If we weren't so broken, divided and led by corrupt rapists, this would be the biggest story of the week. But barely a blip. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says

Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering.

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Well, at least it was for a completely lawless and pointless cause.

CNBC@cnbc.com · 2d ago

U.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters

Heed the warning.

MAGA masculinity means declining to publicly criticize the man your daughter has accused of physical abuse, because doing so might prompt a senile 80-year-old man to write mean things about you.

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 5d ago

The man beat his daughter and injured his granddaughter but he's fine with it apparently. www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/r...

As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews

Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.

arstechnica.com

I don’t know what’s better… Trump is humiliated for his stupid, childish, baseless lies; or Jeanne Pirro is gonna get shitcanned for no longer backing his stupid, childish, baseless lies. Two-fer! ☺️ 👏👏👏

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d ago

jeanine and michael are basically mocking trump here. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

“Trump’s sweetheart audit immunity deal is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt action taken by a president in American history, and Congress must permanently put a stop to the unchecked greed on display.” — Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d ago

As millions of Americans lose their healthcare and food aid and struggle to deal with surging gas and grocery prices, what are Senate Republicans focused on? Protecting Trump's sweetheart IRS immunity deal. Priorities.

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Trump's illegal war with Iran continues. A war launched on a whim. A war in violation of the US Constitution, the UN Charter, the War Powers Resolution, and the US Congress's recently reaffirmed will.

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

“The AI companies are pleading for *others* to make *them* act responsibly. And here we have a pressing example of how they’re acting irresponsibly in the meantime…That’s a human problem, a corporate accountability problem, a government problem, and a regulatory problem — that’s not a tech problem.”

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · last wk.

The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident is worthy of your time—it's an important warning sign about the weird moment we're in with AI, with a side order of US-China rivalry. Most of all, though, it's a reminder that AI is a story about humans, not technology. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

winner of ethics in business award

MPR News@mprnews.org · last wk.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent.

WHY DO INVESTORS THROW MONEY AT PEOPLE LIKE THIS

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

He’s just stupid. And weak.

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · last wk.

Members of Trump’s own team have acknowledged Russia’s role in aiding Iran during the ongoing war. Trump could believe them, but he wants to double check with the suspected Russian war criminal and former KGB agent whose word he trusts implicitly for unexplained reasons. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Remembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor

Parasites.

@carmenlynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why are they destroying the books?

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

We don’t have a president. We have a disgusting mafia boss who runs protection rackets — except it’s not in certain neighborhoods; it’s entire states in the United States of America.

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 2w ago

We’re talking about a White House that withholds federal resources from states based on voters casting ballots in ways the president doesn’t like. Not to put too fine a point on this, but that kind of corruption sounds an awful lot like an impeachable offense. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

We’re in the blatant bully dictator stage. Got it. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Well, this seems unconstitutional, at best.

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

nytimes.com

Trump cares only about himself. His fragile ego isn’t capable of thinking about our union of 50 states — or the American people. In his deplorable world, if you’re not a useful object for him, you’re nothing.

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 2w ago

We’re talking about a White House that withholds federal resources from states based on voters casting ballots in ways the president doesn’t like. Not to put too fine a point on this, but that kind of corruption sounds an awful lot like an impeachable offense. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Tennessee's 9-0 Republican gerrymander cruises ahead (as SCOTUS intended) talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tenness...

Tennessee Gerrymandering Challenge Fails, Just as Supreme Court Intended

A panel of judges on Thursday unanimously rebuffed Black Tennesseans’ attempt to...

talkingpointsmemo.com

JUST RELEASED: Employers are increasingly using workplace surveillance, AI, and worker data not just to monitor productivity—but to undermine worker organizing. In a new white paper with the National Institute for Workers' Rights, EPIC examines the rise of algorithmic unionbusting. 🧵

Who’s Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting

EPIC and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights’ white paper, Who’s Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting, examines how employers increasingly use…

epic.org

This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...

Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest

America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.

notus.org

Johns Hopkins University released data that shows 2,295 cases have been reported as of Tuesday. There were 2,288 cases confirmed in 2025.

The U.S. has already surpassed last year’s number of measles cases. Here’s what’s driving the surge.

New data data shows the resurgence is being fueled by falling childhood vaccination rates, misinformation and outbreaks concentrated among unvaccinated people.

19thnews.org

What should we on the left do about these Disaffected Young Men, these raging crypto-heads and variously pilled trolls, these misogynists orthodox and heterodox?

Mr. Lonely - Dissent Magazine

Some have suggested that young men are drawn to Andrew Tate because they suffer from a dearth of social contact. Yet men go to Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.

dissentmagazine.org

“Telling our history fully is not anti-American. It is a form of respect for the American people and a commitment to constantly be in pursuit of 'a more perfect union.’”

NPR@npr.org · 2w ago

In a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a White House report earlier this month that also criticized her. n.pr/44GtxWs

Wow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals

“Since Trump returned to office last year, his administration has set about deliberately sabotaging the capacity of the federal government to protect our election infrastructure… The truth is that the president doesn’t really want to protect the existing system, he wants to own it.”

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2w ago

Maine Senator @senangusking.bsky.social: There is a serious threat to our elections in 2026 — and to democracy itself — but it’s not the Chinese, Venezuela, noncitizens voting or mail-in ballots. It’s Donald J. Trump. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...

Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home

The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.

newrepublic.com