Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A suicide bomber has set off a blast outside a court building in Islamabad that has killed at least 12 people, according to Pakistan’s interior minister. At least 27 others were injured in the explosion on Tuesday near the entrance of the district court in the Pakistani capital, which is typically crowded with large numbers of people. … As officials investigated the scene in the immediate aftermath, no group had claimed responsibility. However, similar blasts have been carried out by armed groups, including the Pakistan Taliban, also known by the acronym TTP.” (11/11/25)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/blast-outside-islamabad-court-in-pakistan-injures-at-least-eight
Source: Lions of Liberty
“Movement. Lymphatic Activation. Energy. 50 Day Challenge to End 2025.” (11/10/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/ff-movement-lymphatic-activation-energy-50-day-challenge-to-end-2025
Source: The Bulwark
by Will Sommer
“The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.” (11/10/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-right-wing-media-pipe-bomb-january-6th
Source: SFGate
“A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy that bars transgender officers from performing security screening pat-downs, according to a federal lawsuit. The Transportation Security Administration, which operates under DHS, enacted the policy in February to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring two unchangeable sexes: male and female. According to internal documents explaining the policy change that The Associated Press obtained from four independent sources, including one current and two former TSA workers, ‘transgender officers will no longer engage in pat-down duties, which are conducted based on both the traveler’s and officer’s biological sex. In addition, transgender officers will no longer serve as a TSA-required witness when a traveler elects to have a pat-down conducted in a private screening area.'” (11/11/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/lawsuit-challenges-tsa-s-ban-on-transgender-21164044.php
Source: Persuasion
by Dan Williams
“When confronted with the growing popularity of populist, extremist, and generally destructive ideas over the past decade or so, many establishment politicians, journalists, and experts have blamed ‘misinformation’ (see also ‘disinformation,’ ‘fake news’ ‘information disorder,’ and ‘post-truth’). Although this narrative comes in different forms, it typically involves three core ideas: (1) misinformation is widespread, (2) it is much worse than in the recent past, and (3) it is highly impactful in driving worrying political trends and developments. But there is much to question about this narrative.” (11/10/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-confront-highbrow-misinformation
Source: In These Times
by Kim Kelly
“Ken Casey carries himself like a man who has no interest in looking for a fight but would have no problem finishing one if the need arose. Glancing at his silvered hair and faded tattoos, you might even assume the stocky musician’s street-fighting days are over now that he’s in his fifties. But you’d be wrong. Right now, Casey’s focused on using everything he’s learned to fight fascism by whatever means possible. As far as he’s concerned, ‘There is no neutral. If you’re neutral, you’re on the wrong side.’ As the kinetic frontman and sole remaining founding member of the Irish American ’Celtic punk’ band Dropkick Murphys, Casey is more likely to be found speaking to crowds of rowdy concertgoers in defense of immigrant rights, in support of Ukraine, and criticizing the Trump regime than bloodying his knuckles, but the man could never be accused of going soft.” (11/11/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/dropkick-murphys-ken-casey-wants-you-to-wake-the-f-ck-up
Source: The Hill
“President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to toss a jury’s verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s, according to the president’s personal legal team. Carroll has taken Trump to trial twice and won a total of $88.3 million in damages, and the petition marks the first time the long-running litigation has reached the justices.” (11/10/25)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5599298-supreme-court-trump-carroll/
Source: Brookings Institution
“Why data centers are important for AI.” (11/10/25)
https://shows.acast.com/tech-tank/episodes/why-data-centers-are-important-for-ai
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by William Harris
“‘I had a sniper gun pointed at me when trying to defend a protest that was in compliance with school policies.’ The student who wrote that line in FIRE’s annual free speech survey wasn’t using a metaphor. They were describing a spring afternoon in 2024 at Indiana University’s Dunn Meadow … when officers with rifles took positions on the roof of the Indiana Memorial Union over the heads of student protesters. Indiana State Police later confirmed they had positioned officers ‘with sniper capabilities’ on rooftops. The night before, administrators had convened an ad hoc meeting that rewrote IU’s Outdoor Spaces policy to require approval for structures that had long been permitted. By morning, a peaceful protest was recast as a policy violation. By noon, state police had taken a ‘closed sniper position’ above the lawn.” (11/10/25)
https://www.thefire.org/news/snipers-censorship-and-unaccountability-indiana-universitys-free-speech-crisis
Source: Fox News
“The shutdown stalemate that has dragged on in the Senate officially ended late Monday night, and it places Congress on a path to reopen the government later this week. Senators advanced a bipartisan funding package to end the government shutdown after a group of Senate Democrats broke from their colleagues and joined Republicans in their bid to reopen the government. … Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., earlier Monday told Fox News Digital that he would bring the House back into session ‘immediately’ upon Senate passage of the legislation. He later told House Republicans on a lawmaker-only call that he anticipated a vote in their chamber midweek at the earliest, Fox News Digital was told.” (11/10/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-ends-41-day-government-shutdown-stalemate-sends-bipartisan-deal-house
