HUFFPOST - Puerto Rico To Begin Water Rationing Due To Intense Drought
The rationing is expected to last at least through the end of August.
HUFFPOST - Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship, 'Birth Tourism'
The move aims to undermine the Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the 14th Amendment.
HUFFPOST - Republicans Abandon Rep. Max Miller In The Wake Of Abuse Allegations
More GOP senators — including Miller’s ex-father-in-law — say the Ohio congressman should resign. One called him “a degenerate sociopath.”
HUFFPOST - GOP Senator Falsely Claims Abdul El-Sayed Made Offensive 9/11 Remark, Then Backtracks
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton wasn’t the only Republican to make the mistake.
HUFFPOST - Massive Dust Storms Blanket The Phoenix Area Twice In One Week
Scientists say the storms were among the most intense to hit the region in years.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Jack Hunter) - Is the Left Capturing ‘America First?’
Progressive candidates make the case that they prioritize U.S. interests more than MAGA Republicans The post Is the Left Capturing ‘America First?’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Is the Left Capturing ‘America First?’ Progressive candidates make the case that they prioritize U.S. interests more than MAGA Republicans. Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images On the eve of Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary victory over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), CNN aired a segment featuring Michigan voters. “I’m not voting for anybody who takes money from AIPAC,” declared Democratic voter Rome Moore. “Why is that?” CNN asked. Moore replied, “Because the money should be spent here, not over there.” While not naming specific Michigan candidates, Moore could have been…Open
NYTIMES (River Akira Davis, Hisako Ueno and Chang W. Lee) - How Japan Minimized Deaths from a Major Earthquake
After deadly tremors a decade ago, Kumamoto built earthquake-resistant buildings and even trained locals in search and rescue.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Spencer Neale) - The WNBA Is Cashing In on Politics
Sophie Cunningham’s culture-war controversy is helping to make the WNBA must-watch TV. The post The WNBA Is Cashing In on Politics appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The WNBA Is Cashing In on Politics Sophie Cunningham’s culture-war controversy is helping to make the WNBA must-watch TV. (Soobum Im/Getty Images) It’s been a big few weeks for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Sophie Cunningham, a tall, pretty blonde bench player for the Indiana Fever, has been at the center of what has become a series of attention-grabbing moments for a league that often struggles to earn them. Cunningham has found herself squarely in a culture-war dustup over well-trodden material: the conversation over transgenders and whether they should be included in women’s…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Iain Macwhirter) - Is Nigel Farage Losing His Political Touch?
An ill-advised party alliance follows other blunders. The post Is Nigel Farage Losing His Political Touch? appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Is Nigel Farage Losing His Political Touch? An ill-advised party alliance follows other blunders. UK Special Coverage Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images Nigel Farage, leader of the hard-right Reform Party, has for many years been the bête noire of the British left, largely because of his support for Brexit and his opposition to mass immigration. He is routinely called a racist, a bigot, and a reactionary fantasist who would take Britain back to the Dark Ages. Milkshakes and other objects have been hurled at him by “antifascist” demonstrators. (One comedian famously said on the BBC she…Open
NPR (Sergio Martínez-Beltrán) - A look at 'Operation Country Roads,' West Virginia's ICE operation
Earlier this year ICE arrested 600 immigrants over a two week period. Most migrants had no criminal records and, since then, West Virginia has decided to not hold ICE detainees in their jails. A look at West Virginia post Operation Country Roads.