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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · Nov 19

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 17h

“How does one mourn and commemorate an atrocity against your people in the midst of an atrocity done to another people in your name?" writes Shaul Magid, a rabbi and professor of modern Judaism.

"The complexity of mourning lies in the fact that there is no consensus as to what any of this means.”

The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 18h

The high-stakes case could roll back the rights of LGBTQ+ youth across the country.

US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20h

Texas national guard troops have arrived in the Chicago area, marking an escalation of Donald Trump’s crackdown on the city.

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

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Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social · 23h

Why Sora was so much more popular than Meta's Vibes www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI throws caution to the wind, and a year of covering Elon Musk

The AI company’s app Sora makes a bigger splash than Meta’s Vibes. Plus, everything I learned about the Tesla CEO in the past 12 months

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 22h

"Our people-first approach to journalism is a critical part of telling the whole story and also illuminating the fact that people's lives are not solely defined by inequity," says Lauren N Williams, US deputy editor for race and inequity.

Discover more: www.theguardian.com/thewholepicture

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

Donald Trump’s ability to shape the commanding heights of US political life will be at stake when the court assembles for its new term on 6 October.

Here are some cases to watch this term:

Tariffs, ‘conversion therapy’ and mail ballots: key US supreme court cases to watch this term

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

We’re far enough into the season to have a good idea of the strengths and weaknesses of each team. Which one is letting fans down the most?

Jets, Ravens … Eagles? Which team is most miserable after five weeks of the NFL season?

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

A federal judge on Sunday evening blocked the Trump administration from deploying any national guard units to Oregon.

Here’s what to know about the fight over Trump’s deployment of the national guard.

What to know about Trump’s national guard deployment, from rulings to protests

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

Paramount Skydance has appointed Bari Weiss, a former New York Times opinion writer who launched an “anti-woke” commentary website, as editor-in-chief of CBS News.

Who is Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News?

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Dara Kerr @darakerr.bsky.social · 3d

Seems Sora is primed to spread misinformation. The app had no problem generating war scenes and mass shootings.

One video, created with only the prompt “Charlottesville rally”, showed a Black protester in a gas mask and helmet yelling: “You will not replace us”

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OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’

Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 1d

Exclusive: A Christian legal group will urge the supreme court to overturn a ban on anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” in a case that could erode protections for transgender and queer youth across the country.

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 2d

“For so long, I’ve been idealizing this one man who will drop everything for me, who will know my likes, and is someone who’s the perfect mold,” said Lea Veloso, 26.

“I think I’m constantly disappointed by real men.”

Golden retriever boyfriends and ick lists: gen Z’s dating rules are making them ‘constantly disappointed’

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 2d

Fake it till you make it, the saying goes. But what happens when you’ve “made it” but still feel like a total fraud?

Feeling out of place? How to beat impostor syndrome

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 3d

How did you sleep last night?

Why do I keep waking up at 2am – and how do I get back to sleep?

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 3d

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life.

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

Here’s why some women feel like there’s little hope in the current dating pool of men – if they’re still in the market for one.

‘Men seem to make life for women worse’: single US women share the woes of dating in 2025

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

Looking to pick up some coffee on your grocery run this weekend?

The best instant coffees in 2025: we tested 24 varieties from powders to pastes

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

"Almost 16 months after Charli released Sympathy Is a Knife, Swift has made it about her," writes the Guardian's deputy music editor Laura Snapes. "It unwittingly reveals so much of Swift’s current MO: eroticising hate, still getting off on it when her foes are long past participating."

Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict | Laura Snapes

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

The US government has put $2.1bn in funding for infrastructure projects in Chicago on hold, in another jab at a Democratic-led city.

Trump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projects

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

The recent separations echo the “zero tolerance” policy of the first Trump administration, when the US systematically separated more than 5,600 migrant children from their parents and caregivers at the US-Mexico border.

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Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’

Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

In several cases, officials have retaliated against immigrants who challenged deportation orders by separating them from their children, a Guardian investigation found.

The officials misclassified the children as “unaccompanied minors” before placing them in government-run shelters or foster care.

Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4d

Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again as a retaliatory measure.

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Oliver Laughland @oliverlaughland.bsky.social · 5d

Alexandria’s airpark also houses a unique Ice detention center, which opens directly out onto the tarmac and holds only adult men.

We uncovered systematic due process violations, poor medical care and inhumane conditions in another investigation published last month:

Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear

A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long s...

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Oliver Laughland @oliverlaughland.bsky.social · 5d

The family were detained at a hotel in Alexandria, LA. The town’s airport is a hub for Trump’s deportation machine.

We have revealed a Sheraton hotel near the airport is being used to detain families before deportation.

We could not confirm this in Rosario’s case & Marriott declined to comment:

Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate

Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former position

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