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Biden’s asylum restrictions for migrants may remain in place, federal appeals court rules (www.washingtonpost.com)
A federal appeals court panel Thursday approved the Biden administration’s emergency request to keep its asylum restrictions in place on the U.S.-Mexico border while the legal battle over the policy makes its way through the courts....
America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die (www.vox.com)
The state of Wisconsin does not choose its state legislature in free and fair elections, and it has not done so for a very long time. A new lawsuit, filed just one day after Democrats effectively gained a majority on the state Supreme Court, seeks to change that....
‘It’s Not a Big Deal!’ Jesse Watters Claims Trump ‘Has Every Legal Right’ To Submit Slates of Fake Electors (www.mediaite.com)
A ‘failure to launch’: Why young people are having less sex (www.latimes.com)
For what researchers say is an array of reasons — including technology, heavy academic schedules and an overall slower-motion process of growing up — millennials and now Gen Zers are having less sex, with fewer partners, than their parents’ and grandparents’ generations did. The social isolation and transmission scares...
Six Former Mississippi Officers Face Civil Rights Charges in Assault on 2 Black Men (www.nytimes.com)
Six white former law enforcement officers from Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses several months after they raided a home where prosecutors said two Black men were stripped naked, beaten and shocked with Tasers....
AP Psychology effectively banned in Florida because of gender, sexuality chapter (www.usatoday.com)
Florida superintendents have been advised by the state’s education agency to nix their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to a press release from The College Board....
Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he plotted to overturn election (www.washingtonpost.com)
Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol building in an effort to keep him in power.
Favorite game released so far in 2023?
Since we’re done with a little over half the year, just wanted to hear what your favorites were....
‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models (www.theguardian.com)
Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals
DOJ raises conflict of interest issues with Walt Nauta’s attorney in Mar-a-Lago case (thehill.com)
The Justice Department (DOJ) is teeing up the possible disqualification of the attorney representing Walt Nauta, one of former President Trump’s alleged co-conspirators in the Mar-a-Lago case, warning the lawyer may have conflicts of interest after representing numerous witnesses in the probe.
When I was a kid I identified old TV shows because they were black and white...
These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.
Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial-Jury Votes for Death Penalty in Antisemitic Attack (www.nytimes.com)
The judge is required to follow the jury’s decision. Here’s what to know....
Facebook removed COVID-19 posts, bowing to White House pressure: report (nypost.com)
Facebook files that looks to shows the Biden administration’s efforts to censor COVID information online. Documents appear to show the administration pressured Facebook to remove posts about COVID vaccines and the possibility it originated in a Chinese lab.
Witness says Rep. Ronny Jackson handcuffed and 'briefly detained' during rodeo while trying to assist with medical emergency (www.cnn.com)
“He was trying to tell them that he was a doctor and probably trying to tell him who he was, to be honest. And they were screaming that they did not effing care who he was,” she said. “And the next thing I knew, they had him on the ground, grabbed him by the shirt, threw him on the ground, face first into the concrete and...
They lied about Afghanistan. They lied about Iraq. Now they're lying about Ukraine -Chris Hedges (www.salon.com)
They lied about Afghanistan. They lied about Iraq. Now they’re lying about UkraineRussia’s invasion was a war crime. That’s no excuse for the disastrous, destructive path of endless war...
Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.' (www.yahoo.com)
Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: ‘Oh my God. Wow.’::undefined
Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election (www.vox.com)
Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan bombing, death toll rises to 45 (www.reuters.com)
Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a political rally in northwest Pakistan held by a religious group allied to the government as the death toll from the attack rose to 45....
Georgia judge skewers Trump’s bid to derail potential charges (www.politico.com)
The judge declined to halt the Fulton County district attorney’s investigation into 2020 election interference....
Elderly couple found dead in Tokyo home, heatstroke suspected (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An elderly husband and wife were found dead in their Tokyo home Saturday, with police suspecting they may have died of heatstroke as
Trump attorney calls him ‘the most ethical American I know’ in wake of superseding indictment (thehill.com)
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A new trend in tipping emerges (lemmy.world)
House and Senate on a collision course toward a government shutdown (again) (www.npr.org)
The House and Senate might not be able to agree to terms to fund the federal government by the Sept. 30 deadline, and that’s OK to an influential bloc of hard-line House conservatives who are playing an outsize role in both the spending process and the fate of Kevin McCarthy’s speakership.
Apple rejects new name 'X' for Twitter iOS app because... rules (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/834308...
US announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan (apnews.com)
The United States has announced $345 million in military aid for Taiwan, in what is the Biden administration’s first major package drawing on America’s own stockpiles to help Taiwan counter China.
He’s bound to get it eventually (i.imgur.com)
Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st (www.techdirt.com)
Porn sites must have government health warning in Texas from September 1st::Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill really suggests otherwise. House Bill 1181 is an age verification measure that is similar to what we’ve seen in the state legislatures across other...
Republicans are threatening to sabotage George W. Bush’s greatest accomplishment (www.vox.com)
A program that’s saved 25 million lives is at risk of losing its congressional authorization for the first time.
President Biden publicly acknowledges 4-year-old granddaughter for the first time (www.usatoday.com)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden publicly acknowledged a seventh grandchild for the first time on Friday....
Trump Is Now on the Hook for 32 Counts of Mishandling Secret Documents (www.vice.com)