Revealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies (www.theguardian.com)
Documents show the Conservative Partnership Institute is pushing its far-right agenda at events involving GOP members...
Political consultant indicted for deep-faked Biden ad telling people not to vote (www.rawstory.com)
Coroner's Report Reveals Boeing Whistleblower's Cause of Death (gizmodo.com)
North Koreans stole Americans' identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says (fortune.com)
They took er jobs!! Derpa DERR!!!
California university president put on leave for ‘insubordination’ after meeting Gaza protesters’ demands (www.politico.com)
California State University placed Sonoma State campus President Mike Lee on leave Wednesday after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel.
Biden invokes executive privilege on special counsel recording demanded by GOP (thehill.com)
President Biden has invoked executive privilege to block House Republicans from obtaining audio recordings of his interviews with special counsel Robert Hur over his handling of classified documents....
Four years after losing funds for supporting Black Lives Matter, a Wisconsin domestic violence shelter worries about their future (www.wxpr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/four-years-after-losing-funds-f…
Alabama follows DeSantis' lead in banning lab-grown meat (www.cbsnews.com)
Smoke from Canadian wildfires reaches US, Minnesota under air quality alert (abcnews.go.com)
With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state’s first air quality alert of 2024....
Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe...
Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process (theintercept.com)
It doesn’t take much to be accused of supporting terrorism these days. And that doesn’t just go for student activists. In recent months, dozens of lawmakers and public officials have, without evidence, insinuated that U.S. news outlets provide material support for Hamas. Some even issued thinly veiled threats to prosecute...
South Carolina will soon ban gender-affirming & out trans kids to their parents (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Trump and Republicans slam Biden over pledge to withhold weapons from Israel over Rafah (www.usatoday.com)
In a Truth Social post, Trump attacked Biden − and Hamas − by accusing the president of “taking the side of these terrorists, just like he has sided with the Radical Mobs taking over our college campuses.”
U.S. soldier detained in Russia and accused of stealing, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
The soldier, who was stationed in South Korea, traveled to Russia on his own to visit a woman he was romantically involved with, officials said....
N.H. lawmaker opposes new marriage bill, says teens are of ‘ripe, fertile’ age (www.masslive.com)
“If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who are a ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not in fact making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving...
Right-wingers at war: Daily Wire reportedly gets gag order against ex-host Candace Owens (www.independent.co.uk)
Kristi Noem's book claims she met with Kim Jong Un, but that's not really checking out (www.salon.com)
Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds (www.theguardian.com)
GoFundMe Set Up To Fund ‘Rager’ For Frat Boys Who Defended American Flag On UNC Campus (www.dailywire.com)
It’s now up to $457,904 for the gofundme page....
Biden calls U.S. ally Japan 'xenophobic,' along with China and Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
JPMorgan says its Russia assets may be seized after lawsuits in Russia, US (www.reuters.com)
JPMorgan Chase said in a filing on Wednesday that its assets in Russia may be seized after lawsuits in Russian and U.S. courts....
A family member finally shows up to Donald Trump's hush-money trial (www.motherjones.com)
Far-right network OAN retracts false story about Michael Cohen affair with Stormy Daniels (www.cnn.com)
White House plans to limit Biden's graduation speeches as campuses erupt in protests (www.nbcnews.com)
Tennessee passes first-of-its-kind law attacking trans kids (www.lgbtqnation.com)
