Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say

Observations suggest comet spent billions of years on ‘vast unimaginable trajectories’ around our galaxy

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"Most troubling to family members is the exhaustion plaguing the crew, who are working excruciatingly long shifts with minimal days off — a situation that military experts warn could lead to deadly mistakes on one of the world’s most dangerous workplaces." www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-...

'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane

Families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are raising urgent concerns about deteriorating conditions on the aircraft carrier, which has now spent nine months at sea and five conse...

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This Pacific Island Disappeared Under Rising Seas. A New Sculpture Marking the Spot Will Morph Into a Home for Seabirds, Coral and Marine Life

This Pacific Island Disappeared Under Rising Seas. A New Sculpture Marking the Spot Will Morph Into a Home for Seabirds, Coral and Marine Life

"The Solomon Siren" remembers Kale Island, submerged a decade ago in the Solomon Islands

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“What’s that, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins? You’re proud of depriving millions of children and their desperate families of vital food assistance? Gotcha,” Thakker wrote. www.rawstory.com/brooke-rolli...

‘You’re proud?’ Trump official’s brazen admission leaves analyst floored

Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins made a startling admission Tuesday while speaking at a trade show in Minnesota, one so brazen that journalist Prem Thakker was left taken aback.Speaking at the Mi...

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Shakedown capitalism. Mafia-style tactics. Anti-American. Where's the outrage from the business community? How soon until the issuance of ANY permit or license requires that the government own some part of a business? Including your business. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Approves Ambler Road Project to Unlock Alaska’s Mineral Potential

UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL: Today, President Donald J. Trump approved the appeal of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export

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The Iranian war cannot be resolved with a "deal" because of the abject lack of expertise on the American side. Nope. Can't happen.

Congratulations Pawhuska! Wonderful news. Milleson is gone! m.bartlesvilleradio.com/pages/news/5...

Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.

You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...

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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

"Under Amendment 4, any citizen-led ballot initiative would have to win a majority of the vote in all eight of the state’s congressional districts, not simply statewide. This would make it almost impossible to pass any measure not backed by Republicans ...." www.rawstory.com/missouri-gop...

GOP scheme to stifle democratic initiatives goes down in flames

In a defeat for Republicans, Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 4, a legislature-led initiative to crack down on direct democracy.The measure was defeated, according to projections from the Assoc...

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Only rapists and murderers, amiright? "An instructor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore who only just received a “teacher of the year” award has been arrested by federal immigration agents under the command of the Trump administration." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

University of Maryland ‘teacher of the year’ detained by ICE in Texas

DHS said pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret overstayed visa and arrested him at Dallas-Fort Worth airport

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If only they had given him a handsome cut, Trump wouldn't be bitching. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump accuses oil companies of ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’

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MSM reports on the alleged sordid details of the Max Miller spousal abuses and child endangerment. The Millers' world is burning down. But so is America's. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller requests an Ethics investigation into himself

The Ohio Republican, who has been accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife, said he would seek to “clear” his name, adding: “I have absolutely nothing to hide.”

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"Construction crews building a border wall in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling new wells after ranchers said that pumping groundwater to produce concrete could threaten their livestock amid a severe drought." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Crews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells

Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearby

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Jas 🪶🐻🦉🇺🇸🇨🇦@itistherealjas.bsky.social · 3d ago

13 year old Naiara Tammings Stood before the Grand Rapids City Commission and voiced what so many adults wouldn’t! We need more 13 year-old Naiara Tammings! She said what everyone is saying. Too bad the “grown ups” won’t listen. #RisingBlue #DefendersOfDemocracy #SheShed #SheShedAlly

“Begging to make a deal.”

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2d ago

🚨 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly attacked a U.S. military base in Kuwait with at least three drones, according to a source cited by The Jerusalem Post.

"As Observercast returns for its fall season, Del City Rep. Andy Fugate joins us an episode we’re calling Everyone Should Care, a deep-dive into why voters should not – in fact, must not – sit out the opportunity to weigh in on State Questions 844 and 846." okobserver.org/everyone-sho...

Everyone Should Care

Why were Oklahoma’s legislative leaders gung-ho to slip two proposed constitutional amendments onto the Aug. 25 runoff ballot – traditionally the campaign y

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SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes. n.pr/4w5XSc9

Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP

SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.

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"[I]n May ... a small twin-engine medevac aircraft carrying two pilots and two medical workers departed from Roswell, New Mexico. Heading West for the small mountain village of Ruidoso, the crew became the victim of an electronic warfare exercise ...." futurism.com/science-ener...

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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Nah ... it wasn't Dr. Fauci who was the problem. Graduated 1st in his class from Cornell Med School. He has 30 honorary doctorate degrees. He has 40 years experience in the field. He’s recognized the world over for his expertise. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008 from #GeorgeWBush

Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."

#VoteBlue #Blues

Don't believe Repukes!

The Iranian War puts an ‼️ on the incompetence of Donald Trump.

Wildfires rage across Washington as drought and heat fuel painful summer: ‘It’s not normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Wildfires rage across Washington as drought and heat fuel painful summer: ‘It’s not normal’

Hundreds of structures damaged as firefighters battle to contain 15 major wildfires amid extreme heat and drought

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"The Donald Trump doctrine has always contained a tenuous relationship with the truth [because he was] always to claim victory and never to admit defeat [but] in Iran the US president has found a counterpart just as stubborn as himself." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Trump meets his obstinate match in Iran’s hardball regime

US president reduced to bemoaning Tehran’s ‘unbelievable duplicity’ as he struggles to find solid negotiating ground

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Abandoned by the US: Palestinian Americans trapped in a surge of Israeli settler violence www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Abandoned by the US: Palestinian Americans trapped in a surge of Israeli settler violence

After visits by US ambassador Mike Huckabee to the nearby Israeli settlement of Shilo, Palestinian Americans in Turmus Ayya have witnessed a terrifying rise in attacks

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