June 30, 2025 Social Media, Technology
Axios reports: Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting Monday, executives exclusively tell Axios. The move aims to reduce impersonation and is part of Tinder parent Match Group’s broader effort to improve trust and safety amid ongoing user frustration. The Face Check feature prompts users to take a short video selfie during …
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June 30, 2025 Crime, News
Boise’s Fox affiliate reports: The suspect accused of intentionally setting a brush fire on a mountain in Idaho on Sunday to ambush firefighters with gunfire, killing two and injuring a third, has been identified. Authorities told The Associated Press that 20-year-old Wess Roley, who is now deceased, was believed to have set the wildfire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene. …
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June 30, 2025 Democrats, Politics
Just in via press release: Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today announced that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, concluding a distinguished career in public service spanning over four decades. “Serving the people of Philadelphia has been the honor of my life,” said Evans. “And I remain in good health and fully capable of …
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June 30, 2025 Covidiots, Crackpots
NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away without comment a claim brought by the group formerly run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. alleging that its anti-vaccine speech was censored by the social media company Meta Platforms. Kennedy, now the Health and Human Services secretary in the Trump administration, founded and was chairman of the group, Children’s Health …
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June 30, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
The New York Times reports: A wealthy Kentucky business executive on Thursday entered the race to succeed Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, casting himself as the only political outsider in the field and an unwaveringly loyal supporter of President Trump. The executive, Nate Morris, announced his candidacy on a podcast hosted by the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. …
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June 30, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“Not that it really matters, but a terribly untalented writer for badly failing Forbes Magazine, Dan Alexander, who probably can’t get a meaningful job in the business, has written so inaccurately about me that it is ridiculous. Many others also, the media is mostly Fake News, but Forbes doesn’t even try to get things right. I haven’t spoken to these …
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June 30, 2025 Iran, Religion
The Jewish Chronicle reports: A senior Iranian cleric has issued a fatwa against US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring the pair as “enemies of God”. Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi issued an order condemning the two leaders for their threats against Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Shirazi declared: “Any person or regime that threatens the …
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June 30, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: A common feature of Donald Trump’s two terms as President is that he can’t stand political prosperity. When events are going in his direction, he has an uncanny habit of handing his opponents a sword. The latest example came Sunday after GOP leaders dragged several holdouts across the line to vote aye and …
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June 30, 2025 Republicans, Trump Administration
ABC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up Vice President Vance and GOP committees’ bid to strike down federal limits on political parties’ spending made in coordination with campaigns. It sets the stage for a major campaign finance battle during the court’s next annual term, which begins in October. Twenty-four years ago, the Supreme Court upheld …
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June 30, 2025 Healthcare, Michigan
Axios reports: Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is adding a new twist to its curriculum for medical students and residents, using AI tools and learning modules to teach how to more quickly identify measles rashes on different skin tones. It’s another reminder that diseases once thought to have been eradicated are showing up with increased frequency in clinics and …
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