3 signs the US economy is nearing a recession have flashed in the last week, SocGen says (www.businessinsider.com)
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Colorado GOP calls LGBTQ+ people 'godless groomers' in Pride month email: 'God hates flags' (www.advocate.com)
Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers | US-Mexico border (www.theguardian.com)
Stormy Daniels urges Melania Trump to leave husband Donald now - for two reasons (www.mirror.co.uk)
How the super rich ship their luxury cars around the world (www.cnn.com)
Deepfake Laws Forget Sex Workers (www.404media.co)
In the seven years since I first wrote about deepfakes, before there was even a word for the AI-powered face-swapping technology, people have finally started to realize that sexually explicit deepfakes meant to harass, blackmail, threaten, or simply disregard women’s consent have always been the primary use of the...
James Comer Helped a Donor Get Chinese Hemp. What They Got Tested as Marijuana (www.thedailybeast.com)
Remote tribe gets hooked on internet porn (www.telegraph.co.uk)
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
The posts are ominous....
FBI raids Atlanta corporate landlord in probe of rental market price fixing (www.ajc.com)
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Columbia Law Review board shutters website over article critical of Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime....
Met chief says millions of men are danger to women and girls in England and Wales (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of men in England and Wales pose a danger to women and children, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said....
Trump Campaign Sent Cease-and-Desist Letter to ProPublica Attempting to Stop Their Latest Exposé. It Didn’t Work. (www.mediaite.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and businesses have provided “Significant financial benefits” to nine of the witnesses in his criminal cases, ProPublica reported Monday morning - shrugging off a threatening cease-and-desist letter sent by Trump’s attorney....
NASA’s Hubble Temporarily Pauses Science - NASA Science (science.nasa.gov)
Urged on by LGBTQ+ Activists, California Cities Weigh Stricter Smoking Rules (kffhealthnews.org)
Feds Closed a Prison Notorious for Abuse. Things Only Got Worse (www.rollingstone.com)
‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says (www.theguardian.com)
Measurable in Trump supporters, psycho-social phenomenon can have consequences for democracy, authors say...
Indiana lawmaker under investigation after staffers accuse her of ‘rage’ and ‘general toxicity’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx's proposal to not charge felonies from certain traffic stops has had success elsewhere (chicago.suntimes.com)
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has stirred debate since proposing that her office no longer file felony charges when the cases stem solely from minor traffic violations....
Gilgo Beach killings suspect expected to be indicted in killings of 2 additional women, sources say | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings, is expected to be indicted Thursday on new murder charges in the killings of two additional women, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN....
FBI Raids Corporate Landlord in Major Rent Price-Fixing Probe: What It Means for You (upriseri.com)
Texas professors want to use abortion ban to punish students for "consensual sexual intercourse" (www.salon.com)
“Along with their anger about abortion, they grouse about not being allowed to punish students “for being homosexual or transgender.” They also argue they should be able to penalize teaching assistants for “cross-dressing,” by which they appear to mean allowing trans women to wear skirts.”