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Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

Exclusive: The Trump administration has declined to disclose the total amount raised, the identities of all donors or basic details about the White House’s ballroom design — until now.

Here’s what we learned from the records obtained by The Post:

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A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls. A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force...

A new investigation from ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps.

“We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.

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US airports could face a new wave of long security lines as early as May after the nation’s homeland security chief said that he will run out of money to pay 50,000 workers due to a partial government shutdown. https://cnn.it/4eHxJeq

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Family portrait of our Earth-Moon system taken by the JANUS camera onboard ESA's JUICE spacecraft.

This is approximately how it would appear to the human eye. 

I applied gamma correction to the image which is needed to correctly display a raw camera image on digital displays. This is also the reason why the original release looked so dark. 

I also rotated the image and upscaled it to 200% using spline36 resampling and applied a bit of sharpening.

Since the Moon moved a tiny bit between the different filter acquisition I had to re-align the RGB channels for it.

Thanks to ESA for providing a 16bit tiff of the image and making this processing possible.

original: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/09/Juice_snaps_an_...

Credit: ESA/Juice/JANUS/Simeon Schmauß

Family portrait of our Earth-Moon system taken by the JANUS camera onboard ESA's JUICE spacecraft. This is approximately how it would appear to the human eye. I applied gamma correction to the image which is needed to correctly display a raw camera image on digital displays. This is also the reason why the original release looked so dark. I also rotated the image and upscaled it to 200% using spline36 resampling and applied a bit of sharpening. Since the Moon moved a tiny bit between the different filter acquisition I had to re-align the RGB channels for it. Thanks to ESA for providing a 16bit tiff of the image and making this processing possible. original: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/09/Juice_snaps_an_... Credit: ESA/Juice/JANUS/Simeon Schmauß

Juice Earth Moon portrait - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qhyLDY

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Cartoon Earth and CTA logo characters high fiving with text saying I rode the CTA on Earth Day.

Cartoon Earth and CTA logo characters high fiving with text saying I rode the CTA on Earth Day.

Earth Day 🤝 Riding public transit

share this if you've earned bragging rights

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It doesn’t have to exist.

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This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.

One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.

Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

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AOC talking to RFK Jr. Her facial and hand gesture has the spiritual energy of that Italian hand gesture where you pinch your fingers and wave your hand (the "ma che vuo" gesture).

AOC talking to RFK Jr. Her facial and hand gesture has the spiritual energy of that Italian hand gesture where you pinch your fingers and wave your hand (the "ma che vuo" gesture).

how it feels to say "sprezzatura"

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Me, in *2013*: RFK Jr is anti-vax.

slate.com/technology/2...

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Donald Trump's Fed Chair nominee could not even say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

He is nothing more than a sock puppet.

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Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

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Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

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So when it comes to beards and hairstyles, discipline requires strict conformity. When it comes to contracting and spreading a preventable illness that directly affects unit readiness, follow your bliss, man.

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Fix Your Hearts or Die It's a invitation, not a threat. The path to liberation for lonely men is feminism.

"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."
www.the-reframe.com/fix-your-hea...

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obvious a.i. slop of a george takei birthday celebration with a TNG cake and his famously close friend william shatner

obvious a.i. slop of a george takei birthday celebration with a TNG cake and his famously close friend william shatner

close up of a picture of the TOS crew, including at least four unidentifiable randos, one of whom is in a TNG uniform

close up of a picture of the TOS crew, including at least four unidentifiable randos, one of whom is in a TNG uniform

man I hate a.i. slop

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Tweet by Martina Navratilova. "Predator. That is how he should register. A sexual predator…"

quote-tweeting a tweet by "Biology Rules OK" about Dr. Beth Upton, a trans woman

Tweet by Martina Navratilova. "Predator. That is how he should register. A sexual predator…" quote-tweeting a tweet by "Biology Rules OK" about Dr. Beth Upton, a trans woman

This tweet is highly defamatory and Martina Navratilova should be fired from BBC Sport for it.

It demonstrates an horrendous level of hatred for a trans woman (who was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recent tribunal) because she is a trans woman.

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She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products. n.pr/3Ovl8k8

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The french: get over here and explain yourself, noncechops
British gvt: ...we're banning phones from schools and making 40yos hand over their ID to DM on Bluesky, The Radio 6 Of Apps, what else do you want us to do about it?

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Lol who could have guessed Epstein's lawyer would join the party covering up Epstein's crimes?

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They not only won’t cancel; they’ve handed the entire event over to the fascists.

Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth are sitting at CBS’ table.

FCC’s Brendan Carr has actually been invited, while he’s trying to take away press freedoms.

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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.

NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

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This feels like one of those rules that has a ... very specific ... genesis.

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Tom Steyer: What is the symbol he draws on his hand? Tom Steyer's scribbles have historic significance - and a murkier modern-day meaning.

TIL that Tom Steyer has worn the Jerusalem Cross on his left hand since 2017.

(cc: @mitchellatencio.com @jackjenkins.me)

www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

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An image shows the Brooklyn Park, MN, Police in fatigues, holding rifles and posing in front of a helicopter.

An image shows the Brooklyn Park, MN, Police in fatigues, holding rifles and posing in front of a helicopter.

Here's a picture from the Brooklyn Park Police's website.

I don't know what the point of all this gear and training is if your officers won't confront a lone gunman who is shooting state lawmakers.

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Israeli Soldier in Lebanon Sledgehammered a Statue of Jesus

It’s like somebody challenged Israel to get down to the lowest possible level of support among Americans and they’re just dispatching one demographic after another.

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Absolutely bonkers ass

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Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

The corruption is just stunning.

www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

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The truth of the matter is that I've been terribly depressed for quite some time. Transitioning publicly and receiving massive swathes of right wing hatred coupled with a devastating death that happened in October of 2024 severely diminished my ability to envision a joyful future.

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Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’

Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’

Maybe we'll keep some InfoWars content up.

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Residents on street that won Reform’s energy bills prize say Reform hasn’t paid Reform’s competition promised to cover the winning street’s energy bills for a year

Anyone else not surprised?

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