A suspected explosion rocked the area of the Iranian city of Khorramabad on Monday evening, with some unofficial reports speculating it could have been a sabotage operation in a nearby underground ballistic missile base.
Iranian media outlets affiliated with the country’s Islamic regime reported that a “terrible sound” was heard by local residents, who also said the ground had been shaking.
However, official reports said later that no earthquake had been recorded in the area
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The judge in NY Attorney General Letitia James’ civil suit has ruled that the Trump organization committed fraud for years and has ordered that several of their business licenses be rescinded.
A non-jury trial on the rest of the AG’s claims is scheduled to begin on Oct. 2, after which exact penalties will be determined.
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(Coincidentally, the bad guy is a racist.)
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…to return them to the British Museum. Just in case someone had such misunderstandings. 
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Damn, Zuck is getting out done by robots in the being human department now.
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Dudes butthole is just vibrating moves in morse code 
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The first Fulton County defendant has entered into a plea agreement, pleading guilty to five misdemeanor counts of election interference. More importantly, Scott Hall has agreed to testify against his co-defendants.
Also, I’m starting to think that House Republicans might be just a touch dysfunctional.
In all likelihood, our government is going to shut down on Sunday.
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Congress has agreed to a funding bill that will prevent a government shut down…for 45 days. The real question is whether or not Kevin McCarthy will still be Speaker of the House then. The right-wing crazies are not happy. (So what else is new? 
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This is such a weird concept of US politics. I don’t understand how it keeps surviving president after president. Is that set in stone?
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It’s all a big mess because lobbyists and dark money groups are allowed to influence politicians, and because the media exposure brings them fame, greedy, hateful, cruel, bigoted people run for office solely to get some of that money and get the fame, while maybe making laws that hurt people they don’t like. That’s why all this weird crap keeps happening. If people went into government to actually make laws, lead, and try to make people’s lives better, it would all make sense.
Bro this is the greatest democracy in world history. The only things set in stone are the Ten Commandments and the headstones of murdered schoolchildren.
Apologies for getting dark and cynical. This country, at every level of management and largesse, is a perfect blend of corruption, incompetence, entitlement, and the pursuit of personal cachet. And when it comes to the wheels of government: a few bad apples spoil the bunch.
Not news per se but an explanation for Urben’s question.
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1000 years of history gone in a week. The world stood by and allowed a cultural genocide to happen.
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It’s Nobel week. First up is the Nobel Prize in Medicine, which was awarded to Hungarian Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman for their work on how mRNA interacts with the immune system, which led to the development of the mRNA Covid vaccine.
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Earlier today, it looked like Gaetz was going to back down, but, no, it appears that the dumpster is, indeed, on fire. 
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Heartbreaking: The worst person you know is getting stabbed in the back of someone even worse than him.
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Looks like HS2’s Manchester link will be scrapped. The whole project seems to just be one disaster after another, but it feels like such a shame since really in theory, high speed rail could be really good for the UK, and it’s obvious there needs to somekind of improvement for the rail infrastructure. At the moment, it looks like the only leg of HS2 will be from the outskirts of Birmingham to the outskirts of London, with the North getting nothing. I guess the hope is that when that leg does finally open, it can at least show the value to regular people of high speed rail, especially at it should help free up space on the other train lines for frieght.
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