Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Trump renamed a lake. So what?

President Donald Trump recently renamed Lake Ontario 'Lake America.' The outrage about that, and the Kennedy Center, says more about us than him. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to a map with "Lake America" written on it as he attends an event to sign an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug.  27, 2026.

President Donald Trump recently renamed Lake Ontario 'Lake America.' The outrage about that, and the Kennedy Center, says more about us than him.

A mail-in ballot, during the Pennsylvania primary election, is displayed in this illustration picture created in Philadelphia on May 19, 2026.
 

I asked judges about Trump's mail-in voting scheme

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President Donald Trump attends a Congressional Space Medal of Honor presentation at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug. 28, 2026.
 

GOP has accomplished so little Trump can't even brag about it

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This undated image released by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Aug. 14, 2026, shows an architect rendering of President Donald Trump's proposed ballroom at the White House in Washington, DC.
 

The ballroom will be built! Thank you, Supreme Court!

Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, cash-strapped Americans and President Donald Trump will have their dreams come true: A WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM!

Lindsay Clancy watches the jury file in at the of the day without a verdict in the triple murder trial of the Duxbury mother in Plymouth Superior Court on Monday, August 31, 2026
 

Lindsay Clancy jury is deadlocked. What's the right verdict? Tell us.

Lindsay Clancy is on trial for three counts of first-degree murder for strangling Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, to death in their home.

Mica Miller is the subject of the three-part Netflix docuseries "Death of the Pastor's Wife."
 

What Netflix's 'Death of the Pastor's Wife' gets right about abuse

Mica Miller filed for divorce, then turned up dead in a North Carolina river. Now a Netflix docuseries offers a deeper look at the abuse she endured.

Protesters rally against data centers in Effingham County, Georgia, in August 2026.
 

China's hidden hand in America's AI outrage

Bot farms, social media and a House committee letter reveal how Beijing is stoking Americans' AI fears to slow down a race it's losing on innovation.

The latest slang to capture the Gen Z <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/11/07/dating-new-trends-terms-gen-z/86684559007/"><u>zeitgeist</u>
</a> is 'larping.' Though it traditionally referred to live-action-role-play, it's become a way to say poser, try-hard or fraud.
 

Everyone wants to solve Gen Z. No one wants to listen.

There are lucid critiques to be had of Gen Z, but the constant, surface-level regurgitation of certain topics ignores the bigger picture.

Voting at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Spartanburg, S.C. Tuesday, August 25, 2026. South Carolina's runoff determines the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate and who will face Democrat Annie Andrews in the midterm elections in November.
 

The most dangerous political ads of 2026 don't need to go viral

The most dangerous political misinformation of the 2026 midterm election may not go viral. You may never see it at all.

The average federal income tax refund hit $2,476 — up from an average of $2,169 during the initial three weeks a year ago, according to Internal Revenue Service data. It's a gain of $307 in refund cash — or 14.2% — during the first three weeks of the 2026 tax season.
 

Don't tax young workers until 25

The objective isn't permanent tax relief, but delayed taxation, allowing workers to accumulate savings before the government begins claiming a share.

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