Liability fears keep stores and restaurants tossing food instead of feeding people

Restaurants and grocers often throw out leftover or near-expired food instead of donating it. Liability fears for perishable items are a main reason. The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act does protect good-faith donors from most lawsuits. Current donations stay mostly non-perishable, which keeps lawsuit numbers low. More perishable donations would raise the chance of people … Read more

America’s debt pressure keeps spreading from big lenders to everyday households

Biggest US mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage lost $600 million on rate bets and needed a rescue deal from Oaktree. Company suspended common-stock dividends and shares dropped about 35 percent in one day. Credit card balances rose another $21 billion to $1.26 trillion in the latest quarter. Home equity lines of credit rose $13 billion … Read more

BOFA: LOWER-INCOME JOBS, WAGES OUTPACE HIGHER EARNERS

Bank of America says the U.S. labor market is moving beyond the “K-shaped” economy. Lower-income households saw 3% YoY job growth in July versus 1% for higher-income workers, while after-tax wage growth reached 5.2%, topping 4.2% for higher-income households for the first time since December 2024. BofA says stronger wage gains, alongside solid productivity growth, … Read more

Trump signs order cutting childhood vaccine list to 11 core shots and pushes to split MMR

Order recognizes only 11 vaccines as recommended for all children. List covers measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib, pneumococcal, HPV, and varicella. Hepatitis B, COVID-19, influenza and several others shift to high-risk or parent-doctor decision. Calls for MMR to be given as three separate shots at separate visits when available. Directs Attorney General … Read more

City sued its own newspaper to hide Google data center drinking 29% of the town’s water

In 2021 The Dalles, Oregon (pop. ~15,000) sued The Oregonian/OregonLive to keep Google data center water use records secret after a district attorney ordered them released as public records. Google covered the city’s legal costs. The city settled in late 2022 and released the figures. 2021 use was 355 million gallons, about 29% of the … Read more

Iran demands $270 billion in compensation, Trump demands pay for 50 years of killings

🚨 President Trump just hit Iran with a powerful counter-demand. Iran says wants compensation for the recent conflict. Trump scoffed and said now America is demanding payment for all the blood Iran has spilled over the past 50 years. From the USS Cole to murdered protesters… pic.twitter.com/cCJ1Z0gSJm — Commentary Trump Daily Posts (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 10, … Read more

When the Fed loses the bond market’s confidence, the long end does the tightening for it. US debt interest hits one trillion dollars a year

Wall Street says inflation is beaten. The people who actually buy the groceries disagree. The New York Fed's survey just put consumers' 3-year inflation expectations above 3.3%, the highest since 2022 and hotter than any point in the 9 years before prices exploded in 2021.… pic.twitter.com/egrClKOJ8e — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) August 10, 2026 … Read more

US emergency oil stockpile hits 40-year low, Hormuz deal hopes fade and diesel jumps

Oil prices jumped about 5% Monday as doubt grew that the U.S. and Iran will reach a deal to increase ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures climbed about 5% to close at $82.13 per barrel. Brent crude, the international benchmark, also settled around 5% higher at $87.72 a barrel. President Donald Trump told Axios on Sunday that the … Read more

The alarming desertification of France as seen from space

🌡️ France 🇫🇷 is facing severe drought this summer, with over 85% of the country under drought warning or alert conditions. 🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-3 #ImageOfTheDay shows the stark contrast with 2024 & 2025. 🔗https://t.co/SeTmRCoWfy pic.twitter.com/CGakaU31pA — Copernicus EU (@CopernicusEU) August 10, 2026 Copernicus images compare August 2024 (green), 2025 (partially dry), and 2026 (mostly beige-ochre). … Read more

Video shows F-16s intercept jets after airspace breach while Trump is at Bedminster

Key takeaways Airspace Breach: Two civilian planes entered a restricted zone around Bedminster, New Jersey, while President Trump attended the LIV Golf New York event. Both aircraft were safely intercepted and escorted out by NORAD F-16s. Security Measures: The area was under tight security, including FAA flight restrictions, NORAD fighter jets, and potential ground-based defense … Read more

Google’s Immense Greed Is Destroying the Open Web

“It’s time to take a stand and say enough is enough.” Publishers have watched in horror as Google continues to double down on AI features that discourage users from actually clicking on links — a once-steady source of readership that’s causing a crisis in the media now that the search engine is cutting it off. … Read more