2025.07.09

[lsanderson]

Local News
Cafe & Bar Lurcat in Minneapolis to close after more than 2 decades near Loring Park
By Eric Henderson
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/cafe-bar-lurcat-closing-minneapolis-loring-park/

Undocumented builders face unchecked exploitation amid Trump raids: ‘It’s more work, less pay’
In a new series on undocumented workers, construction laborers tell the Guardian fear is fueling wage theft and workplace abuse
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/construction-workers-builders-immigration-trump

Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods
Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government
Ben Makuch
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories

Has the Trump-Putin bromance finally run its course?
US president appears to have run out of patience with his Russian counterpart – but how that transmits into practical support for Kyiv remains to be seen
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/has-the-trump-putin-bromance-finally-run-its-course

How Miami’s city commission gave themselves an extra year in office without voters’ permission
Commissioners for the city of Miami rewrote their election laws to push the off-year 2025 local races to 2026 without input from voters. The decision has sparked outrage
George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/miami-city-commission-elections

The end has no end: The Old Guard 2 and the curse of the cliffhanger ending
The sequel to the Netflix hit leaves viewers hanging with a tease for an unconfirmed sequel, highlighting a problem with the state of Hollywood
Spoilers ahead
Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/09/the-old-guard-2-cliffhanger-ending

US airports lift shoe removal requirement at security screenings
Brandon Drenon
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m8p3e93m8o

You think our Post Office is bad?
Post Office Horizon IT scandal: five things we learned from the report
We look at what volume one of the inquiry report describes as the ‘disastrous’ human impact
Julia Kollewe
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/08/post-office-horizon-it-scandal-five-things-we-learned-from-the-report

Comments

[minnehaha]

Lurcat has been so empty the times I've been in.

K.

Lurcat

[lsanderson]

The only times I've been there is when I went to the park for Pride, when it was always a three-ring circus.