We got some quotes from @wyden.senate.gov about his wild report yesterday about banks withholding suspicious activity reports about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking empire because they wanted to keep the lucrative relationship. Crazy conduct and Wyden has some good solutions for it.

Sen. Wyden Report: Banks Systematically Ignored Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes - The American Prospect

The report shows how employees at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan helped to hide Epstein’s activities because he was a load-bearing part of their ‘wall of cash.’

prospect.org

A thread on how U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) wargamed an Insurrection Act invocation scenario just five weeks after Trump's second inauguration...and how subsequent DoD actions raise the specter of military involvement in connection with the 2026 midterms.

Patrick G. Eddington@pgeddington.bsky.social · 2d ago

A week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...

NEW: Cyberattacks on U.S. water supply now being reported in 12+ states and 100+ municipalities, though some may be unrelated to wave of suspected Iranian attempts. The nationwide threat follows years of ignored warnings and neglect to water systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)

Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

nytimes.com

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

404media.co

Families are bracing for change as the Third Future charter network takes over more struggling Texas schools. The Waco school district is one of the latest to partner with the network as a last-ditch effort to stave off state intervention. bit.ly/4wHDfEk

Waco families brace as charter network takes over schools

The Waco school district is the latest to partner with Third Future charter network as a last-ditch effort to stave off state intervention.

bit.ly

For all who need to see it… Politics is a matter of addition, not subtraction. If you want to win an election, you need more voters rather than less.

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

A post online that got a bunch of traction teased a christian nationalist militia that's growing, but hid all of the info and group name behind a substack paywall. The group is called Ozark Christian Initiative, with chapters in MO, AK, TX, OK, and NE. Fuck people who gatekeep info on the far-right.

Everyone should learn about the New Apostolic Reformation, a dominionist Christian cult, that was crucial to the lead up to J6 and the spread of the Big Lie about the 2020 election. They believe they're called by God to take dominion back from Satan. The GOP candidate for CO governor has NAR beliefs

Dr. Bradley Onishi@bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 17h ago

Lance Wallnau spent last week with Netanyahu. We explain why Bibi sees the NAR as his American base. They represent a new generation of Christian Zionism. youtube.com/live/Euz7_ek...

Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

Jim Crow 2.0 doesn't have poll taxes. They just get rid of polling places to make it much harder for you to vote, and kick you off the voter rolls for 'reasons' without telling you. Voter suppression is racism. If a candidate isn't talking about voting rights, they aren't paying attention.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterday

The NAACP has released a statement while the Tarrant County Commissioners Court considers a proposal today that would cut the number of Election Day polling locations nearly in half "Let's call this what it is… voter suppression"

One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d ago

It was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.

This is quite literally professional malpractice.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h ago

One year $150M contract to a small Texas firm that lacks immigration law experience

John Cornyn is a coward.

Voting that may be free but is not fair. When people make fun of everyone in Texas, assuming we all chose the idiots in charge, they do not know about this kind of bullshit fuckery. The politicians have manipulated who can vote until they manage to elect themselves.

Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 2d ago

They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...

Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase likely violated federal anti-money laundering laws by failing to properly screen and report payments from Leon Black to Jeffrey Epstein, and underreporting Epstein’s suspicious activity to the Treasury Department.

Abandon your politics timeline for just a moment and behold his feathery magnificence. Marvel at the fluffiness. My pigeon hath just been bathed.

The US has now used up 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during the Iran war, Reuters World News reports.

The pedophile-protector party is going to confirm President Epstein’s personal lawyer to be the top cop in the land. We have reached peak pedocracy.

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

vox.com

In 2022, I noted that Steven Crowder accepted an invitation from a woman in North Texas who has described herself as a Christian Fascist and wondered whether he aligned himself with her group's ideology. Now we don't have to wonder.

A data breach of Adult Friend Finder showed an account created using Moreno’s email with the username “nardo19672,” which “appears to refer to Moreno’s full first name, Bernardo, as well as the year and month of his birth in February 1967.” The user indicated they were seeking “Men for 1-on-1 sex.”

Remove “was” and for once he’s telling the truth.

When ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons went unnoticed as a street musician #zztop #videos #rock #blues

And “I get nothing, though” is how you know he gets most of it

And then they throw in some Celtic languages and yoink bits of languages from around the world along the way. The result: a language where there are usually about 10 different ways to say something, but when it comes to writing, you sit at your desk for 20 minutes trying to think of one 🤣 #amwriting

I have officially reached either the age or stage where I watch Shark Week and yell “Who gives a shit?! Leave that shark alone!”.