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Both Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia and Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio told television hosts today that they expect an infrastructu…
Jul 26Comment 370Share
Today was an absolutely perfect July day and I'm not going to ruin it by looking at the news. Buddy finally broke out the camera again this week, so I'…
Jul 25Comment 247Share
On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans ever to land, and then to walk, on the moon. They …
Jul 24Comment 479Share
The backdrop of everything political these days is the 2022 midterm election. The most immediate story in the country is that coronavirus infections ar…
Jul 23Comment 483Share
The story that grabbed headlines today was that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected two of the five people House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
Jul 22Comment 461Share
Today, the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York indicted three men for illegally influencing the foreign policy positions of a p…
Jul 21Comment 343Share
This morning, on the Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, personality Steve Doocy told viewers to get the coronavirus vaccine because it would “save your …
Jul 20Comment 385Share
Changes in culture?I just read the New York Times piece by Roxanne Gay suggesting that people are horrible to each other online because they feel helpless against …
Jul 19Comment 2,280Share
In Maine, July makes up for February. I'll see you tomorrow. H.
Jul 19Comment 160Share
A year ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at 80 years old. As a young adult, Lewis was a “troublemaker,”…
Jul 18Comment 327Share
This morning, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, told reporters that the seven-day average of Covid…
Jul 17Comment 545Share
Today Americans began to see the concrete effects of the American Rescue Plan show up in their bank accounts, as the expanded child tax credit goes int…
Jul 16Comment 381Share
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