BREAKING: Donavan McKinney has defeated incumbent Shri Thanedar in the MI-13 Democratic Primary! McKinney is an unapologetic progressive while Thanedar is a pro AIPAC pro genocide corporate puppet. A huge win for working people in MI!
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Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients
Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients
The 26-year-old man was fined £200 by Llandudno magistrates
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In other news - Rollin Horton and the council passed eminent domain in NASHVILLE late last night, taking another step towards blocking the data center project planned for the property next to the zoo. (From @nonewdatacenters )
🔥@abdulelsayed.bsky.social truth rocket 🚀 on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social: “I’m committed to Jewish safety— I just don’t believe in unconditional military aid to any country, especially when 🇮🇱 is committing genocide/apartheid. OUR kids have a right to our tax 💰 . I believe in international law.”
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “Mike Rogers served special interests in Congress. He made $14 million after leaving and moved to Florida to play golf… politics has changed. You have to stand for something. We look forward to sending him back to Florida to golf with his buddies.” ⛳️
Dr. Finkelstein is up to his tricks again.
Texas ag commissioner says Gov. Abbott’s data center crackdown ‘doesn’t put the brakes on anything’
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a statewide audit of data centers Monday, directing regulators to review every project seeking to connect to the Texas power grid before it can move forward. But the state’s t...
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Last night, #Ukraine was unable to shoot down any of the 28 missiles launched by Russia: 24 ballistic missiles and 4 hypersonic "Tsircon" missiles. Since last Saturday alone, over 50 ballistic missiles have been launched at Kyiv and nearby⤵️ 📷: Russian attacks last night
About $100 billion that was collected in Trump's tariffs has officially been refunded, which is about 60% of the estimated $165 billion total collected under the program. 🧵
Republican Rep. Max Miller refuses to drop out as his scandal worsens, with the House Ethics Committee now investigating him over accusations of “domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use.”
Morning Digest: Max Miller now faces an ethics investigation. Will he stick around?
Some Republicans want him to drop out, but Trump hasn't demanded it
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Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.
Politico@politico.com · 18h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law
one of the things that gives me optimism about the US in a way I never had for India was how insulated electoral systems are from the central govt
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · yesterdayDOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “America can do glorious things, but to love 🇺🇸 isn’t just to dress up in some colors and pretend everything’s fine. To love 🇺🇸 is to will 🇺🇸 to do the hard work of being better… we can’t control the past 250 years, what we CAN do is build the next 250.”
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
oregonlive.com
Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.
Sure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.
Is Mike Johnson going to throw some more Bible verses at us today while continuing to back Max Miller?
A temporary suspension of operations occurred at Leipzig Airport, Germany, after security teams located an explosive-equipped drone fitted with a detonator on the tarmac overnight, positioned close to a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft.
The banks pay £5bn a year less tax than in 2022 because of Rishi Sunak's bank tax cut which has never been reversed.
Millions of No Data Center! signs have sprung up across the USA all the way from Alaska to Texas on Farms, Residences, in towns and cities, from rich to poor. Nobody wants these monstrosities stealing their Water and Energy to spy on them and steal their jobs and land.
Democrats regaining power doesn't suddenly fix this mess. They need a playbook, and Brian Tyler Cohen has one. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHvPZHlmP8&t=53s
Regardless of the politics of an individual race, I always find it heartening when the candidate with a lopsided money advantage doesn't win.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 20h agoUnfathomable
This guy, and his family, are Marco Rubio's literal sugar daddies.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · yesterdayAlfonso Fanjul Jr., who helped build one of the world’s largest sugar empires after fleeing Fidel Castro’s communist takeover of Cuba, has died. He was 89.
None of the apparently Pirro-sourced columns about what happened with her and Trump have bothered to mention that she, like Trump, was rushing to get something done by July 4. emptywheel.net/2026/08/04/t...
Trump and Pirro BOTH Screwed Up by Rushing to Beat July 4 - emptywheel
Everything that went wrong with the reflecting pool, including the fabricated charges against Davey Hearn, went wrong for two reasons: Trump's unprecedented corruption and his rush to include the refl...
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