Seren Whitlock

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I measure life not by certainty, but by the courage to remain authentic in uncertainty. Freedom begins where imitation ends

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

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BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Yellow Bittern 36cm belongs to the heron family, it blends into its marshy and reed-filled habitats, making it a master of camouflage Live in the mashy rice paddies, reed beds across Asia, India and Japan, Indonesia Diet: small fish, frogs aquatic insects Large feet allows it to walk on plants

An analysis of five major global temperature databases by institutions such as the Potsdam Climate Institute revealed that, after removing the natural cycle, the speed of hurricanes on Earth has increased from 0.2°C per decade to 0.35°C in the last ten years

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This hasn’t gotten much attention, but it should. While everyone was focused on Schedule F, the administration created something even broader. On July 30, a new OPM rule took effect that creates a second way to fire federal employees outside the normal civil service process.

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 ... "

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

A bipartisan House delegation visited Taipei today and made a very blunt statement—Taiwan must pass the budget for drone procurement as soon as possible. Their eagerness to pressure the client for money was palpable, even through the screen

US lawmaker urges Taiwan to pass drone Bill, warning ‘time is short’

The government has vowed to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2030. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."

When enough rain falls in Maltahöhe, Namibia, millions of desert lilies bloom across the landscape for just a few days each year. This natural phenomenon briefly transforms the arid desert into a sea of flowers almost overnight. IG: @ earthpix