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Transcript of interview with Tommy Robinson after acquittal linked below video.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump shut down the Senate ambitions of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), causing some backlash from the Georgia Republican against the White House. “Here’s some tea for you,” Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram livestream. “MTG, people are like, ‘Oh my God, she’s saying all these things, like, what’s gotten into her lately?’ ‘Oh, like, she’s bucking against Trump, she’s bucking against the administration.’”“Marjorie Taylor Greene wanted to run for Senate in Georgia. She wanted to run for Senate earlier this year in the state of Georgia, she wanted to be the Republican...

In 1958, Mao Zedong launched his Great Leap Forward, a massive push to transform China from an agricultural society to an industrial one, aiming to compete with the West. Mao's goal was to surpass British industrial output within 15 years, and that political goal took priority over even human lives. Poor Chinese were moved into collectives that stripped them of private land, livestock, and tools. Farmers were forced into work building primitive steel furnaces while crops and livestock were neglected, and the government seized excess grain for export or urban stores. Less than a year after the Great Leap Forward...

Press Secretary: In order to reduce the travel time for ships traversing between the Gulf of America and the Atlantic Ocean, the President and Governor of Florida announce a joint project to build a large canal traversing the Florida / Georgia State line. This is an essential project in keeping with the Commerce Clause. Further, in order to accommodate the ever-increasing size of ships, all bridges spanning the canal will be constructed as draw bridges. I will now take questions.

His election begins a new era in American politics where emotional resonance and symbolic defiance, not policy, dominate.As Zohran Mamdani’s insurgent mayoral campaign in New York City came to a dramatic close, René Girard’s mimetic theory offers a revealing lens through which to interpret the emotional and symbolic forces that shaped voter behavior. What began as a fringe candidacy with barely 1 percent support rapidly evolved into a political phenomenon. Within weeks, Mamdani surged ahead of the field by double digits — his momentum driven not merely by policy proposals, but by a contagious sense of identity and aspiration.Voters...

Returning from the White House Wednesday after President Donald Trump made yet another call for Senate Republicans to overturn the filibuster, Majority Leader John Thune reiterated his view that there are not the necessary votes among Senate Republicans to change the Senate rules. Thune was asked Wednesday if he believed that Trump could sway some of his reluctant members to support the filibuster. "I don't doubt that he could have some sway with members," Thune said. "But I know where the math is on this issue in the Senate, and ... it's just not happening." Thune has been an outspoken...

Google plans to add its AI assistant Gemini into Google Maps so drivers can ask complex questions and complete tasks using voice commands. The move intensifies Google’s competition with OpenAI and Meta as tech giants race to embed artificial intelligence into everyday tools and services. Drivers navigating traffic on their morning commutes will be able to do much more than just find directions and the nearest gas station on Google Maps. In the coming weeks, Google will add its artificial-intelligence-powered assistant Gemini into Google Maps, making it possible for drivers to get answers to more complex questions while they’re on...

The incident appears to be one of the first during Trump’s second administration in which immigration officers entered school grounds. Immigration officers arrested a teacher early Wednesday in Chicago after chasing her into the grounds of a private preschool and grabbing her as parents and students looked on, according to a local official, witnesses and video footage of the incident. Several parents said they were waiting to drop off their children around 7 a.m. at Rayito de Sol, a Spanish immersion day care and school, when they saw armed officers in black vests with the words “POLICE ICE” run behind...

New York’s next mayor won’t save the Democrats.Does Zohran Mamdani’s win mean a new dawn for the Democratic Party? Not exactly, Ross Douthat argues. In this mini-episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross explains that the New York mayor’s office has historically been a “springboard to nowhere,” rather than a precursor for national politics. Below is an edited transcript of an episode of “Interesting Times.” It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, raising the flag of the far left over Gotham. And if you believe the hype or the fears of his critics, then the 34-year-old Ugandan-born...

Even before New York City's body politic went cold, the Zohran Mamdani memes bloomed like flowers at a funeral. Because what's the bleak future of the greatest city in the world without a few laughs? Let's take a look at some of the best of the best, starting — of course — with the New York Post. To anyone who thinks that the front page of a big-city tabloid isn't an internet meme, I say: think again. The NYP practically invented the meme, going back at least (at least!) as far as 1983 with this classic headline: "Headless Body in...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has sounded his loudest alarm to date about the U.S. falling behind to China on AI, telling the Financial Times that "China is going to win the AI race." The trillion-dollar bet on AI's success, pushed by the Trump administration, hinges in large part on Nvidia, the dominant maker of chips for AI computing.

While some people last Friday dressed in Halloween costumes or handed out candy to trick-or-treaters, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of “dearly departed” datasets that have been axed, altered or had topics scrubbed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House earlier this year.The timing of the release of the “Dearly Departed Datasets” with “All Hallows’ Eve” may have been cheeky, but the purpose was serious: to put a spotlight on attacks by the Trump administration on federal datasets that don’t align with its priorities, including data dealing with gender identity; diversity, equity and inclusion;...

SummaryCEO Musk might quit if investors vote down $878 billion pay package this week, board saysMany shareholders believe only Musk can deliver on promises of robotaxis, robotsSome investors, experts warn of risks in staking Tesla's future on one leader LOS ANGELES, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Tesla's (TSLA.O) , opens new tab board of directors has pushed in all its chips on Elon Musk. Now investors must decide whether to back the biggest bet in company history. Shareholders will vote Thursday on the stark choice presented by the board: pay Musk up to $878 billion in company stock or take the...

A House Democrat representing a district that President Donald Trump won in 2024 is not seeking re-election next year. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, announced his plans in an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday, a day after Democrats' sweeping electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey, California and New York City. "I have never loved politics. But I find purpose and meaning in service, and the Marine in me has been able to slog along through the many aspects of politics I dislike by focusing on the good work that Congress is capable of producing with patience and determination,"...

One Senate Democratic aide granted anonymity to discuss caucus deliberations said there is “enormous” pressure on the group to hold the line after Tuesday: “It’s hard for anyone to argue the message from voters is ‘Please cave ASAP to Trump.’” The Democrats involved in the talks received no cover from senior leaders of their party Wednesday. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries demanded a new meeting Wednesday with Trump to discuss ending the shutdown and addressing health care, which has emerged as the centerpiece of the weeks-long spending brawl. Schumer made no secret Wednesday that he believes his party...

Travel chaos has hit across the US on Wednesday evening as staffing shortages from the ongoing government shutdown have triggered major flight delays. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said at least 17 airports, from San Francisco to Chicago and New York City, could experience delays of up to seven hours lasting into early Thursday. The average wait time is expected to be around 2 hours and 20 minutes.The affected include Newark (EWR), JFK, LaGuardia (LGA), Los Angeles (LAX), Atlanta (ATL), Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Miami (MIA), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH, HOU) and Washington DC area (DCA, IAD, BWI).San Francisco (SFO),...

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That is the loaded questionI’m watching JAM and the Buttered Biscuits (formerly the Jeffrey A. Meyer Band) at The Shanty Shack in Santa Cruz. Their original songs have such great funk grooves I see a man eat chicken with his jaw chewing in time to the beat. The audience is reserved, they quietly watch, nobody dances. Then the band breaks into a funk version of the Beatles song “Eight Days a Week.” A young woman with black hair to her waist twirls onto the dance floor, her shoulders and hips roll like they’re wired to the bass line. She throws...

All mothers have sleepless nights. We lie awake worrying needlessly that our offspring may be in danger, but Nicky’s fears for her girls are not just fears. She believes she has very good reason to fret that her three daughters, and millions of other people’s children, are not safe. “To be honest with you, I think it’s inevitable that one day I will turn on the TV news and there will be some man I have granted asylum to and he will have raped or murdered a young girl, just like my girls.” Nicky, whose name I have changed to...

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told reporters that the reduction will begin on Friday and is intended to alleviate pressure on air traffic controllers. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday announced that it would reduce flight capacity at the United States' top 40 high-traffic markets by 10% later this week amid the record-long federal government shutdown.The move comes because of a staffing shortage at airports nationwide because of the government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1. The Transportation Department has seen a high number of air traffic controllers call in sick amid the shutdown because they are required to...