Choices were made.
I can't compete with this. www.npr.org/2026/07/28/n...
Trump shattered ethics norms. Will voters trust Democrats to fix them?Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.www.npr.org
Good overview you can easily share with others www.nj.com/news/2026/07...
Student loan changes: SAVE plan is ending, what are the new payment options?Millions of Americans will soon be forced to pick a new student loan repayment plan: Here are the options.www.nj.com
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The black summer bushfires killed 3 billion animals. They are our relatives; they deserve to be mourned | Alexis WrightThree years after Australia’s firestorm tragedy, Alexis Wright offers a eulogy for the living creatures lost – and a plea for the humans left behindwww.theguardian.com
Trump's speech did to his mouth what cyclospora is doing to the bowels of nearly 7,000 Americans.
Adam KlasfeldLogorrhea. Nothing of news value.
The quick resegregation of higher education is particularly pronounced. In 1951, in the case of McKissick v Carmichael, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compelled the UNC Chapel Hill School of Law to admit 4 black students. In 2025, they admitted 5. law.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
mnlib69This was within my lifetime— and Stephen Miller, John Roberts and the Heritage Foundation ghouls want to bring it back. 🤬🚩
“Using the Meta AI app, the company’s stand-alone chatbot, other users could pull from ‘part or all of your published photos’ to create new AI images, the company wrote in a blog post.” Also, “‘people may be able to create content with ur Instagram content using AI features at Meta,’” Meta added.
How to Prevent Meta From Using Your Instagram Images in A.I.www.nytimes.com
The Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat.
I think there's a microgenerational gap between older Millennials/young Gen-X and younger Millennials/Gen-Z on this - being old enough to understand the Matthew Shepard attack, not knowing any out gay adults, not having many queer kids at school - and worse if you grew up in an exurb/rural vs urban.
Kathryn Brightbill ✒️It's unhinged that so many people are digging out Pete Buttigieg's comment about how he didn't want to be gay as a teenager, but that he's glad now that no magic pill exists to make you straight, and twisting it into something completely divorced from what it was like to be a queer kid in that era.
imagine trying "I know I've been gone four months but I'll explain when I'm back" if you were a shift worker at Arby's
CNNRep. Tom Kean Jr. will be “fully transparent” about his nearly four-month absence when he returns to Washington on Tuesday, a spokesperson told CNN. https://cnn.it/4xUYFPf
AP confirmed it. Trump cancelled the housing affordability bill signing and urged Congress to pass an election measure instead. Housing relief for millions — dead. Voter suppression push — alive. This is the choice he made for you. #SaveHousingFromTrump
Sen. Duckworth is set to introduce a resolution calling on the DOJ to rescind a memo that challenges the longstanding interpretation of a landmark case limiting states’ power to compel people to live in psychiatric and other institutions, such as nursing homes.
Senate Democrats rally against pro-institutionalization DOJ memoThe memo—allegedly Stephen Miller's passion project—"is taking us back to a time when there were forced lobotomies," Sen. Tammy Duckworth said.www.motherjones.com
Today was the hottest day ever on record in France (nation avg). Parts of Paris hit 108°F, other cities hit 112! All-time France records total 214 this week! And the UK had its hottest June day ever at 97°. Few have Air Conditioning! #europe #heatwave (image via infoclimat)
Trump started the war that closed the Strait of Hormuz, and it has stayed shut for over 100 days. The cost so far: 13 US service members dead, 381 wounded, fuel prices sky high. A US missile also hit a school in Minab, killing more than 150+, most of them children.
Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID.
HAPPENING NOW: MS NOW is live-streaming the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center we are VERY here for this level of petty