El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

That’s why we all voted VBNMW in 2020. And all it got us was more and worse Trump. I don’t know how much more voters need to see before realizing that just voting in any old Democrat isn’t going to stop this train wreck. The current Democratic leadership has lost to Trump and Republicans 3x.

"That is one of the reasons that I believe caused the death of my son, the negligence — that he wasn't given his medication that he had to take," Maria Cornejo said during the Movimiento Cosecha interview… www.facebook.com/100077262576... Local NJ coverage: montclairlocal.news/2026/08/seco...

Second detainee dies after being held at Delaney Hall ICE detention center

The family alleges Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo was denied needed medication while detained. ICE says he received appropriate medical care and prescribed medication.

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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

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BREAKING: Another ICE Prisoner Has Died at Delaney Hall

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NEW: Capital One closed hundreds of Trump accounts for money laundering. We wouldn’t have known if Trump hadn’t sued. Now he’s got tax immunity. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capita...

NEW: Capital One Closed Hundreds of Trump Bank Accounts for Anti-Money Laundering Reasons

"A bottled water company, a winery, a golf course, a construction payroll firm, and a real estate brokerage, and hundreds of other businesses" were debanked. Trump claims it was for political reasons.

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God damn, Zohran out here saying "actually, the government can in fact make life better; the ruling class just usually choose not to" Go off king

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

For context, here is Stephanie Grisham's 2021 column about dating Rep Max Miller when they were both working for Trump, how he abused her, and how neither Trump gave a shit. archive.ph/4RO6R

"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou

O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section. I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June. We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon. Convenient time for him to quit.

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d ago

New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

this might actually be how we achieve world peace

ICE is still refusing to follow through on its pledge to equip its officers with body cameras. Their goal is without body camera footage, accountability becomes much harder. If you witness an interaction, remember to keep your camera rolling and document what you can safely.

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice Lawsuit to compel New Jersey to provide the DOJ with access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for voters DOJ is now 0-18 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-je...

🚨 United States of America v. Caldwell

Learn more here.

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In case anyone needs a quote from me about this: "I'm still not tired of winning." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump DOJ loses bid for New Jersey voter rolls, now 0 for 18

The ruling arrived one day after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) formally rejected a new DOJ request for personal information about people mistakenly registered through a software failure.

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Democratic attorneys general and the Justice Department are facing off for the first time in court over the fine line between being sick and being “medically frail." It's a distinction that could cost Medicaid recipients their health benefits.

A cancer diagnosis may not be enough: Trump and Democratic states clash in court over who’s too sick to work

Medicaid eligibility will soon hinge on how the government defines “medical frailty.”

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“Go back to Haiti.” -U.S. govt. “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason.” -Also the U.S. govt.

Upwards of 200,00 people may have lost their jobs today; or will in the upcoming days. There is a palpable sense of fear among the Haitian community right now. They need your support.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · last wk.

My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.

This includes people who came here legally on a visa, applied for another form of status, and are just waiting for the US government to decide their case. People who haven’t done a single thing wrong.

Hamed Aleaziz@haleaziz.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired visas as they travel through airports, according to documents obtained by The Times and interviews with lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

Why are Abdul El Sayed and Mamdani so utterly terrifying to the Democratic Establishment and its corporate donors? Ask yourselves.

Mike Waltz -- the same guy who accidentally added the editor of the Atlantic to a top secret Signal group chat about US strikes in Yemen -- says that people who expose military secrets need to be in jail.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Did you know that Puerto Rico became a U.S. laboratory for reproductive control, sterilization, eugenics—and the birth‑control pill? It's true. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory digpodcast.org/2019/05/12/c...

Choice, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Puerto Rico

In 1968, researchers found that one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age were surgically sterilized. This ignited the U.S. reproductive rights movement and the political demand to en…

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After the Spanish‑American War, Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. colony in 1898. American officials quickly frame the island as “overpopulated” and “economically backward,” laying the groundwork for population control. In the 1930s, U.S. eugenicists (cont) msmagazine.com/2026/07/25/l...

‘La Operación’: The Hidden History and Forced Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women

In 1937, the U.S. began one of the largest sterilization campaigns in modern history in its colony of Puerto Rico. By the 1970s, one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age had been steril...

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argue poverty is hereditary and that “unfit” populations reproduce too fast. Puerto Rico becomes a target for “scientific” population reduction. In 1937, Puerto Rico passes Law 116, allowing sterilization as public policy. U.S. eugenicist Dr. Clarence Gamble (below)funds (cont)

clinics across the island. Sterilization is promoted as “modern family planning.” It was everything but. It was organized genocide wrapped in a lab coat. Througout the 1940s and 1950s, sterilization becomes normalized. Clinics expand. Women are pressured postpartum. (cont)

Consent forms are in English. Many are told the procedure is reversible. Sterilization is the most common birth‑control method on the island. In 1947, Operation Bootstrap begins. The U.S. industrializes Puerto Rico—but factories prefer sterilized (cont) www.businessinsider.com/women-puerto...

Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in Puerto Rico were sterilized to address concerns of 'surplus population'

After Puerto Rico became a US colony in 1898, the federal and local governments pushed sterilization as a way to "economically develop" the island.

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women. For factories, that meant no maternity leave—and no childcare interruptions. Population control becomes part of economic policy. Between 1955–1957 — the Pill Trials begin. Puerto Rico hosts the first large‑scale human trials of the birth‑control pill (Enovid). (cont)