Guantanamo hunger strike renews debates over indefinite detention, ethics of force-feeding Twice a day at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, guards take a number of detainees from their cells, one at a time, to a camp clinic or a private room on their block. The detainees are offered a hot meal or a liquid nutritional supplement and, if they refuse, they are strapped into a chair. More
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok’s challenge to looming ban The top US court will hear arguments on January 10 on whether the law that would ban the platform violates free speech. 12/18/2024 - 7:35 am | View Link
TikTok finally scores a win: the Supreme Court will hear its case The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether a bill that could ban TikTok violates the First Amendment. The arguments will take place on January 10th, just over a week before a potential ban ... 12/18/2024 - 7:26 am | View Link
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear TikTok Case—Setting Up Final Showdown The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear arguments regarding a law that could ban TikTok. The high court, granting certiorari in the case TikTok v. Garland Wednesday, will soon decide ... 12/18/2024 - 6:23 am | View Link
The man who exploded a Tesla truck outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel wrote of “political grievances,” armed conflicts elsewhere and domestic issues in the days leading up to his suicide, officials said Friday. Via CNN:
The writings were found in the cellphone of Matthew Alan Livelsberger, the truck’s driver, said Sheriff Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in a news conference.
In his writings, the driver of the Cybertruck said the incident was intended not as a “terrorist attack” but rather “a wake-up call,” according to police.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said yesterday that he’s going to introduce legislation in the next Congress to fulfill one of RePresident-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises.
We pause now for a routine reminder that not everything Trump says is bad. Thank you. We now return you to your regularly scheduled newsfucking.
Sanders said he was referring to Trump’s promise to cap your credit-card interest rates at 10%:
This is an especially pertinent issue at the moment, as Americans burdened by predatory Wall Street debt are defaulting on their credit-card debts at rates unseen since the last economic crisis.
The Financial Times reports that Wall Street credit-card companies wrote off $46 billion in unpaid debts during the first nine months of this year.
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