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Reporters stood at the White House gate this morning holding a federal judge’s order that said let them in, & were turned anyway. No explanation. No comment. Just a president ignoring a court like it’s beneath him. This is an unprecedented, fascist assault on free speech. Free the press!

Zelensky says he tries to do his job so that after the war and his presidency he can still walk Ukraine’s streets without people hating him for having been “a piece of shit and not a leader.” He said wartime leadership involves many mistakes and hundreds of difficult deals every day. #Ukraine

Beef production has been the largest driver of deforestation this century. Over the last two decades, around 128 million hectares of forest have been cleared to make way for agriculture and forest plantations. That’s an area five times the size of the United Kingdom.

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"Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous". Indeed it is. Given 4 _reported_ deaths from measles and given a 0.1% - 0.3% CFR, the true number of cases - currently reported at 731 - is likely a couple/few thousand. That is big - and 100% vaccine preventable. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous

The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.

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Horrific moment of a Russian strike on a shopping mall in Pavlohrad today, in broad daylight. ​At least two people are known to have been killed and 18 injured‼️ ​Note that the people trying to run from the attack in the video are mostly teenagers.

NEWS: Billionaire Leon Black is SUING the House Oversight Committee to block subpoenas in its Epstein investigation and is refusing to appear for testimony today. Black paid Epstein more than $158 million over six years. Rep. Robert Garcia is now calling for Black to be held in contempt of Congress

Putin "explained" why Russia launched its war against Ukraine by comparing it to predator-prey relations in the Arctic, where killer whales eat polar bears "like small fry" because they are "lower in the food chain." He used the analogy to explain Russia's decision to start the war. #Ukraine

“…crypto and meme assets [are] …leveraged by many of the darkest actors on the planet [for]…drug trafficking, cybercrime, human trafficking, child sexual abuse, murder for hire, war sanctions evasion, terrorist financing, espionage, and bribery." youtu.be/xJaJfROLs6Y?...

Prof Jagolinzer testifies to EU Parliament about the dark uses of cryptocurrency

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit

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ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.

Ben McKenzie's journey from starring in The OC to calling crypto 'the largest Ponzi scheme in history'

City of Encinitas with some “surprising” data: …of 14 e-bike collisions in 2026, the rider was at fault in only five — and two of those were solo falls by riders over 70. Where riders are at fault, it’s wrong-way & sidewalk riding. 1/2

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Zelensky condemned Russia’s attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih as “absolute brutality.” He said multiple Russian drones deliberately struck one after another, killing 14 people and wounding more than 100, including 11 children. Rescue operations are ongoing. #Ukraine