The fires have become worse each summer in the 7+ years we've lived in Central Oregon. The weather is nice in the summer, but the #AirQuality is often so bad we can't enjoy the outdoors. Oregon has been denied help the federal government with dealing with the fires and damage they cause. 2/4

More than 2 million acres burned as Oregon sets new wildfire record

With about two months remaining in the fire season, that total is expected to continue climbing. The milestone comes after a weekend of extreme fire weather fueled rapid fire growth.

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Wesley Bell Defeats Cori Bush in Missouri

Wesley Bell Defeats Cori Bush in Missouri

Representative Wesley Bell beat Cori Bush, his predecessor, in a rematch. He will be a heavy favorite in the safely Democratic district in November.

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Trump admin revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador to US as payback

Trump admin revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador to US as payback

The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, in retaliation for blocked US diplomat visas.

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The president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers for $17B after a game of golf with Finland’s president in a no bid contract. Experts say it’s far from clear the United States needs so many. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

The #FossilFuel industry doesn't want us to believe in #ClimateChange but there's no denying its impact. They have known about it for decades and could have begun investing in renewable energy but continued to feed off of the profits due to greed. 3/4

Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement - FactCheck.org

President Donald Trump has blamed improper forest management for Canadian wildfires whose smoke drifted into the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. earlier this month. But climate change — and not a lac...

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Everyone gets his back scratched!

JUST IN: Jocelyn Benson has clinched the Democratic nomination for governor of Michigan. Congratulations, Jocelyn!

Trump's war has illustrated the folly in depending on energy that has to be transported over long distances. Our own self-interest seems to be more important to many of us than the interests of our children and grandchildren. (The US has a lot of oil, but the price is determined globally.) 4/4

The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy

The new round of bombing in the Middle East has underscored the precarity of relying on fossil fuels. The war is speeding up the global transition to EVs, solar and batteries, experts say.

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she stayed married for 11yrs. but My dad until the day he died blamed her for everything. He wasn't a very nice person.

Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.

A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

"Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections" Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. From Zeteo:

Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections

Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. Trump’s assault on elections is truly unprecedented.

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Rep. Wesley Bell defeats former Rep. Cori Bush in a Missouri Democratic primary rematch Bell won, NBC News projects, with ad support from a pro-Israel super PAC, while Bush had backing from prominent progressives.

Rep. Wesley Bell defeats former Rep. Cori Bush in a Missouri Democratic primary rematch

Bell won, NBC News projects, with ad support from a pro-Israel super PAC, while Bush had backing from prominent progressives.

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Passive-aggrave eugenics. Who usually gets sickest from outbreaks like this? Children, the weak, the poor @ the elderly.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 24h ago

RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."

here's today's post: "how many scaramuccis until Jeanine Boxwine gets shitcanned?" — let the Pirro Bites It countdown clock commence. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

how many scaramuccis until Jeanine Boxwine gets shitcanned?

let the Pirro Bites It countdown clock commence

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It took AI to get that lying, unpatriotic coward in a uniform.

The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.

Keeping National Guard In D.C. Until 2029 Will Cost A Fortune

The deployment has been criticized by local officials as an infringement of their city’s autonomy and by Democrats who say it has militarized the streets at the public’s expense.

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Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors. Paz maintains that he earnestly believed at the time that its license-plating scanning cameras would help find missing persons, not to conduct mass surveillance. It’s always a good thing when insiders get a conscience.✊

Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors

A former Flock employee says the company lied about how its cameras would be used and that it tried to undermine protestors.

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Abdul El-Sayed is running for US Senate in Michigan to get money out of politics, put money in your pocket, and pass Medicare for All.

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7. Falsification of history Stalin made sure that the names of his perceived enemies were removed from textbooks. He went so far as to disappear people from photos. Trump has ordered the Smithsonian to report only “unifying” history and avoid “divisive” narratives, thereby covering up past racism.

“A group of 25 Democratic-led states sued Trump’s administration Monday to block the latest round of tariffs imposed on goods from dozens of countries.”

Democratic-led states sue to block Trump's latest wave of tariffs

Monday’s complaint is the latest in a series of new legal challenges to President Donald Trump's forced labor tariffs.

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Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary. She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · yesterday

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...

True!!! #Blues

Tapper: Senator Moreno said on Sunday that you have admitted privately that you need to get help. Miller: That’s projection. Tapper: Have you ever said that? Miller: No, not to him. Tapper: To anyone? Miller: I think a lot of people within this country see a therapist