JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Yonette Joseph
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Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’ Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump administration targets children amid push to ‘deport at all costs’
Federal lawsuit alleges kids are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally
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Abortion Foes Backed Ballot Measures in 2 Red States. Voters Said No. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Abortion Foes Backed Ballot Measures in 2 Red States. Voters Said No. (Gift Article)
Voters in Kansas rejected a proposal to start electing Supreme Court justices, while Missourians declined to make it harder to amend the State Constitution.
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Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
When an only child is his grandmother’s only caregiver www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/m...
The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids. (Gift Article)
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.
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It’s official: Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a Democratic Senate primary, according to The Associated Press www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Michigan Election Results Live Updates: Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Primary (Gift Article)
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a Senate primary that had divided the Democrats, according to The Associated Press.
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ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of Talarico’s residency records shows he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived? www.texastribune.org/2026/08/05/t...
James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising Questions.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of the Democratic Senate candidate’s residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
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Heat waves made the Danube water level so low that WWII wrecks and bones of a woolly mammoth have appeared www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
The Danube river is so low that Nazi warships are emerging
Europe's second-longest river is carrying less water than it has in decades, revealing shipwrecks and shutting down nuclear reactors.
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UFC revealed it lost $30 million putting on Trump's birthday fight at the White House www.thewrap.com/industry-new...
UFC Lost $30 Million Putting on Trump's Freedom 250 Fight
The Freedom 250 fight in front of The White House was not a financial success for the UFC.
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $1 Billion Globally www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $1 Billion Globally With Second-Fastest Pace Ever
Tom Holland leads Sony's blockbuster that debuted to the biggest domestic opening weekend, surpassing 'Avengers: Endgame.'
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Arizona’s Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Arizona’s Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate (Gift Article)
Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.
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Representative Wesley Bell defeated Cori Bush in a Democratic primary rematch. Bell won with heavy financial backing from AIPAC.
Young voters in Michigan’s college towns are expected to be a strength for Abdul El-Sayed. The first results reported out of Washtenaw County back that up: He holds a wide early lead, winning every type of vote there, including mail-in and Election Day votes. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
Primary Elections Live Updates: Counting Underway in Michigan After Divisive Senate Battle
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Armed man arrested at Trump's CA golf course, CNN says
Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack
Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely-controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.
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Video has emerged of a dolphin carrying the deceased body of her two-week-old calf. A scientist: “It’s absolutely clear that this is a mother grieving for her child.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/s...
Video: Dolphin Carries Dead Calf in What Experts Call Mourning (Gift Article)
Footage posted by a conservancy group offers an unusual glimpse of a common behavior by dolphins that often goes unobserved.
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Sen. Collins to vote against Todd Blanche's confirmation for attorney general www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
Yonette Joseph@sugarcane99.bsky.social · 21h agoBreaking via CNN: Senator Susan Collins says she's voting "no" on Todd Blanche for attorney general. The GOP can afford to lose no more than 2 votes.
Breaking via CNN: Senator Susan Collins says she's voting "no" on Todd Blanche for attorney general. The GOP can afford to lose no more than 2 votes.
Pirro entered the White House in a bright red blazer that matched her fight-back mood, schlepping a white box with evidence & a black box, with documents, on wheels. She told Trump his interior secretary had misled him with a self-serving story for his own mistakes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro (Gift Article)
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
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Miller also told Tapper Trump called him on Monday and said: "I don't know if you're going to be able to pull this one out."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoTAPPER: Do you know what a tall order it is to believe that 3 women who don't know each other made up accusations of you being violent, and you are telling the truth and they are all lying? That's difficult to believe, right? MAX MILLER: No. Not in this instance.
TAPPER: Do you know what a tall order it is to believe that 3 women who don't know each other made up accusations of you being violent, and you are telling the truth and they are all lying? That's difficult to believe, right? MAX MILLER: No. Not in this instance.
A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a March trial to determine whether Paramount’s $111 billion purchase of Warner violates antitrust law, a timeline that could further delay one of the biggest media deals in history www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Judge Sets Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Trial for March (Gift Article)
Paramount, which struck a $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., had requested a November trial for an antitrust lawsuit brought by state attorneys general.
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AP — Missouri election chief rejects petition seeking a public vote on new congressional districts backed by Trump.
Reuters | A judge on Tuesday granted the U.S. Justice Department's motion to dismiss Jan. 6 prosecutions of members of the Oath Keepers, according to a court filing.
UFC Lost $30 Million On Event at the White House https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/04/ufc-lost-30-million-on-event-at-the-white-house/
Would a 2028 Harris campaign mean reliving 2024? Pete Buttigieg says no. “This is about bigger things than whether somebody gets their feelings hurt by a page in a book,” he said. “This is about the trajectory of Western civilization.” 🔗 politi.co/3RSLiin