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Effective August 12: Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Harms Caused by Addictive Sports Betting

DENVER, CO – Bipartisan legislation to prevent harms caused by addictive sports betting practices will go into effect on August 12. SB26-1 31 , spon sored by Senator Matt Ball, D-Denver, addresses problems arising from the growing online sports betting industry by implement

Aug 3 • 3:33 PM EDT • Sports • senatedems.co

Wisconsin governor’s race tests limits of Democrats’ leftward shift

After years of Republican rule, Wisconsin Democrats are testing whether a democratic socialist is a viable candidate for governor in a swing state.

Aug 3 • 2:48 PM EDT • Politics • csmonitor.com

States sue Trump administration over federal assistance data sharing

Filed by 23 state attorneys general and two governors, the lawsuit alleges the federal government is sharing Social Security numbers with DHS

Aug 3 • 2:12 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

What is Truth API? The Truth Social tool for traders, explained

Trump Media launched Truth API on Saturday, selling traders faster access to some Truth Social posts. Here's how it works, and who it's for.

Aug 3 • 2:04 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Capital One: Trump Accounts Closed Over Probe, Not Politics

In a new court filing, the bank revealed why it shut down hundreds of Trump-tied accounts in mid-2021.

Aug 3 • 2:03 PM EDT • Politics • nymag.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

Summer Lee: Concerns over rise of socialism in Democratic Party ‘political noise’

Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) said Sunday the attacks from the GOP over the rise of socialist candidates in the Democratic Party is “political noise” and not indicative of voters’ true concerns. “That …

Aug 3 • 12:24 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com

How Democratic Socialists Are Shaking Up the Midterms

Aug 3 • 12:17 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

CHANCELL-ING: A Hopeful Conversation about Adolescent Mental Health

When our daughters were teenagers, LeShelle and I had many conversations about when we should give them cellphones. We were sensitive to potential mental health challenges that adolescents faced related to cellphone use and social media. We wanted to be careful about exposing our daughters to the inherit risks of social media, which were still emerging at that time.

Aug 3 • 12:10 PM EDT • Health • ucdavis.edu

Max Miller Is Trying to Brush Off Domestic-Abuse Allegations

The Ohio congressman denies his ex-wife’s claims and says he’s still running for reelection. His former father-ln-law, Senator Moreno, condemned him.

Aug 3 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • nymag.com

Essentia Health holding extended hours for sports physicals

Essentia Health is now offering sports physicals for high school students preparing for the upcoming athletic season.

Aug 3 • 11:45 AM EDT • Sports • essentiahealth.org

Essentia Health holding extended hours for sports physicals

Essentia Health is now offering sports physicals for high school students preparing for the upcoming athletic season.

Aug 3 • 11:45 AM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org

A Putin critic leaves Russia after he is barred him from running for parliament

"Good news: I'm alive and free. Unfortunately, not in Russia for the time being," opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin said in a video on social media, showing him standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Aug 3 • 11:06 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

How Friendships Can Benefit the Health of Your Mind and Body

Strong friendships have many benefits for the mind and body, including reducing the risk of chronic illness, so board-certified psychiatrist and author Sue Varma stops by TODAY to share her expert tips for making friends. She explains that it can take “50 hours to make a regular, casual friend” and up to “200 hours to make a bestie,” so she recommends showing up to places consistently, making small plans, being vulnerable, and focusing on “being interested versus interesting.”

Aug 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • today.com

Ferran Torres Talks World Cup Championship, Mental Health

Soccer star Ferran Torres joins TODAY to talk about Spain’s 2026 FIFA World Cup championship and shares insight into his epic extra-time goal in the final that sealed his team’s victory over Argentina. He also opens up about his mental health journey and gets surprised with gifts for his two dogs!

Aug 3 • 9:25 AM EDT • Health • today.com

Hades, King Herod and the Politics of Theater. A Starry August. Stageworthy News of the Week.

The producers of “Hadestown” on Broadway rescinded the casting of Geno Segers as Hades, after OnStageBlog reposted Segers’ (now deleted) videos on social media that belittled transgender people. Th…

Aug 3 • 8:54 AM EDT • Politics • newyorktheater.me

Tyson cuts profit outlook as beef business struggles

The country’s largest meatpacker now sees annual adjusted operating income of $2.1 billion to $2.3 billion for fiscal year 2026, lowering its range by $100 million.

Aug 3 • 8:50 AM EDT • Business • ttnews.com

Join MDI Mah Jongg at The Neighborhood House

NORTHEAST HARBOR — MDI Mah Jongg hosts invite players of all skill levels to join in an afternoon of fun, including social play, dessert and a raffle. The event takes

Aug 3 • 8:08 AM EDT • Entertainment • mdislander.com

This Is How Much Fiber to Eat Daily to Prevent Constipation

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a doctor reveals how much fiber to eat daily to prevent and treat constipation, and the best whole food sources.

Aug 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • today.com

Want To Live Longer? Start Tracking Your VO2 Max

A low VO2 max is considered a stronger predictor of mortality risk than smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes.

Aug 3 • 7:30 AM EDT • Health • vogue.com

Did Trump Finally Find an Offramp for the Iran War? | WSJ Politics Newsletter for Aug. 3

Plus, Blanche rescinds ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, which could aid his confirmation, and comparing new Air Force One to older models

Aug 3 • 7:07 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Virginia Immunization Awareness Month 2026

This year in August, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is celebrating its first Virginia Immunization Awareness month. August is a great time to talk about the importance of immunizations while children and their families are returning back to school. Ensuring children are up to date on their immunizations helps keep all children safe and healthy during the school year. In addition to educating parents about the importance of routine immunizations, VDH works with stakeholders and community partners to […]

Aug 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • vdh.virginia.gov

The Mental-Health Boost You Need Right Now: Small Talk

Aug 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • wsj.com

School Smartphone Bans Show No Effect on Youth Mental Health

Following a decade of declining youth mental health, many states have attempted to limit children’s access to social media and the internet by banning smartphones in schools. In new research, Henry Saffer finds no evidence that in-school smartphone bans have any effect on the screentime or mental well-being of young Americans.

Aug 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • promarket.org

‘The Democratic Party is asleep at the wheel’: Democratic socialists are strategizing for their biggest moment yet

DSA has taken a strategic approach to grow its power within the Democratic Party, picking off two House incumbents already this year and potentially a third on Tuesday in Michigan. As the group’s summit in Chicago made clear, its members see this as only the beginning of a fight against both Republicans and Democrats alike.

Aug 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

AMC Entertainment Shatters Weekend Revenue Records – Sets the Highest Weekend Revenue Mark in the Company’s 106-Year History

More than 10.2 million moviegoers attended AMC Theatres in the United States and ODEON Cinemas internationally from Wednesday through Sunday…...

Aug 3 • 3:29 AM EDT • Entertainment • investor.amctheatres.com

Aperol Can Tap Into Beer Market at Sports and Music Events, Campari CEO Says

EXCLUSIVE: Aperitif maker Davide Campari-Milano believes Aperol Spritz, a cocktail that mixes the crimson bitters with sparkling wine and soda, can replace beer as the go-to drink for some concertgoers and sports fans.

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

Daiwa Profit Beats Estimates as Equities Business Surges

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.’s quarterly profit rose more than analysts expected to the highest in 13 years, as Japan’s second-largest brokerage benefited from the global stock trading boom.

Aug 2 • 10:42 PM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com

Ken Martin hunkers down at the Democratic National Committee as a storm gathers around party leader

Desperate to save his job as chair of the Democratic National Committee, he is avoiding media appearances, monitoring his critics' social media posts and refusing — at least so far — to make any substantive changes at his troubled organization.

Aug 2 • 6:11 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Domestic-Abuse Allegations Shake Ohio Congressman’s Re-Election Bid

Rep. Max Miller draws a sharp rebuke from Sen. Bernie Moreno, who says his former son-in-law shouldn’t serve in Congress.

Aug 2 • 3:02 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Entire Squad endorses Abdul El-Sayed days before Michigan Democratic Senate primary

Every Squad member has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate primary, even as he distances himself from the Democratic Socialists of America.

Aug 2 • 2:41 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Trump Media now selling early access to president's Truth Social posts

Trump Media launched Truth API on Saturday, allowing early access to posts from prominent Truth Social accounts, including President Donald Trump's.

Aug 2 • 1:40 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Cori Bush’s Comeback Bid Tests Limits of Progressive Momentum

Cori Bush is trying to overcome millions in spending from pro-Israel groups to reclaim her old House seat.

Aug 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Algorithms of Hate: How AI Is Rewriting Identity Politics

Identity-based hatred has evolved into a profitable digital industry driven by social media algorithms, political polarization

Aug 2 • 11:22 AM EDT • Politics • fairobserver.com

A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

More progressives are swearing off traditional media, joining a shift toward podcasts, social media and digital news that conservatives saw years ago.

Aug 2 • 6:20 AM EDT • Politics • wmur.com

A democratic socialist in the White House? Activists are thinking big.

The Democratic Socialists of America summit was abuzz about whether to endorse a presidential candidate, potentially Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Aug 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren’t Creepy?

As more big companies invest in glasses that record audio and video and pack AI on board, privacy concerns are only getting louder.

Aug 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com

What I learned running with Jon Gray and 100 Blackstone analysts

I spent my Thursday morning jogging with Jon Gray and Blackstone analysts, and felt firsthand the business value of his social media jogging videos.

Aug 2 • 5:38 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Can Democratic Socialists Agree on Anything? They Say That’s Not the Point.

At a national summit of the Democratic Socialists of America, nervous energy and a sprawling tableau of sometimes-competing interests were on display.

Aug 2 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Democratic Socialists of America propose radical overhaul of US govt

The Democratic Socialists of America want to fight for working-class Americans by offering free healthcare and childcare. It has some other ideas too.

Aug 2 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com

Flathead Business Watercooler

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Aug 2 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • dailyinterlake.com

Study finds Lahaina survivors’ mental health worsening

University of Hawaii researchers with the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES) said Maui is recovering, but insecurity, housing instability, health concerns and weakening social support continue to place many families at risk.

Aug 2 • 1:24 AM EDT • Health • hawaiinewsnow.com

Panama: Haemophilus influenzae meningitis case reported in Veraguas Health Region

The Veraguas Health Region, located in the central-western region of Panama, confirmed a case of meningitis caused by the Haemophilus influenzae bacteria in a 12-year-old student from La Primavera School, diagnosed on July 29. The patient remains hospitalized, is receiving appropriate treatment, and is in stable clinical condition. The regional health director of Veraguas, Xavier A. Torres Domínguez, reported that, once the diagnosis was confirmed, the Ministry of Health (Minsa), in coordination with the Social Security Fund (CSS), immediately activated the epidemiological investigation and health response protocols established for this type of event. Canada: Haemophilus influenzae type B outbreak in Calgary As part of the actions implemented, the Epidemiology teams carried out the identification and monitoring of the patient’s close contacts, applying the corresponding preventive measures to reduce the risk of transmission and safeguard the health of the educational community. Health authorities explained that meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae is a bacterial disease that requires timely medical attention. In that regard, they urged the population to immediately seek medical attention if they experience symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiff neck, vomiting, drowsiness, or altered mental status. They also reiterated that vaccination is the main preventive measure against this disease, and therefore called on parents and guardians to verify that their children’s immunization schedules are complete, in accordance with the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

Aug 1 • 6:29 PM EDT • Health • outbreaknewstoday.substack.com

Prince Edward shares sweet moment with his great-niece, Princess Charlotte, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

It was a royal family outing as the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh joined the Wales family in the stands at the velodrome

Aug 1 • 5:15 PM EDT • Technology • tatler.com

FYI+ to host Raíces y Ritmos cultural celebration in Anthony

FYI+ will host Raíces y Ritmos, a free family cultural event in Anthony on Aug. 15 with food, entertainment, activities and community resources.

Aug 1 • 4:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • organmountainnews.com

Trump's threat to push ahead on settlement fund injects new uncertainty into attorney general talks

Trump asserted in a Truth Social post that he would keep acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in his current role and press ahead on the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” if Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis refuse to back Blanche.

Aug 1 • 12:15 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Smerconish: The growing power of the Democratic Socialists of America

Aug 1 • 10:40 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Disappointed by your skimpy pay raise? Blame your healthcare benefits.

It’s been two decades since companies’ health-benefit costs have climbed this fast.

Aug 1 • 9:30 AM EDT • Health • marketwatch.com

Corporate America's next assignment: save happy hour

Happy hour is on the decline due to high prices and changing social rituals. Companies are hoping team-bonding experiences can fill the void.

Aug 1 • 5:02 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Truth Social’s Cash Grab Will Not Save Trump’s Business

Senators have urged the SEC to investigate Trump’s social-media company selling immediate access to the president’s posts.

Aug 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nymag.com

These Democratic Voters Are Battling Over What Their Party Stands For

Progressive candidates are gaining momentum in primary battles with voters who are fed up with the status quo and drawn to populist policies like universal healthcare.

Jul 31 • 11:00 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

A voters guide to democratic socialism: It isn’t what most people think

Despite what conservatives say, democratic socialism is not anti-capitalist and is certainly not communism, writes Kalman Hettleman, but is squarely within the politics of most left-of-center Democrats. It's only scary because we let Republicans paint it that way.

Jul 31 • 10:40 PM EDT • Politics • marylandmatters.org

Iran War Pushes Companies to Raise Prices on Beer, Paint, Fries and More

Sherwin-Williams and the brewer of Samuel Adams are among those facing higher commodity and freight costs.

Jul 31 • 10:00 PM EDT • Business • wsj.com

UNCW Business School Students Travel to Prague for Real-Life Consulting Experience by Robert Burrus

This article was contributed by Kestrel Smoot, International Programs Coordinator for UNCW’s Cameron School of Business. During the most recent spring semester, 33 upper-level finance and marketing students from the UNCW’s Cameron School of Business traveled to Prague, Czechia, to participate in an intensive international consulting project. Unlike traditional study-abroad programs, the Prague consultancy project focuses on real client engagement. Each year’s project is entirely new, designed through collaboration between faculty and industry partners to identify a current business challenge that students will address. This year, students worked with MAMS-Champi, a Czech non-alcoholic beverage company that is seeking to expand into other global markets. Throughout the first half of the semester, students attend class at UNCW and prepare for their time abroad by conducting preliminary research, developing analytical frameworks, and organizing themselves into specialized teams responsible for tasks such as marketing strategy, industry analysis, consumer segmentation, and competitive evaluation. The course emphasizes independence and teamwork, requiring students to take ownership of their work, manage deadlines, and collaborate across functional groups. Additionally, faculty serve as advisors, allowing students to navigate the complexities of the project much as they would in a professional consulting environment. Once in Prague, students met with company leadership, toured facilities, and refined their recommendations based on real-time feedback. The in-person component is widely regarded as the most transformative aspect of the program because students must synthesize weeks of work into a cohesive presentation and deliver it to the client, demonstrating professionalism, strategic thinking, and adaptability. Beyond the consulting work, students participated in cultural and educational activities that broadened their understanding of global business environments. They explored Prague’s historic districts, learned about Czech culture, and engaged with local professionals. These experiences helped students understand how economic, regulatory, and social factors shape market opportunities. The Prague consultancy project stands as a defining example of the Cameron School of Business’s commitment to experiential learning, consistently strengthening students’ confidence, enhancing their resumes, and serving as a focal point in job interviews. Employers recognize the value of the hands-on experience and transferable skills students gain, underscoring the program’s role in preparing industry-ready graduates for today’s fast-moving business landscape.

Jul 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com

Socialism not new in US politics

The emergence of the Democratic Socialists of America and their political victories, from New York City across the fruited plains of Michigan and Wisconsin, all the way to Colorado, strikes many as a new thing in U.S. politics. Previous movements have, in fact, increased, sometimes significantly, the size and scope of government. But it has […]

Jul 31 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • minotdailynews.com

How 'The Sopranos' stars are paying tribute to Vincent Pastore

The "Sopranos" family is paying tribute to one of their own. The cast of the Emmy-winning HBO series shared tributes on social media after the death of Vincent Pastore.

Jul 31 • 6:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com

Want to Be a Millionaire? Don’t Start a Business. Run for Congress.

The U.S. needs legislation to stop members of Congress from getting rich over the course of decades in office, Brian Hamilton writes.

Jul 31 • 6:18 PM EDT • Business • barrons.com

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

Is It Healthy to Eat Cheese Every Day? Dietitians Reveal the Answer

Cheese is delicious, but how much is too much? Dietitians share the healthiest way to get your cheese fix on a daily basis.

Jul 31 • 12:05 PM EDT • Health • today.com

Stolen John Deere Gator recovered after weeklong chase by Pittsfield business

After a weeklong search spurred on by social media tips, Western Mass Power Equipment in Pittsfield finally had a stolen John Deere utility vehicle returned on Wednesday.

Jul 31 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • berkshireeagle.com

Is AI Reasoning Right for the Wrong Reasons?

The idea that artificial intelligence can “reason” is more intuitive than ever. But intuitions can be wrong, and the science is far from settled.

Jul 31 • 10:50 AM EDT • Science • quantamagazine.org

Shining a light on colloid science

Scientists and engineers gather to discuss impact of colloid science in our lives

Jul 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • udel.edu

Lelantos Holdings Transforms Roswell Cinema into 50,000-Square-Foot Airtopia Family Entertainment Destination

Roswell, New Mexico--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2026) - Lelantos Holdings, Inc. (OTCID: LNTO), through its Airtopia Adventure Parks subsidiary,...

Jul 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • newsfilecorp.com

Trump’s Immigration Push Keeps Expanding With New $100,000 Fee Idea | WSJ Politics Newsletter for July 31

Plus, inside Trump’s unprecedented fundraising operation and the rise and fall of Anthony Fauci

Jul 31 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Tesla weighs sale of China business to pave way for potential SpaceX merger, WSJ reports

At Yahoo Finance, you get free stock quotes, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, international market data, social interaction and mortgage rates that help you manage your financial life.

Jul 30 • 9:12 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation

Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.

Jul 30 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Sphere Revenue Growth ...

Sphere Entertainment Co (SPHR) reports a 30% revenue surge in its Sphere segment driven by 'The Wizard of Oz,' while advancing construction on new venues in Abu Dhabi and National Harbor.

Jul 30 • 7:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

McGuireWoods Advises Transform Health Partners on Medical Facilities Acquisition

McGuireWoods advised Transform Health Partners, LLC, a management services organization that manages outpatient medical weight loss programs within Ambulatory Surgery Centers in its acquisition of Sound Surgeons, a bariatric and...

Jul 30 • 5:22 PM EDT • Health • mcguirewoods.com

Apple Stock Falls Nearly 2% Before Earnings as Upgrade Program Launches

Investors are weighing expected double-digit revenue growth against margins, component costs and Apple's new device-leasing strategy.

Jul 30 • 3:53 PM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com

Mandela Barnes drops out of Democratic primary race for Wisconsin governor

The former lieutenant governor made the announcement in a video posted on his Facebook page as democratic socialist Francesca Hong has garnered strong support from the liberal wing of the party.

Jul 30 • 3:13 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Kudlow on Fox Business Network

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Kudlow on Fox Business Network to discussIran’s failed attack on U.S. military forces, the impending American response, the Republican agenda ahead of the 2026 Midterms, and the importance of passing the SAVE America Act. Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts on Iran strikes: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “It’s the […]

Jul 30 • 3:05 PM EDT • Business • banks.senate.gov

Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting

The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

Jul 30 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • wired.com

Essentia Health-Fosston expands access to specialty care

As rural health systems experience mounting challenges, Essentia Health-Fosston is embracing innovation to ensure patients can receive care from expert specialists close to home.

Jul 30 • 12:24 PM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org

The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You

Avi Schiffmann has a new version of his controversial AI companion. It’s more expensive, and you can’t change its personality.

Jul 30 • 11:39 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com

Free Play Days – WWE 2K26, Polterguys: Possession Party and Wildgate

This weekend, Polterguys: Possession Party is available this weekend for XBOX Game Pass members, while WWE 2K26 and Wildgate are free for all. Jump in!

Jul 30 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com

Hamilton County families urged to get school vaccines before classes begin

With the first day of school approaching, the Hamilton County Health and Social Services Division is encouraging parents to schedule their children's required v

Jul 30 • 10:59 AM EDT • Health • newschannel9.com

Even GB News cringes as Reform turns dementia patients into a political football

Honest Bob was rattled at the idea of joining cross-party talks on social care. Why bother behaving as a serious opposition?

Jul 30 • 10:58 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

Hims & Hers sued over sending users health info to social media platforms

Digital telehealth platform Hims & Hers is facing a civil lawsuit over accusations of sending users’ health information to online advertisers after promising privacy.

Jul 30 • 9:37 AM EDT • Health • fox5dc.com

Japanese politics is becoming less of a turn-off for the young

Social-media-savvy politicians are drawing them in

Jul 30 • 9:02 AM EDT • Politics • economist.com

Preeclampsia rates in minority communities shed light on the social roots of maternal health disparities

Disproportionate rates of preeclampsia – a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication – in immigrant populations reflect the physical toll of social and economic insecurities.

Jul 30 • 8:14 AM EDT • Health • theconversation.com

Community Spotlight: Charm City Care Connection | Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy

Charm City Care Connection built its East Baltimore drop-in center around health care, dignity, and belonging.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • publichealth.jhu.edu

UNC Health Pardee Welcomes Three New Providers to Pardee BlueMD

UNC Health Pardee Welcomes Three New Providers to Pardee BlueMD

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pardeehospital.org

Research Says This Is The Best Way To Walk For Heart Health

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a researcher reveals the best way to walk for a “higher, better” impact on health.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • today.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

Colorado’s 72-hour social media warrant law takes effect Aug. 12

A law requiring social media platforms to respond to search warrants within 72 hours goes into effect on Aug. 12. Senate Bill 011 also requires platforms to create a staffed hotline for Colorado law enforcement agencies to contact regarding pending search warrants. The bill is a pared-down version of last year’s Senate Bill 086, which […]

Jul 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com

Most Americans say they would not back a democratic socialist for president

Left-leaning candidates have been gaining strength in recent primaries, posing challenges for a Democratic Party that is debating how to win mass appeal in 2028.

Jul 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Hackers invaded the social site of a Miami business. Could yours be next?

How to protect your firm from online hackers.

Jul 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • miamiherald.com

ArcelorMittal Posts Fall in Net Profit But Sees Improved Outlook for European Business

The steelmaker said supportive trade measures had improved the prospects for its European business and expects second-half sales to outperform those of the first.

Jul 30 • 1:55 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com

Michael Morales-UFC 330 rumors on potential fight debunked

Budding contender Michael Morales stirs up a possible fight booking on social media. Reports suggest otherwise, though.

Jul 29 • 9:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.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

Neither party is talking about what voters actually care about

Politicians are fixated on social media outrage while voters remain focused on the economy and inflation.

Jul 29 • 8:13 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com

Childcare Gaps Cost NJ Businesses $2.28B

In New Jersey, childcare is often framed as a family issue, a social issue, or an education issue. It is all those things – but it is also a

Jul 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • njbmagazine.com

Political Science 101: Socialism vs. Communism

Now, either the President of the United States doesn’t understand the differences between democratic socialism, which is an economic philosophy that is gaining some momentum on the far left right now, particularly among younger voters, and communism; or Trump is merely slinging emotionally-charged rhetoric at people who also don’t understand the distinctions. There is a word for that technique; it’s called “propaganda.”

Jul 29 • 7:58 PM EDT • Science • manchester.inklink.news