Abbas' grandmother in Lebanon had her home destroyed by an Israeli airstrike this year. (Photo from the Alawieh social media team)
The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.
The govt has fired *all* the immigration attorneys representing detained children and given a $150 million contract to a 26-employee law firm in Texas with ONE immigration attorney. @theyoungcenter.bsky.social's Child Advocates are now the last line of defense for kids in deportation hearings.
Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins@ajcousins.bsky.social · 3h agoWanna help? Become a Waymaker! We're running, walking, cycling 20,000 miles in September to raise money to get immigrant kids out of detention and back with family. Someone who kayaks to work is dedicating his miles to Waymakers! A salsa dance class is counting steps! It all counts! #BeAWaymaker
SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
Only a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...
City law enforcement officials have issued violations to brick-and-mortar stores that sell these illegal devices from brick-and-mortar locations, but, until now, officials offered no clear plan for the anything-goes online marketplace. buff.ly/bZcQAu1
Mamdani Targets Online Illegal E-Moto Retailers - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani sent cease-and-desist letter to more than three dozen online retailers who sell illegal e-motos to New Yorkers.
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Whatever the heck this is, existing measures of central bank independence are not capturing it.
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2h agoAs evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.
📍 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀: Ex-ICE detainee says elderly, pregnant and sick individuals were treated like “animals in a zoo” while in immigration custody. “There were people that had cancer. They did their first chemo before they were in, and they were not allowed to get their second chemo.” #AbuseofPowerWatch
Ex-ICE detainee says elderly, pregnant women, and breast cancer patient were mistreated in Broward
Claudia Carolina Rodriguez Caglianone, who has been living in South Florida since 2017, said she and other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees were treated like animals.
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Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
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You mean you got taken by the guy who's entire existence is a scam who has never created anything ever and is only thought of a a genius because a style reporter from the WaPo said so? Weird. I cannot believe this is happening
The Associated Press@apnews.com · yesterdaySpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.
Brown 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
Generally not great when a live entertainment company recently found guilty of acting as a monopoly has control of any music journalism outlet
Ticketmaster (Live Nation) bought ought some of the top music blogs and then murdered them.
Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 3h ago“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”
Israel said the war was about the hostages. All 251 were returned by January 26, 2026. Hamas hasn’t fired a rocket into Israeli territory since April 2025. Sixteen months. Israeli strikes on Gaza haven’t stopped for a single day. So what is their excuse now?
Who knew ridiculously long deployments and demanding op tempos run a ship and crew into the ground!
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h agoKeeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
“The public conversation comes last, not first—and only much later do we start to fully understand the damage these technologies can do.” Thank you, @lastweektonight.com for sounding the alarm on #MassSurveillance. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBP...
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Jenn@jennburrill.bsky.social · 2w agoFBI mgrs got written notice they will will no longer be investigating confrontations with immigration agents, limiting law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents This change would leave Dept. of Homeland Security investigating its own officers 🤔 🎁 article www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
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Big Bend holds a special place for me: it was the first National Park my wife and I visited together when we were dating, a big road trip we’d planned during spring break one year. This is heartbreaking.
The Bulldozers Have Arrived in Big Bend National Park
Contractors are grading roads and surveying the Rio Grande corridor even as lawmakers, outfitters, and residents plead for basic answers about a $1.7 billion border barrier project
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I really need more people to be concerned about enslavement
The Marshall Project@themarshallproject.org · 5h agoAdapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
Fuck the police. And I also want black people to stop giving our guns to cops. They have enough, and white people are keeping theirs.
Corna Sto Cutie@cindasmommy.bsky.social · 4h agoBut when I say FTP, I’m the bad gal. abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...
Air quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 16h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
McMorrow right behind him at the podium. He's saying all the generous, necessary, conciliatory things about Stevens.
Reuters@reuters.com · 3h agoLIVE: El-Sayed holds a briefing after Michigan US Senate primary win youtube.com/live/cp1evFQ...
Michigan just proved something the political establishment doesn’t want to admit: When we organize, we WIN! Now, let’s make it happen again on Tuesday, August 11. Join @indivisible.org’s phonebank for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on Monday and help us keep up the momentum.
🔥🚫 Saratov oil refinery has suspended oil refining since August 2 due to damage to production facilities and fires caused by UAV attack, - Reuters. The only primary oil distillation unit, AVT-6, at the refinery, with a capacity of 7 million tons per year, has been shut down.
A single measles outbreak in New Mexico last year cost $5,400,000 to contain “Until we account for the full cost of outbreaks, not just the cases but the consequences, we will continue to underestimate their impact and undervalue the systems required to prevent them” ✏️ @krqe.com
New Mexico measles outbreak in 2025 cost almost $5.4M to contain: Research
More than $53,000 was spent per measles cases, the study found.
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