Priscilla Chan opened a school for disadvantaged kids in 2016 with her husband, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Primary School, in East Palo Alto, CA, offered free tuition, as well as free health care and counseling for students and parents, in an attempt to show that giving kids the right support could lessen gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students. In 2018, Chan, a pediatrician, said she was "in for the long haul." But in April 2025, less than a decade after the Primary School opened, Chan told staff it would shutter its two locations after the 2025-2026 school year. read more
Wealthy Kentucky business executive Nate Morris 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. He announced his candidacy on a podcast hosted by the president's son Donald Trump Jr. The race is expected to be among the biggest and most expensive Republican primary battles of 2026. On his campaign website, Mr. Morris says he opposes "all forms of amnesty" for undocumented immigrants and wants to end birthright citizenship. He says he supports Mr. Trump's tariffs and wants to cut federal funding for schools and universities that "try to indoctrinate our kids with woke propaganda." The GOP Senator hopeful stated "We need a hard stop on immigration, right now." Link: Twitter. read more
A hacker working on behalf of the Sinaloa drug cartel infiltrated cameras and phones to track an FBI official in Mexico investigating the drug lord El Chapo, then used data from that surveillance to kill and intimidate potential sources and witnesses the agent was meeting with. The hacker had observed people going in and out of the US Embassy in Mexico City and identified "people of interest" for the cartel, including the FBI Assistant Legal Attache (ALAT), and then was able to use the ALAT's mobile phone number to obtain calls made and received, as well as geolocation data, associated with the ALAT's phone. Link: justice.gov. read more
Colleen McCormack of Pembroke, MA, was relaxing in her outdoor hot tub when she captured on video a mystery object floating in the sky about 9PM Wednesday. McCormack got her phone out and recorded video of the unusual scene. "It looked like it was on fire or something and it was just coming down really fast," McCormack said. "I have no idea what it could have been." The FAA said there were no reports of debris in the area. Officials declined to comment on the video. "My heart was pounding because I just looked up," McCormack said. "I'm like oh god what is about to happen right now?" The witness said she expected to her a loud sound when the object hit the earth, but there was no noise after it disappeared from view. "It was really quiet. You couldn't like really hear anything. That's why I was just like more confused. When stuff flies over all the time, you hear it," she said. read more
A major Haaretz investigation confirms Israeli soldiers in Gaza were ordered to shoot at unarmed Palestinians gathering near food distribution sites " even when they posed no threat. Soldiers described the areas as a "killing field," noting: "There's no enemy, no weapons. IDF officers say the killings aren't isolated mistakes but part of a pattern dubbed "Operation Salted Fish" " the Israeli version of 'Red Light, Green Light.' "We shoot, they run, we shoot again," one soldier said. "This is our communication." At least 549 Palestinians have been killed and over 4,000 wounded near these aid centers since 27 May. Many were waiting for UN food trucks. Testimonies reveal Israeli commanders instructed troops to open fire on civilians approaching aid sites before they opened or after they closed " using machine guns, mortars, and grenades. Soldiers described systematic live fire, including from tanks. read more
Republicans are evil Malthusians. The 99.999999999999% vastly outnumber the 0.0000000001%. The teeming masses of poor people are using up the precious air, water, food, and resources of the elites; so for oligarchs, the hoi polloi are expendable as the GOP and DOGE budget cuts reflect: i0.wp.com
#3: This is an old tactic to save face. One side speaks "in the clear" on the radio so the other side easily intercepts it. When Iranian intelligence detected the US and Qatari air defenses going up, they launched their less sophisticated (non-Shaheed) drones at Al Udeid Air Base. This way, the Iranian leadership mollifies their base with a successful "strike," as does Trumpf here in the US. This why the Fox reporter questioning the effectiveness of the US strike against Iranian nuclear facilities angered the junta.