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Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein

Democrats are also seizing on an issue championed by the president’s base and nearly forced a vote Tuesday to take up the issue on the House floor.
Speaker Johnson said that Attorney General Pam Bondi
“needs to come forward and explain”
the confusion she has brewed after she said in interviews earlier this year that the
purported Epstein “client list” was sitting on her desk for review,

Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that he supported the release of the Epstein files days after Trump’s Justice Department said the matter was effectively closed. Johnson is a close Trump ally and has never broken so publicly with the president on an issue.

A few more images from Huston-Brumbaugh woods today, playing with focus and light. Pulled out one of the old cheesy Starburst filters from my wedding photography days for the shot of the sunlight through the trees.
#photography #macrophotography

Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade apologizes after saying homeless people with mental health issues who refuse help should get an "involuntary lethal injection" (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/brian-kilmeade-fox-news-ho…

Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Apologizes For “Just Kill Them” Comments About Mentally Ill Homeless People
Kilmeade had suggested to "just kill them."

I mean… protected bike lanes as a double win? Sure!
“We’ve taken a strong and visible approach to the problem of speeding and reckless driving... That’s also why we’ve installed so many protected bike lanes. One of the goals is to prevent speeders from passing on the right.”

Mayor Cavalier Johnson: ‘A leader has to stand up and lead even if some residents are not happy’
Nearly four years into the Milwaukee Mayor’s job, Cavalier Johnson, at only 38, wears the mayor’s mantle like a favorite pullover as he talks policing, crime and housing in Milwaukee.

Der #JungeRat #Kiel wird gewählt.
12- bis 19-Jährige können sich bis zum 29. September bewerben.

Junger Rat in Kiel wird gewählt – Nachwuchspolitiker gesucht
In Kiel steht die Wahl des Jungen Rats an. Jugendliche haben dabei die Chance, politische Erfahrung zu sammeln. Bewerbungen sind bis zum 29. September möglich. Welche Vorteile bietet die Teilnahme an diesem Gremium?

The federal government raised the price of stamps on Sunday.
The price of first class forever stamps is increasing by 5 cents, rising from 73 cents to 78 cents, according to Senior U.S. Postal service representative Marti Johnson.
It will also cost more to send a postcard in the United States -- that's going to run you 62 cents, up from 56 cents.
An international postcard went up by 5 cents to $1.70.

Cost of higher stamp prices now in effect, USPS says: Here's how much
The cost of stamps has gone up. A senior U.S. Postal Service representative called the jump a "rational and realistic approach."

Robust Scheduling on Uniform Machines - New Results Using a Relaxed Approximation Guarantee
Hauke Brinkop, David Fischer, Klaus Jansen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08979 https://

Robust Scheduling on Uniform Machines - New Results Using a Relaxed Approximation Guarantee
We consider the problem of scheduling $n$ jobs on $m$ uniform machines while minimizing the makespan ($Q||C_{\max}$) and maximizing the minimum completion time ($Q||C_{\min}$) in an online setting with migration of jobs. In this online setting, the jobs are inserted or deleted over time, and at each step, the goal is to compute a near-optimal solution while reassigning some jobs, such that the overall processing time of reassigned jobs, called migration, is bounded by some f…

‘Partygate,’ a Russian threat and reality TV: What hackers found in Boris Johnson leak
https://san.com/cc/partygate-a-russian-threat-and-reality-tv-what-hackers-found-in-boris-johnson-leak/

‘Partygate,’ a Russian threat and reality TV: What hackers found in Boris Johnson leak
Over 2,000 hacked files tied to ex-U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson have exposed daily diaries, notebook entries and private endeavors.

Visual artist Brian Jungen on embracing the unknown
#creativity #artist

Visual artist Brian Jungen on embracing the unknown – The Creative Independent
Visual artist Brian Jungen discusses how catastrophe sharpens focus, finding the perfect idea, and the artistic benefits of limitation

Eindrücke von jungen Frauen in der Kommunalpolitik
https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/ploen/junge-frauen-im-ploener-kreistag-der-ton-wird-immer-respektloser-XHU4LK4OIVH4RBUVPBGERUKQAY.html

Junge Kommunalpolitikerinnen: „Der Ton wird immer respektloser“
Kommunalpolitik hat ein verstaubtes Image. Zwei junge Kreistagsabgeordnete erzählen, warum die Kommunalpolitik ein toller Ort ist, um etwas zu bewegen – berichten aber auch von Hürden und sogar Morddrohungen.