From the front lines of the Portland War Zone.

Burying the Bruises The White House insists Donald Trump’s visible bruises are nothing, but medical experts say the explanation doesn’t hold up. Why are the country’s biggest newsrooms silent?

The White House says Trump’s visible bruises are nothing to worry about.

Dr. Jonathan Reiner tells me that “is not a plausible explanation.” Why is the press silent on Trump’s obvious health issues? My latest for @status.news

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ALLEGAN COUNTY FAIR logo kids on a ride loosing a ballon

Reminder, our office is closed
Sept. 5-13 due to being at the Allegan County Fair!

Set up is Wednesday, Sept. 3 @ 5:30 and tear down is Sunday, Sept. 14 @ 10 am. Meet at the fairgrounds.

join our float for the annual fair parade! Meet at the office, 221 Trowbridge, Monday, Sept. 8 @ 5:30.

Our community and religious leaders know the stakes. Trump must stop the chaos, corruption and cruelty in his own administration and stop endangering Americans.

Guard not needed in Chicago, Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime.

We don’t need or want you here, Donald.

Here he goes.

"Marc Elias’s Democracy Docket has quietly become a pro-democracy media force, expanding its newsroom to 20 staffers as it surpasses 50,000 paid subscribers."

Story here: www.status.news/p/democracy-...

Brian Tyler Cohen on X: "Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. https://t.co/JkDYyXMYxb https://t.co/f3LPD1a093" / X Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. https://t.co/JkDYyXMYxb https://t.co/f3LPD1a093

Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. wearechorus.com

Apologies for posting a Twitter link; the vid was too long to share natively.
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DOJ goes 0-3 in requests to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury materials Two other federal judges already denied DOJ’s requests to publicly release the material.

A federal judge rejected the DOJ's effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Epstein case.

He wrote that the government itself is the “logical party” to make the Epstein files public and criticized its motion as a “diversion” tactic.

Another federal court calls out Government request to release grand jury transcripts as a "diversion."

"The Government's 100,000 pages of Epstein files and materials dwarf the 70 odd pages of Epstein grand jury materials."

Real transparency: DOJ can release the Epstein files.

Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

BREAKING: A federal judge holds that former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as U.S. attorney in New Jersey.

Obama applauds Newsom's California redistricting plan as 'responsible' as Texas GOP pushes new maps

What real leadership looks like.

Thank you, President Barack Obama, for standing strong with California, defending our rights, and fighting for the people of this nation.

Here, fixed it.

Don't sink!

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."

Community T.P. Drive – Helping Eleanor’s Pantry This month, we’re working together to support Eleanor’s Pantry with a community-wide toilet paper drive. Your donations help ensure that local families have one less essential to worry about.

This month, we’re working together to support Eleanor’s Pantry with a community-wide toilet paper drive. Your donations help ensure that local families have one less essential to worry about. For more information, visit vanburendems.org/event/7046/

Does Trump still think that Alaska is part of Russia? Did he forget to tell us about an arty deal?

Republican tariffs will be large tax on everything that makes everything you buy more expensive. These costs will be a lot larger than any reduction in income tax that benefits rich people the most.

Meet at our office on Westnedge

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "I think he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and Speaker Johnson's district that has 6x the per capita murder rate of Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco. What about the carnage, Mr. President, in Shreveport? Why aren't you protecting the folks there? What bullshit."

Governor Newsom declares today “A SUCCESSFUL LIBERATION DAY!”