Other Stuff

Now just waiting for Biden to sign it (today): Senate passes $95 billion package sending aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay | CNN Politics

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Bonus! Donald Trump nabs additional $1.2 billion 'earnout' bonus from DJT stock (yahoo.com)

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When even the Washington Post is reporting on the overwhelming number of illegal immigrant kids flooding into our public schools... D enver-area schools struggle to absorb surge of migrant, refugee children - The Washington Post

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This is a big deal in a lot of ways. It might get overturned by a federal court, but until it does it's likely to be a significant problem for Biden with young voters even though the law itself has bipartisan support; everyone who loves TikTok will know that Biden signed it into law: Congress passes TikTok sell-or-ban bill, but legal battles loom (usatoday.com)

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Related to the conversation with Robert Bryce: Xcel plan for building EV chargers, offering rebates trimmed 40% (coloradosun.com)

Remember that the way Xcel makes money is by spending as much money as possible because they're essentially guaranteed a rate of return by the regulators of their monopoly.

And just for fun, as long as we're bashing "renewable energy": Gone With the New York Wind - WSJ

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Can't say I'm surprised: Ranchers demand Colorado kills 4 wolves that preyed on cows (coloradosun.com)

Looks like there's a start on this already (although it's being reported as likely "natural causes": Reintroduced Colorado gray wolf found dead in Larimer County (denverpost.com)

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Stuff about women (mostly):

Attractive women inspire men to tell the truth and women to lie: study (nypost.com)

Female patients have lower mortality rates when treated by female doctors, study suggests (yahoo.com)

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Potentially interesting case at Supreme Court today: 5 things to know about today’s abortion case before SCOTUS - POLITICO

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This is a potentially very big deal though my hunch is that federal courts rule that the FTC doesn't have this authority: FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching - WSJ

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Interesting case. I hope Starbucks wins, and I don't say that very often: Starbucks versus the union: Supreme Court poised to back company over 'Memphis 7' union workers (msn.com)

More on what the case is about: Court to mull injunction in Starbucks case against Memphis union organizers - SCOTUSblog

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I’ve never ever heard a story like this: Medical miracle: Denver child's heart beats 14 hours later (kdvr.com)

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