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• Turkey joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, intensifying pressure at ICJ (Al Jazeera).*0

• UN experts condemn Israel's systemic torture of Palestinians as a crime against humanity (raw).*

CNN Effectively Worthless After Parent Warner Bros Takes $9.1 Billion Writedown

• Israeli police raid foreign ministry amid diplomatic passport scandal involving Netanyahu’s sons (The Jerusalem post).*

• Egyptian official denies existence of active tunnels between Gaza Strip and Egypt (TOI).

• Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance (AP).

• Elon Musk is ‘accountable to no one,’ says UK tech minister as riots rage (Politico).

  • UK government brands Elon Musk ‘deplorable’ amid race riots (Politico).

  • Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before ‘the benefit of humanity’ (AP).

    • Elon Musk’s X accused of bias after pro-Harris accounts labeled as ‘spam’ (WAPO).

    • Australian Conservation Foundation’s X account suspended after apparent ‘report bombing’ (The Guardian).

• False reporting by Channel3Now linked to riots and misinformation surge in the UK (BBC).*1

• Top US cybersecurity official says the CrowdStrike outage was a ‘useful exercise’ (CyberScoop).

  • Microsoft blames Delta for its struggle to recover from global cyber outage (Reuters).

• Violent Venezuelan prison gang infiltrating US, becoming more organized and brazen: 'MS-13 on steroids’ (FOX).

• US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities ahead of election (The Guardian).

• Ben Stiller oddly jokes ‘every White Jewish guy wishes he was black’ during virtual Kamala Harris fundraiser (NYP).

• ‘Pragmatic Midwestern governor’ or ‘cornucopia of liberal psychosis?’ The race to define Tim Walz begins (Semafor).

  • Tim Walz’s sudden rise in the Democratic Party was no accident (NYT).

  • ‘Top gun Democrat’ Tim Walz cultivated centrist record in Washington (WSJ).

  • Republican operatives are ‘thrilled’ Harris picked Walz (Intelligencer).

  • From English teacher to vice presidential candidate: Tim Walz’s China connections draw media buzz (Semafor).*

• Vance accuses Walz of abandoning National Guard unit before Iraq deployment (Task & Purpose).*

  • Tim Walz falsely claimed he served in Afghanistan. When a local vet called him out, his office did nothing (Free Beacon).

• 'Trump was right about everything!!!' Wild ex-president post warns of impending disaster (Raw Story).

  • Joe Biden tells CBS News he’s ‘not confident at all’ that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Donald Trump loses (Deadline).

• Baltimore faces scrutiny over no-bid election contracts with firm tied to past voting irregularities (The Baltimore Banner).*2

• Georgia voter registration cancellation site exposed to major security loophole (Atlanta News First).*3

• Trump's speech patterns raise concerns: Experts analyze cognitive decline signs (STAT).*4

  • CNN host rescues Nancy Pelosi after she forgets what vaccines are called (Mediaite).

• Heritage president to delay publication of book, which includes a foreword from Vance, after Project 2025 firestorm (RealClearPolitics).

  • A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term (AP).

• Jennifer Jacobs calls out Bloomberg leadership after firing over Gershkovich embargo violation (TheWrap).*

• EPA enacts emergency ban on pesticide Dacthal amid severe health risks to fetuses (raw).*

• Cori Bush blames AIPAC for election defeat: The role of Pro-Israel PACs in shaping politics (NYT).*5

• Data breach: 3B national public data records with SSNs dumped online (HackRead).

• Unveiling the Google-Meta collusion: Exploiting loopholes to advertise Instagram to teens (FT).*6

  • Google loses antitrust case over search-engine dominance (WSJ).

• Meta apologizes for removing Malaysian PM’s social media posts (BBG).

• Ukraine’s bold ground assault into Russia: Kursk Region engulfed in heavy fighting (NYT).*7

  • Mali, Niger cut ties with Ukraine (Semafor).

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