May 27, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
CBS News reports: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican whose Senate seat is up in the 2026 election, announced Tuesday that he’s seeking the state’s governor’s mansion after one term in the Senate. Tuberville, 70, was elected to the Senate in 2020. The former Auburn University football coach, who had never held public office before coming to the Senate, is …
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May 27, 2025 Idiocracy, Trump Administration
The Hill reports: The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO). On the first day of his second term, President Trump signed an executive starting the yearlong process of withdrawing the U.S. from the WHO. In February, Argentinian President Javier Milei followed …
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May 27, 2025 Democrats, Technology
Mediaite reports: Democratic congressional candidate Esther Kim Varet’s AI-generated actors accused Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) of parroting policy “prompts” dictated by President Donald Trump and corporate interests in a mocking, tech-savvy ad. The ad features AI avatars that appear to be powered by Google DeepMind’s latest video model, Veo 3, that troll Kim for being “as fake” as they are …
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May 27, 2025 Politics, Republicans
Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: A bill that would ban all products containing THC is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after the Senate late Sunday approved the House version of the bill advanced by the lower chamber last week. If the measure avoids Abbott’s veto pen, Texas’ $8 billion hemp industry and its estimated 50,000 jobs would be dissolved in …
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May 27, 2025 Elon Musk, Social Media
Courthouse News reports: A Colorado judge on Friday found a landlord properly evicted Twitter from its Boulder, Colorado, headquarters in 2023 months after Elon Musk purchased the business, granting the landlord $8.2 million in damages for past due rent, expenses and repairs. On Valentine’s Day in 2020, the social media company Twitter signed a 10-year lease with Colorado real estate …
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May 27, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
404 Media reports: Data from a license plate-scanning tool that is primarily marketed as a surveillance solution for small towns to combat crimes like car jackings or finding missing people is being used by ICE, according to data reviewed by 404 Media. Local police around the country are performing lookups in Flock’s AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for …
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May 27, 2025 Completely Horrible People
“I mean, look at this. And when I think of masculinity, this is what I think about. I mean, look at this titan. Look at that menace, that mountain of muscle. I mean, come on. “Those biceps? Boom. That fierce look in his eyes? Outside of the physical characteristics that make David Hogg indistinguishable than a survivor from a concentration …
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May 27, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: If you want a private audience with President Donald Trump, be prepared to pay. Trump has been offering one-to-one conversations in exchange for a hefty donation to MAGA Inc., a super PAC founded in 2022 that raises funds to support the GOP President, The New Yorker reported. The price is a cool $5 million, according to …
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May 27, 2025 New York City, Trump Administration
The New York Times reports: A federal court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to force New York to end congestion pricing, ensuring the tolling program would remain in place at least until early next month. The move effectively keeps congestion pricing, which charges motorists to enter Manhattan below 60th Street, running through at least June 9 …
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May 27, 2025 Russia, Trump Corruption
CNN reports: President Donald Trump could move ahead with new sanctions on Russia in the coming days as he vents frustration at Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aerial assault on Ukraine over the weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. Options were drawn up in the past several weeks to apply new measures punishing Moscow, but so far …
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