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    A whites-only community in Arkansas looking to start a franchise in Missouri

    Lately certain folks are going on and on about how empathy is a trick of Satan.
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    Uncharted Territory, rapid warming greatly exceeds models' forecasts

    Heat indices could hit 120 as sweltering temperatures grip eastern half of US Parts of Mississippi and Louisiana are on alert for heat indices up to 120 degrees. On Sunday, Tampa, Florida, broke an all-time heat record -- reaching 100 degrees for the first time in 130 years of record-keeping...
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    Trump accepts 400 million dollar bribe.

    Not sure what's really new compared to the post above from May. Maybe just all the terms of the agreement (such as 'as is' condition) and formal 'acceptance'. US accepts 'unconditional donation' of Qatari jet, cost of retrofitting is classified: Sources The Trump administration has accepted the...
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    Derecho - Word of the Day

    I was familiar with the term, but did some digging, and... dug a little deeper, and... TIL... Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs (1836-1923) was Danish born (current day Germany) and trained as a chemist at the University of Copenhagen and the Polytechnic School in Copenhagen. He emigrated to the United...
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    Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

    If juries convicted them on the more serious charges, I don't see that the prosecution made the wrong call.
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    Oklahoma’s MAGA superintendent who demanded Bibles in class faces investigation after TV in his office shows naked women

    IIRC, this was a session closed to the public. Still, there might be a recording. OTOH, the board members who saw something said only they had a good angle to see his screen.
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    The Art of (Epstein) Distraction

    NOT DISTRACTING ENOUGH GOP bill seeks to rename Kennedy Center for President Trump The bill, recently introduced by Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.), aims to “designate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the ‘Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts.'”
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    Pardon For Ghislaine Maxwell?

    Speaker doesn't think it's preposterous. If there were no chance of Trump being lenient on a sex trafficker, you'd think the Speaker could safely express that sex trafficking underage women does not merit a pardon.
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    Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

    Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law...
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    Pardon For Ghislaine Maxwell?

    The elites of the nation are a cabal of ██████ ████████ who prey on children to harvest ████████!!! And some of his most ardent followers want to know why he used the Magic Sharpie to cross out the Storm.
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    Border agent charged with child sex trafficking, fraud in Cochise County (AZ), latest in a series of such crimes in Arizona

    Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 24 felony charges, including 10 counts of child sex trafficking, the latest in a series of sexual-misconduct convictions or charges against U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees in Arizona. Willcox border agent Bart Conrad Yager, 39...
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    Oklahoma State Superintendent Mandates All Public Schools to Teach Bible

    In a professional work setting? I don't think so. But regardless of what 'we have been told' [in the passive voice], we know what Ryan Walters himself tells us about nude pictures in school setting. Ryan Walters’ war on pornography has gone too far by weaponizing Oklahoma school accreditation
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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    President Trump cites incontrovertible evidence of "real starvation" in Gaza.
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    Consequences of firing government employees - USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

    Immigration judges fired by Trump administration say they will fight back The nation’s immigration courts — with a backlog of about 3.5 million cases — have become a key focus of Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown.