Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

The poll found that Crockett’s defeat left just 7% of Black Texans less likely to show up in November, while an accompanying TSU survey found that 79% of likely Black voters intend to vote for Talarico, compared to (cont.) #VoteBlueTexas www.texastribune.org/2026/08/04/t...

Senate poll: Black Texas voters stick with Talarico over Paxton

In the survey released Tuesday, just 7% of Black Texans who voted in recent elections said they are less likely to vote in November due to Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Democratic primary loss.

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One of the most powerful songs ever written, direct, to the point and oh so tragic. youtu.be/VZt7J0iaUD0?...

Suzanne Vega - Luka

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LA Times: Trump finds a new way to screw Medicare members — hiking their drug bills. Mehmet Oz is canceling the Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration, potentially doubling monthly drug costs for 11 million seniors. I'm now one of those seniors! 😠 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Judge Denies Kalshi’s Request For Preliminary Injunction in Utah share.google/H6uBZJR73n3q...

Judge Denies Kalshi's Request For Preliminary Injunction in Utah

A federal judge denied Kalshi's motion for a preliminary injunction in Utah after the prediction market operator sued the state in February.

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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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Schiff: "He waited until he became president. Why did he wait to bring this $10b lawsuit? He waited so he would have the power of the presidency to leverage the IRS and DOJ to make him more money!"

From Stuart Greenberg: GOP Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are assholes!! If they really wanted to do the right thing, they’d use their new found power to get all the Epstein Files released before voting to advance Todd Blanche. Instead they roll over, sit up and perform on cue.

ICE is crawling social media to find its critics, investigation reveals

ICE is crawling social media to find its critics, investigation reveals

The Department of Homeland Security has allegedly sent ‘hundreds’ of subpoenas to social media companies about users’ posts

independent.co.uk

A judge found that the #Massachusetts State Police have engaged in “a pervasive informal practice of violating” the state’s Public Records Law and may order the agency to adopt reforms for how it responds to records requests. #mapoli

Mass. judge finds State Police engaged in pattern of records law violations

A Suffolk Superior Court judge found Massachusetts State Police engage in a “pervasive” pattern of violating public records law. The agency has been ordered to develop proposed reforms to improve reco...

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The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.

In Texas, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare cleared the meeting room, silencing public opposition to the GOP plan to eliminate half of the battleground county’s Election Day voting locations before the midterms.

A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks

I was in a friend’s rental car and in place of a rear-view mirror there was a mirror-sized digital video feed of the back of the car. They replaced one of the most reliable & intuitive safety features in a car with a digital surrogate that could glitch at any moment. KEEP ANALOG SAFTEY FEATURES

This is so true. Texans you have to turn Texas back to blue. You have to want better.

Is it really too much to ask our political parties to stop electing men accused of assault/abuse? I

Why food companies love labels like "organic" and "high protein," why they're not always healthier — and how to avoid paying extra for misleading marketing. www.npr.org/sections/pla...

The sneaky economics of healthwashing

Why food companies love labels like "organic" and "high protein," why our brains are misled by them — and how to avoid paying extra for marketing.

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Mother Says ICE 'Negligence' Killed Second Man to Die at Notorious NJ Lockup www.commondreams.org/news/mother-...

Mother Says ICE 'Negligence' Killed Second Man to Die at Notorious NJ Lockup | Common Dreams

"I don't want my son's death to go unanswered. If justice isn't served, they'll just keep doing this, and there's no telling how many more people in this country we might lose."

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Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?

On a day when Portland is inundated with wildfire smoke and extreme heat, the attempted ballot measure to take away climate resilience funds to hire more cops has failed to make the ballot. Climate action is public safety.

Initiative seeking to hire police with Portland climate funds fails to qualify for the November ballot

The Portland City Elections office announced Tuesday that backers of the Enhanced Community Safety initiative did not submit enough valid signatures.

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A new Senate investigation says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America processed massive sums tied to Jeffrey Epstein despite glaring red flags. Powerful institutions helped keep his operation running and every one of them must be held accountable. Follow the money, release everything.

Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."

“Haitians in Ohio lost their work permits when TPS expired on Monday. More than 1,000 children born in Springfield with American citizenship have Haitian parents.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohioans-prep...

Ohioans Prepare for Resurgence of ICE - Columbus Underground

Ohio cities with big Haitian populations are preparing for a possible uptick of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after temporary protected status for Haitians ended this week.

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A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote against justice for Epstein survivors.

How can anyone conclude other than the US is a now rogue nation runs by murderers, thugs, and crooks? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

nytimes.com

A civilian medevac plane crashed into a New Mexico mountain after losing GPS during a U.S. military jamming exercise, killing all four onboard. WIRED reveals that during May's NAVFEST exercise at White Sands, the Air Force tested GPS disruption. The FAA warned signals could fail up to 400 miles away

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social )

America's gun psychopathy continues: *338 mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 1 person killed and 3 others wounded, in Atlanta, Ga.: www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

4 people shot, 1 dead inside Atlanta apartment

One person is dead and multiple others were shot in northwest Atlanta.

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Any Senator who votes to confirm Todd Blanche is also siding with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell – and is actively participating in covering-up their numerous and heinous crimes.

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