Americans Show Heightened Concern About Antisemitism (news.gallup.com)
He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 (apnews.com)
Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday....
Minnesota ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining handgun permits is unconstitutional, federal appeals court says (www.cnn.com)
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Prison forces trans woman into solitary confinement at a men's facility (www.lgbtqnation.com)
New York bridge gets stuck open after getting too hot (www.bbc.com)
Third Avenue Bridge, which connects New York’s the Bronx to Manhattan, got stuck in an open position due to the high heat on Monday....
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)
US cities can now punish homelessness. Will it help or hurt a crisis? (www.bbc.com)
The high court’s ruling is already having a ripple effect on cities across the country, which have been emboldened to take harsher measures to clear out homeless camps that have grown in the aftermath of the pandemic....
'Before marrying Melania in 2005': What new documents claim about Trump-Epstein (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Archive link: archive.is/PCpMN...
MAGA pastor says Ten Commandments in schools will stop teachers from "raping" kids (www.lgbtqnation.com)
'It's a mess': Biden turns to family on his path forward after his disastrous debate (www.nbcnews.com)
Moreover, according to a senior Democratic official, the party leadership would have much more control over choosing a replacement if Biden were to drop out after receiving the nomination than if he did so beforehand. Once a candidate is officially nominated, there is a process for the Democratic National Committee members to...
Undecided voter focus group disappointed in Biden's debate performance (www.axios.com)
All undecided voters in a U.S. swing states focus group hosted by pollster Frank Luntz said President Biden should be replaced as the Democratic nominee after watching his first presidential debate against former President Trump.
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....
‘Bob’s Burgers’ & ‘Anchorman’ Actor Jay Johnston Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge Related To January 6 Capitol Siege – Update (deadline.com)
… sentencing guidelines suggest a from eight to 14 months in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7....
An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening (www.cnn.com)
Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s not.)...
My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me (www.huffpost.com)
One such encounter went like this:...
JD Vance once wrote that he 'convinced myself that I was gay' when he was a kid (www.businessinsider.com)
Yes, there’s more to it than that and it’s quite stupid and also quite bigoted. Republicans don’t need to know that. They didn’t and won’t read his book anyway.
Biden orders Secret Service protection for RFK Jr. following Trump assassination attempt (www.cbsnews.com)
First-known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting teachers (arstechnica.com)
A bunch of eighth graders in a “wealthy Philadelphia suburb” recently targeted teachers with an extreme online harassment campaign that The New York Times reported was “the first known group TikTok attack of its kind by middle schoolers on their teachers in the United States.”...
US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average hourly wage growth has surpassed inflation for 12 straight months (www.epi.org)
Paris Hilton testifies to Congress on being ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Tesla recalls every Cybertruck again. (mashable.com)
Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by eating berries (www.theguardian.com)
As McClish told it, the 34-year-old outdoors enthusiast from Boulder Creek, California, lost his bearings after beginning his hike the morning of 11 June. He had not informed anyone else of his plans, so it would not be until the afternoon of Thursday, 20 June, that the unkempt-looking hiker was found at the bottom of a remote...
Customers are furious with Sticker Mule’s pro-Trump mass SMS blast (www.theverge.com)
tl;dr: The CEO said he was pro-Trump and he didn’t like the shooting. Certainly not a smart thing to say but not entirely bad, right? Well, he said it to the all the customers via their mailing list.
18-year-old charged with violating mask law: ‘I didn’t even know it was a law. Nobody knew it was a law’. (www.wdbj7.com)
Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says (apnews.com)
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two deadly crashes of 737 Max jetliners after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said Sunday night....
