Aaaand there it is.

Canada opens market to Britain under Pacific trade pact Talks between Ottawa and London had snagged on clashes over hormone-fed beef.

Canada has agreed to ratify Britain’s accession to a massive Pacific-rim trade pact, allowing the two countries to trade under its terms as they push for closer commerce ties amid Washington’s tariff war.

Minnesota state lawmaker and spouse shot and killed in 'targeted' attacks A second lawmaker and his spouse were injured in separate shootings at their homes in eastern Minnesota, officials said. Authorities said that the shooter may have been impersonating law enforcement

BREAKING: Suspect in Minnesota lawmaker shootings identified as 57-year-old Vance Boelter, according to three people familiar with the investigation.

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

👏👏👏 #nokings #nokingsday #resist #june14

Israel says it killed 9 Iranian nuclear scientists, and braces for attacks from Iran Israel's military says the nine nuclear scientists killed played spent decades working on Iran's nuclear program.

Israel's military says the nine nuclear scientists killed played spent decades working on Iran's nuclear program.

Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.

The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.

FOX: Fox News alert… looks like a band is performing to a crowd in the street.. we see crowds building in Atlanta. You can see megaphones and signs

HAPPENING NOW: 📍Washington, DC

We are rallying in solidarity with our union brother and
@seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta.

From Massachusetts to California, we call for his immediate release and for an end to ICE raids that are tearing our communities apart. #FreeDavidEndRaids

We are united with our #1u family to declare: #FreeDavidEndRaids

@aflcio.org @afscme.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social

Every individual deserves to feel secure in their own home, at work, and within their community. Immigrant workers are vital to all sectors of the economy.

Meet Elon Musk’s Puppet Master: Russell Vought The person poised to take over DOGE from Trump’s pet billionaire is the guy who’s actually been running it all along.

"I won’t soon forget this tweet (which Musk took down after it caused an uproar): 'Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.'"

https://trib.al/FlSGBZl

E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.

How strange that the details on this recent e. coli outbreak didn’t magically surface themselves!

It’s almost like we need scientists to figure out what’s up, communicators to tell us about it, and regulators to make sure it doesn’t happen again…
@altfda.Altgov.info

(Gift article) wapo.st/4jkquI0

Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

👀 this graf by @pbump.com www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Does Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is? The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights.

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED GOVERNMENT FUNDED BASIC RESEARCH.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?

RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research

D: I just read them to you!

R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

19-year-old accused of largest child data breach in U.S. agrees to plead guilty A man from Massachusetts agreed to plead guilty to charges of obtaining information from a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.

A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into one of the top education tech companies in the U.S. and stealing tens of millions of schoolchildren’s personal information for profit.

The EU has approved its 17th sanctions package against Russia — nearly 200 shadow fleet ships targeted, plus new measures on hybrid threats and human rights. More sanctions are coming.

"The longer Russia’s war continues, the stronger our answer," EU High Representative Kallas said.

$5 million for rural broadband internet cut in SD SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – South Dakota’s effort to get broadband internet access to all parts of the state have stopped after a $5 million federal infrastructure grant was cut.

South Dakota is cancelling $5 million in planned rural broadband investment after trump illegally killed the "digital equity act" simply because it had the word equity in it

This is extraordinary. The Secretary of Homeland Security doesn’t know what the right of habeas corpus is (the ancient right to go to court to challenge government detention) and offers an incoherent definition which suggests she thinks it’s a presidential power to deport people?

May 8, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Historian compares/contrasts how the right-wing 'Catholics' bastardize the teachings of Christ and the new Pope Leo's stance amazingly detailed in under 10 min.
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Even a huge crowd in Bennington, VT today, including many first-time protesters!

MORAN: What does it (the Declaration of Independence) mean to you?

TRUMP: It means exactly what it says; it's a declaration of unity, love and respect and it means a lot. It's something very special to our country.