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15 votes
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 1
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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Synapse collapse reveals lack of FDIC protection for US fintech depositors
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Working title (insurance)
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They were secret for sixteen years. Now a US judge has released the Jeffrey Epstein grand jury records.
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In Wyoming, TerraPower moves ahead with nuclear project aimed at revolutionizing power generation
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The timing of fireworks-caused wildfire ignitions during the 4th of July holiday season
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Keith eats everything at Buffalo Wild Wings
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Why Copa America is being played on small fields – and what it means
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The Los Angeles Lakers select Bronny James in the second round of the NBA draft
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Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds
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San Francisco home selling for $488,000 but you can't move in until 2053
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The real-life ‘Fall Guys’: How a tight-knit stunt team pulled off Ryan Gosling’s death-defying scenes
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The strange origin story behind Akira's megacity, Neo Tokyo
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Chicago’s NASCAR Race is a marvel of physics
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Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) | The man behind the bowtie
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Inside a violent gang's ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree
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Deja Vu (But Worse) - Biden vs. Trump ft. "Weird Al" Yankovic (2024)
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US congressional testimony on the impact of climate-related disasters on the solvency of homeowner's insurance
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Berkshire was too cheap, then too pricey
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 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.
4 votes -
New NOAA heat severity classification system for heat-related impacts on people (similar to hurricanes)
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State Farm asks for huge California home insurance rate increase, signaling financial distress
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Former Uvalde Texas school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting
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The US Department of Agriculture’s gardening zones shifted. This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detail.
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US Supreme Court rejects liability shield at center of Purdue Pharma settlement
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Detroit Pistons have taken Swedish forward Bobi Klintman in the 2024 NBA Draft after trading with the Minnesota Timberwolves
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Automated wok cooking machines prepare traditional Chinese dishes at reasonable prices at new LA restaurant Tigawok
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GridStatus.io - see electricity use in each US region
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Scholars discover rare 16th-century tome with handwritten notes by John Milton
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An American bought a $4 vase. Turns out, it's a lost ancient Maya treasure.
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The New York Times is failing its readers badly on COVID
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US President Joe Biden pardoning LGBTQ+ service members convicted for sexual orientation
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Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the US, allowing him to go free
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Idaho Pride celebration goes on despite protests
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Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night
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Why not ban left turns on busy streets?
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MTA stops work on Second Ave. subway amid congestion pricing confusion in New York City
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Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus
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Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter
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Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the US
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Close-up with Starship at the Orbital Launch Mount: Interview with Elon Musk pre- and post-IFT4
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Novo Nordisk is to invest more than $4bn in US manufacturing as it battles to keep up with booming demand for its obesity and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic
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Any good auto or renters insurance companies?
Well, maybe not good, but any that suck less than the others? I'm in Wisconsin if that matters.
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Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths
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Innerpartysystem - Don't Stop (2008)
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Microsoft shelves its underwater data center — Project Natick had fewer server failures compared to servers on land
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NASA cancels in progress ISS spacewalk due to spacesuit coolant leak
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Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding
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Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage
31 votes