Steve Wolfram

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling 10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.

Nothing is settled with the ideological and reactionary Roberts (kangaroo) Court

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And weirdly, the GOP is no longer interested after spending 4 years harping on them

There is no "two-state solution." Can we stop pretending? - Salon.com No meaningful Palestinian state will exist anytime in the foreseeable future. Facing that truth is crucial

A very good read, unfortunately

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America's heartbreaking divorce from Canada Bourbon boycotts, a drop in Canadian tourism — Trump's tariffs and rhetoric are taking their toll

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They tried permanent DST 50 years ago. It was quickly repealed. I suspect that would happen again if we actually try year-round DST. Or year-round standard time

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No Tax Breaks for the Bears: A Smarter Approach for Arlington Heights - The Progress and Poverty Institute Board Member at the Progress & Poverty Institute Arlington Heights faces a critical decision regarding the Chicago Bears’ proposed development to build a new stadium to build a new stadium. While some...

The Beard want their property taxes frozen. Hell no

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How's the meme go? "The greatest accomplishment of the right was convincing us that the media was liberal" Watching the MSM and Trump should forever to bed the myth of the "liberal media"

If You Think Men Are in Crisis Now … Just Wait Men may be less well equipped, in many ways, to weather the societal shifts on the horizon.

A great read

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Samuel L Jackson made a commercial for Vattenfall wind farms and seaweed snacks.

Oh, and a big middle finger to Taco.

Mother fuckin wind farms.

EXACTLY!!

So what? Trump will pardon Johnson.

Nope

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Aug. 9, 2025 Can you sort 8 historical events?

A few tricky ones that I guessed correctly

Flashback for August 9, 2025

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Play here:
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I just feel dirty watching the NFL

American Politics Just Lost Something Major. Both Sides Will Suffer. Republicans gave up on having an honor code. It will probably come back to haunt them.

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For the WNBA, this is about more than just green sex toys Misogyny in women’s sports — like in society – is often subtle. These incidents were not.

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He's hardly setting "everyone free". Just those that can afford Trump's price.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has reached out to Trump about pardon, source says Combs was convicted on two counts of interstate prostitution last month and faces up to 20 years in prison.

I wonder how much Trump charges for a pardon

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Opinion | I Survived an Atomic Bomb. It’s Time to End the Nuclear Threat.

I missed the actual anniversary. But it's been 80 years since the most Christian nation dropped an atomic bomb that killed tens of thousands of civilians.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

Mike Johnson begging for money

Israeli assets in the US government meet with their boss

US politicians use their summer recess to visit Israel and beg war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu for more money, pledge fealty, and openly support the genocide in Gaza.

Kamala Harris stumbles right out of the gate It might be the only thing Team Biden got right politically — the slow-motion trainwreck that is Kamala Harris.

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Trump calls for a new census to exclude undocumented immigrants | CNN Politics President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the popu...

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Are Democrats blowing it? A "blue wave" is no sure thing - Salon.com Democrats are confronting the possibility that a backlash to Trump won't be enough for them to take back Congress

I'm positive the Democrats are blowing it. That's what they do.

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Not the point of the essay, but this sentence jumped out at me: "it’s clear that the Democrats’ hard-earned reputation for phoniness is one of the primary culprits that spun the party into disaster."

The Nation’s Most Influential Obama Bros Have Taken a Surprising New Stance The hosts of Pod Save America are changing their tune on the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza. It’s an important step.

About time - we need to stop funding Netanyahu's Israel

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