NPR - Kamala Harris says fundamental freedoms are at stake with the Supreme Court rulings
In an interview with NPR, the vice president said the court's recent decisions on race, LGBTQ+ protections and student loans are "an attack on foundational freedoms and on the access to opportunity."

USA Today - Biden reversing Trump's expansion of `junk' health plans

The Independent - [NY Democratic Rep.] Ocasio-Cortez endorses Biden's reelection campaign, sending a strong signal of Democratic unity

CNN Exclusive: Biden says war with Russia must end before NATO can consider membership for Ukraine | CNN Politics





Daily Kos - The only ones interested in Republican investigations are Republicans (liberal blog)

NY Times - House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden (May 2023)
After months of investigation and many public accusations of corruption against Mr. Biden and his family, the first report of the premier House G.O.P. inquiry showed no proof of such misconduct.

Rolling Stone - Republican’s ‘Whistleblower’ [Gal Luft] Charged as Unregistered Foreign Agent [for China], [Arms Trafficking to Iran, Lying to Federal Agents, and so on]

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) has touted Luft as a “missing” whistleblower — who disappeared before the committee could interview him. On Friday, Comer indicated that he would be requesting the FBI’s notes from their past meetings with Luft.

Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson claimed on Sunday, before the release of the indictment, that authorities had arrested Luft “to silence him,” and called for the fugitive to be granted immunity.

They knew Luft he was a crook all along (like with Trump), they just don't care.

USA Today - US charges fugitive energy analyst [and Republican anti-Biden conspiracy theorist] with being agent of China, arms trafficker



CBS News - Biden, G7 leaders announce joint declaration of support for Ukraine at NATO summit

NBC News - Biden vows U.S. and allies 'will not waver' in defense of Ukraine

Biden can leave Vilnius feeling like he got almost everything he wanted from the NATO summit | CNN Politics



Scripps News - Biden administration to automatically forgive 804,000 student loans
The borrowers eligible for forgiveness have been in repayment for over 20 years and will soon be notified of the changes.

RFK Jr. is running at the behest of Steve Bannon and his other far right dipshit friends.



Gizmodo - Biden Administration Updates Guidelines on Busting Up Monopolies

Scripps News - Biden going after 'junk fees' in housing

Associated Press - Your paycheck could clear faster now that the FedNow instant payment service for banks has launched

RFK Jr. Claims He’s Not Anti-Vax During Congressional Hearing – Rolling Stone



Next to disgraced Andrew Wakefield, there’s no one more publicly anti-vaccine over the past couple of decades than this guy who is now gaslighting the public under oath.

The Independent - Democrat[ic] lawmaker gives blistering takedown of RFK Jr’s most outrageous claims





DeSantis wants Florida schools to teach that 'slavery was good, actually.'

NBC News - Key Senate committee advances Supreme Court ethics bill

Political Wire - House GOP Looks to Cancel Infrastructure Spending





'Let America rot and give us politicians more money for ourselves' Republicans say.

NBC News - Biden to keep Julie Su on indefinitely as Labor chief despite lack of Senate votes
A White House official told NBC News that it will use a law that enables Su, who was confirmed as deputy labor secretary, to serve in an acting role without a time limit.

Associated Press - Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be 1st woman to be a military service chief



U.S. inflation rate: 3.0%
world's inflation rate: 14.8% average, 6.0% median
U.S. jobless rate: 3.6%
world's jobless rate: 8.4% average, 5.7% median

Last I checked the G7 and G20 nations had lower rates than the averages and medians. As the U.S.'s trading partners have come down so have ours as it's all tethered together.

Scripps News - [JP Morgan Chase Institute] Report: Americans hold more in bank accounts compared to pre-pandemic

CNBC - Morgan Stanley credits Bidenomics for ‘much stronger’ than expected GDP growth

Bloomberg News - The Economy Is Going Biden’s Way. Now He Has to Get Voters to Give Him Credit

Brutal New [Monmouth] Poll Shows Trump Losing Big to Biden [in 2024], Even With Third Party Spoiler (Biden +7)

Nearly Half Of Voters Would Consider A Third-Party Presidential Candidate In 2024, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Expect Climate Change To Negatively Affect World In Their Lifetime | Quinnipiac University Poll (Biden +5)

The Independent - Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

Associated Press - Biden's White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees and food prices

Axios - South, Mountain West see manufacturing boom under Biden
A manufacturing boom has swept across the country in President Biden's 2½ years in office, with the South and Mountain West — including several red states — having especially strong growth, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

CNBC - Biden administration aims to crack down on inadequate insurance for mental health care

NY Times - Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Harvard’s Legacy Admissions
An inquiry into admissions preferences for family of alumni and donors began after the Supreme Court’s decision last month limiting affirmative action.

See also: NY Times - Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification

Lol

NY Times - U.S. Economy Grew at 2.4% Rate in Second Quarter
Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, rose at a 2.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday. That was up from a 2 percent growth rate in the first three months of the year and far stronger than forecasters expected a few months ago.

Reuters - Exclusive: Biden taps ex-Maryland Governor O'Malley to run Social Security agency

Scripps News - Biden announces advanced research project to reduce cancer mortality
A new health research agency will try to find a way to make cancer surgeries faster and safer.

Scripps News - Biden to sign executive order to encourage more US-made inventions
The move comes one day after the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced a 2.4% growth in the economy during the second quarter of 2023.

Associated Press - Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down

Biden signs historic order moving prosecution of military sexual assault outside chain of command | CNN Politics

First on CNN: Biden administration launches new income-driven student debt repayment plan | CNN Politics





Associated Press - Top Pentagon official calls UFO hearing 'insulting' to US employees

Snopes - No, Congress (or the US Government) Hasn't Confirmed Aliens Are Real

Scripps News - Despite rising concerns, climate change is still a partisan issue
Amid a sizzling hot summer, President Joe Biden announced new actions to combat extreme heat and drought.

Associated Press - Biden has decided to keep Space Command in Colorado, rejecting move to Alabama, officials tell AP

Axios - "Dark Brandon" is driving Biden's campaign merch sales

NBC News - As Trump went to court [for attempting to steal the 2020 election to stay in power], Biden went for a bike ride

Reuters - Biden order curbing investment to China expected next week-sources

The Washington Post - Biden expected to create Grand Canyon national monument to block new mining, sources say

NPR - Ex-Biden official's lawsuit against Fox echoes case that led to big settlement

CNN - Biden calls for immediate release of Nigerien President Bazoum [after coup]

Daily Kos - Special elections are flashing a giant red warning sign for Republicans (liberal blog)

Political Wire - Democrats Drastically Overperforming in Special Elections
ABC News: “An analysis from FiveThirtyEight found that in 38 special elections held so far this year, Democrats have outperformed the partisan lean — or the relative liberal or conservative history — of the areas where the races were held by an average of 10%, both romping in parts of the country that typically support the party while cutting down on GOP margins in red cities and counties, too.”

USA Today - [President] Biden to reinstate labor rule shelved by [President] Reagan, giving construction workers a pay boost

President Biden: "Today, Ohio voters rejected an effort by Republican lawmakers and special interests to change the state’s constitutional amendment process. This measure was a blatant attempt to weaken voters’ voices and further erode the freedom of women to make their own health care decisions. Ohioans spoke loud and clear, and tonight democracy won."

NY Times - Ohio Voters Reject Constitutional Change [to 60% threshold] Intended to Thwart Abortion Amendment

95% of results in
57% no to change to 43% yes for change

NY Times - Biden to Restrict Investments in China, Citing National Security Threats

ABC News - Man killed during FBI raid in connection with threats against Biden, other officials
The raid was in connection with an investigation into alleged threats against President Joe Biden and others, according to two officials briefed on the case.



Scripps News - Biden administration unveils a tool for tracking heat-related illness

ABC News - Special counsel appointed in Hunter Biden case as plea deal reaches 'impasse'
[Trump-appointed prosecutor] David Weiss requested it this week; Garland said it was in the public interest. A senior Department of Justice official told reporters that this is the first time Weiss has asked to be appointed special counsel. Weiss himself has said the same before, pushing back on claims by an IRS whistleblower.

Reuters - Exclusive: Biden taps Jackson for economic adviser, signals focus on education
U.S. President Joe Biden is tapping C. Kirabo Jackson, a labor economist whose research advocates robust public spending on schools, to fill out his three-member Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), according to a White House official.



The Washington Post - Can vacuums slow global warming? Administration bets $1.2 billion on it.
Texas and Louisiana will become a global testing ground for giant machines that suck carbon from the air

That’s not nearly as much as the Manhattan Project in today’s dollars (we need one to counter climate change in addition to carbon reductions and cleaner energy generation) and there’s no guarantee of success.

Live Science - 2nd nuclear fusion breakthrough brings us a (tiny) step closer to limitless clean energy
The breakthrough marks the second time that the core of a fusion reactor has given out more energy than it has taken in, but significant challenges remain.

Biden expands US aid for Hawaii as wildfires grip Maui (August 10, 2023)
Those grants come in addition to current emergency assistance by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal agencies, it added.

If I had it my way I’d ban politicians from visiting and using disaster areas as photo-ops, that is what is completely useless though they do it anyway because certain people like Hollywood performances for their screens.

Daily Kos - President Joe Biden and first lady plan to visit Maui next week (liberal blog)
Biden and White House officials have signaled for days that a presidential visit was in the works as long as it would not disrupt search and recovery efforts. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has informed the White House that Biden’s visit early next week should be fine.

Associated Press - Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story

Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 63% — now say they want the former president to run again, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That’s up slightly from the 55% who said the same in April when Trump began facing a series of criminal charges. Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Trump, an uptick from the 60% who said so two months ago.

But in a crucial warning sign for the former president and his supporters, Trump faces glaring vulnerabilities heading into a general election, with many Americans strongly dug in against him. While most Republicans — 74% — say they would support him in November 2024, 53% of Americans say they would definitely not support him if he is the nominee. Another 11% say they would probably not support him in November 2024.

Adding to Trump’s headwinds, the poll found that opposition to Biden’s reelection is not as deeply entrenched. The 80-year-old president, who faces only nominal rivals in a Democratic primary, faces skepticism among voters, particularly over his age. But just 43% of Americans say they would definitely not support him in a general election, with another 11% saying they probably wouldn’t.

Reuters - Biden to explain Inflation Reduction Act on one-year anniversary

Heatmap - Economic Indicators By Country