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Jury Convicts Former Kentucky Officer Of Using Excessive Force On Breonna Taylor During Deadly Raid A federal jury has convicted a former Kentucky detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor the night she was shot to death by police officers in 2020.

A federal jury convicted an ex-Kentucky police officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor

This election will be in some kid’s U.S. History book some day

i can tolerate bad writing but cowardly writing?

Peak cartoon tbh. I really love Moongirl and Devil Dino. Didn’t get to do much fanart for the show but I’ll change that asp.

The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership Maybe it will finally make gym memberships easier to cancel.

The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership

It has adopted a “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up

A man says "shut up, Nick!" Hank Hill would totally want to be my friend." Nick, in anger, fists shaking, narrows his eyes and says "Hank Hill would fucking despise you." The first man starts crying, a look of pure anguish coming over his face. He shouts "you take that back!" His melancholy turns to anger as he gets forehead to forehead with Nick and bellows "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"

Far Right Candidates Have A Target This Election — And It Could Reshape The Next Generation Consequential school board races in North Carolina, Maryland and other states could change the education system as we know it.

While all eyes are focused on the presidential race, far-right extremists have another target this election: school board races.

Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows The actions underscore growing concerns about safety and security of federal emergency personnel in western North Carolina amid a raft of misinformation.

Federal responders supporting Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in North Carolina were temporarily relocated following a report of armed militia saying they were "out hunting FEMA"

"Can I tell yGu a secret? I don't care if there are undocumented immigrants in this country. I think it's a non-issue. Without social security numbers they're not getting the welfare people claim they're getting, the vast majority of them are normal people trying to live a better life. This whole wall deport-the-illegals bullshit is just the one percent convincing the working poor to blame a subset of the working poor for the fact that they're all poor, instead of realizing they're all poor due to vast income inequality and resource price inflation in combination with wage stagnation. The existence of another poor person is not why you're poor. It's because the people who control everything refuse\ to increase your wages.'' ---------------------------- Jesse Memer

Washington state woman calls 911 after being hounded by up to 100 raccoons A Washington state woman had to flee her property after 50 to 100 raccoons descended on it and were acting aggressively.

A woman had to flee her property after 100 raccoons descended upon her home

She told deputies she started feeding a family of raccoons decades ago

How Uber and Lyft Used a Loophole to Deny NYC Drivers Millions in Pay Uber and Lyft locked drivers out of their apps to game a NYC wage law, denying drivers millions in pay

Uber and Lyft got away with denying NYC drivers millions in payouts by locking them out of their apps

Tesla’s Optimus robots walked out into the crowd after the new Robovan reveal. It will be able to “babysit your kids, walk your dog,” Elon Musk said

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DENVER (AP) — 12 people have been rescued after they were stuck in former Colorado gold mine tourist site due to elevator malfunction.

Trump, In Detroit, Says Harris Presidency Will Turn Nation Into Detroit

Trump, speaking in Detroit, says a Kamala Harris presidency will turn nation into Detroit

having DID is mostly feeling alone and forgetting things

Georgia facing numerous crises, but Board of Public Health hasn't met since May As a plume of smoke from a chemical fire hangs over metro Atlanta, amid a state of emergency after deadly Hurricane Helene, and in the wake of a Covid surge that hit a new summer high, the Georgia Boa...

The Georgia Board of Public Health canceled its monthly meeting for the fifth month in a row with no explanation given — despite the recent BioLab fire, Hurricane Helene, and a COVID surge

I didn’t know what to write so I tried to write it all Some potpourri of the mind

I didn’t know whether to write about Kamala saying that not all women aspire to be humble or the Oct. 7th anniversary or incarcerated people not allowed to evacuate in the path of Hurricane Milton or Ta-Nehisi Coates and who has the privilege of objectivity or Moo-Deng—so I wrote about it all.

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