Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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A good explainer of apparent money-laundering and other financial irregularities of Trump and Epstein, and the indifference of three large Wall Street banks. And the correct actions of CapitalOne. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

August 4, 2026

On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

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In which @politico.com says the important thing is whatever lies the demented old fool tells. Truth? Who cares, according to Gregory Svirnovskiy. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump targets El-Sayed, suggests voter irregularities after Michigan primary

“Wayne County (Detroit) in Michigan is one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States, if not the World,” he wrote on Truth Social.

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Capitalism. Yay? www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline

The WaPo says the explosive diarrhea is now in 15 states. But it doesn't cite a CDC statement. It cites anonymous sources. Why nothing from the CDC? wapo.st/4wEPXDP

CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina have joined the outbreak tied to lettuce from Mexico, said a person familiar with the investigation.

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If Democrats retake the majority in the Senate and I become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one of my first acts will be to subpoena the bankers that helped Epstein carry out his crimes and help deliver real accountability.

Terrific article. Pecora was a great cross-examiner, and had the ammunition he needed thanks to the Senate. Top bankers resigned in disgrace and the Chair of the NYSE went to jail. Kuttner compares him with Obama's miserable and widely ignored record after the Great Crash. It's devastating.

The American Prospect@prospect.org · 3d ago

Thanks to Pecora, public opinion went from being bewildered about what had crashed the economy to accurately blaming the conflicts of interests of the leading bankers. prospect.org?p=141893

Lots of efforts to prop up #SCOTUS have focused on the claim that the Court has shown itself to be “independent” of Trump. As today’s “One First” explains, “independence” may make it possible for the Court to rule against the other branches, but it’s only the means—not the end—of judicial review:

242. The "Independent Court" Narrative

Efforts to defend the Supreme Court *because* of its independence miss both the real-world impacts of its behavior and the reason *why* independence matters.

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I think this is actually too generous to a lot of people who clocked that the dead were disproportionately people in cities and people of color and decided they were good with it.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 3d ago

this boils down to "the pandemic didn't actually happen but they still closed the applebees" which frankly i think is a trauma response by a lot of people that buy it - lot easier to be in denial that things were that bad instead of reckoning with 1.3m dead people [in this country]

Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

Here's an amazing story of a Black man in Boston in the early 1700s, whose desire to marry a woman of his choosing led to the right of Black people in Massachusetts to marry. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/31/m...

Lost and found: Grave of Boston’s early Black resident sheds light on past - The Boston Globe

An inadvertent discovery opens a window into the city’s past, illuminating once again how those in bondage helped drive the Colonial prosperity that once made Boston the largest town in British North ...

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Reupping emptywheel.net/2026/07/31/s...

SCOTUS Majority Says Racism Is All Gone - emptywheel

The SCOTUS majority stripped Congress of its power to enforce the Reconstruction Amendments. That's a crime against democracy.

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If you can't compete you cheat. Republican mantra.

@mrdetermined.bsky.social · 4d ago

Scared white folks are scared the most of actual democracy when they are in the minority.

Every time Bash had RFK pinned down, she pivoted to, "but I really want to move on." Corporate media types are absolutely terrified of real confrontation with fascists, preferring instead to put up just enough of a fight to mimic "tough journalism" without doing real damage to their MAGA friends.

These statements from Seattle City Council are shameful. And for Seattle Times to write so one-sidedly gives their game away.

Robert Cruickshank@robertcruickshank.com · 4d ago

Danny Westneat joins the Seattle Times in full scale war against Mayor Katie Wilson, which is no surprise but another example of the Brandi Kruse-ification of local establishment media. They've gone from providing independent reporting and analysis to using their perches for a partisan agenda.

I'm kind of amazed that most reflecting-pool coverage seems to have missed just how hard Jeanine Pirro accused the Interior Department of covering up the truth. The details are jaw-dropping...

Jeanine Pirro Just Accused the Interior Department of a Coverup

Prosecutors didn’t just admit the pool story was bullshit, they accused a federal agency of covering it up (the truth, not the pool)

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People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

See if you an spot the pattern in these SCOTUS cases starting in 1873. Please show deep respect for SCOTUS or their feelings will be hurt. emptywheel.net/2026/07/31/s...

SCOTUS Majority Says Racism Is All Gone - emptywheel

The SCOTUS majority stripped Congress of its power to enforce the Reconstruction Amendments. That's a crime against democracy.

emptywheel.net

This! It's also true of racism.

Viola Smart@smartvpants.bsky.social · 5d ago

Yeah I mean part of the problem is we do have a law that says if you lead an insurrection, you can't be on the ballot and the court just decided they didn't see it. Our courts have decided that unless you say out loud and plainly your intent to do corruption, even if it's obvious, it doesn't count.

Hard ouch for JD Vance: Further thoughts on affirmative action, or, what was JD Vance’s LSAT score? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/07/furt...

Similarly, if a random citizen at your daughter's soccer game wanted to check the genitals of the kids playing, you would call the fucking cops, and rightly so. Stop debating these people and call them out for what they are -- creepy perverts, freaky busybodies and utter hypocrites.

Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5d ago

What's the difference between a landlord who sneaks into your apartment to rifle through your underwear drawer and an AG who sues for your abortion records? The state health director keeping a spreadsheet of women’s periods isn’t any less creepy than the abusive ex who still tracks your location.

We're paying them to beat us up.

Heather Cherone@heathercherone.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEW: Chicago police leaders failed to publicly account for all of the times officers used force against members of the public in 2025, missing a deadline set by the federal court order requiring officers to stop routinely violating Black and Latino residents’ constitutional rights. @wttw.bsky.social

Me too.

Southern Jacobin@thomas26july.bsky.social · 6d ago

Now reading 📖

Did Fauci throw scalding water on your daughter, though? Did he put a gun to her head? Did he break your granddaughter's collarbone? Has your daughter just put out a restraining order against Dr. Fauci? www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Sen. Moreno claims Fauci "killed seniors" and calls him a "smug SOB"

Newsome is a certified member of the Uniparty, sworn to protect the intersts of the filthy rich as long as they give him some of the money.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 6d ago

Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...

Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.

Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

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I'm sure all those dead people were glad to sacrifice their liver in support of unbridled capitalism.

Reuters@reuters.com · 6d ago

UK heat-linked deaths this year approach 2022 record, health agency says reut.rs/4xcXV6V

What's the over and under for how much bribe money it takes to get Tillis and Cornyn on board with Blanche? Trying to guage how much they'll need to sell out the nation.

@scholten.house.gov I support all Democrats, regardless. You don't. "Democrats" like you nauseate me.

brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · last wk.

This is absolutely insane, imagine if a progressive elected official was refusing to support Haley Stevens if she won! You’d never hear the end of it. Centrists are the ones who are dividing the Democratic Party with their Islamophobia and purity tests.