Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Drew Hudson
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Our 3 endorsed candidates in Michigan faced over $70 million in combined outside spending. Their people-powered campaigns faced the full weight of a Democratic establishment that’s desperate to maintain the status quo. And all 3 of these real Democratic fighters won! This is a political earthquake!
breaking news! At 10 AM Michigan time, the AP called Michigan's 13th District for @donavanmckinney.bsky.social, who has edged out do-nothing incumbent Shri Thanadar. congratulations as well! apnews.com/projects/ele...
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
I couldn’t be prouder of the movement we’ve built in mid-Michigan. Thank you, Ambassador Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam, for your years of public service and all your hard work on the campaign trail. While tonight we celebrate, there’s still much more work ahead.
Congratulations to #ClimateHawk @wewill2026.bsky.social on winning the #MI07 primary tonight. Now onward to one of the top-rated red-to-blue target races for US Congress. Yes #WeWill2026! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
BP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
theguardian.com
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
This morning's First Edition is about how a vocal minority of climate skeptics is responding to intense heat and trying to convince politicians that climate action isn't popular (it is) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate
In today’s newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the process
theguardian.com
“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
wsj.com
"Brent oil for October fell as much as 7.3% to $81.55 a barrel in early trading Monday, after futures surged more than 20% in July." Insider traders are making unfathomable amounts of money off this market manipulation.
Trump Says Iran Talks to Begin Monday After Scrapping Attack
President Donald Trump said new Iran talks would begin Monday afternoon after he called off a planned attack on Iran partially in response to pleas from US allies in the Middle East, including Saudi A...
bloomberg.com
Economists have a name for what's coming to your grocery bill: #climateflation. This summer's heatwave will push European food prices harder than the war that closed Hormuz. Bread first. Then meat. Then your mortgage rate. I dug deep. Worth your time. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
Why Climateflation Will Drive Food Prices More Than War
Economists expect this summer's heatwaves to drive 2027 food prices more than the Iran war. Climateflation, explained: from your grocery bill to your mortgage rate.
forbes.com
Join us & friends from @powhr.org @7directionsof.bsky.social & @sierraclub.org for the next Vs Goliath film screening. This month, Appalachia Vs Goliath tells the story of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the people who fought back. Learn More: www.198methods.org/2026/08/01/c... RSVP: bit.ly/4xjHNRe
Appalachia Vs Goliath
What happens when ordinary people take on billion-dollar industries? Join us for free, monthly virtual screenings of VS. GOLIATH—a powerful, award-winning new documentary series.
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Ed Case has earned a reputation for being one of the most MAGA friendly Democrats in Congress. Let’s elect @jarrettforcongress.bsky.social, a Democrat who will actually fight for Hawaii: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
.@JocelynBenson.bsky.social If you were MI Gov today, would you bring your troops home from DC before school starts? Chris Swanson, a former sheriff running for Gov, has said he would. Michigan voters - and the people of DC - want to know your stance! 🏛️✊🏾 www.npr.org/2026/07/11/n...
Minnesota is pulling troops early from D.C., as pressure grows on Michigan
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pulling his National Guard early from Washington, D.C. as the chorus against Democratic governors sending troops to the city amid President Trump's ongoing deployment grows ...
npr.org
There was a time when I used to wax poetical about “one day every house will make a megawatt of power and shre it with thier neighbors. Not a kilowatt or a hundred kilowatts my son, but a thousand kilowatt, a megawatt of power from each and every little pink house, for you and me.” Today is that day
This is what I’m talking about. “Upon reflection, DOJ decides that case against Olympic canoe athlete does not hold water” how hard was that @cnn.com ?!?
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 5d agoAre you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
HUD holds detailed, confidential information from hundreds of thousands of victims of housing discrimination, domestic violence reports and medical records. DOGE got that data. What did they do with it? www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence
While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door. The potential harm to privacy could be significant.
propublica.org
#nailedit also this is in vermont 🇺🇸 so iso ne take note - behind the meter solar is now your baseload and I just made my first megawatt of power to prove it. Won’t be my last. Hey other #solar rooftop and backyard generators, post your numbers!
Adrian Hiel@adrianhiel.bsky.social · 5d agoJust shy of a MWh for July. So close.
I’m not saying, I’m just saying there are a lot more potential headlines when “reflection pool” “Olympic canoe athlete” and a case that “doesn’t hold water” are all RIGHT FREAKING THERE
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
NEW: Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with President Trump intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.
As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice
Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sig...
propublica.org
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
theguardian.com
If you trap heat on earth… IT GETS HOTTER Earth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c...
Earth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find
The likelihood of hot, dry weather that helps wildfires spread has increased sharply in Europe in recent decades, according to a new report.
nytimes.com
TN State Rep. & Memphis Community Against Pollution Founder Justin Pearson has a proven record of fighting for justice – and against data centers, voter suppression & enviro racism. We’re proud to join @oilchangeaction.org @cbdactionfund.bsky.social & more to endorse him in TN-9! fwaction.us/4bTZn5P
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Having put federal lands off limits to solar panels, the Trump administration is opening them up to...data centers www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers
In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.
nytimes.com
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
They should ask how The Post managed to turn its business around using the same strat– excuse me, I’m being handed a note.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...
