Letter from FBI Director Kash Patel firing veteran FBI agent Walter Giardina, whose wife died of cancer last month at age 49. Patel accuses this agent, a Marine combat veteran, of “weaponization.” Many of his FBI colleagues told me he did his job scrupulously and ethically.

Another horrific series of press rights abuses tonight at hands of LAPD.

Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties.

All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order.

LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.

U.S. map showing that in 25 states and D.C., federal agencies like ICE and the U.S. Marshals only detain people using local jails. In other states, jails play a part in the detention network alongside federal or private facilities. In Arizona, Delaware, and Hawaii no local jails provide substantial detention space to these agencies.

Local jails–mostly run by elected sheriffs–are making money off of ICE's rampant criminalization of immigration.

#OTD , 9 August 1971, Internment is introduced in Northern Ireland. Unionist NI govt persuaded UK govt to use British Army to enforce internment in belief that it would crush burgeoning republican insurgency. It had the opposite effect. theirishstory.com/2012/08/10/t...

You're going to spend the equivalent of a mortgage payment on auto repair bills.

CNN on Emory Shooting: Police are operating under the theory that the shooter either was sick or believed that he was sick, and blamed the illness on the covid vaccine

* Ralph Lauren yesterday. $RL

* UnderArmour today. $UAA

Retailers aren’t escaping the tariff pain.

Putin Tells U.S. He’ll Halt War in Exchange for Eastern Ukraine President Trump said he would meet with Putin next week in Alaska to discuss ending the war.

A couple of points:
1. Eastern Ukraine is not Trump’s to bargain away.
2. This 1-on-1 meeting is already a huge win for Putin. By sidelining Zelenskyy, Putin has reinforced his narrative about the illegitimacy of #Ukraine as a sovereign state.
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...

EPA prepares to repeal solar energy grants for Puerto Rico communities By The Star StaffThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering terminating its $7 billion Solar for All program that was designed to bring renewable and affordable energy to low-income...

EPA prepares to repeal solar energy grants for Puerto Rico communities
www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/epa-pre...

a cartoon character named luigi is driving a toy car on a race track ALT: a cartoon character named luigi is driving a toy car on a race track

Free Luigi.

In Franks “downfall” he wrote that one senior Japanese official mentioned to a subordinate that he was thankful for the bomb as it gave cover for surrender as the gov was paralyzed with fear that there would be a civilian uprising as they knew the rice harvest had failed.

Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE NIH officials called immigration authorities after the patient presented a non-real ID while passing security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

Federal immigration authorities detained a woman seeking medical care at the National Institutes of Health’s flagship research hospital after the patient presented a non-real ID while passing security.

Exclusive: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration The Trump administration on Friday ordered a comprehensive review of Harvard University's federally funded research programs, and threatened to take title to or grant licenses from the school's lucrative portfolio of patents.

Exclusive: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration reut.rs/4fwKwiz

"Big foreign investment" that will never actually materialize.

Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 7103(b)(1) of title 5 and

The ostensible justification for this, I *think*, is the March EO that designated the EPA's (and many other agencies') "primary function" as "intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work."

Pot meets kettle.

Trump claims “President Putin I believe wants to see peace” and acknowledges Ukraine will have to make territorial concessions (unclear what Russia’s concessions will be, if any)

Every day I’m inspired by the bravery of these courageous ICE agents.

Same prompt. Microsoft CoPilot seems to have forgotten one president entirely.

A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

It means nothing, as usual Trump is talking out of his ass

AP reports that DHS is lowering the age requirement for becoming an ICE agent and the agency will now recruit teenagers to fill the expanded ICE workforce.

americasvoice.org/press_releas...

Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office.

Should be gift link share.inquirer.com/rmz7rP

5 year prison sentence for supporting communism in Czech Republic starting in 2026 www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement.

Pardon Tracker Profile: Jared Lane Wise https://embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a040ba1fea6200b48668a5#capitol-riot-insurrectionists-pardon-tracker/jared-lane-wise

Jared Wise, pardoned Capitol Rioter now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice: “Fuck them! Kill them, kill them, get them, get them!”

From @tomdreisbach.bsky.social: Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

On Jan. 6, Jared Wise urged rioters to "kill" cops.

"You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo," Wise yelled.

Trump dismissed Wise's Jan. 6 case, and the DOJ hired him as a senior adviser.

We got the bodycam video showing Wise on Jan. 6.

www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.

VA Just Terminated Most Federal Union Contracts, National Nurses United Included The VA has terminated union contracts for over 360,000 healthcare workers, including nurses—raising urgent concerns about staffing, patient safety, and veteran care nationwide.

NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs just terminated union contracts including AFL-CIO (AFGE), NAGE, NFFE, SEIU, and nursing unions NNOC and NNU. nurse.org/news/va-term...

This is one of the ongoing plot lines of last week's reciprocal tariff announcement. Japan thought it had secured the same treatment as EU ... but US doesn't seem to agree.

www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...