A former GOP strategist on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump's response to the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh flouted the Fourth Amendment in his opinion blessing President Trump’s use of racial profiling in immigration enforcement.

The lessons from the murder of Charlie Kirk, one of the worst moments in recent American history, are worth learning, Graeme Wood writes. And they are, mercifully, bipartisan, because they are human and universal:

Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in a Brazil prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election. nyti.ms/47FfqmN

This week’s Fresh Take newsletter also covers food giant Nestlé firing its CEO due to scandal, Texas being sued over its lab-grown meat ban and more.

In his speech about the death of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday night, Donald Trump seemed to blame the large chunk of the nation that reviles his divisive policies and those promoted by Kirk “as surely as if they had pulled the trigger,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes.

Brazil Supreme Court gives Bolsonaro 27 years for coup plot www.courthousenews.com/brazil-supre...

Zelenskiy urges allies to rethink air defence after Poland drone intrusion… www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Was Ronny Jackson there?

Being an author isn’t the glamorous life I thought it was when I was younger. It’s a slog, full of wearing many hats and trying to cram creativity in small windows to hit deadlines. But it’s also incredibly worth it. Hard. But worth it. #author #booksky #fiction #writingcommunity

The NRA and their surrogate 2nd Amendment devotees have been telling us for years that the answer to stopping all the shooting deaths is MORE guns...which there are more than ever now...and I'm certain there are lots of guns in Utah, so how does that work again?

Maybe this is why CA is the 4 th largest economy… moving towards the future.. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

I guess freedom of speech is only for a select few now.

China's tech companies are selling surveillance as a service and spreading authoritarian information control around the world. t.co/VIGOGhNWh0

Dr. Vinay Prasad, who led the FDA’s vaccines and gene therapy division before resigning under pressure two weeks ago, is returning to the agency, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman confirmed Saturday.

President Zelenskyy: "Ukrainians defend what's theirs. Even those who are with Russia know that Russia is doing evil. Of course, we will not reward Russia for what it has perpetrated. The #Ukrainian people deserve peace. But all partners must understand what a dignified peace is.

As of this week, there is nobody left on Earth who witnessed this moment live.

BREAKING: Drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system.

By attempting to abdicate any legal responsibility to provide for a healthy environment, the U.S. is running in the opposite direction as the global legal community, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports:

Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett is leading a new grant initiative, the Displacement Film Fund, to support refugee filmmakers with up to €100,000 each for short films that explore the experience of being displaced.

Singapore is planning to create a new mangrove nature reserve park to help preserve the city's biodiversity. That and more in this week's free Singapore Edition newsletter.

The president of Panama is reportedly taking into consideration asking the United Nations Security Council to step in if Donald Trump continues his repeated demand that the United States regain control of the Panama Canal.

An international research team has successfully drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter-long) ice core from Antarctica that dates back 1.2 million years. The sample extended so deep that it reached the bedrock beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Read more: cnn.it/3Wekfgo

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gurpreet Gogi, who was declared dead after being shot with bullet injuries, sustaining bullet injuries, accidentally shot himself, resulting in head injuries. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

A New York State appeals court rejected a request by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation to dismiss part of a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit stemming from the broadcasting of misinformation around the 2020 presidential election.

Fewer patients in states with legal marijuana are filling prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications, particularly benzodiazepines, highlighting the potential of #cannabis as an alternative treatment for anxiety. A public policy professor explains: https://buff.ly/4fW1aXp 🩺 #mentalhealth

UK weather: Fresh weather warnings across the country with temperatures as low as -16C

California: Five dead in Los Angeles wildfires - as new blaze stars near Hollywood Hills

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Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86 #RIP https://buff.ly/4a7KNWd

New survey: 26% of participants believe the government should be allowed to use violence to stop unauthorized #immigration—rising to 54% among those identifying as extremely conservative. A scholar unpacks the findings: https://buff.ly/41ZOI5y (William McCorkle @cofcharleston.bsky.social)

A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

WATCH: The moment a Tesla Cybertruck exploded this morning in front of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas

There have been an unusually high number of norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. this month, according to the CDC. Here’s what to know about symptoms, treatment, and reducing your risk of infection. nyti.ms/4gyr6JO

Astronomers using Hubble have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet blasting from a supermassive black hole at the core of galaxy M87 (left) seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory (right)

OPINION: Trump’s deportation plan rests on the deepening of racial profiling and systemic biases. Communities of color, particularly Latinos and Black migrants, are in the crosshairs.

We commonly associate the writer James Baldwin with the land of his birth—America—and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.

The Maasai have been stewards of the Serengeti for centuries. Now they’re being evicted—by Dubai royals, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups, @mccrummen.bsky.social reports. Read one of our don't-miss stories of 2024:

If the U.S. keeps exporting natural gas at the rate it has, it would hurt the country’s economy and the planet, the energy secretary warned. The continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable,” Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed. nyti.ms/3ZVrITH

She stowed away on a plane from New York City to Paris last month. Now she's been arrested again while trying to leave the U.S. on a bus to Canada, after cutting off the ankle monitor she was ordered to wear, two law enforcement officials said. nyti.ms/3ZWgher

News Analysis: “The first term, everybody was fighting me,” President-elect Trump said during his news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” The statement was hyperbolic, but not by much, Maggie Haberman writes. nyti.ms/3P17P7I

"Since Trump won re-election — this time with the popular vote — many of the most influential people in America seem to have lost any will to stand up to him as he goes about transforming America into the sort of authoritarian oligarchy he admires," writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social.

LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has recently killed more than one editorial that was critical of Trump, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social reports. Apparently, he's forcing the editorial board to present an "opposing view" piece side-by-side with any Trump-critical op-ed. www.status.news/p/patrick-so...