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the city that arrested the person for clapping during a data center meeting has decided to take its town halls virtual and eliminate public comments all together
City That Arrested Person for Clapping at Data Center Meeting Moves to Virtual Townhalls for 'Public Safety'
A small town in Kansas took its city meetings virtual and ended public comment after city leaders received a wave of death threats.
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on CityFHEPs the problem is that Mamdani is under pressure from the bond market, and is a problem that Hochul could easily solve but won't due to her campaign contributors. Menin is a stopped clock on that issue
Sam@samd.bsky.social · yesterdayit’s actually crazy how on every single major disagreement (this appointee, CityFHEPs, Charter Questions) between Zohran and Menin, Zohran has been on the abundance/good governance/technocrat side while Menin has been on the NIMBY/reckless spending side
Raz Segal is getting a nice $250K check from the U after it withdrew a job offer in 2024.
Genocide Scholar Denied Genocide Studies Job for Calling out Genocide Gets Settlement from the U - Racket
Plus remembering Sue Zelickson, Trump's disdain for U visas, and Hennepin County libraries propose hour cuts in today's Flyover news roundup.
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When we spoke last week, El-Sayed said his race wasn’t about the right vs the left: “Most people don't walk around asking, ‘Where do I sit on the left right spectrum?’ Most people are walking around asking, ‘What the hell's going to happen if I get sick?’” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Abdul El-Sayed on The Intercept Briefing
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · July 31 · 48m
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This article is so important. Can't understand the vicious ICE invasions, and the less visible scourge of kidnappings, without understanding how US wars abroad laid the path.
How US Wars Abroad Lay the Path for Militarizing Immigration
From Iraq and Afghanistan to Iran, when the US wages wars abroad, it is also laying the path for militarizing immigration enforcement at home.
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"Immigration enforcement is an ever-expanding architecture that collapses the local and global, seamlessly merging with both policing and military power."
How Not to Abolish ICE
What have we learned from the past two decades of struggle?
bostonreview.net
"The curious thing about the Wisconsin primary is that the DSA candidate is simply doing a better job." @ryanlcooper.com writes about Francesca Hong, the peculiar political polarization of Wisconsin (home to La Follette and McCarthy), and real talk about electability. prospect.org/2026/08/06/c...
Can DSA’s Francesca Hong Win in Cheese Country? - The American Prospect
Democratic socialists have won the New York mayor’s race and seven House seats. The governor’s seat in Wisconsin might be next.
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Absolutely horrendous idea to expand tools for international economic warfare
Political Wire [Unofficial]@politicalwire.com.web.brid.gy · yesterdayIt's important that Senate Majority PAC ("the establishment") is going hard to define Rogers early, picking up for El-Sayed as he spent his cash in the primary. Dems in array.
Lauren French@laurennfrench.bsky.social · yesterdayEnergy not the same as before? Need that pick me up? Introducing Endless War from Mike Rogers.
Marruecos es una dictadura gobernada por un sátrapa dictador Mohamed VI que tiene a su población muerta de hambre, mientras él se enriquece y vive en Francia,que gracias a que salen de Marruecos cientos de miles de sus habitantes a Europa sobrevive esa dictadura, cuando va haber una insurrección.
PROJECTION: Democrats have flipped control of the Knox County, Tennessee, Board of Education, which serves a county of over half a million residents.
James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked.
China is producing 89% of the world’s solar panels, 70% of the world’s wind turbines, 83% of the world’s batteries, and 75% of the world’s electric vehicles. And they're not involved in constant wars. Coincidence?
Journalism is a public good. It needs to be publicly funded, for the same reasons that health care needs to be publicly funded. The privatization of public information has created a true crisis. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/paying-for...
Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It
The consequences of privatizing public information.
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NEW from Important Context: Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S. www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
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Union busting is a deeply untransparent industry. That friendly new face that shows up at your workplace doesn't typically disclose they are there to break the union. But this report by Isabela Escalona finds it's even more opaque than you might realize.
Researchers Say Employers Are Failing to Adequately Report Spending on Union Busting - Workday Magazine
In 2025, Cassandra Thomas and her coworkers at Chapel View Nursing Home in Hopkins, Minn., formed a union in order to improve pay and address what they say are consistently low-staffing issues that hu...
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It's been almost 2 months since police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside a Mississippi Walmart and while local leaders are silent, community members are not. New from me on what's happening in Senatobia, MS for @theintercept.com:
Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.
In Senatobia, Mississippi, where police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, community members had urged leaders to rein in the police. Are they listening now?
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“Cathey has been outspoken about the killing of Kohen Wiley. His congregation, the West Gilmore Church of Christ, hosted the viewing for the toddler in June. “The city government is hiding behind the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, …”
Liliana Segura@lilianasegura.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's been almost 2 months since police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside a Mississippi Walmart and while local leaders are silent, community members are not. New from me on what's happening in Senatobia, MS for @theintercept.com:
Front page coverage of the protest for nurse Debora Kapisha in today's @pressherald.com with photo spread
Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 2d agoMaine Medical Center nurses protest colleague’s ICE detention "The protest turned political at times, with protesters urging people to take action against ICE and vote against Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in November. " www.pressherald.com/2026/08/05/m...
“The way the proposal is structured, if you consider these factors — even if the decision you make doesn’t make any sense — you are protected from litigation through a safe harbor, and the court is supposed to give you deference.”
Why former EBSA head Phyllis Borzi says the DOL should scrap its 401(k) alternatives proposal
Former EBSA head Phyllis Borzi said the DOL’s proposal creating a safe harbor for 401(k) fiduciaries to incorporate alternatives should be scrapped.
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The dark money Third Way @thirdway.bsky.social and its president, Jonathan Cowen, tell the NYT they're in a "war" with the Democratic left. The centrist group doesn't disclose its funders, but glimpses are possible in tax filings. Billionaires, financiers, corporate lobbyists, and giant companies:
Think Tank Funded by Elites and Corporations Tells Democrats to Drop Small Donors
In a five-page memo on how to connect with the working class, Third Way says the Democrats should move away from small-dollar donors.
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The St. Paul City Council just voted to refuse to put the Tenant's Right to Repair law on the ballot for voters, claiming it conflicts with state law even though Duluth passed a nearly identical law last year. A press release from the Safe Homes coalition which has pushed for the law:
haley stevens immediately endorsing aes a testament to why term limits are probably a good idea. she knows that she's got six years ahead of her as speaker of the michigan house if she plays nice
This narrative about "Black voters" is becoming the new version of "Democrats are out of touch with the white working class." Based on partial truths, it has rapidly turned into a ready-made story that is pasted onto situations where it barely captures what is actually taking place.
We got some quotes from @wyden.senate.gov about his wild report yesterday about banks withholding suspicious activity reports about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking empire because they wanted to keep the lucrative relationship. Crazy conduct and Wyden has some good solutions for it.
Sen. Wyden Report: Banks Systematically Ignored Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes - The American Prospect
The report shows how employees at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan helped to hide Epstein’s activities because he was a load-bearing part of their ‘wall of cash.’
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donavan mckinney in the cbc will be a breath of fresh air
Decision Desk HQ projects Abdul El-Sayed wins the Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 8:35 AM EDT
