House Republicans threaten Democratic fundraising firm ActBlue CEO with contempt of Congress in fraud probe The chairs of three GOP-led House committees say ActBlue "may have deliberately" withheld some documents from their probe into fraudulent political donations.

This administration seems to know a lot about fraud...

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Did Trump share post threatening to release 'Vatican files' that could 'bring down' Catholic Church? The claim circulated in the form of a screenshot purportedly showing a Truth Social post by President Donald Trump.

Check your sources before sharing.

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Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

We need to rollback Palantir's and SpaceX's government contracts.

Public money shouldn't be going to companies that see the public as an enemy to be conquered.

A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality As the judge read her verdict in Paris Criminal Court on Monday, police officers walked to the defense table to arrest Bruno Lafont, the 69-year-old former chief executive of one of the world’s larges...

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Free, year-round SEPTA passes proposed for all Philly students Councilmember Rue Landau wants the city to pay for passes that work on weekends and all summer long.

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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences even though there is a lot of evidence supporting it.

Correctional officer worked with drug trafficker to smuggle cocaine into LA County, DA says The officer is accused of picking up the drug in Mexico and driving it across the border.

You really thought all the drugs were coming in asses?

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Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won year...

Don’t worry guys, stopping some high school aged trans kid from playing baseball would solve this issue. /s

Article Why American Life Expectancy Is Falling For all the talk about American exceptionalism, here’s a shocking truth: when it comes to health and longevity, the U.S. has been losing ground for decades. Not just behind wealthy nations, but behind...

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"Netanyahu engaging in unprecedented efforts to sabotage diplomacy."

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ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past.

The film Police Academy comes to mind.

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Hegseth compares media to Jewish biblical group that clashed with Jesus Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday complained about an “endless stream of garbage” from the media in its coverage of the Iran war, comparing the Pentagon press corps to the Pharisees, the b…

FFS...

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is leaving the Department of Homeland Security DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the move Thursday evening and wished Lyons well.

If your job stress puts you in the hospital more than once, quit.

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They Not Pious YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

They Not Pious.

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Elon Musk fights to avoid testifying over ‘random’ $1M voter giveaways Federal suits in Austin allege the Tesla and SpaceX CEO misled voters. Their attorneys seek his testimony and documents related to the America PAC program.

The wheels of ‘justice’…

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This is a thing that has happened in the past and will probably happen again in the future...

GOP planning to field spoilers for all recalls share.google/khR3zBsIE9Mu...

Worst. Secretary of State. Ever.

If they weren’t lying, they’d have nothing to say

‘It’s all we have to run on’: GOP looks to tout tax cuts as war overtakes Hill agenda The benefits of the ‘big, beautiful bill’ are at risk of being swamped by rising energy prices.

Desperate Republicans hope tax breaks for the ultra rich will save them from a massive Blue Wave

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

Another tech bro advancement that creates more problems than it purports to solve.

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Wake me up when no one is above the law and it applies to the convicted felon residing in the WH

Trump doesn’t ‘negotiate’, he bullies.
The terms Vance & wallets offered in Islamabad, Trump’s ‘15 point plan’, is IT! Done. Accept or Die!
- I fear Trump doesn’t care (he doesn’t) and will kill millions of Iranians, and thousands of Americans, in an earth-jarring flex and ricochet, catastrophe.

Airline to begin punishing travelers with bad seats for lacking status Basic economy tickets will be relegated to Group 7 for boarding.

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This is both an act of war and open piracy

Trump says gas prices could be same or 'a little bit higher' before midterms One of the sticking points in the negotiations held in Islamabad has been Iran's stranglehold over the Strait of Hormuz.

Told my wife to have dinner ready by 6 or I'll obliterate her entire civilization.

So anyway, she now charges me a fee to use the bathroom that used to be free, and I didn't get any dinner, but I'm pretty sure I won that exchange.

Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader Family of the then PM, Patrice Lumumba, welcome decision to charge Étienne Davignon as ‘beginning of a reckoning’

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Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja arrested at Palestine protest Robert Del Naja is arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation.

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Hell. No.

Off duty Phoenix PD Sargent shows up as armed agitator at anti-ice protest.

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