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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.

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French scientists have discovered a new blood type in a woman from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe The woman is the only known carrier of a new blood type, dubbed "Gwada negative." www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fre...

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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is “making a huge mistake.” The median cost is more than double that for the class of 2025. Over the span of 21 years, medical school tuition has gone up 81%, outpacing inflation. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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Judges have blocked similar caps that the Trump administration placed on grants by the Energy Department and the National Institutes of Health. Judge Talwani said the change, announced by the NSF in May, was arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

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U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer put off issuing any additional rulings and instead asked for briefings from both sides on whether the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil, is being violated in Los Angeles. www.ksby.com/us-news/judg...

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Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne, children’s poet Shel Silverstein and Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson join Judy Blume, Sarah J. Maas, Eric Carleand Kurt Vonnegut on a mind-boggling list of hundreds of books purged from some Tennessee school libraries pen.org/magic-tree-h...

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A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state’s public school classrooms is unconstitutional. www.yahoo.com/news/court-b...

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“ICE had detained people who are here lawfully and so now lawful immigrants are afraid to go to work ... All of this goes against other economic objectives the administration might have. The immigration policy and the economic policy are not lining up at all.’’ apnews.com/article/trum...

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Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago. Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away” timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...

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The Trump administration cannot withhold billions of dollars in transportation grant funding from Democratic-led states refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement, according to a ruling on Thursday. www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...

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“This represents racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s L.G.B.T.Q. community. That’s what this is,” U.S. District Judge William Young wrote in his ruling against the NIH this week. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

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Policies that ban or impose fees on plastic bags are associated with a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bag litter in shoreline cleanups, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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In her dissenting opinion, Jackson argued that the court's opinion gives the impression it favors “moneyed interests” in the way it decides which cases to hear and how it rules in them. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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"Trump has lost the political battle when it comes to what has happened in Los Angeles. Trump's net approval rating on LA -- way, way, way underwater at -15 points ... this is happening on what should be on Donald Trump's best issue ... he's losing on his core issue" www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar...

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Q: Your intelligence community says they have no evidence that Iran is building a nuke TRUMP: Then my intelligence community is wrong. Who said that? Q: You director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard TRUMP: She's wrong www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar...

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Midwestern Godzilla be like ope sorry stepped on your city there

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'This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots,' the statement reads. 'They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization.' www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/ar...

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Elon Musk continues to rage at his chatbot for citing facts Musk and Grok are kind of in a feud. www.avclub.com/elon-musk-ma...

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I was told there would be peace. And winning. What about the winning?

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The DOGE-backed proposal to shutter the offices ran into outcry from Democratic senators as well as opposition from the NLRB’s Trump-appointed chair and acting general counsel www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/17/m...

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‘It will fail’: Megabill changes have Republicans doubting July 4 timeline A host of concerns inside the GOP are threatening the Senate majority leader’s grand plan. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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🛳️🔥Two oil tankers collide in Gulf of Oman. ❗️The oil tanker Adalynn, flagged by Antigua and Barbuda, which Ukraine imposed sanctions against for belonging to the shadow fleet of Russia, is burning after colliding with the oil tanker Front Eagle, flagged by Liberia.

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Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following a Trump executive order. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Since taking office earlier this year, President Trump has used the vast powers of the Executive Branch to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes, and policy positions the President does not like,” the ABA wrote in its Monday lawsuit. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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Oh, wow. Another unimpressive, resentful, aggrieved white man with a gun. (And brown people are the problem??)

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A Tesla Model 3 got stuck on a train track and was hit by a train in Sinking Spring, PA. The driver claimed it was in “self-driving mode.” electrek.co/2025/06/16/t...

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Tom Bodett is suing Motel 6. The long-time spokesperson says the chain is using his voice and name without permission. After 39 years of working together, Motel 6 allegedly failed to make an annual payment and has not rectified the situation, Bodett says. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

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Shohei Ohtani's pitching debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers will "mostly likely" happen during the team's upcoming series against the division-rival San Diego Padres. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

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