Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.

“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside

Its game on

Time for the sell outs to step aside

Call your rep tonight and give them a piece of your mind

202 224 3121

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They are certainly never boring.

American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.

Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.

Pete Hegseth conducted a live fire exercise over I-5 as part of a made-for-Fox stunt for him and Vance which had a misfire that struck a Highway Patrol vehicle and could have killed people?

Who could have foreseen this?

Also, remember, apathy is the enemy. Authoritarians want you to give up in advance.

Garry Kasparov (@garrykasparov) You usually only get one chance, and it’s a lot harder to remove a dictatorship than to prevent one. Trust me on that.

Removing a dictatorship is much harder than preventing one.
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Missouri Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Governor’s Gerrymander Session Read more here.

A lawsuit filed by the NAACP Wednesday seeks to stop Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s (R) special legislative session, calling his attempt to redraw maps and rewrite the ballot initiative process an unconstitutional power grab that threatens democracy in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Germany Says It Will Suspend Military Exports to Israel for Use in Gaza The move followed weeks of debate over reports of hunger in Gaza, but it was precipitated by Israel’s decision to expand military operations there.

Breaking News: Germany said it would suspend any exports to Israel of military equipment that could be used in Gaza, a significant break with its postwar past.

U.S. Air Force to deny early retirement benefits to some transgender service members The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.

The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits.

Fourth court blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide U.S. President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship was blocked nationwide by a fourth court on Thursday, after a judge issued an injunction in a class action covering children born anywhere in the United States who would be affected by it.

Watch the Lawless Majority of the Roberts Court try to slow-walk the birthright citizenship issue now! The four nationwide injunctions meet every procedural requirement and the rulings are clearly right on the merits. Maybe Trump’s DOJ just won’t seek cert.

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League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court ORDERS Trump administration to answer interrogatories posed by Democratic Party and other Plaintiffs in lawsuit challenging election executive order.

Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
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'Absolutely hate it!' CNN data guru warns GOP reps about to be 'eaten alive' by voters CNN data analyst Harry Enten claimed Friday that constituents hate President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill so much that the issue is threatening to eat lawmakers alive this summer.All across the country, voters have been voicing their displeasure with the bill that gives tax breaks to the rich a...

CNN data analyst Harry Enten claimed Friday that constituents hate President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill so much that the issue is threatening to eat lawmakers alive this summer.

Changing the numbers won’t change the reality of the situation. 🙄

Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report Trump is turning his ire about poor jobs numbers on the number-crunchers.

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Good Lord.

Donald Trump Jr. gave his take on the Sydney Sweeney ad, and somehow made it worse

Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.

28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say.

From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:

They dress like street thugs because they ARE street thugs

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

Leon Spunk os more afraid of Stinky cancelling his government contracts and tax breaks.

No shit?🙄

Look at downtown LA right now

No Kings Protest - Boston Commons, Boston, MA

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Totally normal stuff

The energy is incredible here in Philly. We’re marching and rallying for Medicaid, for food assistance, for our students, for our schools, for our democracy and so much more. #NoKings