open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... The report, titled “Looking the Other Way: How Wall Street Banks Enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking,” came out of a multi-year investigation. Investigators “found significant evidence that 1/2 ...

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On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

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💔 This was our night in Kyiv, Ukraine. Once again, a night of terror. At least 17 people lost their lives, and more than 40 others were injured.

#NewBrunswick #Canada #Science This is a huge discovery. Moncton-based company Breathe BioMedical has developed a test that can detect signs of breast cancer by analyzing breath samples in women of all breast density types. globalnews.ca/news/1200880...

N.B. company’s new breath test could change how breast cancers are detected | Globalnews.ca

A new breath test could change the way breast cancers are detected, specifically in women with dense breasts, thanks to Moncton-based company Breathe BioMedical.

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More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week. www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s depleted air defenses failed to stop any of Moscow’s incoming missiles overnight.

Russian barrage in Ukraine's capital region kills 17 as air defenses fall short

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s depleted air defenses failed to stop any of Moscow’s incoming missiles overnight.

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Indonesian teen slept in his fishing trap when it broke loose and swept him out to sea. He survived 49 days on raw fish and rainwater wrung from his soaked clothes until a cargo ship spotted him.

KASPAROV: Main force of tyranny in the world is China, which truly manipulates all processes. And spearhead, the thing aimed at heart of the a free world is Putin's Russia. Putin is like a spider in center of a web, influencing practically all destructive processes in the world.

Ukraine Captures Fighters From 51 Countries Serving in Russia’s Army, Ombudsman Says He argued that fighting on Russia's side carries real legal consequences, and that Ukraine must convey this openly to the world. #Ukraine #Russia united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Ukraine Captures Fighters From 51 Countries Serving in Russia’s Army, Ombudsman Says

Ukraine says citizens of 51 countries have been captured while fighting for Russia, highlighting Moscow’s global recruitment of foreign troops.

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No country that arrested librarians and booksellers was on the right side of history. But that's what's happening in Arkansas. And this is where your whole country is headed with H.R 7661 and S 4925. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social action.everylibrary.org/arkansasact372

Arresting Librarians AND Booksellers in the United States

History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty.

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#good #Shame

The New York City Parking Sticker of Shame Is Back (Gift Article)

After 14 years, the city has returned to slapping bright stickers on cars that do not move for street sweepers.

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@notthesameone2.bsky.social · 20h ago

🐾7-y/o Sterling just upgraded to adoptable b/c he is a good-boy. Came in wounded just b/f Thanksgiving, brought in by finder. Spent time in ACC foster care. Loving, snuggly, gentle, giant lap dog, good leash-walker. Earned best possible behavior. Foster/ adopt 8/06: no cats nycacc.app#/browse/242187

Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds Top Pentagon officials are already pitching reconciliation 4.0 to Senate Republicans behind closed doors, underscoring the need for a massive boost in military funds, Axios has learned. Read in Axios: apple.news/AbxFydy_lR3e... 🛑NO

Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds — Axios

Top Pentagon officials are already pitching reconciliation 4.0 to Senate Republicans behind closed doors, underscoring the need for a massive boost in military funds, Axios has learned.

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Bob Patin@bobpatin.com · 2w ago

Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary. She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · yesterday

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...

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"any settlement could give Tehran control over some of the waterway and without denying it the power to eventually charge fees from vessels using it — conditions that would have seemed unthinkable to US geostrategists just a year ago" www.ft.com/content/87b0...

Donald Trump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms

US president faces few good options to exit a war he once said would end swiftly with the Islamic republic’s surrender

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Every last person that truly cares about democracy in America can understand what Judge Mehta feels.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 19h ago

NEW: A wistful Judge Mehta closed the book on the last lingering Jan. 6 case — the seditious conspiracy conviction of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, a man Mehta has called an ongoing threat to society/democracy but whose case was spiked by DOJ. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

The biggest problem with the Catholic Church’s apologies for the inquisition is that they sainted the guys who did it

Religion *is* politics@religionispolitics.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reading the Wikipedia article on the Inquisition is like reading a Texas-approved textbook about the American Civil War Each section says the inquisition has been greatly exaggerated but everything else it says about the inquisition shows that the truth is even worse than we can possibly imagine

Privilege is sitting in my air conditioned house while the air quality is unhealthy at the same time minimum wage farm workers pick the produce I eat in the exact same conditions.

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 19h ago

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

⚡️ NBC CALLS IT FOR @abdulelsayed.bsky.social 🎉

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Aug.5, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

russia keeps asking why Ukrainians hate them. Maybe start with the missiles flying over our homes.

Very good. What will last longer, Jeanine Pirro in her job or a lettuce. Has anybody checked the prediction markets? 😉

paulpro@mariopro.bsky.social · 14h ago

You do realize that the President of the United States is STILL trafficking human beings and making a hefty profit off it. Right?

MFA joins UNITED24 campaign to purchase resuscitators for Ukrainian medics #Ukraine

MFA joins UNITED24 campaign to purchase resuscitators for Ukrainian medics

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha announced a new joint fundraising initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to join the UNITED24 campaign, which aims to raise $1.2 million USD to purchase ten fully equipped ambulances.

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Breaking: Iran Attacked the U.S Military Base in Kuwait Few Hours Ago After Donald Trump Threatened Them Saying this is the Last Chance Before Decapitation.🙆

David Ellison tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his New York Times essay in brutal comments to us, pointing to the Paramount chief's disastrous record at CBS News. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

The Ellison Credibility Crisis

The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...

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Missouri voters reject Amendment 4. The Republican-backed measure, designed to make it far harder for citizen initiatives (like abortion rights, marijuana, etc.) to pass by requiring majorities in all 8 congressional districts, has failed. Simple statewide majority rule stays.

I'd never heard that before so I looked it up Aye, fits him like a glove! jokesoftheday.net/joke-The-Pos...