The NBA Players Association, in a brief statement, also extended its “deepest condolences” to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
AI:The NBPA issued a statement expressing deep condolences to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good following recent unrest in Minnesota, while emphasizing the importance of defending freedom of speech.Open
Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.
AI:Falling rice prices, alongside a general trend of crop values dropping below production costs, are creating significant economic hardship for farmers in the Mississippi Delta.Open
Fashion has begun exaggerating, or distorting, the female form like never before. What exactly is going on?
AI:Fashion trends have shifted toward extreme exaggeration and distortion of the female body shape.Open
Max Blumenthal joins Matt Gaetz to chart how Trump’s obvious cognitive decline intersects with a foreign-policy apparatus marching toward a disastrous war on Iran.
He dissects Treasury-engineered currency collapse and IMF-style “reform” as weapons against Iran’s middle class, links sanctions to orchestrated street violence and Mossad/MI6 hybrid war tactics, and shows how neocon officials openly fantasize about decapitation strikes and regime change that even they admit bombing can’t deliver. Along the way, Max skewers Trump’s Davos performance, NATO’s hypocrisy, and a U.S. political class using economic siege, proxy terror and carrier groups to do what Congress and the public would never openly authorize.Open
AI:In an interview with Matt Gaetz, Max Blumenthal discusses Donald Trump's cognitive state and its implications for foreign policy, specifically regarding potential conflict with Iran. Blumenthal argues that U.S. economic sanctions and "hybrid war" tactics are being used to destabilize Iran, while neoconservative officials increasingly advocate for regime change through military strikes.Open
AI:Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have faced criticism for remarks regarding ICE and a recent Border Patrol shooting, which opponents argue undermine support for law enforcement.Open
'Credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake'
AI:A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to preserve evidence related to a shooting involving Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, noting that the credibility of ICE and DHS is at stake.Open
'emperor has no clothes situation'
AI:Analysts suggest that many Americans view the rapid proliferation of Big Tech as a threat to human flourishing. Some experts have characterized the current state of the industry as an "emperor has no clothes" situation.Open
Trump called on Congress to pass legislation to end sanctuary cities, which he described as "the root cause of all of these problems."
AI:Donald Trump has called on Congress to pass legislation to end "sanctuary cities," identifying them as a primary cause of various issues and urging them to partner with ICE to locate criminal illegal aliens.Open
Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.
AI:Columbia University has selected Jennifer Mnookin, the current chancellor of the University of Wisconsin system, to serve as its new president.Open
Within hours of a Border Patrol agent's killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, Minnesota officials launched a series of extraordinary legal maneuvers to stake local authorities' claim to investigate the shooting. Why it matters: The moves are meant to counter what state officials and legal experts framed as unprecedented obstruction by federal authorities surrounding a shooting investigation that — under most circumstances — would involve state and local authorities. "This is uncharted territory," Attorney General Keith Ellison told reporters Sunday . "We've never had to do anything like this before." - "Closing the crime scene, sweeping away the evidence, defying a court order and not allowing anyone to look at it … This is an…
AI:Minnesota officials have launched legal actions to secure access to evidence and investigate a recent shooting involving a Border Patrol agent, Alex Pretti. State leaders, including Attorney General Keith Ellison and Governor Tim Walz, accused federal authorities of obstructing the investigation by physically blocking state investigators from the scene and defying court orders. A U.S. District Court judge has issued a temporary order barring the FBI and Department of Homeland Security from gathering evidence related to the shooting pending a hearing on Monday.Open