Mike Toothman

How Trump’s IRS May Unshackle Churches from Their Political Restraints As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of the campaign battlefield.

Earlier, from @drdrbrockman.bsky.social: The ban on churches endorsing candidates is overwhelmingly supported. 77% of Americans surveyed oppose houses of worship endorsing political candidates and 67% say houses of worship should keep out of political matters altogether.

Bernie Sanders in Wheeling WV tonight. Fight the Oligarchy! Join us!

I don't think that is a legitimate response. Were they offering quid pro quos for Musk to relocate to TX?

#EpsteinFiles
Today would have been Virginia Giuffre's Birthday...

In her memory
Let us all keep fighting #EpsteinFiles

Her family wants you to know

"She wanted the world to know what they've done to her and so many other survivors "
"SHE fought till the last day."

Please fight for her now

Bernie Sanders in Wheeling WV tonight. Fight the Oligarchy! Join us!

Kyiv holds farewell for journalist tortured, killed in Russian captivity Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna's death has become a stark symbol of Russia's systemic abuse of Ukrainian civilians and the brutal risks faced by journalists in occupied territories.

⚡️ Kyiv holds farewell for journalist tortured, killed in Russian captivity.

Viktoriia Roshchyna's death has become a stark symbol of Russia's systemic abuse of Ukrainian civilians and the brutal risks faced by journalists in occupied territories.

We discuss the transformative power of personal storytelling in creating social change, and how to find the courage to tell your own story.

https://www.momsrising.org/bt21jul25/?source=bsky

This is really taking "they're only in government to benefit themselves" to the next level.

Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause.

The removal was blamed on a "coding error."

Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...

This Is Not a Drill: When the FBI Hunts Lawmakers for Political Resistance...You’re in a Coup The coup isn’t coming. It’s underway. And unless we treat it like a five-alarm fire, we lose everything.

They’re not arresting criminals. They’re arresting resistance. And if that doesn’t shake you, read this twice.👇

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VA Just Terminated Most Federal Union Contracts, National Nurses United Included The VA has terminated union contracts for over 360,000 healthcare workers, including nurses—raising urgent concerns about staffing, patient safety, and veteran care nationwide.

NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs just terminated union contracts including AFL-CIO (AFGE), NAGE, NFFE, SEIU, and nursing unions NNOC and NNU. nurse.org/news/va-term...

Oh god, a breach of ECF could be extremely dangerous. Lots of sealed filings.

YouTube video by UAW GE Aerospace healthcare: an insult to employees

GE Aerospace paid out $6.8 billion in shareholder distributions last year. CEO Larry Culp made $89 million in 2024 alone. So why does Andrew, who's worked at the Erlanger, KY facility for 20 years, have to struggle to afford to cover his son's critical health care needs?

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Four Minneapolis officers were accused of excessive force — and now train other police The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke and until recently led MPD’s use-of-force training is not the only trainer whose record has raised concerns over the department’s commitment ...

One of the MPD Lt. who oversees training, Carlson has been disciplined twice for using excessive force. Lawsuits against at least 7 officers assigned to MPD training division have cost Minneapolis taxpayers nearly $2 million in legal settlements. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Weather Service is now hiring back hundreds of positions that got cut in the DOGE chaos | CNN The National Weather Service has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar technicians just

DOGE takes an axe to the National Weather Service. 

550 vital employees are either laid off or retire early.

Now the Trump regime is scrambling to hire them back.

"Efficiency." https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/weather/nws-rehiring-doge-layoffs-climate

GOP Senate chief changed consent law as relative faced rape charge involving 13-year-old The Republican president of Utah's Senate managed to change consent laws after a relative was accused of raping a 13-year-old. Newsweek reported a Salt Lake City Tribune piece that Senate President J....

www.rawstory.com/utah-republi...

Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.

“Respectfully, he’s making up some shit.” said state Rep. Jolanda Jones, a Democrat and Houston-based attorney on the threats from Gov. Greg Abbott. “He’s absolutely making up fake laws. I ain’t scared and neither are my Democratic colleagues!”

A Maine woman paid her back rent. Her record still says she was evicted. Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. Instead, such deals have put evictions on their permanent record.

Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. Instead, in Maine, such deals have put evictions on their permanent records. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/05/m...

EPA suspends and investigates around 140 employees who signed a letter critical of the agency | CNN EPA administrator Lee Zeldin had a sharp response to the employee-signed letter.

No one should be suspended or fired just for exercising their First Amendment right to speak out.

I’m joining my colleagues in calling for these EPA employees to be reinstated immediately so they can keep doing the good work our country depends on.

#OtD 5 Aug 1936 James Colton (b 1860), a South Wales anarchist miner, who married exiled Lithuanian-American Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman to give her British citizenship, died of cancer. This is his short biography: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1049...

The Quantez Burks Report - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy Sara Whitaker, Senior Criminal Legal Policy Analyst Quantez Burks is one of hundreds of people who died in a West Virginia jail or prison since 2020. With the permission of Mr. Burks’s family, the WVC...

The WV Center on Policy and Budget has released the Quantez Burks Report listing the 307 people who have died in West Virginia prisons or regional jails since 2020! Burks' death was covered up and only public pressure by his family has led to some convictions.

wvpolicy.org/quantez-burk...

Rampant mosquitoes swarming the tents. Leaks after summer rainstorms. Excessive heat. And hurricane season around the corner. This is life in "Alligator Alcatraz."

@lauracmorel.bsky.social reports:

‘Can We Extradite Him?’ How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump’s claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.

trump set a triple murderer loose in the united states.

"...he killed two women there, as well as a man... One woman was killed with a large knife or machete. Another was likely killed with an iron bar."

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

The Quantez Burks Report - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy Sara Whitaker, Senior Criminal Legal Policy Analyst Quantez Burks is one of hundreds of people who died in a West Virginia jail or prison since 2020. With the permission of Mr. Burks’s family, the WVC...

The WV Center on Policy and Budget has released the Quantez Burks Report listing the 307 people who have died in West Virginia prisons or regional jails since 2020! Burks' death was covered up and only public pressure by his family has led to some convictions.

wvpolicy.org/quantez-burk...

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.

Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power. www.wired.com/story/palant...