Britney Spears eldest son, Sean Preston, has turned 18. He now loses the right to receive his monthly payment, meaning Kevin Federline loses 50% of his income, since he does NOT have a job.

Taylor can you ride Amtrak

I wasn’t born rich and became the youngest woman in American history to be elected to Congress. Then I investigated Cohen, authored the largest FEMA funeral assistance program in history and led creation of a US Climate Corps to create tens of thousands of new jobs. Stay mad 💁🏽‍♀️

Congressional Republican math is complaining about student debt relief while having $987,237 of your own PPP loans forgiven.

The Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Claudia Goldin. Most economists will immediately know why she won. This is a very quick thread, aimed at non-economists, explaining why her work on the the labour market outcomes of women has been awarded the Prize.

BREAKING: the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals just upheld the Assault Weapons Ban that passed following the Highland Park shooting.

When I was at Stanford, I met students who earned dozens of college credits through advanced courses before they even got to campus. On the West Side of San Antonio, few of my classmates had the same opportunities. Sen. Cory Booker and I are introducing a bill to help fix that: 1/2

This is exciting! Not only does it allow students to get credits before enrolling in US universities, it also opens the door for them to explore international options that require AP scores for admissions, such as UK universities, which can be cheaper than state-schools for some.

Major victory. The Supreme Court has told Florida that its drag ban will stay blocked from enforcement in the state. The law has been found likely unconstitutional by several courts so far. This is a victory for drag as well as trans Floridians and Pride events.

I find it *insane* that the Ivy League does crazy grade inflation and — seeing that — so many people at non-Ivies insist on grading “rigorously,” thereby re-enforcing the pre-existing opinion of employers that elite uni kids are geniuses (he’s a 4.0!) and state school kids idiots

This goes for high schools too.

Medical Fatphobia: It is ridiculous to suggest weight loss, given how many doctors missed critical diagnoses by wrongfully assigning symptoms to one’s weight. This woman was told to lose weight by doctors who missed that she had a 104-pound ovarian tumor since the 5TH GRADE!

watching family guy over the twink’s shoulder cuz i know a funny meg joke is coming up

all of the school shootings happening and you want to ban the one thing that links parents to their children during an emergency?? i’m proud of those kids because that’s ridiculous

BREAKING: After days of publicly claiming to support IVF in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling, Senate Republicans just blocked my legislation to protect access to IVF nationwide.

It’s Tuesday night and the Gen Z interns for Daniel Lurie are partying — with a purpose. The assignment? Grab the attention of young voters. From "Brat summer" to "demure fall", the Gen Z interns are always on top of the trends. via @xueer_lu missionlocal.org/2024/08/see-ho…

You signed campus carry for colleges, permitless concealed carry statewide, and allowed so many hospitals to close that the nearest and only area Level 1 trauma center for victims is 45 miles and an 1.5 hours away. You should be ashamed.

San Francisco has once again been incredibly clean, beautiful, and safe (not even one major incident) for the entirety of Dreamforce, and it is a gift that the city is able to put its best foot forward for the tech industry’s largest event that brings in over 45K people from

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