Reading archive 2024-05-23

Grocers are finally lowering prices as consumers pull back: Retailers like Target, Walmart and Aldi have begun rolling back costs in their food aisles and on other household staples.

The flags were redundant: Samuel Alito’s predilections were obvious before the most recent controversy.

Opinion  Take it from conservative national security experts: Trump is unfit - "You think Biden has been insufficiently attentive to Palestinians’ aspirations? Trump has supported the most extreme aspects of the Netanyahu government’s policies. You think Biden pulled out precipitously from Afghanistan? He never considered inviting the Taliban to Camp David or set the date for withdrawal of U.S. troops."

Veterans became eligible for billions. These firms saw a chance to profit.: Despite a federal law that prohibits charging veterans for help in applying for disability benefits, for-profit companies are making millions. - "The overwhelmed veterans agency says the government is all but powerless to stop the practice, particularly since Congress years ago stripped criminal penalties from the law. And now a cadre of mostly Republican lawmakers is pushing to do away with the restrictions altogether, a plan bankrolled by a well-funded industry group led by a former high-ranking Trump administration VA official."

Reading archive 2022-07-14 pt. 1

There are no artifacts to prove that slave ships existed.

Donald Trump looks to fall launch for 2024, potentially upending midterms: Some Republicans fear an announcement will undercut them at a time when they have a strong chance of retaking the House and Senate

A post-Roe surge could reshape this Illinois steel mill town: Granite City, a conservative-leaning community near the state‘s southern border, now offers the closest abortion clinics for many patients across the South and Midwest

Five charts explaining why inflation is at a 40-year high

Man charged in rape of 10-year-old girl who had to travel for abortion

After arrest in rape of 10-year-old girl, Fox News hosts shift focus

Veterans forced out for being gay are still waiting for VA benefits: A decade after the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ details on new guidance remain scarce

Youngkin defends portrayal of gay-marriage rights as business ranking slips - "'We actually do protect same-sex marriage in Virginia,' Youngkin responded. 'That’s the law in Virginia and, therefore, as governor of Virginia, we protect same-sex marriage.'

"But state law does not protect such unions. In fact, the Virginia Constitution bans same-sex marriage under an amendment adopted in 2006 that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. While the ban became defunct after Obergefell, the language remains in the constitution and would become operative again if the Supreme Court were to reverse itself. Republicans in the House of Delegates killed an effort this year to remove that language."

Fertilizer crisis delivers profits and pain as Ukraine fallout broadens: ‘It’s brutal. Farmers aren’t buying what they need; they are buying what they can afford,’ one expert said

FDA authorizes Novavax coronavirus vaccine, adding to pandemic arsenal

The world’s longest-lived trees couldn’t survive climate change - "To Murphy Westwood, the vice president for science and conservation at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, each loss feels like a moral failing. 

"'It’s overwhelming and almost crushing,' she said, 'the stark reality of the biodiversity crisis that’s on our hands.'"

Once nearly extinct, bison are now climate heroes: Indigenous tribes are leading the effort to bring back the bison — a victory not only for the sake of biodiversity, but for the entire ecosystem they nurture

The green revolution sweeping Sweden

In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature

Reading archive 2022-06-13

A Black Army vet spent 16 months in solitary. Then a jury heard the evidence against him.: Andrew Johnson refused to plead guilty to attempted murder charges, insisting he’d been defending himself during a confrontation in California.

How the White House lost Joe Manchin, and its plan to transform America - "'It was not like this was the biggest insult in the world,' said Dean Baker, a White House ally who works at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank. 'The idea you would have done something good for the country, but instead will not do it because you think someone in the White House may have insulted you is kind of crazy.'"

D.C. mayoral candidates meet on TV, with voting underway and passions high

The town crier: Deepening suspicions. A parallel voting system. Dumpster diving for documents. In northwest Georgia, a woman known as ‘Burnitdown’ portends what the Trump movement is becoming.

Reading archive 2020-10-24

He’s a former QAnon believer. He doesn’t want to tell his story, but thinks it might help.

Spin, hyperbole and deception: How Trump claimed credit for an Obama veterans achievement: President Trump has told mistruths about the 2014 VA Choice Act more than 156 times, seeking to deny the contributions of rivals including Barack Obama and John McCain.

Reading archive 2016-09-07

Simple Rules for Healthy Eating

Longtime Listener, First-Time Candidate: Donald Trump and the entertainers who took over the Republican Party are trying to reach their biggest audience yet

How Donald Trump Lost His Mojo: Flailing on race and immigration, his campaign in chaos, the candidate who made a brilliant farce of the election is now finding the joke is on him

The Vikings’ Trade for Sam Bradford Is a Declaration of Intent: Jokes aside, Minnesota thinks it can win — and win now

NFL Preseason Rankings, Part I: We’ll Care About These Teams at the Draft; League-wide optimism abounds with kickoff approaching, but these eight teams could be in for a long 2016 season

NFL Preseason Rankings, Part II: These Teams Are Just Good Enough to Fail; Any of these teams could make a playoff push, but each has more questions than answers heading into the 2016 season

This Election Is Testing The Republican Loyalties Of Military Voters

Trump May Bring A Republican Recalibration, Not A Realignment

Pentagon: 'Play hardball' against Ryan plan; An internal memo spells out tactics for using the Senate and even fellow House Republicans to undermine the speaker's defense spending proposals.

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