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Free Chat Friday, Week 26
Happy Friday, News Viewers, welcome to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Chat. . . . . That reminds me, Independence Day is coming up and I wonder, is this nation MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, welcome to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Chat. . . . . That reminds me, Independence Day is coming up and I wonder, is this nation MORE
President Joe Biden is raising wages for federal firefighters to no less than $15 an hour, as the White House seeks to put a spotlight on the growing threats of wildfires and heat waves exacerbated MORE
The death toll for the Surfside building collapse rose to 12, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Tuesday. The total number of people unaccounted for is now 149 and the number of people accounted MORE
The World Without People (Do we deserve it?) On Free Range Free Chat things can be a bit confusing. It started as a free chat forum with a focus on animals, but we can’t very MORE
Thirteen million people in the Pacific Northwest will contend with a historic heat wave. 70-79 F// 80-89 F// 90-99 F// 100+ F NOAA This Sunday could be the hottest day on record in Portland, Oregon, MORE
One body was recovered on Saturday as the death toll rose to five with 156 people still unaccounted. Hazardous conditions at the site of the building collapse slowed emergency workers down. Story updated 5 minutes MORE
The oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami had “major structural damage” to a concrete slab below its pool deck that needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report on the building. MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, and guess what? This is yet another Friday without Trump for a president. Of course, it’s also a Friday without Rudy as a New York Lawyer; and a Friday following the MORE
An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary committee said in MORE
The Biden administration is forcing out the chief of the United States Border Patrol, Rodney S. Scott, who took over the agency during the final year of the Trump administration, a Department of Homeland Security MORE
By the end of the five-day bash, Edmonson County, Kentucky authorities had arrested 14 people, and charged four dozen people from five states. A massive country music festival in Kentucky this past weekend started off MORE
The training, approved by the State Department, underscores the perils of military partnerships with repressive governments. Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in MORE
I’ve often said “why isn’t there more blue food””– and the same is true for animals–why aren’t there more blue animals? Red, Green, Brown, Black among others make a limited palate and why? Blue animals MORE
With reports of violence greatly exaggerated. The Western Conservative Summit is an annual gathering of right wingers that typically takes over the Colorado Convention Center for two days each summer. It is organized by the Centennial Institute and Colorado MORE
Attorneys who filed what Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called a frivolous lawsuit in an effort to overturn the results of the presidential election are facing backlash for their failed attempt. Both before and after MORE
This much is clear: The coronavirus is becoming more transmissible. Ever since the virus emerged in China, it has been gaining mutations that help it spread more easily among humans. The Alpha variant, first detected in the MORE
Happy Friday News Viewers; Friday has rolled around again, only this week, the wheels on the Friday bus are ON FIRE. Heat waves across the country–reminding me of the age old question — What about MORE
Donald Trump’s oldest son is flogging videos of himself online, while Ivanka is keeping an unusually low profile By Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian columnist. My father, you won’t be surprised to hear, is not a billionaire MORE
The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are both struggling to bring in money and hold onto members, as the far-right organizations deal with the repercussions of being connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The MORE
Abbott made national headlines with his announcement Thursday in Del Rio that Texas would build its own wall at the Mexico border, though he provided no further details and said he would lay out the MORE
The White House did not make a decision about whether to seek a new law with specific criminal penalties for committing or supporting domestic terrorism. The Biden administration on Tuesday rolled out what it said MORE
”Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with the decision but wrote separately suggesting that Congress should fix the problem” The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a revised federal law does not allow prison inmates to seek a reduction in MORE
The Westminster Kennel Club still held its annual dog show this week– relocated with COVID protocols– but otherwise, the same fascinating show. This year, four new breeds were included and the Best In Show was MORE
While most Americans go about their calmer post-Trumpian lives under the Biden administration, a significant number of their fellow citizens live in a different reality entirely. For them, a world of dystopian intensity has just MORE
The 49 victims who were massacred at a gay nightclub shooting in Florida are being honored this week with a community run, a museum exhibit, a mass yoga session, a gay chorus performance and a MORE