June 10, 2024 News, Politics
Rolling Stone reports: Justice Samuel Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left and the right — discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully” with ideological opponents in the face of “fundamental” differences that “can’t be compromised.” He endorsed what his interlocutor described as a necessary fight to “return our country to a place of godliness.” And Alito offered …
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June 10, 2024 Christianists, Crackpots
“Don’t live with your boyfriend or your fiancé before you get married. Statistically, you are far more likely to break up or to divorce if you do. “Not everyone, of course, but that is statistically true. Plus, you are giving him all of the milk without having to buy the cow, you are playing wife without him really having to …
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June 10, 2024 LGBT News, Politics
Reuters reports: In a Pristina apartment, gay actors laugh and cry their way through rehearsals for a play lampooning homophobic politicians and advocating equal rights for the LGBT community in Kosovo, which may soon become the first Muslim-majority country to allow same-sex unions. The play is scheduled to run during Pride Week in June, but may also coincide with a …
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June 10, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Yahoo News reports: In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction last week for falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star, President Biden (46%) now leads his Republican rival (44%) in a two-way race for the White House for the first time since October 2023, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. …
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June 10, 2024 Christianists, Trump cultists
Religion News Service reports: Worship leader and conservative activist Sean Feucht has filed a lawsuit against the city of Spokane, Washington, claiming the city council violated his religious freedom when it passed a resolution last year condemning an event he headlined and referring to him as an “anti-LGBTQ extremist.” The lawsuit is the latest chapter in a controversy over an …
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June 10, 2024 News, Politics
Bloomberg News reports: Hunter Biden’s defense team rested their case Monday without his testimony, leaving only closing arguments before the jury will be instructed to deliberate whether he is guilty of violating federal firearm laws. The decision to rest caps a week of dramatic and often personally poignant testimony in which the family members and former lovers of President Joe …
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June 10, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Law & Crime reports: A Minnesota pillow magnate has been barred from enforcing subpoenas against two government-affiliated individuals he hoped to use for the basis of his defense against defamation claims. The underlying controversy would be familiar to readers as the $1.3 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against MyPillow and their CEO Mike Lindell. In November 2022, the …
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June 10, 2024 Business, Politics
The Associated Press reports: Months after Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees agreed to end a protracted legal fight, the two sides are set to approve an agreement that could result in the company investing up to $17 billion into its Florida resort and opens the door to a fifth major theme park at Walt Disney World. The five DeSantis-appointed …
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June 10, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Hill reports: Former President Trump defended his supporters who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and called them “warriors” at a Nevada rally on Sunday. “Those J6 warriors – they were warriors – but they were really, more than anything else, they’re victims of what happened,” Trump said at the rally, speaking to a crowd of supporters. …
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June 10, 2024 Christianists, Republicans
Public Information reports: One of the country’s most hotly contested gubernatorial contests is taking place in North Carolina, where Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R) — known for his extremist views on LGBTQ rights, abortion, and other issues — is facing off against Attorney General Josh Stein (D). About five months from Election Day, polls show that the race is essentially …
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