Republican senator joined Capitol Police as they violently ejected an anti-war protester and U.S. Marine veteran from an Armed Services subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, appearing to break his arm as the group tried to wrestle him out of the chamber.

WHO, together with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), congratulates Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas – and the second globally – to be officially verified as having eliminated leprosy disease.

It might not be for you and me, but it justifies its existence pretty well

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this,” one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss classified matters, told The Intercept.

There appears to be no clear objective, beyond perhaps maximizing death and destruction.

Former employees of Israel’s national public diplomacy directorate, which oversees Israeli propaganda, are demanding millions of shekels for unpaid work carried out since October 2023, according to Israeli daily Calcalist.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke from Tehran in an exclusive interview with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas.

Guess people who need their medicine can go fudge themselves?! /s

Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind a redistricting effort in Virginia that aims to flip four Republican-held US House seats ahead of November’s midterm elections.

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I have been reading about the Iraq invasion and this story was particularly horrific. I created the post with the NSFW flag, but I removed the flag to comply with the community rules. There are no graphic images, but the text is difficult to read.

This is not merely an implausible account of how great powers decide to wage war. It is a way for the U.S. government to evade responsibility by outsourcing it to Israel, and, in so doing, potentially endanger Jews worldwide. Rubio is validating an insidious storyline that isolationist populists have been constructing: that Israel, and those people in the U.S. connected to it — read, Jews — distort American priorities.

I’m reading this on my lunch breaks:

Brookings: make the data centres pay to build the power plants

VOY s7e24 “Renaissance Man”

https://ghost.bandcamp.com/album/seven-inches-of-satanic-panic

Ukraine’s F-16 fighter jets didn’t have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than 3 weeks after supplies from Kyiv’s partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a massive winter air campaign, three sources said.

Noem decided the contracts instead of allowing a competitive bidding process for the jobs, according to three administration officials and internal communications reviewed by NBC News

The Israeli military has ordered the entire population of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate, as it continued to bomb Lebanon and Iran, while Tehran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel and US bases across the region.

Inspired by an interaction I had in the comments of the bread community recently.

Research.

Source (Bluesky)

Support for violence to resist feminism was highest among adolescent boys (28%), followed closely by adolescent girls (21%).

“A Texas Democratic congressmember warns there are at least 14 active measles cases at Camp East Montana, a hastily constructed tent camp in El Paso where more than 3,000 immigrants are imprisoned. Another 112 people are being isolated. The ICE jail has recently had outbreaks of COVID-19 and tuberculosis and is rife with reports of inadequate medical care. Democratic U.S. Congressmember Veronica Escobar warns the outbreaks threaten the greater El Paso community, yet she has never seen guards wearing masks to prevent the spread of highly infectious diseases. “

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel

If you’ve watched or listened to the Retro Handhelds podcast over the past year or so, every once in a while, you’ll hear me or Rob talk about how we wish Xbox emulation on Android were possible. As of just a few moments ago, our wishes have come true as X1 Box is officially available on the Google Play Store.

Slay the Spire 2 has topped 177k concurrent players on Steam, and is steadily rising, setting a new record for a roguelike on the platform just weeks after Mewgenics smashed the previous record.

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Here are their scatterings.

This decision means abandoning the initial plan to integrate American Mk48 torpedoes, which are currently in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy on Walrus-class submarines, according to Naval News.

Support for the war is strong in this country. A poll released by the Israel Democracy Institute on Wednesday suggested that 93% of the Jewish public were in favour of it, compared with 26% among Israeli Arabs.

First time using TPE. Overhangs are pretty rough on a MK3. The rubberiness of TPE is more like a vulcanized natural rubber used on surfaces like conveyor belts. It is similar to bike hoods. That first textured print is still too rough and rigid for a thing like bar tape.

It’s worth about thirty six real dollars so I bought a couple pizzas with it.

In an interview broadcast on Asharq News on 3 March, Adhwan al-Ahmari, the editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia and the president of the Saudi Journalists Association, said that “not all attacks” targeting Persian Gulf nations come from Iran, and stressed fears that the US–Israeli alliance wants to “trap” Gulf nations into joining the war.

Nearly 3,000 families faced eviction in court in January, a record high for the state. Roughly one-third of whom are Multnomah County residents