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#OnePride, 🔥⬆️💚 DONALD IS FINISHED, HE IS NO LONGER “HOT”

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Paul Duane 🥔@paulduane.bsky.social · 8h ago

The guy who started the pile-on that led to Jason Arday's death is an actual full-scale white supremacist.

Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · 20h ago

In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.

Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · 3d ago

NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/

Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public Citizen

Introduction  On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new…

citizen.org

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3d ago

SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.

militarytimes.com

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d ago

For a post I'm still working on, I did a list of all the things we know about how Davey Hearn was charged. Almost none of this is making it into coverage of the case.

There are two main witnesses who implicated Davey Hearn: a female Parks Service employee who claims he told her she was “awfully sensitive about the pool,” and Emily Miller, the right wing propagandist who captured his arrest and claimed to talk to Pirro’s people about the case; Miller may be a witness mentioned in the arrest affidavit (she blocked me when I asked if she was on Xitter). That woman from the Parks Service did not testify to the grand jury and the investigative witness who did (MF) emphasized that her testimony “was not a sworn statement.” She’s the source of the claim that Hearn “violently” ripped at the pool liner. There are two photographs, one posted publicly by Hearn before he was charged, and another taken by a government employee, both of which show the damage was already done before Hearn reached his hand into the water. With regards to Hearn’s photo: the government did not present it to the grand jury (which is not a clearcut abuse) but also did not mention it in an affidavit to seize his phone (which is). With regards to the other photo, the government seems to have claimed that the female Parks Service employee took it and obscured when it was taken; Pirro’s MTD corrects the timing and attributes the photo to another government employee. The government refused to provide Hearn with metadata to prove this before they dismissed the case. There is CCTV footage that should have been turned over to Hearn that was not — footage that was shared with Jesse Watters so he could do propaganda to support Trump’s claims of sabotage. It almost certainly would debunk the entirety the Parks Service employee testimony. Even if we buy Pirro’s suspect claims about what Interior turned over when or her claimed ignorance about the problems with the pool before that, we know she had notice of the problems with the pool well before July 16 or 17, when she claims DOJ discovered the problems for the first time. DOJ knew of a damage assessment Interior did — which in…
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d ago

Relatedly, this useful @emptywheel.bsky.social timeline shows that Pirro moved to drop the case right after David Hearn made request for grand jury testimony. It sure looks like Pirro's office doesn't want more scrutiny of how they got grand jury to indict. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...

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Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d ago

Even though David Hearn has been exonerated, his legal team says they're still seeking access to full grand jury transcripts, including instructions given to jurors leading to indictment. They think this could reveal that prosecutors misled the grand jury: newrepublic.com/article/2141...

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 6d ago

Donald Trump posted a graphic targeting Abdul El-Sayed and his wife, comparing them to him and Melania with the caption “Two Very Different America’s.” Here’s how El-Sayed flipped it right back on him live on CNN:

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.

Make sure you read about the nice Trump-appointed 3rd Circuit judge who kept working at her govt affairs company while serving as a judge. Who knew someone could make Emil Bove look less shitty on the Third? www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

‘Is she even allowed to be doing this?’: Inside a federal judge’s side gig running a PR firm

Jennifer Mascott’s tenure at public affairs firm Adfero sparked questions around conflicts of interest and partisanship.

politico.com

LL@cheetodusty.bsky.social · last wk.

What was the Republican party comprised of in 1850’s-according to this biography, fmr Whigs, antislavery Dems,Liberty party men and nativists all coalesced around stopping the expansion of slavery-a panoply coming together to fight one thing- seems relevant today #Blight #Douglass

LL@cheetodusty.bsky.social · last wk.

Reading the Blight biography of Frederick Douglass, his quote about the slave power in 1850’s is so good. He said the central theme of the 1850’s was not just abolition but the aggressive character of slavery itself- their need to dominate the nations future, their need for security

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · last wk.

This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever endured—perhaps biggest?—and all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last wk.

Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 2w ago

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

futurism.com