We spent early July watching Graham Platner's campaign implode because of abuse; now it's a Republican's turn. Let all this be a reminder of how pervasive violence against women and children is across the political spectrum.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d ago

After Max Miller’s statement, Bernie Moreno finally issues a statement denouncing Miller, saying he needs psychological help and should not be in Congress.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

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This is a *fantastic* video that explains exactly WTF is going on with Taylor Farms and how tracing works TLDR: - they are responsible - the false positive was only on one of several samples - it’s difficult to test parasites - there may still be other sources - Taylor Farms is being shady AF

NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...

Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home

The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.

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New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...

After "Political Terrorism" Event, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups

Rubio report on Cuban "subversion" names Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen + orgs like DSA and Amazon Labor Union

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I wrote about the back-to-back murders committed by ICE agents, which are part of a sickening pattern that the Supreme Court has allowed to fester ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

The Supreme Court Is Helping ICE Agents Get Away With Murder

The Supreme Court has made it more challenging for people affected by ICE violence to hold the government responsible.

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“… the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora was downsized from 11 people to just 3”

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED. www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

I want trials for every last one of these mother fuckers.

I wrote about what looks very much like a formal US plan to institutionalize a global network of concentration camps.

Little Gitmos everywhere

The White House explores entrenching U.S. concentration camps worldwide.

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/ A BIT YELLOW OUTSIDE OVER BOSTON / ISNT IT? / THATS NOT JUST YELLOW CREAMY DELITE / THATS JUST SMOKE / FROM THE FIRES / IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA & CANADA / ARRIVING A BIT EARLY / U CULD EXPECT THIS SMOKE 2 GET WORSE WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY / PERHAPS V UNHEALTHILY SO / U NEED 2 REPENT 2 UR WEATHER LORDS

A dangerous and potentially historic wildfire smoke event is headed toward the Great Lakes and Northeast. Yesterday, record 100° heat, very dry fuels, and strong winds worsened wildfires near the Minnesota/Ontario border. Their smoke will affect MN, WI, MI, OH, NY, NJ, and PA on Wed-Thu. (1/8)

“The project offers a stark reminder of how scientific institutions are often the first victims of dictatorships: ‘We must be aware of what these totalitarian processes entail, and that no society is safe from the possibility of these things happening.’” www.science.org/content/arti...

Spain’s largest research organization confronts its dark past

Spanish National Research Council, established under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, has published the stories of some 500 researchers and support staff purged after civil war

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The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

WHOA DHS does not say that the agent feared for his life… just the vague concern for “public safety.” So he killed him just because he did not want him in America, not because of any specific threat to agents?

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

The White House was never supposed to be a palace. George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.

"His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody."

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4w ago

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I have edited a lot of sexual-assault-accusation articles, and this one easily clears every veracity check: contemporaneous emails with her therapist, a boyfriend who knew, a woman she warned—all before Platner ran for office. Good on Politico for nailing it, and on Jenny Racicot for speaking up.

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her

The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”

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RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.

Three major egg companies worked together to manufacture the sky-high egg prices that working people suffered from. Their punishment? .001% of last year’s profits. Disgusting.

For @theguardian.com I write that ending TPS is the single largest assault on immigrant lives in contemporary US & part of a playbook that couples expanded enforcement with canceling legal status. “Legal” & “illegal” are decisions about whose life is valued. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The US supreme court just put the lives of 1.3 million immigrants in danger| Heba Gowayed

The court’s TPS decision is devastating for those whose countries of origin are deemed unsafe. Congress must act

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A loud and painful reminder that COLLEGE-EDUCATED Black women bore the BRUNT of job loss last year cc @epi.org.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last mo.

So painful. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

As the former President of South Korea serves a life sentence for his role in a failed insurrection, his wife just got sentenced to 7 years in prison for bribery. The US could learn a lot from South Korea what accountability looks like for power-hungry, corrupt grifters. youtu.be/nAUksLhLSKs?...

FED UP South Korea Sends GLOBAL WARNING After Power Grab BACKFIRES

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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🚨BREAKING: In a MAJOR VICTORY, the 6th Circuit REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to access Michigan's voter file. The first appeals court to rule on an appeal in DOJ's 9 defeats. I am proud of the Elias Law Group team for this critical win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...

🚨 United States v. Benson

Learn more here.

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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Whenever I hear someone claiming that USAID was evil from a leftist perspective, I hear someone saying “yes, millions ARE dying because Musk and Trump killed USAID, but at least they’ll die free of American imperialism.” Notably it is never the people saying this who are dying.

Mamdani: When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region. And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept.