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As more states legalize the practice, conservative and progressive activists have found success by joining forces. Source link
Image by charlesdeluvio. Donald Trump’s America is a scary place in significant part thanks to an unholy alliance of MAGA devotees who don’t believe in science and see intellectuals as public enemy number one, and a gaggle of Silicon Valley militarists who think that they’re the smartest people in the room, if not the universe. Add in White Christian nationalists who abuse religious precepts to sow hatred and division and you have the foundations of the political base that elected Donald Trump (twice!). And worse yet, those groupings are likely to be with us long after our current president has gone off to that great…
President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he is preparing “to make a final determination” on a memorandum of understanding to end the Iran War and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as a ceasefire to the conflict entered its 52nd day on Friday. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that Iran’s “enriched material” must “be unearthed by the United States… in close coordination and conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, plus the International Atomic Energy Agency, and DESTROYED.” Drop Site News, citing a senior Iranian official, reported last Friday that, although Iran will only engage in nuclear talks…
From Judge Annemarie Carney Axon (N.D. Ala.) in yesterday’s Spears v. N.Y. Times Co.: Plaintiff Kai Spears was a walk-on basketball player for The University of Alabama men’s basketball team and developed close friendships with other teammates, including Brandon Miller. In the early hours of the morning on January 15, 2023, Mr. Spears and Mr. Miller visited Moe’s Original BBQ in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Unbeknownst to Mr. Spears, another teammate—Darius Miles—asked Mr. Miller to bring Mr. Miles a gun that he had left in Mr. Miller’s car. So Mr. Miller headed to Mr. Miles, and Mr. Spears started back to his…
As the new leader of America’s largest third party, Evan McMahon doesn’t plan on playing kingmaker to help Democrats or Republicans get elected. “The proper approach for a Libertarian candidate to take is to be a libertarian and run,” says McMahon, who was elected the party’s new chair at its convention last weekend. “Not to seek an armistice with somebody who’s going to grow the state, who’s going to bomb and kill children in other countries.” Most of the time, that would be a rather noncontroversial take. In recent years, however, the Libertarian Party has been controlled by a faction…
Clearcut in the Oregon Coast Range. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. As Americans celebrate the 250th year of this young nation’s existence, perhaps we could take a moment to reflect upon where and what we were in 1776, and what we have become. This is a good time to critique how we’ve treated this great continent that nurtures us and mourn the many ‘disappeared’ lifeforms that once roamed the plains, forests, and waters of the United States. The wild mountainous ecosystems surrounding Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks are being liquidated, habitat turned to wasteland as the resident sentient beings of these…
The Republican establishment burned through more than $100 million in its bid to defeat Ken Paxton in Texas’s GOP Senate primary – only to find out sometimes money is not enough. Source link
Rumors of an agreement keep coming. But the president says We don’t need anything Source link
There have been persistent rumors that industry insiders are bracing for a widespread shortage of motor oil. Are these rumors accurate? I decided that I was going to investigate this and discover the truth. Unfortunately, I have very bad news. Multiple sources within the industry are confirming that we are facing much higher prices and physical shortages of certain products if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened soon. I realize that what I have just shared is not welcome news, but it isn’t going to do any good to stick our heads in the sand. According to Axios, supply chains…
For the first time in generations, the solution to Middle East conflict isn’t a U.S.-led peace force; it’s a regionally led sustainable reality. Source link