Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE Riach alleges that just 4 days after Alex Pretti was shot & killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched something called Operation Puppet Master. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Attorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE

Defense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou...

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Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

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.

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#TrumpsWar Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Navy Carrier “There have been widespread reports of shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns & disruptions in the mail system... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns (Gift Article)

The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.

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ICE’s plan for electric shock gloves draws fears of misuse Lawsuit alleges shocks from gloves contributed to man’s death - a pending lawsuit alleges a 43-year-old man died in 2024 after he was shocked 27 times with the gloves ktla.com/news/ice-ele...

ICE’s plan for electric shock gloves draws fears of misuse

ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to outfit officers and agents with “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices,”

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Giving torture devices to Nazis, what could go wrong? ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks Immigration agents have deployed pepper spray against protesters, dragged people out of vehicles & fatally shot at least 6 people... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...

ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks (Gift Article)

The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics said they could encourage agents to use more force.

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#FascistGOP One Year Later, Trump’s ‘Takeover’ Has Changed D.C. Is It Better Off? A $292 million federal contract was recently awarded for building “apartment-style lodging units” for the troops. The deployment is expected to cost $1.4 billion... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

One Year Later, Trump’s ‘Takeover’ Has Changed D.C. Is It Better Off? (Gift Article)

The deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents into the streets has been expensive. How effective it has been is debatable.

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#KaroLying Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s Press Secretary, to Depart White House He said Ms. Leavitt would become one of his “top” outside advisers and called her “one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s White House Press Secretary, Is Leaving the Role (Gift Article)

President Trump said that Ms. Leavitt, who recently gave birth to her second child, would be leaving to spend time with her family.

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#Republicans - Bulldozers roll into Big Bend National Park to build Trump border wall Congress authorized $46.5 billion in funding, & federal officials in June waived dozens of environmental regulations to speed up wall construction in or near the national park. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Bulldozers roll into Big Bend National Park to build Trump border wall

Contractors are building a border wall in Big Bend National Park, sparking outrage from residents and activists.

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Scale of Trump’s Raid on National Parks Funds for White House ‘Vanity Projects’ Revealed “The National Park Service is being used as a piggy bank,” said one critic. $323 million has been rerouted to fund projects on the White House grounds this year alone www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...

Scale of Trump's Raid on National Parks Funds for White House 'Vanity Projects' Revealed | Common Dreams

Internal documents reveal massive funds diverted to Trump's vanity projects, while national parks face budget cuts. Critics decry misuse of taxpayer dollars.

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#GetOutTheVote Democrats hold the lead as early voting chugs on in Miami-Dade After a week of in-person early voting in Miami-Dade County, only about 7% of registered voters have participated in the August primary election. www.wlrn.org/government-p...

Democrats hold the lead as early voting chugs on in Miami-Dade

Early voting numbers show high activity in the northern regions of the county where the Congressional District 25 race is underway.

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Traffic to Trump’s Truth Social Falls Sharply This Summer President Trump’s social media platform has had double-digit declines in visitors in June & July, visitors to Truth Social was down about 36% from a year ago www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...

Traffic to Trump’s Truth Social Falls Sharply This Summer (Gift Article)

President Trump’s social media platform has had double-digit declines in visitors in June and July, according to estimates from a widely cited online tracking firm.

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Republicans Making Diseases Great Again! #VaxUp #Measles #Leprosy #Ebola #ScrewWorms #flesheatingbacteria Trump signs executive order on vaccines with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... via @nbcnews

Trump signs executive order on vaccines with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Get live updates and the latest news as Trump shifts the U.S. approach to ending the Iran war and another GOP lawmaker says Rep. Max Miller should resign if the allegations against him are true.

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#SHITLER #Greenland issues sharp rebuke to Trump-linked oil company A Texas oil company that wants to extract what could amount to billions of barrels of oil from East Greenland’s Arctic basin has crossed a red line before even starting to drill. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Tensions in the Arctic: Greenland issues sharp rebuke to Trump-linked oil company

Greenland’s government issued a “strong warning” last week after a new Texas oil company linked to US President Donald Trump moved equipment intended for exploratory drilling ashore without the requir...

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So illegal. And he brags about it.

#SHITLER Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats President Trump hid in an airport catering container & was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats (Gift Article)

President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.

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Forget the East Wing. The Real Demolition Has Only Just Begun. The proposed “Arc de Trump” in Washington is less a monument than a gaudy construction the height of a skyscraper www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...

Opinion | It Won’t Stop at the Arc de Trump. It Won’t Stop at Washington. (Gift Article)

The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the review process will allow it to take a wrecking ball to historic sites across the country.

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Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk

Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than ​a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including ‌salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination.

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The Trump admin offered sick Medicaid patients a 1-year lifeline. These red states are rejecting it. The new work rules stem from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that Republicans in Congress passed last year requiring Medicaid enrollees to work www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

The Trump admin offered sick Medicaid patients a 1-year lifeline. These red states are rejecting it.

Several conservative states will require proof from people who say they're too sick to work.

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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling Two days later, Trump made his latest menacing post on Truth Social, www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

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#Antifa In Trumps America Anti-Fascism is labeled terrorism! The sentences range from 30 to 100 years in prison, longer than the harshest sentence handed down to any of the convicted rioters in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades in prison in latest crackdown on dissent

In two federal courts, a group of protesters received unusually long sentences after the Justice Department accused them of being members of Antifa. These nine protesters were arrested after they demo...

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The public will have 60 days to weigh in on it before it goes into effect. #SaveHeadStart Docket (ACF-2026-0595) www.regulations.gov/document/ACF...

Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations Head Start centers serve around 700,000 of the nation's most vulnerable children, including those who are homeless, in foster care or disabled. www.pbs.org/newshour/edu...

Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations

Early childhood policy experts argue the deregulation could undermine Head Start's position as the gold standard in early education.

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Action required! Save Head Start! Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations You can submit comments until Oct. 6, 2026. Docket ID ACF-2026-0595 Comment Period Ends: Oct 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT www.regulations.gov/docket/ACF-2...

Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Eric and Don Jr.’s ties to 15 companies that have received $3.2 BILLION in defense contracts. Here's what you should know about their ongoing grifts.

UPDATE: @justinjpearson.bsky.social wins the Democratic nomination in TN-9

For a regime and cult who supposedly hate immigrants and think only people who are born here are citizens, they sure give this piece of shit a lot of latitude. Because he's rich and white.

The park service says Trump's arch would obstruct historic sites. There's widespread opposition to the 250-foot arch President Trump wants to build near the National Mall, which would tower over a historic area already packed with monuments. www.npr.org/2026/08/06/n...

The park service says Trump's arch would obstruct historic sites. Could it be moved?

President Trump's proposed arch in Memorial Circle would intrude on dozens of nearby sites, says the National Park Service. But there's been minimal discussion of alternate locations.

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Ty Cobb once advised President Trump. Now he calls him 'evil' He told PBS's Frontline that Congress has neutered itself through its own cowardice. He certainly no longer has anybody around him who restrains his malignant narcissistic impulses. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Ty Cobb once advised President Trump. Now he calls him 'evil'

Ty Cobb served as special White House counsel in the first Trump administration. Now, he’s one of the president’s loudest critics. Ty Cobb talks about why he thinks the president is no longer fit for ...

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In 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration proposed creating stronger cybersecurity guidelines to better safeguard the nation’s water supply from hackers. The E.P.A. rescinded the order, however, after Republican-led states www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)

Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

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Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time (Gift Article)

Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.

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