I do not say this lightly—I think Gillian is probably the most important person you could follow on this app and also just in general. doing more than anyone I can think of to keep focus on the admin sending people to gulags

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 23h ago

Two ICE charter jets operated by Journey Aviation pass one another in the air — one having just finished deporting people to Sierra Leone and Benin, the other heading to Senegal for a fuel stop and crew change before expelling shackled people to god knows where.

As I read journalist @gilduran.com’s provocative new book over a long weekend, an unnerving realization took hold—in my hands was the most urgent warning for American democracy I have ever encountered. www.confrontthehate.com/p/the-most-u...

'The Nerd Reich': An Urgent Warning for American Democracy

Decades of investigating government corruption couldn't prepare me for Gil Durán’s chilling account of Silicon Valley’s authoritarian ambitions.

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BREAKING: Democrats say Hegseth and the Pentagon is attempting to steal funds from the National Institute of Health to make up for the record amount of taxpayer money they’ve spent in their war on Iran.

Here’s what @status.news says. Trumps China/2020 prime time was so whacked Fox sent out internal orders to ignore it. Maria B. squealed. www.status.news/p/maria-bart...

BREAKING: In a massive win for Missouri voters, a 2022 map protecting Kansas City voters will be in place for the midterms. The state Supreme Court ruled that voters will get to weigh in on a gerrymandered map this November.

Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote #moleg #mogov

Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote • Missouri Independent

Missourians will vote on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.

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With this El-Sayed piece, the gap between CBS News & MAGA media shrunk. It might be the worst thing Bari Weiss has done at CBS and that’s saying a lot given the purging of journalists, editorial meddling & Trump friendly shift. My latest: jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/cbs-news-h...

CBS News hits an unsurprising new low

With the questionable Abdul El-Sayed story, it’s getting harder to tell the difference between CBS and MAGA media. That's the goal, of course.

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"...experienced scientists fired, senior meteorologists forced into retirement, broken radars left unrepaired, weather forecasting balloons not launched, and leases for vital forecasting units canceled." This was the situation in '25 as I wrote for @contrariannews.org. Are we headed back to that?

Your weather app could miss the next big storm. Blame DOGE.

Legendary TV meteorologist Tom Skilling says targeting the National Weather Service puts us all in jeopardy.

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Dictators get welcomed. Journalists get blacklisted. https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/scotus-blesses-trumps-ballroom-edwin Susan J. Demas and Edwin @eisendrath.net discuss what Trump’s media stance reveals on their latest sit down. Subscribe to watch—only on Lincoln Square.

Like why did this ICE flight turn around and go back to Denver yesterday? Our tax dollars paid for it, but we apparently are not owed an explanation. (Note: This says “American Eagle” in error. Air Wisconsin is now owned by an ICE contractor.)

For generations, Michigan kids have learned ‘HOMES’ to remember the Great Lakes. Now, the maps have been changed—and we have ‘SHAME’ https://bit.ly/4dc2F4Y @sjdemas.bsky.social and @eisendrath.net discuss the ridiculous renaming stunt and what it says about Trump’s escalating trade war

Great tactical politics talk from @eisendrath.net, @walshfreedom.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · America, we gotta get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy. That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and...

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The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.

New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data

The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

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New in PN: Democrats in array "The fact is Dems are ready to crawl across broken glass & over fields swarming with velociraptors to defeat the bloated fascist oligarch and his corrupt minions. And Dem politicians are responding to these incentives by focusing their ire on the crime boss president."

Democrats in array

Don’t believe the pundits. The party is unified against Trump.

publicnotice.co

BREAKING: A whistleblower has alleged that USPS rushed a “potentially unlawful implementation” of Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order in a way that fails to safeguard every citizen's right to vote, according to a letter from Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s office. More to come.

BREAKING: A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a “secretive rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...

Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

nytimes.com

“Not enough people know the story about how this court got captured by a bunch of creepy right-wing billionaires,” U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse told hundreds of Iowa Democrats on Saturday. Promised to "put a lot of attention right away” on SCOTUS. laurabelin.substack.com/p/sheldon-wh...

Sheldon Whitehouse outlines agenda for Dem-controlled Judiciary Committee

in remarks to Polk County Democrats

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This is not remotely sufficient to what’s required or possible in this moment.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d ago

What @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social told me the House agenda will be next year if Democrats win —Reverse Trump’s Medicaid cuts —Extend expired ACA tax credits —Restore Congress’s authority on tariffs —“Decisively” end the Iran war Beyond that: “We’ve established five working groups on affordability”

A hopeful post from @eisendrath.net on moving on to the next season where we take back our country. "How fitting that a ship named for a real great president has endured a terrible ordeal and is coming home. Abraham Lincoln is coming home. And so are we." www.lincolnsquare.media/p/as-summer-...

As Summer Fades, America Prepares to Take Back Our Future

How Trump’s ethnic cleansing, the USS Lincoln’s anguish, big tech’s hubris and extreme weather all impacted the summer of 2026.

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NATO's decline is an active choice by the Trump White House, not an institutional failure. Nuclear proliferation will be one of Trump's biggest legacies. Venezuela, possibility for post-Trump accountability, and more. I had an interesting conversation with @eisendrath.net on @heartlandsignal.com.

WCPT 820 Interview: Nicholas Grossman - It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath (formerly The Big Picture)

Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Nicholas Grossman, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Grossman, an expert in internation...

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An important new report from my colleagues documenting the extraordinary pressures faced by federal judges. The report draws on dozens of interviews with judges and points to the important steps to improve security and ensure judicial independence.

Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 4d ago

Threats of violence against federal judges and their families have surged since 2021. We interviewed 35 sitting and retired federal judges to learn about their experiences and what it means for the rule of law. Read our report here: bit.ly/4gIHoAU

stupidest villians ever

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Lisa McClain questions why El-Sayed's wife doesn't treat patients for free if he's really a supporter of universal healthcare 🤔

If a Twitch influencer who has campaigned with a handful of Democrats is a big issue, then what ought we to make of Elon Musk — the richest and most virulent antisemite and racist on the planet — bankrolling and campaigning with pretty much the entire GOP? charliesykes.substack.com/p/dems-have-...

Dems Have a Hasan Piker Problem. But the GOP Has a Much, Much Bigger Elon Musk Problem.

If Piker is bad, Musk is a trillion times worse.

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How Trump’s ethnic cleansing, the USS Lincoln’s anguish, big tech’s hubris and extreme weather all impacted the summer of 2026. edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/summer-was...

Summer was different this year

How Trump’s ethnic cleansing, the USS Lincoln’s anguish, big tech’s hubris and extreme weather all impacted the summer of 2026.

edwineisendrath.substack.com

Fifteen people were unaccounted for at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona after a “significant flash flood” struck the area Saturday, park officials said.

15 people may be missing at Grand Canyon after flash flood

Fifteen people were unaccounted for at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona after a “significant flash flood” struck the area Saturday, park officials said.

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Chicagoans pay for summer in the icy slush of February. Trump will pay in November. A new Congress will be sworn in the following January. You know what? I’m looking forward to winter. My latest: edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/summer-was...

Summer was different this year

How Trump’s ethnic cleansing, the USS Lincoln’s anguish, big tech’s hubris and extreme weather all impacted the summer of 2026.

edwineisendrath.substack.com

Poll trutherism is the foundation of election denial www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

MAGA media's laughable propaganda about Trump's popularity is instrumental to the plot to subvert elections

mediamatters.org

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 5d ago

Normal stuff happening, just the president of the United States waking up, opening the social media platform he owns, and demanding that his administration stop the “FAKE POLLS USED BY OUR CROOKED MEDIA.”

Where are the"Republicans in disarray" stories?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

OOF

Dolly Parton gifted more than 300 million books to children with her wealth. trib.al/f8lj3au

Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms

The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.

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Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.