This plane landed in Myanmar about three hours ago. This is the third ICE flight to Myanmar this year. Burmese deportees in 2025 were immediately sent to a torture facility next to the airport, according to Myanmar Now. Weeks later, not all of them had emerged.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

This likely ICE flight operated by Journey Aviation has taken off and appears to heading for an Asia removal. In May, this aircraft deported people to Myanmar.

El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

Get ready for three months of the most vile, disgusting, unapologetically islamophobic and racist commentary you've ever seen from the GOP during a campaign.

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

I thought this group might be interested in some of the politics behind the scenes faced by wildland firefighters. The texts are from an individual working on the Tartar Fire outside of Weiser, ID. This is nothing new and causes some serious friction when public lands meet private lands. #IdahoFire

IFPC is at the root of much of the evil loosed in this state.

Idaho Education News@idahoednews.bsky.social · 21h ago

The Idaho Family Policy Center's complaint alleges Boise State withheld records related to an academic article that found OB-GYNs left the state after Idaho's abortion ban took effect. www.idahoednews.org/news/lobbyin...

"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.

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In a conference call hosted by the White House Faith Office on July 30 with thousands of religious leaders around the country, Blanche said he was committed to achieving policy solutions so that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision “becomes permanent in every single state.”

Kelcie Moseley-Morris@kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 22h ago

The recording of Blanche's call with faith leaders hosted by the White House Faith Office was still live as of a few hours ago, but has since been taken down.

There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 22h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

And I’m not even thinking just of political or “controversial” posts. I remember posting a picture of my Dad, remembering his love and our great relationship at the end of his life. And people came from nowhere to say he was a deficient and unloving father because he accepted me.

Rachel Martin@racheljo.bsky.social · yesterday

I reached the point on the dead bird site where I self-censored myself… every thought I typed out had to be vetted with “how much hate will this attract” and “is it worth it today?”

Important note: The proposal referenced here is the same OMB rule that I reported on a couple weeks ago that would affect dozens of federal agencies and scores of federal funding programs, including reproductive health care initiatives.

Democratic governors say proposed changes to federal grants would harm reproductive healthcare • Stateline

A coalition of 23 state governors and the governor of Guam, all Democrats, submitted a joint comment to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on Monday objecting to a proposed rule that would drast...

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Jacob Fischler@fischler.bsky.social · 2d ago

UPDATED AFTER SENATE VOTE TO ADVANCE Spending deal freezes Trump proposal to gain power over federal grants, extends highway law

I reached the point on the dead bird site where I self-censored myself… every thought I typed out had to be vetted with “how much hate will this attract” and “is it worth it today?”

Micah@rincewind.run · 2d ago

there are definitely downsides to the nuclear block but the reason I keep coming back to it as necessary and good is that it completely ruined the whole MAGA engagement model to the point that they prefer to mock us from the nazi bar rather than come here to troll us directly

One sign of the rise of male supremacy and the decline in women’s status is the ubiquity of online porn lingo in casual speech.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d ago

It was this one, and, yes, I do believe that was an All In first.

I have to really hustle for memberships through the end of this year because I took a big risk in changing platforms away from Squarespace. The effort is chugging along so far, but we're not out of the woods. I made the change to assure Assigned's long term viability, but in the short term eeeeek!

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · yesterday

Good morning! Isn't it a great day to support independent journalism that serves the trans community and their allies? I KNEW you'd think so too. We're trying to add 50 new members in the month of August. Help us!!! <3!! assignedmedia.org/support/

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

The "gender critical" movement are not appealing their loss in their fight to stop the puberty blocker trial. The "irreversible harm" James is talking about here is people being trans. That's it. Helen Joyce said it clearly, even if trans people say they are happy they consider them to be "harmed."

This 2018 clip of Anne Hathaway is a beautiful and simply expressed critique of oppressive power structures, worth a watch.

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d ago

Anger and hate are all they have.

Wonder when #idleg is going to initiate this. If nothing else, it's a tax on girl athletes that boy athletes wouldn't have to pay, which will further reduce the percentage of girls who can participate in sports.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

After casting the tie-breaking vote to eliminate Sandpoint's non-discrimination ordinance, Mayor Jeremy Grimm now admits he acted too hastily. NDOs go beyond bathrooms, providing equity safeguards in employment, housing, and public accommodations. More from @nytimes.com: buff.ly/hCx0NXO

Insane that democrats keep trying to cave on this issue rather than amplifying the fact that it’s being spearheaded by bigots and freaks

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.

Combing through Facebook this morning, looking at the early origins of the anti-trans athletes campaign here in WA state. Found an AI-filtered image used to drastically masculinize the appearance of the trans girl athlete… perhaps the origin of the “young girls competing against grown men” line.

FIREWATCH: Firefighters working on the wildfires in Spokane County say they've had to ground air support due to 26 personal drones flying over crews.

Firefighters report 26 private drones flying about Spokane fires, grounding air support

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- Firefighters working on the three major wildfires burning in Spokane County report personal drones are hurting their efforts.

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A new study out of Canada looked at four youth gender clinics. Out of 445 patients only four who started gender affirming hormone therapy ceased taking it, and only one did so due to a re-identification with their birth sex. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

A New Study from Canada Again Finds Less Than 1 Percent of Trans Youth Detransition - Assigned Media

Out of 445 patients across four gender clinics only one who started hormone therapy stopped due to a change in gender identity.

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when people say "do your own research" they generally mean "do not trust anyone with any relevant training or experience"

Marc Veldhoen@marcveld.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.

#idleg

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 3d ago

Not for the first time I wonder: what the fuck is wrong with people?

this is a twofer for the right - they both get to discriminate against trans people AND this is absolutely them trying to dismantle women’s sports and if you can’t see that you are a rube

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

There has been no meaningful opposition in the decade since Heritiage/ADF began their crusade. Exclusion has won. So this appears to be a quest for a post-basketball career. But we're compelled to keep talking about it as it's the ideological crux they've used to strip our civil and human rights.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d ago

"So, you see, Ms. Cunningham, I will admit that I don’t understand what you’re aiming at here with your public concerns about trans youth in sports. I don’t get it."

“Since we know the vast majority of Democratic lawmakers and politicians are terribly afraid of the optics of rightly defending trans youth, it falls to the rest of us… to speak up and remind trans youth that their lives and their rights and their dignity are as worthy as those of anyone else.”

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d ago

"So, you see, Ms. Cunningham, I will admit that I don’t understand what you’re aiming at here with your public concerns about trans youth in sports. I don’t get it."