Happy birthday to an actual President, Barack Obama. 💙

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Elon Musk will be spending $100 million to $120 million in at least eight states to help elect Republicans in November, according to The New York Times. But Musk’s money shouldn’t be viewed as a problem. It’s an opportunity. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stink-of-musk

We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)

The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.

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“Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…” www.newsweek.com/nurse-allege...

US nurse alleges ICE agents broke her kneecap in $500,000 legal claim

Norma Bowe, a nurse and professor, has filed a $500,000 claim against the government, saying ICE agents threw her to the ground.

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Sanders: Look at what Mamdani is doing and contrast that with Trump. Trump cuts funding for child care. Mamdani thinks we should have free, universal child care. Who do you think is on the side of the American people on these issues?

James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."

Many of us are attending American Civil Liberties Union's event, “Organizing to Protect Democracy: Messaging that Motivates Voter Participation” - sign up now to j www.mobilize.us/aclu/event/9...

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### Our democracy depends on our participation. And as we head into elections, that participation is strongest when our communities understand how our elections work. **Organizing To Protect Democra...

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Join us in supporting Lana Foley's candidacy for Sheriff in Wicomico County. Let's bring leadership back into our jurisdiction that is about the community and not obedience to a corrupt DC agenda.

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🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case and is admitting the damage was the result of a flawed, botched installation job, not vandalism.

DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Charges Against Olympian It Indicted for "Vandalizing" the Lincoln Memorial.

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BREAKING: Pirro has dismissed the case against Davey Hearn for vandalizing the reflecting pool, saying that there's no way vandals could have caused the damage.

Join us in supporting our endorsed candidates! Megan & Josh are pillars of our community for whom we are grateful. Have fun as we make a better #Delmarva. #wicomico #maryland #marylandpolitics #Salisburymd Trivia & Taco Night on August 6! ❤️ secure.actblue.com/donate/wicom...

Tacos & Trivia with Josh Hastings & Megan Outten

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Maybe Hassett can sell his house and move to a small town next to one to set a proper example for the peasants. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

Come join us on August 6th as we work to support our endorsed candidates, Megan, Alton and Josh Hastings! #wicomico #Delmarva #salisburymd #Marylandpolitics secure.actblue.com/donate/wicom...

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Are you prepared to turn your medical records over to Trump? Because they are demanding that you do.... We live in a dumpster fire. Make sure you share this! youtu.be/h7vJVid4Y8w?...

Maddow: Why Trump's request for emergency room records isn't what it seems

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Dear leader, wants your obedience so he can keep grifting jets and controlling what companies get information to make a profit. youtu.be/iZ5IK65HxdI?...

NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Confessions of the Dear Leader

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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So, the Senate “agreed” to not do something that legally, they can’t do? Cool , cool. Can we get serious now? This gives voter cover to vote GOP & that’s all it is. “My GOP senator voted not pardon a pdfile! That gets my vote!”

Bathroom rughead Rand Paul is a disgrace in every way as well as a russian propagandist who is blinded by his jealousy of Dr. Fauci who has actually done the real work and has saved many lives. Dr. Fauci is an American hero whilst Rand is a corrupt unhinged loser.

CNN: "The president's overall approval rating now stands at just 34%. That matches his career low following the January 6 insurrection."

Absolute moron. I'm currently riding across Europe and the turbines are amazing. Awe inspiring in fact.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump: "Any time you see windmills, you see a failing country"

There is no invasion in Europe and this is all white supremacists talking points

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump: "They're coming from Africa, they're coming from South America, they're coming from different parts of Asia, and they're invading Europe. They're invading Europe! It's an invasion. And the UK is a prime suspect."

#Wicomico County #Maryland needs a sheriff who not only protects its citizens but respects them. Lana Foley will make this a safe community people are proud to call home. Join her at lanaforwicomico.com

Political cartoons can be so damn accurate!

On this day in 1902, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 10 Aug 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and on the 20 Aug 1942 to the Riga Ghetto. They both perished in the Shoah. Her name was Marie Gansová

A mother gave the government her fingerprints, tax records, and DNA to get her 6-year-old daughter back. She did everything officials asked. ICE used that information to find and arrest her. A child welfare system became a deportation tool. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

ICE Turned Family Reunification Into A Deportation List

A program created to place migrant children with relatives has become a pipeline for deportation arrests.

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