Every August, Bolivians climb mountains, light offerings, and whisper prayers to Pachamama, or Mother Earth.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The unlikely coalition fighting to keep Energy Star labels on your appliances.
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it.
grist.org/energy/unlik…
#Appliances #House #Energy— Grist (@grist.org) August 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Important—and still timely, I may add—read
— Tahar ???? ???? ???? ???? (@rochaa.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Texas Republicans’ push to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has kicked off a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their own House seats.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Towering over Kentucky politics for decades, Sen. Mitch McConnell is regarded as the master strategist behind the GOP’s rise to power in a state long dominated by Democrats. Now, his blunt-force style of campaigning — which undercut so many foes — is being used against him.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rooting for injuries… and suspecting this is a taste of what happens when DON Taco exits the Oval Office, willingly or feet-first:
… While bashing Kentucky’s longest-serving senator at a GOP dinner on the eve of Saturday’s Fancy Farm picnic, a tradition-laden stop on the state’s political circuit, [Nate] Morris was cut off in midsentence by a party activist in the crowd, who noted that McConnell isn’t seeking reelection and pointedly asked Morris: “What are you running on?”
Morris touted his hard line stance on immigration and defended Trump’s tariffs as a boon for American manufacturing. But he didn’t retreat from his harsh critique of McConnell…
The pushback from a county GOP chairman revealed the political risks of attacking the 83-year-old McConnell in the twilight of his career. Towering over Kentucky politics for decades, McConnell is regarded as the master strategist behind the GOP’s rise to power in a state long dominated by Democrats. The state Republican headquarters bears McConnell’s name. As the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, McConnell guided Republican policymaking and helped forge a conservative Supreme Court. Back home, his appropriating skills showered Kentucky with federal funding.
Now, his blunt-force style of campaigning — which undercut so many foes — is being used against him.
Morris is running against two other prominent Republicans — U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron — for McConnell’s seat. The outcome will be decided in the spring primary next year. Kentucky hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since Wendell Ford in 1992.
All three Republican hopefuls lavish praise on Trump — in hopes of landing his endorsement — but also have ties to McConnell, who mentored generations of aspirational Republicans. Cameron and Barr have chided McConnell at times, but it’s been mild compared to Morris’ attacks. Morris interned for McConnell but glosses over that connection…
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Is Trump gonna act as a straw buyer for Putin?…
The United States is auctioning off a $325 million yacht in the first American sale of a seized Russian luxury ship since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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