Trump’s crusade against mail-in ballots undercuts campaign pitch to vote early (www.theguardian.com)
Campaign toils to convince Republicans to vote early, crucial to winning the election, while ensuring they don’t annoy Trump...
Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com” (arstechnica.com)
Automatic text replacement let users spoof URLs ending in x, like netflix.com....
Sketchy Botox shots spark multistate outbreak of botulism-like condition (arstechnica.com)
So far at least six people in two states have fallen ill; four of them were hospitalized....
US says Russian hackers stole federal government emails during Microsoft cyberattack (techcrunch.com)
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that Russian government-backed hackers stole emails from several U.S. federal agencies as a result of an ongoing cyberattack at Microsoft....
Finance guru Dave Ramsey slams 'awful' Gen Zers and millennials who live with their parents: 'They suck. They can't buy a house because they don't work' (fortune.com)
Maine lawmakers face down death threats & advance bill protecting gender-affirming care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Dow tanks 500 points in biggest sell-off of 2024 as JPMorgan slides and inflation fears flare up (www.cnbc.com)
Texas' skyscrapers are going dark to keep billions of birds safe (www.bbc.com)
About two billion birds fly through Texas in the spring – and lit-up buildings pose a deadly risk. Turning out the lights at night could save countless fatal collisions....
Who are the swing voters in America? | The Economist (www.economist.com)
The two percentage points of vote share that Mr Trump has gained since 2020 come from three sources. The largest group is people who supported Mr Biden last time, but are now undecided, backing minor candidates or not planning to vote, who outnumber those making the same shift from Mr Trump’s camp. These voters account for 0.9...
College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down. (www.vox.com)
Who wants to be a trillionaire? Don’t laugh. That’s exactly where America’s oligarchic policies are taking us. (www.motherjones.com)
Rich Americans are getting second passports, citing risk of instability (www.cnbc.com)
Trump and Johnson Trump build alliance on the falsehood of the stolen election (www.cnn.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson will stand Friday with Donald Trump at an appearance that will amplify the former president’s most damaging falsehood: that America’s democratic elections are catastrophically tainted by fraud....
Hormel settles pork price-fixing lawsuits for $11 million (www.startribune.com)
Hormel Foods will pay more than $11 million to settle class-action lawsuits alleging the company worked with other pork producers to illegally fix prices and overcharge customers, according to court records....
The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished (www.thebignewsletter.com)
The Chief Prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, Is Accused of Misconduct for Making Contradictory Allegations (www.propublica.org)
A new motion has accused the elected prosecutor in Elkhart, Indiana, of misconduct, alleging she presented contradictory versions of the truth against two men in connection with a shooting that occurred more than 20 years ago....
Muslim leaders are 'out of words' as they tire of the White House outreach on the war in Gaza (apnews.com)
“All they are trying to do is convince us that there is some kind of movement toward where we want,” Siblani said. “But it’s too slow and it’s dragging. It’s more death and casualties that are happening.”...
Florida’s Anti-Trans Bathroom Law Spurs Harrowing Vigilante Attacks (www.thedailybeast.com)
Why car insurance rates are so high (www.vox.com)
Az's pre-statehood laws banning abortion also made gay sex punishable by up to life in prison (www.tucsonsentinel.com)
US Consumer Sentiment Dips More Than Expected as Stubborn Inflation Takes a Toll (www.inc.com)
The Toxic Culture at Tesla (www.thenation.com)
This article shares some employees’ experiences of racism, sexism, and other forms of abuse at Tesla factories.
Two former execs of the company behind the Truth Social merger are caught up in a messy hacking lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight (www.wsmv.com)
80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A new analysis released last week by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57 companies.