Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake just endorsed Democrat Jon Ossoff. Flake says he is still a conservative Republican, but character matters more than party. Flake warns Mike Collins would be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. #GASen #CharacterMatters

Rick Scott: "We want people to get healthcare, but ... "

Please remember, when someone makes a comment, then follows it with “but”, everything preceding that is discounted. Rick Scott is a fraud~Oh, and guilty of one of the biggest Medicare fraud scandals. {Ridiculous Rick proudly takes part in the fake ‘prize’ ritual.}

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

Kyiv has come under a major Russian ballistic missile attack, leaving 17 people dead and more than 40 wounded. The assault comes as Ukraine continues talks with Washington over urgently needed support for its air defense capabilities.

✈️ India has passed on Russia’s Su-57, choosing to modernize its Su-30MKI fleet with Indian-made technology instead. militarnyi.com/en/news/indi...

India Rules Out Purchase of Russian Su-57 Fighters

India’s Defense Minister announced that the country does not plan to purchase Russian Su-57E fighter jets and will instead focus on upgrading its existing fleet of Su-30MKI aircraft.

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Spoke to WELTTV about the drone found at Leipzig/Halle airport. Given that it was apparently armed with explosives, the consequences could have been catastrophic.

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

Russia’s “import-substituted” MC-21 airliner makes first flight, but serial production hinges on parts makers, expert says Rostec has claimed it plans to produce 36 MC-21 planes annually, with deliveries expected to begin in the second half of 2027.

Russia’s “import-substituted” MC-21 airliner makes first flight, but serial production hinges on parts makers, expert says

The import-substituted serial version of Russia’s MC-21-310 passenger airliner made its first flight from the airfield of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, the…

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For comparison, Suez fees are around 0.3% with Panama even lower at 0,1%. And these offer canal infrastructure etc. Insurance fees, even in active war zones are usually topped at 1.5% because thats is considered prohibitively expensive

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

Musk: "If you have a mass accelerator on the moon, and you have solar and radiator production on the moon, you can -- I know this sounds totally nuts -- but you can probably scale to 1,000 times the economy of Earth in terms of intelligence launched to space, maybe even 1 million."

Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 2h ago

As I was saying

russia loots occupied Crimea's ancient sites through six illegal archaeological digs 🖊️ Daniel Thomas russia is conducting six illegal archaeological expeditions across occupied #Crimea The illegal digs target crypts, a necropolis, and ancient settlements. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/r...

Russia loots occupied Crimea’s ancient sites through six illegal archaeological digs - Euromaidan Press

Russia runs six illegal digs in occupied Crimea while Ukraine documents stolen artifacts and struggles to prosecute those responsible.

euromaidanpress.com

Story of many many Americans lives.. the medical stuff shouldn’t be political But somehow that has become Toxic too????

Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.

#Iran official: Megotiations over #StraitOfHormuz conducted exclusively between Iran and #Oman and “have nothing to do w US" "Possible agreement has nothing to do with the immediate opening of this strait" Reopening "depends on change in US behavior and the correction of its violations" #IranWar

Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 11h ago

US War on Iran, Day 160: An #Iran- #Oman Deal on #StraitOfHormuz? #IranWar eaworldview.com/2026/08/us-w...

Look at me! We 🇴🇲 + 🇮🇷 control the #Hormuz Strait 🚢 now! 😳🇺🇸 This entire excursion has been an epic Cluster F' 🙄

Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 4h ago

#Iran official: Megotiations over #StraitOfHormuz conducted exclusively between Iran and #Oman and “have nothing to do w US" "Possible agreement has nothing to do with the immediate opening of this strait" Reopening "depends on change in US behavior and the correction of its violations" #IranWar

The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson

Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.

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Rep. Moulton was honored with the Equal Rights Champion Award by the ERA Coalition and NOW for his co-sponsorship of H.J. Res. 80 to codify the Equal Rights Amendment. Equality isn't just symbolic. It is a necessity that must be solidified in our Constitution.

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

KASPAROV: Main force of tyranny in the world is China, which truly manipulates all processes. And spearhead, the thing aimed at heart of the a free world is Putin's Russia. Putin is like a spider in center of a web, influencing practically all destructive processes in the world.

Russia’s Matryoshka bot network targets Emmanuel Macron’s political heir ahead of France's 2027 election Eight fake videos targeting Gabriel Attal while posing as @lefigaro.fr, @afp.com, @liberation.fr and other French outlets were flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.

Russia’s Matryoshka bot network targets Emmanuel Macron’s political heir ahead of France's 2027 election

The Russian Matryoshka bot network has launched a disinformation campaign targeting Gabriel Attal, the French presidential candidate from Emmanuel Macron’s…

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🎬 📺 🎬

Russia has discovered a new purpose for drones, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes: “Instead of avoiding civilians, Russian operators can now target them, as if they were playing a video game”:

The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson

Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.

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Russia fired 28 ballistic and anti-ship missiles at Kyiv overnight. Ukraine intercepted zero. The barrage destroyed Rozetka's main warehouse—over 100,000 orders a day—and killed 17, including eight people waiting for a train. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/r...

A Ukrainian middle-strike drone struck a Russian Yak-40 turbojet passenger aircraft at Belgorod Airport. The Yak-40 is a Soviet-designed passenger jet that is also used by Russian government and military-linked operators. #Ukraine

Statewide early primary voting starts this Saturday, August 8, and polls are already open in some counties!  Whether you’re voting early, by mail, or at the polls on election day, make sure you have a plan: www.myfloridaelections.com/ways-to-vote

Kyiv claims that a North Korean unit equipped with approximately 120 ballistic missiles is being deployed in Russia. The Allies know what they must do: neutralize the archer rather than attempt, with all the uncertainties that entails, to shoot down the arrow. www.bfmtv.com/internationa...

Kiev affirme qu'une unité nord-coréenne équipée de missiles balistiques se déploie en Russie

Une unité nord-coréenne spécialisée dans le lancement de missiles balistiques a commencé à se déployer dans l'ouest de la Russie et pourrait orienter ses lanceurs en direction de l'Ukraine, a déclaré ...

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This is 5-year-old Emilia and 10-year-old Sofia Dvornychenko, Russia killed them in a terrorists attack on girls own home in Sumy on August 4. 🕯💔 Russians struck the family's home with a guided aerial bomb, completely destroying it and killing two children…

Oleksii Yukov, the head of the well-known body recovery group Platsdarm, which conducts dangerous repatriation missions in eastern #Ukraine, has been killed, his wife Yevheniia Kaluhina said on Aug. 5. kyivindependent.com/head-of-body...

Head of body recovery group Platsdarm killed, his wife says

Despite the heightened threat in the current drone-dominated phase of the war, Yukov continued to head on repatriation missions from dangerous places, including the Sloviansk and Izium areas.

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