Trump Speech Live Updates: President Asserts Outlandish Claims About Election Results (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
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SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start
"Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."
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Trump’s Big Speech
The big announcement of a “prime-time,” “Oval Office” “address” was typical Trump, encouraging Americans to live in his world. In...
European Commission Adds Exemptions for Watches and Earbuds to Portable Battery Removal Rules
The European Commission:
The European Commission adopted a delegated act today (14
July) introducing new rules that exempt additional products from
EU requirements on the removability and replaceability of portable
batteries.
Under the EU’s Batteries Regulation, portabl...
Trump: "They wanted to... just make you sound... like your president wasn't so hot, when, actually, your president has done a great job."
Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead. (wsj.com)
wsj.com/economy/housing/baby-boomer-home-sales-real-estate-879614be
Watch Biden Signs the $52 Billion Chips and Science Act Into Law - Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)
Women's sports needs more advocates, but is Flavor Flav really the best we can do? (nytimes.com)
Olson: Trump’s endorsement of Mike Lindell has DFLers giddy. It’s not hard to see why. (startribune.com)
startribune.com/mn-governor-race-donald-trump-mypillow-ceo/601868364?utm_source=gift
Analysis | Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years (wapo.st)
Collins: The president brought up conspiracy theories about the recent California primary that are unfounded. Like the claims he's made about the 2020 elections, he offered no documents to back up what he said.
Trump: Our elections are worse than any 3rd world country. There's no 3rd world country that has elections like we have.
Collins: That's because officials would say that U.S. elections are a lot stronger than 3rd world country elections.
Shameka “Meek” Hayes serves as a neighborhood commissioner in Washington, D.C., representing fellow incarcerated people. It’s not easy.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/15/the-life-of-an-elected-official-whos-also-in-jail/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky
"I began teaching GED classes before I had access to college myself. There wasn’t a formal curriculum, just workbooks passed hand to hand, notes in the margins and explanations shared in real time. We had no real books and no qualified teachers. If we didn’t teach each other, no one would."
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/07/16/what-its-like-to-get-educated-in-prison/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky
"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/23/cats-came-to-my-california-prison/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky
Trump: "Mail-in ballots are inherently corrupt"
(Trump has voted by mail multiple times in Florida)
Trump catches himself halfway through saying that election security should be partisan:
"Secure elections should be a partisan—really, we should..."