AvatarBJflipped into Intellectually & Spiritually Inept2 days agoWashington prepares for the shutdown that was never supposed to happenverified_publisherNPR - Kelsey Snell , Susan Davis , Claudia Grisales , Deirdre WalshCongress returns to Washington Tuesday with a government shutdown less than five days away and lawmakers are still scrambling for ways to avoid it. That wasn't supposed to be the case. It has been less than three months since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reached an agreement with President …
AvatarBJflipped into Intellectually & Spiritually Inept1 day agoNew York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraudverified_publisherCNN - Kara ScannellCNN — A New York judge found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, a shocking ruling that poses an existential threat to the former president’s financial empire as he runs for a second term in the White House. Judge Arthur …
AvatarBJflipped into Intellectually & Spiritually Inept1 day agoMorning Joe's supercut of Trump's looney windmill obsessionboingboing.net - Jason WeisbergerThis supercut of Donald Trump rambling made-up babble about windmills is entertaining, and pretty telling. Trump thinks windmills are just about the …
AvatarBJflipped into Intellectually & Spiritually Inept2 days agoThe Supreme Court just told Alabama to shut up and listenverified_publisherVox - Ian MillhiserThe Alabama GOP will have to comply with a Supreme Court order striking down its racially gerrymandered map. The Supreme Court handed down two very brief orders on Tuesday, informing the state of Alabama that no, it is not allowed to defy one of the Court’s decisions on gerrymandering. In June, in …
AvatarBJflipped into Intellectually & Spiritually Inept2 days agoWhy separating fact from fiction is critical in teaching US slaverytheconversation.com - Eric Gable and Richard HandlerOf all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: …
AvatarBJflipped into Intellectually & Spiritually Inept1 day agoRussia May Have Just Given Ukraine Terms for Ending WarNewsweek - Jon JacksonA top Kremlin official on Saturday suggested Russia could agree to an end to the war in Ukraine if a key condition is met. During a press conference …
