How bad is the economy right now? Based on the latest jobs report... I'm worried.

TEXANS pls vote for this good man

Mark your calendars: August 13 at 1 p.m. ET. The public can call in and listen as a federal court holds a hearing over the Justice Department’s compliance with court orders involving the Epstein files.

I mean, we're literally sharing intel with the Russians now, and ignoring the fact that they're helping Iran defeat us. It's abundantly clear that Trump cheers for Team Russia.

Anders Åslund@andersaslund.bsky.social · yesterday

Incredible that some Americans still believe that Trump supports Ukraine contrary to all evidence. Why has Trump stopped all financing & arms supplies to Ukraine? Why has ignorant Putin-lover Witkoff gone to Moscow to see Putin 8 times, but never to Ukraine? /1

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

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Judge J. Michael Luttig dressing down senate Republicans. "They will bear this badge of shame the rest of their lives," Luttig snapped. "Never before in American history has an attorney general been confirmed who was as corrupt as Todd Blanche." www.rawstory.com/michael-lutt...

Conservative ex-judge slaps 'badge of shame' on GOP Senate amidst looming 'corrupt' plot

A conservative former judge warned Senate Republicans they will regret what they did this Saturday morning for the rest of their lives. Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig condemned his fellow con...

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The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office. Read our original investigation:

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as…

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Illinois will fight like hell to keep protecting your reproductive freedom.

Many women with high-risk pregnancies can’t get abortions in their home states. Illinois welcomes them.

More people travel to Illinois than to any other state for an abortion. A program helps the small percentage who need care in a hospital.

chicago.suntimes.com

New Jersey is launching a civil rights investigation into Delaney Hall, the state’s largest immigration detention facility, following reports of poor conditions and deaths.

Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk

Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

interc.pt

Trump's Justice Department has been indicting people over sandwiches, seashells, and a peeling pool liner. Each case is more absurd than the last, and each one is collapsing in court, but how they all tie together is the bigger story.

The Small Cases Tell a Bigger Story

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

Trump boards Bribe Force 1 without speaking to reporters

Continuing to capitulate to the fascists.

Craig R. Brittain@craigbrittain.com · 5d ago

Chuck Schumer on voting to keep funding ICE and DHS while punting the ball until December, after the midterms: "This CR gives us the time to continue hashing out a budget. Senate Democrats will always be willing to work across the aisle."

"The private sector money flowing into Trump’s vanity projects is also costing taxpayers. His ballroom is funded by hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars as well as private donations. In this way, we’re all forced to fund Trump’s corruption." — @justinglawe.bsky.social

How everyday Americans are forced to fund Trump's corruption

On top of his self-dealing, taxpayers are spending billions on his vanity projects.

publicnotice.co

This 👇🏼 #ThirdWayIsTheThirdRail #ThirdWayIsTheTurdWay

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 20h ago

Corporate think tank Third Way says it will spend $15M to wage "war" against the progressive movement in the Democratic Party. I've watched this centrist playbook fail repeatedly over the years. Democrats should fight for the people, not the donor class.

The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.

US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago

theguardian.com

Hunter Biden commends 'woken up' Massie, Greene for standing up to Trump #TheHill

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Hunter Biden commends ‘woken up’ Massie, Greene for standing up to Trump

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Very saddening to read this.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · yesterday

Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body and is causing him pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues, his son Hunter said in an interview.

1/ Trump losing his war “ADNOC Says Three Vessels Attacked This Week as Hormuz Shipping Remains Severely Disrupted”

ADNOC Says Three Vessels Attacked This Week as Hormuz Shipping Remains Severely Disrupted

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said three of its vessels have been attacked this week while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the continued danger to commercial shipping as traffic...

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I'll never understand the cowardice. I mean, in normal times, if you were seeking reelection, you could rationalize a bad vote by saying you had to do it so that you could have the opportunity to vote for good things later.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d ago

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "I will vote for Mr. Blanche. I'll be criticized for this vote — what's new?"

HAYES: "A gaping hole in the heart of the country. IT IS NOT HIS HOUSE OR HIS LAND, IT IS OURS... and Trump's in his feelings about the court's ruling. Forget his War, gas prices, jobs- THE BALLROOM is what he thinks about... and Ohio Trump voters said: THIS ALL SUCKS."

AOC is a giant—truly a great politician and human being

This is the way

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…

Trump’s war defeats at work “Water systems serving several Jersey Shore towns were hacked as part of attacks across the country, officials confirmed. Water remained safe to consume. Cape May, Woodbine water systems targeted in cyberattack.”

Cape May, Woodbine water systems targeted in cyberattack. Here’s what we know.

Cape May's water systems were targeted by hackers last week, part of a wave of cyberattacks hitting towns across the country.

inquirer.com

ICE not arresting the criminals, but being the criminals “There’s been a surge of arrests by ICE at Philly’s airport in the last few weeks, immigration advocates say, including a grandmother and a babysitter.”

ICE arrests surge at Philly airport, including those of a babysitter and a senior citizen

The Department of Homeland Security said President Trump is reversing policies that let undocumented immigrants "jet around our country."

inquirer.com

#WashingtonPressCorpse 1/ “Why is Corporate media ignoring Trump’s money laundering?! Imagine if news broke when President Obama was in office that a well-known bank had closed 385 of his bank accounts because of red flags he was involved in money laundering?”

Why is Corporate media ignoring Trump’s money laundering?!

This demands far more coverage!

open.substack.com

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March.

Court orders Meta to pay $567 million to address kids' mental health and safety on its platforms

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms.

bit.ly

UPDATE: @justinjpearson.bsky.social wins the Democratic nomination in TN-9

It’s all about the grift. As American soldiers and Iranian schoolgirls die.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d ago

S&P 500 closed at record high after Bessent claimed “the US could reach a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz today or tomorrow”. Rubio also said an agreement could come “very shortly.” Qatar says draft language is “circulating”. SEEING IS BELIEVING, but someone is making lots of 💰

1/ At this point we have to wonder if it’s because it’s a blue state. “Navy says it can’t help recover wreckage of Gloucester fishing boat Lily Jean The 72-foot vessel sank off the coast of Gloucester in January 2026, with seven people aboard”

Navy says it can't help recover wreckage of Gloucester fishing boat Lily Jean

The 72-foot vessel sank off the coast of Gloucester in January 2026, with seven people aboard who are presumed dead.

boston.com