US removes sanctions from three IRGC-linked entities, Treasury website shows
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
While 72% say they felt very or mostly free 10 years ago, only 54% feel that way today. And even fewer — just 42% — expect to feel that way 10 years from now.
A new survey from @knightfoundation.org and @ssrsresearch.bsky.social reveals a disquieting decline in how free Americans feel to use the freedoms protected by the #FirstAmendment without government interference or punishment. 🧵
Knight Foundation-SSRS Poll: Americans Feel Free Expression is Eroding - Knight Foundation
For more than two decades, Knight Foundation has commissioned research to better understand Americans’ lived experience with the First Amendment and free expression. As the country marks its 250th ann...
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Fuentes: “It's not outside the realm of possibility that in the next Republican administration you've got a groyper cabinet official”
Nick Fuentes revels in groyper infiltration of Republican politics: “We'll be influencing policy at the highest level. This is what they fear. This is how power works.”
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I can’t believe Iran saying they think they’ve got Oman on board with their plan to thwart US war aims is being treated as successful peace talks or an American accomplishment, even a little. That is crazy-making to me.
TRUMP IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN DETAINS 50+ FAMILY MEMBERS OF U.S. TROOPS: AP
BREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, reports say 📷 by Robin Buckson, Reuters and Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press
UPDATE: At 9:15am, former US Capitol Insurrection prosecutors will have press conference with Senators to discuss the "refusal of Trump Administration judicial nominees to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election or admit that what happened on January 6"
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5h agoALERT: House Democrats expand their midterm battlefield The cascading impact from Michigan primary And the critically important trial date at a courthouse in Oakland (very critical) Lots of enterprise reporting in DAY AHEAD open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...
"Who knows what lies ahead for the yen. But if 1998 is Bessent’s playbook, we guess he’ll be looking for the yen to give back its sugar-high intervention strength and only really rally properly when a major exogenous shock threatens to take down the US financial system in a couple of months,..."
Toby Nangle@tobyn.bsky.social · 5h ago🚨 Remember when the US Treasury caused that major yen rally in ‘98? Us neither www.ft.com/content/5506...
What our country is doing to kids is unconscionable.
Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
“.. The Magnificent 7 have seen their total annual returns shrink each year since 2023." @dailychartbook.bsky.social $MAGS
The GOP's ideological uniformity-behind extremism-demonatrates the party's dessication under Trump, setting up many of its candidates to lose winnable races. Democrats should not emulate Rs by becoming more rigid. Since FDR, Ds have won with a diverse alliance of politicians who reflect their voters
Jill Lawrence@jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 5h ago@mattyglesias.bsky.social: “Democrats are not exactly enjoying intra-party peace, unity, and good vibes this summer. But…the GOP is in a bizarre level of array for a party whose leader is hideously unpopular.” open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
Drone found at German airport carried 'explosive device': police
Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.
FBI Director Kash Patel's unprecedented law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia have triggered significant alarm within the U.S. counterintelligence community, according to a new report.
Kash Patel shrugs off spy risk after forging FBI partnerships with 'enemies'
FBI Director Kash Patel's unprecedented law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia have triggered significant alarm within the U.S. counterintelligence community, according to a new report. Former FBI supervisory agent Jeff Crocker warned that allowing Chinese officials access to American in...
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My read on the situation is that Rubio has prioritized his pet projects in Latin America above all else. And to this end, he seeks to preserve his position and avoid Trump's ire by being hands off on the substance of much of US foreign policy and by not seeking to impose any policy process on Trump.
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 5h agoMarco Rubio is ostensibly neglecting his State Department duties to stay close to Trump and focus on the important stuff… except for the most important foreign policy quagmire of the day. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...
"The thing is, Marco Rubio is not the Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America;he’s the president’s chief foreign policy advisor. He is supposed to be running the interagency policy process as well as the StateDepartment.And it’s becoming increasingly clear that he’s not running a damn thing."
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 5h agoMarco Rubio is ostensibly neglecting his State Department duties to stay close to Trump and focus on the important stuff… except for the most important foreign policy quagmire of the day. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...
Michigan: This is the way. Senate control runs through MI. We cannot afford to lose this seat. All the energy that went into the primary- & into offering #takes on the primary (including this AM)- has to go to the election in November. A MI senate seat is the difference between an R vs D Senate.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12h agoEl-Sayed: There is so much more that unites us, however much we might disagree with our democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us. And so to all of our supporters here tonight watching on TV—tomorrow, we begin to mend fences.
NEW: Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards says he's dropping his re-election campaign, after the House Ethics Committee recommended a censure for inappropriate behavior with female staffers.
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 15h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
It’s exactly the same if the U.S. government had come to me, a voter, and asked “how many Americans would u be ok with dying so Donald trump could eat a piece of cheesecake today” except it’s worse because the administration never really asked, they just did it
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to meet Epstein survivors and may hold a full public enquiry into Epstein.
Burnham 'looking into' conducting Epstein inquiry, says victims minister
Alex Davies-Jones tells BBC Newsnight she discussed an inquiry with the PM when she was re-appointed as minister.
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