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Like most, I did not see this one coming. Everyone just assumed Alex Vindman would win, as he had more money, more endorsements, and more institutional support. And that Vindman would go on to lose to Republican Ashley Moody in November. But in the end, it was not even clos...

The Downballot: “Across 110 special elections since January of 2025, Democrats have, on average, overperformed Harris by 12.5 points and Joe Biden by 8.4 points. Together, these figures suggest a calculated political environment in which Democrats would be favored by 12 points—slightly better, even, than what the same data was telling us in 2018.”

The migration to Kubernetes and cloud native infrastructure has been one of the defining IT trends of the past decade.

The post AWS deprecated this EKS auth method. 81% of clusters still run it. appeared first on The New Stack.

DOJ says it is giving Judge Todd Edelman grand jury transcripts to prove they didn't sandbag Davey Hearn. Except their offer seems to double down on sandbagging.

The post DOJ Attempts Another Head-Fake in Davey Hearn Case appeared first on emptywheel.

Take a look at your next ice cream run because a popular brand found in New York stores is about to look very different. Continue reading…

“President Trump on Wednesday celebrated the loss of Alex Vindman in the Senate Democratic primary in Florida,” The Hill reports. Said Trump: “The most gratifying loss last night was that of a real treasonous creep, Alexander Vindman, to a Radical Left Lunatic, who can’t speak or think properly.”

Pat McAfee wrote 14 songs on his new country album, 'The Diary of a Polarizing Figure.' Continue reading…

Natalie Harp does not do "no." Back in October 2023, when Trump's motorcade was ready to roll to a Manhattan courthouse and there wasn't a seat left for her, the fiercely loyal aide didn't sit it out — she climbed inside the SUV's trunk rather than be left behind, according...

Jacob Smith is a lifetime Republican who has worked for Republicans in the House and the Senate. For the last five years, he has worked for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser. Now he is deputy policy director for Democrat James Talar...

Misskey Hub This is the official site for Misskey, a decentralized social networking software. Find out how to get started, a list of servers, and lots more information about Misskey! WhatCable (macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon) (github) Plug in a cable. WhatCable shows its speed, ...

"We will put the booster back into service for another flight as soon as possible."

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. A bill guaranteeing paraprofessionals a one-time $10,000 pay bump became law automatically on Wednesday after Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined to sign or veto it. Paraprofessionals, school aides who typically support students with disabilities, are among the lowest-paid employees of the city’s public school system […]

The post $10K Bonuses for NYC Paraprofessionals Become Law Without Mamdani’s Signature appeared first on The City Reporter.

“The staff of the tiny agency on the front lines of President Donald Trump’s trade wars has shrunk to its smallest size in two decades as its responsibilities balloon. Its work is suffering,” Politico reports. “Since Trump returned to the White House, the agency has rolled out new tariffs across the globe, launched trade negotiations […]

Some people are fans of the Green Bay Packers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Green Bay Packers. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.

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Time to drop a little summer recipe. Take some lesbian 20-somethings—like at least 60 of them—and drop them in a group chat. At the center of it all you’ll need a leader, someone who commands attention or fear, and could be the object of everyone's affection under the right ...

In the early hours of July 24, someone placed a call to Austin’s 911 dispatch. The male caller told the operator he was looking out of his window and saw a teenager who may have had a gun. He wasn’t certain it was a weapon, but the person was “messing with his waistband,” the caller […]

The post ‘Suicide by Cop’: How a Poorly Defined Term Shifts Accountability for Lost Lives appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon can now charge up to 20 rental EVs at once without sacrificing valuable floor space, thanks to a new overhead ChargePoint fast charging system.

The Trump administration is bulldozing protected desert land inside Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument for the construction of a border wall.

A federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump administration from attaching new conditions to grants through the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.

President Donald Trump lost the popular vote in the 2020 election by 4.4%. That hasn’t stopped him, though, from latching...