Lying to create fake crises : Bovino lied that his agents came under fire in Chicago while conducting immigration operations, two days after a federal judge said that he had lied to her about having been struck by a rock during a previous confrontation.
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Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Lying to create fake crises : Bovino lied that his agents came under fire in Chicago while conducting immigration operations, two days after a federal judge said that he had lied to her about having been struck by a rock during a previous confrontation.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
97% could not distinguish between music entirely generated by AI and human-created music. More than half of those surveyed felt uncomfortable at not being able to tell the difference.
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Humans can no longer tell AI music from the real thing: survey
It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans, according to a survey released Wednesday.
www.rfi.fr
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
97% could not distinguish between music entirely generated by AI and human-created music. More than half of those surveyed felt uncomfortable at not being able to tell the difference.
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www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
“Elon Musk, I’m forever grateful. If you didn’t step in and fund my legal fight I’d probably be in jail,” said British extreme right figure Tommy Robinson. “Thank you, Elon.” Musk has been increasingly in other countries' politics, supporting the extreme right.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure
The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics – but he’s been leaning further into the international far right
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Elon Musk, I’m forever grateful. If you didn’t step in and fund my legal fight I’d probably be in jail,” said British extreme right figure Tommy Robinson. “Thank you, Elon.” Musk has been increasingly in other countries' politics, supporting the extreme right.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly." A federal judge (appointed by Reagan) resigned, warning in a searing first-person essay that Trump poses an “existential threat to democracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"What Nixon did episodically and covertly, knowing it was illegal or improper, Trump now does routinely and overtly." A federal judge (appointed by Reagan) resigned, warning in a searing first-person essay that Trump poses an “existential threat to democracy.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“The places where we’ve looked at these kinds of things are places like China... I used to work on Iraq. They would do the same thing.” - Sen Elissa Slotkin, D-MI who served as a C.I.A. officer analyzing foreign militaries and described Hegseth’s moves as a “purge.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“The places where we’ve looked at these kinds of things are places like China... I used to work on Iraq. They would do the same thing.” - Sen Elissa Slotkin, D-MI who served as a C.I.A. officer analyzing foreign militaries and described Hegseth’s moves as a “purge.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A nation's shame, Trump obtains court order to not feed the hungry.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments
High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A nation's shame, Trump obtains court order to not feed the hungry.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Today's earworm (as John would say), 2:08 of perfection, has been in my head for several days.
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Nick Lowe - "Heart Of The City" (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Yep Roc Records
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November 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Today's earworm (as John would say), 2:08 of perfection, has been in my head for several days.
youtu.be/4hmVPncZGVE
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“Thanks, guys,” Musk said, after briefly dancing on stage. The staggering pay package, opposed by several key investors, is higher than the GDP of Ireland, Sweden and Argentina.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Thanks, guys,” Musk said, after briefly dancing on stage. The staggering pay package, opposed by several key investors, is higher than the GDP of Ireland, Sweden and Argentina.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Major US corporations are waging a coordinated campaign that aims to pit Donald Trump’s Maga faithful against RFK Jr’s Make America Healthy Again movement, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz and Nestlé.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Major US corporations are waging a coordinated campaign that aims to pit Donald Trump’s Maga faithful against RFK Jr’s Make America Healthy Again movement, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz and Nestlé.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“The Green New Scam would have killed America if President Trump had not been elected to implement his commonsense energy agenda – which is focused on utilizing the liquid gold under our feet" said a White House spokeswoman.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“The Green New Scam would have killed America if President Trump had not been elected to implement his commonsense energy agenda – which is focused on utilizing the liquid gold under our feet" said a White House spokeswoman.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Prioritizing white South Africans, the Trump administration will admit only 7,500 refugees this fiscal year, down from 125,000 during Biden’s last year in office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Prioritizing white South Africans, the Trump administration will admit only 7,500 refugees this fiscal year, down from 125,000 during Biden’s last year in office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Slide into autocracy 26 : The nation is “on a trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.”
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn
A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Slide into autocracy 26 : The nation is “on a trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.”
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More than 170 US CITIZENS have been detained by immigration agents, “dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
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www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
More than 170 US CITIZENS have been detained by immigration agents, “dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Admiral Holsey, who is Black, becomes the latest in a line of more than a dozen military leaders, many of them people of color and women, who have left their jobs this year. Most have been fired by Mr. Hegseth or pushed out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Admiral Holsey, who is Black, becomes the latest in a line of more than a dozen military leaders, many of them people of color and women, who have left their jobs this year. Most have been fired by Mr. Hegseth or pushed out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Tokyo : see you tonight at HB and Tuesday at the Poor Cow for a live set + DJ's !!!
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Tokyo : see you tonight at HB and Tuesday at the Poor Cow for a live set + DJ's !!!
The government said it is reviewing the status of the more than 55 million holders of visas to enter the US for potential violations of its standards.
Those actions have been criticized by civil rights groups.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Those actions have been criticized by civil rights groups.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The government said it is reviewing the status of the more than 55 million holders of visas to enter the US for potential violations of its standards.
Those actions have been criticized by civil rights groups.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Those actions have been criticized by civil rights groups.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The list of airports includes the major airports serving the New York metropolitan area, as well as major airports in Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., as well as several other regional airports.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
Airports Refuse to Show Video of Kristi Noem Blaming Democrats for Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The list of airports includes the major airports serving the New York metropolitan area, as well as major airports in Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore., as well as several other regional airports.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
“The companies might be getting a handout, but the miners ain’t getting none,” said Gary Hairston, 71, a retired coal miner from West Virginia who is the president of the National Black Lung Asso., 30 years with black lung disease. "Clean, beautiful coal" - Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The companies might be getting a handout, but the miners ain’t getting none,” said Gary Hairston, 71, a retired coal miner from West Virginia who is the president of the National Black Lung Asso., 30 years with black lung disease. "Clean, beautiful coal" - Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...
Nice to see public figures like De Niro and Jack White using their weight righteously. 👍
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No Kings Robert DeNiro
YouTube video by DemCast USA
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October 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nice to see public figures like De Niro and Jack White using their weight righteously. 👍
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Sarkozy entered into a “Faustian pact of corruption with one of the most unspeakable dictators of the last 30 years” to gain election funding from Gaddafi, in the words of the public prosecutor. Would the USA prosecute and convict a president in that situation ?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week
Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regime
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Sarkozy entered into a “Faustian pact of corruption with one of the most unspeakable dictators of the last 30 years” to gain election funding from Gaddafi, in the words of the public prosecutor. Would the USA prosecute and convict a president in that situation ?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Some major U.S. airports are refusing to show a new video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in which she blames Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
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Major airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airport spokespeople say the decision was made because the message blaming Democrats for the government shutdown violates the Hatch Act.
www.msnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some major U.S. airports are refusing to show a new video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in which she blames Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
ON TOUR !!!
27.11 Köln – Sonic Ballroom
28.11 Dortmund – Subrosa
29.11 Darmstadt – Bessunger Knabenschule
30.11 TBA
01.12 TBA
02.12 Tübingen – Hausbar
03.12 Altötting – Genossenschaftshaus
04.12 Leipzig – TBA w/Teo Wise
05.12 Berlin – Schokoladen
06.12 Hamburg – Komet
07.12 Aarnhem – Cafe De Wacht
27.11 Köln – Sonic Ballroom
28.11 Dortmund – Subrosa
29.11 Darmstadt – Bessunger Knabenschule
30.11 TBA
01.12 TBA
02.12 Tübingen – Hausbar
03.12 Altötting – Genossenschaftshaus
04.12 Leipzig – TBA w/Teo Wise
05.12 Berlin – Schokoladen
06.12 Hamburg – Komet
07.12 Aarnhem – Cafe De Wacht
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
ON TOUR !!!
27.11 Köln – Sonic Ballroom
28.11 Dortmund – Subrosa
29.11 Darmstadt – Bessunger Knabenschule
30.11 TBA
01.12 TBA
02.12 Tübingen – Hausbar
03.12 Altötting – Genossenschaftshaus
04.12 Leipzig – TBA w/Teo Wise
05.12 Berlin – Schokoladen
06.12 Hamburg – Komet
07.12 Aarnhem – Cafe De Wacht
27.11 Köln – Sonic Ballroom
28.11 Dortmund – Subrosa
29.11 Darmstadt – Bessunger Knabenschule
30.11 TBA
01.12 TBA
02.12 Tübingen – Hausbar
03.12 Altötting – Genossenschaftshaus
04.12 Leipzig – TBA w/Teo Wise
05.12 Berlin – Schokoladen
06.12 Hamburg – Komet
07.12 Aarnhem – Cafe De Wacht
M.I.T. became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump administration’s higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
M.I.T. became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump administration’s higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
The Dutch parliament, where the largest party is Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV, passed a resolution, noting the US decision and calling on the government to declare antifa a terrorist organisation in the Netherlands.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists
Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Dutch parliament, where the largest party is Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV, passed a resolution, noting the US decision and calling on the government to declare antifa a terrorist organisation in the Netherlands.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...