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Explosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported (apnews.com)

Fugitive former US city councillor enlists with Russia for war in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)

Bodies of 6 aid workers killed in Israeli strike transported from Gaza as fallout grows (abcnews.go.com)

Georgia Republican official and outspoken election denier caught voting illegally 9 times (eu.usatoday.com)

Cross-post from slrpnk.net/post/8104275...

Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces, President Vladimir Putin said late on Wednesday....

Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after column hit by large ship; vehicles, people in water (www.cbsnews.com)

Israel cancels Washington visit after US allows UN Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass (www.cnn.com)

Gunfire and blaze at Moscow concert hall, reports say

Deaths and injuries have been reported after a gun attack at a concert hall near Moscow, Russian media say....

Inside The Ritzy Retreats Hosting Right-Wing Judges: During Koch-funded trips to mountain resorts, Trump judges huddled over a new strategy to advance “history and tradition” as the law of the land. (www.huffpost.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/judges-luxury-travel-corpus-lin…

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods (apnews.com)

The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League....

U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. (www.pbs.org)

TLDW: Members of the right who were previously ambivalent/disapproving are shifting towards hate/fear....

Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)

Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested

The SEC is sick of Elon Musk’s attempts to delay its Twitter investigation (www.theverge.com)

Conservative US judges criticize new rule curbing 'judge shopping' (www.reuters.com)

Two conservative federal appeals court judges on Wednesday criticized judicial policymakers for adopting a new rule aimed at curtailing “judge shopping” by state attorneys general, activists and others who challenge government policies in courthouses where one or two sympathetic judges hear most cases....

Texas can require age-verification on porn sites, 5th Circuit judges rule (arstechnica.com)

One judge dissents, saying Texas law “limits adults’ access to protected speech.”...

Lewiston, Maine mass shooter had traumatic brain injuries, new scan finds (www.nbcnews.com)

“Robert Card had evidence of traumatic brain injury. In the white matter, the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different areas of the brain, there was significant degeneration, axonal and myelin loss, inflammation, and small blood vessel injury,” lead author Ann McKee said in a statement issued by the family...

Opinions of the Court - 2023 (www.supremecourt.gov)

This case raises the question whether the States, in addition to Congress, may also enforce Section 3. We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency....

What Alabama’s IVF ruling reveals about the ascendant Christian nationalist movement (www.theguardian.com)

Supporters of the idea that the US should be a Christian country have a foothold in politics – and are growing bolder...

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