WE’RE NOT DOOMED: Thu Aug 6, 2026 Democrats are doing things right ALL THE TIME, but they aren’t always the most flashy, because we need the majority federally for that. Always focus on the small wins, cause that’s where the real change happens. Read it!: www.thedailyelm.com/p/the-presby... 1/
Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸
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Fuck ICE. Fuck fascism. Fuck racism. Fuck homophobia. Fuck transphobia. Fuck every last billionaire. Fuck all Republican politicians. BILLIONAIRES ARE A POLICY FAILURE We, the GOOD American people, can save our democracy 🇺🇸
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp once commanded a platoon in the Army's 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. Now he leads the entire division. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)
New commander of Army’s 25th Infantry Division returns to where it all began
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey VanAntwerp returns to 25th Infantry Division, where he first took command of a platoon. Now, he returns to take command of the entire division.
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From NATE too funny must share He don't know what the F*CK HE'S DOING
🔵 FLIP: Democrats have won control of the Knox County, Tennessee, Board of Education. The board oversees public schools in a county with more than half a million residents.
James Talarico: “The first thing we have to do when we win this seat is pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. We have to restore federal voting rights protections. These rights are inherent to people as human beings, the ability to shape your own destiny.”
Chuck Edwards, a MAGA representative ended his reelection bid after a House ethics probe revealed inappropriate behavior with female staffers. Francis Maxwell reacts... youtu.be/vX4tQX3MFVM?...
🚨Trump PANICS as GOP Rep ABRUPTLY QUITS before ELECTION!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles loses his primary: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Rep. Andy Ogles loses his Republican primary in Tennessee
Ogles lost despite having President Donald Trump’s endorsement, NBC News projects. Former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher will be the GOP nominee.
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Also: Rand Paul's nephew. Ex-Rand Paul aide pardoned by Trump convicted of illegally funneling Russian cash to Trump campaign www.salon.com/2022/11/18/e... And Rand Paul's father, Ron, supported Putin attacking Ukraine.
Ex-Rand Paul aide pardoned by Trump convicted of illegally funneling Russian cash to Trump campaign
Jesse Benton, who is married to Paul's niece, was pardoned by Trump in a different campaign finance scheme.
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ARE YOU AWARE WE STILL HAVE ROGUE DOGE STORM TROOPERS WORKING IN MYRIAD FEDERAL AGENCIES & GAO SAYS AGENCIES REFUSE TO RELEASE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBERS, OR WHO THEY ARE? www.govexec.com/oversight/20...
Watchdog puts new numbers on the size of DOGE, but many details remain unknown as agencies refuse to turn over information
In a new report, the Government Accountability Office said it was unable to verify if all Department of Government Efficiency employees completed mandatory activities intended to avoid conflicts of in...
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Sen. Durbin: Under Blanche's leadership, over 1,000 FBI personnel were pulled off law enforcement priorities and directed to flag Epstein records for any mention of Trump. Blanche participated in secret meetings in the White House Situation Room to strategize about protecting Trump, not survivors.
NYC’s Education Department is changing how it responds to students who are chronically absent due to school avoidance, according to an agreement officials signed last week. Via Chalkbeat NY
NYC Schools Will Change How They Handle Chronic Absence Due to Disabilities
Public schools will adopt systemwide rules and appoint dedicated liaisons to help students missing school due to severe anxiety, depression or other disabilities.
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A Russian drone completely burned down the Holy Protection Church (Sviato-Vvedenska) in Boryslav, Kherson region, built in 1726. The church was an architectural monument of national significance and one of the few surviving examples of Cossack wooden sacral architecture.
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:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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On this day in 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents & 4 others by the Gestapo after hiding for 2 years inside a bldg. in Amsterdam. Anne & her sister, Margot, died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. #Fascism #FDT #FuckTrump #TrumpsteinFiles #TrumpsteinWar
Perils Terrifying
Alt: Army marching with caption: "Lest we forget the dangers of the past."
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Okay! So hello. My name is Allison Gill. For the last 9 years, you’ve known me as Mueller, She Wrote. I used to have to be anonymous. But not anymore. So, hello world!
Changed my name from Mueller, She Wrote to my actual name, Allison Gill. Hoping I can get my blue check back. @joshpetri.bsky.team can you help?
Oracle's $ORCL risk of default has soared to its highest level in history, surpassing the peak of the Global Financial Crisis 🚨 🚨
Update: this isn’t Israel’s first flirtation with this idea. In 2019, PM Netanyahu’s son Yair posted a map calling Ceuta/Melilla “occupied Arab Islamic lands,” urging Muslims to “free” them, then offered Spain an NGO funding trade. Same family, old idea. en.yabiladi.com/articles/det...
Benjamin Netanyahu’s son and Vox’s leader argue over Ceuta and Melilla
In a tweet made public the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, «called for Arabs and Muslims to conquer Spanish lands in North...
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1/ 🧵 Hours after migrants started dying trying to swim into Spain, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon was online mocking them. A Spanish minister reposted him & said “things are becoming clear.” Israel had to publicly disavow its own ambassador. What did he say? #DV1 #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
TikTok agrees to settle three more teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial; 2,600 cases with similar claims are pending in California federal court (Dietrich Knauth/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
"It seems to me that either someone from the Department of the Interior should go to jail, or someone from the Department of Justice should be disbarred. (Or both?) We’re going to talk about why that is and who it might be in a moment."
Behold the TRUMP Act: I Know How to Fix American Politics
How to save the republic with one weird trick.
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Housing and fees will also be covered for students with family incomes up to $100,000 a year. bit.ly/4wHfHzi
A country that is 99% Muslim has renamed a billion dollar highway for Donald Trump. Guess what, Repubs? You like Islam now. www.jpost.com/internationa...
Morocco names Western Sahara highway after Donald Trump | The Jerusalem Post
Morocco has named its flagship Tiznit-Dakhla expressway after US President Donald Trump, citing his recognition of Rabat's sovereignty over Western Sahara.
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Cong. Miller's Answer is due to be filed on or before August 13, 2026. His response to the Motion for Temporary Restraing Order is due on or before August 17, 2026. And his response to our lengthy and detailed discovery requests are due on or before August 19, 2026.
Today we filed for a Temporary Restraining Order against Cong. Max Miller (R-OH) on behalf of former Trump Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.
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Grassroots Movement Is Resisting Corporate Grab Of Water Systems - PopularResistance.Org
The road from public ownership of a municipal water system to privatization is a one-way street paved with regret. Once public ownership is lost, it’s a rarity to recover control. Bolingbrook, Illinois, has been trying to for the last 15 years. Missoula, Montana, is one extraordinary success story, but it took sustained public support, political will across administrations, costly decades in the courts, and ultimately hardball tactics like the invocation of eminent domain. In southern Illinois, an ad hoc people’s movement is going after government officials who are trying to smooth-talk residents toward the edge of the privatization bluff.
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NOTE: The lawyer/law firm that represented Trump in his Capital One money laundering lawsuit is the same lawyer Judge Williams referred to the bar for disciplinary action in the bogus Trump IRS lawsuit that resulted in the slush fund and tax immunity.
Black Fact of the Week: The 15th Amendment banned denying Black men the right to vote because of race in 1870. But states created new barriers to block Black voters. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped dismantle many of those barriers, but the fight to protect voting rights continues today.