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The plaintiff, a victim of Epstein, claims the gov't concealed its conduct for years & "At no time did the FBI or any other government entity reach out to Maria to investigate or seek to understand or resolve her claims or otherwise in any way substantively respond to her claim.

Love seeing @nytimes.com swinging back at Elon Musk and defending our journalism against bad faith attacks.

The @nws.noaa.gov just posted an RFI (Request for Information) to explore what’s out there in terms of tech and vendor capabilities for the next generation of weather radars. This effort aims to eventually replace the aging WSR-88D systems used in the NEXRAD program. Link: sam.gov/opp/d7cf86db...

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Breaking News: President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, who was on track to be the next NASA administrator.

"They are a bunch of shits"

Four super-rich tech leaders gather for a poker weekend in a mountain mansion while AI technology leads to global chaos in the new HBO film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong.

JUST NOW: CNN’s Pamela Brown shut down Stephen Miller as he spiraled into a full-blown meltdown “STEPHEN THIS IS MY SHOW.” Pamela Brown didn’t just fact-check Miller - she dismantled him. Maybe next time instead of an interview, CNN can arrange an exorcism.

Multiple Capital Region and Hudson Valley communities were put on the federal government's list of allegedly delinquent "sanctuary" jurisdictions. Numerous officials pushed back and asked why, only to receive decidedly non-specific answers from Homeland Security. Nora Mishanec reports.

Chatbots tuned to win people over can end up saying dangerous things to vulnerable users, a new study found.

Last day at the GISS building (Wed. May 28th). 🥲

So... there's that.

Kushner Companies - the business started by Charles Kushner and run by Jared before he went to the WH in 2017 - has been slapped with 3 Stop Work orders on a $1 billion project in Journal Square NJ - with 3 contractors cited for unpaid wages and other violations jerseydigs.com/the-journal-...

Department of Homeland Security officers invading a congressman's offices and arresting a staffer who tried to stop them is very, very bad. gothamist.com/news/homelan...

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just listened to @drjeffmasters.bsky.social story of flying into Hurricane Hugo on the @wclivestream.bsky.social. I've heard the story before, but WHAT A STORY! coming up next, @scamargo.bsky.social on how climate change will affect hurricanes. go here to watch: wclivestream.com

Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

for those who just watched the segment, here's the piece

The Energy Department announced on Friday that it was terminating $3.7 billion in Biden-era awards to companies trying to demonstrate technologies that might one day help tackle global warming.

Inside the House bill is a moratorium on the sort of state-level AI regulations that have addressed political “deepfakes” and using AI to deny medical claims.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the gutting of a Pentagon office after it disclosed it would be overseeing the testing of President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system and the programs associated with the multi-billion dollar project, officials familiar with the matter told CNN.

I will always believe, Putin has told Trump, every morning he is to put on the orangest makeup possible or we will all see the piss tape

THIS IS BIG: My latest explains how, in the last few months, Donald Trump has taken affirmative steps to implement martial law and how it will be hard to stop him from a practical standpoint. shero.substack.com/p/trump-embo...

NEWS: Ranking Member Jamie Raskin launches an investigation into Pardon Attorney Ed Martin’s role in Trump’s corrupt pardon spree after more than two dozen MAGA loyalists and wealthy criminals are pardoned during Martin's first two weeks in office.

PBS filed suit Friday against President Donald Trump and other administration officials to block his order stripping federal funding from the 330-station public television system, three days after NPR did the same for its radio network.

John Roberts, you up?

Since he brought it up..... www.pulitzer.org/winners/staf...

Nearly four dozen people in 18 states have been sickened in an expanding outbreak of salmonella food poisoning tied to recalled cucumbers sent to restaurants, hospitals, cruise ships and grocery stores, including Target stores, federal health officials said Friday.