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On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said that the Louisiana district the Supreme Court objected to “may be” drawn in a ridiculous way to put together populations, but arguing that this violates the 14th and 15th Amendments is taking “Civil War amendments and use them against African Americans.” Cohen said, “The district of Louisiana that caused Alito so much trouble, he called it — or Roberts might have said it was like a snake to put all together the populations. Well, that may be the case, and he said that violated the 14th or 15th…
Russia says it can no longer deliver Kazakh oil directly to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline Residents of the eastern German city of Schwedt have told the Ruptly video agency they fear being thrown back “to the 19th century” if oil supplies to the local refinery are disrupted. Their comments come after Russia announced it can no longer deliver oil from Kazakhstan directly to Germany via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline.The PCK refinery in Schwedt supplies around 90% of the fuel to Berlin, as well as to the state of Brandenburg. The plant previously relied on Russian oil via Druzhba but…
(AFP) Actors created with artificial intelligence will not be eligible for an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday as it launched a crackdown on the use of AI. New rules include a requirement that only real, live human performers — not their AI avatars — are eligible for the film world’s biggest prizes, and screenplays must have been penned by a person, rather than a chatbot. “In the Acting category, only roles credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent will be considered eligible,” the Academy said. “In the…
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s prime minister warned Saturday that tougher action was needed against people chanting certain phrases at pro-Palestinian protests, as concerns grew over the safety of British Jews after the stabbings of two Jewish men in London. Keir Starmer said he would always defend the right to protest, but said there may be instances where some marches protesting the war in Gaza should be banned. He suggested that repeated pro-Palestinian marches have had a “cumulative effect” linked to the rise in antisemitic incidents in the U.K. “When you see, when you hear some of those chants – ‘globalize…
Consumers slammed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol as “out of touch” this week after he suggested patrons didn’t mind paying $9 for a cup of coffee because they were getting a “premium experience.” Coffee drinkers made their feelings quite clear on social media when Niccol appeared on the Wall Street Journal’s What News podcast to discuss how the world’s largest coffee chain is navigating the current economic challenges. The result as the video hit social media? “Yeah. I gotta stop going to Starbucks,” wrote PoliticsGirl to her more than half a million followers. “How out of touch could a person possibly…
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) argued that “We’re looking at a time that parallels exactly what happened at the end of Reconstruction,” because the Supreme Court engaged in a “complete destruction of the Voting Rights Act in the name of the 15th Amendment and the Constitution.” Raskin argued that any future confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche if he is picked to be the next attorney general should be about “the Callais decision and the Supreme Court’s complete destruction of the Voting Rights Act in the name of the 15th Amendment and the Constitution.…
The Mexican governor of Sinaloa, who made headlines this week after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a criminal indictment against him, has taken a temporary leave from his post pending the outcome of the scandal. Other public officials from Sinaloa, also named in the indictment, asked for leave. Late Friday night, Governor Ruben Rocha Moya announced he was stepping down from his post on a temporary basis. The move was immediately accepted by the Sinaloa Congress, making his leave official until further notice. “I hereby inform the people of Sinaloa that, today, I submitted to the State Congress a…
Seattle’s socialist mayor is apparently so focused on her leftist agenda that she does not care millionaires are fleeing Washington state due to pressure from taxes. During a recent event at Seattle University, Mayor Katie Wilson said, “I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are like super overblown, and the ones that leave, like, bye,” Fox News reported Friday. Attendees laughed and applauded her remarks, and she continued by stating her office was looking at “what our options are in terms of progressive taxation.” One social media user who criticized Wilson for her remarks wrote, “Love…
Authorities are waiting for a medical examiner to determine the cause of death of an Oklahoma state senate candidate whose body was found the day after he was reported missing when he failed to show up for a meeting. Barry Christian, 54, was vying to be the Republican candidate in Oklahoma Senate District 38 and had a campaign video that claimed to have an endorsement from musician Kid Rock. Thursday he was found dead in his pickup truck on the side of the road about 20 minutes away from his home. Christian was last seen on Tuesday and reported missing…
On May 2, 2014, 48 people were killed after Ukrainian nationalists set fire to the local trade unions building Kiev has no plans to punish the perpetrators of the Odessa massacre, with Moscow’s victory in the Ukraine conflict being the only way to assure justice for its dozens of victims, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said on the 12th anniversary of the tragedy.On May 2, 2014, clashes erupted in the Black Sea port city of Odessa between Ukrainian nationalists and the opponents of the violent Western-backed coup that had taken place in Kiev earlier that year.The unrest culminated…