Behind the Curtain: Trump's dream regime (www.axios.com)
Republicans long fantasized about a very different government: one run by a strong president indifferent to media pressure, empowered by a Republican Congress, backed by a conservative Supreme Court and lower court system, and free of administrative state handcuffs and hostile federal employees....
Internal memo reveals Anti-Defamation League surveillance of leftwing activist (www.theguardian.com)
The Anti-Defamation League has surveilled leftwing activists and “regularly tracks, profiles and sends threat assessments of individuals” it perceives as a problem, according to an internal email obtained by the Guardian....
Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it (walledculture.org)
Republicans demand Biden’s doctor sits for interview about medical assessments (www.independent.co.uk)
Rubio Dismisses Project 2025 as 'Think Tank Stuff' Despite Trump Allies Authoring Parts of It (www.rollingstone.com)
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)
US study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat
Russian teen sentenced to 5 years for anti-Putin flyers (www.msn.com)
A Russian court sentenced a 15-year-old student to five years in a juvenile detention centre. Arseniy Turbin was accused of participating in a terrorist organization. According to investigators, he wanted to be a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion and distributed flyers containing criticism of President Vladimir Putin to his...
Teenager killed in food court gunfight in Washington shopping mall (www.independent.co.uk)
Schiff acknowledges his concern over Trump’s threats against him (www.salon.com)
Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served (www.theguardian.com)
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)
Google’s research focuses on real harm that generative AI is currently causing and could get worse in the future. Namely, that generative AI makes it very easy for anyone to flood the internet with generated text, audio, images, and videos.
Inside Russia’s campaign to steal and indoctrinate Ukrainian children: an insidious side of Russia’s genocide against Ukrainians meant to shatter families - snatching children and occupying their mind (www.sapiens.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/558792...
China’s spluttering growth engines: The distortions of Beijing’s unbalanced growth model are coming home to roost, setting the country on path towards ever greater trade confrontation (www.lowyinstitute.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/558539...
Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane (www.theverge.com)
Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota (apnews.com)
Musk suggests late Twitter disclosure was a mistake, seeks to end lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying “all indications” show his delay was a mistake....
Trump's Camp Says It Has Nothing to Do With Project 2025 Manifesto -- Aside From Writing It (theintercept.com)
The Trump campaign attempted to distance itself from the conservative Project 2025 playbook on Friday. Despite significant overlap between Project 2025 personnel and staffers from former president Donald Trump’s administration and campaign, Trump issued a statement saying he had “no idea who is behind” the project....
Las Vegas hits 120 degrees, hottest day on record (www.fox5vegas.com)
‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat (www.theguardian.com)
New York City hasn't fulfilled its promise to build shelters for trans houseless people (www.lgbtqnation.com)
JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)
The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out (www.cnbc.com)
Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, told CNBC on Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out. The president has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race, despite calls for him to do so....
Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school – but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga (theconversation.com)
Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year (apnews.com)
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth....