Monica Potts
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Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.
Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters, in one of th...
reuters.com
Also I recommend doing this over the at-home test. Colonoscopies are also preventative, and the at-home test is very gross!
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h agoThe prep isn't as bad as it used to be -- pills, not the drink -- and you'll have one, uh, busy evening and then you go in and get the greatest nap of your life and then eat a glorious meal. Get yourself checked out.
Glad it’s over, thrilled by the results, and, I regret to inform you: The MI Senate primary (much like the TX one) is pretty good foreshadowing for what the 2028 Democratic presidential primary is going to feel like.
New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the Shots
The mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.
on.wsj.com
Among other advice on how to vet and think critically about polling data, a quick primer on avoiding some of the polling terminology mix-ups that I tend to see most often
"If there's one thing about the wealthy people in the United States," Lopez explained, "it's that they are big whiny babies, and that they've got a lot of money to make sure that you hear all their issues that they have with anything that goes on." hellgatenyc.com/nyc-tenants-...
NYC Tenants React to Pied-à-Terrorism: 'I Think It Speaks to How Detached Rich People Are'
A few of the millions of New Yorkers who don't own a home weigh in on the controversy.
hellgatenyc.com
This from @jillfilipovic.bsky.social is good. See also, Half Baked Harvest, who has clear, visible signs of malnutrition and who has too many people dependent on her social media food business. www.throughline.news/p/maybe-we-s...
Maybe We Should Not Shrug as Celebrities Kill Themselves in Front of Us
On Ariana Grande.
throughline.news
"social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music" (so, female-coded professions. guess who this will hit the most?)
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
US automakers will be back asking for yet another public bailout in a few years. One of many depressingly predictable recurring cycles in US politics.
The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?
The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.
nytimes.com
I don't know who first came up with the idea of trying to make a person sitting in a chair talking seem more dynamic and exciting by constantly zooming in and out, but just stop it
Make It Make Sense@themimsshow.bsky.social · 2d agoVoters are losing trust in Trump’s economy
New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Trump's new hustle is one step shy of just having Wall Street bring him suitcases of cash. slate.trib.al/TvTP9Yt
Trump’s Team Is Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts. It’s Every Bit as Corrupt as It Sounds.
We couldn’t believe this was real when it was announced. Now, it’s official.
slate.trib.al
I love fall even more than most people but it begins Sept. 22 which is a month and a half from now so everyone can chill. Also Sept to mid-Oct is apple fall, mid-Oct to Thanksgiving is pumpkin fall, late November to mid-Dec is cinnamon fall. Then Dec moves into chocolate winter. Hope that's clear.
Anti-Mamdani columnists always sound like they think people are being fooled by him? "Oh his lower prices sound good but wait till you hear about taxes!" Don't worry people know.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Are tax cuts over? My latest newrepublic.com/article/2137...
The Death of Middle-Class Tax Cuts as a Bulletproof Idea
Two Democratic senators with an eye on the White House probably thought they’d score political points with their tax-cut legislation. The overwhelming criticism suggests a sea change in the party.
newrepublic.com
more than 8 percent of all American newspaper journalists work in Manhattan, up from 2 percent in 2005 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
I don't know why the Make America Healthy Again people love disease so much. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Two People Die From Illness Traced to US Parasite Outbreak
Two people have died in Michigan from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite that has sickened thousands across the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
bloomberg.com
I agree strongly with this -- in that difficult moment, the possibility of collective effort was conceivable. Not everybody felt it, but many did. I think the political class did not like this one bit.
Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 3d agoCovid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.
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Every day, this Administration unlocks new levels of corruption never thought possible. At a time when families are struggling to stay afloat, they’re being denied jobs and opportunities by their president because of their political views.
“Some people think we can wait and, when it gets too bad, then we reduce emissions and things will get better again. People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse.”
‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis
In this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action?
theguardian.com
The former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike for 3+ years, only to have the owners sell the paper and fire most of them, have started their own cooperative news org. Important reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
Corporate profiteers destroyed journalism. Worker-owned media can save it.
Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organiz...
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