Part jack pine, part floating bog. "Charity is no substitute for justice withheld." -St. Augustine
He's making himself rich and taking away your healthcare. Easy message
Kyle GriffinBREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.
🚨 NEWS: The DCCC just added @jakejohnsonmn.bsky.social to Red to Blue. Brad Finstad has spent his time backing Trump's tariffs, supporting Medicaid cuts, and disappearing when Southern Minnesota needed him. Time for a change.
Minnesota DFL PartyBREAKING: MN-01 candidate Jake Johnson has been added to the Red to Blue Program, making his officially one of the most competitive races in the country.
I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.
Jon of The NorthTurns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
I wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...
Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | FortuneAmericans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.fortune.com
But of course, read the whole thread. Grateful for Cory Doctorow, and grateful he writes about Silicon Valley with a flamethrower....
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)As an economic pathology, AI is *extraordinary*. AI boosters have spent a baffling and terrifying sum of money - over $1.4T, most of that in the past year - on the promise of making as many workers unemployed as possible, while lowering the wages of the meager survivors of this jobspocalypse. 3/
Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in USHistorian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thielwww.theguardian.com
Enshittification no longer a metaphor.
The War MonitorThe CDC stopped monitoring the parasite now linked to widespread outbreaks of severe diarrhea across the country about a year ago. Surveillance of Cyclospora, Campylobacter, Listeria, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia was also discontinued.
This is the first main part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act kicking in. The second part, restricting Medicaid, is timed to happen after the midterms.
Andrew Russeth"Four months into an appeal, Ms. McDonald, a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds, bustles to food banks, stretches ground turkey with oatmeal, and skips meals to feed three teenage boys." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
"She remembers the guns they held, and how the sight of them caused her to...turn on the spot and run as fast as she ever had back into the safety of her apartment, back to her daughter. When she shut the door, she didn’t leave again for nearly three months." 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Single mothers lost months of income hiding from ICE — and now can’t afford to renew immigration papersThey survived ICE's takeover in Minneapolis. But now their DACA protections are set to expire, leaving dozens scrambling to afford hundreds of dollars in fees to maintain their legal status.19thnews.org
It's a frequent nightmare that plays out on rural highways. A week ago an 80-year-old driver crossed the center line in a Honda HRV and struck a family in a VW Jetta in central Minnesota.
Fundraiser for Minnesota teen who was only survivor of crash that killed familyJanessa Marie Geisler, 18, of Princeton, suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was flown to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale for treatment, according to the Minnesota State P...www.twincities.com
The demographic reality is inescapable: We are going to have millions more older drivers with diminishing capabilities, in cars that are too big and too dangerous for everyone around them, with few satisfactory alternatives to driving. It will not end well.
How will we live when we reach the end of our drivespan?Our cities and suburbs are not designed to cope with the demographic time bomb.lloydalter.substack.com
