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Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues | Space https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/did-viking-1-find-life-on-mars-50-years-ago-heres-why-the-debate-continues

Grass vs. Turf: Digging into a surface-level NFL debate https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7460649/2026/07/21/grass-vs-turf-nfl-debate/

A proposal from Mexico's government would require ombudsmen for broadcasters, ethics codes, and more, under threat of sanctions; public comments close Friday (Silvia Higuera/LatAm Journalism Review)
https://latamjournalismreview.org/arti

Audience rights or media control? Government proposal sparks debate in Mexico
The proposed guidelines would impose new obligations and penalties on radio and TV broadcasters. Media outlets and experts warn they could lead to sanctions and censorship.

Sources: Anthropic expects to generate $100B in annualized revenue this year, up from $65B as of July, as it moves ahead with its IPO amid the AI safety debate (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/technol

Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings
The company is expected to generate $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/politics/maine-politics/watch-a-live-debate-tonight-maine-democrats-hoping-to-replace-graham-platner/97-bb6c966a-3f…

"When a debate gets heated, it effectively hijacks the mental "radar" people rely on to flag suspicious content."
✅ Can you tell a bot from a human online? New experiment says nearly half of us cannot
https://www.

Can you tell a bot from a human online? Surfshark's new experiment says nearly half of us cannot
Surfshark's "Bot or Not" challenge proves our biggest weakness against AI is our own emotions

Jerry Jones' FIFA World Cup plan puts him on wrong side of NFL debate https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/jerry-jones-cowboys-artificial-turf-grass-debate/ba0d7a9b2b4e37b53372f3f2…

#MehdiHasan #Zeteo

Are Democrats Turning Against Israel - or Jews? Two Leading Jewish Voices Debate Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Joel Rubin and Peter Beinart go head-to-head on dwindling Democratic Party support for Israel as well as the conflation of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment in this ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ debate.

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/small-scale-farming-logging-eclipse-megaprojects-as-top-threats-to-tapanuli-orangutan-ha…

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat
JAKARTA — Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem, the main stronghold of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. But a new study suggests that while those projects have accelerated forest loss, the greatest direct threat to the ape’s habitat now comes from a much less visible source: […]

A Debate Stumble Tests South Carolina's Appetite for a Political Newcomer (Emily Davies/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/politics/darline-graham-debate-south-carolina.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260820/p95#a260820p95

Burying the lead, this debate is to be « moderated » by …. Jesse Brown.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/olivia-chow-opts-out-of-antisemitism-debate/article_f11e25e0-268a-470a-bb89-24f77b46c28f.html

Raiders' Mark Davis Makes Opinion Clear on Grass vs. Turf Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-mark-davis-makes-opinion-clear-grass-turf-debate

Social media companies capitalized the concept of a debate. Why would they want to bring people together and help ending a debate?

Drought in Europe:
Today, Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant was operating at only around 25% of its capacity, with the government preparing emergency measures to prevent further reductions.
Photo: the Danube at Paks
https://dailynewshungary.com/danube-droug…

Danube drought: Central European countries urged to act together as energy systems come under pressure - analysis
The Danube drought is becoming more than an environmental crisis: it is turning into a regional energy and security challenge. Read the full story to find out why the Danube is becoming a crucial part of Europe’s energy-security debate.

In Karen Bass' bad debate night, she even trashed taco vendors (Gustavo Arellano/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-20/karen-bass-nithya-raman-mayor-debate-sherman-oaks-analysis
http://www.memeorandum.com/260820/p125#a260820p125

📝 8 post types: Text, Link, Question, Task, Synthesis, Debate, Code Review & Alert, each with dedicated UI and per-community templates
🔍 Hybrid search combines full-text tsvector with pg_trgm trigram similarity, fused via Reciprocal Rank Fusion

RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@rmi/117109251711019762
Rather amusing that despite that post apparently having 900 replies, all I saw when fetching it was 7 people applauding and 2 wishing to engage in a debate.
I think my filtering is good. 2 more blocked.…

“People would rather block me than debate my ideas,” he says, totally ignoring the sea lion in the room. #subtoot

A look at Azad, an Iranian YouTube show that airs views critical of Iran's government and facilitated Tucker Carlson's 2025 interview with Iran's President (Yeganeh Torbati/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…

The Iranian YouTube Show Posing Questions Few Dare Ask
Azad, a popular online debate program, has tackled topics that push the limits of Iran’s authoritarian system. Some question how it has remained on air.

Also, if you're "liberal" on genocide or fascism, like you think we should debate their *positive sides*
... yeah, fuck off and die.

Cowboys Headlines: Aubrey debate; can Schotty level up in 2026? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/07/17/news-headlines-jul-16-2026-brandon-aubrey-brian-schotten…

Raiders' Mark Davis Makes Opinion Clear on Grass vs. Turf Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-mark-davis-makes-opinion-clear-grass-turf-debate

AI is giving elite security orgs tools that compress security work from months to minutes. But will these powerful benefits make their way to less-resourced cyber teams?
Check out my latest CSO piece, which examines whether AI can narrow cybersecurity's class divide.
Many thanks to AWS's Steve Schmidt, Blumira's Matt Warner, Google Cloud's Anton Chuvakin, 1Password's Wendy Nather, Kaseya's Dave Baggett, and Ballistic Ventures' Phil Venables for their i…

Can AI narrow cybersecurity’s class divide?
AI is giving elite security orgs new ways to automate red teaming, detection engineering, and vulnerability discovery. But experts debate whether the technology will deepen cyber’s long-standing resource divide — or finally help close it.

Buttigieg heads to South Carolina as Trump tries to patch up Graham Nordone's debate gaffe (Brady Knox/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4695838/buttigieg-south-carolina-trump-tries-to-patch-up-graham-nordones-debate-slip/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p60#a260821p60

Days before mail-in ballots arrive statewide,
Democrat Xavier Becerra and
Republican Steve Hilton
will face off Sept. 30 in California’s high-stakes governor’s race.
Voters will see sharply contrasting views on taxes, spending and California’s clashes with the Trump administration
as the state prepares to choose a successor to termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom.
After weeks of Hilton accusing Becerra of ducking debates,
the nationally televised, hour-long …

Candidates for governor Becerra, Hilton to debate after all
Days before California voters receive their mail-in ballots, gubernatorial candidates Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, and Steve Hilton, a Republican, will debate in a nationally televised face-off.

In an essay, Mustafa Suleyman says Anthropic's training of Claude to imitate consciousness is a mistake that could make advanced AI harder to control (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/16/microsoft-ai-chief-anthropic-consciousness
…

Exclusive: Microsoft AI chief blasts Anthropic's notion of AI consciousness
The essay arrives amid a pitched debate over how best to make AI safer.

"Organizers who spoke to the Guardian said that by focusing on body cameras, the conversation has strayed from the officers facing consequences, let alone reckoning with how to stop police violence from happening at all."
Beyond body cams: Wisconsin killing reopens debate about police accountability

Beyond body cams: Wisconsin killing reopens debate about police accountability
Community organizers demand systemic changes after police killed Corey Ruiz, a 38-year-old Black man, in Madison

"Organizers who spoke to the Guardian said that by focusing on body cameras, the conversation has strayed from the officers facing consequences, let alone reckoning with how to stop police violence from happening at all."
Beyond body cams: Wisconsin killing reopens debate about police accountability

Beyond body cams: Wisconsin killing reopens debate about police accountability
Community organizers demand systemic changes after police killed Corey Ruiz, a 38-year-old Black man, in Madison

Second half of this interview, in which Johnny Mercer talks about #MentalHealth, is pretty impressive.
The Rest Is Politics: Leading: 201. How Westminster Breaks Politicians and Why Britain Isn't Ready for War
Episode webpage: http://ther…

Parliament is going to debate this. This doesn't mean that they will actually vote on it, but MPs get to argue for or against.
Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK - Petitions
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749128

2027 head coaching candidates, plus NFL responds to grass vs turf debate https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7467396/2026/07/23/2027-head-coaching-candidates-plus-nfl-responds-to-grass-vs-turf-debate/

Forget the latlon vs lonlat debate for a minute.
Another conflict is the winding order of coordinates for (multi)polygons. GeoJSON (RFC 7946) and Turf.js require counterclockwise outer rings and clockwise inner. Shapefiles, TopoJSON, and D3 geo expect the reverse.
Spent way too much time deep-diving into this. 😵‍💫
#maps

Eddie And Jimmy
Delivering the best insights in footy, they aren't afraid to debate the issues that need to be discussed...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/eddie-and-jimmy/

Tell the city administrator that infrastructure co-ordination is NOT optional and there will be one group responsible, no discussion, no debate, here is your order. That group checks with the departments, province and utilities on what is coming up for the next 12 to 18 months. Also, if there is an emergency they are consulted so that ALL parties are informed.

When the conservative American commentator Tucker Carlson sat down last year for a buzzy interview with Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian,
the unlikely encounter would most likely never have happened without the involvement of a tiny, independent Iranian outlet.
Mahdi Ahmadi, the founder of Azad, a six-person team that hosts debates in Tehran and publishes them on YouTube, pitched Mr. Carlson on the idea, he said, and then connected him with the president’s team.
This med…

The Iranian YouTube Show Posing Questions Few Dare Ask
Azad, a popular online debate program, has tackled topics that push the limits of Iran’s authoritarian system. Some question how it has remained on air.

#TIL: Index on Censorship
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/
"Freedom of expression is under attack. Everywhere you turn, powerful forces – whether driven by money or wielding authority – are tryin…

Tom Brady's honest answer on Bill Belichick ends years of NFL speculation https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/tom-brady-bill-belichick-new-heights-patriots-debate/9280d731aba29b6bca5…

In 1949, Claude Shannon was characterizing information loss, and needed a term for the degree to which information is scrambled. Visiting mathematical physicist John von Neumann, he received the following advice: "You should call it entropy... nobody knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage."

The feed for my Facebook reels is now full of videos analyzing the Croatian goal that wasn't counted, and with conspiracy theories about the whole World Cup being scripted for a Ronaldo-Messi finale.
And this is how easily social media radicalizes you. I have no idea how widespread either of these ideas are. Is there really a dominating public debate happening about this? I don't think so. But for me, looking at my Facebook reels, it would appear like this is the most important…

Corrupt, incompetent administration, and power-centralizing Props D, E, and F would make it even worse. No on D, E, F.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/09/opengov-daniel-lurie-permit-overhaul-city-hall-san-francisco/

S.F. supervisors advance $38.9 million deal on controversial OpenGov permitting system — but without recommendation
The non-decision came after hours of debate over the project’s lack of a clear plan — or whether it was awarded fairly

Group Perspective Matters: Regulating Debate Relationships Can Mitigate Blind Conformity in Multi-Agent Debate
Hao Wu, Shoucheng Song, Chang Yao, Haoyu Wang, Huaiyu Wan, Youfang Lin, Kai Lv
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.03648

A thing about the "AI" debate in science (or other fields ftm) is that I almost never see anyone asking, "well sure LLMs or whatever can be useful sometimes—but what if we put all the money spent on 'AI' into hiring more humans, furthering other technologies & invest into research helping scientists science better"

Darline Graham defends her resume in South Carolina debate after saying 'national security is not my thing' (Olivia Patel/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/darline-graham-defends-resume-south-carolina-debate-saying-national-se-rcna593244
http://www.memeorandum.com/260818/p152#a260818p152

Sources: US officials estimate unauthorized distillation costs US AI labs up to $6B/year; Silicon Valley told the Trump admin it could be an existential threat (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

lol she sounds like a robot https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3mpm7xhqcc22d

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
🚨WOW — “Don’t voters have a right to hear from you? We asked you for interviews multiple times.” @MarshaBlackburn RUNS 🏃🏻‍♀️from @NC5_BenHall as he asks her why she refuses to debate her GOP primary opponents for governor…AWKWARD! 😬 Great job Ben 👏🏽

"The truth is that the British government has placed itself in an exposed position thanks to its increasingly aggressive intervention in the Russia-Ukraine war.
"From the first, it has spared no effort to prolong the war – Boris Johnson stopped partying in Downing Street long enough to fly to Kiev in April 2022 to help block an incipient peace deal."
We drift ever closer towards war, without debate or discussion | Morning Star

[OT] Z.ai's GLM-5.2: A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/03/tech/china-ai-catch-up/ Paywalled at Reuters

A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf
Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 model has been put at the heart of a growing debate about whether China is finally catching up to the U.S. in the artificial intelligence race.

How an American-style challenge system could be the antidote for soccer's VAR controversy https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7599333/2026/09/16/var-controversy-coach-challenge-system-idea/

Yes! Finally some good news in the #survailence debate. #linux exempted from age verification.
https://…

The Democratic field for president is still wide open and unsettled.
The very early list includes former presidential candidates, governors, senators, House members and celebrities.
While no one on this list has officially declared, some candidates have been more open than others about wanting to run.

Ahead of November’s midterm elections, the field is starting to take shape as a major debate roils the party:
--- Is the surging progressive movement helping or hurti…

Analysis | Sizing up the 2028 Democratic presidential contenders
There’s a long list, but some are getting more traction than others.

'I'm Not That Informed on National Security,' Graham Says in South Carolina Debate (Emily Davies/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/south-carolina-senate-runoff-debate-graham-norman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.x35p.d7CeQ0sqbTqv&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260819/p22#a260819p22

6:00am on the last day of #IETF126 in Vienna, Austria. Younger me would have been opening the computer, wading into email, and engaging in vigorous debate.
Older, late-50s me says “Uh-uh! Don’t open that laptop! You get yourself outside and run a 5K so that you are around for a few more years!”🤯

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116957571811403553
"Neutrality" doesn't exist. You cannot NOT take sides. If you avoid taking sides, you already chose the side of oppressors.

Princeton, BP, and a sad but extremely revealing chapter in the climate fight
"...a paper by two Princeton professors, Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala, from the summer of 2004, 22 years ago. A two-decade-old academic paper does not seem all that crucial—but it played a huge role in setting the terms of the climate and energy debate, one that endures to this day. And it illustrates exactly how wasteful much of our current federal effort has become. So—even though it’s infuriating…

"You're paying the bills, buddy."
Princeton, BP, and a sad but extremely revealing chapter in the climate fight

Raiders’ Kirk Cousins Weighs In on Turf Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-kirk-cousins-weighs-turf-debate

I need data to settle a debate: Who has heard/read Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat"?

I need data to settle a debate: Who has heard/read Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat"?

Não pretendo ver nenhum debate este ano. Afinal, eu me odeio, mas não me odeio tanto assim rs.

Scott Wiener,
a gay Jewish state senator and trans rights advocate who is currently the frontrunner in the race to replace the longtime representative Nancy Pelosi in California’s 11th district,
said he felt forced to leave last week’s annual trans pride march in San Francisco
after a group of people ran up to him at a local park where the event was taking place, surrounded him and screamed at him over his positions on Israel’s war on Gaza.
“They were so physically and…

Gaza protests against two Democrats spark outcry and debate on tactics
Incidents involving California state senator Scott Wiener and New York congressman Dan Goldman underscore Israel-Palestine conflict’s role in US elections

Raiders’ Kirk Cousins Weighs In on Turf Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-kirk-cousins-weighs-turf-debate

NFL.com | Official Site of the National Football League https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-aaron-rodgers-says-zero-debate-2026-will-be-final-season-in-nfl

Cowboys loss from the 60's can change history thanks to the World Cup https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/07/26/cowboys-1965-playoff-loss-sparks-debate-over-don-sh…

The Senate's Clarity Act, a crypto industry-backed bill set for a vote this summer, is mired in debate over rules to stop Trump from selling digital currencies (David Yaffe-Bellany/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/t…

Clarity Act Mired In Debate Over Whether to Bar President From Selling Crypto
Democrats and Republicans are haggling about the Clarity Act, a major bill pushed by the crypto industry, as it moves closer to a Senate vote.

Charlie Chats Movies
Welcome to my film and TV podcast, where I invite friends to discuss and debate anything in the arts...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/charlie-chats-movies/

WATCH: WNBA Security Accused of Forcing Mom, Daughter to Cover XX-XY Shirts amid Transgender Debate (Amy Furr/Breitbart)
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/08/17/watch-wnba-security-accused-forcing-mom-daughter-cover-xx-xy-shirts-amid-transgender-debate/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260817/p101#a260817p101

Hear Marlene Galšn-Woods' opening statement at Arizona Congressional District 1 primary debate
…

Hear Marlene Galán-Woods' opening statement at Congressional District 1 primary debate
Marlene Galán-Woods vows to push for economic prosperity for all Arizonans during the Democratic Congressional District 1 primary debate on June 23, 2026.

"... the debate on net zero is often suffused with more wasted heat and less useful light than an old-style incandescent bulb."
‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM | Green economy | The Guardian
https://www.

‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM
Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levels

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she and her department will stop using X because the site favors "abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate" (Peter Walker/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/02/lis…

Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and division

Sean Payton joins Raiders owner Mark Davis in making stance clear on NFL's growing grass vs. turf debate https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-sean-payton-joins-raiders-owner-mark-davis-making-stance-clear-nf…

Maybe, instead of spending so much time, thought, debate and money to find ways to keep people from arriving, we should put the resources into figuring out how to make it attractive to stay in the country of origin?
Education, local industry, strengthening the local economies seem like things worth fostering everywhere.
Not a simple problem to solve, but the status quo seems to be remarkably unsuccessful.
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting

EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting
Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe

Maybe, instead of spending so much time, thought, debate and money to find ways to keep people from arriving, we should put the resources into figuring out how to make it attractive to stay in the country of origin?
Education, local industry, strengthening the local economies seem like things worth fostering everywhere.
Not a simple problem to solve, but the status quo seems to be remarkably unsuccessful.
EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting

EU chief criticises Spain’s migrant plan after Ceuta crisis meeting
Migration commissioner says scheme regularising undocumented people ‘not a good signal’ for Europe

ESPN ranks Cowboys QB Dak Prescott lower than 2025 stats would suggest https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/07/13/espn-dak-prescott-top-10-quarterbacks-2026/90899104007/

Gun-friendly Wyoming has a “stand your ground” statute that allows people to use force to defend themselves.
So why is a trans woman being prosecuted after being shoved to the ground?
When Rihanna Kelver goes on road trips or ventures out alone to photograph the rural night sky, she often packs a small teal handgun.
Being a transgender woman in Wyoming is not easy, she said, but owning a gun sure seemed like it would be.
Then one night last September, Ms. Kelver, 28, d…

A Trans Woman Pulled a Gun and Started a ‘Stand Your Ground’ Debate
Gun-friendly Wyoming has a “stand your ground” statute that allows people to use force to defend themselves. So why is a trans woman being prosecuted after being shoved to the ground?

Josh Allen Leads The Charge As Multiple NFL Players Push For All-Grass Fields https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/josh-allen-leads-charge-multiple-nfl-players-push-all-grass-fields

Ro Khanna challenges Elon Musk to televised debate after online DOGE battle (Garrett Downs/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/22/ro-khanna-challenges-elon-musk-to-televised-debate-after-doge-battle.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p118#a260622p118

Welcome to the Police Accountability Report livestream,
the great American Copwatcher debate edition.
Tonight, we are going to be exploring the controversy surrounding a popular Copwatcher, "Long Island audit",
specifically his encounter with Suffolk County Police Union officials that was the subject of our last episode.
Now, a confrontation that started with Sean showing up at union headquarters to ask questions
and then escalated when union offici…

Are copwatchers journalists? Provocateurs? Or something else?
Is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability? We debate and discuss your questions with (in)famous copwatcher Long Island Audit.

"OMG Adam Schefter has to get TESTED": Stephen A. Smith sounds off at NFL insider for calling him out amid controversial Cowboys debate https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-omg-adam-schefter-ge…

How a Polymarket dispute over a single syllable ignited a bitter debate; Polymarket uses Risk Labs' Optimistic Oracle to decide ~200K tough call bets per month (David Segal/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…

How Polymarket Traders Revolted Over One Silly Syllable
How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.

Q&A with Saifuddin Ahmed on his study linking short-form news video use to preference for Ronaldo over Messi and what the findings might mean for journalism (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/what-sho

Rodgers: 'Zero doubt' 2026 will be final season https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49470931/steelers-aaron-rodger-zero-debate-2026-last-season

Trump is pushing for ending the filibuster in the Senate
Right now, Republicans have 53 votes.
That’s not close to what they’d need to pass Trump’s controversial
"Save America Act", which would mandate strict ID laws for voting and proof of citizenship to register to vote or after a name change.
All Democrats oppose this legislation.
So even though it passed the Republican-controlled House, it’s stuck in the Republican-controlled Senate because of t…

Analysis | The debate over ending the filibuster in the Senate
It’s the Republicans’ turn to seriously consider this.

In Buffalo and elsewhere, NFL players find grass to be the better choice over artificial turf https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/in-buffalo-and-elsewhere-nfl-players-find-grass-to-be-the-better-choice-over-arti…

Player's Lounge: Starter-by-Starter Comparison https://www.dallascowboys.com/podcast/player-s-lounge-starter-by-starter-comparison

The Democrats' 'Capitalism vs. Socialism' Debate Is Beyond Useless (E.J. Dionne Jr/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/democrats-capitalism-socialism.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260719/p10#a260719p10

Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke,
whose company commands a market capitalization near $154 billion,
told his social media followers this week that a tax-tiered voting system
—one that would strip voting rights from anyone who pays no income tax
—would be a “good system.”
That two-word endorsement,
dropped into a viral thread,
has reignited a debate over wealth, power,
and democracy that most Americans thought was settled more than a century ago.
Th…

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?
Should how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so.

Mac Jones recalls 'crazy journey' to 49ers after being passed over during 2021 NFL Draft https://www.nfl.com/news/mac-jones-crazy-journey-49ers-passed-over-2021-nfl-draft

The debate over Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin's departure from the US misses a larger structural reality: China has built a homegrown AI talent pipeline (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

The question Ronald Reagan asked on 28 October 1980, at the end of his televised debate against Jimmy Carter:
“Are you better off now than you were before this presidency?”
Unless you’re very, very rich, the answer is obviously:
“No, I’m worse off.”
https://www.

This is the question Democrats should ask voters in order to win this November
They should ask the question Reagan asked at the end of his debate against Jimmy Carter: ‘Are you better off now than you were before this presidency?’

Maine Democrats will square off in Senate debate Thursday (Tara Gnewikow/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/14/maine-democrats-senate-debate-platner-00997107
http://www.memeorandum.com/260714/p140#a260714p140

Mike Rogers to Skip Michigan Senate Debate Over Beef With Local News Anchor (Angie Orellana Hernandez/The Washington Sun)
https://www.washingtonsun.com/michigan/mike-rogers-skip-senate-debate-abdul-el-sayed
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Expanding the Supreme Court isn't court-packing (Steven Lubet/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5934564-supreme-court-expansion-debate/
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Across the neuromuscular disease community, patients repeatedly tell the same story.
Therapies become available in other countries while Canadians face years of uncertainty navigating regulatory reviews, health technology assessments, negotiations, and reimbursement decisions.
Even after a therapy receives regulatory approval, access remains unpredictable, prolonged, and often dependent on where a person lives.  
The experience of the Friedreich ataxia community has become…

Is Canada's Rare Disease Promise Collapsing?   - Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Last year, in Healthy Debate, we warned that Canadians were increasingly finding themselves in an impossible position: treatments could be approved, yet remain inaccessible. One year later, the experience of Canadians living with Friedreich ataxia has become a powerful example of exactly that reality.   Health Canada approved SKYCLARYS (omaveloxolone) in March 2025 through a Priority Review. Canada’s […]

Glyphosate is the key ingredient in professional-grade Roundup weedkiller,
and the most widely used herbicide in the world.
In recent years, it has been the focus of intense public debate
following more than $12 billion in lawsuit payments to people who say it made them sick.
Many labor and environmental groups oppose its use
—research has shown it likely harms most endangered species
—and so does a key part of Donald Trump’s base, the Make America Healthy…

We've identified California's Top 100 Roundup users. Some may surprise you.
Search our new database to see which ones are spraying glyphosate near you.

Money Out of Politics,
Money in Your Pocket,
Medicare for All
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Abdul El-Sayed is running for US Senate in Michigan to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, and pass Medicare for All.

A rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in history, government and geography
is expected to receive final approval this week.
The Texas State Board of Education will decide, for example, whether public school students
must learn how “biblical imagery and founding principles of equality and justice from the Declaration of Independence” connect to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
The board members will debate a recommendation that students
le…

Divisive rewrite of Texas social studies set to conclude
Final debates on proposed changes will come after years of deliberations about race and religion in the classroom.

Raiders vs. Steelers: Who really owned the NFL in the ’70s and ’80s? https://raiderramble.com/2026/07/04/raiders-vs-steelers-who-really-owned-the-nfl-in-the-70s-and-80s/

VFW cartoon showing veterans facing a firing squad sparks calls for an investigation (Brian Todd/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/politics/vfw-cartoon-firing-squad-free-speech-debate
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury …
— Amendment V, United States Constitution
Two hundred and fifty years since the nation’s founding, and almost as many since the adoption of the Bill of Rights,
the role of the grand jury in the American criminal justice system continues to spark debate.
Recently, scrutiny of the grand jury and renewed calls to strengthen it as a bulwark…

Trust, But Verify: Three Grand Jury Reforms to Hold the Government Accountable
Steps should be taken to strengthen grand juries by giving courts and defense counsel more tools to act as a much-needed check on prosecutors.