Helen Branswell of STAT News awarded 2026 Kovler Prize for Trust in Life Science Journalism. The $25,000 prize recognizes individual journalists whose work has elevated the public understanding of science. fnih.org/our-programs... via @statnews.com @helenbranswell.bsky.social

The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it will review allegations that Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio may have “engaged in domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/r...

US House Ethics starts probe of abuse allegations against Ohio Rep. Max Miller at his request • Ohio Capital Journal

The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it will review allegations that Republican Rep. Max Miller of Ohio may have “engaged in domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use.”

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EU is investigating Russia’s possible involvement in information campaign surrounding Ceuta crisis. According to Ukrainian officials, pro-Russian networks published more than 1,5K posts about the events, prompting EEAS & Europol to examine whether Moscow coordinated or amplified the online campaign.

There are more than 120,000 Flock surveillance cameras in 6,000 communities across the US. Carter Sherman speaks to Sanya Mansoor about the underground movement to take them down

Inside the vigilante movement destroying Flock cameras – Stateside with Kai and Carter

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In case you missed it: an interesting case related to Russian propagandists developing in France. substack.com/@alexzfinley...

Alex Finley (@alexzfinley)

This week’s Rant! looks at a potential court battle that (hopefully!) will guide us on how to counter adversarial information operations. In the clash between democracy and autocracy, the info space i...

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Moc děkuju @cermak.bsky.social za krásné doporučení mého newsletteru Based in Bohemia. Nejvíc mě potěšilo, že podle něj může být zajímavý nejen pro zahraniční čtenáře, ale i pro Čechy. Jeho text: www.jednoprocento.cz/p/zapisky-z-...

Zápisky z četby: BBC zrušila post "pražského zpravodaje" a Škrdlíková napsala výbornou literární reportáž. Plus taky fronty v NYC atd.

Co jsem četl a co mě bavilo minulý týden?

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🚨🚨🚨 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SHOWS TALARICO IN THE LEAD -James Talarico 47% -Ken Paxton 45% Black voters: -Talarico 79% -Paxton 12% Hispanic: -Talarico 57% -Paxton 38% static1.squarespace.com/static/67aa7...

no amnesty

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 3d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

So that’s both the leader and deputy leader of Reform UK being probed by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

Standards watchdog investigating Reform UK’s Richard Tice

Party’s deputy leader accused of a possible failure to declare an interest, commissioner says ⁠on ​its website

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George Cottrell through his lawyer at Carter Ruck - the same lawyer who also acts for Nigel Farage - flatly denies the claim & any relationship with Abramovich’s son. Three separate sources say otherwise & @bylinetimes.bsky.social has another.

Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

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New: A business that made a six-figure donation to Reform UK received interest-free loans of £67m from unnamed “related companies” in the months before, raising questions about the possible origin of the funds. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform given six-figure donation by firm that received £6...

Nigel Farage’s party is facing questions about the lack of transparency over £100,000 in funds donated by a management consultancy

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Clacton by-election ballot list costing four times more

Clacton by-election ballot list costing four times more

The list of 34 candidates standing in the Clacton by-election is nearly a metre long.

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NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...

Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr

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"An estimated 26,000 children who entered the U.S. without parents or guardians are expected to be left without independent legal representation as soon as Monday, according to lawyers who help represent them." www.npr.org/2026/08/01/n...

More than 25,000 children lose previous legal protections, as federal contract ends

Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.

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A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.” www.wired.com/story/astron...

Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time

A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.”

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“Executives running some of the biggest hospital systems, including large for-profit chains spanning many states, expressed concern over the unexpectedly sharp rise in uninsured patients and the costs associated with treating them.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...

After Obamacare Cuts, Hospitals Are Treating More Uninsured Patients

More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills.

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Do I know any infectious disease doctors near Yale? I have a family member out there who is really sick with an infection they got in India four months ago and they’ve been waiting at the ER for 6 hrs, oof. Multiple antibiotics have not helped and we are worried about sepsis. This seems … scary?

The object that fell in a field in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Airspace violation 'most likely' Russian Kh-101 missile, says Polish PM

"All the indications are that it was a Russian Kh-101 ballistic missile," Donald Tusk said.

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Every single time:"TPOR poll found Talarico leading heavily among Black & Latino voters, while Paxton maintained a strong lead with white voters. Black voters broke 71% for Talarico and 8% for Paxton, while Latinos preferred Talarico by a 66% to 20% margin. Paxton led among white voters, 53% to 33%"

Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new Texas Senate poll

The poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans.

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Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.

This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.

This story was originally published by ProPublica In a private ceremony on...

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Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

"As the United States has struggled to deal with its own authoritarian breakthrough, the opposition has often focused on institutions. Accountability, however, can attach only to individuals." @arneduncan.bsky.social is right: our personal legacies are at stake in this moment. wapo.st/3RW4HPo

Opinion | Yale’s trustees face a decision with profound consequences

A lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.

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"Mainstream chatbots are spewing Russian fake news after their systems were “poisoned” by a propaganda campaign." Our latest report surfacing new evidence of AI-fuelled information warfare, 'GEO for Geopolitics', is covered in new article by @thetimes.com. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/business/tec...

How Russian propaganda is ‘poisoning’ AI chatbots to spout lies

ChatGPT and its rivals have been manipulated by a Kremlin unit that purports to be a human rights group as it opens a new front in the misinformation war

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Today marks five months since more than 160 Iranian children were killed in a missile strike on their school the day that the US and Israel began attacking Iran. Horrible accidents happen in war, but the White House and Pentagon have so far refused any accountability or transparency. 1/

Anthropic and OpenAI employees are expected to give generously after their companies go public. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” says one nonprofit leader. www.wired.com/story/nonpro...

Silicon Valley’s Next IPO Billionaires Are Coming. Nonprofits Are Ready for Them

Anthropic and OpenAI employees are expected to give generously after their companies go public. “It’s going to be a wild ride,” says one nonprofit leader.

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using ai to replace customer service reps (already scarce relative to Days Gone By) seems like one of the worst ideas and one of the most likely to make people incandescent with rage www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Is Replacing Customer Service Jobs at CBA, Microsoft, Uber

AI’s decimation of call center jobs has begun.

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Count Binface’s Clacton manifesto. I could definitely go for some of these.

📌 ICYMI @nafeez.bsky.social Nigel Farage's criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises

How George Cottrell’s Reform UK Network in Montenegro Is Tied to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs

Nigel Farage's criminal funder runs a Montenegro company whose corporate advisors work for a Belgrade Russian-arms dealer and individuals tied to Russian state-linked enterprises

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Wow, there’s no way that Germany didn’t know about this ⬇️, and still they stuck with mozcovian gas… and others, too. 🤬

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · last wk.

Dalia Grybauskaitė, former President of Lithuania: I first met Putin in Helsinki in 2010. For us, the gas price from Russia was a huge question. We fully depended on gas supplies from Russia. And we had been paying about 30–40% more than Germany was paying, for example.