We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades.
Until now.
The average refund so far is $350 more than last year at this time, despite projections that it would be closer to $1,000 due to Republican-led tax changes as part of the Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Disgusting.
Lightning, a running robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, finished a 21-kilometer (13 mile) run in Beijing in a stunning 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by more than six minutes. https://cnn.it/4mLRxQ8
I get asked why I’m so passionate about #ForeverCanadian.
I chose to give a year of my life to the Canadian unity referendum not because it would be easy—but because it truly matters. This isn’t just about politics.
It’s about who we fundamentally are. It’s about our identity.
#ableg
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
Is that bad? Seems bad
Absolutely incredible.
NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.
Watch with sound on.
Coming up on The Early Edition, this:
Mayor Ken Sim's $400-million Capital Plan priorities.
This "identifies priority sites," "outlines proposed investments," and "advances future planning work."
Is this an election year?
An investigation has been opened by House Democrats into criminal slumlord Jared Kushner for falsely operating as a negotiator whilst corruptly securing billions of dollars in dark monry investments for himself.
Good, finally.
We are living in a timeline so dumb it's exhausting.
In the months leading up to the midterm elections, hundreds of accounts have emerged on social media featuring A.I.-generated pro-Trump influencers posting at a rapid pace. Several accounts have already amassed thousands followers. Some of the posts have more than half a million views.
Or fermented liver. Just like Hagueseth’s liver.
as Matt & freelancer Lauren Watson have also reported for @thenarwhal.ca, the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat has a manufacturing issue causing excess flaring, which could take years to fix: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-f...
The NAACP sued Elon Musk’s xAI Tuesday, alleging the company’s efforts to power its data centers in Tennessee and Mississippi are creating a health risk for local residents.
Don't let them operate in Canada.
Johnny Somali, an American social media streamer known for desecrating a monument to women forced into sexual slavery during World War II, was sentenced to six months in prison in South Korea on Wednesday, in one of the harshest penalties handed down in the country for pulling stunts online.
NEW: “Arrest as many people that touch you as you want to," Gregory Bovino told Border Patrol officers in 2025.
But a review of hundreds of such arrests shows that charges brought against protesters and bystanders repeatedly fell apart under scrutiny.
w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Around a quarter of US farmers did not lock in fertilizer prices last fall, and many are now scrambling to cover costs stemming from a war they didn’t anticipate.
"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
We won't last 33 more months of this.
This must stop.
We must make it stop.
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June 11, 1942, Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons. Special Collection & Archives, UC San Diego Library
Buddy, if America EVER gets through this...
Trend micro should have a free program . You can do an offline scan too. Check avg’s website too for a thorough offline scan
