The Daily Populous

Sunday March 31st, 2024 evening edition

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In reality, this superficial tension is easily resolved: The relationship between Donald Trump and his fascist MAGA movement and the Christian Right is transactional.

During these last few months, Trump has repeatedly made such statements about his divinity and being God’s emissary on Earth.

Earlier this week, Donald Trump took the next logical step in his fascist god complex and megalomania.

He is now selling Bibles to his MAGA flock and any other sad and desperate soul who would buy such a thing.

At the time of this writing, Donald Trump owes more than 500 million dollars in fines and legal expenses.

Trump will be able to use the money from selling Bibles for his personal and other expenses.

The relationship between Donald Trump and his fascist MAGA movement and the Christian Right is transactional. »

Florida 10-year-old accused of selling dead father’s gun for $300 at elementary school

Authored by clickorlando.com

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla. – Two 10-year-old boys were arrested Wednesday after one of the children sold a gun to the other at an elementary school, according to the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office.

In a release, deputies said they responded to Country Oaks Elementary School on Wednesday morning.

After deputies and school officials interviewed the two students, the boys were arrested, the release shows. »

Prepare for Putin pivot to invade us, say Baltic states

Authored by telegraph.co.uk
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Nato must be ready for Russia launching an “existential” war against the Baltic states “masked by a blizzard of disinformation”, ambassadors from the three countries have warned.

Writing exclusively for The Sunday Telegraph, the top diplomats to the UK from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said that Russia could “pivot quickly” from Ukraine to invade the Baltic.

And they said that Vladimir Putin’s brutalisation of Ukraine is evoking the three countries’ “darkest memories” of occupation under Stalin. »

Human Brains Have Gotten Astonishingly Bigger Over the Last 75 Years

Authored by popularmechanics.com

Increased brain size could also help explain why the incidence of dementia is decreasing, as bigger brains offer a buffer against “late-life effects” of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s.

The human brain is one of the most impressive organs in the animal kingdom.

Over the course of human biology—measured in millions of years—some scientists have put forward the idea that the human brain is actually shrinking, fueled in part by the knowledge that human bodies have shrunk in size. »