Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes in girls’ sports ( www.wistv.com )
Baby boomers are buying up all the houses ( www.washingtonpost.com )
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Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights ( apnews.com )
Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart are trapping workers in poverty, UN poverty expert says ( web.archive.org )
"I am extremely disturbed that workers in some of the world’s most profitable companies – in one of the richest countries on earth – are struggling to afford to eat or pay their rent,” said Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights....
New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town, to anywhere in the world ( english.elpais.com )
Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has described the situation as a crisis and has begun to warn that shelters are so full that migrants will soon be forced onto the street as winter approaches. “I cannot say this enough. You know, we are out of the room,” he told reporters this week. “And it’s not ‘if’ people will be...
At least 22 dead and suspect at large in mass shootings in area of Lewiston, Maine ( www.cnn.com )
Live news. I’m seeing at least 22 dead via NBC. Here’s a feed from ABC: abcnews.go.com/…/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting/?id…...
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars ( www.theguardian.com )
In the environs of Phoenix, Arizona, on a 17-acre site that once contained a car body shop and some largely derelict buildings, an unusual experiment has emerged that invites Americans to live in a way that is rare outside of fleeting experiences of college, Disneyland or trips to Europe: a walkable, human-scale community devoid...
Hit-and-run driver in Huntington Beach believed to be targeting cyclists ( www.nbclosangeles.com )
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Experts sound alarm over concerning ‘propaganda’ found in public school curriculum: ‘It’s evil more than it is stupid’ ( news.yahoo.com )
Wisconsin Supreme Court flips liberal, creating a ‘seismic shift’ ( wapo.st )
WP gift article expires in 14 days....
Uber Delivers First-Ever Operating Profit in Drive to Curb Losses ( www.wsj.com )
Uber Technologies posted its first-ever operating profit in the second quarter, a milestone in its long-term efforts to stem losses in its businesses carrying people and delivering food....
What happened when a Tesla came to Ekalaka, MT ( montanafreepress.org )
A Los Angeles couple, an electric vehicle and an unattended utility outlet energized the gossip mill in the 400-person eastern Montana town last week.
House Republicans' CHOICE Act would roll back some Obamacare protections ( www.npr.org )
tl;dr: republicans have pushed the CHOICE arrangement act through the house. this act which will push back regulations on “short-term” plans (which biden calls “junk insurance” because of how little they’re required to cover compared to normal healthcare plans) & make them much more widespread. these plans, while...
Nebraska woman charged with disposing of fetus following illegal abortion sentenced to 90 days in jail ( archive.is )
19 year old and 42 year old mother sentenced to prison for 90 days. Now forever a felon. For an abortion. Evidence collected via Facebook messages.
Bipartisan senators unveiling measure to ban stock ownership by lawmakers, administration officials ( thehill.com )
Russian Militia Has Links to American Neo-Nazi and Anti-Trans Figures ( theintercept.com )
Gen Z and Millennials Are Losing Friends Over Spending Habits ( archive.ph )
At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare ( www.texastribune.org )
No matter how bad you think this could be, it's worse.
Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract ( nypost.com )
'Complete collapse': Cargo ship brings down Baltimore bridge, rescuers searching for people believed to be in water ( www.wral.com )
Man to plead guilty to helping kill 3,600 eagles, other birds and selling feathers prized by tribes ( apnews.com )
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A drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis ( archive.is )
Despite grand jury investigation, officers may not face charges in Uvalde shooting response ( www.texastribune.org )
This Idaho plan to get rid of domestic terrorism doesn’t involve fighting it ( www.msnbc.com )
21 Bodycam Videos Caught the NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage? ( www.propublica.org )
ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019. In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras.
