-Witnessing the first day of “mega” hearings at San Diego Immigration Court, where a judge ordered 49 people deported in the span of about eight minutes. 3/8 www.daylightsandiego.org/50-people-or...

50 people ordered deported in first day of San Diego ‘mega’ master immigration hearings

San Diego became the latest city where immigration judges are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of cases scheduled per day. Written by Kate Morrissey, Edited by Lauren J. Mapp The S...

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At this point, tempering the over-allocation of debt to AI in this country is just good macro policy.

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 1h ago

KILL GLONZO

KILL GLONZO

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h ago

“.. People really effing hate data centers,” El-Sayed said at a July event. @politico.com #MIsen www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

There’s a lot of important truth in this thread

M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 2h ago

Some things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?

Some things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?

I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.

INBOX: NIOSH researchers found that working veteran underground coal miners in central Appalachia (Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia) are suffering from the incurable and fatal black lung disease at the highest rates in nearly 50 years. (h/t @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social @kentuckypublicradio.org )

New Study: Black Lung Disease Rate in Appalachia Is the Worst in 50 Years as Coal Miner Protections Stall - Public Health Watch

It's now as bad as it was in the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying.

publichealthwatch.org

Some lawyer should figure out a 14th Amendment argument to remove from office or terminate from federal employment anyone who refuses to state that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Doesn't matter if it's cogent or valid, it's just something from the new 10,000 member Supreme Court to rubber stamp.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election

This isn't the attitude of a principled science oriented leader, it's a dipshit rich guy happy about shit getting exploded. The most juvenile of brains.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

More than any other piece of art, Mr. Show perfectly forecast the hilarious hellscape of our times.

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 4h ago

in 2016 Elon Musk said he would build a fully automated factory in Fremont, California for the upcoming Model 3 and he then spent on the order of $2 billion on production lines that didn't work, forcing Tesla to assemble cars by hand in a tent but sure, now he's gonna do it on the moon

we really need a serious pandemic retrospective conducted by someone who isn't a delusional crank defector.com/were-just-go...

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

defector.com

"dominant win", "narrow margin" um, I'd invest more time in making that opening sentence more consistent, because otherwise it feels like mumbo jumbo with a quick pivot to antisemitic adjacency.

Truthout@truthout.org · 4h ago

Former public health official Abdul El-Sayed has achieved a dominant win in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, winning by a narrow margin over Rep. Haley Stevens in a ground-shaking triumph over the $60 million spent by AIPAC and corporations to oppose him.

It's really amazing how out in the open they are about the racism these days.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

An action movie but one where hero is knocking over a series of already broken robots that the evil "genius" has failed to maintain, arriving finally at the HQ to discover Musk sputtering in his own drool as he plunges another shot of whatever drugs he's taking by then, dying anti-climactically.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

The United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to details posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Wednesday. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...

Another last-minute live event announcement: I'll be joining Katie Couric tomorrow (Wed, Aug 5, at 3pm PT/6pm ET) to discuss the broader context surrounding wildfires in North America & Europe. Livestream open to all, but does require free account to view:

Katie Couric | Substack

I’m a journalist always looking for a deeper understanding of the issues.

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NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.

I wrote about the triumph of Doing Your Own Research and the stupid, nasty thing that is replacing some very recent history in real time. defector.com/were-just-go...

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

defector.com

In WSJ's ticktock of the Pirro flipflop, they reveal Pirro was PAYING AUSAs $25K bonuses. To stick around. 👀 Given pretty clear GJ misconduct laid out in Davey Hearn's response to the MTD, that looks really really suspect.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 4h ago

What Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...

It's funny that there are these lazy minded conservatives who view themselves as principled, and don't understand they're joining a protection racket (with a Boss). Just like Mr. Show's 24 is the Biggest Number bit, you don't try and convince the boss that he's wrong.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h ago

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

Is it good when your sales are down in the world's biggest and fastest growing market?

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 4h ago

The automaker's sales have been down quarter-on-quarter in China for more than a year now, particularly as buyers tire of the Model 3 sedan.

Always "Go With A Gift" when you visit Trump, that way you won't have to give him something you brought with you for another reason, say your nobel prize or your soccer trophy.

CJ Ciaramella@cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4h ago

Frankly, if you show up with a cardboard box of documents without the intention of giving them to Trump, you've already made a huge mistake. You know how he feels about boxes of crap

Frankly, if you show up with a cardboard box of documents without the intention of giving them to Trump, you've already made a huge mistake. You know how he feels about boxes of crap

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h ago

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

TRUMP IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN DETAINS 50+ FAMILY MEMBERS OF U.S. TROOPS: AP

"We love our troops don't we folks support the troops our brave men and women in uniform stand for them stand for the troops their sacrifice inspires us" it was all bullshit this entire time. A joke to all of them

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 5h ago

TRUMP IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN DETAINS 50+ FAMILY MEMBERS OF U.S. TROOPS: AP

What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...

Do we really know who's leading the Texas Senate races?

Primary polls have historically been rather unreliable, and a surge in new primary voters means turnout assumptions matter more than usual

blog.fiftyplusone.news

|horses|@chemotaxis.bsky.social · 8h ago

Polling is like really fucked. Strikes me as a huge problem honestly.

Miller is a piece of shit. But be cautious about calling family photos of nude toddlers "CSAM." I've written about lives ruined over allegations that turned out to be harmless photos of kids taking a bath or running naked through the house. Moreno is already calling for prosecutions, here.

Max Miller’s lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter

Lawyers for ex-wife Emily Moreno said possible “Child Sexual Abuse Material” was included in a trove of documents the Ohio lawmaker publicly posted.

politico.com