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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.

(Published Nov. 2025)

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Part 2 - The Mineral Evolution
Part 2 - The Mineral Evolution YouTube video by MrEarthGuy

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The Clock Is Ticking to Secure the Midterms — Here’s What the Experts Say 7 practical ways to keep the November elections free and fair.

What is one concrete, realistic step that should be taken now to protect the midterms?

We reached out to non-partisan voting experts with this simple but urgent question.

Here are their suggestions 👇

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“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.

(Published Dec. 2024)

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Supreme Court takes up another clash between religious & LGBTQ rights The Justices agreed to decide whether Colorado’s universal pre-K program must fund Catholic preschools that won’t accept kids with same-sex parents.

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Colorado can exclude Catholic preschools from the state’s universal pre-K program because they won’t agree to accept children with same-sex parents.

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Published 2021)

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Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’ Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointment

A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an El Paso, Texas, immigration office.

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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

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“Data strike” calls for logging off social media and streaming services on May 1st “Data strike” will take place on May 1st, 2026, at the time of the general strike in the US. Participants are urged to log off social media, AI, and streaming services to fight against digital surveil...

"Calls for “data strike” on May 1st: no social media, no AI, no streaming services"

"“What the technocratic class doesn’t want you to know is that your data is your labor too. Withhold it,” the data strike organizers say."

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I am so F***ING DONE with the US government!!! | ft Naomi Brockwell
I am so F***ING DONE with the US government!!! | ft Naomi Brockwell YouTube video by The Hated One

We officially crossed into a totalitarian surveillance state operating via warrantless mass surveillance. Privacy is a myth. Preemptive policing is here. Gov agencies leverage modern technology to monitor citizens, bypassing constitutional protections.

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Official portrait of drag queen Darlene Mitchell from RuPaul's Drag Race

Official portrait of drag queen Darlene Mitchell from RuPaul's Drag Race

She hasn't had the most flawless run this season, but I feel like, for many obvious reasons, we would be good friends in real life, and honestly I love a kookie kween. #TeamDarleneMitchell

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The global oil shock, mapped
The global oil shock, mapped YouTube video by Max Fisher

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Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivers more than 100,000 EVs for fourth-straight quarter as BYD sales fall Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivered 110,155 new energy vehicles in the first three months of 2026, exceeding 100,000 deliveries for a fourth-straight quarter.

Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivers more than 100,000 EVs for fourth-straight quarter as BYD sales fall

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London Pride boss sacked after being accused of buying luxury goods with company vouchers Christopher Joell-Deshields was suspended last year, with £7,125 found to have been spent on luxury items The boss of Pride in London, one of the world’s largest LGBTQ+ events, has been sacked after he was accused of buying luxury goods for personal use with vouchers intended for volunteers’ food and drink. Christopher Joell-Deshields, who had been chief executive of Pride in London since 2021, was put under investigation last September and suspended the following month in response to claims of misconduct. Continue reading...

London Pride boss sacked after being accused of buying luxury goods with company vouchers

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Jonathan, the giant tortoise, the world's oldest living land animal 'is alive' after getting caught up in alleged crypto scam A giant Seychelles tortoise, believed to be the world’s oldest living land animal, is alive and well after claims he had died turned out to be part of an alleged crypto scam.

Jonathan, the giant tortoise, the world's oldest living land animal 'is alive' after getting caught up in alleged crypto scam

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NASA launches first crewed lunar mission in half a century Four astronauts blasted off ​from Florida ​on Wednesday on ⁠NASA's Artemis ​II mission, ​a high‑stakes 10-day trip around ​the moon ​that marks the ‌United ⁠States' boldest step yet toward returning ​...

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BREAKING: Artemis II lifts off on mission around the moon. nbcnews.app.link/KbL7XEKxZ1b

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if Donny’s fool actions already started World War III (open question) then it will escalate with micro-developments like this

good on Spain.

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Baggies with white powders and white pills and an intravenous needle

Baggies with white powders and white pills and an intravenous needle

External bigotry contributes. But so does silence within the #lgbt community. We must be blunt. We have allowed a drug problem to explode among our #lgbtq friends and chosen family. For fear of appearing judgemental or prudish we don't call it out, but when is it enough?

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LGB+ people nearly three times as likely to die of drug poisoning, figures show Mental-health charity for gay and non-binary people says prejudices in society cause higher rates of depression

If it feels overdose deaths have become more prevalent among us #queers since the pandemic, it's because they have. Pre-pandemic #queer folk were 2x as likely to die from OD. Post-pandemic we're 3x.

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The Corporate Ripoff Scheme Looting Your Pocketbook
The Corporate Ripoff Scheme Looting Your Pocketbook YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Disney's Sora Disaster Shows AI Will Not Revolutionize Hollywood It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.

OpenAI news:

1. Sora is dead. May the memory of its four-month existence as a copyright infringement machine be a blessing.

2. Disney is pulling out of its billion-dollar investment in OpenAI entirely.

Turns out when you try to serve AI slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.

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Meta And Google Found Liable In Social Media Addiction Trial The companies were ordered to pay $3 million in damages to a 20-year-old woman who brought the lawsuit.

The companies were ordered to pay $3 million in damages to a 20-year-old woman who brought the lawsuit.

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Meta misled users about its products’ safety, jury decides The jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in penalties.

New Mexico got a historic $375 million jury verdict in the first of several cases nationwide against Meta.

The jury decided against Meta on every count, though it declined to award a penalty as high as the state sought, which would have been closer to $2 billion.

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U.S. Inflation May Hit 4.2% This Year Due To Oil Price Surge From Iran War, OECD Warns The organization, comprised of 38 of the world’s most advanced economies, said the conflict in the Middle East was testing the "resilience of the global economy."

The organization, comprised of 38 of the world’s most advanced economies, said the conflict in the Middle East was testing the "resilience of the global economy."

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New Bill Wants Lawmakers Banned From Trading On Prediction Markets A proposed bill would bar members of Congress, the president and other executive branch officials from trading on political events.

A proposed bill would bar members of Congress, the president and other executive branch officials from trading on political events.

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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content “In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.

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Lawmakers introduce bill to prohibit members of congress, president from prediction market trading The bill comes amid an uptick of bipartisan legislation focused on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.

Lawmakers are introducing a bill to ban Congress and the president from trading in certain prediction markets.

The ban would also extend to: Lawmakers' dependents and spouses, senior congressional staff, political appointees, the VP and senior executive branch employees.

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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data. n.pr/4t5Y8GQ

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