US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins bragged that the Trump administration has now “moved 5 million people off food stamps,” an outcome that she hailed as a significant victory even amid mounting reports of families with children struggling to afford groceries after losing federal assistance.

Trump USDA Chief Celebrates 5 Million People Losing Food Aid as “Pretty Big Win”

The 2025 GOP budget law enacted the largest food aid cuts in US history and expanded work requirements for SNAP.

truthout.org

My colleague José Olivares's series 'Force-fed by ICE' is revelatory and horrifying

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 7h ago

Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation

A teenager with diabetes in Gaza has to risk bombardment, walk through destroyed buildings & brave chaotic aid distribution sites in hopes of finding just one bottle of insulin. For health justice to become a reality, it must include Gazans, writes Lojain Naswhan in a new dispatch from Palestine.

In Gaza, displacement and chronic illness are a slow-burning crisis

For displaced Palestinians living with diabetes, accessing insulin is a matter of life and death

prismreports.org

NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

wired.com

YALL NEED TO PREORDER THIS NOW BECAUSE WHEN I TELL YOU THIS BOOK HAD ME IN TEARSSSSSSS

Sonido Reyes@sonidoreyes.bsky.social · 3h ago

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Absolutely fucking disgusting. The GOP is the party of wife beaters, rapists, and Epstein cronies.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

A lot of focus on domestic violence right now. We live in a moment where the oppression of women, POC, and the queer community, as well as the abuse of children, is being normalized. Victim blaming is the answer instead of holding the abusers accountable. psychcentral.com/health/cycle...

The 4 Stages of the Cycle of Abuse: From Tension to Calm and Back

Here are the signs of each stage of the cycle of abuse and how to deal with them.

psychcentral.com

Detainees in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center have noticed contamination in the drinking water. Last week, we reported on footage from inside the facility that showed evidence of the inhumane conditions inside the facility. The full story: lataco.com/contaminated...
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The Pope’s tailor for the last 25 years, Filippo Sorcinelli came out 15 years ago; when Leo was elected, Vatican asked that he continue making vestments for the Pope; Sorcinelli says he has a “renewed calling,” and that Leo brought him out of an “existential crisis.” www.corriere.it/sette/26_ago...

The City Council voted 3-2 to install a network of cameras that photographs and logs the license plate of every vehicle entering and leaving the city. What’s missing is the conversation whether city workers and patrons want this. The full story: lataco.com/weho-flock-c... By Nik Roybal

Thank you Mexico 🇲🇽 Firefighters More firefighters from Mexico will be arriving later this week to #BritishColumbia #Canada

UPDATE: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general to the Senate floor. The move comes despite previous protests from Republicans who criticized the DOJ's role in the creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump's allies. Background:

GOP senators sign off on corrupt immunity deal from IRS audits for Trump and sons

Todd Blanche appears to be on track to lead the DOJ after Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) agreed to the plan.

democracydocket.com

Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."

When Whitehouse is on, he's on. This is a flamethrower.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

Department of Education will no longer track the bullying of trans & non-binary kids The lack of data collection will leave harm to the children left unreported. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/depa...

Department of Education will no longer track the bullying of trans & non-binary kids - LGBTQ Nation

The lack of data collection will leave harm to the children left unreported.

lgbtqnation.com

The newest missive from Linda McMahon is a dressed up, watered down version of the Compact that was roundly rejected by universities and colleges last year. The fact that @aau.edu collaborated with the Trump administration on this letter should fool no one. Just say no. www.aft.org/press-releas...

AFT, AAUP Respond to Trump Compact 2.0

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following response to the Trump administration’s new higher education comp...

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A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

thecityreporter.nyc

Israeli occupiers burn 3 Palestinian vehicles, damage power grid in West Bank

Israeli occupiers burn 3 Palestinian vehicles, damage power grid in West Bank

Israeli occupiers escalated attacks Tuesday on Palestinian towns and villages in the northern occupied West Bank, burning three vehicles, attacking homes and damaging a power grid, Anadolu reports.…

middleeastmonitor.com

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people. n.pr/4w4pkH0

Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold

Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government's list of exemptions left off homeless people.

n.pr

WTF? Article is from 03/19/2025 www.humanrightsfirst.org/library/publ...

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Another detainee dies at controversial NYC-area ICE facility

Edwin Lopez Cornejo died Aug. 1, his family said. Cornejo's mother blamed her son's death on him not receiving medications needed to treat his diabetes.

usatoday.com

Hello, my name is [...] I am 9 years old. Can you help me get out of this jail? We are children, not criminals. We are 3 siblings, my mom and my dad. Please, a federal judge see this letter and help us. We have been here for 47 days [...] Leave us in your country, don’t deport us. ⛓️👧👦👧👩👨⛓️ FREEDOM

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago

🧊😲 KIDS IN CAMPS ⛓️👧🏻 What could drawings from children possible be evidence of?

Join us on Sep. 26 for a Modernism Week Day Trip: Pasadena Heritage Tour ☀️ Discover the architectural history of Pasadena through a day of tours, design, and storytelling. Round trip transportation, admission and lunch are included. Learn more: modernismweek.com/pasadena-her...

This guide provides a small handful of the hundreds of nonprofits in the Inland Empire region working to assist and support the most vulnerable among the population. The full guide: lataco.com/20-inland-em... By @afroxander.bsky.social

ICE has killed another person.

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

thecityreporter.nyc

The Trump Admin's focus on "fraud" is gaslighting. They care about the wealthy and are okay if we die. They are making all areas of living unaffordable and blaming us for not having the means to pay. Get involved--volunteer to help elect a Progressive Democrat, donate, vote! @workingfamilies.org

KFF Health News@kffhealthnews.org · 2d ago

Why did Obamacare enrollment plummet? Insurance analysts say it’s simple: Prices skyrocketed. The Trump administration has a different explanation: its own fraud crackdown. https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/aca-fraud-crackdown-skyrocketing-prices-enrollment-decline/

"...gives states "considerably more discretion" on their psychiatric care. That opinion made it easier for states to keep those with mental illness institutionalized, rather than provide them with in-home or community-based care."

National Homelessness Law Center@homelesslaw.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Just because someone is homeless...doesn't give anybody the right to take them and punish them just for not having a place to go. It's not fixing the problem, it's making it worse," said Shaina Bessonet, who testified against Louisiana's new extreme anti-homeless law.

Trump and the Republicans are starving children and the elderly. The GOP only works for billionaires.

WBUR@wbur.org · 2d ago

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.

The 33rd St & Astoria Blvd overpass hosted our most recent #VisibilityBrigade! As ICE ramps up their NYC presence, IWQ shared our thoughts — and were met with TONS of happy cheers, high fives, and honks in support. #ICEOutOfNYC