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"On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow of the New York Times. But that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies that answered those calls. The staff at the centers were fired. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or about 35.8%. On Monday…

July 12, 2025
On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow of the New York Times. But that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies that answered those calls. The staff at the centers were fired. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or about 35.8%. On Monday, July 7,…

14 juli! Kommentar! #Frankrike https://www.dn.se/varlden/erik-de-la-reguera-hotet-fran-ryssland-satter-sin-pragel-pa-franska-nationaldagen/…

Erik de la Reguera: Hotet från Ryssland sätter sin prägel på franska nationaldagen
Årets upplaga av 14 juli präglas av allvarstoner. President Emmanuel Macron säger att den franska friheten inte varit så hotad sedan andra…

One of the RV dwellers Lurie plans to displace is a staffer helping Joel Engardio fight his recall. #sfPol
https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/11/l…

Lurie has a plan to get RVs off the streets. RV dwellers say it's cruel and misguided
The residents react to City Hall's voucher proposal: "That's a step down."

Republican senators,
who had been in a mad rush to see Trump’s tax and spending legislation passed by the Fourth of July,
admitted that they didn’t know what the provision was.
“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” said Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley during an interview on Tuesday.
Texas Senator John Cornyn admitted, “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does.”
“I was so focused on Medicaid, I wasn’t looking for other reasons to…

GOP Senators Stunned by Terrible Rule in Budget Bill They Voted For
Did these senators actually read the bill?

Maga stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump over Ukraine arms shipments (Joseph Gedeon/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/marjorie-taylor-greene-ukraine-war
http://www.memeorandum.com/250715/p71#a250715p71

Musk: Come on, you need Grok!
Pentagon: Nah, we good.
[ Musk turns Grok antisemitism up to 11 ]
Musk: How about now?
Pentagon: Where do we sign!?
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628d9mre3go
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Musk's Grok signs $200m deal with Pentagon just days after antisemitism row
The deal is part of the Trump administration's push for more aggressive adoption of artificial intelligence in the government.

peace to viv savage/david kaff. have a good time all the time. https://www.jambase.com/article/david-kaffinetti-viv-savage-spinal-tap-obituary

David Kaffinetti, Who Immortalized Viv Savage In 'This Is Spinal Tap,' Has Died
British actor and musician David Kaffinetti, best known for his portrayal of keyboardist Viv Savage in the film 'This Is Spinal Tap,' passed away on Friday, July 11 at age 79.

«Love Will Tear Us Apart»
Hoy, 15 de julio, habría cumplido 69 años el autor de esa desgarradora frase. Ian Curtís, vocalista de Hoy Division, quien se suicidó el año 1980, antes de que la canción fuera publicada como single.
#IanCurtis #JoyDivision

I've often wondered "Who is behind all these evil US policies?" MAGA had the answer all along 🤦‍♂️
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"But it is not clear that will silence MAGA voters who backed Trump in part because they thought he would lead the fight against an elite group of pedophiles controlling the country."
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July 13, 2025
This weekend saw the development of an extraordinary rift in MAGA world.

“Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42” by @…:
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/07/sassy-outwater/
The “and m…

Sassy Outwater-Wright: Accessibility Champion and More, Dies at 42
Sassy Outwater-Wright died on July 12, 2025 of cancer. She was the self-described Tumor Killer Girl in her fierce, honest, and often heart wrenching writing about the disease that ultimately took her life. As she said during a 2022 public radio interview “My superhero name is Tumor Killer Girl.