The Forest Service Claims It’s Fully Staffed for a Worsening Fire Season. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs. DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations have severely hampered the agency as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states.

The Forest Service Says It’s Fully Staffed. Data Shows Otherwise.

Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.

NEW: Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.

By Lexi Churchill & @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org

#squirrel 🐿️

Have any of these politicians trying to get access to ICE facilities actually sued to get access? i think the courts would absolutely allow it.

Also, only cowards hide their faces, ICE.

This is an epic campaign video

ICEBlock Retaliation (feat. Kel McClanahan; Carolyn Feinstein) Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 07/21/2025 · 1h 19m

NEW: I had a busy weekend: I spoke to an FBI Analyst that reviewed the Epstein files, I spoke to a DOJ analyst who was fired because of her husband’s ICEBlock app, and I’m suing the DoJ for the Epstein transcripts. News with swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This Is Not Okay and It Never Was This is only the beginning.

I don’t know about you, but I'm done pretending this is normal. What is happening is not okay and it never was.

I understand if you’ve been feeling more sad or worried lately. I know I have.

I really hope it’s true that FIFA is now considering moving the 2026 World Cup games from the U.S. to Canada, that would be beautiful. 💙🇨🇦

CBS cancels Colbert as media continues to turn Trumpward It's not just bending the knee. It's also oligarchic solidarity.

"Execs at CBS’s parent company Paramount may have dumped Colbert not to appease Trump, but to join with him. There’s ample evidence that billionaires genuinely, sincerely like Trump’s vision of authoritarian rule by billionaire, and want to do their part to crush dissent and discipline the proles."

Exclusive: Pregnant Woman in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried (Updated) The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose "lifestyles" they disagree with

UPDATED: The woman at the center of my reporting speaks out. For the first time, she shares what it felt like to be denied prenatal care simply for being unmarried.

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#reprorights #reproductivehealth #tnleg

If you aren’t already following @rachelwells1.bsky.social, who reports on reproductive health from Tennessee & scooped the story about the woman who was denied care for a pregnancy because she was unmarried, you’ll want to follow her immediately!

Guy who posted this tried to avoid felony charges in four jurisdictions by arguing that presidents are absolutely immune from criminal prosecution

DERSHOWITZ: “.. “She knows everything. She is the Rosetta Stone. She knows everything. She arranged every single trip with everybody. She knows everything.”

@thehill.com
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JUST IN: Judge Sullivan rules that that Trump administration broke the law by concealing realtime data about how the government is spending congressionally mandated funds.

He notes this data is crucial amid concerns about potential illegal impoundment. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Constitutional crisis is here

notice that all they do when they talk about the need to stop talking about the Epstein story is to talk about the Epstein story so let’s not tell them not to stop talking about the need to stop talking about Epstein so that they will keep talking about him 🤫🤫

i have been stuck on JD Vance's claremont speech for almost two weeks now because it is structurally identical to roger taney's opinion for the court in dred scott

DiSabato: Jim Jordan knew that Dr. Strauss was performing unnecessary genital exams. And he absolutely knew that Dr. Strauss was taking showers with us on a daily basis..

He knows that because he was there with us. Jim took showers with us.

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Community radio stations are collateral damage as Congress cuts NPR funding Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.

Public media cuts hit some rural areas that voted for Trump cuts

I can’t even begin to explain how much I love and respect Joaquin Phoenix. He’s just an amazing human being. Animals, people, the planet. There’s nothing he doesn’t stand up for