Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base (www.nytimes.com)
Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say (apnews.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, putting into action the commitment he made at a meeting with Trump last month to help his former rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter....
University of North Carolina to divert $2.3m DEI budget to safety and policing (www.theguardian.com)
Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills (www.reuters.com)
SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk’s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state....
Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money (www.theguardian.com)
Punk rock band Trophy Eyes fan left paralyzed after singer jumped on her at concert (www.independent.co.uk)
Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof flees after jail sentence (bbc.com)
Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced over his new film, which is to be premiered at the Cannes festival.
Cohen’s Testimony Makes Clear: Trump’s Greed Fueled This Whole Debacle (www.thedailybeast.com)
Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate (www.npr.org)
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blows Into U.S., Setting Stage for Another Miserable Summer (gizmodo.com)
Donald Trump's obsession with control is backfiring in his criminal trial (www.salon.com)
'We're Gonna Win': Alabama Mercedes Workers Begin UAW Vote (www.commondreams.org)
Harry and Meghan’s Charity Declared ‘Delinquent’ by California AG (www.thedailybeast.com)
Army major resigns over Biden's response to Israel (www.newsweek.com)
Eric Trump Tweets From Dad’s Trial Despite Electronics Ban (www.thedailybeast.com)
UN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data (www.cnn.com)
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Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’ (www.thehill.com)
Kristi Noem banned by two more Native tribes in South Dakota (www.theguardian.com)
Governor, plagued by dog-killing story, unwelcome in 20% of her state after she accused tribal leaders of benefiting from cartels...
There’s another Chinese electric vehicle threat: Buses (www.politico.eu)
Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
UN cuts estimate of women and children killed in Gaza by 50% (www.click2houston.com)
The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on May 6 that over 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed in Gaza....
US Army officer resigns over 'unqualified support' for Israel (taskandpurpose.com)
He wrote that the justifications for Israel’s war in Gaza became “difficult to defend” and that “whatever the justification you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.” The post received an outpouring of support with hundreds of likes and comments in just a few...
‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
Video of the incident on Monday at Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, showed settlers blocking the trucks and throwing boxes of much-needed supplies on the ground. Photographs from the scene showed piles of damaged aid packages and drifts of rice and flour across the road....
Secret Service notified as Trump aide brags about 'causing innocent people to be arrested' (www.rawstory.com)
Donald Trump’s former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it....
Former US military intelligence official says he resigned over Gaza war (ground.news)
A former U.S. military intelligence official released a letter on Monday that explained to his colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that his November resignation was in fact due to “moral injury” stemming from U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza and the harm caused to Palestinians.
