Brian Hines

Writer/blogger living in Oregon. Blogs are Church of the Churchless, Salem Political Snark, HinesSight. Books include Break Free of Dogma and Return to the One.

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

This is the lede of The Times report that appears to have caused federal agents to inappropriately show up with subpoenas at the homes of the numerous, highly respected journalists on the byline. 1/2

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Tonight's blog post: "Here's an argument for why everything is physics. Can you refute it?"
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Tonight's blog post: "Here's what ChatGPT says about whether Betsy Vega is qualified to be a Salem city councilor"
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Tonight's blog post: "Is it the small things or the big things in our life that matter most to us?"
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Tonight's blog post: "City officials ignored Salem charter in wrongly qualifying Betsy Vega as Ward 6 city councilor"
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[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Thanks Donald Trump for allowing the rest of the world to mock our football team because you couldn’t stop ruining everything you stick your nose into.

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Tonight's blog post: "Genes, selfish or altruistic, make us who we are"
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Tonight's blog post: "The universe knows much more about itself than we humans know about the universe"
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Tonight's blog post: "What's the scientific source of everything in the world?"
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[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️ Around 800,000 of Ukrainian publisher's books destroyed in overnight Russian attack.

According to BookChef, the central warehouse of their logistics partner — where their books were stored — was completely destroyed.
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[Taniel @Taniel]

The AP has called the #CO01 Democratic primary for Melat Kiros over longtime incumbent Diana DeGette.

Another major triumph for a democratic socialist challenger, one week after New York.

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Tonight's blog post: "Eleatic Doctrine: what's real either acts on something else or is acted upon"
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Tonight's blog post: "Supreme Court just gave Trump more power. Also the next Democratic president."
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Tonight's blog post: "Five reasons why I'm happy being an atheist"
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Tonight's blog post: "Reality isn't an abstraction. Religion is. Which is why religion isn't real."
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Tonight's blog post: "City of Salem hiring Eugene attorney to help with investigation of Betsy Vega's eligibility to be city councilor"
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Tonight's blog post: "Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?"
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[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Additional footage from Drop Site contributor Mohamed Ahmed:

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🇵🇸 🎥 New: “We escaped the siege of gunfire, only to be under the siege of cement.”

Residents of eastern Al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza told Drop Site News that Israeli forces on Sunday pumped a thick cement-like substance into their neighborhood after tanks advanced near Hosni Al-Masadar Mosque, leaving streets buried under hardened concrete and trapping families inside their homes.

Speaking to journalist Mohamed Ahmed, Mahmoud Abu Shahada (28) said residents could no longer reach work, evacuate, or transport wheelchair users to medical appointments. “We can’t even walk in the street,” he said.

Ibrahim Abu Hajjaj (39) said children and elderly residents had fallen trying to cross the cement-covered roads. He warned the material had seeped into homes and could clog drainage systems. “This is the first time in the history of the Gaza Strip that we are drowning in cement,” he said.

Many residents were seen clearing the streets by hand, while others salvaged hardened cement to patch damaged homes because Israel continues to restrict the entry of construction materials into Gaza.

Abu Shahada warned that if Israeli forces launched another incursion into the neighborhood, residents would have no way to escape: “If we wanted to flee, it’s impossible for us to flee. We will remain sitting here, besieged.”

🎥 Filmed by Mohamed Ahmed

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Tonight's blog post: "Democratic Socialists of America do well in New York primaries. Great news for Democratic Party."
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