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LA Times: Trump finds a new way to screw Medicare members — hiking their drug bills. Mehmet Oz is canceling the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration, potentially doubling monthly drug costs for 11 million seniors. I'm now one of those seniors! 😠 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
This well-know city has hidden gems like a Victorian castle, an award-winning comic book store and one of the country's oldest craft markets.
Forget the University of Oregon — here’s what locals love to do in walkable EugeneThis well-know city has hidden gems like a Victorian castle, an award-winning comic book store and one of the country's oldest craft markets.www.oregonlive.com
NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he's willing to "micromanage" Corpus Christi's water crisis. But he's gone quiet on the financial troubles of an agency that could help expand the region's water supply — despite Abbott having appointed its entire board. With KRIS 6 News and @texastribune.org
Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despit...www.propublica.org
Biden's OSHA started work on a heat standard to protect workers from increasingly brutal conditions. Trump's OSHA is undoing that work. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat ProtectionsThe Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.www.nytimes.com
"Donald Trump keeps insisting that the economy under his watch is the “greatest” ever, declaring during a trip to Michigan last week that “Michigan is thriving,” and “America is winning like never before.” This is batty."
Words & PhrasesTrump’s ‘thriving economy’ is a disaster.www.contrariannews.org
New “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to us. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Bilton’s Leak BattleThe new “60 Minutes” executive producer welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to Status.www.status.news
They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for NovemberCounty commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.fortworthreport.org
the accuser here has been a gigantic fan of trump and the gop, and this is what it’s currently doing to her
Aaron RuparNN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.
MORE CASES DROPPED: Prosecutors are now dropping charges against three more defendants who'd been accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. Jeanine Pirro abruptly abandoned the four cases after investigators concluded that botched work by a contractor was the primary cause of "widespread damage."
Prosecutor in D.C. Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool CasesAfter revelations that a botched renovation, not vandalism, had caused the pool’s recent problems, the U.S. attorney’s office has dropped several prosecutions.www.nytimes.com
“.. he is so set on avenging his election loss and pursuing retribution against his political enemies that he has Americans looking backward when many have signaled they would rather he explain why the country is at war ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Deputy resigns after being arrested in child enticement investigation By Jaime Adame
Deputy resigns after being arrested in child enticement investigationA Lane County Sheriff’s Office deputy who worked in the jail has resigned after being arrested as part of an FBI investigation into online sexual exploitation of children.lookouteugene-springfield.com
Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas
You can be arrested, tortured, and made to confess to a crime that never happened.
Max Miller released audio recordings of conversations he has with his ex wife. In one of them, she accuses him of clandestinely recording their conversations. “I have never recorded our conversations” he says, while recording their conversation. This is domestic violence. Ask me how I know.
Painting by Gustav Klimt. ‘Tannenwald I’ Pine Forest I,1901. Oil on canvas. Size 90 x 90 cm.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
#Poetry #Painting #Morning It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada