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Josh Shapiro goes big for down-ballot Dems
The Pennsylvania governor is pouring millions into a coordinated campaign to help elect other Democrats. It could serve as a launchpad to a presidential bid.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/17/josh-shapiro-down-ballot-dems-01001996
This $25 Bottle Is America’s Best Straight Bourbon, According to the 2026 International Wine & Spirit Competition
The bottled-in-bond whiskey earned 98 points and a coveted Gold Outstanding medal, an honor awarded to just 1.3% of spirits entered this year.
All Old Bardstown bourbons are distilled from a mashbill of 72% corn, 13% rye, and 15% malted barley. (Among Kentucky bourbon producers, that’s a notably high barley content.) The whiskey enters the barrel at 125 proof, and Old Bardstown Bottled-in-Bond ages for at least four years before bottling at 100 proof. If you’re looking to pick up a bottle, you may need to travel. This is generally a Kentucky-only release — fortunately for shoppers, it’s readily available on shelves in the state for around $25.
D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’
Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/dungeons-dragons-tabletop-games-politics
@jon-nyc Sounded to me that Tillis left that possibility open.
"And I'm trying to get to yes, but this is a very important part of getting to yes."
Up to 385 now from the sensor not far from us. Thanks for posting the picture that allowed me to find the airnow.gov site
There's another site, too, IQAir. That crazy reading is in Northbrook (it's up to 860 now) and the sensor is an Illinois EPA device.
This one station that's nearby is reading crazy high; others are more in the 350-450 range. Not sure what's going on.
Regardless, it's wicked miserable out there.
549, no signs of letting up.
@dolmansaxlil - how bad is it up by you?
Immigration and tariffs affecting the Senate race in Texas.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/12/trumps-deportation-drive-tests-gop-gains-in-texas-00993955
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Inside Trump’s remaking of American elections
The president remains laser-focused on an electoral system he claims is rigged — and his administration is uprooting entire chunks of the current structure ahead of the midterms.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/16/inside-trumps-remaking-american-elections-00999693
