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  • House Republicans make their choice: ‘It’s President Trump, not President Musk’

    06/06/2025 8:08:54 PM PDT · by RandFan · 9 replies
    POLITICO ^ | June 6 | POLITICO
    Amid the messy ongoing divorce between the president and the world’s richest man, this much is already clear: Donald Trump has sole custody of the House GOP. Republican lawmakers are making clear that, if forced to choose, it’s Trump — not Elon Musk — they’re sticking by as leaders race to contain the fallout for their “one big, beautiful bill.” Even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who helms a House panel inspired by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, blasted Musk’s public attacks on Trump as “unwarranted” and criticized his “lashing out on the internet.” “America voted for Donald...
  • Elon Musk Threatens to Cripple America’s Space Capabilities to Spite Donald Trump

    06/06/2025 7:59:30 PM PDT · by vespa300 · 26 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 6/6/2025 | Lucas Nolan
    In a stunning escalation of the war of words between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Thursday, the SpaceX tycoon announced that the company would begin “decommissioning” its Dragon spacecraft “immediately,” a threat to America’s space launch capabilities fueled by his personal animosity for the President. Musk later walked back the threat.
  • 5 Crystal Clear Signs to Quickly Spot Someone With Good Leadership Skills

    06/06/2025 6:37:14 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    Inc ^ | Jun 5, 2025 | MARCEL SCHWANTES
    So many leaders in high perches chase titles, perks, bigger offices, and even bigger bonuses. But they’re not satisfied. The grass is always greener on the other side. Here’s a truth I learned the hard way: Status and bigger paychecks mean little. What actually count are impact and presence. Hard to swallow for many, I know. But think about it. No one remembers or really cares how charismatic a leader was or what car they drove. What stays etched in people’s memories is how a leader made them feel, how they showed up, and the moments they were fully human.
  • What is with Veterinarians these days?

    06/06/2025 2:34:29 PM PDT · by OldGoatCPO · 37 replies
    Vanity ^ | 06/06/25 | OldGoatCPO
    [What if] Innovative education models, including competency-based, three-year DVM programs, distributed clinical models, professional skills training, shared faculty, asynchronous offerings, distance learning, and AI-assisted instruction, enable new graduates to enter the workforce as competent, confident, and financially stable professionals.
  • How Putin plans to deliver killer blow to Ukraine with summer offensive

    06/06/2025 12:55:32 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 18 replies
    Telegraph UK Yahoo News ^ | 6/6/2025 | James Rushton
    Russia, if you believe the Kremlin, is eager for peace with Ukraine. -snip- For more than a year, Russian forces have made incremental but glacial gains, seizing roughly 1,500 square miles of Ukrainian territory in 2024 – the equivalent of 0.7 percent of the country’s total landmass. But the cost in human blood has been enormous. According to Ukrainian estimates, Russia suffered 434,000 casualties last year: roughly 270 killed or wounded for every square mile seized. Now, however, momentum may be shifting. Last month, Russian forces advanced at the fastest pace since last November, seizing an average of 5.5 square...
  • Elon Musk backs down in Trump battle as Tesla stocks nosedive and MAGA threatens to kick him out the country: Live updates

    06/06/2025 12:21:05 PM PDT · by week 71 · 42 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6/625 | Charlie Spiering
    Elon Musk appears to have begun walking back his attacks on Donald Trump barely 12 hours after stunning the world with a social media spree. The world's richest man has lost almost $30 billion in net worth and has seen his Tesla stock tumble after going rogue on the president, including reigniting his history with Jeffrey Epstein. Even his estranged father Errol begged him to unwind before doing lasting damage, with some Trump allies calling for him to lose his security clearances, government contracts and even face deportation. Musk broke his silence on Friday by agreeing with an X post...
  • Stylish woman who allegedly stabbed photographer with scissors in NYC is nabbed by cops

    06/06/2025 11:40:01 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/6/2025 | Amanda Woods
    The stylish woman who allegedly flew into a Britney Spears-level paparazzi rage and stabbed an amateur photographer who accidentally captured a picture of her in the West Village was busted this week, cops said. Magdalene Lyngdoh, 43 — seen on video wearing a black dress, sunglasses and heels — was arrested on Thursday and charged with second-degree assault in connection to the unhinged, broad-daylight May 5 attack on a 36-year-old man, police said. It was not immediately clear how cops caught up to Lyngdoh, but she is a neighborhood resident who lives less than a mile from the scene, authorities...
  • Sen. Rand Paul: BBB could bankrupt America and spark runaway Inflation

    06/06/2025 9:20:05 AM PDT · by RandFan · 81 replies
    X ^ | June 6 | Matt Kibbe (Podcast)
    @freethepeople The fight over President Trump’s big, beautiful bill is boiling over, shattering the White House alliance with @elonmusk Senator @RandPaul warns there are provisions in this bill that could bankrupt America and spark runaway inflation.
  • Retro Review: 50 Years Later, Nothing About Jaws Feels Stale or Dated

    06/06/2025 8:10:58 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 50 replies
    Washington CityPaper ^ | 5/21/25 | Noah Gifell
    Be a clever cinephile, if you want. Walk out of a screening of Jaws and say, “That’s the movie that ruined movies.” You’ll be right, if that’s important to you. On June 20, 1975, Jaws opened on 464 screens at once—a record at the time—breaking the tradition of a slow rollout built on strong word of mouth. It worked. Jaws was the No. 1 film in America for 14 weeks and became the first film ever to gross more than $100 million. Ever a copycat industry, Hollywood imitated the success of this strategy, launching a shift in emphasis from...
  • Russian private military group Wagner leaves Mali

    06/06/2025 7:44:52 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 13 replies
    APA ^ | 6/6/2025 | Staff
    PMC Wagner is withdrawing from Mali, the company's press service said, APA reports citing Pravda. According to the press service, "for 3.5 years, the orchestra has been fighting shoulder to shoulder with the people of Mali against terrorists."
  • 400-pound monster alligator named Pepe ‘detained’ for ‘being a dinosaur without proper papers’ in NC

    06/06/2025 6:00:22 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 40 replies
    nypost.com ^ | June 6, 2025 | Daryl Khan
    The scales of justice came for Pepe. Cops detained – and rescued – a monster 10-foot alligator they nicknamed Pepe the Gator sunbathing on a busy road in North Carolina and “charged” him on suspicion of being a “dinosaur.” “Witnesses say he was just chilling and snapping, clearly ignoring the ‘no loitering or lounging on roadways’ sign,” the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a playful press release last week. “Pepe has been cited for Suspicion of Being a Dinosaur Without Proper Papers, Public Loitering with Intent to Sunbathe, and Obstructing Traffic.” “He was 10 feet long, 400 pounds. He...
  • Elon Musk says the US should ‘get rid of all’ government subsidies

    06/06/2025 5:50:32 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 44 replies
    The Verge ^ | 12/6/21 | Sean O’kane
    Elon Musk said Monday at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO summit that he doesn’t think the United States needs the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill — or any government subsidies, for that matter. “Just delete them all,” he said. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said during the interview that he’s concerned about the federal deficit. “We’ve spent so much money.. the federal budget deficit is insane,” he said. “I would say... can the whole bill. Don’t pass it, that’s my recommendation,” Musk said. Musk pointed out that Tesla has been selling its electric cars for more than a year in the...
  • Russian President Putin greets Muslims on Eid al-Adha

    06/06/2025 5:38:10 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 27 replies
    Anadolu ^ | 6/6/2025 | Elena Teslova
    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday greeted Muslims all over the world on Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of the Sacrifice and known in Russia as "Kurban Bayram." In a statement posted on the Kremlin website, Putin noted that this holiday marks the completion of a pilgrimage to ancient religious rituals, promotes unity among people, and gives believers joy by connecting with their ancestors' rich historical and spiritual legacy. "Following ancestral teachings and traditions, Muslims celebrate Kurban Bayram by performing kind and compassionate deeds, sincerely caring for those in need of help and sympathy," he said. The Russian...
  • Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike' ahead of drone, missile attack, General Staff says

    06/06/2025 3:21:35 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Kyiv Independent Yahoo News ^ | 6/6/2025 | Tim Zadorozhnyy
    Ukrainian forces struck multiple Russian airfields and military facilities overnight on June 6, hours before Russia launched one of its heaviest aerial assaults of the war, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported. Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted Engels and Dyagilevo airfields — two key hubs for Russia's long-range bomber fleet, as well as logistics sites in Russia's Kursk Oblast. -snip- Engels-2 air base, located in Saratov Oblast, nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Ukraine's front lines, hosts Russia's Tu-95, Tu-22M3, and Tu-160 bombers — aircraft regularly used in missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine's General Staff said a strike...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    06/06/2025 2:51:49 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 11 replies
    Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.I see some of the same old faces out there.But that's OK - I like you anyway.Here's today's quote.It's about QSAHGMU.Always pay attention to the MGYUAB! Have fun!!!Ha Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will. Ha ha ha.HOGB Y NYB IMTBKU OTU HTQG QSAHGMU QAM BA MGYUAB -- ROGMG'U Y MGYUAB - NASSZ NPKGG Where'd I put my magic twanger? Oh, here it is - - -boinng!Hal's cryptogram helper
  • Telangana: Pregnant tribal woman dies after superstitious husband forces miscarriage

    06/05/2025 9:31:47 PM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    The Siasat Daily ^ | June 2, 2025 | staff
    Hyderabad: A six-month pregnant tribal woman passed away in Hyderabad after her husband allegedly forced her to unknowingly consume abortion pills. Pravalika, 23, and Sepurwar Prashanth, both natives of Adilabad, had been married for three years with a two-year-old son. She was in the sixth month of her second pregnancy. The couple were constructing a new house in Maharashtra. According to a police complaint registered by Pravalika’s brother, V Rajesh, the husband and his family held superstitions, believing it was misfortune for a woman to undertake part in the rituals of a new house while pregnant. On May 30, Prashanth...
  • Colbert Mocks Musk’s U-Turn on Trump: ‘The Ketamine Has Worn Off’

    06/05/2025 3:42:53 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 15 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | Jun. 5 2025 | Leigh Kimmins
    Stephen Colbert mercilessly mocked the breakdown in relations between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, even poking fun at the billionaire’s alleged drug habit. On Wednesday night’s Late Show, the host gleefully skewered the once-close bond between the president and the Tesla CEO, which appears to have collapsed in a cloud of disdain towards Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” “There is now trouble brewing between the president and former first buddy Elon Musk,” Colbert announced. “No, no, I’m starting to worry that two narcissistic megalomaniacs with a total inability to see value in other humans might have a hard time making friends.”...
  • Trump Torches Tesla Dealership

    06/05/2025 3:17:28 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 9 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | 6-5-25 | BabylonBee.com
    Firefighters were called to the scene after several eyewitnesses claimed to have seen President Trump setting fire to a local Tesla dealership this morning. The event seems to coincide with a bitter public falling out between Trump and Musk over a spending bill currently moving through Congress. "I thought we were friends, Elon! What happened to us?" President Trump reportedly cried as he lobbed a Molotov cocktail into the windshield of a 2025 Tesla Model 3. "I never liked Teslas. I always thought they were 3rd-rate cars anyway. And everything in them is computer, and I hate computers. Many people...
  • Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in millions of years

    06/05/2025 2:49:02 PM PDT · by PROCON · 82 replies
    nbcnews.com ^ | June 5, 2025 | By Denise Chow and Chase Cain
    New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will continue to warp the environment.Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and scientists at the University of California San Diego.For the first time, global average concentrations of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas emitted as a byproduct of burning fossil fuels, exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) in May. The new readings were...
  • Arrest made in theft of instruments stolen from the rock band Heart at New Jersey venue

    06/05/2025 2:14:32 PM PDT · by V_TWIN · 21 replies
    apnews.com ^ | June 5, 2025
    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities have made an arrest in the theft of two irreplaceable instruments owned by members of the rock band Heart that were stolen from a venue in New Jersey last weekend. Atlantic City police say surveillance video initially led them to a 57-year-old Pleasantville man. He was later seen on video walking through various parts of the city, trying to sell the instruments, and he eventually sold one while the other remains unaccounted for, police said, declining further comment. The man has been charged with burglary and theft. The band was set to kick off...