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Great news!!!!! The ban on transporting horses to slaughter passed a House Committee last night and will be voted on in a bigger House bill in the near future. Today is a monumental day, not just for Thoroughbreds, but for all horses. There is still a lot of work to do to get this across the finish line, but this was a massive and very important first step. Thank you to Chris Heyde and Pat Cummings of the National Thoroughbred Alliance for their relentless persistence and hard work. If we really want change, we CAN make change happen. If we are willing to put in the effort, we CAN GET THINGS DONE. We got involved earlier this year when it became crystal clear that, after decades, key industry entities were not producing results. Today is a great day for Thoroughbreds and all horses, but it also saddens me to think about how many horses could have been saved from a cruel ending if the so-called leaders of our sport had acted with more urgency years ago. This is what happens when people stop talking and start doing. ❤️🙏 🐎

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Customers showed up for dinner to find "closed" signs taped to the glass doors. 🔗: phoenixnewtimes.com/food-drink/pop…

The trilogy event Hollywood’s been waiting for. Conan O’Brien returns to host the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 14, 2027.

Awkward moment kicks off KTLA interview with Xavier Becerra. @CaliforniaICP Full report: ktla.com/news/californi…

LA mayoral debate in tatters as Nithya Raman joins Karen Bass in suddenly pulling out at last minute trib.al/vplTFbw

☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has withdrawn from a televised L.A. mayoral candidate forum scheduled for May 13, according to a statement released Friday by the League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles and the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs. ktla.com/news/local-new…

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt kicked off the city's mayoral debate in a heated exchange on Wednesday after Pratt called Bass "an incredible liar," and claimed she misguided Angelenos about the facts of the Palisades Fire when it broke out last year. CBS News' @JonVigliotti, who has been closely reporting on and investigating the blaze for over a year, fact checked two key moments from the debate.

USDA TIGHTENS SNAP RULES: The USDA says new rules will put real food first, closing loopholes that allowed junk food to qualify. ktla.com/news/consumer-…

Ted Turner, the billionaire media entrepreneur and philanthropist who launched the 24-hour cable TV news revolution when he founded CNN in 1980, has died. He was 87. cnn.it/4d7tcQ2

More than 30 missing and endangered kids located by U.S. Marshals in Phoenix operation abc15.com/news/local-new…

Baby GT with mama Carrumba!

Brothers Jose and Irad Ortiz share a moment after they finish 1-2 in the Kentucky Derby.❤️

Look at that Superfecta payout $94,500 for a $1 ticket !! #KentuckyDerby

Make no mistake: this is not a “one-time” tax on “billionaires.” Page 26 explicitly gives the legislature authority to expand it to anyone and make it ongoing. Eyes wide open CA, this is an EVERYONE savings and asset seizure tax. The ultra-wealthy have already left. The middle class will be left holding the bag.

Always a Runner wins the Longines Kentucky Oaks!

🚨#BREAKING: Newly released footage shows 31-year-old Cole Allen of California walking around The Washington Hilton in washington DC then soon opening fire on a U.S. Secret Service officer during an attempted attack targeting President Donald Trump and others at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, causing mass panic.

This confirms ~ 13-day onshore storage estimate: Iran is now using containers and "junk storage" (disused tanks in poor condition) in Ahvaz and Asaluyeh to avoid cutting production. And now rail. They're delay tactics measured in days, not weeks. 1. Why rail is a dead end: Iran's own senior rail transport expert Morteza Naserian told Mehr News there are only 2 rail corridors to China, never used for petroleum, with severely limited capacity and zero bulk crude infrastructure. 2. The floating storage "fix" is equally thin. Iran pulled NASHA (IMO 9079107), a 30-year-old retired VLCC, out of the breakers. NASHA buys ~48 hours. 3. Jask terminal storage tanks have reportedly already hit maximum capacity as of April 25. Some tankers are now anchored near Kharg acting as improvised overflow. a fleet the Islamic Republic can't replicate at scale. 4. The 2020 precedent that some point out to (85% storage utilization + 120 Mbbl afloat) was managed under very different conditions (I was watching it from the inside): it was sanctions without a naval blockade, and with active export channels still partially open. That escape valve is gone now, and Iran's tankers (including its ghost fleet) are already filled up with 166M barrels. 5. Bottom line: containers, junk tanks, retired VLCCs, and rail fantasies are not a storage strategy. They're the last moves of a system running out of room, exactly on the timeline that was estimated. Don't forget about the gasoline shortage clock. wsj.com/livecoverage/i…