Molly Russell’s dad warns ‘rushed’ social media ban would be ‘deplorable’

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The father of Molly Russell, who took her own life aged 14 after seeing harmful content online, has warned a ban on social media for under-16s is being ‘rushed’ by the government.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce tomorrow morning that…

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2 women charged with murdering Silver Spring mom arrested in Ohio

Two women charged with murdering a woman in a Silver Spring senior living community last month were arrested in Ohio, police announced Thursday.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Manhunt underway for 2 women charged with murder of mother in Silver Spring

Vanessa Tjongarero-Henderson, 29, and Samantha Raebel, 36, were arrested in Genoa, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 10, according to the Montgomery County Police…

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The Voting Rights Act Is Dead. Here’s a New Model for Black Politics.

The fallout from _Louisiana v. Callais_ has been nothing short of tragic, with terrible echoes of the past. As Reconstruction ended in 1877, states in the South either killed, expelled, or used other means to force out Black legislators. Over the last two weeks, freed from abiding by Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Southern states have rushed to redraw their district lines to ensure that…

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December in Servo: multiple windows, proxy support, better caching, and more!

Servo 0.0.4 and our December nightly builds now support multiple windows (@mrobinson, @mukilan, #40927, #41235, #41144)! This builds on features that landed in Servo’s embedding API last month. We’ve also landed support for several web platform features, both old and new:

  • ‘contrast-color()’ in CSS color values (@webbeef, #41542)
  • partial support for < meta charset>
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Our Mob Boss President

Jamelle Bouie writes that each US president molds the presidency in his own image and Trump has constructed a “government as protection racket and the president as mob boss”.1

So what manner of presidency has Trump devised for himself?

You could call it the pecuniary presidency, a presidency not devoted to the public good or to the preservation of the union or even to some narrow…

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The Search for Search - Digital Independence Day ✊ May 2026

It's the first Sunday of the month which means it is time for another Digital Independence Day. And unlike last month the website DI.DAY is now available in English!

Every first Sunday of the month, we celebrate Digital Independence Day: We reclaim our freedom in the digital world, stop destroying democracy, and switch to democracy-friendly digital alternatives. And, step by step, we make sure…

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