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Semi-professional curmudgeon.

The worm also slammed the noise level in the candidate’s brain, complaining, “I couldn’t hear myself think with all the different voices in there.” With one star, kennedy’s brain ranks last in Yelp’s “Worm Dining” category, tied with Senator ron johnson’s brain.

Worm Leaves Scathing Yelp Review of RFK Jr.’s Brain

The worm’s review began on a discouraging note, claiming that Kennedy’s brain was “almost impossible to find.”

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“The goal of the commission was to try to write those on about an eighth-grade reading level, because that was the average reading level for the voters in the state,” Moody said during the meeting. “It sounds easy sometimes, but it is hard to put something that’s nonpartisan and concise.”

Alabamians to vote on four statewide constitutional amendments in November | Alabama Reflector

The amendments, all approved by the Legislature this spring, range from methods to filling a vacancy in the lieutenant governor’s office to requiring schools to regularly play the National Anthem.

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TheCounty Division of Children and Family Services found that any potential child abuse was unsubstantiated—but Mother Jones reviewed legal filings in which “Moreno alleges that Miller was an absentee father and abusive husband whose history of violence and misconduct dates back more than a decade.”

Democrat Brian Poindexter: 'No One Credibly Accused' of Abuse Like Rep. Max Miller Belongs in Congress | Common Dreams

"No one credibly accused of holding a gun to his wife's head and breaking their 2-year-old daughter's collarbone belongs in the halls of power," Democratic congressional candidate Brian Poindexter s...

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While a spokesperson for US Central Command told the Times it is “looking into” reports that the family members were killed in the strike overnight Thursday and “the US military never targets civilians,” Stanford University law professor Tom Dannenbaum outlined the United States’ legal obligations.

Outrage Builds Over Apparent US Use of 2,000-Pound Bomb on Iranian Family Home | Common Dreams

Outrage grows over the US apparently dropping a 2,000-pound bomb on a civilian home in Iran.

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He had spent the entire weekend there, isolated from the press, but this moment was important enough to break his silence. donald trump proudly announced on Truth Social that he had made “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship!”

Donald Trump is a failed president

At exactly 2:30 this afternoon, the President of the United States stopped to share an important message with the world from his private golf course in New Jersey. He had spent the entire weekend ther...

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Kathleen Clark of Washington University School of Law, an expert in government conflicts of interest rules, told Bernard Condon of the Associated Press that this scheme is “yet more brazen corruption, an improper exploitation of government power to enrich himself.”

August 4, 2026

On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

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“The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss.” ― Erin Hunter (Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, Iceland)

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"𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐫-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 “𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢, 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢 𝐧𝐨𝐞𝐦, …. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄?” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬. “𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧.”

August 3, 2026

Just before midnight last night, news broke that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had rescinded the order of May 18, 2026, establishing a $1.776 billion slush fund for those who claimed that the D...

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“With the last sliver of the sun, suddenly you realize, endings can be beautiful as beginnings, and you make peace with gently releasing the unreleased.” ― Jayita Bhattacharjee

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