For all those who pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps, somebody made their boots, socks, and the chair they sat on while doing it.

Sometimes you want high UPF ((clothing), sometimes none.

https://www.wired.com/story/tyranny-ultra-processed-food-van-tulleken/

Well, that's one if us.

Brazil Bars Bolsonaro From Office for Election-Fraud Claims https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-banned-office.html

So well explained.and spot on. For me it's the media we all consume followed by a large minority socialized to hate.

Why Biden Isn’t Getting the Credit He Deserves https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/opinion/biden-economy-inflation-plan.html

Few see the true comeback of our labor market. It is way better than was expected.

The Meaning of an Awesome Employment Report https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/opinion/the-meaning-of-an-awesome-employment-report.html

Never knew this. A silver lining.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/politics/pepfar-aids-hiv-what-matters/index.html

The road to hell is paved with good intentions: The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazine/cfcs-inventor.html

Isn't it great how FDIC and Fed Reserve bail out those poor SVB and Signature Bank depositors for hundreds of billions, but some folks screech about bailing out everyday folks for college debt with high interests rates from...banks?

2023 African American History Month may be over but the stories continue. https://thebrilliant.com.au/profiles/clarice-phelps/

This just in: Populism wins. Just follow Joe, he knows! It helped get done the good stuff already accomplished. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/briefing/biden-2024.html

Can't really call it unbelievable:-(
This organization has now fully been outed.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158223099/fox-news-dominion-wackadoodle-election-fraud-claim

https://time.com/6255090/lev-parnas-giuliani-trump-ukraine/

"The other day I watched some street interviews in Moscow. The 1st person said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was justified because Ukrainian government officials were Nazis. The second said that the invasion was necessary because Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is a Jew and, as such, is stealing everything. Later, I watched Donald Trump give a campaign speech praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and calling the U.S. intelligence community “lowlifes."

Ya gotta love Andy! Right after https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cnn-exclusive-pence-classified-documents-included-briefing-memos-for-foreign-trips/ar-AA16Kxmq

Andy Borowitz — Trump Angrily Orders Pence to Return All Classified Documents to Mar-a-Lago

For any governmental experts out there...if on a given day, Democrats outnumber Republicans in the House, one requests removal of the speaker, and a vote is taken, could the speaker then be a Democrat, until the next time there's a Republican majority?

Is this a method for the House passing legislation that's then sent to the Senate and signed by the president same day?

We know that only budget-related bills require a simple majority in the Senate. Asking for a friend...

On this, the 2nd anniversary of the insurrection, a good summary.

https://www.wired.com/story/january-6-committee-final-report-key-takeaways/

What better way to undermine American democracy but to turn 1 of the 2 major parties into chaos.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mccarthy-enters-day-two-uncertainty-house-resumes-speaker-votes-rcna64154

Making more in the U.S. while making less air pollution.

2022 was a big year for EV battery plants in the U.S. How big? $73 billion big
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/30/1145844885/2022-ev-battery-plants

More of the damage undone. Let's clear it out and keep it out.

The EPA finalizes a water-protection rule that repeals Trump-era changes.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/30/1146355861/epa-water-protections-wetlands-rule?sc=18&f=1001