Helter-Skelter

[DKG]

An official with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts said during a Wednesday afternoon press conference that underwater "banging noises" have been detected in the area where teams are searching for the submersible that went missing Sunday during its trip to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to visit the wreck of the Titanic.



But officials repeated cautions during the news conference that they aren't sure about the origins of those noises and that acoustic experts have been analyzing the "multiple reports" of such sounds.

[Herman]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) rules should change so that FBI agents lose their jobs when they lie to misuse the government's spying powers in sensitive investigations, Special Counsel John Durham suggested to Congress.



Durham, who recently released a report on his review of the FBI's handling of the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation, acknowledged that he found conduct that was wrong or "probably criminal," but would have been difficult to prosecute in a court of law.



"The real difficulty, in my view, is trying to figure out how to hold people accountable for their conduct. It's not a simple problem to solve," he said, testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on June 21.



His report documented extensive misconduct, including repeated use of false, debunked, and unverified information, dismissing exculpatory information, failure to interview key witnesses—all pushing forward an investigation of supposed collusion between Russia and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

[DKG]

The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 on June 22 that the federal government has no obligation to help the Navajo Nation gain access to water, finding that a 19th-century treaty with the government imposes no such duty.



Oral arguments in the case, which took place on March 20, centered on the Navajo Nation's desire to draw water from the Colorado River over the opposition of several thirsty nearby states.



The case pits the Navajo Nation—a large Indian reservation occupying territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah—against the states of Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.



The Navajo Nation is one of the largest tribes in the United States, with more than 300,000 enrolled members, roughly 170,000 of whom live on the Navajo reservation created by the treaty. The reservation is one of the largest in the country—about the size of West Virginia—spanning more than 17 million acres across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.



The decision follows rulings by the high court in other cases involving Native American tribes in recent weeks. On June 16, the court ruled 8–1 that federal bankruptcy law supersedes tribes' sovereign immunity. The day before, the court upheld by 7–2 the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, a law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children.

[Herman]

Are there any limits to what technology can do? Every day it seems limitations dissolve and boundaries are deemed obsolete.



That is certainly the case for a new tech company that just emerged in 2021. It's called Colossal Biosciences, and it claims to have technology capable of achieving something that has never been done before: resurrecting extinct species.



Founders Ben Lamm and Dr. George Church intend to reawaken the ancient woolly mammoth from its 4,000-year-old grave. They also have their sights set on other species, including the Tasmanian tiger and the dodo bird.

[Lokmar]

The Supreme Court ruled 5–4 on June 22 that the federal government has no obligation to help the Navajo Nation gain access to water, finding that a 19th-century treaty with the government imposes no such duty.



Oral arguments in the case, which took place on March 20, centered on the Navajo Nation's desire to draw water from the Colorado River over the opposition of several thirsty nearby states.



The case pits the Navajo Nation—a large Indian reservation occupying territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah—against the states of Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.



The Navajo Nation is one of the largest tribes in the United States, with more than 300,000 enrolled members, roughly 170,000 of whom live on the Navajo reservation created by the treaty. The reservation is one of the largest in the country—about the size of West Virginia—spanning more than 17 million acres across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.



The decision follows rulings by the high court in other cases involving Native American tribes in recent weeks. On June 16, the court ruled 8–1 that federal bankruptcy law supersedes tribes' sovereign immunity. The day before, the court upheld by 7–2 the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, a law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children.

Injuns should have been Christianized or totally wiped out. They were degenerate pagans and rightfully butchered. If I was supreme ruler, after faggits and liberals, I would exterminate the injun national identity.

[DKG]

Some cities are passing their own laws in order to combat an epidemic of brazen organized retail thefts across the country that have led to some stores shutting down.



In one example from the King Soopers grocery store in Brighton, Colorado, two thieves were caught on video on Monday loading up a grocery cart with detergent and other high-price items before running for the exit.



These kinds of incidents are pushing local lawmakers into passing laws to strengthen the law enforcement response to such robberies, according to a report from CBS News.



"The situation is out of control," said Mayor Mike Coffman of Aurora. The city has passed an ordinance that would put people in jail for three days if they are found guilty of stealing more than $300 in merchandise.

[Herman]

Elizabeth Warren, Jimmy Carter, Bush one and two and Barack Obama are descendents of slave owners. Trump comes from immigrant stock and has no slave owning ancestors.



Will Barack Obama have to pay reparations to himself.

[Lokmar]

Some cities are passing their own laws in order to combat an epidemic of brazen organized retail thefts across the country that have led to some stores shutting down.



In one example from the King Soopers grocery store in Brighton, Colorado, two thieves were caught on video on Monday loading up a grocery cart with detergent and other high-price items before running for the exit.



These kinds of incidents are pushing local lawmakers into passing laws to strengthen the law enforcement response to such robberies, according to a report from CBS News.



"The situation is out of control," said Mayor Mike Coffman of Aurora. The city has passed an ordinance that would put people in jail for three days if they are found guilty of stealing more than $300 in merchandise.

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They should have shot that coon AND his nigga jizz eating white coon luvin girlfriend!

[DKG]

The Teamsters Union warned that a U.S.-wide strike is imminent if the United Parcel Service (UPS) doesn't come to an agreement with the union Friday, potentially triggering one of the largest strikes in American history.



The union, which represents hundreds of thousands of UPS drivers, "walked away from the national bargaining table" and said that UPS must give its "last, best, and final offer"  by Friday, June 30.



"The largest single-employer strike in American history now appears inevitable," Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien said in a news release this week. "Executives at UPS, some of whom get tens of millions of dollars a year, do not care about the hundreds of thousands of American workers who make this company run," O'Brien said.

[Herman]

Tim Scott of South Carolina lambasted the Obamas over their response to the decision by the Supreme Court to end affirmative action in higher education on Thursday.



Scott, who is running for president, was asked to respond to statements put out by former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama decrying the decision and criticizing the court.



"I'm running for president because I know America can do for anyone what she has done for me. But sending the message that somehow the color of your skin means that you will not be able to achieve your goals from an educational perspective, from an income perspective or family formation, that is a lie from the pit of hell," said Scott to Fox News.

[Herman]

An earthquake with a 6.4 magnitude stuck off Indonesia's coast. One person is dead.

[DKG]

As thousands of Twitter users reported issues accessing the platform Saturday morning, Elon Musk announced temporary limitations on the number of tweets users would be able to read.



"To address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation, we've applied the follow temporary limits," Musk tweeted Saturday.



The limits, which rose steadily throughout the day, are based on users' subscription status and time on the platform.



The limit announcement began with verified accounts being capped at reading 6,000 posts daily. Unverified accounts were limited to 1/10th that amount at 600 per day. New verified accounts were first capped at 300 per day.



In a tweet later in the day, Musk announced that the rate limits would be increasing to 8,000 for verified, 800 for unverified, and 400 for unverified accounts that are new.



Musk announced yet another reading limit bump to to 10,000, 1,000, and 500 around 6 p.m. ET Saturday evening.

[Herman]

A social media influencer was sentenced to jail for fabricating kidnapping accusations against a couple at an arts and crafts store in Petaluma, California.



Kathleen "Katie" Sorensen, 31, was sentenced on Thursday to 90 days in jail, 60 of which could be carried out on a work-release program. Sorensen was also placed on 12 months of informal probation and will be prohibited from having a social media presence during this time.

[DKG]

If you have fifteen minutes to spare, watch this.

[Herman]

A win for freedom.



A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday restricted some agencies and officials of the administration of President Joe Biden from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, according to a court filing.



The injunction came in response to a lawsuit brought by Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri, who alleged that U.S. government officials went too far in efforts to encourage social media companies to address posts they worried could contribute to vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic or upend elections.



The ruling said government agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services and the FBI could not talk to social media companies for "the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech" under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.