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William Webster, who led FBI and CIA through crises, dies at 101 He was credited with restoring trust to the two sullied agencies after the domestic-spying and Iran-contra scandals of the 1970s and 1980s.

William Webster, known as “Mr. Clean”, restored trust in the FBI after the scandals of the 1970’s. He served in the Navy, was a federal judge, FBI Director, then CIA Director. He’s passed away at 101 years of age: wapo.st/45nW9DE

For those who were hopeful that Trump “pivoted” on Ukraine, the meeting in Alaska will sell Ukraine down the river.

Trump is scared to death of Putin.

Taco

Tomorrow morning I offer my thoughts on the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. I explain how it went from it being a law celebrated by both parties to something the GOP wants killed--and why SCOTUS may grant their wish.

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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Attention fellow frogs in boiling water:

Here are two Trump-appointed federal judges -- both of whom were troubling judicial nominees to start with -- ruling that it was fine that Trump ignored another court's order.

Dreamers Face ‘Greatest Threat’ Yet in Trump Immigrant Crackdown The DACA program has survived years of political siege—but recent arrests have dreamers shocked and worried.

Deaf guy tried to show ICE his ID. An agent grabbed it and didn't return it.

So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.

He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.

He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.

The Voting Rights at 60: Still Waiting in Line We celebrated 60 years of voting rights by making sure your polling place is in a Cracker Barrel parking lot at 2AM

The Voting Rights Act is 60;
and it needs CPR, legal protection, and a fully-armed security detail.
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-voting...

I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.

BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...

Last week I got to go backstage at the Outlaw Country Festival to talk with Willie Nelson, pre-show, on his tour bus.

He is 92 and he absolutely killed it later that night. Tonight, we present the tour bus interview on @SiriusXM #127.

An innocent President would simply release the Epstein Files and demand a full FBI investigation into every Epstein client.

That’s it.

That’s the whole ballgame summed up.

Advocates, tribal leaders fight to shut down Alligator Alcatraz - ICT Miccosukee people say the site in the Everglades where the detention center will be built was a historic campsite for their people and is just a few miles from their tribal citizens

Good relatives ictnews.org/news/advocat...

Seizing the property of private organizations to punish dissent is totalitarianism.

It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.

Yet people who drool ‘freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.

Don't go with this garbage. Prager is gross negligent and should be a no go

Wait, what???

Canadians have cut their purchases of American wines by *96.8%*

That's...basically all of it. Great job, Trump

Please watch this in its entirety

Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.

This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
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Take this in for a moment: These people have devoted their careers to protecting human life so politicians who don't care about your life can tell you the scientists are threatening your life, so you drive to the CDC and try to end the lives of the people who've tried so hard to save yours.

Fiona Hill: The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression.

Laura Loomer is attacking Flo Groberg for being the wrong kind of Medal of Honor recipient—he’s a French-Algerian immigrant—and suggesting the Army posting about him today is an act of disloyalty to Trump.

…The Army posted about Flo today because 8/8/2012 was the day he tackled that suicide bomber.

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information

Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.

YouTube video by Professor of Rock The Power of This COMMUNITY IS Mind-Blowing….That’s WHY We WON'T Back Down! | Professor of Rock

youtu.be/Sjoqt4Fs0R4?...

Andry Hernández Romero, the makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump admin and held in a notorious mega-prison, has been sent back to Venezuela, according to Robert Garcia.

"We are grateful he is alive and are engaged with both the State Department and his team."

🚨 Department of Justice is demanding access to sensitive election and voting data. An effort to pressure states to TIGHTEN Voting Rules.
States: Alaska, AZ, CO, FL, MN, NV, NY, OK, PA, RI, & WI

Please take a moment to read and share

Republicans knowing the midterms want to stop your vote

“In her bid to review these files, Bondi created one thousand witnesses to what is in the Epstein file — and Bondi’s attempt to politicize the search for Epstein files.

“One thousand.”

t.co/WPuUpLBvge

Activists in London display a large photo poster of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a public bus stop near the U.S. Embassy. The poster is placed inside a display case at a busy sidewalk. One person is seen installing it, while others walk by or interact with it. A red double-decker bus and signage for Nine Elms Station are visible in the background.

Even across the pond, they’re not letting this slide. 🤣

Activists put up a poster of Trump and Epstein near the U.S. Embassy in London.

A screen cap. [Redacted] Although we saw Russian collection on some Republican-affiliated targets, [3.5 lines redacted]

Russia collected on some Republican-affiliated targets but did not conduct a comparable disclosure campaign.

One thing Tulsi did with her propaganda campaign yesterday was release a declassified version of the somewhat classified 2017 ICA. So I'm wasting a day w/o rain to compare the two.

Eg, the more classified version said MORE about RU not leaking stolen GOP files.

The Wrecking of the FBI The former FBI official Peter Strzok on how President Donald Trump is destroying U.S. counterintelligence from the inside.

The former FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok talks with David Frum about how Donald Trump loyalists at the bureau may be affecting its national-security functions. Watch and listen to more on “The David Frum Show”: