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CT senator tours ICE facility where former U.S. military interpreter held: ‘It is cruel and it is stupid’ A hearing has been scheduled in the case of an Afghan man who served as a interpreter for the U.S. military during the Afghanistan war and was seized by ICE agents July 16, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumen…

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You know what’s unfair? What Epstein did with middle school girls. Trump knows about it first hand.

The Most Worrying Economic Chart in the World Hello and welcome to the newsletter, a grab bag of daily content from the Odd Lots universe. Sometimes it's us, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, bringing you our thoughts on the most recent developme...

“Cuts to US statistical monitoring mean that 35% of data used to assess inflation is estimated rather than measured.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reduced sampling last month, saying it no longer has the resources to assess so many goods for Consumer Price Index”

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The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

Silicon Valley reinvents the cult compound.

“What do cultish and fundamentalist religions often do? They get people to ignore their common sense about problems in the here and now in order to focus their attention on some fantastical future.”

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A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair

@nickferrarilbc.bsky.social The NYT has made this free to view for now at least: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

Texas House Democrats break quorum again by staying out of state The Texas House again failed to reach the quorum needed to vote on a new congressional map that could give Republicans five new seats, after state Democrats forced a legislative standstill.

The Texas House again failed to reach the quorum needed to vote on a new congressional map that could give Republicans five new seats, after state Democrats forced a legislative standstill.

US House panel subpoenas DOJ’s Epstein files, Bill and Hillary Clinton • Kentucky Lantern House committee chaired by Rep. James Comer subpoenas Clintons, other ex-officials and Justice Department files regarding sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Committee Chair James Comer of Kentucky also subpoenaed the U.S. Department of Justice for records of Epstein’s federal sex trafficking investigation.
Comer gave the department until Aug. 19 to turn over the files.
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DOJ plans to ask all states for detailed voting info • Ohio Capital Journal U.S. Department of Justice officials say the department will seek voting and election information from all 50 states, prompting concern among voting rights activists about how the department under…

U.S. Justice Department officials say they will seek voting and election information from all 50 states, prompting concern among voting rights activists about how the department under the control of President Trump plans to use the data ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/doj-p...

NO F’n WAY

Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter Screenwriters from Writers Guild of America, also including David Simon and Celine Song, call out president’s ‘authoritarian assault’ on free speech More than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America, including Spike Lee and Adam McKay, have signed an open letter decrying the actions of Donald Trump’s administration that represent “an unprecedented, authoritarian assault” on free speech. The letter, a combined effort from the WGA East and West branches, cites the US president’s “baseless lawsuits” against news organizations that have “published stories he does not like and leveraged them into payoffs”. It specifically references Paramount’s decision to pay Trump $16m to settle a “meritless lawsuit” about a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. The letter notes that Trump “retaliated against publications reporting factually on the White House and threatened broadcasters’ licenses”, and has repeatedly called for the cancellation of programs that criticize him. Continue reading...

Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter

BREAKING: Gov. Mike Braun confirms Vice President JD Vance is coming to Indiana Thursday to discuss possibly redistricting in the state.

We will have a story up soon on the issue, including the possible legal constraints of such a move.

Arizona lawmaker seeks bar discipline for attorney who published racist cartoons | Arizona Mirror Nguyen Stringer state bar complaint racist cartoons: GOP lawmaker targets attorney's license over AI imagery

“I’m disgusted by attorney David Stringer’s publication of racist material. His conduct impugns the integrity of the legal profession. Peddling racist tropes has no place in America.”

story via @jerodmacevoy.com

The #RedneckGestapo is paying $50K (your tax dollars) in signing bonuses to racist assholes to join their fascist unlawful enforcement crew.

Remember, they have $100s of millions of dollars they have to spend.

#3.5%Resistance

A black and white photo of a young girl focusing on something she is holding in her hands. She is pictured with her head bowed slightly towards, displaying a concentrated expression. The setting appears to be indoors, with light coming from the side, partially illuminating her face and her writing desk.

4 August 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betty Mol, was born in Amsterdam.

In September 1944 she was incarcerated in Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 6 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

A Pregnant Texas Teen Died Under Texas’ Fetal Heartbeat Law It took three ER visits before a hospital admitted pregnant teen Nevaeh Crain, one of at least two Texas women to die under the state’s abortion ban.

Texas’s abortion ban threatens prison time for interventions that end a fetal heartbeat. Despite exceptions for life-threatening conditions, confusion and fear about the potential legal repercussions are changing the way their doctors treat pregnant patients with complications.

Who could have predicted???

‘It’s all about race’: Texas Dems blast GOP’s redistricting game, tout winning strategy to fight it Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa and President of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee John Bisognano join The Weekend to discuss the political earthquake brewing over the Republicans'…

‘It’s all about race’: Texas Dems blast GOP’s redistricting game, tout winning strategy to fight it www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/...

She minimized her culpability. She accepts no responsibility for what happened to the underage girls. She wants people to believe that she didn’t know what was going on)

This is the way.
Right on, New Hampshire.

Let's call it what it is THE TRUMP EPSTEIN FILES

Well Trump had no problem with child sex trafficking so it all follows, no?
His past is littered with them .
How he is where he is without ANY accountability is a fucking travesty of unimaginable proportion.

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Big Beautiful Bill sparks backlash with hidden giveaway for ultra-wealthy: 'This is a very big deal' A new tax policy will benefit ultra-wealthy Americans who purchase a private jet, and it was slipped into a larger bill.

“A component of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" gives a huge tax break to the uber-rich. This tax policy will benefit ultrawealthy Americans who purchase a private jet, Forbes reported.”

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They might go by the title of "justices," BUT
they're
MAGAT TRAITORS & ENEMIES AGAINST
OUR
CONSTITUTION
WE the PEOPLE
&
AMERICA!

THEY BELONG in PRISON for THAT!

Liar

Curiouser and Curiouser 🧐👇🏼

More Projection

#TrumpEpsteinPedophiles
WE DONT PARDON PEDOPHILES WHO RAPE LITTLE GIRLS PAM.
#DOJ #RNC #NRSC #NRCC
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PEDOPHILES.