I’m going to be sick. Even the photo they chose — I painted in that exact spot during a concert one of my summers. From the 1970s to the 2010s, which includes the three years I attended. When my friends were there. Back to when some of their *parents* were campers. www.mlive.com/news/2026/07...

Epstein, 46 others linked to decades of sex assaults at Interlochen, over 70 victims

An investigative report two years in the making was released Tuesday, July 28, detailing decades of sexual abuse at Interlochen Center for the Arts by staff, trustees, visiting artists and Jeffrey Eps...

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Widow’s Bay is so good!

EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The FBI Director’s Unusual Calling Card

“Ka$h Patel” bourbon is his newest innovation.

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NEW: Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

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Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.

Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...

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NEW: I wrote about the ways that Lyme disease conspiracy theories are re-emerging, spurred by a rumor about “boxes of ticks,” an as-yet unreleased vaccine, and the people currently running our government www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

An unreleased Lyme disease vaccine Is already sparking false conspiracy theories

Unfounded rumors about man-made tick infestations could doom yet another promising drug.

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The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.

“They’re just saying, ‘We’re getting rid of all the science.’” How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A. Gift link: nyti.ms/4ugMo59

From the WSJ: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Nice #Celtics win!

A “former Palantir executive recently confirmed what many have long suspected. In a public stmt, the whistleblower said it plainly: Palantir intended to take over the US government, & many of his former colleagues are now installed inside the federal apparatus. He called it an occupied nation.” 1/

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America Just Shrugged at the Largest Mass Shooting in Years

A horrifying massacre in Louisiana can teach us a few things, but first we need to pay attention.

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Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege

The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta

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NEW: How exactly has Alex Jones avoided paying the Sandy Hook families a single dime of what he owes? I wrote about it here, and spoke to Chris Mattei, an attorney for some of the families, and Lenny Pozner, the father of the youngest child who died at Sandy Hook: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Infowars’ endless afterlife

The Onion may finally boot Alex Jones from his studio, but years of damage have already been done.

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ANOTHER death in ICE detention.

Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · 4mo ago

Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt is the 17th Reported ICE Detention Death of 2026 A 27-year-old man from Cuba died on April 12, one day after the 16th death of the year. The pace of detention deaths holds at an average of 1 every 6 days. austinkocher.substack.com/p/aled-damie...

Vance has now seized the top seat in the Death of Expertise Hall of Fame: He has lectured the pope—the pope, the leader of a billion and a half Catholics—about being too sloppy with theology. The queen of all vices: Pride. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Pope James David Vance the First

The vice president has decided he’s a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV.

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As Mother Jones originally reported, Taylor Cadle was 12 years old in 2016 when she told a sheriff’s deputy that she had been sexually abused by her adoptive father, Henry Cadle. Instead of arresting the abuser, Deputy Melissa Turnage charged Taylor with filing a false police report.

Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.

“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”

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After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his neighborhood. open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago

John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his neighborhood.

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I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:

You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance | Defector

I don’t remember the first time someone hit on me as a reporter. I believe this is because my brain has come to treat these events as unremarkable. For any woman in journalism, they pile up over the y...

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The Texas Rangers have unveiled a controversial new statue modeled after Jay Banks, a former Texas law enforcement officer known for enforcing school segregation. The unveiling preceded the MLB’s celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the first African American MLB player.

Until now, scientists have identified only a few dozen variants that went through natural selection in humans in the past 10,000 years. A new study claims to find hundreds--maybe thousands. Here's my story on the provocative research, and the mixed reception it's getting. Gift link: nyti.ms/4tSJH9G

Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell have officially resigned from the House, EFFECTIVE TODAY. Both of them quit under threat of expulsion amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Reps. Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell officially resign amid misconduct claims

The Texas Republican and California Democrat had both faced potential expulsion votes after they were accused of sexual misconduct with staff members.

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By the way, don't let anybody tell you that the lesson from "Viktor Orbán became deeply unpopular and lost by a landslide despite his attempts to establish a rigged 'illiberal democracy'" is actually "Don't worry about wannabe authoritarians"

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

BREAKING: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat to Peter Magyar after "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 'painful' election result

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after what he called a ″painful″ election result, ending 16 years in power for a powerful figure in the far-right movement allied with U.S.

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Sooooo, the Southwest U.S. was more than 5°F warmer than the previous March record high for maximum (daytime) temperatures.... 🫠 Graphic from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...

It's happening—we're about 2 hours away from the Artemis II mission splashdown! Here's a timeline of what to expect. Watch and follow @sciam.bsky.social for live updates (and s/o to @unamandita.bsky.social for the graphic!): tinyurl.com/443kra4s

12.7 million battery electric vehicles were sold globally in 2025. In 2010, the number was barely 10,000. In China, 1 in 2 new cars sold last year was electric. The transition is happening faster than almost anyone predicted.

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.

Former staffer says Rep. Eric Swalwell, candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted her

“These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement.

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made an unannounced visit to the Everglades concentration camp where she describes the inhumane conditions she witnessed.

Inside Alligator Alcatraz, Wasserman Schultz finds men crammed in cages, smell of urine, inadequate food

‘Everything about this screams inhumane and unnecessary, and the cruelty is the point,’ U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said about the Alligator Alcatraz detention center in the Everglades.

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