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Believe it or not, I had a transcendent experience at this year’s Border Security Expo, the annual event that brings Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together with private industry. I hesitate to describe it that way, though, because I was on the exhibition hall floor and instantly found myself in the very heart of the U.S. border-industrial complex. It was early April and I was surrounded by the latest surveillance equipment — camera systems, drones, robodogs — from about 225 companies (a record number for such an event) displaying their wares at that Phoenix Convention Center. Many of the people there seemed all too excited that Donald Trump was once again president. You might... Read more

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Doctor Who Unleashed delves into the making of the Doctor Who second season finale, "The Reality War," and speaks with the major players.

Let's look at Doctor Who S02E08: "The Reality War" and how it serves as an allegory for Russell T Davies' own creative "bigeneration."

Paying in ZuckBucks, the potential end of DOGE, and more from The Lever this week.

Doctor Who Season 2 finale "The Reality War" had a little something for everyone to love, hate, and scratch their heads about. Here are our initial thoughts...

Momentum is growing behind a campaign for Justice for Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu killed by police in the Coles supermarket in Mparntwe-Alice Springs on Tuesday.

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The War Between the Land and the Sea is a Doctor Who spinoff starring Jemma Redgrave, Alexander Devrient, Russell Tovey, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

[SPOILERS] saying goodbye and [SPOILERS] all smiles will be the big headline coming out of Doctor Who Season 2 finale "The Reality War."

Unemployed, I spent a week in April digging a small pond in our back yard. At the time, it was a distraction. Now it is… actually, a different sort of distraction. Because although it’s not a very big pond — about 3 meters by 2, maximum depth about 70 cm — it has very quickly […]

Experts question Democrats’ $20 million plan to make content with an “aspirational vision of manhood that aligns with Democratic values.”

The post The Futile Quest to Build a “Liberal Joe Rogan”  appeared first on The Intercept.

Pluralism i alla ära. Debatten ska vara fri, inom de politiska partierna. Men reda borde ändå råda. Rena rama dumheter får gärna rangeras ut. Som när Adrian Pabst i tidskriften Tiden skriver att ”yttrandefriheten förutsätter möjligheten av en gemensam strävan efter objektiv moralisk och metafysisk sanning” … Eller när Socialdemokraterna lägger sig kloss inpå Tidöregeringens […]

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The budget reconciliation bill includes an environmentally devastating natural resources giveaway to a Chilean billionaire with close ties to the Trump family.

6:30 a.m. I awaken from sleep with the unparalleled energy of someone who has an entire school-sanctioned day to humiliate their offspring.

6:55 a.m. Peering into my closet, I select the skinniest jeans I own—seriously, I haven’t worn these since before my preteen was born. No matter. I squeeze my unforgiving middle-aged body into them while double-checking that I still have the breathing capacity for yelling at middle schoolers every ten seconds.

7:30 a.m. I bound to the kitchen to pack my child the smelliest lunch possible, ideally some combination of tuna salad and egg salad. Naturally, I make sure to tuck in a note including several giant drawn hearts and “I LOVE YOU!!!”s. I sign off using the name my child used to call me when they were three years old.

8:15 a.m. We arrive at the school parking lot and gather by the bus for head counts. I immediately announce myself to everyone as my child’s parent, being sure to enunciate their full (including middle) name.

“The term ‘TACO,’ short for Trump Always Chickens Out, has been used to describe how markets tumble on the president’s tariff threats, then rebound when he gives way.” – New York Times

GRAPE - Gift Received, Announced Pardon Early

PORK - Presidential Order Rewarding Kleptocracy

CHEESE - Classic Hillbilly Elegy, Earning Stablecoin Emoluments

BACON - Barron Accepted, College Officially Normalized

EGG - Executive Grift-Golfing

MILK - Maliciously Ignorant, Like Kennedy

MACKEREL - Musk Around: Conceal Ketamine, Ecstasy, Ritalin, Ephedrine, LSD

Ex-auditor claims compliance has been 'eroded into a rubber-stamping process'