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WATCH: “Republicans are the most ‘extreme’ party.” @isaiahrmartin.bsky.social responds to cowardly threats from @billmaher @JamesCarville @JohnFetterman etc. to leave the Democratic Party if DSA candidates (who want everyone to have health care, bombs to stop dropping etc) keep winning.
Don'tcha feel richer now? www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP
SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.
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Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP Source: WEKU share.newsbreak.com/j739i2ov
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP - NewsBreak
SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts a
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4 August 1877 - 7 July 1970 Laura Knight, British (1877-1970), Madonna of the Cotton Fields (Mighty Like a Rose), 1927, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 71.8 cm, private collection
Peddling demonstrably false claims about crime rates in DC, Trump said, “It was a graffiti-filled, crime-filled mess. We turned it into Shangri-La.” It was an interesting choice of metaphors, since Shangri-La is a place that only exists in fiction. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
What Trump doesn’t (but should) understand about crime in Washington, D.C.
The president said he turned the nation’s capital “into Shangri-La.” It was an interesting choice of metaphor, since Shangri-La is totally made-up.
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Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
On this day in 1964, the bodies of three missing civil rights workers—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—were found in Longdale, Mississippi, shot and buried in a shallow grave.
Aug. 4, 1964 | Missing Civil Rights Workers Found Dead in Mississippi
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"EJI has so far built a lynching memorial, a Legacy Museum, a vast sculpture garden and a public square with a permanent exhibit on the civil rights movement. Each element of the complex, which is still growing, is as powerful as any museum or memorial I have visited."
Opinion | Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future
This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.
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NEW: Voting rights advocates joined 23 blue states in urging SCOTUS to uphold a block on Trump's executive order attempting to restrict mail voting ahead of November's vote. They warned that lifting the block less than 100 days before the midterms would sow chaos and risk disenfranchising voters.
Voting advocates call on Supreme Court to uphold block on Trump’s anti-mail voting order
The group said lifting the block under 100 days before the midterms would sow chaos, risk disenfranchising voters and create administrative nightmares for election officials.
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Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...
Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say
The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.
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House Panel Finds Lawmaker Likely Violated Rules on Sexual Harassment www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
House Ethics Panel Finds Rep. Chuck Edwards Likely Violated Sexual Harassment Rules
The Ethics Committee called for the censure of Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, who showered two female staffers with lavish gifts and affection.
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What Did Helen of Troy Look Like? That’s the Wrong Question to Ask. Lupita Nyong’o plays the Spartan queen in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The worst kind of people are furious over it. slate.com/culture/2026...
Elon Musk Is Furious That Lupita Nyong’o Is Playing Helen of Troy. I Asked a Classicist How She Really Looked.
A classicist breaks down the complicated truth behind the mythological figure—and what the conversation surrounding her is missing.
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Temporary Medicare Part D premium stabilization program to end after 2026 www.lmtonline.com/local/articl...
Temporary Medicare Part D premium stabilization program to end after 2026
CMS says a temporary Medicare Part D premium stabilization program will end after 2026. Final 2027 plan premiums and the local impact are expected later this year.
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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At a minimum, up to 25 million older Americans who rely on Medicare will see the costs of their prescriptions go up.
The Real Cost of Ending Medicare’s Prescription Drug Subsidies
A horrendous decision could have dangerous, even life-threatening implications for some Americans.
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The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · 2d agoThis week, the Trump administration announced plans to stop a federal subsidy program designed to hold down prescription drug plan costs for millions of older Americans who rely on Medicare for their health coverage.
Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways
The law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.
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Hours of video analyzed in an 18-month investigation reveal what really happened the night Antonio Mays Jr. was shot at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, and how protesters mistook him for a threat.
A teen was killed at a Seattle protest. New video evidence shows what really happened
An 18-month investigation by The Seattle Times, KUOW and NPR's Embedded podcast and a review of more than a dozen videos from the night of the shooting reveal the most comprehensive view to date of how the chaotic scene unfolded. And they show how a Black teenager who came to join the civil rights movement of his generation — in a zone abandoned by police — ended up killed by a protest movement that thought he was a threat.
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The Black Intellectual Traditions That Shaped Frederick Douglass By Russell Crosthwait www.aaihs.org/the-black-in...
The Black Intellectual Traditions That Shaped Frederick Douglass - AAIHS
The United States recently marked 250 years since the adoption of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. For this occasion, a quote has been circulating from Frederick Douglass: "This Fourth July is yo...
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Trump admin dusts off 'Civil War-era law' to punish protesters and 'scare Americans' www.rawstory.com/ice-proteste...
Trump admin dusts off 'Civil War-era law' to punish protesters and 'scare Americans'
Treasure Thoreson was still in her pajamas, drinking coffee on her Minneapolis couch, when federal agents arrived at her door this June.A special education teacher, she was arrested on charges of cons...
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Ahead of the midterms, voting experts release updated state election certification guides explaining who certifies election results, what the law requires, and the safeguards that help ensure the process works as intended — including in seven battleground states.
Voting Experts Release Updated State Election Certification Law Guides Ahead of Midterms
Eight state guides detail the election certification process and the laws safeguarding it. Seven of the guides cover battleground states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvan...
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A data center in Wyoming has contaminated the water supply.
Wyoming officials say Meta’s 715,000-square-foot data center is responsible for contaminating its water system with a rare bacterium — FORTUNE
July 10, 2026, 10:53 AM ET Wyoming residents attend an Evanston planning and zoning commission meeting regarding the construction of the nearby Prometheus Hyperscale data center. Cheyenne, Wyoming, of...
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Spoiler alert: "his government" is a key phrase here. Not congress, not the judiciary "his government" so...of course it's going to happen. He will get what he wants. And it's supposed to be THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT, NOT HIS!!! Thune & Cornyn get no victory lap. Weak, pathetic cowards like the rest
"At least 259 Harvard officials enslaved more than 1,600 people over a 229-year period. Researchers expect both numbers to grow as they continue working to identify enslaved individuals." www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Harvard Tallies How Many People Officials Enslaved
Harvard officials enslaved more than 1,600 people from 1636 to 1865, new research released Tuesday shows.
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Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs
WATCH — @redstateupdate.bsky.social (Murfreesboro): “Millions of people have already lost their insurance. And when this ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ kicks in after the midterms? Good Lord… How are they gonna say they don’t have enough money for Medicare when they’re painting statues gold?” 🤷🏼
On this day in 1919, a week of white mob violence targeting Black communities in Chicago ended, leaving 38 dead, hundreds injured, and over 1,000 Black families homeless.
Aug. 3, 1919 | White Mobs Terrorize Black Community on Chicago's South Side
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