Ukraine halts passport services for men living abroad (archive.ph)
Ukraine is cutting off consular services for its male citizens who live outside the country. The measure aims to force men back home to serve in the military, but some doubt its efficacy — and legality....
Stop the Student Votes: Leaked Memo Exposes the Real Purpose of Voter ID (bylinetimes.com)
The military industrial complex at its finest (hexbear.net)
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Minnesota: Hamline students fight back against code of conduct charges (fightbacknews.org)
Italian teenage computer wizard set to become the first saint of the Millennial generation. 15-year-old who died in 2006 becomes "patron saint of the internet" after a second miracle is attributed. (apnews.com)
Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006....
Americas True Leader will soon adress His Subjects , House Speaker Jon's Son says... (www.reuters.com)
BREAKING: China Orders ALL Hotels to Allow Foreign Guests (mp.weixin.qq.com)
Note: this has technically been the law for a few years but it was not enforced, esp during COVID, nor did many smaller hotels have the software needed to even enter foreign names. Certain chains had a 3 character limit on the name field and because guests legally had to register their ID, they couldn’t accommodate. Other...
ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive (www.aljazeera.com)
Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice: “Israel must immediately hold its military offensive of any other action in the Rafah governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza, conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”
American Airlines retreats after blaming a 9-year-old for not seeing a hidden camera in a lavatory (apnews.com)
In response to the lawsuit, American said in a court document that it would dispute the family’s claim by showing that any injuries the 9-year-old girl suffered were caused by the girl’s “own fault and negligence, were proximately caused by (her) use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known...
Education Dept. announces highest federal student loan interest rate in more than a decade (archive.ph)
The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday the interest rates on federal student loans for the 2024-2025 academic year....
The US Military Refuses to Own Up to Killing Civilians (jacobin.com)
[Video][Breaking Points] Trump Leading in Critical Swing State Polling (youtu.be)
U.S. Calls for Breakup of Ticketmaster Owner (www.nytimes.com)
Full articleBy David McCabe and Ben Sisario David McCabe reports on tech policy from Washington. Ben Sisario reports on the music industry from New York. May 23, 2024Updated 11:11 a.m. ET The Justice Department on Thursday sued Live Nation Entertainment, the concert giant that owns Ticketmaster, asking a court to break up the...
All is not well in Ancapistan (Argentina). The police force of the Misiones province has joined the ongoing teacher’s strike against Milei’s austerity measures. Federal forces called in to keep order (hexbear.net)
Masterful gambit, epic sirhttps://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/2f493578-7236-496e-a557-02f8583f0d29.jpeg...
[Video][RTÉ] Ireland recognises the state of Palestine (youtu.be)
‘Israeli soldier’ from notorious unit confesses to US citizen's killing - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
Why did nobody ever think to just win over Trump voters? Well, the Biden team did, and sees that their path to victory is spending $200mil on ads in small, rural areas where Trump won by a landslide. (hexbear.net)
Life would be so different and so easy if you could just make a living being as stupid as the consultants who came up with this plan....
Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel condemns move (www.msn.com)
I dont want to get too high on copium but is this the fall of Isreal and the West I’ve been hearing so much about?
Fair Budget Coalition unites to oppose D.C. Mayor Bowser’s austerity plans (www.peoplesworld.org)
Representatives Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Max Miller (R-OH) have introduced a bill to Congress which grants Americans serving in the IDF the same benefits as those serving in the U.S. Armed Forces (hexbear.net)
US hints at support for sanctions over ICC warrants on Israel (www.bbc.com)
spoilerUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested he will work with lawmakers on potential sanctions against the International Criminal Court as its prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials. Mr Blinken told a congressional hearing he was “committed” to taking action against the “profoundly...