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Democrat voter suppression

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The Democrat political consultant who was arrested for voter suppression goes on trial.
Every accusation from the left is an admission. Every single one.
Click on the link "he paid a New Orleans magician and self-described “digital nomad” $150 for the recording" for a discussion of the accused's political affiliation
His defense is that "the (DNC) primary doesn't matter" he's right, the DNC rigs their primaries
https://apnews.com/article/ai-robocalls-biden-kramer-new-hampshire-02de549e5d82bce4cd7622b8bef2d587
Consultant behind AI-generated robocalls mimicking Biden goes on trial in New Hampshire

A political consultant who sent voters artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year goes on trial Thursday in New Hampshire, where jurors may be asked to consider not just his guilt or innocence but whether the state actually held its first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

Steven Kramer, who faces decades in prison if convicted of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate, has admitted orchestrating a message sent to thousands of voters two days before the Jan. 23, 2024, primary. The message played an AI-generated voice similar to the Democratic president’s that used his phrase “What a bunch of malarkey” and suggested that voting in the primary would preclude voters from casting ballots in November.

“It’s important that you save your vote for the November election,” voters were told. “Your votes make a difference in November, not this Tuesday.”

Kramer, who owns a firm specializing in get-out-the-vote projects, has said he wasn’t trying to influence the outcome of the primary election but rather wanted to send a wake-up call about the potential dangers of AI when he paid a New Orleans magician and self-described “digital nomad” $150 to create the recording.
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FDA’s AI tool for medical devices struggles with simple tasks

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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fdas-ai-tool-medical-devices-struggles-simple-tasks-rcna210340

A new Food and Drug Administration AI tool that could speed up reviews and approvals of medical devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps is struggling with simple tasks, according to two people familiar with it.

The tool — which is still in beta testing — is buggy, doesn’t yet connect to the FDA’s internal systems and has issues when it comes to uploading documents or allowing users to submit questions, the people say. It’s also not currently connected to the internet and can’t access new content, such as recently publishedstudiesor anything behind a paywall.

The artificial intelligence, dubbed internally CDRH-GPT, is intended to help staffers at the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, a division responsible for ensuring the safety of devices implanted in the body as well as essential tools like X-rays and CT scanners.

The division was among those affected by the sweeping mass layoffs at the Department for Health and Human Services earlier this year. While many of the device reviewers were spared, the agency eliminated much of the backend support that enables them to issue approval decisions on time.
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Trump: Stop letting Republican terrorists hold America hostage!

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Trump calls for scrapping debt limit

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5332843-trump-calls-for-scrapping-debt-limit/

President Trump doubled down Wednesday on calls to scrap the nation’s debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to abolish it and finding common ground with Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).

“I am very pleased to announce that, after all of these years, I agree with Senator Elizabeth Warren on SOMETHING. The Debt Limit should be entirely scrapped to prevent an Economic catastrophe. It is too devastating to be put in the hands of political people that may want to use it despite the horrendous effect it could have on our Country and, indirectly, even the World. As to Senator Warren’s second statement on the $4 Trillion Dollars, I like that also, but it would have to be done over a period of time, as short as possible. Let’s get together, Republican and Democrat, and DO THIS!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He shared Warren’s post on the social platform X from Friday, when she agreed with Trump that the debt limit “should be scrapped” and called for a bipartisan bill to “get rid of it forever.”

Warren had posted Trump’s comments in which he noted the progressive senator has long supported abolishing the debt limit in the past. He said he “always agreed with her” on the matter, adding that he hasn’t spoken to her personally about it.

“She wanted to see it terminated, gotten rid of, not being voted on every five years or 10 years, and the reason was because it’s so catastrophic for our country,” Trump said at a Friday press conference, alongside Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Possible terrorism Boulder, CO, USA

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https://apnews.com/article/boulder-terror-attack-colorado-8af1b11734cbbe75c9945820a9b6684c
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Several people were injured and some may have been set on fire at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, police said. Police said a man was taken into custody in the attack that the FBI immediately described as a “targeted terror attack.”

Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters Sunday evening that it was too early to discuss a motive but that witnesses were being interviewed.

“It would be irresponsible for me to speculate on motive this early on,” he said.

The Boulder attack took place at a popular pedestrian mall known for attracting tourists and college students. On Sunday, demonstrators with a volunteer group called Run For Their Lives had gathered to call for the release of hostages who remain in Gaza. The group has multiple chapters across the world that regularly meet to walk to advocate for hostage releases.
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In a major win for human rights, the SCOTUS tells communist enemy nation mexico to "eat shit"

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https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-guns-mexico-737f69a7447647e13b49a2b1a7c72c57
Mexico's cartel picked communist president sued US gun makers for $10 billion. the SCOTUS dismissed the suit
>Congress passed the law two decades ago to halt a flurry of lawsuits against gunmakers that were similar to the case Mexico filed, Justice Elena Kagan wrote. Her opinion overturned a lower court order that let the suit go forward because the companies themselves were accused of violating the law.

>Kagan wrote that Mexico’s lawsuit made no plausible argument that the companies had knowingly helped gun trafficking into the country.
Thomas and Jackson both wrote concurring opinions.
Oddly enough Kagan's majority opinion said
>Mexico ... focuses on the manufacturers’ production of “military style” assault weapons, among which it includes AR–15 rifles, AK–47 rifles, and .50 caliber sniper rifles. But those products are both widely legal and bought by many ordinary consumers. (The AR–15 is the most popular rifle in the country. See T. Gross, How the AR–15 Became the Bestselling Rifle in the U. S., NPR (Apr. 20, 2023.)
Which makes declining to hear Snope v Brown weirder, but there are a bunch of AWB cases in the lower courts so the SCOTUS might just be waiting for a difference case like they waited a long ass time for Bruen.
NJ's AWB case had a democrat judge agree with Kagan during the last decision handed down. he said NJ couldn't ban ARs because they are in common use.
Logically there is no legitimate argument anyone can make for the banning of AR-15s based on the holdings of Miller (1938), Heller (2008) and Bruen (2021) as AR-15s, the most popular single model of guns sold in the US, are in common use for both militia proposes as well as general lawful use by citizens, as Kagan so eloquently pointed out in her brilliant majority opinion
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Supreme Court denies challenges to bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-denies-challenges-state-laws-banning-assault-style-weapo-rcna187702

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear two major gun cases challenging a Maryland law that bans assault-style weapons, including the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle that has been used in high-profile mass shootings, and a Rhode Island restriction on large-capacity magazines.

As a result, the two laws remain in effect. Litigation over similar bans across the country is ongoing, and the issue is likely to return to the justices.

Janet Carter, a lawyer at gun control group Everytown Law, welcomed the developments in both cases.

“Courts of appeals across the country have consistently and correctly upheld laws like these — with countless communities safer as a result,” she said in a statement.
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uh oh... it happened AGAIN. Boy wins a track meet against girls.

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https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/us-news/oregon-track-star-alexa-anderson-protest-against-transgender-athlete-official-told-her-to-move-away

Why do leftists keep pretending this isn't happening? And why do they care so much? This wasn't a problem until leftists made it a problem, what are leftists trying to distract us from?

Oregon track star who refused to share podium with trans athlete reveals alleged conversation with officials after protest

An Oregon high school track and field star who refused to share a podium with a transgender athlete during the girls’ high jump medal ceremony alleged officials told her to move away from the ceremony if she wasn’t going to participate.

Tigard High School’s Alexa Anderson went viral when she protested the conclusion of the Oregon State Athletic Association’s Girls High Jump finale at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on May 31.

Anderson and Sherwood High School’s Reese Eckard, who finished in third and fourth place, stood behind the ascending podium in the infield during the ceremony because they refused to stand next to Ida B. Wells High School transgender student Liaa Rose, who placed fifth.

Ukraine targets several Russian air bases in large-scale operation ‘Spiderweb’

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Everyone laugh at Russia!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/europe/ukraine-drones-russia-airbases-intl

Ukraine has carried out large-scale drone strikes against several air bases deep inside Russia, destroying multiple combat planes, according to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

The operation, dubbed “Spiderweb,” comes on the eve of expected peace talks in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine, and involved the most ambitious simultaneous strikes on Russian air bases carried out by Ukraine since the war began.

An SBU source said that Russian bombers were “burning en masse” at four air bases hundreds of miles apart, adding that drones had been launched from trucks inside Russia.

Ukraine planned the operation for more than a year and a half and used 117 drones to carry out the attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address on Sunday night.

“The planning, organization, and all the details were perfectly prepared. It can be confidently said that this was an absolutely unique operation,” Zelensky said.

The Trump administration was not given a heads-up about the operation, an administration official told CNN.

More than 40 aircraft were known to have been hit, according to the SBU source, including TU-95 and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers and one of Russia’s few remaining A-50 surveillance planes. According to the SBU, the operation caused an estimated $7 billion in damages and hit 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers at its main air bases.
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Man arrested in EU state for providing Russian TV access

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Sauce: https://www.rt.com/russia/618630-latvia-russian-tv-channels-arrest/

Latvian police have arrested a man accused of providing access to banned Russian television channels to more than 400 households across the country, according to local media reports.

The 42-year-old technician is reportedly suspected of setting up a system that bypassed content protection technologies, allowing viewers to watch banned Russian channels that supposedly spread propaganda.

The man allegedly created a scheme to share television signal access cards, enabling multiple households to use a single valid code, Jauns.lv reported on Tuesday. The arrest took place at the end of May following a State Police investigation. If convicted, the suspect could face up to three years in prison, community service, or a fine.

The European Commission barred several Russia-linked media outlets from operating in EU member states after the Ukraine conflict escalated in February 2022, accusing them of spreading propaganda. Sharing content from these outlets is also prohibited under EU law.

Latvia, a former Soviet republic, has ramped up efforts to limit Russian influence, aligning closely with neighbors Estonia and Lithuania. All three Baltic states, which are among Kiev’s strongest backers, have introduced broad restrictions on Russian nationals, including travel bans and mandatory language tests. In February, the Latvian parliament gave initial approval to a draft law that would prohibit citizens of Russia from acquiring real estate in the country.

Biden said ‘Russia should be destroyed’ – Brazil’s Lula

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Sauce: https://www.rt.com/news/618620-biden-destroy-russia-lula/

Moscow considers the Ukraine conflict a Western proxy war, a notion recently acknowledged by top US officials

Former US President Joe Biden wanted to see Russia “destroyed” during his time in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said in an interview with Le Monde.

The Brazilian leader, who has consistently pushed for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, objected to attempts to single out Moscow as the sole culprit behind the conflict, telling the French newspaper on Tuesday that “Western countries also bear part of the responsibility.”

“Joe Biden, with whom I spoke at length, thought Russia needed to be destroyed,” Lula said, without elaborating when the conversation took place. “And Europe, which for a long time embodied a middle way in the world, has now aligned itself with Washington and is spending billions on rearmament. That worries me. If all we talk about is war, there will never be peace.”
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