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Adimpact Politics tweets that Jay Jones is placing his first TV ad reservations since the Dem primary back in June, with $71k in ads starting tomorrow. Meanwhile, AG Jason Miyares has already spent $1 million on TV.

This illustrates one of the major advantages of being an incumbent (Miyares) who is not challenged in a primary, especially while your opponent (Jones) had a highly competitive primary... bluevirginia.us/2025/08/wedn... h/t @AdImpact_Pol

Opinion | RFK Jr. may be on the verge of dismantling U.S. preventive health care Here’s how the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force influences medical guidance.

"If the reports are correct and Kennedy does take action, his legacy won’t just be undermining vaccine policy; it will be the dismantling of the entire framework of evidence-based prevention," Dr. Leana S. Wen writes. wapo.st/3J2fEKo

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump. “The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.

“That’s the power grab. The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

The books arrived!

The new books arrived, looking great! @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

This Is What the End of the Liberal World Order Looks Like In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.

Earlier this year, I made two trips to Sudan, where a terrible civil war has displaced 14 million people. The state is absent, international institutions are weak.Outside powers, motivated by greed and nihilism, have stepped into the vacuum

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest Since the first big finds in the 1940s, Brazil’s politicians have vowed all of its people would benefit. But in some oil towns, one in four people still live below the poverty line

‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

RFKJr’s gradual elimination of vaccines in USA is continuing and gathering pace as 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines being terminated including late stage research for bird flu vaccine #ImmunoSky 🧪🧵

CDC to disburse delayed funds for fighting fentanyl and more, staffers say Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers, including for a key overdose prevention program.

NPR - CDC belatedly to disburse funds for fighting fentanyl.

i miss DEI

The only lobbyists @MarshaBlackburn opposes are the ones that help teachers.

www.tennessean.com/story/news/2...

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

Public schools are closing as Arizona’s school voucher program soars Arizona, with a marketplace of school options and universal vouchers, offers a window into the GOP vision for K-12 education

In Arizona, public schools are being forced to close because politicians are defunding them through a runaway voucher program. We must strengthen, not abandon public schools.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation. Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.

“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"

kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

Not a mind reader. Context please.

Activists Denounce Plans to Reinstall Confederate Statue in DC The monument of Alfred Pike was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate official in the nation's capital when it was toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.

The National Park Service plans to reinstall a statue of Confederate general Alfred Pike that was toppled during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC. Pike, who was accused of “scalping and defiling the bodies” of Union troops, reportedly later became involved with the KKK.

If we emerge with a non-fascist society, each and every university administrator who Chamberlained or Vichied to any degree must be ruthlessly expelled from any position of responsibility or influence. Let their name be stricken from every tablet. They shouldn’t run a hot-dog stand.

YouTube video by British Culture Katie Johnson's full testimony of 2 11 16

::Pay Attention:: ::Please Repost:: It's all coming out now Donny!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZa...

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: EU breaks dependency on US science This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch Climate Focus newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change on Fridays. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here.

Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: EU breaks dependency on US science

Europe is ending its reliance on critical scientific data that was provided by the US. The EU is ramping up its own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes.
#science 🧪
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

The Deportation Business: How Mass Deportation Became a $45 Billion Industry Trump’s Project 2025 has turned mass deportation into a $45 billion industry built on human suffering. Private corporations run overcrowded, neglect-filled detention centers, reaping billions in feder...

Migrants are being jailed in freezing, overcrowded cells, denied medical care, and forced to eat off chairs like animals—all while private companies collect billions. Under Trump’s Project 2025, mass deportation isn’t just policy. It’s profit. And cruelty is part of the business plan.

The CBO’s final dynamic score:

“.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.”

@politico.com
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Does Japan Want American Cars? Trump’s Push to Open Foreign Markets Faces Test.

At the same time that Trump claims victories for reducing trade barriers for products that foreigners mostly don't want (American cars in Japan), he is adding trade barriers make it harder to sell an American product that foreigners really do want: higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/b...

Yosemite employees worked for weeks with no pay before the government hired them Seasonal employees counting on housing at Yosemite were asked to volunteer for the park while the government was unable

Thanks to Trump's cuts, seasonal employees at Yosemite worked for as long as six weeks without pay.

The National Park Service is one of our most popular government agencies.

It's being gutted to fund enormously unpopular tax cuts for the super-rich.

Oh look who’s there

Economist Robert Reich: Trump destroying America’s 'credibility' On Friday, August 1, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) delivered a disappointing jobs report. And President Donald Trump angrily responded by firing BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and accusing...

On Friday, August 1, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) delivered a disappointing jobs report. And President Donald Trump angrily responded by firing BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and ac...

Gilchrist: These tariffs haven’t discriminated—whether you voted for Trump or not, the damage is hitting communities, workers, and families all across Michigan. I haven’t talked to anyone who’s excited about uncertainty, job losses, and rising prices—which is happening across Michigan.

As Google Faces Review in UK Over Market Power, Independent News Demands Fair Deal | TechPolicy.Press Manasa Narayanan explores the UK's review of Google’s market power in search and the impact on independent news publishers.

“How do you lose half your [audience] since April and expect to adapt? It’s impossible. We’ve had people who have lost 90% of their traffic in 12 months.” As the UK weighs whether to rein in Google’s search dominance, Manasa Narayanan reports on the stakes for independent news outlets.

Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles Russia has declared it's no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on deploying nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles, a warning that potentially sets the stage for a new arm...

Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range missiles. apnews.com/article/russ...