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YouTube video by Mary Cherry Mentally ill girl watches Thunderbolts* for the first time & CRIES A LOT!

Mentally ill girl watches Thunderbolts* for the first time & CRIES A LOT! youtu.be/zkWhlFof4go?...

Photo of Divya Deshmukh. Credits: Andrei Anosov / FIDE

Divya Deshmukh wins the Women's World Cup 2025! 🏆

She has qualified for the next Women's Candidates Tournament, earned the GM title, and will take home $50,000!

Runner-up GM Koneru Humpy was beaten in the final tiebreaks, but has also secured a spot in the next Women's Candidates Tournament!

Photo of Judit Polgár. Credits: Tibor Erdősi at https://www.globalchessfestival.com/about/archive/global-chess-festival-2019-budapest

Happy Birthday, Judit Polgár! 🎂

The highest-rated woman in chess history turns 49 today! 🥳

📷 Tibor Erdősi

🎉 We've had 15 great #chess years together! Thank you all, you rock! ❤️ Let's celebrate in our 12h #Lichess Anniversary 2025 together! lichess.org/tournament/D... Start in 30 minutes

Individual Border Patrol agents knew they were doing this, and a supervisor signed off on it.

Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet’

"EPA takes aim at almost every major pollution rule in what environmentalists call act of ‘malice toward the planet"

He’s a narcissist & a full blown psychopath. He’s made sure that he only has YES MEN, so they will never tell him he’s wrong.

A Little Personal News I wanted y’all to be the first people to know—late last year, I was contacted by an editor at Penguin Random House.

A little personal news. I have a book coming in October. It’s a blend of law, history & common sense—it’s about how to keep the Republic
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“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass

Photo of Boris Spassky at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dhr._Boris_Spassky,_Bestanddeelnr_932-7320.jpg#/media/File:Dhr._Boris_Spassky,_Bestanddeelnr_932-7320.jpg

Rest in peace, Boris Spassky.

The legend and 10th World Chess Champion passed away today at the age of 88.

Hey mamas of the US, ready to use your mom voice? Join me in speaking to your Congressional reps on maternal mental health bills & funding. You don’t even have to leave your couch! I’ll be leading the Minnesota team & would love to work with you.

Link: www.mmhla.org/advocacy-day

DO NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION. Do not answer questions about your immigration status, where you were born, or your criminal history. 4 NO COMPARTAS INFORMACION PERSONAL. No respondas preguntas sobre tu estado migratorio, dónde naciste o tus antecedentes penales.

DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING. Do not sign any document without speaking to a lawyer. 5 NO FIRMES NADA. No firmes ningún documento sin hablar con un abogado.

SPEAK TO A LAWYER. Consult with a lawyer ahead of time. If you are arrested, ICE will not provide you with a lawyer, so be prepared. CONSULTA CON UN ABOGADO. Consulta con un abogado con anticipación. Si te arrestan, ICE no te dará un abogado, así que prepárate

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

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Alleged USAID probe into Starlink raises Elon Musk conflict concerns In 2022, USAID and Starlink collaborated to provide 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid its ongoing war against Russia.

One reason Musk might be so driven to shut down USAID?

The agency's inspector general opened a probe into Starlink last year.

Now the Trump administration says Musk will self-determine his conflicts of interest.

Hello?

This year the Kennedy Center Honors Scott Baio!

Nothing to worry about: the world’s richest man, and donor to Donald Trump, is bragging about killing off the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The party of the little guy against the elites! Yeah!

Does “Golden Age” refer to a time when planes keep crashing, eggs cost $10–15 a dozen, the U.S. is being booed and protested by all our allies, workers are losing their jobs, and Americans’ personal data is being rummaged through by unelected oligarchs and their strange crew of 20-something incels?

I think the Catholic Church being exposed for sex abuse yet continuing to hold key positions of power over others really prepared me for this moment (exposed sexual abusers holding key positions of power over others)

David Lynch

David Lynch, a filmmaker known for blending the serene and surreal, shaped storytelling for over five decades. Beyond film, Lynch was a painter, musician, and advocate for mental health. His legacy lives on, inspiring creators and fans worldwide.

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Vice Is a Moat If Pete Hegseth is confirmed, it won’t be in spite of his personal failings. It’ll be because of them.

"What an extraordinary observation. Democrats believe that bringing up Hegseth’s many personal and moral failings would help his confirmation prospects. Because Republican senators would then feel as though they *had* to confirm him."

Trump’s faux populism is exposed as a billionaire-backed oligarchy. His policies will burden working-class Americans with higher costs while gifting the ultra-rich tax breaks.
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I’m a Marine. I Can’t Get One Part of the Pete Hegseth Hearing Out of My Head. — Slate It’s time to prepare for the worst-case scenario under Trump.

Pete Hegseth wouldn't tell the Senators he wouldn't follow Trump's order to shoot American protesters BECAUSE HE WOULD FOLLOW THE ORDER.

The only way for the Washington Post to attract more conservative readers is to publish more lies. Will it do that?

A lawyer says he dropped Meta as a client after what he called a 'descent into toxic masculinity' by Zuckerberg's company Mark Lemley, who represented Meta in a copyright case, said he was no longer working for Mark Zuckerberg's company following its recent policy changes.

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Mark Lemley, a Stanford law professor and lawyer who represented Meta in a 2023 AI copyright case, said he has dropped the company as a client because of what he described as CEO Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness."

The steroids are making him dumber by the minute.

I have spent the entirety of my adult life working in politics and government because I love this country and want it to thrive. Reading the sentence below, as a woman and an American, feels like a betrayal to my core.

Scoop: Trump team sets red line on Hegseth's FBI background check That means no FBI file access for rank-and-file senators.

Trump team apparentrly saying Hegseth FBI file too terrifying to let all but a couple of senators see it

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