Succor borne every minute (www.ftc.gov)
The Gun Lobby’s Hidden Hand in the 2nd Amendment Battle (www.nytimes.com)
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code (www.propublica.org)
Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms (www.nytimes.com)
Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump term (www.washingtonpost.com)
Religious conservatives see opportunities for fresh gains after a series of victories during Trump’s first term. Rights advocates see a dangerous blurring of church and state.
Congestion Pricing Delay in New York Ripples Across the Country (www.nytimes.com)
Florida Governor DeSantis rejects climate change rationale for record-breaking rain (wapo.st)
At this point, it’s fairly common for significant rainfall events to have attribution studies showing that they’re a result of the higher temperatures that fossil fuel burning has given us. Whether or not we end up with one for this particular event, it’s something that we know will be more common if we keep on extracting...
Red states strike deals to show controversial conservative videos in schools | Educational material from PragerU is now offered to public schools in six states (wapo.st)
Per the article:...
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled | House Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now Stanford is pulling the plug (www.platformer.news)
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds (www.propublica.org)
In one instance, he flew on June 29, 2021, from the East Coast to San Jose, California, and returned home later that day...
Let’s Talk About Trump’s Gibberish | Rambling about shark electrocutions is not normal. (www.theatlantic.com)
Floridians outraged by shameful anti-worker heat law. Here’s how it happened (www.orlandosentinel.com)
Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it: Several federal agencies are working to safeguard research, including climate science, from future political meddling. (wapo.st)
The Washington Post has recently started asking people to register in order to access gift links. You can put in a completely made-up email address, as there is no verification of the email address.
In sweeping change, Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit reports | The rule, first reported by ABC News, could go into effect sometime next year. (abcnews.go.com)
For context, the poor credit ratings which go with medical debt are concentrated in the south, where states have limited the reach of medical safety-net programs.:...
Trump advisers propose mandatory military service (wapo.st)
Some in the former president’s camp say it’s time more young adults put “some skin in the game.”...
Who Is Favored To Win The 2024 Presidential Election? 538 uses polling, economic and demographic data to explore likely election outcomes. (projects.fivethirtyeight.com)
Their model is saying what’s been apparent from eyeballing polls for a while: the election is close.
Freedom’s Just Another Word for Not Paying Taxes (www.nytimes.com)
Why would billionaires support Trump? It’s not as if they’ve done badly under President Biden. Stock prices — which Trump predicted would crash if he lost in 2020 — have soared. High interest rates, which are a burden on many Americans, are if anything a net positive for wealthy people with money to invest. And I doubt...
Republicans pitch tax cuts for corporations, the wealthy in 2025 | Trump has asked wealthy donors for donations, promising large tax breaks in return if he retakes the White House. (wapo.st)
Republicans pitch tax cuts for corporations, the wealthy in 2025 | Trump has asked wealthy donors for donations, promising large tax breaks in return if he retakes the White House. (wapo.st)
Trump’s Energy Guy Talked a Green Game but Now Sells Big Oil Priorities | Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has stepped into the spotlight as a cheerleader for oil and Trump (www.nytimes.com)
If Trump Wins (www.nytimes.com)
Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-constitutional’ vision for second term (wapo.st)
Russ Vought, the former president’s budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers....
Biden Administration Tightens Mileage Standards to Buoy E.V.s | The new rule requires automakers to achieve an average of 65 miles per gallon across all models by 2031. (www.nytimes.com)
The new standards require American automakers to increase fuel economy so that, across their product lines, their passenger vehicles would average 65 miles per gallon by 2031, up from 48.7 miles today. The average mileage for light trucks, including pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, would have to reach 45 miles per...
Clarence Thomas, in Financial Disclosure, Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid by Harlan Crow (www.nytimes.com)
The trips, taken in 2019, were earlier revealed by ProPublica, but it is the first time that Justice Thomas has included them on his financial disclosures.
Trump plans to claim sweeping powers to cancel federal spending: In a second term, allies said the former president would look at funding cuts for the World Health Organization and green energy (wapo.st)
Classically, Congress held the power of the purse, able to both bar and require spending. This imposed a significant limit on Presidential power. With a bought court supporting him, Trump would have significant ability to essentially chart power as a king.