Every, I mean EVERY flock camera operated by Winona, MN has gone missing.
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What’s wrong? What are you trying to hide? **** President Trump on Wednesday filed an emergency motion to stop the British Broadcasting Corporation from gaining broad access to intimate details about his finances. newrepublic.com/post/214034/...
Trump Tries to Pause His Own BBC Lawsuit to Hide His Finances
The president’s lawsuit against the BBC is blowing up in his face.
newrepublic.com
Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of Southern Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, according to a news release issued Tuesday by Calvert County government. marylandmatters.org/2026/08/04/a...
Amazon abandons plans for data center campus at Calvert Cliffs - Maryland Matters
Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, a move that comes after fierce voter pushback against hyperscale data cente...
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i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
New bombshell reporting by Wired reveals an incident in which the testing of an experimental GPS jammer resulted in a medical plane crashing into the side of a mountain. futurism.com/science-ener...
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chipotle Pulled Jalapeños Tied to Minnesota Salmonella Cases
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.
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An Ohio dad pretended to be his 11-year-old daughter on TikTok so he could lure her alleged rapist to his home — where he shot him twice. nypost.com/2026/08/04/u...
Dad poses as 11-year-old daughter on TikTok and lures her alleged rapist to home to shoot him
When police arrived on the scene, they found the alleged rapist sitting in a chair with two gunshot wounds.
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He’s never finishing the books and won’t let anyone else finish them with his blessing at this moment. www.polygon.com/george-marti...
George R.R. Martin's latest update has depressing news for fans
Martin's latest blog post heaped praise on one particular TV adaptation but remained silent on other matters
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A ‘WARHAMMER 40,000’ animated series is in the works with Henry Cavill set to exec produce. The series will be a spin-off of the Warhammer episode in ‘Secret Level’, with Blur Studios returning to animate. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
‘Warhammer 40,000’ Animated Series in Development at Amazon, Henry Cavill to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)
A "Warhammer 40,000" animated event series is in development from Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios, Games Workshop, and Henry Cavill
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Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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For a congressman to violently assault his ex-spouse is not a private/family matter.
Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 3d agoGOP Rep. Jim Jordan on alleged spouse and child abuser Max Miller: “This is a family matter. I know Max is a good man. I hope he wins re-election.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
1.1% of the country is muslim 1% of the country is trans both have double the poverty rate of the average american apparently these 1% can take over the entire country but the 1% that holds ~37% of the total wealth aren't doing anything worth looking into
Brendan Gutenschwager@bgonthescene.bsky.social · 3d agoJake Lang unveils a banner at Cedar Point Shores Waterpark in Ohio reading “Stop Muslim Takeover of Democrat Party!!” and calling for the deportation of American-born U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed
More space debris is raining down on Earth than ever before — one effect of the frenetic race among governments and companies like SpaceX to reign over the skies. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week
Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
nytimes.com
This could get ugly if more of the “rumors” come out about how he was acting during the production, how many scripts were turned down because they weren’t grandiose enough, how he wanted Blade to be Black Panther, etc etc. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Mahershala Ali Calls Out Marvel for Not Making ‘Blade’: ‘You Had Me Under Contract. They Have Billions of Dollars. If They Wanted to Do It, We Would’ve Done It’
Mahershala Ali has called out Marvel for not making his 'Blade' movie: 'You had me under contract, they have billions of dollars.'
variety.com
The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...
Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was ‘hasty and botched,’ drops case against former Olympian | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is admitting that President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was “hasty and botched,” and it is dropping the criminal case against f...
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Big House of Windsor energy **** Senate nominee Troy Jackson had two children and spent his life with Lana Pelletier, who is also his second cousin. www.thedailybeast.com/maine-democr...
Candidate Had Two Children With Second Cousin
Genealogy records show that the Maine Senate candidate and his longtime partner share the same great-grandparents... and two kids.
thedailybeast.com
Trump would rather pull Blanche’s nomination for AG than allow him to commit in writing that Trump’s IRS deal is off. The immunity Blanche granted to Trump from IRS audits is a windfall that some experts estimate is worth $100 million in taxpayer funds for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination
President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
nytimes.com
Trump would prefer lifetime immunity from IRS investigations rather than allow Blanche to formally get the AG job.
Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump would rather pull Blanche’s nomination for AG than allow him to commit in writing that Trump’s IRS deal is off. The immunity Blanche granted to Trump from IRS audits is a windfall that some experts estimate is worth $100 million in taxpayer funds for Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
A father who gave his son the gun he used to kill two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school has been sentenced to 15 years in prison www.huffpost.com/entry/colin-...
Dad Who Gave Georgia High School Shooter A Gun Is Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
Victims and family of those killed in the Apalachee High School shooting urged the judge to give Colin Gray the maximum sentence possible.
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Over the last few months, Flock has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Police have been caught using the system to stalk exes and colleagues, and journalists have reported that, contrary to the company’s claims that it only logs vehicles, the cameras can be used to track people.
Flock cameras are getting mobbed | CNN
From coast to coast, Americans across the political spectrum have been taking official or vigilante action against the always-on, searchable camera network.
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June 29th: One of the largest diamond exporting corporations in the world gifts Trump an 18-karat gold ring, featuring 321 diamonds that spelled out "T," "45," and "47." July 24th: The Trump administration inexplicably exempts diamonds from its latest round of global tariffs.
The Rock Creek Park Tennis Center is in need of repairs, with broken lights, uneven court surfaces and no major updates since it opened in 1989. The DC Council has budgeted millions for fixes, but the center remains under National Park Service jurisdiction.
DC's tennis tournament wraps this weekend. What's next for the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center?
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The town said folk can’t sleep on public property so the church made a homeless shelter and even that isn’t ok thedailyrecord.com/2026/06/17/c...
Church sues Ocean City after $1K-per-day fines over homeless shelter
St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church sued Ocean City, saying the town violated its right to the free exercise of religion for attempting to shut down its homeless shelter.
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This week, Newsmax — a far-right news organization with a strong allegiance to President Trump and a history of pushing wild conspiracy theories — announced it had struck a deal with Meta. finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...
Meta Forges AI Content Deal With Newsmax
Meta will gain access to Newsmax's archived and current library of digital news content, with the ability to train its AI-powered search and discovery tools while supporting user searches on Facebook,...
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Higher prescription prices. **** The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year. www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.
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