Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds (www.politico.com)
Sixty-seven percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning surveyed voters said the party should nominate someone other than Biden.
YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse (www.npr.org)
Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.
Supreme Court to decide whether to kick Trump off ballot (www.newsweek.com)
Castro v. Trump, a case challenging Trump's candidacy with the 14th Amendment, is expected to decided by the justices on or before October 9.
Australia, women were told their babies would not survive - but Catholic hospitals refused to provide abortion (www.theguardian.com)
Planemakers look to a pilotless future (www.politico.com)
Europe is moving forward with regulations that only require one pilot in the cockpit for long-haul flights. The rest of the world could follow suit.
Workers are Resisting Calls to Return to Offices - Slashdot (it.slashdot.org)
America's return-to-office has been a "lagging return," reports the Washington Post: Even with millions of workers across the country being asked to return to their cubicles, office occupancy has been relatively static for the past year. The country's top 10 metropolitan areas averaged 47.2 percent...
Federal health dept. says marijuana should be downgraded to Schedule 3 drug (arstechnica.com)
If DEA accepts HHS's rescheduling recommendation, it could ease marijuana access.
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
San Francisco bakery sparks debate by refusing to serve armed police (www.independent.co.uk)
Business says it doesn’t serve anyone who is armed
A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself (abcnews.go.com)
Jacksonville's sheriff says a white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store was racially motivated and hated Black people
Sarah Palin says US civil war ‘is going to happen’ over Trump prosecutions (www.theguardian.com)
Former vice-presidential nominee condemns prosecutors over ‘travesty’ and says ‘we’re not going to keep putting up with this’
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Moderna said on Thursday its updated vaccine is effective against the Eris and Fornax COVID-19 variants
Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
Trump's promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County DA's Office is now in doubt, multiple sources said.
Former Trump adviser blames Jews for dying in Auschwitz (www.jpost.com)
Michael Flynn, a Christian nationalist who previously served as US national security advisor under Donald Trump, said that Jews were willingly given to the Nazis and said there were no guards.
Man who set fire to Planned Parenthood sentenced to 10 years in prison (thehill.com)
The man who pleaded guilty to setting a Planned Parenthood location on fire in Peoria, Ill., was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday. Tyler Massengill pleaded guilty to burning the office in Fe…
YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting “harmful or ineffective” cancer cures (www.theverge.com)
It’s attempting to streamline its health moderation policies.
Trump tells Georgia witness not to testify (www.axios.com)
Daily Beast has picked up the story: Kansas Newspaper Slams ‘Gestapo Tactics’ After Police Raid - Update: Co-Owner Has Died (www.thedailybeast.com)
“We will be seeking maximum sanctions under the law possible,” Marion County Record’s publisher said after the entire local police department seized reporting materials....
Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional (abcnews.go.com)
The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.
US inflation cooling as consumer prices rise moderately again (www.reuters.com)
Higher rents were mostly offset by declining costs of goods such as motor vehicles and furniture.
This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license. (www.cleveland.com)
Sherri Tenpenny is no longer a licensed physician after airing fringe comments and ducking investigators.
Religious Objections Over Pronouns Test High Court’s New Stance (news.bloomberglaw.com)
A revived legal dispute over a Christian music teacher’s refusal to use students’ preferred names and pronouns will offer an early test of the US Supreme Court’s new standard for religious accommodations in the workplace.
A critique of the 'Divided America' Trope (www.axios.com)
We seriously need to start pushing back on this Divided America Trope. It is absolute propaganda....
United States vs. Trump, Docket #67656604-15 (www.courtlistener.com)
This is brutal for team ShitGibbon.
WikiLeaks publishes "The Intolerance Network", over 17,000 documents from right-wing campaigning organisations globally (wikileaks.org)
The data covers the work of organisations HazteOir and CitizenGO, comprising documents which date from 2001 to 2017 like spreadsheets of donors and members, strategy and planning documents, letters, financial charts and legal and training documents. HazteOir was first founded in 2001 in Spain to campaign for right wing values,...