This isn't what I normally post, but I wanted to share that I have started a petition to call on Congress to pass the "Sunshine Protection Act" and end the whiplash of Daylight Saving Time.
If you'd like to sign it, please check out the link below. If not, a boost is appreciated as well to get the word out. Thanks!
@shekinahcancook LOL I do not have kids, but I believe that the legislation does actually make DST the permanent time as opposed to what we consider “standard time”.
Members of the House GOP are reportedly considering expanding the powers of Patrick McHenry, the Speaker Pro Tempore, as the House appears it will not obtain a Speaker for quite some time.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Laphonza Butler, the President of EMILY’s List, to serve in California’s vacant Senate seat that was previously held by Dianne Feinstein.
Mitch McConnell has announced that the Senate GOP will not pass bipartisan legislation from the Senate to fund the government, and is instead hoping to pass the incoming bill from the House that was recently passed with Democratic support.
A New York judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud by overstating his total net worth by roughly $3.6 billion in order to receive less expensive loans.
According to France's National Frequency Agency, the iPhone 12 emits a higher amount of electromagnetic radiation than is allowed in the European Union.
The ANFR announced that they will monitor any future updates to the iPhone 12 that attempt to fix the issue and that, if Apple should fail to do so, that they should recall the iPhone 12.
Scott McAfee, the Fulton County judge who will be presiding over Donald Trump’s racketeering case, has signed an order that will allow Trump’s trial to be televised.
When Trump surrenders on Thursday (the 24th), the four local channels that have been given sole permission to broadcast the arraignment will likely be in the courtroom.
Russia’s unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft, which was Russia’s first lunar mission since 1976, has crashed on the surface of the moon following a technical glitch.
The event was described as the result of an “abnormal situation” involving the lander’s engines that began yesterday.
X (formerly Twitter) will be removing the ability of users to block others, which is a feature that, according to owner Elon Musk, “makes no sense”.
This change is occurring despite requirements by both Apple and Google for social media apps to provide this feature, with Apple specifically noting that this would be intended for “abusive users”.
According to an intercepted phone call between a Russian soldier and his mother, Russia intends to remain in Ukraine until, at the earliest, 2026.
The call also indicates that sick and unwell Russian soldiers are regularly sent to the front line; The soldier identifies a man who had heart surgery a month prior and another man who is “almost blind”.
Elon Musk, the idiotic overlord of X, has reinstated Kanye West’s account.
West was banned on X (formerly Twitter) in late 2022 for a string of anti-Semitic posts, including a threat to go “death con 3” [sic] on Jewish people and an image of a swastika merged with the Star of David.
West has yet to post anything on his newly-restored account, but I am confident that his return will only fuel further anti-Semitism online.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said that he considering Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds as his running mate, but this is probably unnecessary.
DeSantis’ campaign has recently suffered from a number of problems, including lower-than-expected donations, layoffs of mid-level staffers, and poor poll numbers when compared to Donald Trump.
SAG-AFTRA, a labor union of actors, has voted to go on strike following the failure to reach a deal with the AMPTP.
Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt, who star in the new Christopher Nolan film “Oppenheimer”, have left the movie’s premiere in support of the industry-wide strike.
Following her arrest by Swedish authorities in late June, Greta Thunberg is now facing the possibility of a six-month prison sentence.
Thunberg, a twenty-year-old climate activist, has been charged with disobeying police orders during a protest that blocked road access to an oil port in Malmö.
GOP infighting continues as Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is kicked out of the “Freedom Caucus,” which consists of roughly three dozen far-right Republicans.
Greene was removed from the group because of a disruptive argument she had with another member of the Freedom Caucus, Lauren Boebert, regarding a hypothetical impeachment of President Joe Biden.