Cynthia Wendt

I reached out to Holly Rowe with a simple question: What has she learned about joy? Holly Rowe found happiness while undergoing cancer treatment. Now, she's trying to spread joy.

The Athletic’s Rustin Dodd caught up with Rowe to chat about the joy of college football, how cancer changed her outlook and much more.

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Love Holly Rowe. Thank you, Rustin Dodd

Leading NYC Reform rabbi warns about Mamdani — and communal split stemming from election Rabbi Angela Buchdahl says mayoral candidate has contributed to 'abhorrent antisemitism,' but adds that the 'true danger' is a 'fracture in our Jewish family'

Leading NYC Reform rabbi warns about Mamdani — and communal split stemming from election https://www.timesofisrael.com/leading-nyc-reform-rabbi-warns-about-mamdani-and-communal-split-stemming-from-election/

oh. right.

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Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits.

Kansas Republicans start redistricting process aimed at unseating Rep. Sharice Davids Kansas Republican lawmakers are circulating a petition for a special session to redistrict. The goal is to defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress.

Kansas Republican lawmakers are circulating a petition for a special session to redistrict. The goal is to defeat the state's only Democrat in Congress. (via @kcur.org)

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

I pay my taxes and I don’t get healthcare.

I pay my taxes and schools are four days a week.

I pay my taxes and my road is gravel.

I pay my taxes and they close my hospital.

I pay my taxes and then pay for college tuition.

I pay my taxes and don’t have access to a library.

Red state blues.

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

And WDAF in Kansas City, I believe.

That theme song! Please bring it back

AP: “When Trump awarded a contract for $1.2 billion for 🇺🇸’s largest immigration detention complex, it handed it to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small biz with no experience… its address a modest home in suburban Virginia.”🤔

Golden Age of Corruption.
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Why Taylor Swift’s love story defies the gravity of spectacle

Katherine LaNasa Earned Her Role in ‘The Pitt’ the Hard Way

My favorite character on my favorite show. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/a...

Bless these Alaskans!

Now he's whining that he didn't get a second chance after getting fired from his sports job because the chiefs froze him out of covering them. The Chiefs then went on a historic run of Super Bowl seasons 🤣🤣🤣

Kilder til DN: Trump tok opp nobelpris i tolltelefon med Stoltenberg (+) Ut av det blå, mens finansminister Jens Stoltenberg gikk på gaten i Oslo, ringte Donald Trump fra Det hvite hus. Han ville ha Nobelprisen – og diskutere toll.

Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...

So assuming this story is correct -- and the WSJ reporter is excellent -- Trump's chief negotiator on Ukraine is meeting with Putin about how to end the war while also scouting sites for a possible Trump hotel in Moscow.

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

That was my thought with the recent shooting in NYC that killed 4--you rarely hear about mass shootings in blue states that have reasonable gun control laws. That shooter brought his weapon from Nevada.

sorry but there can't be an NBA player named Johnny Furphy. Johnny Furphy is what I name my dog after I become a fan of an NBA player named Johnny Murphy.

Reception center is such a pleasant name for a for-profit prison. I hope Leavenworth can continue to fight this

Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia

Trump is slowly, quietly, lifting sanctions on Russia. And halting previously allocated munitions too.
Without an announcement, US policy is beginning to favor not a ceasefire, but Russian success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

So sorry

Sarah is from Overland Park, KS

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

At Least 4 Dead as Tornado Strikes St. Louis, Mayor Says

At least four people were killed after a tornado struck St. Louis on Friday afternoon and left a trail of destruction of uprooted trees, downed power lines and collapsed buildings, the authorities said.

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

Bobby Witt Jr. extends his hitting streak to 22 games with an opposite-field, go-ahead, two-run homer.

His 22-game hitting streak is now tied with Brian McRae's (07/20/1991 - 08/13/1991 [2]) for the sixth-longest hitting streak in Royals history.

Trump Pardons Paul Walczak, Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden’s Diary The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.

President Trump on Wednesday pardoned a Florida health care executive whose mother played a role in trying to expose the contents of Ashley Biden’s diary. The executive, Paul Walczak, had been convicted of tax crimes.