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Gizmodo - #TSA Sending Info on Domestic Travelers to #ICE for #Deportation Arrests TSA now sends ICE lists “multiple times a week” of people who will be traveling through U.S. airports & those are compared to databases of travelers Trump claims are subject to deportation gizmodo.com/tsa-sending-...

#PeterGreene, the actor known for his roles in #PulpFiction and The Mask, has died at the age of 60. He was found dead at his New York City apartment on Friday, his manager said, and the cause of death has not been disclosed. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

#NPR - Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children Gavin Weisenburg, 21 years old of Allen, and Tanner Thomas, 20 years old of Argyle planned to murder all men on Gonave Island and enslaving the women and children as "sex slaves," www.npr.org/2025/11/23/n...

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#CNN - Racists are now openly targeting Indian Americans Dinesh D’Souza, the #right-wing commentator who has peddled racism against Black Americans for decades, mused: “In a career spanning 40 years, I have never encountered this type of rhetoric.” #News #Politics #Racism www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...

#Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from #medicaldebt apnews.com/article/medi...

#APNews - Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday stepped up his allegations that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country apnews.com/article/nige...

#CNN - Student handcuffed after #Doritos bag mistaken for a gun by school’s #AI security system #Omnilert.com the company that operates the AI gun detection system: “While the object (Doritos)!was later determined not to be a firearm, the process functioned as intended” www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/u...

#Politico - ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and ….. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

#D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51 The songwriter and producer, born Michael Eugene Archer, a visionary R&B singer who helped pioneer the #neosoul sub genre, has died following a battle with cancer, according to a statement from his family.

#APNews - What to know about the fatal #shooting of #CharlieKirk, the co-founder of #TurningPointUSA Authorities took one man, #GeorgeZinn, into custody who they later released after determining he was not the suspect apnews.com/article/char...

#APNews - Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert apnews.com/article/trum...

#Poll: Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling the immigration issue?

#Reuter - U.S. Dist. Judge Sean Jordan appointed by Trump in 2019 grants Trump’s request to scrap Biden-era medical debt rule Kamala Harris had championed the regulation because consumers incurred medical debts due to accidents/illnesses they did not choose to suffer www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

#CNN - This iPhone app alerts users to nearby #ICE sightings #ICEBlock is designed to be an “early warning system” for users when ICE is operating nearby, Users can add a pin on a map showing where they spotted agents www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/t...

@ajenglish.bsky.social - Trump says US has bombed 3 nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow Iran official says Fordow ‘evacuated, has not suffered irreversible damage’ www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

#Poll Do you think the U.S. military should get involved in the conflict between #Israel and #Iran? 1- Should 2- Should not 3- Don’t care

#APNews - Iran hits Israel with a second wave of missiles As Iranian projectiles and Israeli interceptor rockets left trails of smoke and flame across the night sky, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to let Israel “escape safely from this great crime.” apnews.com/live/israel-...

Israel strikes Iran nuclear sites and military leadership, as Middle East braces for retaliation Iran accuses the US of aiding Israel The ministry said Israel’s strikes could not have taken place without assistance from the US www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

#NBC - Germany deploys permanent troops beyond its borders for the first time since WWII Chan. Merz said that “Russia’s aggressive revisionism” since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 meant it could seek to redraw the broader map of Europe and not just that of Ukraine. www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

#APNews - #Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for Black Man on death row after police misconduct surfaces While no physical evidence linked him to the crime scene, prosecutors convicted Carter- - apnews.com/article/utah...

#CNN - Dangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium found in store-bought rice “Even at low levels, both arsenic and cadmium have been linked to serious health harms, including diabetes, developmental delays, reproductive toxicity and heart disease,” www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/h...

#NPR - Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition - - the Trump administration has otherwise all but frozen the refugee program, with Afrikaners among the few — and possibly only — people granted entry as refugees since January www.npr.org/2025/05/12/g...

#Axios - Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of #Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip Plans for the operation call for the #Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to displace virtually the entire population of 2 million people to a single "humanitarian area." www.axios.com/2025/05/05/i...

#Techcrunch - #GlobalX, airline used for #Trump #deportations, gets hacked: Report On Monday, 404 Media first reported news of the breach, based on a defacement message on the airline’s official website and stolen data that the hackers shared with the news website. techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/g...

#NPR - Police say 9 people were killed when car plowed into #Vancouver street festival crowd "At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism," the police department posted early Sunday. A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene- www.npr.org/2025/04/27/n...

Intel stock surges as chipmaker reportedly plans to cut 20% of workforce #Intel — the only US chip manufacturer capable of producing leading-edge semiconductors at scale — has struggled over the past several years to keep up in an increasingly AI-dominated market. finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-s...

#Techcrunch - Tesla profits drop 71% on weak sales and anti-Elon Musk sentiment At this time last year, #Tesla was grappling with some gloomy numbers. In case you forgot, the company’s profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter of 2024 from the same period in 2023. tinyurl.com/5xwr2jmt

@ajenglish.bsky.social - #PopeFrancis, leader of Roman #Catholic Church, dies at 88 www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

#CNN - US Supreme Court temporarily halts #deportations of #Venezuelan migrants under wartime law Lawyers for the #ACLU filed urgent requests on Friday in multiple courts, including the Supreme Court, urging immediate action www.reuters.com/world/us/ven...

#Axios - Murkowski on Trump: "We are all afraid" #Murkowski has been a consistent voice of dissent on everything from Cabinet nominations to DOGE cuts to tariffs to renaming Denali. "I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real," www.axios.com/2025/04/17/s...

Former 2|42 pastor William Johnson pleads guilty to 15 felony charges Police say he admitted to using the camera "intermittently for the past two years, targeting specific individuals known to use that specific bathroom." www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/c...

#IBDinvestors | Federal Judge Rules Against #Google In Advertising Antitrust Case The Department of Justice had claimed Google's dominance of the digital ad market has damaged advertisers and content creators. Some analysts call it the "DoubleClick trial." www.investors.com/news/technol...

#Reuters - Trump administration moves to scrap Biden-era credit card late fee rule The late fee regulation would have blocked card issuers with more than 1 million open accounts from charging more than $8 for late fees unless they could prove higher fees are necessary www.reuters.com/business/fin...

#Reuters | Selloff resumes on Wall Street as markets weigh tariff risks #WallStreet nosedives after Wednesday rally on tariff reversal Stocks surged in Asia & Europe Thursday EU pauses countermeasures against US #tariffs Wall Street bosses fear #anti-American backlash www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

#CNN - Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now The court stressed that going forward, people who are deported should receive notice they are subject to the act & an opportunity to have their removal reviewed by the courts www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/p...

#APnews | #Dow drops 1,100 as US stock market leads a worldwide sell-off following Trump’s #tariff announcement Little was spared as fear flared globally about the potentially toxic mix of higher #inflation and weakening economic growth that tariffs can create. apnews.com/article/stoc...

#Reuters - #Myanmar military still bombing towns despite earthquake crisis, rebels say Shortly after Friday's devastating #earthquake, military jets launched #airstrikes and drone attacks in #Karen state, near the KNU headquarters, according to the #FreeBurma Rangers www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

#Politico - The Atlantic releases screenshots of timing, weapons used in #Yemen #warplans #Signal chat President Trump and others have attacked the credibility of the magazine’s editor-in-chief, #JeffreyGoldberg, who was mistakenly added to the group chat www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

#DWnews - #Boxing legend #GeorgeForeman dies aged 76 George Foreman, one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, has died at the age of 76. Foreman won an #Olympic gold medal at just 19-years-old before going on to become a two-time world #heavyweight #champion. www.dw.com/en/boxing-le...

#BBC - Almost 70,000 South Africans interested in US asylum Some white South Africans say they are discriminated against.. Simultaneously, South Africa's white minority possess the vast majority of privately held land and wealth in the country www.bbc.com/news/article...

#AP - Israel’s surprise bombardment plunged #Palestinians back into ‘hell’ The bombs crashed across #Gaza early Tuesday, setting fire to a sprawling tent camp in the southern city of #KhanYounis apnews.com/article/gaza...

#NPR - #Israeli strikes in #Gaza kill 9, including aid workers and journalists, witnesses say .. the head of Gaza civil defense, Mahmoud Basal, told NPR they were aid workers from the London-based #Al-Khair Foundation, along with several journalists working with the group www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

#themirror- #Trump agents deport 10-year-old U.S. citizen being treated for brain cancer while on the way to doctor’s appointment The 10-year-old, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last year, was detained and #deported at an #immigration checkpoint www.themirror.com/news/us-news...

#NPR - 5 things to know about #MarkCarney, Canada's next prime minister Carney replaces longtime Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau, who announced his resignation in January after a decade in office and a sharp decline in approval ratings. www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...

#CNN - Former #Philippine President Rodrigo #Duterte in custody on ICC warrant for crimes against humanity During his time in office, Duterte presided over a sweeping and brutal anti-drugs crackdown that killed more than 6,000 people, according to police data .. www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/a...

#APnews - An #Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped in southern #India Police say 3 men on a motorbike approached them. Following arguments, the 3 men pushed the male travelers into a nearby water canal and gang #raped the women, - One of the Indian tourists drowned tinyurl.com/ycke9ukv

#Axios - #Canada drops the gloves, tells U.S. to blame #Trump for tariff pain "I want to speak first directly to the #American people ... your government has chosen to do this to you," #Trudeau said. www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...