WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds.
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Fire walk with me... Wisconsin Feminist; Democratic Socialist; recovering Catholic; radio announcer; artist; musician; news journalist. I have words, and I know how to use them.
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
www.axios.com/2026/08/05/m... Dem "leaders" need to wake up! The people are speaking! #USDemocracy
Progressive Will Lawrence wins key Michigan House primary in blow to Dem leaders
Establishment-backed candidates split the moderate vote — just as many Democrats feared.
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Todd Blanche: starring in The Omen 2026. Now where did I put those seven da**ers?
Ken Bazinet@kenbazinet.bsky.social · yesterdayDuring a White House “prayer call” last Thursday with faith leaders, Blanche said he wants abortion bans “permanent in every single state.” “We don’t have complete victory yet, but we will have victory, and victory will be soon, and and and it will be permanent,” Blanche said, TNR reported. #Vote
Heading for the midterms, @democracyforward.org is launching “100 Days of Action”: "Small steps within our individual communities to make sure that we’re strengthening our bonds." @skyeperryman.bsky.social on community action – on @thenation.com podcast bit.ly/4xaqX7d
#AmericanHousingCrisis The System is rigged, and it's NOT in our favor 😾 😔.
Jane Voter@janevoter2018.bsky.social · 3h agoRent isn’t high by accident, it’s high because 9 landlords colluded with an algorithm called RealPage to fix prices behind your back. Kris Mayes sued every single one of them. This is what a real fighter looks like, and it’s why she deserves your vote, AZ! #BlueWaveIn90Days
#PeteHegseth wants a surprise hormone inspection. Whip it out, boys!
Missing The Point@missingthept.bsky.social · 4h agoI thought Pete Hegseth likes his troops like he likes his whiskey — neat.
Breaking: HR 6500, which funds ICE, DHS and all other Trump regime programs until December, passes by voice vote with no opposition from Democrats or Republicans - and John Thune adds amendments - Chuck Schumer is present but does not object. The Senate will go on paid vacation on August 10th.
Canadians are fed up with how Pete Hoekstra is using the US Embassy to interfere and undermine our sovereignty. youtu.be/dw5JtXUuJZs?...
THROW THE BUM OUT - CANADIANS TAKE THE FIGHT TO HOEKSTRA
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SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
U.S. Senator SusanCollins & the Catholic Church??? #ChristoFascism prima facia, definitely. What could go wrong? PLENTY. Thanks to the Maine Wire for this important reveal. Please share!
Tom Carter@thcarter123.bsky.social · 6h agoOnly posting because this is Uber Catholic Leonard Leo’s media platform to re-elect Susie Q Collins. www.themainewire.com/2026/08/main...
🎥 NEW: The DOJ is now 0-20 in its voter roll cases. Marc Elias breaks down why federal judges have unanimously rejected the department's demands and why today's 90-day "quiet period" deadline may have shut the door on Trump's scheme just in time for the midterms👇
This Just Killed Trump's National Voter Database
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The cradle. Wednesday! Here you are & looking very good. You have just enough time to check your progress, make corrections if needed, & continue on course to your goal, which is getting closer. Check those corners! Smile! Let's go. Be careful. Be safe. Be shiny. Be glimmer. Be you. Take no shit.
Today’s Canadian painting is “Cobalt” painted by Yvonne McKague Housser in 1931. N
This man remains at the top of my heroes list. He's fearless.
Overnight, this plane landed in Senegal and Nigeria. Likely only "regular" deportees onboard, not third-country nationals. (Nigeria has publicly said it will not take TCNs.) Now laying over back in Senegal.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 18h agoThird long-range private jet ICE flight in one day. This one is headed for Africa, possible third-country nationals onboard.
Republicans seem determined to go after Smith anyway, in part because they’re intent to rewrite the recent past and in part because the party doesn’t appear to have anything else it wants to talk about ahead of the midterm elections. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Jack Smith accepts invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee
If GOP senators hope to get the better of the former special counsel, they should start tempering their expectations.
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El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250
Republican Chuck Edwards drops out after visits to female staffer's home revealed by probe #RawStory
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Republican Chuck Edwards drops out after visits to female staffer's home revealed by probe
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Check out this tracker of the cost of the Iran War from Brown University.. Current per household cost exceeds $600. #stopallwars #peacenotwar #Iranwarofchoice #euniceforsc
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
☁️ Yesterday evening, a giant hole suddenly opened in the clouds over Mount Hood, Oregon. Known as a Fallstreak Hole, this rare phenomenon forms when supercooled cloud droplets freeze into ice crystals, leaving behind a dramatic circular opening in the sky.
Heat-related death toll rises to 21 in South Korea amid serious heat wave #UPI
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Heat-related death toll rises to 21 in South Korea amid serious heat wave - UPI.com
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