Journalist Georgia Fort seeks dismissal of charges over anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church (startribune.com)
startribune.com/georgia-fort-journalist-ice-protest-church/601875549?utm_source=gift
After Trump Calls Canadians ‘Nasty,’ Mark Carney Says the Word Fits Trade Talks (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
In 1953, You Didn’t Need AI to Listen to Socrates (medium.com)
DFL Party petitions court to undo major party status for Minnesota’s Legal Marijuana Now Party (startribune.com)
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Thursday's parting shot
Photo by Stacie Joy
As seen at Spooksvilla + Friends, the cool gift shop at 309 E. Ninth St. between First and Second Avenues... here's Mazyar, owner Shahrzad Ghadjar's son, who comes with a warning sign and a toothy grin.
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Thanks to EVG reader Annabelle for the pic!
In 2023, TN-09 Democratic nominee Justin Pearson comforted a woman holding a sign reading "Covenant Mom" after the Covenant School shooting in Nashville
A 2023 clip of Justin Pearson is going viral after his win in the TN-09 primary: "To all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You can't expel hope." A GOP supermajority had temporarily expelled him for fighting for gun control after a Nashville school shooting.
Justin Pearson has won the Democratic primary for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. As part of "Tennessee Three," Pearson gained national attention in 2023 when Republicans attempted to expel him for his gun control advocacy after the Covenant School shooting.
Political Wire
• Taegan Goddard
Can Iran’s Diminished Diplomats Deliver a Hormuz Deal?
“Arab mediators working on a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz said they fear the country’s diplomats, who are under pressure from hard-liners in Tehran, lack the clout to guarantee compliance even if an agreement is reached,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The concerns, based on a pattern of faltering diplomatic efforts […]
Marquita Bradshaw has won the Tennessee Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. She will face Republican Bill Hagerty in the November general election.
WIRED
• Will Knight
One of China’s Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Broken Containment
Security researchers say that Kimi K3, an open-weight model from China, wandered off to the internet in an attempt to cheat on a test it was given.
Blazers' arena renovation takes another step toward funding as county approves term sheet (nytimes.com)
Trump Is Asking the Private Sector to Save Him (theatlantic.com)
Veterans in this GI Bill scam played along as trade schools pocketed millions (wapo.st)
Canada is not working together to confront the wildfire crisis (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada is not working together to confront the wildfire crisis (theglobeandmail.com)
Opinion | DSA-driven Democrats are making the GOP’s 2022 mistake (wapo.st)
Can Iran’s Diminished Diplomats Deliver a Hormuz Deal? (wsj.com)
wsj.com/world/middle-east/can-irans-diminished-diplomats-deliver-a-hormuz-deal-392ed258?st=VV8ZqA