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How California Became a New Center of Political Corruption
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"Gift" article (10 minute read)
nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/cali
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I'm currently in the middle of reading L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City, by John Buntin, which is basically about corruption in last century Los Angeles.

Somehow the news that California has a lot of political corruption doesn't surprise me.

First rioter to breach US Capitol on January 6 sentenced p.dw.com/p/4jzJU

I probably should have included "lobsterbacks," because that was a common nickname for British soldiers in Boston at the time.

What did Paul Revere most likely say on his famous ride on April 18, 1775?

@Alfred Who were the bronze age boat people and what effect did they have on Mediterranean civilization?

Texas battles over Paxton-directed searches of Democrats: What you need to know

A Democrat trying to take one of the GOP’s most coveted Texas districts is at the center of an election-year probe by Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in what the nation’s oldest Latino rights group calls a campaign of “intimidation.”

thehill.com/homenews/4848094-p

Map Reveals US States With Worst Life Expectancies
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Not only did the U.S. come bottom [of the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand] in terms of life expectancy, but it also showed significant geographical variations, indicating stark inequalities between regions.
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It's pretty much the states you would expect -- WV, MS, AL, KY, TN.

newsweek.com/map-us-states-wor

Turns out that of the 44 former Cabinet members under , only four endorse a second term for him. Well, they know him in contrast to his voters.

nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

Is Trump writing his own Tweets?

This is actually a great article. I got a little pissed about reading a "fact check" from some of the stuff at the DNC. They were all "Yeah he said A but then later he said B."

I'm like "And then he said A again and then he said B and then A and A and B and then ABCD like WTF?" Basically he'll walk back any idiotic thing he said if he thinks it will help him get elected. But did he say it? And did he mean it? Absofuckinglutely he did. 😡

msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

Northeastern towns issue voluntary lockdown to prevent spread of potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease EEE

The decision comes after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed the first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis since 2020...(more)

nypost.com/2024/08/24/lifestyl

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