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As they say, the cruelty is the point.

Cruel and ghoulish Republican governors of a dozen states – Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming – opted out of a program, leaving about 9.5 million students without food benefits in repressive summer heat.

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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Solving a housing affordability crisis with affordable housing. What housing policies look like in a country where Real Estate lobbyists aren’t allowed to cut campaign checks to politicians.

Canada's bold plan to make housing more affordable is showing signs of working — and could be a model for the USwww.businessinsider.com The Canadian federal government is finding new ways to pressure local governments to legalize denser housing to solve the country's home shortage.

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~ REBELLION ~ SCOTUS now enables President Biden to direct USDOJ to charge, arrest & imprison Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett & Heritage Foundation's Roberts (Project 2025) & Trump for REBELLION. They should remain in prison without bond during their trials & appeals.

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Delicious.

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u... This isn’t surprising to me. I happily left conservative southern Ohio specifically because I couldn’t stand the religious influence. Also, I only lived there five years so it was easy to swap for somewhat more lefty Seattle (which alsl has a better geography imho).

Why a New Conservative Brain Trust Is Resettling Across Americawww.nytimes.com Pro-Trump professionals aren’t just talking about remaking Western civilization. Some are uprooting their lives to show that they mean it.

My bet is he’s stepping down. And although I wasn’t a Harris stan in the last primary , I do believe right now that she’s our best bet to beat Trump. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/u...

Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Racewww.nytimes.com The president’s conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday.

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"Don't worry, if the president imprisons his political enemies, you can still get a writ of habeas corpus." "But to prove that's why you've been imprisoned requires proof of..." "Presidential motive!" "And under Trump v US, presidential motive is..." "Inadmissible!"

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The Biden Campaign needs to blare this constantly. Trump is a pedophile who openly associated with Epstein.

The Epstein grand jury records that were unsealed today contain some entirely unsurprising revelations

I’m not interested in reeling from the SCOTUS decision; I wanna see Biden act with impunity: executive orders to legalize abortion, creating more wilderness, cutting taxes on the misdemeanors and lower income earners, free college, etc etc. Have Trump assassinated. Fuck it! What’re they gonna do?

So, let me get this straight. According to the SCOTUS, Biden could order a hit on Trump in the name of national security and as an official act, and he’s immune from prosecution? I mean, right?

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waiting for 9 unaccountable people to announce their decrees feels super-democratic. or republican, if you prefer.

Super happy for Brandon Miller, Brooks Beast 800m runner! He made the Olympic team today! He took time to join my middle school track team at a practice in May. And he sure didn’t have to. He spent two hours doing drills with my kids. They will always be able to say they worked out with an Olympian!

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How the Republican thugs, grifters, and crooks on the Roberts Court declared themselves victorious over expertise itself in one of the most dangerous and shamefully corrupt decisions in Supreme Court history. [gift link] wapo.st/3VBMZi0

Analysis | The Supreme Court gives the right a huge victory over expertisewapo.st In rejecting the decades-long practice of deferring to government agencies, the conservative court gave the right a huge win in its push to sideline experts.

After asking the Google Home Hub to do a cooking conversion, the hub asked for feedback on the conversion experience. I said I would have enjoyed it more if cake had been served. The hub had no response. See? Technology is useless!

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SCOTUS actually went with homeless people are criminals and Jan 6th'ers were unfairly prosecuted in the same day

Any Seattle folks wanna sign a petition asking the school district to ban cell phones in middle schools, here’s where to sign: substack.com/redirect/ec8...

Sign the Petitionsubstack.com Seattle Public School Board John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence2445 3rd Ave SSeattle, WA 98134 Dear Members of the Seattle Public School (SPS) Board, We are parents of kids at SPS schools ...

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SCOTUS holds 6-3 that it is the executive branch now

It’s beyond time to pack the court. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/u...

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine, Imperiling an Array of Federal Ruleswww.nytimes.com The foundational 1984 decision required courts to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes, underpinning regulations on health care, safety and the environment.

No, I didn’t watch the debate. I spent the day fly fishing with my 17yr old daughter.

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LOL remember when Democratic Congressional leadership were like “Anyone who helps a candidate primary a Democratic incumbent is blacklisted from the DCCC” Guess that’s only for folks coming from the left!

Hearing talk about teens & sextortion. And as a father of 2 teens, I updated our promise to help if they’re ever too drunk to drive, no questions asked. New add-on: “NOTHING you could do on the internet is so bad you should hurt yourself. If you need help, just ask, no yelling or getting mad.”

@caseynewton.bsky.social Happy Birthday! (Sorry, I’m just catching up on the pod). Hope it was great!

Fuck this guy. Fuck every zealot who’s pushing this crap. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/u...

Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agendawww.nytimes.com Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview.

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Thanks for Reggie Jackson for saying this, and contempt and defiance, in advance, to the worthless shitbirds who will say he shouldn’t have and that he oughta leave if he doesn’t like it. Regrettably those worthless shitbirds are now fairly mainstream. sports.yahoo.com/mlb-at-rickw...

MLB at Rickwood Field: Reggie Jackson recalls racist treatment in Alabama in stunning interviewsports.yahoo.com For three minutes, Mr. October laid out in stunning detail what it was like to be a Black player in Alabama in 1967.

I wonder if I should feel flattered that the cute pharmacy tech didn’t believe I was old enough for the shingles vax? She actually carded me. Ha! Well, I just hope the response is mild.

Watching the Trials and I’m just gonna say it now, and I don’t care who hates it, or how much it makes me look like “old man yells at clouds.” I hate the idea of break dancing in the Olympics. I would cut EVERY event w subjective judgment, and yes, that would cut a lot of events and I don’t care.

After reading @caseynewton.bsky.social’s newsletter, I deleted my Perplexity account. Small potatoes, but as a former journalist, I just can’t support stealing someone’s work and assuming it will be okay because opinions about journalism have changed. Fuck that. www.platformer.news?ref=platform...

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I think my favorite flavor of Trump voter is the person who a) is very upset about high grocery prices and b) is fired up about Trump's plan to deport 50% of the nation's agricultural workforce.

As a baseball fan, and admirer of amazing people, I am saddened by the death of Willie Mays. Loved by seemingly everyone, smart and arguably the best all around player ever. Wish I could have seen him in his prime.

What kind of prick does a ransomeware attack on a public library? Fuck what assholes.