## New Poll Finds Most Americans Back Adopting Popular Vote to Select President

Authored by truthout.org

A new poll demonstrates strong support for amending the U.S. Constitution to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a popular vote model.

Under the Electoral College — the archaic system of selecting the president of the United States — states are given electoral votes based on how many members of Congress they have.

Candidates obtain these votes by winning statewide races, or, in the case of Nebraska and Maine, by winning individual districts.

In most circumstances, the Electoral College selects the same winner a popular vote model would.

According to an Economist/YouGov poll published on Tuesday, a majority of Americans are in favor of such an amendment.

The survey found that 56 percent of Americans would approve of an amendment to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a popular vote system.

Across the entire 21st century so far, more Americans than not have preferred changing the system of picking the president to a popular vote model. »

### Ukraine has set Russia ablaze – and Putin’s humiliation is complete

Authored by inews.co.uk

A year ago, it looked as though Donald Trump was set to force Ukraine into an ignominious surrender.

The character of the war is shifting in favour of a rapidly innovating Ukraine, while Russia struggles to adapt.

“Russia procured a different set of drones than Ukraine did and they lack Starlink support for deep targeting.”. »

### Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real

Authored by futurism.com

If you Google “SCP-565” — an iconic entry in the collaborative fan fiction universe known as the “SCP Foundation” — the company’s AI Overviews describes the nonexistent entity as though it were entirely real, without a single acknowledgement that it’s a piece of online horror fiction.

Ed’s Head is a made-up “anomaly” among the many fictional “objects, entities, and phenomena” dreamed up by members of the SCP Foundation fandom.

More on AI Overviews: Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization. »

### Outrage in Italy after Trump says Meloni 'begged' for photo op

Authored by yahoo.com

Italy reacted angrily on Friday after reported comments by US President Donald Trump mocking Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with the foreign minister cancelling a planned US visit.

Meloni said she was "frankly stunned" by Trump's comments to Italian channel La7.

Trump has threatened to pull US troops from Italy, saying Rome "has not been of any help to us" in the Iran war. »

### Michelle Obama’s beauty and decency are everything the ugly & vile Donald Trump hates

Authored by advocate.com

She is smart, accomplished, funny, kind, caring, and stunningly beautiful, but her beauty is the least interesting thing about her.

Related: Donald Trump built a White House spectacle around beautiful men and muscle.

and then, with nothing prompting it, looked into the camera and said: “Michelle Obama is a man. »

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