Sheila

Maybe the answers are in that binder he waved around.

Hill Country flooding: Here’s how to give and receive help Catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country has killed 79 people. Rescue crews are searching for missing girls from Camp Mystic. Here is a guide on how to help those affected.

As heartbreaking news continues to emerge from central Texas, @chastenbuttigieg.bsky.social and I are thinking of everyone affected and grateful for the extraordinary work of first responders.

Here are some ways all of us can help:

Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review.

Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted."

The entitlement of this woman 😡

Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽

Ted Cruz: "Something went wrong ... we're got to have a better system of warning to get kids out of harm's way."

Republicans defund government agencies and programs to give away tax cuts to the wealthy.

They pull the funding from an agency, and when some awful consequence of the defunding happens, they point to it and say, See? We told you the government doesn’t work.

Rinse and repeat.

Trump gutted the weather service. Then Texas flooded. It's a brutal reminder that in disasters, we need the federal government.

"The bottom line is that Trump and DOGE made drastic cuts to the NWS and the NOAA. Retired federal scientists warned the cuts could hamstring forecasts and make extreme weather events less predictable and more dangerous."

The latest update from Texas (as of 12:00 pm ET):

At least 90 people are now confirmed dead, with at least 41 people who remain missing, including 10 girls and 1 counselor from Camp Mystic.

The latest update from Texas (as of 8:00 am ET):

At least 82 people are confirmed dead, and at least 41 people remain missing, including 10 girls and 1 counselor from Camp Mystic.

Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea in first U.S. trade letters The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed.

Moments ago:

Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea in first U.S. trade letters

www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/t...

FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims

[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

AccuWeather said it sent warnings as officials face scrutiny in Guadalupe River flooding Survivors have described the floods along the Guadalupe River as a “pitch black wall of death” and said they received no emergency warnings.

"AccuWeather said [they] and the National Weather Service sent warnings about potential flash flooding hours before the devastation.

'These warnings should have provided officials with ample time to evacuate camps such as Camp Mystic and get people to safety,' "
www.dallasnews.com/news/weather...

People died needlessly in Texas in a freeze. People died needlessly in Texas in a hurricane. I remember both. Now people have died needlessly in a flood. Something needs to change. And it's valid to ask why that hasn't already happened.

Q: Was there any discussion to evacuate before it was too late?

RICE: What we don't want to do is cry wolf

Dr. Oz: The uninsured “don’t have the right to health,” but should be given “a way of crawling back out of the abyss” with “15-minute physicals” provided by the government “in a festival like setting.” (2022)

Does he hear himself?

Mr. Abrego's Account of Torture at CECOT in El Salvador Mr. Abrego has filed an amended complaint asking the court to declare the government's actions unlawful and to order his release. He describes his torture in El Salvador in the complaint.

NEW: There is a hearing right now concerning Mr Abrego’s amended complaint in which he details his torture at CECOT prison in El Salvador. You can read his account here, but CONTENT WARNING. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

Palantir, Power, and Profit: How Stephen Miller Cashed In on the Trump Surveillance State Surprise! He owns stock in a company that just got a big government contract

Stephen Miller just made a fortune off a secretive surveillance deal—with your data at the center.
He bought Palantir stock. Trump signed the contract. Now he’s richer, and your privacy is gone.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/palantir-p...

Alina Habba in Feb: “On Epstein, it’s incredibly disturbing. We have flight logs, info, names that will come out. There were so many names hidden who had not been held accountable. Now it’s time for accountability. I really believe with Kash and Pam there will be accountability.”

A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back Residents of Leavenworth are organizing against CoreCivic’s efforts to reopen a problematic prison

“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.”

In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Damn being "liberal" its really just having compassion, empathy and wanting people to be happy doing what makes them happy.
Happy Sunday.

Why are there no videos of ICE deporting MS-13? We only heard about that gang everyday during the campaigns yet all we see are masked man in full war body armor throwing 13 year olds around inside court and grabbing babies from mothers on the street?

BREAKING: This is beyond disgraceful. Texas floods killed 70 people, including 21 children.
Kerrville’s City Manager ran from the press when asked why campers weren’t warned.

WATCH him literally flee as a reporter yells: “Sir, there are families who deserve better than that!”

Blood on his hands.

Suozzi: "It just doesn't make sense that you're reducing taxes for some of the wealthiest people, hurting some of the lowest income people, while blowing the biggest deficit in the budget that we've had in the history of the country. Those things just don't add up."

they had to go with “america party” over the more natural sounding “american party” because the american party already existed and they ran george wallace for president in 1968

When the courthouse doors open tomorrow, my law firm will be litigating 55 voting and election cases in 24 states. Yes, that is a lot. In advance of 2026, Republicans and their allies are trying to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

This is pretty freaking damning. This whole article is the degradation of public services to the point of death and destruction. | As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...