https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91DoiansHqk
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Michigan DNR encouraging residents to keep an eye out for invasive beetle
“What happens is the beetles themselves, once that female lays the little egg in the little depression, then the little larvae, once it hatches, tunnel into the tree and they end up going in the tree so deep and so far that not only do conventional pesticides, insecticides not reach all of the tree, but also all of that damage and removal of that wood weakens the tree itself,” said Nelson…
Chuck Redd canceled his performance in protest. Now the Kennedy Center must pay his legal fees : NPR
"No citizen should have to spend time and money fending off baseless and politically motivated lawsuits filed by the Trump Administration."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/11/nx-s1-5928311/chuck-redd-kennedy-center
White House pushes DoJ to revive reflecting pool case against Olympian
Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, dropped the charges against the man, David Hearn, on 31 July, blaming a contractor for a flawed installation. In a 20-page filing dismissing the charges, Pirro’s office said it had received evidence that damage to the pool occurred before Hearn visited it, and that “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/reflecting-pool-david-hearn-doj
1 year in, National Guard troops have became part of D.C. life : NPR
"I worry about these troops standing on street corners fading into the background, and people starting to accept this as just a fact of life," says Joseph Nunn, counsel at the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security program. "Armed military personnel standing on the street corners in an American city should never be normal."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/11/nx-s1-5927230/national-guard-dc-anniversary-trump
A midwife crosses 'maternity deserts' to make a difference for Black moms and babies
"This goes beyond a mere inconvenience," said Dr. Michael Warren, chief medical and health officer for the March of Dimes. "We know that those women who live in maternity care deserts are more likely to have bad outcomes when it comes to their pregnancies."
More than 20,000 babies die before their first birthday every year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And about 600 women a year don't survive pregnancy-related complications.
The risks are heightened for women of color, according to the most recent maternal mortality data from the March of Dimes and the CDC. Rates of maternal death are significantly higher for Indigenous and Black women than for white women…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/11/nx-s1-5678523/maternity-desert-birth-midwife-black-moms-babies
HCA workers push for higher pay and more staffing amid billions in profits: ‘I’m struggling’
Largest for-profit hospital system and operator in the US reported $6.8bn in profits, while employees find it difficult to make ends meet…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/union-hca-healthcare-workers-protest
Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers
Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited away…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/trump-air-force-one-deception-democrats
Trump's order on vaccines raises questions for parents. We have answers : NPR
"What I tell parents is that splitting the vaccines has not been studied — putting the vaccines together as scheduled has been proven to be safe and effective," she says. "And sometimes combining vaccines at one visit may help some work better together."
Spacing the vaccines out has downsides, she adds. "Splitting them up leaves a kid more vulnerable to certain infections if they get exposed before they're fully protected by the vaccine, it means more visits to the doctor's office, it means more time off that the parents take — things like that."…
What effect will Donald Trump’s childhood vaccine recommendations have in the US and beyond?
Is there any science behind the recommendations? Will they result in lower vaccination rates? And will they cause a resurgence of preventable diseases?…
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties
The appointments by the US defense secretary not only appear to increase the influence of rightwing ideologues, autonomous weapons manufacturers, and one-time clients of authoritarian states on the world’s most powerful arsenal, but to potentially put the financial interests of the US president’s family at the heart of setting US strategic priorities...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/pete-hegseth-pentagon-picks-trump-family-business
Trump’s media company, which also owns Truth Social, reports $238m loss
Company also announced a paid service for early access to president’s posts on policies to the social media site…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/trump-media-company-loss
Judge blocks Trump’s order aimed at using USPS to restrict mail-in voting
Ruling expands on earlier order that prevented implementation in 23 mostly Democratic-led states…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/judge-blocks-trump-mail-in-voting-usps
Analysis: Alito Made Up To $2.9 Million From Fossil Fuel Assets While Serving on Top Court – Mother Jones
Yet the justice won’t recuse himself from key oil and gas cases…
Doctors don’t inject kids with soda bottle’s worth of vaccines. Trump’s claim is Pants on Fire. – PolitiFact
Doctors don’t inject kids with soda bottle’s worth of vaccines. Trump’s claim is Pants on Fire..
https://politifact.com/factchecks/2026/aug/11/donald-trump/vaccine-soda-bottle-injection-children/
Center for American Progress defends National Guard research against Trump’s lawsuit threat - POLITICO
The Center for American Progress stood behind a recent report that the Trump administration’s National Guard deployments failed to reduce violent crime, after the president threatened to sue the liberal think tank.
In a statement released Tuesday, the organization accused President Donald Trump of “lashing out” in an attempt to “silence independent research, waste taxpayer money on his failed agenda, and distract from the reality that his policies are hurting the American people.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/11/center-for-american-progress-trump-lawsuit-01033086
Trump’s Mindless Rollback of Offshore Wind Has Screwed Over Thousands of Workers – Mother Jones
The millwrights “did a good job, and they’re bummed out that they’re middle-class workers being used as pawns.”…
LIVE DEBATE [Please Explain the Bible to this Atheist] 4-15-2026
Interview:
TIMESTAMPS
47:30 Konstuce - Deuteronomy 23:2; Caller changes topics to defend the Genesis creation story; The dome over the Earth is just a metaphor and Justin is misreading it; Caller slurs
1:32:36 (Konstuce) - Why do we have two different orders of creation? Is there a contradiction in Exodus with the plagues?
2:08:48 nomv53 - Deuteronomy 21:19; In a real Christian country, we should be able to stone people; Caller resorts to preaching
2:28:00 Cody - 2 Kings 2:23-24; Caller immediately goes to meta and crashes out; Should we still follow the Law of Moses?
3:00:10 Luke - Isaiah 9:19-20; Sarah of LeavingFaith joins; Caller is condescending throughout; Caller slurs; What are the Laws of Moses and what is its purpose?
3:24:00 (Luke) - Does the Hebrew Bible say you will go to Hell if you aren’t perfect? Where does caller’s interpretation come from?
3:55:59 (Luke) - How does caller view the Old Testament? Belief vs action
4:29:55 Ephraim - 1 Corinthians 7:13-15 but switches to James 5:14-16; Should prayer heal people? Where did humans come from? Faith vs science
5:04:43 Cameron - Deuteronomy 21:10-14; Do Jesus and Paul agree that we should follow the Mosaic Law? Is the Law forever? Are sacrificing animals necessary for forgiveness?
5:48:00 Benson - Deuteronomy 13:12-15; Was God’s covenant with Israel unjust since it hurt innocent people? What makes up the Law of Moses? Caller defends the taking of war brides; Why does Justin talk so much about the Bible?
6:34:30 Superchats and wrap up
47:30 Konstuce - Deuteronomy 23:2; Caller changes topics to defend the Genesis creation story; The dome over the Earth is just a metaphor and Justin is misreading it; Caller slurs
1:32:36 (Konstuce) - Why do we have two different orders of creation? Is there a contradiction in Exodus with the plagues?
2:08:48 nomv53 - Deuteronomy 21:19; In a real Christian country, we should be able to stone people; Caller resorts to preaching
2:28:00 Cody - 2 Kings 2:23-24; Caller immediately goes to meta and crashes out; Should we still follow the Law of Moses?
3:00:10 Luke - Isaiah 9:19-20; Sarah of LeavingFaith joins; Caller is condescending throughout; Caller slurs; What are the Laws of Moses and what is its purpose?
3:24:00 (Luke) - Does the Hebrew Bible say you will go to Hell if you aren’t perfect? Where does caller’s interpretation come from?
3:55:59 (Luke) - How does caller view the Old Testament? Belief vs action
4:29:55 Ephraim - 1 Corinthians 7:13-15 but switches to James 5:14-16; Should prayer heal people? Where did humans come from? Faith vs science
5:04:43 Cameron - Deuteronomy 21:10-14; Do Jesus and Paul agree that we should follow the Mosaic Law? Is the Law forever? Are sacrificing animals necessary for forgiveness?
5:48:00 Benson - Deuteronomy 13:12-15; Was God’s covenant with Israel unjust since it hurt innocent people? What makes up the Law of Moses? Caller defends the taking of war brides; Why does Justin talk so much about the Bible?
6:34:30 Superchats and wrap up
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