“We need to take a broad approach to control sources that release PFAS into the atmosphere and into bodies of water,” said one researcher, “since they eventually all end up in the lakes.”
New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they’re reaching fewer voters.
Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods mark the decisive rejection of an economic orthodoxy that dominated American policy making for nearly half a century.
“The good news is—actions like this by the USA or European countries taken under pressure from the pro-Israeli lobby or Israel itself smell of sheer panic and desperation,” the renowned author said.
The decision “validates the experiences of tens of millions of Americans, as well as tens of thousands of physicians, who have long recognized that cannabis possesses legitimate medical utility,” said one advocate.
This isn’t about immediately filtered content, like the disgusting DuffMan George Floyd meme, or Holocaust denial. That’s pretty well kept in check by mod tools. I’m also not talking about cogent or even pointed political discussion....
PFAS 'Ubiquitous' in Water, Atmosphere in Great Lakes Basin (www.commondreams.org)
“We need to take a broad approach to control sources that release PFAS into the atmosphere and into bodies of water,” said one researcher, “since they eventually all end up in the lakes.”
‘The restrictions are unbelievable’: States target voter registration drives (publicintegrity.org)
New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they’re reaching fewer voters.
Daniel Perry and the Republican Meaning of "Law and Order" (www.thebulwark.com)
In the Republican view, the purpose of the law is to inflict harm on your enemies.
Reaganomics Is on Its Last Legs (www.theatlantic.com)
Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods mark the decisive rejection of an economic orthodoxy that dominated American policy making for nearly half a century.
Why Auto Insurance Rates Are Out of Control (prospect.org)
The factors are partly structural, but also have to do with a corporate drive for profits and use of technology to precision-target customers.
Thom Hartmann: How 'billionaire oligarchs' are pushing America to 'fascism' and 'civil war' (www.alternet.org)
Alternate.org
Winner's Luck (lemmy.world)
Very nuanced issue (lemmy.eco.br)
'Dark Times': Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé Detained, Interrogated by FBI (www.commondreams.org)
“The good news is—actions like this by the USA or European countries taken under pressure from the pro-Israeli lobby or Israel itself smell of sheer panic and desperation,” the renowned author said.
To End 'Failed Approach,' Biden DOJ Formally Moves to Reclassify Marijuana (www.commondreams.org)
The decision “validates the experiences of tens of millions of Americans, as well as tens of thousands of physicians, who have long recognized that cannabis possesses legitimate medical utility,” said one advocate.
'Shameful': 16 Dems Help GOP Pass Israel Security Assistance Support Act (www.commondreams.org)
Even if the bill passes the Senate, President Joe Biden has threatened to veto it.
MAGA symbol was visible on Samuel Alito’s property as Supreme Court weighed election case (www.alternet.org)
Alternet.org
Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Putin and Xi cast U.S. as Cold War hegemon...
Microsoft Asks Hundreds of China-Based AI Staff to Consider Relocating Amid U.S.-China Tensions (www.wsj.com)
Has anyone else noticed a large influx of Trolls lately?
This isn’t about immediately filtered content, like the disgusting DuffMan George Floyd meme, or Holocaust denial. That’s pretty well kept in check by mod tools. I’m also not talking about cogent or even pointed political discussion....
A sing along I checked wasn't a recent repost, but if it was it would be the right song for it. (www.youtube.com)
I’m glad they included lyrics, because it clears up some tricky verses.
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment (www.cnn.com)
US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan | The former president has said he will send nearly 5 percent of U.S. residents out of the country if he is reelected. (wapo.st)
TIL: How The Founder Of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, Planned on Eradicating Palestinians as early as 1890 (medium.com)
We should be over this, yo. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison (apnews.com)