How California Became a New Center of Political Corruption
#News #Corruption #California /nosanitize
"Gift" article (10 minute read)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/california-corruption-huizar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Gk4.0Jwk.xFrduvm7twSf
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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 https://p.dw.com/p/4jzJU
538 Projection showing Harris currently with a 59% chance of victory to Trump's 40%
#Poll #538 #Trump #Harris
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/
@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.”
#News #Texas #Election2024 #VotingRights
https://thehill.com/homenews/4848094-paxton-probe-texas-democratic-candidate/
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.
#LifeExpectancy #News #Guns #Drugs #TrafficFatalities #CardiovascularDisease
https://www.newsweek.com/map-us-states-worst-life-expectancy-mortality-1943971
Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/us/texas-latinos-democrats-raids-paxton.html
Turns out that of the 44 former Cabinet members under #Trump, only four endorse a second term for him. Well, they know him in contrast to his voters.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-cabinet-endorsements-rcna96648
Social Security numbers may have been compromised in what could be the biggest data breach ever https://www.wgal.com/article/largest-data-breach-social-security-numbers-national-public-data/61946019
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. 😡
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fact-check-dnc-video-rcna167571
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)
New Covid Vaccines Are Coming. Here’s What to Know. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/well/covid-vaccines-boosters.html
BBC Asks The Important Questions
"Why aren't we eating more insects?"
New Covid vaccine available soon(gift article): https://wapo.st/3AAFktp
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