Labour vs Conservatives: What are their policies and where are they in the polls? Rishi Sunak has fired the starting gun – a general election will take place on 4 July. We look at the policies of Labour vs Conservatives. Plus, what do the polls say? 05/24/2024 - 2:06 am | View Link
A Lender to Consumer Start-Ups Falters, Rattling Its Clients Ampla, which lent money to smaller businesses that sold clothing, home furnishings and other items directly to consumers, is struggling financially and seeking a buyer. 05/23/2024 - 10:03 pm | View Link
Everyday Cheapskate: Winter is coming, and it’s already time to start thinking about heat costs Whatever you decide, consider selling things you no longer need and working as much overtime as possible to help raise additional cash so you can borrow even less. Then make a commitment to redirect ... 05/23/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
Financial Educator Shares 3 Things to Remember Before You Start Saving up For an Emergency Fund Anna, a certified financial educator, offers practical advice on managing money, saving efficiently, and building wealth sustainably. Follow her tips for financial success. 05/22/2024 - 2:43 am | View Link
What Do Students at Elite Colleges Really Want? Elite universities have always been major feeders into finance and consulting, and students have always wanted to make money. According to the annual American Freshman Survey, the biggest increase in ... 05/21/2024 - 10:02 pm | View Link
emptywheel - Jack Smith invites Aileen Cannon to protect the country instead of Trump;
God's Spies - another thing to worry about: the Thwaites Glacier;
Just an Earthbound Misfit - Boebert gets Buttigieged;
Strangely Blogged - Zippy wants your money;
Tell Me a Story - bears and wolves and incels! OH MY!
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When they first crawled out from under their rocks, Moms for Liberty pretended to be just a grassroots group of moms with everyday concerns such as having threesomes, underage drinking parties, shoplifting, book burning, fascism and quoting Hitler.
But now they are dropping their facade and have announced an initial drop of $3 million on four swing states, including Wisconsin:
The coordinated push in presidential swing states also raises questions about the group’s intentions and funding.
I hope you are all having a peaceful Memorial Day weekend! Here is your Sunday cartoon and open thread. Pull up a chair and tell us what you're doing this lovely weekend.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — At least two people are dead after severe weather swept across Texas and Oklahoma overnight, causing extensive damage and outages, authorities said.
Sheriff Ray Sappington confirmed the deaths in rural Cooke County in Texas near the Oklahoma border on Saturday night.
“It took some time to get back in there because of all the damage with the power lines, and trees were down.
MANCHESTER, England — Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country.
Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored.
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“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the promoter said in a statement.
As protests erupted across college campuses this spring amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, Arizona State University (ASU) president Michael Crow—who runs a large state institution with nearly 80,000 students enrolled on campus and more than 65,000 online—was not immune from the heat. In late April, pro-Palestian protesters erected an encampment on the school’s Tempe, Ariz.