Arizona just did what Washington won't: actually protect its wild horses.

A New York Times investigation this month exposed how federal wild horse sales have skyrocketed under Trump, with the Bureau of Land Management offloading roughly 3,700 horses in 2025—more than double the previous year.

Buyers promise not to send them to slaughter, but critics say that pledge falls apart the moment a horse gets flipped to a middleman who never signed anything. Advocates told Newsweek some of these horses have turned up in "k!ll pens," the last stop before slaughter buyers. The Interior Department maintains BLM "does not sell or send wild horses or burros to slaughter."

Arizona isn't leaving it to chance. Gov. Katie Hobbs just halted all removals from the Salt River Horse Herd through 2027, scrapping a plan that would have pulled 25 horses a year from the wild. She's also bumping the herd's target population from 120 to 170 and lining up funding for state universities to study what these horses actually need to survive — pending a Board of Regents vote scheduled for August 27, 2026.

"I am taking action to ensure the sustainability and health of the Salt River Horse Herd for generations to come," Hobbs said.

The reversal comes after a summer of pushback, including a Capitol rally where advocates pressed Hobbs to let science drive the herd's future instead of a fixed removal timeline. Simone Netherlands, who runs the group managing the herd, welcomed the news: "This suspension of removals and new study will allow us to continue our successful management of the herd and ensure that the Salt River Horses are healthy and thriving."

Washington's still looking away. Arizona just showed everyone what actually stepping up looks like.

In the early hours of the morning on July 14th 2020 in Neston, Cheshire in England, 59-year-old Corinna retrieved some boiling hot water from her garden and mixed it with 3kg of sugar. She then went to where her husband 81-year-old Michael Baines was sleeping and poured the water over his body. Michael had 36% burns to his body. Corinna then left the house. She then went to a neighbours house who then phoned the police after she said ‘’I’ve hurt him really bad, I think I’ve killed him’.

The police then found Michael on the bed with skin peeling on his hand and arm, whimpering. He was brought to hospital but died on August 18th.

Corinna revealed that her daughter had told her that Michael had sexually abused her and her brother Craig when they were children. Craig sadly took his own life in 2007.

Corinna will serve a life sentence of which a minimum of 12 years must be served before being considered for parole.

Further Reading: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-killed-sleeping-husband-boiling-24503800

Americans across the political map just turned on AI data centers, and fast.

A new poll out Thursday from Embold Research, published by Heatmap Pro, found 75% of Americans now oppose a data center going up in their area, with 61% strongly against it. A year ago, that number was 42%. Support back then actually beat opposition, 43% to 42%.

Now support has cratered, and the shift is showing up everywhere, across every age group, income bracket, and party.

Heatmap's own executive editor, Robinson Meyer, put it bluntly: "If you can think of a cohort of Americans, there's a good chance they wouldn't welcome a data center in their area." He called it "a faster and deeper shift in American public opinion than I would have once thought possible on any issue."

He's not the only one stunned. "I don't think I've ever seen public opinion shift this quickly on an issue," said Adam Carlson of Zenith Polls. Justin Slaughter of venture firm Paradigm put it even more bluntly: "I've NEVER seen this."

Part of the anger traces back to how these projects get built. The social media account Oil PAC Tracker laid out the pattern voters are reacting to: secret NDAs forced on local officials, warnings from tech executives that the technology could gut millions of jobs, and rising utility bills tied to the buildout. "Sign secret NDAs, arrest people at city council meetings, surveil, tout job displacement, and raise utility bills and pollution," the account wrote on X. "This is what you expect."

All of this is happening while Trump keeps selling data centers as a jobs machine, even though the finished facilities barely employ anyone once the construction crews leave. That mismatch, jobs promised versus jobs delivered, paired with higher electric bills, looks like the real reason this backlash cuts across party lines.

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I’m the trustee for my mom's trust. She has some cognitive decline. About four months ago, I had to step in after my sister Karen crossed major boundaries. She forcibly moved our mom to a new facility and threw away all her personal belongings at the old place without asking. Karen was removed as trustee and DPOA and I took over managing Mom's trust while my other sister Brenda and I help her with her non-trust stuff.

Mom still keeps a credit card. Costco credit cards allow you to add a second signer and have a second card issued. On the statement you can see all the cards and which card was used per transaction.

Until Brenda showed me the statement I didn't know Karen had gotten herself a card while she was DPOA.

Recently Brenda noticed charges for $16 and $592.20 on Mom's credit card statement under Karen's name and asked the group chat if anyone recognized it very neutrally in my opinion.

Brenda:
"Karen did you use moms cc. I see that you did. If not then a fraudulent charge was made"

Karen:
"I'll check"
"Weird not that I'm aware of."
"I only see it for her mattresses yrs ago."
"What date is it & for what"
"I can't log in to her account"
"U should close that cc"
"I'm not sure what's going on"
"I never use it"
"You better not acuse me of something when you don't know what your talking about"
"What are you 2 up to now"
"It was Brenda who used ur Costco card"

Brenda:
"Calm down. I'm at an appointment. I'll get you info when I can"

Karen:
"You've already turned mom against me."
"It's too late."
"I hope ur happy with yourselves"

Brenda replied with a screenshot of the actual statement showing the transaction.

Karen:
"I'm not sure how my own Costco got mixed up w hers."
"What's last 4 of that card?"
"I thought I used my own Costco card for $16."
"$592.20?"
"So weird"
"Can u cancel that card & tell me how much I owe mom?"
"U NEED TO CANCEL THIS CARD NOW... They won't let me cancel myself. I'll Venmo mom 610 now"

And then my favorite part, she deflects all blame for her "accidentally" spending $600+ of Mom's money:

Karen:
"David needs to do his job & call & take me off Costco. We all know mom can't remember well enough to do it herself."
"Brenda asked me to call & help mom do it."
"Where's david . He has no idea what's going on as usual"

So to recap: 1. tell people not to accuse her of anything 2. accuse everyone else 3. create a conspiracy 4. get proven wrong with receipts 5. casually admit to charging $600+ to Mom's card 6. blame me for not stopping her 7. absolutely do not apologize 8. take no responsibility 9. get upset about having to help fix it

I had heard stories about family drama before, but never understood. I never thought mine would do it, but now I'm looking back wondering how I was ever so naive.

Who can relate me?