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Trump saying he has the best poll numbers he’s ever had citing “Harry Emden” on CNN

Harry Enten response: If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.

Congress doesn't want to talk to Alex Acosta, Epstein's 'sweetheart deal' maker Acosta, who previously was Trump's labor secretary, wasn't named in a list of people a House committee subpoenaed.

The House committee's subpoena list for matters tied to Jeffery Epstein excluded Alex Acosta — who was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida whose secret non-prosecution agreement with Epstein created a spark that has turned into an inferno of controversy nearly 20 years later.

Roger Daltrey, 81, ‘nervous’ about health ahead of The Who’s ‘grueling’ farewell tour: ‘Hope I make it through’ "There's a big part of me that's going: I just hope I make it through."

Roger Daltrey, 81, ‘nervous’ about health ahead of The Who’s ‘grueling’ farewell tour: ‘Hope I make it through’

This new 'we'll take anyone' wave is going to be even more fucked up than the last group of Rambo cosplayers. Completely untrained yahoos swinging around semi-automatic weapons. Things are going to go terrible somewhere very soon, and a lot of innocent people are going to lose their lives.

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy

Scoop: EPA is preparing to cancel $7 billion in grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...

Florida officials warn about risks of drinking raw milk after 21 people sickened Florida health officials say 21 people, including six children, were sickened by E. coli and campylobacter bacteria linked to raw milk, and seven were hospitalized.

“The Florida Department of Health is warning about the risks of drinking raw, unpasteurized milk after 21 people, including six children under the age of 10, were sickened by E. coli and campylobacter bacteria linked to raw milk from the same farm. Seven people have been hospitalized”

Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals Authorities in Scotland have canceled trains and closed parks as a rare summer storm brings destructive winds to northern Britain.

Authorities in Scotland have canceled trains and closed parks as a rare summer storm brings destructive winds to northern Britain.

Pure Americana.

Taking basketball's full court press and applying to parliamentary procedure

➡️ "No" on every attempt to do anything via unanimous consent. Chew up time.

➡️ "No" on every nominee for every position of any kind or sort

➡️ Do every thing, on every motion, to delay delay delay

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REALITY CHECK:

Texas Democrats earn 45% of the vote—but under the GOP’s new gerrymandered map, they’d get just 21% of the seats.

That’s not representation. That’s rigging the system.
#MessWithTexas

Agree. If Texas does it, then what California and others are doing is not gerrymandering; it's #countermandering.

As it should.

Democratic governors, #countermander your states! Fight fire with fire!

The Gifford fire in California had burned 65,000 acres by Monday, scorching through part of the Los Padres National Forest and putting hundreds of people under evacuation orders. Three people had been injured and 460 structures were threatened. nyti.ms/45rrTbc

Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza Signatories are calling on both Israel and Hamas to allow foreign journalists into Gaza to report independently on the war, something they have been barred from doing since the conflict started in 202...

"Signatories include Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford, broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, CNN's Christiane Amanpour and chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward, as well as iconic war photographer Don McCullin."

I’ve found that people calling Social Security offices wait an average of nearly 1 hour and 45 minutes, with some people waiting over 3 hours for help.

The Social Security Administration isn’t sharing data about the extent of the problem. I’m asking for answers.

What’s happening with the bills to fund the government:

1: Democrats & Republicans agreed to a deal that becomes law.

2: Trump tells Republicans to cancel what he doesn’t like.

3: Republicans cancel the money.

4: Republicans try to negotiate more deals.

Are you kidding me?

Larry Summers on Trump’s attack on economic data: “Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers. It goes with launching assaults on universities. It goes with launching assaults on law firms. … This is really scary stuff.”

In an interview with @matthewherper.bsky.social, @billgates.bsky.social announced that the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social will commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support dozens of different approaches for improving women’s health.

Top medical organizations kicked out of CDC vaccine recommendations process call decision "dangerous" The nation's top medical organizations are speaking out after U.S. health officials told them they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.

“We are deeply disappointed & alarmed that our organizations are being characterized as 'biased' and therefore barred from reviewing scientific data & informing the development of vaccine recommendations that have long helped ensure our nation's vaccine program is safe, effective, & free from bias”

This is a helluva story from @npr.org about employees being forced to work for no pay to keep at least one national park up and running. It's more evidence of the DOGE failure. Shameful.

the author calling Ghislaine “madam maxwell” makes clear how widely understood all of this was

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

A director at AEI. Rich guys don't care about gulags for immigrants, but they do care about making money, and if Trump's economic stats are fake, it's going to be harder to do that.

needs to be said again and again

'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.

The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.

This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?

He left Iran 40 years ago. He may be deported to Romania. Or Australia. Handcuffed outside his Maryland home while walking his dog, Reza Zavvar is among a surging number of immigrants arrested with standing court orders barring deportation to their native countries.

The Trump administration has increasingly turned to sending people to third countries. In court papers, ICE said it plans to send Reza Zavvar, who arrived in the U.S. in 1985, to Australia or Romania.

He has no ties to either place.

‘more transparent and more reliable’

A Fight Over a West Point Job Reveals Two Visions of America Under Trump

“Ms. Easterly’s rise in elite policy circles over three decades and her sudden fall at the hands of Ms. Loomer, 32, tell the story of how Washington is changing during Mr. Trump’s second term and why it might never be the same.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy

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Comparing the characteristics of electric scooter and bicycle injuries: a retrospective cohort study - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Comparing the characteristics of electric scooter and bicycle injuries: a retrospective cohort study

Data on e-scooter safety concerns continues to accumulate. This recent study found that “e-scooters had a 3.6 times higher risk of sustaining an injury requiring ED when considering the number of trips made. Head injuries occur more often with e-scooter accidents than bicycle accidents”