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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Trump Administration is erasing history and data it doesn’t like in our national parks.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

History rhymes a bit too well sometimes.

Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.

Well said!

Let's play "guess the country":

YouTube video by Rep. Seth Magaziner Trump Administration Unprepared and Evasive Under Magaziner’s Questioning About Revolution Wind

For example, the Republicans' effort to stop Revolution Wind project has gotten a minor amount of mainstream and social media attention, but @magaziner.house.gov committee hearing questioning about their arbitrary and capricious attempt to stop it has less than 500 views.
youtu.be/IWpW000opLU?...

Missouri House Democrats plan to continue sit-in over weekend Missouri Democrats have surpassed 24 hours of their sit-in on the House floor protesting a special session.

Don’t say “Dems aren’t doing anything.” There’s just little attention to the courage of these Missouri Dems resisting the extreme gerrymandering of Republicans desigmed to increase Republican numbers in the House.
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YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart On Gaza and Humanity featuring Mosab Abu Toha | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

This is a must watch -- If you can't spend the time, at minimum jump to 1:02:35 (but I strongly recommend spending the time from the beginning). Thank you #TheWeeklyShowWithJonStewart #TheWeeklyShow #JonStewart #ComedyCentral for your important work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmVo...

August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

Virginia Guiffre statement to Maxwell read on the day of her sentencing.

Virginia Guiffre statement to Maxwell read on the day of her sentencing.

This is Virginia Guiffre's statement to Ghislane Maxwell, read by Guiffre's attorney in court the day Maxwell was sentenced.

I had to divide it into 2 parts. Please read each & share.

These are the words of a child rape victim, a victim of the monster Trump now protecting & arranging her freedom.

Taking "saying the quiet part out loud" to a whole new level. Or maybe not lately

The Forest Service Claims It’s Fully Staffed for a Worsening Fire Season. Data Shows Thousands of Unfilled Jobs. DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations have severely hampered the agency as the nation enters the peak of fire season, with more than 1 million acres burning across 10 Western states.

Officials in the Biden administration publicly acknowledged the danger presented by an exodus of experienced wildland firefighters.

The Trump administration has taken a different approach — claiming to have solved the problem while simultaneously exacerbating it.

Tweet screenshot: SunDog @SUNDOG_TRX You never truly know who’s pulling the strings… 🤫 [AI-generated image of a corgi dog with a collar depicting the Tron logo, paws raised above the White House, with strings attached to the paws like a marionette] 2:30 AM Jul 24, 2025

Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.

Robert Reich (@robertreich) Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS? It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, but what we think. Watch:

A very good synopsis substack.com/@robertreich...

Because of DOGE, the Trump Administration is going to spend $130,000 to burn $800,000 of food that USAID intended for starving children overseas but couldn't deliver due to the massive cuts to staff and services.

DOGE isn't eliminating waste; they're literally creating it.

i just did this for $10/month. worth every penny.

Why?

In part, because the destruction of USAID has made it near impossible to distribute the food.

Calculations suggest that it could have fed every starving child in Gaza for a week.

And roughly a million dollars up in smoke — due to DOGE.

Protect NOAA: Our Safety in a Climate-Changed World Depends on It As part of the Project 2025 assault on basic and essential government functions, President Trump is dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Congress is not fighting ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/pr...

This is what's really happening. Taking US citizens and disappearing them. In America. This is America.

Senate version of "beautiful" bill will "kill" America's clean energy sector, experts say New taxes on wind and solar are "truly bizarre, a self-defeating measure."

The GOP aims to kill green energy, but it's their constituents who will lose.

Red-state voters “will be losing out on jobs that they would have been getting otherwise, but they might not know that.”

Why Local Theater Is in 'Free Fall' | KQED The Aurora Theatre in Berkeley is suspending production, joining a growing list of Bay Area theaters on the brink of closure.

If you value local theaters, buy tickets and go see them. They have not been recovering audiences since the pandemic and are increasingly closing down. A huge loss. www.kqed.org/news/1204614...

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

Thinking again about how the media turned Bill Clinton talking to AG Loretta Lynch for 15 minutes into a major scandal for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.

Six Supreme Court justices misread my children's book, the author says Justice Sotomayor called out the conservative supermajority for botching the message of "Uncle Bobby's Wedding." So did its author, in an interview with All Rise News.

"Six Supreme Court justices misread my children's book, the author says"

Justice Sotomayor called out the conservative supermajority for botching the message of "Uncle Bobby's Wedding." So did its author, in an interview with All Rise News. www.allrisenews.com/p/sarah-bren...

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