Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings (www.mediaite.com)
The Feds Want to Know How Fake Titanium Got in Boeing's Planes (gizmodo.com)
Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports (www.cnbc.com)
‘Anti-Woke’ Water Makes a Splash at Conservative Conference (www.thedailybeast.com)
US Supreme Court lifts ban on gun bump stocks (www.bbc.com)
House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft (www.yahoo.com)
Kevin Spacey Admits He Was ‘Too Handsy’ in Piers Morgan Sob Story (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trump Hits “I Have Black Friends” Stage of Total Racism (newrepublic.com)
“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know better than anybody, and fast,” Trump said. “They would not be with me for two minutes if they thought I was racist—and I’m not racist!”
DeSantis rejects climate change rationale for record-breaking rain (www.washingtonpost.com)
Trump gets name of his doctor wrong as he challenges Biden to cognitive test (www.theguardian.com)
‘This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again. (www.chicagotribune.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/6QoOI
House Republicans subpoena ex-Capitol Police intel head for Jan. 6 inquiry (www.rawstory.com)
Paul Pressler, a former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abuse, dead at 94 (feeds.texastribune.org)
Pressler was one of the most influential, if lesser-known, evangelical figures of the last half-century, having co-led a movement in the Southern Baptist Convention that pushed the nation’s second-largest faith group to adopt literal interpretations of the Bible, strongly condemn homosexuality and more closely align with the...
Huge telehealth fraud indictment may wreak havoc for Adderall users, CDC warns (arstechnica.com)
Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says (www.independent.co.uk)
Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million....
Bannon vows Trump’s opponents will be prosecuted in a second term | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, vowed investigations and prosecutions of those who have probed the former president and his political allies, declaring at a conservative gathering Saturday that Inauguration Day in 2025 will be “accountability day.”...
‘No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict (www.theguardian.com)
“Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity”
Over 50,000 Palestinian children require treatment for acute malnutrition, says UN agency (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported on Saturday that over 50,000 children in the Gaza Strip are in urgent need of treatment for acute malnutrition, Anadolu Agency reports....
DeSantis Declares Emergency Over Floods After Cutting Stormwater Funds (www.commondreams.org)
Up to ten people including children shot at public splash pad in Michigan (www.theguardian.com)
Photographer Wins AI Image Contest with Real Picture, Then Gets Disqualified
CDC warns of disruptions to ADHD meds after $100M fraud arrest (thehill.com)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning those who take medication for ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, could face a disruption in accessing care after two executives were arrested for a $100 million fraud scheme....
Tennessee sheriff faces 22 charges in 2 counties, accused of profiting from inmate labor (www.tennessean.com)
A Tennessee sheriff is facing 22 charges in two counties after a state investigation found he allegedly participated in a scheme to profit from inmate labor....
Two Pulse survivors are now 'ex-gays' running a conversion therapy organization (www.advocate.com)
Catholic Bishops finally apologize for church’s role in harming kids at Indigenous boarding schools (www.motherjones.com)
