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"Don't let a fascist tell you what being woke means," she said.Rep. Cori Bush speaks to reporters as she arrives for a House Democrat caucus meeting with White House debt negotiators at the U.S. Capitol on May 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images On Tuesday, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Missouri) lifted the veil on Republicans' war on "woke," saying aloud what the GOP won't admit: that their use of the word as a pejorative is just a thin disguise for their contempt toward Black people.

The first round is over, and I'm not even going to brag about going six-for-eight in my predictions.You're not going to hear me tooting my own horn about getting every series right except for the historic Boston upset and the curse-ending Toronto win.If you're looking for gloating about me besting Ian and a quarter with my raw intellect, you'll have to look elsewhere.

Elon Musk further fueled concerns among Tesla investors by selling another $3.6 billion of his stock in the electric car company.Tesla stock was down 3% during a trading period before the market opened Thursday after Musk sold 22 million shares between Monday and Wednesday, according to Reuters.Investors have questioned whether Musk is dedicating too much of his attention to Twitter, which he purchased for $44 billion in October.

The Washington Capitals won their fourth game in a row with a thrilling roadie against the Winnipeg Jets.Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, but this was a good game.The grinders were tremendous in the first period, with Trevor van Riemsdyk cashing in off Nic Dowd's pass.On the power play, Evgeny Kuznetsov was left unattended in the slot, so he punished the Jets with a backhander.

There's something about politicians and their unhinged food moments that sticks in our collective culinary consciousness.Which is why, three years after Virginia Senator Mark Warner's tuna melt video broke the Internet, we found ourselves in his Senate office room, taste-testing the finest tuna melts Washington, DC, has to offer.

An explosion in eastern Poland near Ukraine's border killed two, prompting world leaders to call for an investigation.A missile hit Przewodow village in eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border and killed two people on Tuesday, causing alarm among world leaders about a possible escalation of the war in Ukraine.

Jordan Bardella has replaced his mentor Marine Le Pen at the helm of France's leading far-right party, and pledged to defend French civilization from perceived threats posed by immigration.r Bardella, 27, won an internal party vote with 85% support, marking a symbolic changing of the guard at the resurgent National Rally party.

Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister, speaks in a prerecorded video during the United Nations General Assembly via live stream in New York, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021.A scaled-back United Nations General Assembly returns to Manhattan after going completely virtual last year, but fears about a possible spike in Covid-19 cases are making people in the host city less enthusiastic about the annual diplomatic gathering.

A director at Ofcom said the watchdog will be looking at GB News to see if the broadcaster is behaving itself following the channel breaching its broadcasting code with Covid claims for the second time.Adam Baxter, director of broadcasting standards at Ofcom, was speaking at the Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV) spring conference on Thursday when he was asked about the recent ruling.

Jesse Watters floated a conspiracy theory that President Joe Biden is involved with the Chinese government to such a degree that the FBI might be out for revenge against him.Watters commented on the Biden classified document case Thursday night.He specifically questioned if the FBI will use the appointment of a special counsel to get even with the president, who he baselessly said has directed investigations into China to be closed.

Republican vote-auditing efforts face another setback in Arizona.Bisbee, Ariz., the county seat of Cochise County, which had a plan to hand-count its ballots for this year's elections.Credit...Paul Ratje for The New York Times BISBEE, Ariz.A judge in Cochise County in Arizona ruled on Monday that the county could not proceed with a plan to count ballots by hand in this week's election.

An interview on GB News with a Covid vaccine sceptic in which the jab was compared to mass murder was in breach of broadcasting rules, Ofcom has found.The media watchdog said the episode of The Mark Steyn Show on the right-wing channel, which aired in October 2022, was in significant breach of its code.

Here's a conspiracy theory for you to consider: the war in Ukraine has shown that the West can't produce ammunition fast enough to sustain even that limited conflict.China noticed, and therefore had TikTok plan three energy-hungry datacenters close to an ammunition factory, threatening its electricity supply.

This week on Dezeen, we published an exclusive interview with 15-minute city creator Carlos Moreno in which he discusses the conspiracy theory that his urbanism strategy was designed to restrict people's freedom.The 15-minute city concept advocates for creating polycentric cities where no essential amenities are further than a short walk or cycle ride away.

Barbra Streisand is releasing her memoir later this year.The legendary 80-year-old singer will publish 'My Name Is Barbra' - which was first announced in 2015 and set to be released two years later - on November 7 as she looks to share his life story "in her own words".A press release from publisher Viking teases: "Barbra Streisand is a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans.

Michigan Republicans have chosen Kristina Karamo, who has yet to concede last year's secretary of state race, as their next chair, putting an election denier at the head of the party in a crucial battleground state.Karamo tweeted Sunday that she was honored to lead the Michigan Republican Party.On the heels of the GOP's midterm losses in Michigan last year, the state party backed Karamo at its Saturday night convention over Matthew DePerno, who had former President Donald Trump's backing in the race.

Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who represented President Donald J. Trump after his loss in the 2020 election, admitted in a sworn statement released on Wednesday that she had knowingly misrepresented the facts in several of her public claims that widespread voting fraud led to Mr. Trump's defeat.The admissions by Ms. Ellis were part of an agreement to accept public censure and settle disciplinary measures brought against her by state bar officials in Colorado, her home state.

Former NFL coach and current NBC football analyst Tony Dungy recently found himself at the mercy of Twitter after touting a long-debunked far-right conspiracy theory about students dressing up as animals and using litter boxes at school.In a since-deleted tweet, the former football coach responded to a post from the right-wing publication The Daily Wire about a Minnesota legislator supporting a bill that would require menstrual products to be placed in boys' bathrooms at schools.

A police officer observes participants in the demonstration of right-wing extremists and Reichsburger on March 20, 2021 in Berlin.German right-wing extremists and "Reich citizens" are growing in number and present a "high level of danger," according to German officials.Paul Zinken/Picture Alliance via Getty Images German special forces arrested 25 suspected far-right extremists on Wednesday over a plot to overthrow the government.

While there are signs of war fatigue in the German society, Berlin is unlikely to have a change of heart.Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Germany has often been criticised, especially from European Union members in Eastern Europe, for being too cautious.They have berated the German government particularly for dragging its feet on supplying arms.

Joe Biden has said the missile that landed in Poland, killing two people, was unlikely to have been fired from Russia due to its trajectory.The US president was speaking at the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia, after convening an emergency meeting of western leaders to discuss the explosion on Nato territory that has the potential to take the war in Ukraine into a new even more dangerous dimension.

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