EmDash

Accidently based.

Some quotes: “With numbers like these, it’s easy to see why birth rates are falling. Many Americans are saying that having kids doesn’t make financial sense”

“If the crisis threshold—the floor below which families cannot function—is honestly updated to current spending patterns, it lands at $140,000. What does that tell you about the $31,200 line we still use? It tells you we are measuring starvation.”

Another example on the endless list of substances that capitalists knew was killing their employees and customers, but continued to make and sell.

A brief history of Puerto Rico and its current status as a US colony.

Surprisingly positive reporting from The Guardian.

"Data center moratoriums are the new fracking bans. Environmental nonprofits are deploying the same playbook against data centers that they have used against oil, gas, nuclear and chemical companies over the past decade, and many business leaders are again tempted to stay silent.

But America is at a crucial moment that demands bipartisan realism on energy and electricity, the lifeblood of economic prosperity and global power. As artificial intelligence accelerates, abundance, cost and reliability must take precedence. Anything less will weaken national security, stifle growth and fuel inflation."

The H2-A program allows for non-residents to work farm jobs. Many farmers are angry that the program includes a minimum wage and that in 2024 anti-slavery provisions were strengthened. Trump has already lowered the H2-A minimum wage and removed the 2024 anti-slavery changes.

Advisers to President Trump have discussed the possibility of giving Mayor Eric Adams of New York City a position in the administration as a way to clear the field in November’s mayoral election and damage the chances of the Democratic front-runner, Zohran Mamdani

"A Reuters cameraman who regularly operated its live position on the roof of Nasser Hospital was one of five journalists among 22 people killed in Israeli strikes on the facility Monday."

"The U.S. government's budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion. Fiscal year-to-date deficit tops $1.6 trillion"

"FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor" who reports directly to the president of Paramount."