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Thursday, September 24, 2026

US health department said it wants to ensure the vaccine orders are "appropriate." As respiratory virus season nears and fall vaccination drives get underway, more than half of US children are facing uncertainty over access to this year's COVID-19 shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has unexpectedly delayed the distribution of the shots to a key federal program and some states.


Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update. read more


Airline industry officials have finally stopped panicking about the Federal Aviation Administration's soon-to-launch artificial intelligence tool for managing flights and easing congestion in air travel, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.


In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post. read more


Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Data shows as many as 30,000 non-citizens may have been mistakenly registered to vote. Numbers too small to impact US elections, experts say. read more


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Ex-Energy chief warns that diesel export ban is a 'terrible investment signal' to send to industry
www.foxbusiness.com

... Former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette joins 'Varney & Co.' to discusses President Donald Trump weighing a diesel export ban and California electricity pricing in 2025.

Former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette joins 'Varney & Co.' to break down the consequences of a potential U.S. ban on diesel exports. Brouillette argues that such a move would send a negative signal to energy investors. He also discusses data highlighting California electricity prices from 2025. ...


@#34 ... No one is denying anyone the right to vote. ...

Oh, sometimes your trolling alias says the funniest things.

The GOP is actively trying to deny the right to vote of those who might tend to vote against them.

To wit ...

U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Voter ID Law (2016)
www.npr.org

...The appeals court noted that the North Carolina Legislature "requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices" -- then, data in hand, "enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."

The changes to the voting process "target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the circuit court wrote, and "impose cures for problems that did not exist."

The appeals court suggested that the motivation was fundamentally political -- a Republican legislature attempting to secure its power by blocking votes from a population likely to vote for Democrats....

[emphasis mine]


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