DOJ weighs novel federal hate crime case against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer
DOJ weighs novel federal hate crime case against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer
The Justice Department is weighing how to bring federal charges against Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson.Ryan J. Reilly (NBC News)
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Trump Nemesis Letitia James Takes Victory Lap On FEMA Ruling
Trump Nemesis Letitia James Takes Victory Lap On New Ruling Against Administration
Letitia James took a victory lap after a new decision against President Donald Trump’s administration — and just after a very high-profile Trump defeat.Tommy Christopher (Mediaite)
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Florida's CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label
Florida's CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over 'foreign terrorist' label
Gov_ Ron DeSantis has labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a "foreign terrorist organization."MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press (ABC News)
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In October, the group played an active role in advocating for the release of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Florida who had been held in an Israeli prison for eight months. Mohammed Ibrahim was released last month.
Oh, it's that kind of terrorism - the sort where you stand up to protect the victims of Israel's genocidal fascism. Makes sense now.
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MTG plans to oust Mike Johnson before leaving Congress, report says
Marjorie Taylor Greene is reportedly weighing a plot to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson before she retires in early January and is quietly gauging if she has the nine votes inside the Republican party to trigger a vote.
“Marjorie is approaching members to get to nine who will oust the speaker,” an anonymous source told MS Now. “And if we don’t get to work on codifying Trump’s agenda, anything can happen.”
The Georgia Republican previously tried to oust Johnson last year in protest at a foreign aid deal for Ukraine, and she has been a consistent critic of Johnson’s work throughout the second Trump administration this year.
MTG’s last act in Congress could be a longshot plot to oust Mike Johnson, report says
The Georgia Republican plans to resign in early January, following an acrimonious public feud with her former close ally President TrumpJosh Marcus (The Independent)
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I hope the cons all go Candace Owens v. Tim Pool on each other.
"I cast THEE out! You are not the true MAGA! You are a heretic!"
"No, you! I cast YOU out! I'm the true way of the America FIRST Shining Path and United Front!"
Russia’s Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia -Bellingcat
Russia’s Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia - bellingcat
New grain route identified from sanctioned Crimean port that Russia is eyeing in latest peace deal.Bellingcat Investigation Team (bellingcat)
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From what I understand, it's actually pretty difficult to cause significant damage to a full grain ship because the grain absorbs much of the energy that would deform the hull of the ship. Of course they can still be sunk or propulsion components could be damaged... Or just hit it while empty I suppose.
Either way, Ukraine never asked for this war and Russia deserves nothing but the worst fate for its choices and actions.
America's Khrushchev moment
America's Khrushchev moment
There is no more tired cliché than Mark Twain’s quote “history rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes”.Arnaud Bertrand
China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.You, Xiaoying
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
His portraits have been removed from Bangladeshi embassies around the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/54906785
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
His portraits have been removed from Bangladeshi embassies around the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region earlier this year, leader Kim Jong-un said in a speech carried on Saturday by state media, a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its deployed soldiers.
According to South Korean and western intelligence agencies, North Korea has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine.
Analysts say Russia is giving North Korea financial aid, military technology, food and energy supplies in return, allowing the diplomatically isolated nation to sidestep tough international sanctions on its nuclear and missile programmes.
Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia
Leader praises his soldiers for turning ‘danger zone into a safe one’ during ceremony in Pyongyang welcoming them back from Ukraine warGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Inb4 all the tankies show up and say this is Western propaganda while also including the same data in their arguments that NK is actually a totally free country and its citizens totally freely leave the country all the time and keep all the profit they make outside the country for themselves.
That they're never exploited by their leader who also happened s to be democratically elected every year. But also he's a dictator but only a dictator because its the West's fault.
Also the concentration camps he sends his people to are the West's fault too.
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
December 11 2025, 9:00 a.m.
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who’s running for Congress in North Carolina.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/40256761
Akela Lacy
December 11 2025, 9:00 a.m.
AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Akela Lacy
December 11 2025, 9:00 a.m.AIPAC Spent Millions to Keep Her Out of Congress. Now, She Sees an Opening.
Growing dissatisfaction with the Israel lobby may pave a lane for Nida Allam, who’s running for Congress in North Carolina.Akela Lacy (The Intercept)
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Aipac Valerie Foushee Nida Allam Nc
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How feasible would it be to host Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Friendica, or Matrix over Tor/I2P?
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It would work just fine within TOR. Reaching out would be a massive pain as the software is not ready.
I've set up the "old" UI - no javascript - on TOR on lemmy.cafe. It works well, but that's not a real hidden service, as such.
Trump Administration Reportedly Pushing ICC to Exempt Trump From War Crimes Prosecution
Admin Reportedly Pushing ICC to Exempt Trump From War Crimes Prosecution
“This is rogue state behavior,” one expert said.Sharon Zhang (Truthout)
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As they conduct more terrorist actions on fishing boats, no less.
Also....2029? I'm not 100% sure cheeto mcpedo is going to make it to 2026. He doesn't look that hot...
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
The removal of red tape comes after Indian PM Narendra Modi visited China in 2025 for the first time in seven years. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/54899088
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
India frees up visas for Chinese professionals in key step to boost ties
The removal of red tape comes after Indian PM Narendra Modi visited China in 2025 for the first time in seven years. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Germany accuses Russia of air traffic control cyber-attack
Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador.
A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a "cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024". The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to influence and destabilise the country's federal election in February this year.
Germany accuses Russia of 2024 cyber attack and election disinformation campaign
The Russian ambassador is summoned over a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference.BBC News
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...well pretty old
Yes Prime Minister - Salami Tactics and Nuclear Deterrent : BBC Studios : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Funny scene from the 'Yes, Prime Minister' series.Internet Archive
GuyFawkes
in reply to MicroWave • • •dhork
in reply to GuyFawkes • • •I see what you did there
A_norny_mousse
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in reply to A_norny_mousse • • •BigMacHole
in reply to MicroWave • • •Enough of his HATRED? STUPID Librul!
-Christians who Follow JESUS!
daannii
in reply to MicroWave • • •Are they unaware that Mormonism is a form of Christianity?
The supposed shooter was themselves, a Christian.
LovingHippieCat
in reply to daannii • • •daannii
in reply to LovingHippieCat • • •Someone told me the other day that Catholics weren't Christians. I'm like.... They are the og Christians.
The person refused to believe me.
Blade9732
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in reply to daannii • • •sp3ctr4l
in reply to LovingHippieCat • • •Mormons not believing in the Trinity is a pretty solid argument that, at the very least, they're not Christians in the way nearly all other Christians are Christians.
That puts them in the same bucket as Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Scientists, Unitarians, Iglesia ni Cristo, and Christadelphians.
... thats why most Christians don't think Mormons are really Christians, that they are instead more like heretics.
Not that I personally have a dog in this fight between the finer points of varying forms of mass shared delusions based on a corpus of hundreds of different texts that have been edited and translated and added to and subtracted from, tens or hundreds of thousands of times, over approximately 2500 years...
... but the idea of the Trinity is a pretty big deal, going back through the entire history of Christianity.
Whole lots of nontrinitarians have been called, and killed for being heretics by whole lots of trinitarians, for... what, roughly... 1750 years?
Yeah that's a pretty solid historical precedent.
jacksilver
in reply to daannii • • •sp3ctr4l
in reply to jacksilver • • •Yep, and the exact reason the Founders were such sticklers on a seperation between church and state... on a secular society...
....was that the US was more or less initially settled by a bunch of Christian religious extremists of varying flavors, who all couldn't hack it in Europe, and they knew that if you let the government start explicitly picking favorites with religions?
Well, then US history would look a lot more like (what was to them, fairly recent) European history.
Aka, a whole bunch of mostly Christians killing mostly other different Christians, with an occasional, quite notable pogrom against Jews, or crusade against Muslims.
... As we can currently see... they evidently did not establish this paradigm strongly enough to withstand just a few centuries of persistent and dogged US Christian Extremeism.
I guess at this point I'm just waiting for Utah to claim its own Greater Deseret boundaries and assert its own independence, maybe when the US is embroiled in just another actual, full fledged land war with Mexico.
Give it about a decade, I'd guess.
FartsWithAnAccent
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