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A GOOD START, BUT WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT SCOTUS DOES WITH IT (I DON'T TRUST SCOTUS ANY FARTHER THAN I CAN THROW THEM)

This statue was too controversial for a Dallas airport. Why did the Texas Rangers give it a home?

THEY REFUSE TO LEARN/CARE: This statue was too controversial for a Dallas airport. Why did the Texas Rangers give it a home? www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO THEIR JOB

Hamas Officials Say Group Is Ready to Hand Over Some Weapons

IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE US AND ISNOTREAL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW NEGOTIANS WORK: WE'RE DOOMED

Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs

HAHA

Weekend Update #181; Germany Raises The Pot For Ukraine The USA Boasts, Bluffs And Then Folds; More On Ukraine Fighting Humans With Machines

"The Europeans are coming to understand two rather different things. The first is that the fate of Ukraine is crucial to their own fate. And second, more European states are seeing Ukraine as a new center of gravity for European defense and security." open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

When Local Police Collaborate with ICE, Children Pay the Price I know exactly what message the recent deportation of an Austin mom and her 5-year-old sends to kids. They learn that calling 911 is dangerous.

Let that sink in. A call for help triggered a chain of events that ended with the deportation of a mother and her U.S. citizen child. This is not public safety. This is a system that punishes families for seeking help and turns local police into extensions of federal immigration enforcement.

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POPE IS BIG MAD:

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

STATE ABORTION BANS ENCOURAGE BAD DOCTORS TO MAKE EVEN WORSE PATIENT CARE DECICIONS:

Key Trump lawyer who tried to overturn 2020 election permanently disbarred Eastman has remained active in election denial circles, continuing to push conspiracy theories about voting and elections.

LOVE THIS FOR HIM:

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Artist Who Confronted Injustice, Dies at 46 She stood up for human rights in both her paintings and her advocacy, criticizing Israel’s violence against Palestinians and the rise of fascism in the US.

“To call a Jewish person a token for speaking against the state — that is anti-Semitism,” she wrote.

hyperallergic.com/celeste-dupu...

OMG, FFS, SAVE US FROM STUPID...

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Trump administration agrees to return rainbow Pride flag to New York’s Stonewall monument The Trump administration has agreed to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag on a federal flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February.

THE RESISTANCE (LAWSUIT) WINS: administration agrees to return rainbow Pride flag to New York’s Stonewall monument

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.

“People (shouldn't have to) fear that stalkers, scammers, abusers, federal agents, & activists... are silently & invisibly verifying their identities & potentially matching their names to a wealth of readily available data about their habits, hobbies, relationships, health, & behaviors,"

Saudi Arabia asks US to end Strait of Hormuz blockade | The Jerusalem Post Saudi officials appear to be weighing not only the direct risks in the Gulf, but also the possibility that Iran could respond through allied forces elsewhere in the region.

Yep, yep Saudi sees the writing on the wall

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www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

Here's an idea, quit murdering Palestinians. Seriously.

Careful, that's the kind of thinking that got us here at this time and place. America first sounds good at first, but it doesn't work

Think of the Iran War as Global War YouTube video by emptywheel

How to Think of Iran as a World War.

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DOCTOR EH? SURE DONNIE...

Minnesota investigates the arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest by federal officers of a Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment.

THE RESISTANCE: Minnesota investigates the arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping

The Joy of Choosing Democracy The inspiring electoral upset in Hungary yesterday is great for Europe, good for Ukraine, bad for Russia, bad for Trump, and bad for the far-right over the entire globe.

Hungary's brave choice last night is great for Europe, good for Ukraine, bad for Russia, bad for Trumpism, and bad for the far-right over the entire globe—all of which, to me, is a victory for the forces of good and democracy in the world: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-joy-of...

Ukraine unveiled a new missile Areion during a defense exhibition at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Developed from the “Palianytsia” project, it can be launched from Neptune systems or mobile trailers, with a warhead of up to 120 kg and a range of up to 600 km.

Hungary after Orban: Relief in Brussels, reality check on Ukraine Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary's election will likely unlock the EU's 90 billion-euro loan for Ukraine and its EU membership bid, but that does not mean progress will be instantaneous or free of fur...

Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary's election will likely unlock the EU's 90 billion-euro loan for Ukraine and its EU membership bid, but that does not mean progress will be instantaneous or free of further obstacles.

"Hungarians ripping down Orbán’s anti-Ukraine posters on the streets of Budapest." 🔥

I was overcome with emotion seeing this last night. His fearmongering campaign against Ukraine & Zelensky backfired in spectacular fashion.

Good riddance.

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The breakdown of international law is evident in today’s two pre-eminent global crises — Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war in the Middle East. (1/3)