“.. Arizona is the place in the country that’s had the largest reduction in food stamps since the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill. .. 450,000 people have lost nutrition aid there. “.. it includes more than 100,000 children as well.” @nytimes.com #OBBBA www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/p...

A new investigation reveals that at least 50 police officers from all over the U.S. have been caught abusing their access to Flock's automatic license plate reader database, including to stalk women. This is just one of the many reasons to get these creepy cameras off our streets.

ACLU of Wisconsin@acluofwi.bsky.social · yesterday

Wisconsin is making national news because so many police officers have been charged or convicted with using the Flock surveillance network to stalk people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/

NEW: The San Francisco Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office announced the arrests of seven men following a three-day undercover operation targeting suspected child predators. nbcbay.com/cN1V04T

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LAPD searching for 3-year-old after Van Nuys home invasion

Police are searching for a 3-year-old boy who was reportedly abducted during a home invasion in Van Nuys on Wednesday morning. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to …

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NEW: A jury has convicted a 45-year-old man of arson after he used a pocket torch to burn a Jewish religious scroll at the entrance of a Berkeley study center in February, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office says. nbcbay.com/NgJpQW1

Republicans call Democrats communists the way toddlers call every vegetable broccoli.

Republican political theory: everyone to the left of hunting the poor for sport is a communist.

The Qatari-gifted plane used as Air Force One won’t end up at President Trump’s future presidential library, his son Eric Trump says in a text to NBC News.

Trump will display an old Air Force One at his library, his son says, leaving Qatari jet’s fate unclear

President Donald Trump said he would display the aircraft gifted to him by Qatar in Miami after leaving the White House, but Eric Trump told NBC News there’s a different plan.

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The Survivors’ Truth Commission meets today, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. MDT to present its interim report and walk through its mission investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. nmpoliticalreport.com/2026/08/04/e...

Epstein Truth Commission to present interim report Wednesday - New Mexico Political Report

By Kevin Hendricks The Survivors’ Truth Commission — formally the House Special Investigatory Committee — meets Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. in State Capitol Room 307 to present an interim report and ...

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Mandatory evacuation orders and warnings remain in effect in Calaveras County as the Gann Fire continues to threaten homes east of Stockton. nbcbay.com/LqRDve6

Call your Senators and let them know to BLOCK BLANCHE. He's coming for your reproductive rights.

Reproductive Freedom for All@reproductivefreedomforall.org · 3h ago

@katiephang.bsky.social lays out how nominee for AG Todd Blanche is saying the quiet part out loud: The Trump admin will use every lever they can to restrict abortion, in every state. Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO on Blanche. 📞 888-380-2711 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXNF98NXAjg

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

NEW: Trump is speaking today at a casino owned by a company battling lawsuits alleging its properties failed to stop the trafficking of a 9-year-old girl and other victims. The suits allege negligence and inadequate security. Our latest:

Trump to Speak at Casino Owned by Company Facing Lawsuit Alleging Failure to Prevent Trafficking of 9-Year-Old Girl

The ownership group is battling multiple lawsuits involving sex trafficking victims

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Things you know are coming should not take you by surprise.

The Attack We Knew Was Coming

Effectively defending against cyber threats against critical infrastructure requires a long-term commitment of political will.

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Answering the call beyond California. CAL FIRE personnel and resources are supporting wildfire response efforts in Oregon and Washington, working alongside local, state, tribal, and federal partners. Mutual aid strengthens every response and helps protect communities across state lines.

Controllers allegedly failed to halt flights, leading to a ‘loss of separation’ with a departing passenger jet

FAA investigates air ‘safety incident’ involving Trump’s Marine One

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Does he have to destroy everything? www.newscientist.com/article/2583...

SpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour | New Scientist

A rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface this morning, creating the moon's newest crater

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We're in federal court today to stop the nation’s first religious public charter school from being established in Oklahoma. Charter schools are public schools and must serve students of all religions.

What a jerk… $5M to gold plate beautiful bronze statues! He funneled all the money from our National Parks… estimated at up to $90M for all his projects & the excessive fireworks. Meanwhile there’s no money to help families with healthcare & kids cut off from SNAP are hungry! #Blues

UPDATE: At 9:15am, former US Capitol Insurrection prosecutors will have press conference with Senators to discuss the "refusal of Trump Administration judicial nominees to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election or admit that what happened on January 6"

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 7h ago

ALERT: House Democrats expand their midterm battlefield The cascading impact from Michigan primary And the critically important trial date at a courthouse in Oakland (very critical) Lots of enterprise reporting in DAY AHEAD open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

Deep breath. May you find inner peace today

Sixty-nine million American women changed their name when they married. The SAVE Act was written knowing exactly what that means for their paperwork. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act

Contact Congress today!

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🎉 Pro-tip: Look for the candidates saying things like this today

🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “America can do glorious things, but to love 🇺🇸 isn’t just to dress up in some colors and pretend everything’s fine. To love 🇺🇸 is to will 🇺🇸 to do the hard work of being better… we can’t control the past 250 years, what we CAN do is build the next 250.”

Big money spent $70 million to try and defeat Abdul El-Sayed and it didn't work! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

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Scott Pelley lands prestigious new role after Bari Weiss’s CBS shake-up

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two correspondents recently ousted from "60 Minutes," will be moving from the newsroom to the classroom

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