Restrictions on Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram lifted (www.bbc.com)
Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November....
Ex-ICE Official Says If Trump Wins, US 'Ain't Seen Sh*t Yet' When It Comes to Deportations (www.commondreams.org)
Hate group leader celebrates video showing abuse of nonbinary child (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Possible Gunshots at Trump rally (www.npr.org)
How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76 (apnews.com)
Fitness guru Richard Simmons has died. Publicist Tom Estey tells The Associated Press that Simmons died Friday at his home in Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after his 76th birthday.
Bitter tensions as reporters feel misled by White House over Biden health (www.theguardian.com)
With Joe Biden’s candidacy teetering in the wake of last month’s alarming debate showing, journalists who had covered his presidency full-time for years suddenly asserted that it lacked that most basic political element: credibility....
Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman (www.independent.co.uk)
With no residential address, homeless voters in Georgia face removal from the rolls (www.wabe.org)
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Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden ‘medically tailored’ cheeseburgers and sandwiches (www.statnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17483630...
On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers (apnews.com)
A fleet of drones patrolling New York City’s beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds....
Migrants say border agents continue to throw away their belongings like medicine (www.independent.co.uk)
Hakeem Jeffries says he met with president; big Democratic donors reportedly freeze money in objection to Biden candidacy – live (www.theguardian.com)
The House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said he shared lawmakers’ “insight, heartfelt perspectives and conclusions about the path forward” in a private meeting with Joe Biden yesterday....
Avengers Assemble! Heavyweight New Plan to Force Biden Out (www.thedailybeast.com)
A House Democrat says a heavyweight group of “super friends” is being assembled to head to the White House and tell Biden it’s time to go....
2-year-old Arizona girl dies after dad leaves her in car during triple-digit heat: Police (abcnews.go.com)
A 2-year-old girl has died after her father left her in a hot car in Arizona, where residents are enduring triple-digit temperatures, according to authorities....
Dog rescues elderly owner from naked attacker in Manchester (www.nbcboston.com)
A loyal dog jumped into action to save his owner’s life during a violent encounter in New Hampshire earlier this week....
White House Dings Tommy Tuberville for Boasting on Funding He Voted Against (www.thedailybeast.com)
Gunman who was killed by Yellowstone rangers had planned a July 4 mass shooting, park reveals (abcnews.go.com)
Yellowstone National Park officials say a gunman killed by park rangers as he fired a semiautomatic rifle at the entrance of a dining facility with 200 people inside had told a woman he planned to carry out a mass shooting...
Monthly US consumer prices post first drop in four years as inflation subsides (www.reuters.com)
"Our movement": In resurfaced speech, Trump endorses Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 (www.salon.com)
‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states — and the people who want to keep it legal (www.theguardian.com)
Child marriage, which activists describe as one or both parties entering a union while under age 18, remains legal in 37 US states. There are no federal laws against it, meaning minors can marry, with parental consent, before they can vote, drink, or buy lottery tickets in the majority of the country. Some states have a minimum...
In a first, Republican majority on a Nevada county commission refuses to certify election (www.usatoday.com)
Three Republican commissioners in a key Nevada swing county have refused to certify an election recount, creating new turmoil in a community that since the 2020 election has been a hotbed for election skepticism, misinformation, and vitriol against public officials....
Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach (www.cnn.com)
Head of group responsible for Project 2025 threatens violence if people challenge their "revolution" (www.salon.com)
“And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” he said.
Nike Pledged to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint. It Just Slashed the Staff Charged With Making That Happen. (www.propublica.org)
Eight years ago, the world’s largest sports apparel brand made a bold commitment. Nike was embarking on what it called a moonshot: doubling its business while halving its impact on the warming planet....
