The Texas grid operator — Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) — is asking residents to lower their power consumption this week “as much as possible” as temperatures over 100 degrees in some spots, combined with MORE
Two people are wounded and one person is dead following a shooting on Monday at a Georgia grocery store that was sparked by an argument over the store’s COVID-19 mask policy. The incident occurred at MORE
Personally, I prefer quiet time but apparently, COVId-19 is over in the sunny state of CA so make some noise! CA opens back up today and there are signs everywhere that hey, it’s over!!! So MORE
Greene delivered the public apology following a visit earlier Monday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum weeks after she drew condemnation from fellow Republicans for the remarks over the long Memorial Day recess. “I just want to MORE
With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing. Please feel free to post ‘headlines’ you would like to share MORE
A Department of Justice official appointed under Trump is stepping down at the end of next week amid backlash over investigations of leaks and subpoenas for the records of Democrats. John Demers, the head of MORE
In the viral videos of the incident, a Black teenager,19-year-old Brian Everett Anderson, is seen with his hands up and then drops to the ground after being tasered by an officer, who also repeatedly kneed 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
Mitch McConnell said on Monday that if the GOP regained control of the Senate in 2022, he would apply the same rule he made up in 2016 over the replacement of Justice Scalia that prevented MORE
Trump’s Department of Justice seized then-White House counsel Don McGahn’s Apple account info in February 2018, according to a source familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what the DOJ was looking for, or if the MORE
According to Minneapolis Police Department, a woman died after a speeding car drove through a crowd of demonstrators late Sunday evening. According to NPR: Demonstrators were gathered to protest the June 3 shooting death of 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
It’s Sunday and the weekend has come to an end. Below are a few articles and events we might have missed but are worthy of discussion. And in case you missed the Sunday shows, we MORE
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited last Monday at Justice High School in Fairfax Virginia. Wing nut site Newsmax objected to it and convened a 5 person panel to discuss it on Thursday. The panel MORE
This is a followup to 178 Texas Hospital Workers Suspended for Refusing COVID Vaccine U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes (Reagan) noted in the ruling that the federal government has advised that companies can require workers 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
Better late than never, we’ve had a very busy day. What my husband thought would be an easy job installing something for my mom turned into an all day project. So, pour yourself a beverage MORE
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear face masks or socially distance themselves from others while on the chamber floor or in committee hearings. The announcement 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
Early Saturday morning, at least thirteen people were injured, two in critical condition, by a gunman who opened fire in the downtown area of Austin, Texas. So far, no one has died from this senseless MORE
YouTube suspended Sen. Ron Johnson’s account on Friday after the Wisconsin Republican posted his recent remarks about alternative therapies to treat Covid-19. “We removed the video in accordance with our COVID-19 medical misinformation policies, which don’t MORE
Austin-Travis County EMS wrote on Twitter at about 2:30 p.m. that crews were responding to a dam in the Colorado River near Lady Bird Lake after multiple people called 911 reporting a boat “up against MORE
So this week I started planning (for real this time) a road trip for next month. Each summer we look forward to packing up the summer car and heading Up North — more a state MORE
Lobster divers literally pluck lobsters off the sandy bottom, and as he dove down, he saw schools of sand lances and stripers swimming by. The ocean food chain was in full evidence, but about 35 MORE
The Doral city council voted 4-0 on Wednesday to ban gambling and casinos from the city unless they were approved by the city’s residents in a referendum, the Miami Herald reported. The move comes after MORE