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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.

Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

Why did the American audience apparently hear different audio of JD Vance's appearance at the Olympics than the audio heard by the rest of the world?

NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.

More and More Unions Are Joining the Fight Against ICE As armed federal agents terrorize workers across the US, organized labor is increasingly stepping up to respond.

More and More Unions Are Joining the Fight Against ICE

As armed federal agents terrorize workers across the US, organized labor is increasingly stepping up to respond. truthout.org/articles/mor...

The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos, it's impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct

Even given a set of possible quantum states for our cosmos, it's impossible for us to determine which one of them is correct

Profiles in Bootlicking

LAWLER: Renaming infrastructure projects is not a new concept

KARL: Okay, but this isn't like, 'let's honor somebody.' Trump wants it named after himself! And he says he'll unfreeze the money if they do it

L: I could care less what the name of an infrastructure project is. I care that it gets done

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

People should be required to experience ICE's illegal brutalities before being able to claim that they support ICE and their methods.

The best hope of forcing Putin to stop his genocidal invasion is to push Russia toward bankruptcy. The $12 trillion partnership deal that is reportedly being negotiated with the US is the exact opposite

ANALYSIS | The more Trump allies covet Alberta, the less popular separatism may get | CBC News Independence movement leaders cheer on U.S. cabinet member's praise, but resist talk of Alberta becoming part of States.

"But organizers are aware their big idea has far less appeal if it’s bundled with Alberta becoming a U.S. state or territory."
<--so they are doing secret talks with the US instead?
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‘Hermès orange’ iPhone sparks Apple comeback in China Vivid redesign and social media buzz lure Chinese buyers back after a prolonged slump

Apple reverses three years of sales declines in China by growing sales +38% year over year with a refreshed hardware design and a new color fans are calling “Hermès orange”.

I sometimes forget that iPhones are as much a luxury status symbol as they are technology device.

Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.

Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, a judge ordered in a ruling released Friday.

Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition.

This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

A group of people stop in front of a mural of Bad Bunny's face in San Juan. A headline reads: "How Bad Bunny Gives Voice to Puerto Rico's 'Crisis Generation'" Photo by Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times.

Young Puerto Ricans say that Bad Bunny, 31, has opened the world’s eyes to their generation’s challenges, and to the island’s fraught territorial relationship with the U.S. government. “He has been able to put us on the map,” said one university student in San Juan. trib.al/Ev0iF1u

The President says elections should be nationalized. Isn't that what is done in Russia? GOP preaches "states rights" until things are done they don't like, then the Feds take it over. World's biggest hypocrites.

Anti-Abortion Groups Try a New Intimidation Tactic: Make Abortion Records Public Abortion rights opponents want Indiana to use reporting rules to expose abortion providers and recipients to targeting.

Anti-choice extremists in Indiana are trying to force the release of records for the very few legal abortions in the state (146 in 2024). The purpose is to intimidate patients and providers and expose them to harassment, arrests, and violence.

For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump

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'Impossible choices': The data that proves living costs are rising for Australians Living costs rose across all households over the past year, with those on government payments facing the steepest increases.

'Impossible choices': The data that proves living costs are rising for #Australians

#Living_costs rose across all households over the past year, with those on government payments facing the steepest increases

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Schiff on Gabbard's involvement in Georgia: "All of this is intended to send a message and the message is, 'We will not tolerate or accept an election that we lose.' That's why in these budget discussions we need to make sure, among other things, that we don't have ICE agents at polling places."

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on

Sadly for Trump, rising interest rates are a long-term trend Growth stocks that have propelled the market higher in recent years are especially vulnerable

"In the short run, inflation is driven by the heightened intensity of economic activity and the pressures it entails...In the long-term, it is taxes, economic efficiency and productivity that affect inflationary expectations."
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Toddler was returned to ICE custody and denied medication after hospitalization, lawsuit says An 18-month-old girl detained for weeks by U.S. immigration authorities was returned to custody and denied medication after being hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.

Toddler was returned to ICE custody and denied medication after hospitalization, lawsuit says reut.rs/4r7JNt4

Opinion: Stop kidding yourself: Donald Trump’s threats to Canada aren’t our fault Trump administration has spent the last year aggressively degrading and dismantling alliances with allies

"The Trump administration convening a conference to try to foster an industrial alliance against China is particularly ironic given that the Trump
administration has spent the last year aggressively degrading and dismantling all such alliances."
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The AI divide between early-career and experienced workers is one we can’t ignore The reason for the divide is simple, write Tony Frost and Christian Dippel. AI is a skill amplifier, not a skill creator

"The reason is simple. AI is a skill amplifier, not a skill creator."
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Opinion: Thank God for free trade, as the U.S. shoots itself in the foot World economic growth will slow as the U.S. engine sputters - but it won’t stop, and ultimately the American economy will suffer most

"However, while most other countries played nice with Mr. Trump, they also began talking among themselves to diversify their markets. The result of this reorientation was becoming apparent by the middle of last year."
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More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

www.wired.com/story/hundre... @wired.com

Trump has never accepted election results and he is only getting worse While Trump has been banging the rigged-election drum for years, it is getting worse.

As Trump threatens this year’s elections, he operates against the cold reality that he has never accepted an election he lost. He won’t accept it when he loses control of Congress this fall. He will try to overturn it however he can, with the full range of tools available to him as president.

Canada will be a launching pad in the global race for generic Ozempic Six pharmaceutical companies have applied to make a generic version of semaglutide, and competition will continue to heat up in the rapidly growing weight-loss market

"Now, the global pharmaceutical industry’s eyes are on Canada, the first major market in the world where cheaper forms of Ozempic are legal."
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