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Tricia McLaughlin is trying to make the transition from professional liar for Trump to cable news talking head. Here she is on CNN just now.

China has blocked Meta's $2 billion purchase of AI firm Manus.

The Nakba was not a moment. It was the systematic destruction of a society. Between 1947–1949: • 400–600 Palestinian towns and villages were depopulated • ~750,000 Palestinians expelled • Hundreds of localities were destroyed, repopulated, and renamed This is documented by historians, including Walid Khalidi, Benny Morris, and others. 🧵 Thread :

Hasan Piker says the designated terrorist organization Hamas is 1,000 times better than Israel. His statement outraged many — who now just want to write him off. That's a mistake. He has a massive audience and is emerging as one of the major voices of his generation. Those of us who disagree owe him — and his audience — a real argument. Here's mine … And my position doesn’t come from ignorance about oppression. For a big chunk of my life, I was a grassroots activist — because of the pain of my own people. During those years, I was lucky enough to learn from elders who had been in the Black Panther Party, in SNCC, in the ANC. These were people who had to choose whether to pick up the gun — and how to use it if they did. They taught me this: even in armed struggle, there are principles. No women. No children. No rapes. No kidnapping. Mandela held that line. Amílcar Cabral held that line. You don't become what you're fighting. Hamas fails that test. They are not fighting for MORE freedom for Palestinians. They're fighting for less. They want theocracy, not democracy. And their means? They don’t use principled armed struggle (hitting military targets). They use terrorism (targeting civilians). The vast majority of Americans — including those who sympathize with the Palestinian cause — reject terror tactics. Reasonable people would agree on three principles: secure homelands for both peoples; no hatred for Jews or Muslims; and protection for all civilians. Hamas’ approach undermines all three. That's the conversation Piker's audience deserves. Not name-calling.

Senator Lindsey Graham says he’s introducing legislation to spend $400 million on Trump’s White House ballroom: “The sooner we get the ballroom built, the better it is for the country”

Meghan Trainor has released the Music Video for Shimmer

🚨 Minnesota House passes bill banning use of AI to generate nude images of children. One Republican voted no.

Here’s Tim Walz posing with his friend Somali illegal Abdul Dahir Ibrahim who was convicted in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme