They indicted an Olympian for damage their own contractor caused. 5 hours cuffed. National smear. Then dismissed “without prejudice” so they can do it again whenever they want. Prosecutors get immunity. Does this poor man even get an apology? #USDemocracy #RisingBlue apple.news/AEfSKoBgCSa2...

Opinion | How the former Olympian accused of Reflecting Pool vandalism could get justice — MS NOW

David Hearn has several options for recourse – but none of them are easy.

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A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.

60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

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One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.

Whitehouse: "Today, I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee. As it looks like on a party-line vote, we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general of the United States..."

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Republicans Double Down on Abuse and Corruption as Democrats Stay Wedded to Establishment

Where's the outrage and non-stop calls for Max Miller to resign from office? Well, why would Republicans care when their King is a rapist who is covering up the Epstein Files?

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The Washington Post sure seems bent out of shape over wealth taxes.

Does the Washington Post want democracy to die in darkness?

Its publishers appear to be rooting for the oligarchs.

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I want a job where I can fail spectacularly and get promoted like Mike Elias has with the Orioles.

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🧵On Election Day, August 6, several organizations in Memphis are collaborating to provide free rides to the polls. The organizations that are coordinating this effort are the NAACP, Shelby County Voter Alliance, and the Black Clergy Collaborative. If you are in need of a ride to the polls......

We'll never have billionaire or corporate PAC money, and I don't want it. This movement is about everyday working class people coming together and demanding a government that works for us – not just the wealthy elite. Join us today.

Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate

Troy Jackson is ready to flip Maine's Senate seat and unseat Susan Collins once and for all. He's a fifth-generation logger from Allagash, a lifelong labor champion, and former Maine Senate President,...

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The man endorsed by Sarah Huckabeast in this video is Arkansas state Rep. Austin McCollum. McCollum was arrested today on charges of aggravated assault against a family or household member, first-degree false imprisonment, and third-degree domestic battery. www.nwaonline.com/news/2026/au...

Herman Cain's last post before he died of ... wait for it ... COVID! The GOP is rewriting history. Covid tore through the world like a killing machine. 1.2 million Americans died. Stop pretending Dr. Fauci did anything other than his best to keep people alive. And release the Epstein Files!

Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.

NEWS: Trump vetoed a bipartisan water project he'd promised Coloradans. Now, according to Lauren Boebert, the real reason wasn't the fiscal concerns his official veto message cited. She says she was told it was retaliation over Tina Peters sitting in jail.

Lauren Boebert Says She Was Told Trump Vetoed Colorado Water Bill Over Tina Peters

Trump’s official veto note cited fiscal objections.

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Worrying times for oil giant Shell as it racks up record multibillion dollar revenues profiteering off the deliberate, intentional but highly lucrative destruction of our one and only biosphere.

Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred. It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.

Ed Case has earned a reputation for being one of the most MAGA friendly Democrats in Congress. Let’s elect @jarrettforcongress.bsky.social, a Democrat who will actually fight for Hawaii: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Jeanine Pirro told Fox in early July that she personally saw several yards of the pool liner that had been cut. She added, “Someone was intent on causing incredible damage to the pool.” Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

This case was doomed from the start. If there is to be a DOJ “weaponization” fund, as Trump insists, let’s start the payouts with this one. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Justice Department drops criminal case against Olympian over damaged Reflecting Pool

Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor” as wel...

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SpaceX Stock Purchases by US Lawmakers Raise Conflict of Interest Concerns | Common Dreams

"Members of Congress are continuing to buy and sell stocks as if they’re on Wall Street," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "We need a FULL ban on congressional stock trading."

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I genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

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The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Could you even imagine? Sounds awful!

Chris Hayes: Sen. Bernie Moreno spent his morning raging at Anthony Fauci. But if you ask him about the Republican colleague who’s accused of holding a gun to his own daughter's head, he has no comment.

GOP senator silent as daughter accuses Republican congressman of abuse

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TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

Tough guy here won’t say a word about the man who beat up his daughter. Hey Bernie, you’re a pussy.