Sgt. Brian McGinnis is out of jail after he was arrested for expressing his opposition to the US war on Iran in Congress. Capitol Police officers and Senator Sheehy broke his arm as they removed and arrested him.

Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people?

Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran.

Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth?

Hegseth: We’re investigating.

Trump: They are very inaccurate with their munitions. It was done by Iran.

I’ve been waiting and expecting this so here it comes!! In some respects I’ll be surprised if this moron makes it 3 more years. The bigger question is can America and its citizens make it?

Jewish community, politicians call for more action after 2 GTA synagogues hit by gunfire | CBC News Police in parts of the Greater Toronto Area will be increasing their presence after shots were fired at two synagogues in North York and Vaughan.

This is absolutely awful. I have never understood in my entire life how someone could be antisemitic

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‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass…

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The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass…

Virginia’s Democratic controlled legislature has officially passed legislation prohibiting schools in the state from teaching lies about the January 6 insurrection.

Love this, all blue states should follow their lead and do the same.

When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.

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'The Octopus', a 23-line poem by Judith Beveridge that describes the moment the poet witnesses a fisherman hook an octopus, treating it with disdain, tossing it to his mate who 'props it on his head like a court jester'. The poet doubts they 'considered its pain...or thought about its nine brains firing with action potential...so much fear spiking through its body...when no cloak of ink could make it disappear'.

'I hurry along the pier to tell the fisherman the octopus/has three hearts, nine brains, that it solves problems,/uses tools...'

Unbearably moving poem by Judith Beveridge. First prize in the 2025 Robert Gray comp.

Investigation finds ‘secretly’ added chemicals of unknown safety in US food supply | CNN Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety were secretly added to foods and supplements without notifying the public or the FDA, a new investigation found.

We need a federal gov’t that functions and keeps us safe.

Vast scale of overseas human remains held in UK museums decried by MPs and experts Exclusive: Guardian study finds UK museums hold more than 260,000 items of remains, often in sacrilegious ways

Lord Paul Boateng described UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard to the spiritual sensibilities of its people…[it] beggars belief.”

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I love having qualified people in high levels of government.

Can someone explain to me why Trump says Ukraine is being unreasonable?

Doctor performs ground-breaking robotic surgery on Brit 1,500 miles away in Gibraltar Urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta says this moment is 'good news for patients' in remote areas.

Bloody immigrants, coming over here, performing groundbreaking surgeries.

UK's first remote robotic surgery. Performed by Professor Prokar Dasgupta, born in Odisha, trained in Kolkata, then moved to London where he trained further.

This is how liars lie (and how I call it out).

Sen. Christian’s latest slur isn’t the first incident, it’s happened before.
In 2024, he went on Facebook to complain about the U.S. Bank sign in Bellevue written in Chinese, asking if anyone else thought it was “wrong.”

Now he’s targeting people with special needs.

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Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Corey Lewandowski’s Role in DHS Contracts Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffer...

Kristi Noem personally approved all DHS contracts over a certain threshold.

But before the contracts reached her, they had to be approved by political appointees. Lewandowski was typically the last to OK a contract before Noem, DHS officials said.

Trump multiple times just today has said the country is at war. War can only be declared by Congress, and Iran posed no imminent threat. What Trump is doing there is a textbook illegal war and impeachable offense — if we still had a Congress.

Well then wtf😡

I know this is just the nature of doing news in the US but it does seem bizarre and a little vile that most of the top-line-item news stuff about the war against Iran is the impact on gas prices and not "we've murdered over 1,300 civilians in Iran including around 170 girls in a school"

Fact: Agriculture contributes ~1/3 of global emissions, but sustainable practices flip the script! 🌿 Reducing chemical inputs → lower nitrous oxide & methane. Promoting biodiversity → resilient ecosystems. Heal the soil, heal the climate. Never underestimate this power! #SustainableAgriculture

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On this day in 1896, a Jewish woman was born in Paris. Interned in Drancy, she was deported to Auschwitz on the 18 Jul 1942 where she perished. Her name was Alice Bicart

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Scientists discover tiny ocean fungus that kills toxic algae Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful blooms. The microscopic parasite, named Algophthora mediterranea, attacks algae...

Newly identified marine fungus
Algophthora mediterranea attacks
algae Ostreopsis cf. ovata which causes #HarmfulAlgaeBlooms

Scientists discover tiny ocean fungus that kills toxic algae | ScienceDaily share.google/hDgoK4w7RLJh...

Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There are signs that this is already happening, and a more abrupt shift could wa...

A gradual northward shift in the Gulf Stream has provided more evidence that the system of currents keeping Europe warm is weakening. And modelling suggests that abrupt shift in the Gulf Stream could signal an imminent, catastrophic collapse in the ocean current.
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Gas Prices Soar To $3.41 Per Gallon As Iran Conflict Intensifies Oil prices have also surged, with WTI and Brent both peaking Friday at prices not seen in years.

Oil prices have also surged, with WTI and Brent both peaking Friday at prices not seen in years.