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So, what is everyone doing for the end of civilization? I have brisket, barbeque chicken, baked potatoes and steamed veggies with garlic and onions. I plan to just watch while it all collapses this weekend. What are you lot doing?

DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

Days after a WNBA team co-ownwer was suspended for confronting anti-trans activists courtside, Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while facing down Sophie Cunningham's team, the Fever. The Lynx won 108-100. Subscribe to support our journalism.

WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team

The crowd was equally indignant, reportedly booing whenever Cunningham touched the ball.

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An Irish artist has helped establish a children's centre in Gaza that provides food, education and psychosocial support to children displaced by the war. Adam Doyle, better known as Spicebag, tells us why he helped create Ionad Hind Rajab. jrnl.ie/7117887

'They're just kids': The Irish-backed centre giving Gazan children a place to play

Irish artist Adam Doyle, aka Spicebag, says Ionad Hind Rajab is about giving displaced children “a break from the horror around them”.

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Olena Rozhniatovska and her 18-year-old daughter, Kateryna, both employees of the Silpo supermarket chain, were killed during a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv on August 1, the company reported. ​They didn't make it to the shelter in time🕯

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Luigi Mangione is demanding that his murder trial be broadcast live. He also asked the court to provide a live overflow feed inside the courthouse so journalists and members of the public who can’t get a seat can still follow the proceedings.

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Why is Trump's war running into trouble despite tens of billions more in funding? Because the real constraint isn't money, writes Prof Richard Murphy. It's productive capacity. You can't buy missiles that haven't been made. That's exactly what Modern Monetary Theory always told us.

Traditional economics is wrong: Donald Trump has proved it

Conventional economics says that governments can only do what they can pay for. Trump’s war proves its not true

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“ICE is paying 18 private companies to find young immigrants like Nicole at home, confirm where they live, gather information about the people sheltering them, and update the records of the federal agency empowered to detain and deport them.” www.americansagainstice.org/p/ice-is-pay...

ICE Is Paying Private Contractors to Find Young Immigrants at Home

Watch now | ICE is turning childhood placement records into an enforcement map targeting 350,000 young immigrants and the families who sheltered them.

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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...

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