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NEWS: Nexstar joins Sinclair and announces Jimmy Kimmel Live! is returning to its local ABC affiliates

UN Security Council rejects Russia and China's resolution to delay sanctions on Iran The U.N. Security Council on Friday rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program a day before the deadline and after Western countries cla...

The resolution put forth by Russia and China — Iran’s most powerful and closest allies on the 15-member council — failed to garner support from the nine countries required to halt the series of U.N. sanctions from taking effect Saturday. https://to.pbs.org/46omDGT

How a government shutdown could give Trump more power A fight between Republicans and Democrats could lead to an Oct. 1 federal government shutdown, leaving President Donald Trump and his congressional allies in charge of the government. What can Trump d...

If the government shuts down, President Donald Trump and his administration — which has already defied norms on executive power — likely will seek to exert more power. (via @politifact.bsky.com) https://to.pbs.org/47YLgLx

Assata Shakur, fugitive Black activist who escaped life sentence for killing police officer, dies in Cuba In her telling, and in the minds of her supporters, she was pursued for crimes she didn't commit or that were justified. The FBI put Shakur on its list of “most wanted terrorists.”

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. https://to.pbs.org/3IwhDqC

68 firms added to UN blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli ...

The United Nations has added more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. https://to.pbs.org/46sr5EI

Sinclair brings Jimmy Kimmel's show back to its ABC affiliate stations, ending blackout Sinclair Broadcast Group is bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations on Friday night, ending a dayslong TV blackout for dozens of cities across the U.S. over remarks ...

Sinclair Broadcast Group is bringing Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations on Friday, ending a dayslong TV blackout for dozens of cities across the U.S. over remarks the comedian made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing. https://to.pbs.org/4pHBsfj

YouTube video by The Bulwark Getting PETTY with Adam Kinzinger | Bulwark Podcast

Word that #Trump smells gets to him according to Kinzinger.
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Slovakia amends constitution to recognize only 2 sexes, sparking human rights concerns The amendment also makes it almost impossible for anyone other than married couples to adopt children. The constitution had already defined marriage as “a unique union between a man and a woman.”

Slovakia’s parliament on Friday passed an amendment to the constitution that recognizes only two sexes, along with other measures that critics say might breach the country’s international obligations and undermine the protection of human rights. https://to.pbs.org/3KpIlle

President Trump is refusing to negotiate to keep the government open and extend health care tax credits. If he won't come to the table, 30,000 in my district face skyrocketing premiums & 27,000 will lose coverage—a 60-year-old couple could pay $13,000 more. I'm fighting for a deal to save coverage.

The rules have changed. Mike Johnson wants to wait until the official results come in October 14th to swear in Grijalva.

YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show Chicago Mayor Defends His City From Trump Lies | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!

ICMYI: The Joy Reid Show interview with Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, which Trump and his regime have put in their occupation crosshairs next. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHJf...

Maxwell: The Sex Predator Who Is Incintivized to Exonerate Trump As Act Three begins, don't expect the truth

Trump wants you to forget Epstein. Or at least, trust the lady whose been convicted of the crime. My latest

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Protect Residents if Trump Sends National Guard, ICE Strike Team to Chicago “We do not want to see tanks in our streets,” Mayr Brandon Johnson said. “We do not want to see families ripped apart. We do not want grandmothers thrown into the back of unmarked vans. We don’t want ...

Just in: Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday aimed at protecting Chicagoans if President Donald Trump sends the National Guard and a strike team of ICE agents to Chicago.

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YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger Ukraine Is Beating Russia: What Putin Doesn't Want You to Know

Please watch and share. Ukraine is winning

Ukraine Is Beating Russia: What Putin Doesn't Want You to Know
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Trump Is Laughing In Your Face With His Tariff Lies Guest article by Andrew Bates, former White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary during the Biden-Harris Administration

As Americans struggle with higher prices due to Trump’s tariffs, his administration is telling them their concerns aren’t “material.”

As former White House Deputy Press Sec @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social writes, “Trump is not a populist at all. He’s just an a**hole.”

LIVE: URGENT Legal Updates from MEISELAS and POPOK - 8/16/2025 | Legal AF The weak and failing Trump Administration—at home and abroad-was on full display this week, and Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok break it down for our audience on the top rated Legal AF podcast. The anc...

It was a very bad week for Donald Trump: he got embarrassed by Putin in Alaska, caved in the DC takeover case, and lost federal court battles. He also lashed out at Americans, gutting consumer protections. Watch Legal AF live at 8p ET/5p PT!

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Lifting the District Court’s injunction will unleash untold harm, delaying or denying educational opportunities and leaving students to suffer from discrimination, sexual assault, and other civil rights violations without the federal resources Congress intended. The majority apparently deems it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very real harms while the litigation continues. Equity does not support such an inequitable result. * * * The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them. That basic rule undergirds our Constitution’s separation of powers. Yet today, the majority rewards clear defiance of that core principle with emergency relief. Because I cannot condone such abuse of our equitable authority, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

From Sotomayor's dissent:

The more they tell us to stop talking about Epstein the more we need to talk about Epstein

Of course there’ll be midterms! How else can they gaslight their base into thinking the horrors in the “big beautiful bill” were Biden’s, Hillary’s, Kamala’s, and Obama’s fault?

Trump and Republicans made it worse with their budget bill. They knew exactly what they were doing and didn’t care about the consequences it would have on working Americans just trying to get by. (2/2)

Wilonsky: In Dallas, food banks have reason to worry that politics will empty pantries It was supposed to be one of the few things we all agreed on, that we didn’t want to see our neighbors starve. It’s a bar so low you could trip over it. Yet,...

Brother Bill’s operates a community market in my district—and every time they open the doors, families show up by the hundreds.

They’re doing everything they can to fight hunger. But now they’ve got more people coming in, less food to give, and staff who can’t even afford to stay.

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FYI: Supreme Court justices can be impeached.

So when they start acting like Trump’s personal demolition crew—remember, they’re not untouchable.

Virginia: many areas of the Commonwealth are under flood watch today. Stay alert to changing conditions, follow all local guidance, and check in on vulnerable neighbors.

Musk's AI company scrubs posts after Grok chatbot makes comments praising Hitler Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is taking down antisemitic comments and other “inappropriate posts” made by its Grok chatbot, including some praising Adolf Hitler.

“We are aware of recent posts made by Grok and are actively working to remove the inappropriate posts,” the Grok account posted early Wednesday, without being more specific. to.pbs.org/407ZpkN

This administration should be focused on recruiting and retaining the best talent to serve our veterans, not chasing 30,000 Americans out of their jobs. Make no mistake: veterans’ health care will suffer as a result of this farce.

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But, ethylmercury is not the same type of mercury found in seafood, called methylmercury, and is easy for the human body to expel.

‪@politifact.bsky.social‬'s Ellen Hine has more.

Numerous studies have not found any evidence linking autism and thimerosal, which was removed from most vaccines and all childhood vaccines in 2001.

Anti-vaccine advocates, like Kennedy, question the use of thimerosal because it contains a form of mercury, called ethylmercury.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted this week to stop recommending flu vaccines containing the vaccine preservative thimerosal.