So Susan Collins is a no on Blanche. Only makes a difference if there are other GOP senators voting no as well. Otherwise this is all performance theater to make Maine voters think she is making a stand, when it really doesn't matter.
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Multi-modal Citizen, Army Veteran, Bike Bus Rides, Traffic Gardens, Transportation Literacy, Intergenerational Mobility, member of the all powerful EV-PHEV-e-Bike-Solar-Heat Pump lobby. kidswalkbike.com
ICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.
The destruction of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park has begun. #bigbend #nationalparks #publiclands #protectpubliclands #bigbendnationalpark
The Bulldozers Have Arrived in Big Bend National Park
Contractors are grading roads and surveying the Rio Grande corridor even as lawmakers, outfitters, and residents plead for basic answers about a $1.7 billion border barrier project
ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com
"McConnell is not even the only Republican in Congress who has been off the job while collecting a paycheck."
Paid Leave and Healthcare for Me, Not for Thee
Republican members of Congress become the poster children for the safety net they voted against.
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Where Is The Money Going? Congress needs to investigate and tell the American public what is going on with the money from Venezuela. Is the #GrifterAministration just putting it in their pockets? @sanders.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoTrump on Venezuela: "We're taking out hundreds of billions of dollars"
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
El-Sayed: "Mike Rogers is a guy who wants to put a data center in your backyard so he can make himself feel a little more manly by making an AI video ... he's a guy who went back to Florida so he could lick every single boot Donald Trump owns to bet for his endorsement."
While the latest headlines hint at yet another ceasefire deal, the Dept. of Defense plays games with the true number of dead & wounded. @markhertling.bsky.social delivers his blunt assessment of what's going on in Iran & why each loss of life is more than just a number. youtu.be/rTamGFJPfAU?...
FURIOUS Retired General TORCHES Trump Over WAR With Iran!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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So USDOT removed selected speed management strategies and road design objectives from their official list of 'Proven Countermeasures'? #ArtOfTheFail 'There Are No Accidents'. @jessiesinger.bsky.social
Dustin Poppendieck @poppendieck.bsky.social · 6h agoIn the US, 40,000 people die in car crashes every year (0.01% of population). Each with a mother, father and sometimes kids. It sucks when you someone you know becomes one of those numbers. Especially when they were not at fault in any way. Hug your loved ones. wtop.com/montgomery-c...
Donnie 2 Dolls being cut out of the deal by Iran. After spending billions of US taxpayer dollars on a war of choice, and increasing costs for all Americans, Trump not involved in deal. #ArtOfTheFail www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/m...
An agreement on the Strait of Hormuz is taking shape – but not one Trump wants | CNN
There are competing routes through the strait and what’s on the table appears to involve merging them – with Iran retaining a level of control that would be at odds with US wishes.
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So Donnie 2 Dolls and #WhiskeyPete have succeeded in putting US security at risk by using up 80 percent of our interceptor stockpile in the #TrumpWar of choice. This will only embolden our adversaries. www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/p...
Nearly 80% of interceptors for a key missile defense system depleted, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon’s munitions stockpile is “dangerously low,”...
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Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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Cornyn and Tillis cave and Blanche advances. Will the GOP confirm nomination of an Epstein Class Protector, Corruption Justifier, and Support of Vindictive Prosecutions? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Live updates: Michigan, Virginia, Kansas elections underway; Todd Blanche’s nomination advances to full Senate
Follow live updates on the elections as voters hit the polls in five states. Get the latest on Todd Blanche’s Senate vote for attorney general.
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The Ohio GOP allows for fossil fuel companies to frack in Ohio state parks, threatening Ohioans health. Meanwhile in NY state parks you can get local, farm fresh goodies which is great for health and well-being. Ohio GOP is not focused on the quality of life of Ohioans.
Ohio Capital Journal@ohiocapitaljournal.com · yesterdayCommentary: Southeastern Ohio has a serious problem underground with fracking waste injection. Now that problem is reaching the surface and threatening our drinking water, writes Marietta College petroleum geologist David L. Jeffery, Ph.D. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/o...
Jon Husted gave $2.5 billion in out-of-control tax breaks to giant corporations to bring 226 data centers to our state. Now, he’s blaming Ohioans for their higher utility bills.
More than 1 million Ohioans are not getting essential safety-net benefits for which they're eligible, according to a new analysis by the Urban Institute. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/04/m...
More than 1 million Ohioans aren't getting essential safety-net benefits, analysis shows • Ohio Capital Journal
More than 1 million Ohioans are not getting essential safety-net benefits for which they're eligible, according to a new analysis.
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Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
More of the #GrifterAdministration in action. Seems like they are great at corruption but incompetent at their actual job.
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d agoTransportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
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SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely HUGE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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WTH is the CDC doing to inform people and stop this epidemic? 22,000 cases nationwide and Donnie 2 Dolls and the #GrifterAdministration can't be bothered to protect Americans. #ArtOfTheFail www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Michigan reports 2 deaths in cyclosporiasis outbreak
More than 11,000 cases of the foodborne illness have been confirmed in the state and 193 people have been hospitalized since early May.
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today in "headlines you'd see on a background TV in a disaster movie" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rhine Falls to Lowest Since 1880, Disrupting European Trade
The Rhine River’s water levels dropped to the lowest in nearly 150 years as hot, dry weather grips Europe, threatening to disrupt a crucial route for transporting coal, fuel and industrial commodities...
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Donnie 2 Dolls lied, his Department of Retribution, Corruption Justification, and Epstein Class Protection withdrew a vindicative baseless criminal charge, and now he can't stand that he was called out?
"MNPD said an 87-year-old Kentucky man who was driving a Ford Fusion ran the red light at the 4th and Broadway intersection in downtown Nashville and hit four people."
One dead, multiple hospitalized after 87-year-old driver runs red light on Broadway in Nashville
The crash in downtown Nashville left one person dead and three others hospitalized.
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As U.S.-Canada relations worsen, Michigan’s Sault area has lost an estimated $62.7M due to decreased crossings. It’s bewildering, a state senator says. He recalls Canadians helping locals fix the grid after a storm: “This is our best friend in the entire world.”
As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice
Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sig...
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They hate education at *every* level. They hate children. Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
nytimes.com
The rapid buildout of data centers is expensive - and WE’RE paying for it! Reuben Steiger explains why our electric bills are rising and what we can do about it
Who Pays for Data Centers? Anyone with an Electric Bill
Experts debate AI’s economic future while power bills nationwide fund its present.
contrariannews.org
Second bike fatality in less than two weeks in Milwaukee. Both older adults.
Bicyclist, 64, struck and killed in Milwaukee hit-and-run
A 64-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed Friday evening in a hit-and-run crash in the 1700 block of West Vliet Street.
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The Donnie 2 Dolls Department of Retribution and Epstein Class Billionaire Protection decides to drop baseless charges against a US Olympian. Done on a Friday evening to try and avoid embarrassment. #SwampGate
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
