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ICE Risks Overplaying Its Hand. We’ve Seen It Happen Before. Militarized federal encroachments on public life provoke strong, even violent responses — even among those who agree with their aims.

"ICE Risks Overplaying Its Hand. We’ve Seen It Happen Before.

Militarized federal encroachments on public life provoke strong, even violent responses — even among those who agree with their aims...As unprecedented as all this might seem, we’ve been here before

From @politico.com

I am available for the Supreme Court.

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter Retired astronaut Cady Coleman explains why she felt compelled to sign “The Voyager Declaration.”

Last week, hundreds of current and former NASA employees released a letter protesting the proposed budget cuts to the agency. “Discovery and invention and exploration is not a faucet that you can turn on and off,” says retired astronaut Cady Coleman, who signed the letter.

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Fair Elections Are in Grave Danger, Democrats Warn Fair Elections Are in Grave Danger, Democrats Warn

A forum on voter threats to fair elections, held Wednesday by Senate Democrats and headlined by Eric Holder and North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs warned about a coordinated attack on American democracy, while insisting that it hasn’t succeeded yet, and that elections still matter.

United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero -

Two years ago, we invited all 100 senators to work in the fields. Only two of them accepted: Alex Padilla and Cory Booker.

In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding

You can only kill 'kill' a scientific finding with new data that discredits it & holds up on further analysis But you can choose to ignore the science & suffer the consequences. In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

'Hell on earth.' A Venezuelan deportee describes abuse in El Salvador prison A Venezuelan man who was deported from California to El Salvador and held at one of the country's infamous prisons recounts his months in custody, recalling meager rations and the torture and beating ...

Jerce Reyes Barrios, a U.S. deportee, told The Times he was haunted by his experience in the Salvadoran prison, where he was repeatedly beaten, forced to drink contaminated water and subjected to other horrors.

@kate-linthicum.bsky.social & Mery Mogollón have more

www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Motherfucking wind farms…

Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump Susan Miller says US intelligence chief’s allegations were based on misrepresentations of discoveries made by her team about Russian actions

"Miller has hired Mark Zaid, a prominent Washington defense attorney, to represent her."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Senate Republicans just voted to confirm Trump lackey Emil Bove to a lifetime judicial appointment.
 
The vote was 50-49. Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joined all Democrats in voting against Bove.

Several whistleblowers accused Bove of misconduct at the Justice Dept.

Federal cuts, government layoffs leave DC nonprofit with dwindling food supply The So Others Might Eat food pantry in Northwest D.C. is experiencing critical shortages, with stock levels dropping to 50%.

Federal cuts, government layoffs leave DC nonprofit with dwindling food supply

Opinion | Brennan and Clapper: The Trump Administration Is Rewriting History of Russia and 2016 We want to set the record straight and also sound a warning.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

In accusing President Obama’s administration of treason, the Trump administration seeks to rewrite history, write John Brennan and James Clapper, two senior intelligence officials under Obama. “We want to set the record straight and, in doing so, sound a warning.”

still in shock about Emil Bove. easily one of the most depraved individuals ever to be confirmed to the federal bench, and that's including the nineteenth century. prosecuting his reported crimes has to be a priority when party control of government next changes hands.

society if he had taken the bus

35 years since it was enacted, the Americans with Disabilities Act continues to stand as a beacon of progress for millions living with a disability.

Today, we honor that legacy by recommitting ourselves to defending lifelines like Medicaid that build a future accessible for all.

Just learned from LinkedIn that a Heritage Foundation affiliate is now FOIA-ing (or equivalent) instructors’ syllabi to go snooping for supposed illegal DEI at state universities. It’s hard to describe how far past McCarthyism we’re headed here.

New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.

They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway

Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking

And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere

For years, Jeffrey Epstein abused teen girls, police say. A timeline of his case For years, police say, Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sex with underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. A decade later, the legal fight over his activities continues.

Timeline for Epstein
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

it’s critical, but nothing good is going to happen now.

TACO is imploding the value of the dollar on purpose so he can make a fortune for himself in crypto.

This is what happens when you elect a self-serving narcissist.

This WILL end very badly for the U.S. economy.

This admin is already cooking the books to make it look like things are remaining

Just gave. Please consider helping if you can. Right now is an incredibly important time. Right now.

Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis

With Gawker, there was at least a non-frivolous claim. (It wasn't worth $140m and the judgment should've been stayed pending appeal.)

With Media Matters, there's nothing here, no reason for them to have legal bills at all, just judges and AGs breaking their oaths to crush it.

Same here. I don’t cook, but I do grocery shop and mostly eat by grazing.

Complicit monster.

#medicaidcutskill #ProtectMedicaid Rob's life, like so many others who depend on Medicaid to stay healthy and stay in their communities--it's on the line. Rob had a few things to say about this yesterday:

[ID: Mom & dad with Rob as we speak about Medicaid cuts in the Cannon HOB rotunda]

Can the World’s Largest Zipper Manufacturer Survive Trump’s Tariffs? The world’s largest zipper manufacturer has spent decades mastering the global supply chain. Now it has to weather the Trump-tariff era.

The world’s largest zipper manufacturer has spent decades mastering the global supply chain. Now it has to weather the Trump-tariff era.

Oval-framed daguerreotype portrait of Frederick Douglass, a prominent 19th-century African American abolitionist, writer, and orator. He wears a dark jacket, patterned waistcoat, white shirt, and bow tie. His expression is serious and resolute, with his wavy hair parted to the side. The photograph reflects his dignity and strength as a leader in the fight against slavery.

In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered one of the greatest speeches in US history. Today it’s often presented in abridged form, though, and skips what seems like a long-winded introduction. If you read the intro closely, however, there’s an ingenious structure. THREAD👇🏽

UN air service faces cuts, jeopardizing aid access to remote areas UN air service faces cuts, jeopardizing aid access to remote areas

A vital lifeline for U.N. agencies and hundreds of aid organizations in 21 countries, the humanitarian air service faces a funding crisis that could ground planes, cut routes, and isolate communities in need.

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat

A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

By @abrahm.bsky.social