Biden Campaign Brushes Off Idea of Reforming the Supreme Court (www.rollingstone.com)
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that American presidents have “absolute immunity” from prosecution for any “official acts” they take while in office. For President Joe Biden, this should be great news. Suddenly a host of previously unthinkable options have opened up to him: He could dispatch Seal Team 6 to Mar-A-Lago...
Raw sewage pumped into this woman's building for months. Officials did nothing (www.cbc.ca)
The video shows an old, low-ceilinged basement, the dirt floor flooded with black and brown sludge. A broken cast-iron pipe is visible — the source of a leak spewing raw sewage into the basement of a home in New Glasgow, N.S., for about a year....
Legal Aid Alberta says province terminated its contract (www.cbc.ca)
The publicly funded society that provides independent legal aid for low-income Albertans says its contract with the government has expired, and the provincial government has decided not to renew it....
German car industry urges EU to drop tariffs on China-made cars (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17574296
Singapore prepared to recognise a Palestinian state with an effective govt that accepts Israel's right to exist (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17574288
From Cloud Chaos to FreeBSD Efficiency (it-notes.dragas.net)
A Biden effort to conserve oceans is leaving out Indigenous peoples, report finds (grist.org)
Proton announces Docs in Proton Drive (proton.me)
Green rule (poemsprout.blogspot.com)
More than 210 candidates quit French runoff, aiming to block far right (www.france24.com)
Itch.io Summer Sale 2024 (itch.io)
Assets in Common: Leaders in collaborative business and shared ownership (www.shareable.net)
The First Descendant's Microtransaction System Prompts Mixed Response From Players (www.gamespot.com)
Japan's top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/18439514...
The case against the doom-and-gloom view for American workers (www.axios.com)
A sad sign of the times (www.bbc.co.uk)
Probably not what you’re expecting - but the fact that the once iconic ‘British’ car is now made in China....