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Cohen explains what Red Finch did for Trump (www.nbcnews.com)
In response to prosecutor Susan Hoffinger asking Cohen what Red Finch did for Trump, Cohen said the technology company was asked to assist in a CNBC poll about the most famous businessmen in the last century....
State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Advisory (time.com)
The State Department specifically pointed to increased violence against LGBTQ+ people and pride-related events as a reason for the advisory. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2022 crime report showed that anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in the U.S. had steadily risen from the year prior, with a near 33% increase in reported hate...
Florida child welfare agency wages legal battle, seeks felony charge for ex-watchdog (www.miamiherald.com)
Jeri B. Cohen, who presided over child welfare and foster care cases for 20 of her 27 years as a Miami-Dade Circuit judge, said she did not once see DCF pursue criminal charges against a parent who would not reclaim custody of a child following a stay in juvenile detention or psychiatric treatment. “Never,” she said....
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons (apnews.com)
The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. It would have been unusual for the justices to take up a case at this point, since a lower court is still weighing it. The Supreme Court is also considering an appeal over a similar law in Illinois. It did not act Monday on that case, which could be another avenue to take...
New Florida Law Requires All Women To Produce 3 Healthy White Sons By 22nd Birthday (www.theonion.com)
Tensions Flare As Lawmakers Trade Insults at Garland Contempt of Congress Hearing (www.c-span.org)
High school drama starts at about 47 minutes.
Billionaire bets big on largest solar project ever proposed to deliver power across oceans: 'At the forefront of the clean energy transition' (www.thecooldown.com)
The world is on the cusp of an energy transformation that could make the Industrial Revolution look minor. Mike Cannon-Brookes is banking on the Land Down Under to be a major driver of that change....
Former Trump attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty in Arizona election interference case (www.nbcnews.com)
Eastman is among over a dozen Trump allies who were charged in the state last month, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former Trump aide Boris Epshteyn.
Trump's hush money trial makes big money for professional line-standers (www.nbcnews.com)
“We’ve done other trials, but nothing compares to what this has been,” said Samuels, whose “line dudes” can be spotted outside the courthouse in their signature black and yellow baseball caps. “Now, we have the whole general public contingent that we’ve never done with other trials.”
Nazi Propagandist Nick Fuentes Caught on Stream Watching Gay Porn (slrpnk.net)
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The unionization fight is coming to the South (www.vox.com)
Over 5,000 auto workers at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance, Alabama, have been holding their union election vote with the United Auto Workers (UAW); ballots will be counted when voting closes today....
Illinois School Districts Sent Kids to a For-Profit Out-of-State Facility That Isn’t Vetted or Monitored (www.propublica.org)
Two years ago, Illinois lawmakers tried to help students with extreme needs who had a limited number of schools available to them....
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
A dark money group with ties to Trump’s inner circle dropped more than $90m on ads described as vile, racist and transphobic in the second half of 2022 alone, new tax records obtained by Documented and the Guardian reveal. The staggering sum makes the newly created group, which is based out of the nerve center for the Maga...
The "good deal" Trump allegedly offered oil execs might be worth $110 billion (www.motherjones.com)
The fundraising dinner held last month at Mar-a-Lago with more than 20 executives, including from Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Occidental Petroleum, reportedly involved Trump asking for large campaign contributions and promising, if elected, to remove barriers to drilling, scrap a pause on gas exports, and reverse new rules aimed at...
Bill to ban most public mask wearing, including for health reasons, advances in North Carolina (www.cbsnews.com)
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses....
Justice Alito's home flew flag upside down after Trump's 'Stop the Steal' claims, report says (apnews.com)
A photo obtained and published by the newspaper shows the flag flying on Jan. 17, 2021, days after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Dozens of the rioters were carrying similarly inverted flags and chanting slogans like “Stop the Steal.”...
Star golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested prior to start of PGA Championship's 2nd round: Report (abcnews.go.com)
The two different versions of the story:...
Here Is What Axon’s Bodycam Report Writing AI Looks Like (www.404media.co)
In April, law enforcement contracting giant Axon announced Draft One, a new product that uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo to automatically generate police reports from officers’ bodycam audio. The product promises to make police work more efficient, freeing up resources for officers to direct elsewhere, while also raising serious...
At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. (www.nytimes.com)