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#10 Canada’s Liberals Win Minority Government; Carney Says Old Relationship With Us ‘Is Over' - Reuters, Mike, Will Chamberlain, Christian Heiens, Mark Carney, and Jack Paso on X
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals retained power in the country's election on Monday, but fell short of the majority government he had wanted to help him negotiate tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump.The Liberals were leading or elected in 167 electoral districts, known as seats, followed by the Conservatives with 145, with votes still being counted. The Liberals had needed to win 172 of the House of Commons' 343 seats for a majority that would allow them to govern without support from a smaller party. "Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over," Carney said in a victory speech in Ottawa. "The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for our country for decades, is over."
#9 Did ‘Induced Atmospheric Vibration’ Cause Blackouts in Europe? An Electrical Engineer Explains the Phenomenon - Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian for The Conversation, Ben Chasteen, Simon Gallagher, MJTruthUltra, Tony Seruga, and The American Storm on X
The lights are mostly back on in Spain, Portugal, and southern France after a widespread blackout on Monday. The blackout caused chaos for tens of millions of people. It shut down traffic lights and ATMs, halted public transport, cut phone service, and forced people to eat dinner huddled around candles as night fell. Many people found themselves trapped in trains and elevators. Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said the exact cause of the blackout is yet to be determined. In early reporting, Portugal’s grid operator REN was quoted as blaming the event on a rare phenomenon known as “induced atmospheric vibration”. REN has since reportedly refuted this. But what is this vibration? And how can energy systems be improved to mitigate the risk of widespread blackouts?
#8 Amazon Launches Its First Internet Satellites to Compete Against SpaceX’s Starlink - AP for NPR, John Kraus, Steven Madow, AFP News Agency, Laurie Scott, and assorted calculus on X
Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega-constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks. The United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket carried up 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites, named after the frigid fringes of our solar system beyond Neptune. Once released in orbit, the satellites will eventually reach an altitude of nearly 400 miles (630 kilometers). Two test satellites were launched in 2023, also by an Atlas V. Project officials said major upgrades were made to the newest version. The latest satellites are also coated with a mirror film designed to scatter reflected sunlight to accommodate astronomers.#7 Congress Passes Bill to Ban Online Revenge Porn and Unauthorized Sexually Explicit “Deepfakes” - Ted Johnson for Deadline, Mario Nawfal, Nancy Mace, Thomas Massie, Kino, RAINN, and John Solomon on X
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill heading to his desk that bans the publication of non-consensual images, including revenge porn and AI deepfakes. The Take It Down Act requires social media platforms to remove such images within 48 hours after getting notice. The bill makes it a crime to knowingly publish such non-consensual intimate visual depictions. The legislation overwhelmingly passed the House on Monday in a 409-2 vote. It passed unanimously in the Senate in February. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), lead sponsor of the Senate bill with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), said in a statement, “We must provide victims of online abuse with the legal protections they need when intimate images are shared without their consent, especially now that deepfakes are creating horrifying new opportunities for abuse.” Cruz said. “By requiring social media companies to take down this abusive content quickly, we are sparing victims from repeated trauma and holding predators accountable.”
#6 Supreme Court to Decide if FBI Can Be Sued for Raiding Wrong House - Kaelan Deese for Washington Examiner, Billy Binion, Meet the Press, KKTV 11 News, WJBF, and Darrel Samuelshon on X
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case testing whether the federal government can be held liable after FBI agents mistakenly raided the wrong house in Atlanta in 2017. Trina Martin, 46, filed a lawsuit after FBI agents broke down her door before dawn and stormed her bedroom with guns drawn while her 7-year-old son screamed from another room...
#5 Reports That US (R) Senator Paul Expects to Have Votes to Block Trump’s Tariffs - Eamonn Sheridan for ForeXLive, Bobby Powell/Ian Jaeger, C3, Steve Ferguson, Kate, Rand Paul, and GBPH/Donald Trump on X
"GOP Sen. Rand Paul says he expects to have enough votes in Senate to pass resolution to effectively block Trump’s tariffs. But Paul, who expects the vote Wednesday, attacked Speaker Johnson’s move to block such resolutions as “dishonesty.” The White House warned that Trump will veto a bipartisan Senate resolution that would terminate his sweeping global “Liberation Day” tariffs. The statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget, sent to congressional offices Monday, comes ahead of an expected vote this week forced by several Democrats led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky...#4 White House Lawn Covered With Over 100 Illegal Migrant Mugshots as Team Trump Rips Into ‘Vicious’ Gangsters - Charlie Spiering for Daily Mail, Juanita Broaddrick, Charlie Kirk, The Babylon Bee, Paul A. Szypula, and Marjorie Taylor Greene/Karoline Leavitt on X
President Donald Trump on Monday put up signs on the White House lawn featuring 100 criminal illegal immigrants who had been deported in his first 100 days. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a video of the signs before a press briefing on border security. The signs were directly placed in front of media cameras on the White House driveway, ensuring that they would be visible on TV. 'We will hunt you down. You will face justice. You will be deported — and you will never set foot on American soil again,' the White House posted early Monday morning on X...#3 Trump Fired a Democrat for Refusing His Orders, Christian Employers Are Fighting to Keep Her Fired - Greg Piper for Just the News, Carrie Severino, Charisma News, Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, Bloomberg Law,
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission took a hard line against Christian employers under President Biden, forcing them to pay for employees' hormone and surgical treatments to resemble the opposite sex, in violation of their religious beliefs, until a court blocked the action as unconstitutional a year ago. Over the next eight months, the Christian Employers Alliance (CEA) won a six-figure settlement with EEOC and a likely four-year reprieve from federal scrutiny with the second election of Donald Trump, whose new EEOC is challenging gender-identity mandates in the workplace as sex discrimination under President Trump's executive order against "gender ideology."
#2 Chinese National Accused of Voting in US Election Skips Hearing, Prompting Bench Warrant - Cortney Weil for Blaze Media, Mollie, Feni𝕏 Ammunition/Rep. Bryan Posthumus, Jennifer Asper, and Conservative Libertarian on X
A Chinese national accused of voting in the 2024 election in Michigan now faces a bench warrant after he failed to attend a hearing last week. Haoxiang Gao, a 20-year-old Chinese national with a green card, was supposed to show up for a hearing in district court on Thursday but never appeared, prompting Judge J. Cedric Simpson to issue a bench warrant for his arrest. Simpson decided to issue the bench warrant after conferring with Gao's lawyer, K. Orlando Simón. Gao's legal ordeal began back on October 27 at the University of Michigan, where he apparently registered to vote and cast a ballot on the same day. He used his UM student ID card to prove local residency, Michigan Enquirer learned after submitting several public information requests about the incident...
#1 House Democrat Shri Thanedar Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Trump - Alana Mastrangelo for Breitbart, Congressman Shri Thanedar/NewsWire, Libs of TikTok, Big Fish, ABC News, and Sam Lisker on X
The articles of impeachment reportedly include “obstruction of justice/violation of due process, usurpation of appropriations power, abuse of trade powers and international aggression, violations of the First Amendment, creation of an unlawful office, bribery and corruption, and tyranny.”
