In case you missed it...9/14

This is the most dangerous of times and we have to stay informed. Sometimes we're so busy and the news is overwhelming. Here's a digest of stories you may have missed. Or that the news skipped.

IT'S REPUBLICAN RECALL ELECTION DAY IN CA

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

CONGRESS HAS WORK TO DO

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IN DEMS $3.5T BILL. CORPORATIONS SEE PLENTY OF STUFF THEY SUPPORT – BUT MAKING THEM PAY THEIR FAIR TAXES MEANS THEY’RE AGAINST IT

JOE MANCHIN HAS GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO A DANGEROUS STANDOFF WITH BIDEN & MOST DEMOCRATS OVER THE PAIR OF INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS

WEST VIRGINIA CAN’T WAIT FOR JOE MANCHIN’S DELAYS ON INFRASTRUCTURE ANYMORE – AND THE ACTIVISTS ARE COMING FOR HIM

 

THE FIGHT TO VOTE

SENATE DEMOCRATS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON VOTING RIGHTS COMPROMISE

BIDEN TELLS TOP DEMOCRATS HE’S PREPARING LOBBYING BLITZ ON FILIBUSTER REFORM, VOTING RIGHTS

IN THE WAKE OF CONTINUING ATTACKS ON DEMOCRACY BY TRUMP & HIS ALLIES, ELECTION OFFICIALS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS

IN THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, CONGRESS IS STILL PARTIALLY ON RECESS

E.J. DIONNE JR: THIS NEXT MONTH IS A MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT FOR U.S. DEMOCRACY

 

THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 CONTINUES

AT DIRECTION OF BIDEN ADMIN, FBI RELEASES FIRST OF DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO 9/11, PROVING SAUDI TIES TO TERRORISM

LONG SECRET FBI REPORT REVEALS NEW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAUDIS & 9/11 HIJACKERS; SAUDI INTELLIGENCE HELPED HIJACKERS LIVE AND TRAIN IN US

Fox News brainwashes anti-vaxxers — and the press blames Biden

Stop whitewashing

HEAR THE CALLS TRUMP MADE AS HE TRIED TO STEAL THE ELECTION

Attribution: RandiRhodes.com

 

Your amazing brain in clear language

Having a good listener improves your brain health

Source:

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Summary:

Researchers find having someone to listen to you when you need to talk is associated with greater cognitive resilience. New study shows social interaction in adulthood can stave off cognitive decline despite brain aging.

    

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Supportive social interactions in adulthood are important for your ability to stave off cognitive decline despite brain aging or neuropathological changes such as those present in Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds.

Your amazing brain in clear language

In the study publishing August 16 in JAMA Network Open, researchers observed that simply having someone available most or all of the time whom you can count on to listen to you when you need to talk is associated with greater cognitive resilience -- a measure of your brain's ability to function better than would be expected for the amount of physical aging- or disease-related changes in the brain, which many neurologists believe can be boosted by engaging in mentally stimulating activities, physical exercise, and positive social interactions. 

"We think of cognitive resilience as a buffer to the effects of brain aging and disease," says lead researcher Joel Salinas, MD, the Lulu P. and David J. Levidow Assistant Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and member of the Department of Neurology's Center for Cognitive Neurology. "This study adds to growing evidence that people can take steps, either for themselves or the people they care about most, to increase the odds they'll slow down cognitive aging or prevent the development of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease -- something that is all the more important given that we still don't have a cure for the disease."