Day: June 14, 2024

The G7 summit is wrapping up today, after President Joe Biden signed a new security deal with Ukraine. Florida is expecting a fourth day of flooding. A federal judge has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing new rules to protect LGBTQ+ students in four states. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing heat again for trips on a GOP megadonor’s plane. Plus, a Native American tribe has been given the go ahead to hunt whales in Washington state.

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Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah  The New York Times

A War They Both Are Losing: Israel, Hamas and the Plight of Gaza  International Institute for Strategic Studies

Colin Meloy writes novels in the forms of songs. His band The Decemberists returns with their ninth studio album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again.

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The Supreme Court will soon decide on a case whether government interference on social media is coercive and suppresses free speech. Those who argue legitimate cooperation say that where misinformation threatens public health or safety, they are justified to protect the public. Those argue coercion believe that increased content moderation could lead to authoritarian control over public discourse online. Now we debate: Mock Trial: Free Speech, Government, and Misinformation on Social Media Platforms.  

Plaintiff: Charles “Chip” Miller, Senior Attorney at the Institute for Free Speech  

Defendant:  Rylee Sommers-Flanagan, Founder and Executive Director of Upper Seven Law 

 

Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates 

 

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Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will take part in the Peace Summit on Ukraine, the press service of the Council reports. He will pay an official visit to Nidwalden, Switzerland, where the Formula for Peace in Ukraine summit will take place.

During the trip, the Secretary…

CNN:   A looming glut in global oil supply could “upend” attempts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, or OPEC+, to prop up prices by cutting production, according to the International Energy Agency.

The Paris-based IEA said Wednesday that it expects growth in…