Ron H. 🦈🐢🐋🕷️🐙🐘
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Former entertainment business marketing & live events exec. Currently working on a series pilot pitch. ❤️ film, theater, extreme coasters, classic & modern horror, physical media, DC comics, Hot Toys, retro & console gaming. 🏳️🌈🇱🇧🇵🇹
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The Bulldozers Have Arrived in Big Bend National Park
Contractors are grading roads and surveying the Rio Grande corridor even as lawmakers, outfitters, and residents plead for basic answers about a $1.7 billion border barrier project
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Meanwhile, in Vermont... vtdigger.org/2026/08/05/i...
‘I'm the awakener’: Evangelist Tommie Zito plans to transform Poultney’s Green Mountain College campus into a Christian university - VTDigger
Some are skeptical of the preacher’s Z University proposal given his past business ventures, but Zito says he has learned from his mistakes.
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Have a tissue or two at the ready for this story 😢 www.today.com/parents/fami...
He Sent a TV Anchor a Simple Wish on Instagram. What Happened Next Touched Millions
What began as a stranger’s request became a reminder that kindness often leaves its deepest mark in the smallest, most ordinary moments.
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The biggest mistake this country ever made (after the obvious ones) is not purging the Confederacy and its entire ideology from this country when it had the chance. EVERYTHING that is wrong right now can be traced back to Confederate ideology and mentality. The GOP is The Confederacy reborn.
👍🏼👍🏼 Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno has signed on to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s letter of support to the U.S. Senate asking to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. www-wwlp-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.wwlp...
Should Congress extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians through 2029? Why or why not? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno has signed on to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s letter of support to the U.S. Senate asking to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.
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Nurses at Maine Medical Center are calling for the release of Debora Kapisha, a registered nurse there. She was detained by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and remains in ICE custody. Her colleagues plan to protest outside the Portland hospital Wednesday morning. www.wmtw.com/article/ice-...
ICE detains Maine Medical Center nurse, prompting protest
Nurses at Maine Medical Center are calling for the release of a colleague detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and plan to protest outside the Portland hospital Wednesday morning.
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That was quick. Speak up, people! Bullies are cowards; the would-be vote suppressors backed down. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
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Like Chris Rabb before him, William Lawrence is enjoying the free gift of running against two similar moderate Democrats who are splitting the vote. 42.2/29.5/28.3 with 61% in. This was the scenario Team Lawrence hoped for. Michigan is a plurality primary state. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Progressive activist wins Democratic primary in one of the nation’s biggest House races
Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence is the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s 7th District, NBC News projects, a key battleground in the fight for the House majority.
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Longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat seeking his seventh term in Congress, defeated four challengers to win his party's nomination in northern Virginia's 8th District Tuesday.
Former Rep. Elaine Luria wins Democratic nomination for battleground U.S. House seat in Virginia
Virginia voters are set to pick their nominees for this year’s congressional midterm elections, capping a primary season marked by upheaval thanks to Democrats’ failed redistricting initiative.
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Keep your eyes on this one, Boston...and the parking facility landlord who decides to sign a deal if there is one. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/i...
ICE exploring plans to lease 249 parking spots in downtown Boston
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is exploring plans to lease hundreds of parking spaces in downtown Boston to stage vehicles used in federal immigration operations. This isn’t a done deal yet,...
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters defeated a GOP bid to limit their ability to amend the state constitution. The measure was the GOP's attempt to diminish the power of voters who’ve used citizen initiatives to expand Medicaid and protect abortion access.
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure,…
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We need more kids and adults like Nehemiah Turner: "Nehemiah Turner, 11, told ABC News he hopes his reading helps soothe animals at the local humane society who are waiting to find new homes." ❤️❤️❤️ abcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/abcnews....
11-year-old who read more than 100 hours to shelter animals shares his story
Nehemiah Turner, 11, told ABC News he hopes his reading helps soothe animals who are waiting for new homes at the local humane society.
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PART ONE: Necessary but also a transit and street management crisis that Mayor Wu has to stay out in front of. To that end, naming a permanent chief of streets is a must. In the meantime, Chris Osgood is a proven leader who is well liked and respected across the board. www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
After cyclist's death, Wu shakes up 'Streets Cabinet' leadership
The mayor's office also announced dates for new neighborhood meetings on a controversial center bus lane plan for Blue Hill Avenue
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"Morocco had previously warned Spain that a recent Spanish court ruling that migrants arriving by sea would not face immediate removal was going to create "a problem," a senior Moroccan official said." www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Morocco says it warned Spain after court ruling on migration
Spain's Supreme Court ruled on 8 July that migrants arriving by sea should not be returned as quickly as others and Madrid has blamed criminal gangs for spreading misinformation about the ruling. #Eur...
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"The Great Elephant Migration will transform Commonwealth Avenue Mall, spanning from Arlington Street to Fairfield Street, into an immersive outdoor exhibition from Aug. 8 through Sept. 13." www.masslive.com/ne-where/202...
Why are 100 elephants stomping around Boston? Details behind impressive herd
Part of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood will resemble an African safari as part of a mission to promote wildlife conservancy.
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Dear Medical Properties Trust: Go back to Alabammy and do your real estate investment trust ratfuckery there. I'm sure Kay Ivey has a special place in her ❤️ just for you. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Rep urges hospital property owner to 'cut a deal' and 'get out'
Lawmakers have sent Gov. Maura Healey a bill designed to unlock a new future for a hospital property in Norwood and a lawmaker from that town delivered a late-night speech Friday imploring the propert...
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So, who has to stay out for the night? The saber-toothed cat or Fred Flintstone? www.dezeen.com/2026/08/03/r...
"Plants on a building doesn't make it sustainable, any more than a basil leaf on a steak makes it vegan"
Plans for a large new building in Rotterdam to encourage people into more ecological lifestyles should be scrapped, writes Barnabas Calder.
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And, just like the proshot #Hamilton, it's bringing #Hadestown to audiences that might not otherwise be able to see it while the show's in-progress Broadway run continues to do well. Win-win. www.broadwayworld.com/article/HADE...
HADESTOWN Becomes Highest Grossing Live Show Capture
Hadestown: The Musical has officially become the highest grossing live capture of all time, surpassing Hamilton. Hadestown brought in $10.2 million in its opening weekend.
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Eric Trump has spent four years insisting Capital One owed his family an explanation. He finally got one. It's not going great. 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/twelve-day...
Twelve Days Before Trump’s Bank Cut Him Off, Somebody Wrote A Memo
Capital One hasn’t released it. The Trumps’ own lawyers described it in a filing nobody read. Plus 25 states in court over the tariffs, and the nurse ICE picked the wrong fight with.
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Most photographers visiting Cuba's capital focus on the Chevys and cigars. David Saxe took a very different approach: going after the blur, the shadows and the things nobody poses for
Cuba es Vida trades postcard shots for grain, darkness and imperfection, and it's a useful lesson for every photographer
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Missouri secretary of state blocks referendum seeking to undo the GOP’s redrawn congressional map
Opponents of last year’s redistricting push attempted to put the issue on the ballot, but Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said the effort was unconstitutional.
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