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View More NewsMexico City, July 9, 2026—Mexican authorities must immediately and credibly investigate the killing of environmental journalist and content creator Manuel Alejandro Mora Serna and determine whether he was attacked in relation to his work as a reporter, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The Guerrero State Human Rights Commission (CDHEG) confirmed in a July 3 statement on Facebook that Serna’s body was found June 22 in Zihuatanejo, in the southern state of Guerrero, according to news reports, though the date has not been confirmed by state authorities. He had been reported missing on June 20, according to the same…
The CBDC limit expires at the end of 2030, though there was little chance that a Fed digital currency would have been executed by then. There’s been limited appetite at the central bank, where its previous leadership — even before the arrival of Trump’s newest Fed chair, Kevin Warsh — had long said that such an effort would require backing from the White House and congressional authorization. There’s never been wide support for a CBDC in Congress.But the idea — strongly opposed by the crypto industry for its potential to compete with privately issued stablecoins — has been pursued in…
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A review of Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders by Claudia Verhoeven; 384 pages; Verso (May 2026)Although the True Crime genre of publishing and documentary television is replete with accounts of murderous spouses, serial killers, Mafia wars, and financial scams, rarely do the subjects transcend the headline immediacy of police procedurals to deliver the long-term import of critical analysis. The Victorian predator Jack the Ripper and the Depression-era exploits of Bonnie and Clyde are two such exceptions; a third is the countercultural carnage wrought by the Manson family. As such, Claudia Verhoeven’s new book Love and Terror: The Helter-Skelter History…
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from the fix-your-own-shit dept To be clear, the FTC under Donald Trump and new boss Andrew Ferguson has been a dangerous embarrassment. Whether it’s…
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Funding the immigration crackdown: Early this morning, the Senate passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill at the behest of Republicans and the White House.…