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The Head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Explains Why It’s No Longer Recommending the Use of Seat Belts “In the seven months since he was sworn in, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a lukewarm endorsement of the measles vaccine; dismantled a panel of experts ...

"It is my view and the view of this administration that parents should be free to decide whether they want their children oppressively strapped into a two-ton vehicle or liberated head-first through the windshield."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

I just wanted to quickly note that this piece was an all-women effort, start to finish. From the reporters to the witnesses and even the lawyer who reviewed it, seven women working in different capacities were able to bring this story of gross malfeasance to life. Proud The Handbasket can do this.

'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.The reports started earlier in the summer that Tru...

Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on.

Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...

Miscarrying and need a D&C?
Good luck!
Have an ectopic pregnancy and your life is in endanger? Good luck!
Elderly/immune compromised and want to update your Covid vaccine?
Good luck!

Have a violent past and/or mental health issue and want to buy an AR-15 to kill people?
No fucking problem!

17 vision zero volunteers smiling in front of a vision zero billboard - Smoking tables next to non-smoking tables used to be normal too (child biking in a painted bike lane next to a truck)

"Smoking tables next to non-smoking tables used to be normal too."

Seeing this billboard up has been incredible and this shot from @visionzerovancouver.ca of the team of volunteers is pretty moving TBH.

No matter what you think about Mr. Abrego Garcia, if you believe in due process you should be infuriated by this.

The Trump admin is threatening to dump him in Africa as punishment for not pleading guilty to criminal charges they brought to avoid complying with a court order.

This piece broke me.

“I often think about him. I wonder about what he would have worn at eight, at thirteen, at twenty. I wonder about who he would have been friends with. I wonder who he would have had a crush on.”

Maybe it’s because I’m a state legislator, but I’m worried about the under reaction here. She didn’t spend the night on the House floor. She’s being DETAINED AGAINST HER WILL BY REPUBLICANS UNTIL SHE FOLLOWS THEIR ORDERS. This is 🦇 💩

Israel starving Gaza: 263 dead from starvation, including 112 children More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.

More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.

1) Disabled children also deserve food.
2) disabled children are MORE vulnerable so if one were to rank ethical obligations (a mistake), protecting them matters more.
3) poverty and trauma cause disability. We know why these children are more likely to be disabled.

'them kids woulda died of malnutrition anyway' is not the devastating rhetorical comeback you think it is Bari Weiss

Whew boy, Septa cancellations.

I know we are sick of all the bitching about this. I’ve been really chill about getting trapped on tracks for hours at a time multiple times this summer due to storms. I’ve been cool about 30-1hr ...

https://tinyurl.com/2d9kvdtk
#philly #philadelphia #jawnphilly

A bar chart titled How drivers' reaction times slow showing the percentage increase in distracted drivers' response times. An undistracted driver typically reacts in 1 second. The chart lists various activities and their corresponding percentage increases: Drink Drive Limit 12%, Using Cannabis 21%, Hands-free Phone 27%, Android Auto (Voice) 36%, Texting 38%, Apple CarPlay (Voice) 38%, Hand-held Phone 46%, Android Auto (Touch) 53%, Apple CarPlay (Touch) 57%. The source is IAM RoadSmart.

Touch screens on cars worsen response time significantly worse than drink driving or being high:

www.wired.com/story/why-ca...

bottom 20% poorer, top 10% 2.7% richer, everyone else 0.1 to 1.5% better off.

New analysis from CBO of the "Big Beautiful Bill" shows the bottom 20% get poorer, not much change for most of America, & the top 10% get meaningfully richer - and that's before tariffs

The "Big Beautiful Bill" was the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

Y'all don't even understand I cut off the "soda in space" right below Ghislaine!

Trump Is Quickly Becoming the World’s Kidney Stone The painful truth is that world leaders are being forced to go through the motions of making nonsense ‘trade agreements’ with the United States.

World leaders agree on two things: Trump’s tariffs are terrible and the only way to deal with Trump is to treat him like a kidney stone. Do what you can to minimize the pain and hope it passes quickly. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-qui...

Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

People with guns proudly posing in front of the Emmett Till memorial shot up with bullets

A bulletproof Emmett Till memorial. Riddled with bullet dents.

All I think about when I hear people say that it’s bad taste to dance on Hulk Hogan’s grave is that Emmett Till’s monument had to be replaced with a 500lb steel bulletproof monument because white people simply won’t stop riddling it with bullets. So now it just has tons of dents. From bullets.

🚨 Speaking of FedSoc judges... Today, my work on the Federalist Society is finally officially published!! Plz enjoy what I still believe to be (other than tax stuff) the first large scale empirical dataset about the Federalist Society. I hope folx can use. #LawSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Gabbard Releases New Documents Targeting Obama Administration

I can't wait to see the 6-3 shadow docket decision ruling with no written opinion that Barack Obama can be prosecuted by Tulsi Gabbard for official acts notwithstanding Trump v US

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...

“If every single immigrant who has a baby in the U.S. has to sue to obtain citizenship, we are happy to create an army of lawyers to represent those people," Mr. DiBianco said

obvi they shouldnt have to but I really appreciate people whose response to hurdles is, aight bet, watch me clear that shit

There’s always a tweet

"Realizing that people in Germany could just go to the supermarket and spend $550 on a balcony solar panel that they could install themselves vs. $30,000 for a rooftop system was, uh, mildly radicalizing" - Kim-Mai Cutler
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
US hates those cheap chinese solar...

Texas flood exposed America’s warped priorities | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, the CIA is caught lying about the JFK assassination.

Texas found $11 billion for troops and razor wire at the border and migrant buses, even with oil-billionaire tax cuts. But its coffers went dry for warning sirens to confront a climate crisis it claims is made up

How Texas flood exposed warped priorities. My column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site Immigrants complain of cramped conditions, inadequate food and bathing facilities and sleeping on concrete floors.

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC.

No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.

gothamist.com/news/theyre-...

Two headlines: from the NYTimes and Al Jazeera. "Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza" and "Netanyahu releases letter nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize"

This is what the NY Times chose to highlight from the Netanyahu/Trump meeting, compared to Al Jazeera.

You decide which is the important news.