At least **six** no-true-bills by grand juries, per this reporting
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At least **six** no-true-bills by grand juries, per this reporting
Shooting at south Minneapolis transit center leaves one dead
wrote about the Republicans on the Supreme Court giving Big Balls and the other DOGE youths the homie hookup to your Social Security Number ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/big-b...
Will “House of Dynamite” wake up the global public? “How can we call this ’defense’ when the inevitable outcome is total destruction? I wanted to make a film that confronts this paradox—to explore the madness of a world that lives under the constant shadow of annihilation, yet rarely speaks of it.”
Judge Charles Breyer rules that the Trump administration brazenly violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed soldiers to enforce domestic laws in LA. Breyer says Trump may not create "a national police force with the president as its chief." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $231.2 million to resolve lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including wrongful convictions and improper pursuits — this year, according to an analysis of city data by @wttw.bsky.social.
Actor Wendell Pierce tells Black News & Views that he is still angry 20 years later about some of the events that followed Hurricane Katrina's landfall in New Orleans. He says he has poured his energy into rebuilding. bit.ly/3JGYbHH #HurricaneKatrina #NewOrleans
Remarkable moment, and the most high-profile sign yet of the potential next successor to the Kim family dynasty: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears to be accompanied by his daughter, Ju-ae, on his visit to China, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...
Uncertainty acts like a tax on growth. Firms delay capex and hiring; households save, not spend. Policy whiplash raises hurdle rates and widens possible outcomes. That’s why today’s uncertainty is an economic problem, not just a vibe problem.
When centrists adopt far-right rhetoric, they don’t make themselves stronger. They make themselves look inauthentic, legitimise the far right, and shift the political debate onto terrain defined by their opponents. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
“.. There was a period of time, briefly, where the middle-income consumer looked like they were being dragged up by all that was going well in the world. .. Then things fell off a cliff.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
A recent report from the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities revealed that suicide remains a leading cause of death among young people in the state, with Black youth experiencing the highest death rates.
Happy first day of school MPS families! Hope your pencils are sharp, classmates are kind and busses are on time.
We have now reached the point where the cash option of the powerball jackpot exceeds the expected value of purchasing a winning ticket. I think this means every single economic theorist must get a ticket for Wednesday’s drawing unless they can justify that level of risk aversion over a $2 ticket…
Today in 1983, a Soviet Su-15 interceptor shot down a Boeing 747 operating as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 en route from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, killing 269 passengers and crew, after it accidentally strayed into restricted airspace over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island.
A plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive arm, suffered from jamming of GPS navigation while flying over Bulgaria. The authorities believe that Russia was behind the operation, European officials said on Monday.
Reducing the red wine after softening the mirepoix
Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.
Happy effective date for the ability to apply online for absentee voting in Minnesota odd-year city and school-district elections — something I know many Minneapolis voters missed in 2021 and 2023. The web site doesn't reflect this yet, perhaps due to the holiday.
Tina Turner hits #1 today in 1984 with “What’s Love Got to Do With It” — a song she wasn’t sold on at first. “It was terrible. .. I was rock and roll. This was a pop song.” But her manager, Roger Davies, insisted. When it swept the Grammys, she dedicated the “Record of the Year” award to him.
On this day in 1884, a San Francisco public school refused to accept an 8-year-old Chinese student's enrollment because of her race.
I will admit that I have sometimes worried about (obviously) Trump's relationship to Putin and (importantly) the prospect of a Trump-Modi authoritarian nationalist axis. But actively pushing India into an embrace with China and Russia via trade & migration policy is a strategically terrible outcome.
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
Making a triple batch of this black bean soup tomorrow and it really is the best. I have served this to meat lovers who believe black bean soup is “bland” without pork who have gobbled it up. The secret is the red wine. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018...
Robert Mueller has Parkinson’s disease, his family said, and will not be able to comply with a request that he testify before Congress
This weekend we got my mom moved into her new apartment (after almost 50 years in her house) and it was a resounding success- she’s so happy and we are happy she’s happy and safe!!! Bonus “Enzo’s Rock of the Day”
Working on some larger platters. Today I threw 15lbs of very soft white stoneware. Then added porcelain slip to the rim. I will try to so the initial trim in about 3 days then go back to finesse the next day. The it will slowly dry for abouta week #pottery
UPDATE: Drew Ensign, on behalf of DOJ, says that "all of the class members that were on planes today have been deplaned and are in the process of being returned to ORR custody." He add that he didn't file by 4 p.m. because he wasn't aware of the court's order setting that deadline.
HE OPENED A CHICKEN AND FRIES PLACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER WITH A POPEYES, RAISING CANES, AND WINGSTOP
Decades after a flawed study cast doubt, doctors now say hormone therapy can safely ease menopause symptoms and protect health. So why do so few women take advantage of it?
One retailer “blasted out an email last week — subject line: ‘Beat the Tariff Price Hike’ — one of several brands urging customers to buy now.” 🤡 @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/08/30/l...
One thing I'm glad to see the article acknowledge is the leopards/ faces dynamic with respect to immigration and racism. Both in New Delhi and in the Modi-supporting right-wing parts of the diaspora in the US, there was some really willful denial about all this.
U.S. companies have an unwelcome message for inflation-weary consumers: Prices are going up. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3HScd90
The ruling, however, doesn’t take effect immediately. The court withheld the mandate for its decision until *Oct. 14*
BREAKING: Appeals court rejects Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs under IEEPA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
MN Walgreens not offering yet
Minnesota people- CVS is taking appointments for the 2025-26 COVID booster. They will ask if you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19. Say yes, proceed to schedule. No verification step. 👍🏻
Minnesota students aren’t making progress in math and reading after significant declines in proficiency during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statewide standardized assessment data released Friday. Use our lookup table to view your school district's results.
DEERE: “.. Due to decreased demand and lower order volumes, the following factories will be implementing workforce reductions in the coming weeks. Affected employees were informed today.” @kwqc.com #Iowa $DE www.kwqc.com/2025/08/28/o...
⛔️UMich Consumer #Sentiment relapsed in August amid new tariff announcements & higher expected inflation -- across age, income & stock wealth groups 🔻Sentiment: -5.7% 🔻Current Conditions -9.3% 🔻Expectations -3.1% ⚠️"Perceptions of many aspects of the economy slipped"
HAPPENING NOW: Hello from the media room in DC district court, where Judge Jia Cobb is set to hear argument on Lisa Cook's motion for a temporary restraining order to block her removal from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. I'm here for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵
Is it flannel shirt season yet?! 🍂
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
"Women weren’t just victims of the storm, they were also the ones coming up with solutions." @jkutzie.bsky.social explores the effort post-Katrina to employ women in the trades — and how the Trump admin is now rolling it back. Fascinating story worth a read: 19thnews.org/2025/08/hurr...
Tulsi Gabbard surprised CIA officials last week when she included an undercover senior CIA officer on a roster of 37 current and former officials she stripped of security clearances.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin's new research shows us why the pronatalist argument of returning to traditional roles of men as providers and women as homemakers would actually cause the birthrate to drop even further. 19thnews.org/2025/08/fert...
Exclusive: President Trump on Wednesday fired Robert Primus, a board member of the railroad regulator that is weighing the proposed megamerger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Primus said he planned to challenge the termination.
New unemployment insurance claims steady (-2%) into week ending 8/23. Continuing claims steady too. #NumbersDay
* NATO'S RUTTE: I WAS IN CONTACT THIS MORNING WITH KALLAS AND VON DER LEYEN ABOUT RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON A BUILDING HOUSING THE EU DELEGATION IN KYIV @reuters.com
Herein lies the rub: “By inappropriately applying shared decision-making principles to a scenario where robust evidence strongly supports vaccination, the CDC abandons the clinician’s professional responsibility to offer clear, directive guidance when warranted.”
Israeli government set to block Israelis from protesting in favor of a hostage deal or to end the war, ahead of major demonstrations scheduled for outside Netanyahu’s house www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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“I’m Kell the very good boy & these are my walkies. It’s very nice to see you again!” 🧵
a dust storm that approaches from the east or the west is called a side haboob no *you* shut up
This photo is amazing. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Nevada targeted in ransomware attack; some data taken out of state, officials say State officials would not disclose the nature of the data that was moved outside of the state network because of the fluidity of the situation. thenevadaindependent.com/article/neva...
Mmmmmm …. reclaim
B E A L T O 🥓 🍳 🥑 🥬 🍅 🧅
Black parents in Washington, D.C., are on edge after President Trump’s declaration that young people are a threat to public safety and his order that put federal agents and National Guard troops on patrol around the city.
have a moment of calm with Wicksy #WicksonWednesday
The various stages of pot pie wanting
Neighbor: A man dressed in black, helmeted, with a long gun, shooting at the church from the outside. She heard 25 or 30 gun shots. “It sounded like someone was dropping a dumpster. That loud bang. But I kept hearing it, so I thought, that’s not a dumpster.” minnesotareformer.com/2025/08/27/m...
Communist regimes: Own companies Control their central banks Use tariffs to insulate their economies Use armies, false charges, home raids & arrests to intimidate the opposition Idolize their leaders with posters & praise Sound familiar?
40 of America's 50-largest metro areas have now recovered to pre-COVID jobs levels Fastest: Austin (19.5%), Raleigh (16.1%), Nashville (13%), Orlando (12.7%), Dallas (12.3%) Slowest: SF (-3.7%), Milwaukee (-2%), San Jose (-1.2%), Cleveland (-.9%), Boston (-.9%)
New metro area jobs data is out now, & 45 of the 50 largest metros added jobs over the last year! Fastest: Charlotte (2.8%), San Juan (2.7%), San Antonio (2.4%), SLC (2.4%), Philadelphia (2.4%) Slowest: SF (-.5%), Portland (-.3%), Milwaukee (-.3%), DC (-.2%), Hampton Roads (-.1%)
Two children and gunman dead after shooting at Minneapolis church, law enforcement source says. Emergency dispatch audio indicates at least 20 victims from shooting during this morning’s school mass at Annunciation Church. (Via Minnesota Star Tribune) www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
Are you covering the school shooting in Minnesota? @rachelannwegner.bsky.social has some important guidance for journalists. ewa.org/how-to-cover...
Important morning read: Maternal mental illness is common, and can be devastating not just for mothers, but for their children and families as well. www.startribune.com/fda-panel-ss...
Police are at the scene of a shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school, Gov. Tim Walz said. A "significant number of victims" has been reported
Admittedly I have not looked at more recent data, but IIRC there were no deaths from myocarditis linked to vaccination in the early reviews?
Suspected human bones have been recovered at a wartime mine in Japan where about 180 mostly Korean forced laborers died in an accident in 1942, according to a Japanese group helping in the search for their remains.
Pete Hegseth Fires the Head of Defense Intelligence Agency www.today.com/video/pete-h...
Denmark has summoned the top US diplomat in the country over reports that American citizens with alleged links to President Donald Trump have been conducting covert influence operations in Greenland on.ft.com/45BQqvn
I am just catching up on the news but my understanding is that Travis Kelce proposed at a Cracker Barrel wearing American Eagle jeans
You’re a good human. And 6 year olds, especially when experiencing a traumatic situation, can be A LOT.
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
every new Chotining reiterates that if he ever called me, I would hang up and move to the woods.
White House Downplays Trump Hand Bruise As Least Concerning Part Of Body https://theonion.com/white-house-downplays-trump-hand-bruise-as-least-concerning-part-of-body/
Are you bopping or getting bopped?! As a summer hater, I keep reminding myself we’re almost to fall. I saw the first red leaves on one of the neighborhood trees this morning. 🍂
Bc I can't imagine how someone even just PRETENDING to be competent would let this claim go unchallenged with that picture out there. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Among all the other things, "The President has screwed things up so badly that the world's other rich countries won't deliver mail to us anymore" really should end it immediately.
I wrote about the manifestly illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-mat...
That’s an excellent haul of tools! Happy birthday and have fun creating new things.
Afternoon naps are great. If it’s not interfering with your evening sleep and other things you need to do, I say enjoy!
Australian leader Anthony Albanese accused Iran of organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia, saying the country would cut off diplomatic relations with Tehran. Iran had no immediate reaction.
US long-term debt sells off after Trump’s attempted firing of Fed governor on.ft.com/4oP7dml
I really appreciate the people who do not work for Trump and respond to him saying he fired them like 'you're not my supervisor??? I will be in my office in the morning'
Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."
Trump fires Lisa Cook in an unprecedented move, and immediately the US dollar sinks against the Yen (in red), the Euro (teal), and the British Pound (purple). Stocks are also sorting it out, but down around a quarter point. Point is: Markets don't think this is move helps American business.
DOJ tried and failed three times to indict a woman for allegedly assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest of two purported gang members. So they were forced to reduce her charge to a misdemeanor. www.courtlistener.com/recap/og-loo...
I'm out of here for the night, but I'll end with this. GOVERNOR LISA COOK IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ECONOMIST, EDUCATOR, POLICY LEADER, AND HUMAN BEING. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT HER LEGACY WILL OUT LIVE THEIRS. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
The Supreme Court’s conservatives bear SO much blame for this disaster. They really thought they could let Trump fire every agency leader EXCEPT members of the Fed, and Trump would abide by their stern admonition to leave the Fed alone. Embarrassing stupidity. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
SCOTUS thought they could ride the tiger and get what they wanted ideologically. In exchange, they would give him everything he wanted except the Fed. Just leave the Fed alone and you can ignore all federal law. But it ended the same way it has for everyone who tried to ride the tiger since 2016.
Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
If they can pressure a major medical system for this, what’s to stop them from terrifying doctors out of giving vaccines to kids?
Is it called a Hat Trick when you get no billed three times? Asking for Jeanine Pirro. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Phones in schools hinder growth for kids and create more work for adults, Gail Cornwall argues. Cornwall, a parent and former teacher, makes the case for banning them: