Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"

Peggy Flanagan: "Donald Trump has cost our state far too much already. And we're not about to give Donald Trump another loyal soldier like Michele Tafoya to take his orders and do his bidding. Michele Tafoya was all in with Trump when ICE was terrorizing our neighbors."

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday he’s willing to declare a national security emergency in an attempt to take over American elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections

"Stranger things have happened,” Trump said after a far-right media host implored him to declare a national security emergency on elections.

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PB SANDCASTLE on Instagram: "Lawrence Krauss and Epstein are a case study in what happens when money, prestige, and power become more important than integrity. For more than a decade, theoretical phy...

827 likes, 94 comments - peanutbutter.sandcastle on August 7, 2026: "Lawrence Krauss and Epstein are a case study in what happens when money, prestige, and power become more important than integrity. ...

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The J6 terrorists in MAGA think they can make people forgot that they’re terrorists with their low-effort Islamophobia/anti-Arab racism. Don’t forget who the real terrorists who hate America are.

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Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers reacts to Abdul El-Sayed winning the Democratic primary: “I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11.”

Russia might use fake Ukrainian drones to target Baltic infrastructure, Lithuania warns, U.S. Intel Links Russia to Explosive Drone at German Airport, American detained in Russia is ‘near death,' Russian operations target French and German upcoming elections, and much more...

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Week of 8/3: Top stories I'm keeping an eye on

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Sen. Chris Murphy: "Mike Rogers is going to represent only one person in the Senate -- Donald Trump. The entire Republican Party has become a cult of personality in which they have no ability to think independently. They do only what Donald Trump asks them to do and tells them to do."

Tim Walz was and is right about these guys - they are just weird.

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Royce White on Fox News: "I'm just having a blast in my feminine area. I never thought I was a woman. I've always trusted science and thought I was a man, but after further review, a strong look at my personal preferences, it would appear I am indeed sometimes identifying as a transgender woman"

El-Sayed: "To me Medicare for All is not about what it takes away, it's about what it offers: Guaranteed health insurance from cradle to grave."

An ICE agent walked up to a Southwest gate in Dallas and asked to board a flight to arrest a passenger. The gate agent asked for a warrant signed by a judge. He had the kind ICE writes for itself. He left empty-handed. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/ice-showed...

ICE Showed Up At The Gate. One Worker Said No.

The officer didn’t have a warrant signed by a judge. Plus: a Bush appointee halted Trump’s ballroom, and the jobs he bragged about never existed.

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The Republican Senate compromised the entire US Justice Department by confirming the president’s personal lawyer to run it.

Just because a president can control DOJ does not mean he should. Since Watergate, America has prized a Justice Department that is independent from partisan politics. Trump and Blanche have upended that fidelity to the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...

In Confirming Blanche, Senators Endorse a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway (Gift Article)

Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes President Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.

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Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Truth! Release the Epstein files and lock them up!

THIS should’ve been the end of the confirmation hearing.

Socialism for the rich but not We the People

Wow, the president was really asleep at the wheel in 2020

Elon is spending millions to get rid of ranked choice voting and open primaries in Alaska. And also to change the campaign finance laws that allow Alaska voters to know when megadonors like Musk give money to campaigns in their state. More dark money, less choice. www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-al...

World's wealthiest man launches massive cash attack on vulnerable red state voting system

Elon Musk is throwing money at a midterm state ballot measure that would overhaul its voting system, according to local reporting.Musk has already put $1.5 million towards supporting a ballot measure ...

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Trump might want to read US Constitution, Article IV: “The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.”

Todd Blanche having his conformation vote at 4:00 AM tells you everything you need to know about how Republicans in Congress operate. They reserve their most toxic moves for the dead of night.

The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.

US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago

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Kash Patel loves going on government funded vacations. At this point just give the man a travel blog and save the taxpayers the trouble.

BREAKING: Sen. Bill Cassidy is voting YES on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be the AG. My take on how Cassidy’s legacy will now forever be marked as the deciding vote for lawlessness, the weaponization of the DOJ, and the death of any independence of that agency. youtu.be/u3c6PYFEfow?...

BREAKING: GOP Senators FOLD as Trump SCRAMBLES To SAVE Blanche AG Nom

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CBS fired the team that made 60 Minutes must-watch TV. Now that team is reportedly building a $50M rival, with the same reporters, the same producers, the same rigor. You don’t get to keep the brand if you let the talent walk.

On this day in 2008, russia launched its military invasion of Georgia. The world didn’t respond with strength. Instead, they tried to appease russia. So, russia did it again in 2014. The world didn’t respond. So, russia did it again in 2022.

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On this day in 2008, russia launched its military invasion of Georgia. The world didn’t respond with strength. Instead, they tried to appease russia. So, russia did it again in 2014. The world didn’t...

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If a refrigerator breaks, a pipe bursts, or a storm damages a home, New York City will show up before a crisis becomes a closure. That’s how we build a child care system that values every provider and every family.

"J. Carroll Hortman-a lifelong Republican — said that he believes Blanche ignored President Trump's January 2025 executive order...Mr. Trump directed state attorneys general and the U.S. attorney general to "...pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity"" www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Hortman family pushing back against Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general

The day his son's killer was sentenced to life in prison, J. Carroll Hortman blasted Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche in the courtroom for, in his view, failing their family.

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For the enlightenment of the 💩🤡s going after Fauci: