FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆 New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!

On this day in 1963, civil rights leader and organizer #MedgarEvers was assassinated by a white supremacist in the driveway of his home. We remember his legacy and honor his family, including his wife, #MyrlieEversWilliams, who was a dear friend of our founder, #CorettaScottKing. #MartyrsOfTheMovement #MLK #MalcolmX #TheKingCenter

You've probably already heard of the “shadow fleet”: aging tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil to foreign destinations and providing a crucial economic lifeline for Moscow. But what's actually happening on board? Together with @dossier_center, @FTM_eu, @DelfiEE and other partners, we identified and spoke with several of Russia's so-called "watchmen" — military veterans and former mercenaries who are embedded in the ships’ foreign crews.

On Friday evening, the Republican leaders of North Carolina's state legislature dropped a big, unannounced, 36-page omnibus bill stuffed to the brim with new voting restrictions and elections changes. This thing is a voter suppression wishlist. Just some of its major provisions: 👉 Total ban on encouraging voter turnout: State and county board members are prohibited from any public statement "encouraging or promoting voter turnout in any election" 👉 Grants the Republican State Auditor total discretion to audit all machines, county offices and personnel involved in any election 👉 Reduces campaign finance transparency: the bill significantly raises the dollar thresholds for required reporting of dark money contributions or media expenditures, waiving reporting for the rest 👉 Requires voters to register with a political party a full year before voting in that party's primary election (up from 90 days) 👉 Total ban on any ranked-choice voting in any primary or general election statewide 👉 Strips some overseas voters of their eligibility to vote in any state elections 👉 Partisan staffing: changes up to 25 professional staff at the State Board of Elections from career civil staff to partisan political appointees 👉 Bans paid petition gathering This bill just dropped last night and may not be online yet (they like to take their time). We got a full draft of the bill here: carolinaforward.org/images/h…

🚨 Pardoned Jan. 6 Leader Enrique Tarrio has been arrested for assaulting a woman. He previously said: “God wants men to protect women.”

THREAD | Russian propaganda is circulating a map claiming a new US intelligence document "confirms" American bioweapons labs in Ukraine. The document is real. What it actually says is close to the opposite of the claim. Let me walk through it.

A hidden viral protein may be one of the key drivers of severe COVID-19 lung damage. ➡️ Researchers found that #ORF8, an accessory protein secreted by SARS-CoV-2, can “reprogram” lung macrophages, making them more susceptible to infection and triggering pyroptosis—a highly inflammatory form of cell death. 1/