A woman in Alabama was arrested at a No Kings rally after refusing to remove her inflatable penis costume. Police said the outfit was “deemed obscene in a public setting,” and when she declined to take it off, they charged her with a misdemeanor.
It’s an interesting First Amendment test case. Courts have upheld bans on public nudity and sexual acts, but this woman wasn’t behaving sexually — she was protesting. So does a penis costume, by itself, count as “public lewdness”? Debate among yourselves.
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⚖️ The Supreme Court agreed to review whether the federal ban on firearm possession by individuals who use illegal drugs violates the Second Amendment.
🇸🇦 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit the White House next month to discuss a defense pact, Israel normalization, and Gaza reconstruction. This is his first visit since his murder trial was dismissed by the Biden administration in 2022 after granting him sovereign immunity.
🌀 Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to intensify into a hurricane.
🇮🇱 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected Israel’s appeal against arrest warrants issued for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, ruling the matter as framed by Israel is “not an appealable issue.”
🚜 The Trump administration plans to release over $3 billion in aid to U.S. farmers that had been frozen due to the government shutdown, aiming to ease the financial strain caused by crop surpluses and trade disruptions.
*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 AM.
Lead: Putin Grows Impatient as U.S.–Russia Talks Falter
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s patience appears to be wearing thin, according to several analysts. Some suggest he may soon abandon the diplomatic charade with Washington altogether and move to decisively end the war on his own terms.
Former President Trump had announced plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, but the White House now says the meeting has been called off, citing a “productive call” between Secretary Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Other reports indicate that Moscow rejected U.S. terms for a ceasefire. Still, it’s difficult to parse the truth amid dueling narratives — the Kremlin has accused Western media of trying to sabotage the talks before they begin.
President Trump said he doesn't "want to have a wasted meeting… so I’ll see what happens.”
Meanwhile, Ukrainians keep dying at alarming rates. Russian state media reports that "the Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,460 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours."
The Hague Weighs In On Israel's War Crimes While the US Ignores Them
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Why is President Trump still threatening Hamas with war while touting the merits of his peace deal? Why didn't he threaten Israel when they violated the ceasefire and killed at least 80 people since Friday?
The New York Times reports that senior Trump officials are "increasingly concerned" that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will "dismantle" the peace deal and yet there is no strong talk like this from the White House. Vice President J.D. Vance will be in Israel this week, presumably to keep the peace deal in place.
Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver its opinion on Israel's actions in the occupied Palestinian territory on Wednesday. The ruling is expected to address whether Israel’s conduct, including its blockade, settlement expansion, and recent military actions, violates international law.
Israel will undoubtedly condemn it as antisemitism and say that only Hamas should be condemned. But should Israel get away with systematically dismantling civilian infrastructure and food sources? Shooting children in the head and chest? Soldiers who practice what is called "patterns of aim"? Doctors who worked in Gaza report that they began to recognize days where most incoming children had the same type of wound — first to the limbs, later to the torso or head — as if someone was “training” or “testing accuracy.”
U.S. leaders will pretend that they don't know that while the Vice President visits Israel this week.
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Suicide in Your Blood: The Rise of Predictive Psychiatry
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Researchers say that they can predict someone's potential for suicide with a blood test. In a recent study, scientists say that they were able to identify genes that "successfully predicted" if a person with bipolar disorder would take their own life.
Before you panic, they did not run blood tests and then wait to see who killed themselves. Researchers used archival biological samples from people who already had bipolar disorder, some of whom had died by suicide in the past.
Still, there is good reason to panic. Can you imagine a world where a blood test brands you as a danger to yourself? Who gets access to that data? A mortgage lender? A potential spouse?
Oh, you've got the suicide marker Mr. Johnson. Straight to the asylum with you!
What else could this be used for?
News By The Numbers
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$150,000. That is the price of this B2 robot firefighting "dog". It can move at 12 mph and blast water at flames up to 100 feet away.
146%. That is how much shares of Beyond Meat are up because the stock was added to a popular exchange-traded fund, or ETF. That is quite the rally but the stock value is still WAY off its peak price of $172 per share in 2020. It is currently trading at $4.
What's Trending?
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Bryant Gumbel is trending because he was reportedly rushed to the hospital for a medical emergency.
ChatGPT Atlas is trending because OpenAI introduced a new web browser that has ChatGPT integrated so that you can talk to your AI buddy about every web page you visit.
This bishop is trending for chastising a woman for donating $1,200 instead of $2,000 to the church.
Capitalism Selling Anti-Capitalism — Only at Target
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Target is usually a bellwether for whatever socially destructive fad the cultural anarchists want you to buy into next. Think: baby onesies glorifying “wino mommies,” toddler clothes pushing trans ideology, and now—Das Kapital.
Karl Marx’s original manual for anti-capitalism is being featured in Target's fall ads in English translation. That's kind of funny right? One of the world’s most recognizable capitalism brands—selling Das Kapital.
Shall we hazard a guess as to why?
Because the more people equate government control with compassion, the easier it becomes to sell tyranny as kindness. The goal isn’t to educate; it’s to indoctrinate, one trendy bookshelf at a time.
No one’s arguing that Marxist texts should be banned. But let’s be honest: Target isn’t selling these books with an aim to give its clientele a balanced view of economics. If they were, they would put the Collected Works of Thomas Sowell front and center but of course they won't.
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