“I’ve spoken with 60 air traffic controllers tonight about what Sean Duffy said at the White House today,” said one journalist. “None of them are buying what he said.”

Air traffic controllers are rejecting US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s explanation for Friday’s nationwide flight ground stop, raising questions about the Trump administration’s account of a communications failure that disrupted air travel across the United States, affecting an estimated 1.5 million travelers.

Washington Examiner homeland security reporter Anna Giaritelli told CNN’s Laura Coates during a Friday night interview that she’d spoken with 60 air traffic controllers about the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ground stop, which was just the third to ever occur.

“None of them are buying what he said,” Giaritelli said. “The controllers were saying, ‘We don’t buy that this is actually what’s happening, the reason that Sean Duffy is saying this has happened.’”

Hundreds of men led a demonstration in the Swiss capital on Saturday to denounce misogyny and a plague of violence against women, insisting men need to take a bigger and more vocal role in fighting both.

The “Men against Violence against Women” rally outside parliament follows high and persistent concerns that expressions of misogyny are too present online among teenage boys and young men — and that other men need to build a stronger counter-narrative.

It comes as some influencers on the fringe of the right-wing “manosphere” were emboldened after President Donald Trump’spresidential win in 2024 to justify and amplify misogynistic derision and threats online.

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US politicians keep promising to support Israel even while Israel commits genocide. Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens is a clear example. She received $15,872,030 from AIPAC and other pro-Israel PACs, according to FEC filings tracked by Who Funds My Rep. This makes her the top recipient of pro-Israel money in Congress.

After losing the Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in August, Stevens did not support her own party. She endorsed Republican Mike Rogers instead. She said it was worth voting a split ticket. This happened because El-Sayed is critical of Israel. Her pro-Israel politics were in tension with her party after she lost.

Stevens once said: "Israel comes to me in my dreams! I see Israel's future!" She is not Jewish. She has been a staunch supporter of Israel in Congress.

The US is already struggling internally. It should focus on itself and stop sending money and resources to Israel. Politicians who support Israel so much can go be politicians in Israel.

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Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of more than 30 towns and cities in Portugal to protest against surging rental prices, demanding urgent government action to address the country’s worsening housing crisis.

Organised by the Casa Para Viver (A Home to Live In) platform, demonstrations on Saturday took place under the slogan “They will not steal our right to a home,” with protests in Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Portimao, Coimbra, Braga and other locations. It was the biggest national demonstration since the social movement began weeks ago.

Participants, ranging from teenagers to retired people, walked behind large banners, with the Lisbon march punctuated by drums, music, and chanting. Protesters called for caps to be placed on rent increases, greater legal protection for tenants against eviction, and more affordable housing. They also demanded the reversal of proposed changes to rental legislation.

One woman on a protest march in Lisbon told Al Jazeera that she was a business owner, “and I can’t afford a house.” “I can’t say much more than this. I’m forty-years-old, I can’t go to a bank and just buy a house with my money,” she added.

More than 100,000 people have taken to the streets in France in another round of cost-of-living rallies organised by the “Yellow Vests” and various youth movements.

Saturday’s protests saw a decline in turnout compared with previous weekends and stayed largely calm, authorities said.

The Ministry of the Interior reported that 106,000 people took part in protests nationwide, including 24,000 in Paris – down from 146,000 people nationwide and 46,000 in Paris last week. Student unions place Saturday’s protest numbers higher, at 200,000 people, including almost 100,000 in the capital.

The country has been gripped by high-school blockades, mass demonstrations, and strikes for more than a month, with protesters rallying against falling educational standards, cost-of-living increases, low wages, and police violence.

Gym used to be my life, gamers. There was a time in my life I'd go to the gym like 2 times a day! Swimming, lifting, running, all that good stuff.

But with a mix of work on my business trip being wild and taking PTO where I drank and ate junk food every day, I feel off.

So I decided to just fucking do it and went to the gym. I went in my Helluva Boss Loona hoodie to let everyone know I'm a loser.

First thing I did was pull ups and by that I mean pull up. In my prime, when I was like 22, I could do 20. Now I did one and I was fighting for me life to do one pull up. BUT I DID IT! I was even able to kind of do a second one but I stopped because I began to see stars and my neck felt like it was going to explode.

Next I moved onto benchpress. I got me a spotter and did one rep of 225lb or 100kg if you're not using the imperial system. After that I decided to maybe not ego lift and went onto DB press. I tried did one set of 65lb/30kg at 7 reps and then moved down to 55lb and managed 8 reps before I was gassed. I felt weak as shit doing all that and had to take a break.

As I walked around, this like fat kid, I have no idea how old he was though gym rules is if you're at least 14 you can come unsupervised, said he was sad because he wasn't able to curl 25lb/11kg dumbbells like he used to be able to as he hadn't lifted in like 6 months but his whole thing was being the "big and strong kid" as his school and now he is just big. He asked me if he could get strong again.

I told him I was in mostly the same position as I was on break and did nothing but eat pizza every day. I told him we just do it. We gotta center the gym into everything. Work the rest of your life around the gym, you WILL go at least 5 times a week. Make lifting everything. He said hell yeah, we fist bumped, and I spotted something funny at this gym.

Fat bar dumbbells. This is when I decided to try to see if my grip strength was good. Well this turned out to be a terrible idea as one set of curling 30lb/13kg, I found up seriously hurting my left hand. I sometimes tend to forget I have nerve damage in my left arm and this caused serious pain in my hand. I got 6 reps outta both arms though.

Swallowing my pride, I then just moved down to the unthicc dumbbells and finished 2 more sets. For triceps, I used resistance bands. Nothing special there, I did 3 reps of 12. Pretty good time but now my biceps are sore.

And to finish it off, I did the thing that tends to shame every fat gymbro chud like me. I decided to train abs. This because my shoulders were killing me and I didn't feel like hurting myself. So I moved over to the area that women with there kids do yoga and did some of the stuff I learned in the 7 times I've been to physical therapy.

I did a kettlebell plank pull through and only managed 6 reps before I was sweating hard. To keep it varied, I then did a 60 second forearm plank which had me shivering and shaking and feeling a touch nauseas, and then I left the room to go back to the bands and the bro at the front desk called me over laughing. He said one of the moms in there who left the room complained I went into that room with her.

She was with her kid and complained about "a man" invading the space women usually use. He told me he found it funny and I did too so I hope you find it funny that I share it with you. Anyways, I went over to the resistance band and did a Pallof Press Plank. You get a band stretch it out in front of you, and hold it. Great for obliques but my god was it hard.

To end it, I did resistance band sledgehammer swings which my old physical therapist learned from AthleanX and called it a day.

Was a touch demoralized till my GF texted me and I told her I was back at the gym. Sent her a pic post workout and she said I was good looking even if I am a fat chud and that made me happy.

Anyways, any of y'all use the gym? How's it been for ya?