SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
Patt Morrison
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Pulitzers-sharing LA Times columnist, multi-Emmy-winning broadcaster, best-selling author, animalista. @pinkshotdogs veggie dog named for me. Famous author proclaimed me "the queen of all LA media." But that author was Dave Barry. Pref pronoun: royal "we."
This is Bernice Sandler, the mother of #TitleIX , which opened the door on real, competitive sports to women. The Heritage Foundation wants to get rid of it and send us home to do needlepoint and yogs. My column/interview with this remarkable woman.
They cant to get rid of Title IX -- which makes women stronger and healthier mentally and physically -- because they can't stand the competition, and because they want women locked back in the kitchen and nursery, demure and obedient. Handmaids would never play basketball or run track.
Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social · 7h agoThe Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election
The sacred figures he never saw: The artist painting Black angels across L.A. and the world
The sacred figures he never saw: The artist painting Black angels across L.A. and the world
The first mural in Anthony Pittman’s “Los Angelitos” project, outside Patria Coffee Roasters, is a twist on an early painting of California from 1832.
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No mystery as to when and why this began, and it starts with a T and ends with a P and it isn't "twerp." But you're getting warmer. Trump owns this Pandora's box of hate and violence that he opened and spread and encoursged. links.washingtonpost.com/s/vb/MjEEZu1...
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We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
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A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed about 230 homes in an Indigenous community in western Canada.
Wildfire destroys about 230 homes in western Canadian Indigenous community, officials say
A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed about 230 homes in an Indigenous community in western Canada. The chief of the Okanagan Indian Band says the Bradley Creek wildfire devastated much of the reserve near Vernon, about 440 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
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RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
This footage shows a dolphin carrying the dead body of her 2-week-old calf. Learn more about this mother, whom researchers have named Fraggle, and what scientists say about such expressions of grief in animals: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/s...
Washington state will hold a primary Tuesday for U.S. House and other offices as firefighters battle wildfires that have devastated the state's second-largest city, Spokane, and forced local officials to operate under a state of emergency. https://to.pbs.org/4gdhLJq
Live Results: Washington state midterm primaries
Washington state will hold a primary Tuesday for U.S. House and other offices as firefighters battle wildfires that have devastated the state's second-largest city, Spokane, and forced local officials...
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I delight in this "wind phone" -- a defunct pay phone put to wistful, enchanting purpose -- outside the post office in South Pasadena, California.
Are sell-by dates on groceries past their prime? California became the first state to ban public facing sell-by dates at the start of July. And other states are following close behind. https://to.pbs.org/4fN1NnW
Why states want to change 'Sell By' labels on food
Changes are coming to the commonly used sell-by dates on groceries in at least one state. PBS News multiplatform reporter Tim McPhillips spoke to two experts to get their take on the food labels and h...
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We only rate dogs. This is a baby kangaroo, as you can tell by the kickstart button on her foot. Please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (TT: supernoodlegirls)
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Here we have a pup enjoying the fruits of his labor after a hard day's work. 13/10 good for him
Schiff: "He waited until he became president. Why did he wait to bring this $10b lawsuit? He waited so he would have the power of the presidency to leverage the IRS and DOJ to make him more money!"
... and you and I are paying for this spectacle.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d ago43-time Club Champion.
It's August,. and someone in the neighborhood just set his Christmas tree out for trash pickup. It is the most brittle, desiccated, flammable six-foot piece of kindling I've seen in some time, and I will be beyond relieved when it gets whisked away.
Burning Christmas Tree Fire Hazard
ALT: Burning Christmas Tree Fire Hazard
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Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
Wowza: Supreme Court of Hawaii bashes the majority of the U.S. Supreme Court: "The Court that now defines federal due process does not honor the work of 1954. It revives the work of 1857. The work of 1896." 1954 = Brown v. Board; 1857 = Dred Scott; 1896 = Plessy www.thebulwark.com/p/a-blisteri...
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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These signs should be on every hiking trail in Oregon and across the US .
A win! Prosecutors in Washington are dropping charges against three more defendants who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
"The first 'Ridge Route,' the one with nearly 700 curves cut out of the mountainsides by mule and horse teams dragging scrapers, had opened in 1916," @pattmlatimes.bsky.social. www.latimes.com/california/s... #highways
Commentary: Highway bandits, Charles Lindbergh and the 700 curves; The story of the Ridge Route over Tejon Pass
Two versions of the Ridge Route over the Tejon Pass were built before the Interstate 5 was completed in 1970, connecting L.A. to Central California.
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You just knew that Trump and his besmirched dealings were to be found in the mud at the bottom of this foul #FIFA mess. www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
How Gianni Infantino engineered World Cup to sell his doomed plan
From President Trump’s peace prize to the Folarin Balogun saga, the US tournament was the perfect opportunity for Fifa president to impress investors
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