May 8, 2025 News, Wildlife
Click Orlando reports: A woman canoeing with her husband on Tuesday afternoon at Lake Kissimmee State Park was attacked and killed by an alligator, according to officials. The deadly attack happened near the mouth of Tiger Creek into Lake Kissimmee in Polk County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. In a news conference on Wednesday, FWC said …
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May 8, 2025 Crackpots, Trump Administration
The Associated Press reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan Wednesday to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare to help study autism although experts say it’s unlikely to help reveal the condition’s root causes. The program will involve a data sharing agreement between the National Institutes of Health, the government’s health research …
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May 8, 2025 Business, Trump Administration
The New York Times reports: A year ago, the world’s biggest automaker was on a tear. American consumers were snapping up Toyota Motor’s hybrids, and a weak yen inflated the value of the company’s earnings. That May, Toyota reported the highest annual profit ever recorded by a Japanese firm. On Thursday, Toyota presented a significantly more somber outlook, projecting that …
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May 8, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The New York Times reports: President Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that the United States will strike a trade agreement with Britain, according to people familiar with the plans. Mr. Trump teased a new trade agreement in a social media post on Wednesday night, though he did not specify which nation was part of the deal. On Thursday, …
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May 8, 2025 Crackpots, Idiocracy
The Independent reports: A former Bush administration official has made startling claims, alleging that the United States government has built an extensive underground network of bunkers worth $21 trillion. The bunkers, as the official said, were constructed from 1998 till 2015 and with “unauthorized spending.” Catherine Austin Fitts, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1989 until 1990, under …
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May 8, 2025 Homocons, Trump cultists
“Any performer who isn’t professional enough to perform for patrons of all backgrounds, regardless of political affiliation, won’t be welcomed. In fact, we think it would be important to out those vapid and intolerant artists to ensure producers know who they shouldn’t hire — and that the public knows which shows have political litmus tests to sit in the audience. …
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May 8, 2025 Christianists, Republicans
Des Moines’ ABC affiliate reports: An Iowa state senator has filed a resolution to end same-sex marriage. Introduced by Republican Sen. Sandy Salmon on Wednesday, the resolution asks the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.” Her resolution argues the …
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May 7, 2025 JMG Community, Open Thread
Deadline reports: Some cast members of the Kennedy Center performance of Les Misérables plan to skip the show on June 11 when President Donald Trump is in attendance, according to an exclusive CNN report. According to CNN, at least 10 to 12 performers plan to sit out the June 11 show. The news outlet cites anonymous sources, and notes that …
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May 7, 2025 Extremists, Trump cultists
Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered lukewarm support for Ed Martin, his embattled pick for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, whose nomination has been imperiled by opposition from at least one Republican senator. “That’s really up to the senators; if they feel that way, they have to vote the way they vote,” Trump told reporters at …
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May 7, 2025 LGBT News, Politics
New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: Kehlani ‘s planned concert in Central Park next month has been canceled after New York City’s mayor raised security concerns about the R&B star’s performance during Pride month, organizers announced Monday. The “After Hours” singer had been set to headline a June 26 concert billed as “Pride with Kehlani” at the Manhattan park as …
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