Not a word about verifying the gender of boys... this is little girl specific. Child sexual abuse on a state level 'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners www.rawstory.com/project-2025...

'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners

A Washington State ballot measure that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before taking part in sports provoked nationwide outrage.IL26-638 w...

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It’s here — on sale wherever you buy your books. I could not be more excited to have this story out in the world!

UPDATE: On Aug. 1, 2026, a 24-yr-old man armed with an AK-47 and a pistol shot 10 people near a fast-food restaurant, 3 fatally, then killed himself (Twin Falls, Idaho): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer www.ktvb.com/article/news...

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

A faith group that hosted a call with Todd Blanche — who assured listeners of his commitment to make Dobbs “permanent in every single state” — insisted it was off-the-record…then posted it on YouTube 🤔

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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Military courts to expel trans soldiers: “People need to know that this whole thing is cruelty,” Major Corcoran said in an interview. “It was intentionally designed to hurt us.” Gift article from NYT. Read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)

The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.

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Huge thanks to northern Vermont for joining news anchor Lauren Maloney and me in conversation at the first pre-launch event on THE AMATEUR book tour. Thanks also to the South Burlington Barnes & Noble and the South Burlington Public Library. Near Portsmouth, NH? Join me at the Music Hall tonight!

This alone would've gotten any other president impeached by the weekend or removed as unfit for office. Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...

Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation

President Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on the state’s own water systems. Investigators believe Iran is likely responsible.

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Mary McCord spent years at the Department of Justice and the US attorney’s office for the District of Columbia. Both offices are shells of themselves under the Trump administration. Hear more about Trump’s takeover of the DOJ on this week’s “More To The Story.”

The rapid rise of right-wing militias

A former federal prosecutor examines how white nationalism came out of the shadows.

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Bookstores rock; booksellers rule. I signed and personalized cases and cases of preordered copies of THE AMATEUR, which goes on sale next Tuesday. Thank you Christy, Hilary, Anya, Annabel and the team at Phoenix Books for your help today and the last two months! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

Some really encouraging Senate polls… 📍Georgia 🔵 Jon Ossoff: 56% 🔴 Mike Collins: 43% 📍North Carolina 🔵 Roy Cooper: 53% 🔴 Michael Whatley: 44% 📍Ohio 🔵 Sherrod Brown: 53% 🔴 Jon Husted: 45% 📍Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek: 50% 🔴 Ashley Hinson: 46% Keep organizing. Keep fighting.

What do THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT and THE AMATEUR have in common? Swipe and see. Also? Only days now until the novel the Boston Globe called “masterful” and Publishers Weekly called “a masterpiece” is in your hands! Preorder yours today wherever you buy your books.

France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼

I neither had money or time to follow L7 or similar bands in the 90's. It's a lost moment I've been trying to make up for these past few years. I was listening to Wargasm, again, yesterday, thinking this should be the alt US anthem. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/a...

Jennifer Finch, Scalding Bassist for Alt-Rock Band L7, Dies at 59 (Gift Article)

Often performing barefoot, she provided the thunder for a breakout feminist band of the 1990s, which had an alternative hit with “Pretend We’re Dead.”

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When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.

In his mind does Trump initiating WW 3 still qualify him for the Nobel Peace Prize?

ACLU sues ICE over treatment of migrants detained in South Burlington raid www.wcax.com/2026/07/29/a... YES ‼️

ACLU sues ICE over treatment of migrants detained in South Burlington raid

The ACLU of Vermont is suing the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of two migrants detained during the botched ICE raid back in March.

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Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.

And, they just cut a Medicare subsidy so premiums will increase for seniors. But, airports used by lobbyists, we have month for. Trump Unveils $22.5 Billion Redesign of Dulles Airport www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Trump Unveils $22.5 Billion Redesign of Dulles Airport

The project would make the airport easier to navigate and include a new United lounge, officials said. It’s part of the president’s plans to remake the Washington area.

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“Ms. Moreno, the daughter of Senator Moreno ... has said that Mr. Miller scalded her chest and stomach by throwing hot water from a skillet at her body; held a gun to her head; pushed her against a wall and hit her head; and fractured their daughter’s collarbone and bruised her shoulder. ...

Iraq, Iran ... Why does the military consistently support GOP presidents when all they do is send them into wars that don't serve any purpose other than to try to look tough? Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...

Families Face Anxiety, Angst as Loved Ones Are Deployed to Fight Iran (Gift Article)

As the war with Iran has continued, some are finding that the stress is bringing back old anxieties.

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To all my friends and readers in Maryland: please join me at Park Books in Severna Park on Friday, August 7 on THE AMATEUR book tour. I'll be extra charming and we'll have a blast! Details here. @doubledaybooks chrisbohjalian.com/event/meet-t...

I drew this August 23, 2022, and it’s coming to pass.

So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...

Our last, best chance to cool the Earth

We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...

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Thank you Dr Fauci for a Lifetime of Service.🇺🇸 God bless you🕊🙏🏼

Anthony Fauci Facepalms

ALT: Anthony Fauci Facepalms

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Look, ebikes are great, but if you want to ride a 1500 watt monster, you're wanting to ride a motorbike. At least have the dignity of being honest about it! And motorbikes have no space on cycling infrastructure.

This will drive MAGA over the edge. Is Damon's character now trans? Matt Damon’s Biceps in That ‘Odyssey’ Fight Scene? They’re Hers. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/s...

Matt Damon’s Biceps in That ‘Odyssey’ Fight Scene? They’re Hers.

Devyn Dalton, a 4-foot-6 woman, is the leading man’s stunt double in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.

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