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‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates in c/texas

[–] 432 -2 points 3 months ago

The Texas Prison System (TDCJ) does an excellent job.

Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike in c/economics

[–] 432 -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Where is that?

In the US, your car insurance alone will far exceed the cost of a daily/weekly/monthly transit pass so I find that extremely hard to believe. For instance, in Dallas, a daily transit pass is $6 (there are cheaper passes for monthly or even yearly time frames), and in Houston a daily pass is $3.

Rikers Inmates Are Routinely Denied Medical Care, Court Filing Says in c/news

Americans' refusal to keep paying higher prices may be dealing a final blow to US inflation spike in c/economics

[–] 432 12 points 3 months ago (7 children)

If you take public transportation instead of driving, there's a lot of industries you stick the finger to right there.

FTC head wants investigation into grocery stores over inflated prices in c/news

Americans don't like Project 2025 in c/news

[–] 432 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about better gun regulations.

Betsy DeVos, Who Quit Trump Admin, Says She’d Serve Again if Trump Wins in c/news

[–] 432 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The prediction markets heavily favor Kamala at the moment. It's a ridiculously large edge, too. To be fair, Hillary Clinton was heavily favored by the prediction markets during the 2016 race, it was only during the midst of election night it flipped.

Chevron, in a blow to California, says it is relocating to Houston in c/economics

[–] 432 0 points 3 months ago

Great for Houston!

Microsoft’s AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine in c/fuck_ai

[–] 432 16 points 3 months ago

I hope the AI bubble bursts soon.

Airbnb shares drop 12% as company flags weakening US demand in c/economics

[–] 432 0 points 3 months ago

Motel 6 is always cheaper than airbnb (and better).

Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says in c/world

[–] 432 2 points 3 months ago

Same here. I see there are lots of subs that I would like to start, but I don't want to be responsible for moderating, myself.

Kursk attack will pressure Russia and 'restore justice,' Zelenskiy says in c/world

[–] 432 3 points 3 months ago

Go Ukraine! I hope they are able to take over more territory! What's the square mileage they are up to now?

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Family of disabled 73-year-old hit-and-run victim describes his death as 'torture' (abc13.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 432 to c/houston

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PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) -- Pasadena police are hoping surveillance pictures will help them find a suspect involved in a deadly hit-and-run.

According to the family, the victim is 73-year-old Eramos Perez.

It happened on Thursday morning at the intersection of Southmore and Shaver.

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Trump campaign confirms security breach, blames Iran (www.dw.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 432 to c/news

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US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign team said Saturday that some of its international communications had been hacked by those "hostile" to the United States.

"These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our democratic process," Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

Cheung was responding to revelations by the Politico news outlet that it had begun receiving emails from an anonymous account containing documents from within the Republican Party candidate's campaign operation.

Trump's campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran's involvement but did imply that Tehran was responsible by mentioning a report by Microsoft researchers that was published this week.

The report said Iran government-tied hackers tried breaking into the account of a "high-ranking official" on the US presidential campaign in June.

That report did not provide further details on the official's identity.

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Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Russia's Putin during visit (www.reuters.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 432 to c/news

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The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine's government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of Mexico's next president in October. "We can't do that," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government press conference. "It's not up to us." Ukraine asked Mexico to arrest Putin if he attends the Oct. 1 swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. The request, in a statement from Ukraine's Mexican embassy dated Aug. 7, pointed to an arrest warrant issued by the U.N.'s International Criminal Court (ICC).

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Fed responds to economic data, not politics or stocks, says Chicago Fed's Goolsbee (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 432 to c/economics

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Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Thursday reiterated that the central bank's job is not to respond to stock market routs or political considerations

"The Fed's out of the election business. The Fed is in the economic business," Goolsbee said in an interview on Fox News, noting the Fed has been very clear about what economic data would motivate an interest-rate cut, a hold on policy, or even a rate hike.