Wannabe Utopian

The Reality of Trump’s Rigged Courts Can we count on the judiciary to save us? Here's what the data says

Well stated.

open.substack.com/pub/courtacc...

This new cycle of violence was all too predictable. For months, Israeli officials had signalled an escalation of their campaign against Hezbollah. Despite a ceasefire that ended a devastating 13-month war in 2024, Israel had continued with its bombing of Lebanon almost every day, saying the group was trying to rebuild its capabilities. Hezbollah, however, had remained quiet, aware that any move would inevitably be met with a powerful retaliation.

Interesting admission by BBC

Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

Devastating details of the strikes on the Iranian girls school:

"One of the Red Crescent medics described the scene as “unbelievable”. “We saw bodies without heads, without hands, without legs,” he said. Some parents recognised their children only because of the gold bracelets they were wearing,”

Not a good dude.. like the nepo baby of nepo babies with gobs of money in Swiss accounts from generations of dicey politician ancestors. The equivalent of don jr if he were running.

Houston Dash are for sale again, can new ownership bring new life? Women’s soccer is booming, so why is Houston’s leadership so eager to sell the franchise away?

Women’s soccer is booming, so why is Houston’s leadership so eager to sell the franchise away?

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Host: After months of denying it, Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez admits to an affair with one of his staffers who ended up killing herself. He admitted it on a podcast, calling it a "lapse in judgment."

Maybe Putin doesn't mind a little Gulf war action. Oil prices are up some. And gear that's supposed to go to Ukraine is now being diverted. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

JACOBS: Are we at war with Iran?

COLBY: We're in a military action

JACOBS: Yesterday, Trump said 'we're doing very well on the war front' and previously he said, 'we should expect casualties because that often happens in war.' So is he wrong?

COLBY: I'm not the right person to weigh in

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.

Economic abuse by a partner contributes to one death every 19 days, report finds Financial abuse is a factor in more than half of deaths related to domestic abuse but is often misunderstood

One of those facts about UBI that should be obvious to anyone who gives it any real thought is how significantly it will reduce domestic abuse. In Kenya, unconditional basic income cut domestic abuse in half. In Canada's Dauphin pilot, it dropped by about a third. Everyone needs the power to say NO.

Vance Puts MAGA Ideology Above All Else For the vice president, even white nationalists who target his Indian American wife don't merit disavowal

"Vance now spends every day of his life agitating for a society that sees the people he loves most in the world as undesirable foreigners who should be forcibly deported."

My latest for @theunpopulist.net

Shouldn’t this be the case at ALL levels of government (local, state and federal) sans loopholes?
Seems like a no-brainer… not usually a fan of anything the Alabamian (?) government but this makes sense?

This is what a white supremacist asylum policy looks like.

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

She died by setting herself on fire.

The fact that he refuses to step down is just one aspect of his repugnance.

Property lost during immigration crackdown in Minnesota tees up latest showdown court contempt threats | CNN Politics When Judge Jeffrey Bryan took the bench Tuesday at his courtroom in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, he had serious questions for the Trump administration: What happened to the personal property of some ...

When Judge Jeffrey Bryan took the bench at his courtroom in Minnesota, he had serious questions for the Trump administration: What happened to the personal property of some two dozen immigrant detainees and why shouldn’t officials be held in contempt as a way of ensuring those items get returned?

Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead The bulk of the money Missouri gives to its crisis pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families experiencing poverty with basic necessities and child care, Republican Rep. Jason...

The bulk of the money Missouri gives to pregnancy centers comes from federal funds meant to assist families with basic necessities and child care.

As many as $3 of every $4 was from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in 2024, and in 2026, it will be $2 out of $3.

From me:

Kamlager-Dove: During you tenure at DHS, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?

Noem: I am shocked we are peddling tabloid garbage.

In the last 4 days one of my senators broke a Marine’s arm, the other one announced he wasn’t running minutes before the filing deadline so his hand-picked successor could take his place without a primary and my rep announced he was giving up his seat as well.

How’s y’all’s congresspeople doing?

How Kennedy Is Trying to Revamp Medical School

I honestly never thought our (well American) educational institutions would be so spineless and starstruck @joho.bsky.social . Yes, modernize the curriculum but not based on charlatans’ and influencers’ “feels”.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

here's the full clip of Karoline Leavitt getting big mad when Kaitlan Collins presses her on Hegseth complaining about press coverage of US troop deaths

FDA watchers warn of 'chaos' inside agency, as regulatory delays, staff hemorrhaging risk America's health Scientific, political pressures colliding at FDA, delaying rare disease treatment for patients who have few or no options, experts said at CNBC Cures Summit.

Has trust been restored?

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a request for new warnings on antidepressant drugs, and that's presenting an unusual conflict of interest at the agency.

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Screenshot of July 4 2025 NYT Travel story on Maine oyster trail featuring "local oysterman Graham Platner."

One weird thing about Platner's sudden elevation to national prominence is that he was featured in a NYT travel story about Maine's oyster trail *six weeks before* his campaign announcement and the accompanying NYT feature. No mention of his political aspirations www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/t...

In Collins’ hometown, Platner brings his grassroots pitch to The County • Maine Morning Star Graham Platner, the progressive, union-backed oysterman challenging longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, has been making national headlines and turning out large crowds at town halls in southe...

When asked which Senators he admired, he rattled off Bernie and Chris Van Hollen and Ed Markey but he also said Josh Hawley as the lone Republican so I guess you can read that how you want

New reporting reveals Trump's DOJ has withheld 47,635 documents from the Epstein files.

The missing documents include sexual assault allegations against Trump.

The current total votes on the Texas SoS website for the US Senate primaries stand at:

2,160,662 (D) with 86% precincts reporting
2,048,488 (R) with 92% precincts reporting

A difference of +112,174 for the Democrats

In 2018 when only Dems has a contested statewide primary it was +506,659 (R)

It’s amazing that we’ve all just had to accept that our top military leaders in time of was will only take questions from wildly partisan media outlets. LindellTV, Daily Caller, Daily Wire get called on, but no legitimate general audience or defense press outlets.