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No more billionaires!

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I dunno, I'd be supremely pissed about this even if I was pro-data center. No, your elected representatives can't just sign a fucking NDA with a private party to hide unpopular things from voters.

Mike Rogoway

Salem is the latest Oregon city facing outrage from residents over data center development. At a 6-hour city council meeting last night, residents railed against an NDA that kept this project secret for more than a year. Now, Salem officials say the city may be helpless to stop the data center.

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Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.

Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.www.dropsitenews.com
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“‘Should I keep paying my mortgage?’ Haitian families confront impossible choices around #TPS. As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.” haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...

'Should I keep paying my mortgage?' Haitian families confront impossible choices around TPSMany Haitian TPS holders are beginning to grapple with the potential domino effects of TPS ending, including financial, family and mental health impact due to job loss and potential detention or depor...haitiantimes.com
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What’s wild is that only a few years ago, “prediction markets” had a whole different name and you used to have to go to Reno or Atlantic City to participate, otherwise it was a crime. Now we can’t even regulate them.

Kyle Cheney

JUST IN: Kalshi has won a federal court ruling to block a Minnesota law from taking effect that would have banned prediction markets in the state. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Explosion in domestic and sexual violence among Trump’s immigration enforcers over the past two years: “ICE and Border Patrol agents have a disturbing track record of sexually and violently abusing women and children, including members of their own families.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Report: Dozens of ICE and CBP agents have abused women and childrenDavid Brouillette, according to Ohio Immigrant Alliance, is no outlier.www.motherjones.com
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"There is an empty orchestra pit scattered with trash. On the grand terrace overlooking the Potomac River, the flower beds are wilting and weedy. In the corridors and lounges, artwork has disappeared."

Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Gift Article)In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.www.nytimes.com
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Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here? He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets. And they all shake hands?

Dan Diamond

Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit.

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“The woman can be heard yelling in distress that they are choking her and that they are ICE officers seeking to deport her.” “… media reports identified her as 38-year-old Iryna Gorb, a Ukrainian woman who has lived in the U.S. for 16 years and was headed back home from a trip to Portland.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Plainclothes federal officers violently arrested a Ukrainian woman at SFO, according to a viral video. “They just tackled her and dragged her off handcuffed,” a witness said.

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