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I put handheld, wearable, and misting fans through a sweltering summer to see which ones kept me coolest.

A new Emerson College survey of Iowa voters in the race for Governor finds 48% of voters support Rob Sand (D), while 43% support Zach Lahn (R). Seven percent are undecided. In the race for U.S. Senate, 48% support Ashley Hinson (R), while 45% support Josh Turek (D). Six percent are undecided.

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Jack Dorsey’s Bluetooth messaging app surged during India’s internet blackout — and the government’s response suggests a new tech battleground.

René Magritte, The Future of Statues, 1937 #museumarchive #renémagritte

Portrait of Mrs. Ann Woodward, 1954 #salvadordali #surrealism

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"For decades, workers at a nuclear facility in Kentucky were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. Management assured them nothing was wrong. Then four friends risked everything to reveal the truth."

“President Donald Trump recently told donors in private that he wants to see his vice president win the 2028 presidential election — a sign that he is open to publicly backing JD Vance, even as some advisers caution that Trump has yet to settle firmly on a successor,” the Washington Post reports. For members: The […]

“President Donald Trump said talks with Tehran seemed ‘to be working out quite well,’ reiterating ​his positive portrayal of the negotiations on the Iran war without elaborating ‌on the specifics of the discussions,” Reuters reports. CNBC: Iran, Oman say Strait of Hormuz talks in final stages, as Trump again teases a deal being close.

“The Covid-19 pandemic was a historic stress test that revealed American politics as too broken to deal with a national crisis,” CNN reports. “Six years later, a new political storm over Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation’s most prominent health official, suggests those fractures are now even more toxic. And a long-delayed reckoning over the […]

“President Trump is taking issue with recent reports of significant U.S. munitions shortages due to the war with Iran,” CBS News reports. In a post on his Truth Social platform early Thursday, Mr. Trump said: “The U.S. has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the […]

“Four scandal-plagued House Republicans whose seats should be gimmes for the GOP have instead turned their races into unexpected battlegrounds,” Axios reports. “These aren’t districts you’d expect to be in play — Donald Trump carried all four comfortably in 2024. But the incumbents’ ethical troubles are making Republicans spend time and money defending the seats […]

“Democrats are facing an unusual obstacle in their push to create as many paths to a Senate majority as possible this fall: a Democratic nominee who refuses to quit,” NOTUS reports. “Democrat Alani Bankhead is set to face Republican Kurt Alme in Montana’s Senate election — the kind of race that would be a reach […]

New York Times: “These officials — ranging from Virginia to Ohio to Nevada — have all come to office since President Trump returned to power and all currently play roles in elections in counties that are home to key House, Senate or statewide midterm races this year. All have either publicly espoused false conspiracy theories […]

“The embattled establishment of the Democratic Party searched furiously for a political reset after Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s progressive victory in Michigan handed the party’s long-dominant moderate wing its most painful defeat of the year,” the New York Times reports. “Some strategists urgently pressed to adopt a sharper edge to tap into the fury among Democratic […]

“The CIA has secretly established a Cuba task force, setting in motion plans for a more concerted campaign to pressure the Cuban government to make the economic, political and leadership changes demanded by President Trump, according to people briefed on the action,” the New York Times reports. “The creation of the task force will allow […]

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U.S. health officials linked six more states to what’s now the largest outbreak of cyclospora in American history — an outbreak that has contributed to at least two deaths, sickened thousands of people and left the rest of us increasingly scared of salad. Today, Christina Je...

YggTorrent was France's largest torrent site until a hacker gutted it in March. In July, the police arrested twelve suspected operators. That was not the end of it, however. Following a purported takeover, YggTorrent's domains are back online and counting down to a "grand return" on September 1 under a new team.

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