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(Denver Post) - Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7.

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Just leaving this map here: its a police state. What the times is downplaying here is the implementation of a fascist police state

If you actually address their weird/bigoted talking points head on you can beat them.

Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired Trump fired the head of the Copyright Office over the weekend.

the weirdness at the Copyright Office intensifies, with both Dems and MAGA pointing fingers at Elon Musk for the firing of Shira Perlmutter, and identifying the AI report as the reason www.theverge.com/politics/666...

Disappearing bodies How governments warp laws to seize power.

"But the Reichstag Fire Decree in combination with the Enabling Act, which was shoved through under duress, shattered Germany and assured its destruction and the death of millions at home and abroad, destroying the republic more completely than any Communist movement ever did."

My hot take: AI is just exposing most college assignments for the unnecessary BS they've kind of always been.

Almost nobody actually needs to write a 10-20 page paper. Nobody likes doing it OR grading it.

Do more in-class blue book essays. Interactive discussions/debates. Test HUMAN skills IRL.

US drug overdose deaths saw an unprecedented drop in 2024, but federal cuts could threaten momentum | CNN Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday.

US drug overdose deaths dropped last year by 27%, but experts warn federal cuts could threaten that progress

Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

NEW: A Musk employee is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle the federal agency that regulates two of Musk’s biggest companies, according to court records and a financial disclosure report.

Map of the U.S. showing voter support for Medicaid cuts by congressional district. Support for Medicaid cuts ranges from 5% to 11%. Created by Data for Progress and Caring Across Generations.

There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.

just a reminder that the U.S. center-left has zero coherent media policy or strategy to counter the destruction of journalism and its replacement with automated corporatist engagement slop and well-funded right wing propaganda

Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went to a consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. Instead, he was murdered and dismembered on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now a close pal of Donald Trump.

In case you forgot about all this history - Saudis had a huge stake in Twitter that they rolled over into the Musk-led leveraged buyout. Senate dems at the time called for an investigation into their role in the deal, citing national security concerns. . .

They're cutting food assistance that disproportionately helps their own constituents... who are working but don't make enough money to feed their families... at a time when food shelf visits are at an all-time high.

I'm running out of synonyms for cruel.

Broken record, but the way to deal with these crimes of corruption and bribery is not taxes or solely monetary penalties.

It’s criminal law. It’s jail. Put Kushner in jail where he can’t spend his $2B. Put Trump and Musk and Vought and Miller in jail for breaking the law. If we won’t do that…

GOP Chooses AI Dominance Over Democracy House lawmakers writing the upcoming budget bill just snuck in a provision that would wipe from the books every state law regulating artificial intelligence.

🚨NEWS: Amid dire warnings about artificial intelligence, Republicans are trying to sneak a line into their massive budget bill that would prevent states and cities from regulating or limiting Big Tech's deployment of AI in any way for at least a decade. www.levernews.com/gop-chooses-...

If you are stopped by Trump's ICE goons, or any other kind of cops:

I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.

Memorize it.

And don't let ICE in without a JUDICIAL warrant. No, administrative warrants don't count.

The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.

Re-upping this because it's such important reporting, and it looks like it's getting buried on the WaPo's site. (I think they stuck it under the "Environmental" tab.) wapo.st/4iRFZqJ

Two Men Claiming to Be Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office The men appeared at the US Copyright Office days after after the Trump administration fired its leader, who had just published a report about the use of copyrighted materials for AI training.

SCOOP: On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a blockbuster report on AI training.

On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired.

Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...

these Marvel origin stories are getting out of hand

“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

Gawddamnit are the heroes ever heroic and the villains so vile.

Umm do Bessent & @cnn.com not know that this happens every 5 minutes and only became a political poker chip in 2011 when Congressional Republicans made it one as part of their anti-Obama TyrannyOfTheMinority playbook? The language implies that this is new to them.

Zero percent chance they know anything about it. They’re probably picturing a quiet, brightly lit room full of bookshelves and Reading Rainbow posters somewhere in the Capitol. If they can even conjure that much.

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

148. Suspending Habeas Corpus In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*

"His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*"

www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...

I mean, of course they fucking are. If Pam Bndi & Friends were worth the paper their law degrees are printed on, it would be a FREAKING NONSTARTER. #HabeasCorpus #AntiJusticeDept

The way Rumeysa Öztürk holds her heart as she testifies for her own freedom at a bail hearing in federal court is truly heart-rending.

She cannot be freed soon enough.

She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!

The GOP’s Obsession With Women Having Babies Looks A Lot Like The Past The Trump administration's policy ideas to incentivize women to have more kids resemble those pushed by authoritarian regimes throughout history.

This is super important: @alannavagianos.bsky.social
interviewed a history professor about how authoritarian regimes use pro-natalism to trap women in the home.

Really, don't miss this one: www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-pr...

Laura Loomer tweets: WOKE MARXIST POPE

my vet, who's hard of hearing: can you repeat your cat's name

me: