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Trump cancels nearly $1bn in funding approved by Congress in c/politics@lemmy.world
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It's not fucking "rare and contested." It's just blatantly violating the Constitution. Congress has control of the budget, not the president. It's his job to execute on the law, not to pick and choose which laws to follow.

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    Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in c/technology@lemmy.world
    META: Banning Townflex in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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    META: Banning Townflex (lemmy.world)
    submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [M] to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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    Hey everyone, just a quick heads-up. This community has been getting flooded with content from a site called "Townflex" that looks like it just republishes stories from elsewhere. I'm provisionally banning the site, because it's difficult to assess their credibility, and the sheer flood of posts from it were beginning to look like site promotion - i.e., spam. Over the next few weeks, I'll work on a bot to automatically remove submissions from the site.

    If you've got a good reason for me to rethink this policy, please let me know below.

    FDP seems to be over in c/politics@lemmy.world
    Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule in c/softwaregore@lemmy.world
    Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats in c/technology@lemmy.world
    Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats in c/technology@lemmy.world
    TIL that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just published a report on what AI is doing to education in c/til@lemmy.world
    TIL that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just published a report on what AI is doing to education in c/til@lemmy.world
    TIL that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just published a report on what AI is doing to education in c/til@lemmy.world
    Is it true that UK is breaking? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
    Is it true that UK is breaking? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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    Reminder: In addition to not being The Onion, this isn't a politics community (lemmy.world)
     

    Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone's minds. It's certainly on mine.

    But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, "By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America's finest news source." A lot of stories being posted lately don't even remotely fit that.

    That doesn't mean political stories aren't allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it's a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don't fit.

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    Tennessee Republican proposes amendment to allow Trump to serve third term (thehill.com)
     

    Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow President Trump to serve a third term in the White House so that the country “can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs.”

    For the record, Trump is 78 years old. Assuming he survives and manages to stay in office, he would be 86 when we're finally rid of him.

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    Judge unseals heavily redacted trove of evidence in Trump's 2020 election interference case (apnews.com)
     

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial.

    The nearly 1,900 pages of documents collected by special counsel Jack Smith’s team were initially filed under seal to help U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan decide what allegations can proceed to trial following the Supreme Court opinion in July that conferred broad immunity on former presidents for official acts they take in office.

    That's gonna be some serious reading over the weekend.

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    Biden administration to accuse Russia of sustained effort to influence 2024 election (www.cnn.com)
     

    The Biden administration on Wednesday plans to accuse Russia of a sustained effort to influence the 2024 US elections by using Kremlin-run media and other online platforms to target US voters with disinformation, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

    It’s expected the US will make a series of moves on Wednesday aimed at addressing the Kremlin’s efforts including the White House publicly condemning the actions and the Justice Department announcing law enforcement action targeting the covert Russian campaign, the sources said.

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