Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms (www.nola.com)
Do they want Baphomet in their schools? Because this is how you get Baphomet in your schools.
Upside-down US flag reportedly hung outside Samuel Alito’s home days after Capitol attack (www.theguardian.com)
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging...
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election’s legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
Gunman Who Shot Slovak PM Linked to Pro-Russian Extremist Group (www.kyivpost.com)
Another World is Possible (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Ukraine asks US to lift ban on using American arms to strike at Russian territory (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian lawmakers are trying to convince Washington to allow Kyiv to strike at Russian territory with U.S.-supplied weapons, saying the ban prevented them from attacking Russian troops amassing near Kharkiv Oblast, Politico reported on May 14.
"Do you know how many spells are just recycled incantations?"
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)
I hate to go as cliche as “surprising absolutely no one,” but really, this is not a surprise.
‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles....
Tennessee woman denied abortion after fetus’ ‘brain not attached’ slams ban (www.independent.co.uk)
State lawmakers ‘don’t see the mourning and the grieving that these moms’ experience after getting a heartbreaking diagnosis, Breanna Cecil tells Kelly Rissman...
Florida man sentenced to 3 years in prison for firebombing California Planned Parenthood clinic (apnews.com)
A 21-year-old Florida man was sentenced Monday to three and a half years in prison for firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic in 2022, federal prosecutors said....
Game publishers want to end preservation. But we have a chance to stop them. (youtu.be)
Help take action against publishers destroying your games: stopkillinggames.com...
Secret Service notified as Trump aide brags about 'causing innocent people to be arrested' (www.rawstory.com)
Donald Trump’s former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it....
Governor: Russian ammunition depot explodes in occupied Luhansk Oblast (kyivindependent.com)
A Russian ammunition depot exploded in the occupied town of Sorokyne (Krasnodon) in Luhansk Oblast, on May 13, Governor Artem Lysohor said.
Military: Ukraine downs Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter on May 13, the 47th Mechanized Brigade reported.
US General: 'Russia will not stop with Ukraine unless they're stopped in Ukraine' (kyivindependent.com)
An autocratic regime like Russia can readily prioritize the expansion of its defense industries over economic well-being to sustain their military actions in Ukraine, along with help from Iran and North Korea, said Lt Gen. Steven L. Basham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe deputy commander.
‘You say you are a musician, they beat you more’: the Ukrainian sax player who survived Putin’s torture prisons (www.theguardian.com)
Yuriy Merkotan played in a military band and, after being caught up in the Mariupol siege, spent nearly two years in various jails
How Originalism Ate the Law: America is captive to a legal theory that dictates our laws on guns, abortion, and so much more. We need to act. (slate.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/originalism-ate-the-law-what-no…
After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year (www.billboard.com)
When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
Parts supplied to Boeing had 'serious defects' - whistleblower (www.bbc.com)
Fuselages made by Boeing’s largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm....
Vermont legislature passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damage from climate change (www.nbcnews.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9342183...
Ukraine marks first 'Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism' in WWII since official date change in 2023 (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law in 2023 officially changing the date of Ukraine's World War II commemoration to May 8, aligning it with most of Europe and indicating a full break from the Soviet-era holiday.
Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
