Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C. With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.

"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.

“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"

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ENGELMEYER says the Trump administration’s claim that they wanted to release the Epstein grand jury records to shed new light on the case is “demonstrably false.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Here's the letter that NSF sent UCLA last week about cutting its research funding

NSF says UCLA is doing affirmative action by asking applicants' their zip codes, family income and what HS they went to, and that they can discuss race in personal statements

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Support genocide or your residents can drown.

America in 2025.

US links $1.9 billion in state disaster funds to Israel boycott stance The Trump administration said states and cities will not receive funding to prepare for natural disasters if they choose to boycott Israeli companies, according to an agency statement.

NEW: US states and cities that do not support Israel will be denied federal disaster aid. [REUTERS]

Aid that will be halted includes federal money for search and rescue equipment and backup power systems.

The email also touts potential $50,000 signing bonuses as an incentive for joining ICE, and it links to a government recruitment website featuring an image of Uncle Sam, the headline “AMERICA NEEDS YOU” and the possibility of up to $60,000 in student loan repayment beyond the signing bonuses. “ICE actively trying to use our partnership to recruit our personnel is wrong and we have expressed our concern to ICE leadership,” the Pinellas County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The sheriff in Pinellas County is a Republican, as is Judd.

almost nothing makes the average american cop more angry than suggesting they get a new job lmao what freaks

At least 9 U.S. citizens have been taken into the custody of Goons with ICE or U.S.
Customs and Border Protection after observing or portesting near immigration raids in the LA area.

SCOTUS Could Be Set to End Key Protection for Minority Voters Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court escalated the high-stakes redistricting battle in Louisiana by ordering new legal briefings on whether intentionally creating a second majority-Black congressional district — to comply with the Voting Rights Act — might violate the U.S. Constitution.

Paul Ingrassia—a 30-year-old former right-wing blogger and newly minted lawyer who was admitted to the bar in 2024—is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a “disgusting man,” accused him of “election interference,” and said he should be jailed.

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...

NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.

“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.

China cuts electricity emissions during the first half of 2025. A nearly 23% rise in clean energy generation was the main driver, as higher volumes of wind and solar reduced the output from fossil fuels. Total power generation from thermal plants (almost entirely coal) dropped by 4% from a year ago.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain recognise the state of Palestine?"

Sarah Champion, "Yes"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Should Britain call this a genocide?"

Sarah Champion, "I can't see it as anything other than a genocide"

Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

1) If you give an authoritarian a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass a milk (and then some), so just don't give him the cookie.

2) When are we kicking Columbia out of the Ivy League, and who is the replacement member?

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Trump: This is somebody nobody else can do. We will get the drug prices down… 1000% 600% 500% 1500%. Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable.

if you knew anyone who talked like this about their teen daughter you'd call the police

A Trump Field Director Was Fired for Being a White Nationalist Luke Meyer was Trump’s regional field director for western Pennsylvania. Online, he was the white nationalist Alberto Barbarossa and a co-host of Richard Spencer's podcast.

I am a journalist. Bet anything this guy is back in politics by 2027. People who got fired from state GOP‘s because of my journalism two years ago are getting jobs again. Someone I wrote about being at a Nick Fuentes rally has a Senate confirmation on Thursday

Trump Approval - 18-29 Year Olds:

February 7, 2025:
🟢 Approve: 55%
🔴 Disapprove: 45%

July 18, 2025:
🔴 Disapprove: 72%
🟢 Approve: 28%

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Swirly maps in Houston area with overlay of Bullwinkle the Moose whose outline is similar to that of one district.

Some see the shape of Bullwinkle the Moose in the district west of District 9 #GerryWinkle /2

head of fema David Richardson on the scene in texas wearing a half buttoned shirt like an extra in a 70s porno

the head of fema finally rolled out of bed, grabbed a shirt off the floor, and showed up in texas

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna is introducing an amendment to force a vote demanding the FULL Epstein files be released to the public. The Speaker must call a vote & put every Congress member on record.

today we stan Ro (someone put the Ro Khanna cycle meme)

3/ On reasonable suspicion in practice:

"Defendants [the Government] do not explain why fleeing upon seeing unidentified masked men with guns exiting from tinted cars without license plates raises suspicion."

pasting a "i bought this before my car became mechahitler" sticker over my existing "i bought this before elon went crazy" sticker

Notice how troops were sent to LA for political theater, but none were sent to Texas to help find the missing people who were swept away in the flood?

the media doesn't really cover his constant lies and factual misstatements anymore, they act like it's no longer news. so trump gets to have it both ways: he lies so much that the media stops talking about it, but they refuse to infer that, e.g., he's probably lying about his campaign promises, too

You know, autism. You go back, I guess, 18 years, 10,000, think of this, out of 10,000 people, okay, 10,000 people, and I'll go a little different way, right now, out of 10,000 people, 18 people don't have, they're safe, 18 people. We have a statistic on autism that's the worst I've ever seen, and he's going to change it. He's going to change it. It used to

one thing that has slightly slipped through the cracks is that yesterday Trump said that 9,982 out of every 10,000 people are autistic

The existence of the East African Indian diaspora is a really fascinating artifact of Imperial globalization and a great example of how much more complex and interconnected our world is than we realize, so of course the American intelligentsia takes it as a personal insult.

Social Security Administration sends out mass email to all recipients cheering passage of the BBB talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/norms...

The prospect of travel excited this applicant. And in fact over and over the DHS agents at the fair emphasized how it was the best part of their job. A longtime ICE agent said he had accompanied undocumented immigrants on deportation flights to more than fifty countries and stayed in numerous three- and four-star hotels. A White House rooftop sniper said that she had had “amazing experiences in foreign countries” and that the camaraderie of her sniper team reminded her of her college volleyball team.

My head is going to explode. ICE is recruiting by pitching travel as one of the key perks of the job.

Like, travel *accompanying deportation flights.* Literally.

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