Why is it not front page news on every major media outlet that the United States commander in chief had hundreds of his bank accounts frozen for money laundering??????

NEW: Israel has imprisoned an American teen. Soldiers raided Adam's West Bank home right before his sister’s grad party. They ignored his US passport. As they took him, they blew kisses at his mom. Adam is now the second American in Israeli prison. Trump just hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks

Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

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when you put it that way it sounds pretty crazy

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · yesterday

maga will accept as leaders rapists, pedophiles, white supremasicsts, wife beaters, con artists, conspiracy theorists, absolute morons, paid foreign agents, & people who are *all* of those things but you can't be even slightly pro-immigration, that's the line newrepublic.com/article/2138...

Worth remembering that the U.S. helped take down Iran’s democracy in the 1950s.

In first, CIA acknowledges 1953 coup it backed to overthrow leader of Iran was undemocratic

While other American officials have made similar remarks in the past, the acknowledgment by the CIA in a podcast about the agency’s history comes as much of its official history of the coup still rema...

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NEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...

The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there | Press Watch

Journalists are treating his ‘vandalism’ claim as if it were a normal, disputable argument. But it’s completely delusional.

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Gee, looks like when you panic about political trends and try to keep people from voting, they get mad. www.texastribune.org/2026/08/04/t...

Arrests made during Tarrant County meeting on voting site cuts

Lon Burnam, a former Texas House Democrat, was carried out of the meeting by deputies who told him he was under arrest.

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(Gift article) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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Zach@zachlj.bsky.social · yesterday

Really incredible stuff here from these dudes. Meanwhile, DHS is actually building the camps and conducting work visits and traffic stops of US citizens for criticizing ICE agents on social media. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

They call it “wellness farms”. We call it concentration camps.

RFK's plan to make America healthy again? Send people with mental health conditions to farms

Kennedy wants to replace standard psychological care with unpaid labor on "wellness farms"

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Other than losing the executive and both branches of Congress, lousy messaging, uninspiring candidates, putting up zero fight against Trump and the oligarchs and taking gobs of AIPAC cash, I can’t think of any reasons to not get 100% behind establishment democrats.

Another example of "donors first" Trumps "America first." When the cyclospora outbreak was traced to a company owned by a major Trump donor who operates farms in Mexico that export to the USA, the Trump Admin weighed in to help donor. Now American farmers are in trouble and Americans are sick.

California Lettuce Growers Destroy Crops As Customers Cut Back: WSJ

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HASAN: “ @davidhogg.bsky.social compares AIPAC to the NRA. Great take. Saying it on CNN is excellent. It’s true. They’re both funded by MAGA billionaires heavily invested in subverting 🇺🇸 democracy… anyone saying the 2028 Dem nominee will support funding 🇮🇱 is oblivious.”

Caution about an early celebration for where this could still lead bsky.app/profile/eric...

Eric Columbus@ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 3d ago

As Cornyn noted at Blanche's confirmation hearing—and as Blanche agreed!—this doesn't change the underlying settlement between Trump and the government, which required the fund to be established. Trump could sue to enforce the settlement. Or Blanche could resurrect the fund once he's confirmed.

Favreau: He’s a moron. He’s gotten us into a disastrous war. He made everything more expensive. He has bumbled his way through his second term by using the government to make himself rich and punish everyone who doesn’t like him. And also, on Trump “losing a step”—Donald Trump never had a step.

Choosing not to vote this November is choosing to: Support Trump's war with Iran. Support Trump's war on women's rights. Support Trump's obscene corruption. Support Trump's inflationary tariffs. Support Trump's campaign to keep the Epstein files hidden. Support Trump's war on democracy.

Just a reminder that extra-judicial killings are a hallmark of state-sponsored terrorism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death

Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes

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Don’t look now, but Gavin Newsom is siding with the tech billionaires again. The 2028 audition continues… www.wsj.com/business/med...

TLDR: They argue that fascism is a necessary defense against the threat of socialism. They probably have no idea that such logic—creating a cult of grievance and victimhood to justify heinous actions as self-defense—is a fascist hallmark.

If you had told me a decade ago that one day we would discover a cabal of rich pedophiles who had preyed on hundreds if not thousands of girls on a private island and hardly anyone would be held accountable, I would’ve called you stone cold crazy. It turns out I was the crazy one.

JD Vance says Watergate wouldn't matter today I disagree Trump's self-dealing has reached levels that would have been unimaginable in past presidencies In my latest publisher's note, I break down the 10 biggest Trump grifts we're fighting back against 👇 - TN

Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals (Round 4)

Publisher's Roundup 78

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Important. #wawx Public radio is simulcasting all coverage KHQ's wall-to-wall coverage is being simulcast by public radio stations across the region

Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is “one of the most catastrophic events we've seen in our lifetime here in Spokane," KHQ anchor @KHQSean says, noting it's impossible to know many homes have already burned. Now it's sunset. "Tomorrow morning is going to be devastating for our community," @KHQLeslie says.”

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

Replace apparently with obviously. Republicans apparently have no problem with President Trump protecting himself and his family from any tax investigations ever again. newrepublic.com/post/213762/...

America’s legal system To practice law: —4 year degree, LSAT, 3 year JD, pass BAR, buy malpractice insurance, total cost ~$300K To enforce law: —Here’s paid 13-week training & a gun To write law: —0 qualifications needed, a billionaire can buy your seat Vote only for people funded by people.❤️✊🏽

Most corrupt President ever: Trump is now offering to sell advanced access to all of this social media posts for a $100,000 fee. Because Trump frequently announces tariffs, wars, and other market-moving actions on Truth Social first, those willing to pay can reap billions in unfair market gains.

Just a reminder that Trump granted his Mar-a-Largo buddy a no-bid contract with a 20% guaranteed profit margin plus another 20% for "administrative costs" with no receipt required. Trump then gave the same contractor an equally sweetheart deal for fixing the mess he created. Corruption unlimited.

I will go to my grave hating this man's guts and feeling bottomless contempt for all the Very Savvy commentators who still to this day try to impress one another by caping for him.

Compromised Values | Bryce Covert

Joe Manchin’s memoir reveals that the West Virginian Senator worshipped “work” at the expense of supporting his party’s efforts to help working people.

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Just think of how sick, twisted and demented you have to be to post this as president knowing it is all a lie because you don’t want to admit you hired an unqualified pool guy - the act of typing this knowing that every word is false.