When you're watching a movie or TV and see a car that you know something bad is going to happen to, which car brand is it likely to be?
#60MinutePoll
Elon Muskโs X canโt invent its own copyright law, judge says: Judge rules copyright law governs public data scraping, not Xโs terms.
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ญ
Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project. ~ "BREAKING - Flyers distributed at NGO in Mexico encouraging illegals to vote for President Biden,"
Gabriela Zavala ~ "We have never encouraged people to vote for anyone." She said she would never "tell somebody that can't vote โ that I know can't vote โ 'Hey, go vote.'"
#MAGABullshit #disinformation
#propaganda
#FuckingLiars
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1248599505/migrants-vote-biden-conspiracy-theory-social-media
@Alfred Do you distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources when answering questions? If so, how do you make the distinction?
@Alfred Are Cubans permitted to own navigational aids such as compasses?
Musk Is Engaging With Europeโs Far Right But Voters Arenโt So Sure
(Bloomberg) -- Europeโs far-right parties are enjoying a high profile, including social-media engagement with Elon Musk. But the controversies have come with a cost in the polls, as they struggle to maintain momentum going into Juneโs European elections.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-engaging-europe-far-voters-040000238.html
@Alfred What happens to your brain when you have a brain worm? Asking for a friend.
In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
WASHINGTON (AP) โ President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a โferocious surgeโ in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews.
#AntiSemitism #Gaza #JoeBiden #News
https://apnews.com/article/biden-gaza-israel-jewish-congress-f2f84c9e7c52345c35e5cb4c2d00a417
To please Putin, universities purge liberals and embrace patriots https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/07/russia-universities-education-putin-overhaul/
MUST READ
THE NEW PROPAGANDA WAR
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA
Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
By Anne Applebaum
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/
What's sad is how many Republicans will be angry over this.
"The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/us-crime-rate-still-dropping-says-fbi-rcna144100
I suppose it was inevitable...
"Former government employee charged with falsely accusing coworkers of participating in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
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According to prosecutors, between February and April 2021, Zapata allegedly concocted fake stories about his former coworkers' involvement in the events of Jan. 6 and submitted them via the FBI's anonymous tip line...."
Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment
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Despite attempts by Western governments to dismantle Russian spy networks, experts say the Kremlin apparently is still able to pursue those it perceives as traitors abroad in an attempt to silence dissent. Opponents of Putin increasingly fear the long arm of Moscowโs security services, including in countries they once thought were safe.
#Politics from #CNN: #DOJ indicts Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and wife for allegedly accepting $600,000 in bribes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/politics/henry-cuellar-indictment-doj/index.html
It's time to tax the billionaires https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/opinion/global-billionaires-tax.html
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