The musician Chappell Roan has spoken out against fans’ “creepy behaviour” amid the explosion of interest in her and her music, saying she and her family have been stalked and harassed both in person and online. The 26-year-old singer, whose debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess now sits behind Taylor Swift at No 2 on the US music charts, posted two TikTok videos on Monday night, in which she called out people for allegedly stalking her and her family,...

The newsrooms of PolitiFact and Capital B will collaborate this election season on fact-checks and analyses of issues that are important to Black Americans. The partnership will focus on providing accurate information about the topics driving social conversations in Black communities, ensuring that Black voters have the knowledge they need to navigate the political landscape and make informed decisions. This collaboration combines the PolitiFact newsroom’s prowess for fact-checking politicians...

Millennials born to low-income families in the Philadelphia region have lost the most economic ground compared to their Gen X predecessors among the largest U.S. metros, a new analysis finds. Why it matters: Intergenerational mobility — the idea that you'll do better than your parents, your children will do better than you, and so on — is core to the American dream, but is far from a guarantee. What they did: A new analysis from the Census Bureau and ...

Couched with the spin of election denialism, a report from the New York Times admitted Republican efforts to shore up integrity posed a problem for the left. Nearly four years after concerns over drop boxes, mass mail-in ballots, and an exceedingly long count had been among the litany of issues voters had spoken up about, a change in membership of the Georgia State Election Board marked a win for common sense. After approving a new rule to act on discrepancies, coverage from the Times was...

Maui’s beach community of Lahaina is celebrating the recovery of a 151-year-old banyan tree damaged in the devastating August 2023 wildfires. Source: Lahaina Celebrates Recovery of Historic 151-Year-Old Banyan Tree That Survived Devastating Maui Wildfire – EcoWatch Very cool.

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Richard Medhurst says he was arrested at Heathrow Airport, London, under the Terrorism Act, Sec 12.  He believes he is being persecuted because he reports on Palestine. Six police officers were waiting […]

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by James Howard Kunstler, Daily Reckoning: Does anybody know what this shape-shifting chimera passed off as “our democracy” actually is? I will tell you. Like everything else in the blobocracy’s tool bag these days, it’s the opposite of what it appears to mean, namely: You, the demos, give us, officialdom, the power to take whatever we like […]