JUST IN: A few days after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration had obstructed about $94m Congress approved for the National Endowment for Democracy, DOJ confirms the money is being “expeditiously” made available

Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, pictured at the January 6 Capitol insurrection:

Quote from a story on changes at the U of Chicago that notes they are "pausing" doctoral eduction in Classics, Comp Lit, Germanic studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Romance languages and literatures, and South Asian Studies.

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.

Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.

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European Union awaits US follow-up on trade deal promises The European Union could not say when a joint statement on tariffs with the United States would be ready, nor when the White House would issue an executive order on European car import duties, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

EU-US tariffs have NOT yet kicked in.

"The European Union could not say when a joint statement on tariffs with the United States would be ready, nor when the White House would issue an executive order on European car import duties, a spokesperson said on Tuesday."

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

📸💸 Astonishing new drone footage shows Viktor Orbán's family’s lavish €30M Hatvanpuszta dacha (a former Habsburg estate) and zebras roaming nearby. Each week brings new details, making the mansion resemble Viktor Yanukovych's infamous Mezhyhirya Residence. Video by @telexhu.bsky.social

JUST IN: Judge Friedrich, a Trump appointee on the bench in DC, rules that the administration is illegally withholding funds from the National Endowment for Democracy, in violation of Congress' direct appropriation. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Three months ago …. In DC

ICE agents destroy the restaurant and steal food and supplies from Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant in Pittsburg, PA while carrying out a raid.

These thugs think they are beyond the law.

Pay attention to the escalation of brazenness, the time to address it and stop it is now!

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The shameful plan to betray Ukraine "de facto, but not de jure" We are the architects of this de facto defeat, so now we are trying to pretend it came out of nowhere.

Fmr Lithuanian Foreign Minister also comments on Mr Rachman:

landsbergis.com/the-shameful...

The drones in the war against Ukraine forced U.S. to modernize its policies on the low-cost UAVs.

He imposed it on U.S. allies without a pause.

Trump is invoking Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, which authorizes him to seize control of the entire DC police department for a maximum of 30 days.

This is insane stuff. D.C. is not in the grip of a crime wave. Crime has been falling for three years now. Violent crime is at a 30-year low.

The shameful plan to betray Ukraine "de facto, but not de jure" We are the architects of this de facto defeat, so now we are trying to pretend it came out of nowhere.

"(...)the genius of this “realistic” peace plan that, in reality, would move Putin’s weapons closer to Kyiv. (...) I see parallels in Churchill’s abandonment of Eastern Europe to Stalin..."

landsbergis.com/the-shameful...

This will break up NATO. The members will not accept a lying Sec-Gen and the U.S. President. As Mr. Rutte claimed, NATO will not allow Russia to win this war. They betrayed Ukraine. Mr. Trump must pay off debt to Moscow, and ensure that Epstein and other more threatening to him files are closed.

U.S is taking part in new Yalta again (no more respect for: "Nothing about us without us").

Will he use it as a model to prevent protests in the other states?

A new Gallup poll released this week finds more Americans identify as Democrats or independents who lean toward the Democratic Party (46%) than Republicans or Republican-leaners (43%). This is a 3 point increase since the beginning of the year.

On my side nothing was changed. The other channels are accessible without any issue.

U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China

Trump admin to sell the highly advanced chip to China.

“This is the Trump playbook applied in exactly the wrong domain. You’re selling our national security for corporate profits,”said Liza Tobin, [former China director at the National Security Council] (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...

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You should inform about these requirements.

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

The Week Ahead August 10, 2025

Tomorrow, Newsom v. Trump goes to trial in a California court with Trump’s power to deploy National Guard troops nationwide despite the Posse Comitatus Act at issue. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Time to starve the beast! This system don't care about us! Unify and resist with dollars!
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Real family values: "...paid sick leave mandates allow parents to better balance work and family responsibilities." Those effects seem unexpectedly big to me.
www.nber.org/system/files...
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A portrait of a young black woman, seated, green cap and green necklace, transparent white cowl over black dress.

By African-American artist Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948), Girl in a Green Cap, 1943, oil on canvas, 76.2 × 63.5 cm, Howard University Gallery of Art. #arthistory #blackart #womanartist #womenartists

The Trump-Putin Summit, as it is being framed, a peace deal “land-swap” between Russia and Ukraine, is very troubling and should sound alarm bells at home and abroad.