Another arrest for #ALPR abuse in #Mooresville, NC! "According to records, Snowman used the #Flock database without authorization to access information about a person’s vehicle, which was not part of her official law enforcement duties." NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock #surveillance

Mooresville police officer dismissed, charged for Flock data misuse: court records

A Mooresville police officer has been arrested following the misuse of a Flock law enforcement database, according to Iredell County court records.

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NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:

Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts

Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.

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The U.S. government is insolvent. The numbers: $6.06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30, 2025.

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it

The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.

finance.yahoo.com

DAY 67 & UNSTOPPABLE! The Flamingo Revolution is fighting for Albania’s protected Vjosa-Narta lagoon! Selling this vital, geopolitical coastal stronghold to the Kushner/ Trump couple is NOT an option. We stand united for our land, wildlife & future! Albania is NOT for sale! 🇦🇱

The Trump admin is labeling anything “DEI” that supports minorities and targeting it with cuts, layoffs, and rollbacks. The latest in this nonsensical strategy: Bike lanes. Article: zurl.co/aD1Gh

US push to defund ‘DEI bike lanes’ will make roads less safe, advocates say

Trump administration boasts of cutting $1.73bn already allocated for cycling improvements to city streets

zurl.co

My read on the situation is that Rubio has prioritized his pet projects in Latin America above all else. And to this end, he seeks to preserve his position and avoid Trump's ire by being hands off on the substance of much of US foreign policy and by not seeking to impose any policy process on Trump.

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 16h ago

Marco Rubio is ostensibly neglecting his State Department duties to stay close to Trump and focus on the important stuff… except for the most important foreign policy quagmire of the day. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/why-isnt-m...

El-Sayed attacked Rogers as a Trump stooge and accused Republicans of trying to use his faith and full name - Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed - to scare voters. "My name is ​not the reason you can't afford your groceries," he ​said. "You know what is? Their BS policies." www.reuters.com/world/us/pro...

Progressive El-Sayed wins Michigan primary in jolt to Democrats

The race served as a battleground between progressives and moderates over support for Israel, an issue that has played out in primaries nationwide this year.

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"DHS will send goons to collect fines owed by those who self deport" feels like a spiritual successor of Project 35.5, the Cold War test to see if paper records (like, for debts) could survive nuclear blasts. (Records, yes, debt collectors, no, btw: blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2011/11/30/w...)

The Bureaucracy will Survive the Apocalypse

This week's document concerns a vexing Cold War question: if the United States was nuked by the Soviet Union, would the bureaucracy survive, or would we...

blog.nuclearsecrecy.com

Graham Starr@gstarr.bsky.social · 7h ago

Astonishing reporting by @dell.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social. DHS 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. www.wired.com/story/dhs-is...

The Trump regime is publicly thanking a creepy anonymous snitch for trying to get someone arrested and deported over erroneous immigration suspicions. The regime wants you to keep informing on your neighbors to please Big Brother.

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8h ago

Nothing to worry about, just a US attorney investigating people for deportation when suggested by rando X accounts

🚨🚨🚨“Virginia Department of Health investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being acquired locally.”🚨🚨🚨

VDH investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being acquired locally

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia.

wsls.com

Missouri voters just blocked a Republican-led effort to raise the bar for passing citizen-led constitutional amendments. Under current law, ballot measures require a simple majority for passage. Amendment 4 would have required ballot initiatives to win a majority in each congressional district.

Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · yesterday

Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

DOJ 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

Darwin proved right again. Take that motherfuckers. www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/s...

Darwin proposed that a type of plant was carnivorous. Scientists finally proved him right | CNN

A new study found Saxifraga candelabrum to be a carnivorous plant, proving true Charles Darwin’s hypothesis that some plants of its genus lure, trap and eat insects.

cnn.com

🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."

Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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We have a criminal president.

We have a criminal president.

r/protectUSelections

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Message to Juan Ciscomani - When Will Yet Another ICE Killing Be Enough for You? open.substack.com/pub/cd6press...

Message to Juan Ciscomani - When Will Yet Another ICE Killing Be Enough for You?

What will cause you to finally speak out against the out-of-control killings by ICE. Will it take having a cousin or nephew in your family shot down, only for the crime of being brown?

open.substack.com

I’m morbidly curious to FOIA myself sometime.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

“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...

Plug-in solar falls at a cross-section between saving money and fighting climate change. We're big fans of that cross. With it, many have asked us: How much could I save with plug-in solar? Find your answer with our savings calculator here! www.brightsaver.org/balcony-sola...

Balcony Solar Savings Calculator — By Zipcode Rate

See what a 180 W or 360 W kit saves each month at your zipcode's electricity rate.

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For 65 straight days, thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets demanding PM Edi Rama resign! From government corruption to selling off protected coastal land to the Kushner/Trump families, people have had enough. "Albania is not for sale!" Stand with the Flamingo Revolution! 🦩

We had DOJ observers at several locations in Pima County during the July 21 AZ Primary.

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 2d ago

NEW: Election officials are preparing to welcome voters in Michigan's primary tomorrow. But they'll also be met with the Trump administration's election monitors who'll watch over voting in three of the state's blue cities — a move officials say is meant to sow distrust in the election process.

Once last chance ... he's serious this time. Really.🙄

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d ago

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran faced "decapitation" if it did not agree a pact to end the conflict between the two nations, saying Tehran had one last chance to strike a deal.-Reuters

Not at all clear that the narrowing of the IRS claims waiver in the Trump settlement is "binding." That's simply Blanche's interpretation at this point. Nothing to stop other Trump family members, affiliates, trusts, etc., from claiming they can rely on the original wording

Yaaas! Good news on a Sunday! The senate moves to temporarily ban the OMB proposal that would allow political appointees in charge of approving federal grants, especially #NIH grants. Recall that the OMB rule yielded 500k comments, 95% of them against it. 🧪 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.

politico.com

Yes they are!!

Justin Gerdes@justingerdes.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Politicians all over the country are wringing their hands, wanting to do something about energy affordability. Here is an immediate answer,” @delchiarosolar.bsky.social told Ivan Penn and @hclairebrown.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b... 🔌💡

We're heading to Indivisible’s training Thursday, August 6th to gain the tools needed to protect our neighbors and stop the development of local concentration camps. Ready to stand up for our community. share.indvs.org/s/62bwVi2k

ALL EYES ON ICE - JOIN THE TRAINING

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Yeah cops are great ... give them all the power.🙄

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law-enforcement officers of using license-plate readers for unauthorized purposes, including to stalk women without their knowledge or consent, a Post analysis of police and court records found.“

I would think that if some random blogger calls you a "googly-eyed Kremlin bitch" the last thing you would want to do is to file a lawsuit causing multiple outlets to repeat the phrase "googly-eyed Kremlin bitch" accompanied by photos of you looking exactly like a googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 4d ago

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/oZwZMR9

Where is our government? Trump? DHS Secretary Mullin? Is the American homeland under attack? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...

Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran

Michigan and Minnesota are among at least seven states coping with cyberattacks aimed at disrupting water systems nationwide.

nytimes.com