Last year, Elon Musk’s DOGE cut a monitoring program for the screwworm and gutted the CDC team that would have handled the cyclospora outbreak. trib.al/BcLO8cC
Stephen Soldz
@ethicalpsycholo.bsky.social
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, activist. Boston.
Happening now in Chicago: Local officials and attorneys, alongside Border Patrol shooting victim Marimar Martinez, are holding a presser outside CPD's District 19 police station to announce the filing of police reports over alleged crimes by federal immigration agents.
It’s a UN report actually and I think many Americans ar beginning to take notice.
U.N. commission report accuses Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children
NPR's Leila Fadel asks the chair of a U.N. commission, Srinivasan Muralidhar, about a report alleging that Israel targets Palestinian children, which Israel denies.
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The peace talks are going well for our master strategist and brilliant negotiator.
A TV talkshow host running the Pentagon? A podcaster running the FBI? A kook with no medical background running the National Institute of Health? A home builder with no intelligence as Director of National Intelligence? Gamers as air traffic controllers? This is not a serious administration.
Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning.
Wouldn't it be easier & far less time consuming to just report when he actually tells the truth?
Trump's lawyer will go along with the regime's efforts to steal the midterms. We should be prepared to fight back. www.alternet.org/ty-cobb-on-t...
Trump’s former lawyer drops chilling prediction for 2026 elections
"We're screwed"
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For me, this is one of the most powerful Calvin and Hobbes strips.
remarkable that the United States has made it official policy to only accept white refugees and people still think it's up for debate whether or not they're white nationalists
How is it possible that every time I call a company they are experiencing greater than normal call volumes?
Climate is a pattern, and the pattern has changed. = Climate Change
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was practically engineered to break MAGA brains. American-born (sorry, no “go back” card), ridiculously credentialed (MD + Oxford PhD), explains policy like a normal human, and takes zero crap. Good luck finding a script for that.
ICE is now using TSA passenger data to know exactly where you'll be and when—pulling people off jet bridges in front of horrified fellow travelers over expired visas.
Trump's Griftathon Rolls On as He Sells Traders Early Access to His Market-Moving Social Media Posts: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our early-August selection of the president’s latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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You saw an object plummet from a height to its destruction and you took that as God sending *you* a message? Far be it from any of us to stand in your way, sir. Please proceed.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · yesterdayVance: I’ve had moments where I felt the presence of God. A friend and I were talking about Christianity and there was this moment where a glass fell off the wall. I think an atheist would dismiss that, but it felt like God was trying to send me a message. #cdnpoli
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
Two extremely bad headlines for trump from the Wall Street journal
As the grandson of Kansas wheat farmers, let me offer my careful opinion -- this is not good.
Dale @dalejohn.bsky.social · 2d agoThe USDA is projecting the wheat harvest to be cut by almost half in the US. The state of Kansas is the largest producer of wheat and it is projected to harvest 44% less than from 2025. The American Farm Bureau sees a continued increase of Chapter 12 bankruptcies from 2025 as well.
An experienced fact-checker, Linda Qiu, at the most well-resourced and serious news organization in America, STILL cannot manage to call a true statement true: "Susan Collins helped Trump slash Medicaid to the tune of $990 billion.” —Troy Jackson This is true. Here's why Qiu gets it wrong:
Fact-Checking 3 Competitive Senate Races in Maine, Michigan and Ohio
Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.
nytimes.com
I hope you're enjoying the weather this summer. I expect it will be one of the coolest summers in the next two decades!
A Brussels-based advocacy group has filed a criminal complaint with Vietnamese authorities against Israeli reservist Matan Jerafi, accusing him of war crimes, genocide and incitement to genocide during Israel’s wars in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260809-rig...
The naked corruption is astonishing and the Republican majorities in the House and Senate refuse to conduct any oversight or hearings.
C"A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. after arriving as a child has filed a lawsuit.. after (the feds) notified her it would be terminating her permission because of “unauthorized travel”: her deportation." apnews.com/article/daca...
US cites 'unauthorized travel' to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A woman deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to remain in the U.S. has filed suit against the federal government.
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