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Vance Tries to Sell the Benefits of Trump's Megabill but Ignores the Costs (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)

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Sen. Tina Smith hospitalized after feeling ill (Aaron Pellish/Politico)

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Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn't confirming that (Will Weissert/Associated Press)

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Wenn autoritäre oder destruktive Kräfte das System nutzen, um es zu schwächen, reicht es nicht, „höflich“ oder „neutral“ zu bleiben – manchmal erfordert Verteidigung der Demokratie entschlossene Gegenwehr und klare Wertehaltung.

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Dazu müssen wir allerdings auch das "System", das da genutzt wird, genauer anschauen. Da stellt sich heraus, dass das System in seiner Praxis selbst autorität und destruktiv ist. Meine ganze Lebenszeit habe ich nichts anderes gesehen. Der Unterschied heute ist, dass die autoritären und destruktiven Kräfte jegliche Maske fallen lassen und (wieder) auf blanke Gewalt und Terror setzen.



Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in Epstein case, fired from SDNY (Kara Scannell/CNN)

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Revolut°Permanente🚩 Victoire : Georges Abdallah va être libéré le 25 juillet, après 41 ans de prison !: La cour d'appel de Paris a annoncé ce jeudi la libération prochaine du communiste libanais, militant pour la libération de la Palestine. Une victoire pour le mouvement de solidarité avec la Palestine.Politique / Palestine / Georges Ibrahim Abdallah / Guerre en Palestine 2023-2025 revolutionpermanente.fr/Histor… 🚩RP #Victoire #GeorgesAbdallah #Libération #Palestine #Solidarité


Samsung chairman acquitted all over again.

Today Korea’s Supreme Court cleared Lee Jae-yong of stock manipulation charges related to a merger which helped him take control of the company founded by his grandfather. He was acquitted by a lower court last February, which prosecutors appealed, but the country’s top court sided with the Samsung man.

In 2017 he was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement, but later released from prison on appeal and pardoned in 2022. He’s currently Samsung’s executive chairman.




A Home Without a Home by Cizar Thamaru

A post-apocalyptic journey to find meaning and community in a blasted world, A Home Without a Home: Home is Never Far from the Heart! by Cizar Thamaru is a blunt portrait of existence in a terribly grim future. In the 31st century, a young man left behind by most of humanity embarks on a quest [...]…
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#BBC Largest Mars rock ever sells for $4.3m at auction w.st/c5ZU
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From Project Gutenberg:

A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)

by Sutherland Orr

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Using AI to Explore Scientific Realism and Build Story Bibles for Fiction Writing

A sci-fi writer explores how AI can help keep her scenarios grounded in reality and maintain a story bible for world-building consistency.
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