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Chuck Edwards Gets Out, Max Miller Stays In Two Republican representatives under scrutiny for allegations against them have made different...

Republicans would believe that the sky was green, the grass was fuschia, and tiny little unicorns lived inside their shoes, just as long as some bloated MAGA talking head told them as much. It's left Zohran Mamdani to put the gullible idiots back in their place, yet again. ...

Sen. Susan Collins, who is in a fight to retain her Senate seat in the upcoming midterms, released a statement saying she will oppose Todd Blanche's nomination to become the permanent AG. We've seen Sen. Collins state she would vote against something one day and then do th...

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gave an epic speech in the Senate Judiciary Committee (below) laying out so many of the reasons Todd Blanche should be pushed out of the Department of Justice, not made attorney general. Afterward, Whitehouse told MS Now’s Alicia Menendez that despi...

Last month we reported how Meta had decided to try and sloppily nickel-and-dime its AI glasses customers. More specifically, the company decided it would be a good idea to introduce new “rate limits” to smart glasses usage, forcing customers to pony up a $20 per month Meta One Premium subscription if they didn’t want their glasses’ “conversation […]

“The Defense Department’s policy chief is drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy that emphasizes the possible use of shorter-range tactical weapons in case of a regional war with China or Russia, according to five people familiar with the plans,” NBC News reports. “The new strategy, which is classified, challenges the approach to nuclear weapons that […]

'Book the Trip' is a travelogue of signs through 700 photographs of rare and one-of-a-kind letterforms.

The post The Daily Heller: 30 Years of Sign Trawling appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

Money is still flooding into American politics. But it may not be buying what it used to. Much of this year’s political analysis has focused on the Democratic Party’s ideological divisions. That’s a real story. Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertising. Learn more. If you’re already a […]

“Senate Republicans are scrambling for a plan to exit Washington for a five-week August recess that won’t anger President Trump, who has demanded they stay in town for as long as necessary to pass a reconciliation blueprint and elements of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act,” NewsNation reports. “Both items have little chance of success.” […]

Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incorporating AI transparency into their creative process.

Above, The Diamonds perform, The Stroll. On this date in 1957, ABC premiered American Bandstand with Dick Clark.

The Psy of Life informs us that Prznint Stupid had a plan for winning in Iran.

Adventus says it's every two years.

Annie Asks You asks you to talk to your senators about the cryptocrappiness CLARITY act.

And speaking of crappiness, The Bad Faith Times writes about Elmo: The Rich Man Is Projecting.

Bonus Track: Miss Cellania has a friend who just returned from Toon Town...

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The GOP has a Max Miller problem it can’t look away from anymore. Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller’s former wife, Emily Moreno, accused him in court filings and a recorded police interview of holding a gun to her head, throwing scalding water at her, and other horrific abuse...

Still Life with Lizard, 1860 #degas #edgardegas

Scooter layout makes pedaling a bad experience. But it does have pedals.

"Sixty years after the Cultural Revolution began, a writer looks back to her childhood in Beijing during its peak, and the banned books that sustained her through the tumult."

Collectors are seeking quarters minted right here in the Hudson Valley. If you have one, it could be worth hundreds. Continue reading…

For months, the biggest media story has been Paramount’s attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $111 billion. The deal is now tangled up in the courts as attorneys general […]

The post David Ellison broke months of silence on CNN’s future. His biggest critics won’t be reassured. appeared first on Poynter.

Let me be clear about something: Athletes — whether it’s Aaron Rodgers or Sophie Cunningham or Caitlin Clark — are free to say (or not say) whatever they want about […]

The post Aaron Rodgers keeps talking. And ESPN keeps handing him the mic. appeared first on Poynter.

Scooter layout makes pedaling a bad experience. But it does have pedals.

By John Solomon The FBI opened a criminal probe specifically targeting Donald Trump in May 2017, alleging the newly elected president may have been acting as a Russian asset when he fired then-Director James Comey even though the bureau’s own evidence overwhelmingly showed at the time there was no collusion with the Kremlin. Internal FBI […]

The post FBI Secretly Opened Probe Alleging Trump Fired Comey because he was a Russian Asset, Declassified Memos Show appeared first on The White House.