Artificial Intelligence is already making life cooler and much more fun for everyone, by telling people to put glue on their pizza, eat rocks and make chlorine gas. It’s also jumping into politics. The rad new technology, which has no identifiable downsides, appears to have helped one Republican candidate make himself unrecognizably hotter — as if no one would spot the difference.  

Charlie Cooper, a Republican running for the Tennessee state Senate, reportedly posted several, um, enhanced images of himself, seemingly generated by AI, to his Facebook and X pages, according to a report by Chicago’s WCPT radio.

The pictures present him as thinner, younger and buffer, and give him thicker hair and whiter teeth, than other recent photos of Cooper in real-life settings. There are weird AI glitches too. In one pic, he seems to be wearing a watch on each wrist.

But it’s like… dude, people know you! What was the plan for when you had to show up to an event with those photos on your poster?

Louisiana became the first state to declare abortion pills controlled dangerous substances after the governor signed the bill into law on Friday. The law makes possession of mifepristone or misoprostol without valid prescriptions or orders from medical professionals a crime punishable by up to five years incarceration. 

An Italian teenager is on track to become the first millennial saint, after Pope Francis attributed a second miracle to him. Carlo Acutis, known as the patron saint of the internet, used his tech skills to share his faith during his lifetime. He died of leukemia at age 15 in 2006. 

At least 66 members of an anti-government far-right extremist group are running or have run for local Republican offices in Oregon, according to an expose from the Guardian. These folks are gunning for positions like precinct committee person — who has the power to elect county executives — and winning! It’s always a good idea to pay attention to your local elections, but, uh, now especially!!

Russian President Vladimir Putin has privately signaled he is ready for a ceasefire in the war against Ukraine if the current battlefield lines are recognized, according to an exclusive report from Reuters.  

U.S. officials said Thursday more aid is starting to be distributed to Palestinians in Gaza via the U.S.-built pier, after a troubled launch that saw crowds overrunning trucks and a two-day suspension on distribution.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)’s second attempt to pass a sweeping border package failed by an even wider margin than before, with increased opposition from both parties. Each side accuses the other of using border legislation simply for campaign messaging. President Biden has floated the idea of taking executive action to address the border issues ahead of the election. 

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas observed the 70th anniversary of the landmark civil rights ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, by strongly criticizing the case that ended segregation in public schools. Thomas claimed the 1954 ruling, which banned separating schoolchildren by race, amounted to an overreach of the court’s authority, in a concurrence opinion Thursday to another ruling allowing South Carolina to keep a racist gerrymandered map in place. As always: What a cool guy with good, normal opinions!

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The California State Senate passed three reparations bills earlier this week, part of a dozen-bill package that aims to begin to correct the harms of slavery and generations of anti-Black racism perpetuated by state and local governments. 

The NCAA and its five power conferences have agreed to allow schools to pay athletes directly for the first time in the more than century-long history of college sports (and making money off the athletes they didn't pay!).