What are their names? What unit were they in? Why the secrecy?

Analysis: Even Trump’s most basic claims about the Iran war can’t be trusted | CNN Politics On Monday morning, President Donald Trump told The New York Post that Vice President JD Vance was already on his way to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran. “They’re heading over now,” the Post quoted...

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Empire collapse

How 2 fringe groups and a friendly judge helped pull off Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure Emails obtained by CalMatters trace the development of a years-long case that ultimately led to the unprecedented seizure of 650,000 ballots.

Anat Rubin and I co-wrote a story for @calmatters.org about the people behind Sheriff Chad Bianco's "election investigation" -- sovereign citizens, Christian nationalists, and "constitutional sheriffs."
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Wisconsin social work leader resists attack on conversion therapy ban • Wisconsin Examiner Two right-wing groups want a professional standard enacted to prevent harm repealed on free-speech grounds.

ICYMI: Right-wing outfits attack Wisconsin social workers' conversion therapy ban, citing recent SCOTUS ruling on a Colorado law. But Wisconsin social work leader points out that they aren't the same. Via @erikgunn.bsky.social

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AI MAGA girl

This MAGA girl in your social feeds? She's AI-generated, cooked up by a scammer. @ejdickson.bsky.social has the goods:

www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...

SCOTUS refuses to hear case on pandemic nursing home deaths in New York The supreme court

In a decision Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case holding Former Governor Cuomo's administration and the Greater New York Hospital Association responsible for thousands of deaths in New York nursing homes.

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The job diGenova had in the 2020 election was to regularly meet secretly at a Trump hotel restaurant with a team tasked with manufacturing fake pro-Biden foreign election interference.

Trump picking him to prosecute supposed election interference is a five-alarm national fire.

Israeli ambassador meets with France's Marine Le Pen, extending outreach to Europe’s far-right - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Le Pen’s sit-down with Joshua Zarka comes amid Israel's strained ties with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Israeli Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka held a meeting last week with far-right French leader Marine Le Pen, marking the latest instance in a recent trend of Israeli outreach to Europe’s fascist right.

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IDF says photo of soldier destroying Jesus statue in Lebanon is genuine, vows action Military says it views incident with 'great severity,' that it will be handled 'through the chain of command' and that IDF will help restore statue; image has circulated widely online

The IDF has confirmed the authenticity of a photo showing one of its soldiers in southern Lebanon smashing a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer, and said it would take action against those involved.
www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-ima...

Really cute until you realize soon they'll be using our toilets.

A humanoid robot won a half-marathon in Beijing in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, finishing faster than Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo's world record.

Read more: https://cnn.it/4sGl276

I can breathe.

AI agents could easily send college grad unemployment over 30%, ServiceNow CEO says Technology companies, including Block and Atlassian, have already cut jobs this year due to AI adoption.

AI agents could easily send college grad unemployment over 30%, ServiceNow CEO says

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Arson attempt hits London synagogue; Iran-linked group claims attack UK Chief Rabbi Mirvis: A 'sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community'; no injuries reported; counter-terror police investigating

A synagogue in London was targeted in an arson attack overnight Sunday in the latest in a string of assaults in recent weeks that Britain’s chief rabbi called a “sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community.”

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War crimes.

Updated Map with the New Yellow Line that Israel created, Covers an Area of bout 500 km²

That’s 4.8% of Lebanon's territory

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Nope.

It’s exceptionally obvious this is coming and the time to pick a side was yesterday

Why Viktor Orban’s Fidesz Party Lost The opposition’s stunning victory offers lessons for U.S. Democrats—and a warning for Trump’s allies.

"As illiberal strongmen have discovered in other contexts... after a while, voters, especially moderates, become exhausted by constant messages of fear, hatred, and vituperation..."

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IDF court-martials female troops who showed up for discharge in tank tops, short skirt Military docks pay of 3 women; mother calls incident 'repulsive and humiliating'; punishment of troops comes amid uproar after medics were jailed for barbecuing on base on Shabbat

'Would male soldiers in a tank top also be court-martialed?'

IDF court-martials female troops who showed up for discharge in tank tops, short skirt

Incident comes amid uproar after medics were jailed for barbecuing on base on Shabbat

www.timesofisrael.com/idf-court-ma...

Six Are Missing After Cargo Ship Is Found Overturned Near Guam The ship, the Mariana, was found overturned days after the Coast Guard lost contact with its crew, after a super typhoon struck.

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Saturday that it was continuing its search for six crew members of a 145-foot cargo vessel that was found overturned northwest of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific after a typhoon struck.