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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’ To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes’ recent return to the site...

This story ends with some of the first concrete indications right wing extremists are responding to DHS' ICE recruitment drive. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

D'Angelo Dead at 51 Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

North Carolina Republicans Plan to Redraw Congressional Map to Add a Seat The Trump administration has pushed Republican leaders to redraw House district maps before the midterm elections next year. His party already holds 10 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats.

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced plans on Monday to redraw the state’s already gerrymandered congressional maps to further favor their party. The most likely target is the First Congressional District, which has the state’s only competitive House seat.

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

NEW: A stunning new study finds that satellite transmissions—from calls and texts on T-Mobile to US and Mexico military communications—were sent unencrypted for any snoop to grab. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/satell...

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation. A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”

That Strad in 1921 was worth about $126K in today's dollars

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

YouTube video by WGN News Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines River youtu.be/aPtEmAwgPRk...

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

ICE but for people who stand in a coffeeshop line for several minutes and still have no idea what they want to order when they get to the counter

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room. Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
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The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management has issued a license to Lake of the Woods Cannabis Company in Baudette. The dispensary's address is just a stone's throw from the Canadian border and it will certainly be a contender for northernmost marijuana dispensary in the continental US.

I don’t know the specific criteria. I assume one continuous fixture. It’s the length of a soccer field.

Nice shot of the world’s longest light fixture (allegedly)

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

Reminds me of that time the Twins started their season with a ridiculous losing streak and we made a website called havethetwinswonyet.com with this same format and it was only up for half a day because of course the Twins won their next game

isportlandburning.com

We have a whole new website dedicated to the "burning" question.

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

See the Minnesota park bathroom that won an award for best in the country The park facilities “raise expectations for public spaces everywhere,” according to Cintas, which gives out the award.

Minnesota is No. 1 in places to go No. 2: A restroom inside Bear Head Lake State Park near Ely, Minn., is a national winner.

Tried a Cosmic Crisp apple last night. A+ apple: crunchy, super juicy, both sweet and tangy. Arguably the apple against which all others should be judged imo.

Walz says Twin Cities must be ready for Trump to send in National Guard The Minnesota governor and his Democratic counterpart from Illinois, JB Pritzker, raised alarm about the Republican White House’s push to send the guard into multiple U.S. cities.

Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that Minnesota is preparing for President Donald Trump to send the National Guard into the Twin Cities as the White House deploys troops into more Democratic-led cities.

www.startribune.com/walz-pritzke...

Minneapolis crime is falling in 2025, even amid high-profile violence Most crimes are down in Minnesota’s largest city, continuing a pattern following a pandemic-era spike. That doesn’t alleviate concerns among wary residents after mass shootings.

Despite seven mass shootings this year — four since August, including at Annunciation Church, and three others on or near a troubled stretch of Lake Street — Minneapolis remains on track to see a fall in all categories of major crime this year.

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