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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

How the Trump administration is greenlighting discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees Opinion: By mandating “robust” protection of religious expression, the Trump administration opens the door to increased discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees, writes Brad Sears.

Last week, OPM issued a memo urging agencies to “robustly protect and enforce” federal employees' religious expression rights. "For LGBTQ people employed by the federal government, the memo does not merely overlook discrimination; it endorses it." - Brad Sears in @advocate.com op-ed

Now on FirstView ft. @jacobfhsmith.bsky.social and William Harrison!

In our survey, students at a large private university who thought that President Biden had done enough on student loan relief were more likely to support him than those who thought he did too little.

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Now online!

"We are pleased to present a new average profile of American women leaders and make new data available for existing and future leader profiling."

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#polisky

Making a frenzy over “pregnant people” but perfectly ok with “host body” - 🙃

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue.

Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue.
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Call for Applications: 2025-2026 Public Scholarship Program | Deadline: September 20

APSA is accepting applications to join the seventh cohort of the Public Scholarship Program fellows. This program offers remote part-time fellowships that introduces graduate students to the intellectual and…

August is National Immunization Awareness Month 💉 in the US!

In POQ, Joan Barceló and coauthors show expert endorsements, not politicians' pleas, prompt people to get their shots.

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All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

The vast majority of US adults are stressed about grocery costs, an AP-NORC poll finds A new poll finds the vast majority of U.S. adults are feeling some stress about the cost of groceries, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain widespread.

The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are widespread.

BREAKING:

Democrats in the Texas legislature say they're fleeing the state to block the severely-gerrymandered, Trump-backed redistricting plan aimed at preserving the GOP's slim House majority.

Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell' Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the pace of confirmations.

Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the pace of confirmations.

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…

Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.

He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.

Brennan to Greer: "The US has a trade surplus with Brazil. So it doesn't seem to be consistent here when you have the president put 50% tariffs on Brazil, one of the highest of any country, & at the same time Trump is bringing up things that have nothing to do with trade when he's justifying them."

One way of looking at this is that it is a story of a government losing its ability to rely on merit and rationality, surrendering instead to cult-like loyalty and conspiracy theories.

Colorado deputies disciplined for helping federal immigration agents Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests.

Two Colorado deputies have been disciplined for violating state law by helping federal agents make immigration arrests, and their sheriff says officers from other agencies have done the same.

Smithsonian to restore Trump to impeachment exhibit ‘in the coming weeks’ A placard referring to Trump’s two impeachments was removed in July, after the Smithsonian agreed to perform a “content review”

Pressure works. wapo.st/3UbXyrU

If you work in/adjacent to Democratic politics, or even if you are an occasional Democratic donor, this new @adambonica.bsky.social piece is the most important thing you can read today.

The Democratic Party cannot build power if it allows scam pacs to thrive

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Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.

Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures) Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures) - Kindle edition by Kammerer, Jr., Edward F., Cravens, III, Royal G., Mayo-Adam, Erin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures).

It's publication day! Teaching LGBTQ Politics is now available from SUNY Press and all your fine book retailers (I'm assuming). You can also get it at Amazon, where the Kindle version is currently $38.

"Non-White scientists endure longer waiting times between the submission and acceptance of their manuscripts, and upon publication, their papers receive fewer citations than would be expected based on textual similarity."

BREAKING: DOJ denies existence of transgender people in stunning court filing defending Trump’s military ban An attorney for the plaintiffs called it “part of the administration’s absurd attempt to purge highly skilled and dedicated service members simply because they are transgender while simultaneously pretending that transgender people don’t exist.”

An attorney for the plaintiffs called it “part of the administration’s absurd attempt to purge highly skilled and dedicated service members simply because they are transgender while simultaneously pretending that transgender people don’t exist.”

CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 24-109 24-110 ORDER IN PENDING CASES LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the Brief for Appellees: Whether the State's intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental

😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.

If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.

Democratic erosion on the march

A Teen Was Detained at Alligator Alcatraz. Could They Be the First of Many? It comes after weeks of uncertainty around how minors would fit into Florida's immigration crackdown.

new @teenvogue.com: Florida officials claimed they wouldn't hold minors in mosquito- and sewage-ridden Alligator Alcatraz, but a bombshell report in July found a 15-year-old was detained there in July. young people in Florida are afraid.

said one, "If it happens once, it’s going to happen again.”

How the Trump administration is greenlighting discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees Opinion: By mandating “robust” protection of religious expression, the Trump administration opens the door to increased discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees, writes Brad Sears.

Opinion: By mandating “robust” protection of religious expression, the Trump administration opens the door to increased discrimination against LGBTQ+ federal employees, writes Brad Sears.

Terrible, but sadly, expected — and the latest remark in an Orwellian laundry list that suggests the president views gov economic data as a source of propaganda to make him look good, not to guide policy for the best interest of all Americans. Facts don’t matter, only Trump does.

What consumers can expect from import taxes as the US sets new tariff rates American businesses and consumers are finding the contours of President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda taking shape.

Tariffs are a tax, and U.S. consumers are likely to foot at least part of that bill. Here’s what we know about the latest tariffs and what their impact will be for people's wallets.

Cover page of a legal document filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The case, numbered 1:25-cv-12162, was filed on August 1, 2025. Plaintiffs include the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 17 other states, along with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Defendants are Donald J. Trump (as President), Pamela Jo Bondi (as U.S. Attorney General), and the U.S. Department of Justice. The document is titled "Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief" and spans 79 pages.

17 states have filed a lawsuit to stop the illegal intimidation of Healthcare providers to stop providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

They're bringing APA and 10th amendment states right claims.

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NSF and NIH suspend grants to UCLA Move follows Trump administration finding that school didn’t effectively combat antisemitism

Multiple federal agencies are suspending research funding at UCLA over allegations it didn’t properly deal with antisemitism on campus. scim.ag/4lbLAcx