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WWW.PROPUBLICA.ORGTrumps War on Big Law Means Its Harder to Challenge the Administrationby Molly Redden ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. Two weeks into President Donald Trumps second presidency, and just days after he pardoned hundreds of Capitol rioters, officials Trump had placed in charge of the Justice Department made a sweeping demand. They wanted the names of the thousands of FBI employees who had played a role in investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.Fearing mass firings, or worse, retaliation by the people they helped prosecute, a group of agents scrambled to enlist a legal team who could stop the administration in court. Norm Eisen, a prominent ethics lawyer now leading dozens of lawsuits against the Trump administration, agreed within hours to represent the agents pro bono, along with Mark Zaid, a veteran whistleblower attorney. For more firepower, the two approached the giant Chicago-based law firm Winston & Strawn, which has a history of providing free representation to people and organizations that squared off against Trumps first administration.But Winston declined to represent the FBI agents, three people with knowledge of the matter said. It was one of several cases Winston turned down in quick succession, they added, that would have pitted the firm against an openly retributive president.Some of the countrys largest law firms have declined to represent clients challenging the Trump administration, more than a dozen attorneys and nonprofit leaders told ProPublica, while others have sought to avoid any clients that Trump might perceive as his enemies. That includes both clients willing to pay the firms steep rates, and those who receive free representation. Big Law firms are also refusing to take on legal work involving environmental protections, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability or to represent elected Democrats and federal workers purged in Trumps war on the deep state. Advocacy groups say this is beginning to hamper their efforts to challenge the Trump administration.Their fears intensified after Trump signed a battery of executive orders aimed at punishing top firms over old associations with his adversaries. But as the Winston episode shows, Big Law began to back away from some clients almost the minute he returned to power. The countrys top firms remain deeply wary, even though the president has lost all four initial court challenges to those executive orders. The Presidents Policy is working as designed, said a lawsuit the American Bar Association filed against the administration in June. Even as federal judges have ruled over and over that the Law Firm Orders are plainly unconstitutional, law firms that once proudly contributed thousands of hours of pro bono work to a host of causes including causes championed by the ABA have withdrawn from such work because it is disfavored by the Administration.The bar association itself has struggled to find representation, the lawsuit said. One unnamed firm, which has represented the association since the 1980s in lawsuits related to ABAs accreditation of law schools, is no longer willing to represent the ABA in any litigation against or potentially adverse to the Administration and its policies. Sidley Austin, the sixth-ranked corporate firm by revenue in the world, has represented the ABA in at least five lawsuits over its accreditation practices since 1989.The ABA and Susman Godfrey, which is representing the association in its lawsuit against the administration, declined to comment. Winston, Sidley and the White House did not respond to questions sent in writing.Trumps grievances with Big Law stem partly from its role in blocking his first-term agenda. In his executive order targeting Jenner & Block, a firm with close ties to the Democratic Party that fought Trump on transgender rights and immigration, he assailed the firm for allegedly abus[ing] its pro bono practice to engage in activities that undermine justice. Another firm, WilmerHale, was where former Special Counsel Robert Mueller worked before and after leading the Russian interference investigation.The executive orders barred attorneys working for the firms from entering federal buildings where they represent clients, terminated the firms government contracts, revoked partners security clearances and required government contractors to disclose if they work with the targeted firms. Perkins Coie, one of Trumps first targets, began to lose business within hours, its suit said. The judge who halted the executive order against WilmerHale wrote that the firm faces crippling losses and its very survival is at stake.I just think that the law firms have to behave themselves, Trump said at a press conference in late March.Nine corporate law firms behaved themselves in the form of reaching public settlements with Trump. The deals require them to provide $940 million in total of pro bono support for Trump-approved causes. There has been no public indication of the White House calling on them to perform specific work, and Trump has not released any new executive orders against firms since April.Yet organizations that challenge the government are still feeling the chill.Theres been a real, noticeable shift, said Lauren Bonds, the executive director of the National Police Accountability Project, a national nonprofit that brings lawsuits over alleged police abuse and was a frequent pro bono client of Big Law.In November, as soon as Trump won reelection, a top firm that was helping NPAP develop a lawsuit against a citys police force abruptly stopped attending all planning calls, Bonds said. Later, the firm became one of the nine that struck a deal with Trump, after which the firm half-heartedly told Bonds, she said, that it would reconsider the case in the future. Bonds declined to identify the firm.Activist nonprofits have long relied on free representation because they typically lack the resources to mount major lawsuits on their own. Civil rights cases in particular are complex undertakings usually lasting years. Many call for hundreds of hours spent deposing witnesses and performing research, as well as upfront costs of tens of thousands of dollars. Big Law, with its deep ranks of attorneys and paying clients to subsidize their volunteer work, is in a unique position to help. In exchange, the work burnishes the firms reputation and serves as a draw for idealistic young associates.I know that [cases] have been shot down that in Trump Administration 1, firms would crawl over each other to get our name at the top of the case so that we could get the New York Times headline, said a Big Law partner whose firm has not been one of Trumps targets. Thats the environment. Whats become radioactive has grown from a very small number of things to anything this administration and Trump might notice and get angry about.Jill Collen Jefferson, the president and founder of Julian, a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations, has felt the chill too.Three years ago, Julian partnered with the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the countrys No. 1 corporate firm most years by per-partner revenue, to bring lawsuits against the town of Lexington, Mississippi, and its police force for racial discrimination. It wasnt hard at all to get help, she recalled. George Floyds death had raised public support for police accountability, and the details Julian was exposing in Lexington were especially grim. The police chief was secretly recorded promising to cover for a fellow officer if he killed someone in cold blood. A DOJ investigation released in 2024 found Lexington police operated in a system where officers can relentlessly violate the law. (The towns board fired the chief, Sam Dobbins, over the recording. In a court filing, Dobbins said he was not guilty of any actionable conduct and denied Julians characterization of the recording, asserting that the recording speaks for itself. Julians litigation is still ongoing.)Since January, when Trump began gutting police accountability measures, Jeffersons efforts to recruit pro bono help have yielded almost no commitments. The official explanation many firms offer is that they lack the capacity to help, she said, though lawyers at those firms have privately told her that was false. Wachtell did not respond to a request for comment.Jefferson now doubts Julians ability to bring a police abuse lawsuit it had planned to file before the statute of limitations expires this month.Its been a nightmare, she said. People dont want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.NPAP ultimately joined forces with another civil rights organization to salvage the case after its co-counsel disappeared from planning calls last November. But the suit will be less robust without the firepower of a major law firm, Bonds said. And NPAPs capacity to file future suits is in question. Civil rights attorneys in NPAPs network have developed novel legal theories for challenging arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement under state constitutions, but they lack enough outside partnerships.There are cases that arent being brought at a time when civil rights abuses are maybe at the highest theyve been in modern times, Bonds said.Big Law was often in the vanguard of fighting Trumps first administration. After he signed the 2017 travel ban affecting several predominantly Muslim countries, partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Davis Polk rushed alongside hundreds of other lawyers to international airports to help travelers stuck in limbo. Kirkland teamed up with the LGBTQ+ legal advocacy organization Lambda Legal to challenge Trumps transgender military ban.Now, Davis Polk is among the many firms that are avoiding pro bono immigration cases, The New York Times reported. Kirkland, by some measures the top moneymaker in Big Law, entered a deal with Trump to provide $125 million in pro bono work, and the firm is notably absent from Lambdas nearly identical challenge to Trumps reinstated ban on transgender military service members. Kirkland and Davis Polk did not respond to requests for comment.Winston & Strawns annual pro bono reports show how its focus or at least, its language has changed. The firms 2023 impact report highlighted its advocacy on behalf of a transgender competitive marathoner. I am also pleased to report that Winston dedicated 30% of our pro bono hours to racial justice and equity matters in 2023, nearly double its share in 2020, wrote Angela Smedley, the pro bono committee chair. The 2024 report, published after Trumps reelection, contained zero mentions of equity and spotlighted attorneys who helped small nonprofits navigate complex mergers and business challenges.Eisen and Zaid, the lawyers representing the FBI agents, themselves became the target of a presidential memorandum in March that revoked their access to classified material. Both have aggravated Trump for years. Zaid represented a whistleblower who helped bring about Trumps first impeachment.Zaid sued to restore his security clearance in May, in a case that is ongoing. His lawyer, Abbe Lowell, is a high-profile defense attorney who left Winston this spring in order to form his own firm. Lowell said his goal is to represent those unlawfully and inappropriately targeted. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a fraud judgment against Trump and is now a target of his DOJ, was one of his first clients.The Administrations attempt at retribution against Mark for doing his job representing whistleblowers without regard to politics is as illegal as its similar efforts against law firms that have been enjoined in every case, Lowell wrote in an email to ProPublica.Good-government groups and small and mid-sized law firms have stepped into the breach, helping to file hundreds of lawsuits against the Trump administration. And the four firms that sued Trump over his executive orders are devoting thousands of pro bono hours to others challenging the administration. Perkins Coie, for example, has replaced Kirkland as Lambda Legals partner in challenging Trumps transgender military ban.But until they build up the capacity to fully replace Big Law, Bonds said, some of the administrations legally dubious actions will go unchallenged.Theres a financial resources piece that were really missing when we cant engage a firm, Bonds said. Even if theres a big case and we feel really confident about it, well just have to pass on it.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 7 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.PROPUBLICA.ORGThese GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.by Joel Jacobs ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. A New York business frozen out of its checking account. A Georgia chemotherapy patient denied a credit card refund after a product dispute. A New Jersey service member defrauded out of their savings.These consumers along with hundreds of others reached out to their congressional representatives for help in the past 12 months.I have been unable to pay my rent, utilities, personal bills, student loans, or my credit card. I have been unable to buy groceries or put gas in my car, wrote the New Yorker, who contacted Rep. Nicole Malliotakis office.Records show their representatives all Republicans referred them to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the watchdog agency formed in the wake of the Great Recession to shield Americans from unfair or abusive business practices. All three consumers got relief, according to agency data.Then the lawmakers along with nearly every other Republican in Congress voted to slash the agencys funding by nearly half as part of President Donald Trumps signature legislative package, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a step toward the administrations goal of gutting the agency. Republicans have long been critical of the CFPB, accusing it of imposing unreasonable burdens on businesses. Already, the CFPB under Trump has dropped a number of cases and frozen investigations into dozens of companies.Yet the agency has historically benefited consumers across the political spectrum, securing around $20 billion in relief through its enforcement actions.Data obtained by ProPublica through a public records request shows that many of the same Republican members of Congress who have targeted the CFPB for cuts have collectively routed thousands of constituent complaints to the agency.Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia, for example, voted to reduce the CFPBs budget. Yet each of their offices has referred more than 100 constituents to the CFPB for help, among the most of any House members. The office of Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who also voted for the CFPB cuts, has routed more than 800 constituent complaints to the agency, the most of any current lawmaker from either party, ProPublica found.A spokesperson for Issa said in an email that most of his offices referrals to the agency occurred several years ago and reflected a conventional way to handle constituents consumer issues.Wittman and Cornyn didnt respond to questions from ProPublica about the disconnect between their offices use of the CFPBs services and their votes to cut it. Neither did New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith, whose office fielded the defrauded service members complaint, or Malliotakis, who was approached by the New York business owner, or Rep. Rick Allen, whose office directed the Georgia chemotherapy patient to the agency.Overall, members of Congress have steered nearly 24,000 complaints to the CFPB since it opened its doors in 2011. Roughly 10,000 of those were referred by the offices of current and former Republican lawmakers, ProPublica found.This is how members of Congress from both parties get help for the people who live in their districts, said Erie Meyer, the CFPBs former chief technologist, who left the agency in February. The agency has a particular mandate to help service members and seniors, she noted. This is how, if a service member is getting screwed on an auto loan, this is the only place they can go.Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has referred more than 200 constituents to CFPB since its creation. In a statement to ProPublica, he accused Republicans in Congress of pursuing senseless cuts that will undermine their own ability to protect their constituents, who will be left in the lurch when they fall victim to scams or deceptive and unfair business practices.Republicans have made clear that they stand on the side of big businesses not consumers, he added. Their irresponsible pursuit of dismantling the CFPB will have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences.An Irreplaceable SystemIn recent years, the CFPBs public database shows the number of complaints has exploded, from around 280,000 in 2019 to more than 2.7 million last year.Complaints have grown across many categories, including credit cards and debt collection. Last year, most of the complaints filed, over 2.3 million, were about mistakes or other problems involving credit reporting agencies, and more than half of them resulted in relief, CFPB data shows.These credit score formulas govern so many factors of your life. Its not just your ability to get a loan, its your ability to secure housing or qualify for a job, said Adam Rust, director of financial services at the Consumer Federation of America. Its important that you can resolve something, but its difficult to do it on your own.Once a complaint is submitted, it is routed to the company, which has 15 days to respond. Companies can request an additional 45 days to reach a final resolution.Many consumers end up getting nonmonetary relief, such as fixes to erroneous credit reports or an end to harassment by debt collectors, but some get financial help as well. More than $300 million has been returned to Americans through the complaint system, including $90 million just last year.Normally, staff at the CFPB monitor the complaints to identify systemic issues and escalate complaints involving consumers who are at immediate risk of foreclosure, although that didnt happen for a few weeks this year when the agencys acting director halted its work.The CFPB also shares complaint information with other federal agencies, states and localities to help them protect consumers. No other government or private entity has the capacity to effectively handle the volume of complaints that the CFPB does, experts and current and former employees say.States often have limited resources for consumer protection efforts. Many states including some conservative ones that supported a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the CFPBs structure steer consumers to the agency on their websites, providing links to it.In legal filings opposing the Trump administrations steps to effectively shut down the CFPB, 23 Democratic attorneys general noted that their states collectively have referred thousands of complaints to the agency and that its services cant be replaced by state-level operations.In the CFPBs absence, consumers will be left without critical resources, they wrote. These Republican lawmakers have referred constituents to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even while voting to slash the agencys budget. Clockwise from top left: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Rep. Darrell Issa of California, Rep. Rick Allen of Georgia, Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey. (House Creative Services via Wikimedia Commons) The complaint system has also lessened the burden on congressional offices, which can route constituent problems to an agency dedicated to, and expert in, addressing consumer issues. Yet that hasnt stopped Republicans from pursuing dramatic cuts to the agency.The CFPB receives its funding from the Federal Reserve instead of annual appropriations bills. The structure is meant to safeguard the agencys independence, though critics say this makes the agency less accountable, giving elected officials less power over its operations.Initially, Republicans pressed for extreme cuts to the CFPB as part of Trumps legislative package. House members approved a 70% cut. The Senate Banking Committee attempted to go even further, zeroing out the agencys funding entirely.Ultimately, the final version of the bill signed into law by Trump on July 4 cut the CFPBs budget by around 46%, reducing the agencys funding cap the maximum amount it can request from the Federal Reserve from $823 million to $446 million for this fiscal year. The agency requested $729 million last fiscal year.The offices of lawmakers who voted for the bill have referred about 3,400 complaints to the agency, running the gamut of consumer problems from crushing debt to mortgage issues to financial scams, ProPublicas data analysis shows. (In some of these cases, consumers also took complaints to the CFPB themselves in addition to reaching out to their representatives. Consumers names arent disclosed in the data.)Their constituents are sometimes desperate: Im about to be homeless because of this, wrote a Florida resident whose bank account was frozen.Others have expressed frustration at getting the runaround from a company. Ive spent countless hours on hold trying to speak with a representative, only to be met with silence or outdated instructions to send letters, wrote one Virginian in a complaint about their bank.In a statement after the CFPB funding cut passed, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Tim Scott, R-S.C., applauded the measure for saving taxpayer money but insisted it would not affect the agencys mandatory functions, which include handling complaints.Consumer experts as well as current and former CFPB employees, however, said the cuts will likely hinder the agencys effectiveness.I think the whole process is at risk, said Ruth Susswein, director of consumer protection at the nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Action. If you starve the system, it cannot provide the benefits that it now offers.Signs of StrainThe Trump administrations initial efforts to unilaterally hobble the CFPB give a hint of what may lie ahead for the complaint system.In February, acting Director Russell Vought issued a stop-work order to all CFPB employees and canceled a slew of contracts, including for antivirus software that scanned files attached to consumer complaints.The actions largely froze the complaint system for about a week. More than 70,000 complaints were submitted, but most were not sent to companies for their response during that period, data shows.Although some issues were later fixed, the work stoppage spawned a backlog of more than 16,000 complaints that required manual review, according to court records from a lawsuit filed by the union that represents CFPB employees. About 75 complaints from consumers at risk of imminent foreclosure, which would normally be escalated to CFPB staff, werent acted upon.In late March, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the CFPB to end the work stoppage, reverse contract terminations and reinstate probationary employees who were fired. However, an appeals court allowed layoffs to proceed, triggering a frenzied effort by the administration to cut about 90% of the CFPBs staff.The layoffs included the vast majority of the roughly 130-member team that manages the complaint system as well as nearly every staffer in legally mandated offices focused on service members and seniors.The CFPB has fielded over 440,000 complaints from current and former service members and their families since 2011, according to CFPB data, more than 100,000 of which have resulted in relief.The CFPB did not respond to multiple requests for comment. In a court declaration, Mark Paoletta, the CFPBs chief legal officer, said that the agencys leadership had been assessing how the agency can fulfill its statutory duties as a smaller, more efficient operation. In making this assessment, leadership discovered vast waste in the agencys size.Paoletta also said the agency would have a much more limited vision for enforcement and supervision activities, focused on protecting service members and veterans, and addressing actual tangible consumer harm and intentional discrimination.In April, Jackson issued an order blocking the firings made at the CFPB after the appeals court decision. The administration has appealed Jacksons ruling.Lawsuits wont protect the CFPB or its complaint apparatus from the cuts included in the recently passed spending bill, current and former agency employees pointed out.These changes are likely to hit home with consumers no matter which party they favor, said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, which is a plaintiff in the unions lawsuit.Republicans dont want to be abused by big corporations that ignore them any more than Democrats do, she said. Have You Recently Sought Help From the CFPB? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 7 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.LGBTQNATION.COMConservative Christians are outraged that Cynthia Erivo is playing Jesus: Demonic!While actual critics are raving about Cynthia Erivos recent star turn in Jesus Christ Superstar the Los Angeles Times called her performance divine; Forbes said the production, co-starring Adam Lambert, needs to tour conservative blowhards and Christian social media influencers are just raving mad, describing the queer Grammy, Tony, and Emmy award winner as demonic.On Sunday, Erivo wrapped up a three-night stint playing the title role in a much-anticipated revival of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera at the Hollywood Bowl. The Wicked stars casting had been controversial since it was announced back in February, with social media trolls flooding the Los Angeles performance venues Instagram announcement with comments like Jesus was a man and This is not MY Christ. Others accused the production of disrespecting the Christian faith and even blasphemy for casting a Black queer woman as Jesus. Related Christian trolls are furious that Cynthia Erivo is playing Jesus The Wicked Oscar nominee has been cast in an upcoming production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Erivo laughed off the uproar in a recent interview with Billboard, telling the magazine, You cant please everyone.It is legitimately a three-day performance at the Hollywood Bowl where I get to sing my face off, she said. So, hopefully [critics] will come and realize, Oh, its a musical, the gayest place on Earth. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Unfortunately, Erivo may have underestimated the Christian rights commitment to outrage.On Sunday, actor Kevin Sorbo posted a video clip from the show on X showing Erivo and Lambert. This is demonic, Sorbo wrote.Anti-trans activist Riley Gaines reposted Sorbos post, adding that My heart breaks. My heart breaks https://t.co/rA1rnuWUAl Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 4, 2025As The Christian Post noted, Sean Davis, CEO of right-wing media outlet The Federalist, went so far as to compare Erivos appearance to that of Max Schreck in 1922s Nosferatu.It looks like a Netflix remake of Nosferatu. https://t.co/ojxLbFtvik Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 4, 2025 Its no surprise she looks exactly like how demons have always been portrayed, anti-choice activist Kristan Hawkins wrote of Erivo on X. And lets be real if you dress like a demon, act like a demon, and mock God like a demon dont be shocked when people call it what it is.This is intentional blasphemy from Hollywood, Hawkins added.LGBTQ+ Cynthia Erivo is playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.Its no surprise she looks exactly like how demons have always been portrayed.And lets be real if you dress like a demon, act like a demon, and mock God like a demon dont be shocked when people call it pic.twitter.com/FKQLhtJdFz Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) August 4, 2025 Responding to photos of Erivo from the show, rightwing commentator and convicted felon Dinesh DSouza wrote that he would now like to see a white woman play Martin Luther King, Jr.In a long comment to DSouzas post, conservative radio host Christopher Calvin Reid described Erivo as a woke liberal actress and her casting as a vile assault on Christian doctrine.This isnt art; its evila blasphemous middle finger to God, cheered by Democrats whod rather bow to Hollywood than the Bible, Reids unhinged rant continued. Christians must reject this sacrilege, for it erodes the sacred, inviting divine judgment while the left cackles in their echo chambers. Why Casting Cynthia Erivo as Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar" Is a Blasphemous, Woke Abomination That Mocks Christs Divinity and Proves the Lefts Contempt for Biblical Truth. RETWEET The lefts deranged obsession with casting Cynthia Erivo, a woke liberal actress, as Jesus pic.twitter.com/6HyM2JBheI Christopher Calvin Reid (@ReidFirm) August 3, 2025As Lambert told Billboard last week, the point of Jesus Christ Superstar has always been to provoke and challenge. Loosely based on Christs final week before his crucifixion, the musical takes an irreverent approach to the Biblical story, infusing it with a late-60s countercultural sensibility that questions both Jesus celebrity and the wisdom of his biggest fans.Earlier this year, actor and singer Ted Neeley, who starred as Jesus in the 1973 film adaptation, likened the uproar around Erivos casting to the protests outside the original Broadway production in the early 70s.As for Erivo, she seems to be simply basking in the generally glowing reception to her performance. On Tuesday, the actress and singer reposted a clip from the show first posted by Wicked co-star Ariana Grande, and also posted a gif of herself with Superstar co-stars Lambert and Brian Justin Crum.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMSvitolina faces abuse after loss, blames bettorsUkrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina spoke out about the deluge of hateful abuse she received online from frustrated gamblers after she lost a match in Canada, including messages wishing her death and celebrating Russia killing her compatriots.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMGarrett Nussmeier's final season at LSU is a family affairThe quarterback's dad is the offensive coordinator for the Saints. His mom is from Louisiana. Now, he has a shot to leave his stamp on the state.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMTransgender athlete debate rolls on six months after executive orderSix months after President Trump signed an executive order banning trans women from women's sports, these athletes are still trying to find ways to compete, and battles around their participation continue.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMTransfer rumors, news: Milan monitor Hjlund as Sesko deal edges closerManchester United striker Rasmus Hjlund looks set to leave the club as an 85m move for RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko edges closer. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMItaly Approves Project to Link Sicily to the Mainland by BridgeThe government says the road and rail link will create jobs and lift the economy of the region, but critics are concerned about the environmental and social impact.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMWar Shattered His Face. Technology Helped Reconstruct It.Volodymyr is a Ukrainian marksman whose face was shattered by a Russian bomb in 2023. After multiple surgeries and titanium implants, he has returned to active duty near the closest point of the front line of the war with Russia. Calling in from there, he describes his recovery to Marc Santora, an international editor for The New York Times.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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Stephen Colbert Says Trumps Big Beautiful Bill Could Cost the G.O.P. Its PopularityWhen they learned that, Republicans immediately saw the light, sprang into action, promised to tax the rich and restore peoples health care, he joked.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMLegionnaires Outbreak in Harlem Kills 2 and Sickens More Than 50The source of the illness has not been conclusively identified more than a week after people began getting sick.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMAt the Tesla Diner, the Future Looks MidThe new Los Angeles restaurant from the electric car giant is a smash burger and content machine, drawing Elon Musks fans and protesters.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.404MEDIA.COPodcast: Google Is Exposing Peoples ChatGPT SecretsWe start this week with Josephs story about nearly 100,000 ChatGPT conversations being indexed by Google. Theres some sensitive stuff in there. After the break, Emanuel tells us about Wikipedias new way of dealing with AI slop. In the subscribers-only section, Sam explains how we got to where we are with Steam andItch.io; that history goes way back.Listen to the weekly podcast onApple Podcasts,Spotify, orYouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode's bonus content and to power our journalism.If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. It will also be in the show notes in your podcast player. Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on GoogleWikipedia Editors Adopt Speedy Deletion Policy for AI Slop ArticlesThe Anti-Porn Crusade That Censored Steam andItch.ioStarted 30 Years Ago0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 4 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NATURE.COMAfter you leftNature, Published online: 06 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02467-0An information vacuum.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COM2025 SEC football preview: Power rankings, top players, must-see gamesOur college football experts breakdown preseason SEC power rankings, plus games and players to watch this fall.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COM'Steal reps' and 'losing ground': How the Browns are navigating a four-way QB competitionAmid an unusual preseason with four QBs vying for the top spot, Cleveland has distributed reps in unique ways.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMWNBA's CBA negotiations: Why revenue sharing is priority No. 1 and whether a lockout is realisticWith the CBA expiring Oct. 31, negotiations have become the most important topic in the WNBA.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMLakers' next era: Fits around Luka, LeBron's future, and why 2027 could change everythingThe Lakers locked in Luka Doncic. Now what? NBA insiders examine the moves L.A. can and should make to build its next title team.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COMNFL draft prospects with the most at stake this season: Who can make a statement in 2025?Which players' draft stocks have the most riding on the 2025 college football season? We picked out 10, including three quarterbacks.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMSenator Marsha Blackburn Will Run for Governor of TennesseeA conservative Trump ally in the Senate, Ms. Blackburn will now try to become the first woman to serve as governor.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMThey Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now Theyre FelonsThey went to jail when their boy was killed. Why dont road planners bear some guilt?0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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Alec Luhn, Missing American Journalist, Found Alive in NorwayRescue workers found Mr. Luhn, a journalist who had not been heard from for days after setting off alone in a Norwegian national park.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMKelley Mack, Walking Dead Actress, Dies at 33Ms. Mack was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her nervous system late last year.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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THEONION.COMTop Reasons For Leaving Summer Camp EarlyThe post Top Reasons For Leaving Summer Camp Early appeared first on The Onion.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 5 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.404MEDIA.COWatch This Guys Interactive Wooden Pixel Machine Make Art in Real TimeSitting in my office in NYC, I sent a CNC machine in a guys workshop in Wisconsin a 40 by 25 pixel drawing and watched it flip hand painted wooden blocks across a grid, one by one, until the glorious smiling 404 Media logo appearedthen watched it slowly erase, like a giant Etch A Sketch, moving on to the next drawing.Designer Ben Holmen created the Kilopixel, a giant grid made of 1,000 wooden blocks that a robot arm slowly turns to form user-submitted designs. Compared to our modern displays with millions of pixels changing 60 times a second, a wooden display that changes a single pixel 10 times a minute is an incredibly inefficient way to create an image, Holmen wrote on his blog detailing the project.Choosing what to make the pixels from was its own hurdle: Holmen wrote that he tried ping pong balls, Styrofoam balls, bouncy balls, wooden balls, 3D printed balls, golf balls, foam balls, anything approximately spherical and about 1-1.5in in diameter. Some of these were too expensive; others didnt hold up well to paint or drilling. Holmen settled on painted wooden blocks, each serving as one 40mm pixel. To be sure each block was exactly the right size, he built 25 shelves and drilled 40 holes into each, threading the blocks onto the shelves using metal wires. This was painstaking and time consuming - I broke it down into multiple sessions over several weeks, he wrote. But it did create a very predictable grid of pixels and guaranteed that each pixel moved completely independently of the surrounding pixels.From there, he used a CNC machine, which moves on the X, Y, and Z axes: across the grid, up and down, and the flipping finger that pokes inward to turn the pixel-blocks. Holmen wrote that he connected a Raspberry Pi to the CNC controller, which queries an API to get the next pixel in the design, activates the pixel poker, and reads a light sensor to determine whether the pixel face is painted black or raw wood.Two webcams stream the Kilopixel to Youtube, with a view of the whole grid and a view of the poker turning the blocks one by one. The camera, USB hub, and light are hung from the ceilingwith a respectful amount of jank for the streaming phase of this project, Holmen wrote. Anyone with a Bluesky account can connect their account and submit a pixel drawing for the machine to create, and people can upvote submissions they want to see next. Once its finished, the system uploads a timelapse of the painting to the site and posts it to Bluesky, tagging the submitter.Drawn by @samleecole.bsky.social, completed in 44m39Draw your own at kilopx.com kilopixel (@kilopx.com) 2025-08-05T20:33:14.719821ZI'm recording timelapses for every submission - this took 41 minutes in real time.Soon you'll be able to submit your own images to be drawn on my kilopixel! Can't wait to share this with the world and see what y'all come up with Ben Holmen (@benholmen.com) 2025-07-21T04:59:32.203ZThis entire process took him six years. I asked Holmen in an email what it cost him: Probably around $1000 and hundreds of hours of my time, he told me.And the project isnt over: It still requires some babysitting. Sometime early Tuesday morning, the rig got misaligned while working on an elaborate pixellated American Gothic, with the flipper-finger grasping at the air between blocks instead of turning them. Holmen had to manually reset it in the morning, entering the feed to tinker with the grid.He said he plans to run it 24/7, but that it might not go flawlessly at first. I've had to restart the controller script twice in 10 hours, and restart the YouTube stream once, he said on Monday, before the overnight error. I am planning to run it for a few days or weeks depending on interest, then I'll move on to a different control concept. I don't want to babysit a finicky device all the time.When I checked Kilopixels submissions on Monday, someone had drawn the Hacker News logoa sure sign that a hug of death was coming. I asked Holmen if hes had issues with overload. Just oneI undersized my web server for the attention it got, he told me on Monday evening. It's been #1 on Hacker News for about 10 hours, which is a lot of traffic. kilopx.com has received about 13,000 unique visitors today, which I'm very pleased with. The article has received about 70,000 unique visitors so far.The Kilopixel experiment might also be setting a time-to-penis record: In the six hours its been online as of writing this, I havent seen anyone try to make the robot draw a dick, yet. Holmen mentioned defensive features built into the web app in his blog for mitigating abuse, but so far people have behaved themselves. I expect the best and worst out of people on the internet. I built an easy way for admins to delete gross or low effort submissions and enlisted a couple of trusted friends to keep an eye on the queue with me, Holmen told me. I'm certain there are ways to work around things, or submit enough to make cleanup a chore, but I decided to not lock things down prematurely and just respond as things evolve.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 4 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.LGBTQNATION.COMGOP senator who said trans people put girls at risk just helped a relative who raped a 13-year-oldState Sen. J. Stuart Adams, Republican leader of the Utah Senate, once said that transgender athletes put cisgender girls at risk. Now, hes facing criticism for his help to keep his 18-year-old relative out of jail after he raped a 13-year-old girl.Adams helped change a state law to give his accused relative a lighter sentence. Adams swears he neither requested nor helped draft the 2024 law that aided his relative, but he did ask for the relatives rape charges to be reconsidered in light of the new law. Related Conservatives have been railing against groomers for years. So why do they support Donald Trump? Trump was best friends with a notorious child sex trafficker, but his ardent supporters are vocal about opposing it. How did that happen? Utah state law says that people under the age of 14 can never consent to sex, and the old state statute required that 18-year-olds receive a first-degree child rape felony charge for having sex with anyone 13 years old or younger. The felony charge required the rapist to also register as a sex offender. However, the new law allows accused rapists 18 years old and younger to receive a reduced third-degree felony charge of unlawful sexual activity (and avoid jail time and registration as a sex offender) if theyre enrolled in high school.Before the new law passed, Adams relative was charged with two counts of child rape and two counts of child sodomy (all first-degree felonies), and faced up to 25 years to life in prison as well as a lifetime on the sex offender registry. The relatives plea deal with state prosecutors had reportedly reached an impasse, according to TheSalt Lake Tribune. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The new law was drafted by the relatives defense attorney, Cara Tangaro, and sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore (R) after Adams reportedly confided in him about his relatives legal charges. The new law, S.B. 213, adjusted various criminal sentences to address unintended consequences or overly harsh or unfair outcomes in various criminal charges, Tangaro said.In this case, the accused rapist had participated in unlawful adolescent sexual activity, but he hadnt also been accused of using force, coercion, or other violent or manipulative means that would support more serious charges of rape, sodomy, or sexual assault. Attorneys also pointed out that, under the old law, if the accused rapist had been 17 and his victim had been 14 years old instead of 13 years old, the accused rapist wouldve been charged with a Class B misdemeanor rather than felony charges. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed S.B. 213 into law on March 19, 2024. Two months later, Tangaro informed Judge Michael DiReda, the judge who was then presiding over the case, that the accused rapists plea deal would be changed in light of the new law. As a result, the accused rapist avoided jail time and a lifetime on the sexual offender registry.While the sponsor of [the bill] was aware of the case, I did not request the legislation and did not intervene or give input on the drafting of the bill, Adams told TheSalt Lake Tribune. According to the states legislative database, Adams voted for S.B. 213, which passed almost entirely on party lines: all state senate Republicans voted for it along with one Democrat, while the rest of the Democrats who were present voted against it. One Democrat and four Republicans were absent from that vote.Adams relative received a second-degree felony charge, which Adams points to as proof that the new law didnt affect the outcome of his relatives case. The Tribune noted that the new law wasnt made retroactive, and the accused rapist wasnt charged with the new, lower-level crime created by the law. Nevertheless, the new charges and plea deal were still changed in light of the new laws passage, the publication reported.The bills sponsor in the state House, state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee (R), said she was unaware of the change in the child rape law and now opposes the change, vowing to introduce a repeal of the change in future legislation.But for now, the accused rapist will serve four years probation, complete sex offender treatment, pay a $1,500 fine, and perform 120 hours of community service. The unnamed victims mother says she feels that the legal process has failed them, the victims attorney Tamara Basquezsaid. The mother saidthe sexual abuse has made her child, an 8th-grade student, more withdrawn and careful, and less interested in being around her friend. [The mother and child] feel really defeated through this entire process, Basquez told the judge presiding over the case, following the lighter sentencing for the accused child rapist. She just feels like theres no protection for the innocence of her [child] and that theres a disregard for how it really has affected them. They feel that there hasnt been adequate consequences for the underlying conduct. The childs mother said, [The legal sentencing change] was out of nowhere. I felt like I was punched in the gut. I feel like a law is the law, regardless of who you are, but that wasnt what was going on here. I feel like [the 18-year-old] just got special treatment and nobody was going to say anything about it.Several months after voting for S.B. 213, Adams and other Utah state Republican leaders issued a statement claiming that they were very concerned about the safety of girls and women in the context of transgender people participating in sports. Female athletes deserve the right to a safe playing field, fair competition, and equal opportunities, the statement said. Institutions across the nation have failed to take action [to ban trans athletes], thereby undermining vital protections and putting female athletes at risk.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.ESPN.COM20 sophomore NFL defenders who could stand out this season -- and what makes each player so specialLet's take a closer look at 20 intriguing second-year defensive players, including Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Jared Verse and Edgerrin Cooper.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMStanford Newspaper Challenges Legal Basis for Student DeportationsA new lawsuit brought by a First Amendment watchdog group argues that the use of a rarely invoked immigration law to target pro-Palestinian demonstrators is unconstitutional.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة
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WWW.NYTIMES.COMDespite Opposition, Netanyahus Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Military PushIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with his cabinet on Thursday as the families of the hostages warn that moving into new areas could endanger the captives.0 التعليقات 0 المشاركات 3 مشاهدة 0 معاينة