JUST IN: US inflation jumped to 4.2% (y/y) in May —>the highest in 3 years and up from 2.4% in February before the war in Iran.
Higher gas and energy prices drove 60% of the gain. Shelter and food (especially restaurants) also contributed. The monthly increase was 0.5%.
Core inflation (excluding food and energy) was 2.9% —>highest since September
Texas cops fired dozens of tear gas grenades into an innocent woman's home. They smashed windows, wrecked her fence and drove through her front door. Her daughter's dog went deaf & blind.
Then the city left her with the bill.
Six years later, her saga is finally over. A thread.
BREAKING: Somali FIFA referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the United States upon arriving at Miami International Airport and was sent back to Turkey. Although he was selected to officiate the World Cup and held a valid visa, he was barred at the border due to the U.S. travel ban list, which includes Somalia, per BBC
As of two days ago, the Pentagon recognizes every Christian faith in America as Christian
Except one
That’s not okay, and it needs to change—now
Pass it on if you agree
Mike Lee demands that Pete Hegseth immediately reverse the new Pentagon policy that excludes Mormons from DOD’s list of recognized Christian denominations. He says it is “offensive” and “repugnant.”
🚨 Pardoned Jan. 6er Emily Hernandez drove the wrong way on the road, killing one person and injuring another.
She has been returned to prison with a 10-year sentence.
So let's play your logic all the way out, chief
We take Babe Ruth, the game's greatest legend –– he of the .342 BA and 714 HR as a hitter, a 14-inning complete game in the World Series and career 2.28 ERA over 1200+ innings (twice as many as Shohei, btw) as a pitcher, and an OPS+ of 206, showing that he was more than twice as good as the average hitter of his day –– and he would be A Fat Garbage Man today.
Is it your position, then, that every single other player of Ruth's day –– all vastly inferior by any measure –– would just be fatter, garbage-er men today?
Denmark's new government just announced major pig welfare reforms.
They're banning the practices of restraining sows in farrowing crates, breeding them beyond their natural limits, and cutting off piglets' tails.
They're also requiring pigs get more space and rooting material. And they're stepping up farm inspections and penalties for cruelty.
All while the US Congress is trying to wipe out the few state laws that protect pigs via the Save Our Bacon Act buried in the farm bill.
Denmark just showed what's possible for pigs when voters demand it — and politicians listen.