Barack Obama Turns 64—Here Are His Most Powerful Quotes | Flipboard ebony.com - Time to light those candles; Barack Obama is celebrating his 64th birthday today! We're paying homage to the 44th president of the United States—one …

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The United States is torturing immigrants. Do you care?

Because if you're American, this is being done in your name.

I'm a daughter, granddaughter, great-granddaughter of immigrants. What if they did this to my family? What if they did it to yours?

#OnYourSide

Every day, the bleak and crazy United States comes up with a new reason for people in other countries to visit Canada instead.

Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops

Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein
www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-mar...

"When the Guardrails Erode" Series Bringing together expert analysis that traces this erosion, assesses the risks for democratic governance, and outlines pathways to rebuild or even reinvent these safeguards.

2/ This piece is part of the “When Guardrails Erode” series, which tracks the dismantling of key accountability safeguards across the U.S. government. Catch the full series and our live anti-corruption tracker here:

www.justsecurity.org/117692/when-...

Trump Administration and Media: Keeping Track of the Big Picture Tracking the use of State power requires systematically identifying linkages between individual developments and broader trends. This graphic offers one method.

Federal funding erased for public broadcasting, Paramount pays $16 mln to settle Trump suit vs. CBS, Trump pressures WSJ over Epstein disclosures.

Prof. @bechamilton.bsky.social updates her tracker of eroding #PressFreedom in the US:
www.justsecurity.org/112792/trump...

The Freedom of Information Act and Deteriorating Federal Transparency Infrastructure Weakening FOIA does not merely impair public knowledge — it also reduces the likelihood that abuses will be detected and deterred.

1/ The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) — the primary tool for accessing public records in the U.S. — is under mounting strain across the federal government, explains Amanda Teuscher of @weareoversight.bsky.social.

See her analysis and rundown of FOIA office closures, denials, and delays here:

Project 2025: The Shadow Presidency of the Heritage Foundation From climate rollbacks to baby deportations—how Trump is enacting the Heritage Foundation’s extremist vision

You’ve heard of Donald Trump. But have you heard of Russell Vought?

He’s the man behind Project 2025—a 900-page roadmap for dismantling democracy and rebuilding it in the image of the far-right. Six months in, Trump is executing this plan step-for-step.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/project-20...

She’s become a BADASS

State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.

Cool cool, let's make more explicit that only rich people are welcome here. apnews.com/article/stat...

Republicans are not used to Democrats returning fire.

בחברה שמרעיבה ילדים למוות, אי אפשר להמשיך לשתוק | דעה כרבים מאיתנו, אני חש חוסר אונים כשהמדינה שלנו ועמנו עטופים בחושך. היות שמדיניות הממשלה הנוכחית אינה מושפעת מדעת הקהל, לא משנה מה אומרים הסקרים או כמה אנשים מפגי

בחברה שמרעיבה ילדים למוות, אי אפשר להמשיך לשתוק

In a society that starves children to death, it is impossible to remain silent.

🧵 from not Texas

"There has been a significant tide shift. These guys, to their credit, are saying... 'I was wrong'"

@karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com discuss Joe Rogan and the manosphere starting to turn on Trump.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.

#manosphere #joerogan #media #politics

Americans can no longer scold others for taking hostages and placing them in barbaric conditions when we now do the same thing by kidnapping people living in our own country, and trafficking them to concentration camps both foreign and here at home that have barbaric conditions.

‘People are scared to go out’: fear of Ice agents forces cancellation of US summer festivals Some organisers say they’re ‘trying to be safe’ in the face of immigration raid fears. But some have found inventive ways to fight back

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Analysis: Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer adds to Trump’s Epstein morass | CNN Politics The Trump administration made interviewing Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, a key part of its efforts to climb out from beneath its Epstein files problems.

"The Trump administration made interviewing Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, a key part of its efforts to climb out from beneath its Epstein files problems," writes Aaron Blake. | Analysis

California GOP Congressman, at Risk of Being Drawn Out of His District, Introduces Bill To Ban Use of New Maps Congressman Kevin Kiley says no state should be allowed to institute new congressional maps before the completion of the 2030 census.

www.nysun.com/article/cali...

Stephen Miller just posted this. $50,000 of taxpayers money for a signing bonus.

Gee… I wonder why? Hmmm…🤔🤨🧐

SCOTUS HAS BEEN CORRUPTED. WE NO LONGER HAVE JUSTICE. THEY ARE ALLOWING WHITE POWER TO WIN.

THOMAS IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST SEXUAL PREDATOR HOMOPHOBE.

Indigenous protester Akalei Kidnapped by DHS

Los Angeles ICE detention concentration camp. 535 Alamdra st, LA CA.

This is the most intense tsunami footage I've ever seen.

It purportedly shows the tsunami from the 29 July Mw 8.8 quake in Kamchatka, Russia, filmed in that same region.

Source: seismic.kiwi on TikTok, although I've seen this video all over the internet and may originally be from VK or Telegram.

REALITY CHECK:

Texas Democrats earn 45% of the vote—but under the GOP’s new gerrymandered map, they’d get just 21% of the seats.

That’s not representation. That’s rigging the system.
#MessWithTexas

Poll: Most Israelis fear they won’t be able to travel abroad as global anger mounts As anti-Israel incidents grow, 56% say they fear not being able to go overseas; 67% of Israelis don't feel government represents them, 62% want comprehensive hostage-ceasefire deal

Poll: Most Israelis fear they won’t be able to travel abroad as global anger mounts.. Bibi grossly unpopular IN HIS OWN PARTY www.timesofisrael.com/poll-most-is...

Many Jewish Voters Back Mamdani. And Many Agree With Him on Gaza.

Dem politiicians who wont back him for fear of offending Jewish voters are confused and wrong. The pols need to catch uphttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-jewish-voters-gaza.html?smid=bs-share

‘Hottest’? Yup, like a Dumpster Fire Trump sacks the messenger

Trump’s compulsive dishonesty about the state of the economy (and everything else) has taught us to assume that whatever comes out of Trump’s mouth is rubbish. Unfortunately, we will soon have to disregard the once-reliable economic data coming from govt offices. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

If you, regular person, did anything like this after a fatal car accident, you would be prosecuted for a variety of crimes, including insurance fraud.

If you then repeatedly lied to the courts about it, like Tesla did, you'd get prosecuted for that too, plus stiff monetary sanctions.

School has a whole walk out for a classmate who got deported by ICE ✊🏽