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Houthi Militants Attack Saudi Energy Infrastructure

“Houthi militants in Yemen targeted energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, sending oil prices higher on concerns over Persian Gulf oil supplies already strained due to the Iran war,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Warning with Steve Schmidt
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The big lie’s last stand

The big lie’s last stand

America has 56 days to put a constitutional firewall between Donald Trump and absolute power

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
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Mike’s Blog Roundup

Bark Bark Woof Woof - Charlie Pierce: Donnie and his 32% approval rating hit the road;

Crooked Timber - the US Navy loses another war;

Futurism - Grok calls for the assassination of Elon Musk!

The Mahablog - where the money goes: the GOP midterm Texas Trump-a-palooza;

The Smirking Chimp - avalanche of bad GOP numbers is a countown to disaster.

Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with ‘for MBRU' in the subject line). Steve in Manhattan is on Bluesky.

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Police Protection For Petting Zoo Donkey Killer

I guess it tracks that someone who is so fearful of a miniature donkey that he shot it would also ask for police protection from anonymous online threats from people disgusted by his behavior. The more cynical among us might also suggest that the Cedartown Police Departmen...

PRINT Magazine
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What Matters to Rachel Effendy

Rachel Effendy reflects on how her love of storytelling, adaptability, close relationships, and drive to keep creating shape both her life and her career as a creative leader.

The post What Matters to Rachel Effendy appeared first on PRINT Magazine.

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
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Parable of the Sower, 1557 #pieterbruegel #northernrenaissance

TPM – Talking Points Memo
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On 9/11, Talk Radio Hosts Kickstarted Our Current Era of Paranoia and Conspiracies

In Rough Edges, Mike Rothschild writes about fringe groups, conspiracy theories and how the Internet broke our brains. This column is part...

daveverse
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Scott Hanson is working on a WordPress plugin that displays a FeedLand river — a constantly-updated stream of news items from feeds a FeedLand user subscribes to — on a WordPress page or post. It’s important that news flows be part of managing a site. Help Scott make it perfect, WordPress is a very important […]

Paul Krugman
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Where’s the Beef (Coming From)?

Meat and freedom!

Poynter
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As ‘perfect storm’ hits public media, initiative seeks a reimagined system to serve communities

This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. A little more than a year ago, the […]

The post As ‘perfect storm’ hits public media, initiative seeks a reimagined system to serve communities appeared first on Poynter.

The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
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Police Rescue Horses Being Transported to Canada for Slaughter

Several horses have been rescued from a Pennsylvania livestock transporter after police say they were being transported through New York with the intention of being sent to Canada for slaughter and human consumption. Continue reading…

Scripting News Valid
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Scott Hanson is working on a WordPress plugin that displays a FeedLand river — a constantly-updated stream of news items from feeds a FeedLand user subscribes to — on a WordPress page or post. It's important that news flows be part of managing a site. Help Scott make it perfect, WordPress is important. The news tab on my blog home page is an example.

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

Trump Eyes Triumphal Arch as His Legacy Project

Stephen Collinson: “The Roman Emperor Titus has one. Napoleon Bonaparte ordered up the world’s most famous example. And the Duke of Wellington’s iconic version is the gateway to London’s Hyde Park.” “Now, Donald Trump wants his own ceremonial arch. And his latest architectural passion project may tell history rather more about the 45th and 47th […]

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

A Far-Right Win Puts New Pressure On Germany’s Leader

“A far-right electoral victory in a small eastern state has plunged Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, into a fight for his political survival with no surefire paths to prevail,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Merz was not on the ballot in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, won […]

EV Grieve
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Community groups urge NYU Langone to preserve Kips Bay AMC and Fairway

A coalition of neighborhood groups, block associations and tenant organizations is asking NYU Langone to preserve the AMC Kips Bay 15 and Fairway Market following its purchase of the Kips Bay retail complex at 570 Second Ave. In an Aug. 31 letter, the newly formed Save Kip...

EV Grieve
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Half Gallery closes its 4th Street annex

Photos by Stacie Joy  Half Gallery has closed its annex at 233 E. Fourth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.  The gallery opened the additional space in April 2022 in a former hair salon, a few storefronts from its main location on the northwest corner of Avenue B.   The main Half Gallery space, which debuted in March 2020, remains open. The annex is the latest gallery space to close in the East Village. As previously reported, March left its Avenue A home this summer for a new location on Canal Street. Karma, Ruby/Dakota, Gratin and O’Flaherty's have also closed or relocated their East Village galleries in recent years.

TPM – Talking Points Memo
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Stop the Steal’s Wonky Sibling

A Permission Structure for a Power Grab As Allegra wrote over the weekend, this week stands to be a “uniquely...

Poynter
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Want to get promoted? Make sure you understand what your bosses want

An editor emails the newsroom to announce so-and-so has been promoted to coveted job with impressive title. Journalists across the newsroom reach out to their friends and allies: Why did […]

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Poynter
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Poynter, Public Media Company launch national initiative on the future of public media

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (September 8, 2026) — A year after the federal government upended public radio and television stations by defunding public media, a partnership of the Poynter Institute and […]

The post Poynter, Public Media Company launch national initiative on the future of public media appeared first on Poynter.

emptywheel
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Why Rule of Law May Pivot, Once Again, on Jim Comey

Jim Comey's selective and vindictive prosecution claim is part of an effort to find new legal tools to combat Trump's weaponization of DOJ.

The post Why Rule of Law May Pivot, Once Again, on Jim Comey appeared first on emptywheel.