Day 488.2 A Salvadoran man held at a troubled federal immigration detention facility in Newark, NJ died this past weekend. The 41-yr-old man, Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, was being held at the Delaney Hall Detention Center. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...

Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)

The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...

Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts (Gift Article)

More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.

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Spent the weekend in Ohio, and it was packed house after packed house for @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social. Veterans, union members, and folks across Ohio are all fired up to vote for him in November. These folks know they can count on Sherrod because he’s always had their back.

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It’s always fucking Halloween with this guy. Nobody ever took little Donny out Trick-or-Treating and now we have this, over and over again.

He insults every member of the military, yet they vote for him over and over.

after Max Miller's wife accused him of abusing her and their daughter, our shithole president took Miller's side, and explained that HE was the real victim. holy shit, Republicans fucking suck. thank you for your attention to today's very angry post. link is here: bit.ly/4fEDGZV

A cynic might think that whenever trump's approval is sliding armed men threatening him magically appear... apnews.com/article/trum...

A man carrying ammo was monitoring security at Trump golf course near Los Angeles, authorities say

Authorities say they have arrested a man who was walking the grounds and appeared to be monitoring security planning at President Donald Trump’s California golf course ahead of the president’s visit.

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This week, we honor the Coast Guard who have protected New Jersey’s coastline. I’m proud of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May and all recruits who pass through our state. Thank you for your service!

This is what hou get when a stupid, evil, malicious, lying scumbag fills his administration with stupid, evil, malicious, lying scumbags—a shitshow where the participants look like the clowns they are and where the American people suffer. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro (Gift Article)

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.

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Jeanine might be in trouble #JeaninePirro #Trump

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

Hearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h ago

😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:

i hesitate to use the word 'attack'

i hesitate to use the word 'attack'

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, was the Capitol attack on January 6? COOK: I hesitate to use the word 'attack'

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Video Of Capitol Riot Shown During First Jan. 6 Committee Hearing

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🤦‍♂️. So, if some people marched on his home and busted the windows out, let themselves in, stole stuff, and smeared shit on the walls, he wouldn’t feel attacked? So dumb.

Wow I am still amazed at how many people will destroy their credibility for their orange leader.

I would love to hear just one of them ask if someone threw poop on your house what would you call it.

Filling government positions with the absolute worst people.

No Justice. Now they run government. America was cheated. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · last yr.

Police Bodycam: Jan 6 Insurrection, Coup / Graphic Warning

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

SCHIFF: When Trump ran against Hillary Clinton, who won? CANDEUB: Um. Trump was certified as winner S: Did he in fact win? C: He was certified S: Do you have some doubt about if he won? C: I have no doubt he was certified S: When did it become so difficult to answer such a simple question?

Susan Butcher was the first person to win 3 consecutive #Iditarod races & first to win 4 times in 5 races (1986-1988, 1990). #Alaska honored her with Susan Butcher Day, the first Saturday in March coinciding with the traditional start of the Iditarod. She died #OTD in 2006 at age 51.

Jeff Flake is a decent person. The old kind of Republican. He left the Senate because he wouldn’t do what so many have done, support Trump’s nonsense.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club@lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2h ago

Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake just endorsed Democrat Jon Ossoff. Flake says he is still a conservative Republican, but character matters more than party. Flake warns Mike Collins would be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. #GASen #CharacterMatters

8/5 HSI in the parking lot of Best Buy on Rose, Oxnard. If support is needed 805-296-1119 ☎️

SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

The Beatles released their greatest album 60 years ago today

Regardless of what folks on Fox & Friends imagine, since 2016, and 6 years of Trump, America's power and influence on the world stage has seen a significant erosion. What's worse, I'd argue, is that it's deserved.