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House Speaker Mike Johnson is hoping to get all of his members on board a new reconciliation package and pass it next week.
House Republican leaders released the text of their $95 billion third reconciliation bill on Wednesday morning and aim to pass it next week.
The bill provides $10 billion to the House Administration Committee to give in grants to implement the SAVE Act -- a voter ID bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
It directs $60 bill…

House Republicans Outline $95 Billion Reconciliation Package
The proposal includes money for defense and provisions to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

@… I am hoping for a tornado or derecho.

At this moment, in our small garden, the cherries are finishing, the raspberries are yielding bucketloads, and the strawberries are just starting. The parsley has gone to seed and the mint and oregano are just flowering, and the various chives and garlicky things have seedheads.
However, the slugs appear to be munching all the mizuna seedlings - I'm hoping the hedgehog will help with that. We did have a frog for a while but I think they've left.
We can go two days without…

Seen in town yesterday: new drum planters and a desk I deeply desire but that's nearly £800 😲 There's a viking exhibition on in the priory. Some detectorists were there and we had a good old chat and I'm hoping we can go along to their next meeting. Also had fun with fibre arts and learnt a bit about spinning.
Edited to add: the library is doing a #reading bingo card! I'm jus…

2026 Opponent Preview: Dallas Cowboys, Week 5 https://www.buccaneers.com/news/2026-opponent-preview-dallas-cowboys-week-5

Even though most Republicans have quietly moved on,
JD Vance is still hoping to get enough juice out of Charlie Kirk’s death to sell books.
In early June, the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from Vance’s latest memoir,
“Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,”
which is officially released tomorrow.
In it, Vance credits Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk — who is even more hated than her dead husband — for convincing his wife, Usha Vance, to have a fourth child…

JD Vance's sad book tour shows why his 2028 hopes are fading - Salon.com
In "Communion," the vice president assumes people still care about Charlie Kirk

It’s a mundane Monday morning. Grey, damp, dreary, depressing. Quiet at work though. I am done at three, so hoping the quiet continues.

Why a board game is popping up across the NBA, NHL, and NFL https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7510019/2026/08/13/catan-board-game-timberwolves-josh-allen/

Even with the support of new emerging regulations,
independent researchers still face major barriers to accessing even basic social media data
essential for studying everything from election integrity to public health crises.
However, if you happen to be a commercial for-profit hoping to study social media,
there is a thriving, $100 million-plus market that freely trades this same data with very few restrictions.

Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't
Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.

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