As Israel continues their pursuit of “The Greater Israel Project”, they are intentionally starting fires in Southern Lebanon to destroy forests and crops to make the area uninhabitable for the current residents. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

read this now from @josepagliery.bsky.social

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Extraordinary story from @josepagliery.bsky.social following Rogelio Bolufé, one of the Cuban hunger strikers in ICE camps as he becomes a third-country national expelled to Guayaquil, Ecuador, one of the most dangerous cities on earth. www.notus.org/national/dhs...

$900 million would cover a year of food assistance for 400,000 people wapo.st/4xe1GJT

Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction

The price tag is much larger than what has been previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts, and taxpayers would cover most of it.

wapo.st

It only takes one thing to blow up a Far Right party.

Reform’s mini-MAGAS Are Collapsing

A lesson for TrumpAmerica and the world

chadbourn.substack.com

A 600-mile journey along the shores of Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast reveals one of the world's most consequential transformations. n.pr/3StdPv6

In West Africa, one road could change a continent — and the world

A 600-mile journey along the shores of Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast reveals one of the world's most consequential transformations.

n.pr

The sign of peace at the White Sox Pope Hat game tonight was one of the very best things I've ever experienced. More spaces should have a moment where you acknowledge your neighbors and wish them peace.

The giveaway was initially intended to just be for 2,500 fans who bought special tickets, but soon expanded to the entire stadium of nearly 41,000. As for making it an annual tradition? “We’ll see,” says Brooks Boyer, White Sox Executive Vice President.

White Sox Pope Leo night draws out thousands for pope hats and Catholic fanfare

chicago.suntimes.com

I couldn’t make this up if I tried.🤬 “An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused him of trafficking and sexual abuse has won a federal contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children in government custody.“

Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids - The American Prospect

The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself.

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“We cannot believe in Jesus and promote war. “We cannot believe in Jesus and kill the innocent. “We cannot believe in Jesus and abandon those who suffer, those who weep, those who flee from misery.” — Pope Leo XIV

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

thenation.com

Wait, I was told Mamdani would drive all the jobs to Nashville and Miami.

A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1

Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams

"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."

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In retrospect, the answer is to be found in Piketty. Piketty's *Capital* includes a long, impassioned plea to both lawmakers and aristocrats to consider redistributive policies (like a wealth tax) as the most affordable way to achieve political stability. 42/

Today marks one year of Trump's occupation of DC. Contrary to Trump’s lies, this occupation not making DC safer or more beautiful. It is hurting families, children, workers here, and more. Yet every time this regime has attacked DC, we have grown stronger. This morning we will tell that story.

The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from trees in less than a year. https://to.pbs.org/4wgeo9r

What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi

The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from trees in le...

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Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each. Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture. (Published May 2025)

The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

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Crypto is a weapon of mass corruption wielded by a cult of dangerous billionaires who want to kill American democracy. My interview on NPR's Fresh Air! www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...

'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics'

Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.

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𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝🚨 They were on the way to buy shoes for the children for back to school & they got stopped by #ICE! I hate to show images of children, but I also think it's very important for people to see the gut wrenching pain #ICELawlessness causes! I went back & forth on whether to post this.

I will be direct: Here how you can help me. 1. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and free and fair elections. 2. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

NEW: Internal National Park Service records obtained by MeidasTouch’s Scott MacFarlane reveal more than $400 MILLION has been steered toward Trump’s White House and D.C. projects, while funding for major national parks is being slashed.

Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank

Cutbacks and Setbacks Hammer America's National Parks in the Shadow of Trump's Vanity Projects

meidasnews.com

Day 15 of the 19th hunger strike at NWDC in 2026; La Resistencia has been trying to contact the anonymous striker for 3 days, with no response.

Howard County suicide call center lays off 62 after losing federal funds

Howard County suicide call center lays off 62 after losing federal funds

Grassroots, a Howard County nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline from around the country, is laying off 62 employees after losing federal funding.

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Republicans give trump total immunity ..the are complicit in his fraudulent schemes. November cannot come quick enough. #ProudBlue

Fifty-six people in St. Louis went 83 days without a paycheck and a beverage corporation folded completely. You will not read about this anywhere else today. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-came...

NEW: We’ve spent a year tracking ICE’s massive expansion of detention for people with years-long ties to the U.S. It has strained courts, wrecked lives and been widely deemed illegal. Our report, based on interviews with judges, detainees and attorneys: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.

A scientist who just lost her grant cuts straight to the heart of it: “Requiring that NIH only fund work leading directly to a drug or other biomedical intervention… would rule out much basic research funded by the agency.” It’s pathetic & harmful to limit our understanding of health like this

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 6d ago

More terminations out of NIH. www.science.org/content/arti...

So cruel. Unnecessary and cruel. And harms the community and country too. I’m having trouble finding the right words. Ones that come to mind are “pogrom” and “the yellow badge.” Which aren’t exact, but the general thrust, the societal impulse, is awfully similar. Every aspect of this is wrong.

Yael Schacher@yaelschacher.bsky.social · 3d ago

So many immigrants I've interviewed break down about this. "Monsanto Maler was one of several Haitian immigrants who traveled from Springfield for a check in...after an ankle monitor was attached to him, Maler was seen collapsing to the ground and crying." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/hundre...

Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power- Yahoo News www.yahoo.com/news/science...

Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power

"We hit an all time peak, and we had no issue hitting that peak."

yahoo.com

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As US Offshore Wind Disappears, a Generation of Workers Is Left Behind - Inside Climate News

Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

insideclimatenews.org