Biden supporters mostly back him in 2024 election because they oppose Trump, poll finds (www.theguardian.com)
Kyle Rittenhouse's family plead for money as they face eviction (lemmy.world)
Kyle Rittenhouse’s sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her “brother’s unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family.”
L.A. County wants to cap rent hikes at 3%. Landlords say that would push them to sell (www.latimes.com)
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Can Biden be replaced as Democrat nominee? Who could replace him? (www.bbc.com)
The first presidential debate is done and the aftermath has not been good for the incumbent, Joe Biden....
‘The Movement to Convince Biden to Not Run Is Real’ (www.politico.com)
One House Democrat said he spoke for others in the wake of the president’s stunningly feeble debate performance on Thursday: “The movement to convince Biden to not run is real.”...
‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age (www.theguardian.com)
Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint (forward.com)
Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...
Crowd boos Rob Schneider off the stage when he started telling anti-trans & anti-vaxx jokes (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election (www.thedailybeast.com)
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law (apnews.com)
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday....
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Olympics after losing legal battle (www.theguardian.com)
The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics....
Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports (www.cnbc.com)
America’s housing crisis continues to worsen, renters are struggling more than homeowners, report says (www.cnn.com)
Biden pardons thousands of US veterans convicted under law banning gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has moved to correct a “great injustice” by pardoning thousands of US veterans convicted over six decades under a military law that banned gay sex....
Stonehenge not visibly damaged by protest paint. It's clean and ready to rock the solstice (apnews.com)
House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft (www.yahoo.com)
Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse. (arstechnica.com)
'I'm not leaving': Biden expands effort to tamp down calls to step aside (www.nbcnews.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus....
Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned (www.theverge.com)
Biden administration sets 50 miles per gallon fuel economy standard for 2031 (www.washingtonpost.com)
The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.
Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license (www.nbcnews.com)
Conspiracy Theorists Think Biden Was Hit With Directed-Energy Weapons During Debate (gizmodo.com)
New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves (www.theguardian.com)
Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement...
Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting (www.theguardian.com)
Fewer than three weeks before actor Alec Baldwin is due to go on trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, prosecutors have said that he “engaged in horseplay with the revolver”, including firing a blank round at a crew member on the set of Rust before the tragic accident occurred....
