Tom Myers
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Tom Myers
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Hey DOGE. Want to truly make the US more efficient? Convert the US to metric! It would mean schools would have to teach only one system freeing teachers to teach other subjects with more time, would prepare students for science and medical studies.
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For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025
Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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"I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution," Mark Kelly said
Donald Trump said Mark Kelly and other Dem lawmakers are 'traitors' who should be executed | Arizona Mirror
Trump threatened Democrats in Congress with death penalty over video urging military to refuse illegal orders
azmirror.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Breaking news: A panel appointed by President Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has instead concluded that the agency should be more powerful and autonomous.
Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA
Instead of further shrinking and dismantling FEMA, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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After Texas news outlets made a public records request to see emails Gov. Abbott and Musk’s companies, state officials took months fighting and delaying their release.

Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/gAr6UQy
Abbott Releases—and Blacks Out—1,400 Pages of Emails With Elon Musk
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was forced to reveal his emails with Musk. He didn’t totally comply.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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NEW: We’ve been warning for months that Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign. Plus, this week saw setbacks for Trump’s gerrymander scheme.

Read our exclusive reporting from this week 👇
This Week at Democracy Docket: The GOP Wants One-Day Elections, and Setbacks for Trump’s Gerrymander Scheme
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Math teachers at Cienega High School in Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Arizona teachers' costumes weren't about Charlie Kirk. They're facing death threats anyway
Math teachers at Cienega High School in southern Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of the organization’s co-founder, Charlie Kirk.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#NoKings Miami!
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says Russia's network of sites for Ukrainian children is larger than previously thought, and programs includes military training for children as young as 8.
Russia gives Ukrainian kids military training and reeducation, Yale researchers find
The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says Russia's network of sites for Ukrainian children is larger than previously thought, and programs includes military training for children as young as 8.
n.pr
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Hundreds of pages in classified NCIS files were left out for the trash collectors, a search warrant reveals.
Classified Navy Files Were Left On The Curb. A Dumpster Diver Found Them.
Hundreds of pages in classified NCIS files were left out for the trash collectors, a search warrant reveals.
www.forbes.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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President Trump and MAGA spent years lampooning censorship and discrimination against conservatives.

Now in power — and riding an outpouring of grief and fury over Charlie Kirk's killing — they're enforcing speech codes to punish ideological opponents.
Republicans embrace speech limits after Charlie Kirk assassination
Any person who celebrates or mocks Kirk's death is being cast as complicit in political violence.
www.axios.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The Supreme Court is forging an America where weighing race can be used to harm minorities, but not to protect them.
The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can.
So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."
www.motherjones.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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It’s disturbing how the details keep changing. trib.al/c21gzG8

And even if the 11 crew members were supposed “narco terrorists,” such a designation does not serve as any legal basis for a combat strike.
September 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Which means elderly voters have been disenfranchised.
August 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Huge fire on Dewey and Lyle
August 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Nice music at St Joseph’s Park. Curtesy of the Landmark Society of Western NY
July 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss.

It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to…
www.propublica.org
July 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_P...

Hany Farid Ted talk. One of the top Deep Fake people in the world. Oh yea he went to school in Rochester.
How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Two high-ranking officials at NOAA were placed on leave. While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, they led the investigation into whether NOAA’s scientific integrity policies were violated during the so-called "Sharpiegate" scandal of President Trump’s first term: cnn.it/452GqJZ
Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry | CNN
While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, the two officials affected led the investigation into whether NOAA’s scientific integrity policies were violated during the so-called Sharpiegate scan...
cnn.it
July 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.

Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.

“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM