‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Rips Into Baltimore Bridge Conspiracists, Calls Marjorie Taylor Greene A “Complete Submoronic Pratfall Of A Human Being’ (deadline.com)
American dream of owning a home is dead, majority of renters say (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: most renters surveyed by Harris Poll say the areas they live in have become so unaffordable they are ‘barely livable’...
‘Greedflation’ study finds many companies were lying to you about inflation (fortune.com)
Donald Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the US Constitution (www.the-independent.com)
More dog owners are questioning vaccines like rabies after COVID (www.pressherald.com)
More than half of U.S. dog owners expressed concerns about vaccinating their dogs, including against rabies, according to a new study published Saturday in the journal Vaccine. The study comes as anti-vaccine sentiments among humans have exploded in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Supreme Court rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful (www.cnbc.com)
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
The posts are ominous....
Florida woman shoots interstate drivers, says God told her to because of the eclipse, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China' (news.sky.com)
He was responding to a question about the cancellation of his exhibition by the Lisson Gallery in London in November following comments on social media referencing the Israel-Hamas conflict....
Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin (arstechnica.com)
More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says (www.houstonchronicle.com)
Alabama calls nitrogen execution method 'painless' and 'humane,' but critics raise doubts (apnews.com)
Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and use a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen, in the nation’s first execution attempt with the method....
Major Republican Donor Who Called Barack Obama the N-Word Dies After Attempting to Kill His Wife In Murder-Suicide Gone Awry (atlantablackstar.com)
A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.
Being Mean to Scabs Is Working (www.motherjones.com)
Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are now not resuming their shows amid strikes.
California Passes Bill Requiring New Cars To Beep At You When You're Speeding (jalopnik.com)
‘Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower!’: Trump begs fans to pay his $464m bond (www.independent.co.uk)
Former president blasts New York Attorney General Letitia James as an ‘insane radical’ in a desperate plea for cash – claiming Democrats are trying to ‘intimidate’ him into abandoning his campaign for the White House...
New California law aims to force people with mental illness or addiction to get help (apnews.com)
Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans (www.nydailynews.com)
A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.
New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises (www.reuters.com)
Alex Jones says Infowars could be shut down within hours (www.newsweek.com)
In what he described as an “emergency broadcast” on Saturday, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed that his far-right news company, Infowars’, studios in Austin, Texas, might be shut down by federal authorities soon....
Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails (apnews.com)
A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes....
‘Sleepy Don?’: Trump Nods Off During Trial of the Century (www.thedailybeast.com)
Florida Is on Its Way to Banning — and Criminalizing — Alternative Meat (www.foodandwine.com)
US and Israel Only 'No' Votes as UN Members Demand End to 61-Year Cuba Embargo (www.commondreams.org)
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Adults and teens pick dumbphones to curb social media addiction (www.bbc.com)
Adults and teens concerned about their screen time are turning in their smartphones for “dumber” models....
