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Junk food, spanking, screen time: An invitation to help raise a child means abiding by the parents’ conditions. Grandparents flout these rules at their own risk, writes Robin Marantz Henig: (From 2021) https://theatln.tc/ORWvcUPL

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What Hangs in the Balance of Trump’s Meeting With Putin President Trump is meeting in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss an end to the war.

President Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, are meeting today on U.S. soil for the first time to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.

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One thing to “appreciate” about Trump himself, the Trumpist government, and the MAGA Right in general is that they couldn’t possibly be any more explicit about the grievance-fueled project of patriarchal white nationalist domination they are pursuing.

WTF

Doge still looking for tips about wasteful government spending?

As Republicans face voters during tense town halls, it's about sticking to the script While just a fraction of Republicans in Congress are holding town halls during the August recess — in-person and virtual — the questions from voters, and answers from lawmakers, strike a similar tune.

While just a fraction of Republicans in Congress are holding town halls during the August recess — in-person and virtual — the questions from voters, and answers from lawmakers, strike a similar tune.

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.

By January, ICE will have the capacity to hold more than 107,000 people, internal agency documents show.

The documents outline the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion.

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002, even as it’s received billions of dollars in federal contracts, according to internal company documents reviewed by The New York Times. nyti.ms/45wGKkn

Shut out of Alaska summit, Ukrainians anxiously await Trump-Putin fallout U.S. allies are hopeful they have steered the president away from a potential Putin diplomatic trap, but nonetheless anxious, European diplomats and former U.S. officials told NBC News.

U.S. allies are hopeful they have steered President Trump away from a potential Putin diplomatic trap, but are nonetheless anxious, European diplomats and former U.S. officials tell NBC News.

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally

ICE, America's first interior police, are not being built up, at the cost of billions, just to monitor immigration

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My daughter is 13 and has social media, but I don't let her post on it. She saw several stories and videos of mass kidnappings and told me about it.

I asked her to find a credible source to back it up. When she couldn't, she realized she had been duped.

It's that easy.

DemsMight (@demsmight) HOLY SMOKES! 🔥 Gavin Newsom launches a hard-hitting ad to help raise awareness about Trump’s dirty attacks on democracy. The best part? He’s countering those attacks but only with the support of his c...

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Excellent troll

Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

Truth!

Agree!

What a shitshow. Prove this “better outcome”.

If you’re thinking of switching your MLB fandom, don’t select:
- The Brewers. Fans are mean drunks, ballpark is a terrarium
- The Cubs. You left frat boys and sorority girls behind in college.
- The White Sox. Abandoned by God.
- The Cardinals. Fans’ self-regard equal to anyone in the Pohlad family.

Timeline: A look at the Pohlad family’s ownership of the Minnesota Twins After being put on the market late last year, the team is no longer for sale, executive chair Joe Pohlad said Wednesday.

Timeline: A look at the Pohlad family’s ownership of the Minnesota Twins

Ugh

How germy is the public pool? An infectious disease expert weighs in on poop, pee and perspiration – and the deceptive smell of chlorine Most pool-related illnesses won’t kill you, but no one wants to spend their vacation or a week of beautiful summer days in the bathroom.

A clean pool should actually lack a strong chlorine odor. It's a common myth that a strong chlorine smell is a good sign of a clean pool. In fact, it may actually be the opposite – that the water is contaminated and should be avoided.
theconversation.com/how-germy-is...

Multi Exposure Photography In its early days, photography was seen as a way to portray reality, deliver facts, and tell the truth.

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What You’ve Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us from Rolling Stone - Listen on NYT Audio 39 min listen - They have fantasies of going to Mars, transhumanism, and superhuman AI. How the heck does someone get this way? And what does it mean for the rest of us?

Truth! Sad that they just don’t care. Lack empathy.
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You know it's serious when... Emirates, Etihad and Qatar stop flying

NEW POST

Western airlines cancel flights when their insurers fear legal liability. Gulf carriers do so when their governments are braced for impact.

Don’t think we’ll know the damage. Iran wants to keep enriching so will say whatever works to keep the bombs away, won’t they?