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This is also a good explainer

Donald Trump Is Guilty on All Counts in Manhattan


This part helped clarify my confusion .

Under New York state law, that stacking of crimes elevated what would otherwise have been a misdemeanor to a felony.

Interesting times, my friends.

Awesome!

I honestly didn't expect a guilty verdict. So now I have to figure out how to explain this to my parents in 3 sentences or fewer.

Help?

Lots of people in immigrant communities get their news from sources in their own language, either operating in their countries of origin or funded by them. Sources funded by Iran, Russia, China, tend to be pro-Trump. Not because they think he's a fellow dictator - Kremlin news spoke of him with open...

Whoah. I admire the courage of these 12 people. And lament the fact that we are close enough to becoming a fascist dictatorship that this really was an act of courage.

Strands #86
“All atwitter”



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:( :shock: I imagine that's because the bodies would have been burned? Yes, or blown to pieces. In Israel, they were only able to identify some of the remains in the recent weeks. Some people who have been assumed to be among hostages have been confirmed to be dead, their remains mixed with other m...

Meryl Kornfield of wapo Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Rectenwald confirmed to me he ate an edible pre-presser, saying “This was not some sort of a major political scandal, okay. I wasn't found in bed with Stormy Daniels. I’m at a Libertarian Party convention. Somebody offered me somethi...

8-year-old Mykhailo is providing his DNA sample because his father is among the missing.
Via Kiyiv Post.

Today, a Russian bomb hit a supermarket in Kharkiv, with more than 200 people inside. At least two deaths reported so far, but the death toll is sure to rise. Meanwhile, the US continues to insist that American weapons cannot be used to destroy targets inside Russia, from where these bombs are laun...

Today, a Russian bomb hit a supermarket in Kharkiv, with more than 200 people inside. At least two deaths reported so far, but the death toll is sure to rise. Meanwhile, the US continues to insist that American weapons cannot be used to destroy targets inside Russia, from where these bombs are launc...

Also, does this mean that when he was President, Trump had the means to bring home Paul Whelan, who's been held by Russians since 2018, and just chosen not to? Or Trevor Reed, the Marine who was imprisoned in Russia in 2019 and whose released was secured by Biden in 2022. He just chose not to?

I'm not sure where this belongs but this is definitely a headline.

Trump Dinner Guest Nick Fuentes Blames Israel For Gay Porn Playing During His Live Stream

Fuentes, a virulent anti-Semite and Trump's dinner guest, is now being mocked by George Santos, among many others.

Huh.
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Connections
Puzzle #348

Coincidentally or not, Madison Garden was where the largest rally of American supporters of Hitler took place in 1939. When Nazis Took Manhattan To the credit of the American public back then, the rally was surroundered by protestors, held back by an army of police. Things went downhill for the Bund...

Thanks, V!

Does dissent make any difference?

A Russian missile attack against Kharkiv on May 23 killed at least six people and injured at least 16.

A poignant video shows a body bag with a cell phone ringing inside, as someone is frantically trying to reach their loved one.

No, that's a real photo.