aside from the moral and base opinion shift problems a good reason for democrats not to take money from aipac is that aipac works to defeat democrats

Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 10h ago

AIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."

This couple came legally. They applied for asylum before their visas expired, wanting to do it all by the books. After six months, they applied for work permits to stay afloat, passing background checks. They worked legally and paid taxes while government delay dragged on. Then ICE came for them.

Laura Rodríguez Presa@lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 5h ago

The couple’s arrest outside Midway Airport aligns with what immigration attorneys across the country have observed in recent months: an increase in ICE arrests at airports of people traveling domestically with expired visas but pending immigration cases. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/c...

An immigration enforcement system that punishes people for the government’s own delay is a system which destroys its own legitimacy. People are being thrown in handcuffs and put in ICE detention despite having done every single thing the U.S. government asked them to do.

“These are not just abstract academic accomplishments,” said one Penn professor. “They are real improvements in the practice of medicine that have resulted in thousands of lives being saved."

Funding was cut to life-saving medical research programs in Philly. Rep. Brendan Boyle demands to know why.

inquirer.com

I recently read Quay's new book. Now he's reportedly been tapped to lead NIAID. Not only is his book full what are plainly lies, it also reflects a person who can't keep tabs on reality. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Congress is in recess, which is the perfect time to meet with your lawmakers in their local offices and advocate for HIV care. HIVMA is partnering with the Save HIV Funding campaign to help members schedule and prepare for meetings. Interested? Contact us: https://bit.ly/3TzbKy5

three decades of CDC funding at biden levels

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 4h ago

Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

👀‼️‼️‼️ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe

Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia

theguardian.com

#AI #LLM Something I've not seen commented on is the explosion of bot-impeding pages (e.g., via Cloudflare) that now appear before web pages load. The cumulative time waste for human users has got to be in the billions of person-hours. An immense burden imposed on everyone by the AI-bro assholes.

“U.S. sanctions Brazilian judge targeted by Trump over Bolsonaro case *** The sanctions come days before the U.S. is set to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil, which are also partly in retaliation for Bolsonaro's ongoing criminal prosecution.” 7/30/26 … 1/

U.S. sanctions Brazilian judge targeted by Trump over Bolsonaro case

The sanctions come days before the U.S. is set to impose 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil, which are also partly in retaliation for Bolsonaro's ongoing criminal prosecution.

nbcnews.com

NEW: Pro-voters asked the Texas Supreme Court to block Galveston County from moving some local candidates to new districts under a revised map drafted after the primary elections. They warned that, if not stopped, the move could be replicated across the state to undermine the will of voters.

A Texas county is quietly planning to swap voting maps between its primary and November election

If allowed to proceed, it would likely be the first time Texas voting maps are changed between the primary and general elections.

democracydocket.com

Skyhorse Publishing is a rightwing mouthpiece👇

Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d ago

Follow the $$$ What do Bobby Kennedy Jr., his son Bobby Kennedy III, and Rand Paul have in common? They each wrote a book criticizing Tony Fauci, and they share the same publisher, Skyhorse, founded by a close RFK Jr. adviser who also runs the MAHA PAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

One of the founders of the law firm with the new $150M contract is a former Trump EPA/Interior appointee. Another founding partner is currently in the Trump admin. The govt's goal is to deport as many immigrant children as quickly as possible & this is the firm they hired to "defend" those kids.

Houston law firm set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children

The law firm is set to receive a multimillion-dollar contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children in government custody during immigration proceedings.

abc7chicago.com

The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees

“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...

democracydocket.com

ICE has now spent over $2.2 BILLION on purchasing 4 private prisons from CoreCivic, with the company banking half a billion dollars on the most recent sale. Of course, ICE will not actually operate these facilities; CoreCivic keeps the contracts to run these places for the foreseeable future.

This plane has left Alexandria, LA, again and is currently refueling in Bangor. Migrants onboard have been shackled for at least 34 hours. Story updated.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 10h ago

NEW: An ICE flight headed for Moldova turned around over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and flew back to an ICE hub, returning 15 hours after it left. We don’t know why. Video I obtained from the scene shows 11 exhausted and shackled people disembark. gillianbrockell.com/why-did-this...

NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.

DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad

Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.

wired.com

Exclusive: Senate inquiry suggests Trump administration softened kratom and tobacco policies in quid pro quo. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is at the center of a new investigation launched by Sen. Ron Wyden. www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/s...

Senate inquiry suggests Trump administration softened kratom and tobacco policies in quid pro quo

The Senate investigation includes RFK Jr. as well as the heads of Reynolds American and kratom company Botanic Tonics, asking for written responses and documentation by Aug. 31.

statnews.com

on a completely random note here's a picture of the owner of one of the largest nursing home chains in the country's estate in cleveland tn. yacht and private jet included. 1.2 billion net worth btw. conducted one of the largest medicare frauds in history btw. this is totally unrelated of course

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

funny how that works

Now published: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #HIV

ViraLite: an ultracompact HIV viral load self-testing system with internal quality control - Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Microsystems & Nanoengineering - ViraLite: an ultracompact HIV viral load self-testing system with internal quality control

nature.com

medRxivpreprint@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · last yr.

ViraLite: An Ultracompact HIV Viral Load Self-Testing System with Internal Quality Control https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.25325036v1

Development of an investigational medicinal stem cell gene therapy product to attempt curing #HIV infection www.nature.com/articles/s41... (open access)

Development of an investigational medicinal stem cell gene therapy product to attempt curing human immunodeficiency virus infection - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Development of an investigational medicinal stem cell gene therapy product to attempt curing human immunodeficiency virus infection

nature.com

The Impact of US Government Stop-Work Order and Limited Waiver on #HIV Program in LASUTH, Nigeria: A Retrospective Review pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... (open access)

The Impact of US Government Stop-Work Order and Limited Waiver on HIV Program in LASUTH, Nigeria: A Retrospective Review

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) management programme is largely donor-driven in Low- and Medium-Income Countries (LMIC), including Nigeria. The programme was temporarily disrupted following a stop ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Any cis women who are disgusted by the Burnham government's transphobic policy of segregation can sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social petition, which is now closing in on 110,000 signatures. notinourname.org.uk

Home - Not in our name

Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community

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Steven Quay, in line to be NIAID director, is not just any lab leaker. He is of the type of leakers who still talk about "HIV inserts". He has deleted his tweets from 2021-2025, so here are some screenshots to give you an idea of who Quay is: ▫️1/🧵 #covidorigin #quayniaid

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · yesterday

This is just bat-shit crazy. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Holy shit.

The strongest available evidence supports a zoonotic origin for COVID-19. - The virus is genetically diverse in ways typical of natural viruses and atypical of gain-of-function (GoF) viruses. 🧵

Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue fever

Virginia resident has state’s 1st locally acquired case of dengue fever - WTOP News

Virginia health officials have confirmed the state’s first known case of locally acquired dengue, a viral disease usually associated with international travel.

wtop.com

This was one of the most expensive primaries ever, with an outside group throwing down $30 million only to see their candidate lose. So what does Politico talk about: how the winner should have had a larger margin of victory while being massively outspent 🤡🗿

Reported incidents of GPS jamming within the continental US have skyrocketed in recent years. According to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the number of GPS interference events went from four in 2020 to 50 in 2024, and 40 across 2025.

LexUltimaVeritas@lexultimaveritas.bsky.social · 10h ago

Pete Hegseth killed Americans in the USA with the military: futurism.com/science-ener...

If you’d like to read the report exposing the anti trans people ‘Gender Critical’ movement in the UK - which sadly Amnesty took down after bottling it due to legal threats from the Edinburgh Funder - here it is. Like_a_snowball_final_.pdf - Google Drive drive.google.com/file/d/1PSsa...