Minnesota Is Going On Strike To Protest ICE Invasion Minnesotans are planning a statewide economic blackout on Friday to protest ICE’s descent on the Twin Cities.

Minnesota Is Going On Strike To Protest ICE Invasion
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Johnson on Trump and Greenland: “I don’t think it’s a threat to NATO… He’s done more for NATO than anyone in history…I think he has deserved the Nobel Peace Prize…This issue in Greenland, I think, should not be a disruption to all of that.”

Celebrate a King, Not a Trump We will never have a DJT day.

"There is no federal holiday honoring the current occupant of the Oval Office. I trust there never will be. And it is heartening that the United States honors King and not Trump."

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4sMgX2B

Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ Is Not Great. It’s Not Even a Plan. And this is not what it looks like when you’re serious about lawmaking.

"Great Healthcare Plan." None of those things are true.

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YouTube video by Dan McClellan Where did the God of Israel come from?

Where did the God of Israel come from?
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Tulsi Gabbard once blasted Trump for being a warmonger and protecting Al Qaeda That was when she was a founding fellow of the Bernie Sanders Institute.

These days, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is a faithful servant of Trump.

But not so long ago, Gabbard slammed Trump for being a warmonger supporting a “genocidal war.”

"What's ridiculous becomes inevitable." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social talk Trump's new BLS hack:

PragerU, the conservative education nonprofit known for pushing rewritten history, is Trump’s pick to replace PBS.

Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks Over recent months, the Kremlin has been trying to move the diplomatic focus away from Ukraine to bilateral issues, such as trade and strategic stability.

Ahead of Friday’s meeting between President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia about Ukraine, the Kremlin on Thursday signaled that it was also interested in discussing other subjects, like nuclear arms and restoring economic ties.

The American story as it actually has unfolded - a nation slowly, imperfectly realizing its founding ideals - is only divisive to people who are racists. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-smit...

Rep. Adam Smith: "Look, it's pretty clear the president wants his own domestic police force and step by step he's trying to create it. We should be deeply alarmed by that regardless of how you feel about crime in DC or any other city ... it's a huge step toward an autocratic government."

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Donald Trump came into office promising to “end inflation.” Three months in, he declared he’d “already solved” it. And yet inflation is spiking—and the president has a plan to try and hide that reality from America.

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How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process He’s Making America Great Again—for lethal pathogens.

RFK Jr., "a classic example of someone who has no idea what he was talking about."
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NEWS: U.S. layoffs in July surged to highest level since the early months of the COVID pandemic, jumping 29% from June and 140% compared to July 2024.

Next week Florida is planning to execute Kayle Bates despite glaring issues in his case, including racial bias, the absence of critical DNA testing, jury misconduct, and ineffective legal counsel.

I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain it to you.

Mace: I would support any action to remove fluoride from the water. And ban also chemtrails

Imagine for a second if Kamala did this as VP. She would’ve been swiftly crucified.

President Trump and Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, announced Wednesday that Apple would invest an additional $100 billion in the U.S., after Cook presented Trump with a 24-karat gold gift and lavished him with praise. Read more: nyti.ms/3J2VVue

Trump will meet with Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine, according to Russia According to a top Kremlin aide, the Trump-Putin meeting could take place as soon as next week and that venue has been agreed upon but would be announced later.

According to a top Kremlin aide, the Trump-Putin meeting could take place as soon as next week and that a venue has been agreed upon but would be announced later.

DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

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The Constitution dictates that the census is a count "all persons" conducted every "ten years." Donald Trump has no power to alter either the timing or who is counted.

The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.

A special Daily with a remembrance of my mother in the PS at the end on what would have been her 91st birthday:

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Donald Trump’s Ides of August The late summer curse has felled presidents before. Democrats have plans to trip up Trump and his fellow Republicans this year, too.

Trump may be looking at an August slump, but looming over the August break are questions about how Democrats plan to handle the September government-funding deadline. The last time around, in March, this was a major source of tension for the party.

In conversation with Fiona Hill on Donald Trump’s nuclear nightmares Fiona Hill, distinguished adviser to several US presidents on foreign affairs, spoke to EI’s Jack Dickens about Donald Trump’s fear of nuclear Armageddon, how this fear has shaped Trump’s worldview, a...

Donald Trump’s nuclear nightmares | In conversation with Fiona Hill

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The White House Just Unveiled Trump's Latest Official Portrait—And It's A Total Cringefest Another one? Yeesh.

Did we really need another one of these?