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the Guardian
Eric Adams drops out of New York City mayoral race
New York City mayor abandons faltering bid to win re-election in social media video set to strains of song My Way
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Andrew Cuomo - Wikipedia
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2025: January - April Political Notes
 Eric Adams has dropped out of the New York City mayoral race. If Sliwa also drops out, this could give Andrew Cuomo (a plutocratist expelled for
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Straight Arrow News
AI safety tool flags student activity, spurs debate on privacy and accuracy
School districts are using AI safety tools to watch students’ school devices for unsafe behavior. Students question their privacy.
 An "AI" tool that supposedly detects sins that students discussing dangerous topics in their high school chat systems is reporting annoying false positives and violating students' privacy. It may be a type of system that generally qualifies as artificial intelligence, since it seems to learn patterns to recognize, rather than an LLM. But it doesn't really understand the meaning of text in
the Guardian
Ex-Trump lawyer says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’
Ty Cobb, who managed Trump’s Mueller investigation response, said president is trying to ‘rewrite history’
 *[A former lawyer for the president] says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’.*
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the Guardian
Intelligence agencies should report on foreign interests in ‘activist groups’, Australian coal lobby group argues
Coal Australia also wants government to broaden restrictions on foreign donations to stop money flowing to environmental groups
 *Intelligence agencies should report on foreign interests in [environmentalist] "activist groups", Australian coal lobby group argues.* The truly dangerous international conspiracy, which threatens Australia along with the rest of he world, is that of the planet roasters. That same coal lobby group is part of it. Here it
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the Guardian
Ice puts more than 10,000 people in solitary in a year – and figures are rising under Trump
Study shines light on growing numbers of vulnerable people being placed in solitary confinement in migrant jails
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2011: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
2015: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
 The US deportation thugs put lots of prisoners in solitary confinement. The average time span of solitary confinement is 38 days. Solitary Confinement is inhumane, a form of brainwashing. It
the Guardian
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
 Scientists warn that ocean acidification is starting to have real effects. If it goes far enough, it can cause a massive extinction, including corals (and the thousands of species that depend on corals), most mollusks, crustaceans, and more.
the Guardian
VA doctors warn cuts, privatization threaten veterans’ healthcare
Roughy 170 physicians and other medical workers claim Trump administration has weakened veterans’ health system. Trump officials deny their polic...
2025: March - June Political Notes
 *VA doctors warn cuts, privatization threaten veterans’ [medical treatment].* Different cuts threaten medical treatment for millions of other Americans.
the Guardian
I was elected mayor of Istanbul, but I write this from jail: Turkish democracy is under grave threat | Ekrem Imamoğlu
If our nation slides deeper into autocracy, the consequences will reverberate far beyond Turkey’s borders, says Istanbul’s suspended mayor Ekre...
 Opposition leader Ekrem Imamoğlu pleads for help for Turkish democracy.
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Warning to you and your loved ones
None of us is safe when Trump acts as judge and jury.
 The bully is trying to establish the principle that he can order the imprisonment or killing of anyone anywhere, with no need for any sort of approval or trial.
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Military.com
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leade...
the Guardian
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
 The corrupter in chief arranged an audience of soldiers selected for supporting him politically, for a talk about his politics. In fact, some soldiers are unhappy with his betrayal of what they