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So… Does This Mean No More Weiner Wednesdays?

So… Does This Mean No More Weiner Wednesdays?

Plus anti-ICE arrestees await trail, OMS agents misused weapons, and UnitedHealth stays winning in today's Flyover news roundup.

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Trump To Fox: We'll 'Beat The F*cking Sh*t Out Of' Iran, Somehow Still Losing

The formerly defeated, demolished, annihilated, and obliterated Iran sneak-attacked the US and Jordanian forces with ballistic missiles Tuesday evening, which continued into Wednesday, prompting Trump to go on an expletive-filled rant to Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst. ...

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Trump Admin’s Campaign Against ‘Radical Left Terrorism’ Is Built On A National Security Memo With No Congressional Approval

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. A little-noticed presidential national security directive is now the legal engine behind a wave of terrorism prosecutions against left-wing protesters. That domestic campaign now has an international dimension, one that American officials had been planning for months, culminating on July 16, 2026, when […]

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The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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Check Your Mail: New York Is Sending Most More Money

Here's who qualifies and how much money eligible residents can receive. Continue reading…

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Update: Upstate New York Woman Dies Trying To Save Porcupine

New York State Police confirmed that an Upstate New York woman lost her life trying to help out a porcupine. Continue reading…

Electrek
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Trump feds use a solar review to approve the first AI data center on public land

Apparently, a 19-megawatt (MW) solar farm and a 167-MW AI data center are “substantially the same” – at least according to the Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

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Gen X was right after all.

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‘It’s Terrible Right Now’: Uptown Dances in the Face of Multiple Shootings

‘It’s Terrible Right Now’: Uptown Dances in the Face of Multiple Shootings

Four shootings in the space of a month have left DJs, club owners, and dancers wondering what's next for nightlife in the area.

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Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Blogger Who Called Him A 'Googly-Eyed Kremlin B*tch'

A federal judge in Nevada has thrown out FBI Director Kash Patel's $10 million (!!!) defamation lawsuit against blogger Jim Stewartson — the guy Patel sued for calling him a "Kremlin asset" and an "incompetent chud" who supposedly plotted to overthrow the government on Janu...

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Schumer Says He and Troy Jackson Are ‘Working Together’

“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he met with Democratic Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson Wednesday morning,” NOTUS reports. Said Schumer: “We had a great meeting this morning. We’re working together to win the seat, beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate.”

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How ALL CAPS Lost Its Voice

Tracing 160 years of typographic history, this essay argues that the overuse of ALL CAPS has weakened its authority, inspiring a shift toward more expressive, conversational typography exemplified by Jamie Clarke’s new typeface, Reel.

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The Spread of Concrete Is Damaging the Planet. And Saving It (bloomberg.com)

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Opinion | What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Allenxandria Eating Hat (nytimes.com)

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Writers Guild Withdraws Support From Film Festival Over A.I. (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Found Guilty of Aiding a Foreign Terror Group (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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