Former January 6 prosecutor Sean Murphy addresses Trump's judicial nominees: "To the judicial nominees currently playing this game: If successful, you may have won yourself a lifetime appointment, but you have lost a lifetime of credibility." "You traded a piece of your soul to occupy the seat."

Linda Wolff told NY1's Louis Finley she was recording a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Inwood last Thursday when a masked federal agent sprayed her with a chemical irritant - an incident caught on video.

Former state Rep. Lon Burnam eyes lawsuit after arrest during meeting on voting site cuts bit.ly/4fVFU66

Lon Burnam eyes lawsuit after Tarrant County meeting arrest

The former Democratic lawmaker was accused of disrupting a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting and spent hours in jail before his release.

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Local news makes itself hard to love when it publishes the names of people arrested after abortion or pregnancy loss. Cut it the fuck out, lots of these charges are illegal and you're ruining people's lives

Several New York Democrats are calling on the federal government to reverse the termination of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants in the state. Read more: http://specne.ws/rJdvR3 

N.Y. Dems call on federal government to reverse cuts to teen program

Last month, the Trump administration canceled 53 of 67 federal grants aimed at preventing teen pregnancy.

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Beijing has announced sweeping trade curbs against the United States, including export controls on drones and a ban on dealings with six American entities, in retaliation for recent US restrictions on Chinese tech.

China slaps export controls on US firms ahead of Xi's Washington visit

Beijing has announced sweeping trade curbs against the United States, including export controls on drones and a ban on dealings with six American entities, in retaliation for recent US restrictions on Chinese tech.

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A long-rumored Trump administration plan to repurpose a private prison in rural western Minnesota for use as a detention center for undocumented immigrants has come to fruition.

It’s official: A dormant prison in rural Minnesota will become an ICE detention center

A long-rumored Trump administration plan to repurpose a private prison in rural western Minnesota for use as a detention center for undocumented immigrants has come to fruition.

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According to his mother, Cornejo had diabetes and high blood pressure, and was not given medicine regularly since he was first arrested www.jezebel.com/another-deta...

Another Detainee Has Died at Delaney Hall—and ICE Says His Official Cause of Death Is ‘Pending’

According to his mother, Cornejo had diabetes and high blood pressure, and was not given medicine regularly since he was first arrested

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Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall

Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

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The New Mexico Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice, accusing the agency of failing to comply with records requests related to Jeffrey Epstein.

New Mexico files lawsuit accusing DOJ of withholding Epstein records

The New Mexico Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice, accusing the agency of failing to comply with records requests related to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone

Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.

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ICYMI: ICE added an estimated 920,000 DNA profiles to the FBI's criminal database in a single year. Most of the people swabbed have no criminal conviction. CBP records show 492 children under 14 sent to the FBI. 21 of them were five-year-olds. One was 4. By @dmehro.bsky.social

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.

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Today’s termination of Haitian TPS is heartbreaking for tens of thousands of families who have built their lives in MA and across our country. We can't lose sight of the human impact of this decision. We’ll feel the effects in our health care system, our workforce, our economy, and our communities.

During the height of the pandemic, McConnell blocked various federal paid sick and family leave extensions in congressional stimulus packages — and then laughed about it.

The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · 4h ago

McConnell’s FMLA vote to derail even unpaid leave was hardly a career one-off.

Days after letting a contract expire with a network of 100 legal groups for child immigrant law services, the Trump Admin is awarding a $150 million contract to a Houston law firm that was co-founded by two Trump appointees.

Houston firm gets $150M contract for child migrant legal services

A Burke Law Group founder was a former Trump appointee to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior.

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In order to understand the reasons for Tate’s popularity and to challenge his misogyny—and the manosphere more broadly—it is critical to understand his worldview. (However delusional it sounds.)

Andrew Tate in His Own Words: On Men’s Rights, Anti-Feminism and How He 'Threatens the System'

Andrew Tate is not a garden variety misogynist. Nor is he a typical sexual assault suspect. Rather, he is a leader—and icon—in the global anti-feminist men’s rights movement who rose to fame and…

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Read 20,000+ Golden Age Comic Books Free Online: Superheroes, Westerns, Romance, Horror, and More

Read 20,000+ Golden Age Comic Books Free Online: Superheroes, Westerns, Romance, Horror, and More

For generations of kids in the twentieth century, few pleasures were as intoxicating as a trip to the comic-book shop with the week's allowance fresh in hand.

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1. Now-deleted audio shows that Acting AG Todd Blanche privately told faith leaders the DOJ is working to make the 2022 Dobbs decision, which revoked federal abortion protections, “permanent in every single state.” Blanche also suggested a crackdown on the mailing of abortion pills.🧵

“We believed Kansans four years ago when they voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights in the state constitution,” Planned Parenthood’s Emily Wales told Jezebel in a statement. “Perhaps now the legislature will believe them, too” www.jezebel.com/abortion-acc...

Abortion Access in Kansas Had 2 Back-to-Back Wins This Week

“We believed Kansans four years ago when they voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights in the state constitution,” Planned Parenthood’s Emily Wales told Jezebel in a statement. “Perhaps now…

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Forty-nine of 50 states do not provide lifetime appointments for their state supreme court justices. No one should hold power for life. We're urging state legislatures to call on Congress to pass Supreme Court term limits. bit.ly/3Tdzl7e

Model State Resolution Urging 18-Year Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

State lawmakers should call on Congress to enact Supreme Court term limits.

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"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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Reup: Bc journalists simply are NOT reading the court filings closely enough to understand how bad the misconduct in the Davey Hearn case may be. What Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...

What Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? - emptywheel

In a bid to get the indictment against him dismissed with prejudice, Davey Hearn reveals that DOJ misrepresented the circumstances of a "before" picture proving he didn't damage the reflecting pool.

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China is hitting back against the U.S. with new sanctions and drone export controls — just weeks before an expected Xi-Trump summit.

China hits US with sanctions, drone export curbs ahead of Xi visit

China is hitting back against the U.S. with new sanctions and drone export controls — just weeks before an expected Xi-Trump summit.

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The Good Stories Are Always Worth It

We’re looking for new contributors to Balls & Strikes. Here’s how to pitch us.

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If ICE can send subpoenas to deanonymize social media accounts, couldn't they have done it for the anonymous and overtly racist account we found is run by one of their own employees who is still working there?

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · last yr.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Tech Policy Press fellow Jake Laperruque opens a three-part series on AI in policing by asking an under-examined question: if AI systems are trained to tell users what they want to hear, what happens when those users are cops and prosecutors?

Will AI Sycophancy Contaminate Law Enforcement?

AI sycophancy in high risk domains like law enforcement are under-analyzed, argues Tech Policy Press fellow Jake Laperruque.

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“Deutsche Bank AG failed to promptly report to US authorities more than $250 million in suspicious transactions tied to Jeffrey Epstein, including funds used to pay women in Russia and other Eastern European countries, according to a new report prepared by a Democratic US senator.”

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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#Iran Foreign Ministry: Iran and #Oman have agreed geographic characteristics of shipping route in #StraitOfHormuz Iran and Oman in the final stage of preparing a joint announcement on the agreement, provided “certain third parties” do not interfere in the process #IranWar

Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 15h ago

US War on Iran, Day 160: An #Iran- #Oman Deal on #StraitOfHormuz? #IranWar eaworldview.com/2026/08/us-w...

Researchers find a flaw in Apple's Private Relay that exposes users' real IP addresses, which also affects users of Tor's OnionBrowser in iOS: www.404media.co/apples-priva...

Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses

Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.

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Filing by attorney general Raúl Torrez comes after DoJ appears to have ignored deadline for key Epstein ranch files

New Mexico sues justice department for ‘stonewalling’ Epstein investigation

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