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Rensselaer County has voted to keep its new “drug dealer” registry. Israelis talk casually about carpet bombing Arabs. The US spread anti-vaccine propaganda abroad. And Denver and Atlanta are addressing their homelessness crises. 
 
https://apnews.com/article/micro-communities-shipping-container-atlanta-denver-homelessness-63f675d418bd1af6da74f26f4c320324
 
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/rensselaer-county-legislature-votes-keep-drug-19508834.php
 
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/06/13/us/abortion-pill-supreme-court/heres-the-latest-on-the-decision?smid=url-share
 
https://x.com/empirefiles/status/1393015740291162120?s=46&t=FAEnsaPQWm4oIOxVL2QPCg
 
https://x.com/maksimologija/status/1801750898902704257?s=46&t=H0xYNG-blXU-d-zkx5SJeA 
 
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

Giant spiders are coming to New York. Erik Prince runs a secret group chat of the ruling class. Something suspicious is going on with the Gaza port. Biden has shut down the southern border. A security officer gunned down a teenager carrying an airsoft gun. Mexico’s new president has the rich running scared and Albany passes Good Cause eviction!
 
https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash 
 
https://housingjusticeforall.org/albany-becomes-first-city-to-opt-into-good-cause-eviction/
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joro-spiders-new-york-giant-venomous-spiders-spread-east-coast/
 
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenklippenstein/p/leaked-cable-calls-fears-of-us-military?r=itmz&utm_medium=ios 
 
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/fake-aid-truck-used-to-carry-out-rescue-operation-us-special-cell-participated-in-nuseirat-massacre/
 
https://x.com/qudsnen/status/1799432676341850579?s=46&t=FAEnsaPQWm4oIOxVL2QPCg - referenced axios article: https://www.axios.com/2024/06/08/israel-hostage-rescue-gaza-music-festival 
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-signs-executive-order-shutting-southern-border-rcna155426
 
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/teen-shot-renton-big-5-sporting-goods
 
https://on.ft.com/3Vjq4HY 

Tired of buying from woke Lockheed Martin? Try a Texas dog groomer! North Korea is fighting back with poo. Saudi Arabia did 9/11. Facebook is full of AI bots pushing pro-Israel narratives. Netanyhu rejects another ceasefire agreement. And an orangutan has been seen directly applying a medicinal plant to a wound!
 
https://buywokefree.com/ 
 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/29/north-korea-balloons-waste-trash/ 
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/september-11-attacks-saudi-arabia-lawsuit/678430/ 
 
https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-identifies-networks-pushing-deceptive-content-likely-generated-by-ai-2024-05-29/
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c888p5p2zvxo
 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-sci-orangutan-self-medication_n_6633b2e5e4b0fc2b9528aaf1

The first millennial saint has been canonized. Police psychologically torture a man who called for help and kill a blind and deaf dog. An unlicensed cannabis operator has been fined $15m. University of California workers and nurses in Schenectady are on the brink of striking. Rail workers get more sick days. 
 
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-23/denied-uc-fails-to-get-a-court-order-to-stop-academic-workers-strike-union-hails-decision 
 
https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/
 
Nurses at Schenectady's Ellis Hospital voting on possible strike https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/nurses-schenectady-s-ellis-hospital-voting-19476751.php 
 
DocGo employee suspended for making obscene gesture at Times Union reporter https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/docgo-employee-suspended-making-obscene-gesture-19474137.php 
 
NY's first case vs. unlicensed cannabis operator draws $15.2M fine https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/ny-s-first-illegal-cannabis-test-case-draws-19476129.php 
 
https://archive.is/2024.05.24-180156/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/24/missouri-police-kill-blind-dog/
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/world/europe/carlo-acutis-saint-catholic.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/most-unionized-us-rail-workers-now-have-new-sick-leave-2023-06-05/

City council Republicans want to turn the city into an HOA. Legal troubles over the proposed Costco have locals in a tizzy. A secretive state board is letting Amazon pay workers sub par wages. Tesla is getting sued over air pollution. North Carolina is criminalizing mask wearing. Rich people have problems. Mercedes workers lost their union election and an Amazon warehouse in Canada won theirs. 
 
https://www.investigativepost.org/2024/05/14/state-board-rules-on-local-construction-projects-in-secret/
 
https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-04-19/troy-city-councils-republican-majority-fell-silent-on-several-measures
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/tesla-sued-over-air-pollution-from-factory-in-fremont-california.html
 
https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2024/05/14/protest-bill-to-criminalize-mask-wearing-for-health-reasons-passes-senate-committee/
 
https://www.newsweek.com/north-carolina-senate-vote-masks-anti-health-1901894
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/laval-amazon-warehouse-union-accredited-1.7202192
 
https://www.wired.com/story/google-io-end-of-google-search/
 
https://public.alertsense.com/content/2029/32109
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/problems-that-rich-people-face-according-to-therapists-.html
 
https://www.labornotes.org/2024/05/alabama-mercedes-workers-lose-first-union-election-vow-fight