“Giant WET PAINT BLOB right on my BEAUTIFUL JACKET!!! Some FOOL painted a ‘light pole basically 5 MINUTES ago on a Weekday Morning and put the ‘Wet Paint’ Sign on The GROUND???? I was just chillin’ leaning on the pole waiting for the light to Change and when it turned Green I COULDN’T MOVE because the Paint was so Sticky, …
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The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the suspension of his gubernatorial campaign in an email to supporters on Friday. Yost said he has enjoyed traveling around the state engaging with Ohioans in his bid to succeed term-limited Governor Mike DeWine, but “it is also apparent that a steep climb to the nomination for governor has …
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NPR reports: The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow against the Trump administration’s attempt to send Venezuelans it says are gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador, saying the detainees must have a proper chance to raise legal objections. The 7-2 decision, which grants a request made by a group of Venezuelans, clarified an unusual order issued …
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The Christian Post reports: Disgraced Gateway Church founder Robert Morris, who resigned from the Southlake, Texas, megachurch last June after he was accused of child sex abuse, demanded a million dollars upfront plus hundreds of thousands more annually in retirement compensation shortly after his exit, but the church refused. The revelation was made in documents filed by the church in …
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From YouTube’s corporate blog: Chart your way to the top …of YouTube’s new Weekly Podcast Shows chart! Today, we’re announcing a US-based, weekly chart to showcase the most popular podcasts on YouTube. On charts.youtube.com/podcasts, you can check out YouTube’s Top 100 podcast shows in the US to see where your favorite podcasts rank, or which podcasts you’re really missing out …
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The Daily Beast reports: A producer who pitched the Department of Homeland Security a reality show for U.S. citizenship is defending the concept, insisting it’s not the dystopian nightmare critics fear. “This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” producer and writer Rob Worsoff told the Wall Street Journal of his show, called The American, which is reportedly under review by …
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Truthout reports: Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk — a far-right federal judge in the Northern District of Texas with a record of aligning with the GOP’s most extreme legal positions — has issued a ruling declaring that Title VII no longer protects LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination. The decision directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s landmark 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, …
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The Military Times reports: The Defense Department will begin screening troops for gender dysphoria during their routine physicals in an effort to boot transgender service members from the armed forces. In a memo published Thursday, the Pentagon’s acting head of personnel and readiness tasked unit commanders to help implement the policy “immediately.” “Commanders who are aware of service members in …
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Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: A jury of six men and six women found former House Speaker Glen Casada guilty for his involvement in what was a trial on public corruption charges against him. He was found guilty on 17 of 19 counts. The jury found his aide Cade Cothren guilty on all charges for his stake in the trial. Former …
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Courthouse News reports: More than 1 million Europeans have called on the EU to ban “conversion”‘ practices targeting LGBTQ people, the results of a petition showed Friday. The landmark result, reached in the afternoon, means the initiative has secured enough backing to force the European Commission to provide a detailed response. The United Nations has called for a global ban, …
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