the tragic, tortured lives of the world's first quintuplets - who were taken from their parents and exhibited in a 'zoo' | The Sun




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US restarts AIDS funding to South Africa : worldnews


Hundreds of Russian troops revealed to have undergone recovery in North Korea : worldnews



Russia lashes out at EU plans to seize its 'shadow fleet' in the Baltic Sea : worldnews

Russia arrests female powerlifting champ for being 'hired assassin' for Ukraine : worldnews

US school teacher Marc Fogel released by Russia : worldnews


Migrants' bodies in Libya mass graves had gunshot wounds, IOM says : worldnews


Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not return hostages Saturday, Netanyahu says: Live news - The Washington Post
Trump says he could withhold aid to Jordan, Egypt if they don't take in Palestinians - The Washington Post
Live updates: Trump presses plan to take over Gaza during meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II - The Washington Post
Trump says he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they reject his Gaza development plan : worldnews
Trump: ethnic cleansing in Gaza should be total and permanent - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'For every hostage harmed, Israel will take 5% of Gaza,' Smotrich says : worldnews


Zelenskyy ready to swap Kyiv-held land in Russia for Ukrainian territory : worldnews
Zelenskyy proposes to trade land with Putin, offers to return Kursk : worldnews
Zelensky proposes swap of seized territory with Russia : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine's security without America : worldnews
Ukraine 'may be Russian someday', Trump says ahead of Zelenskyy meeting with Vance | Ukraine : worldnews
Ukraine Could Get 'War-Winning Weapons' Under New US Proposal : worldnews
Trump demands $500B in rare earths from Ukraine for continued support : worldnews
Trump says Ukraine 'essentially agreed' to $500 billion rare earth deal : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1083, Part 1 (Thread #1230) : worldnews

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Reacting to videos of numerous destroyed Russian vehicles on the road to Pokrovsk, Russian warbloggers say that civilian vehicles are now used in preference to armour because commanders fear reprimands if armoured vehicles are lost. / X
OSINTtechnical on X: Compilation of Ukrainian Mi-24V Hind helicopter gunships intercepting and shooting down Russian attack drones. All engaged with the Ukrainian Hind's 12.7mm Yak-B minigun. / X

Tesla sales tumble across Europe : worldnews
Why would you buy a Tesla when you could just give money to the Nazi Party directly? - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Germany's far-left party sees membership surge before election : worldnews
Nazi in Reichserntedankfest in 1934 make you realize how enormous it actually was. this is absurd... : pics


More than 170 World War II-era bombs found under playground in Britain - The Washington Post The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as "practice bombs" that still carry a charge and must be removed by professionals.


Euromaidan Press on X: "The Telegraph: Colombian veterans who fought for Ukraine were kidnapped in Venezuela and handed over to Russia Their disappearance reveals Putin's global reach and his close cooperation with Maduro's dictatorship. / X

Professor says Canada should block U.S. ambassador while Trump talks annexation : worldnews
Trudeau says Canada will respond firmly to unacceptable U.S. tariffs : worldnews
Canadian steel, aluminum businesses say Trump's tariff threats are already impacting them : worldnews




Shutting down the government - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Delusion and desire - Lawyers, Guns & Money William Saletan makes a strong argument that certain core Donald Trump positions are not the product of conscious lies on his part, but rather the product of a delusional mind: ... But the outside world doesn't exist for Trump. Calling him "delusional" implies the possibility of correction and reform, which is obviously impossible in this case, because it and we don't exist for him. So there is, strictly speaking, no delusion: there is merely his deranged ego, which is now swallowing the whole world and everyone in it.
How Reactionary Centrism Brought Us To This Moment - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Flu is surging, with some states seeing very high levels - The Washington Post ... The states include Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests : news

Elon Musk Rages as Judges Uphold DOGE Blockade: 'Attempted Coup!' : politics
Musk's Goals - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Defense Secretary Hegseth booed and heckled by military families protesting against DEI push : politics

Trump's record number of executive orders are testing the limits of presidential power : politics

'We haven't seen anything quite like Musk.' Here's what's behind his government blitz. : politics
Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research -- now he's trying to destroy future science : politics
Living the fever dream - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Conspiracy theory nation - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Republicans hate it when government works I - Lawyers, Guns & Money At his excellent new Substack -- the blundering by the Times editors is our gain -- Paul Krugman has a couple of good posts about the Trump administration trying to undo programs and institutions not because they're not working but because they are.

What are we doing here? - Lawyers, Guns & Money The purpose of this post is to provide a space for a blog-wide conversation on what LGM is or should be doing in the context of the so-far nameless catastrophe.

Donald Trump Is Delusional : politics
Trump Throws Tantrum as Massive New York Fraud Judgment Looms - Remember that fraud case against Donald Trump? It hasn't magically disappeared yet. : politics

The History Behind the Donald Trump 'Small Hands' Insult - ABC News Almost 30 years ago Trump was described as a "short-fingered vulgarian."
Sure, it's cute when you are 8. But when you are 78 and the president, try being a grown-up. : pics

When the clown President projects : PoliticalHumor

Google Calendar no longer includes start of Black History Month, Pride Month : politics

Federal Office on Violence Against Women removes funding opportunities from website | The office, part of the Justice Department, is a key source of grants for nonprofits that work to help victims of domestic violence. : politics

'We're Being Punished': NIH Tosses Some Grant Applications From Minority Researchers : politics

DOGE Teen Ran Image-Sharing Site Linked to URLs Referencing Pedophilia and the KKK : technology

Judge orders HHS, CDC and FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information : news

Without USAID's Food for Peace, Kansas grain elevators have no market for sorghum : politics
More on the Potential Death of USAID - Lawyers, Guns & Money

USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions : politics

We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad. : politics

Judge orders CDC, FDA to restore websites taken down after Trump gender order : politics

Rep. Nancy Mace uses House speech to accuse ex-fiancé and others of rape - The Washington Post Rep. Nancy Mace accused her ex-fiance and three other men of conspiring to drug, rape and film women without their consent, allegations he denied ... She has also defended her support for President Donald Trump despite him being found liable for sexual abuse, accusing ABC News host George Stephanopoulos of trying to "shame" her for her political choices.

Vought Restores CFPB Procedure That Sustains Mortgage Markets - The American Prospect The situation reveals that sometimes, even arsonists need the building they're burning down to stay upright.

Order to Drop Charges Against NYC Mayor Among 'Most Openly Corrupt Writings I've Seen on DOJ Letterhead' | "It's official: Eric Adams' shameless campaign to avoid legal accountability for corruption has succeeded," said one member of the New York State Assembly. : politics

Teen went to a Brooklyn parade, NYPD wrongly accused him of a mass shooting | AP News


Kanye West Dropped by Talent Agent After Antisemitic Rant: 'Effective Immediately' : Music


In one of the Marines' most iconic jobs, a stunning pattern of suicide - The Washington Post Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark reality.



2 children dead, apparently froze to death in Detroit casino parking garage : news

Shen Yun Is Said to Be Under Federal Investigation Over Possible Visa Fraud : worldnews



A Scientist Grew a Groundbreaking New 'Mutant' Form of Magic Mushroom


Psychedelic use linked to reduced distress, increased social engagement in autistic adults : science

In some situations, individuals experiencing depression may perceive reality more accurately, or at least with fewer of the optimistic biases that most people exhibit. Study found that in the context of voting, someone with depressive symptoms is less likely to follow party lines blindly. : science

Astronomers found the first binary in the S cluster near Sagittarius A*, proving such systems endure a million years before merging, possibly forming mysterious G objects : science

Astronomers Amazed by Perfect 'Einstein Ring' Gleaming Around a Galaxy 590 Million Light-Years Away : science

TIL an analysis found it took students 43 hours & adults 94 hours (on avg) for two acquaintances to turn into casual friends. Students needed 57 hours to transition from casual friends to friends; adults 164 hours. For students, friends became good/best friends after 119 hours; adults about 219 hrs. : todayilearned

TIL that women's brains appear about three years younger than men's of the same age in terms of metabolism : todayilearned

Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition "Atrophied and Unprepared" | Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use. : technology

The Science Behind Why Some of Us Are Shy To certain people, mingling at a party or talking to a crowded room is the stuff of nightmares. Why are some of us hardwired to be shy?



How to Grow Eyebrows Back, According to the Pros | Glamour From overplucked to bleached and brittle, we've got you covered.

The Northman (2022) is everything I could have asked for in a viking epic + incredibly gorgeous to look at. : movies

ELI5: Why are Smith, Miller, Fletcher, Gardener, etc all popular occupational names but Armourer, Roper, etc aren't? : explainlikeimfive
Inky Fool: The Taxman and the Farmer

'Mewing,' 'Sigma,' and Other Gen Z and Gen Alpha Slang You Might Need Help Decoding | Lifehacker
What Does It Mean to Be a 'Bop'? Getting Called This Slang Term Could Hurt Your Teen

What is the weirdest sex story you have? : AskReddit

What's your 'no one's going to believe you' story? : AskReddit

What are the biggest differences between Gen Z and Gen Alpha? : AskReddit

What's the harshest lesson you learned in you life the hard way? : AskReddit

What's the scariest thing you've learned about yourself? : AskReddit

What would be your last words? : AskReddit

What's the weirdest thing you've discovered about your partner only after moving in together? : AskReddit





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New marriages in China crash to record low, while divorces on the rise : worldnews
Researchers in China found that exercise reduces symptoms of Internet addiction. Additionally, exercise was found to reduce anxiety, loneliness, stress, feelings of inadequacy, and fatigue, as well as depression, while improving overall mental health : science
Unexpected fees shock U.S. consumers as Trump ends $800 duty-free imports from China : technology



Russia's Plans for New World Order Leaked : worldnews
max seddon on X: "We got hold of a leaked Russian government report. It says Moscow wants to unite former Soviet countries under a “world view . . . where we write rules for the new world." But the countries don't want to be tied to Russia's weakness - and face sanctions: / X
Russia says U.S. relations are on brink of collapse, refuses to confirm Trump call claim : worldnews

Russian Drone Operators Received Booby-Trapped FPV Goggles : worldnews
Drone headsets sent to Russian troops were booby-trapped to explode when switched on, state media says : worldnews
Explosive-laden drone goggles sent to Russian operators in sabotage attempt : worldnews

Russian prison officials ordered guards to 'be cruel' to Ukrainian POWs from first weeks of war, encouraging torture - WSJ - Meduza : worldnews

73-Year-Old American Teacher Brutally Tortured in Russian Prison After Capture in Ukraine : worldnews


UN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after more staff abductions : worldnews

Iran sends warning to Donald Trump : worldnews



Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his plan : worldnews

Hamas suspends hostage release, says Israel is not following ceasefire agreement : worldnews

Israeli Hostages' Accounts of Abuse Raise Alarms for Remaining Captives : worldnews


MilitaryNewsU on X: US Vice President JD Vance will meet with Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference, which starts on February 14, - CBS News. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1082, Part 1 (Thread #1229) : worldnews

Defense of Ukraine on X: A new milestone achieved. 10,000 russian tanks have been destroyed since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. #UAarmy continues to stand strong and destroy the enemy! / X

OSINTtechnical on X: Immensely rare footage of a Ukrainian S-300V long range SAM system engaging a Russian target with a massive 9M82 missile. /X



EU says it will retaliate immediately if Trump imposes new tariffs : worldnews

Pair of rare black wolves caught on camera in Polish forest by wildlife researchers : worldnews

Government Scraps Construction Project After Beavers Finish The Job Themselves : worldnews

Voters in Zurich reject pay rise for local politicians : worldnews
US becoming 'a risk to be hedged against,' Munich Security report warns : worldnews


France calls on EU to react to Trump's tariffs threats : worldnews


US judge blocks possible transfer of Venezuelan detainees to Guantanamo : worldnews

Trump's invasion threats violate international law: Canadian ambassador : worldnews
Canadian PM Trudeau: AI shouldn't only benefit 'oligarchs' : worldnews
White nationalist books planted in little free libraries across Ottawa : books




'He's Building a Concentration Camp': Fears Grow as Images Emerge of Offshore Prison at Gitmo : politics

Trump leaves Super Bowl early after backing the losing team : politics

47% of Americans reject Trump's idea of US control over Gaza Strip : politics ... 40% undecided about partaking in complete ethnic cleansing of region
Military Families Think US Will Be Involved in Major Conflict Soon : politics

Court blocks Donald Trump sending migrants to Guantanamo Bay : politics

Trump begins term with historically low approval rating, poll shows : politics
Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again : politics

Senate Democrats launch whistleblower portal for Trump-era abuses : politics
Whistleblowers | The Senate Democratic Caucus

Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege : politics

Inside the race to archive the US government's websites | MIT Technology Review Amid takedowns of various government sites and databases, several organizations are working to preserve vital climate, health, and scientific data before it's gone for good.

Karly Kingsley: If you're applauding the abolishment of the Department of Education, you need to do a little research. You have ZERO clue what the DOE actually does. Here's a reality check on what the Department of Education actually does: (1/14) - Bluesky

Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases : politics

Donald Trump declines to endorse JD Vance as 2028 Republican 'successor' : politics

Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials : news

Analysis: Trump may want a government shutdown to last months or years

Judge says Trump administration violating order to lift spending freeze : politics
Judge Says Trump Administration Is Violating a Court Order, Directs It to 'Immediately' Unfreeze Federal Funds : politics
Trump administration ordered to fully comply with order lifting funding freeze : politics


Musk's Threats Suddenly Darken as Trump Legal Losses Trigger MAGA Fury : politics
Republican Admits His Party Has Already "Collapsed" : politics

Third judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship executive order : politics

Trump's new executive order establishing a White House 'Faith Office' signals his religious advisors' increasing sway : politics

After court ruling, Vance and Trump approach a profoundly dangerous line : politics
JD Vance claims judges 'aren't allowed' to overrule President Trump on executive orders, suggests POTUS has 'legitimate power' to defy judicial rulings : politics ... To Republicans, Democrat presidents are minor, temporary roadblocks and Republican presidents are Julius Cesar, Ronald Regan and Jesus Christ rolled into one
'Read the Constitution': J.D. Vance Schooled Over Blatant Lack of U.S. Government Knowledge : politics

GOP senators terrified of crossing Trump, facing Musk-funded challengers : politics

Elon Musk's gutting of US agencies is illegal, experts say. How do you muzzle Doge? : politics

One of the DOGE Employees named Edward Coristine who goes by the nickname 'Big Balls' who was previously fired from another company for leaking company data has now been linked to have been a part of a controversial cyber-criminal black-hat community called The Com. : technology
Denise Wheeler: "I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers 2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub...." - Bluesky

'Work force is missing': Air traffic controllers in peril nationwide : politics

Trump Says Some Treasury Notes May Not Be Real : politics

More Than 800K Have Lost $2B on Trump's Meme Coin : politics

"Women" is a banned word: Trump uses trans panic to strip rights from all women : politics

Democrats: This Is War. Isn't It Time You Acted Like It? - Trump is counting on his opposition's deeply ingrained fear of being divisive to give him the room to break the country. So far he's getting what he wants. : politics


Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds | The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not impact benefits that go directly to individual people. : politics

Reciprocal tariffs and Donald Trump's bottomless stupidity - Lawyers, Guns & Money

From any reasonable political perspective, Donald Trump would embrace the masses of Venezuelan migrants to the United States that have helped turn Florida to the far right. After all, they all hate Maduro and anything that reeks of socialism. But Trump just hates immigrants and doesn't care about political calculations like this. And he's always been completely upfront about his hate, that's for sure.

A Decent Idea is a Decent Idea - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Nostalgia Comes Fast - Lawyers, Guns & Money As far as many members of Generation Z are concerned, the future does not look as rosy as the past their parents inherited

Luigi Mangione accepts nearly $300K in donations for legal defense in murder case : news



Kendrick Lamar halftime: His Super Bowl performance used Drake to deliver another message. Lamar gave us "Not Like Us," but also a much-needed dose of something else.
Kendrick Lamar Declares 'Game Over' in Drake Battle With Triumphant Super Bowl Halftime Performance : Music

What did y'all think of Super Bowl halftime show; Kendrick Lamar's performance? : AskReddit
How on fire will Philadelphia be after the game? : AskReddit
I'm nearly 50 and don't know who Kendrick Lamar is but this has been fantastic! : pics
Taylor Swift Booed at Super Bowl : Music


The NYT Editorial Board's Shameless Pro-Trans Stance | Patreon - The Times itself, through both the news and opinion sections, have been advocating for these policies for years ... Columnist Pamela Paul, who recently left the publication, was known for her outrage-fueled diatribes against the existence of trans youths altogether while pretending to be a liberal leaning centrist.


The True Story Behind the Grisly Murder of Cash App Founder Bob Lee When Cash App creator Bob Lee was stabbed to death on a San Francisco street, it sparked outrage about random violence in the city. The true story of his death was deeply personal.

LGM Film Club, Part 491: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Lawyers, Guns & Money


After Trump killed a report on nature, researchers push ahead with release : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,817 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of W.C. Handy.

What traumas do you have that AREN'T from your parents or childhood home? : AskReddit


TIL a man was awarded $412 million against a men's health clinic that misdiagnosed him with erectile dysfunction & unnecessarily gave him 3 penile injections a week to treat it, which caused irreversible damage. It's the largest amount ever awarded by a jury in the US in a medical malpractice case. : todayilearned


Several Psychiatric Disorders Including Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, And Major Depressive Disorder May Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals : science

TIL that when scientists transferred the gut microbiome of a schizophrenic human into mice, the mice started exhibiting schizophrenic-like behaviours. : todayilearned

The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA | Quanta Magazine By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie's "ChatGPT for genomes" could pick up patterns that humans can't see, accelerating biological design. The computer scientist Brian Hie led the team behind Evo, a large language model trained on 2.7 million bacterial, archaeal and viral genomes. The AI tool can write original DNA sequences that encode functional biological machines.

"The ick" is a sudden feeling of disgust toward a partner, often for minor things. Study showed physical appearance is a less frequent ick trigger than behavior or personality. 64% of people have felt the ick; 26% end relationships right after. Narcissism and perfectionism increase ick likelihood. : science


ELI5: How did riveted ships stay afloat? : explainlikeimfive

Weight Loss Drugs and Their Lesser Known Side Effects on Relationships - The New York Times Doctors warn about their physical side effects, but they can also have unexpected effects on intimacy.

The Cheapest Ways to Get Your Protein Right Now | Lifehacker With egg prices skyrocketing, the best options have changed.
ELI5: if eggs are so expensive due to avian flu, why is chicken not stupid expensive too? : explainlikeimfive

The Ultimate Map of Texas Regions Where does North Texas begin and end? Does Midland belong in “Big Bend Country"? We've got answers.

The school shooting scene from Canadian TV show "19-2", which includes an impressive 12 minute long single-take. : television

TIL that the guy who wrote the "First They Came For The ..." poem was a self-professed antisemite who voted for the Nazis in 1924, 1928, and 1933. : todayilearned



ELI5: How are planes able to brake so fast after landing with their teeny tiny wheels? : explainlikeimfive

Study finds that individual traits, not environment, predict gun violence among gun-carrying youth. Perceived rewards of crime and a lack of empathy were significant predictors of gun violence among those who actively carried guns. : science

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Ocean Temperatures Are Rising Much Faster Than Scientists Expected. : worldnews


Trump cuts aid to South Africa over 'racial discrimination' against Afrikaners | South Africa : politics ... USAID played a major part in ending apartheid in South Africa. something tells me this is all very personal for President Musk.
All the Best People - Lawyers, Guns & Money Naturally, the United States having its most openly racist presidency since Woodrow Wilson is creating joy among the best people in the world. For decades, some members of the white Afrikaner minority have been trying to convince anyone and everyone who would listen that they are the true victims in post-apartheid South Africa ... Afrikaners, an ethnic group that descended from European - primarily Dutch - colonizers, have found a champion of their cause in President Trump, and it has led to a moment that few of them could have imagined. Mr. Trump on Friday put the weight of American influence behind a hotly disputed claim that Afrikaners were the "victims of unjust racial discrimination," issuing an executive order to allow them to migrate to the United States as refugees, and halting aid to South Africa ... This argument completely mirrors that of the white South after Reconstruction, when they would say that slavery was bad and sure we made mistakes, but the only path forward is absolute white domination.

Indonesia begins talks with UK to repatriate rapist Reynhard Sinaga. : worldnews

Singapore must adapt to 'new reality' where US is no longer prepared to underwrite global order: SM Lee : worldnews

Thai Gaza hostages: Freed men arrive home to tears of joy in Bangkok : worldnews
Investigation launched into human egg trafficking ring targeting Thai women : worldnews

Trump extends 'national emergency' declaration for Myanmar : worldnews


Japan faces Trump's reciprocal tariffs on farm goods and autos : worldnews


China landslide: one dead, 28 missing in Sichuan : worldnews
China leading physics research, with US a distant rival, Nature Index shows : worldnews
Trump tariffs: China's tit-for-tat levies on US set to take effect : worldnews



Trump reveals he's spoken with Putin by phone, says Russian president 'wants to see people stop dying' in Ukraine war : worldnews
Kremlin declines to 'confirm or deny' Putin phone call with Trump : worldnews

Russia's elite Arctic rescue trucks fall through ice on frozen river : worldnews

Independent media in Russia, Ukraine lose their funding with USAID freeze : worldnews


Trump effigy burnt by protesters in India : politics
India crosses 100 GW solar milestone in leg up for climate action : worldnews


Report: Egypt says Trump's Gaza plan cannot be implemented, puts forward alternative - i24NEWS : worldnews


Kurdish officials fear Islamic State revival as US aid cuts loom : politics
KRG security forces clash with teachers demanding salaries : worldnews

Trump to meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Israeli president says : worldnews
Egypt to host emergency Arab summit on 27 February to discuss 'serious' Palestinian developments : worldnews

Iran's Supreme Leader Hosts Hamas Officials In Tehran As Israeli Hostages Released : worldnews
Iranian generals tell Ayatollah: We need nuclear weapons : worldnews

Lebanon forms first government since 2022; Hezbollah won't have 'blocking third' veto : worldnews


Trump's plan for 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza is illegal, says UN investigator : politics
Trump's Gaza comments hand jihadist terrorists a 'rallying cry,' experts say : politics

Freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi looks gaunt, British family says : worldnews
Freed Hostage Romi Gonen's mother details Hamas's starvation tactics : worldnews
Family confirms hostage Alon Ohel is alive but injured in Hamas captivity : worldnews
Pressure mounts on extending Gaza ceasefire as details on emaciated hostages emerge : worldnews

Israel troops withdraw from corridor that split Gaza in two : worldnews
Egypt to host Gaza summit as Israel withdraws troops from Netzarim Corridor : worldnews


Security guarantees for Ukraine 'main issue' in talks with Trump, Zelensky says : worldnews
Zelenskyy open to talks with Putin if US and Europe won't abandon Ukraine : worldnews
Trump wants a deal for Ukraine's natural resources as 'payback' in exchange for aid stopping Russia attack: envoy : worldnews
"Let's Do A Deal": Ukraine President Zelensky Offers Mineral Partnership : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1081, Part 1 (Thread #1228) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/8XRfLek02D" / X
Visegrád 24 on X: The Russian Army has started using donkeys instead of trucks due to insurmountable losses. A Russian logistics platoon lost their last Ural truck to a drone a week ago & was sent a donkey as replacement by the Ministry of Defense to move ammunition to the frontlines. / X

Iuliia Mendel on X: "Russia has relocated nearly 1 million of its citizens to occupied Crimea since 2014, systematically replacing the local Ukrainian population. Settlers are enticed with jobs, subsidized housing, and land grants, while at least 100,000 Crimeans have been forced to flee due to intimidation and persecution / X

Ukraine Announces Successful Use of First Laser Weapon on Battlefield : worldnews

Syrskyi marks first year in office by highlighting key achievements, including strikes on 377 military targets in Russia : worldnews

Ukraine needs additional 4.5 mln workers for post-war recovery, deputy PM says : worldnews

Ukraine's defence minister announces launch of revolutionary Drone Line project : worldnews - Technology is changing warfare

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "Russia lost more troops near Pokrovsk in a month than in the entire Second Chechen War, spokesman for the Khortytsia Regional State Administration Tregubov said. Russia had 7,000+ irreversible losses in January alone, exceeding the 6,000 officially declared in Chechnya. And that's without storming the city. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ Recent setbacks for the Russians, such as the breakthrough in the Kursk pocket on 7 February and the bloody battles for control of Novoiehorivka, are being blamed by Russian warbloggers on corrupt behaviour by commanders. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ As reported last week, Ukrainian drones have so successfully paralysed Russian vehicle movements that soldiers now have to walk tens of kilometers daily to bring supplies to the front lines. / X



'External impact' damages Russian Baltic Sea telecoms cable, TASS reports : worldnews
Baltic nations disconnect from Russian power grid to avoid power being used 'as a weapon' : worldnews
Lithuania reports stable power system operation after disconnection from Russia and Belarus : worldnews

Swiss voters reject green overhaul of economy : worldnews

Mass Protests Erupt in Slovakia: Over 50 Cities Rally Against Pro-Russian Policies of PM Fico : worldnews

Serbian protesters block key bridge, roads to mark 100 days since deadly canopy collapse : worldnews

German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk's platform : worldnews ... Look for US sanctions of Germany to be announced out of nowhere this weekend.

Iranian opposition group rallies some 6,000 in Paris, calling for fall of regime : worldnews
French prosecutors open investigation into X's algorithms : worldnews


Far-Right Leaders Rally in Spain to 'Make Europe Great Again' : worldnews
Orban, Le Pen hail Trump at far-right 'Patriots' summit in Madrid : worldnews

Changes to law would give police 'licence to kill', UK rights groups warn. : worldnews ... The UK police in 2023/24 fatally shot just 2 people. We're so far away from the US in terms of our policing they wouldn't even recognise our way of doing things vs theirs. Our police are trained in deescalating conflict, theirs are taught to shoot first ask questions later.
Asbestos: a public health catastrophe In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of them

At least 41 dead after truck crashes into packed bus in Mexico. : worldnews

Billionaire Proposes $1 Million Reward for Bolivia's Evo Morales : worldnews

Canada seeks stronger EU trade ties in face of Trump tariffs : politics
Trump's Canada takeover threat 'a real thing,' Trudeau warns : politics
Trump's national security adviser: 'I don't think there's any plans to invade Canada' : worldnews
Trump doubles down on desire to make Canada 51st US state - as he tasks Musk with investigating US military 'fraud' : worldnews
Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada terminated by governor general : worldnews ... While she initially defended herself against questions of her Cree heritage, Sainte-Marie's official website eventually removed reference to her being born on Piapot First Nation, located outside of Regina ... According to the CBC expose she is of Italian and English descent.
Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims to Indigenous ancestry are being contradicted by members of the iconic singer-songwriter's own family and an extensive CBC investigation.
Donald Trump may just cost Canada's Conservatives the election : politics




Trump Administration Hands Putin Three Major Wins : politics
Trump talking to Putin to end Ukraine war: 'I'd better not say' how much : politics ... The longest three-day war meets the longest 24 hours peace talk.

Trump says some white South Africans are oppressed, could be resettled in the US. They say no thanks : politics

How a once-fringe theory of presidential power is upending American government: Now the Supreme Court is all that stands in the way of a "unitary executive" : politics ... You mean the court that immunized the president from all criminal law? That court? ... The second worst decision by the Supreme Court with the worst being Citizens United, which has systemically shattered the American experiment to the point of no return ... top 5. Don't forget Dred Scott, Plessy, and Korematsu

Trump removes Antony Blinken, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg's security clearances among others : politics

Donald Trump's chaos strategy: Why Americans continue to fall for his game of distraction : politics
Trump Voters Angry at 'Chaos:' 'Not What We Signed Up For' : politics ... This is exactly what you voted for, dipshits.
Donald Trump's chaos strategy: Why Americans continue to fall for his game of distraction : politics
'We're figuring it out': Democrats struggle to keep up with Trump's dizzying pace : politics
A Time for Saying No : politics
The anti-Trump opposition might finally be waking up : politics

Trump and Musk Take a Hammer to America's Reputation : politics
'Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act': Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions | New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury wants the world's richest man to be "on the hook" for DOGE's legal damages : politics

And If You Look This Way, You'll See The Dead Body Of The Separation Of Church And State : politics

While Trump blathers about tariffs and Gaza, Musk is executing a coup d'état : politics
Trump warned of what happened the last time the US tried high tariffs and 'America first' policies : politics

'So Much for Lowering Costs': Fury Over Musk's Death Wish for CFPB That Returned Over $20 Billion to Consumers: The richest man in the world wants to shut down an agency that keeps people like him from ripping off the rest of us. : politics

AG Pam Bondi shutters the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force : politics

As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down : politics

'For Immediate Compliance': FEMA Workers Responding to Wildfires Ordered to Say 'Alien' Instead of 'Immigrant' : politics

With Aid Cutoff, Trump Halts a Legacy of 'Acting With Humanity' - Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed. : politics
'America has abandoned you': Musk gutting USAID leaves women with 'experimental devices within them' : politics
Thousands of tons of food aid stuck in Houston warehouses due to Trump's pause on USAID : politics
Evangelical leaders call on Trump to rethink 'hastily pursued' USAID cuts : politics
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities - Sudden and drastic change will make it hard for researchers to keep the lights on : politics
Trump administration to cut billions in medical research funding : politics

Rape crisis centers see funding delays amid Trump administration spending upheaval : politics

Consumer financial watchdog is ordered by acting director to stop fighting financial abuse : politics

The Observer view: Vengeful and reckless, Donald Trump must not go unchallenged : politics

The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump : politics
The Plot Against America - by Mike Brock How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America

DEI programs benefit many groups, not just Black and brown communities : politics
DEI initiatives are good, or at least harmless, most Americans say : politics
34 liberal Jewish groups sign statement defending DEI as an 'invaluable tool' : politics ... It boggles my mind that there are Jewish Trump supporters who scream never again, when never again is right now.

Democratic Lawmakers Denied Entry to the Department of Education : politics

Staff let go, map tool shut down in tumultuous week at EPA : news

Musk Team's Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge's Ordered Halt | A judge ruled Saturday that the activities of Elon Musk's government cost-cutting effort risk “the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information" and render them "more vulnerable than before to hacking." : politics
Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records after 19 states sue Trump administration : politics
Musk's DOGE is trying to access your data. You're right to be paranoid. Here's what you need to do to protect your personal financial information. : politics ... The Washington Post helped this happen.
'They will collide eventually': how long will the Trump-Musk relationship survive? : politics ... sometime after 2022, Elon bought Trump from Putin.
Anti-USAID Video Shared by Musk Marks Russian Propaganda Triumph : politics

Elon Musk's DOGE dealt two legal blows in 24 hours : politics
Judges block Musk's efforts to slash federal spending : politics
Elon Musk is shredding America's government as he did Twitter : politics
Musk's Teenage DOGE Minion Was Once Fired for Leaking Employer's Secrets : politics ... If Americans want to change their government, they're going to have to get over their dictator phobia, he said.
Cruel and thoughtless: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa : politics

The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with Political Scientist Erica Chenoweth

Curtis Yarvin's lunatic fantasies are being used as a blueprint by President Musk - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Elon Musk and JD Vance Agree On Rehiring DOGE Employee Who Wrote He Was " Racist Before It Was Cool" : politics
Musk suggests federal judges who stop DOGE should be impeached : politics
Legal experts warn of 'constitutional crisis' as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump : politics

Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk? : politics

Who is helping Elon Musk gut the US government? : politics
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity : politics

Revealed: how a shadowy group of far-right donors is funding federal employee watchlists : politics

Trump Fires National Archives Director Colleen Shogan : politics ... Trump was found, beyond doubt, to have stolen classified documents and refused to return them. Now he's fired the person in charge of government records who helped uncover his crime.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children site scrubbed of transgender kids : politics

Trump says he's naming himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, will dictate programming : politics

How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard : politics ... "Got to" and "skeptics." That's cute. They never got Trump's dick out of their mouths long enough to even think about voting no.

Trump Enrages Christian MAGA By Naming 'Heretic' Pastor to White House : politics
Trump and His Family Earned Millions from Trump Coin While 810,000 Others Lost Money: Report : politics

How a Trans Lawmaker Fired Back After Being Misgendered by a Trump Ally on House Floor : politics
Anti-trans Republican Nancy Mace doubles down on dehumanizing transphobic slur during hearing : politics

GOP Congressman Chalks Beyoncé's Historic Grammy Win Up to 'DEI' : politics

Paula White, who called BLM the 'anti-Christ,' named by Trump as head of new White House Faith Office : politics


"How Much Can I Hate Myself?" - Lawyers, Guns & Money Black Republicans so often don't just embrace part of what it means to be a Republican -- they embrace the white supremacy too. Take Burgess Owens, the former NFL safety who represents a district in Utah.

Indiana call to amend congressional term limits into Constitution gains ground : politics


White House orders sweeping review of federal gun regulations : politics


A father of five was detained by ICE on his way to work. Now his family is losing their home : politics

Newsom approves $50M in 'Trump-proofing' funds for California : politics
San Francisco sues Trump, alleging 'authoritarian' threats against sanctuary cities : politics

Conception begins at Erection Act: Ohio Democrats push bill regulating male reproduction : politics

New York lawmakers moving to deny House GOP a key vote : politics

Threats follow Michigan lawmaker who said she had surgery to remove reproductive organs : politics

Gov. Pritzker jokes he's renaming Lake Michigan, annexing Green Bay : politics

Trump's freeze on $316m for Mass. climate efforts is 'unconstitutional,' Markey says : politics

Leopards, Faces, Etc - Lawyers, Guns & Money We will see if Britt actually does anything at all. Or any other red state senator. Of course they have the power to, but as Brian Schatz points out, they are all fascist cowards too scared to say or do anything to cross King Musk

Members of the 101st airborne use bayonets on pro segregation students : pics

If it happened there - Lawyers, Guns & Money I do believe that the remarkable levels of psychological denial created by the combined forces of American exceptionalist thinking, and the Both Sides media frame, make it nearly impossible for most of what back in the bad old 1960s used to called the establishment to really grasp the enormity of what's happening.

"You can't be a senator in private" - Lawyers, Guns & Money This reverse-Chotiner with Brian Schatz is very good: ... in the tradition of Susan Collins crying crocodile tears over Roe. These people are worse than useless.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,816 - Lawyers, Guns & Money In recent years, the Pequot have protested over the Mason statue in Mystic, erected in the late 19th century as a sort of New England equivalent to the southern Civil War leader statues going up all over the place ... Mason had plenty of kids though and his descendants range from former first lady Lucretia Garfield and New Hampshire senator Jeremiah Mason to John Kerry and the excellent historian but horrifically awful former head of Harvard, Drew Gilpin Faust ... She was Harvard's first president since 1672 without an undergraduate or graduate degree from Harvard and the first to have been raised in the South.


Drug deaths plummet in one Ohio county. Like the nation, the future is uncertain. - The Washington Post The story of Hamilton County is the story of much of America in 2025. Overdose deaths have fallen sharply, offering hope the crisis will further ease.


When Catholic Nuns Taught Public School in a Small Texas Town In a bizarre precedent to today's debates over faith in the classroom, a local ISD absorbed a parochial school and its nuns for twelve years. It went about as you'd expect.


Specific neurons that secrete oxytocin in the brain are disrupted in a mouse model of autism, neuroscientists have found. Stimulating these neurons restored social behaviors in these mice. These findings could help to develop new ways to treat autism. : science

TIL: A scientist involved in the US nuke project determined the age of the world, created the clean room, and campaigned against leaded gasoline because it was poisoning everyone. : todayilearned

Does Bird Flu affect all birds? Emus to hummingbirds? : askscience

Studies suggest link between sleep aides and dementia - The Washington Post For those suffering with insomnia or other sleep problems, medications might help, but they carry risks.

Intermittent fasting inhibits platelet activation to reduce thrombosis risk | IF elevates levels of indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), a metabolite produced by the gut microbiota, which in turn suppresses platelet activation-a key factor in cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes. : science

10 Years Later, 'Better Call Saul' Still Stands On Its Own : television


What's a sign someone has been through a lot of shit? : AskReddit

Idaho marijuana possession fine to exceed penalties for many violent crimes : politics

Mozilla's new Terms of Use causes confusion among Firefox users : technology

reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits : technology






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Trump orders U.S. to prioritize refugee resettlement of South Africans of European descent : worldnews
Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy - YouTube


Euromaidan Press on X: "Russian oil falls below $60 as budget set at $69 The Kremlin's war spending in Ukraine relies heavily on revenue from Urals crude, but US sanctions have disrupted the market. https://t.co/w0KTQhBxtp" / X

david D. on X: "the russians are stripping the troops of the defense of moscow. this is like sending the troops into combat that guard the tomb of the unknown soldier in washington DC. https://t.co/E2zCzieW6E" / X

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 on X: "The same Russian media. Two different articles. A difference of 4 years. https://t.co/afnaO4dvGa" / X



Indian PM Modi's party set to win election in capital after 27 years out of power : worldnews


Israeli airstrike targets Hamas weapons depot in southern Syria : worldnews


Israel criticizes condition of three hostages released by Hamas - The Washington Post Hostages Ohad Ben Ami, Or Levy and Eli Sharabi were released from Gaza in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners, after more than 16 months in captivity.


Russia to Draft 100,000 Troops: "Putin is Not Preparing for Negotiations," Says Zelenskyy : worldnews
Zelenskyy confirms a new Ukrainian offensive in Russia's Kursk region : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1080, Part 1 (Thread #1227) : worldnews

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "Ukraine seems to have used its domestic produced jet-powered 'Peklo' missile-drone for this attack. https://t.co/nFSDLx4jbC" / X

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "The moment a Russian Su-25 was shot down in the Toretsk direction. https://t.co/SVkNV6OXnm" / X

Euromaidan Press on X: "Russian forces suffered tremendous losses due to poor planing in failed offensive on Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian artillery decimated a Russian column of eight armored vehicles, with Ukrainian drone operators hunting down the rest. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: "A wounded Russian soldier in Ukraine says that people are being rushed to the front and his commanders have ordered that anyone who is wounded is to be shot or grenaded, as there is no evacuation. He pleads for someone to help him. (Thanks to @PStyle0ne1 for spotting this.) / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Ukrainian innovation knows no bounds.. We know have drones that rescue drones. / X

Ukraine to Deploy Laser Weapons Against Russian Drones, Commander Says : worldnews


Baltic nations switch off Russian power grid in 'victory for freedom' : worldnews

Elon Musk slammed for sharing lies about the response to Sweden school shooting : politics

German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk's platform : politics

At least 200,000 protesters rally in Munich against far-right AfD ahead of German election : worldnews
200,000 march against far right in Munich : worldnews


Tory candidate won't apologize for joking that polar bears could deal with homeless : worldnews
Protesters clash with police as thousands rally outside proposed site for new Chinese 'mega-embassy' in London : worldnews


Trudeau heads to Europe to shore up alliances in face of Trump threats : worldnews
Trudeau Caught on Hot Mic Revealing Trump's Plans for Canada : politics




Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right in Front of Us? : politics

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

US "spies abroad" could be exposed via payments accessed by DOGE: Report : politics

Is Donald Trump Afraid of Elon Musk? : politics

400 Agents, One Arrest: Truth About Trump's ICE Raids Revealed : politics
Federal agents cover Ring security camera during Denver immigration raids : politics
Trump is reportedly 'angry' that deportation numbers aren't as high as he promised : politics

Aspiring autocrats like Trump are always more dangerous the second time in office : politics
Musk, DOGE systems access 'largest data breach in American history': AG Tong : politics

Falsehoods fuel the right-wing crusade against U.S.A.I.D. : politics

JustSecurity.org Site has a tracker for all the cases currently underway against Trump Administration with descriptions and current status : politics
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

Top Historian Warns Elon Musk Is Performing a Coup : politics
Project 2025 guy literally put in charge of the CFPB - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Coffee Porter Jr.: "Susan Collins, the median voter's senator. “Boy I sure hope somebody stops the person I just voted for." That's got a huge constituency" - Bluesky
The excuses for anticipatory obedience - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump - M. Gessen
Trained lawlessness - Lawyers, Guns & Money Several Musk Youth lawyers are recent or current clerks of neoconfederate Supreme Court justices:
The F-Word - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Week 3 - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Matteotti Crisis - by John Ganz - Unpopular Front
Balloon Juice - Trusk & Mump take some Ls (open thread)
Trump: Nothing in Gov't Is Off Limits From Elon Musk : politics
Elon Musk says Department of Education no longer 'exists' : politics

Senate Slammed With '1,600 Calls a Minute' Amid Trump Chaos : politics

"The greatest threat we've ever faced": US Treasury division classifies DOGE staff as extreme danger : politics
Federal judge blocks Musk's DOGE from access to Treasury Department material : politics

Why Is Elon Musk So Hell-Bent on Bulldozing the Government? | Silicon Valley insiders tell Vanity Fair what they think is behind the mega-billionaire's DOGE crusade. "Elon believes he should be emperor of the world," one close associate says. : politics

DOGE Gains Access to Department That Oversees Nuclear Weapons: Reports : politics
WTF is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons? : politics

Treasury Officials Warn Musk's DOGE Boys Are a 'Threat Risk' to U.S. Payment Systems | A DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts was rehired on Friday, while another was reportedly fired from a past job for leaking company secrets : politics

Federal Employee Says They Had to 'Justify Their Existence' to DOGE 'College Freshers' in '15-Minute' Interviews : politics

Noah Feldman Bloomberg Column: Our Constitutional System Cannot Be "Fine" When It Is Also On Fire | Balls and Strikes

Lawmakers flooded with calls about Elon Musk: 'It is a deluge on DOGE' : politics

Federal judge blocks Musk's DOGE from access to Treasury Department material : politics

U.S. judge declines to block Elon Musk's DOGE from Labor Department systems : politics

Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records : politics

Page after page is disappearing from government and military websites. Here's what Trump's already purged. : politics

CNN and The Washington Post Are Getting Booted From the Pentagon, Too : politics


Trump Signs Order to Kill Federal Agency Investigating Tesla : politics
After Years of Feasting on EV Subsidies, Elon Musk Is Now Content to Watch Them Die | "It will only help Tesla," he tweeted. : politics

Nationwide uprising demands an end to Musk coup : politics


Who is 'Big Balls' : Teen DOGE Engineer Edward Coristine - Newsweek : politics


'It's a Circus': Trump Unleashes Chaos at Key US Science Agency : politics ... NOAA -

Musk's DOGE goals: Slash government, control data and lean on machines - The Washington Post Shrink government, control data and -- according to one official closely watching the billionaire's DOGE -- replace “the human workforce with machines."
Elon Musk's DOGE deputies are targeting government's basic operations - The Washington Post The Trump administration views a once-obscure federal IT unit as the "Swiss army knives" in its effort to overhaul the federal bureaucracy.
U.S. government officials privately warn Elon Musk's DOGE blitz may be illegal - The Washington Post The billionaire's DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.

Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series : politics

The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF It's fascism, plain and simple ... a word like "women" appearing will get the content flagged

Trump and Musk attack journalists by name in social media posts : politics


MAGA fanatic holds infant hostage in shootout while posting about "pedos" & “transgenders" : politics


Trump signs order prioritizing US 'resettlement' of white South Africans over 'discrimination' : politics
George Takei: "We know what's going on here." - Bluesky

A Fourth Reich? It's Not Just a Bad Dream: Defend our democracy now - or lose it. : politics



Pamela Paul: A Good-bye to the New York Times Opinion Writer - By Andrea Long Chu, Pulitzer-winning critic for New York and Vulture - As for Pamela Paul, I imagine she will just disappear into the nearest book. She has written that everyone has a "right to be forgotten." For once, I think we agree. (great writing)

'The Fraud' Review: How Zadie Smith Lost Her Teeth

How Kamala Wins: What Harris's Campaign Can Learn From Obama Gallup measured President Biden's approval rating at under 36 percent before he ended his reelection campaign, lower than any other president at this point in their term going back decades. A Pew survey pegged him at 32 percent, a level just a few points higher than Donald Trump's standing after January 6, 2021.


Solar Orbiter Captures Incredible Footage of Tiny Jets Near the Sun's South Pole


Bill Gates says AI is getting scary and humans won't be needed for most things : ChatGPT



Inside the Blurb-Industrial Complex: One of Literature's Most Ancient Traditions Is Under Threat. Authors Are Thrilled. : books

Whats a scary fact? : AskReddit


The Internet Almost Killed Barnes & Noble, Then Saved It

25 Years Ago, Joan Didion Kept a Diary. It's About to Become Public. - The New York Times The notes, taken after meetings with her psychiatrist, will be published in April as a book, "Notes to John." They provide a raw account of her life, her work and her complex relationship with her daughter.

Ben Stiller on 'Severance' Season 2, Filmmaking, Parents Doc The obsessive actor-director is finally fulfilling his creative ambitions with 'Severance,' but perfectionism can have its price.


Why the best modern artists returned to nakedness to find the truth - The Washington Post An exhibition of nudes by major 20th century painters reveals the connection between our naked bodies and reality.




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After damage by scientists, Inuit group closes off access to Earth's oldest rocks : worldnews
Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger : worldnews
Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate' : worldnews
War crimes prosecutor first target of Trump's ICC sanctions, sources say : worldnews
Dozens of countries reject Trump administration sanctions on ICC : worldnews


Xi Fires Warning Shot at Trump : worldnews



Ukraine Advances 5km Inside Russia, Battles Rages in New Kursk Offensive : worldnews

Anonymous defaces Russian website to avenge hack on Taiwan : worldnews

Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs : worldnews


Azerbaijan escalates rare standoff with Russia over downing of passenger plane. : worldnews



Fury in India over U.S. allegedly flying deportees halfway around the world in handcuffs and leg chains : worldnews



Saudi Arabia plans to execute Shia youths on charges UN deems 'arbitrary' : worldnews

Trump ends Iraq's exemption for 'crucial' Iranian gas imports : worldnews

Iran supreme leader dismisses negotiations with the US: "The very person who is in office today tore up the agreement." : worldnews



Netanyahu: 'The Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia' : worldnews

Trump says Gaza will be given to US by Israel : worldnews


Israeli startup grows world's first real dairy protein in potatoes -- no cows needed : worldnews



North Korean soldiers back on Russia's front line, says Zelensky : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1079, Part 1 (Thread #1226) : worldnews

Russia likely lost 1,500 troops a day for the last 3 months, straining its ability to replace them : worldnews


Swiss health office turns to Bluesky against backdrop of US censorship : worldnews


Elon Musk's X faces criminal probe in France over algorithm manipulation concerns : worldnews

UK orders Apple to open up users' encrypted cloud data, report says : worldnews
Casey Newton: It's outrageous that the UK secretly ordered Apple to build an encryption backdoor that would let it spy on Americans and won't even confirm it. Now more than ever, we need end-to-end encryption www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... -- Bluesky

'Staggering' rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti - UN : worldnews

Trump's threat to annex Canada 'a real thing,' Trudeau tells business leaders : worldnews
Donald Trump wants to annex Canada to gain access to its critical minerals, Trudeau says : worldnews ... This is a covert Israeli op. The best way to destroy Gaza is to open a Trump casino there.
Europe and Canada boosted defence spending 20% in 2024, NATO says : worldnews
Bank of Canada governor says Trumps tariffs threat already having an impact : worldnews
The City of Montreal has dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers, pledges to buy local : worldnews




The End of USAID - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... A review of the accounts' profiles reveals how a lengthy crusade to paint USAID as a malevolent force built up in recent years in relatively fringe internet circles, only to be suddenly elevated and acted upon by Musk.
Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid : worldnews

Naming the calamity - Lawyers, Guns & Money In the human mind things don't fully exist until they are given a name. -- The murder of America -- more precisely of America as an idea and an ideal - that has been happening gradually over the past ten years, and then suddenly over the past few weeks, doesn't have a name yet ... biblical word “Shoah," which apparently is most closely approximated in English by “calamity." This became the official name of the thing in Israel, while in the English-speaking world, and in many other languages, the term "the Holocaust" became standard usage ... I'm asking it because I feel viscerally that something truly catastrophic is happening in and to this country, and what that something is doesn't have a name, yet.

Trump ready to double sanctions against Russia, his special Ukraine envoy says : worldnews
Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs : politics

Hillary Clinton email server update - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Amazing what a couple hundred thousand voters who think burgers are too expensive can do.

CIA sent unclassified email with names of recent hires : politics ... This should be the top story all day every day until this man is thrown in jail: Elon just outed all intelligence operatives working for the United States. Elon is destroying America.
CIA Sets Off Security Crisis With One Email to Trump's White House : politics The New York Times is reporting that the Central Intelligence Agency, complying with Trump's attempts to purge the federal government, sent his administration an unclassified email containing a list of every single person the CIA had hired over the past two years. Security experts everywhere are alarmed at the news, as many of those named closely monitor U.S. adversaries like Russia and China-and could soon become targets because of it.

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13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data : politics

'Trump Brazenly Defies Laws' is not an A17 story | Press Watch (that fucking newspaper)
Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes? : politics

Trump is flat-out lying about the '60 Minutes' interview with Harris : politics

Congressional Democrats Denied Entry to EPA Headquarters : politics

The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn't have 'write access,' when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist : politics
J.D. Vance, who is married to an Indian-American, posted this - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Musk's DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets : politics
Vance: Bring back DOGE staffer who resigned after racist posts surfaced : politics
Secrecy is becoming a defining characteristic of Elon Musk's DOGE : politics

Elon Musk barred from accessing US Treasury payments data : politics
Democratic members of Congress denied access to Department of Education
Elon Musk's DOGE Blocked from Accessing Labor Department Data in Stunning Win for Unions : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE Blocked from Accessing Labor Department Data in Stunning Win for Unions : news

DOGE emails went out to federal judges by mistake : politics
Elon Musk free speech absolutism update - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald Trump and the myth of "merit." - YouTube

Trump to name himself new Kennedy Center board chair -- Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth - THIS WILL STOP.

I blame Mitch McConnell for Trump coup. History will not look kindly upon him | Letter : politics

Trump turns on Time after new cover shows Musk sitting behind his Resolute desk : politics

A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as 'Insider Threat' : technology

Finally, the Pushback to Musk's Lawless Power Grab Has Begun : politics

The Lawsuits Against Trump's Administration Are Piling Up. That's a Good Thing. : politics
FBI agent writes anonymous letter warning Americans : politics

Senate Republicans confirm Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought as White House budget director : politics

Trump Fires Head of Federal Election Panel, But She Won't Leave : politics
US election commission chair says Trump tried to fire her illegally : politics
br /> A Worthless Democrat - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Democrats on the House Oversight Committee moved to subpoena tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk at a hearing Wednesday - and one Democrat was conspicuously missing from the vote, Rep. Ro Khanna of California, who represents Silicon Valley and has a longtime relationship with the billionaire ... With Dems like this, who needs Republicans?
br /> br /> On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to ban trans athletes from competing in girls and women's sports. A few hours later, NCAA president Charlie Baker showed everyone just how little moral courage he has.
br /> Don't Buy Teslas - Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Democrats call for investigation into potential security breaches by Elon Musk : politics
'Constitutional emergency': senior US Democrat demands inquiry into Musk's government blitz : politics

Kanye Accidentally Exposes Elon Musk's Hard-Right Grift in MAGA Meltdown : politics

Ivanka Trump Used USAID Money for Events, Records Show : politics


Why Jasmine Crockett's Latest Comments On DEI Hit Home: Rep. Crockett really struck a nerve -- and revealed an uncomfortable reality about our workforce. : politics


Texas Removes 1.7M People from Health-Care Plan : politics


Discontent with Sen. John Fetterman bursts into the streets among Pa. Democrats : politics


Americans Warned of Grocery Prices Shock : politics
New Frontiers in Whole Foods Unionbusting - Lawyers, Guns & Money (Whole Evil)


Trump announces task force to 'eradicate anti-Christian bias' : politics


Scientists have made a leap forward in understanding the pattern and structure of turbulence : science

TIL the 2022 Ignobel prize in economics went to a bunch of Mathematicians who proved, mathematically, that luck matters more than talent to achieve success : todayilearned

The 'bad boy' appeal may be a myth. Study does not provide support that Dark Triad traits are attractive for men and women. Higher levels of Dark Triad traits were not found to increase attractiveness, and in fact, lower levels were generally preferred, especially for long-term commitment. : science

A new study has found that young adults who have recovered from COVID-19 show distinct patterns of brain activity during cognitive tasks. These brain activity changes are similar to those seen in much older adults. : science



What are some dark truths about modern dating and what are the things that you should avoid and watch out for? : AskReddit

YouTube needs an openly hostile filter with a label like "Only recommend high-quality, high-effort content from original creators, and keep the bajillion channels that are just stealing other people's stuff off my damned screen". : CrazyIdeas

Eli5: How do Geo guessers are so good at guessing the region from literally a photo of a street or a mountain or literally a desert? : explainlikeimfive





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Earth is heating beyond human limits, scientists warn of deadly thresholds - AWARE M D : worldnews
Dairy cows infected with 2nd form of bird flu for 1st time: USDA - ABC News The same strain is linked to the bird flu patient who died in Louisiana.


Nazi salute to be punished with jail time under Australian hate-crime laws : worldnews


Russian anti-war musician dies after falling out of window during police search : worldnews

Trump Administration Disbanded Task Force Targeting Russian Oligarchs : worldnews



Saudi Arabia, in swift response to Trump, says no ties with Israel without Palestinian state : worldnews


Israel begins preparations for Gaza exodus as Egypt lobbies against Trump plan : worldnews
China says it opposes Trump's Gaza takeover proposal : worldnews
Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council : worldnews

Sky News worked with Hamas-affiliated journalist and was forced to apologize : worldnews

s Smotrich: Israel has quietly discussed Gaza emigration plan for months, but refrained from openly addressing it due to concerns over the Biden administration's opposition : worldnews



Ukraine regaining nuclear weapons 'not going to happen,' Trump's envoy Kellogg says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1078, Part 1 (Thread #1225) : worldnews

Ukraine Strikes 'Like a Bolt From the Blue' in New Kursk Offensive, Russian Reports Say
Ukraine Strikes 'Like a Bolt From the Blue' in New Kursk Offensive, Russian Reports Say : worldnews

Russia Is Running Out of Tanks to Feed Into Ukrainian Meat Grinder : worldnews


Tesla's plummeting sales in Europe blamed on Elon Musk's politics : politics

Sweden Alleges Espionage Activities at Stockholm Mosque Connected to Iran : worldnews
Mass Shooting At Adult Education Center Kills 10 - Wide Open Country


Putin's disinformation networks flood social media in bid to skew German election : worldnews

The social housing secret: how Vienna became the world's most livable city | Social housing | The Guardian

TIL There isn't a single stop sign in Paris : todayilearned


Colombia's Petro Claims 'Cocaine is No Worse than Whiskey' : worldnews

Panama Canal Authority denies US claims over free ship passages : worldnews


Trump 'made something snap in us' - US-Canada ties frayed by tariff row : worldnews
Canada should consider west-east oil pipeline now that American relationship has changed: minister : worldnews
Canada ships more oil to China as U.S. threatens trade : worldnews





Donald Trump Impeachment Articles Filed. Here's What Happens Next : politics

February 4, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson
Of course it's a coup - by Timothy Snyder Miss the obvious, lose your republic

“What's the point of having Congress?": Even some conservatives now say it's a constitutional crisis : politics

Congressional Office Says Trump Has No Authority to Dismantle USAID : politics

37 ways Project 2025 has shown up in Trump's executive orders : politics

Elon Musk's government takeover is causing rifts in Donald Trump's inner circle. “He's getting too big for his britches, says one Trump world source : politics

It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump : politics
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump : politics
Lawrence: An 'afraid' Trump sits idly by as Musk illegally seizes our data : politics
Musk's DOGE granted access to US Medicare and Medicaid systems : politics
Bernie Sanders: 'What Musk is doing is illegal' : politics
White House Says Musk Will Decide His Own Conflicts of Interest. Uhhh… : politics
Trump admin finally agrees to restrict Elon Musk's team's access to the Treasury Department : politics
No, Elon: It Isn't Illegal To Boycott X : politics
Musk a 'coward' if he won't testify before Congress: House Democrat : politics
Elon Musk's Far-Right Politics Are Tanking Tesla Sales : politics
Elon Musk Wants What He Can't Have: Wikipedia : politics
Did You Know You Can Download All of Wikipedia in under 110 GB? : DataHoarder

Elon Musk will decide the fate of Social Security and Medicare. Time to panic. : politics
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts : politics
Elon Musk's war on Head Start childhood education exposes how "pro-natalists" are really anti-woman : politics
Elon Musk's DOGE storms federal weather forecasters' headquarters : politics
Manic dope fiend Elon Musk's satellites are falling out of the sky - Lawyers, Guns & Money

How are the streets not filled with people? Where is the George Floyd anger levels? The occupy wall street anger levels? Anyone? Bueller? : AdviceAnimals
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Trump Openly Jokes About His Next Corruption Scheme | As Donald Trump signed yet another anti-trans executive order, he let slip a plan to pay himself millions with taxpayer money. : politics


Workers at NASA Told to 'Drop Everything' to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites : politics


House Democrat announces plans to try to impeach Donald Trump : politics
Democrats' phones bombarded with calls to "fight harder" : politics

High hopes among Democrats as Buttigieg eyes a Senate bid : politics


Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI : politics

Nancy Pelosi faces primary challenge from former AOC aide : politics


Nancy Mace repeatedly shouts anti-trans slur in House hearing: 'I don't really care' : politics

Eli5: what is citizen United? : explainlikeimfive

US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access - Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths. : science


Meta torrented over 81.7TB of pirated books to train AI, authors say : technology


Ozzy Osbourne Illness Escalates, Crippled & Can't Walk, Final Concert Revealed : Music Parkinsons is an awful disease... I hope Ozzy is at least comfortable and in good spirits, despite the physical limitations he must be facing.

TIL in 1997 an Air Force pilot mysteriously crashed his A-10 Warthog in Colorado. The four 500 lb bombs his plane was carrying have never been found. : todayilearned

Pilot stops teen who entered a regional airport with guns, demanding a plane : news


TIL that in 1975, Twentieth Century Music Corp sued a restaurant owner for copyright infringement for playing a radio broadcast of two of their songs in his establishment, arguing it constituted an unremunerated performance. It reached the Supreme Court, which sided with the restaurant owner. : todayilearned


TIL That every year there are 71,000 ER cases involving bunk beds, and two thirds are young adults rather than children. : todayilearned


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New Area 51Secrets Revealed | FBI Raids Blogger Joerg Arnu Is Joerg Arnu a criminal, a traitor, or just a blogger who got in too deep?


Wildfire smoke exposure raises dementia risk by 18%, study finds : science


Mushrooms, Microdosing, and Mental Illness: The Effect of Psilocybin on Neurotransmitters, Neuroinflammation, and Neuroplasticity | Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment [Jan 2025] : science
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Preventing immune system burnout when fighting chronic illness & cancer | Scientists have uncovered a mechanism for reinvigorating the immune system to stop it from flagging when it's fighting long-term conditions like chronic infections and cancer. : science

Endometriosis linked to traumatic experiences in childhood and adulthood. Study found that the women with endometriosis were more likely to report both childhood and adulthood traumatic experiences and stressful events, and the link was strongest for physical and sexual abuse. : science
Endometriosis linked to traumatic experiences in childhood and adulthood - Scimex

Romantic relationships are characterized by a combination of caring, emotional connection (nurturance) and sexual passion (eroticism). For monogamous individuals, both nurturance and eroticism were consistently linked to relationship satisfaction, regardless of the level of the other. : science

What killed or enhanced your sex life? : AskReddit

Stimulant medications lower depression risk in children with ADHD | Meta-analysis of studies on children and adolescents with ADHD found increased risk of depression and anxiety disorders. However, taking stimulant medication for ADHD was associated with a reduced risk of depression : science

Masculine lesbians tend to have higher testosterone levels, study finds : science

What's something petty you've held a grudge about for years? : AskReddit




020525

Climate change target of 2C is 'dead', says renowned climate scientist : worldnews
The US just experienced the coldest January since 2011 : worldnews


Philippine House impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte : worldnews


China imposes 15% tariffs on coal, LNG in response to Trump's tariffs | AP News : worldnews
China Builds Giant Laser for Star Energy : worldnews



January was Russia's worst month of losses after December 2024 -- UK intelligence : worldnews

Two top Russian colonels plunge from high windows with one killed and the other left fighting for life as spate of mysterious deaths involving Putin officials continues : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: A tribunal for Putin will be created on the basis of the Council of Europe in 2025, - EP / X



India looks on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat : worldnews


Taliban holding on to $7 billion of U.S. military equipment left behind after withdrawal : worldnews


Saudi Arabia, in swift response to Trump, says no ties with Israel without Palestinian state : politics
Saudi Arabia says it won't establish ties with Israel without creation of Palestinian state : worldnews

Iran is willing to give Trump diplomacy 'another chance', senior Iranian official says : worldnews
Trump says he's given advisers instructions for Iran to be 'obliterated' if it assassinates him : worldnews


Trump says U.S. will take over Gaza Strip : politics
Trump's suggestion the US 'take over' the Gaza Strip is rejected by allies and adversaries alike : politics
Reuters: Trump's Gaza plan for 'Riviera of the Middle East' triggers international condemnation : worldnews
Trump has 'not committed' to sending troops to Gaza, says press secretary : worldnews
UK disagrees with Trump's proposals for US takeover of Gaza, says Lammy : worldnews
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations says Palestinians shouldn't be forced out of Gaza : worldnews
In letter to US, five Arab nations reject transfer of Gazans, urge two-state solution : worldnews


Trump Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council Ahead Of Netanyahu Meeting : worldnews
Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council, joining US : worldnews


Zelenskyy: If the US is not ready to accept us into NATO, give us nuclear weapons : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: Russia is ready for talks with Zelensky, despite him being "illegitimate," says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. He also mentioned that contacts between Russia and the US have been ongoing and have now become much more intense. / X
Trump misses his own deadline to end Ukraine war : politics

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1077, Part 1 (Thread #1224) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 5, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Rob Lee on X: Russian armed forces have reportedly killed an alarming" number of captured Ukrainian troops, the United Nations' Human Rights Monitoring Mission said on Monday.  The U.N. mission said there had been 'a sharp rise in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian armed forces, with 79 killed in 24 separate incidents since the end of last August. / X

KyivPost on X: The center of Izium looks like a mass grave after Russian ballistic missile strikes. Civilians' bodies are scattered across the street. This afternoon, Putin's forces attacked a busy area, destroying the city council building. Currently, 38 victims, 5 dead, including a child. / X

The Kyiv Independent on X: Ukraine's robotic revolution is reshaping modern warfare and the future of combat, writes Henry Jackson Society Associate Research Fellow David Kirichenko in his op-ed. / X

MyCupsOfCoffee on X: What can nature be beautiful / X

Russian army hit by mass Starlink outages on Ukraine frontline : technology



The whole island has to be evacuated - Thousands flee Santorini as nature disaster rattles the Greek island : worldnews

Sweden shooting: Multiple people killed at Orebro school : worldnews

Alexander Kokcharov on X: Context: While the Baltic states stopped purchasing Russian electricity in 2022, their grids remained connected to Russia and Belarus, with Moscow in effect controlling the electricity flow from the technical standpoint. / X

This is not peace, but surrender dressed up as diplomacy. Czech Foreigh Minister Lipavský on talks with Russia : worldnews

The US is 'no longer the America we used to know,' warns Germany's Merz : worldnews
Front-runner in German election says his party will never work with the far right : worldnews


Brazil Took on Musk and Won. Now Lula Is Sharing Notes With Europe : worldnews


Trudeau announces economic summit Friday to address U.S. tariff threats : worldnews
Justin Trudeau wants to revive UK-Canada trade talks in shadow of Trump : worldnews
Cheryl in Nova Scotia . N.B. Liquor won't buy U.S. alcohol, even with tariff delay #NewBrunswick With trade threat delayed but not gone, premier says stores won't order more American booze www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... -- Bluesky




Protests against Trump and Project 2025 are planned in cities across the US : politics

Mitch McConnell calls Donald Trump pardons a 'mistake,' Jan. 6 'an insurrection' : politics
Mitch McConnell Falls Down Senate Stairs : politics ... Feeling that gravitational pull from Hell.

Mrs. Betty Bowers: "We could have had Kamala Harris. Instead, we have the most immature, petulant, stupid, needy, incompetent dipshit to ever enter American politics. What a tragically stupid country we are." -- Bluesky
This Is So Much Worse Than Last Time : politics

Ron Filipkowski: "Every day is Christmas for Putin now." -- Bluesky

Donald Trump viewed as higher in Dark Tetrad traits than Joe Biden | Study highlights how perceptions of dark tetrad traits-Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism-in politicians influence voter behavior, focusing on the 2020 U.S. presidential election. : science

Texas Democrat to Bring First Articles of Impeachment of Trump Second Term : politics
GOP quashes Oversight Democrats' effort to subpoena Elon Musk : politics
House Republicans Melt Down as Democrats Try to Subpoena Elon Musk: Republicans just blocked Democrats from trying to force Elon Musk to testify about how he's destroying the government. : politics

Josh Sternberg: "In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding" -- Bluesky

jamelle: "i don't even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people" -- Bluesky
Do conservatives really not care that thousands of children will die? Or don't they know what defunding USAID really means? : politics
USAID Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine | The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's company at the time of the assault. : technology
Trump 'does not have the authority to abolish' USAID: Congressional Research Service : politics
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America - YouTube

Trump's DOGE committing 'massive and unprecedented' intrusion of taxpayers' privacy: Lawsuit : politics
It's a War. Do Democrats Get That? | Trump and Musk have have initiated an all-out battle against the US government, the rule of law, and decency. Where's the opposition? : politics
Do We Even Know What's Happening To The Federal Government? : politics
GOP Lawmakers Cede to Trump, Musk Power Grab Without a Challenge : politics

U.S. government officials privately warn Musk's blitz appears illegal : politics
FBI Sues Trump's DOJ in Stunning Double Whammy of Lawsuits : politics
Elon Musk's Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and -- Yes -- a Coup : politics
Elon Musk's Pet U.S. Attorney Threatens Anyone Reporting on DOGE : politics
Revealed: The seven techies barely out of college helping Musk to slash billions from federal government : politics
Senate Republicans Shrug As Unelected Musk Seizes Their Power : politics

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats : politics

Musk's "Special Employee" Status Means He Needs to Avoid Conflicts of Interest. Critics have said Musk's DOGE efforts are unconstitutional, with some comparing them to a government coup. : politics
Democrats call for investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems : politics
Billionaire Musk bought control of US government and conspiracy theorists sure are quiet | Opinion : politics

Doctors sue Trump administration for scrubbing data from government sites : politics

White House preparing executive order to abolish the Department of Education : politics

Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab : politics

Donald Trump's transgender order blocked by Reagan-Appointed judge : politics


Reddit temporarily bans r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk claimed it had 'broken the law' : politics

This Is Not a Moment to Settle With Trump : politics

Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow - Lawyers, Guns & Money This has got that all too characteristic Dunning Kruger techbro energy regarding holistic synergistic disruption that is one of the key components of our current madness: The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first major national security agency to offer so-called buyouts to its entire workforce, part of President Donald Trump's broad effort to shrink the federal government and shape it to his agenda ... part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy

RFK Jr's claim about Black people's immune systems is 'unscientific and terrifying' : politics

Republican opposition to access to healthcare now entails support for bringing child-killing illnesses back - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... In a 14-13 vote along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee pushed through Kennedy's nomination after he managed to allay concerns raised by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. ... North Carolina fake-moderate Thom Tills is selling the same line of intelligence-insulting bullshit:

Donald Trump to Sell Off Half of All Federal Property: What to Know : politics

Genocide Joe Baby! - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I am sure glad voters who couldn't vote for the Democrat because of Israel and Palestine (which admittedly Biden had very bad policy on) are getting what they wanted. That's as Donald Trump announces that he wants the United States to annex Gaza. There's some sweet bits here.

Fetterman supports US occupation of Gaza - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... This guy has turned into a complete disaster. It should be unnecessary to point out that a US occupation of Gaza would make Fallujah look like a Scout jamboree ... Fetterman was also the only Democrat to vote for Pam Bondi for AG today

Supine, submissive and subordinate: Congress and the Musk coup - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Stories from the front lines - Lawyers, Guns & Money From a friend who knows lots of people in the federal government: Well, education and social equality. Amongst the things right wing authoritarians hate are education, social equality, and sexual freedom for women. I sense a trend here.

NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About 'Women in Leadership' From Its Websites: Report : technology

Ilhan Omar calls Texas lawmaker 'a dumbass' for requesting her deportation : politics

We Don't Know What Musk's Script Kiddies Are Doing - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Reddit community banned as user spat with Musk intensifies - BBC News : technology

DOD getting rid of Holocaust Remembrance Day; Navy pausing Sexual Assault Prevention Response training - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Moving right along, to Defend Women from Gender Ideology Extremism we must eliminate sexual assault training in the military because of course that's the first thing any sensible person would do:

The information security presidency - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Disney+ Lost 700,000 Subscribers from October-December : technology




TIL The average speed of male ejaculation is 28 mph / 45 kph : todayilearned

Crowds suck people into a vortex, surprising physicists. Researchers studying movement of crowds at traditional Spanish festival have shown that densely packed groups of people form swirling 'vortex' patterns never before documented in human gatherings. This may help inform preventative strategies. : science

ELI5: The concept of 'the map is not the territory' : explainlikeimfive

Ex-smokers who successfully quit and have been smoke free for years now, what did it? : AskReddit


Cats often do not come across as having the variety of facial expressions typical of dogs or primates. But this is misleading. Cats exhibit more than 300 different facial expressions. A new study shows that rapid facial mimicry is especially important for the social interaction between cats. : science





020425

The North Pole is melting in midwinter, with temperatures 20C above average : worldnews


Trump administration cuts aid for post-Vietnam War mine clearance : worldnews

Musk's dad says he arranged son's call with South African leader : worldnews ... Musk's dad is also Musk's brother-in-law.
meet the musks: the family tree that bears rotten fruit (DEEP DIVE) - YouTube - Bekah Day


South Korean military officer says he believed Yoon's martial law 'legitimate' : worldnews



Russia to Trump: Back off Ukraine's rare earths : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: Russia's war economy shows signs of strain, with interest rates soaring to 21% and reserves plummeting Despite the aggressors economy being in critical condition, British & EU officials believe that Western support for Ukraine must remain unwavering / X

MAKS 24 on X: Gazprom's Astrakhan gas processing plant, which was hit by Ukrainian drones on Monday night, has halted production for at least several months, - The Moscow Times. / X

ChrisO_wiki on X: 1/ Over a thousand Russian soldiers who are sick, injured, or refusing to fight are being held prisoner in a concentration camp. They are chained to their bunks and denied medical treatment or hearings before they are sent to Ukraine to die en masse in 'meat wave' assaults. / X


Azerbaijan confirms Russian missile downed its passenger plane : worldnews



India's Modi invited to meet with Trump next week, White House official says | Reuters : worldnews
Guillain-Barre syndrome: India faces outbreak of creeping paralysis : worldnews


Taliban have suspended broadcasts of Radio Begum in Kabul, a station known for its programming on women's issues, citing alleged violations of media regulations : worldnews

Erdogan discusses tackling Kurdish militants with Syria's Sharaa in Ankara : worldnews

Syria's new leader denounces Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat : worldnews


Iraq crime rate drops to record low in 2024: report : worldnews - Iraq today is probably as conservative as US South in the 1960s , but far less violent


Trump and Netanyahu hold talks as US president warns 'no guarantees' fragile peace in Gaza will hold : worldnews
Trump urges Gazans to relocate; welcomes Netanyahu to White House : worldnews Trump claims Palestinians have 'no alternative' but to leave Gaza before his meeting with Netanyahu : worldnews
Trump says U.S. will own and develop Gaza Strip : politics

U.S. readies new $1 billion arms sale to Israel : worldnews

Israeli military operation turns Jenin refugee camp into 'ghost town' : worldnews

Criminal probe launched into Sara Netanyahu, Israel PM's wife: state attorney's office : worldnews

BBC releases public apology after calling released Israeli hostages 'prisoners' on air : worldnews


Zelensky says he's ready for direct talks with Putin : worldnews
Zelensky calls for Tucker Carlson to 'stop licking' Putin's 'a**' after former Fox host labels Ukrainian president a 'dictator' : politics
'Selfish' - Scholz blasts Trump's aid-for-rare earths Ukraine plan : worldnews

Colby Badhwar on X: Biden administration slowed Ukraine arms shipments until his term was nearly done" This report by Reuters barely scratches the surface of how badly security assistance to Ukraine was mismanaged by the Biden Admin. There will be another 100 post long thread about this at some point. / X

The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Feb. 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - Another heavy day of Russian losses of both men and equipment. Russian losses of equipment have taken a real battering.

Anton Gerashchenko on X: ""It's a f*cking mass grave. They bury men here and then say they're f*cking missing. That's the kind of sh*t going on here." The video reportedly shows one of the numerous mass graves on the territory of the so-called "LDPR". Diggers work and corpses of Russian soldiers are are brought in by trucks. The true face of Russian territorial gains and Putin's imperialistic ambitions. / X

Ukraine Sees Surge in Inquiries From Russian Families on Missing Soldiers : worldnews

Ukrainian commander says North Korean soldiers charged his unit 'like in a World War II movie' during combat : worldnews

Jimmy Rushton on X: "A Ukrainian interceptor FPV drone, launched from a "mothership" taking down a Russian ISR drone. It's incredible how FPV drone technology has matured so rapidly into a cheap and extremely effective air defence capability. / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Russia facilitates the resettlement of Russians to “abandoned" apartments in Mariupol The calculated strategy aims for population replacement in the occupied Ukrainian territories. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Budanov denies that the North Koreans have left the Kursk region: "their activity has simply decreased due to heavy losses, but about 8,000 are still participating in the fighting. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: The ban on using Western weapons deep into Russian territory were lifted -- but Ukraine still lacks Western long-range strike capabilities. Only domestically made drones can reach 2,500 km, while Russia continues deep strikes in Ukraine. - Defense Express / X


Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts : worldnews

German conservatives fall in poll ahead of election : worldnews
Anton Gerashchenko on X: AfD promises to lift all sanctions on Russia in its electoral program The far-right Alternative for Germany party released its program ahead of the Bundestag elections. In the program, AfD calls Russia a reliable supplier and guarantor of an affordable energy supply and vows o immediately lift economic sanctions on Russia, repair the NordStream pipeline, and intensify relations with the Eurasian Economic Union. / X
Euromaidan Press on X: 67% of Germans support military aid to Ukraine, survey reveals Surprisingly, German support for military aid for Ukraine is higher than in Poland, where it shrinks to 49%. / X

Russia and Trump push Europe to be more independent, Macron says : worldnews


Panama Considers Canceling Port Deal With Hong Kong Firm : worldnews
Trump reiterates threat to retake Panama Canal or 'something very powerful' will happen | CNN : worldnews




First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We're In A Constitutional Crisis : politics
First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We're In A Constitutional Crisis | Techdirt ... Budde now faces a barrage of violent threats. The irony of threatening violence in response to a plea for mercy perfectly encapsulates the nature of this ongoing coup: it's not about conservative governance or even maintaining power -- it's about systematic destruction of democratic norms and institutions, laced with gleeful spite and hatred ... Hillary uses a private email server and she is the devil incarnate. Meanwhile, they hand over the keys to the treasury to Elon fucking Musk.
The Logic of Destruction - by Timothy Snyder And how to resist it
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide – Verfassungsblog - Their common element was their trademark signature, “- With love, your Eastern European friends", and the accompanying hashtag #LearnFromEurope.
Crockett: 'We have a thug in charge of the United States' : politics

AOC Rips Into Musk: 'One of the Most Unintelligent Billionaires' : politics undefined

Trump May Tank U.S. Economy Faster Than Any Other President : politics

America First, Mapped: All the countries has Trump threatened in his first two weeks as president : politics

New Head of the USAID Reportedly Stormed Capitol on Jan. 6 : politics
Mapped: All the countries has Trump threatened in his first two weeks as president | The Independent Mr Trump's freeze on all USAID had, by far, the most significant impact on countries across the globe. According to the latest available data from last year, the freeze cut aid from 141 nations. The worst affected by this was Ukraine, which received more than $6 billion (£4.8 bn) from USAID in 2024, down from $16 billion in 2023.
Kyiv delayed minerals deal with US to let Trump take credit, NYT reports : politics

Scientists brace for the worst as Trump purges climate mentions from websites : politics
CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information | Trump administration : politics
2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump's order to open dams : politics

China hits U.S. with tariffs : politics

Adam Parkhomenko: "America has been taken hostage by a convicted criminal who is supposed to be sitting behind bars." - Bluesky


Mia Farrow: On November 3rd, 1961, John F. Kennedy founded USAID - Bluesky
and 63 years later, a hateful South African tries to destroy it ... Because USAid helped end Apartheid in South Africa.
Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back : politics

DOJ Sued by FBI Agents Over Jan. 6 and Trump Cases List : politics
FBI turns over names of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue : politics

Marco Rubio thinks it's a great idea to deport US citizens to foreign prisons if the price is right - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... We still have about 1.9 million people locked up on any given day in the US, which is vastly more per capita than in any developed country. Of course to Donald Trump and his minions, paying a low low sale price to this or that banana republic to offload US citizens into its prisons is win-win.

National '50 States' Anti-Trump Protest Planned for Feb 5: What to Know - Newsweek

WuTangIsForTheChildren: "Today's front page of the largest newspaper in Quebec, Canada and they nailed it - Bluesky

The Serfs: The Swasticar - Bluesky

Trump personally ordered firings of special counsel prosecutors : politics

Larry Tenney: Call them want they really are: HACKERS This""DOGE engineers" thing is bullshit! They are boy hackers! Plain and simple This is 2016 Cambridge Analytics bullshit on steroids - Bluesky

More Dangerous than Watergate. It's like every past constitutional crisis rolled into one. : politics
Musk's DOGE Minions Refuse to Reveal Their Names When Grilling Civil Servants : politics
DOGE Elon Musk staff includes Northeastern student, reports say
25-year-old techbro Musk acolyte given complete access to US government payment system - Lawyers, Guns & Money
br /> A Presidency That's Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks. : politics
Elon Musk Is President : politics
A Coup is In Progress in America : politics
Experts Say a Coup Is Underway as Musk Seizes Control of Government Agencies : politics
Nobody Voted for Elon Musk | A self-interested, erratic megalomaniac has seized control of the US government. : politics
About 20,000 federal workers accept Trump's buyout offer, official says : politics
Terrible Nominees, Terrified Americans: Senators Could Actually Make a Difference This Month : politics
Democrat Ilhan Omar Issues Stark Warning About Trump: 'This Is What The Start Of Dictatorship Looks Like' : politics
"Hitler actually had some good ideas": Musk's covert coup is guided by internet trolls : politics
'We would call it a coup': watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover : politics
Who Will Stop Elon Musk's Coup? : politics
BC historian calls Elon Musk's accessing of U.S. private financial data a 'coup' : politics
Who Will Stop Elon Musk's Coup? The World's Richest Man Now Has the Power to Override Congressional Spending Decisions and Access to Private Information About Every US Taxpayer. : politics
Can anyone stop President Musk? : politics
Elon Musk Makes His Most Terrifying Power Grab Yet: Elon Musk and his DOGE henchmen are using an illegal server to seize all federal workers' private data. : politics
I'm a Federal Worker. Elon Musk's Government Data Heist Is the Entire Ballgame. : politics
Musk, Trump Prosecutor Targeting People Who Divulge Identities of DOGE Staff : politics
@mypowergrows.bsky.social: "🧵Someone from the /r/fednews subreddit put together a list of all the Elon folks working for DOGE. They are: Amanda Scales Brian Bjelde Riccardo Biasini Anthony Armstrong Steve Davis Baris Akis Thomas Shedd Edward Coristine Russell Vought Michael Peters Josh Gruenbaum Russell “Rusty" McGranahan" - Bluesky
Unmasked: Musk's Secret DOGE Goon Squad-Who Are All Under 26 : politics

Kinzinger to House Dems: 'Get out there and do something' about Musk : politics

Some Computer Explanations - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump executive orders cause New England agencies funding threats

Republican opposition to access to healthcare now entails support for bringing child-killing illnesses back - Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Musk: I'm Closing Entire Federal Department Down Right Now : politics
'It's been madness': US federal workers reeling over Trump-Musk takeover : politics
The 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly' of the United States Government : politics
Musk says group that built IRS 'Direct File' program 'has been deleted' : politics
Musk Says He's 'Deleted' Popular Free IRS Tax Filing Program : politics
Treasury, Bessent Sued Over Giving Access to Musk's 'DOGE' Team : politics
US Treasury sued Over DOGE's access to sensitive information : politics
Ocasio-Cortez: Musk 'raiding US classified information is a grave threat to national security' : politics

Progressive Democrats accuse Trump and Musk of 'a plutocratic coup' : politics
'The telltale signs of a coup': Musk''s power grab draws outraged backlash : politics
Elon Musk is shredding America's government like he did Twitter : politics

DOJ Says Trump Administration Doesn't Have to Follow Court Order Halting Funding Freeze : politics

A Government By White Men, For White Men - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that "competent white men must be in charge" has been named to a top post at the State Department.

DC Plane Crash: Airport Workers Arrested After Alleged Video Leak - Newsweek

RFK and Gabbard will be confirmed - Lawyers, Guns & Money - So it looks like the only Trump appointee who won't make it is Matt Gaetz, which says something about how intense the personal loathing of him he engendered is, as even the power of the Cult wasn't enough to overcome it.

Special Elections - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's rare to have any good news at all. But if we are wanting some, plus if we are wanting to have a sense of how we are doing as left of center folks going forward, special elections are the way to go. And this one in the Iowa senate is a very good one.

The Crazy: Wyoming Version - Lawyers, Guns & Money Wyoming Republicans are demanding the federal government turn over the vast amount of federal land it holds in the state–everything but Yellowstone but very much including Grand Teton National Park–so it can develop it along its own lines:

Housing and Mountaintop Removal - Lawyers, Guns & Money - 60,000 cases of cancer in Appalachia have been directly linked to mountaintop removal.





020325

Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples : worldnews



US to cut off all future funding to South Africa : worldnews


US. dollar shoots to a record high against the Chinese yuan : worldnews



KyivPost on X: "The White House has spoken with the Kremlin about ending Russia's war in Ukraine, raising concerns in Kyiv about getting left out of peace talks. / X
Bomb explosion in Moscow kills pro-Russian paramilitary leader : worldnews
Russia suffers highest-ranking casualty of Ukraine war in landmine explosion : worldnews

Jay in Kyiv on X: "With Russia's refining numbers already in a state of collapse, the Russian oil industry's January probably didn't help their efforts as Ukraine hammered some of the most important energy assets in the country. At current rate, Russia will lose half their gasoline production by July. / X


Aleksandr X on X: "RUSSIA FACES THE ULTIMATE TRAGEDY >> The Yerofeyev alcohol distillery in Kuybyshev, Novosibirsk, has been blown up. THIS - finally - is hitting the orcs where it hurts. / X


Taliban minister forced to flee Afghanistan after speech in support of girls' education : worldnews


🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: Saudi Arabia and UAE could be possible venues for Trump-Putin summit, Reuters / X


A teenage boy was fatally shot in Lod, Israel on Monday, the fifth homicide victim within the community since midnight. : worldnews


🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X: US resumes arms supplies to Ukraine - Reuters After Trump's inauguration, Washington stopped supplying weapons and military equipment to Kyiv, but deliveries were resumed last weekend. / X


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1075, Part 1 (Thread #1222) : worldnews

UN reports 'alarming rise' in Russia executing Ukrainian soldiers : worldnews

Trump seeks Ukrainian rare earths in exchange for aid : worldnews

Julian Ropcke on X: Cautious good news from the frontline around #Pokrovsk. Since the capture of #Kotlyne on January 17, Russian advances have been extremely small, towards Pokrovsk AND towars Dnipropetrovsk oblast. This indicates severe Russian problems regarding available manpower and equipment. / X

Roman Sheremeta on X: This is Vovchansk, Ukraine. ts population was 17,459 before russian decided to liberate them. / X


Tesla Sales Plunge 63% in EU's Second-Biggest EV Market : worldnews

'Let's leave judgment to historians' - Orban evades question of whether he considers Russia responsible for war : worldnews


Santorini hit by hundreds of earthquakes, schools closed today The area around the Greek island of Santorini was hit by approximately 200 earthquakes over the past weekend. : worldnews
1177 B.C.: When Civilization Collapsed | Eric Cline - YouTube
1. Roman Britain - The Work of Giants Crumbled - YouTube
Bronze Age Collapse - World History Encyclopedia

Dutch military could soon board Russian vessels threatening North Sea : worldnews
Royal Marines Jet Suit Boarding Ex - YouTube



Pyramid Found in Peru May be Older than Ancient Egypt : worldnews - he site in English is known as Caral.

19 People Found Dead on Boat Near Caribbean Island, Investigation Is Underway : worldnews

Greenland's glaciers are falling apart faster than expected : worldnews - A new large-scale study of crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet shows that those cracks are widening faster as the climate warms, which is likely to speed ice loss and global sea level rise.
Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows : worldnews
Greenland plans to ban foreign political funding over Trump-led election fears : worldnews

Ford 'ripping up' Ontario's $100M contract with Elon Musk's Starlink : politics
Canada's tariff list targets Republican states, Trump allies : politics
Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says : worldnews





The world is moving on to trade without the US : politics

H.R.899 - To terminate the Department of Education : politics
Trump advisers weigh plan to dismantle Department of Education, WSJ reports : politics

PoliticsGirl: America is under attack. youtu.be/2B6gS_WyXKo - Bluesky

Musk Moves With Lightning Speed to Exert Control Over the Government : politics
'It's a Coup': Musk's DOGE Granted Access to Treasury System That Pays Out Social Security : politics
Alexander S. Vindman: "Hostile Takeover: "Department of Government Efficiency" Hijacks The Federal Government www.avindman.com/p/hostile-ta..." - Bluesky
Musk: I'm Closing Entire Federal Department Down Right Now : politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sounds 'Five Alarm Fire' Over Latest Elon Musk News : politics
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington Headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it : politics
Elon Musk's Attempt to Control the Treasury Payment System Is Incredibly Dangerous : politics
Musk Says DOGE Is Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors : politics

Trump Signs Executive Order to Create Sovereign Wealth Fund : politics

Unelected South African drug addict takes over the government - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Schatz to put hold on all nominees until USAID is restored - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The new populist Republican Party fires CFPB head, then orders it to stop work entirely - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Donald Trump Building Himself 'Private Army,' Democrat Says : politics

Starting To Move - Lawyers, Guns & Money
How About Democrats Act Like a Political Party? - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... But the main point I believe is accurate–the Democratic Party needs to be a central part of the life of its members and it has to earn that. With an emphasis on "has to" because without that, we don't defeat the Trumpist world.
Not popularism. Not deliverism. Partyism - by Henry Farrell Perhaps Democrats should consider becoming a political party?
The Nonviolence Fetish - Lawyers, Guns & Money Why is it that protest actions these days almost always advertise themselves as nonviolent?

Trump's tariffs send stock market falling : politics
Wall Street Journal slams Trump's tariff plans: 'The dumbest trade war in history' : politics
McConnell: Trump tariffs 'will drive the cost of everything up' : politics
Trump Says Anybody Against His Tariffs 'Controlled by China' : politics
Trump thinks a trade deficit is a subsidy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Rush Doshi: "The new acting Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy - State's top public diplomacy official: 1) not only denies the Uyghur genocide but appears to applaud it 2) says the US should sell out Taiwan to China for concessions in Antarctica (???)" - Bluesky

A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze : politics

Trump's cataclysmic damage is going way beyond tariffs : politics
With Trump, every day is 'Groundhog Day.' A nightmare over and over again. : politics
'A Day Without Immigrants': Nationwide Movement Planned for Monday : politics

150,000 Koreans in U.S. subject to Trump's deportation order: Report : politics

RFK Jr. refuses to disclose to Senate details of two "misconduct" cases he settled : politics

The Long Roots of Technofascism - Lawyers, Guns & Money - One of my beliefs about the current moment is that there really isn't anything new about what is happening. Rather, it's the culmination of a concerted effort over a long time to repeal the 20th century and return us to the 1890s that has finally found its successful interpreter in Donald Trump.

Democrats fume over weak early response to Trump : politics
Why are the Democrats so spineless? : politics
It's time for democrats to go low : politics

Democrats demand answers from Rubio on DOGE reps' visit to USAID : politics

One tiny EO in a blizzard of Day 1 EOs! Unnoticed at the time, Trump reorganized the United States Digital Service (USDS). Inside this agency, DOGE was born with a mandate to "update software, network and IT infrastructure across the Federal Govt" This is how Musk gained access to, well, EVERYTHING. : politics

D. Earl Stephens: I've been doing my best to check the veracity of this info, and nobody in a position to know disputes that at the bare minimum, there's a very real possibility that all of us have been compromised. This is would be the worst internal attack on the American public in history. Second isn't close. - Bluesky
Jon Cooper: - Bluesky

Seth Abramson: Bluesky

Names - Lawyers, Guns & Money I am not saying the names of Musk's young fascists who are now running our lives is particularly important, but my god, we are being ruled by guys with these names? ... WIRED has identified six young men-all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24, according to public databases, their online presences, and other records-who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project

More notes on stupidity - Lawyers, Guns & Money To reiterate, it's not that these people don't understand that Trump is a con man, it's that they think that they're in on the con rather than being the marks. And despite this we can count on, say, the editors of the Wall Street Journal learning nothing from this. We're on for 4 years of unnecessary suffering at home and abroad because so many people who should know better are incapable of taking Trump either seriously or literally.

Elon Musk Stops Payments To Lutheran Family Services On The Advice Of Michael Flynn - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Notes on stupidity - Lawyers, Guns & Money An idiot king for idiot voters. Trump's Razor. He's not crazy like a fox, he's just crazy. He's not acting stupid as some sort of kayfabe or schtick, he is stupid. Profoundly so. That's why people love him - because he's just like them. Every complicated problem has a simple solution, involving “common sense," rather than a bunch of arrogant experts claiming it's so complicated ... Fascism is a subcategory of stupidity.


JD Vance Backtracks on DEI Slur After Pilot's Identity Revealed : politics



This Day in Labor History: February 3, 1908 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


California wildfires to hobble its insurance market : NPR Along with the destruction of lives and homes, the Los Angeles wildfires will also have a big impact on California's insurance market. Some estimates put insured losses from the fires at more than $20 billion.


These doctors are quitting because of burnout, workplace issues


The Puzzling Virus That Infects Almost Everyone or many people, Epstein-Barr virus causes mild initial infection, but it is also linked to cancers and multiple sclerosis. What do we do about it? ... A long-COVID study found EBV infection to be one of four major risk factors, suggesting that some long-COVID symptoms might be caused by reactivation of EBV when the body is weakened from fighting the coronavirus.


Colossal squid: The eerie ambassador from the abyss The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. It would take decades, however, before we finally came face to face with the colossal squid.




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US funding freeze disrupts Cambodian efforts to clear landmines, Vietnam War bombs : worldnews


Korea estimated to have surpassed Japan in GDP per capita : worldnews
Japan vs South Korea People Stats Compared


Russian spy ship fire exposes poor state of Mediterranean fleet, say experts | Russia | The Guardian Incident reveals Russia's maritime presence in the area is in a state of disrepair and disarray, argue western sources

Why Russia is Going to Lose ... and why nobody knows when or how. | by Robert W Ahrens | The Left Is Right | Medium

Russians strike nursing home in Sudzha, trapping 95 people under rubble – Ukrainian military commandant's office : worldnews

Russia sends prematurely discharged wounded soldiers into battle – UK intelligence : worldnews



Russia's appalling response to oil tanker crash caused ecological catastrophe in Black Sea : worldnews



Volkswagen sues India to quash enormous $1.4 billion tax demand, legal filing shows. : worldnews


Turkiye sees record $61B tourism revenue in 2024 as arrivals hit 52.6M : worldnews

Egypt's Carceralocracy | Collective Antigone Mass imprisonment is a defining feature of Egyptian political life - The scale of the current prison system is unprecedented: since 2012, the Sisi regime has built upwards of sixty prisons to handle the influx of political detainees, yet prisoners continue to suffer from unprecedented overcrowding. Conditions are atrocious: torture is widespread, as are other forms of abuse; medical attention, such as it exists, is rudimentary, and neglect the rule ... Egypt does not have the world's highest incarceration rate, which belongs to the United States (although El Salvador, Rwanda, and Cuba also have claims to this ignominious distinction) ... the British implemented their infamous policy of a "just measure of pain."



Nearly 30% of Syrians want to go home, UN refugee chief says : worldnews

Syrian President Sharaa meets Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh on first foreign trip : worldnews


A Ceasefire Is Not Enough | Tariq Kenney-Shawa Resisting the next phase of ethnic cleansing in Gaza ... In many ways, Israel's war was also former President Biden's war. Biden could never bring himself to use his leverage to influence Israel's conduct because he is blinded by a genuine, heartfelt commitment to a Zionist ethos that exists solely in his imagination.
Israel's Netanyahu says negotiations start Monday for next phase of Gaza ceasefire : worldnews

Israeli military blows up buildings in West Bank refugee camp : worldnews


AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is 'very dangerous' : worldnews
Zelensky says there have been over 1,400 Russian airstrikes this week : worldnews

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Full Feature | Netflix - YouTube
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom - Wikipedia


Multiple Georgian opposition leaders arrested as pro-EU demonstrators block highway in Tbilisi : worldnews


Putin claims European politicians will bow to Trump and "wag their tails" : worldnews

Poland scrambles jets, puts air defense on high alert during Russian missile attack on Ukraine : worldnews


"The greatest protests in the history of Serbia" put pressure on Vucic as they spread from major cities to over 100 towns and villages : worldnews

Brussels vows 'firm' response to threatened Trump tariffs as EU braces for trade war : worldnews


Keir Starmer to discuss European defence with all 27 EU leaders : worldnews
Woman accused of spying for Moscow questioned over plan to kidnap man : worldnews
AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws : worldnews
UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools : worldnews
UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert 'phosphogeddon' | Science : worldnews


Archaeologists discover a pyramidal structure and geoglyph at Chupacigarro, near Caral, Peru, revealing ancient cultural connections and expanding understanding of Andean civilization. : worldnews

Mexican president orders retaliatory tariffs against U.S. : worldnews

After Trump tariffs, Trudeau reveals $155B counter-tariffs on U.S. - National | Globalnews.ca : worldnews
B.C. premier announces countermeasures against U.S. tariffs, including ban on 'red-state' liquor : worldnews




Elon Musk Claims DOGE Found Treasury Approved Payments to 'Fraudulent or Terrorist Groups' Musk's accusations come on the heels of Trump's Acting Secretary of the Treasury David A. Lebryk's retirement

Musk's Lackeys Seize Control of Social Security Check System : politics

Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system : politics
Elon Musk 'could shut off US welfare programmes' after gaining access to $6trillion payment system : politics

Trump issues school choice executive order that could upend public education


Democrats' new kingmaker Ken Martin tells Trump: 'We're taking the gloves off' : politics


Massive protest against Trump deportations forms in downtown L.A. causing 'major gridlock' : politics
Hundreds march on 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles during protest against deportations : politics

Has America made the transformation from a democracy to an oligarchy? : politics


Carolyn Hax: Meals with weight-loss-obsessed mom are unbearable - The Washington Post As Mom loses weight with semaglutide, this letter writer struggles through her incessant food commentary at mealtimes.

School bus driver runs into house fire, rescues students' dogs - The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax chat: How could my parents not remember hitting us? - The Washington Post Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.


Opinion | A 'lost' da Vinci painting the art establishment doesn't want to find - Washington Post

Who is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve its AI 'Sputnik moment'? | DeepSeek | The Guardian Liang Wenfeng, who founded the firm just two years ago, says his aim is 'not to lose money, nor to make huge profits'
DeepSeek Is Reshaping China's AI Landscape – Foreign Policy The Chinese AI lab has put to rest any illusion that Beijing is behind.
DeepSeek: Is China's AI tool as good as it seems? DeepSeek, a Chinese AI-chatbot app which launched last week, has sparked chaos in the US markets and raised questions about the future of America's AI dominance.
DeepSeek Is Cracking the Black Box of Corporate AI Wide Open The "open weight" model is pulling the rug out from under OpenAI.
China's cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists DeepSeek-R1 performs reasoning tasks at the same level as OpenAI's o1 -- and is open for researchers to examine. By Elizabeth Gibney



How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love the Lab-Leak Theory* -- Why the Covid-19 'Lab Leak Theory' Needs Another Look | Medium ... But now, 17 months later, China is persistently acting like a nation hiding something.


Could the Carrington Event happen again? | Popular Science It happened in 1859. Today, it would be catastrophic.



Astronomers announce major discovery about gravitational waves - The Washington Post ... compelling evidence for long-theorized space-time waves.

Astronomers spot an asteroid that might hit Earth. They're not worried. - The Washington Post

Aliens Could Exist in Parallel Universes, Scientists Say

This Breathing Technique Can Help You Unlock an Altered State of Consciousness


Ancient Manuscripts That Should Never Have Been Opened | by Beyond Truth | Medium Secret alphabets and unknown species defying explanation ... The Voynich Manuscript is one of the most puzzling documents ever discovered. Named after Wilfrid Voynich, a rare book dealer who acquired it in 1912, this manuscript is written in an unknown language and filled with illustrations of plants, animals, and astrological symbols that defy explanation. Its 240 pages are filled with strange diagrams and intricate details, making it a subject of fascination and mystery.
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Rohonc Codex - Wikipedia
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Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis. The Linen Book of Zagreb. A Comment on the Longest Etruscan Text. Monographs on Antiquity, 4 – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Liber Lenteus Zagrabiensis, the Only Extant Ancient Linen Book and the Longest Etruscan Text : History of Information

Why I See Christianity as Faked | by Robert W Ahrens | Deconstructing Christianity | Medium Or, why it's all made up from the beginning.
I Died On The Cross For Jesus' Sins | by Lilith Helstrom | Deconstructing Christianity | Medium I'm sorry but it happened ... The basis of the entire religion is that Jesus was the scapegoat for sinners.
BibViz Project - Bible Contradictions, Misogyny, Violence, Inaccuracies interactively visualized


Ending the Medicare Advantage advantage The outgoing Biden team just proposed MA plans receive an unwarranted 4.3% bump in payments next year. It could get a lot worse with the surgeon turned insurance salesman in charge of CMS.
Eric Bricker, MD on LinkedIn: #medicare #traditional #advantage #partd #supplement #traditionalmedicare… | 161 comments


Mass. towns still claiming controversial cannabis impact fees

How Zyn Conquered the American Mouth | GQ





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Russian Refineries Going Up In Flames - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Here's a list of recent hits:





Trump admin to take down most government websites at 5 pm, CBS reports : politics

USDA Orders Removal of Climate Change Mentions from Public Websites : news

The Dumbest Trade War in History - Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason. : politics
Trump to 'absolutely' impose tariffs on European Union : worldnews
Tariffs guide: How much you'll pay, and when Trump will put them in place | CNN Business
Stock Market Plummets as Trump Announces New Tariff War : politics
Friday afternoon in Trumpland - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump has unilaterally slapped heavy tariffs on our biggest trading partners. This is legal because Congress recklessly gave presidents the legal power to impose tariffs unilaterally, which isn't a good idea when it turns out the People In Their Wisdom select an imbecile criminal lunatic as president.
Pete Hegseth refuses to rule out military strikes on Mexico: 'All options will be on the table' : politics
Here are the products and companies most at risk from Trump's tariff plans : politics
Trump tariffs will cost U.S. households $830 a year, study says : politics
Stock Market Plunges After White House Confirms Tariffs to Begin Saturday : politics

Trump's disregard for US constitution 'a blitzkrieg on the law', legal experts say : politics
When was America last great? About 1896, Trump suggests : politics ... The age of the robber barons, coincidentally.
We Are Going To Have to Defend Some Very Basic Principles : politics
Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are : politics

Trump's Trash Defense Secretary Is Ready to Go to War With U.S. Allies: Pete Hegseth apparently will do whatever it takes to control Greenland and the Panama Canal. : politics

Trump's reckless attack on birthright citizenship : politics

Donald Trump's military deportation flight 'cost more than first class ticket' : politics


Donald Trump's data purge has begun : technology

The birth of an authoritarian nation - Lawyers, Guns & Money Bill Kristol has actually been one of the very best Never Trumpers, which is something I never would have predicted ten years ago, but that's why American lives have second acts, as F. Scott Fitzgerald did not say:

Who Goes MAGA? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Update: Lavin has deleted her essay. If I find out why I'll post that information. - Thanks to commenter Karen for flagging Talia Lavins amusing and disturbing re-write of Dorothy Thompson's classic 1941 essay "Who Goes Nazi?" ... An upbringing or a code, innate instinct, rough experience, empathy or politesse can draw us away from vulgarity and cruelty. Pride and fear, venal self-absorption, a desire for vengeance, cowardice, conformity, jealousy and loneliness can draw us into hate.

Refusing to comply - Lawyers, Guns & Money As we criticize the people who capitulate to Trump immediately or preemptively - more on that soon! - we should praise those who don't:


FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge : politics
Trump administration's purge of FBI agents sparks backlash -- "Retaliation" : politics
Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday : politics
Trump Administration Shocks Senior F.B.I. Ranks by Moving to Replace Them : politics - The FBI is probably the most conservative major department of the federal government. Every single confirmed director of the department, in its entire history, has been a Republican. The goal is denigrating the function of federal law enforcement. Because crimes are on the agenda, and the Trump and co folks aren't about to pause their crime-commiting now.
What's Behind 'Rigged' 2024 Election Claims : politics - "It is unlikely the Department of Justice or FBI, under the Trump administration, will investigate allegations of 2024 election vote rigging at the federal level" Because Trump just removed at least 30 federal attorneys who worked on January 6 cases and all six of the FBI's most senior executives and multiple heads of field offices... Coup 101. Steal the election and then remove anyone who might investigate it.

Wrecking ball: Trump's power-hungry orders wage war on US government : politics

F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations : politics
Defense Dept. evicts NBC, NPR, NYT from Pentagon offices to make way for Breitbart, OANN : politics
Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS : politics

The Airport Said Don't Do It. And They Did It. : politics
The Airport Said Don't Do It. And They Did It.' - POLITICO A former House Transportation Committee chair argues Congress is contributing to the congestion around Reagan National airport.
The D.C. Air Disaster Is a Flashing Warning Sign About DOGE : politics
Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs : politics
Air traffic controllers union responds to Trump's DEI attacks - Fully certified professional controllers "working short-staffed, often 6 days a week, and in facilities long overdue for modernization": NATCA : technology
Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash : politics
Trump steamrolls every principle of aviation safety in wild news conference : politics
Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash : politics
Elizabeth Warren takes aim at Elon Musk after DC plane crash
Air traffic controllers union hits back at Trump DEI comments : politics
Eschaton: Is This DEI What we know for sure is the people responsible will not be blamed, because lol that's not how America works.
Plane Disaster Strikes One Week After Trump 'Restores Excellence and Safety' to FAA : politics
The Plane-Helicopter Crash - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Reagan National air traffic control was understaffed on the night of the crash - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump Says D.C. Crash 'Should Have Been Prevented,' Days After Gutting Airline Safety Committee : politics
Trump acknowledges he doesn't have evidence DEI caused D.C. plane crash : politics
Last FAA Chief Quit Following Pressure From Elon Musk : politics
Leaderless FAA begins investigation of Washington plane crash | Former chief resigned 10 days ago, after Elon Musk, a close adviser to Donald Trump, called for him to quit : politics

Plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia leaves multiple houses on fire, causes explosion : news
Just days after the crash in DC another crashed in Philly : pics

Abolish the Presidential Pardon : politics


Trump fires director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sexual Misconduct Rules : politics

Who Can Stop Elon's 'Team' Wilding Its Way Through the Federal Government? : politics
Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show : politics
Elon Musk Shuts Out Senior Government Workers in Latest DOGE Takeover | A source claimed the DOGE director has seized control of the computer system that manages all government personnel. : politics
Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge -- and It's a Scary One : politics

Once-Secret Treasury Memos Detail Agency Response to SolarWinds Hack : politics

MAGA's revenge of the mediocre: Trump's war on federal workers targets the meritorious : politics

Some Conservatives Keep Awkwardly Calling Trump 'Daddy.' Experts Weigh In On What's Behind It. : politics

Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems : politics
This Is A Coup - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Sanewashing a coup - Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jamison Foser: "there is however this headline portraying Trump as Bipartisan ideas Guy" - Bluesky
A coup by any other name - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kevin Elliott: Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup - Bluesky
Sanewashing a coup - Lawyers, Guns & Money I mean, can we really say that an unelected CEO just taking over the appropriations and personnel powers of the federal government by fiat is even remotely as newsworthy as James Comey finding some immaterial emails? ...
Jamison Foser: The word "Musk" currently does not appear anywhere on the front page of NYTimes.com - Bluesky
Answers After Reports of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System : politics
Elon Musk's lackeys are infiltrating the Government Services Administration, attempting to use White House security credentials to gain unusual access to GSA tech, deploying a suite of new AI software, and recreating the office in X's image : politics

Kash Patel Refuses to Rule Out Targeting Trump Critics as Head of FBI : politics

If Trump does what he's promising, North America will change tomorrow : politics

Trump pledged to bring down food prices on Day One. Instead, eggs are getting more expensive : politics ... After 9 years of this the word is "lied"

Scoop: Sanders probing Trump's purge of labor officials : politics

Trump removes traditional media outlets from Pentagon, adds One American News among others : politics

Trump Has Created Health-Care Chaos : politics

Trump's War on Medicaid Will Institutionalize Millions of People The GOP wants to fund billionaire tax cuts-and let disabled Americans pay the price. : politics
Will Trump End the Most Successful Foreign-Aid Program in US History? The President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief is in danger of shuttering. The decision could kill hundreds of thousands of people and kickstart an epidemic. : politics

Trump fires first woman to head a US military service : politics
Jake Tapper leaves Roy Moore spokesman speechless - YouTube

US judge blocks Trump from freezing federal spending for 22 states : politics

Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.'s reality-bending confirmation hearings : politics ,, Picture a shithouse with no fucking drains. Picture a leader with no fucking brains.
Killing kids for profit - Lawyers, Guns & Money -- It's worth emphasizing that opposing vaccines has made a lot of money for RFK Jr., and the conflicts of interest would get even worse in the all-too-thinkable event that he gets confirmed:
RFK Jr. Called Out for Saying Black People Should Have Different Vaccine Protocol than White People : politics
Killing kids for profit - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's worth emphasizing that opposing vaccines has made a lot of money for RFK Jr., and the conflicts of interest would get even worse in the all-too-thinkable event that he gets confirmed:

New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana : politics
La. grand jury indicts N.Y. doctor who prescribed abortion pill local teen took : news

Texas bill treating abortion as homicide, punishing patients is 'ridiculous' to top Republican : politics

Trump's Stunning Order on College Students Will Reach Further Than It Seems : politics

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence : politics

Federal workers may be battling with Elon Musk and Donald Trump over RTO but 77% of Americans support their right to flexible work : politics


TIL of Abu Zubaydah, a detainee of Guantanamo Bay for over 20 years. He has never been charged and has been tortured, including being waterboarded 83 times in one month : todayilearned ... The last three are really stupid and includes Zubaydah. They're not charged but not recommended for transfer. Officially their status is too dangerous to release but we don't have evidence to convict them


Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income : politics


Meta memo threatening to fire leakers is immediately leaked; Zuck says it sucks - 9to5Mac : technology
The Dignity Wraith comes for Zuckerberg - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mark Zuckerberg - Wikipedia


Trump says he opened California's water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them. : politics

Appeals court strikes down handgun ban for teens : politics

Democrats buoyed by wins in several legislative special elections : politics

Gov. Andy Beshear awards first medical marijuana cards in Kentucky : politics

Wyoming Senate panel wants all federal lands in the state except Yellowstone : politics

A pro-Israel group says it gave the Trump administration a list of students it could deport : politics
A Well-Connected NYU Parent Is Trying to Get Students Deported : politics

Eschaton: Remember When Bill Clinton Met Loretta Lynch On The Tarmac

The time Geezer Butler got arrested in a bar brawl: 'For Punching N*zi' : Music

Louisiana lawmakers demand 'family-friendly' halftime shows ahead of Super Bowl 2025, slam Rihanna, J. Lo as 'lewd' : Music ... New Orleans has a GDP of 29 billion. The metro area has a GDP of 100 billion. The state of Louisiana has a GDP of 250 billion. So 40% of the states GDP is New Orleans and its suburbs.


Marianne Faithfull, RIP - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Marianne Faithfull, RIP

Rebecca Yarros's 'Onyx Storm' Is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years : books


Former Fox Sports reporter accuses top executive of sexual assault in lawsuit | Sport | The Guardian Julie Stewart-Binks filed lawsuit on Friday in Los Angeles -- Former reporter is suing network and exec Charlie Dixon - Dixon is also co-defendant in separate January complaint


Gavi, a vaccine program led by the Gates Foundation, WHO, UNICEF and World Bank, has provided over $16 billion in funding for vaccination in low-income countries since 1999. The aid has been uniquely effective, saving around 1.5 million lives at a cost of $9,000 per life saved. : science

Study of incel forums for men experiencing involuntary celibacy: r/IncelExit, where users aim to leave, and Incels.is, for those who remain embedded in incel ideology. On r/IncelExit, informational support was 74.7% of posts. In contrast, Incels.is was mainly emotional support, 55.8%. : science

Homosexuality is estimated to be about 30% heritable, with genetic factors potentially increasing mating success in heterosexual males. Outside of humans, exclusively homosexual behavior is primarily observed in domestic rams, though macaques may exhibit similar sexual orientations to humans. : science
Emerging insights into the genetics and evolution of human same-sex sexual behavior - ScienceDirect

Is Vertex's new non-opioid painkiller Journavx worth its price? ... People with acute pain, he said, could simply take 400 milligrams of ibuprofen and 1,000 milligrams of acetaminophen, a "non-opioid combo that we believe is more effective" than Journavx.

ELI5 Why is there no center of the universe : explainlikeimfive

More than 8,000 of the world's most-cited scientists have at least one retraction, according to a database that links retractions to top-cited papers. Database shows that researchers with retracted papers had higher self-citation rates and published more than those without retractions. : science

Cold-water immersion (from early ocean dips to ice-cold polar plunges) can temporarily lower stress, improve sleep, and slightly enhance quality of life, finds new study. However, benefits faded within months, and claims about immune or mood boosts lack evidence. : science

Younger men tend to partner with women about 3 years younger, but as they aged, their partners became younger, with some older men in relationships with women a decade younger. Conversely, younger women tend to partner with men a few years older, but by age 60, women seek men of similar age. : science

ELI5: Why do we have different blood types? What's the difference between them, and why does it matter? : explainlikeimfive

ELI5 why oxygen becomes toxic below 40m when scuba diving : explainlikeimfive


Today is 5 years since the U.S. declared public health emergency over COVID-19, what are your thoughts on the pandemic in retrospect? : AskReddit


40 Questions to Know Your Partner Better

Why so many people die in winter World over, more people die in the winter than any other season. Scientists have investigated why for decades. They have some answers-but can't explain the excess deaths completely.
This Is How to Survive Hypothermia

Hyrox: How fitness sport became the latest viral craze - BBC Sport

Strange, surreal and sexy: 31 images that changed the way we see our bodies | Photography | The Guardian





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Thailand makes hormone therapy free for trans people just after legalizing marriage equality : worldnews

Former US Federal Reserve Adviser Arrested for Leaking Trade Secrets to China : worldnews



russia blocked 417000 websites in 2024, media reports : worldnews

Ukrainian Drones Flew 500 Miles & Damaged 5% Of Russia's Oil Refining : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: Russian army recruitment centres in Moscow see five-fold drop in applicants, media reports. Russia is currently suffering around 1500-1750 casualties daily on the battlefield / X

KyivPost on X: Russia's oil nightmare continues as drones hit Lukoil's refinery in Volgograd last night - one of the country's largest, processing 14.8 million tons of oil a year. Now, it's burning. / X

Ukrainian drones strike 'one of 10 largest oil refineries in Russia,' military says : worldnews


(((Tendar))) on X: "Ukrainian drones recently struck the Novozybkov Pump Station. This facility is part of the strategic Druzhba pipeline and it is located 30 km (20 miles) from the Ukrainian border. This incident highlights another major strategic problem Russia is facing. The Druzhba pipeline / X

KyivPost on X: Russia's oil nightmare continues as drones hit Lukoil's refinery in Volgograd last night - one of the country's largest, processing 14.8 million tons of oil a year. Now, it's burning. / X


Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West : worldnews


Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested : worldnews


Hamas releases names of Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday : worldnews

Emily Damari, an Israeli hostage for a year and a half, was held in UNRWA facilities : worldnews


/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1072, Part 1 (Thread #1219) : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 30, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Next / X

Ukraine to receive US$2.5 billion from UK for air defence : worldnews

Ukraine special forces say N. Korean troops not seen at front in three weeks : worldnews



Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable. The authorities said they believed the vessel may have been involved in damaging the cable, the latest act of apparent sabotage in the Baltic Sea. : worldnews
Second ship seized in Baltic Sea cable damage investigation : worldnews

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate wants Ukraine to be divided and part of it taken over by Romania : worldnews
Outrage as leading Romanian presidential candidate calls Ukraine 'a fictional state' : worldnews

Nearly half of Danes see US as threat and 78% oppose Greenland sale, survey shows | More Danish people regard US as a threat than see North Korea or Iran as danger : politics

German climate change researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation from court : worldnews

Robin Brooks on X: "The @FT reports that Germany and Hungary are pushing for resumption of Russian gas imports in a Ukraine peace deal. Fact that Germany's ally on this is Hungary tells you all you need to know. Germany badly lost its way under the SPD and Greens… / X



Nicaragua amends constitution, grants 'absolute power' to president and his wife : worldnews

Mexico's president calls on Google to identify US as 'América Mexicana' : politics

Trudeau Warns Of 'Forceful' Response If Trump Pulls Trigger On Tariffs: "It's not what we want but if he moves forward, we will also act" : politics
White House denies Canada, Mexico tariffs postponed to March : worldnews
Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China begin Saturday, White House says : worldnews
Trump delays decision to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada until March 1 : worldnews





White House says Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will come Saturday. No word on exemptions : politics

Trump's revenge agenda has shocked officials who 'didn't think it was going to be this bad', insiders say : politics

Donald Trump blames Obama, Biden, DEI for DC Plane Crash : politics
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, former Black Hawk pilot, on flying in area where crash occurred : politics
AOC Rips Trump a New One Over Lies About D.C. Plane Crash : politics
Trump On If He'll Visit Site Of Deadly Aviation Collision: 'You Want Me To Go Swimming?' : politics
Trump Blamed Democrats for Causing DC Plane Crash With DEI Program He Himself Launched in First Term: Report : politics
Trump Furiously Flip-Flops on Who's to Blame for D.C. Crash : politics
Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries : politics
CNN Aviation Expert Rips Trump's 'Unhinged' Blame Game Over Deadly DC Air Collision : politics
FAA Report on D.C. Plane Crash Is Out-and It's an Indictment of Trump : politics

Trump's New Deal: 100 days to reverse the legacy of FDR : politics

Trump is in it only for himself : politics

Over 100,000 People Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Investigation Against President Trump : politics

Trump's Inaugural Approval Rating Is Historically Low Again : politics
President Trump's Approval Rating Is 'Historically Low' : politics

This was the week Trump's honeymoon ended : politics
Trump said he hadn't read Project 2025 – but most of his early executive actions overlap with its proposals : politics

Democratic governors criticize Chuck Schumer for weak resistance to Trump : politics

Trump Wants to Detain 30,000 Migrants at Guantanamo Bay. It Can Hold Only 130 Now. : politics

'Efforts to erase the insurrection': Deletion of Jan. 6 database by Trump administration appears to violate federal law, watchdog says : politics

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class : politics

Elon Musk's Cronies Locking Federal Workers Out of Computer Systems : politics
Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies : politics
Majority of Voters Think Musk Will Use DOGE for Self-Enrichment While Targeting Social Safety Net : politics
Elon Musk Is Trying to Get Control of Key Payment System-at Any Cost : politics
Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say : politics
FAA Leader Quit Before D.C. Plane Crash-Thanks to Elon Musk : politics
Musk and allies have reportedly seized key HR office - and skipped past officials to send mass resignation email : politics
Senior US Treasury official to exit after rift with Musk allies, report says : politics

The Danger of MAGA History | With Donald Trump back in the White House, the rewriting of the past has already begun. : politics ... In the United States, the question of who controls historical knowledge is once again front and center, and there are worrying signs of increasing repression. According to PEN America, 361 educational gag orders have been introduced by state legislatures since 2021. Many of these laws specifically target history education.

Senior FBI leaders ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday : politics
Trump's Pick to Lead FBI Refuses to Say Who Won 2020 Election : politics
Head of FBI Washington Field Office is forced out in Trump administration purge : politics
FBI agents who worked on January 6 and Trump investigations are expected to be fired Friday : politics

Trump Brings "Removal" President Andrew Jackson Back to the Oval Office : politics

"People Will Die": The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That's Not True. : politics
HIV, transgender care, climate change and other federal websites go dark : politics
The State Department is blocking new passports for trans Americans : politics

Kash Patel Says He Never Promoted QAnon. Here Are All The Times He Did : politics

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills : politics

Top Official Who Fought "Illegal" Trump Purge Now Being Pushed Out - A top official at USAID is being forced to leave the agency after trying to stop Donald Trump's mass firings. : politics

Trump Media gifts DJT shares to FBI pick Kash Patel, Linda McMahon and president's son : politics

When RFK Jr. was presented with the science on vaccines he said needed to see, he dismissed it : politics
RFK Jr. and Bernie Sanders Get Into Screaming Match Over Big Pharma : politics ... He was phenomenal, as usual, and didn't scream once.
RFK Jr.'s Alleged Troubling History with Animals: Blending Mice, Freezing Roadkill, Staging a Bear Accident and Beheading a Whale : politics
Warren pushes Kennedy on his financial gain from vaccine lawsuits : politics
Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a 'predator' : politics

The Maga backlash against Trump's crypto grab: 'This is bad, and looks bad' : politics

CDC site scrubs HIV content following Trump DEI policies : politics

Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day : politics


CBS staff alarmed by reports of settlement talks with Trump over '60 Minutes' Harris interview : politics

'Not one damn person thought this through' | Gov. Tim Walz calls the federal funding freeze enacted by the Trump administration unconstitutional, as Minnesota files a lawsuit against the administration. : politics

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons : politics


Michigan priest defrocked by church after mimicking Musk's straight-arm gesture : news


Microplastics in placentas linked to premature births, study suggests : worldnews


Dan Brown Announces New Book, 'The Secret of Secrets' : books



A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ADHD, conditions that commonly overlap. : science

An afternoon nap facilitates creative problem solving, finds new study. Sleep improves the ability to solve target problems that could not be initially solved. : science


ELI5 Are artificial diamond and real diamond really the same? : explainlikeimfive



Microsoft Announces New Intel-Powered Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 for Businesses : Surface

Today I learned that Massachusetts taxpayers face the greatest per capita loss in the United States, i.e. paying more in federal taxes than they receive in return from the federal government. This loss nearly 2x higher than California : boston

Major Mass. cannabis lab sues competitors, claiming testing fraud : boston

Legacy of the Green Book travel guide in New England




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Another bad year – and decade – for fossil fuel stocks : worldnews


Thailand expects high-speed rail link to China to be ready in 2030 : worldnews


Japan to halt funding for a UN women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession : worldnews



Taiwan to hold emergency discussions after Trump pledges tariffs on chips - Focus Taiwan : worldnews

Chinese banks again block payments to Russia following tougher US sanctions : worldnews



Taking Cue From Trump, Russian Historian Suggests Renaming Gulf of Finland to Gulf of St. Petersburg : worldnews

Russian grain exports set to plunge to Soviet levels in 2025 – Moscow Times : worldnews

Ukrainian Drones Flew 500 Miles & Damaged 5% Of Russia's Oil Refining : worldnews

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 on X: What's the most unique part of this attack on Russian oil pumping station is the unusual weapon system which was used for this operation. Russian Novozybkov oil pumping station was attacked by drone-dropped 250kg bombs - FAB-250 M-54. (Photo 1) Attack was carried out by @14reg_army . / X

The Kyiv Independent on X: "⚡️ Russian army recruitment centres in Moscow see five-fold drop in applicants, media reports. Russia is currently suffering around 1500-1750 casualties daily on the battlefield. / X


Trump prods India to buy more weapons from US, repeats tariff threat before Modi's US visit : worldnews
Dozens killed in crowd crush at world's largest religious festival | CNN : worldnews

Nurse dies as Uganda confirms new Ebola outbreak : worldnews


Syria's de facto leader declares himself president, abolishes constitution : worldnews
Russia appears to vacate Syrian naval base as Damascus requests handover of Assad : worldnews


Israel delays prisoner release after chaotic hostage handover : worldnews

Hamas' armed wing announces killing of its terrorist leader Mohammed Deif : worldnews

IDF reveals it killed Hamas terrorist seen dragging Naama Levy to captivity on Oct. 7 : worldnews
Naama Levy: 'I am finally at home,' says freed Israeli hostage in message following release | CNN
Released hostage Naama Levy spent months alone in a Hamas tunnel, rehab lead reveals : worldnews

Mossad chief warns Gaza cleanup risks destroying hostages; bodies : worldnews


Putin refuses direct talks with Zelenskyy : worldnews
Zelensky: Trump's 'Just and Fair' Rhetoric on Russia Is 'Exactly What Putin Is Afraid Of' : worldnews
'Stupid, illogical' - Zelensky blasts Ukraine for relinquishing nuclear arms without strong security guarantees : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1071, Part 1 (Thread #1218) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 30, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine / X ... Russian losses (KIA\WIA\MIA) will reach 1 million by August ... +1270 Troops is lowest daily loss since Jan.03.25. Jan total will be less than Dec but more than Nov.

Ukraine reels from 'worst-case scenario' suspension of US foreign aid with a variety of projects in the country effectively stopped overnight : worldnews


The Kyiv Independent on X: NATO on track to send Kyiv over $40 billion in 2025. "llies are on track to deliver on the pledge made at the Washington summit, a NATO press statement said following a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on Jan. 29. / X

Russia Plots to Assassinate Key European Industry Leaders, NATO Warns EU : worldnews

Sweden points to 'foreign power' after Iraqi refugee on trial for Qur'an burnings shot dead | Sweden : worldnews
Salwan Momika, Man Who Burnt Quran In 2023 Sparking international Protests Shot Dead In Sweden : worldnews
Sweden donates $1.2 billion aid package to Ukraine : worldnews

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate wants Ukraine to be divided and part of it taken over by Romania : worldnews
Romanian Foreign Ministry confirms unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty after far-right Romanian presidential candidate's statements : worldnews
Georgescu has 'masters in Moscow' - Kyiv slams Romanian politician over comments on Ukraine's partition : worldnews


Germany's Budget Committee approves additional 3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine – Reuters : worldnews
Merkel criticises leader of her CDU party for cooperating with German far-right : worldnews


Panama's president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal : worldnews
Panama's National Assembly approves planting and commercialization of hemp : worldnews

'Act of brutality': Cuba rebukes Donald Trump's plan to detain migrants at Guantanamo Bay : worldnews

Trudeau vows 'strong response' from Canada to Trump tariffs : worldnews
Canadian consumers call for boycott of American made food in light of tariff threat : worldnews




Plane crash in DC - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Leaked Memo Suggests a Top U.S. Agency Will No Longer Recognize Pride, MLK Day, and Holocaust Remembrance : politics
U.S. Citizens Reportedly Detained After Being Overheard Speaking Spanish : politics
Trump Signs Sweeping Xenophobic Bill, Rescinding Due Process for Millions : politics
The Reason Why Donald Trump Shut Down His Government: Chaos isn't a by-product; it's the goal. : politics

Trump Is the Least Popular Modern Prez for a Second Time | The only other incoming president to have a lower approval rating than Donald Trump in 2025 was Donald Trump in 2017. : politics

Trump's Kremlin Playbook - by Olga Lautman - Reuters reported that, on Monday, security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump regime
USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House : politics

Trump order to turn Guantánamo Bay into migrant detention center prompts outcry – live | Trump administration | The Guardian
Trump says he's directing opening a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants in US illegally : politics

@raventerp1.bsky.social: "Yeah, those "purity" voters got played." - Bluesky

White House $50m condom claim doesn't hold up under scrutiny : politics

White House rescinds freeze on federal grants, in reversal : politics
White House says that only the original memo calling for the freeze had been rescinded, not federal funding freeze : politics
Trump's funding freeze awakens the "Resistance" : politics

Another judge is preparing to block Trump's spending freeze, despite White House cleanup : politics
White House rescinds Trump's funding freeze after massive backlash : politics
White House Says Trump Funding Freeze Remains in Effect Despite Rescinding OMB Memo : politics

Fed defies Trump by keeping interest rates on hold : politics

It's not enough to reverse Citizens United. A constitutional amendment is needed: Greg Coleridge : politics

Trump approval rating slips after flurry of executive actions: Survey : politics

Trump is already acting like a king : politics
Mike Pence Uses Trump's Own Words Against Him in Stunning Anti-RFK Jr. Message to Senators: 'Vote No' : politics
Senator Rips Into RFK Jr. -- And Gets Him To Admit He Spread A Conspiracy Theory : politics
It Took RFK Jr. Just Six Minutes to Lie to Congress : politics
Bernie Sanders Confronts RFK Jr. With His Anti-Vax Onesies in Surreal Senate Scene : politics
RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearing: Bernie Sanders questioning | Full exchange - YouTube

Trump Paves the Way to Deputize Local Police on Immigration : politics

Selfies and a Standing Ovation: Sermon Taking on Trump Draws Supporters to D.C. Cathedral : politics

Black-owned brands urge US consumers not to boycott Target over end of diversity efforts : politics

Elon Musk affiliate in FBI director's office sparks fear of partisan interference : politics

Trump's First 10 Days Back in Power Were Uniquely Depraved. Don't Get Numb To It : politics

Plausible Deniability: It turns out Hitler Youth can be a federal jobs program - Bluesky
Charlie Warzel: "very good reporting from WIRED here. side effect is wanting to launch myself into the sun www.wired.com/story/elon-m..." - Bluesky


Erin Reed: "1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them. It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests. I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights. Find the EO here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... - Bluesky



Democrat wins Iowa Senate seat in district Trump won by 21 points : politics

Human error - Lawyers, Guns & Money , I had made the infamous Cameron Todd Willingham case the subject of my seminar on criminal punishment issues. This case featured the judicial murder by the state of Texas of an obviously innocent ,man, who was convicted for committing a non-existent crime, on the basis of no evidence beyond grotesque junk science presented by fake experts, and the testimony of a literally psychotic jailhouse snitch ... (Antonin Scalia, who I sincerely hope is suffering the tortures of the damned in plus soul time or minus space time, went so far as to claim there was no constitutional right not to be executed for such a trivial reason as being actually innocent of the crime for which you were convicted, or, as in Willingham's case, the imaginary crime that never happened) ... Why do we expend such immense resources to make sure commercial air travel is almost unimaginably safe, and so few resources to ensure that a poor man who can't afford a lawyer isn't murdered by a superstitious legal mob in a small Texas town, with a big assist from The Supreme Court of the United States?


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,809 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Janet Gaynor.





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Scientists sound the alarm after finding thousands of seabirds dead on beaches: 'The message is clear' ||There has been no sign of the populations recovering. : worldnews
Ocean heatwave likely killed 30,000 fish off Western Australia coast, government says | Western Australia : worldnews
Drop in Amazon deforestation has now been confirmed, but forest degradation soared 497% last year : worldnews
UN Rules That Girls Forced Into Motherhood Abuses Their Human Rights : worldnews


Truck of Explosives with Anti Semitic list found in Sydney. : worldnews
Sydney police uncover cache of explosives, with indication target was synagogue : worldnews

New Zealand requires Israelis to disclose IDF service details as condition for entry : worldnews

Chinese posing as Taiwanese tourists in Palawan, Philippines arrested on charges of espionage - Rti : worldnews
Priests in the Philippines accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry, US-based group says : worldnews


Kim Keon Hee, the First Lady of South Korea. She is 52 years old. : pics
Passenger plane catches fire in South Korea prompting mass evacuation, three injured | CNN : worldnews



(1) NOELREPORTS on X: Putin claims that the "special military operation" will end in 1.5-2 months if foreign aid to Ukraine stops. He also stated that talks with Ukraine are possible, but not with Zelensky, Ukraine's sovereignty is almost null, the West pushed Kyiv to continue the conflict and that alks can start after Ukraine lifts its decree banning negotiations with Russia. / X

Legal talk on X: "Putin: Grandmaster or Puppet? Explore the facts and decide for yourself." / X
The Real Master of Russia: Who Is He? - Exposing Anti-Cult Terrorism

Russian Nuclear Icebreaker Collides With Cargo Ship In Kara Sea : worldnews

Evgen Istrebin on X: Bread prices from producers increased by 27% year-on-year According to Rosstat , the average price of bread and bakery products in Russia increased by 9.97% in 2024. LOL In 2025 there will be an even greater drop in the grain harvest and an explosive rise in prices / X



Many feared dead after stampede at Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in northern India. Authorities had expected a record 100 million people to visit Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, or "festival of the Sacred Pitcher", on Wednesday. : worldnews

Pakistan Senate votes to ban fake news on social media : worldnews


Türkiye reportedly eyes $6B defense deal with Saudi Arabia : worldnews



Syria Demands Reparations From Russia : worldnews

(1) NEXTA on X: Syria Demands Compensation from Russia for Assad Support Syria's new government has demanded compensation from Russia for the damage caused by its support of Bashar al-Assad's regime. The issue was raised during talks with a Kremlin delegation on Tuesday, with Syrian officials / X (1) AlexandruC4 on X: "BREAKING: Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa asked Moscow to hand over the ousted president Bashar Assad - Reuters / X

The IDF won't withdraw 'until the Lebanese army shows it is in control' : worldnews


Israel receives list of Gaza hostages to be released on Thursday, PM office says : worldnews



Can Trump End Russia's War Against Ukraine? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Farce then tragedy: Russian views of the West and what they mean for Ukraine | ECFR
The Sanctions Game - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'Putin afraid of negotiations' - Zelensky hits back after Kremlin leader labels him 'illegitimate' : worldnews
Israel may have started sending Russian-made weapons to Ukraine : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1070, Part 1 (Thread #1217) : worldnews
(1) The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - +1670 Troops ranks as 20th highest loss tied with Jan.17.25 & Dec.04.24. Other categories are at or above 7-day averages. UAVs and Vehicles are on track for record total months.

Ukraine Seizes Russian Military Plans in Major Kursk Raid : worldnews


(1) Euromaidan Press on X: "Russian forces normalize combat assaults in Lada cars amid severe armor shortages The Russian military adopts civilian cars for assaults after losing thousands of armored vehicles during its invasion of Ukraine. / X

Ministry of Defence on X: Latest Defence intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 29 January 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: / X


NOELREPORTS on X: ️The EU is accelerating Ukraine's accession talks and plans to open the first "cluster" of negotiations. This includes key issues like the rule of law. Ukraine's progress in reforms signals strong momentum for its integration into the bloc. / X

Former head of Polish police indicted over explosion of grenade launcher in his office : worldnews

Be sensitive to all manifestations of intolerance warn Auschwitz survivors on 80th anniversary of camp's liberation : worldnews
Elon Musk's support of right-wing parties 'is really disgusting,' German Chancellor tells CNN : worldnews ... Stop buying his swasticars

German Green chief warns conservatives not to strike migration deal with far right : worldnews
Rheinmetall CEO: Russia is unhappy with Western arms supplies, so it planned my assassination : worldnews

The Ukrainian Review on X: During our meeting, Croatia announced the preparation of a new package of military and technical assistance, which is to be approved tomorrow, - PM Smyhal ❗️Sanctions remain the number one tool for weakening the aggressor. We will work to make Russia pay for its aggression. / X



Jason Koebler: "Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified..." - Bluesky

Donald the Dove, the free speech president, to issue order cancelling the visas of Palestinian rights protestors - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump DOJ scrubs entire Jan. 6 Capitol riot database from the web : politics

"Trump is trying to collapse our economy": War on "woke" revealed as a war on all Americans : politics
White House rescinds federal aid freeze : politics
Schrodinger's freeze - Lawyers, Guns & Money
With chaotic freeze gambit, the Trump White House shows its incompetence (again) : politics
White House response adds to confusion on federal funding freeze : NPR
White House rescinds order freezing federal grants and loans : politics
Why Trump's funding freeze is deepening fears that he seeks unlimited power : politics
Opinion | If All This Sounds Delusional, That's Because It Is - The New York Times - The only real explanation, from the O.M.B. memo, was that this was a necessary step to root out the malign influence of 'Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal social engineering policies' from government. If this sounds delusional, that's because it is

Fork You - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Trump administration on Tuesday offered roughly two million federal workers the option to resign but be paid through the end of September, in an effort to drastically reduce the size of the federal work force and push out people who do not support President Trump's political agenda.

Donald Trump least popular newly elected president since Second World War : politics

'It was leaked to us:' Army in chaos over Trump orders : politics

Trump is trying to undo the 14th amendment. Historians are horrified. : politics

Immunity does not shield Trump from $83M defamation judgment, Carroll's attorney argues : politics

Tuberculosis Is Back -- Just in Time for Trump to Make Things Even Worse : politics

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Discussion Thread: Cabinet Confirmation Hearings for January 29th, 2025 (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS, Howard Lutnick for Commerce, and Kelly Loeffler for SBA) : politics

'He cheats his way through life': Five bombshells from Caroline Kennedy's open letter : politics
Private emails show RFK Jr. making false claims about Covid-19 shots, linking vaccines to autism : politics
RFK Jr. Is Changing His Anti-Vax Tune. Don't Fall for It. : politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing : politics
RFK Jr. Confirms Lyme Disease 'Bioweapon' Conspiracy: VIDEO - Comic Sands
Aaron Stewart-Ahn: "Absolutely batshit you can watch on live TV a rotting whale eating, bear corpse vandalizing, brainworm eaten, anti-science sex pest who drove an ex wife to suicide & looks exactly like corrupted Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks & sounds like Megatron auditioning to be head of America's healthcare." - Bluesky
Rachel Maddow: "autisticadvocacy.org/2024/11/asan..." - Bluesky

r Pete Buttigieg taking "serious look" at Michigan Senate race in 2026 : politics

The Trump White House has no idea what the Trump White House just did : politics
GOP steps aside as Trump assaults Congress' power: The president goes after the "power of the purse" with nary a peep from Republican leaders. : politics

Letitia James announces new lawsuit against Trump Administration : politics

Judge pauses Trump funding freeze order until Feb. 3 : politics
Democrats to hold 'emergency' meeting on Trump's spending freeze : politics
"Five-alarm fire": Trump OMB tries to freeze federal spending in unconstitutional power grab: A two-page OMB memo falsely claims that the president can refuse to spend money on programs authorized by Congress : politics

Project 2025 was the plan all along. Trump is proving it now. : politics

GOP Senators Want Trump To Release Epstein Files Even If He's In Them : politics

Have I missed any? : PoliticalHumor

Trump administration will offer all 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign : politics

'Headed for technofascism': the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley : politics

Trump's new head of DOT rips up US fuel efficiency regulations - Secretary Duffy claims polluting more will make cars cheaper. : politics

Trans inmate sues Trump over executive order forcing her into men's prison and denying appropriate health care : politics

Worse Than Sean Spicer: Jimmy Kimmel Rips Trump's New Press Secretary : politics

Iowa Democrats flip Senate seat in special election to cut into Republican majority : politics

Brian Tyler Cohen: "The same people wailing about DEI literally can't spell their own job title." -- luesky

Radley Balko: "Open-air corruption. They'ae just flaunting it." - Bluesky

Molly Jong-Fast: "About those egg prices" -- Bluesky

Zuck pays Trump $25 million tribute - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Obscenely wealthy, insecure misogynist loves Donald Trump

No longer fit to print - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I suspect that on some level Krugman has never really been forgiven for having been right about the Iraq war, or perhaps being right "for the wrong reasons," which is an even bigger sin against the conventional wisdom than simply being right in the first place. Nevertheless for a quarter century this extraordinarily talented writer was left alone to do his work. Then, quite abruptly, his social criticisms were found by the powers that be to no longer be even minimally acceptable.
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times - Columbia Journalism Review The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says


DeepSeek just blew up the AI industry's narrative that it needs more money and power | CNN Business : technology
DeepSeek stuns tech industry with new AI image generator that beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3 : technology

Meta is reportedly scrambling multiple 'war rooms' of engineers to figure out how DeepSeek's AI is beating everyone else at a fraction of the price : technology
U.S. Navy bans use of DeepSeek due to 'security and ethical concerns' : technology

Another OpenAI researcher quits-claims AI labs are taking a 'very risky gamble' with humanity amid the race toward AGI : technology


Proton Mail Says It's "Politically Neutral" While Praising Republican Party : technology


Former MTV Host Matt Pinfield Recently Suffered Massive Stroke : Music


Butler county sheriff Hamilton Ohio. 705 Hanover St, Hamilton, OH 45011 : pics


LGM Film Club, Part 489: Bonnie & Clyde - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Climate change may be driving an expansion of Valley fever, a deadly fungal infection spread by airborne spores : science

By examining smiles during romantic partner interactions, researchers discovered that couples with high relationship satisfaction had greater smile synchrony and reciprocated each other's smiles more quickly. These findings suggest that healthy couples are more emotionally attuned to each other. : science

Young women's mixed feelings about sex stem from conflicting social norms | Participating women expressed a desire to have sex with their partners, guided by social norms that valorized such encounters, but they were also influenced by coexisting norms that stigmatized sexual activity. : science



What's something your partner wanted you to try but you refused immediately? : AskReddit

Why Guinness World Records suck now : videos

What are some of the darkest stories and posts of reddit that many people don't know about? : AskReddit

what is the funniest thing,you have seen in public? : AskReddit

Surface vs Macbook : Surface





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Global Warming is accelerating. Sea Surface Temperature increase over the past 40 years will likely be exceeded within the next 20 years. : science


SA Police arrest 16 neo-Nazis after march in Adelaide's CBD : worldnews Southern Australia

Thailand holds its first same-sex weddings, targets record registrations : worldnews
Thailand's health ministry frees up millions to provide HRT for 200,000 trans people : worldnews


Trump To Tariff Chips Made In Taiwan, Targeting TSMC : worldnews

China and India stop trading in Russian oil because of US sanctions, Reuters reports : worldnews
China's artificial sun burns for 1000+ secs, creates record in fusion research : worldnews



Russian economy facing a tidal wave of bankruptcies : worldnews
(1) Robin Brooks on X: The EU can implode Russia's economy by sanctioning Putin's shadow fleet in the Baltic. But Greece's shipping oligarchs like selling oil tankers (blue) to Putin (gray) for top Dollar. EU sanctions would stop this. So sanctions don't happen and the shadow fleet continues to grow... / X

(1) PS01 □ on X: "🚨 Taganrog's TANTK aircraft plant may be declared bankrupt Here are the first victims of the Central Bank's high key rate in the military-industrial complex. The aircraft plant "TANTK im. G. M. Beriev" in Taganrog could not cope with the high financial burden - it may be declared bankrupt . / X

Ukraine destroys 5% of Russia's total refinery capacity in only two nights of strikes : worldnews

(1) Euromaidan Press on X: "Frontline Report: Ukrainian forces turned captured Russian bunkers and Dragon Steel fortifications into a lethal trap in Kursk, creating a choke point that killed hundreds of Russian soldiers and destroyed over 30 armored vehicles https://t.co/96I0hu0Hky" / X

(1) Mark Krutov on X: 1/3 A lot of new hangars, shelters, and a new S-300/S-400 air defense site can be seen in a January 6th @planet satellite image of the Russian Millerovo airbase, located approximately 150 km from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory. Reference images taken on Oct. 5th, 2024 / X

(1) WarTranslated (Dmitri) on X: "Reuters reports that the Ryazan Oil Refinery, one of Russia's largest, has temporarily halted operations after being hit by Ukrainian defenders' attacks." / X

MAKS 24: More BAVOVNA from Kstovo, Russia - Bluesky


(1) NEXTA on X: Uzbekistan Airway fears that Russian air defenses will shoot down their planes Uzbekistan Airways has begun rerouting its flights to Europe through the airspace of Azerbaijan and Turkey, abandoning the northern route over Russia and Belarus, reports Oxu. The airline's press / X



Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan kills six civilians : worldnews


Iranian FM suggests moving Israelis to Greenland after Trump initiative : worldnews
(1) Rob Lee on X: Iran has purchased Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Monday, amid Western concerns about Tehran and Moscow's growing military cooperation. This is the first time an Iranian official has confirmed the purchase of Su-35 jets. / X


President Trump reiterates wish to move Gazans to Egypt, Jordan : worldnews

Zelensky says Putin 'afraid' of negotiations on ending Ukraine war : worldnews
'If half the people go home tomorrow, Putin will kill us all' - Zelensky defends mobilization : worldnews
Western hesitation allowed Russia to regain battlefield momentum - Zaluzhnyi : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1069, Part 1 (Thread #1216) : worldnews
(1) The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 28, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

U.S. sending dozens of Patriot missiles from Israel to Ukraine : worldnews

(1) Preston Stewart on X: "Rep Michael McFaul (R-TX) spoke on Fox News about Russia abducting Ukrainian children: "If a foreign adversary took 260,000 of our kids, and they were in indoctrination camps, I mean, how would we feel about that? I mean, it's one thing if you're on the battlefield killing the enemy. But to capture the children to re-indoctrinate them is sort of reminiscent of, you know, Mengele's experiments on kids -- And I don't think we've seen anything like this in recent society. / X


For Russians In Ukraine, It's Now Normal To Attack In A Compact Car : worldnews



NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect vital cables. Here's why and how : worldnews

NATO: There was officially a Russian plot to kill European weapons chief : worldnews
EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky : worldnews
EU to ban resale of PlayStation and Xbox to Russians, - Financial Times : worldnews

Denmark to pump $2bn into Arctic security as Trump eyes Greenland : worldnews

Norway is set to become the first country to fully transition to electric vehicles : worldnews

Poland urges Tesla boycott after Musk's call to 'move past' Nazi guilt : worldnews

European Leaders Condemn Musk's Ominou' Push for Germany to Forget Holocaust : worldnews

Italy's Meloni investigated over release of Libyan war crimes suspect : worldnews
Italy restarts bid to deport migrants to Albania : worldnews

France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says : worldnews
Macron announces Louvre overhaul, price increases for non-EU visitors, separate charge to see Mona Lisa by 2031 : worldnews

Greater number of Swiss confess to no religious faith : worldnews

Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in UK, says leaked report | UK security and counter-terrorism : worldnews
Roman Abramovich dodged millions in tax with superyachts-for-hire scheme,reports the BBC. : worldnews


Chinese envoy to Colombia promotes bilateral ties as Bogotá clashes with Washington : worldnews

Government wants to remove femicide from Argentina's Penal Code | Buenos Aires Times : worldnews

As Trump ratchets up Greenland bid, Danish PM says Nordic leaders are united : worldnews
Poll: 85% of Greenlanders do not want to be part of the US : worldnews

Poland and Canada sign nuclear power cooperation agreement : worldnews
Canada's Freeland Calls for Summit of Nations Bullied By Trump : worldnews
Multiculturalism is a bad fit for Quebec, immigration minister says : worldnews
Paramedic refused to speak English, Montreal woman says : worldnews




Discussion Thread: First White House Press Briefing of the Second Trump Administration : politics

Trump is a Clear and Present Danger to the Nation's Security : politics
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Has Declined : politics

California Immediately Slaps Down Trump's Claim He 'Turned on the Water' : politics
Trumps claims military entered California to release water flow, but state says that did not happen : politics

Trump seeks presidential immunity from any civil lawsuit filed against him in state court : politics

Welcome to Trump 2.0: Stupid and Evil at the Same Time : politics

Google declares U.S. 'sensitive country' like China, Russia after Trump's map changes : technology

Trump jokes about running for a third term in speech to House Republicans : politics


Trump signs executive order to rename state of New Mexico to New America : PoliticalHumor

Trump Medicaid freeze seems to lock 72 million Americans out of their health insurance : politics
AOC Rips Trump as White House Scrambles to Fix Medicaid Freeze - Donald Trump shut down Medicaid access in every single state. : politics
Remember When Trump Vowed Not to Touch Medicaid? It's Already Begun. : politics
Medicaid portals down in all 50 states after Trump funding freeze, Sen. Wyden says : politics
"Blatant attempt to rip away health insurance": Medicaid system suspended nationwide, senator says : politics ... Google trends shows out of the top 10 states searching "Medicare" nine are Republican states. Congratulations, maga!

Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers : news

Trump immigration raids snag U.S. citizens, including Native Americans, raising racial profiling fears : politics

OMB freeze on all federal aid could halt state assistance, such as SNAP : politics ... This is a pause on ALL federal aid and grant money to everyone and everything except Social Security and Medicare. This is SNAP, student loans, all research grants, all grants to schools, all business grants, etc. The scale here is immense, this is going to affect everyone in the country. This is billions of dollars of money the government is withholding from basically every industry. It's insane. .. Federal grant money makes up about 10% of GDP. Even a few weeks of this will be economically devastating.This one order has basically crashed the American economy.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion : politics ... The memo says this covers 3 trillion in spending… the US gdp is 27 trillion. So this order is effectively cutting out 10% of the economy over night. If this lasts for any length of time the economy is going to crumble. Everything will come to a screeching halt.
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House : politics
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries : politics
'It will kill people': Chaos, confusion after Trump halts US foreign aid : politics

Trump is Already Planning Colossal Tax Giveaways to Corporations and Billionaires - President Trump campaigned on lowering prices for Americans. Instead, his first priority is to cut taxes for the super rich while slashing social programs for working people. : politics

Trump's DOJ firings are designed to deter future investigations, former officials say : politics

Donald Trump Says He's Too Busy To Play Golf, Then Guess What Happens : politics
Trump mocked for hitting the golf course - just a week after being sworn in again : politics

Trump Just Broke the Law. Blatantly. And He Might Get Away With It. How is this not a major political scandal already? Hello, Democrats? : politics

Trump declares transgender soldiers unfit for US military : politics - He's saying only hetero cis men will go die in his multi-front war including two countries with a land border to the US.
Trump's anti-trans executive order is breathtaking cruelty : politics

GOP Senators to Trump: Release Those Jeffrey Epstein Files, Too : politics

Donald Trump Now Floats Deporting American Criminals : politics

JD Vance Finally Admits What Trump's Big Plan to Lower Food Prices Is - The plan is no plan. : politics

Organizers Report Longtime 'Loyal' Dem Voters Fed Up With Party's Inaction as Trump 2.0 Takes Hold : politics

Dems Sound Alarm on Trump's Quiet Bid to Raise Prescription Prices : politics

Democrats Introduce Resolution Condemning Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Pardons : politics ... Fetterman is such disappointing garbage.
Democrats Accuse Trump of Prioritizing Pardons and Deportations Over Previous Promise to 'Immediately' Lower Food Prices : politics

People joke Elon Musk has been 'kicked out of the White House' after he's denied West Wing office : politics
Elon Musk Says $1M Election Giveaway Wasn't Illegal Because Winners Weren't Random : politics
'Miserable self-loathing poser': Elon Musk's former friend pens brutal open letter : politics
;Miserable self-loathing poser': Elon Musk's former friend pens brutal open letter - lonestarlive.com
Trump Hit With New Lawsuit for Funneling Sensitive Info to Elon Musk : politics

'He'll go down': RFK Jr. nomination won't pass Senate, O'Reilly says : politics

Right-Wingers Bash Anti-Trans Lawmaker for Unwittingly Touting DEI : politics

GOP Attorneys General in 19 States Urge Costco to Drop DEI Policies : politics

North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He's Set to Run the Agency. : politics

Michigan adds sexual orientation and gender identity to hate crime law despite 'far-right fiction' : politics

Tennessee school board passes a resolution encouraging border closures because they find it too hard to educate the county's growing population of ESL kids. : politics

Oklahoma Senator Introduces Bill to Make Porn Completely Illegal. In a slate of several bills restricting reproductive rights and divorce, Oklahoma senator Dusty Deevers suggests anyone making anything even vaguely pornographic should go to jail. : politics


Selena Gomez tells politician who called for her deportation, 'Thanks for the laugh and the threat' : politics

Trump Border Czar Rages About Migrants Being Too 'Educated' About Rights in ICE Round-Ups | "They call it 'Know Your Rights.' I call it 'How to escape arrest'" whined Tom Homan. : politics
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU - Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.



Politician Resigns After Copying Elon Musk's Nazi-ish Salute : politics - A Pennsylvania politician Laura Smith, a Republican in Montgomery County, resigned as a supervisor of Towamencin Township on Saturday after outcry over a TikTok video where she made a gesture resembling Musk's.


ELI5: What is Freemasonry? : explainlikeimfive


People who are heavy cannabis users could have poorer working memory skills even if they haven't used the drug recently. Brain scans showed lower brain activation in several regions. : science





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Russia issues school textbook saying it was 'forced' to march into Ukraine : worldnews

North Korean Troops Withdraw from Kursk Front After Heavy Losses : worldnews


Taliban Rejects Trump's Call to Return US Weapons Worth Billions : worldnews
Taliban conditionally agree to allow Afghan girls to study in Pakistan : worldnews



Gaza ceasefire latest: Thousands of Palestinians return to northern Gaza after hostage agreement reached : politics
At least eight hostages to be released in ceasefire deal are dead, Hamas tells Israel : worldnews


The Fall of the Idols - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Peter Beinart has a thought-provoking piece (gift link) regarding the shibboleth that the state of Israel "has a right to exist," which, as he points out, is one of the few propositions that appears to have complete support across the elected political spectrum in America today. He denies that this concept makes any sense as applied to nation-states:
'A moral wreckage that we need to face': Peter Beinart on being Jewish after Gaza' s destruction | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

Palestinian prisoner refuses to return to Gaza in ceasefire swap, prefers to stay in prison -report : worldnews


Donald Trump's "100 day" Ukraine peace plan leaked: Report : worldnews
Ukraine dismisses supposedly leaked blueprint for ending war in Ukraine as 'fake' : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1068, Part 1 (Thread #1215) : worldnews

Ukraine's Defense Sector Secures $1.5 Billion in International Funding for Arms Production : worldnews


Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US : politics
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week | Work & careers : worldnews
UK detects human case of bird flu, says wider risk remains low : worldnews

US backs down on tariffs after Colombia agrees to deportation flights : politics
Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods after Trump order : politics
Trump issuing 'emergency 25% tariffs' against Colombia after country turned back deportation flights : politics

Brazil outraged after US deportees arrive handcuffed, Colombia to refuse US deportation flights : politics ... "On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom," he told AFP. "It was very hot, some people fainted." Luis Antonio Rodrigues Santos, a 21-year-old freelancer, recounted the "nightmare" of people with "respiratory problems" during "four hours without air conditioning" due to technical issues on the plane.

Danish official tells Trump to 'f*** off' over Greenland threats : politics

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates : worldnews




The Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in U.S. History is Happening Right Now in Kansas : politics


Army tells units to prepare for deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border : politics undefined

Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp' : politics

ICE Ordered to Turbocharge Arrests to Make Trump Happy : politics
Trump's Gestapo-style ICE raids - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Miami man claims wife was detained in one of several Florida ICE raids: "They snatched her" : politics

One week in and dudes taking vacation already : PoliticalHumor

A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office : politics
Trump accused of using AI to compose 'slip shod' executive orders : technology

Lina Khan warns of 'catastrophic consequences' if Trump gives free hand to private equity : politics
Trumponomics is back: Tech-bros are delighted, but the price of eggs is soaring : politics
Democrats slam Trump for not making good on promise to 'immediately' lower food prices : politics

GOP Fears Jan. 6 Probe Will Expose Their X-Rated and 'Embarrassing' Texts An aide to Mike Johnson has reportedly urged lawmakers to not subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson to keep the sordid texts under wraps. : politics

Trump's Friday night massacre is blatantly illegal : politics
Sen. Adam Schiff says Trump 'broke the law' by firing 18 inspectors general : politics

'People Will Be Shocked': Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency : politics ... the level of anticipatory obedience we're seeing from business, universities and the media is unlike anything I've seen in my lifetime.
Here's How Trump's Vengeance Machine Works : politics

Career DOJ lawyers fired for crime of doing their jobs - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Donald Trump issues major threat to nearly 90,000 IRS agents : politics
Republicans Are Destroying Government Agencies By Making Sure No One Works There : politics

Here'`s How Trump's Vengeance Machine Works : politics

Trump's neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist : politics

Trump's flurry of score-settling this week is rooted in one thing: loathing : politics

Democrats flip the script, eyeing debt limit to block Trump's agenda : politics


Pregnant women sue President Trump for 'unilaterally and unconstitutionally' seeking to strip children of citizenship : politics

Energized neo-Nazis feel their moment has come as Trump changes everything : politics

Elon Musk's daughter gives fiery response to Nazi salute accusations : politics - "I'm just gonna say let's call a spade a f***ing spade," Wilson wrote on Instagram's Threads platform on Tuesday. "Especially if there were two spades done in succession based on the reaction of the first spade."
Bill Gates Rips Musk for His Right-Wing Pivot: 'Insane S***' : politics

On March 27, 1933, a massive anti-Nazi rally was hosted at Madison Square Garden : pics

I Voted for John Fetterman. He Betrayed Supporters Like Me. : politics

Kristi Noem Is So Late To Her Swearing-In By JD Vance, He Leaves: Report : politics
Here are the 7 Democrats who voted for Noem as Homeland Security secretary : politics


Trump's new gender rules gut a key part of the Prison Rape Elimination Act : politics

Many more U.S. cities ban sleeping outside despite a lack of shelter space : politics

Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests : politics
ICE begins immigration raids across Texas, dozens arrested : politics
Immigrants drive Nebraska's economy. Trump's mass deportations pledge is a threat : politics ... Almost 60% of Nebraskans voted for Trump knowing he wanted to deport illegal immigrants.
TV host 'Dr. Phil' films as ICE targets migrants in Chicago : politics


Vance's political team signs on to run Vivek Ramaswamy's bid for Ohio governor : politics


The Los Angeles River is now black from all the toxic ash from rain runoff following the fires : WTF
Trump Orders Federal Government Control Over California Water : AdviceAnimals


A Chinese startup just showed every American tech company how quickly it's catching up in AI : technology

Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' - posts and users being blocked : technology



Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times - Columbia Journalism Review The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says ... And there was a condition: if he wanted to keep the newsletter, the frequency of his column would have to be cut in half, to once a week ... Unlike most of his Times colleagues, Krugman believes Biden "actually was a very, very good president."



What made you gain a significant amount of weight? : AskReddit


Both men and women prefer younger partners, study finds. Even though women tend to say they prefer older men they scored younger men as more desirable, research shows. : science

Men value romantic relationships more and suffer greater consequences from breakups than women. Popular culture suggests women prioritize romantic relationships more than men, though recent evidence paints a different picture. : science - this discrepancy stems from gendered socialization patterns: men are less likely to cultivate strong, emotionally supportive friendships or family ties outside of romantic relationships, while women are encouraged to develop broader networks of intimacy and care. These differences make romantic relationships disproportionately significant for men in fulfilling emotional and psychological needs.


ELI5: how does sperm know where the egg is? : explainlikeimfive

Why don't you remember all your dreams? | Popular Science


Neil Gaiman dropped by US comics publisher after sexual misconduct allegations : books


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,807 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the subtle and understated grave of Huey Long.





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'Catastrophic': Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds : worldnews


South Korea's president charged with insurrection over declaration of martial law : worldnews



Mothers and wives must take part of blame for big losses, Russian military newspaper argues : worldnews

Russia's Ryazan oil refinery in flames after drone strike, reports say : worldnews

Ukraine's defence forces strike drone warehouses in Russia's Oryol Oblast, destroying over 200 Shaheds : worldnews


Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says : worldnews


Syria's new regime says it stopped weapons shipment heading to Hezbollah in Lebanon : worldnews
EU may suspend Syria sanctions on energy and transport : worldnews ... basically the cleanest takeover ever of a country after a deadly civil war.


22 killed in south Lebanon as IDF fires on suspects trying to break through to villages : worldnews


IDF didn't act on alerts of Hamas aerial activity hours before Oct. 7 attack - report : worldnews

Hamas violates ceasefire deal by failing to provide hostage status report : worldnews

Trump Suggests His Plan For Gaza Strip Is To 'Clean Out the Whole Thing' : politics
Trump Floats Forced Relocation of Gazans: 'Clean Out That Whole Thing' : politics ... Literally using the term “clean" to describe ethnic cleansing is fucking incredible
Scoop: Trump lifts Biden's hold on 2,000-pound bombs to Israel : politics
Trump Lifts Biden's Hold On Bombs To Israel, Says "Now On Their Way" : worldnews

Female soldiers who raised the alarm about Hamas threat before Oct. 7 return to Israel : worldnews

UN agency UNRWA says Israel orders it to stop East Jerusalem operations this week : worldnews

PMO: Hamas will hand over Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger, and additional male hostage on Thursday : worldnews



Ukraine war briefing: US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine, says Zelenskyy : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: Trump signals intent to work with Ukraine despite past criticism - The Independent. Insiders say fears of Trump abandoning Ukraine are overblown, pointing to Zelensky ally David Arakhamia's presence at the inauguration. A formal Trump-Zelensky meeting is expected soon. / X
MAKS 24 on X: US diplomats have requested an urgent exemption for Ukraine-related programmes from a 90-day freeze on foreign aid and "stop work" orders issued by secretary of state Marco Rubio, - FT ❗️In defiance of Rubio's order, USAID in Ukraine has temporarily held off issuing by secretary of state Marco Rubio, / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1067, Part 1 (Thread #1214) : worldnews

PS01 □ on X: The Russians Krasukha's electronic warfare system was destroyed ‼️ It was destroyed in the occupied part of Kherson region, Gornostaevsky district, Vasilyevka village. The Krasukha is said to have been used against US and Israeli AH-64 Apache in Syria with success. / X

Feigning Retreat, Ukrainian Troops Lured Attacking Russians Into A Devastating HIMARS Ambush : worldnews

Ukraine's new Vampire systems down Russian Kh-59 missile for first time - Euromaidan Press : worldnews

MAKS 24 on X: More than 200,000 children have been abducted by Russia since the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Michael McCaul said, citing U.S. estimates, - FOX News / X


West cries foul over Belarus election as Lukashenko eyes seventh term : worldnews
Belarus exit poll puts Lukashenko on 87.6% of vote in presidential election : worldnews
EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions : worldnews

Three Boeing 747s Loaded With US Weapons for Ukraine Land in Poland : worldnews

Latvia seeks cooperation from Baltic Sea allies in finding cause of undersea data cable rupture : worldnews
New cable damaged in the Baltic Sea : worldnews
Sweden Says Has Seized Ship Suspected Of Baltic Sea Sabotage : worldnews

Protests Across Greece Over Train Tragedy Audio Horror Leak : worldnews ... Revelations from leaked cell phone calls from desperate survivors trapped in a Feb. 28, 2023 head-on train collision as smoke and fire closed in and killed them is drawing protests across Greece Jan. 26.

Explosion rocks Dutch museum before gold masterpieces stolen: "This is a dark day" : worldnews

Today 100000 people demonstrated in Berlin against fascism : pics ... Those who sleep in democracy will wake up in a dictatorship ... The right literally trying to ban being awake. Do you ever wonder why they need you to sleep?
Elon Musk's call for Germany to 'move beyond' Nazi guilt is dangerous, Holocaust memorial chair says : politics ... two days before world leaders are due to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz ... the tech billionaire threw his support behind a party whose co-founder Alexander Gauland once dismissed the Nazi era as "just a speck of bird's muck in more than 1,000 years of successful German history."
The man who revealed Auschwitz's atrocities to the world

US restricts Switzerland's access to AI chips : worldnews ... Only 18 countries are considered trustworthy allies in the USA, including France, Germany and Japan. According to Washington, these nations are worthy of unrestricted access to these very powerful computer chips, which are manufactured exclusively by US companies

French president Macron's popularity hits new low : worldnews

Technology for lab-grown eggs or sperm on brink of viability, UK fertility watchdog finds | Reproduction : worldnews
The British Museum says it is partly closed after a fired employee shut down IT systems : worldnews
Technology for lab-grown eggs or sperm on brink of viability, UK fertility watchdog finds | Reproduction | The Guardian Exclusive: In-vitro gametes are viewed as the holy grail of fertility research - The technology promises to remove age barriers to conception and could pave the way for same-sex couples to have biological children together. It also poses unprecedented medical and ethical risks, which the HFEA now believes need to be considered in a proposed overhaul of fertility laws ... creating the egg and the sperm from the same individual ... But a baby with only one parent would be much more likely to lack a safe backup copy for faulty genes.

Trump vows to impose heavy U.S. sanctions, tariffs on Colombia after it turns away deportation planes : worldnews

Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed : worldnews ... On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom, it was basically Spirit Airlines he told AFP.

Trade war with Colombia over Trump's use of US military to transport deportees - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Donald Trump ridicules Denmark and insists US will take Greenland : politics
This Is Our Country Now - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... On Greenland: "I think we're going to have it. I think the people want to be with us," President Trump tells reporters on AF1. "I don't really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it'd be a very unfriendly act if they didn't allow that to happen because it's for the protection of the free world."

Trump says he could send US special operators after Mexican drug cartels. It could make things a lot worse. : politics

Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. : worldnews
Ice-bound Canadian ship with 17 people on board no longer stuck in frozen Lake Erie : worldnews




Trump floats reversing decision to leave WHO : politics
Trump floats reversing decision to leave WHO : worldnews ... Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair

What the Hell Is Going on at NIH? Scientists sound the alarm about Trump's unprecedented "Big Brother" research crackdown. : politics
Wind-blown avian feces may be route of transmission for bird flu, Minnesota's infectious disease expert warns - CBS Minnesota

'We're watching mass delusion happen': Trump's return to White House brings cascade of lies : politics
Trump Ends Security Details for People Who Get Death Threats Because of Him : politics

The 12 Democrats who make the most sense for 2028 - The Washington Post

What ending birthright citizenship could look like in the US - The Washington Post Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump's order takes effect

Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders : politics

'Destabilize, Destabilize, Destabilize': What Trump Is Really Up To : politics ... WaPo slogan should just change to "We are the darkness"

This Is Our Country Now - Lawyers, Guns & Money - There are various ways to try to reconcile these comments with thought processes that might take place in Trump's head. I won't even try. Illegal, offensive, and ridiculous. Our President.

Opinion | Let's Get to the Marrow of What Trump Just Did - The New York Times ... In terms of the question of what is the quantity of people who are deported, the historic peak for the United States came during Barack Obama's term ... Yesterday, Tom Homan, the White House "border czar," was on TV saying that they had arrested 308 people already. And I think the average under Biden was about 310 ICE arrests per day.

In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution : politics

Trump wiped January 6 convicts' records clean. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters' crimes from the internet : politics
Sen. Lindsey Graham says he thinks Trump pardoning violent Jan. 6 defendants was 'a mistake' : politics

Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can't make people call it Mount McKinley : politics

White House warns of 'consequences' for Republicans who don't support all of Trump's nominees : politics

The Online Porn Free-for-All Is Coming to an End | Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws. : technology

MAGA's true believers don't understand capitalism - Trump will teach them a hard lesson : politics


Pregnant women sue Trump administration over the end of birthright citizenship | The president's order withholding citizenship from the children of some immigrants is being challenged by multiple lawsuits, arguing it violates the Constitution. : politics

Musk's DOGE cancels $420M of government contracts in 80 hours - far behind schedule : politics
Elon Musk Expresses Support for Germany's Far-Right AfD Party-Again | "All the people who were shrugging and equivocating over Elon and whether he was aligning with Nazi, far-right forces should be launched into the sun," wrote one observer. : politics

Jewish non-profit chief says Musk will spur violence with his 'Nazi salute' | Elon Musk : politics
Supervisor in North Penn posts video of Sieg Heil Nazi Salute. : Pennsylvania
Towamencin supervisor going viral for TikTok video mimicking alleged Nazi salute a la Elon Musk at inauguration - North Penn Now

Indianapolis man charged after allegedly threatening to 'kill many illegals' in TikTok posts : politics


Staying alive - Lawyers, Guns & Money David Mack has an essay in Slate about how it may make sense on various personal and political levels to drop out of the news cycle, or at least disconnect from it to some extent:


Montana Republican's bill would charge parents of trans kids with child abuse : politics ... The cruelty of the Republican party has no bottom.


'It's a death sentence': US health insurance system is failing, say doctors - Firms including United Healthcare have denied basic scans and taken months to reconsider, physicians say : politics



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,806 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Edward Braddock ... Much later, Benjamin Franklin, in his Autobiography from 1791, claimed that he had personally advised Braddock against his campaign. But it seems that Franklin didn't quite understand the conditions under which Braddock had lost the battle and described it in a way that made him look right about everything and Braddock wrong about everything, which does sum up Franklin pretty well.
Democratic Senator Ready to Do Dumbest Thing (Vote to Confirm RFK Jr.) : politics - The senator in question is Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island

Mehdi Hasan: “Anatomy of a Failure: Why This Latest Vaccine-Autism Paper is Dead Wrong" Brilliant and much-needed takedown of the latest anti-vax misinformation and propaganda from the pseudo-scientists, ahead of the RFK hearings. - Bluesky
Anatomy of a Failure: Why This Latest Vaccine-Autism Paper is Dead Wrong A methodological autopsy of flawed research that contradicts decades of rigorous evidence - This study by Mawson and Jacob, funded by the National Vaccine Information Center (an anti-vaccine advocacy organization), has become emblematic of how flawed methodology and biased analysis can be used to promote vaccine hesitancy ... The scientific community is frankly exhausted from repeatedly addressing this thoroughly debunked claim

Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years


Engineered Probiotics: Modified Lactococcus lactis Strain Revealed As Promising Therapy for Parkinson.s Disease : science

You're Being Alienated From Your Own Attention: Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention. : technology

Myth busted: Healthy habits take longer than 21 days to set in - In the first systematic review of its kind, researchers found that new habits can begin forming within about two months (median of 59–66 days) but can take up to 335 days to establish. : science


Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities : politics


Shot of a lifetime. : pics


Sinead O'Connor leaves 1.7million to her children as she urges them to 'milk her music for what it's worth' in final wishes : Music

What's something that's widely accepted in modern society but strikes you as completely absurd? : AskReddit

What saved you from your deep dark depression? : AskReddit

Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) : technology

Diamonds lose their sparkle as prices come crashing down Lab-grown rocks and fewer weddings have put a huge dampener on the market : technology

What's the best purchase under $20 that changed your life? : AskReddit

ELI5: Why does the price of eggs fluctuate so wildy compared to the price of chicken? : explainlikeimfive


The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster : technology





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BBC News - X refused to take down video viewed by Southport killer : worldnews


UN experts urge Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghurs to China : worldnews
Thailand Charges Russian National With Murder of 13-Year-Old : worldnews
Bangkok air pollution forces 352 schools to close : worldnews - Bangkok was ranked the world's seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir ... Neighbouring Vietnam and Cambodia's biggest cities also ranked in IQAir's top 10 most-polluted major cities globally on Friday, with Ho Chi Minh City reaching second and Phnom Penh fifth.

Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive | Frontier Myanmar Regime authorities appear to be increasingly abducting young men on the street or during household inspections to boost the number of military conscripts, while families and activists say bribes are no longer enough to free them. - The law says every Myanmar man aged 18-35 and woman aged 18-27 may be called to serve in the military for two years, and potentially up to five years during a national emergency, which the military declared on the day of the coup.

Philippines suspends South China Sea survey after China's 'harassment' : worldnews

Singapore PM warns of "third world war" over US and China relations : worldnews

This Day in Labor History: January 25, 1960 - Lawyers, Guns & Money The mine's terrible conditions came back to haunt the workers two years later, when a build up of carbon monoxide led to an explosion that killed 438 miners and caused injury to another 839. Meanwhile, the left was utterly defeated and has never really come back in Japan.



Russia says it sees no signs that Ukraine and the West are ready for peace talks despite all statements : worldnews


Major Russian Oil Refinery Sustained At Least 10 Hits in Massive Drone Attack : worldnews

45 journalists have been prosecuted in Russia in 2024 : worldnews

Major Russian Microchip Factory Halts Production After Ukrainian Drone Strikes : worldnews


Official sources: Russian investigators suggest Pantsir-S1 missile downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight : worldnews



India mulls retaliatory tariffs as Trump's trade war looms : worldnews

Pakistani Hindus Facing Persecution and Poverty, Seeking Refuge in India : worldnews

Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina held babies in secret jails : worldnews

Military chief killed as M23 rebels close in on Goma in eastern DRC : worldnews - Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths.

Prominent Syrian academic abducted in Homs amid rising security concerns : worldnews


Saudi Arabia asks Hans Zimmer to rework national anthem : worldnews ... Saudi authorities' push to upgrade their image is an attempt to gloss over unchanged hardline policies, including limited rights for women, restraints on free speech and some of the world's highest execution figures.

UN says seven staff detained in Houthi-controlled Yemen, all movement suspended : worldnews
Houthis release 153 prisoners with Red Cross support : worldnews

Trump Hints at a New Nuclear Deal with Iran, Aiming to Avoid Military Strikes : worldnews
Crackdown in Iran's Kurdistan: Arrests amid protests of death sentences : worldnews



4 more Israeli hostages freed in cease-fire swap with Hamas : worldnews
Four Israeli hostages seen in Gaza City square ahead of handover : worldnews
Video appears to show Hamas shooting several alleged 'collaborators' in Gaza : worldnews
Israel says list Hamas published of hostages to be released Saturday does not comply with agreement : worldnews
Hamas has added up to 15,000 fighters since start of war, U.S. figures show : worldnews

Israel affirms Jan. 30 deadline for UNRWA to end operations, leave Jerusalem : worldnews

Israel says it will not allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza until hostage Arbel Yehoud is released : worldnews


MAKS 24 on X: Happy birthday, Mr. President! / X
Birth chart of Volodymyr Zelenskyy - Astrology horoscope

'Utter bulls***' - Ukraine rejects Russia's demand to abandon NATO membership promise : worldnews - Promise you won't do the only thing that would guarantee we won't try again after rebuilding our military.

Zelensky says Putin wants to 'manipulate' Trump amid talk of peace negotiations : worldnews
Zelenskiy Calls for U.S. and Europe's Involvement in Ukraine Peace Talks : worldnews

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on X: "🇺🇸 The US Senate has confirmed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security, per The Hill. Noem has opposed aid to Ukraine, calling it a strategic mistake in 2023, and has also spoken against sanctions on Russia. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1066, Part 1 (Thread #1213) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 25, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X +1650 Troops ranks as 21st highest daily loss tied with Dec.27.24 & Nov.16.24 - Artillery drops to below 7-day average Tanks, UAVs, Vehicles are in the usual range after highs earlier this week.
Alan Watson on X: @KyivIndependent According to Kyiv TV channel 1-1, over one million Ukrainian fighters are KIA, MIA, POW's or are wounded, disabled. Ukraine's weaknesses: poorly trained troops, not enough troops, low morale, exhaustion & desertions. According to Baltic-based Mediazona, Russian KIA is 84,000. / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: Ukraine likely won't be negotiating until Russia no longer has an oil industry. At this rate, that day will come sometime in the next 6 months. / X
Anton Gerashchenko on X: I really liked this picture! Friends, how about you? By the way, there was a similar bingo with ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet not long ago. / X

Russia lost over 20,000 units of military equipment since Feb. 24, 2022 : worldnews

German opposition leader Merz says Ukraine must win and regain all its territory : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: BU foils Russian missile plot on Ukrainian military institute, arrests cadet collaborating with FSB. An 18-year-old military cadet has been charged with treason for allegedly aiding Russian special services, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Jan. 24. The SBU" / X


European Medicines Agency ditches Elon Musk's X in favor of Bluesky : worldnews


'Europe's last dictator': Belarus election set to extend Lukashenko's 30-year rule : worldnews

Driver rams car into peaceful protesters in Belgrade, injuring a student. : worldnews

Hungary's Orban threatens to block EU sanctions on Russia : worldnews

2,000-Year-Old Greek Statue Found Abandoned in a Bag Near Trash Cans : worldnews

Thousands protest the rise of German far right ahead of Feb. 23 general election : worldnews
Elon Musk addresses German far-right rally by video link : worldnews
Musk tells Germans to "move beyond" the Holocaust at neo-Nazi rally - Lawyers, Guns & Money

French City Nice Limits Large Cruise Ships To Avoid Overtourism : worldnews

New Irish government walking back anti-Israel trade policy as Trump takes office : worldnews

Trump's calls with British leaders reportedly left staff crying from laughter : politics


NATO Ally 'Utterly Freaked Out' After Donald Trump Call : politics ... Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

14-year-old Brussels boy planned terror attack on mosque : worldnews - Belgian newspapers confirmed he's a Ukrainian refugee so he probably witnessed terror and violence himself for the last few years ... 1 in 3 suspects in terror cases involving violence are minors ... 3 out of 4 of radicalised minors support jihadist ideology, a quarter the ideology of the radical far-right.


Migrants stranded by Trump decision face rising hostility in Mexico : worldnews
Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight : worldnews

Honduras Says Trump's Deportation Plan Could Push It Closer to China : politics

Far-Right Leaders Are Forging a Global Alliance : politics .. One might even call it an Axis ... Who would've thought that the next Axis would have America in it
Anti-Trump protests sweep the globe on inauguration day - in pictures : politics

EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland, Welt reports : worldnews

A man, a plan, a canal: Rubio's first trip as secretary of state will take him to Panama : worldnews

Trump Wants Canada As '51st State'' But Canadians Say No Thanks : politics
More underweighted meat uncovered as big grocers hit with class action lawsuit : worldnews




Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

CIA now favors lab leak theory to explain COVID's origins - The Boston Globe

DID TRUMP LOSE? Shocking Proof Trump Rigged 2024 Election w/ Greg Palast : somethingiswrong2024
somethingiswrong2024
Has there been a complete ballot vs machine recount in any single precinct or county in this country? : somethingiswrong2024
The quiet epidemic? : somethingiswrong2024 The four illnesses are: -norovirus (the highly infectious stomach bug) -COVID -flu -RSV (particularly deadly for infants)

President Trump says 'nobody knows' America's population (it's 331 million) : politics ... 59% of his base can't read past a grade 6 level.

Where's the Constitution? White House says website will bring it back soon. : politics
Trump Doesn't Get to Decide What the Constitution Means : politics

Sanctioning the ICC Could Put Most Travel Off-Limits for Trump | If the U.S. president is charged with impeding an investigation, it could make nearly all international visits a headache and a risk. : politics

The Leaning Tower of Treason -- Bluesky
Mrs. Betty Bowers: Other symptoms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): Inappropriate social behavior. Loss of empathy. Lack of judgment. Loss of inhibition. Increasing trouble using and understanding written and spoken language. Trouble naming things. - Bluesky

Trump to sign executive order to fundamentally change or get rid of FEMA : politics
Trump recommends ending FEMA ahead of California fire site visit : politics

Trump tariffs could backfire on military, some experts warn : politics

Trump empowers deportation agents to target migrants Biden administration allowed into the U.S. legally : politics
Christopher Webb: "I'm telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you're expecting someone and know exactly who it is. Know your rights. Pass these around…" - Bluesky
Trump deputizes thousands of federal agents to arrest immigrants : politics
U.S. Citizens Warned to Carry ID Amid ICE Ramp-Up : politics
"Boggles my mind": Experts think Trump's "blatantly unconstitutional" order has a chance with SCOTUS : politics

Trump inherits better southern border situation than he left Biden : politics ... Enjoy your NEW Alternative RepubliFacts subscription for the low, low cost of one year's verification on X! Subscription is federally mandated and beamed into your Trump AI Neuralink chip

Egg Prices Are High. They Will Likely Go Higher. : politics

Trump decree paves way for 'Muslim ban', targeting pro-Palestine students : politics

Donald Trump impeachment efforts ramp up : politics - Disbanding the Cyber Safety Review Board while it's in the middle of investigating the most damaging breach of America's phone system in recent memory is a massive gift to the Chinese spies who targeted Trump, JD Vance and other top political figures ... It fucking baffles me that they didn't arrest him over mishandling of classified docs. It very likely set US intelligence back several decades and cost the lives of important members of the IC. They don't want to set the precedent that a president can be held accountable.

Facing FBI investigation that Trump could halt, Andy Ogles proposes allowing third term for president : politics ... Ogles had falsely claimed to be a trained economist, a nationally recognized expert in tax policy and health care, a trained police officer, even an expert in international sex crimes

Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump crackdown : politics
Some companies are refusing to comply with Trump's anti-DEI crusade : politics ... a plethora of studies out there proving diversity initiatives make businesses more profitable, not all of corporate America is going to give this up.
Key planks of US government grind to halt under hail of Trump orders : politics
Trump's canceling of fifty security clearances is unprecedented and partisan, experts say : politics
Trump's canceling of scores of security clearances is unprecedented : politics

Senate Confirms Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary as JD Vance Breaks Tie | The final vote, 51 to 50 : politics
Vance breaks tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary : politics
Hegseth confirmed as next defense secretary by narrow Senate vote : politics
Pete Hegseth's confirmation is another painful reminder for American women : politics ... 8 republican women senators voted for him.
Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump's new Defense Secretary : politics
Mitch McConnell opposes Pete Hegseth on final confirmation vote : politics
McConnell vote against Hegseth, defying Trump, raises eyebrows : politics
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge : politics
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge : politics
Friday night massacre - Lawyers, Guns & Money Trump -- as part of his efforts to facilitate as much corruption and arbitrary exercise of power as possible -- fired 17 inspectors general en masse:
Five-day catastrophe - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald Trump faces backlash over alleged purge of inspectors general : politics
Angry: This is how you say "go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine" in inspector general speak. Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds -- Bluesky

Trump reinstates "Mexico City" policy on abortion : politics
Trump reinstates "Mexico City" policy on abortion President Trump will reinstate a policy cutting off U.S. global health funding to international organizations that provide legal abortion information, referrals or services, the White House wrote in a memo released on Friday ... Former President Ronald Reagan first enacted the policy in 1984. Each Democratic president has rescinded the rule upon entering office, and each Republican president has reinstated it.

Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide : politics

Trump's pardons have created a monster he can't control : politics
Capitol Rioter Turns Down Trump Pardon, Says He's No Longer MAGA: 'He Doesn't Care About Anybody Other Than Himself' : politics

Republicans Scared to Call Jan. 6 Witness After Sending Sexual Texts : politics ... One of House Speaker Mike Johnson's aides warned Republicans not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson because doing so would likely reveal all of the sexually explicit text messages Republicans have been sending Hutchinson since 2018, according to The Washington Post ... Let that sink in for a moment. Multiple Republican Congressmen/Senators were texting this woman asking her for sex.


Mark Cuban: The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn't want to govern. He doesn't want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good. Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing. Bluesky

Outspoken: Trump is erasing Black history : The Tuskegee Airmen no longer exist. Trump has removed them from Air Force teaching curriculum - This MF - Bluesky
Obeying Trump order, Air Force will stop teaching recruits about Tuskegee Airmen : politics
Air Force Names New Trainer Jet the T-7A Red Hawk in Honor of Tuskegee Airmen | Military.com


Supreme Court to hear church-state fight over bid to launch first publicly funded religious charter school : politics ... It's definitely been an eye-opener to see how dependent our system of government is on simple integrity and good faith. When Republicans decided they don't care about those things, they only care about power ... we're seeing the ultimate outcome of that

More evidence of dictatorial worship: House GOP introduces bill to rename Dulles International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport. : somethingiswrong2024

RFK Jr. skipped meeting where officials planned fight against a future pandemic : politics ... The one guy who should've been there wasn't there,
Trump Golfed 25 Times As COVID-19 Spread and Killed Over 200,000 - Business Insider

Senate heads toward confirming Noem as Trump's homeland security secretary : politics


Federal agencies told to move to eliminate DEI offices and positions within 60 days : politics


Why hasn't Trump kicked Elon to the curb should be the question we are all asking right now : AdviceAnimals

Trump Bars Transgender Women From U.S. Prisons for Female Inmates : politics ... the practice of assigning trans women placed in men's prisons to cells with aggressive cisgender male cellmates as both a reward and a means of placation for said cellmates, so as to maintain social control and to, as one inmate described it, "keep the violence rate down".[120] Trans women used in this manner are often raped daily; and this process has been described as so common that it is effectively "a central part of a trans woman's sentence"
Donald Trump Orders Trans Women Inmates to Be Housed With Men: "There Will Be Rapes" : politics
Trump's Definitions of "Male" and "Female" Are Nonsense Science With Staggering Ramifications: "How can you so fully misunderstand basic human biology and then legislate about it?" : politics

Lauren Boebert & Nancy Mace confront woman they thought was trans in 'predictable' Capitol bathroom incident : politics .. The dumbest fucking members of Congress as well. How do you not recognize a fellow coworker you've built a recent career on personally demonizing? .. Lauren Boebert and inspecting penises in a public place, name a more iconic duo.


MN Supreme Court rules on Minnesota House quorum, effectively voiding GOP action thus far : politics ... The Court ruled Friday that the Minnesota Constitution requires 68 members to be present in the House to constitute a quorum to conduct business. Since the start of the legislative session last week, Republicans have been conducting business with only its 67 members present, as all DFL members have boycotted the session thus far.


Majority of Americans have unfavorable view of Musk, DOGE: AP-NORC poll : politics
ADL Changes Its Tune on Elon Musk Amid Salute Backlash : politics (pro-Nazi jJews)
From Sen Bernie Sanders's YouTube channel - Overview of Elon Musk's global election interference : somethingiswrong2024

Ousted meteorologist Sam Kuffel was 'just voicing my personal opinion' on Elon Musk gesture : politics ... Elon can fly the Nazi salute, but fuck anyone for calling it a Nazi salute.

Negative reviews hit SF doughnut cafe after owner's startup donates $1M to Trump : politics

Mississippi bill would pay bounty hunters to catch undocumented immigrants : politics ... This bill includes making illegal trespass by an illegal immigrant a crime punishable by a lifetime in prison. it intends to create slave labour working for private prisons

Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision : politics

Tennessee Republican women's group cites Hitler in promoting its reading list : politics

Trump pardons two D.C. police officers found guilty in murder and its cover-up : politics .. Trump claimed this deadly police chase involved the pursuit of an “illegal" immigrant, but Hylton's mom says he is an American citizen. So Trump appears to have made a knee-jerk assumption about the victim's citizenship to protect a convicted murderer and his accomplice.

The North Carolina Supreme Court Is Coming Dangerously Close to Stealing an Election : politics .. Our timeline got fucked when Reagan escaped any consequences for Iran contra. Even ignoring that, the supreme court handing Bush the lesser the presidency in 2000 kinda cemented it.

Measure to make California an independent country cleared to gather signatures : politics



Richland officer terminated for making 'derogatory slurs' hired by Pearl Police Department : news
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A new study explores how the "News-Finds-Me" perception contributes to overconfidence in identifying fake news. This mindset not only heightens susceptibility to misinformation but also encourages sharing of false stories. : science


New research has found that children whose parents were moderately or very harsh tended to exhibit worse emotion regulation, lower self-esteem, and more peer relationship problems. They also scored lower on prosocial behavior scales. : science

TIL the most common state of matter in the universe isn't solid, liquid, or gas, but plasma : todayilearned

Scientists have identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of forever chemicals (PFAS), and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the bond-breaking process. : science


Outdoor skating: cold snap delivers solid ice 'This feels like old-timey New England'




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WHO freezes hiring, restricts travel after US withdrawal : worldnews


MeToo Outrage Leaves Japanese Broadcaster Without a Single Advertiser : worldnews
MeToo Outrage Leaves Japanese Broadcaster Without a Single Advertiser - The New York Times A popular TV host admitted trying to conceal a sexual assault complaint. This time, the reaction was swift and harsh, and aimed not only at him but also his employers.
Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps : worldnews


Hong Kong plans to ban vaping, possessing e-cigarette cartridges in public: source : worldnews
Strong legislation helps defeat e-cigarettes in Finland Strong legislation helps defeat e-cigarettes in Finland

Trump praises President Xi, says he looks forward to 'getting along with China' : worldnews
China Used More Coal Power Last Year in Blow to Climate Efforts : worldnews



Trump accuses Russia of stealing US hypersonic missile plans : worldnews
Putin ready to talk to Trump, Kremlin awaits signals from US : worldnews
Putin growing concerned by Russia's economy, as Trump pushes for Ukraine deal : worldnews
MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 on X: "🇺🇸👀🇺🇦 There are rumours Trump may even leverage $330bn in frozen Russian state assets, threatening to give them to Kyiv to buy US weapons. Military aid could also ramp up, particularly if he pivots the narrative to frame Moscow, not Kyiv, as an obstacle to peace, - The Telegraph https://t.co/JUDd3X1cKp" / X
The Kyiv Independent on X: Putin claims Russia ready for Ukraine peace talks, questions legitimacy under Zelensky's decree. Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Jan. 24 that Russia is ready for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on ending the war in Ukraine / X

Russia says it will not allow NATO dominance in Baltic Sea : worldnews

Russian schools training children to shoot guns : worldnews

TOP LEAD on X: At least 84 attacks were carried out by Ukraine on Russian oil infrastructure in 2024, with the most remote facility located 1,500 kilometers from the front line. As a result of these attacks, at least three oil refineries stopped production or reduced refining #UkraineRussiaWar / X

Euromaidan Press on X: "The Telegraph: Ukraine's new $ 250,000 naval drone carriers strike Russians by sea and air Remote-controlled vessels that cost less than a luxury car transform naval warfare as Ukraine deploys boats that launch their own fleet of aerial drones./ X
Jurgen Nauditt on X: "121 drones attacked russia this night. The following regions were affected: Bryansk region, Ryazan region, Kursk region, Saratov region, Rostov region, Moscow region, Voronezh region, Tula region, Oryol region, Lipetsk region, Crimea X

'More than 50 explosions' -- Massive drone strike targets Russian refinery, plants : worldnews


Taliban: Afghan women's group hails court's move to arrest Taliban leaders for persecution of women : worldnews


Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police : worldnews


UK warns of Iranian attempts to force ships into its waters : worldnews

'The end of women and children's rights': outrage as Iraqi law allows child marriage : worldnews ... currently looking at the child usa report in 2023, and of the 300k child marriage cases, 10-20% occur between ages where it would be considered a sex crime. Of them, 86% involved girls. Also many of the laws allow for judge's to make the decision, or for parents to make the decision for the child, thus it is entirely possible and has most certainly occurred several times, where a girl who was raped and became pregnant, was forced to marry her rapist.

Israeli forces to stay in south Lebanon beyond withdrawal deadline : worldnews


Hamas releases names of latest Israeli hostages to be freed on Saturday : worldnews
Israel says Hamas using truce to regroup in Gaza; 'eliminated' commander reappears : worldnews

Knesset passes law mandating five years in jail for denial of October 7 massacre : worldnews

More than 2,400 aid trucks enter Gaza under ceasefire with no b1 major looting, UN says : worldnews

Google reportedly worked directly with Israel's military on AI tools : worldnews



Zelensky reveals he was given Kremlin "ultimatum" to step down in favour of pro-Russian politician : worldnews
Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn't have fought back against Russia : worldnews
MilitaryNew on X: "❗️Putin wants to talk about Ukraine - without Ukraine. And he wants to agree on the fate of Europe - without Europe. This will not happen, - Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Yermak / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1065, Part 1 (Thread #1212) : worldnews
Verified Russian Deaths in Ukraine War Exceed 90K : worldnews

Ministry of Defence on X: "Latest Defence intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 24 January 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https://t.co/Idzs6a74bB #StandWithUkraine / X

Euromaidan Press on X: Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1065: North Korea's aid surges as Russia to receive 148 ballistic missiles Meanwhile, the EU pledged €35 billion in aid to Ukraine for 2025, backed partially by frozen Russian assets " / X

NEXTA on X: The Trump administration is ready to provide Ukraine with security guarantees that it considers unavoidable, Bloomberg quoted sources as saying It is noted that in exchange, the US President expects Europe to assume the bulk of the obligations to fulfill any potential deal. / X

Kyiv investigates another case of Russian soldiers executing Ukraine POWs : worldnews



NATO chief urges US to keep arming Ukraine, pledges European funding : worldnews

Solar overtakes coal in the EU, and gas declines for 5th year running : worldnews


KyivPost on X: "Widespread protests are currently erupting in Slovakia against the policies of pro-Russian Prime Minister Fico. Around 60,000 demonstrators have gathered in Bratislava. Protests are spreading to other cities across the country. / X

MAKS 24 on X: Hungary is expected to back down from its threat to block the EU from renewing its Russia sanctions after U.S. President Donald Trump menaced Moscow with even more penalties, - Politico /X



Man charged with murder of Maltese journalist released on bail : worldnews


Bacteria and pesticides found in cannabis sold in Dutch coffee shops : worldnews

Tech billionaires want to 'overthrow democracy' with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says : worldnews

Britain will not recognise Trump's new name for Gulf of Mexico : politics
​Destructive storm Eowyn hits UK: Record winds, power outages, and widespread disruption​ : worldnews
No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as Tory legacy : worldnews


Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight : politics
Thousands protest the killing of 2 young brothers in Mexico's troubled Sinaloa state : worldnews

Panama! - Lawyers, Guns & Money I almost forgot that I wrote something earlier this week on the (lack of) wisdom of reappropriating the Panama Canal .. If the United States wants to ensure that Latin American countries begin to look abroad for security assistance and security guarantees, it could do no worse than militarized intimidation of a long-time ally like Panama.

Greenland is covered by collective security of NATO, says Finnish foreign minister : worldnews
Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark's prime minister over Greenland - US president insisted he wants to take over Arctic island : politics

Cavalcade of morons/naturalist Emperor update - Lawyers, Guns & Money Looks like elements of the 82nd Airborne and the 10th Mountain Division are about to get shipped to our southern border to fulfill Donald Trump's idiotic militaristic fantasies:




At the End of Week One, Every Dark Prediction Is Already Coming True : politics
Trump's neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist : politics

You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to pseudo-scholarship supporting the Trump administration's attempted nullification of the 14th Amendment - Lawyers, Guns & Money

All the Trumpy FP Stuff So Far... - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Trump WH Press Secretary took hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions : politics
Republican Lawmakers Were Sexting Cassidy Hutchinson When She Worked at the White House : politics
What Trump's Day One Executive Orders Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy The new administration aims to tackle immigration and foster an America First agenda.

What the 2024 presidential election looked like in terms of all eligible voters - Lawyers, Guns & Money 307 voted for Harris. By contrast, Harris lost 31 voters of the VEP relative to Biden. That was the whole ballgame right there. Trump didn't gain voters: Harris lost them.

Trump inauguration pulls in just 24.6 million viewers, way down from Biden in 2021 : politics

Abortion moderate Donald Trump expresses his moderation by pardoning anti-abortion activists who illegally blockaded clinics - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Donald Trump on Thursday issued pardons for nearly two dozen people who were convicted for blocking access to and temporarily shutting down abortion clinics, some of whom are currently serving federal sentences.

House GOP measure would let Trump seek third term : politics ... Of course it forbids Obama from running for a third term.
Republican Floats Constitutional Amendment to Allow Trump a Third Term : politics
MAGA Rep Wants to Rewrite Constitution to Give Donald Trump a Third Term : politics
New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term : politics

US judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order : politics

Trump's Early Actions Mirror Project 2025 Plan He Once Dismissed : politics
We Can Stop Pretending Like Donald Trump Had Never Heard of Project 2025 Now, Right? : politics

Mayor Rages as U.S. Military Vet Nabbed in Trump's Much-Hyped ICE Raids : politics
Newark will not stand by idly: Mayor responds after ICE raid : politics
Schools in Massachusetts' second largest city won't coordinate with ICE, warn about agents at bus stops : politics
Trump deportations, how many in New England could be affected?
ICE agents attempted entry into Chicago elementary school but were not allowed inside, Chicago Public Schools officials say : politics

"A new low": WSJ editorial board slams Trump for leaving ex-staffers open to assassination : politics
Trump has pulled Fauci's security detail : politics - Considering he pulled Pompeo and Bolton's security too, I think the message is that anyone who might disagee with him on anything is not safe.


MAGA Fever Has Overwhelmed Common Sense at a Local TV Station in Milwaukee : politics
Trump Promises to Completely Wreck FEMA-and Fast: Donald Trump used a trip to disaster-hit areas to promise the end of the federal disaster assistance agency. : politics

Navajo Nation leaders address reports of ICE detaining tribal citizens : politics

State Department freezes nonbinary passport applications as Rubio rolls out Trump's anti-LGBT agenda : politics

So much for 'looking forward': GOP launches new Jan. 6 investigation : politics ... the investigation into the investigation. i'm so glad this is what our government is spending their time and resources on instead of focusing on things that could actually help the american people
GOP lawmakers' lewd texts kept House from subpoenaing Hutchinson in Jan. 6 probe: report : politics
I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. They Have Never Been More Dangerous. : politics

Trump returns -- nd so does his astounding ignorance : politics

Donald Trump is not waiting for RFK Jr. -- he has already started his war on public health : politics

Trump moves to close Pentagon office focused on curbing civilian deaths : politics

Hegseth paid sexual assault accuser $50,000 : politics
Trump Pentagon nominee endorses extremist Christian doctrine : politics
Discussion Thread: Senate Debates and Votes on Nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary : politics

Trump's Plan to Crush the Academic Left : politics ... Interesting how NYT wasn't running articles like this before the election.

Internet Spams Trump's 'DEI Truth' Tip Line With Porn, 'Simpsons' Jokes : politics

CNN Boss Warns Star Hosts to Avoid Trashing Trump's Record : politics

'He is the world's leading free speech hypocrite': Elon Musk's battle with Wikipedia is part of his war on truth : politics
Elon Musk is Already Driving White House Aides Nuts | Less than a week into Trump's term, he's already causing headaches for the administration. : politics
Elon Musk doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt : politics
Bad Writing Takes (@BadWritingTakes): It's completely stupefying that there is so little mainstream news coverage of the fact that Elon Musk is just, like, going full on neo-Nazi now? Like this isn't subtle wink-wink nudge-nudge stuff, this is Musk fully and publicly agreeing that the Jews hate white people. | X Cancelled
Musk Melts Down Over Criticism of His Provocative Salute : politics
Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X Loans : technology Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even, he said in the email, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

I'm quitting Instagram. You should too | Mark Zuckerberg's horrible changes for Instagram - and Facebook - have become untenable, writes Lennon Torres. : technology
Pixelfed - Decentralized social media

The Anti-Defamation League Is Finally Sick of Elon Musk's Nazi Jokes : politics

Trumpism and the academic left - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Harvard is symptomatic:

Mississippi bill would create bounty hunter program to hunt undocumented migrants : politics
Henneicke Column - Wikipedia
The Plot Against America: Official Trailer | HBO - YouTube

Lauren Boebert freaks out over "a guy" in women's bathroom. She was completely wrong. : politics


CNN Boss Warns Star Hosts to Avoid Trashing Trump's Record : politics

The Books I'm Looking Forward to in 2025 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Apple Sued Over Use of 'Forever Chemicals' in Watch Bands : worldnews

Meta to spend up to $65 billion this year to power AI goals, Zuckerberg says : worldnews


The People's March : pics


Colorado crime lab analyst accused of altering reports in sexual assault cases is charged with more than 100 counts : news


Journalist says Diddy threatened to see her 'dead in a trunk' over approval of photos for magazine spread : Music
My Working Relationship With Diddy in the Music Industry - The New York Times Looking back on my life as a woman in the music industry, I'm unsettled by the inescapable sexism perpetrated by Sean Combs and others.


Bjork Says Spotify Is the "Worst Thing That Has Happened to Musicians" : Music


Disney stole my artwork and sold it in their parks - Update after 2 1/2 years : videos


Which Reddit post you will never forget? : AskReddit


What is a product that you swore by your whole life, but have only recently learned that it's essentially just 'Snake Oil'? : AskReddit

what's something that you know you're better than 98% of people at? : AskReddit

What's your nsfw advice? : AskReddit

Smokers unlikely to quit with just willpower, say researchers. Those using e-cigarettes, medication or heated tobacco products are more likely to successfully give up smoking. : science



TIL the draining of Lake Agassiz 9,500 years ago may have raised sea levels up to 1M worldwide in a year, creating global flood myths. : todayilearned



New Study Reveals How a 'Non-Industrialised'Style Diet Can reduce Risk of Chronic Disease. In just three weeks the diet:Promoted weight loss. Decreased bad cholesterol by 17%. Reduced blood sugar by 6%. reduced C-reactive Protein (a marker of inflammation and heart disease) by 14%. : science

ELI5: How does alternating current work? Does the electron flow literally reverse? If so how does it actually power stuff? : explainlikeimfive

Scientists Just Solved the Mystery Behind This Strange Celestial Object Slow pulsars, it turns out, are more than meets the eye.

Scientists Found a Strange Life Form Caught in an Evolutionary Time Loop

Consciousness May Begin Before Birth, Study Suggests analyzed emerging literature regarding prenatal and postnatal consciousness, and determined a trend toward a slow awakening that occurs early on in life, and even during the last month of pregnancy.

Is There a Hidden Consciousness After Death? - 4 in 10 Patients Recall Hidden Consciousness After Near-Death Experiences, Study Finds

TIL that just outside of St. Louis, MO, around 1100AD, was a city of 20,000 people, larger than London at the time, and the largest pre-Columbian site north of Mexico. : todayilearned


Older people are less likely to be lonely: Parenting Unfiltered - people over 50 are less likely to feel lonely, while 66 percent of people 65-plus say they hardly ever, or never, feel lonely. Moreover, a majority of adults 50 and over report that they feel optimistic all or most of the time, and those over 65 are the most optimistic of all.




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Moon added to list of vulnerable sites by World Monuments Fund | CNN : worldnews


North Korean soldier refuses to drop sausage during capture in Kursk : worldnews


China accused of forcing 'troublemakers' into psychiatric hospitals for dissenting views : worldnews



Putin Believes Key Ukraine War Goals Achieved – Reuters : worldnews
Putin's puppets demand a nuke launch in response to Trump's 'end this war' message : worldnews

Trump tells Putin to end 'ridiculous war' in Ukraine or face new sanctions : worldnews
Russia dismisses Trump's sanctions ultimatum as 'nothing new', open to 'mutually respectful' talks : worldnews



ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan girls and women' : worldnews


TIL: As of today, there are "Witch Camps" in Ghana where women accused of being witches can seek refuge to avoid being killed. Many have mental illnesses or are widows. Since 2012, the gov have been trying to educate the public that witches do not exist. In 2020 there are 4 camps housing over 500. : todayilearned

Spotted Hyena Seen in Egypt for First Time in 5,000 Years - Newsweek


Trump expected to redesignate Yemen's Houthis as terror organization : worldnews


Zelenskyy says 4,000 North Korean troops killed in Kursk Oblast out of 12,000 deployed : worldnews


Putin has no right to veto any country's NATO accession, NATO Secretary General says : worldnews

Putin must be forced to beg Ukraine and its allies to negotiate, Polish president says : worldnews

Elon Musk tells German crowd to be proud and move beyond the 'sins of their parents' during video appearance at far right event : politics - X is the 88th character in the ASCII table.
Cagle.com - ELON MUSK'S X

French woman who refused sex with husband wins appeal at EU court : worldnews

Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine Surfaced Next To Russian Spy Ship To Send A Clear Message : worldnews

Mexican president says the world will still call the gulf the Gulf of Mexico : politics

Greenland PM tells Donald Trump: 'We do not want to be Americans' : politics
'Mr. Trump, f- off': Danish politician lashes out over Greenland proposal : politics




NV SOS Launches Investigations Into Election Fraud : news
somethingiswrong2024
Ep 59 | Can We Trust the 2024 Election Results? | #ElectionProtection Series - YouTube
Democrat urges probe into Trump's "vote counting computers" comment : technology ... Biden and Garland are probably more responsible than any other 2 people on earth. Biden should have never run again, which would have led to a primary and a full-length campaign. And Garland should have done more than put his mouse on a jiggler so his Teams status stayed green.
Democrat Calls for Investigation of Donald Trump's 'Vote Counting Computers' Remark : politics

Week 1 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 9,400 acres, forces evacuations : news


Trump administration's abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern : politics


We Are All Paying the Price for Merrick Garland's Abject Failure : politics - He convinced you all to remain civilized as you waited for justice that was never coming.

Man who stomped on officers' heads among Jan. 6 prisoners pardoned by Trump : politics
Trump freed a Jan. 6 defendant charged with assaulting police. DOJ had him arrested again on a gun charge. : politics

Judge in Capitol Riot Case Blasts Trump's Blanket Pardons: 'It Cannot Whitewash the Blood, Feces, and Terror' : politics
Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump's pardons - POLITICO It's the judges' first substantive comments after Trump's sweeping clemency and dismissals of the more than 1,500 Jan. 6 criminal cases

Judge blocks Trump's 'blatantly unconstitutional' executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship : news

Speaker Mike Johnson Says He'll Probe Biden's Pardons But Trump Freeing Jan 6. Thugs Is 'Redemption' : politics
Mike Johnson Says He's Ready to Commit Political Blackmail - The House speaker now seems open to conditioning disaster aid over immigration policy. : politics

Trump signs executive order to release more JFK, RFK, MLK assassination files : news

A photo of Mussolini and Trump after their respective assassination attempts with oversized patches. : pics

Donald Trump Is Drawing Heavily From Project 2025 : politics
Most of Trump's Executive Orders Are Directly From Project 2025 Despite Previously Calling the Agenda 'Seriously Extreme' : politics

Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump : politics
Bishop Who Confronted Trump: This Is Truth He Needed to Hear : politics
Rightwingers tell bishop to die because she begged Donald Trump to have mercy on trans kids. Trump ally Matt Walsh called her "exhibit A for why women should not be pastors." : politics

Donald Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks : politics
Well, Well, Well: Trump Can't Lower Egg Prices After All | Egg prices have hit an all-time high on the third day of Donald Trump's presidency. : politics
Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials - The New York Times Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.

President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against the Nazis : pics

Google restores Joe Biden to 'U.S. presidents'search results, blames 'data error' for omission : technology

Blame the Supreme Court for Elon Musk's Power in Trump's Administration - Elon Musk's outsized influence with the new president is a direct result of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which turns 15 this week : politics
Elon Musk Doubles Down On Salute Controversy With A Bunch Of Nazi Jokes - "Bet you did nazi that coming," the billionaire wrote. : politics


Molly Jong-Fast: "Free speech absolutists" - Bluesky

Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe blasts Elon Musk: "he's a f*cking asshole" : Music

CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture : news

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rips Elon Musk: 'In This Country, We Hate Nazis' : politics
Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes : politics - He's even named after a fascist dictator of Mars in a science fiction novel a Nazi scientist wrote. He was born into this and raised with this. It is the core of his being, and what drives him.
Jim Stewartson, Antifascist on X: Errol Musk says his son is named after a sci-fi book written in 1948 by Nazi rocket scientist Werner Von Braun called "Marsprojekt" where he describes in technical detail how people get to Mars & describes the Martian government as a technocracy with "the Elon" in charge. / X
Jim Stewartson, Antifascist on X: Elon Musk is a white supremacist psychopath with a quarter trillion dollars who wants to burn up the Earth in order to create a new apartheid on Mars. In order to do this he needs MOAR WHITE BABIES, so he's running a long psyop to convince people “population collapse" is a thing. / X
Heil Tesla : videos

Meta admits some people can't unfollow Donald Trump on Instagram : politics (Fuckerborg)

Billy Ray Cyrus' son pleads 'I don't recognise you' to dad after 'trainwreck' Trump gig : Music

The First Big Trump Scam Is Already Blowing Up in Everyone's Faces : politics A bunch of people who bought the presidential shitcoin lost their money??
Elon Musk's DOGE has a new target for cutting federal spending: getting rid of the U.S. penny : politics

Trump's Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry: Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work. : politics

Sen. Lisa Murkowski-R will NOT vote to confirm Pete Hegseth : somethingiswrong2024
Lisa Murkowski announces she will vote against Pete Hegseth : politics

RFK Jr is telling senate Republicans that he's actually 'all for' vaccines in screeching U-turn : politics

4Chan history is as bad as law office history - Lawyers, Guns & Money And yes you should be asking questions about how Vance was able to get so much credibility among mainstream media outlets for writing a terrible book filled with hierarchical contempt


Jeff Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon corporate policies : technology

Trump's Administration Is Taking Down Sites About Gender Identity All Over the Internet : technology

American Idol in Carrie Underwood 'crisis talks' after her inauguration performance : Music


The Nashville school shooter was apparently a black white supremacist : pics


Oklahoma GOP Bills Would Criminalize Viewing Porn, Criminalize Drag Story Hour, And Ban No-Fault Divorce : politics ... Up to 10 years in prison for possession of porn.

Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act' : politics

Trump : 'Sean you don't understand how tax cuts are paid for'. Econ 101 buddy. : PoliticalHumor ... The bright red states of Texas, Louisiana, and Florida are the top recipients of FEMA aid

Utah students can no longer bring personal copies of banned books to school : books


He's on Death Row for Killing a Pastor. Christians Are Divided Over His Fate.


What's a random "life hack" you swear by, even if no one believes it works? : AskReddit


2025 Oscar Nominations: Full List of Nominees : movies


Adults diagnosed with ADHD have shorter life expectancy, UK study shows. Men with a diagnosis of ADHD die 7 years sooner, on average, than similar people without, while for women the life expectancy gap is almost 9 years, the first study of its kind has revealed. : science

ELI5: If you are exposed to the flu by your partner but do not contract it as your immune system fought it off, are you still at risk of contracting it with further exposure to your partner? : explainlikeimfive

Why Are More Young People Being Diagnosed with Cancer? | The Walrus Better screening is only a small piece of the puzzle - Globally, new cancer cases in younger adults jumped by 79 percent between 1990 and 2019, according to a study published in the journal BMJ Oncology in 2023. Deaths have also risen, by over 28 percent, in the under-fifty age group during the same period ... research shows a strong association between diet changes in the past thirty years and some cancers. This includes increased consumption of ultra-processed, high-fat foods like frozen pizzas and store-bought muffins.


Prime Numbers Pattern | The Quantastic Journal Prime numbers do not appear randomly. They are components of a system that evidences regularity and sequence.
There's a New Way to Count Prime Numbers | WIRED

Scientists Invented Molecular 'Chainmail' That's Way Stronger Than Kevlar

Scars in Our Universe Could Unlock Time Travel, Physicists Say Einstein's theories support the science behind this time-travel loophole. But could it actually work?

TIL huge rogue waves were dismissed as a scientifically implausible sailors' myth by scientists until one 84ft wave hit an oil platform. The phenomenon has since been proven mathematically and simulated in a lab, also proving the existence of rogue holes in the ocean. : todayilearned
A rogue wave was recently recorded in the North Pacific. Wave seen at around the 0:42 mark was approximately three times the size of the surrounding waves at 17.6 meters : HeavySeas
i just found out about rogue holes, sudden troughs in waves : thalassophobia

Adolescents with authoritarian leanings exhibit weaker cognitive ability and emotional intelligence | Highlighting how limitations in reasoning and emotional regulation are tied to authoritarianism, shedding light on the shared psychological traits that underpin these ideological attitudes. : science ... the text book definition of a useful idiot. Always has been.

Can there be a vaccine for cancer? : askscience


TIL: Both the DNA and anthropological examinations of Hitler's skull suggested that the skull actually belonged to an adult female who would have been considerably younger. : todayilearned


ELI5: Why do financial institutions say "basis points" as in "interest rate is expected to increase by 5 basis points"? Why not just say "0.05 percent"? : explainlikeimfive


Reddit won't interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans : technology




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Japan to allow schools to exclusively use digital textbooks from 2030 : worldnews


The five signs China is preparing to invade Taiwan : worldnews
'This may be my last message': Uyghurs stage hunger strike over China deportation : worldnews


Russia to confiscate assets of 'unfriendly' countries : worldnews

The New Voice of Ukraine on X: Russia is currently unable to manufacture new Tu-160 and Tu-22 strategic bombers from scratch and relies on mothballed Soviet-era airframes. / X

Robin Brooks on X: On Jan. 10 - in the last days of the Biden administration - the US sanctioned 183 Russian ships, a major blow to the shadow fleet. The EU was silent and did nothing, even though the shadow fleet (gray) is especially big out of Russia's Baltic ports (top right). The EU is broken. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: "The U.S. Department of Energy reported yesterday that it's ending the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pause and returning to regular order following direction given by Donald Trump to “unleash American Energy Dominance." This should lower global oil prices and be unpleasant for Russia. / X


This Day in Labor History: January 22, 1905 - Lawyers, Guns & Money On January 22, 1905, the first Russian Revolution began when the military fired on striking workers in St. Petersburg. The revolution, such as it even was, failed, as most revolutions do, but it laid the groundwork for the conditions in 1917 being right for a successful revolution.


Modi's government planning to repatriate 18,000 Indians living in US illegally | US news | The Guardian : worldnews


Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise : worldnews


(((Tendar))) on X: The new Syrian government has terminated the lease contract of the Tartus port to the Russian state, effective immediately. Originally, it was scheduled to run until the year 2068. The Russian chapter in Syria is now formally over. / X
Syria Terminates Russian Naval Base Deal : worldnews ... He literally undid decades of progress Russia had made when the USSR collapsed in less than 5 years just for Ukraine, an ex client state that wasn't even a threat to it. Insane.


Hezbollah official assassinated by unknown gunmen outside his home : worldnews


Biden's Final Humiliation | David Klion The mass killing in Gaza is the one aspect of Biden's legacy that can never be erased.


Zelenskiy Tells Trump Ukraine Needs US Troops to Secure Peace : worldnews
Trump threatens Russia with sanctions, tariffs if Putin doesn't end Ukraine war : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1063, Part 1 (Thread #1210) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 21, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Once guns fall silent in Ukraine, Russia will begin military revival – British general : worldnews

Ukraine's chief army psychiatrist arrested on $1m corruption charge : worldnews

Rob Lee on X: "Telegram post by Ukraine's 110th Mechanized Brigade about the situation on the Velyka Novosilka front: "Compared to Avdiivka, the reasons for losing territory are different. In Avdiivka, there was a shortage of artillery rounds, and FPV drones were just starting to develop, but there are not enough soldiers to fight. There is a complete shortage of personnel in the infantry units / X


EU's Kallas: Russia is posing an existential threat to our security : worldnews

Finland Seizes Tanker Suspected of Damaging Baltic Sea Cable – Yle : worldnews ... WaPo is in Bezos's pocket. Bezos is in Trump's pocket. Trump is in Putin 's pocket. I don't think I trust these 'anonymous' intelligence sources.

'Mr. Trump, f- off': Danish politician lashes out over Greenland proposal : worldnews


German parliament to debate ban on far-right AfD next week : worldnews

France remains world's most visited country with over 100 million tourists in 2024 : worldnews

Ireland on alert as Trump pulls US out of global tax deal : worldnews

UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship returns to British waters : worldnews
Euromaidan Press on X: "UK threatens prison for intelligence firms' Russian links British govt has threatened its private intelligence sector with up to 14 years imprisonment for working with hostile states like Russia, China, and Iran. / X

Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat, starts audit : worldnews

Mexican president says the world will still call the gulf the Gulf of Mexico : politics

Ottawa has done nothing to actually seize millions from Russian oligarch : worldnews
Canada says it can help the US achieve its 'golden age' : worldnews
Amazon is ceasing operations in Quebec : worldnews




Trump's Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster : politics

US Constitution disappears from White House website after Trump takes power : politics

Donald Trump Is at War with America : politics


Trump starts new term with 47% approval; Jan. 6 pardons unpopular, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds : politics
Trump Will Be Crushed by Inauguration Ratings Plunge : politics

Mr. Grift Goes to Washington | Jacob Silverman Trump's rogues gallery

The Second Trump Presidency, Brought to You by YouTubers | Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America's men to lean right. An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how. : politics
Republicans Suddenly Illiterate After Trump's January 6 Pardons : politics

Admiral Fagan Is Fired as Coast Guard Commandant | The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump's inauguration : politics

Trump authorizes ICE to target schools and churches : politics

Egg prices may rise as much as 20% by end of the year : politics

MeidasTouch: "absolutely brutal" - Bluesky This makes no sense. If trump got the 77 million votes they claim his numbers should be much higher. This leads me to believe there was bigtime fuckery in the election! ... If the tv numbers were down and the hotels weren't full, Elon Musk has done something to the numbers.

Trump/Vance: fuck the blue: A very useful reminder of what the 1/6 seditionists whose sentences Trump commuted or pardoned actually did:
Police union that endorsed Trump blasts Jan. 6 pardons : politics

Joyce White Vance: "Epic courage here." - Bluesky - Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
Brave Sermon Exposes Christian Nationalism
Speaking Truth To Power - Lawyers, Guns & Money That speaker was the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington. The Episcopal Church is one of what are called the mainline churches. At Trump's first inauguration, she did not give a homily. This time she did. She talked about mercy and welcoming the stranger, both strong themes in Christianity as it is professed by the mainline churches. Trump was not pleased, as you can see in the video, along with an assortment of bad behavior, including from fellow Christian J.D. Vance.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde appeals to President Trump to have mercy upon immigrants and minorities - YouTube
Trump Demands Bishop Apologize for Asking for Mercy for the Marginalized : politics
GOP member wants bishop 'added to deportation list' after Trump prayer service : politics - Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.)
Trump in Disbelief as Bishop Calls Him Out in Inaugural Prayer | The Washington National Cathedral bishop criticized the new president as he just sat there and watched. : politics
Donald Trump Demands Apology From Bishop Who Hurt His Feelings : politics
Tuberville says trans kids 'should live in fear of their parents' after bishop's Trump remarks : politics

What You Probably Missed at Trump's Inauguration... - YouTube

Trump Sneaks Dangerous Rights for Fetuses into Executive Order : politics
Sarah McBride points out fatal flaw in Trump's executive order: 'He just declared everyone a woman' : politics


Is American democracy dying, and is it worth saving anyway? - Lawyers, Guns & Money Paul Krugman's new SubStack is terrific, not surprisingly. Yesterday he was planning to talk about energy policy, but Trump's pardons of the 1/6 insurrectionists altered his plans: ... it all seems insignificant beside the reality that the president of the United States has thrown himself fully behind political violence ... , American “\"democracy" consists of total idiots deciding elections for reasons that are some combination of flat-out delusional and utterly random.

More extremely damning reporting about Pete Hegseth for Joni Ernst and Susan Collins to ignore - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Hegeth's former sister-in-law said in a sworn affidavit that Hegseth is a domestic abuser:
Judd Legum: ""Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law, in an affidavit given to senators on Tuesday, alleged that the Pentagon chief pick caused his second wife to fear for her safety... Hegseth also stated that women should not have the right to vote or work, according to the affidavit."" - Bluesky

Plutot Trump que le Wokisme - Lawyers, Guns & Money John Ganz is sharp on on many points here, including most nominally anti-Trump reactionaries going MAGA with various levels of enthusiasm:

What the attack on birthright citizenship means - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Chris D. Jackson: BREAKING: @DouglasEmhoff reportedly confronted Bruce Fischer, Sen. Deb Fischer's husband, at the inauguration, saying, “Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn't shake my wife's hand?" This came after Fischer declined to shake VP Harris's hand but attempted to greet Emhoff. - Bluesky


What Happened to Separated Families - Lawyers, Guns & Money why we didn't hear more from the Biden administration about trying to fix this, or even what had happened. The answer it turned out is that no one in power really cared ... How many are still apart is a mystery. "Given the lack of records, it's impossible to know precisely how many families remain separated"

Politics Today - Lawyers, Guns & Money But hey, if only the New York Times op-ed page was better, The People would understand and Do the Right Thing.


We Are All Paying the Price for Merrick Garland's Abject Failure : politics


"Citizens United" Allowed 44% of Trump's Election to be Funded by 10 Megadonors : politics

Trump Executive Order Revokes 1965 Anti-Discrimination Rules | HuffPost Latest News The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.


Being anti-fascist now a fireable offense - Lawyers, Guns & Money A Milwaukee TV weather forecaster has been dropped by her station one day after she criticized Elon Musk on social media for his straight-arm gesture that many have likened to a Nazi salute ... Note that she wasn'yt even fired for criticizing Musk on-air. but for doing so on her private social media account. Looks like it's time for another round of the TWITTER FILES!

'Pure propaganda': Trump Fans want to defund PBS for accurately covering Musk's 'salute' | The legacy media is pure propaganda, Musk said. : politics
Musk's 'Fascist Salute': U.S. Jewish Establishment Failed Its First Test With Trump 2.0 : politics ... That statement from the ADL was such bullshit. Can't muster the same energy for a literal Nazi salute (twice!) by one of the most influential men in the world that they can for college students protesting for Palestine.
"It was a Nazi salute": Historian dismisses claim that Musk's raised arm was mere "awkward gesture": "Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too," wrote NYU's Ruth Ben-Ghiat : politics
'The gesture speaks for itself': Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute : politics

Speaking of pathetic, I don't know anything about gaming but this sounds somewhere beyond pathetic - Lawyers, Guns & Money After widespread allegations that he was paying skilled gamers to level up his characters on popular videogames, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk threw a massive tantrum last week. Now, in damning new evidence, netizens spotted Musk's extremely high-level character grinding in the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2 (PoE 2) - while the billionaire was on television attending Donald Trump's inauguration in person ... So Elon levels up his video game characters the same way he runs his companies," wrote one YouTube commenter. “Pay others to do the hard work and then take all the credit

what the fuck is this? - by Jeff Tiedrich the media fails its first test of Donny's second presidency
Jeff Tiedrich: "from today's post - link is here: - Bluesky
BlueWaveSurfer: "This Guy's citizenship should be revoked, and he should be sent back to Africa." - Bluesky - let's be clear: the "debate" is between people who saw what they saw, and social media trolls who want to deny what they saw.


Nazi-adjacent law professor still can't quit Hunter Biden - Lawyers, Guns & Money Jonathan Turley took a break from his celebrations of our current fascist revival to muse on the potential tax implications of the apparent fact that Hunter Biden lost a lot of paintings to the Los Angeles fires: roughly 200 of Hunter Biden's art pieces were destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. ... Of course Turley can't resist the temptation to keep obsessing over the HUNTER BIDEN INFLUENCE-PEDDLING SCANDAL, which has always lacked any evidence whatsoever that whatever influence Hunter tried to peddle resulted in anybody getting a parking ticket fixed in their favor... Speaking of pathetic, Hunter is a long-term drug addict who suffered a horrific trauma as a young child when his mother and baby sister were killed in the same traffic accident that severely injured him. I wonder what Turley's excuse is?


Illinois governor JB Pritzker is providing an example for Democrats of how to resist Trump. You know who is not doing that? New Jersey's governor Phil Murphy, who spent the first day of the Trump years urging his new president to intervene in New York City's congestion pricing plan.


She was diagnosed in 2023 with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement announcing her death. A former political organizer, Ms. Richards was a daughter of former Gov. Ann Richards of Texas.


'English, motherf-er. I live in America': Man attacks bartender, tells him 'Trump is going to deport your a–' after being asked to pay his tab, cops say : politics


Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound boom in Massachusetts. Why? ... About 140,400 obese patients in Massachusetts were prescribed medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound in 2024, a 255 percent increase from 2023, That was the third-biggest jump of any state, behind Oklahoma and Rhode Island.




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The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity : science ... Emerging from unsustainable agricultural practices, this virus has spread worldwide, infecting and killing millions of wild and domestic animals. Since 2020, it has caused the most severe outbreak ever recorded, affecting over 400 bird species and dozens of mammal species, including many already at risk of extinction ... Ultimately, a global approach that integrates human, animal, and environmental health-known as the "One Health" approach -- is needed to address the root causes of such outbreaks and prevent further biodiversity loss.
Cycle of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef now at 'catastrophic' levels - Study of 2023-2024 global marine heatwave found 66% of colonies were bleached by February 2024 and 80% by April. By July, 44% of bleached colonies had died, with some coral experiencing a staggering 95% mortality rate. : science

Trump's Paris climate exit will hit harder than in 2017 : worldnews

Same-sex marriages will soon become legal in Thailand after historic law : worldnews


More bird flu cases found in Japan; 1.44 million birds to be culled : worldnews

Trump calls North Korea a 'nuclear power,' drawing a rebuke from Seoul : worldnews



Xi and Putin vow to deepen ties as Trump's return sparks anxiety : worldnews



Institute for the Study of War on X: 3/ Additional Key Takeaways: Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on January 20 that the Kremlin is willing to negotiate with the United States about the war in Ukraine but indicated that he maintains his demands for Ukraine's full capitulation. / X
ChrisO_wiki on X: 2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that talks took place between Trump and Putin representatives late last year, despite denials from the Russian side when the news was leaked. However, the negotiations proved unsuccessful, according to a source. / X

Ukraine's attack on Kazan factory disrupts Russia's aircraft production : worldnews ... The significance of the Kazan Aircraft Production Association, as Defense Express highlights, cannot be overstated. KAPO is one of Russia's largest defense industry enterprises, employing as many as 8,500 people. The recent strike on this facility, therefore, raises concerns not just about the production of these bombers, but also about the overall stability of Russia's defense industry and its capacity to maintain and modernize its aerospace fleet.

Ukraine attacks Russian oil depot, aviation plant, command post overnight, military says : worldnews

Jay in Kyiv on X: "Russia's inflation is totally out of control despite Central Bank rate now at 21%." / X
Rob Lee on X: Russia's budget revenue rose to a record high last month even after the US targeted the banking sector with a new round of sanctions aimed at disrupting foreign trade payments and curbing proceeds from exports. Total revenue in December reached more than 4 trillion rubles / X




Taliban official calls for girls' high schools to open, calling closure an 'injustice' : worldnews


Erdogan intends to discuss ending Russia's war in Ukraine with Trump : worldnews
Toll rises to 66 dead in hotel fire at popular Turkish ski resort : worldnews

Israel's top general resigns over Oct. 7 failures
IDF chief of staff resigns; 'failings of military on Oct. 7 will haunt me for life' : worldnews

Palestinians are finally able to return to their Gaza homes - only to find them reduced to ruins : worldnews
Israel launches 'significant' military operation in West Bank, at least eight Palestinians killed : worldnews

Reports: U.S. green card holder carries out terror attack in Tel Aviv : worldnews

Trump's UN ambassador pick says Israel has 'biblical right' to West Bank : worldnews

Trump to lift pause on 2,000-pound bomb supply to Israel, Walla News reports : worldnews

Israel considers sending captured Russian-made weapons to Ukraine, embassy reports : worldnews



Zelenskyy says Russia-Ukraine peace deal would require 200,000 allied troops : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1062, Part 1 (Thread #1209) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 21, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - +60 Artillery is tied with 3 others as the 14th highest daily loss +130 UAVs ranks as 4th highest loss (1st-3rd all in Jan 2025) +194 Vehicles is the 2nd highest after +204 on Jan.15.25

UNITED24 Media on X: Ukraine, long known as the world's "breadbasket," holds another treasure: $15 trillion in critical minerals essential for green energy and EVs. / X


Swedish forces arrive in Latvia in largest deployment with NATO to date : worldnews


Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musks X : worldnews

Soaring cases of virus in UK as NHS asks people to stay away if they have symptoms : worldnews ... It was first identified in the Netherlands in 2001 and belongs to the same family as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The tide is starting to turn against Brexit - New Statesman Interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch show how the European question has been reopened.


Mexico defends sovereignty as US seeks to label cartels as terrorists : worldnews

Russia warns Trump against snatching Panama Canal : worldnews

Canada's inflation rate fell to 1.8% in December, with prices declining during GST break : worldnews




Gulf Coast blizzard delivers historic snowfall and temperatures

Trump's first full day back: firings, infrastructure announcement

Trump Makes 90 Day Foreign Aid Freeze – Ukraine Military Support Supposedly Untouched : worldnews

Trump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, again : news

'He's destroying Russia': Trump tells Putin to end Ukraine war and 'make a deal' - The Times of India : worldnews

Trump Plans to Enact 25% Tariffs on Mexico, Canada by Feb. 1 : worldnews
Trump revokes Biden removal of Cuba from US state sponsors of terrorism list : worldnews

Opinion | MAGA's magical hopes vs. rational real-world fears A divided nation begins a fraught journey.

Americans how are you feeling right now? : AskReddit
Bernie is all of us right now.. : PoliticalHumor

Judge blocks release of Jack Smith's report on Trump documents case to lawmakers : news

Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank : worldnews

Lisa Reyna Loe: Nothing to see here. Literally. Download the Constitution because it no longer appears on whitehouse.gov. When you search for it, a lot of other bullet point shit appears (ending birthright citizenship, etc). WE IGNORE THIS AT OUR OWN PERIL -- Bluesky

Imagine Pardoning 1,500 Traitors : pics

Trump signs executive order withdrawing from the World Health Organization : news
Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization : worldnews
Donald Trump Rolls Back Biden-Harris Rule to Lower Drug Costs for Millions of Americans : politics
Trump to remove the United States from the World Health Organization : worldnews ... The US contributes 20% of the WHO budget. This decision will hurt tens of millions of people.

Trump administration set to conduct ICE raids in Boston after Chicago, New York : boston
jamelle: i said a few times here and there before the election that we'll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it's ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are" - Bluesky

Don't Be a Sucker - an American anti-fascist film from 1943 : videos

A side by side comparison is even more striking : pics
The second salute of Elon Musk. : pics
Elon Musk mimics hitlers salute . Side by side comparison. : pics - Adolf Twitler
Folks, we've already been through this. They were "just waving". It's totally a coincidence that this keeps happening. : PoliticalHumor
How do you feel about Elon Musk's salutes during the inauguration? : AskReddit
Grimes reacts to Elon Musk's Sieg Heil at Trump inauguration
We never know these days : PoliticalHumor
Are you paying attention now. The Cradle of Democracy, right : pics - First Nazi salute behind a Presidential seal
Tesla just unveiled their new logo : pics
Employees of Tesla and SpaceX, what's the internal chatter right now surrounding Elon's salute? : AskReddit

Remember these coward sellouts at the inauguration today... : pics

Elon Musk's 'Government Efficiency' Department Revealed to Be a Renamed Obama Agency Tasked with Updating Software : politics


Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy : technology

Meta under fire for auto-following Trump & Vance, Blocking Democrat hashtags : technology ... #democrat was banned but #republican pulled up results. This is troubling to say the least.
Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats' : news

Judd Legum: Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law, in an affidavit given to senators on Tuesday, alleged that the Pentagon chief pick caused his second wife to fear for her safety... Hegseth also stated that women should not have the right to vote or work, according to the affidavit. -- Bluesky


Experts Alarmed By Weapon Baby Name Trend | HuffPost Life She pointed to Nameberry's analysis of The Reddest and Bluest Baby Names, which found that parents living in so-called red states are more likely to choose gun-themed names for their children.


Short video applications like TikTok have gained prominence. New research from China indicate that the more elementary school students use short videos, the lower their academic performance, with attention mediating in this relationship. : science


The most comprehensive study of its kind showed that psychotic disorders, infections and dementia were among conditions found to be less likely to occur when using GLP-1RAs, which are found in the medications Saxenda, Wegovy and Mounjaro. : science

Astronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet : worldnews




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US to withdraw from Paris agreement, expand drilling : worldnews
New research shows increasingly thawing permafrost soils not only pose a global threat due to the CO2 and methane gas stored in them, but also have far-reaching implications for the approximately three million Arctic residents who live on permafrost soils. : science


Police arrest and charge woman over anti-Israel attack in Sydney's Woollahra : worldnews


Weapons and notes left on dead North Korean troops in Russia give Ukraine a glimpse into their mindset - and show how they are quickly adapting to modern war : worldnews


China executes 2 men who committed deadly attacks known as 'revenge on society crimes': worldnews
China executes man for car rampage that killed dozens : worldnews



Russia rearming faster than thought 'for possible attack on Nato' : worldnews



Indian reporter murdered for exposing corruption surrounding road contract : worldnews ... India is ranked 159th out of 180 countries in RSF's 2024 World Press Freedom Index
UK Extracted USD 64.82 Trillion From India During Colonial Era; Half Of It Went To Richest 10%: Oxfam Report | TimelineDaily : worldnews - The massive amount of silver sent back to Spain during the 16th century is a contributing factor to the eventual downfall of the empire itself. So much silver being sent back caused inflation and fueled decades of petty wars that amounted to nothing but a further erosion of the empire's standing in global politics


Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial : worldnews


Houthis to end Red Sea attacks, except against Israeli ships : worldnews


Israeli extremists torch Palestinian homes, cars in outburst of violence in West Bank : worldnews


Russia launched nearly 550 drones, 60 missiles, over 660 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week, Zelensky says : worldnews
Shaheds, Missiles, and Recon Drones: Ukraine's Air Defenses Take Down Over 500 russian Aerial Threats in a Week : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1061, Part 1 (Thread #1208) : worldnews
These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 20, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russia lost more soldiers in 2024 than in past two years combined, says Ukrainian commander-in-chief : worldnews
Ammunition used by Russians halved following Ukrainian strikes, Syrskyi says : worldnews


Norway cool on Trump's demand for a massive defense spending increase : worldnews

TIL in 2013 a woman went to pick up a friend in Brussels (less than 90 miles from her home), however because of a GPS error, she ended up in Croatia after driving 900 miles across five international borders. She realized she took a wrong turn two days after leaving. Her son had reported her missing. : todayilearned


Wake up and spend more on defense, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office : worldnews
Viagra-laced 'erectile honey' is flooding into France, officials warn : worldnews


Trump won't impose tariffs on Canada, other countries right away: reports | CBC News : worldnews




Wealth of world's billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds | Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals : worldnews
Billionaire wealth surges to 'unimaginable' levels in 2024 as Oxfam predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade : politics

Joe and Jill Biden share one final selfie from the White House. : pics


The tech billionaire war on "woke" is really a war on workers : technology

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members : politics
Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump : news
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Fauci, Milley, and 1/6 committee members - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier | The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there. : politics

Biden Administration Warns Against Forced Surgeries on Intersex Children in Historic Report : politics
Biden administration warns against forced surgeries on intersex children in historic report - LGBTQ Nation ... Despite those risks, medical practitioners still encourage parents to have surgeries on intersex infants, citing potential stigma for the natural differences in sexual anatomy a child may display.
TIL one of the leading advocates of circumcision was John Harvey Kellogg, inventor of the famous breakfast cereal. He advocated the consumption of Kellogg's corn flakes to prevent masturbation, and he believed that circumcision would be an effective way to eliminate masturbation in males. : todayilearned ... Don't forget he also advocated applying acid to the clitoris to stop masturbation in girls.
Non-therapeutic male circumcision in infancy or childhood and risk of human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted infections: national cohort study in Denmark | European Journal of Epidemiology
Male circumcision and sexual function in men and women: a survey-based, cross-sectional study in Denmark - PubMed - circumcised men reported more partners and were more likely to report frequent orgasm difficulties after adjustment for potential confounding factor

CNN majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say that the Democratic Party needs major changes : politics

Congresswoman suggests Trump admitted Musk rigged election in Pa. : politics
Saying the quiet part out loud : PoliticalHumor

Trump will announce end of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, officials say : politics

Discussion Thread: President-Elect Trump's First Day in Office, Part 2 : politics

Trump Really Is Renaming the Gulf of Mexico on Day 1 of MAGA 2.0: “Other countries may not opt to recognize the name change for an international body of water" : politics


Convicted Felon Sworn In as President : politics
Trump Makes History: First Convicted Felon To Take Oath As President : politics

Trump did not place hand on Bible for oath of office : politics
Trump fails to place hand on Bible when being sworn into office : politics

Everyone Who Was Supposed To Protect You From This Failed Miserably : politics


PatriotTakes 🇺🇸: "Elon Musk gave two back to back Nazi salutes at the Trump inauguration parade" - Bluesky
Elon Musk Shocks With Nazi-Like Salute at MAGA Rally : politics
Elon Musk appears to Sieg Heil at Trump inauguration : politics
Did Elon Musk Seriously Just Do a Nazi Salute at Trump's Inauguration? : politics
Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration : politics
Donald Trump And His Supporters Can't Shake The Nazi Comparisons - YouTube

Trump Forced Vivek Ramaswamy Out of DOGE for Being Too Irritating : politics
Department of Government Efficiency makes its first major cut - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is how the 2024 election felt like. Kamala and Biden weren't perfect but they at least weren't lying rapist fascist felons : PoliticalHumor

AOC to Skip Trump's Inauguration: 'I Don't Celebrate Rapists': politics
No lie detected : PoliticalHumor

Was the whole TikTok drama a bait-and-switch to make Trump look good? : politics

Snoop Dogg faces huge backlash for performing at Trump inauguration party : Music
Snoop Dogg Thanks Trump for Pardoning Death Row Records Co-Founder
Snoop Dogg called out by John Rich over inauguration performance : Music


Teen enraged by TikTok ban sets fire to Wisconsin congressman's office : technology


Trump pardons roughly 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack : news ... For those wondering, this includes Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy after a 4 month trial and sentenced to 22 years in prison. The law, the process, it means nothing.


Eschaton: My Many Failures 8 years ago, after propelling Donald Trump into office, the New York Times marketed itself to angry liberals as a defender of democracy... and it worked. This time, don't forget what a piece of shit that newspaper, worse now, is.


People, this is supposed to be a HAPPY occasion - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... From my perspective on a university campus where I''e had occasion to see it in action lately, the ADL has turned into a straight-up reactionary organization, that is is eager to treat a completely unambiguous Nazi salute by the president of the United States's current BFF as an "awkward gesture." (ADL goes full Nazi)


Springtime for Elon - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Speaking of idea laundering, the next step will be MAGA people joined by radical centrist blah-blah-blah-ers and some we-will-definitely-get-fooled-again reporters to pretend this was something other than what it was:

The sci-fi fantasy worlds of the broligarchs - Lawyers, Guns & Money - And is is so often the case, extreme reactionary misogyny and patriarchy are being repackaged in various forms of gee whiz technology.


More last second pardons/clemency - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Those are the rules - Lawyers, Guns & Money All this gives today's proceedings a weird double quality, in which Biden & Co. are signaling that they understand on some level what they're dealing with, while simultaneously conveying that they absolutely don't, or more accurately refuse to.


"I said that I would see you because I had heard that you were a serious man, to be treated with respect." - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Overrating the Media - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... As always, the issue in American politics is the vast numbers of people who don't pay attention, and that includes not paying the first bit of attention to media stories. Rather, it seems that Democrats are completely missing the new media that actually touches these people


Bluesky launches a custom feed for vertical videos | TechCrunch : technology


Robert Smith announces he's leaving X/Twitter: "Time to go" : Music


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,803 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Catherine O'Leary. ... Well, a reporter named Michael Ahern for the Chicago Republican wrote a story saying it was Mrs. O'Leary's cow that knocked over a lantern while she was milking it that started the fire. He had no idea if that was true. O'Leary now became infamous and had to live with this. In 1893, Ahern admitted making up the story ... this all led to a big uprising in anti-Irish sentiment in the city and the nation. Evidently, these accusations basically ruined her life, at least according to family stories passed down. Once again, an idiot journalist destroyed the life of an innocent person.

Bob Marley and the Jews - Algemeiner.com Bob Marley had a Jewish father. He was a British Jewish guy. They take a lot of pride in their Jewish connection, the Marleys
'Reactionary nihilism': how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy." Book review : books

The Best Books of 2024 Winners! : books


Two striking photos documenting the end of the human era: Kasparov and Sedol defeated by computer. : pics

Ten Percent Of U.S. High School Students Graduating Without Basic Object Permanence Skills : videos

ELI5: Why is the earth's orbit around the sun not considered as perpetual motion? : explainlikeimfive

What is the common ancestor for humans and dogs? : askscience
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles (intermuscular fat) are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their BMI or waist circumference. Fat stored under the skin (subcutaneous fat) did not increase the risk. : science

Evidence of primordial black holes may be hiding in planets, or even everyday objects here on Earth: Small black holes born in early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels. : science

TIL: That human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. No matter how well you wash, nearly every nook and cranny of your body is covered in microscopic creatures. The greatest concentration of this microscopic life is in the dark murky depths of our oxygen-deprived bowels. : todayilearned

TIL that Great White Sharks across the Pacific Ocean consistently congregate at one specific spot in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists call this the White Shark Cafe. : todayilearned

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Right-leaning and conservative political orientation are negatively associated with trust in scientists in several European and North American countries. : science

Study finds gender gap with children when it comes to negotiating - in a series of cognitive tasks, boys had a higher opinion of their abilities and therefore asked for higher bonuses, even though they performed no better than girls did in these tasks. : science
New Research Shatters Outdated Pay-Gap Myth That Women Don't Negotiate | Research UC Berkeley

Textbooks need to be rewritten: RNA, not DNA, is the main cause of acute sunburn - Textbooks say that sunburn damages DNA, leading to cell death and inflammation. But study found in mice and human skin cells that this is a result of damage to RNA, not DNA, that causes the acute effects of sunburn. : science


TIL In 1941, prior to widespread fluoridation of drinking water, almost 10% of US military recruits were rejected because they didn't have 6 opposing teeth in their upper and lower jaws : todayilearned
Debating Water Fluoridation Before Dr. Strangelove - PMC


Did you ever almost die? If so, what was the cause? : AskReddit

Did your parents spank you as a form of discipline? How did it impact you? : AskReddit

What is your dealbreaker regarding dating? : AskReddit

What's a piece of advice you wish you'd taken sooner? : AskReddit

In your opinion, what is the best movie quote/rant of all time? : AskReddit

What is the most regrettable decision you made out of anger? : AskReddit

What's a phrase or saying people need to stop using immediately? : AskReddit

What are the most dangerous documentaries ever made? As in, where the crew exposed themselves to dangers of all sorts to film it? : movies

What made you lose a lot of weight? : AskReddit





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Greenland ice sheet could completely melt at global warming of +3.4 C and cause 7 m (23 ft) of sea level rise. : science
Carbon dioxide emissions to hit 429.6 ppm in May 2025, highest in over 2 million years : worldnews


South Korean court extends President Yoon's detention, angering supporters : worldnews
Protesters storm South Korean court after it extends President Yoon's detention : worldnews


Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK : worldnews


'No excuse for education ban': Taliban deputy asks leaders to lift restrictions on Afghan women - The Times of India : worldnews

Fuel tanker explosion kills 77 people in Suleja area of Nigeria : worldnews


Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned since Assad regime fell, UN says : worldnews
ICC chief prosecutor meets with Syria's new leader al-Sharaa : worldnews

Syria bans goods from Russia, Iran, Israel : worldnews



Iran unveils new underground naval base amid tension with US and Israel : worldnews

Hezbollah's Weapons Caches: Over 100 Discovered by UN Peacekeepers : worldnews


Israel says ceasefire with Hamas begins, after delay : worldnews
Netanyahu: Trump fully backs Israel returning to fighting should Hamas violate agreement - i24NEWS : worldnews

Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes effect after delay : worldnews

Ceasefire officially delayed as Hamas fails to provide names of hostages to be released : worldnews
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher to be first hostages freed : worldnews
Security forces secret op. brings back body of Oron Shaul ahead of Gaza ceasefire : worldnews
IDF secret op. brings back body of Oron Shaul - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post : worldnews
Israel forces recover body of soldier held in Gaza since 2014 : worldnews

About 200 aid delivery trucks arrive at Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing ahead of entry into the Gaza Strip, Egyptian sources say : worldnews

Abbas: PA ready to assume 'full responsibility' in Gaza Strip when ceasefire begins : worldnews

Ben-Gvir, Otzma Yehudit MKs resign from coalition over hostage deal : worldnews


MAKS 24 on X: Ukraine has convinced Trump that talks with Russia too early will be fatal, - The Telegraph. ❗️The Ukrainian authorities first want to exhaust Russia so that Putin does not consider himself the master of the situation in the war. / X
Robin Brooks on X: Before the invasion Ukraine, China's exports to Russia were $50 bn per year. That number was up to $120 bn in 2024. There is no bigger enabler of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, which also means that China poses a direct and material threat to the democracies of Western Europe... / X
Zelensky imposes new sanctions on pro-Russian propagandists : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1060, Part 1 (Thread #1207) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Ministry of Defence on X: "Latest Defence intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 19 January 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https://t.co/l0m9NuFAJg #StandWithUkraine / X
NOELREPORTS on X: Ukraine is developing its own air defense system, says Commander-in-Chief Syrsky. "We have the capacity to create it and are already working on it. Our system aims to rival the Patriot in performance," he said. / X

Alan Watson on X: "@KyivIndependent The AFU can no longer stop Russian advances. Russia has surrounded the last NATO-built fortress Pokrovsk. Ukraine is a basket case; may disappear as Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia did. Previously a war cheerleader, Marco Rubio acknowledged Ukraine is "running out of Ukrainians. / X undefined

Russia used chemical weapons 434 times in December, Ukraine's General Staff says : worldnews

Ukrainian engineer arrested on suspicion of leading Russian spy network : worldnews

Russian trainee pilots appear to be hunting Ukrainian civilians : worldnews

Kvist on X: "Not Japan in 1945, but Vovchansk in Ukraine 2025. https://t.co/9KZ9CAOAlG" / X

Rob Lee on X: "“When North Korean troops first appeared on the battlefield last month, Ukrainian soldiers were stunned by how they moved in large groups and did not even attempt to hide from Ukrainian drones. Many were easily killed in those initial waves, but in ensuing battles, the new https://t.co/fc697fTRrm" / X



Lithuania promises to disconnect Baltic States from Russian power grid by 8 February, switching to EU supplies - Euromaidan Press : worldnews


Telegram boss admits 'seriousness' of French allegations: source : worldnews

Profiting from addiction - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Guardian has an interesting and sad story about a movement in the UK to get coroners' inquests to be be more truthful in regard to suicides caused by compulsive gambling:
Addict Nation - Lawyers, Guns & Money - addiction of all kinds is becoming more prevalent, in a society in the grip of what the historian David Courtwright calls "limbic capitalism." .. Meanwhile, we've gone from around 8,000 drug overdose per deaths per year in the 1980s, at the height of the moral panic over drugs, to around 110,000 last year.

Journalists on the verge of extinction in Nicaragua: in 10 of the 15 regions, journalists, TV anchors, radio hosts and even local reporters - who detail the goings on in their communities on Facebook pages - have disappeared : worldnews

At least 80 dead, several kidnapped in Colombia after failed peace talks, official says : worldnews

World Bank forecasts 5% growth for Argentina in 2025 : worldnews

'The discourse is chilling': aid groups on US-Mexico border prepare for Trump : politics

Canada Prepares for Trump Tariff Threat With Three-Stage Plan - The New York Times Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.
Canada threatens single largest blow to U.S. if Trump follows through on tariffs : politics




johnedwinmason: "Fuck the American media for calling the released Israelis "hostages" & the Palestinians "prisoners." Fuck the American media for showing only the Israelis being warmly welcomed home, & not the Palestinians. Fuck the American media for telling us the names of the Israelis, & not the Palestinians." -- Bluesky
The other women hostages liberated today : pics - Israel is the only country in the developed world that tries children in military court.

German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows : politics

Fred Wellman: "The Jumbotrons were taken down. Because of the cold. Really." - Bluesky

'Dark Chapter': Sanders Says American People Must 'Grapple' With Complicity in Gaza's Destruction : politics


Eleven Films: "Remember this day. The last full day with a Democratic President. We don't know when or if we'll ever live another day like this - Bluesky

Speaker Johnson 'won't commit' to disaster relief for California without conditions : politics
Which states receive the most FEMA direct payments - Florida, Louisiana and Texas residents have received the lion's share of FEMA direct assistance since 2015, per newly gathered data.

Evaluating the Biden Presidency - Lawyers, Guns & Money Well, this is the last day of a somewhat successful presidency that ended in mass failure ... The short version is that Biden was very good on policy and completely disastrous on politics. Biden never seemed to get that you need the second one for the first one to work ... Merrick Garland was quite literally one of the worst appointments in American history ... The biggest political mistake of his life was not announcing after the 2022 midterms that he was not running ... Israel/Palestine. I do think Biden was terrible here, but I have no belief that he would gained politically from taking a harder stance on Israel. It's the one issue in which Democratic coalition groups will kill each other over ... One thing that is very unlikely to change in the next four years is my belief that Donald Trump is the worst president in American history.

Biden's Legacy: Rescuing America From COVID, Then Getting Replaced By A Criminal : politics

Biden announces final round of student loan forgiveness, bringing aid total to nearly $189 billion : politics

Turns Out that Announcing Your Ethnic Cleansing in Advance is a Problem - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... The one thing we can count on about the second Trump administration is a combination of stupidity and laziness to cut the evil:

US cities largely saw a drop in violent crime in 2024 : politics

President-elect Trump is inheriting a historically strong economy : politics

News Outlets Take Unusual Steps to Prepare for Onslaught From Trump : politics

Larry the Cat: "American Gothic by Chris Riddell" - Bluesky

Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump inauguration - The Washington Post Trump's team requested the high-level resignations as the president-elect prepares a sharp break with the Biden administration ... imposing sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries, ending the war in Ukraine, solidifying the wobbly ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants.

TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law : news
George Takei: "No matter where you fall on the TikTok ban, the President undoing by “executive order" a law passed by Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court is an unconstitutional abuse of power." - Bluesky
Krassensteins: Bluesky
Brian Cardone: Friends we are at an inflection point, oligarchy can only exist if they have control of media. This is what Felon47 is proposing here, he wants to use tax dollars to take over TikTok, pay attention. In T-24 hours you are going to see something we've never seen just remember #WeAreTheOpposition" Bluesky
TikTok tells users it will be "temporarily unavailable" in the U.S : politics
Why Trump's new love of TikTok is dangerous: Trump's sudden love of TikTok shows he needs disinfo more than he hates China : politics
Trump privately expresses interest in visiting China : politics

Trump Fans Are Pissed Over New Inauguration Plans | Apparently some people wanted to freeze their butts off for Donald Trump. : politics

Senate Republicans embarrass themselves (and America) at confirmation hearings | Opinion : politics
'Well, He's Not Going to Make America Great Again': Three Columnists Debate Trump 2.0 : politics

Trump Barely Won the Election. Why Doesn't It Feel That Way? : politics

A photo of Kent State before the National Guard murdered 4 Anti-Vietnam War protestors : pics
A photo of Tiananmen Square before the massacre : interestingasfuck

Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE : politics
Department of Government Efficiency makes its first major cut - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... billionaire Elon Musk, has undercut Ramaswamy for much of the last few weeks ... I put the over/under on Musk's continued tenure as five months.

Trump prepares for aggressive push of Day 1 executive actions : politics

Republicans insist that Trump is hugely popular. His polls say otherwise. : politics
Thousands March on Lincoln Memorial to Rally for Basic Rights & Freedoms Ahead of Trump Inauguration at 2025 People's March : politics
Thousands protest in Washington against Trump as he prepares for inauguration : politics

The Far Right Is Having A 'Coronation Ball' At The Watergate Hotel To Celebrate Trump's Inauguration : politics

The Nihilists Are Coming Back to Washington | Donald Trump and his gang of sore winners are returning to the halls of power, bent on burning everything to the ground. : politics
'Reactionary nihilism': how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy : politics
Endnote 2: White Fascism - YouTube
It's Not Clear Who Will Lead the Pentagon When Trump Takes Office. What Happens Then? : politics

Bannon: Billionaire CEOs have surrendered to Trump : politics

Trump Makes Instant $25 Billion Out of Fans With New Grift : politics
'Historic Grift' - Trump s Memecoin Creates Billions Out of Nothing: "Its official website implicitly notes the complete lack of value underpinning the coins" : politics
Trump Meme Coin Price: Ex-Aid Blasts 'Corruption' as Market Cap Surges : politics
George Conway: -- Bluesky
American Dad! - ollie north - YouTube

Americans favor deporting undocumented immigrants, until they're asked how : politics

Are You Smarter Than a Trump Cabinet Appointee? : politics

Bondi lobbied for China-backed company that has active case against U.S. government : politics

RFK Jr reportedly sought to block Covid-19 vaccinations at height of pandemic - Trump's pick to lead US health policy lobbied to rescind 2021 authorization and to deny any future vaccine : politics
As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnell : politics

Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans. : politics

US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches : politics
US Names One of the Hackers Allegedly Behind Massive Salt Typhoon Breaches | WIRED New details emerge about China's cyber espionage against the US, the FBI remotely uninstalls malware on 4,200 US devices, and victims of the PowerSchool edtech breach reveal what hackers stole.

'Split-second decision': Supreme Court returns to the question of police killings | The court will hear arguments this week over the "moment of the threat doctrine," which addresses how much time can be taken into consideration when police kill people. : politics .. Trump's judges are deciding how long cops have to pretend to not want to kill you.

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide : news

Supreme Court agrees to hear Montgomery parents' challenge to LGBTQ+ book rules : politics

Voters Don't Pay Attention to Policy, Part the Million - Lawyers, Guns & Money Perhaps no state better sums this all up than Missouri, which routinely sees voters pass ballot measures we would see as progressive and then at the very same time vote in far right politicians who will counter voters' will on the issues, all to no consequence.


TIL George Washington decided to step down after two terms because he feared he might die in office and Americans would then view the presidency as a lifetime appointment : todayilearned


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,802 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Elementary school teacher arrested after allegedly abusing student, giving birth to his child : news


Employees are spending the equivalent of a month's groceries on the return-to-office-and growing more resentful than ever, survey finds : technology


Anti-science movements are associated with harassment of -- and violence against -- scientists. A new study found that science cynicism (the perception that scientists are incompetent and corrupt) and Dark personality traits (psychopathy and narcissism), predict the willingness to harm scientists. : science

TIL that the oldest flood myth is likely the Epic of Gilgamesh. Written on 12 stone tablets, it's one of the first pieces of literature in recorded history. The old Sumerian king searches for immortality and encounters someone who built a ship - the Preserver of Life - to outlast the Great Flood. : todayilearned


Got a set of Route 1 nails today. : boston

Adult Night at Museum of Science tonight cancelled due to snowstorm : boston





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Warming Water, Rising Seas | Center for Science Education
Rising Sea Level | Center for Science Education
Spaceship explosion raises questions about risk to public and environment in 2025 : worldnews


Xi says China, Vietnam to build community with shared future of strategic significance : worldnews

Japan gov't starts process to compensate forced sterilization victims : worldnews ... In this national cohort study spanning more than three decades of observation, non-therapeutic circumcision in infancy or childhood did not appear to provide protection against HIV or other STIs in males up to the age of 36 years. Rather, non-therapeutic circumcision was associated with higher STI rates overall, particularly for anogenital warts and syphilis ... There is a noticeable difference on the partners side too. I had way less friction tears and soreness with intact partners.


Taiwan carries out first execution in five years : worldnews

Former pro-Russian lawmaker charged with treason resurfaces in China : worldnews



Russian coal exports plummet to six-year low, Moscow Times reports : worldnews

Forbes: Russia promises soldiers 10-day leave for capturing Ukrainian "Baba Yaga" drones it can't build - Euromaidan Press : worldnews

PS01 □ on X: "Sberbank plans mass layoffs at its subsidiaries A wave of layoffs is beginning at Cooper, MegaMarket, SberLogistics and Samokat. Between 30 and 50% of employees will be affected, including IT specialists. Gazprom is planning to halve its staff at HQ as previously announced / X

MilitaryNewsUA on X: Ukrainian strike UAVs hit the Russian radar station “Nebo-SVU" in the temporarily occupied Kherson region - General Staff of Ukraine / X

Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 on X: "Excuse me, four russian oil depots are burning at the same time. 4!!!! https://t.co/IOwP7YxFHG" / X

NOELREPORTS on X: "Unknown saboteurs set fire to communication towers near Krasnodar in Russia on the night of January 17 /X



Houthi rebels target Eilat after missile fire to central Israel : worldnews

Qatar says ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. (local time) on Sunday : worldnews
Hamas has not provided Israel list of hostages for release Sunday : worldnews

Putin Hypes Possible New Nuclear Projects With Iran : worldnews
Two Iranian Supreme Court justices killed in Tehran shooting attack : worldnews

Hezbollah chief: Israel-Hamas truce proves 'persistence of resistance' : worldnews

Israel reserves 'right to resume war if necessary' with US support: PM Netanyahu : worldnews


Biden administration secretly funded Ukraine's drone industry, NYT reports : worldnews
Red lines in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1059, Part 1 (Thread #1206) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 18, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - At around 1,505/day, RU losses could hit ~985,720 by Victory Day, May 9 2025 - a staggering toll. Almost 1 million.

Ex-MP, leader of Russia-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church charged with treason : worldnews

UNITED24 Media on X: "An unexpected trend has emerged in Ukraine's Foreign Legion-a surge of Colombian fighters. What draws them across the world to fight for Ukraine? / X

TOP LEAD on X: "Ukraine also ranks 5th in the world in terms of iron ore reserves. This is the primary raw material for ferrous metallurgy. It is used to produce iron, steel, and iron. And all this is used to make airplanes, cars, home appliances... / X


Russia intensifies electronic warfare against Norway : worldnews

Croatia deputy PM resigns over gun-shooting video : worldnews

Milei's Argentina seals budget surplus for first time in 14 years : worldnews

Journalists in Haiti demand justice as they bury a second colleague killed by gangs : worldnews

Canada's Plan for a Trade War: Pain for Red States and Trump Allies : politics




Dr. Lucky Tran: "Stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope offers a timely reminder that there is so much beauty to be found in this universe, if we look for it." -- Bluesky

LA County Recovers
Mark Gongloff: "AccuWeather: between LA fires, hurricanes & other weather disasters, the US has suffered $693 to $799 billion in total economic damages over the past 12 mos, equaling nearly 3% of GDP. But remember, it's the energy transition that's expensive" - Bluesky

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Krassensteins: "" -- Bluesky

Progressives are frustrated by Biden's final-days warning of billionaire influence : politics
Trying to get over - Lawyers, Guns & Money This kind of thing goes some way towards explaining how someone who was a very good president overall got kicked out of office by the voters in favor of a felonious carnival barker, who is by orders of magnitude the worst person to ever hold that office.

Trump's "memecoin" crypto venture gained billions in value overnight : politics
Trump launches meme coin, $TRUMP rises to $32 billion market cap overnight : politics

'It's not a country I want to live in': Thousands march in Washington before Trump takes office : politics

Therapists say their clients are struggling to come to terms with Donald Trump's return : politics

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Equal Rights Amendment : politics
Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions : politics


Does he fear small crowds?: Trump moves inauguration indoors due to "arctic blast" forecast Trump worried about severe record lows while announcing his inauguration would be held inside the Capitol : politics
Hair Furor 1901: "High winds are forecast for Tuesday. High winds do not augur well for Hair Furor:" - Bluesky
Snowflake Trump: It's Too Cold for Me to Be Sworn In Outside | The inauguration on Monday will now be held in the Capitol Rotunda. : politics
Trump Trolled Over 'True' Reason for Moving Inauguration Inside : politics
MAGAers Mad at Trump for Moving Inauguration Indoors : politics

Yellen: Debt limit will be hit day after Trump's inauguration : politics

Republican Bill to Eliminate Education Department Officially Introduced Days Before Trump Inauguration : politics

Washington DC residents flee ahead of Trump inauguration: 'I can't be here' : politics

Judges allow some Capitol riot defendants to return to DC for Trump's inauguration : politics
Judges sentence January 6 Capitol rioters, fully aware a Trump pardon could spare them : politics

Mark Zuckerberg will cohost a Trump inauguration reception along with Republican billionaires : politics

Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday : politics
Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday : politics ... Just replace "illegal alien" with Jew -- and the speed run through 1930's German history is pretty much complete.

Trump illegal migrant raids to start on day one : politics

Trump reported $267m in 'golf-related' income in 2024. Here's how his political and business interests will intersect in the White House : politics ... Trump spent 307 days golfing during his first term. I'm sure he can greatly exceed that number in the next.

Republican demand DEI out of 'Miltary' and miss typo in visual aid : politics

'Absolutely Clueless': Tammy Duckworth Blasts Pete Hegseth and Senate GOP : politics

Schiff: Bondi was 'terrified'of contradicting Trump in hearing : politics
Trump AG pick Pam Bondi made at least $3 million from Truth Social merger, filings show : politics

Trump DHS Nominee Kristi Noem Touted Her Relationship With South Dakota Tribes. She Was Previously Banned From All 9 of Her State's Reservations : politics

Supreme Court upholds TikTok divestiture law - Lawyers, Guns & Money
George Takei: "Food for thought." -- Bluesky

Dorian: "Were you lied to?" - Bluesky
Undocumented Immigrant Offending Rate Lower Than U.S.-Born Citizen Rate | National Institute of Justice

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fears the threats ahead: 'I don't think the American public understands the breadth' : politics

It's time for Democrats to go low : politics
It's Time to Check Back in, Liberals -- Trump 2.0 Will Be Far, Far Worse : politics
Shove the Presidency Down Trump's Throat : politics

Trump Tariffs Would Mean Higher Per-Gallon Gas Prices for U.S. Midwest, Federal Minister Says : politics

Republicans Want to Punish Divorced People to Fund Tax Cuts : politics - The Bible foretold that people will be confused about Jesus and the antichrist
Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: - Benjamin L. Corey

Improved Medicare for All Can Heal This Sick Country | A system that collects money from patients and employers then profits by withholding the promised care is not a business but a fraudulent, diabolical scam. : politics

Kennedy Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout : politics
RFK Jr's vow to ban syrup sows concern among corn farmers in Trump heartland : politics

'You can't be pro-billionaire and pro-working class': Biden's labor chief on return of Trump : politics

A Great Day For Blogging - Lawyers, Guns & Money I first encountered Curtis Yarvin in the early 2000s, when someone on the chat board I was on then linked to him. Not only was he entirely wrong about his history, but he seemed malicious. Of course, he was going by "Mencius Moldbug" at that time. It decreased my regard for the person who linked to him.
jamelle: "literally the first thing this guy says is a bald faced lie www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m..." -- Bluesky

Giotto: "Yep. Spot on!" -- Bluesky

"We're being weak": CNN staff react to rumblings that network plans to "sideline" Acosta under Trump : politics

Oliver Darcy: "Scoop: Another BIG LOSS for WaPo: Phil Rucker, the newspaper's high-profile national editor, has indicated to people that he is exiting the newspaper, sources tell me. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/philip-ruc..." -- Bluesky

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Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation
As Zuckerberg Goes Around Whining About Biden, He Made Sure To First Get His New Approach Approved By Trump : politics

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist arrested, accused of possession of child sex abuse videos : news


Former state Rep. Amesty charged with theft of COVID funds
Former state Rep. Amesty charged with theft of COVID funds : politics And yes ... she's a republican

"A troubling trend": Experts say Republicans are continuing to undermine democracy in North Carolina : politics

Immigrants drive Nebraska's economy. Trump's mass deportations pledge is a threat : politics

Foreign Travel is Part of the Job - Lawyers, Guns & Money I found myself very frustrated with the discourse over why Karen Bass was in Ghana when the fires hit…

How many transgender athletes are there in the US? Hardly any at all, according to experts : politics

Idaho Republicans Demand Supreme Court Overturn 2015 Marriage Equality Decision. The resolution falsely alleges that same-sex marriages violate residents' religious rights. : politics


David Roberts: "Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o..." - Bluesky



Anonymous: "Andrew Tate has lost his final appeal in court, he is now facing 20 years in prison. Tate is currently under house arrest for child rape. This charge is part of a 2nd case that includes charges for human trafficking, trafficking a minor, influencing statements & money laundering. #OpDeathEaters" - Bluesky


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,801 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Kate Warne ... Warne walked into the office of the private detective Allan Pinkerton. He had placed an ad in newspapers for a detective and she wanted to be hired. We don't know what she was thinking here, but it was certainly unusual for a woman to do this


Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder : news ... New research shows that the mutation is, surprisingly, harmless for decades. But it quietly grows into a larger mutation - until it eventually crosses a threshold, generates toxic proteins, and kills the cells it has expanded in.


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Planet-warming carbon dioxide levels rose more than ever in 2024 : worldnews
US company behind Teflon tries to block EU's forever chemicals ban, claims NGO : worldnews


Japan bank execs take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes : worldnews

S. Korea calls N. Korea's support for Russia big threat at NATO meeting : worldnews

North Korea smuggled nuclear weapons equipment from Spain: Report : worldnews

After cable damage, Taiwan to step up surveillance of flag of convenience ships : worldnews
After cable damage, Taiwan to step up surveillance of flag of convenience ships - Taiwan will step up the surveillance and management of ships carrying flags of convenience, including boarding them, after a Chinese-linked cargo vessel was suspected of damaging an undersea communications cable, the government said.

Trump speaks with China's Xi, says leaders will make world 'more peaceful' : worldnews
China's population falls for a third consecutive year : worldnews



The Real Master of Russia: Who Is He? - Exposing Anti-Cult Terrorism

Russian hackers target WhatsApp in new tactic, Microsoft warns : worldnews

Russia and Iran sign a partnership treaty to deepen their ties in the face of Western sanctions : worldnews

Russian Soldier Jailed for Accidentally Shooting Down Friendly Helicopter : worldnews

Russian oil depot burns for fourth day after two Ukrainian drone strikes on Engels : worldnews

'Shameful' Russia locks up Navalny's lawyers on extremism charges : worldnews

More Than 6,000 Elite Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine – BBC Russian Service : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: Russia's seaborne oil exports decline 9.1% in 2024 amid Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reports. Ukraine has targeted Russia's fossil fuel infrastructure as part of its strategy to undermine a key funding source for Russia's war effort. / X



Raids targeting anti-corruption chief rock Hungary's government : worldnews

Over 1.2 Million Afghan Refugees Deported From Iran In 2024, Says IOM : worldnews


Sudan's Military Has Used Chemical Weapons Twice, U.S. Officials Say : worldnews


Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives, top official acknowledges : worldnews

Syrians in the Golan Heights refuse to leave 'in exchange for peace' with Israel : worldnews


Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal officially signed in Doha : worldnews
Israel's security cabinet recommends approving Gaza ceasefire deal : worldnews

List of 33 Israeli hostages to be released in first stage of deal published : worldnews

KyivPost on X: Russia and Ukraine are reportedly holding secret talks in Qatar, with Moscow demanding Ukraine's neutrality, a smaller military, and no Western weapons on Russian soil. / X
Visegrád 24 on X: "Bloomberg reports that Trump's team is preparing a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to force Russia into negotiations with Ukraine / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1058, Part 1 (Thread #1205) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 17, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - +1670 Troops is in average range & the 19th highest daily loss tied with Dec.04.24

NATO deploys Norwegian F-35 fighters for 1st time during Russian Jan. 15 attack on Ukraine : worldnews

Russian S-400 System Targets a French Atlantique 2 Aircraft Over Baltic Sea : worldnews
Russians tried to jam and "light up" a French military aircraft over the Baltic | УНН : worldnews

Romania Raises F-16s due to drone attack on Ukraine, finds traces of drone impact : worldnews



Starmer urges world leaders to 'double down' on support for Ukraine : worldnews

Raids targeting anti-corruption chief rock Hungary's government : worldnews

Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm : worldnews


Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression | AP News : worldnews

Starmer urges world leaders to 'double down' on support for Ukraine : worldnews
UK anti-corruption minister resigns amid Bangladeshi corruption probe into her family : worldnews
Russian diplomats secretly enter closed area of British Parliament during tour - Guardian : worldnews
UK anti-corruption minister resigns amid Bangladeshi corruption probe into her family - ICIJ - Britain's anti-corruption minister resigned Tuesday following intense media scrutiny over whether she benefited financially from her relationship with her aunt, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as a flurry of reporting about how London properties she lived in were paid for.


Bolivian judge orders arrest of ex-president Evo Morales in sex abuse case : worldnews

Homeless people given free lunch to attend Trump Jr event in Greenland : politics




JFK standing outdoors at his inauguration in 22 degree weather without an overcoat. : pics
Trump's inauguration moving indoors due to weather : politics
Rep. Wiley Nickel: "2009 Obama 28°F 1977 Carter 28°F 1961 Kennedy 22°F It's not about the cold… it's about the small crowd size." - Bluesky
Hair Furor 1901: "High winds are forecast for Tuesday. High winds do not augur well for Hair Furor:" -- Bluesky
'Sucks': Trump supporters visiting DC for inauguration miffed over cold-weather changes : politics
Inaugural Irony : PoliticalHumor

Biden urges troops to 'remember your oath' at Defense Department farewell ceremony : politics

Biden says red states really screwed up in handling their economies during Covid years : politics

Biden shares 'serious concern' for U.S. democracy in Oval Office interview with Lawrence O'Donnell : politics
Biden's Last Message to America Is a Dire Warning - Joe Biden told Americans to beware of the growing oligarchy in their country. : politics
How will the Biden presidency be remembered? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Democratic senator on Biden's farewell plea: 'Now he tells us' : politics

Trump/Putin sock puppet fires head of House Intel - Lawyers, Guns & Money

House Democrats press Merrick Garland to consider an unusual step to release the rest of Jack Smith's report | The attorney general has said he won't make public the part about the classified documents case while the prosecution of Trump's co-defendants continues. : politics
Merrick Garland has one last chance to do something right - Lawyers, Guns & Money - That this is even a question at this point is just flat-out crazy:

Trump and the 25th amendment - Lawyers, Guns & Money . It's whether the GOP is willing to invoke the 25th when he starts publicly demanding executions of political rivals and threatens to invade Scotland if they don't approve a variance for his golf course ... But if Trump completely flips out/goes unmistakably senile, he's going to have to be removed via some other mechanism than the Constitutionally Approved method.

CBS executives consider using frivolous lawsuit as a pretext for giving Donald Trump a massive bribe - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Joe Biden engages in empty gesture after doing nothing regarding issue for the first 99.79% of his administration - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution is "the law of the land," a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect, but that is being celebrated by its backers, who plan to rally today in front of the National Archives ... Biden could have directed the DOJ to actually litigate this issue while he was in control of the federal government. That would have been something. This is nothing. It's less than nothing because a pathetically empty gesture is worse than none at all.

Biden to Commute Sentences of Nearly 2,500 Drug Offenders : politics
Joe Biden commutes 2,500 disproportionately long drug offenses in final presidency days : politics

ICE Warns Republicans' Racist Immigration Bill Is a Total Bust: Not even U.S. immigration officials think the Laken Riley Act is a good idea. : politics

Freezing temperatures are expected during Trump's second inauguration : politics - Hell has frozen over.

Poll shows few Americans are confident Trump will be able to lower the cost of groceries, housing, or healthcare, despite his campaign promises : politics

Should Federal Minimum Wage Be Raised Above $7.25? Trump's Treasury Pick: 'No Sir' : politics

Rep. David Rouzer introduces bill to eliminate Department of Education : politics

Biden cracked down on junk fees and hard-to-cancel memberships. Will Trump bring them back? : politics

Trump's Billionaire Treasury Pick Stresses Importance of Tax Cuts for Billionaires : politics

Trump's EPA Pick Flunks Science Quiz in Confirmation Hearing : politics
Bernie Sanders Takes Shot At Lee Zeldin After Phone Interrupts EPA Nominee's Hearing: 'Sorry That Was The Fossil Fuel Industry' : politics

Wingnut venue shopping - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation's most common method of abortion ruled Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone.

ERA - YES! - Lawyers, Guns & Money - In any case, it opens legal questions into the next administration and a discussion of why white cishet Christian men should be the only ones with rights.

GOP lawmaker says trans bathroom ban must pass to stop lesbians from "getting off" in women's room. The bizarre accusation was that trans lesbians enjoy listening to others "going potty." The bill passed. : politics ... The implication being that lesbians shouldn't be allowed to use the women's restroom because they experience sexual pleasure from bathroom noises.

Man about to be indicted by IRS for massive tax fraud scheme publishes NYT op-ed advocating letting Donald Trump off the hook - Lawyers, Guns & Money Highlights include the allegations that Goldstein, a top SCOTUS litigator and the founder of SCOTUS Blog:

Minnesota voters elected a split state House. Republicans seized power anyway. : politics
Minnesota Democrats ask state Supreme Court to resolve state House power struggle : politics


This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes. : politics
The Fate of This Hurricane-Battered Town Is Now in Trump's Hands - ProPublica Hostility toward the outgoing Democratic president is no surprise in Sulphur, Louisiana, a red town in a red state in a country that has handed the White House and Congress to Republicans

The Media Is Giving Away Its Rights Even Before Trump Tries to Take Them: Recent events have shown that Trump does not have to impose a new regime of censorship if the press censors itself first. : politics
Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny from the Twentieth Century | Scholars Strategy Network


Mark Zuckerberg: How the CEO destroyed the case for Meta's Threads. His emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
Zuckerberg Sucked Up to Trump Adviser Before Changing Meta Rules : politics

Meta Is Laying the Narrative Groundwork for Trump's Mass Deportations : politics

The Miller told Zuck his tale - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Millsaps College fires professor over email blasting Trump. Professor: It's censorship : politics


Indicted Democrat Eric Adams to meet Trump - who could pardon him - in Mar-a-Lago : politics


Updated Missouri state motto: Salus Copuli Suprema lex Esto : AdviceAnimals

Publishers and Influencers Wonder What Could Replace the Power of BookTok : books - Over the past several years, TikTok has dramatically reshaped nearly every aspect of the book business. Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart created store and online displays of books that are trending on TikTok. Booksellers track what's bubbling on the app and stock up on titles that have gone viral.

Lynch - Lawyers, Guns & Money- It's common to say, when a great artist dies, that we won't see their like again. It's usually also true, since all artists are unique both in their own right and as a product of their time and place. But it somehow feels even truer in Lynch's case. That combination of joy and sadness, of a profound love of his craft and a complete lack of self-seriousness, of genuine love of humanity and clear-eyed understanding of its worst excesses, of complete idiosyncrasy that somehow still led to work that millions of people found compelling and empathetic -- I just don't know if we will ever see all those qualities again in a single artist.


Pirate tale unearthed by amateur historian from Warwick


TIL: The "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" was declassified in 2008 and it contains advice on how spies can sabotage the enemy by just being maliciously incompetent. Advice include praising inefficient coworkers, cry and sob frequently at work, asking inane questions in meetings, and spreading gossip. : todayilearned


Eschaton: Fake Contrarianism Pamela Paul is out at the NYT.
Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion Section Paul is admired by some of her colleagues for her willingness to buck liberal-left conventional wisdom.


Bumble's new CEO is already leaving the company as shares fell 54% since killing the signature feature and letting men message first : technology

Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him : technology


How and why did armadillos (and only armadillos) evolve to always have identical quadruplets? : askscience

A 13-year study of tiny penguins in Australia has dispelled the long-held myth that these seabirds mate for life, with the 'divorce rate' nearly 10 times that of the current statistics for US adults | And, not surprisingly, it all comes down to kids. : science

A new study found that men in romantic relationships preferred experiential purchases, such as traveling, movies, and dining out, as opportunities for joint consumption and promoting relational satisfaction. In contrast, women preferred material purchases to enhance a practical image of warmth. : science


What's an assumption about women that most men get wrong? : AskReddit


Day 116 -> State Police Have STILL Not Arrested John Corcoran's Killer - Streetsblog Massachusetts : CambridgeMA

Beautiful Night : boston

The 18 Best Restaurants In Cambridge - Boston - The Infatuation : CambridgeMA




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Jailing children 'a blot' on Australia's global reputation, report claims : worldnews


Detained South Korean President Yoon refuses second day of questioning : worldnews
New Research suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is driven more by perceived socioeconomic status decline rather than objective economic hardship. : science


Taiwan's first lunar mission successfully launched - Focus Taiwan : worldnews

China Pounces on Russia's Fire Sale of Prized Assets : worldnews
China-Russia Trade Hit Record High in 2024 - The Moscow Times : worldnews
Apple loses smartphone sales crown in China, drops to third in 2024 : worldnews



Out of Control: Russia's CPI Inflation Up Again to 9.5% in December : worldnews

KyivPost on X: "Another morning, another fire in Russia. Ukrainian drones hit a gunpowder plant near Tambov -- key supplier of explosives for Putin's war machine. Blasts rocked at least 4 Russian regions overnight. The oil refinery in Voronezh continues to burn. / X

India achieves space docking, becoming 4th country to achieve major milestone : worldnews
India's navy launches submarine, warships to guard against China's presence in Indian Ocean : worldnews

Bangladesh commission proposes dropping secularism, socialism and nationalism from Constitution : worldnews

Nineteen people who drank tainted alcohol in İstanbul have died in the past 48 hours, with dozens more being treated for poisoning, Agence France-Presse reported : worldnews


Russian, Iranian presidents to discuss Syria, Middle East and nuclear programme : worldnews


Netanyahu postpones Gaza ceasefire deal over Hamas 'last minute crisis' : worldnews
Truthout: "Israeli forces killed at least 87 Palestinians, including numerous children, in the hours after officials announced that Israel and Hamas have reached a long-awaited ceasefire deal on Wednesday, according to Gaza authorities." - Bluesky

Hamas leader touts ceasefire as a defeat for Israel while hailing Oct. 7 atrocities : worldnews

Ben-Gvir threatens resignation over proposed hostage deal, calls it 'reckless' : worldnews

Israel admits soldiers used ambulance in raid on refugee camp : worldnews


Trump's Treasury pick Bessent calls for stronger sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war : worldnews
UK pledges support for Ukraine with 'landmark' 100-year deal : worldnews
Russian drone shot down near presidential palace during Starmer's Ukraine visit : worldnews
Zelenskyy: Europe has no chance against Russia without Ukrainian military : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1057, Part 1 (Thread #1204) : worldnews

A new study suggests that Russian attacks on Ukrainian medical facilities in Mariupol are not random but instead may have been the result of intentional targeting. 77% of medical facilities in Mariupol sustained damage during Russia's siege and facility size was not associated with damage. : science

Defense of Ukraine on X: A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. Tecumseh The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to January 16, 2025. X

Worst global growth for 6 years forecast due to tariffs : worldnews
Europe's urban air quality is killing you. Blame gas-guzzling vehicles. : worldnews

Russian Ship Sinking: Spy Ship Yantar Diving on Wreck : worldnews

In 2009, Sweden chose to replace books with computers. 15 years later, it allocates 104 million euros to reverse course : books

Trump has not withdrawn threat against Denmark, says PM Mette Frederiksen after phone call : worldnews


France, Portugal and Greece set to follow Spain's lead in holiday homes war | Countries across Europe have been cracking down on Brits buying second homes - and there are reports that Portugal, France and Greece could be about to follow : worldnews


The Premier if Ontario Doug Ford wearing a 'Canada is not for sale' hat. : pics
'No consequences': Canadian Sikhs allege widespread threats, spying by India : worldnews




Oliver Markus Malloy: "How Putin stole the 2024 election and installed Trump as his puppet dictator." - Bluesky

BNO News: "BREAKING: Debris seen over the Caribbean after SpaceX's Starship explodes during test flight" - Bluesky

Jon Ostrower: "This is what it looks like when you lose a massive spacecraft on its way to orbit right over the Caribbean. Lots of commercial flights turning/holding/diverting to avoid falling debris from SpaceX's Starship." - Bluesky
Statement from President Joe Biden : politics
Biden, in farewell address, warns about dangers of unchecked power in wealthy : politics
Joe Biden warns of "oligarchy" taking over US in farewell speech : politics
Naming Oligarchy as Key Threat, Biden Channels Bernie Sanders in Farewell Address | Sanders responded that the outgoing president was "absolutely right," adding, "This is the defining issue of our time." : politics
Bernie Sanders warns the US is becoming an oligarchy : politics
At least 26 of Trump's appointed officials are worth over $100 million : politics
Biden calls for amending Constitution to say no president should have immunity for crimes committed in office : politics

Tech billionaires expose MAGA's "populism" con job: MAGA populism was always an inch deep - Trump's billionaire-palooza proves it : politics

Judgment in Trump's New York fraud case stands at $502 million ahead of inauguration : politics

House GOP's Budget Hawks Now Want A $4 Trillion Debt Limit Hike : politics

Biden on if Trump will get credit over him for ceasefire deal: 'Is that a joke?' : politics

TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday : technology
Just Jack: "Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?" - Bluesky

Molly Jong-Fast: "I'm sure this is nothing www.news-medical.net/news/2025011..." - Bluesky

Mrs. Betty Bowers: "This says everything about the sad, misogynistic times we are living in: The new Congress is the first Congress to have *fewer* women than the previous one." - Bluesky

Former presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will not attend Trump's inaugural lunch : politics
Pelosi not attending Trump inauguration : politics

Discussion Thread: Confirmation Hearings for January 16th, 2025 : politics

L'Etat C'est Moi: "Did you think you Knew that Hegseth is a vomitous sexual assaulter? It's worse than that." --Bluesky
MelodyKayYoung: "This is why they are so cruel. #maga #TheoBros #ChurchToo" - Bluesky

The Secretary of Defense. : PoliticalHumor

Attorney General Ignorance : PoliticalHumor

Mike Pence Defies Trump, Comes Out Against RFK Jr. for Health Secretary : politics

Trump's Pick to Lead National Intelligence Couldn't Say What the Job Actually Is : politics

AOC Blasts Democrat Defections on GOP Bill to Ban Trans Women and Girls from School Sports - "Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet, and if a little bitty sports bill was gonna make Dems defect, we're not in good shape," said the New York lawmaker. : politics
'We Have Seen a Lot More Hate': Trans People Are Already Terrified : politics


Journalists who found Adrian Dittman's "true identity" are strangely forced to delete posts on X : worldnews
Elon Musk depicted as Donald Trump's 'First Lady' Elonia in bizarre memes | Daily Mail Online

Dave Grohl Spent His Birthday Making Meals for Families Displaced by LA Wildfires : Music

David Lynch's Advice To Vladimir Putin About Ukraine Was Unique - PolitiZoom

Mikey's right where he belongs. : PoliticalHumor



A lawyer says he dropped Meta as a client after what he called a 'descent into toxic masculinity' by Zuckerberg's company : technology
Casey Newton: "It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u..." -- Bluesky


̷A̷̷l̷̷e̷̷x̷: "Every single major American city should have a congestion pricing zone." - Bluesky



Molly Jong-Fast: "On his way to try and get a pardon" - Bluesky


16 year anniversary of the Miracle on the Hudson : pics



Christopher Webb: They obeyed in advance…AGAIN! The Washington Post killed off its "Democracy Dies In Darkness" slogan. New slogan: Riveting Storytelling for All of America - Bluesky - "Storytelling." From the Amazon Post. Got it.

David Folkenflik: "NEWS: More than 400 WashPost journalists - including some of its most distinguished reporters & editors - have sent plea to owner Jeff Bezos to intervene. This petition was sent last night and disclosed by NPR. While not citing CEO Will Lewis by name, it casts a harsh light on his leadership" - Bluesky
'Deeply alarmed': Washington Post staff request meeting with Jeff Bezos : politics
Eschaton: Ah, Well, Nevertheless


Drake sues for defamation over Kendrick Lamar song : news


TIL Linda Chase left her roommate's dead body in the recliner chair where he died for 18 months. She talked to him and watched NASCAR on TV with him. After police performed a welfare check and found the body, Linda's only explanation was that she didn't want to be alone. : todayilearned

Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations after multiple women come forward : books



Eschaton: Brain Geniuses I suspect these kinds of decisions have longer term consequences. You don't want to push people into the habit of online shopping for anything, as it might stick, and turning all pharmacy stores - once generally great collections of 'home and other stuff' to buy - into impenentrable bank vaults likely did that ... And while many drug stores have taken to locking up commonly looted goods, Wentworth admitted, "When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them. We've kind of proven that pretty conclusively." ... It shouldn"t take 15 minutes to buy deodorant.



Nearly two centuries of data show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than US-born citizens, study finds. : science

The partisanship of mayors in the US has no detectable effect on police spending, police employment, crime, or arrests – This conflicts with a common narrative on the right that Democrat-run cities are rampant with crime and characterized by “soft-on-crime" policies. : science

TIL The passenger death rate for passenger vehicles in the US is 17 times greater than that of trains and 50 times greater than that of buses : todayilearned

ELI5: Why mosquitoes don't transmit hiv : explainlikeimfive

TIL life didn't give us lemons, they are not naturally occurring. They are a hybrid fruit from selective breeding of the citron and the bitter orange : todayilearned


TIL the average volume of blood in an erection is close to equal or more than the volume of blood in the brain : todayilearned

FDA Bans Red Dye 3 in Foods, Linking It to Cancer in Rats (Gift Article) : science

Octopus Arms Are Controlled by a Nervous System That's Segmented Like No Other, Scientists Find : science

TIL that platypuses (platypi?) don't have nipples and secrete milk through their abdominal skin. Also there are no known pain relief medication that can treat platypus venom, since the venom affects unknown pain response pathways in humans : todayilearned

Ian Ridpath's Star Tales: Constellation Mythology and History
Ian Ridpath's Star Tales – Obsolete Constellations
Star Tales – Felis


Flight attendants, what's your NSFW story while on the job? : AskReddit

What is the most sfw part of the body that that attracts you the most? : AskReddit


14 Person Dinner in Cambridge/Somerville after Court House Wedding : CambridgeMA





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3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents show : worldnews


'Strongest action possible' - Albanese vows to act if Australian fighting for Ukraine was executed by Russia : worldnews


President Yoon arrested for masterminding martial law plot : worldnews
Events from Seoul - Lawyers, Guns & Money South Koreans doing what needs to be done.
South Korea says North Korea can never be recognized as nuclear power after Trump nominee refers to Pyongyang as one : worldnews



Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia's Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster : worldnews
Putin Would Demand Ukraine Never Join NATO in Any Trump Talks : worldnews

Russia's Hidden War Debt Creates a Looming Credit Crisis : worldnews ... Battles are won by armies, but wars are won by economies
Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: Kennedy's explosive analysis proves Russian economy is bankrupt. Craig exposes hidden defense debt and a credit bubble, aggravated by punitive interest rates and sanctions. It is not an economic fortress Russia but a house of cards. / X

"Front-line reports indicate that some Russian soldiers view their North Korean counterparts as fundamentally subhuman," a source told Daily NK : worldnews
North Korean troops are far from 'cannon fodder,' Ukrainian soldiers say : worldnews


South Africa criticized for 'horrific' mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground : worldnews
60 bodies retrieved from closed South African gold mine after siege : worldnews



Qatar's prime minister credits Biden and Trump for helping secure ceasefire : worldnews


Iran refused to recognize Crimea as Russian in the treaty with the Russian Federation. : worldnews
UN experts alarmed as Iran's Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist : worldnews
Pager-style? Iran claims Israel 'rigged' nuclear centrifuges : worldnews



Blinken Says New Hamas Recruits Have Nearly Replaced War Losses : worldnews
To prevent false claims, Israeli guards to film prisoners during hostage deal releases : worldnews
After 15 months of war, an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal could be days away, according to mediators - The Boston Globe
Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal reached, US source tells Post' : worldnews

A small minority of Israeli hostage families don't want a Gaza deal. : worldnews

Israeli minister makes last-ditch effort to block cease-fire with Hamas - again : worldnews - Ben-Gvir

Ceasefire - Lawyers, Guns & Money



Trump advisers concede Ukraine peace deal is months away : worldnews
Ukraine's military now totals 880,000 soldiers, facing 600,000 Russian troops, Kyiv claims : worldnews
Russia launches large-scale missile attack on Ukraine : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1056, Part 1 (Thread #1203) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 15, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. All categories above 7-day average. +107 UAVs ranks as 10th highest. +204 is a new record for Vehicles. / X

From Aircraft to Trenches: Transfers of Air Force Technicians to Infantry Spark Controversy, Raise Alarm : worldnews


Samuel Bendett on X: "Imagine a UGV towing these to the front: a Ukrainian company has unveiled a turret designed to combat UAVs and FPVs, equipped with a 12.7 mm machine gun and night vision. It uses neural network components for semi-automatic control. The system is controlled using a joystick https://t.co/mQaEYGQGdn" / X


Europe mulls seizing Russia's billions to aid Ukraine : worldnews

Poland's leader accuses Russia of planning acts of sabotage against 'airlines around the world' : worldnews
Russia plotted terror attacks on airlines around the world, Poland's Tusk says : worldnews

Sweden seeks to change constitution to be able to revoke citizenships : worldnews

'Don't allow you to go to the bathroom': big tech's call center workers in Greece on strike : worldnews

German army deserts X as Berlin vs. Elon Musk feud rumbles on : worldnews
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies : worldnews
Germany to shoot down drones near military sites : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: France secretly conducted exercises codenamed 'Perseus' involving special forces deployment in Ukraine to counter a potential Russian breakthrough from Belarus, reports Intelligence Online. French forces were preparing for this scenario as early as late 2024, simulating operations near Kyiv's northern Dnipro river. The training was based on lessons learned from Ukraine's successful defense against Russia's February 2022 advance.

UK and France in talks over sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine : worldnews

Cuba frees 553 prisoners after Biden removes it from state sponsors of terrorism list : worldnews

Fox News Sends Reporter to Find MAGA in Greenland and It Majorly Backfires : politics




𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝: "The kid from Scranton who kicked the ass of the bully from Queens is giving his farewell address tonight." -- Bluesky
BrooklynDad_Defiant!: President Biden, laid it down: - 18 year term limit for SCOTUS - No stock trading for Congress - No immunity for Presidents for crimes they commit in office, because that's bullshit THAT PART! - Bluesky
Biden warns oligarchy and ultra wealthy pose a threat to democracy itself : politics

All of the Names - Lawyers, Guns & Money - Joe Biden has announced the names of the fifth and sixth ships in the Ford (CVN-78) class of supercarriers:

So Clean - SMART Elections Substack In EVERY COUNTY in North Carolina, according to the official election results, Vice President Kamala Harris received fewer votes than the Democratic candidate for Attorney General.

Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration : politics

Harris declines to invite Vance for courtesy visit to vice president's residence before inauguration : politics

Governor Newsom: "Today, I signed an executive order prohibiting greedy land developers from ripping off LA wildfire victims with unsolicited, undervalued offers to buy their destroyed property. Make no mistake - this is a prosecutable crime." -- Bluesky

No, California Didn't Turn Away Fire Trucks From Oregon Over Smog Certification : politics
Tuberville: Californians 'don't deserve' money for wildfires unless they 'change their ways' : politics
Balance of Payments Portal | Rockefeller Institute of Government

Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel : politics
Special Counsel Jack Smith's Final Report Says It All: Voters Saved Trump from Prosecution : politics
The Report on Trump's 2020 Election Subversion Is Damning - "The admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial," Jack Smith's team wrote in the 130-page report : politics

Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds : politics

FBI already in the tank for Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, does not include interviews with Hegseth's ex-wives or the woman who accused him of sexual assault in a California hotel room in 2017, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the contents of the report ... I'm so old I remember when John Tower's nomination for Secretary of Defense got shot down for behavior that was about 10% as egregious as that which Hegseth has provably engaged in. And Tower was actually In The Club, not a Fox News chat show host.

Democrats Say F.B.I. Did Not Interview Critical Witnesses About Pete Hegseth : politics
Pete Hegseth's only qualification for defense secretary is fealty to Trump : politics
Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is the Secretary of Defense We Deserve - The New York Times David Brooks

'You're not qualified,' Duckworth tells Hegseth in confirmation questioning : politics
Christopher Webb: "ICYMI-Highlights from today's Pete Hegseth confirmation hearings. 🔥 SPOILER: Pete Hegseth was gaslighting the entire time, because he knows he isn't qualified or worthy to serve as Defense Secretary." - Bluesky
Mrs. Betty Bowers: "Pete Hegseth honored those who died on 9/11 by showing up to their New York City memorial site in his underwear. Is that the type of decision making we want running the Department of Defense?" - Bluesky
Susan Collins and Joni Ernst refuse to meet with woman who accused Pete Hegseth of raping her - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hoodlum 🇺🇸:“We've eliminated fact-checkers and spell checkers." - The GOP" - Bluesky

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces fierce hearing, with Reed and Democratic women senators leading the opposition - The Boston Globe

The party of evil - Lawyers, Guns & Money Yesterday I was flummoxed by the curious fact that two (or three depending on how you're counting his alcoholism) completely independent and totally sufficient by themselves reasons to sink Pete Hegseth's nomination somehow seemed to cancel each other out, so that none of them counte
Mrs. Betty Bowers: "Pete Hegseth getting all these women to sign nondisclosure agreements means he has a lot of embarrassing skeletons in the closet. Don't think Putin doesn't know what they are. #Blackmail" -- Bluesky

Aaron Rupar: "Elizabeth Warren: "It's safe to assume that when he says he has never disparaged women in the military, he's just trying to see what he can get away with. Because we've got the video, we've got him in print what he has just said as recently as November of 2024."" - Bluesky

Hoodlum : We've eliminated fact-checkers and spell checkers." - The GOP" - Bluesky

RFK Jr. Admits He Didn't Come Clean on Anti-Vax Fortune : politics

Why Mike Johnson's fake "Jefferson prayer" matters: Replacing facts with phony history is a linchpin of the Christian nationalist movement. : politics

Paul Krugman Issues Dire Warning On How 'A Lot' Of Trump Voters Will Be 'Brutally Scammed' : politics

Supreme Court takes up case claiming Obamacare promotes “homosexual behavior". The Texas plaintiffs say requiring workplace insurers to provide PrEP violates their religious beliefs. : politics
How Mike Pence Made Indiana's HIV Outbreak Worse - POLITICO

Should 7 Year Olds Get Time for Lunch? Opinions Differ - Lawyers, Guns & Money

House passes anti-trans bill on party-line vote - Lawyers, Guns & Money - When ugly ads become ugly policy: ... There is no evidence that the NCAA's policies threaten the security of any athletes, just a lot of paranoid assumptions being made by bigots who are mostly contemptuous of women's sports in all other contexts.
Two Democrats vote with Republicans to pass transgender sports ban : politics


Trump Lavishes Praise on John Fetterman After He Bends the Knee : politics


Power to the People - Lawyers, Guns & Money Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to an official involved with the planning of the event. They will have a prominent spot at the ceremony, seated together on the platform with other notable guests including Trump's Cabinet nominees and elected officials.

It Begins - Lawyers, Guns & Money Last week, the Border Patrol conducted raids on farm workers in Bakersfield, California.

Trump's Attorney General-Designate is an election denialist and Constitution denialist - Lawyers, Guns & Money undefined

Casey Newton: "NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi..." - Bluesky
Brendan Nyhan: after the company's own analyses found that these classifiers could reduce the reach of these hoaxes by more than 90 percent, Meta is shutting them off -- Bluesky
Meta boycott: Facebook, Instagram users delete accounts over policy changes Some users are fleeing Meta platforms to alternatives like Bluesky.

Will Oremus: "the crazy part is this means the facebook we've all been experiencing for the past 5 years was the *good* version" -- Bluesky


Congestion pricing is extraordinarily effective public policy - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Luke Plunkett: "it's incredibly funny that they're banging on about security concerns when the actual concern is "chinese cars are kicking our ass", something they can't say out loud" -- Bluesky

Environmental politics, the academy, and air travel - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Texas GOP chair denies church-state separation as lawmakers, pastors prep for 'spiritual battle' : politics

Shannon Watts: "Brittany Watts, who was arrested and charged with 'abuse of a corpse' after miscarrying at home, has filed a suit against the city of Warren, Ohio, accusing her nurses of conspiring with police to fabricate evidence against her." -- Bluesky

Soraya Nadia McDonald: ""OptumRx, the group's pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission." Lina Khan really is That Girl." -- Bluesky


Eschaton: Mister We Could Use A Man Like Andrew Cuomo Again Chozick began writing about Clinton in 2007, while working for The Wall Street Journal.[4] In 2008, she was a member of the traveling press of both Clinton and Barack Obama.[3] That year, Chozick wrote an article in The Wall Street Journal questioning whether Obama was too thin to be elected president, given the average weight of Americans; commentator Timothy Noah wrote that this was a racist dog-whistle that invited white people to focus on his appearance and consequently "dwell on…his dark skin.[5]


NPR: "Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks - unlike previous eras of prehistory." - Bluesky

Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI in plan by global experts New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements




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China is pushing the Philippines 'to the wall' with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says : worldnews
Philippines alarmed after China sends 'monster ship' to disputed shoal : worldnews


Phil Lewis: "SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Yonhap news agency says South Korea's impeached President Yoon has been detained." - Bluesky
Events from Seoul - Lawyers, Guns & Money South Koreans doing what needs to be done.
Impeachment trial of South Korea's Yoon adjourned after he does not attend : worldnews


Russian cargo ship loitering above undersea cables near Taiwan for weeks : worldnews - So chinese ships in european waters and russian in taiwan ? Clever sneaky poos

US probe finds China unfairly dominates shipbuilding, paving way for penalties, sources say : worldnews



NYT: US warns Putin of consequences after uncovering Russian plot to ignite cargo shipments on American flights - Euromaidan Press : worldnews

(((Tendar))) on X: Ukrainian UAVs caused havoc across Russia last night. 1.) The fires in the Engels air base, Saratov region, were almost subsided when drone shot the facility once again ablaze. (Video 1 and 2) 2.) In Kazan, Tatarstan, the „Orgsintez“ chemical plant was struck and is burning. / X
MAKS 24 on X: Massive Internet outage in Russia: even the outage monitoring service is not working. / X

Russia's energy giant is planning to cut 40% of its HQ staff as Moscow's war snatches away its Western customers : worldnews

Over 200 Long-Range Drones Strike Key Russian Targets: Explosives Plants and Fuel Depots Hit : worldnews - NBC quotes Russia's lies repeatedly and the headline makes Ukraine look like war criminals even though they're only hitting military targets
Ukraine targets Russia's industrial plants, ammunition depots in 'massive' strike overnight : worldnews
KyivPost on X: Ukraine just hit Russia's Bryansk with ATACMS missiles. The target was a chemical plant rocked by 30 explosions. Footage shows Russian air defenses scrambling to intercept - but failing. / X

Gazprom Weighs Laying Off 1,600 Managers Amid Wartime Losses : worldnews

KyivPost on X: A high-ranking Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) officer has been shot dead inside Moscow's Ministry of Defense / X

Water Levels in North Aral Sea have been increased by 42% : worldnews


Looting by Assad's henchmen leaves Syrians without cancer drugs : worldnews

Saudi Arabia plans to enrich and sell uranium, energy minister says : worldnews

Azerbaijan foils Iranian plot to kill senior figure in local Jewish community : worldnews



Sirens across central Israel after a missile is fired by Houthis in Yemen : worldnews


Ben-Gvir admits to preventing hostage deal on numerous occasions : worldnews

Gaza ceasefire plan: 1,000 Palestinian detainees to be freed, reports : worldnews

Palestinian official: Three hostages to be released on first day of deal, four next week : worldnews


Zelensky says he discussed idea of Western troops in Ukraine with Macron : worldnews
Zelensky offers to release captured North Korean soldiers in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held in Russia : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: "Zelensky responds to U.S. calls to lower the draft age to 18: Our partners couldn't provide military equipment for the 100 brigades already on the battlefield, the Ukrainian President stated. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1055, Part 1 (Thread #1202) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 14, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Roman Sheremeta on X: Russia produces in three months what all of NATO produces in a year. - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. He added that russia's economy is no larger than the combined economies of the Netherlands and Belgium. Yet, russia produces in three months what NATO does in a year. If he EU does not allocate more funds for defense, Europeans will have to learn russian. / X

NEXTA on X: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have appealed to the European Commission to lower the price cap on Russian oil, Reuters reports. This measure aims to reduce Moscow's revenues as it continues its war in Ukraine. The cap, set by the G7 countries, is currently $60 per barrel. / X

Russian shadow fleet vessel circling Baltic pipeline, says source : worldnews
Ukraine Front Line on X: "Sweden detects signs of damage to another submarine cable in the Baltic Sea/ X
NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region : worldnews

Danish Intelligence: Russia forged letter to spark Trump's Greenland purchase bid - Euromaidan Press : worldnews

Demonstrators deface Italian synagogue during protests over police chase death : worldnews

Pope Reveals He Inherited Big White Box of Corruption and Abuse Scandals : worldnews

Spain plans 100% tax for homes bought by non-EU residents : worldnews

Ireland moves closer to forming a new government after a deal is reached : worldnews

Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top 1.6tn in UK and Europe | PFAS : worldnews


Venezuela restricts French, Italian and Dutch diplomats : worldnews

Win for Milei as inflation for 2024 plummets to 117.8% The 94-point drop from Argentina's annual inflation in 2023 was a major campaign promise : worldnews

Bolivians march four days to protest against economic hardship : worldnews

Musk, Zuckerberg and Trump all target Brazil in disinformation war : worldnews
Brazil joins growing list of countries banning cellphones in schools : worldnews
Brazil says Meta hate speech policy changes do not fit with local law : worldnews - Brazil seems like the only country willing to stand up against these malignant social constructs (Meta, Xitter, etc.). It's both inspiring and terrifying that they seem like the only ones willing to stand up to them at this pivotal moment,

Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners : worldnews

The Most Toxic Substance on Earth – and the Tiny Town Volunteering to Host It | The Walrus



Biden Must Block Trump's Sword of Retribution : politics

Biden to issue executive order to bolster AI infrastructure in the US : politics
Biden's sweeping new AI export controls cover most of the world : worldnews
AI is weaving itself into the fabric of the internet with generative search | MIT Technology Review Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world's knowledge.

Biden Trump-proofs $74bn in climate funding but $20bn remains vulnerable : politics

'Stand With Us Again': 120 Tribal Leaders Urge Biden To Release Leonard Peltier : politics


Republicans say they want to put conditions on wildfire aid to California : politics
Mike Johnson Vows to Hold Aid to California Hostage After Deadly Fires : politics
Mexico and Canada rush to help Los Angeles, despite Trump's threats : politics

In Praise of California - by Paul Krugman - One of the unwritten rules of American politics is that it's OK to sneer at and smear our big cities and the people who live in them, while it's an outrageous act of disrespect to suggest that there's anything wrong with the Heartland. And many people believe the smears; visitors to New York are often shocked to find that one of the safest places in America isn't the hellscape they were told to expect ... But California is nonetheless an economic and technological powerhouse; without it America would be a lot poorer and weaker than it is. (MA wins per-capita)

GOP lawmaker goes to war with Lindsey Graham as SC among 'biggest recipients' of tax funds - Raw Story

Elon Musk Exposed Over Right-Wing Lie on L.A. Fires : politics
Elon Musk Is Expected to Use Office Space in the White House Complex : politics


Michelle Obama Is Skipping Donald Trump's Inauguration : politics


Jack Smith, in final report, says voters saved Trump from being convicted in Jan. 6 case : politics
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case : politics
Justice Dept. sends Congress Jack Smith's report on Trump's effort to overturn 2020 election : politics
Bombshell Jack Smith Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted | Trump has his 2024 election win to thank for avoiding jail, according to Jack Smith's long-awaited report. : politics ... a giant orange worm leading the world to death.
Jack Smith, in final report, says his Jan. 6 case was strong enough to 'sustain a conviction' against Trump : politics
Read Jack Smith's final report on Trump's Jan. 6 case : politics
Trump would have been convicted if not president-elect, says scathing Smith report : politics

Republicans Considering SNAP Benefit Cuts As Part Of Deficit Reduction Plan : politics

Pam Bondi and the Pay-to-Play Justice System: The entire history of the attorney general nominee reveals a comfort with basing prosecutorial discretion on money, power, and proximity to the president. : politics

Discussion Thread: Nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Testifies Before the Senate Armed Services Committee : politics
Sneering Pete Hegseth Immediately Torn Apart in Confirmation Showdown : politics
Hegseth's views on women in combat, infidelity and more -- in his own words : politics
Pete Hegseth's FBI background check does not include interviews with key women from his past : politics
Female Senator Rips Pete Hegseth's Conflicting Statements About Women Military Members In Tense Exchange: 'I Appreciate Your 11th Hour Conversion' : politics
Pete Hegseth says US military bases should restore names of Confederate generals : politics

How Trump Could Devastate Our Top Colleges' Finances : politics


Trump's Team Is Grilling Civil Servants About Who They Voted For : politics

'I will refuse a pardon from felon Trump!': Jan. 6 rioter says she doesn't want record wiped clean after being 'bullied by MAGA' for showing remorse : politics

Maybe It Was Never About the Factory Jobs : politics ... A great deal of evidence from political science suggests that presidential rhetoric has little ability to change public opinion, so the expectation that better speeches would have led to dramatically different outcomes is far-fetched ... It wasn't about the eggs, it wasn't about the jobs, it wasn't about the economy. It was about permission to be an asshole. A racist, dumb, hateful prick. It's a cult.

Marco Rubio Isn't Likely to Last Long as Secretary of State : politics ... His wife said he's not likely to last long at anything ...

John Morgan bashes Ron DeSantis over killing Florida marijuana constitutional amendment : politics
Florida introduces law allowing residents to sue over homeless people on the streets | Citizens can sue local authorities if they do not prohibit people from camping in public places in a state where more than 31,000 were left homeless last year : politics ... So instead of using the money to help the homeless we're going to allow people to sue the government for the same money and then make the homelessness situation even worse?

Republicans Considering SNAP Benefit Cuts As Part Of Deficit Reduction Plan : politics

North Carolina Judge Denies Republicans' Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots : politics

Slew of bills filed in Texas aimed at denying access to abortion pills : politics

Supreme Court rejects Utah, Wyoming claims on federal public lands : politics
Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits : politics


Large SUVs are popular, but they kill pedestrians and people in smaller cars. What will it take for Americans to give them up? | Vox The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.


Eric Feigl-Ding: "Want to know why egg prices are soaring? It's because U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak. USDA data shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of H5N1 bird flu. www.kpax.com/news/nationa... - Bluesky


The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg Changes to the fact-checking regime at Meta make it look like he's caving in to Trump



href="https://www.ft.com/content/4d5ba4d7-609a-409c-b7c7-caf1bf29512d"> Jemima Kelly tries to tap her way to happiness 


The Incredible, World-Altering 'Black Swan' Events That Could Upend Life in 2025 - POLITICO


Nick Covington: "Oh... - Bluesky : Octavia E. Butler, the late-pioneering Black science fiction novelist who wrote about a wildfire from climate change starting on February 1, 2025, in her novel "Parable of the Sower," is buried in an Altadena cemetery.



Nearly Half of Adults Worldwide Hold Antisemitic Views, Survey Finds Antisemitism has surged, especially among the young, as the Holocaust fades from collective memory : politics ... it's from the ADL, who explicitly moved to declare anti-Zionism antisemitism in 2024 in response to the anti-genocide protests on campuses. So yeah, total horseshit as usual.

Conservative political leadership associated with higher premature mortality rates | Researchers found that states with more conservative political metrics tend to experience worse health outcomes, including higher rates of infant mortality, premature deaths, and food insecurity. : science

The High Price of Fertility: Tracking the Global Trade of Human Eggs A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity


What's the craziest thing you've seen with your own eyes that no one believes because you don't have any proof? : AskReddit





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Australia deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap US fact-check operations : worldnews

Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits southern Japan, tsunami advisory issued : worldnews

300 N.K. soldiers killed during fight against Ukraine, with some 2,700 wounded: S. Korea's spy agency : worldnews
Seoul's spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect : worldnews
"Lack of understanding of modern warfare" - Seoul reports 3,000 North Korean casualties in Russia, Kursk Oblast : worldnews
North Korean troops told to choose suicide over capture in Ukraine: Seoul : worldnews

North Korean Troops Suffer 3,000 Casualties Fighting Ukraine : worldnews

Canada and U.S. warships join forces in South China Sea through contested waters : worldnews

Taiwan reports significant rise in suspected Chinese espionage : worldnews

China refuses to accept tankers with Russian oil after new US sanctions : worldnews
NEXTA on X: China has refused to accept three tankers carrying Russian oil following the introduction of new U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg reports. The tankers Olia, Mermar, and Huihai Pacific, which were transporting more than two million barrels of oil, were sanctioned by the U.S. on Friday / X

Kremlin says new US sanctions will destabilize international markets : worldnews
Putin's State TV Floats Splitting Greenland With Trump : worldnews

Jay in Kyiv on X: Crazy .. . Putin has begun secretly forcing Russia's banks to finance the war, to the tune of around $250-400 billion in loans, at suicidal interest rates. This is what all those recent emergency Central Bank meetings were about. Unsustainable. / X

Putin shadow fleet's sanctions-hit tankers "stranded" off China coast : worldnews

Russia is being set aflame by hundreds of arson attacks : worldnews

Russians destroy their own North Korean-made SAM system, claiming it was "Western-made radar" - Euromaidan Press : worldnews


Euromaidan Press on X: Ukrainian strike reportedly destroyed 800,000 tons of jet fuel at Engels airbase in Russia The strike is said to have severely disrupted Russia's air operations, targeting a key supply depot for their air force / X

NOELREPORTS on X: Another freight train derailed overnight in Russia, this time in Buryatia. 22 cars derailed, damaging 250 meters of track and 100 meters of power lines. / X



India to reject oil tankers that were sanctioned by US on Friday : worldnews
NEXTA on X: India, following China, will not accept oil tankers sanctioned by the U.S. over Russia, Bloomberg reports. / X


Taliban do not see women as human beings, Malala Yousafzai says : worldnews

AlexandruC4 on X: "BREAKING: The Syrian Government has decided not to let 3 Russian ships enter the Russian Naval Base in Tartus. / X


Fatah vows not to let Hamas 'replicate its actions' in West Bank, slams Iran : worldnews

Lebanon's president names ICJ judge Nawaf Salam as prime minister : worldnews


The Tennessee Holler: "Almost as if this was Netanyahu's plan all along" -- Bluesky
Gaza ceasefire deal is 'on the brink', says Biden in final foreign policy address : worldnews
Biden and Netanyahu discuss Gaza truce talks as momentum builds : worldnews
Hamas expected to release 33 hostages in first phase of emerging deal, Israeli officials say : worldnews
Israeli officials tell media hostage deal is close, awaiting final Hamas approval : worldnews

IDF admits 'serious offence' after using vehicle marked ambulance in raid in which a grandmother was killed : worldnews


Zelenskiy says he's ready to exchange North Korean soldiers for Ukrainians held in Russia : worldnews
Zelenskyy shows interrogation of North Korean POWs, proposes their exchange – video : worldnews
Zelensky hits out at 'arrogant lies' of Slovakian PM : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1054, Part 1 (Thread #1201) : worldnews
220,000 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine: Report : worldnews

Russian drone strikes on Sumy Oblast spark fire at children's wellness center, 2 injured in attack on bus : worldnews

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Chasiv Yar... or what used to be Chasiv Yar. Russia continues relentlessly leveling it with the ground. Not a single building in Chasiv Yar remains intact. The battle for Chasiv Yar continues. : 24th Mechanized Infantry named after King Danylo / X

NOELREPORTS on X: For the first time since 2022, Ukraine may have a tank advantage over Russia – Forbes. Thanks to drones, Russian tanks are forced to retreat far from the front line, firing from hidden positions. This limits their effectiveness, turning them into makeshift howitzers and / X

Ministry of Defence on X: Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 13 January 2025. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: / X

Russia launches double airstrike on nursing home in Kursk Oblast, military claims : worldnews



Approval of US leadership among NATO members sinks: Gallup : worldnews

European digital regulation comes under attack from Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg : worldnews

Poland identifies Russian group aiming to influence presidential election : worldnews
Ukrainska Pravda in English on X: Today's cover of the Polish Wprost magazine / X
Poland supports Trump call for NATO members to spend 5% of GDP on defence : worldnews

Sweden to test new drone swarm technology, defence minister says : worldnews

Slovak student wearing Ukrainian symbol refuses to shake hands with president – video : worldnews

EU cuts aid to Hungary, Switzerland continues to pay : worldnews


Maduro warns he is preparing with Cuba and Nicaragua to 'take up arms' in the event of an intervention : worldnews


Mexico offers cash to get guns off the streets: $1,200 for an AK-47 rifle and $1,300 for a machine gun : worldnews

Canada's Trudeau urges US consumers to consider the harm of Trump's tariff threats : worldnews





4 Voting Rights Cases SCOTUS May Hear That Could Reshape Elections - Democracy Docket

Biden job gains top Trump and Obama : politics

Medical debt banned from credit reports by new Biden administration rule : politics

Surprise! The media just discovered Bidenomics works. : politics

Newsom concerned Trump will try to withhold California aid : politics
As L.A. wildfires rage, Sen. Schiff says he's concerned Trump will punish blue states : politics
Gov. Gavin Newsom launches website to fight misinformation about California's fires : politics
"There will be strings attached": GOP Sen. says Los Angeles wildfire aid won't be "blank check" : politics
BlueWaveSurfe : - Bluesky
Marjorie Taylor Greene Launches Unhinged Call for Officials to Manipulate the Weather to Stop L.A. Wildfires : politics

Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carter's death : politics

Team Trump Suddenly Backtracks on Key Campaign Promise - Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy made a damning confession on the likelihood of the war ending. : politics

Trump appears desperate to keep Jack Smith's findings under wraps : politics
Judge Aileen Cannon Caves to Merrick Garland on Jack Smith Report | Judge Aileen Cannon finally delivers some bad news to Donald Trump. : politics
Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel's report into Trump and election subversion : politics

Suddenly Donald Trump doesn't want to talk so much about the economy : politics

Donald Trump isn't even in office yet and silly season has already begun : politics
'I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad': The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump : politics

Trump's tariffs will create a hunger games landscape where the little guy is guaranteed to lose : politics

Without Immigration, We Are Nothing - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Elon Musk Is an 'Evil Person,' Steve Bannon Says : politics
Steve Bannon Vows To Oust Elon Musk From Donald Trump's Inner Circle Before The Inauguration: "I made it my personal thing to take this guy down" : politics

Resolute Square: Next week, Senate confirmations begin. We can't get distracted by MAGA's rhetoric about the outgoing administration. We need to focus on preventing the damage done by the upcoming administration. Call or tag your senator to tell them DO NOT CONFIRM Trump's picks. - Bluesky

Group of Experts Says R.F.K. Jr. Would 'Significantly Undermine' Public Health : politics

Flooding the swamp, with wealthy libertarian assholes - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Trump, in short, wants to do to the United States of America what Elon Musk did to Twitter. I would say that this would finally shut down the “Trump will OUTFLANK the Dems from the left" types except that 0% of the weight of the evidence being on their side has never stopped them before.

Democrats Raise Alarm Over Pete Hegseth's FBI Check: 'Cover-Up' : politics
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases : politics

Project 2025's Plan to Dismantle Public Education -- And Screw Over Disabled Kids : politics

Insurrectionists Melt Down After Vance Says Trump Shouldn't Pardon Violent J6ers : politics

Do not support making polio great again - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Florida Voters Sue Gov. DeSantis For Failing to Call Special Elections : politics

Kansas House speaker bans reporters from chamber floor, doesn't say why : politics

Democrats blast 'rock bottom maneuver' to throw out 60,000 ballots in NC Supreme Court race : politics

Why the legacy media suddenly sound like Bernie Sanders | Bernie Sanders was right : politics

Trump Gets Insane Show of Support From Washington Post Editorial Board | The newspaper's editorial board has fully caved to Donald Trump. : politics
Bezos enables Trump's threat to democracy, WashPo columnist says as she quits : politics
Jeff Bezos enables Trump democracy threat: Outgoing Washington Post columnist Rubin says as she quits
When democracy dies in broad daylight : politics
How Hitler Used Democracy to Take Power | TIME

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott calls to raise flags to full staff for the inauguration of Donald Trump, despite the requirement that they be flown at half staff to honor Jimmy Carter. : politics

University of Colorado bars students from campus for protesting violence against Palestinians - Lawyers, Guns & Money


How Conservative husbands explain Joe Rogan to their wives. : PoliticalHumor Joe Rogan. Gwyneth Paltrow for men - Broprah


On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools : politics



Gaiman - Lawyers, Guns & Money I suspect that Abigail will also comment, but the Vulture profile of Neil Gaiman is as gross as you've been led to believe:
The Dark Secrets Behind the Neil Gaiman Abuse Accusations
Ten grim revelations from the shocking Neil Gaiman sexual abuse allegations exposé | Salon.com
More women accuse fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault | The Seattle Times
Neil Gaiman Allegations: 'Sandman' Author Accused of Sexual Assault
Neil Gaiman - Wikipedia



Charles Person, RIP - Lawyers, Guns & Money - He was the youngest of all the Freedom Riders and was involved in the commemoration of those incredible people in that incredible moment. RIP.


The Remarkable Life of Ibelin - Wikipedia

Study suggests best ways to to reconcile after romantic conflict. Active Repair - efforts to enjoy positive time together, express affection, apologize, and forgive. Letting Go - deciding to drop conflict and agreeing to disagree. Listening, humor and warmth also ease the road to reconciliation. : science


What's a Guiness World Record you don't think will ever be broken? : AskReddit

What's an experience that changed your perspective on life? : AskReddit


Boston's Nightlife Ranked 3rd Best In U.S. According To Recent Study : boston




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Institute for the Study of War on X: 2/ N. Korean forces are reportedly deploying large assault groups to combat operations despite frequent Ukrainian drone strikes, which is likely contributing to N. Korea's high casualty rates and will likely affect the lessons that the N. Korean military command will learn." / X


Ukraine says it has hit one of Russia's largest oil refineries in a drone strike : worldnews - Necessity is the mother of invention; and war's the father.
Oil depot in Russia's Engels remains ablaze for fifth day after drone attack : worldnews
NOELREPORTS on X: The strike on the Engels oil depot has reportedly destroyed 3 massive fuel tanks (120,000 cubic meters each) and damaged 6 more, Russian sources claim. Roughly 800,000 tons of fuel have already been lost. The fire is still going on but the governor claims the fire is decreasing / X

Fourth Russian Airline Plane Breaks Down Mid-Flight in 2025 : worldnews

More than 50 Russian shadow fleet vessels belong to Dubai companies - Yle : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: Over 3,000 children from occupied Kherson Oblast taken to remote areas of Russia for "re-education" – Ombudsman This development follows repeated instances of forced deportation of Ukrainian children from occupied territories. / X

MAKS 24 on X: PlasFactor warehouse for storing reconnaissance drones in Rostov region after joint operation carried out by SBU and Navy. / X


Islamic police in Nigeria round up children living on streets to put them in camp "for their rehabilitation" : worldnews


Syrians celebrate a month since Assad's overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus - The Boston Globe


US Declares Genocide in Sudan But Refuses to Acknowledge Genocide in Gaza | One journalist told the secretary of state that all the crimes cited for Sudan are "being committed by Israel in Gaza; the very genocide You have been proudly funding, arming, and covering up." : politics



EU ready to lead in Ukraine support if US steps back, chief diplomat says : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1053, Part 1 (Thread #1200) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 12, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Baltics Count Down the Days to Leaving Russian Energy Grid : worldnews

Sweden to contribute up to 3 warships to reinforced NATO presence in the Baltic : worldnews

ABP sells Tesla shares over labor and compensation concerns : worldnews

Germany's four-day work week proves to be a massive hit : worldnews
Germany quietly cuts funding to two Israeli human rights organizations : worldnews


Boris Johnson brands Vladimir Putin a 'f****** idiot' over alleged imperial ambitions : worldnews
Senior Labour politician questions Elon Musk's 'reluctance' to appear before MPs in parliament : politics
The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer - A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Here -- in a single essay -- is some of what the world just learned.




Biden says he's leaving economy 'stronger than ever' for Americans as his term nears end : politics

Biden administration extends protected status for 937,600 migrants : politics

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics
Cover Story: Archives | The New Yorker

Biden pledges 6 months of wildfire aid despite Trump threats to cut funds to California : politics
Governor Newsom quickly secures Major Disaster Declaration from President Biden for Los Angeles fires : politics
Newsom Urges Trump To Accept Invite To Tour Damage From Wildfires: 'Respect' Our 'Pleas' : politics
The devastation in Los Angeles is stunning. See photos of the wildfires and resilience of area residents - The Boston Globe
16 dead, 16 missing in Los Angeles fires
Here's what we know about the origin of the Palisades Fire - The Washington Post Did New Year's Eve fireworks start the largest Los Angeles fire?
In utterly unsurprising news, Maga blames diversity for the Los Angeles wildfires : politics
Just Jack: "Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House." - Bluesky
Republicans Against Trumpism: "The dumbest member of Congress by far. How the hell did she win her seat by 30%?" - Bluesky
As L.A. Burns in Firestorm, Gov. Newsom Orders Investigation of Hydrant Water Pressure Issues and Reservoir Closure : politics
D. Earl Stephens: "" -- Bluesky
Peter Morley 💙 ♿️: "Anyone who says there wasn't enough water in the reservoirs to fight the California wildfires NEEDS to watch this & help stop misinformation. Can we please get back to uniting as a country when there are catastrophic disasters? Lying only disrupts efforts to help people in need. youtu.be/OsuBmAVqR7I" -- Bluesky
The Right's Wildfire Lies Spread Faster Than the Flames : politics
Republican congressman calls for halting of disaster relief to California : politics
House Republican Threatens To Withhold Disaster Aid From California Amid Deadly Wildfires - Ohio congressman Warren Davidson's "problem" with the state's forest management appears to echo misleading claims in conservative media. : politics

Biden is still considering pardons for people who have been criticized or threatened by Trump : politics

The troubling secrecy around who funded Trump's transition : politics

Trump threat to move federal jobs out of D.C. may cause 'brain drain' - The Washington Post As he returns to the White House, Donald Trump has said he will relocate 100,000 federal workers. He tried this before.

Donald Trump's Imperial Bullying Must Be Nipped In The Bud: 'Countries that cherish democratic values need to take a stand against the president-elect's throwback to unabashed American expansionism : politics
You don't just go and buy a country : Greenland plunged into geopolitical storm : politics
How Trump could declare a national emergency to hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs : politics - only like 1,463 more days of this ... According to the Bible, the Antichrist's reign will last 42 months, or 3.5 years
Why pick a battle over this?: Trump's threats over Panama Canal reopen wounds over 1989 US invasion : politics

'He is peddling stories': Bob Woodward denies Republican's claim he said Biden was corrupt : politics
Jeras Ikehorn : "Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?! -- Bluesky

'Was This Fair?' People Behind Bars React to Trump's Sentencing - The president-elect avoided punishment for his 34 felony convictions, highlighting how the legal system often treats the wealthy and powerful. : politics
Trump's punishment for his crimes? None - At many points, it looked as if he never would be sentenced. That he was sentenced to nothing, then, is itself a small victory : politics

Donald Trump has gone silent on working class cost of living issues : politics
Trump and His Crypto Cronies Have Big Plans. Be Afraid. : politics

Jack Smith resigns from Justice Department after completing trump reports. : politics
Jack Smith, special counsel who oversaw Trump investigations, resigns from Justice Department : politics

Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel's report on Trump Jan. 6 probe : politics
DOJ says judge was 'plainly' wrong to block Trump election interference report : politics

Why the Supreme Court Refused to Bail Out Trump This Time : politics
How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble : politics - Trump owns Alito, Kavanaugh, Thomas, Gorsch, Barrett, and Roberts, and he wants the world to know that he can do whatever he wants
Supreme Court likely to keep TikTok ban : politics

Pete Hegseth Is Unfit To Lead the Pentagon - Pete Hegseth lacks the credibility and experience required to lead a body as massive and as critical as the Department of Defense; his confirmation as secretary of defense would be a major risk to Americans' safety and security. : politics

Republicans will never give up trying to take people's healthcare away - Lawyers, Guns & Money

House Republicans face massive debt problem : politics

Vichy Democrats Take Note: The GOP Is Coming for Everything : politics

Opinion | Editorial Board chart: Which Trump nominees should be confirmed? - Washington Post

Abortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state | New research suggests that states could see huge economic implications. : politics

Steve Marmel: "F*ck you fatty" is quite the take from a senator from a state with a 35% obesity rate." - Bluesky
Mapped: U.S. Obesity Rates, by State

Oklahoma aims to ban all but two cities from providing homeless shelters, homeless outreach : politics - The bill even states that a person who is forced to be homeless due to domestic violence would not be allowed access to a homeless shelter in most of the state of Oklahoma ... Oklahoma Republicans have introduced a bill that would ban any town with a population less than 300,000 from setting up a homeless shelter, even for those who are under threat of domestic violence.

In a bitter fight for the Minnesota Legislature, Democrats have threatened a walkout : politics

Don't the Lives of Women and Girls Matter? : politics

Americans stocking up on foreign goods before Trump tariffs: 'a sense of urgency' : politics

Fake news is driving us apart amid disaster -- but slanted news is slowly drowning our democracy : politics

Biden calls Meta's decision to end fact-checking 'really shameful' : politics
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Board Co-Chair Knifes Him Over MAGA Makeover Michael McConnell, co-chair of Meta's Oversight Board, said in an interview Friday that the move looks like "buckling to political pressure."
Casey Newton: "My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man." - Bluesky
Dannie D : Suckerberg is going to regret this no fact checking -- Bluesky
Zuck's Own Board Co-Chair Knifes Him Over MAGA Makeover : politics

Trump Ally Peter Thiel's Op-Ed Turns Heads for Being 'Beyond Nuts' : politics
Trump Ally Peter Thiel's Op-Ed Turns Heads for Being 'Beyond Nuts' Thiel's piece Friday in the Financial Times looked forward to a time of “truth and reconciliation" in the Trump administration. (the mouth, again)

Trump campaign worker won Elon Musk's $1mn election raffle prize : politics

Big Cuts To Medicaid Reportedly On The Menu For House Republicans : politics

Enabling Trump is a bad look for Fetterman | Pennsylvania's senior senator was elected as a progressive Democrat. His normalization of Donald Trump is the epitome of a sellout. : politics

White Christian nationalists are poised to remake America in their image during Trump's second term, author says : politics

Maybe We Can Be Mothers And Still Feel Free

LGM Film Club, Part 445: It Happens to Us - Lawyers, Guns & Money Amalie Rothschild's 1972 documentary It Happens to Us, which is a series of interviews with women who underwent illegal abortions.


Idiot wind - Lawyers, Guns & Money Amusing/disturbing story (gift link) about a Bob Dylan super fan turned combination Dylan stalker and cabalistic interpreter:


Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer's Story? | The New Yorker


Why Alzheimer's Scientists Are Re-thinking the Amyloid Hypothesis Recent studies implicate the immune system and a herpes virus as potential contributors to development of the disease.

Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It's Time for a Revolution. - The New York Times As many as two billion people suffer from it - including me. Can science finally bring us relief?


Your Computer's Calculator App Stinks. Here Are 4 Better Alternatives.

E-ZPass scam comes to Mass.





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Jeju Air 'black box' data missing from last 4 minutes before crash, South Korea ministry says : worldnews


Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, and meet the spider-men who climb it: a visual explainer - Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is still widely used for scaffolding in construction. It's flexible, strong and cheaper than steel and aluminium
British carrier deployment to 'assert rule of law' to China : worldnews



SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre on X: "The Kremlin has admitted that the May 2024 viral propaganda video "Until the last Ukrainian" was actually produced by propagandists from Russia's RT network. Today, the Prime Minister of Russia, Mishustin awarded the team of Ilya Grachev, Maria Tumar, Vadim Maslov, Gennady / X

Jay in Kyiv on X: Quite a night so far with Ukraine hitting russia in several regions simultaneously. - Novorossiysk -Sevastopol -Kerch -Taman -Kavkaz Port -Voronezh -Kursk -Saratov -Lipetsk -Anapa Sounds like it's mainly petroleum industry targets. / X

MAKS 24 on X: The United States will impose some of the harshest sanctions on the Russian oil industry to date, designating 180 vessels, dozens of traders, two major oil companies and some top Russian oil executives, - Reuters / X


Euromaidan Press on X: "Taliban becomes Russia's top flour buyer Afghanistan, under Taliban rule, became Russia's largest flour importer in 2024, doubling its purchases as Moscow deepened ties with the regime. / X


$50 billion to Syria vanished into thin air: Unrest in Iran grows over economic turmoil - interview : worldnews


Terrorists use West Bank mosques to attack soldiers, IDF reports : worldnews


US Companies Pay Over $1 Billion in Taxes to Russia Amid Ongoing Ukraine War : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1052, Part 1 (Thread #1199) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. roop losses fluctuate consistently in the 1500-1600 range. Most categories are slightly below but close to the 7-day averages. / X

MilitaryNewsU on X: The Armed Forces of Ukraine did not destroy the Russians during the withdrawal from Kherson due to US pressure, - Bob Woodward after communicating with US officials in the book "War" ▪️During the operation to liberate Kherson, US intelligence reported that in the event of heavy losses they could use nuclear weapons; / X



Anton Gerashchenko on X: "The energy systems of the Baltic States will disconnect from Russia's energy system on February 8 and join the energy system of continental Europe. The Chairman of the Board of Latvian Augstsprieguma tīkls, Rolands Irklis, confirmed the Baltics are ready to do so, stating that this is a "logical next step on the road to complete energy independence." / X

Polish general fired after missing anti-tank mines were found in IKEA : worldnews

Russian threat pushes Norway to build bomb shelters for 'worst-case scenario' : worldnews

Jan Lackovic on X: @Maks_NAFO_FELLA Not in my name, massive protests against Fico and his goverment took place across many cities in Slovakia yesterday. Almost 20.000 people in Bratislava with flags stating Slovakia is Europe or We stand with Ukraine / X

Greece to Ban Thousands of Airbnb Accommodations : worldnews

Germany tows Russian shadow fleet tanker carrying 100,000 tonnes of oil – media : worldnews
Protesters chanting 'no to Nazis' block access to AfD party congress : worldnews
More than 60 German universities and research institutions leave X : technology

Italy's Meloni says she doesn't believe Trump is serious about seizing Greenland and Panama Canal : worldnews


Millions of people's 'intimate' location data stolen in major hack : worldnews - More than 10 terabytes of data is thought to have been stolen, with Russian-speaking hackers sharing a sample of the stolen information on a well-known hacking forum.

Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain changes to fact-checking program : worldnews

Gonzalez calls on Venezuelan military to reject Maduro: "I represent the will of millions" worldnews

'We do not want to be Americans' says Greenland's PM as Trump hints at land grab : worldnews




Christopher Webb: "Wow! Councilwoman Traci Parks just painted the bleakest possible picture of the Pacific Palisades. “I don't want to sugarcoat this, and I don't want to make any false promises. The Palisades is a complete disaster zone. Everything is gone."" -- Bluesky
Palisades Fire Expands, Threatens Brentwood / X
Who is Fighting the Fires in California? - Lawyers, Guns & Money
'Essential': nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires | California wildfires : news
Los Angeles wildfires captured by satellite : pics
ELI5: why can't L.A. cloudseed above the fire areas, and make it rain to help with containment? : explainlikeimfive
California Home Miraculously Spared From Fire Due to 'Design Choices' : pics
Trash tycoon reveals how 'miracle' Malibu house survived wildfires when everyone else's burned | Daily Mail Online
TIL in 2017 a couple survived a wildfire in California by jumping into a neighbors pool and staying submerged for 6 hours. They came up for air only when they needed to, using wet t-shirts to shield their faces from falling embers. : todayilearned
A woman submerged her fine china underwater before fleeing California's 2018 wildfires. : pics

TIL that donations of used clothes are NEVER needed during disaster relief according to FEMA. : todayilearned

Climate change blues - Lawyers, Guns & Money
southpaw: "Inside you are six Naomi Wolfs" - Bluesky

Adam Kinzinger: "Hey everyone! The discussion I had with Officers Fanone and Dunn about their thoughts and feelings on the fourth anniversary of Jan 6 attack was so important, that I lifted the paywall. Please take a look, it's very powerful adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/special-ja..." - Bluesky undefined

President-elect Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Here are the rights he is set to lose : politics
Trump is a convicted felon, but he got off scot-free. It's a travesty. : politics

Trump's scot-free sentencing is proof of special treatment throughout trials | President-elect gets unconditional discharge for hush-money conviction - a rare sentence that cements impunity : politics

We've Never Been Here Before: The Zero-Accountability Presidency - The only institutions that will try to hold Trump accountable are powerless, while the only ones with the power to punish him will never do it. : politics

MAGA Has Emotional Meltdown After Trump Is Declared a Felon : politics

A Tale of Two Justice Systems: Only Trump Gets Convicted of 34 Felonies and Receives No Punishment | Public defenders and legal professionals said they never see the leniency offered to Trump given to other defendants. : politics

Donald Trump's promises already forgotten : politics

Oval Office : Sorry Mr President turn over your guns, you aren't allowed to own any guns, also here are the Nuclear Codes : PoliticalHumor

Evading Accountability - Lawyers, Guns & Money The Mississippi Free Press notes that there is nothing new under the sun about Donald Trump evading accountability for his crimes. In fact, it's completely normal in this country, from the president on down ... In fact, white men avoiding accountability is the actual definition of Make America Great Again. All Donald Trump provides is a reflection of this nation's ugliness.

Special counsel Jack Smith resigns : news
southpaw: "Special Counsel Jack Smith has departed the government as of yesterday." - Bluesky

Elon Musk is Lying About Being Good at Video Games : videos
S on X: "@blakeswineford @spaceriker @igb @elonmusk Saved it for the lulz / X

Rudy Giuliani leaving court after being found in contempt. : pics

'There are a lot of bitter people here, I'm one of them': rust belt voters on why they backed Trump again despite his broken promises : politics


Garland catching heat from all sides for Trump decisions: 'Disgraceful legacy' : politics

Soon We Will Know - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Mark Zuckerberg Says Jim Jordan's Investigation of Conservative Censorship Was Like 'What Elon Did on The Twitter Files' : politics

MAGA Zuckerberg - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jay Willis: "I would absolutely read a 5,000-word deep-dive on whatever high-powered PR agency is charging Mark Zuckerberg tens of millions of dollars to shape his public image as a bootlicking scrub" -- Bluesky
Mark Zuckerberg lies about content moderation to Joe Rogan's face : politics
Mark Zuckerberg Orders Removal of Tampons From Men's Bathrooms at Meta Offices : technology
Trump, Zuckerberg meet at Mar-a-Lago : technology ... 21% of American adults were functionally illiterate in 2024.
Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills - APM Research Lab
Meta, Amazon scale back diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration : news

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold TikTok ban : politics
Artists who promote their music on Tiktok, what are your thoughts on the ban? : Music


The Washington Post lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists exit : politics


SEIU Rejoins AFL-CIO - Lawyers, Guns & Money

ELI5: How was the U.S so prosperous in mid 20th century building major infrastructure, and social programs but now is unable too? : explainlikeimfive

How Kansas City is both defined, and held back, by the state line | The Kansas-Missouri border splits Kansas City and divides the metro region more evenly, and sometimes problematically, than any American metro region cut in two by a state line : politics

Scientists crashes Flat Earther's live stream and embarrasses him in front of everybody. : videos

Amazon to shut down 'Try Before You Buy' rival to Stitch Fix : technology

ELI5 Why are photography prints so expensive? : explainlikeimfive

In a new book, Brooke Shields opens up about a non-consensual, intimate surgery : books

Mark Cuban: "This is a great explainer of how Medicare and Medicare Advantage works. www.linkedin.com/posts/ericbr..." -- Bluesky
Eric Bricker, MD on LinkedIn: #medicare #traditional #advantage #partd #supplement #traditionalmedicare… | 119 comments

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,797 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Richard and Mildred Loving.

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review : news
Battle of Blair Mountain - Wikipedia

Serial Killings peaked in the 1980s, since the advent of DNA and Surveillance technology they've declined 95%. What are all the evil people doing now? : AskReddit

'Slenderman stabber' released from mental institution after 7 years. : news



TIL about the Book of Enoch, three non-canonical books of Jewish and Christian scripture that are estimated to date around 300 BCE. It apparently explained the origins of fallen angels, demons, and the Nephilim. It is only considered canon by Haymanot Jews and two Orthodox Tewahedo Churches. : todayilearned


TIL that the sun accounts for 99.8% of the the total mass of our solar system : todayilearned

Standing on Mars, which planet would be the brighest?? Earth, Venus or Jupiter? : askscience

Over 7% of Americans report concerns about addictive sexual behaviors. 11.8% men had worries about addiction vs 3.4% women. Men were more likely to report solitary behaviors, like masturbation and pornography use, as concerns. Religious people were more likely to view masturbation as problematic. : science

Less frequent skin ulcers among patients with Werner syndrome treated with pioglitazone: findings from the Japanese Werner Syndrome Registry : science

ELI5: how does cancer kill you? : explainlikeimfive

Scientists demonstrate in mice how the brain cleanses itself during sleep: during non-REM sleep, the brainstem releases norepinephrine every 50 seconds, causing blood vessels to tighten and create a pulsing pattern. This oscillating blood volume drives the flow of brain fluid that removes toxins : science

People who stutter have lower earnings, experience underemployment and express lower job satisfaction than those who don't stutter, a new study finds. : science

Researchers have discovered that weekly inoculations of the bacteria Mycobacterium vaccae, naturally found in soils, prevent mice from gaining any weight when on a high-fat diet. They say the bacterial injections could form the basis of a "vaccine" against the Western diet. : science

ELI5 why are the snakes in Africa , Australia and India so much more venomous than any in America? : explainlikeimfive



In Australia we say 'it's pissing down' when it's raining very heavily, what do people in other parts of the world say? : AskReddit

What is a psychological trick you know to really fuck with somebody? : AskReddit

What's the most nsfw thing u have seen in your school/college/university/life? : AskReddit

Whats a saying that you've been told that has stuck with you for the rest of your life? : AskReddit ... "I'd probably lose my balls if they weren't in a bag" ...there are problems and there are inconveniences. The better you are at telling the difference and acting accordingly, the better off you'll be

What was a job that you disliked so much that you have decided to avoid doing that job ever again? : AskReddit



ELI5 : what is the difference Between w wireless router and a mifi : explainlikeimfive

Microsoft Warns 400 Million Windows Users-You Need A New PC : technology




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2024 was the first year Earth passed 1.5C of global warming, the limit set by the Paris Agreement. Last year was the world's hottest since records began : worldnews
2024 was the first year above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say : worldnews
Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency : worldnews
Robert Reich: "57 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits. The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet." - Bluesky
Ocean temperatures in 2024 reached record highs, signalling escalating global warming, with severe consequences for weather, ecosystems, and vulnerable communities. : science
1.2-million-year-old ice pulled up from under Antarctica : worldnews
World's richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days | Greenhouse gas emissions : worldnews
Geopolitical Uncertainties Cloud World Economic Prospects : worldnews


'Enough is enough': Swastikas sprayed on walls of Sydney synagogue : worldnews


South Korea's security service chief opposes detention of president : worldnews


China Suddenly Building Fleet Of Special Barges Suitable For Taiwan Landings : worldnews
Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government : worldnews



Kremlin welcomes the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Putin : worldnews

Greyskull on X: More than 15 explosions heard in Rostov Region. Preliminary, a hit at a factory was reported / X
🪖MilitaryNewsU on X Joint operation of the Security Service of 🇺🇦Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy: a warehouse storing Russian reconnaissance drones was attacked in the Rostov region On the night of January 10, SBU drones and a Neptune missile fired at a warehouse storing ammunition and and reconnaissance drones near the village of Chaltyr in the Rostov region. / X

Ukrainian drones reportedly hit industrial site near St. Petersburg in attack on multiple Russian oblasts : worldnews

Euromaidan Press on X: Russia will lose approximately $6.5 billion in annual revenue from European gas sales after Ukraine's gas transit ban. The White House official John Kirby called this decision one of Moscow's “most expensive defeats / X

MAKS 24 on X: The United States will impose some of the harshest sanctions on the Russian oil industry to date, designating 180 vessels, dozens of traders, two major oil companies and some top Russian oil executives, - Reuters / X



Taliban calls India a significant regional partner after officials meet : worldnews

Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics announces plans to incorporate illegal and hidden activities, such as prostitution and drug peddling, into the calculation of Nigeria's GDP : worldnews


Don't hide behind America': Turkey angered by possible French presence on Syrian border : worldnews

China concerned by reports of Uygur militants given senior roles in Syrian army : worldnews
Damascus cancels Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu's delegation visit abruptly : worldnews
Syria reportedly blocks evacuation of Russian military equipment from naval base : worldnews
Alawites and Christians Killed in Syria by Sunni Islamists and Criminals : worldnews



'Joint US-Israeli airstrikes' pound Yemen, reports say : worldnews


Almost 3% of population in Gaza was killed by traumatic injury in 9-month period, finds study. Over 64,000 people, 60% of whom were children, older people, and women, were killed by traumatic injury from 7 October 2023 to 30 June 2024. This death rate is 14 times previous death rate from all causes. : science

Israeli military confirms hostage killed alongside father in gaza : worldnews
Israeli army confirms to find body of Gaza hostage Hamzah Al Zayadni : worldnews


Ukraine war briefing: Trump sympathises with Russian stance against Ukraine joining Nato : worldnews
Biden administration gives $500m to Ukraine in final military aid package. : worldnews
Ukraine receives first 3 bln euro tranche of G7 loan from EU : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1051, Part 1 (Thread #1198) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 10, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - +1830 Troops is the 8th highest daily loss and 7-day average rises to 1669. AFVs are above average, other categories are below (mostly due to very high losses in the past week).

Oliver Alexander on X: We have now reached the point where Russians are putting anti-drone FPV cages on FPV drones in an attempt to stop Ukrainian AD FPV drones taking them out. / X



Iceland Moves Closer to EU Membership as Support for Joining Grows : worldnews

NATO takes control from US of air defenses in Poland crucial to supporting Ukraine days before Trump takes office : worldnews
Natasha Bertrand on X: New: NATO has taken over air defenses in Poland from the US just days before Trump's inauguration, as questions loom about the incoming administration's approach to the alliance and to Ukraine. The move is aimed at safeguarding Polish logistics nodes / X
Police investigate incitement of hatred against Polish charity chief after death threats : worldnews

Daractenus on X: The acquisition of a major Romanian gas and electricity provider by a Hungarian state owned company (MVM) is now under review and likely to get blocked by the Romanian government on security grounds, due to the Hungarian company's ties with Russia. / X

Dutch goverment is being advised to ban social media. : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: Scholz blocks a €3 billion military aid package for Ukraine, reports Der Spiegel. The package, backed by Baerbock and Pistorius, includes IRIS-T, Patriot systems, howitzers, and ammunition but was vetoed by Scholz over voter concerns ahead of Germany's elections. / X
German Universities, Goethe Frankfurt Exit X : worldnews

The Best Of The Louvre, On A Single Canvas : NPR

UK Homeland Security officials monitor Elon Musk's posts : worldnews

Brazil says Meta getting rid of factcheckers is 'bad for democracy' : worldnews

US announces $25m reward for arrest of Venezuela's President Maduro : worldnews
Venezuela's Maduro is sworn into office with no proof of his victory : worldnews

Denmark plans new ships, dog sled patrols in Greenland as Trump seeks control : worldnews

US orange juice and steel will be on Canada's list for retaliation if Trump imposes tariffs : worldnews
Amid tense political backdrop, Canadian warship gets friendly message from Chinese vessel tracking its movements : worldnews
Russian-Montrealer sentenced in U.S. for illegal electronics exports to help Putin's war : worldnews
Two women arrested in Toronto after allegedly trying to smuggle $175K worth of cannabis on flights to U.K. : worldnews




TIL Ireland's 1958 UN resolution, once called "dangerous" by the US, became the blueprint for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and helped avert nuclear war through "Pax Atomica" ... Actual headline: Initially State Department Saw Resolution as "Dangerous," But Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Saw It As a "Real Bell Ringer in International Politics" : todayilearned

Biden distributes $5B in last infrastructure push : politics
U.S. adds 256,000 jobs, as Biden leaves Trump with sturdy labor market : politics
Phil Lewis: "More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence" - Bluesky

The perils of presidentialism, convicted felon edition - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Even with the benefit of hindsight, I'm still kind of shocked, to the extent that's even possible any more in this surreal dumpster fire of a political culture, that Trump being convicted of structuring phony financial transactions to cover up his having unprotected sex with a porn star a couple of months after his latest wife had a baby, in order to deceive the public into voting for him in 2016, apparently had zero negative effect on his election chances in 2024, and for all anybody can tell may have actually helped him at the margin.
Red-Brown Donald the Dove Dreams Never Die - Lawyers, Guns & Money I suppose we will never be sure that we have reached peak Quincy Institute self-parody, but this is surely a contender:

Trump backtracks on pledge to end Ukraine war within day : worldnews

New LA-area fire prompts more evacuations while over 10,000 structures lost to the 2 biggest blazes - Fires in LA: Firefighters continue to battle as winds calm
A satellite image shows the Eaton wildfire has set nearly every building in western Altadena on fire [x-post] : WTF
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: "It is entirely logical to be furious at the fossil fuel industry, whose decades-long campaign of corrupting politicians, crafting fake science, sowing false doubt, and lying at an industrial scale has brought us to this moment. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o..." - Bluesky
Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Fled L.A. Fearing Wildfires. His Old Neighborhood Is Now a Hellscape | Democracy Now!
Fire around Los Angeles yesterday. : pics
Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and Eugene Levy among celebrities to lose homes in California fires | California wildfires | The Guardian
Los Angeles Fires / X
Firefighting aircraft collides with drone over Palisades Fire : news
Stand in the fire - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Newsmax host on LA wildfires: "This is actually the opposite of climate change. This is the climate staying the same." | Media Matters for America
LA Mayor Karen Bass faces leadership test over wildfire response
LA fires: Families in shock begin to visit their charred homes
Keith Boykin: "CNN interviewed more than a dozen experts, and they said that no fire hydrants would have been able to stop the LA wildfires with the high winds. “I don't know a water system in the world that is that prepared for this type of event," said one expert." - Bluesky

MAGA Leaders Use L.A. Fires to Push More Flaming 'Bulls**t' | From DEI to sending money to Ukraine, Republicans are weaponizing the fires to stoke division. : politics
Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy : politics
Column: Trump shoots his mouth off as L.A. burns. His claims about fire hydrants don't hold water : politics

Los Angeles is burning, and accelerating hydroclimate whiplash is the key climate connection, according to a paper published today in Nature Reviews. : science

Trump's hush money sentence ensures a convicted felon is going to the White House : politics

And our idiotic media continues to take the bait : AdviceAnimals

Not shocked : PoliticalHumor

Appeals court allows special counsel's report about Trump's election interference case to be released to the public : politics

Raskin asks Alito to recuse himself from Trump case after phone call between the two : politics
Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling : politics
Megathread: President-Elect Trump Sentenced in New York Fraud Felony Case to "Unconditional Discharge", Will Not Be Incarcerated : politics
Trump sentenced in felony "hush money" case, released with no restrictions : news
Trump being sentenced is a small but important win for the rule of law : politics
Troll level of The Carter Center = : PoliticalHumor
Jon Cooper: "One of these things is not like the others." - Bluesky

Saudi owned LIV Golf Tour booked Trump Doral for their April tournament. Deal terms were undisclosed : pics


Matt Gaetz Report Is Out And It's Bad (ft. Liz Dye) : videos

Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp. must face 2020 election defamation lawsuit, appeals court rules : politics

Trump shows how not to be a gentleman staying dry under the umbrella while Melania walks in rain : pics

GOP introduces bill to let people sue trans folks for using the bathroom. The bill was introduced by a woman who said she'd rather have a dead child than a trans one. : politics

Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors : politics
Elon Musk Suddenly Backtracks on His Biggest DOGE Promise - Musk is finally admitting the Department of Government Efficiency is going to be a total bust. : politics
Pekka Kallioniemi on X: In today's Vatnik Soup, I'll discuss the absolute state of X in January 2025. Since its acquisition by Elon Musk, this platform has rapidly transformed into his personal political tool and a breeding ground for hate speech and disinformation. 1/22 / X


Military doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing dozens of soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord : news ... Kind of fucked up that it took 41 victims before they charged him.


Anita Bryant - Lawyers, Guns & Money Anita Bryant is dead, a couple of weeks as it turns out, but this was just announced. This terrible person used her fame to oppress others, the worst thing one can do with fame. She was a master of using hate inside of a Christian framework to attack gay rights, spread fear, and basically make the world worse for her living in ... In 2021, Bryant's granddaughter married another woman. And that's the best place to end this obituary.

The Greatest Scam in History - Lawyers, Guns & Money I was reading the obituary for Carole Wilbourn, cat psychologist, and I thought, what a brilliant scam.

Fox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim : politics


'It's Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now': Employees Protest Zuckerberg's Anti LGBTQ Changes. Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company. : technology
Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy : politics
Zuckerberg approved Meta's use of 'pirated' books to train AI models, authors claim. : worldnews
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes. Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed. : technology
Exclusive: Meta kills DEI programs : technology
Dell Cameron: "mark zuckerberg's entire adult life has been a revenge tour against women" - Bluesky
Lobstah Grl слава україні: "bsky.app/profile/lobs..." - wait, the guy who created a website to rate the attractiveness of his women classmates at Harvard without their consent is a douchebag?? really. - Bluesky

Zuckerberg wore a $900k watch while announcing Meta's end to fact checking : pics - To put it in perspective, if Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth around $100 billion, then one million dollars is 0.001% of his net worth. For an average American with a net worth of $120,000, the equivalent would be about $1.20
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking : technology


Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and singer, dead at 84 : news


Democrats have become the party of war. Americans are tired of it | US foreign policy | The Guardian In defending the militarist status quo, Democrats ceded the anti-war lane to Republicans. As they enter the political wilderness, it's time to reckon with what they got so wrong ... Like Clinton, Harris this year seemed far more interested in boasting about the US's "lethal" military and campaigning alongside the torture advocate Liz Cheney (while also touting the endorsement of her father, the "war on terror" architect Dick Cheney) than in articulating a vision of peace and stability ... Fifteen months and counting of support for Israel's horrific assault on Gaza has violated virtually every international norm on the protections of civilians in war and left America's moral credibility in tatters

Opening the DNC's Black Box - The American Prospect Why we're publishing a previously undisclosed list of all 448 members of the Democratic National Committee

know someone in passing who worked for the Southern Poverty Law Center for quite some time. Their verdict is that the SPLC is an incredibly toxic workplace, filled with awful management. Well, this is not exactly going to change anyone's mind on this and workers are fighting back ... Whatever their mission, the SPLC is an absolutely horrible organization right now. I would not donate to them.


TikTok ban: 4 takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments
Charlotte Clymer: "I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill." - Bluesky

TIL James Cameron voluntarily gave up his points (a percentage of the film's income) and salary for Titanic when its budget exceeded his original estimation to the studio (it went from $100-120m to $200m). He didn't want the studio execs to think he had lied to them in order to get the movie made. : todayilearned

How Do New Yorkers Really Feel About Congestion Pricing? Josh Johnson Investigates | The Daily Show : television

Jay-Z's Alleged Son Passionately Pleads With The Rapper To Take A Paternity Test : Music

Pizzagate gunman fatally shot by NC police in traffic stop | Charlotte Observer

What scandals should NOT have been forgotten? : AskReddit


Bird at Niagara Falls : pics

TIL Guinness World Records shifted from book sales to monetizing record-breaking attempts as book revenues declined in the 2000s. They charge up to $500,000 to help corporations and individuals create or break records, turning publicity stunts and partnerships into a lucrative business model. : todayilearned


TIL The Egyptian god Thoth was created when Set "accidentally swallowed" Horus's semen during a struggle, according to an ancient manuscript. : todayilearned


Age-adjusted mortality rates and public health discourse - Lawyers, Guns & Money the media age of the US population was 28 in 1970, but right now it's currently 39 ... Given the prevalence of maleness in the general population, the absence of attention to the masculinity epidemic is rather striking.*

ELI5: why neutering a cat/dog gives them health benefit and longer life but even a relatively small drop in testosterone production in human damages our health? : explainlikeimfive

A nine-year study of about 10,000 women found no significant link between diet type (plant-based or omnivore) and depressive symptoms. However, diet quality (fresh versus processed foods) had a correlation, with higher-quality diets reducing depressive symptoms : science

Construction materials such as concrete have the potential to store billions of tons of carbon dioxide away from the atmosphere, according to a new study : science

Heterosexual and homosexual individuals value altruism equally in potential mates - altruistic behavior is universally attractive, with no significant differences between heterosexual and homosexual participants. Women regardless of sexual orientation rated altruistic traits more highly than men. : science

World's First Blood Test For Endometriosis Step Closer Following Trial Success : science

Electrifying your workout can boost muscles mass, strength, study finds | Meta-analysis finds combining electrical muscle stimulation with resistance training increases strength, muscle mass : science

ELI5: Why don't chip manufacturers just make their chips bigger? : explainlikeimfive

Standing on Mars, which planet would be the brighest?? Earth, Venus or Jupiter? : askscience

Cold-water immersion found to boost cognitive function and reduce sleep disturbances - immersing participants in 10 C water for 10 minutes, three times a week over four weeks, improved certain aspects of cognitive function and sleep quality. : science

People with aphantasia still activate their visual cortex when trying to conjure an image in their mind's eye, but the images produced are too weak or distorted to become conscious to the individual : science

Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body against infections | Study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infections - and it may be altered by changing your diet. : science

A new study examining the use of high-cost drugs among patients with colorectal cancer and non-small cell lung cancer found those insured through Medicare Advantage received less expensive cancer drugs compared to others on Traditional Medicare. : science

A new study, which is the largest of its kind, has found that misogyny not only perpetuates gender inequality but is also linked to a range of negative outcomes, including reduced economic productivity, anti-democratic views, increased violence, and lower healthy lifespan for both genders. : science

Making healthy lifestyle changes could help people seeking treatment for chronic lower back pain, finds study of people with back pain who also had at least one lifestyle risk that could be influencing their back pain such as poor diet, inactivity, overweight or smoking. : science
The McGill Big 3 For Core Stability – Squat University


What stop you from killing yourself? : AskReddit

Could the bipedal dinosaurs have hopped around like the modern day kangaroos? : askscience



What has been your biggest high after a big low? : AskReddit

How did you notice that you were getting old? : AskReddit

What Have You Seen In the Woods You Never Expected? : AskReddit

What is the thing that you ever regret doing? : AskReddit

What is your very first memory? : AskReddit

What subreddit is your biggest guilty pleasure? : AskReddit

What makes you want to quit reddit? : AskReddit

What is the most awesome feeling you have ever experienced ? : AskReddit

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Why is Melatonin so spotty : SleepTight
Anybody use any supplements other than Melatonin to help with sleep? : SleepTight


Former priest who was critic of Cardinal Law accused of sexually assaulting Brandeis undergrad in 2014




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Early man ate carbs and processed food 780,000 years ago, northern Israel site shows : worldnews
Swiss scientists discover unusual zones in Earth's mantle : worldnews
41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI : worldnews


Mysterious 18.7 Miles Sea Fence Appears Off Indonesia's Tangerang Coast : worldnews

Japan urges U.S. military to make changes to stop rapes in Okinawa : worldnews
Japanese yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar : worldnews
Japan Faces Prolonged Cyber-Attacks Linked to China's MirrorFace : worldnews

Yoon willing to accept court's ruling on impeachment, lawyers say : worldnews

North Korea learning from fighting with Russia against Ukraine, US warns : worldnews

Taiwanese Components Used in Russian Glide Bombs Are Chinese Forgeries : worldnews

China discovers cluster of new mpox strain : worldnews
Beijing says it's willing to deepen economic ties with Canada as Trump brings trade chaos : worldnews



Russia's Kremlin says it's watching Trump's pursuit of Greenland closely : worldnews

Greyskull on X: "heavy smoke is visible over the Nizhny Novgorod hydroelectric power station. Nizhny Novogorod is about 300km east of Moscow. The station produces 1510 GWh of power annually / X

The Ukrainian Review on X: The EU recommends that airlines avoid flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg until July 31, 2025 due to security risks. ❗️The reason is the threat of attacks on civilian aircraft due to poor coordination between the Russians and civil aviation, as well as the risk of Russian air defenses being activated in response to Ukrainian missile and drone launches. / X


Transnistria Says It Has Less Than a Month of Gas Left : worldnews



Canadian man carrying crocodile skull arrested at Delhi airport : worldnews

Pakistani Taliban abducts 14 Pakistani Nuclear Scientists, releases video of them seeking for help : worldnews
Russian Intelligence Paid Taliban Fighters Up to $200,000 Per Attack on US Forces, Investigation Finds : worldnews


A top Iranian general said Russia was actually bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels : worldnews
Iran says Swiss national held on espionage charges kills himself in prison : worldnews

US-backed army chief elected Lebanon's president, ending years-long stalemate : worldnews


UNRWA 'knowingly' let Hamas infiltrate, per UN Watch report : worldnews


Biden set to push new Russia sanctions before Trump era begins : worldnews
EU ready to take lead on Ukraine if US no longer willing, says Kallas : worldnews
NATO membership is Ukraine's best security guarantee, Finland's FM tells Reuters : worldnews
Ukraine Allies to Hold Last Defence Meet Before Trump Takes Office : worldnews
🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X ️Trump will continue to support Ukraine. He is obsessed with looking strong, - FT. His team is reviewing the approach to ending the war, but there is no plan yet. Trump is afraid of comparisons with the "catastrophic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan" under Biden. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1050, Part 1 (Thread #1197) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X

Ukraine takes another bite out of Russia as Moscow grinds on in Donetsk : worldnews


MAKS 24 on X: Far from saving money on US weapons that are being provided to Ukraine, a Russian victory in the war would require a surge in Pentagon spending of $808 billion through 2029, according to analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, - Bloomberg ❗️That amount would alter h the Defense Department's current five-year plan through 2029 to $5.2 trillion from $4.4 trillion, or about $165 billion more annually than planned for those years. That plan focuses heavily on Asia./ X



Finland refuses Eagle S permission to operate, citing major safety` issues : worldnews

Let Netanyahu attend Auschwitz memorial event, Poland's president urges government : worldnews
Poland confirms it will not arrest Netanyahu on ICC warrant if he attends Auschwitz anniversary : worldnews
Intermarium 24 on X: After 52 years of uninterrupted work - Poland has made the final decision to close the Last Polish Consulate in St. Petersburg ( Russia ) / X




Toxic powder injures Belgium PM's office member at government building : worldnews
Two schools in Brussels refuse to take part in Holocaust remembrance ceremony because of the war in Gaza - EJP : worldnews

Founder of chat site used by Gisele Pelicot's husband arrested : worldnews

Pound falls further as borrowing costs soar : worldnews
Elon Musk discussing ways to oust British prime minister : politics
Musk discussed ways to oust British PM Starmer before next election, FT reports : worldnews


Uruguay's iconic ex-President Jose Mujica says his cancer has spread and that he's dying : worldnews

Maduro's Nemesis Joins Protests Denouncing His Win in Venezuela : worldnews
Venezuela opposition leader Machado 'violently intercepted' leaving march : worldnews
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado 'kidnapped', allies say | Venezuela : worldnews

Why is Trump so interested in Greenland? : politics
The Greenland Gambit - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald Trump Jr.'s Ridiculous Greenland Trip Just Took a Dark Turn | It appears the whole thing was staged. : politics

'No Exceptions' For Commercial US Ships Passing Through The Panama Canal, Canal Authorities Says In Response To Trump: 'This will violate the neutrality treaty, international law and it will lead to chaos' : politics

No longer a joke: Ministers say Trump's threats to absorb Canada need to be taken seriously : politics
Canadians Prepared to Go to War Against America to Defend Independence from Trump: Just Say When : politics
Canada lawmaker suggests letting 3 US states join, get free health care : politics




Blinken: Greenland invasion is 'not going to happen' : politics
EU leaders tell Donald Trump to keep hands off Greenland : politics

Gee, I Wonder Why Trump Is So Interested in Panama : politics ... It may sound cynical, but I suspect that the once and future president might have an ax to grind against Panama itself. In fact, I suspect that we may all well be deafened by the sound of 1000 axes, grinding, over the next four years.

Record 24 million enroll in Affordable Care Act health insurance as Biden's term ends, White House says : politics

How Jimmy Carter's so-called betrayal of evangelicals led to MAGA: Evangelicals loved Jimmy Carter - until his anti-racism turned them against him : politics - The lies about Carter and the IRS had traction with white evangelicals because they touched on a larger truth: he was opposed to racial segregation and white supremacy.

Trump Escaped Consequences. Now He's Running From the Truth : politics

Trump is reportedly considering declaring a national economic emergency to make his tariffs happen : politics

All five living US presidents pictured together at funeral of Jimmy Carter | US News | Sky News President Joe Biden appeared alongside president-elect Donald Trump and other former presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton at Jimmy Carter's funeral on Thursday.
A cozy little club - Lawyers, Guns & Money - FWIW, which is next to nothing since he declined to endorse Harris, Dubya pointedly refused to shake Trump'`OBs hand.

Photos and videos: California wildfire flames, smoke cause residents to flee
California is burning. Trump's response was wildly inaccurate and unhelpful. : politics
Trump lied about S. California Fires : politics
LA Gave More Money to Cops While Cutting Fire Budgets. Now It's Burning. : politics
Trump's Attack on Government Capacity Will Fan the Flames of the Home Insurance Crisis: The U.S. Forest Service is already underfunded and understaffed. Slashing its resources further is likely to unleash more severe wildfires. : politics
Trump Blames Biden for L.A. Wildfires in All-Caps Tirade : politics
Trump Cares More About Starting Fights Than Fire Victims : politics
'Can't Even Respond': Gavin Newsom Reacts To Trump's Los Angeles Wildfires Attack : politics
Noted Environmental Experts Donald Trump and Elon Musk Know What Caused The Fires: Democrats!! : politics

Elon Musk says DOGE probably won't find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts : politics
Elon Musk's Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight : politics

Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and his son Hunter gets 6 years in prison : politics
FBI source behind fake Hunter Biden bribery claim jailed for 6 years : politics

Trump and Justice Alito spoke just hours before urging Supreme Court to block hush money sentencing : politics
Justice Alito confirms call with Donald Trump as Supreme Court mulls appeal : politics

Republican asks Supreme Court to condemn & overturn same-sex marriage. Democrats called it "yet another example" of GOP extremists "ginning up divisive social issues in order to create problems where none exist." : politics

Fox News Insider Leaked Town Hall Questions to Trump's Team: Book : politics
Report: Fox News Helped Trump Cheat Before a Pivotal Town Hall | According to an upcoming book, Trump was given advance access to questions before a Fox News town hall in March. : politics

Trump previews 100 executive orders, including immigration crackdown : politics - So almost half the total EOs issued by Obama in 8 years done in 1 day. Dictator comes to mind ... And of course he attacked Obama for using executive orders


Garland to release Smith's Jan. 6 report, hold back Mar-a-Lago report : politics

New York Court of Appeals, The Highest Court In The State, Denies Trump's Bid To Halt Friday's Hush Money Sentencing : politics


Hayes: The trans population is far smaller than the right would have you believe : politics
Florida Cancels Trans Activist's Driving License Over Gender Change : politics


More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary : politics
RFK Jr, child killer - Lawyers, Guns & Money - A useful reminder that that no Democratic senator should entertain the idea of voting to confirm RFK Jr. for a single second: a menace whose confirmation would be a public health disaster.
Hawaii Gov: RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Misinformation Left Dozens Of Kids Dead In Samoa : politics
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May Have Committed Voter Fraud : politics
Robert F Kennedy Jr accused of voter fraud over New York ballot | Robert F Kennedy Jr : politics

Mike Johnson Quietly Implements Nancy Mace's House Bathroom Ban : politics


"Inexcusable": Khanna Explains How Democrats Failed to Trump-Proof Labor Board : politics

Nancy Pelosi's Stock Portfolio Explodes in Value, Beats Market by Nearly 200% : politics

Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview : politics

Trump says Mark Zuckerberg is 'probably' responding to his previous threats by changing Meta's direction : politics
Which Party Benefits From Zuckerberg's Move? The One That Lies a Lot. : politics

The Washington Post lays off roughly 100 staffers as star journalists exit : politics


Idaho resolution pushes to restore 'natural definition' of marriage, ban same-sex unions : politics
Gov. Mike DeWine signs so-called 'Parents' Bill of Rights,' dozens of other bills : politics

Conversion therapy case tests 'legislative veto' power | Next week's oral arguments before the Wisconsin Supreme Court pit state regulators against a powerful committee : politics

Multiple faith groups file amicus brief against Louisiana's Ten Commandments law : politics

Some Texas business leaders are apprehensive about Trump's pledged deportations | "We wouldn't survive" without undocumented workers, one South Texas produce business owner said. By one estimate, 8% of Texa'' workforce lacks legal status. : politics


Denying a Handshake to Harris, Senator's Husband Draws Criticism - The husband of Senator Deb Fischer, Republican of Nebraska, drew criticism online when he failed to accept a handshake offered by Vice President Kamala D. Harris at his wife's ceremonial swearing-in. : politics

Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control : politics
Republicans on North Carolina Supreme Court Block Certification of Democratic Justice's Victory : politics
North Carolina Republicans trying to steal another election - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Films of 2025 - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,796 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Edith Wilson.


Book Review: How Much Do Animals Think About Death? Susana Monso's "Playing Possum" examines the unusual ways that animals might conceive of grief and mortality.


Women less likely to get a lung transplant than men and spend six weeks longer on the waiting list, study finds | However, women who received a lung transplant are more likely than men to live for five years post-transplant. : science

Paper lays out "a large body of evidence" linking multiple childhood diseases to synthetic chemicals : worldnews


Prime Numbers Pattern | The Quantastic Journal Prime numbers do not appear randomly. They are components of a system that evidences regularity and sequence.




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Japan authorities raise alarm over China-linked cyberattacks : worldnews

Home of South Korean president turned 'into fortress' ahead of second arrest attempt : worldnews
Yoon willing to attend impeachment trial if conditions are met: lawyer : worldnews


Anton Gerashchenko on X: Some of the biggest Chinese ports will no longer accept US-sanctioned vessels - Reuters Shandong Port Group, which controls several of the biggest ports in the eastern China province, will now enforce US sanctions. It has forbidden ports to dock, unload or provide ship services to vessels on the Office of Foreign Assets Control list managed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. / X - The ports concerned are the gates to the biggest independent oil refineries in China. Most of the ships under sanctions belong to Iran, Russia, and Venezuela, and were used to transport crude oil.



Trump claims to 'understand' Russia's stance on Ukraine as he says he'll meet Putin within 6 months : worldnews

Ukrainian Special Ops Take Down Over a Dozen North Korean Soldiers in Kursk Offensive : worldnews
A Russian Marine Corps Brigade Has Headquarters All Over Kursk. Twice In Two Weeks, Ukraine Blew Them Up. : worldnews

Ukraine strikes Russian oil depot supplying fuel to Engels-2 airbase, military confirms : worldnews

Saint Javelin on X: Ukrainian drone surveillance over the village of Makhnovka in the Kursk region captured North Korean troops evicting local residents and using their homes for shelter, leaving elderly russians stranded in the cold. Video is sparking outrage across russia. / X


Google removes 201 sites with Russian channels at Lithuanian watchdog's request : worldnews

Assad's former aide says deposed Syrian president was 'tricked' by Putin : worldnews


With Hezbollah weakened, Lebanon to hold presidential vote : worldnews
Israel warns Lebanon truce could collapse if Hezbollah doesn't withdraw to north of Litani River : worldnews


Bodies of hostages Youssef and Hamza Ziyadne found in Gaza : worldnews

Palestinian in Gaza Shot to Death by Israeli Commander While Assisting IDF Forces, Report Says - Israel News - Haaretz.com Israeli media reported that the Palestinian, who was forced by the IDF to serve as a human shield and search buildings in Gaza's Khan Yunis area, was shot to death by a commander who didn't know he was authorized to be there


Kellogg wants to resolve Russo-Ukrainian war within 100 days : worldnews
Ukraine says ready to replace Hungary in EU and NATO | NATO News : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1049, Part 1 (Thread #1196) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 8, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X


Russian airstrike on Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia kills 13 : worldnews

Belarus launches military exercises near Ukraine border : worldnews


Fico and Orban are undermining EU unity, Czech minister says : worldnews


France, Germany warn Trump against threatening 'sovereign borders' on Greenland : worldnews
France to Trump: EU won't let you invade Greenland : politics
France Warns Trump to Back Off From Threatening EU's Borders | The French foreign minister spoke after Trump refused to rule out using military force to seize Greenland. : politics


EU Commission urged to act over Elon Musk's 'interference' in elections : worldnews

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event: Sánchez accuses X owner of inciting hatred as country marks 50 years since start of its return to democracy : worldnews
Mexico's President Sheinbaum offers sarcastic response to Trump's 'Gulf of America' comment : worldnews

Europe will not allow attacks, says France, after Trump Greenland threat : worldnews
Trump Sends Idiot Son on Futile Mission : politics
Greenland leader to meet Danish King amid Trump bid to take over territory : worldnews
Greenland party leader denies Donald Trump Jr meeting : politics

Trump's threat to turn Canada into part of the US represents most serious threat since War of 1812 | US News : politics
Canadian Politician to Trump: We'll Buy Two of YOUR States : politics
Trudeau says 'not a snowball's chance in hell' Canada joins U.S. | CBC News : worldnews




MAKS 24 on X🇦 A bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives, calling for the recognition of the actions of Russia in Ukraine as genocide, - Ambassador to the U.S. Markarova ❗️The document supports tribunals and investigations to hold Russia accountable for the crimes and aggression committed. / X

Trump Is Facing a Catastrophic Defeat in Ukraine | If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president. : politics

Trump Won't Rule Out US Military Taking Greenland, Panama Canal : politics
EU will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France says after Trump Greenland comments : politics Trump wants to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to something more American : politics
Trump Is Treating the Globe Like a Monopoly Board : politics

Opinion | Trump should abolish this wasteful intelligence agency - The Washington Post Even the staff of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence don't know their mission.

Why is Trump blaming Newsom for the Los Angeles fires? - Lawyers, Guns & Money I mean besides the fact that he's an enormous piece of shit, who is willing to try to score political points in the middle of a massive natural disaster.
Trump's and Musk's Disgusting Response to California Fires: Amid human and environmental tragedy, Republicans are playing politics. : politics

Opinion | The Biden presidency was one man's dream running into reality - The Washington Post Biden's confidence in his ability to guide America through a troubled era was part of the problem.

Durbin asks DOJ to clarify scope of president's military power ahead of Trump inauguration : politics
Any way you look at it, Trump's threats of war expose the scam of America First : politics
Seth Meyers Dares 'Coward' Trump to Make Good on Wild Threat : politics

Trump's Return Is a Civil Society Failure : politics

Sanders Pledges to 'Do All That I Can' to Block Biden's $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel : politics

Kamala Harris Delivers Moving Eulogy For Jimmy Carter, Whose Dying Wish Was To Vote For Her | Harris remembered the late president's "humility, modesty and grace" in a speech at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. : politics

Biden, 82, Admits He May Not Have Lasted Another Four Years in Office : politics

Biden Administration Moves to Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reports : politics
Biden administration says its ban on unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports could lead to 22,000 more mortgages each year : politics

'Obamacare' hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump : politics

Trump asks Supreme Court to block New York hush money sentencing : politics
Trump Turns to Most Trusted Ally to Bail Him Out: the Supreme Court - Donald Trump is once again begging the Supreme Court to let him get away with everything. : politics
Alito spoke with Trump before president-elect asked Supreme Court to delay his sentencing : politics
Because Sam enjoyed being a gangster, and he didn't give a damn who knew it - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... It wasn't all that long ago that Abe Fortas handed a Supreme Court seat to Richard Nixon over a quickly returned retainer that Clarence Thomas would describe as "barely worth his time to collect."

Trump could declare national economic emergency to justify universal tariffs, CNN reports : politics


The Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew | New year, same media strategy: Downplay Trump's most dangerous, extreme ideas as 'trolling' or even "branding." : politics

Johnson says no cuts to Social Security and Medicare to fund Trump's agenda : politics

Garland prepares to release Jack Smith's report on 2020 election subversion case against Trump : politics
AG Merrick Garland intends to release special counsel report on Trump's Jan. 6 case, DOJ says : politics
Aileen Cannon Has 'No Basis' to Block Jack Smith's Report: Legal Analyst : politics
Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel's Trump report for now : politics

Johnson says no cuts to Social Security and Medicare to fund Trump's agenda : politics
Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives : politics

The symbolic meaning of Jimmy Carter's election - Lawyers, Guns & Money Carter was someone whose election was an actual credit to the nation, to the extent that it symbolized a brief moment of self-critical reflection in the wake of movements such as civil rights, feminism, anti-imperialist critiques of Vietnam, the anti-materialism of the counter-culture, and so forth. (This is quite separate from the question of how good or bad a president Carter actually was).

Senate Dems delay Tulsi Gabbard nomination : politics

The entertainment of MAGA infighting is a trap : politics

Trump Privately Complains Elon Musk 'Is Around A Lot,' Maggie Haberman Says : politics

The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine : politics


The Sclerotic Democratic Leadership - Lawyers, Guns & Money And remember, Schumer and Durbin changed the rules for committee chairs to stop Whitehouse from chairing Judiciary! I firmly believe that until we get rid of Schumer, Durbin, and the rest of that generation of Democrats who came to Washington in the Clinton years or before, we are pretty well hopeless as a party in dealing with Republicans in the halls of power. Just worthless

Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News town hall in advance from person inside network, new book says : politics

The new alignment - Lawyers, Guns & Money The re-election of Trump with the second Republican plurality since 1988 has led to a certain amount of resignation among his opponents compared to 2017 - we aren't seeing the same mass protests. This might lead some people to conclude that this will hurt the electoral prospects of the out-party, but the first major results of the year don't show this:
GOP underperforms in first post-November test : politics

Virginia Democrats retain their control of the Statehouse in special elections : politics

Texans made up largest segment of Kansas abortion patients in 2023 : politics

This Should Make Your Blood Boil: Top NC Court Blocks Certification of Democratic Justice's Win : politics
Republicans on the NC Supreme Court block certification of the Democratic incumbent's election : politics

Hawaii Gov: RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Misinformation Left Dozens Of Kids Dead In Samoa : politics

Ohio GOP threatens to cut school funding, calling spending 'unsustainable' : politics


Trump Gloats Meta Changed Rules Because Zuckerberg Is Scared of Him : politics
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta makeover: MAGA grandpa is about to get much worse : politics
Meta Follows Elon Musk's Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas : politics

Facebook lifts restrictions on calling women 'property' and trans people 'freaks' : politics

Pacific Palisades Fire reaches Getty Villa - Lawyers, Guns & Money


A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. : politics

Being in shape is better for longevity than being thin, new study shows - The Washington Post A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely - regardless of age or body mass index.

What are healthier ultra-processed foods? Here's how to find them. - The Washington Post




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What Covid tried to teach us - and why it will matter in the next pandemic


TIL there is no such thing as a private beach in Australia. All land that the high tide touches is owned by the Crown - and therefore public land - even if erosion moves the high tide mark inland. : todayilearned


Chinese freighter suspected of damaging undersea Internet cable connecting the US and Taiwan | Taiwan's communication infrastructure is under threat both physically and virtually. : technology


Ukraine's new assault into Russia: What is happening in Kursk region? : worldnews
Battle rages in western Russia as Moscow reports gains in Ukraine : worldnews



95 killed as 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits Tibet : worldnews

U.S. declares genocide in Sudan, imposes sanctions on paramilitary leader : worldnews

Assad regime executed dozens of Hamas members without trial, report reveals : worldnews

Iran Pulls Most Forces From Syria, in Blow to Tehran's Regional Ambitions : worldnews

UN says Iran executed over 900 people in 2024, including dozens of women : worldnews


IDF releases footage of a captured Hamas terrorist describing how Hamas uses Gaza hospitals for command, distribution of arms and safety : worldnews



Russia 'getting what it deserves,' Ukraine says, after launching counterattack in border region : worldnews
Euromaidan Press on X: The Republicans endorsed Ukraine's NATO membership in 2008 but Merkel obstructed it. Zelenskyy offers Fridman a short history of Ukraine's NATO accession saga that continues to this day. / X

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1048, Part 1 (Thread #1195) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 7, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X +1970 Troops is the 5th highest daily loss. +170 Vehicles is 3rd highest loss, just below +181 on Dec.15.24 and +179 on Mar.16.22. Tanks, AFVs, Artillery, MLRS & AA above 7-day averages. +8 Cruise Missiles included in total as prior day adjustment.

War Mapper on X: The latest summary update for the changes to control in Ukraine is available on Soar in a new format. Take a look here: https://t.co/6T77UirafP Cycle through the pages at the bottom. / X

Ukrainian F-16 pilot sets historical record by shooting down six cruise missiles in one sortie : worldnews

Ukrainian sea drone-launched FPV drones hit Russian air defenses in world first, Ukraine says : worldnews

NOELREPORTS on X: Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with another 180,000 rounds of 35mm Gepard ammunition, valued in the high double-digit million euro range. Deliveries will begin in 2026, funded by Germany. This follows an earlier order of 300,000 rounds in 2023. / X

The Evolution of the Air War - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is a War of Demography Russia's crisis of depopulation is at the heart of Vladimir Putin's paranoid military strategy.


Poland reminds Musk that foreign interference in its elections is illegal : worldnews

Russia 'delusional' about its ability to sustain Ukraine war, says Latvian foreign minister : worldnews

Tomi on X: Anchor of the Eagle S cargo ship suspected of cable sabotage has been found. Swedish ship HMS Belos, which was called to help, lifted the anchor from seabed Anchor is currently in possession of the Finnish authorities. Police will start investigating the anchor today. / X

A Scumbag is Dead - Lawyers, Guns & Money - I don't have an obituary and I wish I had thought of writing one on him, but I think we should all be happy that Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead. Unfortunately, he had children.
Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping : worldnews

UK leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk : worldnews
U.K. Government to Make Creation of Sexually Explicit Deepfakes a Criminal Offense : worldnews



Danish PM says Greenland 'not for sale.' as Donald Trump Jr visits island : worldnews
Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal : worldnews

Trump open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada as a state : worldnews




Biden Administration Set to Announce 'Substantial' Final Weapons Package for Ukraine : worldnews

This is just going to go great - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Julian Assange Documentary 'The Six Billion Dollar Man' Pulled from Sundance Film Festival at the Last Minute - The WikiLeaks founder Assange faced up to 175 years in prison for exposing highly confidential US documents, the doc has been pulled due to "unexpected developments". : movies

Give Biden his due, he has been one of the best presidents of our time : politics

The World War II Memorial - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Garland Urged to 'Show Any Smattering of Spine' and Release Jack Smith Report on Trump | "This is his last chance to do something right," said one activist. : politics
Trump's attorneys have reviewed draft of Jack Smith's final special counsel report and want it blocked from public release : politics
Judge Aileen Cannon blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on Trump investigation : politics
Team Trump Tries to Censor Jack Smith Report They Admit Found Evidence of Vast 'Criminal Conspiracies' : politics

Remembering January 6 - Lawyers, Guns & Money Joe Biden's great weakness these past 4 years is his utterly political cluelessness in how to deal with Trumpism. Joe Biden remembered January 6 in its aftermath by naming Merrick Garland as Attorney General and then keeping him there for 4 years, ensuring that Donald Trump would never suffer for his actions.

Opinion | Who Owns Jan. 6? - The New York Times - Now Jan. 6 is more like a striking and alarming example of the fragility of our constitutional system ... If the president is determined to sabotage our system, he (or she) can get away with it. And if the voters don't care -- as most did not in 2024 -- the saboteur in chief can be returned to high office.

Trump, Who Incited Insurrection, Accuses Biden Of Making Transition 'As Difficult As Possible' : politics

Democratic Cluelessness - Lawyers, Guns & Money
1/6 was ultimately a major triumph for Trump and his political allies - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Trump Insists He's Not Scaling Back Plans to Wreck the Economy - Donald Trump is planning to go full steam ahead with his tariffs. : politics

Donald Trump has raised $200 million since the election as CEOs and corporations line up to smash inauguration record : politics

Trump vows to replace head of National Archives as top prosecutor in classified documents case leaves DOJ : politics

A notorious Jan. 6 defendant's pardon request could expose Trump's big lie : politics

John Pavlovitz: "This man and a small group of capitol police officers singlehandedly saved our democracy four years ago. In November, 77 million Americans said "to hell with them" and voted for the insurrectionists. Your "Back the Blue" flags are a pathetic disgrace and your patriotism is bullsh*t." -- Bluesky

Ken Schwencke: "The video evidence is what I always come back to when I think of Jan. 6. We @propublica.org created this interactive piece of videos that Parler users recorded and uploaded from their own POV that day, and it remains as disturbing today as it was then. projects.propublica.org/parler-capit..." - Bluesky

From L to R Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate, and Dodge Dale Hellonen are seen inside US Capitol Jan. 6th : pics


Tech CEOs' Donations to Donald Trump, Joe Biden Inaugurations Compared : technologyd (Apple most evil)

Musk's Campaign Against Sex Trafficking Culminates in Him Backing Alleged Sex Trafficker : politics

Zuckerberg is an enthusiastic Trump collaboator - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Facebook Deletes Internal Employee Criticism of New Board Member Dana White : technology

Amazon paying $40 million to Melania Trump - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Anant Ambani & Radhika Merchant Wedding: Details and Photos


Ann Telnaes: "anntelnaes.substack.com/p/with-grati..." - Bluesky


Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces removal of fact-checking : politics
Meta gets rid of fact checkers and makes other major changes to moderation policies : news

Meta Smart Glasses First Big Cultural Moment Is a Terror Attack. The New Orleans attacker used Meta smart glasses to help him plan. : technology


Alabama sends two Black lawmakers to Congress for the first time after historic election : politics


Today I Learned that Warren Buffett recently changed his mind about donating all his money to the Gates Foundation upon his death. He is just going to let his kids figure it out. : todayilearned


Freelance Mole In The Militias - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The article describes the involvement of law enforcement officers and local government officials in the militias. I hope ProPublica or other news organizations (Hello! Anyone out there?) will follow up on the disorder this is likely to cause in the militias.

Republicans balk at child fatality report recommending no guns in households with children | The GOP lawmakers claim the state is 'stripping' 2nd Amendment rights by saying fewer kids would die if they had less access to firearms : politics

Gun Violence Map: How Many People Have Been Shot Near You? An Atlas of American Gun Violence - Ten years. 370,000 shootings. How has gun violence marked your corner of the country?


NYC Mayor Adams could face more criminal charges, prosecutors say : politics


Ruby Franke's daughter speaks out about mom's arrest and her abusive childhood : videos



Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,794 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Donald Meek.



What's a life hack so good you almost don't want to share it? : AskReddit

If "California Sober" means you only smoke weed, what would your state/countries “___ sober" mean? : AskReddit

Bird swallows a big fish : WTF



Books that you enjoyed but were so emotionally devastating that you would never want to read again? : books

Lightning Rod Strikes Twice : WTF

ELI5 if wagyu comes from such a rare and tightly controlled breed of cattle, how come every restaurant (and even fast food chain) under the sun claims to be selling wagyu products now? : explainlikeimfive

Over 450 million years ago, plants began the epic transition from water to dry land. New research reveals insights into the genetic blueprints of hornworts, uncovering fascinating details about plant evolution and the early days of life on land. : science
Carbon dioxide has been regulating Earth's climate for hundreds of millions of years – new study : science

Green tea consumption and cerebral white matter lesions. Given that cerebral white matter lesions are closely related to vascular dementia and AD, new findings indicate that drinking green tea, especially three or more glasses per day, may help prevent dementia. : science

After the US overturned Roe v Wade, permanent contraception surged among young adults living in states likely to ban abortion, new research found. Compared to May 2022, August 2022 saw 95% more vasectomies and 70% more tubal sterilizations performed on people between the ages of 19 and 26. : science
The Rise of Millennial Dads: Breaking Gender Norms

Pluto may have captured its moon Charon in a "kiss-and-capture" collision : science

More breast cancer cases found when AI used in screenings, study finds | First real-world test finds approach has higher detection rate without having a higher rate of false positives : science

Scientists developed 'Toxic Male Technique' that genetically engineers male insects like mosquitoes to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen. When these males mate with females, the proteins are transferred, significantly reducing female lifespan and their ability to spread disease. : science

Sexual humor boosts intimacy and appears to positively influence sexual satisfaction in romantic relationships. For example, humor often served to smooth over awkward or embarrassing moments, such as mishaps during sexual activity, which helped reduce discomfort and strengthen intimacy. : science

TIL: The average American lost 2.6 IQ points to leaded gas; its 5.7 points for those born between 1971 and 1974. Figure 2C of linked paper shows everyone aged 45-65 had high lead as a kid. : todayilearned

TIL about ELIZA, a 1960s chatbot created by MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum that simulated a psychotherapist. It was so convincing that some users, including Weizenbaum's secretary, became emotionally attached to it. In 2023, ELIZA even outperformed GPT-3.5 in a Turing test study. : todayilearned

Effects of Varenicline, Bupropion, Nicotine Patch, and Placebo on Treating Smoking Among Persons With Current or Past Major Depressive Disorder: Secondary Analysis of a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial : science

TIL about Nodding Syndrome that forces children to nod their heads convulsively, the spasms are so severe that it prevents them from eating or sleeping. It started in 1962 in Sub-Saharan Africa and has spread in waves, there is no cure and the cause is unknown. : todayilearned

Who died too soon? : AskReddit

Dell kills the XPS brand : technology
Dell dumps its PC brands to be more like Apple : technology

Sex trafficking: SJC weighs arguments over prostitution ads - A State Police sting resulted in charges against prospective 'Johns.' But does that mean they are sex traffickers?


Open Space Map Gallery - CDD - City of Cambridge, Massachusetts




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Indonesia launches free meals program to feed children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition : worldnews


Bird Flu Outbreaks Strike Japan Farms : worldnews


North Korea Launches Suspected Ballistic Missile, Japan Says : worldnews
Kim Jong-un bans hotdogs for North Koreans, cooking them an act of treason : worldnews


Lukashenko apologized to Zelensky for Belarus' role, denied responsibility early in Russia's invasion, Zelensky says : worldnews

President: I can say with full certainty that the blame for the deaths of Azerbaijani citizens in this disaster lies with representatives of the Russian Federation : worldnews


Indian investigative journalist found dead inside septic tank : worldnews
Police nab key suspect from Hyderabad in Bastar journalist's killing | India News - Times of India


Syrian caretaker government to hike public sector salaries by 400% : worldnews
Syria's justice minister under fire after videos show him overseeing executions : worldnews


Iran's 'reformist' president oversees 700 executions : worldnews
Axios: Trump is expected to seek a deal with Iran before considering a strike, several of his advisers privately concede Iran's nuclear program is now so far along that the "maximum pressure" strategy might not be effective, with the EU making it clear that a new deal needs to be reached by summer. : worldnews


Three Israelis killed in Palestinian shooting attack in West Bank : worldnews

IDF troops emerge from a disguised 'ambulance' in Nablus, weapons ready | Ynetnews : worldnews

Hamas says ready to release 34 hostages in 'first phase' of exchange deal : worldnews


"Do not appease evil." Ukraine's public figures appeal to world leaders, urge against freezing war, concessions to Russia : worldnews
Zelensky says 'strong' Trump can end Ukraine war : politics
Putin will "destroy" Europe without US help: Zelensky : worldnews
Zelenskyy calls Putin 'deaf, bare-a**ed, mammoth and Voldemort' in latest interview : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1047, Part 1 (Thread #1194) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 6, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X
godhatesyeest on X: @KyivIndependent your occasional reminder that these are the official reported losses after ten years of open warfare in afghanistan pay particular attention to the tank losses / X

Lithuanian consulate in Kherson comes under fire during Russian air strike : worldnews



Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland | Denmark | The Guardian Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland – which Trump says he would like the US to buy

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office : news

ELI5: how was Germany so powerful and difficult to defeat in world war 2 considering the size of the country compared to the allies? : explainlikeimfive

TIL that Mussolini's regime used castor oil as a form of torture, forcing victims to drink large amounts, causing severe diarrhea, dehydration, and humiliation. : todayilearned

Austrian far right gets mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II : worldnews

Macron Warns Iran's Nuclear Program Close to Point of No Return : worldnews
Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders criticize Elon Musk : worldnews

UK Parties Unite in Urging Trump to Rethink Musk's Meddling : worldnews


After Chilean politicians label menorah 'symbol of death,' hanukkiah vandalized, lighting canceled : worldnews - And yet the Christian cross is literally a torture device ... The most famous victim being Jewish.

TIL Greenland is portrayed about 14x larger than its actual size on most maps : todayilearned

Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party : pics
Canada PM Trudeau to announce resignation as early as Monday, Globe and Mail reports : news




The Cloud of Unknowing | Emma Claire Foley - How will the nuclear age end?

Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People

Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficult : politics
Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline : politics
Biden Uses 72-Year-Old Law to Give Trump a Slap in the Face Before MAGA 2.0 : politics

Washington Post expected to lay off dozens of staffers in coming week -- report | Washington Post | The Guardian 'Cuts will be deep', media reporter writes, after paper faced scrutiny for halting endorsement of Harris in October

Judge denies Trump's plea to delay Friday's sentencing on his hush money conviction : politics

Biden signs bill to increase Social Security benefits for millions of public workers : politics
Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden is signing : politics

Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences : politics

RedStateBlues: For context, roughly 25% of our total national debt incurred over the last 230 years actually occurred during the 4 years of the Trump admnistrationl That's right, 25% of our entire national debt, all during the Trump years. - Bluesky

The time has come for territorial representation in Congress : politics

Biden says it is awful that Trump is seeking to do away with US birthright citizenship : politics
Trump responds to Trudeau resignation by suggesting Canada merge with U.S. : worldnews

Donald Trump Critics Push Plan to Block Him From Taking Power in DC Protest : politics

'A perfect storm': Extremism online and political polarization are increasing the risk of attacks, experts say : politics
Trump's election victory certified without incident four years after riot : politics

Biden calls on Americans not to forget Jan 6 attack : politics
Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6 : politics
Biden urges Americans to never forget Jan. 6 attack: 'Cannot allow the truth to be lost' : politics
Forgetting January 6th - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on the Fourth Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the Capitol : politics
Democrats blame Merrick Garland slow-rolling Trump investigation for election loss: 'Fatal mistake' : politics

Yes, January 6 Was a Heavily Armed Insurrection : politics
History will look kindly on the Jan. 6 Committee : politics

Trump has two years to cause real chaos and harm and only these people will be able to stop him : politics

What Jan. 6 Did to Officer Howie Liebengood : politics

Trump Orders Congressional Republicans to Pass the Mother of All MAGA Bills : politics
Donald Trump's Steps Down the Well-Trod Path to Authoritarian Rule : politics
Trump praises election denial architect ahead of Capitol riot anniversary : politics
Don't Mention the Coup! The memory of January 6 vanishes from Trump's new Washington. : politics

Jan 6 insurrection: Militias, far-right extremists, those advocating violence now part of mainstream : politics
Donald Trump Is Building a New Army of Foot Soldiers | Neo-Nazis and white nationalists have been emboldened by Trump's reelection. : politics

Trump promised pardons for January 6 rioters in 'first hour' of his second term. What might this mean? : politics
Capitol heavily secured for election certification as Trump's Jan. 6 pardon plans remain largely a mystery : politics
Capitol heavily secured for election certification as Trump's Jan. 6 pardon plans remain largely a mystery : politics
Lawmakers brace for Trump's promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint : politics
Don't Let Trump Whitewash the Truth About Jan. 6 : politics
'This is Sickening': Trump Slammed for Jan. 6 Take at Secret Mar-a-Lago Bash : politics
'Openly glorified insurrection': Judges slap down requests from Jan. 6 defendants to attend Trump inauguration, saying it would 'not be appropriate' or safe : politics


Four years after his supporters invaded the US Capitol, Trump is more powerful than ever : politics
Donald Trump's Lies Are Getting More Hurtful Every Day : politics

Firms that donated to Republican party avoided tariffs in Trump first term – study | Trump administration : politics

Trump Privately Complains About Clingy Elon Musk: NYT Reporter : politics
Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation : politics
Elon Musk asks if America should 'liberate the people of Britain' in tirade against U.K. government : politics

'The GOP Promised to Make Life Easier for Working Families,' But Here's the Real Agenda | "Mike Johnson is committing to slashing Social Security and Medicare to get the speaker's gavel," said one progressive group. : politics
The problem(s) with Mike Johnson's dubious Thomas Jefferson quote : politics
National Prayer for Peace (Spurious Quotations) | Monticello
"The Devil Can Cite Scripture for His Purpose"

What is 'school choice' -- and will Trump push for it to expand? : politics

Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective: Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed 'race war', suggest rightwing militia has retained links with police : politics

Record-high count shows government failing on homelessness. Trump and SCOTUS may make it even worse : politics

This town was built on migrants' cash. Now it fears Trump's deportations. : politics

Louisiana State health officials report first avian flu death : news

New bill in NY Senate, "New York state antisemitism vandalism Act," would create a special Class A misdemeanor for the crime of vandalizing "pro-Israel print." : politics

Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court : politics

Texas book ban law causes a school district to remove Bible from libraries : books

Montana failed to consider pollution from new power plant, but Supreme Court won't stop it | Laurel Generation Station will produce tons of pollution, but state's highest court says NorthWestern plant can continue : politics

US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage : politics

New California law prohibits using AI as basis to deny insurance claims : politics

Pennsylvania ripe to legalize weed, advocates say : politics

Arlington's underground mall, a 70s utopian fantasy, prepares to close - The Washington Post The last days of a bizarre, glorious and outdated underground mall


Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her : politics

Mike Rinder, one of Scientology's loudest whistleblowers, dies at 69 : news
"Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" is a fantastic(!) 2015 HBO doc about Scientology - YouTube


Multilingualism improves crucial cognitive functions in autistic children | Results from survey find multilingualism is associated with better inhibition, shifting and perspective taking skills in children both with and without autism : science

ELI5 Why is brown rice more expensive than white rice, if white rice is just peeled brown rice? : explainlikeimfive

Coworkers can undermine you at work by spreading rumors, withholding information, claiming credit for your work, or engaging in sabotage. This leads to distress, problems sleeping, and other negative outcomes. Study found that revenge escalated the negative outcomes but forgiveness neutralized them. : science

Sugary drinks are linked to more than 2 million new cases of diabetes and 1 million new cases of heart disease a year around the world. Sugar-sweetened beverages are heavily marketed and sold in low- and middle-income nations. : science

Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries : science

Dating apps have become the go-to for starting a romance but new research reveals they may harm body image and lead to anxiety. Over 85% of studies reviewed found significant negative impacts of dating app use on body image, and almost half reported negative effects on mental health and wellbeing. : science

Researchers have discovered that including specific nutrients in a regular diet-such as antioxidants, vitamins, iron-chelating nutrients and polyunsaturated fatty acids-reduces iron buildup in the brain, lowers cognitive decline associated with normal aging, and improves memory : science

Wives Earning More Than Husbands Linked To Rising Mental Health Diagnoses In Couples. When wives begin earning more than their husbands, the probability of receiving a mental health diagnosis increases by as much as 8% for all those observed in the study, but by as much as 11% for the men. : science

Researchers have found that smell and sound signals merge in the mouse brain's hearing center, influencing social behaviors like pup retrieval. The discovery may lead to a better understanding of how neurological conditions such as autism affect a person's ability to interpret social cues. : science

A groundbreaking study has shed light on the complex interactions between dystrophin, a protein critical to muscle stability, and its partner protein, dystrobrevin, offering new pathways for understanding and treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). : science

fMRI neurofeedback shows promise for depression treatment | A systematic review of fMRI neurofeedback interventions in depression shows that this type of training can modulate neural activity related to depression in a single session. : science

Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood maltreatment : science

People who adopt "approach goals" (focused on fun or meaningful experiences, bonding and intimacy) have more caring and satisfying romantic relationships. In contrast, “avoidance goals" (focused on preventing conflict or avoiding rejection) were associated with lower satisfaction and responsiveness. : science


What's the most important trait you look for in a wife or husband? : AskReddit
Men; why do you like being a man? : AskReddit

What is something you have that means so much to you? : AskReddit

What's the most awkward moment you have faced in your house? : AskReddit

Night shift workers, What's the Creepiest Thing You've Witnessed? : AskReddit


Someone caught Bing tricking people into thinking it was Google, and it's a little concerning : technology




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S Korea president's supporters rally at his residence, invoking Trump : politics


Taiwanese company allegedly aids Russia in precision-guided bomb development for use in Ukraine : worldnews

Infections tend to peak during winters: China dismisses virus outbreak concerns as seasonal occurrence : worldnews
10 Arrested for Writing Gay Erotica in China as Part of Nationwide Crackdown : worldnews



Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk region : worldnews
Intelschizo on X: "Ukraine has gone on the offensive in Kursk Ukraine is spearheading 3 different assaults towards Bolshoe Soldatskoe Pushkarnoe Leonidovo These towns are defended by Akhmat, 810th, North Koreans, and several storm Z units. Russian channels been showing footage of Ukrainian forces using a large number of mine clearers, tanks, armoured vehicles, and report heavily utilising electronic warfare making most drones useless. / X
(((Tendar))) on X: "Ukrainian forces have launched a surprise assault in the Kursk region. Russian channels report that Ukrainian forces already achieved "tactical successes". Based on the videos I have seen so far, it seems that the Ukrainian operation is professionally executed, the exact opposite of Russia's meat wave tactic. / X
Kasper on X: "@FreudGreyskull / X
The Ukrainian Review on X: The Russians in Kursk region are in great distress because they were attacked from several directions and it came as a surprise to them, -- Head of CPD Kovalenko Kursk region, good news, Russia is getting what it deserves, - Yermak / X
Mick Ryan, AM on X: It will be interesting to watch how this develops. First reports are generally wrong or inaccurate, so it will take perhaps 24-48 hours to have a good sense of what is occurring with this new offensive by #Ukraine. / X

After loss of Tartus, Russia now has no submarines in the Mediterranean : worldnews

OSINTtechnical on X: Multiple Ukrainian drone attacks reported across southern Russia overnight, explosions have been seen both in Rostov and Belgorod Oblasts. Seen here, a drone explodes over the Russian city of Taganrog. / X

NOELREPORTS on X: "A bright fire broke out at a transformer substation in Apsheronsk, Krasnodar Krai, overnight. It is reported that 55,000 Russians were left without power. / X

Frontline report: North Korean forces routed in deadly Ukrainian trap near Russia's Kruglenkoe : worldnews


India steps up security after annexation threat from Bangladesh : worldnews
India among countries with high social hostilities index with increasing restrictions on minorities: Pew Research Centre's study : worldnews
Countries with 'very high' religious restrictions in 2022 | Pew Research Center


Gunmen from Nigeria kill five Cameroonian soldiers, MP says : worldnews

The Mali army, on Saturday, said it arrested the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS) - an affiliate of the terror organization in the Sahel region : worldnews

Young boy survives 5 days in 'lion-infested' African game park after wandering from home : worldnews

M23 rebels seize key DR Congo town of Masisi : worldnews


Kurdish forces in north-east Syria beef up jail security amid fears of ISIS resurgence : worldnews


Iran Protests Afghan Dam Project In New Water Dispute : worldnews
Iranian foreign minister warns of 'large-scale war' if Israel attacks again : worldnews

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed in war operations room, reveals aide : worldnews
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem: 'Our patience may run out before the end of the 60-day ceasefire' : worldnews


US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel, US official says : worldnews

Blinken: When Hamas saw pressure on Israel, it backtracked from hostage deal : worldnews

Suicide rate in Israeli army hits 13-year high amid ongoing war : worldnews


Zelenskiy reports heavy Russian, North Korean troop losses in Russia's Kursk : worldnews
More than 50,000 foreign parts found in Russian drones, missiles launched at Ukraine this week, Zelensky says : worldnews
Russia's getting what it deserves,' Ukraine says, after launching counterattack in border region : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1046, Part 1 (Thread #1193) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 5, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. / X - +1730
Startell on X: @KyivIndependent / X

Russian Storm Ossetia battalion chief of staff killed in Ukrainian drone attack, military intelligence claims : worldnews

Russia-appointed officials in Crimea declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol : worldnews


Polish farmers hold anti-EU protest in Warsaw : worldnews

Slovak Prime Minister Fico disappears after visit to Kremlin and is found in a luxury hotel in Vietnam : worldnews

Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 electricity mix, with solar contributing 14% : worldnews
Olaf Scholz chides Elon Musk: 'Don't feed the troll' : worldnews
German chancellor on Musk: 'Don't feed the troll' : worldnews

Austria's chancellor to step down after coalition talks collapse : worldnews

Cara Ramsey: "After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they've rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false. www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-..." -- Bluesky ... A study published in September shows that anti-trans laws increase the likelihood of suicide by upwards of 72%, suggesting that attempts at implementing these bans on care and advocacy for the "wait-and-see" approach are only harming transgender individuals.
Former French president Sarkozy faces court over alleged 50 million Gaddafi pact : worldnews
Two Algerian TikTok influencers arrested in France on charges of inciting violence : worldnews
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Forbes: Elon Musk Pushes For Britain's King Charles To Dissolve Parliament -- As Lawmakers Say Tesla CEO Is 'Misinformed' : worldnews


Expert reports say Argentina poverty rate has fallen to 36.8% : worldnews

Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo González embarks on international tour : worldnews




Europe is deluded if it thinks it can 'manage' Donald Trump : politics
"Dangerous": Officials alarmed at Elon Musk "sowing divisions and spreading hate" in Europe : politics

Climate group that called for Gaza ceasefire risks losing federal funding : politics

Biden to deliver two major speeches in his final days in office : politics

Social Security Fairness Act set to get Biden's signature : politics

Biden rejected appeals of several top advisers in blocking U.S. Steel bid : politics

All five living US presidents expected to come together to mourn Jimmy Carter : politics

Trumplican 6th Circuit Just Killed Net Neutrality (And Whatever Was Left Of Pathetic U.S. Broadband Consumer Protection) : politics


Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: - Benjamin L. Corey undefined


As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity | Opinion : politics

In Russia, the intertwining of 'traditional family values' and state violence is no accident. Americans should be wary : politics

Don't forget what happened four years ago on Jan. 6 : politics
As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed' : politics
Former Capitol Police officers call Trump's vows to pardon Jan. 6 rioters 'a betrayal' : politics
Trump's Propaganda Victory - The Rewriting Of Jan. 6: 'You can believe your own eyes or Donald Trump's words - and many Americans are choosing to believe him' : politics
For Many of Us, Jan. 6 Never Ended : politics
Adam Kinzinger: "Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a "day of love." The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it's up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-..." - Bluesky
Defending The Truth About Jan 6th - Adam Kinzinger We must be relentless and never ceasing to fight the lies
'A Day of Love': How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 : politics

Dem Group: Voters In The End Did Not Really Care That Trump Instigated Jan. 6 Attack : politics
Trump fake electors plot - Wikipedia

Glenn Kirschner: "Justice Matters Interview, Harry Dunn: A Reflection on the Dark Anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack. youtu.be/u07tZCAahnM?..." - Bluesky


Jon Cooper: "The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka" has launched a new campaign on Bluesky. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform." -- Bluesky

A debt bomb, managing Musk: the challenges of Trump's first 100 days : politics

US Virgin Islands delegate questions why territories not included in speaker vote : politics

Trump's Greenland and Panama Canal ambitions face Republican skepticism : politics

New year, new playbook: No more bipartisan favors for the GOP : politics

Donald Trump calls for Judge Juan Merchan to be disbarred : politics
Trump Blames 'Deranged' Enemies for Hush Money Case in Posts : politics
cognitively-impaired rage-baby melts down into saddest sad ever - Donald Trump spends the weekend power-loading his diaper
Haberman says hush money sentencing won't shrink retaliation threat: Trump's 'very angry' : politics

Executive Order Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice : politics

Trump Sees the U.S. as a 'Disaster.' The Numbers Tell a Different Story. : politics

Trump 2.0 Is About Punishing the Vulnerable and Enriching the Mega Wealthy : politics
As red flags go there can be few more glaring than Trump's crypto plans : politics

Trump Returns To a Bizarre Obsession in Midnight Message: 'Get Rid of Windmills!' : politics

Elon Musk Defends His Petty Revenge on MAGA Critics : politics
How Elon Musk's X became the global right's supercharged front page : politics

State of the Unions - Lawyers, Guns & Money Good run-down of the state the labor movement here:

Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash A starting point that's important to mention: DOGE is not a Department. It has not been set up as a Presidential Task Force yet, and even if that does eventually happen, that would still not be the same as an actual executive "Department", as those have to be headed by a secretary and approved by Congress. I know they just wanted to pick the name for the stupid acronym, but words mean things. Anyway, let's see what everybody is up to.

Billy Long, Trump's Nominee to Lead the IRS, Touts a Credential That Tax Experts Say Is Dubious : politics - The former representative from Missouri, who once pushed to abolish the IRS, has marketed himself as a certified tax and business advisor after attending only a three-day seminar.

Maybe people think the economy is bad because journalists are economically illiterate - Lawyers, Guns & Money This NYT piece is dedicated to gently pointing out in the most subtle and polite possible terms that everything Donald Trump is saying about the state of the nation is a pack of lies, but even in the midst of this salubrious exercise it falls into exactly the sort of nonsensical descriptions that Trump's lies depend on:


Former NY Rep. George Santos requests sentencing delay in federal fraud case : politics


The VPN Industry is Booming in South Carolina! - Lawyers, Guns & Money One of the things Republican dominated states are doing is cracking down on pornography, as we see here in South Carolina. Theoretically, they are claiming that they are protecting children, but what seems to be happening is that they are requiring users to upload their drivers license to prove their age, which means putting your identity in the hands on a pornography monger and who the hell would do that?

Bending the knee - Lawyers, Guns & Money Amazon Prime has exclusively licensed a documentary film for global theatrical and streaming release that will give viewers an "unprecedented behind-the-scenes look" at First Lady Melania Trump's life, Fox News Digital has learned.

Why Is Hollywood Suddenly Silent About Trump? : politics

Strict abortion laws since fall of Roe have led to increased infant deaths - not fewer : politics

Outraged Republicans blame Tim Walz for satanic display at state Capitol : politics

New 'Halo Law' makes it a crime to get too close to first responders in Florida : politics


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,793 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Addie Wyatt.


How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias - ProPublica - A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn't tell police or the FBI. He didn't tell his family or friends.


How the Southern Baptist Convention covered up its widespread sexual abuse scandal : NPR - The reporters found that hundreds of Southern Baptist Convention church leaders and volunteers had been criminally charged with sex crimes since 2000. The series also detailed numerous incidents in which denominational leaders mishandled, ignored or concealed warnings that Southern Baptist churches were being targeted by predators.




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Evidence - NASA Science There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate. Human activity is the principal cause.
Record Global Emissions Put Warming on Track for 'Catastrophic' 2.6-3.1C, UN Warns : worldnews
'Ironic': climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows | Oil : worldnews



Myanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day : worldnews


South Korean police ban Jeju Air chief from leaving country | Aviation News : worldnews


Taiwan intercepts ship with Chinese name suspected to have damaged underwater cable : worldnews

China dissuaded Putin from using nuclear weapons in Ukraine – US secretary of state : worldnews



Prune60: "I'm having a debate about what to do about the 2025 OFZ Chart. And the problem is more complex than you might think, and surprisingly may give you perspective in how, proportionally speaking, challenging things are for Russia. Here is what the current 2025 budget indicates:" - Bluesky

Euromaidan Press on X: One map shows Russia's gas empire in ruins: all major pipelines to Europe cut off except Turkstream after Ukraine shut down its last pipeline to Europe on 1 Jan Our analysis explains how Putin burned his 50-year energy leverage over Europe in just two years - and why there's no no way back / X

Jürgen Nauditt on X: Drones attacked the factory of one of the largest rocket manufacturing plants in the russian Federation. This is an object in the Smolensk region. It is known that "Avangard" mass-produces cases for solid-propellant rocket engines and transport and launch containers. St. Petersburg was also attacked. / X
NEXTA on X: "Kamikaze drone strikes second largest Russian port near St. Petersburg Ukrainian drones attacked the Ust-Luga sea trade port this morning. The facility is of strategic importance for Russia, as it ensures the transportation of goods through the Baltic Sea. Previously, all all flights at Pulkovo Airport were stopped for several hours because of this. / X

Drones reportedly target one of Russia's largest sea trade ports in Leningrad Oblast : worldnews

NOELREPORTS : "Russians filmed their own broken column. Huge amounts of destroyed tanks, IFVs and armored carriers are visible." - Mastodon

Russian commander involved in deadly Kharkiv Oblast attack injured in Russia, Ukrainian intelligence reports : worldnews

Russia vows retaliation against Kyiv after 8 ATACMS missiles shot down : worldnews


Thousands without heating in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region, after Russian gas supplies cut

Photos show apparent evidence of external attack on Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft | Euronews



India's electricity green tilt: Non-fossil fuel share reaches 46 per cent : worldnews
Smuggled Starlink devices allegedly used to defy India's internet shutdowns : worldnews
India's farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop : worldnews


Ethiopia: Thousands evacuate over volcanic eruption fears : worldnews

Syria to resume international flights at Damascus airport | Syria : worldnews


Israel considering limiting humanitarian aid to Gaza after Trump's inauguration : worldnews
Hamas releases video showing sign of life from hostage Liri Albag : worldnews


Ukraine is Losing up to 20 sq km of Territory per Day, Russians have Seized 3,600 sq km in Past Year – Militarnyi : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1045, Part 1 (Thread #1192) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Troops, Artillery, and Vehicles losses equal new 7-day averages. +107 UAVs is the 8th highest daily loss. Helicopter added to total (2nd Mi-8 by Magura V5 maritime drone). / X

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 on X:It is reported that the first batch of French Mirage 2000-5F fighters will arrive in Ukraine by the end of January. / X

Intermarium 24 on X: Ukraine is ending its reliance on importing drone parts from China! Ukrainians starting its own production lines for components, focusing on technological independence and strengthening its defense capabilities / X

Intermarium 24 on X: Flying Christmas tree in Ukraine is something new for me / X

The Kyiv Independent on X: With little to no state support, many displaced Ukrainians are living on the brink of poverty and struggle to afford rent, which is forcing an estimated thousands to move back to their homes in Russian occupation. / X


Countrywide strike demanding new elections is announced in Georgia : worldnews


Arnold Ruutel, 1928-2024 - Lawyers, Guns & Money How people deal with an authoritarian regime and what they can contribute to a succeeding regime is likely to be a conversation we'll have in the US after Trump. It's worth thinking about now.

Danish police investigate mystery drone sightings : worldnews

Scholz may meet with Putin before 23 February - German opposition : worldnews ... A survey conducted last October suggests that 40 percent of Germans fully or partially believe that NATO provoked Russia into invading Ukraine; that number increases to 59 percent in provinces that were once part of communist East Germany.
Iran's plot to assassinate dissident artist in Germany exposed : worldnews

Israeli drone headache continues for Swiss army : worldnews The Swiss army'' long-running problems with a consignment of Israeli reconnaissance drones has hit another snag: the drones need reprogramming to prevent collisions with other flying obstacles, such as paragliders.
Credit Suisse Nazi ties 'ran deeper than thought': media report : worldnews


Peter Stefanovic: "The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli..." - Bluesky
HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases

Venezuela announces $100,000 reward for capture of opposition candidate : worldnews ... A more accurate headline would read "Venezuelan dictator announces $100,000 reward for capture of democratic opposition candidate." .. I am impressed by the Guardian's chutzpah, after they published Owen Jones' propaganda; he travelled to Venezuela and pretended it was a democratic socialist heaven, full of happy, safe, well-fed people.
Argentina files ICC complaint against Venezuela over officer's arrest : worldnews

Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump : worldnews

Guatemalan and El Salvadoran troops arrive in Haiti to fight gangs : worldnews




Jimmy Carter's state funeral starts today. Here is what to know : politics

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Soros, Messi and 16 others : politics
Biden honors Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Magic Johnson with Presidential Medal of Freedom : politics

Harris to oversee electoral count, restoring norm that Trump shattered : politics

January 6 was part of an attempted coup d'etat in America. Don't let Trump and his allies tell you otherwise : politics Reminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power : politics
January 6 Police Testify That Riot Was A Terrorist Attack - YouTube
Special Jan 6 Video - by Adam Kinzinger and Harry Dunn

'Fatal Mistake': Democrats Blame DOJ As Trump Escapes Accountability For Jan. 6 - "Merrick Garland wasted a year," Rep. Jerrold Nadler said ahead of the fourth anniversary of the 2021 Capitol riot. : politics

The 119th Congress: Some history makers, but fewer women overall | Democrats are sending a record number of women to the House and Senate, but just two new women lawmakers are Republicans, leading to an overall decline in representation. : politics

Trump to be sentenced for his crimes before inauguration : politics
Trump's sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here's what could happen next : politics
"Fake, made up charge": Trump calls for judge to be "disbarred" after hush money sentencing date set : politics

Donald Trump fumes over flag flying at half-staff to honor Jimmy Carter during inauguration : politics
"They don't love our country": Trump rages over half-mast flags for Carter | Carter's passing means flags will fly at half-mast over the Capitol on Inauguration Day : politics

Music Notes - Lawyers, Guns & Money Jimmy Carter probably had the best musical taste of any modern president. Maybe Obama, but his playlists sound like they are curated by someone at Spin. Carter really enjoyed the music and musicians liked Carter. Here's the entirety of the White House Jazz Festival Jimmy Carter held in 1978. Carter hanging with Cecil Taylor!

BlueDot: Bluesky

Trump on New Years Eve at Mar-a-Lago : pics
Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day : politics

FBI checks, ethics paperwork threaten to slow down Trump confirmations : politics

Trump Has Stuffed His Cabinet With Oligarchs Poised to Govern for Their Profit : politics

Sen. Adam Schiff says the New Orleans attack shows Kash Patel shouldn't lead the FBI : politics
Who Is Kash Patel? Trump's FBI Director Pick Pledged to Punish Media - May Be Trump's Scariest Pick Yet

Mark Cuban: "Why are Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, Pichai and Tim Cook visiting and giving money to Trump ? Because they are in “The Race “ to become the dominant platform in the world. Amazon/Anthropic vs FB/LLama vs Google/Gemini vs Twitter/Grok, vs IPhones/ChatGpt is the penultimate global power war ever." - Bluesky
Jeff Bezos' media companies kiss Trump's ring…again : politics
Collaboration, not acquiescence - Lawyers, Guns & Money

'14th Now': Thousands expected to convene in nation's capital to demand Congress bar Trump from office : politics undefined

Liz Cheney: Donald this is not the Soviet Union : politics

Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration : politics

"There is no morality right now": Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Donald Trump's GOP : politics

Mike Johnson Attributes Prayer to Thomas Jefferson. But There's a Problem. : politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson Keeps His Gavel After Just One Round Of Voting After 2 Republicans Change Votes : politics
Republicans Fail to Elect Speaker on First Vote: 'We're Not Ready to Govern' : politics
'The American People Did Not Vote for Whatever the Hell This Is,' Warns House Democrat | Rep. Jim McGovern said the House GOP's rules package offers "the clearest window yet into their agenda for the next two years." : politics
Nancy Mace's Capitol Hill Bathroom Ban Missing from House Rules Package - Mike Johnson's assurances from November that the controversial ban would be included appear to have fallen through. : politics
The House GOP Has Been Ungovernable For More Than A Decade : politics

Elon Musk Wages New Capitol Hill War With Blitz of Posts : politics
How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk? : politics
It's Elon Musk over MAGA: Donald Trump makes his pick : politics
'He owes them': MAGA activists worry about Musk's influence over Trump in legal migration spat : politics
Elon Musk told to stick to US politics after latest UK blast : politics
UK Right Warns Trump Allies That Musk's Posts Have Gone Too Far : politics

MAGA Hardliner: You Can Cut Off My Fingers, I Won't Vote for Trump's Speaker : politics

Billionaires get ready to take over in Washington : politics

Gaetz's absence from House met with cheers : politics


Rudy Giuliani insists he's not hiding assets at contempt hearing over $148 million judgment : politics


The things we got wrong in 2024 | Semafor

Rep. Virginia Foxx, 81, Slips and Falls on First Day of New Congress : politics
81-Year-Old Republican Lawmaker Receiving Medical Care After Fall at Capitol : politics


A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. : politics

'Dark Money' Is Tainting Washington Think Tanks. A New Report Shows It's Worse Than You Think. : politics

Nassau County executive refuses to lower flags for late President Jimmy Carter : politics

More Bad Public History - Lawyers, Guns & Money let me point out that if reporters want to talk about past elections, it would help if they knew something about them ... the comparison of 1892 to 2024 the Times offers is just flat out superficial. It can do better. I'd recommend hiring historians to write for them.

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread : politics

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post - by Ann Telnaes Democracy can't function without a free press
emptywheel: "Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui..." - Bluesky
Bill Grueskin: "As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post" -- Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos" - Bluesky
Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed : politics
Jeff Bezos spikes editorial cartoon, proving cartoon correct - Lawyers, Guns & Money - The Times story about the resignation is an object illustration of how editors working toward Bezos and the Murdoch crony he installed have to humiliate themselves: When Bezos intervened to spike the Post's endorsement of Harris, there was a lot of clueless would-be Savvy commentary that focused on the relevance of the endorsement per se -- which is indeed not very important -- rather than the actual story, namely what it said about how Bezos would run the paper going forward. If you considered this an open question, you have your answer.

Amazon: What an Employer - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Georgia Maternal Mortality Board Dissolved Over Report on Abortion Ban Deaths | Truthout -One critic described the move as an "attempt to conceal the deadly consequences" of Georgia's abortion ban.
Georgia Maternal Mortality Board Dissolved Over Report on Abortion Ban Deaths : politics

Ohio lawmakers passed a wave of anti-LGBTQ bills during the most recent General Assembly : politics
Ohio Changes Campaign Forms to Tell Trans Candidates to Deadname Themselves When Filing : politics

How Ohio police justify charging hundreds of dollars for bodycam video : politics


Chris Hayes: "Bleak. "Why did I personally do it now? I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took," Sergeant Livelsberger said in one of the notes, according to the police. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u..." - Bluesky

Further Down the Laurel County Rabbit Hole... - Lawyers, Guns & Money what it says about the politics and economics of policing in the United States ... budgetary decisions on body worn cameras need to come at the federal and state level rather than that of the county or municipality.


The Men Who Withdraw - Lawyers, Guns & Money The essay argues, with numerical backup, that as more women attend college, the image of college becomes feminized and thus less attractive to men. This seems to be true in a very general way, but the reactions, along with my priors, led me to a finer-grained conclusion ... Sixty years later, far too many men, and too much of what society codes as masculine, have not changed.

The feminization of college - Lawyers, Guns & Money - When I was an undergraduate in the early 1980s, the percentage of men and women undergraduates at four-year colleges was identical. This has been shifting gradually, to the point where now only about 42% of undergraduates at four-year colleges are men. In addition, women have higher rates of degree completion, which is resulting in this trend: 25-34 year old women are now 27% more likely to have a four-year degree than men in the same age cohort, and the trend is only getting more pronounced ... That fascism is a virulently patriarchal and misogynistic historical phenomenon is not, in this context, anything like a coincidence.


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,792 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Stephen Ambrose ... But the second part of historians' distrust of Ambrose was that he told utterly uncritical stories that were more like hagiographies than actual histories that dealt with the complexities of the American past ... There's simply no way Ambrose was doing this without a factory behind him. In the contemporary context, I assume the same of Jill Lepore. She's a better historian than Ambrose ever could have dreamed of being, even though she's incredibly full of herself and her claims that she's the only historian really engaging in the public despite ignoring the fact that huge chunks of the profession does this today ... The jealousy of Ambrose in the end was not that he sold books. It's that the books were so bad and yet stupid white men wanking off to World War II ate them up.


The viral panic over men's reading habits, fact-checked | Vox David J. Morris, an assistant professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, theorized in a New York Times op-ed that the disappearance of literary men is a contributing factor to Donald Trump's dominant performance with the manosphere ... Men did appear to favor Trump by a significant margin in November ... Roughly 70-ish percent of men read at least one book a year, and roughly 80-ish percent of women do ... UK women bought 63 percent of fiction, while men bought 37 percent. The numbers don't quite match the 80/20 split Taylor cites earlier, but the distinction is certainly suggestive, at least for buying patterns in the UK.
Are men's reading habits truly a national crisis? : books


TIL Using machine learning, researchers have been able to decode what fruit bats are saying -- surprisingly, they mostly argue with one another. : todayilearned




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US Surgeon General Says Consuming Alcohol Increases Risk For At Least 7 Types Of Cancer : science

Thailand's prime minister declares over $400 million in assets, including hundreds of luxury handbags and watches : worldnews

Hanoi 'world's most polluted city' as deputy PM vows to push EVs : worldnews

Cambodia issues health alert on hMPV outbreak in China, similar to flu, Covid-19 : worldnews


Officials suspend arrest of president Yoon Suk Yeol : worldnews
Police 'en route to arrest' South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol : worldnews
Korea's birthrate rebounds for 1st time in 9 years : worldnews


China's Monster Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship Seen Like Never Before At Launch Ceremony The Type 076 is unlike any other big deck amphibious warship, featuring a catapult for launching advanced unmanned aircraft.


Russia has recruited up to 180,000 convicts for war against Ukraine, Foreign Intelligence Service says : worldnews

Russian gas shutdown forces closure of almost all industry in Transnistria : worldnews

Russians conduct almost 90 attacks on 3 fronts and try to break through Ukrainian defences in Kursk Oblast : worldnews

Moscow court orders Yandex to hide oil refinery on maps after Ukrainian drone attacks : worldnews


Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It's unclear who it belongs to. : worldnews


Kurds, women must be included in Syria's transition, European ministers say : worldnews

Over 115,000 Syrians have returned home since fall of Assad regime: UN : worldnews

Muhsina al-Mahithawi becomes the first female governor in Syria's history : pics

Egypt bans entry of Syrians from anywhere in the world : worldnews


Iranian delegation attempts to bar plane from being searched in Beirut - report : worldnews
Iran tells Italy it seeks prisoner swap for jailed Italian journalist : worldnews

Syria restricts entry for Lebanese citizens, security sources say : worldnews


Israel has spent millions trying to win hearts and minds abroad, will spend 20 times more : worldnews ... The fact that they are planning to cut social services to fund a propaganda campaign couldn't leave my mind for the whole article. I still vividly remember all the Israeli anti-government protests. My heart goes out to people of Israel living under a right wing authoritarian trying to use war to prolong his freedom before being convicted by his own system... The hubris of 2 individuals gave Netanyahu this victory, not the electorate.

Israel's High Court of Justice annuls legislation from 2022 that gave Ben Gvir strong influence over police probes : worldnews

UNRWA reportedly preparing to cease activities in Gaza, West Bank : worldnews
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IDF drones find Hamas weapons in school, RPG in child's room in Gaza Strip : worldnews


Over 50,000 Russians seek MIA through Ukraine's project, representative says : worldnews
Russian families looking for missing soldiers ask Ukraine for help, says search agency : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1044, Part 1 (Thread #1191) : worldnews undefined

Ukraine investigating French-trained brigade after reports of desertions : worldnews

Finnish court upholds seizure of oil tanker in undersea cables probe : worldnews

The Kyiv Independent on X: "⚡️Ukraine hits $24.5 billion in agro-exports, nearing pre-war levels, Agriculture Ministry reports. Ukraine exported 78.3 million tons of products in 2024, including grains and sunflower seeds critical to markets across Africa and Asia. / X



Poland's minimum wage exceeds US federal rate for first time : worldnews
Ukraine war 'must end in just peace,' Polish president says in New Year's message : worldnews
Zelenskyy says elections can be held after "hot phase of war" passes : worldnews

Finnish court upholds seizure of oil tanker in undersea cables probe : worldnews

Sweden's wolf hunt started January 2 with aims to halve population: By the end of opening day, hunters had shot 10 : worldnews ... Sweden is only about 18% larger than Montana by area.

Montenegro to tackle gun control after mass killing left 12 dead : worldnews

Germany should not rule out peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, CDU lawmaker says : worldnews

A flight had to abort 2 landings and divert to another country after its navigation systems faced GPS jamming The Airbus A320 was flying to Vienna but had to be diverted to Brno in the neighboring Czech Republic. GPS jamming, causing navigation issues, has increased since 2022, especially in the Baltics.
A flight had to abort 2 landings and divert to another country after its navigation systems faced GPS jamming : worldnews

Thousands of British troops to lead major NATO exercise in Eastern Europe : worldnews
UK electricity cleanest ever in 2024, with record 58% from low-carbon sources : worldnews


'Worrisome' mutations found in H5N1 bird flu virus isolated from Canadian teenager : worldnews
Google sends $100M in funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption | CBC News
Google sends $100M in funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption : worldnews

Greenland leader calls for independence from Denmark as Trump enters : worldnews




Trump complains that US flags will be half-staff on his inauguration day : politics

Kamala Harris Heads to Capitol to Swear-In Senators Who Won't Even Say Her Name Right : politics

Judicial body won't refer Clarence Thomas to Justice Department over ethics lapses : politics - "ethics lapses" is a nice way to say "overt corruption".
How Clarence Thomas Got Away With It : politics

JD Vance calls Elon Musk's piece praising far-right German party AfD 'interesting' : politics

What exactly is the problem? - Lawyers, Guns & Money ... Yet despite the potential for the Republican nominee to face jail time, only one in four voters said they were yet paying very close attention to the former president's legal travails.

Joe Biden says alleged New Orleans attacker supported ISIS in videos : politics
He added falsely - Lawyers, Guns & Money worth highlighting that Trump's initial response to the New Orleans attack was a nest of race-baiting lies:
Louisiana Governor Photographed Smiling Outside Steakhouse Hours After Deadly New Orleans Terror Attack: 'Fire Yourself' : politics

"On the production of fresh wingnuts" revisited - Lawyers, Guns & Money It's a movement that's impossible to satirize preemptively, but it's not funny now that it's happening. And Trump having all of these half-forgotten memes in instant recall is presumably one source of his remarkable political authority within the party.

The Carter FP Legacy - Lawyers, Guns & Money Some brief thoughts on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy legacy ... the Camp David Accords ... But live by Middle East politics, die by Middle East politics. Carter's handling of the Iranian Revolution signaled the death knell of his administration.

The Afghanistan Papers - Lawyers, Guns & Money The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction [gift link] observes that the war was a total failure its supporters continued to defend with some combination of knowing lies or statements they should have known were not true:
Matthew Yglesias on X: "The fact that Biden got 100 times more scrutiny for ending a failed war than any of his predecessors got for continuing it will never cease to infuriate me." / X

All RFK Jr. apologia is anti-vaxx - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Don't do what McCarthy did : Moderate GOP members urge Johnson not to deal with party's far-right : politics

Johnson says House Republicans will investigate Jan. 6 committee : politics
Mike Johnson delivers fake prayer - Lawyers, Guns & Money - And it turns out that the attribution to Jefferson is completely spurious. This is an invented quotation, that first popped up more than a century after Jefferson's presidency.


74-Year-Old Democrat Who Ran Against AOC Offers Infuriating Defense : politics

Republicans' trust in accuracy of US elections jumps after Trump's win, AP-NORC poll finds : politics

Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy call remote work a 'Covid-era privilege.' Economists say it's here to stay : politics

RFK Jr. Is Trying to Write Himself Out of 2019 Samoan Measles Epidemic : politics

Laurie Loves Data: "70% of the world's population has universal healthcare, but not the US We are the only highly developed nation without it Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare" - Bluesky

Sacu: "" - Bluesky
Tim Onion: "fascinating definition of freedom we've wound our way into here" - Bluesky
Must love : "Must be nice" - Bluesky

Trump and MAGA Are Desperately Trying to Pin New Orleans Attack on the Border : politics
New year, same Trump: MAGA pounces on New Orleans tragedy to spread disinformation : politics

Bid to tackle extremism in US military unlikely to be revived under Trump : politics

Near midnight, Ohio Gov. DeWine signs bill into law to charge public for police video : politics
The Public Duty Doctrine and Its Implications for Police Officers - Savage Training Group


Cutting the cord again? Americans are spending less on streaming as fatigue and options grow : technology



Click-to-cancel - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Drilling Santa Barbara - Lawyers, Guns & Money Arguably the most important moment in the development of the popular environmental movement in the United States was the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara. Along with the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the Cuyahoga River catching on fire in 1969, the oil spill galvanized Americans to stand up to corporate despoliation of the environment

The risks and benefits of moderate drinking and the journalistic hazards of epidemiology - Lawyers, Guns & Money


Washington Post CEO accused of tricking police in U.K. tabloid scandal : NPR


Husband Divorces Wife After She Kisses Romeo Santos On Stage At Aventura Concert : Music


The link between poor sleep and mental health problems could be related to deficits in brain regions that keep unwanted thoughts out of mind : science

TIL: Walking Corpse Syndrome is a mental disorder where the person thinks they are dead, do not exist, or exist without organs or blood. Denial of self existence is present in about half of cases, while the other half think they're immortal. : todayilearned

University of Pittsburgh researchers find that Herpes virus might drive Alzheimer's pathology : science


Sexual boredom outweighs desire in predicting women's relationship satisfaction. New research shows that feeling bored with your sex life can be a big reason why people experience lower sexual and relationship satisfaction. : science


Court strikes down US net neutrality rules; Government Cannot Internet like it's a Utility : technology

Shiv Ramdas: "I already have onedrive, it's the one drive on my computer and that is where I want to save my work you clown" - Bluesky
Customize the save experience in Office - Microsoft Support
Home | LibreOffice - Free and private office suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft

ELI5:Why is searching for a file so much slower on Windows vs macOS? : explainlikeimfive
Everything - voidtools
GitHub - srwi/EverythingToolbar: Everything integration for the Windows taskbar.





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South Korea's Yoon resists arrest over martial law bid : worldnews


China imposes sanctions on US defence firms supplying arms to Taiwan : worldnews



Unverified reports claim poisoning attempt on Syria's ousted leader Assad in Moscow : worldnews

Russia fines party-goers for 'looking too gay' : worldnews

Russia has lost over 38,000 troops in Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says : worldnews
Ukraine strikes Russian command post in Kursk region : worldnews
Euromaidan Press on X: Frontline report: Two Ukrainian HIMARS strikes cripple Russian reinforcements rushed to Kursk front. / X



A Canadian Ultrarunner Was Arrested in India for Carrying a Garmin inReach : worldnews
Toxic waste from India's 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site moved for disposal after 40 years : worldnews


Ivory Coast joins West African nations asking French troops to leave : worldnews


UAE mandates genetic testing for Emirati couples before marriage starting January 2025 : worldnews


New Syrian gov't taps Druze woman as governor of southern province : worldnews

120 commandos deep inside Syria: IDF reveals daring raid on Iranian missile factory : worldnews

Syria: New government's school curriculum changes spark concern : worldnews
After Nearly 13 Years, Qatar Airways To Resume Flights To Syria's Damascus : worldnews


Israeli strike kills 11 people, including head of Gaza police, Palestinian officials say : worldnews


Zelenskyy said 30% of the weapons and gear used by Ukraine's military in 2024 was domestically made : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1043, Part 1 (Thread #1190) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 2, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/4Hqcr8FZEj" / X

Russia's New Year's Day attack on Kyiv kills two prominent Ukrainian scientists, education minister says. Famous neurobiologist Ihor Zyma and doctor of biological sciences Olesia Sokur were a married couple working for the Taras Shevchenko National University. Russian drone strike killed them. : worldnews

Ukraine to further support Syria with humanitarian aid, says Zelenskyy : worldnews

Ukraine downs 2 Russian helicopters in sea drone attack : worldnews

KyivPost on X: "Kyiv before and after the Russian attack on New Year's Eve. Yet another historic building has been destroyed by Russians. / X

KyivPost on X: "Ukraine became the 125th state to join the Rome Statute of the ICC and, starting that date, will have the same rights as other member states. / X

Anton Gerashchenko on X: Shoot all the f*cking cars. As for the locals, f*ck if I know. I'd rather kill the locals. You should round up all the locals, tie them up, and f*cking torture them. Soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU found the phone of a killed Russian soldier who filmed on how his colleague Rudakov Oleg Igorevich (call sign "Rudik") gave criminal orders to Russian soldiers who were closer to the contact line, such as shooting and torturing the locals. / X

WarTranslated (Dmitri) on X: Russians are likely sabotaging equipment to avoid crossing the Dnipro near Kherson, according to "ATESH." Partisans report that in Lazurne, Russian occupiers complain about a sharp increase in equipment breakdowns arriving at repair bases, including boats and jet skis. / X

How Suicide Drones Changed the Front Lines in Ukraine in the War With Russia - The New York Times


In Norway, nearly all new cars sold in 2024 were fully electric : worldnews


Netherlands: 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators' names published : worldnews

Italy summons Iran's ambassador to demand release of Italian journalist arrested in Tehran : worldnews

Poorer children hit hardest as scurvy makes a comeback in France : worldnews

TIL Londoners consume more cocaine per year than Europe's next three cocaine-consuming cities, combined. : todayilearned


El Salvador closes 2024 with a record low number of homicides : worldnews




Biden discussed plans to strike Iran nuclear sites if Tehran speeds toward bomb : worldnews
Iran is open to nuclear negotiations, if US responds with respect, Araghchi says : worldnews

FBI says it disrupted alleged plot against major U.S. pro-Israel organization offices : worldnews

US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China : politics
American sanctions office hacked by Chinese government, officials say : worldnews

Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like : politics

Biden to award Liz Cheney and others with Presidential Citizens Medal : politics
Biden is giving the second highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional panel : politics
Biden vows to keep public informed about investigation into 'despicable' New Orleans attack : politics

Trump to hold D.C. rally on Jan. 19, the day before his inauguration : politics


Morgan J Freeman: Chain of Command - Bluesky
CALL TO ACTIVISM: - Bluesky

Republicans raising questions about Johnson's reelection as House speaker : politics
Speaker Johnson faces narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years : politics
Why Mike Johnson's bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump's support : politics
House rules would make it harder to oust speaker in next Congress The rules package raises the threshold for triggering a vote from one GOP member to nine. : politics

How Renegade Juries Could Help Thwart Trumpian Misrule : politics

Unions Brace Themselves as Trump Prepares to Defang Labor Board : politics

Turns out Trump is OK with immigrants -- if they help his billionaire friends : politics

Trump flunks 3 key tests following deadly New Orleans attack | Within hours of the New Year's attack in New Orleans, the president-elect simultaneously flunked tests of accuracy, decency and credibility. : politics
Trump Falsely Suggested New Orleans Suspect Was an Immigrant : politics
Trump Insists He Was 'Right About Everything' After Wrongly Tying New Orleans Attack to Immigration : politics

What does an America without democracy look like? We're about to find out. : politics
Trump's Assault on the Systems That Keep Americans Safe Is Dangerous : politics

Donald Trump's 'Maganomics' will damage growth, economists tell FT polls | On both sides of Atlantic, most surveyed claim protectionist shift will overshadow benefits of other policies : politics

'We're going to rip your face off' in visa fight, Steve Bannon warns Elon Musk : politics

How Elon Musk And Amazon Could Deal A Blow To Workers' Rights : politics

More Americans believe health care is the government's responsibility. MAGA is looking to end federal programs | Newfound belief in government health care comes as some Republicans are getting ready to push for cutting government spending on health care programs such as Obamacare and Medicaid : politics
Americans Are Angry About Their Health Insurance -- With Good Reason : politics
Medicare for All Tops Sanders' Prescription to 'Make America Healthy Again' | "Our real problem is not so much a healthcare crisis as it is a political and economic one," he wrote in an op-ed. : politics


Kids' low reading scores are 'a 5-alarm fire,' says DOGE's Ramaswamy. His solution: Eliminate the Education Department. : politics

New Hampshire's Governor Thinks Elon Musk Is Too Rich for Conflicts of Interest : politics

Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don't seem to care : politics

Up to 500,000 Minnesotans to get a 'clean slate' starting Jan. 1 : politics

21 states are getting minimum wage bumps in 2025 : politics

NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump | Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades. With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat? : politics

Trans rights to be marquee fight for House Republicans : politics - out of 500,000 NCAA athletes, 40 are trans.... so 0.00008%. Sure, this is such a rampant issue that it needs massive federal attention. /s.

LynnZ 💙: "Not one school shooter has ever been given the death penalty. Not one. U.S. government is seeking the death penalty for Luigi Magione. Proving that one rich CEO is worth so much more in this country than any child. Disgusting." - Bluesky undefined

James Carville: I Was Wrong About the 2024 Election. Here's Why : politics

What in the hell? : WTF

Hejin - Bluesky
Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants – ITEP

Drone video shows deadly fireworks explosion in the Honolulu area : videos

Virginia man had weapons cache, used Biden photo for target practice, prosecutors say : politics


TIL that Audrey Hepburn's parents were fascists during the 1930s and early 40s. Her mother changed her mind when, living in the German-occupied Netherlands, her brother-in-law was executed for something he didn't do and her son was deported to a German labor camp. : todayilearned

TIL: Sally Hemings was 16 years old when she gave birth to her first child with 51 year old Thomas Jefferson : todayilearned


These four factors predict maladaptive daydreaming in neurodivergent individuals: Emotional dysregulation, internalized stigma, escapism, and self-esteem emerged as significant predictors, varying across individuals with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and both diagnoses. : science


This Structural Battery Could Lead to Massless Energy Storage

Rick Griffin: "The Treachery of Images enters the public domain this year. Now you can OFFICIALLY display to your viewers the tenuous relationship between the signifier and the signified" - Bluesky

Moon lover: "Italian astrophotographer Marcella Julia Pace spent 10 years capturing these 48 colors of the Moon." - Bluesky
Shop by Brand Yvolution

Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' Predicted Look of Black Hole

Study traces Ebola's route to the skin surface: Findings suggest a cellular route the virus uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin's surface, which may be one avenue for person-to-person transmission : science

Here's why you should switch from coffee to tea undefined

People that met the horny ladies that are nearby how did it go? : AskReddit


We Need to Talk About Trader Joe's | TASTE Behind the bubbly cashiers in Hawaiian shirts, craveable snacks, and bargain-basement prices are questionable business practices that have many food brands crying foul at the company's blatant and aggressive copycat culture.





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World's 500 richest people surpass $10 trillion in wealth in 2024 : worldnews


Damaged black box from crashed South Korean plane will be sent to US for analysis as investigation ramps up : worldnews



Putin Declares 'Everything Will Be Fine' Despite Russia's Growing Challenges : worldnews

Russia's uncovered secret war plans target 160 sites in Japan and South Korea : worldnews

Fire rips through Russian oil depot deep behind front line : worldnews

Russia cuts off gas supplies to Transnistria : worldnews



Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya : worldnews

Congo sentences 13 soldiers to death in bid to boost discipline : worldnews

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging : worldnews

U.S. strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after American warships attacked, CENTCOM says : worldnews

Nedal Al-Amari: "Massive celebrations sweep across Syria as the nation ushers in 2025, marking the start of a new era free from the former Assad regime. This footage captures the jubilant atmosphere in Damascus." - Bluesky

Syria's De Facto Leader Holds Talks With Kurds: Official : worldnews
Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub : worldnews


Hamas said willing to free only 22 of 34 living hostages demanded by Israel in deal : worldnews


Russia launches more than 100 drones at Ukraine in New Year's attack : worldnews
Zelensky on drone attack: Even on New Year's Eve, hurting Ukraine Russia's only concern : worldnews
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows his country will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia : worldnews

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1042, Part 1 (Thread #1189) : worldnews
The Kyiv Independent on X: "These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of Jan. 1, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. +1250 Troop loss below 7-day average of 1640 - Artillery & Vehicles below recent average while UAVs are higher.

Ukraine Control Map on X: "Ukraine at the end of 2024 As the year of 2024 draws to a close, we look at what both sides have accomplished. tl;dr version: In losses, Russia took many tens of thousands of KIA/WIA (Ukraine figures claim 429,540 in 2024 alone, but if you take a quarter of that as KIA/irrecoverable WIA you'd ikely be nearer the mark in our opinion) plus over 1100 tanks, 3000 AFVs and countless other pieces of equipment verified by footage, including numerous ships and aircraft

'Shoot All the Locals' – Russian Officer Orders Civilian Executions in Luhansk Region : worldnews

Ukraine has brought back 1,358 people from Russian captivity in 2024 : worldnews


Poland kicks off presidency of EU Council. After Hungary's controversial tenure, Warsaw starts EU presidency under the slogan "Security, Europe". One of the tasks - countering "hybrid warfare", such as tensions on Poland-Belarus border, disinformation, election meddling, sabotages. : worldnews

Hungary loses entitlement to billions in EU aid : worldnews

Ryanair flight to Austria diverted to Czech Republic after reported GPS jamming : worldnews
Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia : worldnews

Ninth legion's 'lost battle' found, claims Roman expert : worldnews

38C3: Hacker hijacks and repairs Beesat-1 satellites from the ground : worldnews

German woman who lives in home looted from Jews must give it up, judge rules : worldnews




Do Kwon: fugitive cryptocrash boss finally extradited to US
Crypto fugitive Do Kwon extradited to US over $40bn crash : news

U.S. sanctions Russian and Iranian entities over attempted election interference : politics
Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement on Iranian Election Influence Efforts | Federal Bureau of Investigation : politics
The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target American voters with disinformation ahead of this year's election. They are accused of spreading disinformation, fake videos, social media campaigns to manipulate voters. : worldnews
Server found in apartment funded by Russian government used AI to interfere with 2024 US elections | Department of Treasury December 31, 2024 : worldnews

Russia rejects Trump transition team's floated ideas to end the war in Ukraine : politics

Pentagon chief loses bid to reject 9/11 plea deals : politics

Biden moving to ban oil and gas leases for 20 years in Nevada region, just weeks before Trump inauguration : politics

Jimmy Carter Was the Anti-Trump Who Made America Great | Carter served in the Navy, won the Nobel Prize, fought for civil rights, human rights, and environmental preservation. Trump, the opposite. : politics
Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral : politics

Roberts warns against ignoring Supreme Court rulings as tension with Trump looms : politics -to stress the importance of an independent judiciary says most corrupt SCOTUS in history

Sanders Lays Out Plan to Fight Oligarchy as Wealth of Top Billionaires Passes $10 Trillion | "If there was ever a moment when progressives needed to communicate our vision to the people of our country, this is that time," wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Despair is not an option." : politics
Bernie Sanders: Amazon "Accepts Worker Injuries ... as the Cost of Doing Business" : politics - It's a shame that American workers voted against their best interests by voting for Republican congress. These regulations will not materialize under the anti-worker, pro-robber baron republicans.


Reported fatalities in New Orleans as vehicle apparently slams into Bourbon Street crowd : news
New Orleans driver had ISIS flag and weapons in his vehicle : news
The terrorist's flag being hidden at the New Orleans new years mass casualty incident : pics

Tesla Cybertruck fire in Las Vegas leaves one dead, others injured : news

Virginia man accused of amassing largest homemade explosives cache ever found by FBI | Virginia : news
10 killed when vehicle hits crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans
New Orleans Updates - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The flag from the New Orleans incident : pics

Diplo "Macrodosing on LSD" During CNN's New Year's Eve Special : Music

Man who kidnapped California woman in what was initially called a hoax faces new charges : news

Mother, 12-year-old daughter among six injured in Bronx shooting: NYPD : news


Trump's criminal cases fading away, but some legal perils still loom in 2025 : politics

Mike Johnson's Reign as Speaker Under Threat Despite Trump's Support. Some Republicans aren't ready to make Mike Johnson their speaker again -- raising the prospect of more intraparty chaos as Trump's inauguration nears : politics


Trump asked why he changed his mind on H-1B visas : politics
Elon Musk channels Hillary Clinton in calling Trump supporters 'contemptible fools' amid H-1B visa debate : politics
This is who leads us - Lawyers, Guns & Money : Kekius Maximus - Incel 4chan loser says what? . . . Welcome to the Simulacrum:
Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X

What will happen to the economy if Trump manages to deport all of the undocumented immigrants? : politics
'Our farms will come to a stop': US farmers fret over Trump's deportation plans : politics

Black MAGA ends 2024 among the year's biggest losers : politics


This is some of what we must do to reform our dysfunctional healthcare system : politics


Ally Laura Loomer says TrumpWorld "scared" of crossing "king" Elon Musk as MAGA civil war explodes : politics
'Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy': historian predicts trouble for president-elect : politics
Bannon Ramps Up MAGA Civil War With Graphic Threat to Elon Musk : politics
Elon Musk living in cottage on Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate : politics
"You f**king deserve it": Lemon mocks "dumb" MAGA fans blindsided by Trump backing Musk visa push : politics
Trump Voters Are in for a Rude Awakening | He sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he'll face political reality. : politics
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Yes, There Are Ways To Cut The Budget Deficit. 'DOGE' Hasn't Found Them So Far. : politics


How New York state is defying Donald Trump's plans to roll back climate action : politics

North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentences on last day in office | North Carolina : politics

The Tennessee Holler: Wait - We were told California is a burning hellscape? - Bluesky

Psychedelic therapy begins in Colorado, causing tension between conservatives and veterans : politics

Georgia AG wants Trump administration to restrain rising migrant farm worker pay : politics - Fun Fact: Georgia has one of the largest prison farm labor operations in the US. Taking advantage of the one exception in the 13th amendment

Indiana Republican leaders signal hesitation to legalize medical marijuana in 2025 : politics

Rep. Soper tweets, deletes celebration of Jimmy Carter's death : politics
Colorado Rep. apologizes after post celebrating the death of Jimmy Carter : politics - Opened a bottle of Champaigne tonight! The world is rid of a despot! Thank God he finally called Carter home! The worst president in the history of the U.S.! We are still recovering! He destroyed the U.S. in such a way that even the 4th generation is still suffering!


Body recovered in search for missing Northern California brothers : news

36 endangered Florida panthers killed this year, highest death toll since 2016 : news


Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,791 - Lawyers, Guns & Money This is the grave of Melvin Laird ... Laird also tried to influence Republicans to not invade Iraq in 2003. As you may recall, it was Brent Scowcroft who took the heat by publishing the famous op-ed representing old school Republicans in telling George W. Bush and Dick Cheney that invading Iraq was a horrible idea.


Catherine Rampell: "US egg production drops as prices continue to rise along with bird flu cases www.foxbusiness.com/markets/us-e... #FoxBusiness" - Bluesky


Year in Review - Lawyers, Guns & Money

2024: A Historian's Reading List - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism: Hirsch, Paul S.: 9780226350554: Amazon.com: Books
Amazon.com: The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America: 9780312428235: Hajdu, David: Books
Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism, Enstad
Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism: Enstad, Nan: 9780226533315: Amazon.com: Books

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Depressive symptoms may be transmitted from mother to child via early interactions. Mothers with depressive symptoms display fewer supportive responses to infants' positive emotions. In turn, infants who receive fewer supportive responses are more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms as toddlers. : science