AIPAC Set For Historic WIPEOUT In MI Senate Race
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luv Everyone. To be decent, is what good life is about! Mel Brooks, though, is not one to give in to sadness, despair, “Just be kind. That’s enough advice for anybody,” he says. “It’s so easy to hurt people. Don’t.”
Gift link -- no paywall. Stunning reporting here. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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as millions of americans this year have had to give up their health insurance **specifically because** trump and republicans made the decision to send premiums skyrocketing, the administration now says everyone who's lost coverage must have been committing fraud: www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr., Oz claim fraud crackdown drove ACA enrollment drop, but analysts cite rising costs
Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.
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"There remain serious unresolved questions about potential criminal violations of the laws prohibiting political interference in the tax system that may have occurred in the development of the sweetheart deal..." taxlawcenter.org/blog/stateme...
Statement on Acting Attorney General Blanche's announcement on audit immunity and the anti-weaponization fund
Policy Director Brandon DeBot offers a statement in response to the announcement from Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding the anti-weaponization fund and immunity from tax audits for the pr...
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El-Sayed Surges in Michigan Senate Primary Polls Despite Big Spending by AIPAC The pro-Israel group has spent record amounts to back Haley Stevens against progressive challenger Abdul El-Sayed. - 30 million dollars
Michigan has open primaries, which means voters don’t have to be registered Democrats to participate. El-Sayed has a double-digit lead among voters who consider themselves independents, according to the Emerson poll. El-Sayed and his allies are hoping that the primary will like NY
“The parishes that won Socorro, Texas, running water in the 1980s are now fighting ICE's plan to convert warehouses into a mega detention center…” religionnews.com/2026/07/27/i...
Inside the parish-led fight against a $123M ICE facility in Texas
SOCORRO, Texas (RNS and El Paso Matters) — The parishes that won Socorro, Texas, running water in the 1980s are now fighting ICE's plan to convert warehouses into a mega detention center. And the town...
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“About 1,000 Hoosiers supportive of immigrants marched through Fishers, Indiana on Saturday — a counter protest to a pro-deportation event planned for the city…” indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/01/p...
Public march counters pro-deportation event in central Indiana • Indiana Capital Chronicle
About 1,000 Hoosiers supportive of immigrants marched through Fishers on Saturday — a counter protest to a pro-deportation event planned for the city with remarks from two statewide elected officials.
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“Bowe suffered injuries to her face, head, right knee, right arm and right hand. An MRI identified a kneecap fracture and torn meniscus…” www.newsweek.com/nurse-allege...
US nurse alleges ICE agents broke her kneecap in $500,000 legal claim
Norma Bowe, a nurse and professor, has filed a $500,000 claim against the government, saying ICE agents threw her to the ground.
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tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records | CNN
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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"If this is what being under control looks like, I don’t want to see an outbreak that’s out of control..." foodfix.co/rfk-jr-says-...
RFK Jr. says the cyclospora outbreak is ‘under control.’ It’s not.
The U.S. continues to be in the middle of an unprecedented food safety disaster with reported cyclospora cases nearing 12,000 nationwide.
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