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“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding federal operations through the end of September, fissures have expanded within the Democratic Party on how best to counter Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s ongoing assault on government agencies.” — Mother Jones

SCHUMER: My fellow Trojans, we are gathered to discuss what to do with the big wooden horse statue that the Greeks left behind.

TOWNSMAN: It’s a ruse to kill us all! I say we burn it, then uncork some wine—and enjoy centuries of peace and prosperity.

SCHUMER: Yes, there’s danger in opening our gates to this statue. But there’s also danger in keeping it out… the danger of eroding the sanctity of the gift-giving process. Now, what do we know about this thing?

Some wild fish may recognize individual humans in the sea

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US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has just called for other countries to join the US in attacking the Houthis in Yemen, a country in which she once strongly opposed intervention. This article was originally published by Antiwar dot com.  The US launched a major round of airstrikes against Yemen on March 18, killing at least 53 people, including women and children. Tulsi Gabbard, the Trump administration’s Director of National Intelligence, now says that the US wants countries that […]

The post Tulsi Gabbard reverses her strong opposition to ‘genocidal’ Yemen war first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Tulsi Gabbard reverses her strong opposition to ‘genocidal’ Yemen war appeared first on The Grayzone.

After fervently denying that they relied on financial support from the US government, the supposedly “independent” Russian language paper Meduza has been thrown into existential crisis following the Trump administration’s pause on foreign development assistance Alexey Kovalev, a self-described “Russian journalist currently living in exile for fear of persecution back home,” had spent much of his career at Meduza, the leading opposition media outlet in Russia. Since leaving the paper under mysterious circumstances in the summer of 2023 and relocating to […]

The post ‘Independent’ anti-Russia outlet Meduza faces collapse after US funding slashed first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post ‘Independent’ anti-Russia outlet Meduza faces collapse after US funding slashed appeared first on The Grayzone.

The arrest of a midwife for allegedly providing illegal abortions is the latest attack on reproductive care.

The post Texas Starts Arresting Abortion Providers appeared first on The Intercept.

While global politics reckons with a broken ceasefire in Palestine, attention is again on exerting pressure via the long-term boycott campaigns targeting Israel. This issue has become especially fraught in the world of football, where campaigners such as the Democracy in Europe movement 2025 and FairSquare have been building pressure for institutions like UEFA and […]

Dear Board of Trustees,

As professors at this large state university, we want to thank you for your recent investment in athletics. We admit, when we first heard that you were spending $50 million to replace our washed-up, elderly football coach with a washed-up, elderly, unemployed NFL coach, we were skeptical. But now we see the error of our ways. During this era of declining enrollment, public mistrust, and open attacks by the US government, it’s clear that only one thing can save this institution, the country’s oldest public university: college football.

We are grateful that, through this mega-contract with a coach with zero collegiate experience, the university is publicly recognizing what we’ve known for years: Our mission is not to prepare America’s youth for successful careers; it’s to make money on football. Now, we’ll finally be able to maximize profit through ad revenue, ticket sales, and selling overpriced beer to drunk fans. Just like the NFL, but with fewer Taylor Swift sightings.

These are some fun silly drawings from my sketchbook

The Heritage Foundation’s proposal to reduce American military assistance is not about abandoning Israel—but ensuring it isn’t seen as a dependent state.

The post New Conservative Argument: Cut US Aid to Protect Israel’s Reputation appeared first on MintPress News.

Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. In it, he calls for a renewed sense of national purpose and even greater cooperation between government and the tech sector. His book is, in fact, not just an account of how to spur technological innovation, but a distinctly ideological tract. As a start, Karp roundly criticizes Silicon Valley’s focus on consumer-oriented products and events like video-sharing apps, online shopping, and social media platforms, which he dismisses as “the narrow and the trivial.” His focus instead is on what he likes to think of as innovative big-tech projects of... Read more

Source: The New Age Militarists appeared first on TomDispatch.com.

Oh hey:

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling.

“But they’re bad people, Ian” you squeal. “They’re gang members. Bad things should happen to them because they’re bad!”

Well, maybe.

Whenever you open Instagram or TikTok, you’ve probably seen Mark Wahlberg jumping in an ice bath at 4 a.m. or squeezing in a third set of bicep curls in the dead of night. What you don’t see is us coaching him behind the camera, because we are Mark Wahlberg’s phalanx of personal trainers, and we are pretty much just fucking with him at this point.

Messing with Mark Wahlberg is easy and fun because Mark Wahlberg will do anything we tell him to.

“Jump into this dumpster filled with rocks and soy sauce,” we say.

“It will make me strong?” Mark Wahlberg looks up at us with wide eyes and a wet nose.

“Yes, Mark Wahlberg,” we chuckle. “Soy sauce is made of salt. Salt makes you powerful.”

“Slow down,” Mark Wahlberg screams. “Facts make the top of my body hurt! They make the top of my body hurt so bad!”

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