Dem lawmaker bizarrely claims black Americans will stop voting if they don’t get reparations

Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., said during an interview on Sunday that Black Americans would stop voting if they aren’t given reparations. Lee slammed President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund,” and argued, “They are playing psychological warfare with us.” “And that’s what they do,” she continued. “Because, again, they’re trying to disenfranchise you. Because if you believe that you’re never going to get reparations from this system, then you tap out, and you don’t just tap out of the conversation, you tap out of the system. You don’t want to vote anymore. You don’t participate anymore.” “And they know that that’s how…

Patriots end practice early after scary Drake Maye collision

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel watched his entire season flash before his eyes after a tumultuous offseason. During 11-on-11 drills Thursday, its final practice of the week, New England apparently turned up the heat but was forced to end early as Drake Maye collided with second-year Edge rusher Bradyn Swinson. It…

Mauricio Pochettino only has one measure of success for USMNT at World Cup

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The giant transparent panels that make up the ceiling of SoFi Stadium loomed Thursday afternoon as planes leaving LAX flew overhead. Inside the bowels of the stadium, reporters gathered into a press conference room 24 hours ahead of the United States men’s national team’s opening match of…

People are battling ‘ghost fat’ after losing weight on GLP-1s

Sometimes, seeing isn’t believing. Across the country, Americans are losing weight faster than ever thanks to blockbuster obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, with roughly one in eight US adults now turning to GLP-1s to slim down. But for some users, the dramatic physical changes come with an unexpected psychological…

How Lionel Messi changed everything about soccer in America

When acclaimed soccer writer Paul Tenorio followed Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team to Dallas for one of the superstar’s first road games in America in 2023, the scene outside the team’s Renaissance Plano hotel was strangely calm. A few fans lingered behind barriers. Nothing unusual. Nothing chaotic. Not…

Science news this week: Ötzi the Iceman used to make sourdough, Italian teenagers discover Roman villa under school, Google plans to release 64 million mosquitos, and RIP to NASA’s Maven probe

Surprise discoveries that were thousands of years in the making dominated this week’s science news, with scientists discovering that Ötzi the Iceman’s body was teeming with ancient yeasts, which scientists promptly used to make a sourdough.First discovered in Italy’s Ötztal Alps in September 1991, Ötzi was a prehistoric man who…

Why can’t we figure out how strong gravity is?

Of the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity is the one we experience most directly ‪—‬ it’s what keeps our feet on the ground and the sun in the sky. Yet we still can’t pin down its exact strength. Since the 1980s, scientists have made more than a dozen measurements…

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