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Uhhhhhhhhhhh.... yikes RFK Jr.’s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations | CNN Politics WWW.CNN.COM Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential vice-presidential prospects is New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who in private conversations shared deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting not being real.

Well, apparently the bill gives ByteDance 180 days to sell before the ban goes into effect, so that puts it in, what, September? That seems like very bad timing for the election!

Does the Biden admin think that because the vote was bipartisan that Gen Z is not gonna hold it against Biden? Because I definitely wouldn't count on that.

I hope Rodgers accepts and then retires from football to focus on campaigning full time, setting a new standard for New York Jets humiliation.

Hell yeah, happy for you

Tesla starts shipping $3,000 Cybertruck tent, looks nothing like what was unveiled | Electrek ELECTREK.CO Tesla has started shipping its ‘Basecamp’, a $3,000 tent designed for the back of the Cybertruck. It’s a bit of... Welp...

Hochul says subway crime ‘not statistically significant, but psychologically significant’ WWW.ROUTE-FIFTY.COM The New York governor's supporters say the specter of National Guard troops checking bags will make New Yorkers feel safer, but activists say it’s just a militarized version of stop-and-frisk. Wild to basically just say in plain terms "we're doing this to feed a moral panic."

Wasn't that much of a Dragonball guy, but just for the Chrono Trigger character designs on their own he's an absolute legend

The Public Is Rapidly Turning Against AI, Polling Shows FUTURISM.COM AI isn't nearly as popular as some would have you believe — and it seems that public opinion is shifting against it. ruh roh

At least 20 Gazans have died due to malnutrition since the beginning of war, says health ministry in strip WWW.CNN.COM At least 20 people have died due to malnutrition and dehydration since the war began in Gaza, including a 15-year-old boy who was declared dead at the Al-Shifa medical complex on Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said. Children die of hunger and mothers are unable to breastfeed newborns in Gaza WWW.CNN.COM Anwar Abdul Nabi perches on the edge of a bed at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. Her eyes are sunken with grief. Things were plenty grim already, but it seems like there's a shift happening from "general warnings about food insecurity" to "actual deaths directly attributable to starvation" happening

A huge fuckin' weirdo won the primary for Governor in North Carolina Robinson will win NC GOP gubernatorial nomination, CNN projects | CNN Politics WWW.CNN.COM North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will win the Republican nomination for governor, CNN projects, setting up a general election campaign in the Tar Heel State that could mirror the anticipated presidential matchup in a crucial 2024 battleground.

Vermont is currently only 49-47%. Maybe Haley can win a state? Not sure if the vote that's left is good or bad for her.

It's wild seeing the "no CRT" sign behind DeSantis in that picture, because you basically never hear about CRT anymore. DEI is the current acronym they're flipping out about. It shows you how quickly these waves of moral panics move.

If you just read a bunch of stuff about climate tech, it seems like there really is a lot of good progress being made a lot of fronts and you can kind of trick yourself into being a little optimistic for a while. But then you read stuff like this, and there's just so, so, so much damage already completely baked in, even if there was the political will and ability to roll about a bunch of fancy new tech on a worldwide scale as fast as possible.

Just to state the obvious here, if "abandoning your founding mission in pursuit of profit" is grounds for a lawsuit, Tesla should be sued many times over.

Warner Bros. Discovery shares drop 10% as company misses estimates, warns of 2024 cash flow headwinds WWW.CNBC.COM Warner Bros. Discovery boosted free cash flow but the company fell short of analyst estimates for revenue and profit. This asshole can't even tax writeoff his way to a profit

I imagine this is just to try and delay past the election and it'll be like a 7-2 ruling against Trump when they get around to it (still real bad in and of itself!), but just the entire concept of the highest court in the country hearing a case that amounts to "Can the president do crimes with impunity?" feels like some real foundational shit is starting to become unmoored.

Trump offers $100m bond instead of full $454m as he appeals New York case | Donald Trump | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Lawyers say judgment banning ex-president from obtaining loans from New York banks makes it impossible to cover full amount This dude is BROKE broke

Were there any estimates of what Uncommitted was expected to get? 1 in 6 people seems pretty good for a protest vote, I dunno.

reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM This is in service of letting Texas block legal protections for pregnant women. I imagine this will get overturned higher up, but judges like this are going to be such a headache for years.

Even though the effects are confined to one state right now, I think it's almost on the same level as Dobbs as to how big of an impact politically it is. Supposedly like half of the House caucus are cosponsors on a "fetal personhood" bill that would have the same effect as this ruling Nationwide, but now you have Trump coming out pro-IVF. So you have a huge schism there. And then also it seems like this is a story the media is willing to stick with for a while and make a big deal out of, so it's bumping some of the "Biden is old and sleepy" stuff off of front pages. And then you have the true fuckin' weirdos like Chris Rufo using this as an opportunity to say that they want to go further and ban birth control.

Days after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children, a second clinic pauses IVF treatment | CNN WWW.CNN.COM The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system is pausing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment following an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos are children, the health system said in a statement to CNN.