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On Monday 404 Media filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding the agency publish its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware that can remotely break into mobile phones without the target even clicking a link.
How much do you want to bet they’ve utilized this and targeted people without getting the appropriate warrants? 404 continues to do the work of our lord and savior, Charlie Kirk /s
And I will say there are parts of the world that don’t take Tylenol. I mean, there’s a rumor, and I don’t know if it’s so or not, that Cuba, they don’t have Tylenol, because they don’t have the money to put Tylenol. And they have virtually no autism, okay? Tell me about that one. And there are other parts of the world where they don’t have Tylenol, where they don’t have autism. That tells you a lot.
When a satire website can publish a transcript of your speech—word for word—and it fits in with everything else, you know you’re doing something right.
The new law aims to boost public trust in law enforcement and stop people from impersonating officers to commit crimes, supporters said.
Great idea in theory, but has me worried about federal agents purposely disobeying. Not sure what would happen in that situation. And don’t get me wrong, that’s no reason to not do this. Just nervous, is all.
This weekend, Dan Frosch, Patrick Thomas, and Andrea Peterson of the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending its annual report on household food security. Those reports began in the 1990s to help state and local officials distribute food assistance. Last year’s report found that 18 million U.S. households experienced food insecurity during 2023. In a statement, the Department of Agriculture said: “These redundant, costly, politicized and extraneous studies do nothing more than fearmonger.”
Not sure there’s a better sign that this administration doesn’t care at all about people struggling than this. Cut the reporting, cut the assistance, and no one is the wiser—except, you know, the people going hungry. You can’t fix what you don’t measure, and this administration has no interest in doing either.
That Johnson eventually chose the Bears sent a clear signal: This is the job he wanted above all others, one that would allow him to prove himself against his old team and division rivals and establish himself as a top head coach in the league.
Anyone willingly choosing to coach the Bears is giving you a clear sign that something is not right between the ears… I lump myself in that category as someone who was excited for the season and expected things to improve from last year.
Tom Ley
Daddy's home!
Someone seriously needs to scoop him up and let him do this kind of stuff again once he's loose from CBS. Hopefully Paramount doesn't own all of the IP related to The Colbert Report...
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