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FCC commissioner admits Colbert's firing is 'a consequence that comes from Trump' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief Brendan Carr suggested that late-night host Stephen Colbert was fired as "a consequence that comes from" President Donald Trump.During a Sunday interview ...

Appearing on Fox News, Trump's FCC commissioner admitted that Trump ordered CBS to fire Colbert and they complied.

Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in BLS firing President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, saying a negative job report shows she is politically biased against him. Economists say data independent of political pressure...

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On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump took a step many economists had feared: firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nonpartisan agency that collects a wide range of closely watched employment and price data. Trump said the commissioner is politically biased against him.

'From the Clinics to the Capitol' links anti-abortion movement to far-right extremism NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Carol Mason about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary.

'From the Clinics to the Capitol' links anti-abortion movement to far-right extremism www.npr.org/2025/08/02/n...

Federal Court Finds Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Tactics Unconstitutional The 9th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling against the administration’s indiscriminate ICE raids in California.

Federal Court Finds Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Tactics Unconstitutional truthout.org/articles/fed...

Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell' Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the pace of confirmations.

Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell' www.npr.org/2025/08/03/n...

Shady foreign leaders are pouncing on Trump's thirst for peace prize President Donald Trump is obsessed with getting a Nobel Peace Prize. President Barack Obama won one —so why can’t he? His desperation is so transparent that foreign leaders are now using it as ...

Shady foreign leaders are pouncing on Trump's thirst for peace prize www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump administration halted civil rights lawsuits targeting abuses of prisoners and the mentally ill The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive ...

Trump administration halted civil rights lawsuits targeting abuses of prisoners and the mentally ill www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.

Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI truthout.org/articles/bla...

Arctic Ecosystems Are Falling Apart Under Strain of Warming Climate Arctic environments are entering dangerous feedback loops that accelerate the climate crisis.

Arctic Ecosystems Are Falling Apart Under Strain of Warming Climate truthout.org/articles/arc...

EPA Moves to Roll Back Endangerment Finding, Threatening Climate Action Scientists, environmental advocates say the move further endangers our planet and clean air

EPA Moves to Roll Back Endangerment Finding, Threatening Climate Action www.sierraclub.org/sierra/epa-m...

Senate confirms ex-Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for nation's capital The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, after President Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.

Senate confirms ex-Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for nation's capital www.npr.org/2025/08/03/n...

Trump Wants a Police State—But Even Some Cops Want Something Better Checking in with an old friend and New York City police officer who has spent years bemoaning the militarization of police and society that Trump has accelerated.

Trump Wants a Police State—But Even Some Cops Want Something Better newrepublic.com/article/1987...

Texas is moving forward with its radical redistricting plan Will Democrats respond?

Texas Is Moving Forward With Its Radical Redistricting Plan www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s 1984 Friday, Donald Trump did what every good (bad?) dictator does: He shot the messenger.

It’s 1984 joycevance.substack.com/p/its-1984

Thank God Trump knows that climate change is a hoax and is keeping the US on fossil fuels. #trumpsucksass

Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support

Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

Tracking Senate Votes 2025

Democratic senators with the most votes with Trump this session so far:

Fetterman: 95
Hassan: 93
Shaheen: 90
Warner: 87
Rosen: 82
King: 78
Slotkin: 77

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This guy is a world class dimwit. God help us if Trump picks him to succeed Jerome Powell.

Graphic supporting Hallie Shoffner for U.S. Senate, Arkansas.

Hallie Shoffner is a sixth-generation family farmer who never planned to become a politician. But she's driven to fix things, like high costs, Medicaid cuts and our skyrocketing debt. That's why she's running to unseat Tom Cotton in the U.S. Senate.

Elect Hallie Shoffner
U.S. Senate, Arkansas

MUST WATCH: A Texas voter just burned Trump and the GOP to ash.

Trump cheated on golf, his taxes, his wives, and the Constitution — Now he’s pimping out the Republican Party like a brothel.

And every last coward in that room is lining up to get fucked — Not sexually. Philosophically.

Thank you to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!

Trump admin denied disaster relief to Maryland although the state met the FEMA criteria

Maryland can't have flood relief because Stephen Miller demands concentration camps.

I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

Dems should vow to impeach Bove and any nominee who did not testify truthfully under oath

Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won" Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.

This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world.

I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see.

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Who thinks he's going to win that case?