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White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.

Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.

Last Supper

Last Supper, 1986
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4056

Today I fly back to Spokane from Knoxville.

Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...

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Twelve black birds with white rimmed eyes perched in autumn leaved tree, painting.

Autumn Rhythm, Lin Fengmian.

Two foxes, green foliage, star, sun? Painting, cubist, abstract style.

🖼️ Franz Marc

I try not lot let self-righteous ideas affect what food companies I but from. It would limit my diet too much. I already limit it due to cost of food.

He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms. Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth.

NEW: Both Pro-Life Wisconsin and Planned Parenthood have registered in support of a bill to expand Medicaid coverage for new low-income moms.

Despite the bipartisan unity, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says, “We already have enough welfare in Wisconsin.”

Pablo Picasso, The Ram, from Histoire naturelle, 1936 #museumarchive #artinstituteofchicago

Election campaign in Hungary heats up as Orbán challenger Péter Magyar gains rural support Hungary is gearing up for a heated political battle as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces an unprecedented challenge from his opponent, Péter Magyar.

With Hungary’s parliamentary elections still five months away, the country is already immersed in an intense political campaign between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his challenger, Péter Magyar, that promises to be the biggest challenge of the nationalist leader’s career.

What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building. 

NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.

These are the stories of the people who were inside.

le meilleur job sur terre possible

Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices Pope Leo XIV has welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience.

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience celebrating cinema and its ability to inspire and unite.

The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.

More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.

Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.

(Published Dec. 2024)

Actress and singer Elisabeth Welch — dressed in a black gown and wrapped in a black cape — captured almost in profile while seated and posed against a well-lit background, looking upwards, her left hand resting on her chest, in a medium-length black-and-white studio portrait taken by the photographer Sasha

Elisabeth Welch photographed by Sasha, 1933

I did not say they were. Thanks for the pointless lecture.

Federal judge orders government to stop blocking immigrant detainees from having access to lawyers In her ruling this week, Judge Frimpong said that lawyer visiting hours at B-18, which is in the basement of a federal building, have been closed down repeatedly without letting lawyers know, despite ...

BREAKING: Today, in a win for our constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled that DHS and ICE likely violated the Fifth Amendment by denying detained immigrants’ lawful access to their attorneys.

Roping and riding, Cleo Hearn blazed a trail for cowboys of color Mr. Hearn, who has died at 86, was a rodeo legend. He bucked stereotypes while organizing events around the country, including an all-Black rodeo in New York.

Cleo Hearn, who died Nov. 9 at 86, was a Texas rodeo legend.

A Black cowboy who learned to ride during the Jim Crow era, he founded Cowboys of Color Rodeo, bucking stereotypes and encouraging generations of young riders to join in the western tradition.

SAG Awards is changing its name to the Actor Awards. Within Hollywood, everyone knows that SAG stands for the Screen Actors Guild, which is now known as SAG-AFTRA, but out in the rest of the world, a show called the SAG Awards raised questions. Read more about the change: bit.ly/47Kz68E

What’s next for Chicken-N-Mo in downtown Spokane? SPOKANE, Wash. — For 83-year-old Bob Hemphill, the day at Chicken-N-Mo starts long before most of downtown even wakes up. Apron on, fryer hot — he’s still running the restaurant

For 83-year-old Bob Hemphill, the day at Chicken-N-Mo starts long before most of downtown even wakes up. Apron on, fryer hot — he’s still running the restaurant he built from nothing.

I am slightly amused so many people are okay with someone making a bodily harm post, even in joking, about someone on social media.

The same people would be disturbed if it happened to them and angry the mods did nothing when they report it.

Most tech guys lean toward the right. Or love chaos.

Trump administration preparing to deport some Ukrainians despite fears of conscription Deportations to Ukraine have declined in recent years. An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said, “We’ll find good use for them.”

The Trump administration is preparing to deport some Ukrainians with final orders of removal back to their homeland as the government seeks to ramp up deportations and Ukraine moves to tighten its relationship with Washington.

They Might Be Giants in Chattanooga, TN tonight.

"Don't scold people who are trying to help" yeah the thing is, if you're trying to help me push my car out of the mud by standing on the shoulder telling me you know better than to run off the road and also my car pollutes the air, I am not obligated to thank you for your assistance.

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Schumer's gotta go.

Come tell him at the rally in NYC tomorrow, friends.

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Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S. The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

Here is my one-point plan for dealing with the epidemic of young male alienation: Put down the phone and talk to humans.

Heading to see #TheyMightBeGiants tonight. It will be fun.