Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.
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...
Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.
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Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳
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Why is @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social taking Palantir cash and refusing to give it back? www.instagram.com/reel/Dbbh1QR...
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
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It's ironic that Travis Scott plays the bard Phemius in The Odyssey who sings as Odysseus returns and kills Penelope's suitors. #Astroworld
David Barton is a fake historian who wrote a book on Thomas Jefferson that was so inaccurate his publisher was forced to pull it from the shelves. Now Barton, and his son Tim, are advising Trump on his anti-Smithsonian crusade.
youtube.com/watch?v=iEf-... Can't be shared enough. A fascist idea, a fascist weapon against enemies, a means to promote fascist obedience, uniformity, banality, and stupidy, a way to consolidate money and power for the 1 %, a way to eliminate messy & expensive human labor. . . In short a WMD.
Naomi Klein: AI is a fascist idea
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How many reports does it take before Americans stop calling this “isolated incidents” and start asking whether there’s a systemic problem? A new Human Rights Watch & ACLU report should be a five-alarm warning for anyone who cares about human rights in this country. A #SheShed 🧵
“You’re Only Getting Out Deported or Dead”
The 84-page report, “‘You’re Only Getting Out Deported or Dead’: Abusive US Immigration Detention at Ft. Bliss,” documents conditions at the largest immigration detention facility in the United States...
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I am very ashamed to live in a country where people will wake up with the terror that the secret police are coming to kidnap them, separate them from their families, and brutalize or even kill them because they are not white.
When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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Are we still doing the "imagine if this were a Democrat" thing? Because imagine if this were a Democrat.
How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office (Gift Article)
See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.
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Mitch McConnell’s spokesperson says she “received a message” from him
I love that SportCenter is using this clip in their coverage of LeBron choosing to go to the 76ers. Not only do they need to censor the frame, but look at how they've chosen to censor it. Philly fans are gonna be insufferable.
He was here on VACATION. He is not a criminal. He wasn't here trying to steal anything. And he was still targeted by ICE. His name was Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran.
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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This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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“If we’re not careful we will end up with what the great writer Toni Morrison called ‘statist history.’ And it will creat what she called ‘sanctioned ignorance.’” A righteous defense of the craft and the profession of history. Watch it. youtube.com/watch?v=mbz2...
WATCH: David Blight makes opening statement in hearing on how Smithsonian presents history
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Republicans are pushing legal shields to protect Big Oil from climate liability even as new science keeps linking fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather, while states move to make polluters pay for the damage.
Republicans Are Trying to Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos
A new report further links fossil fuel emissions to extreme weather events. States are trying to make polluters pay.
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Here's a fun little coincidence I noticed: Every Republican Congressmember loudly blaming Canada's forest management policies for this year's unprecedented wildfires (and ignoring climate change) is a massive recipient of fossil fuel funding. Receipts👇
NEW: @maxblau.bsky.social spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is there any way to find out whether the produce he buys at the grocery store comes from farms with a record of mistreating workers?
Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?
Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?
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I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
Yep. @polphilpod.bsky.social and I made this point in this essay on Elon Musk's real fascist worldview, which all of you should read if you haven't yet, because (we immodestly insist) it breaks new ground. Also see the interview with one of the authors of "Muskism." newrepublic.com/article/2119...
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2w agoYou don't engage in that kind of ethnic cleansing through peaceful and lawful individuated assessments. If you even aspire to that level of population transfer, you expect things like mass detention facilities and the transformation of ICE into a terrorist paramilitary.
If you want more context, Andrea Pitzer—author of an acclaimed global history of concentration camps—puts it all together in the latest Next Comes What:
Watch this. If you’re thinking that all this is starting to sound like a global network of concentration camps run by the U.S., you’re not alone. Find out what you can do about it. Find the "Little Gi...
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JK Rowling taking illegal upskirt photos of strangers and posting it on social media was on my 2026 bingo card actually because she's been telling her own followers to do it. Only question now is if she'll be treated like a billionaire or any other person who commits a crime
Israeli ministers announce plan for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank
Israeli ministers announce plan for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank
Netanyahu coalition seeks to extend control with ‘Nahal’ outposts in Gaza and over $400m in West Bank funding Israel’s defence and finance ministers announced plans for three illegal settlements in Gaza and more than $400m (£300m) in funding to expand construction in the occupied West Bank, as Israel’s military commander for the region celebrated violent outposts as his “security partners”. With national elections scheduled for 27 October, Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is racing to expand control of land in occupied Palestine and drive out Palestinians before its mandate expires. Continue reading...
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‼️ US Marshals have arrested Andrew and Tristian Tate in Miami — They were arrested on an extradition request from the U.K. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute 👇🏼
The arguments we’re having today aren’t new. In fact, we were having many of the same ones more than 150 years ago during Reconstruction. I recently sat down with Malcolm Gladwell to reflect on this pivotal time in our nation’s history, and the work that remains. Check out our conversation:
Barack Obama & Malcolm Gladwell: How Reconstruction Still Defines America | Reconstruction
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ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say.
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to close relatives who spoke to The Associated Press.
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When institutions fall short, people still deserve the facts. Here’s what every family should know about Cyclospora—and how to stay safe.