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Is the military going to deal with the environmental aftermath of blowing up oil tankers? 🤔

The number of mass shooting this week is disturbing...

8 children killed in Louisiana shooting, police say The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14, police said. The shooter, who was related to some of the children, is dead.

Breaking news: Eight children were killed Sunday in a shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, that police say appeared to be linked to a domestic disturbance.

Police said the victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14.

Virginia Governor Vetoes a Ban on Plea Deals That Waive People’s Constitutional Rights Abigail Spanberger blocked a bill to bar prosecutors from pressuring Virginians to waive protections against unreasonable police searches as a condition of pleas.

People who agree to a Fourth Amendment waiver give up protections against unreasonable searches and seizures, allowing police to search a person or their home at any time over years-long periods.

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

3 students, 2 others shot near the University of Iowa, authorities say No arrests had been made as of Sunday morning, according to a campus alert.

3 students, 2 others shot near the University of Iowa, authorities say

By a 5-to-4 vote the order halted Obama’s Clean Power Plan. They acted before any other court addressed the plan’s lawfulness

That marked the birth of the “shadow docket,” a secretive track allowing SCOTUS to make more than 20 key decisions on issues from immigration to agency power

🎁 @nytimes.com

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Saturday declared it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, after two Indian-flagged ships reported coming under fire while they were trying to pass through.

Just a day before, the Iranian foreign minister said it was reopened

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Two New Mexico Indigenous chefs to appear Tuesday on Food Network's 'Chopped' Two Indigenous New Mexico chefs who will be appearing on Chopped say they hope the program helps promote the Native food movement.

The episode of "Chopped" featuring Pioche and another Native chef from New Mexico — Santa Clara Pueblo’s Ray Naranjo, who operates a local food truck & who will soon bring his cuisine to a Santa Fe food hall — as well as two other Indigenous chefs, will air @ 7 p.m. Tuesday

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The Power of Big Oil Part One: Denial (full documentary) | FRONTLINE YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official

Good time to revisit FRONTLINE PBS's excellent three part documentary on The Power of Big Oil.

Part 1: DENIAL

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Trump asking for 5 year renewal of program allowing gov't to spy on you

He would settle for 18 months of spying

The Senate gave his spying privledges until April 30th

"We just defeated Johnson's efforts to sneak through a 5-year FISA authorization ...
Now, they will have to fight in daylight"

Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giant’s anti-trust battle with the sta

In a major state antitrust investigation, California's Attorney General has unsealed hundreds of records revealing that Amazon illegally pressures its marketplace sellers to engage in price-fixing.

While Trump's DOJ lets corporate lawbreakers off the hook, states are still holding them accountable.

N.M. Supreme Court denies attorney general's effort to halt ICE contract The development is part of a broader showdown in the state over whether immigrant detention will persist following a new law called the Immigrant Safety Act.

Without explanation, the NM Supreme Court unanimously denied the New Mexico Department of Justice's request to void a contract between the county and ICE for detention of immigrants at the Otero County Processing Center.

✏️ @thenewmexican.bsky.social

Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work | CNN Politics Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last...

The new automatic manditory draft going into effect in December will apply to...

"green-card holders, refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented men"

✏️ @cnn.com

www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/p...

20% of the population is Catholic. He is alienating a huge group of voters

Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal Residents of a St. Louis suburb turned out in droves to unseat four incumbents just days after the council approved a development agreement for a $6 billion data center.

Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6B data center, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection

That explains bringing back the NASA moon program

Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students

2 immigration judges fired after dismissing high-profile deportation cases against international students who advocated for Palestinians

✏️ @nytimes.com

“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor.”

BBC spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran – Explosive Media is one of the key accounts generating these clips👉🏾 www.bbc.com/news/article... #PINKS

Private Prisons are not good neighbors...

Sewage has been flowing into the Pecos river for months. The spill was from the Geo Group prison in Santa Rosa

"We have implemented temporary measures to secure the sewer system and mitigate any further impact"

www.kob.com/news/top-new...

Trump Admin Dealt Another Blow In Court After Professor Found Not Guilty California philosophy professor Jonathan Caravello, who was arrested while protesting an immigration raid, faced up to 20 years in prison.

“Jonathan Caravello, 38, faced up to 20 years in prison if he was convicted of the charge. The verdict is the latest blow to the Trump administration, which has thrown baseless assault charges at people who protest its mass deportation operations — but has repeatedly failed to secure convictions.”

a man is standing in front of a sign that says `` the more you know '' with his hands outstretched . ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says `` the more you know '' with his hands outstretched .

Oh interesting. I knew of the bowl cut.