Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
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Canada needs voting system reform.
Todd Blanche has lost 20 consecutive court cases — including 8 before Trump's own judges — trying to seize voter data before the midterms. Why is the Senate about to confirm him as America's top lawyer?
GOP judge uncorks damning warning for Todd Blanche as DOJ suffers another big court loss
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took his 20th straight court loss in President Donald Trump's bid to force states to turn over voter data before the midterm elections after a Republican-appointed federal judge threw out the case and barred him from refiling.U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer, a...
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"Ohio is ground zero of the environment this cycle. Take a GOP voter depression, mix it with the war in Iran, and now sprinkle with some Max Miller abuse allegations, and you've got the recipe for a very dicey outcome in November," a GOP strategist lamented to Axios.
GOP wallowing in 'red hot mess' in ruby red state as candidates flounder: 'Very dicey'
Republicans are increasingly viewing normally reliable Ohio as a "red hot mess" before the midterm elections, as pivotal candidates face either scandal or voter apathy.According to a report from Axios, at the top of the list for Republicans fretting devastating election losses is Rep. Max Miller (R)...
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NEW: Republican officials were set to vote on a plan to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in Tarrant County, a major Texas battleground county. But all that changed when outraged voters who packed the meeting room demanded their voting locations remain open.
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
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Canada is trying to think of China in new ways. "We want to move towards electrification, and we need to think about doing that cost-effectively and in a smart way as a smaller country, so that we can benefit from the world as it is, and not the world as we want it to be." www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Are there climate benefits to Canada's new relationship with China? | CBC News
When Canada announced earlier this year that it would allow a token number of Chinese-made electric vehicles into the country, the gesture didn't seem so much about climate action as a sop to ease Chi...
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Warning: the President of the United States is kidnapping American citizens off the streets of blue states. Some of them return —most do not. Some are murdered in concentration camps owned by the President’s cronies. All of it is one big fat crime. None of our electeds will stop him. Will you?
Susan Collins voted against impeaching Trump because she said he "learned his lesson". She voted to confirm SCOTUS justices who lied about their stances on protecting a woman's right to control her body. By the time Collins figures out what she's done, Maine will be the capital of Gilead.
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Sanders: Look at what Mamdani is doing and contrast that with Trump. Trump cuts funding for child care. Mamdani thinks we should have free, universal child care. Who do you think is on the side of the American people on these issues?
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Liechtenstein’s archaic abortion laws need to be modernised. But a prince is standing in the way | Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel
Substantial hurdles are faced by women who have to travel abroad to access abortion, but Hereditary Prince Alois says he will veto any changes, says writer and campaigner from Liechtenstein Gabriella ...
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Insane, AI companies engaging in the practice of “destructive scanning” – buying physical books, slicing off the spines to more efficiently scan the pages, then pulping the remains – and had sought to keep it quiet. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
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🇨🇦🇷🇺 Canadian hockey team Medicine Hat Tigers recruited Denis Pasler Jr, son of Putin mafia member and governor of Sverdlovsk region. As governor, Denis Pasler sent tens of thousands of Russians to murder Ukrainians since 2022. Sanctioned by the US and UK. Good job Canada! 🥳
With “children being torn away from their mothers’ arms while breastfeeding, the more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as a stark reminder that the act of dehumanization is a slippery slope towards violence and further atrocities.” theconversation.com/the-dreadful...
The dreadful history of children in concentration camps
The more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as a stark reminder of the depravity of tearing children away from their parents and putting them in camps.
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Trump Admin ineptitude has prolonged both Ukrainian and Iranian wars. www.cnn.com/2026/08/01/e...
Zelensky warns air defenses are being overwhelmed as Russia pounds Ukraine, killing 9 | CNN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his plea for Western air defenses following a deadly overnight Russian attack, hours after US President Donald Trump backed away from a public pledge to ...
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Katie Phang on Trump’s tax immunity deal: Why not agree to narrow language limiting immunity to conduct before the settlement? Because Trump wants to keep criming. And his refusal to relent tells me there’s smoke, fire, kerosene, wildfires. There’s something there Trump doesn’t want exposure for.
China signaled it plans to take a more important role in steering the global campaign to tackle climate change.
China Signals Nation Is Ready to Lead Global Climate Action
China signaled it plans to take a more important role in steering the global campaign to tackle climate change, as officials offered further details on strategy to mitigate and adapt to rising temperatures.
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Rand Paul wants to be the Giant killer! Not going to happen. Paul’s obsession is weird. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Fauci invokes fifth amendment and declines to testify in Senate Covid hearing
Adviser to Trump and Biden for pandemic says Republican senator has ‘unhinged obsession’ with him
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Election Day is less than 100 days away. Donald Trump is deeply unpopular. The Republican Party has little to show for its time in power. But the threat to free and fair elections continues — and in many ways, the threats loom larger in 2026 than ever before, Marc Elias writes.
The GOP has a plan to undermine free and fair elections. We must stop them
The GOP is not acting like a party trying to persuade voters to support its candidates — because it isn’t.
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Big Oil is getting sued for heat deaths. It's fighting back with an army of immunity laws. [via @grist.org]
Big Oil Is Getting Sued for Heat Deaths. It's Fighting Back With an Army of Immunity Laws.
As lawsuits near trial, oil companies race to win immunity in statehouses and Congress.
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“Today’s announcement guarantees faster access to diagnostic tests for those who can afford to pay thousands of dollars for some tests, while everyone else is left waiting even longer,” Mr. Haji said.
The Department of Defense's official account posted "The War Department doesn't miss." The internet responded with a dark reminder.
Community Note Cites Strike on Girls’ School to Fact Check War Department
Accuracy of Hegseth’s Iran war called out
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For anyone who needs encouragement this is precisely how to fight fascism! #SheShed #ImpeachIndictRemove
Europe is most liveable but Chinese cities have climbed up the rankings www.eiu.com/n/wp-content...
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Wowser! Way to go, Katie Phang. DOJ must now provide evidence supporting every redaction, including victim and official identities. The judge isn’t taking “trust us” for an answer. What’s Blanche’s next play—contempt?
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoNEWS: In Katie Phang's lawsuit, a federal judge has ordered Trump's DOJ to hand over unredacted Epstein records for his private review, signaling he won't simply accept the government's explanations for its sweeping redactions.
HERE WE GO AGAIN: Israel’s N12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, where Netanyahu is expected to present intelligence claiming Iran is “once again racing towards nuclear weapons and accelerating its actions.”
Meiselas: "If Donald Trump does not TACO at the end of this 30-day deadline that he's given Canada, Canada will also respond with force. Canada is not going to stop banning US booze. The Canadian people are not going to stop boycotting US travel and US products. Canada is standing strong."
Trump's war in Iran keeps unraveling. Mounting casualties that he's covering up, dwindling munitions, soaring oil prices, and collapsing poll numbers. Watch the latest MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET for the latest:
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 7/23/26
Donald Trump pushes the U.S. toward a dangerous new escalation with...
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