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Aliya Rahman hopes to highlight tools that could “make mass acts of racial violence seem too expensive for these folks.”

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The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.

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On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to information supplied to Justice Department and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”—normally used by SWAT and hostage-rescue teams to quickly gain entry into buildings—was made last year because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors, according to multiple people familiar with the request.

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There is no shortage of bipartisan support for stopping former lawmakers from becoming lobbyists and cashing in on their public service. It’s now up to Congress to push one of these bills through and help ensure that America’s policies serve the people, not wealthy authoritarian regimes.

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We have failed horribly to protect the gifts we have been given.

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Attacks on Muslim-American individuals and institutions are at a 15-month high under the Trump administration, the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (Mpac) revealed on Thursday.

The group documented an eleven-fold increase in targeted incidents in the first three months of this year alone.

At least nine of the attacks occurred in March, ranging from vandalism and bomb threats at mosques to sexual assaults against Muslim women, according to Mpac's policy paper entitled, "The Pitfalls of Operation Epic Fury: How the Undeclared War Against Iran Hurts Americans’ Interests Abroad and at Home."

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Key thing in this article is that the US military is failing to feed naval crews adequately. Meals look like this now

Very different from how enlisted sailors are usually fed, and an indicator that the US is likely unable to adequately support any kind of war

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So Mamdani has announced he wants to open a humanitarian-style store. A part of the description mentions it's going to be based in food people need. That made me want to ask, is it going to be like the Country Buffet where you pay what you weigh? Because if so, I'm cooked because I'm fat. Thanks stupid thyroid :(

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