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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."

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Planet Earth vs. Trump — lawsuits, lots of them. @earthjustice.org President, @abbiedillen.bsky.social, breaks down what the heck is happening in environmental law. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1773809532

This immediately tells me they had thew wrong reporters on the story (again). i.e. The Whitehouse stenographers, not their reporters who know anything about the parks service and historical buildings.

NEWS: An AFP fact-check reveals that a video posted by Donald Trump and the White House depicting "chaos" in Chicago as justification for deploying the national guard features old footage of incidents in other states including Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska.

Judge orders federal immigration officers in Chicago area to wear body cameras Agents also appear to have violated order banning them from using riot-control, such as tear gas, without warning

Federal immigration officers in Chicago area have been ordered by court to wear body cameras after they repeatedly deployed pepper balls, smoke grenades & tear gas against protesters & local police, seemingly in violation of a fed judge’s ruling from last week.

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Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

KEILAR: A Post poll shows more Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Does that give you pause?

MARSHALL: I discount that poll altogether

K: Why?

M: There are so many other polls that say the opposite

K: Which one?

M: I don't have them at my fingertips. That's a very biased poll

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Quick reminder that consuming Tylenol has a 0% chance of causing autism but consuming MAGA at all has a 100% chance of causing fascism.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

Breaking - Border Czar Tom Homan was recorded accepting $50K from undercover FBI agents. The Trump DOJ shut down the case: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

BRUTAL JOBS REPORT: Just 22,000 jobs added in August. Unemployment rises to 4.3%. Broader jobless rate jumps to 8.1%. Slowest 4-month growth since 2020. Plus, downward revisions for June and July of -21,000. Yikes.

For the first time in 111 years, a President is planning to fire a sitting Fed governor—and of course, it’s the first Black woman, Lisa Cook.

Trump’s message is clear: when Black women rise, he’ll do anything to push us down.

Newsflash: we’re not going anywhere.

The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima—killing members of my family.

CRISPR Gene Editing Halts Spread of Malaria by Replacing a Single Gene in Mosquitoes Researchers have created a CRISPR-based gene-editing system that changes a single molecule within mosquitoes to stop the malaria-parasite transmission process.

Using CRISPR to change a single molecule within mosquitoes stops the malaria-parasite transmission process. Genetically altered mosquitoes are still able to bite those with malaria and acquire parasites from their blood, but the parasites can no longer be spread to other people.

Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person?

The truth is Nye.

Judge orders Trump administration to ‘stop violating the law!’ and publish spending details WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to once again publish details about the pace at which it plans to spend money approved by Congress.U.S. District Court for the D...

A federal judge just ruled the White House broke the law by pulling down a public site that tracked Congressional spending.

Why’d they yank it?
Because people were catching DOGE making fraudulent claims and inflating “savings” that didn’t exist.

Transparency isn’t optional.

John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.

Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:

By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.

Happening now! You can still register here: engage.iucn.org/event/vital-...

More than 1,600 events are scheduled nationwide tomorrow, July 17, as part of "Good Trouble Lives On."

This is the fifth annual national day of action to honor former Rep. John Lewis. And it's bigger than ever.

Find an event near you and make some good trouble.

New IUCN WCPA report charts the course for establishing Marine Protected Areas in a changing climate Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) play a vital role in climate resilience by providing natural defences for coastal regions and offering low-stress zones for marine life to adapt. At the same time, MPAs f...

So grateful to this team and @iucnwcpa.bsky.social for the release of our technical report on “Establishing Marine Protected Areas in a changing climate” Check out the article release and report here: lnkd.in/d-3VBsBS and register for webinar tomorrow July 17th 16:00-17:30 CEST: lnkd.in/e57m7ER3

Happy Shark Awareness Day!

I want people to be aware of 5 things:

1 Sharks are awesome

2 Sharks are not a threat to your safety

3 Sharks are ecologically important

4 Sharks are highly threatened

5 We can still save them- but it matters what we do, don’t reinvent the wheel, follow experts!

Please join us and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) to learn about climate-smart planning for new expanded marine protected areas, other effective area-based conservation measures… ... Please join us and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) to learn about climate-smart planning for new expanded marine protected areas, other effective area-based conservation measures (...

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Justice Department Drops Case Against Plastic Surgeon Over Fake Covid-19 Cards

“Dr. Moore, a board-certified surgeon in the Salt Lake City area, had sold hundreds of cards falsely claiming to be proof of vaccination in exchange for cash payments or donations to an unspecified charity. He was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and two other charges.”

The worst chief justice of all time Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.

Excellent AM read in Public Notice: The Worst Chief Justice of All Time >>> "Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion." via @atrupar.com www.publicnotice.co/p/john-rober...

The worst chief justice of all time Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.

New in PN: The worst chief justice of all time

"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."