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The House Ethics Committee recommends censure after an ethics probe found Chuck Edwards violated the code of conduct with two young female staffers.

Aug 3 • 2:32 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

If Not AOC, Then Who?

What do we do if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decides not to run for president in 2028? It makes sense that many leftists are currently focused on calling on her to take the plunge. But the absence of a Plan B, or even much discussion about one, is worrisome. The US Left can’t afford to sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. Doing so in 2024 was a disaster: our abstention self-marginalized anti-billionaire politics from the national conversation and thereby gave space for Harris to pivot to the “center” (i.e. the policy preferences of corporate donors, establishment hacks, and AIPAC). Abstaining again in 2028 would be especially counterproductive since democratic socialists now have so much wind in our sails after our big electoral wins in NYC and across the country. It’s time to deepen our momentum, organization, and profile — not to retreat to the margins during America’s single most important political battle. Even more urgently, keeping Trump’s heir out of the White House may depend on whether leftists and the party’s unprecedentedly disenchanted base can force the Democrats in 2028 to take meaningful steps towards a very angry electorate and away from the corporate-consultant blob that has helped get us into this mess. If AOC (or Abdul El-Sayed) decides to run, we should enthusiastically go all in — DSA, fighting unions, progressive organizations, anybody who wants to see a better country and world. But, as far as I can tell from the outside, there’s a real chance that she doesn’t run. And we can’t just wait and see where she lands before discussing alternatives, since AOC’s decision might not come for quite a while, giving us little time to scramble at the last minute for an alternative. So we should start working now on getting a Plan B into motion, and recruiting a good candidate for the role. Here’s one idea. A Worker Candidate — Healthcare Not Warfare 2028 Run a union worker Leftists don’t need to always run experienced, well-known socialist politicians for high-profile contests. Lula, the current president of Brazil, began his political career as a metalworker militant who ran for governor of São Paulo in 1982. Especially in an era of institutional distrust, it’s possible to lean hard into making a virtue out of a working-class comrade’s distance from traditional politics. Experience abroad shows this clearly. Rachel Kéké — an immigrant hotel housekeeper — ran as the candidate of the leftist La France Insoumise for the National Assembly in 2022, defeating a former minister in the Macron government. The Belgian Workers’ Party in 2024 won its first Flemish seat in the European Parliament by running Rudi Kennes, a three-decade veteran of the Opel Antwerp auto factory. And the South Korean left in 2024 elected auto factory militant Yoon Jong-oh to the National Assembly. If a tiny French Trotskyist organization could make such a big splash in 2002 and 2007 by running a well-spoken postal worker cadre for office — the LCR’s Olivier Besancenot received about 1.5 million first-round votes — it’s not far-fetched to expect that a much larger organization like DSA, together with a broader coalition of the willing, could run this playbook to much greater effect. This is especially the case now that almost everything DSA does immediately becomes a national news story. We don’t need someone famous. We just need a charismatic, well-vetted comrade who works in a relatable working-class occupation — e.g. a nurse, or a worker in auto or construction, or at Amazon. Ideally, they have a compelling personal story or have been part of a significant strike or organizing campaign, but even those criteria don’t necessarily have to be deal-breakers. The main lesson of the Graham Platner fiasco isn’t that we should never run outsiders for office (the momentum he generated proves the exact opposite), but that they need proper vetting and roots in democratic membership organizations like DSA or a union. In any case, there are plenty of ways to signal working-class authenticity without resorting to Platner’s or Fetterman’s performative macho white dude affect. Better to have someone of any gender or race who is actually working class, with firm socialist politics, who can speak from experience about the day-to-day realities of trying to make it in America. There are surely at least a dozen such worker leaders in our movement nationwide; we just need to sit down and convince one that their personal sacrifice for the greater good (i.e. running for president) will be worth it. If we don’t have a frontrunner with a clear path to victory like AOC (or El-Sayed, were he to win Michigan), it’s better to embrace someone whose decision to run in itself tells an important story about US politics: workers have been iced out of our political system and are now fighting hard to break back in. The novelty factor, in itself, would generate press. And it would help democratic socialists signal to the American public that our movement’s defining characteristic is that we represent workers vs. bosses, not that we’re “the furthest left” force in American politics — a framework that suggests we’re extremists and that helps our opponents isolate us from non-college-educated voters by highlighting extremely minoritarian (and misguided) stances included in DSA’s platform like prison abolition. We don’t get many opportunities to speak to tens of millions of Americans; we need to use these opportunities to broaden our appeal beyond those already in our orbit. Run to polarize the 2028 primary and general election around “Medicare for All” and “End All Aid to Israel” Why should democratic socialists use our scarce time and volunteer energy to run in a race we’re unlikely to win? Running in the 2028 primary will not only recruit us scores of members (imagine having a DSA member intervening in eleven nationally televised primary debates!), but — more importantly — it has the potential to be a decisive leap forward towards an America that finally starts meeting the needs of working people instead of HMO and AIPAC billionaire donors. Polarizing litmus tests are good, actually — as long as they’re fought for around popular demands in a thoughtful and strategic way. Democratic socialists have an opportunity and responsibility to make the 2028 primary about two of the most widely and deeply felt issues of our moment: domestically, America’s unaffordable, family-breaking private healthcare system; internationally, America’s bankrolling of the genocidal Israeli government. A candidacy relentlessly demanding Medicare for All and No Aid to Israel would pose a sharp question to the American public, the Democratic Party, and other 2028 contenders: Why can’t working-class Americans afford their healthcare bills at the same time that our government is spending at least $3.8 billion yearly to fund an Israeli regime eager to keep dragging us and the world into more forever wars? Our candidate can agitate around a clear message: I’m running to give voice to all those working-class Americans who are struggling to get by. No matter what state you live in, who you voted for in 2024, or your background, it’s just plain common sense that we should make healthcare more affordable instead of spending billions to enable the Israeli government’s crimes against humanity. Every American who agrees with me when I say ‘Medicare for All — Not a Dime for Israel’ should make their voice heard through our campaign. Racking up a high number of votes for this agenda is a crucial way to show the Democratic Party and the country as a whole that we can’t keep supporting a life-destroying status quo in our healthcare system and in the Middle East. If we want to defeat Trump’s handpicked crony this coming November, we need to speak to ordinary people’s frustrations with the status quo — we can’t keep running the same tired establishment playbook and expecting a different result. For those highly engaged voters (or skeptical media pundits) who raise concerns about wasting votes, the candidate can take the time to explain why this isn’t the case: It's true I'm a long shot. But Zohran showed anything can happen — and voting for me is a pragmatic decision, not a wasted vote. In a heavily divided primary with a large number of candidates and a very discredited establishment, my campaign and the democratic socialist movement I’m part of are positioned to be the balance of power if we can get a large enough number of voters to loudly demand Healthcare Not Warfare. Since there’s a high chance no candidate will get to 50% in the 2028 primaries, the Democrats could very well be heading towards a brokered convention, where a disciplined, principled current committed to breaking from corporate donors can play an outsized role in making sure whoever ends up with the nomination raises the banner of single-payer healthcare and cutting aid to Israel. How exactly could running this sort of primary campaign be translated into actual leverage? The candidate replies: I’m aiming to win the nomination, but if I don’t achieve that goal, my delegates and I will pledge our support in the primary only for a candidate who agrees in the general election to call for ending US aid to Israel and establishing Medicare for All at home. These are both winning planks for November against the Republicans, and the only reason I can see that other candidates haven’t yet raised these is that they’re still more scared of the donor class than they are of the people. That needs to change. If Democratic leaders want young people, workers, and those sick of the status quo to show up in big numbers this November, they need to meet us halfway. In this way, whether or not we win the nomination, democratic socialists could still play a decisive role in 2028. The approach outlined here is similar to what radical left parties periodically do in parliamentary democracies like Denmark or Sweden when they find themselves as a junior partner electorally: they dictate to center-left allies what their terms would be for enabling, from the outside, the formation of a new government. Running a Healthcare Not Warfare candidate will make it significantly more likely that the 2028 Democratic candidate stands with ordinary people instead of donors on these two pivotal planks — a shift that will, in turn, make it easier to achieve the existentially important task of defeating MAGA’s heir in November. Look at how much popular traction the Uncommitted movement got with a similar strategy in 2024 with so little on-the-ground organization — surely we can go much further with a working-class candidate, a much bigger DSA, and a Democratic Party base that has turned against Israel, billionaires, and the hacks in the party who prop them up. Objections and Responses There are quite a few objections to this proposal, many of which are very reasonable. Let me briefly address each here. Socialists shouldn’t waste their scarce time and resources on a candidate unlikely to win. This is a good rule in general, but there are important exceptions, and presidential elections are the main one. There’s no other political contest that gets anything like this level of attention and engagement in the US, so if you want to be a serious force in nationwide politics, you basically can’t afford not to have a candidate. Far from being an overall drain on our resources, running a dynamic 2028 campaign would likely result in a major net increase in members and capacity. In that spirit, the very pragmatic Milwaukee sewer socialists — who mostly ran to win at home in Wisconsin — supported Eugene Debs’s propagandistic presidential campaigns, which they correctly saw as a crucial means of recruiting to the Socialist Party. And now that the (post-1972) Democratic Party gives more weight to voters than party operatives in determining its presidential nomination, it’s become feasible to run as a socialist in primaries without risking a split in the vote against the Republicans in November. We should just support Ro Khanna, who also supports M4A and ending aid to Israel. I like Ro Khanna and would enthusiastically vote and canvass for him for president were he to get the nomination. But there’s a real chance that Khanna’s bid for office doesn’t catch on; he lacks the grassroots organizational apparatus of DSA, and, because he’s not really of the Left or labor (despite his current very good positions), he’s unlikely to generate the type of buy-in and enthusiasm that a DSA candidate would. Moreover, Khanna would be running as an individual, not as someone emerging from and building an organized movement — his campaign would not likely focus on building sustained power from below, nor would it likely polarize the 2028 primary around M4A and Israel aid. Also, and not inconsequentially, the poor electoral results for Tom Steyer and Saikat Chakrabarti this spring suggest that there’s perhaps not much of a popular appetite in the Democrats’ base to support multi-millionaire class traitors. Much better, then, to run a democratic socialist worker. If by Super Tuesday it’s clear that our campaign has captured the main left lane in the primary, Khanna should drop out and endorse us; conversely, if he’s managed to capture this lane, DSA could at that point transform its Healthcare Not Warfare campaign into an independent campaign to elect Ro Khanna focused on winning (and holding him accountable to) those two critical planks. An openness to consolidating an anti-corporate candidate by Super Tuesday is a necessary component of the strategy I’m proposing, because otherwise we risk splitting the primary votes (per DNC rules, you need at least 15% to get any delegates to convention). We should convince Shawn Fain or Sara Nelson to run for president instead. I agree it’d be great if either ran for president, but my impression is that there’s basically no chance that will happen in 2028, because both are firmly focused on their union leadership duties (and, in the case of Fain, beating back a federal witch-hunt). This plan could have DSA end up endorsing a non-socialist, non-DSAer for president. That’s against our principles. It’s a myth, and bad politics, that socialists can’t ever support candidates who aren’t members of their organization and/or who don’t call themselves socialists. Bernie, after all, was not a DSAer. And socialists abroad regularly make tactical decisions about if and when supporting a non-socialist candidate makes sense from the standpoint of promoting working-class interests, defending democracy, and building a socialist current in the process. If your “principles” prevent you and DSA from helping achieve the momentous stride forward of having a Democratic candidate in 2028 run on Medicare for All and ending aid to Israel, those “principles” are not very good. In fact, they actively undermine the causes they’re aiming to support. We shouldn’t confuse principles (working-class independence) with tactics (the best way to advance this in a given context). In my recent article in Catalyst on Milwaukee sewer socialism (I’ve uploaded the full text here), I have a section showing how similarly rigid rules about endorsements had to be eventually discarded in the old Socialist Party nationwide after WWI because they tended to lead socialists towards a sectarian abstention from broader anti-corporate electoral insurgencies beyond their party’s control. For what it’s worth, Lenin’s current under Tsarism frequently backed bourgeois candidates in the second round of elections and Lenin himself advocated that British Communists support Labour Party candidates; for his part, Kautsky in 1912 defended the German Social Democracy’s electoral pact with the Progressives in the runoffs. If our predecessors could be that tactically flexible in an era before the limits of their underlying strategic assumptions about intransigent class politics in capitalist democracies were made clear, then there’s no need to insist on being more tactically rigid today, after a century’s worth of accumulated experience. As long as you maintain your own political profile and organization while engaging in broader coalitional efforts, there’s zero inherent contradiction with the principle of political independence. More specifically: DSA and allied organizations should enthusiastically back Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed if AOC declines to run and he throws his hat in the presidential ring. (I have no idea whether he’s even considering this path, but there’ll surely be chatter about it if he wins his Senate race this November.) Though he doesn’t call himself a socialist, El-Sayed is a principled Berniecrat, a consistent fighter for Palestine, and would have a clear path to victory. Using the “s” word is far less important than whether a campaign fights for the interests of working people at home and abroad — and whether actively participating in it can grow the organized working class and the Left. And the same holds true if a less anti-corporate candidate were, under pressure, to adopt our two Healthcare Not Warfare planks. Why focus only on M4A and ending US aid to Israel? There are so many other important issues to fight for! Obviously there are many pivotal issues beyond healthcare and Israel, and our candidate — and especially our organizations involved in the campaign — should be prepared to speak on all of these. But one of the crucial lessons of the Zohran campaign is that you have to relentlessly stay on message if you want to cut through the noise. CNN and Fox News will want to talk about DSA’s views on Venezuela and abolishing the police; we need to polarize the debate on the widely and deeply felt issues that are most favorable for growing the Left, isolating our opponents, and winning urgently needed changes. One recent poll found 63% of Americans support M4A, even after respondents were told it would raise taxes and eliminate most private insurance. Another found that 74% of Democrats opposed “providing additional economic and military support to Israel.” And focusing on two demands sets the campaign up to be able to leverage its mandate to make clear demands upon other candidates (which we can’t do if we run with a laundry list of demands). Talking about a Plan B is a distraction from the more urgent work of building a groundswell of calls on AOC to run. It’s good for DSAers, fightback unionists, and progressive organizations to try to convince AOC to run. This proposal is meant as an addendum to pushes to get AOC to run and to line DSA up for that eventuality, not as a substitute for those efforts. But I’m worried that, like in 2024, we might eventually find ourselves with no time to find a viable alternative unless we start now. DSA, with its abundant deliberative processes, moves slowly. The approach you’re suggesting seems risky. If a DSA candidate runs but doesn’t receive a lot of votes, it’ll undercut our current national momentum. This is a reasonable worry. All big initiatives always carry risks, and the path I’m advocating is certainly not free of these. That said, if a Healthcare Not Warfare campaign doesn’t catch on like we envisioned, it’s a pretty simple pivot in March 2028 to explain that in the future we really need our standard-bearers like AOC, or our growing bench of national electeds, to step up in presidential primaries. Moreover, it’s worth noting that the risk of my Plan B proposal is on the whole significantly less than the risk entailed by an AOC run. We should all back her if she runs, since she’d fire up the base, provide huge openings for organizing, have a real shot at defeating a Republican (especially given MAGA’s unpopularity), be a great standard-bearer for our issues, particularly M4A and ending aid to Israel, and be less willing than mainstream candidates to capitulate to any anti-democratic machinations from Trump and co. But it’s also true that AOC could lose, which would be a devastating setback to the country and the Left. Or she could win and find herself unable to pass much, if any, of her (and our) program, a demoralizing prospect. So if we’re willing to take these risks with AOC (and we should), it follows that we should be able to take lower-level risks if she doesn’t throw her hat in the ring. What’s Your Plan B? The US Left is facing its biggest opening for growth and influence since the 1930s. Initiatives that would have been impossible a few months ago are now potentially feasible. A President AOC is now easier to imagine, but if she ultimately assesses that the risks aren’t worth the potential reward in 2028, we can’t be left flat-footed. So even if you’re not convinced by the specifics of my Plan B, I hope you can at least agree that it’d be a disaster for us not to have one — and not to start getting a Plan B into motion. Hopefully other organizers and political currents will put forward their responses and alternative ideas ASAP. The stakes are too high to just wait and see. More As always, please share this article widely. This newsletter depends on all you lovely people to get the word out. Thank you! I uploaded the full text of my Catalyst article on Milwaukee sewer socialism here (it’s updated and 3x as long as the version published earlier on this substack). If you haven’t yet, please make sure to subscribe to Catalyst here; I read every issue front to back, highly recommend. 🌹🎵 Ivan Lins (arranged by Arthur Verocai) — “General da Banda” 🌹🎵

Aug 3 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • laborpolitics.com

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Aug 3 • 12:28 PM EDT • Technology • articles.starcitygames.com

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Aug 3 • 12:26 PM EDT • Business • georgetowner.com

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Aug 3 • 12:24 PM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com

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Aug 3 • 12:13 PM EDT • Business • inc.com

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Aug 3 • 12:04 PM EDT • Health • cnycentral.com

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Aug 3 • 11:47 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

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Aug 3 • 11:01 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

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Aug 3 • 10:57 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

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Aug 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • rejournals.com

Good Communication Is Good Business by Geoffrey Losee

The following column was contributed by J.D. Fisher. Mixed-use communities are increasingly common. Restaurants, breweries, retail stores, entertainment venues, and professional offices often operate within walking distance of established neighborhoods. That proximity creates tremendous opportunity, but it also means that a business's decisions may affect more than just its customers. Many business owners understandably focus on obtaining the permits necessary to open their doors. However, municipal approval is rarely the end of the conversation. As a business evolves, whether by adding outdoor seating, live entertainment, extended operating hours, or other new amenities, the applicable zoning ordinance may require additional approvals or impose operational standards designed to balance commercial activity with nearby residential uses. From a business perspective, the question should not simply be, "Can we do this?" It should also be, "Have we communicated with everyone who may be affected?" Recent local news coverage highlighted how differing interpretations of a municipal ordinance can quickly become the subject of public hearings, legal arguments, and significant uncertainty for a business. While every situation turns on its own facts, one common theme emerged: practical solutions are more difficult to achieve if communication breaks down. Businesses can often reduce that risk by engaging early with the relevant stakeholders. That begins with municipal staff. Planning departments are oftentimes willing to discuss how an ordinance applies before substantial investments are made. Seeking clarification in advance may identify permitting requirements or operational limitations that can be addressed proactively rather than after enforcement action. Communication should not stop with local government. Nearby property owners and neighborhood representatives frequently appreciate being informed about proposed changes before they occur. A brief meeting, an informational email, or an invitation to discuss concerns can foster goodwill and reveal potential issues while there is still flexibility to adjust operations. That’s why such meetings often required for substantial projects and may be a good idea even if not required. Perhaps most importantly, businesses should view compliance as an ongoing process rather than a one-time event. Operational changes that seem minor from a business standpoint may have regulatory implications under local development ordinances. Periodically reviewing proposed changes with experienced land-use counsel or planning professionals can help identify issues before they become disputes. No ordinance can eliminate every conflict between commercial activity and residential expectations. Nor should every disagreement become a legal controversy. But businesses that invest in transparent, proactive communication place themselves in the strongest position to protect both their operations and their relationships within the community. In today's regulatory environment, good communication is more than good public relations, it is good risk management. If your business is planning to expand its operations, introduce a new use, or simply wants to better understand how local land development regulations apply, the attorneys at Rountree Losee LLP are available to help. Our land use and local government practice works with businesses throughout southeastern North Carolina to navigate municipal approval processes, identify potential issues before they become disputes, and keep projects moving forward with confidence. Read more at rountreelosee.com.

Aug 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com

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Aug 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • investors.fiserv.com

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Aug 3 • 7:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • wdwmagic.com

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Aug 3 • 6:37 AM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com

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Aug 3 • 5:27 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com

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Aug 3 • 2:52 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com

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Aug 3 • 2:21 AM EDT • Sports • wsj.com

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Aug 2 • 7:34 PM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com

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Aug 2 • 3:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

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Aug 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • nj.com

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Aug 2 • 11:08 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Kentucky governor says McConnell should disclose health details or resign

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Aug 2 • 10:23 AM EDT • Health • wkrn.com

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Aug 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

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Aug 2 • 6:30 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com

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Aug 2 • 3:45 AM EDT • Technology • sammobile.com

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Aug 1 • 11:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • spacedaily.com

Chile declares health alert for hantavirus

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Aug 1 • 7:41 AM EDT • Health • outbreaknewstoday.substack.com

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Aug 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com

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Aug 1 • 4:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Musk funds GOP midterms after SpaceX contract. Coincidence?

Republicans eager for Elon Musk's money to win an edge in the midterm elections would be wise to show some caution.

Aug 1 • 4:02 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com

Player Availability Report: #SKCvHOU

Player Availability Report is SportingKC.com’s look at the latest status updates around the team ahead of upcoming matches and is presented by Saint Luke’s. All details listed are from the league’s official Player Status Report that is submitted the day prior to the match. Sporting Kansas City returns home this

Jul 31 • 5:32 PM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com

Big new retail and entertainment development headed for northwest Fresno

Jul 31 • 3:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • fresnobee.com

The business of back-to-school

Back-to-school shopping is more than a seasonal ritual for families. It is one of the country's largest annual retail events, generating billions of dollars in spending.For retailers, it is a critical sales period. For economists, it offers an early snapshot of how Americans are responding to rising prices, shifting consumer confidence and broader economic uncertainty.

Jul 31 • 3:20 PM EDT • Business • news.asu.edu

6 Notable Details From the WSJ’s Trump Fundraising Report

New reporting explores the president’s pressure campaign against blue-chip companies to reward him financially.

Jul 31 • 1:52 PM EDT • Politics • nymag.com

Fans Shrug Off Ticket Price Hikes: Luminate Live Music 2026 Report

The live music business is enjoying a busy summer season, defying ticket-price concerns, as detailed on the latest 'Strictly Business' podcast.

Jul 31 • 9:05 AM EDT • Business • variety.com

People with frailty explain what they really want from digital health tools

"Older adults with pre-frailty and frailty are vulnerable to malnutrition, yet they often lack access to tailored, credible and accessible nutrition education," says researcher Adeline Lau, from Flinders ...

Jul 31 • 7:40 AM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com

Natural Grocers® Named 2026 Sustainability Retailer of the Year by Produce Business

/PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers®, the leading family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., has been named 2026 Sustainability Retailer of...

Jul 31 • 7:07 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com

Xbox's Four Priorities Detailed By Asha Sharma After Major 'Reset'

Core, Content, Creation, and Connection

Jul 31 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com

Natural Grocers® Named 2026 Sustainability Retailer of the Year by Produce Business

Industry recognition highlights the company's longstanding commitment to organic agriculture, regenerative practices and sustainable retail operations LAKEWOOD, Colo., July 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/...

Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • investors.naturalgrocers.com

The IAC and California-based Predictive Science Inc Predict the Solar Corona for the August 12 Eclipse Using the La Palma Supercomputer

Ahead of the upcoming solar eclipse on August 12, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the research group Predictive Science Inc. (PSI, San Diego, California), has successfully simulated in high detail the structure of the solar corona that will be visible during totality along the path of totality, including Palencia, where the IAC will gather more than 40 spanish, moroccan, and american astronomers.

Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • iac.es

Part 1: The Labor Department’s Proposed 401(k) Rule Protects Private Equity, Not Retirees

The Labor Department wants to open 401(k)s to private capital funds, leaving retirees to buy into a complex and opaque market ill-suited to the retail investor.

Jul 30 • 7:40 PM EDT • Business • bhr.stern.nyu.edu

Eau Claire Outdoor retail closure highlights growing strain on downtown businesses

Another downtown Eau Claire business is scaling back and closing its storefront, marking what local business advocates say is a growing trend of economic hardship in the district.

Jul 30 • 7:00 PM EDT • Business • weau.com

Medtronic leads $37M investment in CoreMap’s AFib mapping tech

The company's flagship technology was invented by Peter Spector, MD, a practicing electrophysiologist. It uses advanced electrodes to visualize details of AFib typically missed by other mapping systems.

Jul 30 • 3:29 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com

“Clueless” TV series revived, plot details revealed for Alicia Silverstone’s return as Cher

The news comes after a failed attempt to revive the 1995 teen comedy classic “Clueless” as a series at Peacock.

Jul 30 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

HRS: Watch “WAVY Science Lab” with Jeremy Wheeler on WAVY+

Get the details on “WAVY Science Lab” with Jeremy Wheeler on WAVY+.

Jul 30 • 12:56 PM EDT • Science • wavy.com

UK's IG Group agrees to buy sports gaming firm Underdog for up to $1.3 billion

Britain's IG Group said ​on Thursday it has ‌agreed to acquire U.S. daily fantasy sports and prediction markets ​operator Underdog for up ​to $1.3 billion, in a deal ⁠that would strengthen its ​position in the fast-growing U.S. ​retail trading market.

Jul 30 • 12:41 PM EDT • Sports • reuters.com

Tom Holland confirms ‘plan’ for passing Spider-Man mantle to a future actor: ‘It’s laid out’

Tom Holland says there’s a ‘whole plan’ in place that details how to pass the baton from one Spider-Man to the next: ‘It’s gonna change for sure, but I have a really clear vision.’

Jul 30 • 11:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Patrick Queen opens up on Steelers new defensive scheme

Patrick Queen offers insights on how Patrick Graham is rebuilding the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive scheme around clarity and details.

Jul 30 • 11:25 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

New court docs reveal how MrBeast pitches brands like Slack, Walmart

We dug through court documents to reveal MrBeast's ad rates and details of his pitches to Walmart, Slack, and Sony.

Jul 30 • 11:19 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Will the Braves curtail Austin Riley’s playing time?

Will enough be enough?

Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv

Why Nike is trying to reignite its sportswear business with a hoodie

Studio Fleece, the retailer’s latest line, aims to recreate a series of wardrobe staples for women, Nike’s Jill Gonzalez told Retail Dive.

Jul 30 • 7:24 AM EDT • Business • retaildive.com

Rick Neuheisel details Brendan Sorsby's future plans after phone call

Jul 30 • 5:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

CT radiation doses have decreased substantially over the last decade

Dose reductions relative over the last decade were greatest for chest exams with contrast (31%) and without (27%), experts detail in RSNA's Radiology.

Jul 30 • 1:18 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com

Getting The Small Details Right

From Legends’ Way to our new home shirt, Sunderland are respecting the little touches that can make a huge difference!

Jul 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

US Biathlon pushes back decision to join US Ski & Snowboard in merger of Olympic sport organizations

The U.S. Biathlon board of directors voted Wednesday to push back a planned merger with U.S. Ski & Snowboard in order to review the details after facing opposition from its community.

Jul 29 • 8:43 PM EDT • Sports • wral.com

Meta stock drops 10% as free cash flow gets crushed—and Zuckerberg hints at launching cloud business with few details

Meta's quarterly results showcased the strength of its core social media business, as well as the gap in its business model in the AI arm's race.

Jul 29 • 8:40 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com

Robinhood CFO details surging prediction market business as firm posts record revenue in Q2

Robinhood beat analyst expectations on several fronts though crypto revenue fell significantly.

Jul 29 • 7:05 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com

When will the casino open? Details to come soon.

Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center will hold an announcement event Thursday in New Bohemia.

Jul 29 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com

Drought shuts down Otter Tail River tubing business

A longtime Detroit Lakes tubing business is closed for now as drought leaves the Otter Tail River just inches deep in certain spots.

Jul 29 • 5:36 PM EDT • Business • valleynewslive.com

Local teen fighting hunger through detailing business

“I kind of just threw it out there,” he said. “I’d be donating the proceeds; it was pay what you want."

Jul 29 • 4:13 PM EDT • Business • whio.com

Business News: Independent Watch Retailer Collective Horology Sues Trump And Administration Over New Tariffs

California watch retailer files suit alongside spice importer against new tariffs it says have been imposed "unlawfully," causing "severe" negative impact on business.

Jul 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • hodinkee.com

3 takeaways from Mamdani's city-run grocery stores

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised city-run grocery stores. This week, he announced kitchen staples will have a 30% discount over private retailers.

Jul 29 • 2:22 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Check out the new Pixel Buds Pro 2 color that just leaked in an early retail listing

A new leak gives us our first glimpse of the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 in a never-before-seen dark green colorway.

Jul 29 • 1:16 PM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com

Redevelopment of Busy Bee site in Eastern Market gets $1.5M state boost

Property owner and developer Roger Basmajian is planning 17 apartments and 6,100 square feet of retail space at Gratiot Avenue and Russell Street in Detroit.

Jul 29 • 11:53 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com

Zombie sea cucumbers and the future of tissue engineering | Investors Lab

It's pretty cool, but not exactly news, that lizards can regrow their tails and starfish can regenerate arms. However, the lost or discarded body parts typically decay and die within a few days or weeks. Not so for those of at least one kind of sea cucumber. Researchers have found that detached tissue from these marine invertebrates can remain alive independently for years. Their findings could have a real impact on how we understand tissue culture, regeneration and aging in medical science. Saugat Bolakhe takes us beneath the surface for SN.

Jul 29 • 9:15 AM EDT • Science • sciencenews.org

In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid

Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data.

Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • opb.org

The Bear’s Den, July 29, 2026

The Chicago Bears brass spoke to the masses, and we have the details & more

Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Strong quake hits Japan's production hub, disrupts business operations

A powerful earthquake centred on Kumamoto in southwestern Japan on Tuesday forced a growing number of manufacturers, retailers and service providers to suspend operations across the region, disrupting supply chains in one of the ​country's key production hubs.

Jul 29 • 2:45 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Conservatives tout Biden tapes as proof of his decline. The audio is more nuanced.

Audio of Joe Biden's interviews with a ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017 show him referencing classified materials and occasionally struggling to recall details.

Jul 28 • 6:48 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Council proposes licensing every Fresno tobacco seller

Fresno city leaders proposed a tobacco retailer licensing program to strengthen enforcement against illegal sales. The ordinance heads to the City Council Thursday.

Jul 28 • 5:53 PM EDT • Business • thebusinessjournal.com

Newsom affair as mayor resurfaces amid presidential run rumors

Rippey detailed her ongoing struggle with alcoholism and sobriety.

Jul 28 • 4:45 PM EDT • Politics • sfgate.com

NEA Business Notes: Tractor Supply to stay in Walnut Ridge

The city of Walnut Ridge announced that Tractor Supply has signed a 10-year lease extension for its Walnut Ridge store, reinforcing the retailer’s long-term commitment to the community and the...

Jul 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net

Cubs designate struggling Jameson Taillon for assignment

Jul 28 • 12:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Google Pixel 11 leak details battery sizes & where some prices will technically drop

As if we’ve not seen enough already, yet another leak is reiterating some Pixel 11 details, including the higher starting...

Jul 28 • 9:30 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

Pokémon GO Fest: Mega Finale Announced

Just when you thought Pokémon GO Fest was over for another year, it turns out one more global adventure is still ahead! Mark your calendars for Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale, happening September 5th and 6th, 2026. We don’t know any details yet, but Scopely have shared the following: “The excitement of GO Fest […]

Jul 28 • 9:11 AM EDT • Technology • pokemongohub.net

Beshear says McConnell should disclose health details or resign

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) issued an ultimatum to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in a Monday letter: address Kentuckians about his ongoing absence from Congress or resign. The Republican senator…

Jul 28 • 9:06 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com

Microsoft Starts Offering Free PC Versions of Your Ubisoft Games on Xbox

Some restrictions apply, read article for details.

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • digitalfoundry.net

Dollar General opens call for small business vendors

The discount retailer is inviting eligible businesses to explore potential partnership opportunities and access training and funding resources.

Jul 28 • 7:08 AM EDT • Business • retaildive.com

Gen Z say selling their secondhand stuff online is teaching them more about business than college—and 85% of hiring managers agree

Exclusive: Hiring managers say running a Depop account impresses them more than an internship or a retail job.

Jul 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s message to Sen. Mitch McConnell: Disclose more about health or resign

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a message for Sen. Mitch McConnell, his state’s senior senator: Explain his long absence from the Senate and give details about his health, Beshear is insisting, or resign.

Jul 27 • 8:35 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra battery capacities leak

Samsung may finally be adopting silicon carbon anodes for its flagship phones. A few days ago we heard some new details about the Galaxy S27 family's...

Jul 27 • 7:31 PM EDT • Technology • gsmarena.com

Ad ASTRA Community Workshop Detailed Schedule Available

Detailed Schedule for the Ad ASTRA Community Workshop, 1-3 Sept 2026, now available.

Jul 27 • 5:40 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov

Mamdani Is Makes City-Owned Grocery Stores Sound Pretty Good

The mayor revealed that the five planned municipal stores will sell staples like produce, meat, and cheese at 30 percent below retail prices.

Jul 27 • 5:32 PM EDT • Politics • nymag.com

Cubs Designate Jameson Taillon For Assignment

Jul 27 • 5:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Marc Summers details the only episode of ‘Double Dare’ that never aired

‘Double Dare’ host Marc Summers recounts getting ‘physically sick’ after a kid got seriously injured while competing on the Nickelodeon game show.

Jul 27 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Swallowed needle leads to serious heart damage—persistent care saves the day

The patient, it turned out, had a habit of holding sewing needles in his mouth while he worked as a tailor. He did not mention this at first, however, creating quite a challenge for his care team.

Jul 27 • 4:53 PM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com

Claude, Codex, and other AI tools credited in today’s Apple security releases

Apple’s technical details on the many security fixes included in today’s operating system updates show how quickly AI tools are becoming part of vulnerability research.

Jul 27 • 4:29 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail voting

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to allow the administration to move forward with implementing a sweeping executive order aimed at mail voting — setting up a major elections dispute at the high court months before the midterms.

Jul 27 • 4:11 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com