Rep. Jared Huffman, the only member of Congress to publicly admit he does not believe in God, will speak at this year's FFRF Convention. 📍 Oct 15-18 in Milwaukee, WI Register now ➡️ ffrf.us/4pIGTep (Special offer: $25 student tickets) #FFRFCon26 #Huffman #agnostic
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Berlin/Friedrichshain - London/Shoreditch - Athens/Exarcheia Staying the same while moving
Αλλοι τιμούν τον εκλιπόντα και άλλοι τιμούν το φακό... Και όταν το δεύτερο κερδίζει, η αυταρέσκεια κάνει μονόλογο.
NEW: Microsoft paid a 2.44% federal income tax rate last year on $101 billion of U.S. profits. The federal corporate tax rate is 21%. They should have paid $21 billion. But nope. They paid $2.46 billion. Trump's 2017 and 2025 tax cuts made it legal. Here's how 👇
#Trump: Iran is begging me for mercy. #Iran: Okay, whatever. Now go and tell Oman what we want. www.ms.now/news/negotia...
Trump officials pressure Oman to accept Iran’s terms on the Strait of Hormuz, says diplomat
The final details of a deal remain unclear, but Tehran may be close to gaining greater control of the strategic waterway than it had before the Trump administration started attacking Iran in late Febr...
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Katherina Reiche: "Je günstiger unsere Gasimporteure Gas einkaufen können, desto niedriger sind auch die Kosten der Stromerzeugung." Der Weg in die Klimahölle führt über Menschen, die dir erzählen, dass billiges Gas die Lösung sei.
Energie: Katherina Reiche rechnet erst in den 2030er-Jahren mit deutlich niedrigerem Strompreis
Die Wirtschaftsministerin verteidigt in einem Interview das neue Heizungsgesetz. Es gehe darum, Kosten zu senken. Bis Verbraucher davon etwas merken, soll es aber noch dauern.
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So, did #Musk manage to set the moon on fire? www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/so... www.tesla-fire.com
Walmart and Amazon Sue Tesla, Solar Panels Blamed for Fires
Walmart is suing Tesla alleging that some of the company’s solar panels sparked roof fires at several of its locations.…
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A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
It's far easier to find security holes than to fix them, and leaving it to #AI can introduce 9x as many new vulnerabilities as developers do. www.zdnet.com/article/ai-i...
AI is finding bugs faster than humans can fix them: How enterprise security teams must adapt
It's far easier to find security holes than to fix them, and leaving it to AI can introduce 9 times as many new vulnerabilities as developers do.
zdnet.com
Awesome. These folks created a tool that lets you do your own weights! Check it out Seattle voters! @electioncheatsheet.org
I wish people would be as passionate about saving Democracy, as they are about sports. If we lose our nation, sports teams won't exist, anyway. The ones that remain, will continue to be medically abused and used for the elite more money through rigged gambling and markets.
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Still one of the best descriptions of "Hard work made me rich". #TrumpRegime #Capitalism digitalsynopsis.com/inspiration/...
This Brilliant Comic Strip On Rich Vs Poor Upbringing Shows What Privilege Is All About
Auckland-based illustrator Toby Morris reminds us that not everyone gets the same privileges in life, with this brilliant comic titled "On a Plate." The
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11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
I bet even now #MAGA voters cannot connect the two dots "I cannot release my tax return because they are audited by the IRS." and "I made an IRS deal with myself to never be audited again." #TrumpRegime
America needs unions, not #ICE www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door
The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.
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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
1/ Six rich Texans gave $100M to a group called Texans for Lawsuit Reform. That 💰 built a brand new court system where judges are not elected, they are appointed by governor, specifically so corporations never have to face a jury of regular Texans again. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
European wildfire costs this year have already surpassed €3bn - Almost half a million hectares have burnt in the first two months of the fire season at an economic cost of €3.1bn to the five worst-hit Eurozone countries alone, incl #Portugal #Greece and #Romania www.ft.com/content/ef7f... via @FT
European wildfire costs this year have already surpassed €3bn
Economic toll in worst-hit countries exceeds official estimate of costs to bloc in average year, according to FT analysis
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Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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“If Elon Musk ran the GPS system, you’d hear abt it nonstop, valorizing this great man who built something so remarkable and valuable. But since it’s govt invented, owned, and operated, it just works, quietly and without fanfare… that’s…ideology, not so much what you hear about, but what you don’t.”
Google Maps, Uber, and Wall Street Run on Socialism: How the U.S. Government Built the Global Positioning System
The Federal government built a global navigation system, nicknamed "Lighthouses in the Sky" on which Google Maps, Wall Street, and shipping rely. Just don't call it socialism.
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I am surprised that RFK jr and #MAHA haven't advertised the #cyclosporiasis outbreak as "Ozempic for the poor".
Another sign of #Trump's weakness - his "Board of Peace" is without funds because his allies lied to him. Just like UAE and Qatar lied to him that they will invest twice their GDP in US manufacturing. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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US Christians rather starve the poor than accept LGBTQ+ people. #WhatWouldJesusSay www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/chri...
Christian food bank's shelves are empty after pastor rejects supplies from LGBTQ+ allies - LGBTQ Nation
He posted a video showing empty shelves after he decided he couldn't take contributions from an organization that accepts LGBTQ+ people.
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A federal judge just found the President’s own lawsuit was filed in bad faith. He’s appealing anyway. There’s exactly one reason a man appeals a ruling about money he’s already given up.
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Migration is, and always has been, our principal form of climate adaptation Just like it is for every species