Breaking: A helicopter carrying Donald Trump just came within less than a mile of colliding with a jet in a major security incident over Washington, DC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is apparently thinking about Zohran Mamdani... a lot. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Mamdani fires back after House speaker targets him in insane post
The New York City mayor seems to be living rent-free in Mike Johnson’s head.
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JD Vance Blames El-Sayed’s Win on ‘Self-Hating White Liberals’
JD Vance Blames El-Sayed’s Win on ‘Self-Hating White Liberals’
Vice President JD Vance claimed Wednesday on Fox News that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's primary victory was simply a result of "self-hating white liberals." The post JD Vance Blames El-Sayed’s Win on ‘Self-Hating White Liberals’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Is Leading With Respect and Decency Outdated? Colorado’s Manny Rutinel Says, 'No!' | Common Dreams
Manny Rutinel, a young man who lives his values and upbringing, is set to help restore programs and benefits he knows his often-unseen constituents have lost under Trumpublican Rep. Gabe Evans’ tenure...
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It's Donald Trump's Mad World, and the Rest of Us Are Just Living in It | Common Dreams
He is the Great Donald, the No. 1 everything on planet Earth (at least if you ask him) and, if you don’t agree (and you’re anywhere in his vicinity), believe me you’ll regret it.
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Trump's Immigration Policies Have Been Rejected; Why Won't Dems Act Like It? | Common Dreams
Rather than continue internecine fights, Democratic elites should join the grassroots in fighting the real adversary—the brutal, violent, white-nationalist deportation campaign now tearing this count...
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Senate Panel Advances Kids Online Safety Package Despite Civil Liberties Concerns | Common Dreams
A Senate panel advanced bills intended to protect children online, despite free speech and privacy concerns long raised by civil liberties groups about such proposals, particularly those that requir...
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Trump's $275 Billion Battleship Fleet Set to Be 'Most Expensive US Warships Ever' | Common Dreams
"At a time when families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, healthcare, and childcare, Congress cannot throw hundreds of billions of dollars at Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet,’" said one Democratic senat...
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Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect
Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.
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President Trump's Marine One narrowly avoided a passenger jet in D.C. airspace, raising concerns about aviation safety.
Trump's helicopter passes too close to passenger jet over D.C. in alarming incident
President Trump's Marine One narrowly avoided a passenger jet in D.C. airspace, raising concerns about aviation safety.
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The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration. n.pr/4byyTGX
Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children
The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration.
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Bombing them kinda has that effect
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoJD Vance: "The Iranians are extraordinarily difficult people"
The millennial Fox News host said Gen Zers “don’t know what it means to live within their means.”
MAGA Millionaire Flamed for Telling Gen Z to Skip Iced Coffee
The millennial Fox News host said Gen Zers “don’t know what it means to live within their means.”
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Helicopter Carrying Trump Flies Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Helicopter Carrying Trump Flies Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace
Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.
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"Pirro clearly wanted to spare herself any further scrutiny by the courts, but her motion to dismiss is comically inept, an attempt to paper over the fact her office charged Hearn based only on Trump's fevered imaginings. All it does is highlight how much she was willing to lie in the first place."
Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies
It's one thing to bullshit on Fox. It's another to lie in court.
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Take it from shipping container captains … the strait is closed — despite what Trump claims every other day
Moldy showers. Food shortages. A lack of toothpaste, deodorant and soap. Military families are sounding the alarm about rapidly worsening conditions on the USS Lincoln. From Priya Sridhar:
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
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"These files and documents are critical to New Mexico’s ongoing criminal investigation into alleged crimes at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County," a news release states.
New Mexico AG sues Todd Blanche, U.S. DOJ for unredacted Epstein records
The lawsuit comes nearly a month after Raúl Torrez said state would pursue “all available legal remedies” if the agency didn't turn over files.
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SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
The representative, accused of horrific abuse against his ex-wife and daughter, insisted the photo wasn’t that inappropriate. trib.al/QCcC4M2
Max Miller Defends Releasing Nude Photo of His Toddler
The representative, accused of horrific abuse against his ex-wife and daughter, insisted the photo wasn’t that inappropriate.
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There’s a Bizarre Situation Unfolding in a Michigan Congressional Race talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/there...
There’s a Bizarre Situation Unfolding in a Michigan Congressional Race
Three Republicans were running in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District primary. Trump in...
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Blanche credits Pirro with transforming DC "into a place that we can all now walk around in after sunset" 😆
Blanche: Trump can do whatever he wants, and I'm here for it
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoQ: What message does it send if Trump fires a US attorney because she determined there was not sufficient evidence to charge four people with a crime? BLANCHE: If he fires a US attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that because he's the president
ABDUL TO RUN ON ZEUS' LAW* *according to Nolan
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"