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so he wouldn't take no for an answer..........
Marisa KabasExclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
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told ya www.rawstory.com/hidden-iran-...
Hidden Pentagon data reveals 70 US casualties in a single day of Trump's Iran warThe Pentagon never told the public that 70 American troops were wounded in a single day during President Donald Trump's Iran war, according to newly obtained records.The War Horse obtained the records...www.rawstory.com
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It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center | News | The Harvard CrimsonThe Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and...www.thecrimson.comSame-sex couple sues anti-LGBTQ+ clerk Kim Davis for allegedly hiding big money she owes them flip.it/hXlVn6
Same-sex couple sues anti-LGBTQ+ clerk Kim Davis for allegedly hiding big money she owes them - LGBTQ NationA new lawsuit accuses her of hiding over $400,000 in property to avoid paying a couple she discriminated against.flip.it
Bessent says Americans won't need retirement savings: 'Elon's so far ahead of the curve' As if. Please. *snort* So the bazillionaires are just going to shower the working class -- including people whose jobs were eliminated by AI -- with that cash? AI hasn't even broken even yet. flip.it/-uIzoY
Bessent says Americans won't need retirement savings: 'Elon's so far ahead of the curve'Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night that he agrees with Elon Musk's prediction that artificial intelligence will produce so much abundance that Americans w...flip.it
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Mamdani accurately said that Prime Minister Netanyahu is charged with war crimes, and people are blaming him for antisemitism. Trump baselessly claimed George Soros was funding Central American migrant caravans, which directly inspired the deadliest antisemitic violence in US history in 2018.
Aaron RuparMamdani: "When I make criticisms of PM Netanyahu, they are criticisms of PM Netanyahu. And what I shared were not even frankly personal assessments, they were objective facts ... it's a city where everyone needs to know that their belonging to it is not conditional on how they feel about the mayor."
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"Semites" don't exist in modern anthropology. "Antisemitism" was a term coined by Germans in the 19th century to make their Jew hatred (and only Jews hatred) sound more sciency. Here's a handy infographic with more info if that helps. bsky.app/profile/miss...
VishantiI attempted an infographic.
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Terrific answer from the great historian David Blight. Museums aren't there to inform us of all the old answers, but to inspire for us all the new questions.
Congressman Don BeyerAmerica’s history is complex, inspiring, painful, and unfinished. The Smithsonian exists to educate and preserve that history honestly, not to conform to any administration's preferred narrative.
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Highly recommend this profile of the civilian West Point prof who is suing to protect academic freedom. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
After Trump’s order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.Tim Bakken argues that the Pentagon's attempt to stifle what teachers can say and write makes the military more susceptible to bad decisions.www.washingtonpost.com
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Do you ever think about how Sam Altman has never, not once in his life, run a profitable business? Because I think about that all the time. THIS is who we're allowing to drag the global economy to the brink of collapse.
Al Jazeera EnglishThe 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.