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too much fluff 🐻 (media.eepy.express)
British hunting group to take legal action to become protected minority group. Hunters have good chance of obtaining same status as Gypsies and LGBT people, campaigners say (www.telegraph.co.uk)
[OC] Chicago, As Seen From New Buffalo, MI (lemmy.world)
Took this last night at sunset. Better pic of Chicago in comments.
Republican activist, facing nine felony charges for fake electors scheme, accepts plea deal offer of unsupervised probation (apnews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/arizona-fake-electors-2020-pres…
Conservationists Say 'Bizarre' Dead Bear Incident Proves 'Terrible' Judgment of RFK Jr. (www.commondreams.org)
Prisoner Deals Stoke Fears of Perverse ‘Incentive’ to Grab Americans (www.nytimes.com)
The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S. (www.nytimes.com)
Paystile: archive.ph/YQjGo
Minnesota ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining handgun permits is unconstitutional, federal appeals court says (www.cnn.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/20240718112943/…/index.html
Police Really Want a Cybertruck, Email Shows (www.404media.co)
Archive link...
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds (apnews.com)
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him....
More People Make 'No-Buy Year' Pledges as Overspending or Climate Worries Catch Up With Them (www.kqed.org)
Schiff says Biden has to ‘win overwhelmingly’ or pass the torch, adds VP Harris could win against Trump (www.nbcnews.com)
'Exhausted,' 'bad epsiode': Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive (abcnews.go.com)
Trump seeks to distance himself from pro-Trump Project 2025 | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
In a post to his social media site, Trump claimed, “I know nothing about Project 2025,” the name given to a playbook crafted by the Heritage Foundation to fill the executive branch with thousands of Trump loyalists and reorient its many agencies’ missions around conservative ideals....
Donald Trump's chances of winning New Jersey are growing (www.newsweek.com)
Biden says he 'screwed up' debate but vows to stay in election (www.bbc.com)
“I’m the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving," he said in a call to the broader campaign
Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government (www.theguardian.com)
Biden’s Lapses Are Said to Be Increasingly Common and Worrisome (www.nytimes.com)
Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion (abcnews.go.com)
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought (www.theguardian.com)
American Ninja Warrior winner Drew Dreschel sentenced to 10 years for child sex crimes (www.usatoday.com)
TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
IRS plans to make its free tax filing program permanent (edition.cnn.com)
Deranged Politicians Are Trying to Ban Wearing Masks (futurism.com)
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint (forward.com)
Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with...
Man recording a concert on cassette, Poland, 1980s (lemmy.world)
Analysis: The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Boebert faces first election Tuesday since switching districts and the vaping scandal (apnews.com)
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert faces voters in Colorado’s GOP primary election Tuesday after she fled a tough reelection race to run in a more Republican-leaning district, harried along the way by accusations of carpetbagging and still bruised by an embarrassing video....
Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug (theintercept.com)
A CONNECTICUT CHEMICALS manufacturer that was identified as having sold a lethal drug to the Trump administration for use in its execution spree has said that it will no longer produce the substance, according to a letter obtained by The Intercept....
A lovely day in downtown Charleston, Illinois [OC] (lemmy.world)
We decided to take a trip over to the charming little town and visit some antique stores. I got this first addition to my small Bakelite radio collection in years. You can’t turn down a beauty like this for $18....
Why Democrats think Biden’s problem is Biden (www.politico.com)
Democrats keep doing surprisingly well in special elections. The party’s most vulnerable Senate incumbents are running ahead of their rivals in key battleground states. One of Democrats’ signature issues — reproductive rights — has repeatedly proved a winning message....
Minas Basin at Low Tide [OC]
Supreme Court rules gun 'bump stocks’ ban is unlawful (www.cnbc.com)
Music publishers accuse Spotify of 'bait-and-switch subscription scheme' (www.engadget.com)
Bird flu detected in Houston-area wastewater (www.click2houston.com)
Who’s ready for Pandemic 2?
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Olympics after losing legal battle (www.theguardian.com)
The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics....
Large chunk of Wyoming's Teton Pass road collapses; unclear how quickly it can be rebuilt (apnews.com)
A large chunk of a twisting mountain pass road collapsed in Wyoming, authorities said Saturday, leaving a gaping chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson....
A Christian group teaches public school students during the school day. Their footprint is growing (apnews.com)
An Ohio nonprofit that provides off-site Bible instruction to public school students during classroom hours says it will triple its programs in Indiana this fall after new legislation forced school districts to comply....
L.A. County wants to cap rent hikes at 3%. Landlords say that would push them to sell (www.latimes.com)
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Idaho bar celebrates "Heterosexual Awesomeness Month" with free beer for straight men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
CEO Who Tanked Company's Stock By 20% Reveals 5-Point $700m Plan To Save Cracker Barrel (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Cracker Barrel’s CEO faces an uphill battle to revive the restaurant chain after a blunt admission sent stock prices plummeting 20 per cent.
He came with receipts (mander.xyz)
Part 2: mander.xyz/post/13598410