OOOPS! An article on the web today wrongly listed WTVD in Raleigh as owned by Nextstar. I deleted my post here that said we would not get Kimmel for that reason. Sloppy reporting !

Noticed this AI-powered verified account putting out anti-Mamdani / pro-Cuomo content on X

Tesla's brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump. Household vehicle-registration data shows fewer Tesla owners are opting for another one after enjoying years of the highest level of loyalty from their customers. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Exclusive: Tesla's brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump, data shows

Tesla for years had more repeat U.S. customers than any other major automotive brand but its loyalty has plunged since CEO Elon Musk endorsed President Donald Trump last summer, according to data from research firm S&P Global Mobility shared exclusively with Reuters.

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Kristi Noem must resign now.

That whole worldview is SO SICK, it's hard to believe modern humans believe it.

🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Ok. You've all convinced me. I'm in. I'm running for Senate against billionaire Pete Ricketts In Nebraska. This race represents the foundational battle taking place in America right now: The Billionaire Class vs. The Working Class Who's with me? youtu.be/GbqWaEo_83s?...

Dan Osborn For Senate Launch Video 2026

YouTube video by Osborn for Senate

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North Platte man accused of animal cruelty and assaulting an officer

North Platte man accused of animal cruelty and assaulting an officer

A North Platte man accused of returning to a store he had been banned from with an injured kitten and later assaulting an officer was arrested Thursday.

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US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers

US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers | TechCrunch

Accused hacker and Chinese national Xu Zewei was arrested in Italy at the request of U.S. prosecutors.

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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

Since the dark money group that made the payments to Noem’s private company does not disclose the names of its donors, the original source of the funds remains unknown. By @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social, @amierjeski.bsky.social

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

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Letter: The Utah Legislature bears responsibility for the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo

Letter: The Utah Legislature bears responsibility for the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo

Letter: The Utah Legislature bears responsibility for the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo

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Experts say the push to cut federal funding for programs that provide health coverage to children speaks to the lack of youth protections in the US.

Why it’s so easy for the US to cut children’s access to healthcare: ‘There’s no right to these programs’

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Or you could fund FEMA, NOAA, and the NWS! Might not feel as helpless then!!!!!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

@shethadamntruth.bsky.social thank you for sharing this!!! For all those celebrities, racists voters and stupid idiot voters that voted for this criminal!! No FEMA and No NOAA for all of us!!! Hope you’re all happy . We are suffering from your stupidity 🤬🤬🤬

DOGE considered @noaa.gov & the @nws.noaa.gov to be “waste fraud and abuse.” FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is next. MAGA - serious question. Do you still think they care about you? The cruelty & lack of humanity are abundantly obvious.

During a review of how the Republican Party will defend cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill that Donald Trump signed on the 4th of July, questions were raised about how aware the president is over what is transpiring.

Glaring omission in White House Medicaid statement singled out by MSNBC host

During a review of how the Republican Party will defend cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill that Donald Trump signed on the 4th of July, questions were raised about how aware the president is over what is transpiring.Add to that, the official White House statement on the fate of Medicaid contained a...

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“I’m not sleepy. You’re sleepy”

School superintendents across the U.S. are scrambling to figure out what to do with programs funded by the $7 billion abruptly frozen by the Trump administration this week.

Trump’s $7 Billion Education Funding Freeze Blindsides Schools

Superintendents are scrambling to figure out what to do with programs funded by the money now under review.

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LYNN LAKE – The 600 residents of Lynn Lake in northern Manitoba are being told to leave town for the second time this year due to wildfires.

Wildfire prompts second evacuation of Lynn Lake in northern Manitoba

LYNN LAKE – The 600 residents of Lynn Lake in northern Manitoba are being told to leave town for the second time this year due to wildfires.

winnipegfreepress.com

The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.

Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population

The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.

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I have the joy of dogsitting this cutie for a week. He is a rescue in foster care in Raleigh area. He definitely has some corgi heritage. A real cuddle bug.

North Carolina woman convicted of killing 10-year-old stepdaughter transferred to federal prison

North Carolina woman convicted of killing 10-year-old stepdaughter transferred to federal prison

Elisa Baker, the woman convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her stepdaughter Zahra Baker, has been transferred from a North Carolina state prison to a federal facility to begin servin…

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NEWS: Republican lawmakers quietly buried an obscure line in their tax cut bill that gives a $200 billion tax cut to their private equity donors when they take over companies, load them up with debt and fire all their workers. www.levernews.com/wall-street-...

Wall Street Gets A Trump Tax Break To Fire Workers

Lawmakers quietly added a line that effectively subsidizes Wall Street buying up companies, slashing wages, closing factories, and firing workers.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The "big, beautiful bill" will have consequences for Republicans, David Leonhardt says on this episode of "The Opinions." "It is not popular to take health insurance away from middle class and poor people, and I think they are going to pay a political price."

Opinion | Trump May Get His ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but the G.O.P. Will Pay a Price

And so will many voters.

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How SNAP and Medicaid cuts in megabill passed in Senate could affect millions of North Carolinians

How SNAP, Medicaid cuts in megabill passed in Senate could affect millions of North Carolinians 

(WGHP) — President Donald Trump has been fighting for his domestic policy bill for weeks, but some feel it’s shaping up to be a big betrayal. Medicaid was expanded in North Carolina with bipa…

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Here are the key quotes to understand how the past 24 hours (and counting) unfolded between the president and Elon Musk over the Big, Beautiful Bill.

The play-by-play of the 24-hour war of words between Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Here are the key quotes to understand how the past 24 hours (and counting) unfolded between the president and Elon Musk over the Big, Beautiful Bill.

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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

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