A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats' new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. read more
WIRED reported that a medical student from Northern India, Sam, who aimed to ease his financial difficulties and pay off his education bills, created Emily using Gemini AI. read more
A career federal law enforcement official who oversaw President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation campaign is leaving government service. read more
President Trump has been purging Black officials in independent agencies at a higher rate than anyone else, a new lawsuit says.
"Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination," Justice Laurie McKinnon wrote in the court's decision. "Government issued identification documents are necessary to access public life. When they do not accurately reflect a person's sexual identity, the transgender Montanan is prevented, based on their sex, from obtaining the same attributes of public life that a cisgender Montanan may obtain. Hence, the inability of transgender Montanans to receive government-issued identification documents accurately reflecting their gender identity is fundamentally about the nature of sex and suspect class discrimination."
The Trump administration has effectively frozen 165 new onshore wind farm developments in the US, leaving the projects on private land in limbo, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Combined, they represent around 30 gigawatts of electric generating capacity.
The Financial Times, citing the American Clean Power Association and other sources, reports that the Pentagon is holding up approvals* across a wide swath of projects " including some that were close to final sign-off, others still under negotiation, and even projects that wouldn't normally fall under Pentagon review.
electrek.co
We have about 1250 gigawatts installed capacity so 30 GW is about 2.4 percent growth, which is desperately needed for all those AI datacenters that are springing up like mushrooms. Or just for normal AC use seeing as each year is a new hottest year on record.
But NoooooooOOOOoooooo.
Because Trump hates windmills.
This is what I voted for.
--Boaz
Pope Leo has a higher approval rating with Atheists than US Catholics.
But Wait, There's More!
Leo XIV leads opinion polls and has become the most popular public figure in the United States Recent surveys suggest that Pope Leo XIV has entered the public arena with a degree of moral credibility that few global figures can match
zenit.org
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) " The Department of Homeland Security is now accusing George Retes, a U.S. citizen taken into custody during federal raids at two marijuana grow locations on July 10 of this year, of assaulting federal agents after he shared his experience of being detained for three days before being released without any charges publicly.
The government's claim was made via a social media post on Sep. 17, more than two months after the 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran's detention, but just one day after he penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle.
...
Where and when that assault charge was filed was not provided in the Sep. 17 statement, never shared with Retes during his three-day detention, and has not been filed by any law enforcement agency in any jurisdiction
keyt.com
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Republicans thinks it's good policy to not charge people with a crime when it allegedly occurred, but rather wait until they speak out against the administration, and then publicly threaten to make an example of them.
The intimidation is obvious, and it's how Republicans intend to govern. It's what LftHndThrds and Boaz and BillJohnson voted for:
"We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."
--Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
JPW, can you give us a quick yes/no on which of these Democrat women you think could be elected:
(For the record, I don't think any of them could be elected, and that's because they are women.)
Amy Klobuchar, Gretchen Whitmer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris (no), AOC (no), Elissa Slotkin, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Maura Healey. Source ballotpedia.org
"I'm still not voting for Anyone who finances Murders. Regardless of Party."
I understand where you are coming from. But you'll just sit on the sidelines pouting at us if that's how you're gonna conduct your business.
So think about this:
What if you joined up with the majority party in your area, and in the primaries, voted for the ones who finance murder the least.
That's an opportunity for your voice to be heard, and who knows, you might be able to bring about real change from the inside.