Bowser will talk to Reid while Trump cracks down on crime

'I wish she wouldn’t accept an award'

'We are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners'

'I'd tell them to think again'

A startup venture in New Zealand has discovered a way to extract critical battery minerals from rocks piled up as waste in mining operations. Olivine is of little value beyond a smattering of niche uses like the semi-precious peridot production, sauna rocks in Finnish saunas, and a substitute for dolomite in steel works. Aspiring Materials, […] The post Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals from This Unloved Mineral with No Waste appeared first on Good News Network.

After months of negative Texas Republican Senate primary polls showing him trailing a firebrand opponent, longtime Sen. John Cornyn appears to be gaining some ground. On Monday, Emerson College Polling showed Cornyn leading 30% against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s 29% among Republican primary voters.  Thirty-seven percent of the respondents remained undecided and the margin of error is 4.4%. Just 5% of respondents expressed a preference for “someone else.” The primary race has been a war of words, as Paxton has repeatedly accused Cornyn of being insufficiently conservative, while Cornyn has accused Paxton of corruption and has touted his own work in his years as a Republican lawmaker. The polling essentially shows a neck-and-neck race, which is usually bad news for an incumbent Senator of over 20 years, but a welcome development for Cornyn after a series of polls showing Paxton in the lead. Punchbowl News previously obtained a presentation from the Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican-allied group that backs Cornyn, showing him trailing “Paxton by 17 points in an average of 13 public and private polls taken during the first six months of 2025.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Emerson polling also illuminates the top political issues in the Lonestar State in 2026. “The top issue for Republicans is the economy (33%) and immigration (30%), while the top issue for Democrats is threats to democracy (31%) and the economy (26%),” reads the Emerson report. All in all, the data set is positive for Republicans. In a prospective matchup between Cornyn and Democrat candidate Collin Allred, Cornyn leads 45.2% to 38.1%, with 16.7% of the Texas respondents undecided. In a matchup between Paxton and Allred, the attorney general leads 45.9% to 40.6%, with 13.6% undecided. The Cornyn campaign declined to comment on the polling and the Paxton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Inquiries sent to the Allred campaign’s informational and press inboxes could not be delivered after “the recipient’s email provider rejected” them. The post Cornyn Gains Ground in New Texas Senate Primary Poll appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Dutch authorities are once again leaning on tech companies to act as speech enforcers in the run-up to national elections. The country’s competition regulator, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), has summoned a dozen major digital platforms, including X, Facebook, and TikTok, to a meeting on September 15. The goal is to pressure these companies into clamping down on whatever officials define as “disinformation” or “illegal hate content” before voters cast their ballots on October 29. EU regulators and civil society groups will be present at the session, reinforcing a growing trend where unelected bureaucrats, activist organizations, and corporate gatekeepers coordinate to shape public conversation online. Central to the effort is the EU’s new online censorship law, the Digital Services Act (DSA), a law that hands governments broad authority to demand content removals based on vague and shifting definitions like “harmful” or “illegal.” The ACM, tasked with enforcing the DSA in the Netherlands, is using this legislation to demand stronger content censorship from platforms in the lead-up to the vote. ACM director Manon Leijten said that platforms designated as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) must “take effective measures against illegal content” and operate with “transparent and diligent policies.” Beneath the bureaucratic language is a clear push to sanitize online discussion before the public has a chance to weigh the issues themselves. Back in July, the ACM had already contacted these platforms and asked them to outline their strategies for ensuring what it calls “electoral integrity.” The upcoming September meeting is designed to examine how these companies plan to enforce that goal, particularly regarding user-generated content during the campaign season. What is being marketed as a safeguard against threats to democracy is, in practice, a tightening of the boundaries around what people are allowed to say. The regulator is also encouraging users to report directly if they believe platforms have mishandled flagged content, setting up a system that could easily be gamed to suppress dissent. While officials claim this is about transparency, the real issue remains unaddressed. Who exactly gets to determine what counts as dangerous or misleading? If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Dutch Regulator Pressures X, Facebook, TikTok to Enforce EU Censorship Rules Ahead of October Election appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

Newsom Rally Hits ICE Flow, Large Mouthed Bass Melt Down

Bling, bling.

This giant whale banquet could support the ecosystem for many years, if not decades.