GOP Rep. Jim Jordan on alleged spouse and child abuser Max Miller: “This is a family matter. I know Max is a good man. I hope he wins re-election.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Eric Umansky
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Should the congressman who is credibly accused of beating and throwing scalding water at your own daughter run for re-election? “I don’t know,” says GOP Senator Bernie Moreno www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...
Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't 'Know' if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on Ballot
The senator’s daughter accused Miller of domestic violence. Miller denies the allegations, but they’re making his reelection race tighter.
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Following a Project 2025 blueprint, the Trump admin is gutting rules for Head Start. No more requirements for… math literacy class sizes, medical screenings, brushIng teeth Yeah, brushing teeth www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
nytimes.com
Just read these two paragraphs -- on how Trump goes a little Soprano re fundraising. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
This is a masked ICE agent in upper Manhattan today. He walked up to a woman simply recording and pepper-sprayed her in the face. Watch the video. 👇
Latina Immigrant🐸 #NoKings🚫👑@jasmine29.bsky.social · 6d agoICE in Inwood, NY
Over the past week, three AI models have -- all on their own -- hacked into other orgs' computer networks. Silicon Valley is panicked.... not about AI going rogue, but about the *possibility of AI being regulated.* www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/t...
This is a masked ICE agent in upper Manhattan today. He walked up to a woman simply recording and pepper-sprayed her in the face. Watch the video. 👇
Latina Immigrant🐸 #NoKings🚫👑@jasmine29.bsky.social · 6d agoICE in Inwood, NY
Just read these two paragraphs -- on how Trump goes a little Soprano re fundraising. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A State dept map misplaced every African country it named. Reuters found a watermark made by OpenAI. x.com/ReutersAfric...
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano came to the U.S. at 3yrs old. ICE took him this June. He was 29. He told his family he didn't feel right but ICE wouldn't give him medical attention. After a month, ICE finally moved him to a hospital Prisciliano died five days later enlacelatinonc.org/en/Young-Mex...
A young Mexican man living in Durham died in ICE custody.
News in Spanish about politics, immigration and community issues for Latinos in North Carolina.
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Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told me the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation: ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
motherjones.com
Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · last wk.GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
nytimes.com
GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
nytimes.com
This MAGAfluencer runs a nonprofit to educate the children. The admin loves him. Trump tried to make him an ambassador -- and then give him a gig at the State Dept. Except much of the money this schmeckel has raised has gone to himself and his mommy.
kalibomeli.bsky.social@kalibomeli.bsky.social · last wk.1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵
Immigration agents called immigrants “wets”… … and ”tonks,” from the sound a metal flashlight makes when it hits a head. Meanwhile, HQ told officers to “turn the creativity knob up to 11” and arrest more “collaterals.” It’s all in text messages and other docs. calmatters.org/justice/2026...
‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show
Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.
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"He knew he was going to be OK when his friends stopped about halfway down for a snack and 'started making shish kebab jokes. By the end, they were calling me ‘Bob.’" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Hiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on Pole
David Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana’s tallest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A wound nurse, he went into survival mode.
nytimes.com
So after being busted fudging casualty numbers, the Pentagon has made it…harder to track casualty numbers. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
Biden is to blame for the fact that our stockpiles are depleted which, I want to assure you, are not at all depleted
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail
An autistic man called 911 to report being scammed. Arriving officers saw him holding a knife. He wouldn't drop it but he also never pointed it at ayone. They shot him *11 times.* The interaction lasted less than two minutes. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A counselor saved people in crisis. She questions why no one saved her son.
Police shot and killed Jill Harrington’s autistic son — nearly 14 years after another mother fought to make sure first responders received better training.
washingtonpost.com
Join us on Thursday, July 30, at 7:00 PM ET for a special free virtual screening of Democracy Under Siege, followed by a live panel discussion featuring @mariamcfarlandsm.bsky.social, Steven Levitsky, moderated by @ericumansky.bsky.social.
After ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo, the FBI leaked to Fox News a claim that he was found with possible meth in the van. His family said it was a total falsehood; it was a bag of salt to be used to make an electrolyte drink. And they were right. It was not drugs.
