Noteworthy News

[Paraselene]

Hacking group SiegedSec wrote in a post on social platform Telegram that it was responsible for a cyber attack which secured 200GB of files from the think tank, which included passwords and user information for “every user” on its database.

The attack was part of its #OpTransRights campaign, which targets right-wing organisations the group believes have had a significant impact on mitigating trans rights.

Other targets include right-wing media outlet Real America’s Voice, the Hillsong megachurch and a Minnesota pastor.

“We’re strong against Project 2025 and everything the Heritage Foundation stands for,” the hackers’ co-leader, known by the username Vio, told The Intercept.

What is Project 2025?
Project 2025 is a proposed presidential transitional playbook that plans out former president Donald Trump’s first 180 days in office if he were to win back the White House in November.

It focuses on a wide-range of subjects, from the availability of abortion pills, the “natural family structure”, a social science-reinforced, Bible-based definition of marriage and family. Other targets include diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) in higher education, and immigration.

Pink News

[Deesse23]

Luxury resort in Europe's poorest country. Why not.....

[brewer]

A case of bubonic plague was reported in Colorado. Apparently there are approx. 7 cases per year in the US.

[brewer]

South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world's first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military, the country's arms procurement agency said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...5f2e6f2a84

[A. Secular Human]

South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world's first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military, the country's arms procurement agency said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacif...5f2e6f2a84

I wish Japan would "man-up" and start shooting down NK missiles that fly over them.

[Angrboda]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

^Huzzah!

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Judge Throws Out Baldwin Manslaughter Case

• In a stunning move Friday, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer [color=var(--theme-paragraph__link-color)]dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge[/color] against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western film “Rust.”
  
  
• Baldwin’s attorney had filed a motion to dismiss the case, [color=var(--theme-paragraph__link-color)]arguing misconduct by state investigators[/color] in not properly disclosing evidence. The case was [color=var(--theme-paragraph__link-color)]dismissed with prejudice[/color], meaning prosecutors cannot bring it back. 
  

Boru

[Fireball]

"If the glove doesn't quit, you must acquit" comes to mind. Looks like games to get him off, to me.

[brewer]

Appears that someone took a potshot at Trump during the PA rally. Looks like a graze to the right ear/head.