Tillis said Blanche had to meet with Epstein survivors. The survivors said he was condescending, rude & constantly interrupted them. They said he was just checking a box. Tillis wants slush fund order modified & IRS settlement gone. Blanche creates a sham order. Tillis wants performative nonsense.

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states

The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.

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When President Trump sharply reduced the size of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah by more than 1.2 million acres, he claimed it was necessary because recreation was virtually impossible within the site’s boundaries. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

Documents Undercut Trump’s Claims About Bears Ears National Monument

President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

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“Without this, people become homeless. They lose their income. They lose their stability. Whatever tiny safety net they had is gone,” @shannonrosa.bsky.social said. “It’s just cruel.” My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Just cruel’: Medicaid halt in California and Minnesota plunges caregivers and disabled people into uncertainty

Shock and fury as Trump administration holds back Medicaid funding to states over alleged caregiving fraud

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If you’re not watching the @250to250.bsky.social videos, you’re truly missing out. #WeAreAmerica250

250 to 250@250to250.bsky.social · last mo.

A'Lelia Bundles is an award-winning journalist, Emmy-winning producer, and author of acclaimed biographies telling the stories of the civic-minded business women in her family, including her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. #WeAreAmerica250 @aleliabundles.bsky.social

“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics

Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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Unlike Trump and Burgum, Pirro was faced with the prospect of having to actually prove a crime in a court of law with actual evidence and someone there able to challenge it with a legal defense. All Trump and Burgum have to do is feed their cult more BS on social media.

I know I'm not the only one who feels incredible anxiety about the cost of healthcare. That's why I introduced MediKids.

Feels more like Groundhog’s Day & less like news at this point

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4d ago

BREAKING: Trump pauses attacks on Iran, citing “perimeters of a deal” that would end Tehran’s “nuclear threat” and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

16h ago was a wild hour

The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.

Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes. She froze to death. Another ICE homicide. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death

Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes

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Trump's attacks on suspected drug boats are arguably crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Court likely has jurisdiction -- if they take place within the territory of a member set (Venezuela or Colombia) OR on a boat registered in it. warontherocks.com/internationa...

International Criminal Liability and U.S. Boat Attacks in the Pacific and Caribbean

Even after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, U.S. nationals may still be prosecuted under international law for the country’s previous

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RFK, Jr., once again making the case that he, not Hegseth nor any of the rest of Clown Car Cabinet, is the most dangerously unfit cabinet secretary.

Politico@politico.com · 3d ago

RFK Jr. tells CNN host that constitutional rights take priority over public health

Donald Trump’s war with Iran is costing Americans every time they fill up their tank.   Meanwhile:   Exxon’s quarterly profits doubled to $14.5 billion.   Chevron’s nearly quadrupled to $12.1 billion.

Major oil companies reap massive profits as US and Iran fighting drives energy prices higher

Major oil companies reported massive profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments.

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Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.

Another day, another grift.

Guess who's winning the war. (Hint: guess who won the Iraq war?)

Rep. Mike Levin@levin.house.gov · 3d ago

Donald Trump’s war with Iran is costing Americans every time they fill up their tank.   Meanwhile:   Exxon’s quarterly profits doubled to $14.5 billion.   Chevron’s nearly quadrupled to $12.1 billion.

@moiradonegan.bsky.social notes "“If this was true, I would be in jail” is not a real profession of innocence; it is a brag about how strenuously the state protects the male right of private sphere violence against women and children."

Under pressure to do so, his MAGA ex-father-in-law finally spoke up against him. "I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake. I believe he should not be free to continue endangering others until he does.”

Rep. Max Miller denounced by Sen. Bernie Moreno, his former father-in-law

“I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake,” the senator said.

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He's denounced him. Belatedly but pretty thoroughly.

Hawaii is home to one of Trump’s favorite Democrats. Meet the real Democratic fighter who is about to change that.

I suspect he will, and funders and backers are going to dump him or are already doing so. Graham Platner squawked and waved his fists in defiance for a while and then resigned.

“The climate emergency kills,” he said on Monday. “And that’s why it’s not enough to address the consequences, which we do; what we have to do is reduce its causes, anticipate its effects, and, consequently, better prepare our country to protect people’s lives.”

‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers

PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved

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Virginians who regained the right to vote on Friday may be able to cast a ballot as soon as Tuesday, when the state will hold its regular primaries, which will decide nominees for congressional offices.

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts

This is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection 101 & 201” - sign up now to join me! Let’s get in formation! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection 101 & 201 · Indivisible

Calling all Indivisibles who are ready to demand Hands Off Our Vote! This August, Indivisible is holding two trainings on election protection: the actions you and those around you can take to ensure e...

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the total inability of Dem decisionmakers to distinguish between Uncommitted and the Abandon Biden faction was catastrophic in 2024. People who still can't tell the difference are either very dumb or intentionally obscuring it to score factional points and either way it's insanely counterproductive

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 5d ago

Uncommitted did the inside outside strategy that liberals claim to worship to a T and will never be forgiven. There is unfortunately a pretty perverse lesson in there.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that she has restored voting rights for 66,085 people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to past felony convictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions

The volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term.

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NEW: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, facing ethics inquiries for misconduct, has threatened to strip state scholarships from Catholic schools unless the Church rewrites its vaccine doctrine. It is an unprecedented attack by an American state on the religious liberty of the Catholic Church.

Florida’s MAGA Attorney Threatens to Defund Catholic Schools Over Vaccine Mandate

Florida’s attorney general gave the bishops until August 7 to accept vaccine exemptions their own doctrine calls dishonest. Nearly nine in ten of the state’s Catholic school students sit downstream.

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