Alex Ip 葉清霖
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TIL that in 1967, then-Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, disappeared while swimming in the sea. Holt once told his press secretary, "Look Tony, what are the odds of a prime minister being drowned or taken by a shark?"; a headline in The Australian the day he died was "PM advised to swim less".
Disappearance of Harold Holt - Wikipedia
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We are now exactly 90 days from the midterm elections. Lord help us all.
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang.bsky.social · 4h agoToday is the start of the "quiet period" before the midterm election, a longstanding legal protection for eligible voters. Forty-four states, plus Washington, D.C., are banned from doing mass purges of voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act
As of last night, there are now *7* pastors, former pastors and seminarians who've become Democratic nominees running for Congress. Some have already won safe Dem seats, and several are in hotly contested races. In multiple cases, the GOP has attacked their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith
(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...
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This is, to put it bluntly, not good at all: · the new owner publicly put his name forward to be Trump's transportation secretary last year · 54 of 128 employees were laid off the moment the sale went through, including the editor and director of content, news editor, and assistant news editor.
WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to Craig and Max Fuller | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Freight media executive and entrepreneur Craig Fuller and his father, Max Fuller, have purchased the Chattanooga Times Free Press from Arkansas-based WEHCO Media Inc. in a deal announced to newspaper ...
timesfreepress.com
Good morning, and congrats to Congresswoman Haley Stevens, future MSNOW or The Free Press contributor
What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...
Do we really know who's leading the Texas Senate races?
Primary polls have historically been rather unreliable, and a surge in new primary voters means turnout assumptions matter more than usual
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|horses|@chemotaxis.bsky.social · 7h agoPolling is like really fucked. Strikes me as a huge problem honestly.
Longtime followers know my intense criticism of former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, but she absolutely nailed this speech. She smartly pulled the "Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you" UNO reverse card:
Greg Bluestein@bluestein.bsky.social · 4d ago“Adults in the room.” Georgia Democrats focus messaging on cost-of-living challenges and GOP leadership under President Donald Trump at the party’s annual convention in Savannah today. #gapol www.ajc.com/news/2026/08...
EA is officially a privately owned company Main investors include Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners Deal was worth $55B
Good morning, and congrats to Congresswoman Haley Stevens, future MSNOW or The Free Press contributor
NEWS — Embattled Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards has withdrawn from the NC-11 race. He says he will serve out his current term.
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
SpaceX rocket thought to have crashed into the moon in unintentional collision
Four-tonne piece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket believed to have hit lunar surface on Wednesday morning
irishtimes.com
Update: Dodgers have lost 5 games in a row and are now 4-7 (.364) since visiting the White House. No longer have the best record in baseball.
Ryan Enos@ryanenos.bsky.social · yesterdaySince the Dodgers visited the White House on July 23, their record is 4-6 (.400). Before that, they were 65–38 (.631). The Trump touch continues.
This is, to put it bluntly, not good at all: · the new owner publicly put his name forward to be Trump's transportation secretary last year · 54 of 128 employees were laid off the moment the sale went through, including the editor and director of content, news editor, and assistant news editor.
WEHCO sells Chattanooga Times Free Press to Craig and Max Fuller | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Freight media executive and entrepreneur Craig Fuller and his father, Max Fuller, have purchased the Chattanooga Times Free Press from Arkansas-based WEHCO Media Inc. in a deal announced to newspaper ...
timesfreepress.com
Ain't no way — if this @votehub.com analysis is real, what a narrative violation votehub.com/2026_mi_sen_...
you can just tell she had this one chambered all night
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 11h agoBody isn't even cold yet
she said she’d endorse the winner and she wasted zero time
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 11h agoBody isn't even cold yet
Per Ellis Bates at @votehub.com: Abdul El-Sayed is netting more votes in Dearborn in the primary than Kamala Harris received in 2024 El-Sayed 2026 primary: 15,899 votes Kamala Harris in 2024: 15,208 votehub.com/2026_mi_sen_...
Michigan U.S. Senator Democratic Primary
Michigan Democrats remain locked in a struggle between their moderate and progressive factions, leaving their path to holding the Wolverine State uncertain.
votehub.com
Surely the regime will only use AI facial recognition-enabled drones to police smoking bans at construction sites
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 12h agoHong Kong mulls AI facial recognition-enabled drones to police smoking ban at construction sites, 39 fines issued so far 🔗 hongkongfp.com/2026/08/05/h...
From the @missouriindependent.com: "All eight of Missouri’s congressional districts opposed both Amendment 4 and Amendment 5." missouriindependent.com/2026/08/04/m...
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 13h agoThe final margins on those two GOP amendments in Missouri are really wild. Better than 4 to 1 against for both!
Exclusive: Sen. Rand Paul published Anthony Fauci's diary entries without redacting the names or medical details of over 20 people, including people with cancer, Ebola or HIV. www.notus.org/health-scien...
Rand Paul’s Fauci Diary Dump Exposed Peoples’ Medical Histories
The Republican senator’s office published over 20 individuals’ health information without redaction.
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it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything
Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 14h agoRegardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.
I would call and email people like normal. Maybe analyze a database in Excel or Google Sheets. Timestamp interviews if I was in a rush and couldn't transcribe them in full.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 19h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Seems like Abdul El-Sayed doesn't have a Black voter problem, he has a rural white voter problem
Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.
