Headlines for April 12, 2024
Gazan Children Play Among Ruins as Israeli Bombs Rain Down on Eid, Samantha Power, Top USAID Official, Admits Northern Gaza Is Experiencing Famine, U.S. Sends Top General to Israel Amid Reports of Iranian Retaliation for Israel’s Damascus Attack, Morocco Sentences Activist to 5 Years for Criticizing Normalization Deal with Israel,Continue Reading
Elon Musk Continues to Oppose a Democratized Internet
Elon Musk, the right-wing anti-union billionaire owner of Twitter (recently rebranded as X), has cast his defiance of a Brazilian judicial ruling as a free speech crusade against censorship. Such framing is, of course, bullshit. It is instead a political campaign by a capitalist to use social media to reshape global politics inContinue Reading
The Truth Behind Pfizer’s Paxlovid™
Editor’s note: The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Here are some things we know about Pfizer’s brand-name antiviral elixir Paxlovid: It makes everything taste terrible. “Paxlovid mouth” is discussed from Reddit feeds to scholarly journals. (“Dysgeusia” is the fancy medical term for this persistent foulContinue Reading
Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It’s already illegal
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as former President Americas Worst Traitor listens during a news conference Friday at The Traitor’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks as former President Americas Worst Traitor listens during aContinue Reading
‘Disastrous’: Israel-Iran tensions test limits of US policy amid Gaza war
Biden’s ‘ironclad’ backing of Israel is coming into conflict with stated US goal of averting regional war, analysts say., Washington, DC – United States President Joe Biden had a brief but stern warning for Iran as it promised to retaliate against Israel for a deadly air raid on its consulateContinue Reading
Chile calls for the extradition of Venezuelans after dissident’s murder
Chilean Interior Minister Carolina Toha said all ‘eyes’ are on Venezuela to act in the pursuit of justice., Chilean Interior Minister Carolina Toha said all ‘eyes’ are on Venezuela to act in the pursuit of justice. Chile has announced plans to seek the extradition of two Venezuelans it considers suspectsContinue Reading
Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer
Miami-Dade County had proposed rules that would give workers breaks, water, and shade when it’s too hot. But a new state law prevents cities and counties from doing that. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna)Continue Reading
The Traitor calls Marjorie Taylor Greene’s push to oust Mike Johnson “unfortunate”
“He’s doing about as good as you’re going to do,” The Traitor said of Johnson during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago Published April 12, 2024 6:57PM (EDT) Republican presidential candidate former President Americas Worst Traitor and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) hold a press conference at Mr. TheContinue Reading
Congress should pass digital privacy bill crafted by WA leaders
No federal law regulates what companies can collect from customers, and how they use it. Washington lawmakers are leading an effort to change that.Continue Reading
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors and 2 anti-abortion bills
The governor of Kansas has vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she says is a vague bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion, Read MoreContinue Reading
New York county loses bid to prevent state legal challenge of its ban on female transgender athletes
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women’s and girls’ teams, Read MoreContinue Reading
Roku security breach: Over half a million user accounts impacted
In a shocking revelation from Roku, more than 591,000 user accounts have been compromised through credential stuffing attacks, leveraging login details stolen from other platforms. This startling security breach, first detected earlier this year, marks a significant threat as malicious actors accessed 15,000 accounts initially and a staggering 576,000 moreContinue Reading
Eleanor Coppola, wife of Francis Ford Coppola and the matriarch of a family of filmmakers, dies at 87
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading