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Vehicles with higher, vertical front ends raise risks for pedestrians ( apnews.com )
China-owned companies reckon with U.S. state, national land purchase bans ( feddit.de )
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5368293...
“This Is Your Money”: Palestinian Father Pleads with Americans to Stop Funding Israeli Aggression --- [video, 9 min + transcript] ( www.democracynow.org )
As the overall death toll from Israel’s 27-day bombardment tops 9,000, Fadi Abu Shammalah of Just Vision, an NGO based in Israel-Palestine and the US, tells about his family’s experiences on the ground as the besieged territory runs out of water, food and fuel. “We have only one thing: that we are being killed,” says...
Biden accused of betrayal of Khashoggi over push to deepen Saudi ties ( www.theguardian.com )
The charge, from human rights campaigners and some Democrats, follows the fifth anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi regime agents and comes amid mounting criticism of a proposed new defence treaty between Washington and Riyadh that could result in Saudi Arabia granting official recognition to...
Can golf cure its water addiction? ( wapo.st )
Drought is making it harder for golf lovers to justify the game’s copious use of water...
18+ Looking for milk ( cdn.donmai.us )
By Pudgeruffian
Florida National Guard activated as Hurricane Idalia approaches ( www.army.mil )
Trump jokes about flying to Russia after bond set in Georgia case ( ground.news )
This might have revoked his bail.
Proud Boy Christopher Worrell, on house arrest in Jan. 6 case, disappears ahead of sentencing ( apnews.com )
If he’s caught (which I think will be soon) this is a great way to guarantee the maximum sentence. If he’s not caught, he gets to spend the rest of his life hiding and afraid. Either way, the public wins… but I’d rather see him in prison.
Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi ( www.theguardian.com )
US Senator Joe Manchin says 'thinking seriously' about leaving Democratic Party ( www.reuters.com )
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick Democrat who has often bucked party leadership, told a radio station in his home state of West Virginia on Thursday that he is “thinking seriously” about leaving the party....