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Politics watcher and opinion writer from California
Thousands gathered Thursday at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on the 81st anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing to remember the victims and make renewed appeals for peace to prevail in global conflicts. "People need to know," said 87-year-old survivor Amano Kokichi. 📷: Akifumi Ishikawa
Regional police and prosecutors said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport's south runway with "an unknown explosive device," and the object was examined by police n.pr/45IEQO8
Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat
Regional police and prosecutors said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport's south runway with "an unknown explosive device," and the object was examined by police
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How can it be legal for senators to sieze the property of a former government official who's not been criminally charged nor subpoenaed for his phone records? Did the DOJ obtain it through legal means, as was done by Jack Smith in the Jan6 investigation? 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Senate Panel Has Obtained Copy of Fauci’s Cellphone (Gift Article)
The development comes as a Senate committee prepares to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at a hearing.
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 16h agoOn the eve of a planned vote by a Senate committee on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at a hearing last week, the chairman of a separate panel said that he has obtained a copy of Fauci’s cellphone.
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
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It's already Aug 4 in Kentucky, the day after the deadline for a mandatory special election in the case of a senate vacancy. Which there's not, as this week's Radio Free America newsletter reminds us. But we may learn there is later today. A persistent vegetative state qualifies too, no?
Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · last wk.This week's newsletter is out, and it's about a specter haunting the Democratic Party - former Lincoln Project staffers trying to do mini-January 6s link.heartlandsignal.com/v/443/b6619d...
"According to Mahmoud Basal, of Gaza’s Civil Defence, more than 8,000 bodies are estimated to remain beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings. Basal says recovery operations remain extremely difficult b/c of the scale of destruction & lack of necessary gear." From 3 years ago. Like yesterday.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2d ago‘I wanted to hug whatever remained’: Gaza families’ 3-year wait for funeral https://aje.news/mfsd6v
U.S. European Command is handing off leadership of NATO's mission to oversee support for Ukraine as it begins shifting responsibility for parts of the effort to allies in Europe. From Stars and Stripes' Bradley Latham:
EUCOM begins handing Ukraine support mission to NATO allies
Leadership of NATO’s mission to oversee support to Ukraine has switched hands as U.S. European Command began shifting responsibility.
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Does anyone remember the Las Vegas mass shooting from 2017, where a gunman sprayed bullets on a concert crowd from a hotel room? Trump 2 feels like that: bullets raining down, killing dozens & wounding hundreds, with no relief in sight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_La... 🧵
2017 Las Vegas shooting - Wikipedia
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I just finished listening to the audio book of @aditaferrer.bsky.social 's Pulitzer-prize winning book, Cuba. A sweeping survey of 500 years of the Island's history that provides a looking-glass view of US history. It stops at the end of Trump 1. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cuba-(...
Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall S...
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In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear (Gift Article)
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
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Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d agoUS allies have pretty uniformly concluded that the US has suffered its worst military and strategic defeat of the modern era in the Gulf. Meanwhile, few Americans seem to even have a clue about what is going on, or why.
The Atlantic has a couple of pieces about the #Fauci diary this week. I think being amused and amazed by the fame he was getting isn't all that embarrassing. It's what was happening. 🎁 www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
The Revelatory Cringe of Anthony Fauci
The private notes of the man who oversaw COVID policy are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive.
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The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 5d agoAnthony Fauci's diaries are deeply embarrassing—and surprisingly instructive, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/9A629gho 🎨: Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Source: Peter Dazeley.
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
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My friend Jim dropped another video, this one of the young man that was murdered by ICE. Joan Sebastian Guerrero.
August 3rd is the deadline to avoid a Kentucky special election to replace #MitchMcConnell in the senate. $20 says McConnell's tragic death will be announced on August 4th. youtu.be/yHc_rvbKRh8?...
INSANE announcement on Mitch McConnell’s health
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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The plot is not lost on @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social. But consequences for defying the gods were far greater than personal accountability. Odysseus had a conscience, so despite his personal consequences, he also had redemption. But the world suffered as the age fell.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/o...
Opinion | Why Odysseus Turned on the Trojan Horse (Gift Article)
This “Odyssey” takes us somewhere we didn’t know we were going.
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Without saying one word about modern politics, Christopher Nolan has rebuked the spirit of the age. His retelling of ‘The Odyssey’ is an admonition: Moral transgressions always carry a consequence,” our columnist David French writes.
If you’re considering whether terms like ethnic cleansing or pogrom might be applicable to impending government action, there could be a problem.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w agoTPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
Fannie Lou Hamer. The police brutality that disabled her during her civil rights activism highlights the importance of police brutality as a disability rights issue.
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2w agoIn honor of #ADA36, who is a person with a disability in history most people don’t know but should?
And now for something really funny (if you're into black humor, which is a prerequisite to surviving Trump 2.0). @claytoonz.bsky.social gets a double-dip in this week's lineup! www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Diarrhea Donnie
Best cartoons from the worst timeline: Cyclospora edition…
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This is a critical escalation to watch. Putin is saber rattling again today. Trump has delivered on every opportunity to present a weakened, depleted US; Putin is thinking YOLO.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2w agoMUST READ: Daily Brief: The Iran and Ukraine Wars Converge, Russian Drones Breach NATO and Washington Targets Global Accountability www.onestnetwork.com/daily-brief-...
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Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)
The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoInside the Democratic Party’s headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and fraying nerves. Ken Martin, the party chairman, threw his phone at the desk of an aide earlier this month. People familiar with the incident described the fallout from the episode. nyti.ms/3RiOOT0
“WHITEHOUSE, WYDEN DEMAND UPDATE ON DOGE INFILTRATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION” 7/24/26 … 1/
Whitehouse, Wyden Demand Update on DOGE Infiltration of the Social Security Administration - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Trump put Americans’ sensitive private data at risk Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to ...
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Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump"
If you enjoyed the movie Oppenheimer a couple years ago, you might appreciate this story about the sons Julius and Ethel Rosenberg left behind after their executions in the 1950s for funneling nuclear secrets from Los Alamos to the Russians. #EthelIsInnocent www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Rosenberg Boys
When Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed by the U.S. government, they left behind two sons, ages 6 and 10. All these years later, Robby and Michael are still trying to make sense of what happened...
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Rubio can't dismantle the ICC. But he can "deploy the same tools: visa revocations, asset freezes, sanctions, & diplomatic isolation. What Rubio can take apart, brick by brick, is U.S. credibility as a partner in intl law & the confidence of allies in the rules-based order the US helped to build."
ElizabethC 💙🐸@econklin44.bsky.social · 2w agoThe ICC is the world’s permanent int'l criminal tribunal. Located in The Hague & joined by 125 member-states. It prosecutes genocide, war crimes, & crimes against humanity when a state is unable or unwilling to do it itself. Marco Rubio wants to demolish it. #ProudBlue fpif.org/rubio-vows-t...
Protest group says at least 200 demonstrated in Israeli capital a day after major escalation of West Bank violence.
Israel arrests nine at Tel Aviv protest against West Bank settler violence
Protest group says at least 200 demonstrated in Israeli capital a day after major escalation of West Bank violence.
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Oh ffs. Trump wants Bolsonaro's son Flavio to be the next president of Brazil, so he sent officials down to "monitor" the election. Brazil suspected fuckery, said no, and wouldn't let them in. Now Trump is mad. Flavio's been making Trumpian claims about stolen elections. www.rawstory.com/brazil/
Trump admin fumes after Brazil kicks out US officials over election meddling fears: report
The State Department lashed out at Brazil Saturday after the country denied visas to two senior Trump administration officials over fears of a ploy to undermine its upcoming presidential election, The...
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This is the first thing I read after getting back from seeing The Odyssey tonight. What a combination, watching Troy burn and getting an inkling of the age of darkness that's ahead after breaking the rules of Zeus. This thread completes the allegory.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2w agoHere's a sentence that stopped me in my tracks last week: "The statement that 'the cemeteries are full of indispensable people' is just as true of nations, and in particular the US": crookedtimber.org/2026/07/16/5... 1/
The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.
Deportation Orders Soar in NYC as Trump 'Mega Master' Hearings Accelerate
A new report finds removal orders for people who missed hearings more than doubled in New York City in June, as a new tactic of hastily scheduled court dates rolled out.
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