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How Big Tech rewrote the USA's first cellphone repair law
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 24
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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California hotel workers are on strike because app based staffing agencies punish them for refusing to cross picket lines
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One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis shows
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US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
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New report from the US Centers for Disease Control claims more than 100,000 suffer from tick-caused meat allergy and the number is rising
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How America fell out of love with ice cream
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NASA’s Voyager 2 is experiencing an unplanned ‘communications pause’ expected to last until October 15
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Mastercard move at cannabis shops intensifies call for US decriminalization
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Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the US National Guard's security partnership program, in a further expansion of American military ties across Europe
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Alex Highsmith, Pittsburgh Steelers agree to terms on four-year, $68 million extension
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US tax code blamed as wealthy see major retirement account gains
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Faced with scrap material inside a particle accelerator, physicists used a ferret to try to solve the problem
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Advice for a few days in Atlanta please
This will be my first time there. We are interested to visit the Carter Center and the Martin Luther King center but haven't finalized plans. Lodging is taken care of. Is there food you highly...
This will be my first time there. We are interested to visit the Carter Center and the Martin Luther King center but haven't finalized plans. Lodging is taken care of. Is there food you highly recommend? Other sightseeing?
Thanks!
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IMAX CEO says weekend box office shows “paradigm shift” in moviegoing: Revenue jumps, company swings to profit in Q2
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Why diversity is essential to the National Bone Marrow Donor pool
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How a pair of unreleased John Coltrane tapes surfaced at New York Public Library
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Damian Lillard wants out of Rip City
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The psychedelic drug that conquered Europe
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Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon says US President Biden must stop approving new fossil fuel projects
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Thinking about a short-term lease in Hawaii, specifically Honolulu
My lease is ending within the next two-three months and I have been trying to plan my next steps. My goal has been to buy a house (and hopefully coincide with my lease ending) but the more I have...
My lease is ending within the next two-three months and I have been trying to plan my next steps. My goal has been to buy a house (and hopefully coincide with my lease ending) but the more I have been looking at inventory, the more I have been hesitating about that commitment. I currently am a full time remote worker who can live in any US state at any given point.
I found that I can find a short term rental (60-90 days) in downtown Honolulu and am finding myself increasingly interested in the prospect. I have never visited Hawaii, and while I was recently married, we never actually went on a honeymoon because we are saving for a house. The rental I would choose would be ~$2300 a month, fully furnished and utilities included. I of course would have additional cost to consider, such as needing to put all my furniture in storage and paying rent on the locker. In addition, I would not have my car so I would need to find a decent place that is walking distance to life necessities.
This option would not make me broke, but it would cost me additional money. If I bought a house now, I would probably have to hold off on any big vacations for awhile, and Hawaii was on our list to go to in the next 5 years.
So just curious, what are your thoughts? Would this be a good way to spend my winter or would the burden of not having a car be difficult in Hawaii? Any other things I need to think about?
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The independent league team that traded a Muddy Waters album for a championship
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Could we get a formal megathread for the US President Donald Trump cases, to include both upcoming and ongoing legal action?
The legal discussion is not exactly the same as US politics. I would imagine that we have people who would like to follow it and people who prefer strongly to avoid it. For example, today we had...
The legal discussion is not exactly the same as US politics. I would imagine that we have people who would like to follow it and people who prefer strongly to avoid it.
For example, today we had these two events and I didn't even look hard.
Superceding indictment filed in Florida documents case
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.85.0_1.pdf38 votes -
US schools lost track of homeless kids during the pandemic. Many face a steep path to recovery.
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Gateway: an overview of a proposed small, human-tended, space station orbiting the moon
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"Gen Z for Change" leader interrupts US President Biden's press secretary to demand climate action
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US GDP grew at a 2.4% pace in the second quarter, topping expectations despite recession calls
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How two brothers turned planespotting into YouTube gold
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US District Judge orders compassionate release of three of Newburgh Four - sharply criticizes FBI's role in radicalizing the defendants
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How a World War II submarine works
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How to ensure you won’t have public transportation
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Patrice Bergeron retires from NHL after nineteen seasons with Boston Bruins
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California cement industry marks near-term progress on carbon neutrality goals
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Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
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Maternal deaths are expected to rise under US abortion bans, but the increase may be hard to measure
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The bewildering architecture of skybridges
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Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says
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US requires airline lavatories to be more accessible for wheelchair users
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Taylor Swift has successfully implemented a strategy of recreating and releasing exact copies of old albums to maintain ownership of her songs
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Hunting for the Lizard People: On the dangerous conspiracy theories that led to the Nashville bombing
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Amazon plans to expand use of its palm scanning technology this year
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Outrage as Alaska's Attorney-General asks US Supreme Court to reverse Environmental Protection Agency's Pebble Mine veto
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A political gap in excess deaths in the USA widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says
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What were those mysterious craft? (1979)
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Major automakers launch new EV charging network across North America in challenge to Tesla
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World Cup executive feels Premier League could stage games in the US
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New car buyers aren’t impressed: JD Power
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The US John F. Kennedy Assassination: Inside the book depository
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US federal aid is supercharging local Washington state police surveillance tech
11 votes