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A new report shows that the Oregon GOP’s finest “drank on the job, created a toxic work environment, charged the government for personal travel, and accepted gifts without properly reporting them.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Ex-Labor secretary drank at work, brought staff to strip club, watchdog says
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned her Cabinet post the day before her interview with investigators at the Department of Labor.
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Recommend EVERYONE sign this: act.commoncause.org/petitions/st...
Stop Trump's Vote By Mail Order
A USPS whistleblower just confirmed what we’ve been saying for weeks: Trump’s illegal executive order and the new USPS rule are blatant attacks on vote by mail – and are terrible for voters. I just s...
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The Trump administration is systemically eliminating every advantage this country had for a century. Financial leadership, academic leadership, attractive to immigration, predictable & stable government enabling long-term investment... A foreign adversary could never dismantle us so successfully.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterdayRAMPELL: “.. I initially assumed this must have had some boring technical explanation—until I talked to the experts and learned just how truly insane the story is.” @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...
Old story, but: "Joe Romm, formerly of ThinkProgress, noted that site’s traffic took a 'big hit.'"
Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · yesterdayIt was clearly a fiction at the time that a lot of journalists reported on credulously. www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...
Ken Harbaugh talks with Caolan Robertson about his new short doc on Kramatorsk, a Ukrainian city under Russian bombardment. @caolanrob.bsky.social Watch the full video here: thekenharbaughshow.substack.com/p/documentin... Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...
Documenting Putin's Terror Campaign
Ken Harbaugh sits down with journalist Caolan Robertson to discuss his new short documentary on Kramatorsk, a front-line Ukrainian city under relentless Russian bombardment.
thekenharbaughshow.substack.com
President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison term of David Gentile, who led GPB Capital, less than two weeks after he began serving a seven-year sentence in a $1.6 billion fraud that prosecutors said harmed more than 10,000 investors. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-free...
🚨 New texts allegedly between Andrew Tate and the girl he is charged with trafficking as a minor once gain show Tate restricting the movement of his camgirls "You are not allowed to go out." She was a minor at the time of these texts, according to the dates quoted.
Threaten to arrest any contractor that starts to build this illegal monster...
Francis Ford Copulate@francis-f-copulate.bsky.social · yesterdayif he builds this fucking thing i’m voting for whoever vows to start tearing it down on day-ONE
As the first ballots go out for the 2026 midterms, Democrats lead in enough U.S. Senate polling averages to win 52 seats this November. But six of those leads are within 3 points, meaning Republicans only need to flip two of them to retain control.
VoteHub@votehub.com · yesterdayThe first ballot of the 2026 midterms has been sent out today in Florida, going to a Republican voter in Pasco County. The 2026 midterms are officially underway. Florida Vote-by-Mail 🔴 Republicans: 1 (100%) 🔵 Democrats: 0 (0%) 🟡 Other: 0 (0%)
I finally have good news 🗞️ We got our truck fully funded!!! Now for truck number 2! Onward!!! 🌻 car4ukraine.com/en-US/campai...
50 States for Ukraine: Maine Battalion
Car for Ukraine has joined efforts with representatives from all 50 states of the USA. During this campaign, states will have a friendly competition, helping various units at the hottest spots of the ...
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GET READY. The worst is yet to come... futurism.com/science-ener...
United Nations Concedes That Efforts to Arrest Climate Change Have Failed, and the Planet Is Now Spiraling Into Environmental Catastrophe
The 1.5 degree Celsius warming threshold is no longer a threat to avoid, but the new minimum benchmark for measuring climate change.
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I don't care about peoples tribal issues right now. IF WE DON'T WIN THE HOUSE WE'RE ALL SCREWED. VOTE TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY.
Ken Martin@kenmartin.bsky.social · yesterday60 days until Election Day. 60 days to knock doors, register voters, get on the phones, and talk to your neighbors. 60 days for the future of this country. Let’s win this.
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Homeland Security Sec Markwayne Mullin waived at least 28 federal laws in June to build through Big Bend. He went down the list of statutes written for that park and crossed off four of them by number. A Lipan Apache woman kept reading past where he stopped. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-lipan-ap...
FYI: Smartmatic is still actively suing Maria Bartiromo (along with Fox Corporation, Fox News Network, the estate of Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro, and others) in its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit over 2020 election lies. I wonder if they’re getting ready to settle? lawcompensate.com/fox-news-law...
Fox News Lawsuit 2026: Dominion, Smartmatic, Newsom Cases
The fox news lawsuit story in 2026 covers a $787.5M Dominion settlement, the pending $2.7B Smartmatic case, and Newsom's new suit against the network.
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Usually reporters get leaks FROM the White House -- but at Fox News, a reporter appears to have leaked TO the White House. That's according to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's explanation of the sudden Maria Bartiromo erasure by the Murdochs
Here it comes...slammed down our throats. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval (Gift Article)
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
nytimes.com
China's solar power capacity has overtaken coal for the first time, marking a major milestone in the country's rapid expansion of renewable energy. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
China reaches major solar energy milestone
China is rapidly expanding its ability to harness renewable energy sources.
livescience.com
New Film Coming in September: Elon Musk Accused Of Meddling In 2024 Election. 👉 Bombshell claim comes from Ashley St. Clair, who alleged in a forthcoming documentary that the Tesla tycoon had a “degree of certainty” about the 2024 election results... www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
He is the richest man on earth. An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he also may be among the most dangerous.
hollywoodreporter.com
About time! Ukraine will out build the US in a matter of months... kyivindependent.com/patriot-lice...
Patriot licenses for Ukraine 'being negotiated as we speak,' Rubio says after week of Russian strikes on Kyiv
"Ramping up production, even if you have a license, is something that takes multiple years," Rubio cautioned, saying a Patriot license "won't solve the short-term challenge" for Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
Shop at any of these grocery stores? Kroger Fred Meyer Ralphs Food for Less Mariano’s Smith’s Harris Teeter Seems like a lot of competition—except that every one is owned by Kroger. Now Kroger is trying to buy another: Giant Eagle. And when competition dies, you pay more.
The agency allegedly rushed scores of potentially dangerous and underqualified applicants through its hiring process last year.
ICE Whistleblower Exposes Chilling Truth of Trump’s Recruitment Blitz
The agency rushed scores of potentially dangerous and underqualified applicants through its hiring process last year.
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Use the trump trick. File a lawsuit, delay, delay, delay until 2028...
Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 3d agoTrump's Interior Dept. sent the Smithsonian’s governing board a warning last week that federal agencies could stop helping the institution if its leaders do not abandon what the "ideological agenda that seeks to transform both the Smithsonian and the country.” More: substack.com/profile/2357...
I wish this were happening in every community in America that is under assault by ICE. But I’m proud of Danbury. Thousands came out tonight to protest ICE’s brutality - including this horrific new tactic of disappearing parents at school bus stops.
This is such an important story.👇 Opponents of President Donald Trump’s dangerous executive order restricting mail voting say there’s a simple motivation behind the scheme: Democrats vote by mail more than Republicans. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats use mail voting more than Republicans. That’s why Trump is attacking it
In 2024, 37% of Democrats reported voting by mail compared to 24% of Republicans, according to the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.
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