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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Those who have been patiently awaiting news of a Cowboy Carter tour just got their first confirmation that Beyoncé will in fact be heading out on the road this year to support her eighth album. On Saturday night, news trickled out that the tour was coming. Netflix was first to signal that an announcement was in the works, …

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Asteroid Has 1% Chance Of Hitting Earth In 2032

The Associated Press reports: A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried at all, because of this 99 percent chance it will miss,” said Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object …

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Six Men Between Ages 19 And 24 Are Running Musk’s Takeover Of Sensitive Government Payment Systems

Wired reports: Elon Musk’s takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of—and in at least one case, purportedly still in—college. Most have connections to Musk and at least two have connections to Musk’s longtime associate Peter Thiel, a cofounder and chairman of the analytics firm …

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BC Premier Bans Booze From US “Red States” [VIDEO]

The CBC reports: On Saturday, B.C. Premier David Eby said he has directed the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch to stop purchasing American liquor immediately from Republican-led “red states” and remove the top-selling brands from public liquor store shelves. He also directed the B.C. government and Crown corporations on Saturday to buy Canadian goods and services over American ones. “The Americans …

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JD Vance Blames “DEI Regime” For DC Air Collision

“The president made very clear that he wasn’t blaming anybody, but he was being very explicit about the fact that DEI policies have led our air traffic controllers to be short staffed. That is a scandal. Thankfully, it’s a scandal that the president has stopped. “We have a massive shortage of air traffic controllers. And in fact, there have been …

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Top USAID Officials Put On Leave After Refusing To Allow DOGE Flacks To Access Security, Personnel Files

CNN reports: Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement. Personnel from the Musk-created office physically tried to access the USAID headquarters in …

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Politico: Florida Republicans Are In Full-On Civil War

Politico reports: Florida’s Republican era of good feelings appears over. President Donald Trump’s home state is caught up in a never-before-seen power struggle between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. It’s led to insults, promises of political payback and a mounting media offensive by the governor. The scene is unlike any since Republicans gained control of state government nearly …

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Noem Dodges On Sending Children To Gitmo Camps

NBC News reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that “due process will be followed” for all migrants housed at Guantanamo Bay. Noem reiterated the Trump administration’s goal of housing the “worst of the worst” migrants at Guantanamo Bay, referring to those who have committed crimes while living in the U.S. illegally. Still, Noem dodged multiple questions about …

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