I am embarrassed to admit I didn't really know the degree to which a) the DC occupation is ongoing b) it keeps growing c) it'll cost several billion dollars and d) it's going to extend to 2029. Madness. So destructive to the institution of the Guard www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/what-a-yea...

What a year in D.C. has cost the National Guard

Trump’s deployment is quietly unraveling the Guard’s core mission

ifyoucankeepit.org

Todd Blanche briefly puts head in his hands after critical meeting with the two holdout senators who have the power to defeat his nomination, Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy.

This was the car my grandparents had when they lived in Kentucky. I have deep memories of it from the late 90s to like 2008. I would ride in the back-facing seat from their house in Fairdealing to movies in Paducah or to the Thanksgiving dinner we always ate at Patti’s in Grand Rivers.

We are pleased to announce the October dates for the Requiem for Gaza book tour with The Chris Hedges Report and Joe Sacco: Powell's Books on 10/11, Town Hall Seattle on 10/12, Labyrinth Books on 10/14 (Chris only), CAFE on 10/18 (Joe only), and Arch Street Meeting House on 10/18 (Chris only)!

May I point out that both El-Sayed and Stevens are Millennials. Generational shift. It's here. It's time. November up here won't just be about progressivism vs. fascism. It will also be about the future vs. the past.

There. Are. No. Trans. Women. In. The. WNBA. This whole conversation is a racist trap and long circuitous argument that always comes back to insulting cisgender Black women by calling them not women. In particular it attacks: Brittany Griner, Liz Cambage, and A'Ja Wilson.

Congratulations @abdulelsayed.bsky.social! Outspent 11 to 1, Abdul proved that people-powered campaigns can still beat big money. Michiganders chose hope over fear, and a future rooted in dignity, justice, and opportunity.

I love Bluesky. The EHRC getting absolutely ratioed in the comments by decent people furious at this hateful "guidance".

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 14h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

Education Dept. to Wipe Out Student Loans of 170,000 More Defrauded Borrowers (Gift Article)

The sprawling case, centered on students defrauded by for-profit schools, has now become the largest class-action settlement in American history.

nytimes.com

The criminal enterprise colloquially known as “AI” has been stealing poetry — from the Poetry Founddation — for AI-generated “educational content.” 😳😡 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Poetry Foundation Library Scraped for AI-Generated Educational Content

Giggle Academy, founded by crypto mogul Changpeng Zhao to offer “free language learning for kids,” has posted hundreds of copyrighted poems that appear on the Poetry Foundation website.

publishersweekly.com

President Donald Trump remains silent as American cities are left to foot the bill. trib.al/VFsOqik

World Cup Host Cities Chase FIFA as It Refuses to Pay Up

President Donald Trump remains silent as American cities are left to foot the bill.

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The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.

For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud theintercept.com/2026/07/31/i...

Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows

Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.

theintercept.com

So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterday

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

👇🎯 Your periodic reminder that we don’t have to keep doing this thing we’ve done for decades now on Every. Single. Damn. Topic. In. American. Politics.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d ago

Please stop saying “lockdowns.” There were never true lockdowns in the US, and it fuels far right narratives to repeat this inaccurate statement. You can say closures, you can say restrictions, or better, you can say public health measures which saved many lives.

ok how many GOP members of congress are secretly dying/dead? this is getting out of hand

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

😳 Rep. Pete Stauber indicates there's something gravely wrong with Tom Emmer's health: "You have no idea what Congressman Emmer is dealing with right now. If you did, you would've never made that comment. He's fighting for his damn life today!"

Emely Suaza and her dad have been released from the Dilley Trailer Prison! I am glad that she is back with her mom, little brothers, and the rest of her family. When ICE detained Emely on her way to church, they asked her dad to come pick her up. When he showed up, they locked him up too.

Indivisible MHK Endorsements and Reccomendations for August 4th Primaries

They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...

Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November

County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.

fortworthreport.org

Indivisible MHK Endorses Christy Davis for US Senate

Just your regular reminder that: 1) Almost everyone has an underlying health issue if you look hard enough 2) People with underlying health issues don't deserve to die for eating lettuce 3) We should be strengthening, not weakening our regulatory processes. And properly funding them.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

Greg Abbott is going to respond to this poll by reminding the voters of Texas what he's the absolute best at -- killing their children. Lots of different ways to make it happen, but rest assured: He will kill your kids. That's a promise.

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 2d ago

From a Fox Poll out 7/31: Talarico-Paxton is the marquee race down here but check out the dead heat btw Abbott and Hinojosa for governor. This contest isn't even on the radar for the national Dems, AFAIK. She's has $3m cash on hand--Abbott has *$67m*. Some more highlights from the poll... /1

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

This is really making me laugh www.politico.com/news/magazin...

i follow the pattern in which his demands become more total/imperial ("don't ever talk again") as his actual power fades, walls close in

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"

11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.

Time to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

this was always how I understood masking. A simple thing to keep me safer in a world that really didn't care if I lived or died. But also an act of community care.

Dr. Antje Gamble@drantjegamble.bsky.social · 3d ago

Also, I never will accept that wearing a mask was impeding anyone’s ’freedom’. I still mask, esp at work when I’m around hundreds of co-eds (who are always sick). I lecture for hours in a mask. I still live my damn life.

It's fun emailing French organizations in August, their out-of-office auto-responses are always something like "I am away starting a new family in the Alps and will return with the autumn wind"