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  • Antisemitism uncondemned by Democrats morphs into domestic terrorism

    06/03/2025 12:40:24 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 5 replies
    Just the News ^ | June 2, 2025 10:55pm Updated: June 3, 2025 11:26am | Amanda Head
    With college campuses becoming breeding grounds for antisemitism, attacks in the United States have surged 893% according to data released by the Anti-Defamation League, the highest level ever recorded by the civil rights organization. Inside of two weeks, two major attacks by fringe factions have left people injured or dead in the United States. It's part of a concerning trend that shows an 893% increase in anti-Semitic attacks over the last ten years. The Anti-Defamation League has produced a report showing that in 2015, there were 942 instances; in 2024 there were 9,354. Much of the hatred-turned-antisemitism-turned-terrorism is found on...
  • Family of Boulder attack suspect taken into ICE custody, DHS chief Kristi Noem says

    06/03/2025 12:35:52 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 18 replies
    NBC News ^ | 6/3/25 | Marlene Lenthang
    The family of a man accused of launching an “antisemitic attack” that injured at least 12 protesters in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday will been taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Tuesday. DHS is investigating "to what extent" the family of suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, "knew about this heinous attack, if they had knowledge of it, or if they provided support to it," Noem wrote on X.
  • Walt Disney will live again as a robot. His granddaughter says he never wanted this

    06/03/2025 12:31:45 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 12 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | une 3, 2025 3 AM PT | Todd Martens
    This summer, Walt Disney will live again in robotic form as part of the new Disneyland show “Walt Disney — A Magical Life.” Disney’s granddaughter Joanna Miller says the animatronic goes against the wishes of her grandfather, who, she claims, never wanted to be a robot. Joanna Miller was 10 — no, “10 and three-quarters,” she clarifies — when she lost her grandfather. Even then, in December 1966, she shared him with the world. For Miller’s grandad was Walt Disney, a name that would emblazen one of the largest entertainment conglomerates in the world, and come to signify uniquely American...
  • Tallying Trump’s online posting frenzy: 2,262 ‘truths’ in 132 days

    06/03/2025 12:19:50 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 8 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | June 3, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Drew Harwell , Clara Ence Morse and Emily Davies
    In his current term, the influencer-in-chief has left his own record for social media missives in the dust. He posts day and night.President Donald Trump is posting on the internet with a velocity and ferocity far beyond that of his first term, surprising aides with predawn messages fired off at a blistering pace. As of Sunday, Trump had posted 2,262 times to his company’s social network Truth Social in the 132 days since his inauguration, a Washington Post analysis has found — more than three times the number of tweets he sent during the same period of his first presidency,...
  • Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues Alina Habba over trespassing arrest at ICE facility

    06/03/2025 12:19:25 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 17 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/09/2025 | Ronny Reyes
    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against the US Attorney for New Jersey on Tuesday over his arrest last month while protesting outside an ICE detention facility in his city. Baraka accused interim head attorney Alina Habba, who is also a personal lawyer of President Trump, of “malicious prosecution” and violating his Fourth Amendment rights following the May 9 arrest. “Defandant Habba issued the defamatory statement and authorized the false arrest of Mayor Baraka despite clear evidence that Mayor Baraka had not committed the petty offense of ‘defiant trespass,’” the lawsuit stated.
  • Elon Musk attacks Trump's funding bill: 'Disgusting abomination'

    06/03/2025 12:19:04 PM PDT · by Mariner · 52 replies
    ABC News via Yahoo ^ | June 3rd, 2025 | IVAN PEREIRA
    Days after attacking a megabill that advances President Donald Trump's legislative agenda, Elon Musk slammed it again on Tuesday calling it a "disgusting abomination" in a post on X."I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination," Musk wrote of the House-passed bill. "Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."Musk followed up with another post claiming the bill "will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt."
  • Ibrahim Al-Organi is the crossing broker and friend of Sisi's son

    06/03/2025 12:12:42 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Middle East Monitor ^ | February 6, 2024 | Osama Gaweesh
    ...He has a strong friendship with Mahmoud Al-Sisi, the General Intelligence officer and son of the Egyptian president. This has opened doors to business with the army directly, without anyone's supervision or harassment.Al-Sisi's son helped him establish the Organi Group, making him a very wealthy tycoon within a few years. During that period the group developed extensive partnerships with the National Service Projects Organisation and the Egyptian Armed Forces' Engineering Authority...However, the biggest business and the peak of cooperation between Al-Organi and Mahmoud Al-Sisi was in Hajj Ibrahim's birthplace, North Sinai. After Al-Sisi came to power, he proceeded to wipe...
  • U.S. Proposes Interim Step in Iran Nuclear Talks Allowing Some Enrichment

    06/03/2025 12:11:05 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 9 replies
    The New York Times ^ | June 3, 2025, 1:51 p.m. ET | Farnaz Fassihi, David E. Sanger and Jonathan Swan
    An outline by the Trump administration would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium at low levels while a broader arrangement is worked out that would block the country’s path to a nuclear weapon.The Trump administration is proposing an arrangement that would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium at low levels while the United States and other countries work out a more detailed plan intended to block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon but give it access to fuel for new nuclear power plants.The proposal amounts to a bridge between the current situation, in which Iran is rapidly producing near-bomb-grade uranium,...
  • Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship

    06/03/2025 12:07:45 PM PDT · by Drew68 · 63 replies
    Military.com ^ | 06/03/2025 | Konstantin Toropin
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show. Military.com reviewed a memorandum from the Office of the Secretary of the Navy -- the official who holds the power to name Navy ships -- that showed the sea service had come up with rollout plans for the renaming of the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk. A defense official confirmed that the Navy was making preparations to strip the ship of its name but noted that Navy Secretary John...
  • European Populism Is Rising Against An Oppressive Political Elite

    06/03/2025 12:02:51 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 5 replies
    The Federalist ^ | June 03, 2025 | John Daniel Davidson
    Europe’s political class has turned its back on the people it was supposed to protect. The people have taken notice. Over the weekend, a conservative Polish historian named Karol Nawrocki, backed by the Law and Justice opposition (and President Trump), narrowly won the Polish presidential election. For the European political establishment, Nawrocki’s victory was a catastrophe — a harbinger of right-wing fascism looming over the continent. Why? Because Nawrocki campaigned against the mass immigration policy of Brussels while promoting conservative Catholic values and Polish nationalism. During his victory speech Sunday night, Nawrocki said, “My Poland is a Poland without illegal...
  • Trump-appointed judge blocks Alien Enemies Act deportations in Los Angeles area

    06/03/2025 12:00:50 PM PDT · by truthkeeper · 13 replies
    CBSnews.com ^ | June 2, 2025 | Joe Walsh
    A judge in California on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants in the Los Angeles area, ruling that the government hasn't promised adequate due process. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John Holcomb — who was nominated by President Trump in 2019 — is the latest to limit the administration's controversial practice of rapidly deporting people accused of being members of the gang Tren de Aragua under the 1798 law, which allows removals during an "invasion" or "predatory incursion" of the United States. Courts in three other states have also...
  • Ex-Homeland Security official Taylor fights back against Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ investigation order

    06/03/2025 11:59:49 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 7 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Updated 10:46 AM CDT, June 3, 2025 | REBECCA SANTANA
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Homeland Security official during President Donald Trump’s first administration who authored an anonymous op-ed sharply critical of the president is calling on independent government watchdogs to investigate after Trump ordered the department to look into his government service.Miles Taylor, once chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, warned in an interview with The Associated Press of the far-reaching implications of Trump’s April 9 memorandum, “Addressing Risks Associated with an Egregious Leaker and Disseminator of Falsehoods,” when it comes to suppressing criticism of the president. That memo accused Taylor of concocting stories to sell...
  • Global alarms rise as China's critical mineral export ban takes hold

    06/03/2025 11:57:06 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 4 replies
    Reuters ^ | June 3, 202512:59 PM CDT | Jarrett Renshaw, Ernest Scheyder and Jeff Mason
    Summary Global automakers warn of production halts without China's critical minerals Executives and diplomats are scrambling to get meetings in Beijing Trump and Xi expected to talk this week amid trade war June 3 (Reuters) - Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday as global automakers joined their U.S. counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution.German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies, following a...
  • Musk blasts Trump’s agenda bill as a ‘disgusting abomination’

    06/03/2025 11:51:38 AM PDT · by McGruff · 26 replies
    CNN ^ | June 6, 2025 | Kristen Holmes and Samantha Waldenberg
    Elon Musk on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s agenda bill — which the president is pressuring GOP senators to support — calling it a “disgusting abomination.” “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” the tech billionaire posted on X. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” He added in a subsequent post: “Congress is making America bankrupt.” This is not the first time Musk has attacked the bill. In an interview after the package was passed by...
  • Musk torches Trump budget bill: "Disgusting abomination"

    06/03/2025 11:18:45 AM PDT · by zeestephen · 42 replies
    CNBC (Business Website) ^ | 03 June 2025 | Kevin Breuninger
    "Im sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore...This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination...Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it."
  • Elon Musk goes off on ‘big, beautiful bill’ days after leaving Trump admin: ‘Disgusting abomination’

    06/03/2025 11:07:33 AM PDT · by thegagline · 16 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 06/03/2025 | Ryan King
    Tech mogul Elon Musk went on a tirade Tuesday against President Trump’s marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act days after leaving the administration — ripping the legislation as an “abomination” and condemning lawmakers who supported it. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote on his X platform. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.” Musk had previously dropped hints of his disdain for the megabill, politely telling “CBS Sunday Morning” in an interview...
  • ELON MUSK: I just can’t stand it anymore

    06/03/2025 10:46:53 AM PDT · by RandFan · 169 replies
    X ^ | June 3 | Elon Musk
    @elonmusk I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it
  • Trump snaps at GOP Sen. Rand Paul for opposing ‘big beautiful’ bill: ‘His ideas are actually crazy’

    06/03/2025 10:45:40 AM PDT · by thegagline · 17 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 06/03/2025 | Ryan King
    President Trump rounded on Sen. Rand Paul Tuesday over the Republican lawmaker’s opposition to the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act due to its impact on the debt. “Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas,” Trump groused on Truth Social. “His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him. This is a BIG GROWTH BILL!” In an earlier post, Trump, 78, had complained that Paul “has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting ‘NO’ on everything, he thinks it’s good politics,...
  • Job openings showed surprising increase to 7.4 million in April

    06/03/2025 10:05:29 AM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    CNBC ^ | Jun 3 2025 | Jeff Cox
    The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed available jobs totaled nearly 7.4 million, an increase of 191,000 from March and higher than the 7.1 million consensus. The ratio of available jobs to unemployed workers was down to 1.03 to 1 for the month, close to the March level. In other economic news Tuesday, the Commerce Department reported that new orders for manufactured goods fell more than expected in April. ... The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed available jobs totaled nearly 7.4 million, an increase of 191,000 from March and higher than the 7.1...
  • Russian forces advance in northern Ukraine, within range of major city of Sumy

    06/03/2025 10:03:41 AM PDT · by Kazan · 36 replies
    CNN ^ | June 3, 2025 | By Tim Lister
    Russian forces have continued to advance in the northern Ukrainian region of Sumy, bringing the regional capital within range of their drones and artillery, according to Ukrainian officials and analysts.A spokesman for the Ukrainian military in the area, Ivan Shevtsov, said that in addition to trying to advance towards Sumy city, Russian forces were constantly shelling the area and more evacuations of civilians were taking place.“At the moment, the territory that the enemy has already occupied is about 15 kilometers along the front line and about 6-7 kilometers deep,” Shevtsov said. He added that the Russians were trying to advance...