Most people are well aware at this stage that their activity is being observed on just about every website and platform they visit. But if there is only one place you would hope might be free of invasive trackers, it'd be healthcare exchanges operated by state governments. Don't get those hopes up. According to a report from Bloomberg, all 20 state-run healthcare marketplaces include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies.
A new poll shows that a large majority of Americans say they think there is too much money in U.S. politics. Politico released a poll on Saturday showing that 72 percent of Americans say there's too much money in politics, whereas 5 percent say they disagree.
The flights are notable not only for their proximity to the coast, which puts them well within range of gathering intelligence, but for the suddenness of their appearance.
Wage growth for workers has stagnated while CEOs' earnings continue to rise, according to a new report released Thursday from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation. In the U.S., according to Oxfam, CEO pay increased about 20 times faster than workers' wages in the past year, based on an analysis of data from the S&P Capital IQ database, the Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend more waking hours with his family.
Camper Van Beethoven - Good Guys and Bad Guys (1986)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
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[Verse 1]
Well, there are good guys and there are bad guys
And there are crooks and criminals
There are doctors and there are lawyers
And there are folks like you and me
[Chorus]
So let's get high while the radio's on
Just relax and sing a song
Drive your car up on the lawn
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A fun tune ...
@#14
Whoa ...
Transcript: Donald Trump's Taped Comments About Women (2016)
www.nytimes.com
... Following is an unedited transcript of the tape in which Donald J. Trump repeatedly made vulgar comments about women. Mr. Trump was filmed talking to the television personality Billy Bush of "Access Hollywood" on the set of "Days of Our Lives," where Mr. Trump was making a cameo appearance. They are later joined by the actress Arianne Zucker. The transcription is by Penn Bullock of The New York Times. ...
Donald J. Trump: You know and ...
Unknown: She used to be great. She's still very beautiful.
Trump: I moved on her, actually. You know, she was down on Palm Beach. I moved on her, and I failed. I'll admit it.
Unknown: Whoa.
Trump: I did try and f*ck her. She was married.
Unknown: That's huge news.
Trump: No, no, Nancy. No, this was [unintelligible] " and I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping.
She wanted to get some furniture. I said, "I'll show you where they have some nice furniture." I took her out furniture "
I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn't get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she's now got the big phony tits and everything. She's totally changed her look. ...
@#52 ... Under no circumstances should a candidate ever use a wonky phrase like the "Overton window", no matter how well-intentioned. ...
Why?
Overton window
www.britannica.com
... Overton window, political model describing the range of policies considered acceptable by the majority of a population at a particular time. The concept of the Overton window was developed in the 1990s by Joseph Overton, a libertarian political scientist.
The model portrays a spectrum of positions, with more government regulation on one end and less government regulation on the other end. The extreme sides are considered to be the least widely accepted by voters.
Overton argued that this spectrum describes how politicians choose which policies to endorse, and he suggested that they will most likely favor options in the middle of the spectrum rather than the extremes that, according to the model, would be the least palatable to voters. His theory was further developed into strategies for shifting the Overton window.
Critics of the Overton window challenge its theory of change and its inability to explain the phenomenon of the eroding moderate center. ...
@#6 ... He came back here because of Trump's Open Border. ...
Perhaps his skin was not dark enough to trigger Pres Trump's private militia (a.k.a. ICE) to round him up, as they seem to do with American citizens? ( drudge.com )?
... The White House released a wide-ranging counterterrorism strategy describing narco-terrorists, Islamist terrorists, and violent left-wing extremists ...
OK, it's been a couple of weeks, but here are the current numbers ...
President Trump Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com
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RCP Average 4/20 - 5/7
Approve: 40.5
Disapprove: 56.3
Spread: -15.8
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Oh, that ain't good, especially when you look at the graph on the cited page and see the trend.
That aside, more numbers ...
President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com
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RCP Average 4/8 - 5/5
Approval: 45.7
Disapproval: 52.0
Spread:-6.3
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Oh dear, Pres Trump now seems to be underwater on his immagration policies?
OK, moving on to inflation ...
President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com
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RCP Average 3/30 - 5/5
Approval: 29.1
Disapproval: 67.9
Spread: -38.8
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Holy freakin' pasture pasture pastries ...
Pres Trump is underwater by nearly 40% on inflation?
Another view ...
White House Releases 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy With Focus on Cartels, Iran, and Domestic Extremism
www.hstoday.us
... The White House has released its 2026 United States Counterterrorism Strategy, outlining a broad "America First" approach that expands the federal government's counterterrorism priorities beyond traditional foreign terrorist organizations to include cartels, transnational gangs, and what the administration describes as "violent left-wing extremists." ...
One of the strategy's most notable additions is its focus on domestic extremist threats. The document says the administration will prioritize identifying and disrupting "violent secular political groups" described as "anti-American," "radically pro-transgender," and anarchist. It also references Antifa and states the government plans to use "all the tools constitutionally available" to map networks and identify members linked to violent activity.
At the same time, the strategy argues federal counterterrorism authorities should not be used politically against Americans exercising constitutionally protected rights. The document criticizes prior administrations for what it describes as politicized use of national security tools and calls for "reality-based threat assessments." ...
@#20 ... That being said JPW is absolutely right ... .so many guns used in crimes are stolen from vehicles ... . ...
Seems that way.
Gun Thefts from Cars: The Largest Source of Stolen Guns (2024)
everytownresearch.org
...Key Findings
In cities that report crime data to the FBI:
- - - On average, at least one gun is stolen from a car every nine minutes in the United States.
- - - The rate of gun thefts from cars is triple what it was a decade ago. This includes both consistent increases nearly every year over the decade and a marked spike during the pandemic.
- - - A decade ago, roughly a quarter of gun thefts were from cars; in 2022, over half were.
- - - Cars parked at residences (in driveways, outside homes, etc.) are the most common source of stolen guns, demonstrating the importance of securely storing guns at all times and locations.
- - - Cities in states with the weakest gun safety laws see nearly 18 times the rate of gun thefts from cars as those in states with the strongest gun laws.
- - - Memphis, Tennessee -- the city with the highest rate of guns stolen from cars -- had over 3,000 gun thefts from vehicles in 2022. A range of cities in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, reported zero gun thefts from cars.
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@#12
Did you know that the cameras provide that level of monitoring?
And feeding into the database?