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Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is a far-right conspiracy theorist and bigot whose politics include election denialism, more than a passing affection for QAnon and extreme anti-LGBTQ positions. That doesn’t put her too far outside the mainstream of her party. But her vocal opposition to GOP leadership and refusal toContinue Reading

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The following article was first reported and published by  The Lever , a reader-supported investigative news outlet that holds the powerful accountable. The company that chartered the cargo ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore was recently sanctioned by regulators for blocking its employees from directly reporting safetyContinue Reading

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Chinese state media’s A Fractured America series shows how AI is beginning to shape Beijing’s influence campaigns., Taipei, Taiwan – “​​The American Dream. They say it’s for all, but is it really?” So begins a 65-second, AI-generated animated video that touches on hot-button issues in the United States ranging fromContinue Reading

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Cheese (left) and Snapshot (right) in action Ubuntu 24.04 is switching its default webcam app from Cheese to Snapshot, a modern GTK4/libadwaita camera tool that’s part of the GNOME Core Apps set. Cheese has been part of Ubuntu’s default software lineup since 2010, having first been added in the UbuntuContinue Reading