"ExxonMobil early Friday morning ..."

 "Just days before a midterm election dominated by voter anger over inflation and the economy, a fresh wave of oil company earnings reports threatens to drive more discontent, as high gas prices translate into windfall profits for some of the industry’s biggest players.

ExxonMobil early Friday morning reported a profit of $17.5 billion in the most recent quarter — a jump of 130 percent over the same period last year. Chevron’s $10.4 billion in profits for the quarter reflected a 185 percent leap over last year’s third quarter report."

They Found the Fraud ...

News article from NBC News:

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A Minnesota prosecutor on Wednesday charged conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and influencer Cam Higby with felony counts of unlawful voting and identity theft after they misrepresented themselves at polling places in August using the names of registered voters.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, who announced the charges at a news conference, accused the pair of entering polling places during state primary election voting on Aug. 11 and identifying themselves using names of registered voters in those precincts without those voters’ knowledge or permission.

"He's Doing So Much For Us"

Most grocery prices are still higher than they were a year ago.

Trump’s family businesses are making billions while small business owners see higher prices and smaller margins with wild tariff changes. 

He’s making your streaming platforms more expensive by directing corporate mergers to favor his donors, especially in media. Less competition = higher prices for media + streaming services.  

While corporate media consolidates, public media was cut to the bone.  

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill slashed Medicaid and other social services – attacking  seniors, people with disabilities, and working families. 

Trump made your healthcare more expensive by blocking legislation to keep monthly premiums low. 

He’s flooding our streets with armed ICE agents and the National Guard, turning our neighbors against us in our own streets. 

He allowed Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire with no government experience, access to your sensitive information, all while saving the government no money. 

That information was likely accessed by hackers, meaning they may have your data from the government. 

Participating in a trial for new medicine or medical procedures? Trump may have canceled the contract for it, including cancer research.  

via Common Cause

Facts About Immigrants

I'm always amazed at what people believe about immigrants without seeking good information, until I remember how many people have trapped themselves within the FB dome. Here's some info from a trusted source.

 

Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts

Need a Serious Discussion Starter?

 I've been reading Elizabeth Strout's novels ever since I discovered her in my local used book store in 2008. Her latest novel, "The Things We Never Say", will be living inside my head for a long time. Not for the craft or art of the story, but for the feelings this simple story will bring and the possible discussions that may occur because of it. Makes me want to go buy several copies and put them in local little libraries -- maybe when it's in paperback. To be honest I'm surprised there isn't a book club in every public library discussing this right now.   

"Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water ..."

 An industrial park in Irvine, California, may seem an odd spot to show off technology that wouldn’t be out of place in Dune, but that’s what’s happening on a sweltering September morning.

The temperature is already over 80 degrees Fahrenheit as the sun rises on a 20-foot-tall, metal-clad machine in the parking lot of Atoco, an Irvine, California-based startup. Engineers open panels to check systems and an iPad that shows a steadily ascending line that reveals the device’s purpose: harvesting water from thin air using special materials known as metal organic frameworks, or MOFs.