Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
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Human Rights Investigators Probe Deadly Colombian Government Crackdown on Protests
An international human rights commission has arrived in Colombia to investigate the right-wing government’s brutal crackdown on protesters after a general strike was called in April. More than 80 people have died since the protests began, with many killed by police and paramilitary forces.
John Dean Reveals The Massive Legal ‘Trap’ Trump Accidentally Set For Himself
The key Watergate figure says there’s a reason why he hopes there’s no motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
News roundup: Hitler, Hitler, obstruction, hate, and terrorist-loving Republicans
In the news today: Shocking absolutely no one, Donald Trump reportedly had high praise for Adolf Hitler. And speaking of Hitler, Majorie Taylor-Greene compares COVID-19 prevention to the Holocaust. Again. Republicans continue to admit that their only goal on infrastructure is to delay and destroy any chance of a deal. Ohio’s Republican governor says it’ll be easy for LGBTQ people to get other health coverage after he screws them over in his budget.
Global Covid deaths hit 4 million
The toll is three times the number of people killed in traffic accidents around the globe every year.
Mary Trump: Ivanka ‘much less likely to stay loyal than Allen Weisselberg’
In a recent episode of The New Abnormal podcast, Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece and the author of Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, said Princess Ivanka, the rotten apple of Donald Trump’s sallow, bloodshot, rheumy eye, is far more likely to flip on The Donald than Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg, who is up to his cheesy mustache in legal troubles, thanks to a few fringe benefits gobs of extra pay he received tax-fre
The uncomfortable questions at the intersection of medicine and poverty
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-known inequalities in the United States health care system, leading to low-income communities being disproportionately impacted. Even before the pandemic, these inequalities were part of why life expectancy for some neighborhoods in Baltimore is worse than in North Korea, Syria, and Yemen.
South Carolina restaurant owner fixes cars in free time to give to rural residents in need
“Some folks don’t even believe it. They’re like ‘No, that’s not my car,” Eliot Middleton told CBS News a couple of weeks ago. Middleton, a South Carolina restaurant owner and skilled mechanic, has been doing something extraordinary over the past year: on his time off from his Middleton & Maker Village BBQ in Awendaw, South Carolina, he has been fixing up junked cars in his backyard.
‘Stupid On So Many Levels’: Trump’s Social Media Lawsuits Raked Over The Coals
“I’ve skimmed former guy’s complaint against Facebook and it’s every bit as stupid as you’d think it is,” tweeted attorney George Conway.
Video shows Texas congressman saying ‘chaos and inability to get stuff done’ is best GOP strategy
Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is something of a racist, Steve King type of Republican. His only “policy” ideas seem to be using taxpayer money to fight against the concept of immigration. Roy is the kind of person who, just days before the Jan. 6 insurrection, made some political theater by calling out fellow GOP candidates for fascistic hypocrisy, only to turn around and vote against setting up a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan.
California Capitol Reinstates Mask Mandate, Even For The Fully Vaccinated, Amid Outbreak
Masks are mandatory at the state Capitol again after at least nine legislative staffers, four of them fully vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19.
Elon Musk’s Tunnels Never Go Anywhere
Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami—who hasn’t been promised a tunnel?
Space Billionaires, Please Read the Room
Dear billionaires, no one cares whom you beat to space.After Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, announced that he would join the first crewed flight by his rocket company, Blue Origin, later this month, Richard Branson just couldn’t let him earn the title of first billionaire in space. So now Branson, merely the world’s 589th richest person, is joining the crew of his next Virgin Galactic flight on Sunday, nine days before Bezos goes vertical.
My Husband and I Never Had Sex in Five Years of Dating. Now We’re Newlyweds and … Yikes.
This isn’t what was supposed to happen.
My Wife Spends Her Money on Hair and Nails, Leaving Me to Pay for Our Expenses
She’s always broke a few days into the month.
Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem
The caterpillar is roughly an inch and a half long with a fuzzy coat, brown but for two white stripes that flank its back and two red-orange dots near its rear. It has a soft visual texture that makes it seem harmless, charming even, tempting enough to stroke.But touch an adult browntail-moth caterpillar at your own peril.“Browntail-moth-caterpillar hairs are barbed and hollow.
They Rejected Democracy. They Lied. And They Spent July Fourth Calling Themselves Patriots.
The 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the presidential election and fueled the insurrection are all celebrating their love of America now.
Trump’s Fantasy Legal World
Just like you, Donald Trump has some big summer plans, though his are probably more grandiose: He’s going to be reinstated to the presidency by August, and he’s going to sue Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube, and their respective CEOs for violating his First Amendment rights. The first of these is impossible. The second, which Trump announced during a press conference this morning, is only marginally more likely to succeed.
Trump Is So Desperate For Social Media He’s Suing Facebook, Twitter And YouTube
The former president said he’s seeking “potentially trillions of dollars” in damages.
Dear Care and Feeding: We’ve Never Asked Our Tween to Do Chores. Is It Too Late to Start?
Parenting advice on chores, romantic getaways, and extra middle names.
The Vortex of White Evangelicalism
Esau McCaulley has been caught between multiple identities his whole life. Family legend has it that his grandfather couldn’t read, and when it came time to pick a baby name for McCaulley’s father, that grandfather opened the Bible and pointed to a word, not realizing it was Esau.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Joins Howard U. After Rejecting UNC Tenure
After months of controversy, acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has announced that she will join the faculty at Howard University, one of the country’s most prestigious historically Black universities, instead of joining the faculty at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she went to graduate school.
Eric Adams, Ex-Police Captain, Wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary After Running on Crime as #1 Issue
The next mayor of New York City will likely be the Brooklyn borough president and former police officer Eric Adams, according to a newly released tally in the Democratic primary race which accounts for most absentee ballots. Adams would be the city’s second Black mayor and ran to the right of his party, promising to tackle crime.
Jovenel Moïse Dead: Haitian President Assassinated, Plunging Country into New Political Crisis
Haiti is reeling from a new crisis after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his home in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday. In a statement, Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph said “a group of unidentified individuals” attacked the private residence of the president, killing him and injuring the first lady.
Help! My Loser Ex Is Living the Life I Want.
To see him with something that he never had any interest in is leaving me so unhappy.
The Hidden Costs of Dollar General
Critics say the company drives out grocery stores and exacerbates the problem of food deserts.
Biden’s Covid vaccine push crashes into reality
After falling short of its July 4th goal, the White House is now turning to a hyper-local strategy. But progress is slow.
My Cat Needs $2,000 Dental Surgery. Should I Spend the Money to Keep Him Alive?
He’s only 3 years old.
The Charges Against the Trump Organization Are a Master Class in Tax Evasion
The company allegedly went to incredible lengths to avoid paying taxes on a top employee’s compensation.
