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Trump–Biden Debate Conspiracies Have Already Flooded the Internet ( www.wired.com )
Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors ( www.latimes.com )
Paywall removed: https://archive.is/wI5Gu
Supreme Court overturns ex-mayor’s bribery conviction, narrowing the scope of public corruption law ( apnews.com )
The high court’s 6-3 opinion along ideological lines found the law criminalizes bribes given before an official act, not rewards handed out after....
Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors ( www.latimes.com )
The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down part of a federal anti-corruption law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to take gifts valued at more than $5,000 from a donor who had previously been awarded lucrative contracts or other government benefits thanks to the efforts of the official....
block this account if you haven't already ( files.catbox.moe )
GOP resolution calls on SCOTUS to ‘intervene’ in Trump’s hush money case ( www.politico.com )
Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution Friday urging the Supreme Court to “intervene” in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump before the 2024 election — a move that experts say is a political stunt that faces significant legal obstacles....
Trump Tells Faith Conference If He Took Off Shirt They’d See ‘a Beautiful Person’ With ‘Wounds All Over’ From Defending Religion ( www.mediaite.com )
Trump’s New Promises: ‘Immunity’ for Cops, an Iron Dome, Cheaper Bacon ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Trump threatens to cut US aid to Ukraine quickly if reelected ( www.politico.eu )
ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage ( www.democracynow.org )
The truth... ( lemmy.world )
"Genocide is good if an Anti-Imperialist Country(tm) is doing it!" ( lemmy.world )
Dmitry Trenin: Here’s how Russia can prevent WW3 ( www.rt.com )
Putin says Trump conviction ‘burns’ idea of US as leading democracy ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 500 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank: UN rights chief ( news.un.org )
“Since the start of 2024, almost 200 Palestinians have been killed by the ISF, compared with 113 and 50 killed in the same periods in 2023 and 2022 respectively,” the statement from the UN rights chief’s office said....
One of the world's richest women will support Trump if he promises to back Israel annexation of the West Bank ( nymag.com )
US threatens ICC, warning 'If they [prosecute] Israel, we're next!' ( youtu.be )
Neither candidate has much to say about israel. So why is aipac pouring money into this race? ( theintercept.com )
The powerful lobbying group is going against a Capitol Police officer who fended off January 6 insurrectionists....
'Horrific' violence at UCLA after counter-protesters attack pro-Palestinian camp ( www.bbc.com )
Violence erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles after pro-Israeli counter-demonstrators attacked a pro-Palestinian campus encampment. Bubbling tensions on the campus boiled over following the alleged breach of a "buffer zone" between the rival groups.
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire ( www.theguardian.com )
Protesters calling for Israel to cease fire in its war with Hamas who have disrupted US public events and infrastructure are practicing “leftwing fascism” or “leftwing totalitarianism”, a senior US House Democrat said, adding that such protesters are “challenging representative democracy” and should be arrested....
Nancy Pelosi says Israel's Netanyahu 'should resign' as prime minister over Hamas war ( www.nbcnews.com )
Ukraine Aid Bill Clears Critical Hurdle in the House as Democrats Supply the Votes ( www.nytimes.com )
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, according to a secret Foreign Ministry document....
House’s Ukraine, Israel aid package moving ahead as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job ( www.wabe.org )
From WABE Politics News:...
DeSantis signs controversial bill banning civilian boards from investigating police misconduct ( www.sun-sentinel.com )
I keep seeing more and more news that fits here.....
Was the 2020 election stolen? Job interviews at RNC take an unusual turn. ( wapo.st )
Prospective hires say agreeing with Trump’s false election claim appears to be a new litmus test for being hired by the party
The White Cat - Franz Marc (1912) ( i.pinimg.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/26404256...
Your journey with Lemmy: When and why did you join? When did you leave and come back? Are you finally settled?
My journey with Lemmy started in 2022 out of interest in the fediverse and paranoia around how much control social media companies have, and how little choice common people are left with over the Internet....
“Uncommitted”: Over 100,000 in Michigan Cast Protest Vote Against Biden ( www.democracynow.org )
Donald Trump Is The Most Persecuted Man In History, Just Ask Him ( www.wonkette.com )
Rep. Perry says House GOP should cancel Biden’s SOTU address ( thehill.com )
This tweet actually happened. ( lemmy.world )
Ouch.
[Book] The original Hardwired cover is so much better than the reprint ( lemmy.zip )
Hardwired (1986) by Walter Jon Williams is a classic cyberpunk novel. It hits all the themes of cyberpunk while also taking place in the wasteland, rather than your standard cyberpunk setting of an overgrown city....
Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Here's what the science says ( www.psypost.org )
Israeli Group Claims It’s Using Big Tech Back Channels to Censor “Inflammatory” Wartime Content ( theintercept.com )