Trump’s mass purge of state department likely to sow chaos, US diplomats say (www.theguardian.com)
Project 2025 blueprint for second Trump term envisages replacing thousands of career staff with political loyalists...
Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor (www.propublica.org)
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers (arstechnica.com)
In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt “a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others,” who may not have...
Supreme Court overturns Chevron decision, curtailing federal agencies' power in major shift (www.cbsnews.com)
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power, upending their authority to issue regulations unless Congress has spoken clearly.
Progressives on AIPAC’s Defeat of Bowman: “Now We Know How Much It Costs to Buy an Election” (theintercept.com)
REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN’S Tuesday upset defeat by Westchester County Executive George Latimer generated many perspectives on what exactly precipitated his downfall....
Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet (www.cnn.com)
Biden stung by student loan legal loss days before taking effect (www.newsweek.com)
A Republican-led effort to block one of President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief programs in court has succeeded just days before it was set to go into effect....
Justin Timberlake arrested for DWI in the Hamptons (abcnews.go.com)
Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote (apnews.com)
Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker....
127 degrees: Heat record shattered in Death Valley, with high temperature of 130 in forecast (abc7.com)
This Wouldn’t Be the First Time an Incumbent Stepped Aside. Here’s What Happened Last Time. (www.politico.com)
Thursday’s presidential debate debacle — widely regarded as a low point for President Joe Biden, who appeared feeble and sometimes confused — many Democratic elites and nonpartisan pundits are suggesting a break-the-glass-in-case-of-emergency move that resided on the margins of conventional political thought just a week...
In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges (apnews.com)
They’re asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge. The strategy could mean electors won’t be summoned in advance to defend their voting rights and the identities of those seeking to purge voters...
AI's Most Ambitious Music Generators Accused of 'Massive' Infringement In New Lawsuit (www.rollingstone.com)
Club Q mass shooter sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges (abcnews.go.com)
Five people were killed in the attack on the LGBTQ bar....
2nd-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District, votes to ban cellphone and social media for students starting in 2025 (abcnews.go.com)
Bannon vows Trump’s opponents will be prosecuted in a second term | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, vowed investigations and prosecutions of those who have probed the former president and his political allies, declaring at a conservative gathering Saturday that Inauguration Day in 2025 will be “accountability day.”...
Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts (apnews.com)
The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts....
Trump says he wants foreign nationals who graduate from US colleges to ‘automatically’ receive green cards (www.cnn.com)
No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn (www.nytimes.com)
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Gov. Kristi Noem says Trump should pick a woman VP to show that he supports women’s health (www.motherjones.com)
Justice Clarence Thomas formally reports trip to Bali paid for by conservative donor (www.cnn.com)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday formally disclosed a 2019 trip to Indonesia paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, a vacation that was at the center of the controversy over his travel....
California to make financial literacy classes a requirement to graduate high school (abc7.com)
Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms (www.brproud.com)
A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments....
Two US astronauts stuck in space as Boeing analyzes Starliner problems (www.theguardian.com)
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US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits home (www.theguardian.com)
A family in Naples, Florida, whose home was struck by debris that fell to Earth from outer space and punched a hole in the roof is pursuing $80,000 from Nasa in compensation for damages....
