Opinion from Greg Frazier: Kansas farmers grapple with latest D.C. bailout fiasco. But are there lessons to learn? #ksleg

The government has no problem trying to set up a national voter database, so they can track your vote but they bristle at the idea of a national gun registry We are so messed up

(Law & Crime) - Pulitzer Prize Board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Thursday, containing a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit over Russia probe reporting awards.” lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate. None of this should sound familiar to you

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less." - C.S.Lewis

Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions. We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.

The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.

You're going to want to sit down and take a deep breath before you read this. A regulated monopoly is actively working to prevent competition. I know, it's hard to believe. But it's true. www.utilitydive.com/news/solicit...

Congratulations! Sobriety is so much better than the alternatives... So is Lawrence!

And we vote!

11 days into a government shutdown. This is where we are:

Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families. Here are just a few of their responses:

This explains everything about the shutdown bsky.app/profile/cweb...

now.tufts.edu/2017/08/07/f... news.cornell.edu/stories/2020...

Jesse Welles www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjGH...

Davidmcorn.com www.youtube.com/shorts/wY0ug...

Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: It’s been 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Time to raise some L. #ksleg

A Gary Larson daydream...

Y'all... I had to pull some numbers for my congressional district here in Virginia (VA-01). And not to be lost — for my friends outside of the weather business — the budget proposal this week that *shuts down* key weather research labs. So here's an open message to my congressman — Rob Wittman.

A remarkable message open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

A remarkable message open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

This letter appeared in the Corvallis (Oregon) Gazette-Times yesterday. He makes a good point!

Understanding the US Health Care Industry as a Commercial Determinant of Health. ...so much greed, so little compassion jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

The healthcare "industry" is profit-driven, not patient-driven. It's milking Medicaid and Medicare. Too many politicians benefit from the industry lobbyists, and their own participation with the industry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce7O... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIHZ...

UPDATE: Today, the WA high court upheld the state’s ban on selling or manufacturing large-capacity magazines. The majority concluded that they are *not* arms under the US or state constitution and the ability to purchase them is "not necessary to the core right to possess a firearm in self-defense."

Indiana, Oklahoma, Idaho, Minnesota, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas...it just goes on and on. Flags, "resolutions," bibles, prayer, religious classes. The push for Christian nationalism continues, as actual Christian principles disappear. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/indiana-re...