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Scott Bessent has started ending sanctions on companies controlled by Iran's IRGC. Before the deal is finalized. Someone is desperate. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

US lifts sanctions on Fly Baghdad, previously linked to Iran's IRGC

The U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday ​it had removed counter-terrorism sanctions from Iraq's ‌Fly Baghdad Airlines and two aircraft that were imposed in 2024 over links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary ...

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A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed at least 17 people and injured dozens more in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast overnight as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported on Aug. 5.

Ukraine war latest: At least 17 killed after Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and surrounding area

Key developments on Aug. 5: * Russian ballistic missile attack kills 17, injures dozens in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue * Ukraine's air defense missile deliveries drop by tw...

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Lede headline in the Springfield, Ohio, newspaper, as TPS ends for Haitians: "At the mercy of God" www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/at-the...

‘At the mercy of God’: Springfield Haitians await next steps after TPS officially ends

The official end of temporary protected status for Haiti leaves many Haitians in Springfield “at the mercy of God,” said Haitian Community Help and Support Center President Vilès Dorsainvil.

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1/ It looks like one of the largest Cyclospora outbreaks in U.S. history is slowing. The U.S. has now reported over 17,000 cases. And we are largely flying blind, but one of the only data points— percentage of tests that are positive—is declining, which is a cautiously optimistic sign.

As a Michigan voter who is grateful as fuck I wasn't in the state for that Senate primary, I think this deserves more attention: Jocelyn Benson has a MUCH easier route ahead of her than it looked like she would in January. MUCH easier. And that's going to help unify the party.

New from 404 Media: Apple's 'Private Relay' is exposing users' real IP addresses. Private Relay is supposed to protect all your browsing in Safari. But researchers found a bunch of issues that are exposing real IPs. I verified they do. Not fixed, a live issue 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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Quite an upset in the #KSGov Dem primary. State Sen. Cindy Holscher, who came out against data centers and the Kansas City Chiefs stadium deal, has defeated state Sen. Ethan Corson, who had a big financial edge and an endorsement from term-limited Gov. Laura Kelly.

In 1996, Congress imposed fines on undocumented immigrants. For 30 years, the government did not enforce those laws, and they were basically irrelevant. Enter Trump, and the US government is now fining dishwashers and delivery drivers more than rich friends of the President who stole billions.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · yesterday

NEW: CBP is shopping for a contractor to track down people the US has deported to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala and collect unpaid immigration fines — debts that can top $1.8 million a person.

So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterday

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

Protest in Portland, ME tomorrow for a MaineMed nurse who was abducted by ICE

Opinion | California allows 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register so that their registration activates automatically on their 18th birthday. Only 11% of eligible teenagers have done so. cal.news/4gbJvOB 📝 Conner Huey 📸 Rahul Lal

🚨BREAKING: Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new map from appearing on the ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri blocks anti-gerrymander referendum from November ballot in attempt to silence voters

Voter advocates are expected to immediately challenge the move and ask the courts to ensure that Missouri voters have the final say on the map.

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The City Council voted 3-2 to install a network of cameras that photographs and logs the license plate of every vehicle entering and leaving the city. What’s missing is the conversation whether city workers and patrons want this. The full story: lataco.com/weho-flock-c... By Nik Roybal

Emely Suaza and her dad have been released from the Dilley Trailer Prison! I am glad that she is back with her mom, little brothers, and the rest of her family. When ICE detained Emely on her way to church, they asked her dad to come pick her up. When he showed up, they locked him up too.

Here we have a pup enjoying the fruits of his labor after a hard day's work. 13/10 good for him

This should be the biggest news of the week. www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns

The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...

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CBS confirms that Jeanine Pirro's big white box has all the evidence that the reflecting pool was Trump's contractor's fault. Which will be of interest for @normeisen.bsky.social, just so he can make sure he gets it all. 🤣 www.cbsnews.com/news/pirro-b...

Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro was seen with a large box as she left the White House Monday after her meeting with President Trump.

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🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.

In today's edition of the Article I Crisis.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

These 7 swing states are the Democrats’ best chance to take control of the SENATE in 2026. Democrats in ALL 50 STATES need to support these races. This is the only path to flipping the Senate. Whether you donate money or donate your time, every action counts (Updated 8/1/2026) #2026midterms

“Internal compliance staff tried repeatedly to cut Epstein off. One described him bluntly as “scum” and a “known child sleaze” in 2010, warning that keeping him as a client undermined the bank’s own human trafficking initiative. They were overruled.”

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterday

NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.

The best leak stories are the ones that involve a leak of a memo from an editor who is telling his leaking staffers to stop leaking so much because the leaks are so detrimental via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

New lawsuit accuses Treasury of failing to disclose info about payouts via the Judgment Fund, a central pool of money used to resolve certain claims against the govt. Story from Bob Van Voris: buff.ly/WqSReXB Case: buff.ly/FUVzZl2 Why everyone's talking about the Judgment Fund: buff.ly/5EJYwhg

EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read the full story here: www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

Interestinger and interestinger: Remember the Florida federal court inquiry into whether the crooked slush fund and sleazy Trump family tax fraud amnesty deal was a “fraud on the court”? Major development down there! 🧵

JUST IN: Group of 25 US states challenge Trump's latest tariffs reut.rs/4h8BStn

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday blocked the Trump administration’s ban on nonpartisan groups helping newly naturalized U.S. citizens register to vote — finding the ban was likely driven by intentional discrimination against new citizens www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Court blocks Trump ban on voter registration help for new citizens, finding likely intentional discrimination

Senior Trump administration officials have repeatedly portrayed immigrants' political participation as an electoral threat.

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Two people in Michigan have now died from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite. @jessicanix.bsky.social has more > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Two People Die From Illness Traced to US Parasite Outbreak

Two people have died in Michigan from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite that has sickened thousands across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Wow… 🫡 to this man.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: here's why a Flock employee quit. Says he was 'lied to' Jonathan Paz's job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. But then something changed and he realized he needed to get out of the company. Watch the full conversation here and subscribe for more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKYY...