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Helping fill out absentee ballots a felony under Alabama proposal

Fox News Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would make it a felony to help a voter fill out an absentee ballot. House Representatives approved the bill with a 76-28 vote that fell almost entirely on party lines, after Republicans voted to cut off a filibuster by Democratic lawmakers.…

General Officer Announcements

Defense.gov Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced that the president has made the following nominations. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3385231/general-officer-announcements/

Bed Bath & Beyond Spinoff Christmas Tree Shops Prepares Bankruptcy Filing

Wall Street Journal Christmas Tree Shops, the discount home-goods chain spun out by Bed Bath & Beyond in 2020, is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as this weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bed-bath-beyond-spinoff-christmas-tree-shops-prepares-bankruptcy-filing-1a7494c5

Heritage scholar flips script on Sen. Whitehouse with reference to all-White private beach club

Fox News A Heritage Foundation scholar who makes frequent appearances as a Republican witness in congressional testimony called out Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., for his reported membership in an all-White beach club, in response to the senator’s criticism of the D.C.-based think tank. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center For Energy, Climate, and Environment at…

China aiming for ‘chaos and confusion’ by weaponizing AI, warns GOP senator

Fox News Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., warned this week that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using artificial intelligence to stoke disinformation globally through “deep fakes.” “The CCP will stop at nothing to sow chaos and confusion within our country and around the world.” Ricketts said at a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing. “Deep fakes…

Schumer roasted for saying ‘nobody is taking away your gas stove’ just months before NY banned gas stoves

Fox News Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was roasted this week after his state banned natural gas hookups in new buildings over comments he made earlier this year downplaying the threat of such bans. “Nobody is taking away your gas stove,” Schumer tweeted on Feb. 3. “Shameless and desperate MAGA Republicans are showing us…

Autopsy Shows Tyre Nichols Died of Head Injuries From Police Beating

New York Times Medical examiners formally declared his death a homicide, describing severe blunt force injuries to his head and neck as well as bruises and cuts all over his body. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/politics/tyre-nichols-autopsy.html

White House Warns of Risks as AI Use Takes Off

Wall Street Journal The Biden administration is confronting the rapidly expanding use of artificial intelligence, warning of the dangers the technology poses to public safety, privacy and democracy while having limited authority to regulate it. https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-warns-of-risks-as-ai-use-takes-off-d4cc217f

NY Dems turn on each other over homeless man’s subway death: ‘Jordan Neely was lynched’

Fox News New York Democrats are firing at each other after a homeless man who was expressing threatening behavior on the subway system died after being restrained by passengers. “Jordan Neely was murdered,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted Wednesday. “Jordan was houseless and crying for food in a time when the city is raising rents and stripping…

Biden and Zelenskyy talk “regularly and often” – White House

Pravda Ukraine US President Joe Biden has fairly regular contacts with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, but plans for the next conversation are undisclosed. Source: John Kirby, the representative of the White House, quoted by Ukrinform Quote from Kirby: “Communication between President Biden and President Zelenskyy? They talk regularly and often. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/4/7400741/