San Francisco bakery sparks debate by refusing to serve armed police (www.independent.co.uk)
Business says it doesn’t serve anyone who is armed
Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it (www.nbcnews.com)
For the first time in more than seven decades, drivers in Oregon are allowed to pump their own gas.
Donald Trump Says He'll Stop All Electric Car Sales (Update: He Was Talking About Made-In-Mexico Chinese EVs) (gizmodo.com)
California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines (www.cbsnews.com)
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers....
Aldi plans to open 800 new locations in the US as Americans feel pinch of high food prices (www.cnn.com)
Animal shelters overflow as Americans dump 'pandemic puppies' in droves. They're too broke to keep their dogs (fortune.com)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, an 'icon for women in politics,' dies at 90, source confirms (abc7news.com)
Senator Dianne Feinstein's career was filled with firsts, including first woman mayor of San Francisco and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.
'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend (www.nbcnews.com)
“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” the judge said before she read out Mackenzie Shirilla’s verdict Monday afternoon.
Biden sanctions Israeli settlers over West Bank violence (www.bbc.com)
He signed an executive order on Thursday, saying violence had reached “intolerable levels”....
Ohio, Michigan Republicans In Released Audio: "Endgame" Is To Ban Trans Care "For Everyone" (www.erininthemorning.com)
In audio released Friday evening, senators and representatives from Ohio and Michigan revealed the "endgame" is to ban transgender care "for everyone."
Parole denied for 68-year-old in Alabama: ‘A life sentence for growing marijuana’ (www.al.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/parole-denied-for-68-year-old-i…
Why Americans are going hungry despite a strong economy (www.nbcnews.com)
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video (www.rollingstone.com)
It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort (www.nbcnews.com)
George Carlin AI comedy special is 'ghoulish' and 'creepy,' his daughter says (www.cbc.ca)
A new comedy special starts with the quote, “I’m sorry it took me so long to come out with new material, but I do have a pretty good excuse. I was dead.”...
Michelle Obama says she’s terrified about potential outcome of 2024 election (edition.cnn.com)
“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”...
Black, gay Trump supporter brutally taunted with slurs at rightwing conference (www.lgbtqnation.com)
When he complained, rightwingers sent him homophobic taunts online....
The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong (www.scientificamerican.com)
RFK Jr. can't win. But he and Cornel West could put Trump back in the White House. (www.usatoday.com)
Man in Air Force uniform set himself on fire in front of Israeli embassy (taskandpurpose.com)
X isn’t a source. This is.
Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch (www.businessinsider.com)
Students in Massachusetts will get free lunch and breakfast at school thanks to a new 4% tax put on people who earn more than $1 million.
Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace." (gizmodo.com)
Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry (apnews.com)
A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling....
The "American Dream" costs far more than most people will earn over their lifetime (www.cbsnews.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.
