The election EO appeal is about whether the fedl gov’t can change the rules of voting shortly before the midterms & whether SCOTUS will apply its own precedent consistently. Understanding the arguments is essential to understanding the outcome, so I parse them here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh In

Sunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...

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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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A Wisconsin judge has ruled that absentee voting in the state discriminates against disabled voters — siding with groups that are seeking to force election officials to allow for electronic casting of ballots.

Wisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violate rights of certain disabled people

A judge has ruled that absentee voting in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, siding with groups that are seeking to force elections officials to allow for electronic ballots.

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The presidential helicopter was involved in a so-called “loss of standard separation,” which requires aircraft to be at least 1.5 miles horizontally and 500 feet vertically away.

FAA Probes Safety Incident In D.C. Involving President’s Marine One Helicopter

The presidential helicopter was involved in a so-called “loss of standard separation,” which requires aircraft to be at least 1.5 miles horizontally and 500 feet vertically away.

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Dems are LEADING in 5 deep red senate battlegrounds right now. they only need 4 to flip the senate, assuming GA and MI are holds (probably will be holds for Dems, i think). there are several others they're competitive in that could also flip blue. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Jesus ... this is not good ""In what the institute described as “the most serious case,” an AI agent attempted to insert malicious code into an open-source project on GitHub. It went so far as to create online personas “to pressure the project's maintainer to approve the code,” according to AISI.""

@carpenter22.bsky.social · 5h ago

OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again www.wired.com/story/ok-wel...

At this point, Trump is kinda just a figurehead president .....

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1h ago

Americans are paying more for groceries, gas, and everything in between. So what is Donald Trump focused on? Building new ways for his family to profit from the presidency. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

My batarangs that I made!!!! Plus they work pretty well!! Lost one in the back yard tho a long time ago haha. Pretty sure it has decayed by now.

A few of my stainless designs I held off on finishing. A few oddballs in here heh

Polish fighter jets have intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. On August 4th, Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, an Il-20M, over the Baltic Sea, according to Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

Jeff Flake has LONG been one of my very favorite Republicans. well over a decade. I hope he can help build what comes next.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3h ago

Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."

Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."

Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake backs Jon Ossoff, saying ‘character matters’

The Arizona Republican has been one of the loudest critics of President Donald Trump. He says Ossoff's character outweighs any policy disagreements they might have.

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Just remembered that time my wife bought some ... thc? cbd? ... infused essential oil for a room humidifier and i thought it was a tincture and put it under my tongue ...... oof

Somebody mad!!!! Loooll I cannot wait until we humiliate him in the midterms.

Middlerage@middlerage.bsky.social · 3h ago

🚨🚨🚨 Trump is telling his followers to “get ready for another rigged election” because he knows The GOP is going to lose!

🚨🚨🚨 Trump is telling his followers to “get ready for another rigged election” because he knows The GOP is going to lose!

Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the Democratic Senate race a month before the primary, endorsed Abdul El-Sayed as he maintained a narrow lead over Haley Stevens early this morning. “I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party.”

McMorrow endorses El-Sayed as he holds edge on Stevens

"Whatever differences there were between the candidates in this race, those differences are nothing compared to the contrast in November," she said.

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The Ellison Bullshit machine CBS had to shovel their crap back from their LIES about Mamdani THEIR STENCH IS STRONG popular.info/p/update-cbs...

UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani

Last week, CBS News New York falsely reported that “thousands of 9/11 victims’ families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this year’s solemn remembrance ceremony.” The articl...

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Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

The problem is, even if there is a process, it relies on people being transparent and the senate enforcing the rules. And that is clearly not going to happen in this regime.

NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”

that bozo had the gumption to say it on film while unmasked. he's probably "not gonna like the outcome" of this encounter. but he's too stupid to understand that.

Olivia 💙 4thTransformer@olivia4t.bsky.social · 4h ago

And federal regulations specifically recognize that people can record publicly accessible federal activity from public sidewalks, and streets, when they aren’t impeding or disrupting operations. Then, the agent says: “Stop following us, you aren’t going to like the outcome.”

In the video, legal observers are standing on a public sidewalk recording ICE agents. The agents stop, get out of their cars, and approach THEM. One agent has his GUN drawn, another has his TASER drawn.

🚨 #BREAKING (CHICAGO SUBURBS) ÏCE agents pulled a GUN, and a TASER, on unarmed U.S. citizens for recording them from a public sidewalk… while threatening, “you aren’t going to like the outcome.”

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 16h ago

Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.

Let’s level set. MICHIGAN is a must-win if we want to flip the Senate. A word caution: This race was tighter than many predicted. El-Sayed needs Stevens supporters in the general, so it’s not smart strategy to keep them angry. Welcome them. Focus on issues. Time is short, so healing must be quick

lol good luck finding a replacement this late!

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h ago

Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.

Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.