America

A new study shows that Americans are four times more accepting of gay sex than they were 25 years ago, and twice as likely to have it themselves. Unsurprisingly, the Millennials are driving this. And what’s driving the Millennials? Excerpt:

But all of these factors — the increased acceptance, the increased behavior  and the trend toward sexual fluidity — make Twenge think she knows the real driving force behind this cultural shift: We care more about ourselves. She believes this comes from an increased sense of individualism.

Submitted by Lucy Steigerwald via TheAntiMedia.org,

In America, we do not lock up our murdering politicians. We rarely prosecute or impeach them. The only scandals that stick are sex ones. Serious voters, writers, pundits, and anyone else who feels as if they have deep principles invariably buckle under the partisan weight of the political system.

Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,

The flyover zones of America are wanting for work and buried in debt. That’s the legacy of three decades of Washington/Wall Street Bubble Finance. The latter has exported jobs, crushed the purchasing power of main street wages and showered the bicoastal elites with the windfalls of financialization.

After weeks of withholding a formal endorsement of his party's presumptive nominee, Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said he will vote for Donald Trump for president. "I'll be voting for @realDonaldTrump this fall. I'm confident he will help turn the House GOP's agenda into laws," Ryan's campaign account tweeted, linking to an article in The Gazette, his hometown newspaper in Wisconsin.

Hillary Clinton prepares to rebuke a seemingly anti-interventionist Donald Trump as she takes to the podium to explain why BenghaziLivesMatter and how she will keep Americans safe without building a wall, militarizing the police, and increasing domestic surveillance...

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Meanwhile, the RNC issues the following statement: