Seattle Official Rejects Calls For Resignation Over Homeless, Pedophile, Sex-Offending Board Nominee

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A Seattle official is refusing to resign after defending a convicted pedophile sex offender nominated to a local homelessness board.Shanee Colston (L) defended convicted sex offender Thomas Whitaker-Raven Crowfoot (R)During a May 3 Zoome meeting of a subcommittee of the King…

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Mexico Deploys 1000s Of Troops As Popocatépetl Volcano Rumbles, Millions Warned Of Possible Evacuation

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Popocatepetl volcano has been blanketing towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City's airport this week. Authorities are preparing for the possible evacuation of millions of people as thousands of troops were deployed to the region, according to NPR News. On Tuesday,…

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Almost Two Thirds Of Americans View Media As “Truly The Enemy Of The People”; New Poll Finds

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Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,A new Rasmussen poll has found that almost two thirds of Americans believe the media is “truly the enemy of the people”.The survey found that a total of 59 percent of likely voters either strongly…

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Backlash & Boycott-Calls Hit North Face After Ad Featuring Drag Queen Inviting Everyone To ‘Come Out’

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A North Face advertisement featuring a drag queen in rainbow-themed outdoor sports gear has sparked backlash after going viral online. The popular outdoor apparel company has learned nothing from mounting customer boycotts against Bud Light and Target in recent weeks. "Hi, it's…

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Iran Shows Off New Ballistic Missile Capable Of Hitting Israel With Large Payload

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Iran on Thursday showcased a new long-range ballistic missile at a moment tensions with Israel are at their highest in years. A Jerusalem Post headline on the same day reads, "Mounting tensions between Israel, Iran herald possible military showdown".Iran's military touted…

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Greenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The “Right” Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful

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Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,Independent investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald succinctly summarises how ‘regime media narratives’ are formed and disseminated, and that any journalist who questions the process ends up a target for destruction by the establishment.During his “System Update” broadcast on…

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Grinding To A Halt?

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By Bas van Geffen, CFA, senior macro strategist at RabobankGrinding to a haltA cargo ship has grounded in the Suez Canal early this morning. Though the Xin Hai Tong 23 was re-floated relatively quickly, it certainly brings back the memory of…

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Despite Glitchy Start, DeSantis’ Twitter Spaces Launch Showed Why He’s A Contender

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The Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign got off to a terrible start on Wednesday night, as Twitter glitched under the weight of traffic (though admittedly once Musk transitioned the hosting role from his 140mm follower account to David Sacks's account, the…

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Credit Loss Provisions Soar 300%: Weak Truck Market Finally Shows Up In Major Fleet Lender’s Data

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By John Kingston of FreightWaves,The weak trucking market finally has caught up to the quarterly report of Canada’s BMO, a major lender to fleets.In its quarterly earnings report, BMO breaks out the financial performance of its various lending sectors. Transportation is…

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LinkedIn Censors Presidential Candidate Who Says Fossil Fuels ‘Required For Prosperity’

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LinkedIn, whose founder Reid Hoffman funded a 'Russian bot' hoax against GOP candidate Roy Moore & underwrote Trump accuser E. Jean Carrol's lawsuit, has locked the account of GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for expressing "fact-based views as a presidential candidate…

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Ukrainian Intelligence Says It’s Trying To Kill Putin

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Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com,The Ukrainian intelligence service says it’s attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. A high-ranking official admitted to actively plotting the Russian leader’s assassination after a recent drone attack on the Kremlin. “Putin is noticing that we are getting closer…

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Finnish Nuclear Plant Throttles Output After Electricity Prices “Become Too Cheap”

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As we detailed in early May, the transition from testing to regular output last month saw Finland's first nuclear power-plant drive electricity prices dramatically lower.As yle reports, the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, started regular electricity production in mid-April, about…

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Suez Canal Authority “Successfully Refloated” Vessel After Running Aground

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Update (0240ET):Leth Shipping Agency posted on Twitter that Xin Hai Tong 23 has been "successfully refloated." The Suez Canal Authority has successfully refloated M/V XIN HAI TONG 23 at 0740hrs.The northbound convoy will enter at 0930hrs. https://t.co/r2aGSALXE0 — Leth (@AgenciesLeth) May 25,…

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The Graveyard Of Empires: The Top Investments As The World Order Collapses

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Authored by Nick Giamburno via InternationalMan.com,.“You have the watches, but we have the time.”The Taliban often referred to this old Afghan saying when discussing their fight against the Americans.Ultimately, they were proven correct.After almost two decades of conflict, an insurgent army…

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3 Arrested Russian Scientists Accused Of Handing Hypersonic Missile Secrets To China

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A week ago, just as Ukraine was claiming to have shot down Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, three top Russian scientists who've reportedly worked on the country's hypersonic program were arrested on suspicion of treason.The Kremlin had said the three face "very serious…

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House Republican ‘Speechless’ After Senior FBI Official Admits Not Reading Durham Report

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Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) said he was “speechless” when he learned that a senior FBI official had not read the Durham report, which was released more than a week ago.Rep. August Pfluger…

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Seattle Amazon Workers Plan Walkout To Protest Returning To Office, Layoffs

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Amazon workers are planning on protesting layoffs and requirements to return to the office (also referred to as simply "normal occurrences while participating in the workforce") by walking out of the company's Seattle headquarters next week. Because that's a great way to not land…

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Jeffrey Sachs: The Ukraine War Was Provoked – & Why That Matters To Achieve Peace

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Authored by Jeffrey D. Sachs via Consortium News,George Orwell wrote in 1984 that “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Governments work relentlessly to distort public perceptions of the past. Regarding the Ukraine War, the Biden…

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Post-Fukushima Shift: Japan Court Rejects Citizens’ Concerns, Paving Way For Nuclear Power Restart

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On Wednesday, a district court in Japan dismissed residents' calls to halt the restart of a nuclear reactor. This represents a victory for the Pacific island nation, grappling with soaring energy costs fueled by the prolonged war in Ukraine. The Japan Times reports…

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“There’s Poop Everywhere”: San Francisco’s Office District Not Only A Ghost Town, It’s Also Covered In Sh*t

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Urban Alchemy employees pick up trash while people gather belongings in the Tenderloin neighborhood. | Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesEveryone knows that San Francisco is the nation's largest public toilet - requiring the city to employ six-figure 'poop patrol'…

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