Two Americans are dead from eating Cyclospora-contaminated lettuce. RFK Jr is a mentally ill drug addict who suffers from paranoid psychosis. YES, vaccines save lives. NO, vaccines don't cause autism. This man is dangerous🙄 x.com/i/status/208...

JD Vance calls for Trump to be imprisoned

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

JD Vance: "If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer"

💥 Ecocide: Israel is dropping white phosphorus munitions on Tallet al-Tahoura and Ali al-Taher in South Lebanon — triggering massive fires across vast areas. White phosphorus. On farmland and landscapes. Israeli drones are preventing firefighters from reaching the area. @sarahabdallah.bsky.social

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. The Defense Department’s second in command hastily gathered top military and defense acquisition officials for a meeting Friday night to discuss ways to quickly address a shortfall of U.S. weaponry — after he got an angry phone call ..” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Fauci diaries should only be news if they mention Epstein connections. WTF are #complicitmedia doing carrying sewage for Republikans with doubts to sow and books to sell?

An important point from the former chief strategist for the Bush–Cheney 2004 campaign:

Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 7h ago

Nearly every one of El-Sayed's issue positions is supported by a majority. In fact, his stands are the center of American politics today. Saying he is far left/left wing is just so old. The center of American politics has moved over the last 30 years, and El-Sayed's position are center now.

"SpaceX remains its own biggest customer. There just aren’t enough other people who want its rockets. And, I dunno, maybe if the rockets were a primary focus of the company, SpaceX wouldn’t be in danger of blasting a new crater into the Moon with its space trash." Read more: buff.ly/d9lBTQN

yes indeed you ought to

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

Dr Oz: "When you steal money from the federal government, you ought to go jail and go to jail for a long time"

just happened upon some environmental storytelling in the streets of New York

Zack Polanksi, "We need to look at the £2.7 billion in tax breaks that is given to fossil fuel companies, that should go into jobs in renewables, in nature, in care"

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

This article is poorly thought out trash. He presents the false choice of either taking the right-wing hateful position, or being silent. He doesn't look at all of the athletes and sports personalities that speak with clarity on political issues from the position of kindness shared by 80%+ of people

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 18h ago

Aaron Rodgers spoke out about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sophie Cunningham spoke out about transgender athletes. Caitlin Clark chose not to weigh in. Three different approaches, one common result: criticism. Steve Buckley on how athletes can't win on social media: nyti.ms/3Sa9A7D

This is a sentimental essay about politics, which I know isn't the fashion, and yet the editors at @newrepublic.com let me write something personal about the Lone Star State. Link in the replies.

Despite what some in media are saying, Jeanine Pirro did NOT do the “right thing” when she dropped the criminal case over the Reflecting pool. She dropped this case as an act of self-preservation for her law license. In reality, Pirro still should be disbarred! My video youtu.be/Kumyh7wVHFE?...

Here is why Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred for her BS Reflecting Pool prosecution

YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show

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#ArsenalFC #fifa #WorldCup

FRANCE 24 English@en.france24.com · 2d ago

⚽Former Arsenal manager Arsene #Wenger is the latest of many #football figures and organisations to withdraw his support for #FIFA president Gianni #Infantino. Fans and national federations have been up in arms over Infantino's plans to sell off shares of #WorldCup profits to private investors⤵️

NEW: The House Democratic Women's Caucus is calling on Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) to resign after the House Ethics Committee concluded he violated House rules over sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. Story first from Axios. 👇

Exclusive: House Democratic Women's Caucus calls on Chuck Edwards to resign

"A censure has no real consequences," the group said.

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We must pay attention to the details of the deconstruction of justice & democracy & educate others. Trump fired over 100 immigration judges. That might sound mundane. But there's a 4 million case backlog & 12 immigration courts lost 1/2 their immigration judges & 2 lost all full-time judges!🧵

It seems like Caitlin Clark wants to play basketball and doesn’t want to be dragged into politics despite many people constantly obsessing over her. Some people are more interested in being athletes than activists. It’s her life, she doesn’t have to be who you want her to be.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.

Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.

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Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n... Murder.

Immigrant Held at Delaney Detention Center Has Died, Officials Say (Gift Article)

The mayor of Newark identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The New Jersey center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its treatment of detainees.

nytimes.com

WARNING Trump’s base remains intensely loyal, holding near 60–70%. Democrats risk misreading the landscape if they assume his support is fading. His core voters are stable, energized, and not drifting, making any strategy built on decline dangerously misguided. We must get out the voters

Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs

With all the attention paid to the feelings of a small, wealthier subset of New Yorkers, you may have forgotten that some 70 percent of New York City residents rent their homes. Here's what four of them think of the pied-à-terre tax rollout: hellgatenyc.com/nyc-tenants-...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Republican Holdouts Say They Now Support Blanche Nomination www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08... We already knew this. Chuds.

Trump Live Updates: Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts; Iran Denies Direct U.S.-Iran Talks (Gift Article)

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@gottalaff.bsky.social such important article! Free link: https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/

ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

wired.com

This fucking lying hack. California home price index.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Hassett: "One of the metrics of shelter costs that I find most interesting is that they're going down pretty rapidly in places like California because everybody is leaving. Even though there are high prices in California, it puts downward pressure on inflation because everybody is leaving the state"

this is why you don't attack iran! because the threat of "what could the mighty US military do" is a much bigger deterrent than the reality of "they bombed the shit out of us but aren't willing to bear the costs of an invasion" they know they can ride it out now and the dumbass brigade is helpless

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

PENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...