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Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...

Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption

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I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed

Check Argentina.

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Louisiana is in its worst whooping cough outbreak in 35 years. 368 cases this year, including 2 infants who have died. Since last fall, 63 have been hospitalized, 65% infants. Most hospitalized were not up to date on vaccines.

#medsky

Lots of right-wing political pastors and charlatans about to get rich from FEMA money.

At my daughter’s three year check up, the doctor asked her
“What are you going to be when you grow up?”
“I think I’m gonna be four.”

Robert Reich How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich

Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors.

If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared

The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.

BREAKING: Jenny Durkan hired by White House to lead Department of Government Coverups

one last chilling gem from Arendt for the evening: "And though tyranny, because it needs no consent, may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people."

SORRY, BUTT DIAL.

@26thdemocrats.bsky.social

We Need to Talk About ICE and Anti-Abortion Centers These groups prey on immigrant women and collect their data. It's not hard to imagine what happens next.

Anti-abortion centers collect data on vulnerable women, share it with state gov'ts, and collude with law enforcement. And they're increasingly focusing on Spanish-speaking communities.

We all know where this is going.

@kylietcheung.bsky.social has the story:

jessica.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

Former Afghan interpreter for U.S. military detained by ICE after routine immigration appointment Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betra...

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

Incredible. Federal prosecutors are seeing many cases of people accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents being turned down by grand juries!

Los Angeles federal prosecutors are privately saying it’s because CBP agents are just “arresting first and asking questions later.”

hegseth makes my blood boil. he's a boorish bigot and an all-around idiot.

I would say this man is “single handedly” dismantling our democracy…but he is supported by MANY accomplices, including but not limited to SCOTUS, R’s who won’t stick their necks out, the press, and—obviously—the White House.

Well, tbh it doesn’t seem like they were doing a very good job.

Where are the children being held?

🚨 Children, handcuffed and chained, being moved out of the LA Federal Building.

July 10 - ICE & CBP raided two Glass House Farms sites in Camarillo and Carpinteria. Up to 319 undocumented workers arrested. At least 10 migrant kids were found. The youngest was 14.

I’m sure Trump’s new plan of allowing employers in certain industries to decide whether their workers will get deported or not will lead to lovely working conditions and fair wages.

A hand stencil sign hung on a fence by a freeway on ramp that says “private investigator” with a phone number

Seems legit

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.

1/ On January 6th, Jared L. Wise "told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'"

He is now "serving as a counselor to Ed Martin, the director of the so-called Weaponization Working Group" of the Bondi Justice Department.

This is not in the bill. Just a total lie.

Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners

I flagged this in April and have been howling it into the void. Trump wants Black & Latino incarcerated U.S. citizens sent to CECOT in El Salvador, Congo, South Sudan. These are the “homegrown” Trump talked about with the Salvadoran PM.

Please. Take this seriously.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Zohran Mamdani says he wants to freeze rent prices and make public busses free. Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Mamdani wants to impose Sharia Law and put a burqa on the Statue of Liberty. For busy New Yorkers, it can be hard to know who to believe.

I’m just a simple country political scientist but where I come from if your country has a secret police force that can give orders to members of the national legislature that’s…what’s the right word…bad.

Let's check in on Republicans' message for the millions of Americans who would lose their healthcare under Trump's Tax Scam: (next to an image of Mitch McConnell) “THEY’LL GET OVER IT.” - Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (next to an image of Joni Ernst) “WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.” - Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)

We’re expecting a Senate vote later this week on Trump’s Tax Scam that would gut Medicaid and SNAP to fund billionaire tax giveaways. Your senators need to hear from you ASAP.

GOP: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Democrats: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

New York: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

This has not aged great