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Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions
Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause
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Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!
Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterdayThere is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
In other words, going from a constitutional right (Roe) to a constitutional state by state decision (Dobbs) to a constitutional rule of no abortions. What is the DOJ/legal underpinning for that? There isn't one. Ladies & Gentlemen, your lawless soon-to-be AG. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
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I delivered all 3 of my kids at hospitals that no longer provide labor and delivery care. Maine has lost 10 birthing units in just the past decade. While I appreciate the challenges hospitals like Lincoln face, closing this unit would be devastating for patients, workers, and Midcoast communities.
Dozens rally in Portland ahead of MaineHealth board vote on closure of birthing unit in Damariscotta
MaineHealth says it's considering the closure because of staffing challenges and low birth rates.
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Cornyn lost his primary. Tillis is walking. Neither has a donor, a term, or a future to protect. Both caved before lunch Monday. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.
This not only hurts Americans stomachs, but also increases unemployment as retailers lose sales… apple.news/AP6h88UCKQTW...
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP — NPR
SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.
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Mitch McConnell’s communications director’s silence and smirk speak volumes. If he were fine, or even improving, she’d just say so. There’s no way this man is coming back.
The gaslighting is off the charts with this one. Every word is a lie. His actual approval rating is the second worst in modern presidential history, behind only Nixon’s 24% just before he resigned.
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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If you can’t impeach a President for laundering money, War crimes, corruption, Market Manipulations, illegal Wars nowadays, what can you impeach them for? Post Anything Here: interactink.vercel.app
Japan to replace Nakagome Masashi as ambassador to Ukraine, sending him to Canada instead. Nakagome was close to Kishida & enthusiastic supporter of UKR. His replacement after <2 years will heighten concern that Takaichi govt’s support for Kyiv is weakening. www.ukrinform.jp/rubric-polyt...
日本政府、中込正志駐ウクライナ大使の交代を決定
日本政府は４日、中込正志駐ウクライナ大使を駐カナダ大使に異動させると発表した。 — ウクルインフォルム.
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Trump’s wreckage will remain in 2028, and Vance or Rubio will own every bit of it. Democrats have a real opening—if we stay united, win independents, and fight for the House and Senate first. Read the post below, and share if it speaks to you. If you agree, please repost. #USPolitics #Midterms2026
When French and German security chiefs announced plans last month to develop a “European sovereign digital backbone,” tech and defense industry insiders on both sides of the Atlantic knew what they really meant: Adieu Palantir.
Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit
The U.S.-based data crunching firm is deeply embedded in the most sensitive European workflows, from policing to intelligence to health care. Finding alternatives won’t be easy.
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A Salvadoran man being held at a controversial immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, federal officials said, marking the latest death of an immigrant in ICE custody. https://cnn.it/451FSoj
The Iran War’s Forgotten Captives: Sailors Trapped in the Persian Gulf Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Sailors Working in Strait of Hormuz Are Caught in Crossfire of Iran War
Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months.
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Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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BREAKING: 56 bipartisan former judges urge SCOTUS to leave Trump's mail in voting EO blocked The EO is anti-voter & anti-constitutional. POTUS is attempting to seize power he does not have @democracydefendersfund.org @campaignlegal.org & Platkin LLP are proud to rep the judges
Two senators on their way out the door. Nothing left to lose. Total leverage. And they traded it for a memo. A piece of paper. Cornyn and Tillis folded like lawn chairs, and everybody knew they would. Again.
President Trump's crazed claims about the Reflecting Pool were a ready-made Fox News story, repeatedly embraced by hosts like Jesse Watters. But now the story has fallen apart, and Fox is barely interested... www.cnn.com/newsletters/...
Happy Monday. Here’s the latest on Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, Savannah Guthrie, John Oliver, Bari Weiss, Chuck Todd, Ariana Grande and more. But first:
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Phenomenal news! 🎉🎉🎉 ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage
ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage
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#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DemsUnited #DV1 When the Sec. of State tries to sell the regime’s foreign policies, He’ll be schooled & reprimanded a lot by leaders abroad, who may not show a diplomatic smile. That’s the path he has chosen— betting his whole career on one man.
