Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration. (www.propublica.org)
NC Gov. Cooper opted out of Harris VP vetting, in part over worry about GOP lieutenant: AP sources (apnews.com)
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper opted not to be a candidate in Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate search in part due to concerns that his Republican lieutenant governor would try to assume control if he left the state to campaign as part of the Democratic ticket, according to three people familiar with the matter....
Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (www.404media.co)
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Women should have this much sex every week to avoid early death, according to science (nypost.com)
Moms and Kids Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion at Citigroup CEO's Home. (www.commondreams.org)
How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients (www.bostonglobe.com)
Exclusive: Boeing asks suppliers for decade-long titanium paper trail as check for forgeries widens (www.reuters.com)
Boeing is asking suppliers to disclose records on Chinese titanium since 2014, according to a letter seen by Reuters, as the U.S. planemaker widens checks for false paperwork used to authenticate the metal used in commercial jets....
Flipboard Brings Local News to the Fediverse (about.flipboard.com)
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it (apnews.com)
Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation....
In long-sought change, states must consider tribal rights when crafting water rules. (stateline.org)
Prosecution and defense jointly file motion to seal Tim Herrington's high profile capital murder case in Mississippi (mississippitoday.org)
Archived at - web.archive.org/…/star-chamber-joint-motion-seeks…
'Contamination Crisis': US Pesticides Contain PFAS, Endangering Food and Water. (www.commondreams.org)
Pentagon panel to review Medals of Honor given to soldiers at the Wounded Knee massacre (apnews.com)
Capitol Police pepper spray demonstrators protesting Netanyahu visit (www.nbcnews.com)
JPMorgan Strategist Who Predicted Biden Withdrawal Has Gloomy Outlook For EV Sector, Ukraine War (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
JPMorgan Asset Management strategist Michael Cembalest had previously predicted that President Joe Biden would drop out from this year’s presidential race in his list of “top 10 possible surprises for 2024” published in the company’s Jan. 1 “Eye on the Market Outlook” report.
As investors pay top-dollar for land, farmers are often priced out (investigatemidwest.org)
Paris promised the most socially responsible Olympics ever. It's been moving out migrants (www.usatoday.com)
A coup, fake signatures and deepfakes are the latest conspiracy theories about 2024 (www.npr.org)
Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition (apnews.com)
At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture....
No prison for a nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor (apnews.com)
A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts Monday and was sentenced to three years of probation....
People Are Still Being Swallowed by Storm Drains. One U.S. Agency Is Pushing for Safety Measures. (www.propublica.org)
Where VP Kamala Harris stands on hot-button issues (www.axios.com)
Aaron Sorkin Takes Back ‘Fever Dream’ Biden Replacement Idea (www.thedailybeast.com)
Non-paywall link: 12ft.io/thedailybeast.com/aaron-sorkin-takes-back-fever-d…
A first-of-its-kind free food market opens in San Francisco: ‘Without this, some of us won’t make it’ (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-Trump multimillionaire and election denier boosts funds to far-right voter-conspiracy groups (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-Overstock chief Patrick Byrne using Maga-allied America Project to steer large amounts to groups pushing fringe theories...
