Florida reports 21 cases of E.coli infections linked to raw milk
The Florida Department of Health said on Monday that there have been 21 cases of Campylobacter and E. coli infections linked to drinking raw milk in the state, including six children under 10.
Paging RFK Jr, raw milk advocate and Trumpβs Secretary of HHSβ¦
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Campylobacter infections can cause diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps. In severe cases, they can cause kidney failure, which is of particular concern for children.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
05.08.2025 05:32 β π 143 π 74 π¬ 9 π 5
Project 2025 agenda is about halfway to completion in Trumpβs first six months
Trump is nearly halfway through Project 2025 agenda in just the first six months of his presidency
05.08.2025 19:28 β π 181 π 127 π¬ 24 π 16
First images of ICE migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas
The El Paso Times has obtained the first aerial images of the Trump administration's new immigrant detention facility at Fort Bliss.
Here are the first areal photos of Trump's immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, El Paso. The first detainees started arriving on Friday.
Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.
05.08.2025 19:06 β π 282 π 214 π¬ 19 π 34
A βStrikingβ Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texasβ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
βThis is striking,β one doctor said. βThe trend is very clear.β
05.08.2025 03:00 β π 3943 π 2116 π¬ 166 π 157
The Trump Administrationβs Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
04.08.2025 11:53 β π 260 π 162 π¬ 8 π 12
#Immigration #ICE
05.08.2025 19:11 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
This is it. Freeze it in amber. Hang it in a museum. The ultimate expression of the NYT and the elite class behind it.
The utter moral failure of ceding power to Trump? Acceptable ... if it is done in a clever, savvy way!
05.08.2025 19:05 β π 2761 π 689 π¬ 88 π 28
BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces that he will pursue a court ruling declaring the seats of quorum-breaking Democrats as vacant. More to come.
Background:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
05.08.2025 18:47 β π 259 π 114 π¬ 53 π 39
This wannabe Tim McVeigh had 24 grenades and the only reason his plans didn't come to fruition was his own cousin turning him in.
This is an escalation.
04.08.2025 19:39 β π 90 π 36 π¬ 6 π 0
It seems Marco and the Trump regime are making it impossible for regular people to enter the US. This is NOT the America where I was born and raised. This is NOT the America where I want my grandchildren to live. What about you? How will you resist?
04.08.2025 16:55 β π 51 π 39 π¬ 8 π 2
Brett Meador partnered with Vancouver, WA Calvary Chapel pastor Daniel Fusco to do the "PDX Crusade."
04.08.2025 18:00 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Scientists crack the case of the melting sea stars. It only took a decade
Researchers in Washington and British Columbia say they have solved a deadly mystery that has stumped scientists for more than a decade.
Researchers in Washington and British Columbia say they have solved a deadly ocean mystery that has stumped scientists for more than a decade.
The Trump administration wants to shut down the federal lab where the work took place and others like it.
www.kuow.org/stories/scie...
04.08.2025 15:34 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms β’ Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the stateβs near-total abortion ban took effect, a new study finds.
Idaho lost 35% of its obstetricians after the state passed its near-total abortion ban, new study shows. Nearly half of them moved to another state to continue practicing.
04.08.2025 14:40 β π 120 π 58 π¬ 7 π 3
Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels
Chris Boothβs channel β rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism β garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months
New: I identified Johnathan Christopher (Chris) Booth as the man behind the openly neo-Nazi Shameless Sperg YouTube channel. He had gained 52,000 followers in just two months; YouTube shut the channel down after we contacted them for comment www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
02.08.2025 13:31 β π 1116 π 407 π¬ 29 π 28
Mark Zuckerberg is Out of Ideas | TechPolicy.Press
Dave Karpf reflects on Zuckerberg's mini-manifesto on βPersonal Superintelligence" and what it says about the vision for the company.
Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg posted a new online mini-manifesto, titled βPersonal Superintelligence,β setting the direction for Metaβs AI program. The one strong prediction we can make right now is that the future of AI will be a gigantic mess, with huge social costs, writes Dave Karpf.
02.08.2025 15:58 β π 176 π 61 π¬ 10 π 5
Trumpβs Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagonβs domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
02.08.2025 11:06 β π 4156 π 2470 π¬ 273 π 373
A Teen Was Detained at Alligator Alcatraz. Could They Be the First of Many?
It comes after weeks of uncertainty around how minors would fit into Florida's immigration crackdown.
new @teenvogue.com: Florida officials claimed they wouldn't hold minors in mosquito- and sewage-ridden Alligator Alcatraz, but a bombshell report in July found a 15-year-old was detained there in July. young people in Florida are afraid.
said one, "If it happens once, itβs going to happen again.β
01.08.2025 20:20 β π 1446 π 683 π¬ 25 π 35
To be fair, National Conservatism is becoming the glue binding together white nationalists, Christian nationalists, and tech neoreactionaries. As such, it deserves exposure for wanting to turn the US into Orban's Hungary, not this sort of elevation.
02.08.2025 14:06 β π 16 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
NY Times and Democracy Docket cover the same hearing. Notice the difference in framing.
This is why -- right now-- we need independent, pro-democracy media.
01.08.2025 22:57 β π 6211 π 2193 π¬ 131 π 92
Funding Crisis Leaves Defense Lawyers Working Without Pay
The program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent indigent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, starting the clock on a painful three-month delay in paying these attorn...
1οΈβ£ From our own federal government's website: A "crisis" being caused by this administration that hits right at the heart of our constitutionally defined judicial system.
#judicialsystem #representation #constitutionalrights
01.08.2025 22:37 β π 41 π 27 π¬ 2 π 3
Exactly. Klein isnβt a smart wonk, he just plays one on TV.
01.08.2025 22:42 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βοΈ It takes 3 armed, masked men to take down one of the more dangerous criminals on the streets of America: the tamale vendor. And, see that asshole on the side pulling a side arm? Those arenβt patriots and the vendor isnβt the criminal.
01.08.2025 13:50 β π 1686 π 969 π¬ 198 π 86
Donβt feel bad. Youβre not alone. He is what was sold to all of us as a rare βsmartβ policy wonk.
01.08.2025 22:34 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025
24-109
24-110
ORDER IN PENDING CASES
LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL.
ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL.
The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs
addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the
Brief for Appellees:
Whether the State's intentional creation of
a second majority-minority congressional district violates the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.
Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday,
August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or
before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or
before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus
curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word
limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental
π¬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.
If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.
01.08.2025 21:39 β π 3141 π 1376 π¬ 201 π 262
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