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A Postal Service That Bites

How are you voting for the midterms? I'll have my ballot dropped off. They'll cheat to 'win' by any means necessary. Let's come out in massive numbers against this regime.

Open thread.

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The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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Beloved Art & Crafts Fair Returns To Ulster County This Summer

We can attend this event on Labor Day weekend at the Ulster County Fairgrounds as it brings something for everyone to experience! Continue reading…

Political Wire
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Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

“Ken Paxton, you might not like the way he dresses, and I say this, it’s so insulting to him, but I might as well say it. You might not like the way he looks. You might not love his television interviews. But he was the best attorney general and that speaks a lot louder than […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Hegseth Extends Mideast Deployments Into 2027

“When the U.S. launched its campaign against Iran six months ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised a quick, decisive blow that would avoid a long entanglement. Now, he is quietly extending troop deployments in a sign that the conflict could drag well into next year,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “It is part of an […]

Manton Reece Supports Webmention Valid
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Weird AI ordering system at the Panda Express drive-thru. I’d love to know what model they use. It was a little flaky (“please review the order on this screen…” but the screen showed an ad).

People always say they don’t want AI shoved everywhere. I think that’s partly because it’s used so poorly.

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Trump: The federal government shouldn't be running daycare. We should be running our military.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Democrats Feud Over Defections

New York Times: “The drama began Tuesday afternoon, when two of the most conservative Democrats in the House broke with their party to pave the way for votes on a slate of Republican bills.” “By Wednesday, it had mushroomed into a full-on furor featuring accusations of betrayal, demands for punishment for the defectors and a […]

Silver Bulletin
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Announcing “Still Counting” with Galen Druke and Clare Malone

Announcing “Still Counting” with Galen Druke and Clare Malone

Our new podcast launches soon, and Silver Bulletin readers helped make it possible.

WIRED
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Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing

The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch, its most advanced AI project yet.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Trump Encouraged Army Secretary to Stay in Job

“When Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told President Donald Trump last week that he was resigning, Trump suggested he could stay at least through the midterm elections — a show of support for a top Pentagon leader who has clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,” the Washington Post reports. “At the White House meeting last week […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Platner No Longer Scheduled to Speak at Maine Rally

“Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine,” NBC News reports.

ProPublica
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NEW: Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-blocks-charges-ice-agent-minneapolis-julio-cesar-sosa-celis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Minnesota #Minneapolis #ICE #Immigration #Law #Legal #News #DOJ

Political Wire
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There’s One Thing Bannon and Bernie Agree On

“Steve Bannon has made a career out of clashing with far-left politicians. But these days, President Trump’s former chief strategist has found a common cause with them: opposition to the AI boom,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The far-right podcast host has joined Democrats in warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need […]

The San Francisco Standard
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Manny Yekutiel has a moonshot idea. Actually, make that two

Plus: Your ballot could be in jeopardy, dozens of empty city properties eyed for housing, and a new poll in the Wiener-Chan race.

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Text • Wynne Leon

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Adventure

http://wynneleon.com/2026/08/24/short-term-rental-long-term-adventure/

Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Adventure

“Maybe it won’t work out, but maybe seeing if it does will be the best adventure ever.” – unknown When we returned from our last trip, one of the first things I did was take a picture of the front hallway. The hooks were all empty, waiting to hold coats and sweatshirts. The bench cushions […]

News – The White House
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President Trump Secures the Biggest Oil Deal in World History

President Trump has secured the biggest oil deal in world history,  delivering U.S. majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela – vastly expanding our current U.S. territorial proven reserves of roughly 46 billion barrels. President Trump’s bold foreign policy is driving America First wins: this deal greatly increases America’s oil […]

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Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users.

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