A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.

60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Didn’t Air After Sharyn Alfonsi Exit, Dem Senator Claims

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

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i can’t help it, this is such a hysterically, comically corrupt fucking presidency, just comic book villain levels of cartoonish corruption

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

Lombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."

Enjoyed this Esquire feature on the Churchwell brothers. IMO, they are among the last elegantly dressed men in the United States. Notably, neither are "fashion influencers." They are both distinguished cardiologists with great taste and a lifetime relationship with the same tailor.

I'd love to credit whoever wrote this. No idea. But I'm 100% with its message. When I think of how the '80s ethos, "Greed is Good" has metastasized, it surprises and depresses me. Imagine having so many millions, hundred of millions, even billions & caring about nothing except your own vanity.

To be loved is to be changed.

“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 15h ago

Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl

El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."

JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.

“Write on my gravestone: ‘Infidel, Traitor’—infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.” ~Wendell Phillips. Image: Public domain.

Jay Michaelson in The Forward: “Yes, like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, El-Sayed is a young, Muslim progressive. But his views are markedly different — and, to my mind, more sophisticated and more nuanced. In fact, I agree with them.” forward.com/opinion/8432...

Abdul El-Sayed is right about the future of Israelis and Palestinians

The Michigan Senate nominee’s vision of self-determination for all provides a coherent alternative to the one-state partisans on both the left and right.

forward.com

In New Mexico, people are furious over Trump stealing precious water supplies and demanding an end to it.

As anger mounts, feds tell border wall contractors to stop drilling for water in New Mexico

Ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border are outraged that the federal government is drilling unpermitted wells to pump water from the region's drought-stricken aquifers.

wbur.org

The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees

“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...

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I see 4 major developments manifest in yesterday's elections: 1) El-Sayed's victory, along with multiple downballot victories shows a significant expansion of DSA/Sanders/AOC-aligned power in the heartland, where we've been told it just couldn't reach. 1/5

Wasn't expecting that ending, but I approve. 👏

Good evening from Ukraine🇺🇦 Still alive Still here Still not giving up

🔥🔥🔥TOO HOT FOR TEXAS🔥🔥🔥

Christopher Jones@ccjones.bsky.social · 11h ago

this is a uniquely beautiful place beloved of my dad and late grandfather and the park rangers going "yeah all we can do is watch and record the destruction" makes me want to redacted with a redacted. it makes me want to go throw my phone in the trash & learn to be sarah connor in t2, essentially

just maria@miss-maria.bsky.social · yesterday

Go to hell you fuckers bigbendsentinel.com/2026/08/04/m...

"Workers say it’s only the latest consequence of system-wide staffing shortages the library system has faced for more than a decade, starting when then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel slashed the system’s ranks in 2012."

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 16h ago

Thousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj

"There’s no logic.  It looks like they’re gonna do all sorts of things which are almost the most destructive things that they can do, for virtually no purpose,”

Our Public Lands & Waters@publiclandswaters.bsky.social · yesterday

The destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark

Abdul El-Sayed proved that organized people can beat organized money. Let that I inspire you.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 13h ago

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

This is not just a "no." It's a "HELL NO."

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 12h ago

NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:

Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the Amazon rainforest was home to a “sprawling ancient civilization much bigger than researchers expected” (possibly up to 3 million people around 100-300 CE). [smithsonianmag.com]

Mysterious Shapes Hidden Beneath the Amazon Canopy Reveal a Sprawling Ancient Civilization Much Bigger Than Researchers Expected

Scientists recently discovered hundreds of monumental, geometric earthworks known as "geoglyphs" in northern Brazil from the Aquiry civilization

smithsonianmag.com

Instances of cooperation across party lines might be elusive, but they are happening – including, across the country, networks of Republicans and Democrats working together on the vital issue of elections. #election #republicans #democrats www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...

Together, these Republicans and Democrats are vouching for election security

Republicans and Democrats in battleground states are collaborating to publicly counter unproven accusations about U.S. elections and improve voter trust.

csmonitor.com

Courts rule Trump administration can’t cancel $22B in climate grants, writes Nada Hassanein for @stateline.org @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/08/05/r...

Courts rule Trump administration can't cancel $22B in climate grants | Alaska Beacon

Two courts this week dealt blows to the Trump administration’s attempts to withdraw clean energy and climate grants.

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Face it. The Court is captured by right-wing billionaire interests, just the way railroad barons used to capture the railroad rate commissions, or mining barons the mine safety commissions. Look up “regulatory capture” or “agency capture.” thehill.com/opinion/judi...

Just admit it: The Supreme Court is political

Let’s face it, the Supreme Court has dug itself into a hole, and it just keeps digging.

thehill.com

🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw

This is Fran. She decided to make you a bowl of her famous bean soup. The secret ingredient is toe beans. 13/10 (TT: franfrannoodles)

Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.

Don't let anyone gaslight you. Tonight was a HUGE win and represents a seismic shift in Democratic politics.