This past week: CHINA: Announced the discovery of a probiotic that reverses diabetes. USA: Made up the name of a lake without any legal authority. CHINA: Invented EV battery with 600+ mile range. USA: Used AI to create silly video of a fake battle in unpopular war.

NEW: A bombshell whistleblower report alleged that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) brazenly violated multiple court orders to secretly advance President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail voting ahead of the upcoming midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

USPS repeatedly defied courts to advance Trump’s mail voting attack, whistleblower alleges

The whistleblower also said the Postal Service disregarded orders as the DOJ was seeking legal relief from the Supreme Court.

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This was a satisfying read. First the RBA said our research on profitss was flawed, others even called for our research to be retracted. But we were right all along, and now the RBA's own research shows it. Better late than never I guess thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

RBA's own research shows that profits drove post-pandemic inflation, not wages

Last week, research by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) confirmed that they were wrong in 2023 to criticise research by The Australia Institute, which showed rising profits were the significant cau...

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We'll make sure to save a seat at Nuremberg 2.0 for Karoline

The White House decided there was a threat so great that Donald Trump was secretly moved to another plane but they never told the passengers on Air Force One. Cowards look out for themselves. Leaders look out for their people.

Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats From Iran

President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.

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“Socialism is a scareword they have hurled at every advance the people have made… socialism is their name for most anything that helps the people. 1952. Truman. This is how stale their desperate fearmongering is. cc: @MarshaBlackburn

The sleeping thing doesn’t bother me - it’s just that he wakes up.

I wrote an open letter to David Ellison responding to his recent essay in the New York Times. Read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

My open letter to David Ellison

You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...

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Trump totally obliterated Iran but he’s switching planes by hiding in a catering cart on international flights and playing golf in NJ next to surface-to-air missile launchers.

According to Environment Centre NT, Inpex had been under-reporting benzene and toluene emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility by more than 13,000% between 2019 and 2024 Read that again, under-reporting the emissions of toxic gases by >13,000% between 2019 an 2024 🤯

NT Independent (unofficial)@ntindependent.bsky.social · last mo.

Japanese gas company Inpex has been charged by the NT Environmental Protection Authority over alleged under-reporting of emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin, which an independent review found had been “systematically underestimated”.

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

Instead of annexing, the Trump regime and its supporters are simply doing and taking what they want Denmark and the EU should put a stop to this illegal incursion now - using force if need be It is the only thing these fascists understand www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

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This was the intention of Project 2025...

Bryce Covert@brycecovert.bsky.social · 4w ago

Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org

ICE vehicles don't make sense now! I'm loving my BYD ATTO2, which is fuelled by my already paid for solar/battery system that's five years old. I have had my EV for 6 months and it has cost nothing to run. I also have not had an energy bill this year. I'm not wealthy and I live in country Vic!

Craig Sicknick@jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 4w ago

Eventually, I will go EV. For now, my old, paid for and well cared for gas vehicles stay. The EV tech keeps improving and the price keeps effectively dropping. At some point, gasoline cars won't make financial sense.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

He had to stop taking Propecia because it interacts with dementia meds. So he took a low profile trip to CA last week to buy what he considers to be a realistic hair piece. (Allegedly)

Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap that it makes a profit selling it on to other countries! Join the call for a national plebiscite to introduce a 25% gas export tax: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au/

A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that DOGE wildly exaggerated the purported "savings" it delivered for the federal government. We lost vital government services for basically nothing in return. Watch.

The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind

Musk has stepped out of the limelight, but DOGE is still gutting countless government programs and services that million

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Yep. Stopped watching @news.abc.net.au about two years ago...the both-sidesing and undermining of genuine political discourse was killing me.

Antoinette Lattouf@antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 4w ago

"A repellent tabloid MSG-like shimmer can be seen on the once mighty public broadcaster." Via @boganintel.bsky.social theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

just in time for the markets to open! it's a Sunday miracle!

Major climate impacts on crops in North America and Europe. Major shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and now, potentially, the Red Sea. Transit through the Panama Canal threatened by drought. It's time we started getting serious about #FoodSecurity.

Just talked to my old friend Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes.

Trump himself is a rare form of orange algae.. Starving the world of oxygen, and destroying every living thing (and non-living thing) he touches

"You started with liberty. Then democracy. Then somewhere in the third act you flogged the lot to a private equity firm and kept the merchandise rights. Happy 250th birthday USA from Australia Andrew Brown michaelwest.com.au/red-card-a-b...

Red card. A birthday message from Australia to America - Michael West

As Belgium responded to the corruption of Trump and Infantino in the best way by thumping the US soccer team, birthday greetings to the USA

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Where’s Mitch?

Iran War disaster. Knicks game loss. Hail at Mt. Rushmore on July 3. Sandstorm in DC on July 4. 4-1 World Cup loss. Trump is like a traveling pestilence.

Hey MAGATS, This Here Too...... 👇👇

I leave you with Hunter Biden tonight. He's really good at this. 🤭🤭 Have an evening, y'all! #SheShed