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[ad_1] Harrison Berger speaks to Max Blumenthal, the founder and editor of The Grayzone, about his outlet’s groundbreaking reporting on the Iran War and Israeli occupation of Lebanon. Blumenthal reveals the forces and influences that pushed President Donald Trump to start the conflict, now in its fourth month, and explains why he believes Trump is trapped in a war he cannot win — but cannot leave either due to Israeli pressure. Recorded on May 28, 2026. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] From Auto Junction Inc v. Kaluzhin, 2024 WL 7050639, decided Oct. 8, 2024 by Arizona Superior Court (Maricopa County) Judge Melissa Iyer Julian, but just posted on Westlaw several days ago—I’m skeptical about the aiding and abetting analysis, but wanted to flag the case in any event: In this case, the only alleged defamatory statements Defendant made were included in his YouTube video where he stated that Auto Junction “don’t give me my money,” “they don’t give me my bucks.” As Defendant’s reply brief points out, these statements are not defamatory because they are not substantially false. Indeed, Plaintiff’s…

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[ad_1] A new executive order claims it is not creating an AI licensing regime. Jeffrey Wernick argues that’s precisely what makes it so dangerous. Jeffrey Wernick The most effective systems of control rarely arrive wearing jackboots. They arrive wrapped in reassuring language about innovation, security, and public safety. In a blistering critique of the Trump administration’s new artificial intelligence executive order, economist and commentator Jeffrey Wernick argues that Washington is quietly constructing something far more consequential than a technology policy: a framework for government-managed access to the most powerful AI systems ever created. Not through outright bans or formal…

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[ad_1] A teen prescribed 14 psychiatric drugs by age 18 describes a prescription cascade that worsened her condition. Federal officials are now launching a plan to curb overprescribing, especially in children. Medicaid data shows children on ADHD drugs are far more likely to be prescribed additional psychiatric medications. Critics argue pills cannot teach emotional regulation or replace behavioral therapy. Former patients report no medical road map for safely discontinuing psychiatric medications. The psychiatric medication machine is churning faster than ever, and a growing chorus of voices from former patients to federal health officials is asking whether the cure has become…

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[ad_1] Dan DiMaggio Labor Notes Since electing new leadership in 2022, Teamsters Local 135 in Indiana has completely changed the way it conducts negotiations. It’s using open bargaining to revitalize the local. Under the previous leadership, a small bargaining team negotiated behind closed doors. Gag orders ensured that members would know nothing about negotiations until an agreement was presented for a vote. “It would be the business agent and a couple of stewards,” says business agent Robert Doolin, who started out in 1998 at a warehouse that supplies Kroger. “I always hated this. The company would always try to…

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[ad_1] Photograph Source: Sterling Dee – Public Domain A couple of weeks ago I came across an image — NASA, James Webb Space Telescope — showing a small quadrant of black sky packed with what looked like a milky scatter of light. The caption said each one of those smears was a galaxy. Not a star. A galaxy. The patch of sky captured is roughly the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length — and it contains thousands of galaxies, some seen as they existed when the universe was less than a billion years old. I sat…

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