Tapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."
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Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. n.pr/4fCaF10
Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17
Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded 44 others overnight into Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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A retired US Army captain and Iraq War veteran is taking legal action after National Guard troops approached her outside her Washington, DC home, pushed her to the ground and detained her in an aggressive, caught-on-camera confrontation.
Purple Heart vet sues after National Guard troops detained her at her DC home
National Guard troops seized Anna King, slamming her to the ground and leaving her with injuries that required surgery, according to a federal tort claim
independent.co.uk
New Haven Switches Law Firms After $38 Million Judgement, Preps for Five More Cases ctexaminer.com/2026/08/04/n... @ctexaminer.bsky.social
New Haven Switches Law Firms After $38 Million Judgement, Preps for Five More Cases
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Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Wisconsin Rapids to convince residents to allow a real estate developer to build a data center in their town. Boos quickly rained down.
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now
The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.
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Local newsroom, global impact: The Kyiv Independent covers war, corruption and daily life in Ukraine www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/the-... #simplesharebuttons @kyivindependent.com @gretchenapeck.bsky.social
Local newsroom, global impact: The Kyiv Independent covers war, corruption and daily life in Ukraine - Editor and Publisher
What does it take to report the news while missiles fall, drones buzz overhead and air-raid sirens interrupt daily life? E&P’s Bob Miller profiles The Kyiv Independent in this month’s cover story. The...
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Blanche set to clear nomination hurdle after deal wins senators' vote reut.rs/45FNc9a
Blanche set to clear nomination hurdle after deal wins senators' vote
Questions persist about a deal he said would end President Donald Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund and narrow an agreement giving Trump immunity from audits of past tax returns.
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Seems to me that news that a bank has closed Trump accounts because of money laundering concerns should get more attention. Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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News orgs spend so much energy trying to get subscribers, and then totally screw them over with AI pricing. For shame, @wsj.com @newyorker.com @wired.com www.niemanlab.org
Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism
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“Zero Accountability”: Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes
U.S. boat strikes across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people since September, while the Trump administration has provided no evidence linking the vessels or their passeng...
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Ecuadorian prosecutor Alexandra Bravo was killed June 14. Bravo had been investigating U.S. strikes on three Ecuadorian boats in which 36 passengers survived, many of them recounting alleged torture by American gunmen in U.S. military uniforms aboard a U.S.-flagged patrol ship.
“Zero Accountability”: Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes
U.S. boat strikes across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people since September, while the Trump administration has provided no evidence linking the vessels or their passeng...
democracynow.org
The Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed BreakThrough News, which says it’s being targeted over its coverage of U.S. mass deportations, ICE abuses, Cuba and Palestine solidarity and U.S. foreign policy.
New McCarthyism? House GOP Subpoenas BreakThrough News in War on Progressive Groups
The Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee subpoenaed BreakThrough News last week, demanding the independent online news outlet hand over internal communications and financial records. BreakThr...
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Alexandra Bravo was killed while investigating boat strike survivors’ claims that they were tortured by US gunmen.
Prosecutor Investigating US Boat Strikes and Torture Assassinated in Ecuador
Alexandra Bravo was killed while investigating boat strike survivors’ claims that they were tortured by US gunmen.
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If Trump can't have it, no one can. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Trump halts Kennedy Center tours to hide his destruction
Earlier this week, a Kennedy Center tour guide spoke to The New York Times about how she still kept showing up every Monday to conduct tours, but knew one day she might just arrive to locked doors.
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We could've made this montage of liars an hour long but you get the point
He lied. Yet another major scandal for the Trump regime. Everyone involved should be fired and brought up on charges.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it
MAINE— Killer ICE Agent’s ex: “He wanted me to lie about his character. I won’t. He abused me and my daughter… I’ve waited years to speak my truth, and now a man is dead.” They are hiring the worst of the worst.
Here are things that will – and will not – help us fight the threat of wildfires
I study the boreal forest. This summer wildfires came for my home | Julee Boan
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Trump torn apart by former CIA head for ignoring right-wing extremists #AlterNet
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Trump torn apart by former CIA head for ignoring right-wing extremists
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Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign www.democracynow.org/2026/7/30/ci... via @democracynow.org
Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign
A coalition of social justice organizations is celebrating a recent decision by Citizens Bank to divest from private prison companies that operate immigration jails for the federal government. The fin...
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“the boss wants this money" from @wsj.com, a deep dive into the extortion operation run out of the White House gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Spanish and French firefighters feel the strain from tackling huge blazes reut.rs/4h7Rdug
Spanish and French firefighters feel the strain from tackling huge blazes
Massive wildfires burning near the French city of Bordeaux and across the border in Spain are placing a huge strain on the firefighters battling on the front line, raising questions about the way fire services are organised.
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The FBI has ADMITTED it has the Epstein Files redaction TRAINING VIDEOS that an anonymous FBI source told me about last year. TODD BLANCHE was required to release these under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. TODD BLANCHE is unfit to serve as Attorney General. VOTE NO. @judiciarydems.senate.gov
No one is safe when ICE feels empowered to detain U.S. citizens, use violence, and retaliate against those exercising our free speech rights. ACLU state affiliates across the country are representing people harmed by federal law enforcement to make sure immigration agents aren't let off the hook.
ACLU puts feds on defense: 54 claims in 17 states
The civil liberties group also released a report identifying 432 incidents of alleged misconduct.
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Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
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Rand Paul calling the 5th amendment a "privilege" and threatening to punish those who invoke it is QUITE the look for a so-called "libertarian" #FuckTheseFascists