Missouri's former election integrity director filed a whistleblower lawsuit Monday against Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, alleging he was fired after raising concerns that staff were plotting to file a fake complaint in a legal case about the state's voter database. read more
The family of a Texas woman who died during pregnancy has filed the first lawsuit tied to a death linked directly to the state's abortion ban, naming Attorney General Ken Paxton among the defendants, reported The Washington Sun. Tierra Walker, 37, died in 2024 at 20 weeks pregnant after repeatedly asking doctors to end her pregnancy as preeclampsia rapidly deteriorated her health, according to the lawsuit filed in Bexar County.
In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the [Defense Department's inspector general] said that between Feb. 28 and June 30, Operation Epic Fury (OEF) had an estimated cost of $33.4 billion, with $22.3 billion of that spent on munitions alone. "The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," the report states. read more
Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death. read more
The Kentucky Republican read his impeachment resolution on the House floor, where he accused Hegseth of shredding safeguards intended to protect civilians during U.S. military operations. read more
Patrick De Haan
@GasBuddyGuy
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staggering diesel increases! diesel has surged over $1/gal in the last 30 days in California (+$1.30/gal), Oregon (+$1.19/gal), Washington ($+1.08/gal) and New Mexico (+$1.07/gal). Beyond that, 21 states have seen more than a 90-cent rise in diesel in the last 30 days.
The brain dead orange chomo did that.