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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Matthew Perry‘s doctor, Salvador Plasencia, has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine to the “Friends” star, who died of an overdose in October 2023. Plasencia acknowledges in the plea agreement that he repeatedly provided ketamine without a legitimate medical purpose in the weeks leading up to Perry’s death. The agreement anticipates a prison sentence …

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Lindell Must Pay $2.3M For Defaming Dominion Worker

The Associated Press reports: A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The employee, Eric Coomer, was awarded $2.3 million in damages. He had sued after Lindell called him a traitor …

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Trump: “Everyone Evacuate Tehran Immediately”

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump on Monday posted on his social media site an ominous message calling for the immediate evacuation of the Iranian capital of Tehran while he’s in Canada attending the G7 summit. Trump had said more than once during the day that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. He emphasized that again in his social …

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WSJ: Trump Org Is Lying About US-Made Trump Phone

The Wall Street Journal reports: When the Trump Organization said it would launch a mobile-phone service, it also said it would sell a $499 T1 Phone beginning in August with some specs that beat the current top iPhone. A press release said the gold Android phone would be “proudly designed and built in the United States.” The question is: how? In …

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Bar Association Sues Over Sanctions On Law Firms

CNN reports: The American Bar Association sued the Trump administration Monday, saying the president’s aggressive crackdown on large law firms aligned against him has chilled lawyers’ ability to litigate cases, especially pro bono legal work on hot-button issues like immigration. The lawsuit, filed in Washington, DC, by the ABA, which has members who are attorneys in firms that cut a …

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Voldemort’s Wife To Staff: Don’t Contradict Musk’s Lies

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration. Scammers, he said, were making 40 percent of all calls to the agency’s customer service line. Social Security employees knew the billionaire’s claim had no basis in …

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Trump Doubles Down On ICE Targeting Blue Cities

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his goal to conduct mass deportations in some of the country’s biggest cities, specifically those run by Democrats. As he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Alberta on Monday, Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement should turn its attention to New York and …

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New Order Lets VA Doctors Refuse To Treat Democrats

The Guardian reports: Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump. The new rules, obtained by the Guardian, also apply to psychologists, dentists and a host of other occupations. They have already gone into effect in at least some …

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