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August 5, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Surveillance at the Border: It’s only a matter of time before the drones, spy blimps, license plate readers, and motion-activated cameras come to the rest of America. Over the next 50 months, the Department of Homeland Security will shell out tens of billions of dollars to expand the surveillance-driven immigration enforcement apparatus far beyond the borderlands and into the continental U.S.
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-08-05-border-surveillance-algorithms/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Cowboys%20and%20algorithms&utm_campaign=Daily%20Prospect%2008-05-2025

ICE Raids Broke Los Angeles’ Economy. Shouldn’t ICE Pay for That? The economic impact of the immigration crackdown is quantifiable, and could be written down and sent to Washington as a demand for payment.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-05-ice-raids-los-angeles-economy/

ICE and border patrol agents are arresting U.S. citizens. Capital & Main has documented nine Americans who have been held in federal custody after observing or protesting immigration raids.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-05-border-patrol-ice-arresting-us-citizens-los-angeles/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump Administration Won’t Provide Disaster Relief to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/trump-dhs-fema-relief-israel-boycotts

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Exposing DOGE’s Dark Dealings: President Trump handed the keys to the people’s government to his biggest campaign donor. The Trump Administration and Republicans have tried to shield DOGE from transparency and accountability as it carries out President Trump and Musk’s bidding from the shadows — but this cannot continue.
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/exposing-doges-dark-dealings

Why the Hell is Musk getting a $29 billion raise? It’s authoritarian capitalism
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-musk-getting-a-29-billion

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Where Will the Tariff Billions Go? Trump’s Tariff Windfall Ignites Debate Over Spending. Billions are set to pour in from Trump’s tariffs. The question now: How should the government spend it?
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-08-04/trumps-tariff-windfall-ignites-debate-over-spending

‘Whiplash’: Trump’s ‘surprise announcements’ are paralyzing Main Street USA
https://www.alternet.org/trump-tariffs-small-business/

Trump’s Tariffs Are Kleptocracy in Action. Very little of what you’ve heard about presidential ‘deals’ is true. It’s really a shakedown on behalf of Trump’s desires and corporate whims.
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-08-04-trumps-tariffs-kleptocracy-in-action/

China Throws A Fit After US Identifies Key Weakness In Trade Talks. China pushed back strongly against U.S. attempts to restrict their importing of oil from Russia and Iran, exposing a key weakness for Beijing.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/china-throws-fit-after-us-identifies-weakness-trade-talks-oil-iran-russia-trump/

‘25% not enough’: Trump says he may increase tariffs on India in the next 24 hours: ‘They don’t care’: Trump says he will ‘substantially’ raise US tariff on India for buying Russian oil
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/will-be-substantially-raising-tariff-trump-targets-india-over-purchase-of-russian-oil/articleshow/123098646.cms

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5484018/fire-at-grand-canyon-national-park-grows-beyond-100-000-acres

Wildfire season in full swing as Forest Service struggles to fill thousands of fire jobs. Facing a summer of intense blazes across the West, the U.S. Forest Service is short more than one-quarter of its firefighting force after layoffs as wildfire season worsens
https://westernpriorities.org/2025/07/forest-service-has-thousands-of-unfilled-jobs-as-wildfire-season-worsens/

‘Help is not on the way’: As fire season ramps up, thousands of Forest Service firefighting positions are vacant. The Forest Service lost at least 1,800 fire-qualified, or “red-carded,” employees through layoffs, deferred resignation and retirement offers. In total, 4,800 people left the agency.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/help-is-not-on-the-way/

# General News
Beaten Down To A Science: Massive Brawl In Cincinnati Shows Where Lines Are Drawn. Civilization has yet to reach Cincinnati. Viral footage appears to show a mob of attackers punching, kicking, and otherwise assaulting several victims.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/cincinnati-brawl-fight-teresa-theetge-mob-violence-holly/

# General News / Gaza
Netanyahu Has Decided on Full Occupation of Gaza Strip: Reports
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-fully-occupy-gaza-strip-netanyahu-office-2108730

Saudi Arabia Is Making a Power Play Against Hamas in Gaza. Saudi Arabia aims to reassert its regional influence by pressing Hamas and Israel to resolve their ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-making-power-play-against-hamas-gaza-2108852

# General News / Epstein
Epstein Victims Tear Into Trump in Desperate Plea to Judge. Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have expressed their disgust at the Department of Justice for pandering to wealthy elites over those abused by the late financier.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epstein-victims-tear-trump-desperate-045804345.html

White House Peddles New Excuse for Moving Ghislaine to Comfy Jail
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-pedals-new-excuse-for-moving-ghislaine-maxwell-to-comfy-jail/

The Trump administration has yet to explain its transfer of sex offender and Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Texas.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-transfer-minimum-security_n_6890df9be4b04bba7f793746?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2025-08-05&utm_term=us-morning-email&email_hash=2ad8a4b29c39da108f4f8ffda0cf56cd20dc9eb9

Epstein’s lawyer makes SHOCKING claim about client list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4oIBIbv9ug&t=2790s

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Clintons, among others, over their alleged ties to Ghislaine Maxwell. Clintons called on to give depositions in Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Others subpoenaed include former FBI directors and attorneys general. Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, had her deposition delayed
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/clintons-jeffrey-epstein-probe-subpoena/

# Gov / Politics
Republicans Issue Arrest Warrants for Texas Democrats, But They Likely Aren’t Enforceable
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/republicans-issue-arrest-warrants-for-texas-democrats-but-they-likely-arent-enforceable/

Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pritzker-says-texas-democrats-fled-025321186.html

‘Desperation’: Nicolle Wallace says Trump’s been poked at ‘his greatest political weakness’
https://www.alternet.org/nicolle-wallace-trump-desperation/

President Trump Actively Destroys the Rule of Law He Claims to Be Restoring
https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/president-trump-actively-destroys-rule-law-he-claims-be-restoring

Either way, the administration is breaking the law: The nearly 150-year-old Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement, except when specifically authorized by the Constitution or an act of Congress.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/breaking-law

State attorneys general across the country join in taking legal action to stop Donald Trump from continuing to erode the Constitution and the rule of law with the domestic use of the military.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-urges-court-block-unlawful-federalization-national-guard#:~:text=is%20now%20ignoring.-,Attorney%20General%20James%20and%20the%20coalition%20are%20urging%20the%20court,as%20the%20Governor%20of%20Kansas

Cosmic irony, cosmic con job: MAGA Trump, hatched in savage distrust of government, now explodes rage against a hateful, rights-abusing state
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/08/04/cosmic-irony-cosmic-con-job-maga-trump-hatched-in-savage-distrust-of-government-now-explodes-rage-against-a-hateful-rights-abusing-state/

Trump Issues Wild Threat to States That Boycott Israel. Donald Trump continues to kiss up to Israel—and Americans will pay the price.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198791/donald-trump-threat-states-disaster-relief-boycott-israel

US backed ethnic cleansing of Serbs, top diplomat secretly told Croat leader. The ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Serbs by a US-backed Croatian leader was premeditated, according to newly-uncovered files revealing the operation’s planning.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/08/04/us-ethnic-cleansing-serbs-croat/

Republican Senators Holding Up Trump Nominees To Keep Green Gravy Train Rolling. Two Republican senators are slowing the confirmation process for three of Trump’s Treasury nominees, citing concerns regarding solar and wind subsidies.
https://www.aol.com/republican-senators-holding-trump-nominees-221442984.html

‘Suicide March’: Dem Strategist Tells Harris Faulkner Socialist, Pro-Hamas Wing Could Cause ‘Death Of’ His Party. Democratic strategist Julian Epstein said Monday that left-wing socialists could cause the Democratic Party’s “death.”
https://www.aol.com/suicide-march-dem-strategist-tells-190837993.html

California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-could-slash-5-gop-004419524.html

California moves to dismantle GOP map, and Trump’s grip. Caucuses were briefed. Polls are being shared. And the push to swing California bluer is taking shape.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/california-fires-back-at-texas-redistricting-00493314

Why China is Becoming Donald Trump’s Biggest U-Turn
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-china-us-policy-pivot-2108399

Politicians Don’t Understand Disability. Americans with disabilities are at a breaking point. Are politicians listening?
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4684197-americans-with-disabilities-are-at-a-breaking-point-are-politicians-listening/

It might seem like Trump is winning his war — but the US could soon be in a world of pain
https://theconversation.com/it-might-seem-like-trump-is-winning-his-trade-war-but-the-us-could-soon-be-in-a-world-of-pain-262434

GOP senators tell Trump to ‘back off’ — and are now holding up 3 of his nominees:
https://www.alternet.org/gop-senators-trump-treasury/

D.A. Bragg Announces 34-Count Felony Trial Conviction of Donald J. Trump. Jury Finds the Defendant Guilty of 34 Counts of Falsifying Business Records
https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-trial-conviction-of-donald-j-trump/

Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republican party has lost touch with its base. Georgia congresswoman says she has no plans to leave Republican fold but urges party to support ‘America first’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-party

Democrat anchor-baby congresswoman admits the truth: ‘I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrat-anchor-baby-congresswoman-admits-the-truth-im-a-proud-guatemalan-before-im-an-american

Democrats Have Found Their Message—and Trump Is Freaking Out. The cause? Warren laid out the simplest, strongest argument that Democrats can make as they attempt to retake power in next year’s midterm elections.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/democrats-found-message-trump-freaking-100000983.html

Trump Melts Down Over ‘Crazed Lunatic’ Democrats In Escalating Confirmation Feud. The president accused Senate Democrats of using confirmations of more than 150 of his nominees as leverage for funding deals.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-lunatic-democrats-truth-social_n_6890c952e4b0f640c371dd81

# Gov / Politics / Global
How Do You Destroy a Country’s Reputation? Just Ask Benjamin Netanyahu. If we call what he did to Gaza genocide, then we must append this term to what he’s done to Israel: politicide.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198758/benjamin-netanyahu-destroy-israel-reputation-gaza-genocide

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Beaten Down To A Science: Massive Brawl In Cincinnati Shows Where Lines Are Drawn
https://www.foxnews.com/us/doj-fbi-investigate-brutal-cincinnati-assault-captured-viral-video

Cincinnati official who said mob attack victims ‘begged’ for beating doubles down; woman punched in face records tearful clip
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cincinnati-official-who-said-mob-attack-victims-begged-for-beating-doubles-down-knocked-out-woman-releases-tearful-video

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Grind the justice system to a halt’: Judges are openly losing ‘faith’ in Trump’s DOJ:
https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-jusges/

‘It’s Just So Disgusting’: Judges Warn of Rising Threats As Trump Steps Up Attack on Courts
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judges-threats-trump-attack-judiciary/

Trump administration halted lawsuits targeting civil rights abuses of prisoners and mentally ill people
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina

The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term. Justices fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters place the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-clarence-thomas-message.html?via=rss

Netanyahu Government Votes To Fire Prosecutor Overseeing His Corruption Trial. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government voted unanimously Monday to oust the attorney general investigating him for corruption.
https://www.aol.com/netanyahu-government-votes-fire-prosecutor-182714999.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
The American Misdiagnosis — and Mistreatment — of Patient Costs. In establishing a price-setting program in Medicare, lawmakers failed to grasp a critical detail: PBMs make more money when list prices are higher, as fees and rebates are tied to those inflated prices.
https://www.cmemeeting.org/articles/the-cost-of-misdiagnosis-to-physicians-and-healthcare-organizations

Medicaid Work Requirements Will Take Away Coverage From Millions: State and Congressional District Estimates
https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/medicaid-work-requirements-will-take-away-coverage-from-millions-state-and

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Dr. Oz exposes the nonprofit lie at the heart of US health care
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/dr-oz-exposes-the-nonprofit-lie-at-the-heart-of-us-health-care

NY Nonprofit Hospitals Exploiting Tax Exemptions, Driving Up Costs: Report
https://cmpi.org/in-the-news/new-report-on-new-york-state-not-for-profit-hospitals

California Hospital Concealed Evidence Linking ‘Catastrophic Surge’ in Stillbirths to COVID Vaccine, Lawsuit Alleges. A nurse at Community Medical Centers’ (CMC) Community Regional Medical Center, said the hospital “deliberately and selectively” concealed from staff, patients and regulators a spike in unborn baby deaths that began in spring 2021, and retaliated against her when she publicized the information. The lawsuit also says the hospital concealed medical data related to the fetal deaths that showed a link to COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant mothers.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/michelle-spencer-whistleblower-lawsuit-california-hospital-stillbirth-surge-covid-vaccine/

Misdiagnoses cost the U.S. 800,000 deaths and serious disabilities every year, study finds
https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/21/misdiagnoses-cost-the-u-s-800000-deaths-and-serious-disabilities-annually-study/

# NASA
Marking 13 Years on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Picks Up New Skills
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/marking-13-years-on-mars-nasas-curiosity-picks-up-new-skills/

# NOAA / Weather
Staffing cuts push NOAA to buy weather data from private balloon and drone firms. Facing a dwindling federal balloon network, the National Weather Service began purchasing high-altitude observations from startups this year
https://www.ehn.org/staffing-cuts-push-noaa-to-buy-weather-data-from-private-balloon-and-drone-firms

Europe builds its own weather data lifeline as U.S. pulls back. As Trump’s administration guts American science programs, Europe scrambles to build up its own climate data networks to avoid being left in the dark.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/europe-builds-its-own-weather-data-lifeline-as-u-s-pulls-back-2673857224.html

# Solar Activity
3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours. Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/3-powerful-solar-flares-erupt-in-less-than-24-hours-ending-weeks-of-calm-on-the-sun-video

Sunspot crackling with magnetic ‘bombs’ is now turning toward Earth (photo)
https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/sunspot-crackling-with-magnetic-bombs-is-now-turning-toward-earth-photo

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children. It shows how Latino entrepreneurs can drive America’s economic future
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-07-30-0400/business-nearly-half-fortune-500-companies-were-founded-immigrants-or-their

A Korean university student and daughter of a priest was detained by ICE. Faith leaders are now standing behind her
https://www.newsweek.com/priests-daughter-detained-ice-routine-visa-hearing-new-york-2108286

US Universities Are Deepening Their Ties With ICE and Border Patrol. Institutions of higher education are working with federal immigration agencies to form a new academic police state.
https://prismreports.org/2025/07/31/how-universities-are-deepening-ties-with-federal-immigration-agencies/

ICE turned Louisiana into America’s deportation capital. The inspiration was Amazon and FedEx ‘with human beings.’ Since before the Trump administration, the ICE field office in New Orleans was taking inspiration from corporate giants, Alex Woodward reports
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/louisiana-ice-deportation-capital-amazon-fedex-b2800020.html

Judge bars Trump administration’s use of expedited removals for some migrants
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/immigration-humanitarian-parole-ruling-00488290?nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nname=playbook-pm&nrid=8fd816da-f787-4bdd-a09b-99f5c7d81794

Trump Approves Student Loan Forgiveness, $50K Signing Bonus for New ICE Recruits
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4151120205479-trump-approves-student-loan-forgiveness-50k-signing-bonus-for-new-ice-recruits

Trump Is Hiring ICE Agents to Arrest Immigrants Coast to Coast, Border to Border
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-hiring-ice-agents-arrest-133000374.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘Already feeling it in Texas’: Mayors in Trump-voting states warn his policies imperil residents. President Donald Trump’s policies and Congress’ de facto rubber stamping of his administration threaten the livelihoods of citizens in two major U.S. cities, mayors said Sunday
https://www.alternet.org/send/trump-mayors/

Rick Wilson says Trump is filling Wall St. with dread. ‘Beyond the valley of madness,’ and nobody in Washington right now is waking up thinking, ‘Man, this is going to get so much better.'”
https://www.alternet.org/trump-rick-wilson/

Appeals court casts doubt on Trump’s power to impose tariffs without congressional approval
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-court-lawsuit-trade-4c289f51008f6a3a02939caa73ab5404

Big Beautiful Bill sparks backlash with hidden giveaway for ultra-wealthy: ‘This is a very big deal.’ A component of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” gives a huge tax break to the uber-rich.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/07/03/how-trumps-bill-makes-it-easier-for-rich-to-buy-a-personal-jet/

# Education / Schools
Donald Trump just got the go-ahead to strip funding for the Department of Education. The move represents an expansion of executive power, allowing Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/supreme-court-education-department.html

Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI. As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools. As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
https://truthout.org/articles/black-led-progressive-homeschool-networks-rise-amid-book-bans-attacks-on-dei/

# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
Federal judges side with Trump on ending union bargaining for federal workers
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5433509-federal-employees-trump-order-union-ruling/

This red state AG is on a mission — to make the workforce more white and male
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/missouri-attorney-general-mission-workforce-094541356.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘It feels like an invasion’: Texans go to war with Trump over land grab. Landowners living along the Texas/Mexico border are once again facing having property confiscated from them as Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to build his long-promised wall.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-wall-2673853837/

Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 km undersea. Beds of clams, mats of bacteria that look like ice and fields of tube worms – these are just some examples of the strange, extreme life that an expedition to the deepest parts of the ocean has observed, filmed and photographed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wnqe5j99do

The ‘financial swamp’ of banking regulators who ‘decide’ which Americans get their bank accounts shut down
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/financial-swamp-banking-regulators-who-decide-which-americans-get-bank-accounts-shut-down

Mount Rainier Volcano Update; Strong Earthquake Swarm Ongoing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ceUWEqtHi4

# General News / Gaza
Children are paying the heaviest price of this war. In 2024, the occupied Palestinian territory, specifically Gaza, became the deadliest place on earth to be a child. Mass starvation spreads across Gaza,
https://www.savethechildren.net/what-we-do/emergencies/war-gaza

In Gaza, at least 14,000 children have reportedly been killed, many more injured, while thousands are likely under the rubble, and an estimated 17,000 others are unaccompanied or separated from their caregivers.
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/a-year-of-tears-12-months-of-war-on-children-unicef-report/

Doctors Without Borders CEO Stunned By ABC’s Bizarre Question On Gaza Starvation. “Airing videos like that is something of a war crime, isn’t it?” Stephanopoulos asked, leading Benoit to pause for several seconds. She then answers, “Airing the videos?” to which the host responds in the affirmative.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/doctors-without-borders-ceo-stunned-002457124.html

MSF staff and patients are wasting away as mass starvation spreads across Gaza. More than 100 organizations are sounding the alarm and demanding the entry and distribution of lifesaving aid.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-staff-and-patients-are-wasting-away-mass-starvation-spreads-across-gaza

She fed 100K Gazan families for free – now terrorists and local merchants want her dead
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/she-fed-100k-gazan-families-170019167.html

Tens of thousands of Israelis rally after Gaza militants release videos showing emaciated captives
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5492152/gaza-hostage-videos-israel

# General News / Epstein
Trump Admin Broke Rules to Move Ghislaine to Club Fed Camp
https://www.thedailybeast.com/snitch-ghislaines-prison-move-was-due-to-death-threats/

‘Never seen this before’: Prison consultant shocked by Maxwell receiving Bureau of Prisons (BOP) waiver for transfer. Public records show a waiver was issued in Maxwell’s case, an exceptional step for someone convicted of sex trafficking.
https://www.alternet.org/send/maxwell-prison/

Ghislaine Maxwell not welcome in Texas ‘Club Fed’ prison camp, says inmate: ‘Human trafficking is a violent crime’
https://www.aol.com/ghislaine-maxwell-not-welcome-texas-152401318.html

# Gov / Politics
‘Here it comes’: Outrage as leaked Trump admin memo suggests ‘the worst we’ve been waiting for.’ A leaked briefing memo from a recent meeting between high-level officials at the Department of Homeland Security and Defense Department sparked fresh warnings about the Trump administration’s internal plans to increase its domestic use of the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement on immigration could soon get worse.”
https://www.alternet.org/hegseth-memo/

‘Pure nonsense’: Congressman ‘counted more than 15 lies’ in Trump’s chopper talk
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-chopper-talk/

Republicans caution against complacency at ‘Florida Freedom Forum’ in Orlando. Meanwhile, liberal demonstrators interrupted Ron DeSantis, James Uthmeier and Randy Fine throughout the day
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/08/03/republicans-caution-against-complacency-at-florida-freedom-forum-in-orlando/

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to remove Texas House Democrats from the Legislature after they left the state Sunday in a bid to stop Republicans from proceeding with a redistricting effort that would give the GOP five more opportunities to gain seats in the 2026 midterms.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5434746-texas-democrats-flee-redistricting/

Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting. In response, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to try to remove the Democrats from the state Legislature and said some of them may even be “felons.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/texas-democrats-head-illinois-deny-republicans-quorum-redistricting-rcna222743

President Donald Trump has already put in motion his next effort to subvert upcoming federal elections in 2026 and 2028. The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways. This time the call is coming from inside the White House — and that should scare you more than anything
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trump-administrations-campaign-undermine-next-election

The Trump Administration Is Going After Our Elections Too. Government employees have long protected the ballot from attacks. The president is preparing to fire many of them.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/trump-administration-going-after-our-elections-too

Most Senate Democrats vote to block weapons to Israel as US support wanes
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5429072-sanders-resolution-fails-israel-military/

MTG hints that she might be finished with the GOP: ‘I don’t know if the Republican Party is leaving me’
https://www.aol.com/mtg-hints-she-might-finished-180009968.html

Padilla says investigation into Trump ‘certainly in order’ after BLS director fired
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5434178-padilla-calls-for-bls-probe/

Sean Spicer Warns Trump That MAGA Wants ‘Blood’ After ‘Treasonous Conspiracy’ Allegation: ‘You Think Epstein Was Bad?’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/sean-spicer-warns-trump-that-maga-wants-blood-after-treasonous-conspiracy-allegation-you-think-epstein-was-bad/

Three days after maps are released, Texas House committee advances redistricting plan
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_9d5a991e-98bc-4037-9262-2b21dddb0aa6.html

Top economist warns the U.S. is ‘on the precipice of recession’ — and it will be hard for the Fed to come to the rescue
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_9d5a991e-98bc-4037-9262-2b21dddb0aa6.html

Trump Wants a Police State—but Even Some Cops Want Something Better. Checking in with an old friend and New York City police officer who has spent years bemoaning the militarization of police and society that Trump has accelerated
https://newrepublic.com/article/198704/trump-wants-police-state-but-even-cops-want-something-better

# Gov / Politics / Global
Special Report: Persecution of the Century: With the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) growing its power in America, understanding its goals couldn’t be more important than it is today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YzWtKF-yt0I

American Nurse Who Tried to Save “No Other Land” Activist Was Detained and Deported by Israel. Americans on the scene who tried to help Palestinians said Israeli authorities detained them — all as settler attackers roamed free.
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/01/awdah-hathaleen-killed-settler-yinon-levi/

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Parents fury after police ‘blunder’ led to them losing chance to locate their missing daughter, 12
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14963785/Khloe-Dunbar-missing-girl-police-traffic-stop-Ohio-Megan-Dunn.html

Eight laws hitting drivers with up to $350 in fines from today including ‘restrictor’ rule that stops cars even starting
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/14893228/august-1-eight-states-driving-law-fines-stopping-cars/

‘Unfit and unqualified’: Senate GOP confirm pro-Trump ‘attack dog’ Jeanine Pirro as US attorney
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jeanine-pirro-confirmed
Jeanine Pirro : Jeanine Ferris Pirro is an American television host, lawyer, and author who has served as the United States attorney for the District of Columbia since May 2025. Pirro is a former judge, prosecutor, and politician in the state of New York. Pirro was elected as a judge of the Westchester County Court in 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Pirro

Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point. “What happened to William McNeil Jr. is a disturbing reminder that even the most basic rights — like asking why you’ve been pulled over — can be met with violence for Black Americans,” lawyers Ben Crump and Harry Daniels said in a statement.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/brutal-arrest-black-student-florida-040207830.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump move backfires as judges slam brakes on court packing plan: Donald Trump’s decision to place one of his former personal lawyers on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals with a lifetime appointment is backfiring as judges postpone their own retirements to stop the president picking their replacements.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bove/

Trump’s DoJ is demanding states hand over election information. Officials are wondering what they intend to do with it. Officials in several states have expressed concern over the DoJ requesting information on voters and elections
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doj-election-information-b2801259.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Bruce Ramer on CPB Shutdown: ‘A Good Part of Public Radio and Broadcasting Will Be Out of Business.’ The repercussions will be enormous.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/bruce-ramer-cpb-shutdown-sad-day-public-pbs-npr-1236477111/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘It was all lies’: Outrage as Trump walks back major pro-family campaign promise. “The White House does not plan to require health insurers to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization services, two people with knowledge of internal discussions said,” per the report.
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/it-was-all-lies-outrage-as-trump-walks-back-major-pro-family-campaign-promise

Nonprofit Hospitals Spend Millions to Name Stadiums as Workers Face Shortages. Hospitals argue the deals bring in support, but critics question the use of public money amid nursing shortages.
https://truthout.org/articles/nonprofit-hospitals-spend-millions-to-name-stadiums-as-workers-face-shortages/

Researchers forecast what Trump’s bill will mean for patients: Debt and delayed care. Delayed treatments, canceled doctor visits, skipped prescriptions. Losing insurance is bad for your health.
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-enrollment-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-26f8a24c2e495ea10b65c5bbc7b551af

RFK Indefinitely Postpones Critical Preventive Health Meeting — Doctors Warn of Serious Consequences
https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-enrollment-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-26f8a24c2e495ea10b65c5bbc7b551af

Harvested alive: Organ donor wakes up on the table. ‘Horrifying’ mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say. Though the donor had been declared dead, he seemed very much alive. “He was moving around, kind of thrashing. Like, moving, thrashing around on the bed,” Miller told NPR in an interview. “And then when we went over there, you could see he had tears coming down. He was crying visibly.”
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/16/nx-s1-5113976/organ-transplantion-mistake-brain-dead-surgery-still-alive

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Pentagon Awards $7.8 Billion in Contracts for Hundreds of New Missiles. In a pair of major contracts announced July 31, the Pentagon awarded a combined $7.8 billion for new missiles, including JASSM and AMRAAM.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/pentagon-billions-contracts-new-missiles/

Trump Says He Repositioned Nuclear Subs in Veiled Threat to Russia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/01/ukraine-russia-kyiv-death-toll/

New Missile Defense Radar Lands in Guam to Be Put to the Test
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/30/pentagon-will-keep-sharing-hurricane-forecasting-data-00484868

The Army’s Giant Data Deal with Palantir Is a Harbinger: Service CIO
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2025/08/armys-giant-data-deal-palantir-harbinger-service-cio/407174/

Boeing workers who build fighter jets plan to go on strike. About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said Sunday.
https://apnews.com/article/boeing-strike-union-fighter-jets-3cc6357adc8bda4bacb334204d081fd4

# Military / Global
China and Russia Make Military Maneuvers After Trump’s Nuclear Threat
https://www.newsweek.com/china-russia-drills-trump-2108410

# NOAA / Weather
Pentagon to Keep Sharing Key Satellite Data for Hurricane Forecasting Despite Planned Cutoff. The move reverses a plan to cut off NOAA’s access to certain satellite data.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/30/pentagon-will-keep-sharing-hurricane-forecasting-data-00484868

# Pharmaceuticals
Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Shares Rally As Trump Administration Reportedly Plans To Experiment Including Weight-loss Drugs Under Medicaid, Medicare
https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-rally-as-trump-administration-reportedly-plans-to-experiment-including-weight-loss-drugs-under-medicaid-medicare/chrE3mxRdbU

# Planetary / Earth
Geophysicists Ran Simulations And Found That Earth’s Liquid Core May Have Released a Magnetic Field in the Past
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/07/a-fully-liquid-earths-core-also-generates-a-magnetic-field.html

Arctic Ecosystems Are Falling Apart Under Strain of Warming Climate. Arctic environments are entering dangerous feedback loops that accelerate the climate crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrS4PKDln0E

# Social / Communities
Billionaire under fire after construction project creates hazard for community: ‘The land is all slipping’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/mike-cannon-brookes-farm-irrigation-australia/

# Social Services / Programs
Social Security Makes August Announcement. The agency’s shift to requiring a security authentication PIN in August drew concern from advocates and beneficiaries as offices braced for an influx of visitors amid shrinking staffing levels.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-change-august-2107146

# Sports
‘Trump is Not Welcome Here!’ Soccer Fan Goes Viral After MAGA Hat Gets Him Kicked Out of St. Louis Stadium
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14967253/Donald-Trump-soccer-fan-MLS-MAGA-cap-kicked-out.html

# Veterans / VA
‘Done everything they can to avoid hearing from’ us: Veteran interrupts GOP celebration in Florida
https://www.alternet.org/flordia-desantis-protest/

Worked security for GHF in Gaza? Beware of war crime charges, Democrats say. Democrats said veterans supporting Trump’s Gaza aid effort face legal risks for “what amounts to military operations on behalf of the Israeli government.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/31/gaza-aid-security-firms-war-crimes-democrats/
GHF – Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Humanitarian_Foundation

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Gaps in Melania Trump’s immigration story raise questions
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigration-donald-226648

‘They played by the rules’: Judge compares Trump admin to ‘oppressive regimes’ and bars ICE from fast-tracking summary deportations for immigrants on parole
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/they-played-by-the-rules-judge-compares-trump-admin-to-oppressive-regimes-and-bars-ice-from-fast-tracking-summary-deportations-for-immigrants-on-parole/

ICE New Orleans detaining mostly immigrants with no criminal convictions
https://www.kalb.com/video/2025/08/02/ice-new-orleans-detaining-mostly-immigrants-with-no-criminal-convictions/

Justice Department fired official whose husband operated controversial ICEBlock app. Carolyn Feinstein, who worked as a DOJ forensic accountant in Austin, Texas, alleges she was terminated last Friday as “retribution” for her spouse’s radical alert system, in which she has minority shares.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/doj-staffer-claims-she-was-fired-over-husbands-controversial-anti-ice-app/

Kristi Noem’s DHS is posting 1800s-style ‘fascist propaganda’ art to encourage Americans to ‘Protect the Homeland.’ Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has embraced new tactics — and bizarre memes and historical references — as it carries out its mass deportation campaign, writes Josh Marcus
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/dhs-trump-kristi-noem-paintings-thomas-kinkade-b2800005.html

Private Prison Giant to Ramp Up Production of Ankle Monitors After ICE Announced Plan to Shackle 180,000 Immigrants. The company that makes the ankle monitors donated at least $1.5 million to Trump.
https://gizmodo.com/ice-plans-to-track-over-180000-immigrants-with-ankle-monitors-report-2000634109

Scientist Trying to Stop Lyme Disease Arrested by Immigration After Brother’s Wedding. Officials Blame Old Drug Conviction. Will Kim, a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University, has lived in the United States since he was 5 years old
https://people.com/scientist-with-green-card-detained-years-after-minor-drug-charge-11782867

Senate bill looks to box out future presidents who may try to skirt immigration enforcement laws
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-bill-looks-box-future-165353833.html

Leaked memo from Hegseth’s brother calls for US army to help with deportations nationwide ‘for years to come’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/memo-leak-pete-hegseth-military-deportations-b2800978.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump Ends Tariff Exemption for Small Packages. Starting in September, US buyers on sites like Etsy and eBay may face higher tariffs on goods from abroad
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/31/president-trump-ends-unfair-de-minimis-tariff-exemption-major-victory-securing

Trump Sets Global Tariffs as Consumers Brace for Price Hikes. Consumers across the country are bracing for higher prices on everything from coffee to cars as President Donald Trump’s full suite of “Liberation Day” tariffs go into effect next week. Some public companies had previously delayed price hikes, but that could change as more tariffs become effective.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_64ae40ee-1980-49ad-a2f9-a30a635c03ba.html

# Education / Schools
Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time. By proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/epic-effort-to-ground-physics-in-math-opens-up-the-secrets-of-time-20250611/

Several Texas school staff members, including superintendent, charged after video captures horrific abuse of special needs children
https://www.yahoo.com/news/millsap-isd-superintendent-teachers-arrested-032941213.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
‘Stupid damage’: ‘Terrorized’ Republicans complain to Dem about Trump. A senior Democratic senator slammed President Donald Trump as trying to realize the “wet dream of the dirtiest players in the fossil fuel industry.”
https://www.alternet.org/terrorized-republicans-fume-to-dem-about-stupid-damage-done-by-trump/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Troubling Scenes From an Arctic in Full-Tilt Crisis. Air temperatures climbed above freezing for 14 of the 28 days of February, reaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit, when the average temperature at this time of year is 5 degrees.
https://grist.org/climate/troubling-scenes-from-an-arctic-in-full-tilt-crisis/

Representatives of 170 countries gathered in Zimbabwe last week for the Convention on Wetlands, a global environmental protection treaty aimed at saving Earth’s fastest-disappearing ecosystem. Geopolitics quickly took over.
https://www.wetlands.org/as-world-gathers-for-wetlands-cop15-hosts-zimbabwe-commit-to-major-wetland-restoration-and-protection/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Food earmarked for millions of people languishes in warehouses after Trump shuttered USAID. There are concerns millions of dollars’ worth of food aid at risk of spoiling or expired as a result of the administration dismantling USAID
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/usaid-trump-food-aid-waste-b2800939.html

# General News
New Dunkin’ ad mentioning ‘genetics’ follows Sydney Sweeney ad in triggering social media. TikTok users question why brands are suddenly obsessed with genetics references in advertising
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/new-dunkin-ad-mentioning-genetics-follows-sydney-sweeney-ad-triggering-social-media

# General News / Floods
Coast Guard hero who helped save 165 lives in Texas floods recounts his training ordeals. In his first mission, Petty Officer Scott Ruskan evacuated scores of survivors from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/scott-ruskan-coast-guard-texas-flooding/

# General News / Epstein
‘She wasn’t stolen, she was preyed upon.’: Giuffre’s brother destroys Trump’s Mar-a-Lago story with brutal truth. His admission that he bragged about keeping underage ‘staff’ has raised new disturbing questions about what he knew.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/she-wasnt-stolen-she-was-preyed-upon-giuffres-brother-destroys-trumps-mar-a-lago-story-with-brutal-truth/

A newly uncovered photograph is raising more questions about Donald Trump’s past ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his social circle, potentially undermining the president’s repeated claims of severing ties with the convicted predator more than two decades ago.
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/4151457159532-unearthed-photo-shows-trump-with-epstein-and-andrew

Office of Special Counsel to probe potential Hatch Act violations by former Special Counsel Jack Smith. The Justice Department has turned its focus to Democrats and former Biden officials as it grapples with the fallout of its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/02/jack-smith-hatch-act-probe-00490405

Ghislaine Maxwell Dodges Congress Again As James Comer Postpones Deposition. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer indefinitely postponed the scheduled deposition for Ghislaine Maxwell.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/08/01/congress/maxwell-hearing-postponed-00489019

Epstein Victims Issue Statement Condemning Trump After Maxwell Moved To Cushy New Prison. Victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell slammed the federal government Friday for transferring Maxwell to a cushy minimum-security prison.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/2/epstein-victims-claim-cover-up-as-accomplice-moved-to-low-security-prison

Team Trump delivers another slap in the face
https://www.alternet.org/trump-todd-blanche-2673838822/

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Worsens as Dems Suddenly Find Big New Weapon. Senate Democrats are using a 1928 law to pressure Trump to release the Epstein files. The White House will ignore them. Here’s what could happen next.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-epstein-fiasco-worsens-dems-174049617.html

# Gov / Politics
Fuming Trump Trashes Republican for Refusing to Do His Bidding. He advised other lawmakers in his party to vote in the “the exact opposite” way of his new target.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fuming-trump-trashes-republican-refusing-085641686.html

Senators leave town without deal on nominees after Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-senate-confirmations-trump-schumer_n_688ecf61e4b01556427055ae

Trump tells Schumer to ‘GO TO HELL’ over Senate nominee deal after negotiations blow up
https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/us-news/trump-tells-schumer-to-go-to-hell-over-senate-nominee-deal-funding-demands-after-negotiations-collapse/

Cory Booker’s message to the Democratic Party: Don’t bend the knee to Trump. Booker’s criticism of Democrats highlights deep divide on fighting Trump
https://www.aol.com/booker-criticism-democrats-highlights-deep-100000863.html

Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Accuses Trump of Using Same ‘Political Theories’ as Nazis as President Targets Him
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/ex-cia-director-john-brennan-accuses-trump-of-using-same-political-theories-as-nazis-as-president-targets-him/

Kansas joins multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over termination federal grant
https://www.kwch.com/2025/08/01/kansas-joins-multistate-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-over-termination-federal-grant/

Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now? Confabulation is sometimes called “honest lying,” because the person doing it genuinely believes what he’s saying, even if it is obviously and patently false.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5429516-trump-confabulation-dementia-signs/

Republicans steamroll Senate Democrats, confirm Trump’s pick for Vatican ambassador who illuminated Harris’ bigotry
https://www.theblaze.com/news/republicans-steamroll-senate-dems-confirm-trumps-pick-for-vatican-ambassador-who-illuminated-harris-bigotry

‘Everything makes sense if you get that most of the MAGA base are members of a cult’: critic
https://fair.org/home/everything-makes-sense-if-you-get-that-most-of-the-maga-base-are-members-of-a-cult/

Analyst traces Trump from high school ‘bully’ to the White House. Donald Trump has turned a campaign ethos of division — “us” vs. “them” — into a governing strategy premised on fear and control.
https://www.alternet.org/the-right-wing/trump-lawyers-courts/?u=1602501a99a5758652052c0857f4beec9307dbfdcb75c1cebcb48b174fbab7bf&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Aug.3.2025_12.34pm

Texas AG Ken Paxton has chilling threat to Democrats trying to stop GOP redistricting efforts
https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-witkoff-hostage-tel-aviv-b90fe087e8254179667e0cd6094cd438

On Planet Earth, Obama Can’t Be Indicted. But We Live on Planet Trump. The attempted persecution of a former president is both a dangerous line to cross and an expression of this failed administration.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198484/trump-obama-tulsi-russia-indictment

Transcript: Krugman Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters.” As the emerging details of Trump’s trade agreement with Europe puncture his hype, economist Paul Krugman explains at length why it’s actually a big loss for our country—and especially for his MAGA base.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198586/transcript-krugman-wrecks-trump-europe-deal-scam-voters

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘This Is The Grave I Think I’m Going To Be Buried In’: Hamas Releases Video Of Emaciated Hostage. Hamas released a video of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, visibly starving and digging his grave, sparking global outrage and calls for his release. It is the third time Hamas and affiliated groups have released videos of what appear to be starving hostages in recent days.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/03/hamas-orders-starving-hostage-dig-his-own-grave/

Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages’ families
https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-witkoff-hostage-tel-aviv-b90fe087e8254179667e0cd6094cd438

Beijing Pays Influencers in Africa to Spread Anti-US Messaging. Beijing and Moscow are financing social media campaigns against the United States, according to media experts and insiders.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beijing-turns-influencers-fresh-chinese-090000721.html

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, filling the post after President Donald Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-5491473/senate-confirms-ex-fox-news-host-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-for-nations-capital

6 now charged in Cincinnati mob attack; mayor says man who issued ‘slap’ prior to beatdown is being ‘actively investigated’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/6-now-charged-in-cincinnati-mob-attack-mayor-says-man-who-issued-slap-prior-to-beatdown-is-being-actively-investigated

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Emil Bove Saga Isn’t Over Yet. Republicans just confirmed Trump’s former personal attorney to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that won’t erase the multiple scandals he’s embroiled in.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198632/emil-bove-confirmed-scandals

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Jon Stewart Slams Right-Wingers For Trying To ‘Create Rules That They Would Never Follow.’ The “Daily Show” host pointed out the reason why one late-night host is so “popular” among conservatives.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-weekly-show-conservative-media-left-wing-bias_n_688d40fee4b022c2fddf1a07

‘Low IQ’: Trump lashes out at Charlamagne after radio host slammed president on Fox News. Radio host Charlamagne tha God, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, delivered a scathing critique of President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that people are “hurting” under his administration.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-charlamagne-tha-god/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-rfk-jr-health-tech-fa73703bd1fd557c787ef0b590e151f1

RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too ‘woke’ now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. Even if he doesn’t go through with this purge, RFK Jr. is instilling a distrust in our expert medical and scientific institutions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/02/kennedy-health-panel-recommendations-preventive-disease/85422460007/

# Space Technology
We just made a laser call… 265 million km away
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM43IQyNgoP/

# Veterans / VA
$455B VA spending bill clears final hurdle in Senate. The Senate on Friday night adopted a $455 billion spending bill for the VA that invests in recruiting clinicians at hospitals, increases the toxic exposures fund and sets minimum funding levels for rural health care and other critical programs.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-08-02/veterans-senate-spending-bill-18640539.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘Hard or easy?’ ICE agents seen using terrifying new tactic to detain immigrants
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-raids-2673795064/

Border encounters, apprehensions fell to record lows in July
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/immigration/2025/08/01/border-encounters–apprehensions-fall-to-record-lows-in-july

Trump Administration Releases New Plans to Enforce Birthright Citizenship Order. New USCIS documents outline how the administration would enforce the controversial executive order, but the policy remains blocked by federal courts
https://www.boundless.com/blog/trump-administration-releases-new-plans-to-enforce-birthright-citizenship-order/

ICE Plans to Build More Tent Jails for Immigrants. What Could Go Wrong? A brief recent history of “soft-sided” facilities and their many faults.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/trump-ice-tent-facilities-conditions-problems-immigrants-alligator-alcatraz/

Family says ICE entered their home without warrant; ICE says no warrant needed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tampa-family-says-ice-entered-214914153.html

Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary. Rodney Taylor placed in ‘restrictive unit’ for refusing to enter flooded cell because his prosthetic legs can’t get wet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFNYjOa4SE0

Hunger strike at Alligator Alcatraz reaches Day 9 as inmate protests conditions
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hunger-strike-alligator-alcatraz-reaches-194357522.html

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal
https://www.daily-sun.com/post/817176

Judge rips Noem’s latest termination of immigrant protections: ‘Color is neither a poison nor a crime’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/temporary-protected-status-kristi-noem-ruling-00488161

Narciso Barranco, a father of three U.S. Marines, who was detained by ICE for nearly a month, has now been released and reunited with his family.
https://people.com/father-of-3-marine-brothers-released-from-immigration-detention-center-nearly-a-month-after-detainment-11773100

Trump Donor Pleads Guilty to Swindling $30 Million From Immigrants Seeking Green Cards
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-donor-swindled-more-30-135834550.html

Vaccine researcher with green card held at San Francisco airport for a week and faces deportation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/07/31/texas-researcher-detained-san-francisco-airport/bee337c2-6e4e-11f0-aab6-8141d7095676_story.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE has ‘wasted $21.7 billion’ on government shake up that left scientists checking tickets at parks
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-wasting-billions-report_n_688bc47ce4b0f5c3b7c9c556

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘Who are you gonna trust?’ Economist warns Trump is poisoning America’s fiscal reputation. An economics expert warned that any forthcoming jobs numbers will leave many questioning their accuracy.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-economy-jobs-bls-2673799759/

# Education / Schools
Trump Admin Freezes $339 Million From UCLA Over Civil Rights Violations. The federal government has frozen or paused federal funding over similar allegations against private colleges but this is one of the rare cases it has targeted a public university.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-freezes-339m-ucla-201939116.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible. He hates facts. He rejects truth. He doesn’t want the public to know what’s really happening.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-destroys-our-source-of-information

‘Huge political issue’: Workers outraged as ‘fine print’ excludes them from Trump tax cut
https://www.alternet.org/workers-outraged-trump-tax/

‘Buyouts’: Trump’s mass layoffs are costing taxpayers a fortune — here’s why. One of the tools the Trump Administration and DOGE used in their mass layoffs of federal workers was buyouts, which aren’t saving money for U.S. taxpayers, but are costing them a fortune.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-doge-buyouts/

‘Kill the messenger’: Trump ripped over ‘dangerous and corrupt’ firing of labor stats head
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/kill-the-messenger-trump-ripped-over-dangerous-and-corrupt-firing-of-labor-stats-head/ar-AA1JKDts

‘Bad’ and ‘Brutal’ Jobs Report—Unemployment Jumps in ‘Sputtering’ Labor Market: Experts
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/08/bad-brutal-and-in-trouble-unemployment-jumps-in-trumps-sputtering-labor-market/

California fast-food employment tanks under new $20 minimum wage
https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-jobs

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment. Environmentalists say the lack of public comment shows the administration’s disregard for maintaining public lands.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01082025/blm-oil-gas-rules-exempted-from-public-comment/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation. Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-epa-climate-change-report

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By. In a government survey, state and local officials said they were overworked, underpaid and underappreciated.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28072025/emergency-managers-overworked-as-fema-shrinks/

# General News / Trump / Epstein
‘Selective shielding’: Outrage after FOIA report reveals FBI redacted Trump’s name from Epstein files
https://san.com/media-miss/trumps-name-among-those-redacted-in-fbi-epstein-investigation-files/

Trump’s name among those redacted in FBI Epstein investigation files
https://san.com/media-miss/trumps-name-among-those-redacted-in-fbi-epstein-investigation-files/

Ghislaine Maxwell Moved To Minimum Security Texas Prison. Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer stated that she has been transferred to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas. The move, not announced by the Justice Department or Bureau of Prisons, comes as Maxwell seeks a pardon from President Donald Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/01/epstein-accomplice-ghislaine-maxwell-moved-prisons/85475060007/

‘The cover-up is huge’: Epstein survivor says Maxwell pardon would be ‘ultimate betrayal’: Offering a sweetheart deal to Maxwell would demonstrate to the American public that the administration “cares more about a convicted pedophile sex trafficker of minors than about victims of sexual harm.”
https://www.alternet.org/epstein-survivor-maxwell-pardon/

Trump says he wants to ‘release everything’ related to Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration has faced heavy backlash over its handling of the Epstein investigation, including its promise to release Epstein’s alleged “client list,” which it has since said does not exist.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3489368/trump-wants-everything-in-epstein-files-to-be-released/

Epstein reportedly used Trump meeting to groom 14-year-old: ‘This is a good one, right?’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2673796824/

Epstein Victims Slam Trump Administration for Giving Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Preferential Treatment’
https://time.com/7306977/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-prison-texas/

FBI Reportedly Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files. New details are emerging about the FBI’s review of its documents on Jeffrey Esptein.
https://truthout.org/articles/fbi-officials-reportedly-redacted-references-to-trump-from-epstein-files/

Schumer calls on FBI to conduct counterintelligence threat assessment on Epstein files
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5426224-schumer-fbi-threat-assessment-epstein-files/

Top Democrat demands Trump’s IRS investigate Epstein bank records in sprawling probe: ‘Follow the money’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-bank-records-ron-wyden-leon-black-b2799888.html

Top Democrat Promises Epstein Tell-All On YouTube: ‘How It All Ties Back to Donald Trump’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/top-democrat-promises-epstein-tell-all-on-youtube-how-it-all-ties-back-to-donald-trump/

Virginia Giuffre’s furious family say Ghislaine Maxwell prison move ‘smacks of a cover up’
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/virginia-giuffre-ghislaine-maxwell-prison-camp-epstein

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Sloppy Effort to Distract From Epstein Mess Creates a ‘Ticking Time Bomb.’ A Trump adviser admits the president’s distraction ploy — threatening to prosecute Obama — will likely go down as another “broken promise”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-epstein-distract-obama-russia-time-bomb-1235397768/

‘Drives me crazy!’ Ex-GOP rep in disbelief watching Mike Johnson ‘lie’ on national TV
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2673791784/

Trump cranks up distraction machine but focus refuses to budge from Epstein. The president is a master of ‘look over there’ – but not when his supporters’ core beliefs about the ‘deep state’ are in play
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/donald-trump-epstein-distraction

‘Good riddance’: MAGA drives out Baptist leader for not being ‘aligned with Trump’
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143505976

Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now? “Confabulation.” It’s a word you are going to be hearing a lot in the coming months. President Trump has always been willing to mislead people when it was to his advantage. Even his supporters recognize this.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5429516-trump-confabulation-dementia-signs/

‘Rage Against the Regime’ protests planned against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/01/rage-against-the-regime-protests-trump-machine/85464165007/

Trump’s team calls this ‘America First’ — but here’s what it really means
https://www.alternet.org/trump-prices-2673807134/

One Trump enabler has done more damage than the rest of them combined
https://www.alternet.org/trump-enabler/

‘What in the hell’s going on here?’: MAGA architect reveals uncomfortable truth — the base isn’t united behind Netanyahu after all
https://wegotthiscovered.com/celebrities/what-in-the-hells-going-on-here-maga-architect-reveals-uncomfortable-truth-the-base-isnt-united-behind-netanyahu-after-all/

Abandon the False Hope’: Forget arms control, The US just got a terrifying reality check on China’s nuclear ambitions. A new report from the Hudson Institute delivers a serious warning about China’s rapidly growing nuclear weapons program.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/abandon-the-false-hope-forget-arms-control-the-us-just-got-a-terrifying-reality-check-on-chinas-nuclear-ambitions/

John Thune says Senate will stay in session through the weekend to confirm Trump nominees. At least 150 nominees still need to be confirmed, including many judicial nominees, such as acting United States Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
https://apnews.com/article/senate-nominations-trump-thune-recess-6a30a38f21a841faf099757d76c7d935

How Laura Loomer Became One of the Most Feared People in Washington. That she wields her power from outside the White House is yet another feature of Trump’s presidency that we have simply never seen before in the office.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-laura-loomer-became-one-of-the-most-feared-people-in-washington/
Laura Loomer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer

Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair accuses Texas Republicans of silencing Latino voters with redistricting plan
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5432841-espaillat-accuses-texas-gop-voter-silencing/

Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman warns US faces Venezuela-style collapse under Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/paul-krugman-2673800091/

Senate Republicans Vote To Let Trump Keep Qatar Jet After Taxpayer-Funded $1 Billion Retrofit
https://www.jalopnik.com/1928449/republicans-vote-trump-keep-qatar-jet/

Trump may have accidentally ‘admitted knowledge of a grotesque crime’: legal expert
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2673797390/

Trump voter livid after being profiled by ICE: ‘I’m an American who now has to be afraid’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-voters-furious/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel is losing EU support fast as one country stops weapons trade amid Gaza war
https://www.daily-sun.com/post/817176

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
‘No integrity!’ Furious sheriff slams Noem’s DHS for raiding his ranks using his own data
https://www.rawstory.com/kristi-noem-2673799029/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Supreme Court May Deal Democrats A Huge Blow To Ever Taking House Back. The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to consider a major challenge that could reshape how voting maps are drawn.
https://www.aol.com/supreme-court-may-deal-democrats-231001729.html

DOJ makes nationwide push to clean voter rolls, purging duplicates and noncitizens. DOJ previously sent letters to California demanding information about their election practices, and threatened Wisconsin with withholding federal funding for noncompliance with integrity rolls.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/doj-launching-effort-clean-voter-rolls-report

Board recommends that Trump White House official Jeffrey Clark be disbarred for efforts to overturn 2020 election
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-clark-dc-bar-disbarred-discipline-trump-73ba327c73769674b4b87e8b924d8aeb

The Trump Administration Got Caught Lying to the Supreme Court Again. Almost as soon as Trump returned to the White House, the Justice Department began lying to federal courts in an effort to conceal its flagrant lawbreaking.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/trump-doj-lying-supreme-court-pam-bondi.html

Judges Detail Horrors They’ve Experienced Since Ruling Against Trump. Federal judges warn the independent judicial system is at stake.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198678/judges-trump-rulings-threats

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Media finally awakening to the fact that Trump’s losing it
https://captimes.com/opinion/dave-zweifel/opinion-media-finally-awakening-to-the-fact-that-trumps-losing-it/article_4c0a36c0-8280-11ef-a317-7bb416f1f4c4.html

Trump Cuts Pull the Plug on Public Broadcasting After 60 Years. President Trump has signed a law clawing back $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting through fiscal year 2027.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5489808/cpb-shut-down-public-broadcasting-trump

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Sanders says Medicaid cuts will force nursing homes and long-term care facilities to close
https://skillednursingnews.com/2025/07/bad-situation-only-made-worse-sen-sanders-leadingage-and-ag-rhodes-explain-obbba-impact-on-nursing-homes/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
RFK Jr.’s Movement Is Hurting Children. I See It Every Day at Work. A pediatric surgeon explains what RFK Jr.’s minions are doing to her patients.Trump’s health secretary is trying to convince Americans that their doctors are not to be trusted. He’s succeeding.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/08/rfk-jr-maha-vaccines-doctors-influencers.html?pay=1754153574842&support_journalism=please

OB-GYN Group Makes Unprecedented Move Against Trump. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced it will no longer accept government funds due to “recent changes in federal funding laws and regulations.” The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced it will no longer accept government funds due to “recent changes in federal funding laws and regulations.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obgyns-trump-federal-funding_n_688d179be4b00b7bc191be83

# Military / Militia / National Guard
The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/army-gutting-aviation-units-thousands-172836424.html

Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russia president’s menacing tweet. Order comes after president’s anger at tweet from Dmitry Medvedev which called Trump’s threat to sanction Russia over Ukraine a ‘step towards war’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-nuclear-submarines-russia-ukraine

# NATO
NATO country arrests 32 Russian spies accused of beatings, sabotage and arson. The 32 accused of working with Russian intelligence hail from five different countries, including Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Colombia and Poland itself.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2089455/poland-32-alleged-spies-russia

USAFE, AMC, AFMC on Chopping Block: At least three high-profile four-star Air Force commands—U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, Air Mobility Command, and Air Force Materiel Command—could be downgraded to three-star roles, as the Pentagon presses to shrink the number of generals throughout the Department of Defense,
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/future-usaf-new-e-7-fleet-may-face-cuts/

# NASA
NASA Employees Now Subject To Random Searches As Agency Becomes AI-Fueled Police Mini-State. This memo was just sent out to NASA SMD employees (and others. “To ensure the continued safety of our workforce and compliance with security measures, the NASA Headquarters Protective Services Office will be reinstating random searches and inspections of individuals, belongings, and vehicles…”
https://nasawatch.com/personnel-news/random-employee-searches-to-resume-at-nasa-hq/

# NOAA / Weather
Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting. WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all the gaps.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01082025/private-companies-noaa-weather-data/

How Joint NASA-ESA Sea Level Mission Will Help Hurricane Forecasts. Sentinel-6B will measure sea surface height for nearly all of the world’s ocean, providing important data for information products, including weather and hurricane forecasts
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sentinel-6/sentinel-6-michael-freilich/how-joint-nasa-esa-sea-level-mission-will-help-hurricane-forecasts/

# Space Force / Starlink/ SpaceX
SpaceX brings four astronauts to International Space Station in 15-hour trip. The four US, Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. Their arrival brought the current number of people at the station to 11.
https://news.sky.com/story/spacex-brings-new-crew-to-international-space-station-in-just-15-hours-but-its-still-short-of-russian-record-13405462

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
US citizen responds to being asked to shave beard by ICE agents. The arrest raises concerns around identity verification and racial profiling.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-detained-ice-shave-beard-immigration-2105494

A Police Officer Arrested by ICE in Maine: Local Authorities Reject Allegations of Wrongdoing
https://apnews.com/article/maine-ice-police-officer-arrested-09952522b305e10659dce4018ce81f34

How Trump Made One of the Most Controversial Post-9/11 Policies the New Normal. Thousands of other people are going to get put into detention of indeterminate length with far less recourse, which could stretch years.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/trump-alligator-alcatraz-indefinite-detention-911.html

MAGA senator slams illegal immigrants as ‘criminals’ — then steps in to free ICE detainee
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator-john-kennedy-does-bizarre-180-to-release-ice-detainee-paola-clouatre/

What Happens To The Women ICE Detains? The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers. and they’ve become invisible targets. “You’re not human when you’re in there.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-detention-for-women-is-uniquely-cruel_n_688a681ee4b07dfa117f0372?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2025-08-01&utm_term=us-morning-email&email_hash=2ad8a4b29c39da108f4f8ffda0cf56cd20dc9eb9

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump’s Tariffs Are Fundamentally Reshaping the U.S.-Brazil Relationship. The rift between the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies is the strongest evidence yet that Trump is in the business of autocracy promotion.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/30/brazil-trump-tariffs-lula/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921

‘You’re paying that!’ Michael Steele says Trump taking ‘money out of Americans’ pockets’
https://www.alternet.org/michael-steele-trump-tariffs/

Trump signs order imposing new tariffs on a number of trading partners that go into effect in 7 days. The executive order follows through on the president’s recent trade agreements with some trading partners and his threats to slap punishing new duties on others.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/trump-executive-order-higher-tariff-rates-00487913

Trump injects new dose of uncertainty in tariffs as he pushes start date back to Aug. 7
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-effect-05bc12428163b9f28ef80f952cf9dafd

Trump just upped the tariff burden on American consumers – this time for low-cost goods from around the world. The Tax Foundation calculated that about 75 percent of the country’s food imports would be impacted by the tariffs in some way, notably liquor, baked goods, coffee, fish and beer.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5428344-trump-tariffs-food-grocery-prices/

# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
Workers Roast as Federal Heat Standard Languishes. Workers are overheating on the job, even in blue states. A proposed federal rule could help—but the Trump administration might abandon it.
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-07-30-workers-roast-federal-heat-standard-languishes/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Trump administration proposal to revoke key climate finding draws criticism from scientists. The repeal of the finding on the dangers greenhouse gases pose to human health and welfare will face fierce legal challenges.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/29/epa-to-revoke-2009-finding-that-climate-pollution-endangers-humans-00476166

Coal plants and chemical facilities secured air rule exemptions through Trump-era email system
https://www.dailyclimate.org/coal-plants-and-chemical-facilities-secured-air-rule-exemptions-through-trump-era-email-system-2673790818.html

# General News / Floods
‘Not a damned penny!’ ‘Abandoned’ Texas flood survivors prepare to clash with officials
https://www.rawstory.com/texas-flood-2673794764/

# General News / Gaza
Arab Nations Urge Hamas To Give Up Arms And Power In Gaza For First Time. The Arab states called on Hamas to relinquish its arms and rule over the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented move
https://san.com/cc/several-arab-and-muslim-states-call-on-hamas-to-disarm-relinquish-power/

# General News / Trump / Epstein
Mystery Third Person Seen on Epstein Prison Video on Final Night Alive
https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/mystery-orange-shape-spotted-near-jeffrey-epsteins-jail-cell-night-before-his-death-report/

How Epstein and Maxwell Used Trump’s Fame to Groom 13-Year-Old Girl
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-met-teenage-epstein-victim-182140564.html

# Gov / Politics
Trump Threatens Trade Deal With Canada After Liberal Gov’t Moves To Recognize A Palestinian State. President Donald Trump has threatened to stall trade talks with Canada late Wednesday night after Canada’s move to recognize Palestinian statehood.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/31/trump-threatens-trade-deal-after-canada-moves-towards-recognising-palestine

‘RIP Democracy:’ Left-Wing Protesters Drop Coffin On Wisconsin GOP Rep’s Doorstep. A group of left-wing protestors left a coffin at the home of Republican Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil last week, the congressman confirmed.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/31/protesters-drop-coffin-republican-wisconsin-rep-bryan-steil/

Trump donor swindled more than $30 million from people thinking they were getting access and visas
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-donor-scam-guilty-plea-b2799636.html

The one man who has the strength to finish off Donald Trump. If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down.
https://www.alternet.org/rupert-murdoch-trump-2673787761/

This Trump policy ‘imperils’ the ‘most vulnerable’ residents of state that voted for him
https://www.alternet.org/trump-fema-missouri/

Trump threatens he could take over sanctuary cities and arrest unruly mayors under martial law
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14954615/donald-trump-martial-law-sanctuary-cities-mayors-immigration.html

Trump Kicks Melania Out of East Wing to Build Mar-a-Lago Ballroom
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/4148861160574-trump-kicks-melania-out-of-east-wing-to-build-mar-a-lago-ballroom

C-SPAN Cameras Catch Elizabeth Warren Absolutely Wipe Out on Senate Floor — And MAGA Goes Wild
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/c-span-cameras-catch-elizabeth-warren-absolutely-wipe-out-on-senate-floor-and-maga-goes-wild/

‘We cannot run a Republic like this’: FBI’s Bongino hints at shocking deep-state corruption
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5422040-bongino-vows-to-uncover-truth-in-cryptic-message-we-cannot-run-a-republic-like-this/

‘All the fake gold’: Outrage follows new plan to ‘turn the White House into a Trump resort’
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/all-the-fake-gold-outrage-follows-new-plan-to-turn-the-white-house-into-a-trump-resort/ar-AA1JFRyv?cvid=07CE3304CC19494A845AF7402F996934&ocid=wispr

‘Shaky situation’: How Karoline Leavitt’s ‘absurdly over-the-top’ Trump flattery gives away the game
https://www.alternet.org/leavitt-trump-maga/

‘Barbaric’: Karoline Leavitt Calls ‘Ending the Chemical Castration of Children’ a Trump Administration ‘Priority’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/barbaric-karoline-leavitt-calls-ending-the-chemical-castration-of-children-a-trump-administration-priority/

‘How can this possibly be allowed?’: JD Vance asks the question as Trump orders Texas to rig its own election maps
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/how-can-this-possibly-be-allowed-jd-vance-asks-the-question-as-trump-orders-texas-to-rig-its-own-election-maps/

How the US Could Cash in On Mineral-Rich DR Congo’s Peace Deal
https://www.newsweek.com/india-philippines-hold-drills-south-china-sea-2105774

Democrat moves to block Trump admin from using military drones to monitor protests after LA riots
https://www.aol.com/democrat-moves-block-trump-admin-100032279.html

Making America Epstein Again. Trump’s transactional ethics are making the U.S. a refuge for criminals. This mirrors something Israel has done for years.
https://prospect.org/power/2025-08-01-making-america-epstein-again/

New York Gov. Hochul Warns She Will Also Retaliate If Texas Moves Forward With Redistricting: ‘I Won’t Sit By’
https://www.latintimes.com/new-york-gov-hochul-warns-she-will-also-retaliate-if-texas-moves-forward-redistricting-i-wont-587876

Texas AG to Dems: Accept GOP Gerrymandering or I’ll Lock You Up. Attorney General Ken Paxton says he could “lock the doors” on the state’s legislature if it doesn’t approve a radical new congressional map.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198673/texas-ag-dems-accept-gop-gerrymandering-ill-lock

Republicans reject Democrats’ amendment to block Trump from taking Qatari jet after presidency
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5431133-republicans-reject-democrats-amendment-aimed-at-blocking-trump-from-taking-qatari-jet-post-presidency/

Sen. Josh Hawley Wants to Block ‘Biden Voters’ From Getting $2,400 Trump Tariff Rebate Checks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-josh-hawley-wants-exclude-152244806.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
China Wants Nuclear Weapons to Strike Fear into America
https://www.newsweek.com/china-wants-nuclear-weapons-strike-fear-us-allies-2106812

India Wades into Contested South China Sea on Side of US Ally
https://www.newsweek.com/india-philippines-hold-drills-south-china-sea-2105774

Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west’s help
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/30/israel-starvation-gaza-keir-starmer-west

American Jews’ Support for Israel Is Near Its Breaking Point. The big legacy groups remain mostly silent. But nearly everyone else now agrees: Netanyahu’s Gaza war is one of the great catastrophes in Jewish history.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198651/american-jews-support-netanyahu-israel-near-breaking-point

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
12,000 rounds of ammo stolen from FBI training camp in Southwest Washington, deputies say
https://www.chronline.com/stories/12000-rounds-of-ammo-stolen-from-fbi-training-camp-in-southwest-washington-deputies-say,384701

Another Shady Trump Official Is About to Lose His Law License
https://newrepublic.com/post/198674/trump-official-jeff-clark-disbar-law-license

‘At 80, to be treated like a terrorist is shocking’: arrested on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action. Retired priest and former magistrate among those held after Palestine Action was banned as a terror organization
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/30/at-80-to-be-treated-like-a-terrorist-is-shocking-arrested-on-suspicion-of-supporting-palestine-action

Nearly all states allowing jails and prisons to charge incarcerated people for room and board or medical care highlights a deeper problem: their families, especially Black women, are forced to cover the costs, according to a new report.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/26/states-inmates-pay-incarceration-black-women

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Why Fauci says pandemic ‘didn’t have to be this bad’
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-fauci-says-pandemic-didnt-have-to-be-this-bad

Anthony Fauci on becoming the ‘devil’ and a warning for his successor. After a frenetic 38 years, former U.S. infectious disease chief discusses his quieter new life, working for Trump, and what’s next for HIV and coronavirus prevention
https://www.science.org/content/article/anthony-fauci-becoming-devil-and-warning-his-successor

Famed immunologist who led the nation’s COVID response talks new PBS doc, Trump and Fox News, gain-of-function research, the lab-leak theory, and more
https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/03/21/dr-anthony-fauci-would-like-to-set-the-record-straight/

# Medical Science / Research / Technology
Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-rfk-jr-health-tech-fa73703bd1fd557c787ef0b590e151f1

Trump administration to burn $10 million in contraceptives meant for global aid. A nonprofit says the administration rejected its offer to buy the birth control.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-plans-to-burn-around-10m-worth-of-contraceptives-meant-for-aid/

# Military / Militia / National Guard / NATO
What exactly are US special forces doing in Israel? Secrecy is the name of the game when it comes to the Biden administration’s support for the offensive in Gaza.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-special-forces-in-israel/

# NASA
NASA Unveils ‘Hidden’ Cave Entrances to the Moon’s Secret Underworld. Scientists have suspected for decades that there are subsurface caves on the Moon, just like there are on Earth. Pits that may lead to caves were suggested in images from NASA’s lunar orbiters that mapped the Moon’s surface before NASA’s Apollo human landings.
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/new-evidence-adds-to-findings-hinting-at-network-of-caves-on-moon/

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump presses pharmaceutical companies to lower drug costs. President Donald Trump sent letters to 17 pharmaceutical companies Thursday, urging them to match drug prices to the lowest price offered in other developed countries within 60 days or face consequences.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/trump-most-favored-nations-drug-pricing-lower-pharmaceutical-prices/

# Social / Communities
‘Anti-white bigotry’: Mob beats victims down to street — including male who punches woman in face, apparently knocks her out
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-07-29-1037/violence-america-anti-white-bigotry-mob-beats-victims-down-street-including

White Florida couple racially harasses, threatens to lynch black man just for knocking on their door. Antavis Johnson, a Black project manager in Florida, recently had an encounter with a white couple who threatened to lynch him
https://newsone.com/6347873/white-florida-couple-threatens-to-lynch-black-man-for-knocking-on-their-door/

# Social Services / Programs
‘Trump Accounts’ Cannot Possibly Replace Social Security. This is just another tax break for the rich
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-07-31-trump-accounts-cannot-possibly-replace-social-security/

Treasury Secretary Says Trump Accounts Could Pave Way to Privatizing Social Security. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments about the safety net program ventured onto the so-called third rail of American politics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/business/bessent-trump-social-security.html

Bessent backpedals after blowback on ‘privatizing Social Security’ comments. Representative Katherine Clark wrote on X, “Well, Republicans said the quiet part out loud: They want to ‘privatize Social Security.’ Your money. Your benefits. Sold to the highest bidder. So much for standing with seniors.”
https://www.investmentnews.com/retirement-planning/bessent-backpedals-after-blowback-on-privatizing-social-security-comments/261551

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
AI data center planned in Wyoming will consume more electricity than all the state’s homes combined
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/ai-in-wyoming-may-soon-use-more-electricity-than-states-human-residents/

Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government. Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power.
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-government-contracting-push/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
The Kremlin’s Most Devious Hacking Group Is Using Russian ISPs to Plant Spyware. The FSB cyberespionage group known as Turla seems to have used its control of Russia’s network infrastructure to meddle with web traffic and trick diplomats into infecting their computers.
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fsb-turla-secret-blizzard-apolloshadow-isp-cyberespionage/

# Transportation
USDOT boss says 1,500 truck drivers have been taken out-of-service for lack of English language proficiency
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/30/exclusive-transportation-department-suspends-1500-truck-drivers-poor-english/

# Veterans / VA
Privatizing Veterans’ Health Care Will Be a Disaster. Thousands of VA health care workers have been fired. Private-sector replacements will be worse. Thousands of VA health care workers have been fired. Private-sector replacements will be worse.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-30-privatizing-veterans-health-care-will-be-disaster/

Air Force Serviceman Finds Transformation in Wounded Warrior Program, Warrior Games as Part of PTSD Recovery. Multiple deployments overseas combined with the physical impact and psychological damage involved with his work led him to seek help with the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/23/air-force-serviceman-finds-transformation-wounded-warrior-program-warrior-games-part-of-ptsd.html

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Bloodied faces, sobbing children: Immigration officers smash car windows to speed up arrests. We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests, a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/

What is Mexico’s ‘supercartel,’ and what does it mean for crime? Two of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels are reportedly forming an unlikely and powerful alliance that represents a serious shift in the operations of international criminal organizations and could create a dangerous ripple effect across the world.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/mexicos-supercartel-crime/

Democratic lawmakers sue Trump admin. for limiting visits to ICE detention centers
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/ice-detention-facilities-lawsuit-democrats

State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records. The White House search for partners in its global gulag has grown to 64 nations. Most of them are notorious violators of human rights.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/29/trump-deport-immigrants-third-country-human-rights/

CBP officers working in Houston, Galveston ports playing role in border security. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Area Port of Houston/Galveston are seizing large amounts of firearms, “many of which are smuggled southbound to dangerous nations such as Honduras.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_d97c04b0-1a24-46de-84bb-dffc3680bc78.html

Family of Mexican Brothers Released From Alligator Alcatraz To Sue For Abuses In Detention
https://www.latintimes.com/family-mexican-brothers-released-alligator-alcatraz-sue-abuses-detention-587832

Trump’s New Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship Would Put ICE in Maternity Wards. Try as it might, the government cannot cover up the horrors with bureaucratic legalese.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-ice-maternity-ward.html

Sheinbaum demands return of Mexican citizens held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Mexican president said citizens held at controversial Florida immigration jail ‘should be repatriated immediately’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/30/mexico-sheinbaum-alligator-alcatraz-trump

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
White House pushes Congress to open up crypto opportunities. Congress should get started on regulations for cryptocurrencies, a White House report released Wednesday recommends, as President Donald Trump ordered regulators to immediately enable trading at the federal level.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1beff8a0-a6f6-4020-bbeb-1592fc5af0df.html

Trump lands another deal, 15% tariff for South Korea imports. President Donald Trump outlined the framework of a trade deal with leaders in Seoul on Wednesday that will include a 15% tariff on imports from South Korea.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/30/trump-threatens-new-tariffs-india-friday-deadline-deals-nears/

# Education / Schools
Idaho Schools Are Breaking Special Education Laws. Idaho Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints

Why Government Schools Are Broken and the Solutions to Fix Them. The public school system in America was never designed for the world we live in now. It was built in an era when conformity was the goal, not creativity.
https://dcjournal.com/why-government-schools-are-broken-and-the-solutions-to-fix-them/

The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump. The press acts as if “higher education” = Harvard. But a more interesting and gutsier stand is being taken in the heartland by schools that have a lot more going for them than football.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198355/big-ten-conference-colleges-trump-fight

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Radioactive Wasp Nest Found at Former U.S. Nuclear Bomb Site. Federal workers made a startling discovery during routine tests, and many questions remain unanswered.
https://people.com/discrepancies-discovered-in-jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-from-night-of-death-report-11782180

# General News
“The Simpsons” Creator Just Dropped How People Can Be Liberated From MAGA In Three Words
https://www.theblaze.com/align/the-simpsons-creator-gleefully-predicts-somebodys-death-before-attacking-maga-there-will-be-dancing-in-the-streets

# General News / Floods
Texas lawmakers to hold public hearings on floods in Kerr County
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/texas-flooding-kerr-county-public-hearing-live/

As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming. Lawmakers plan to hear testimony Thursday in Kerr County. Questions remain about how state and local entities responded to flood warnings.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/texas-kerrville-hill-country-floods-response-emails/

# General News / Gaza
As Gaza Starves, Republicans Take Aim at Another Lifeline. Almost No One Noticed. Many Republicans in Congress have criticized the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main agency distributing aid in Gaza.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/29/gaza-unrwa-aid-congress-republicans/

Will Gaza Ever Know a Real Ceasefire, or Just a Pause Before the Next Bomb? If the crossings remain closed and humanitarian aid is not allowed in, the world may soon witness one of the largest criminal mass killings in modern history.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/30/gaza-ceasefire-famine-starvation/

USAID Cuts Help Push West Bank Into Extreme Water Shortages. The world’s biggest humanitarian aid organization is effectively shut down. The Trump administration says foreign aid is not aligned with American interests, and it’s reevaluating the aid worldwide.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5298672/u-s-foreign-aid-freeze-shuts-down-critical-infrastructure-projects-in-the-west-bank

19 Senate Democrats Vote to Keep Arming Israel as It Starves Gaza. Here’s the list of every Democrat who voted against measures from Senator Bernie Sanders to stop giving weapons to Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/31/record-number-of-democrats-join-failed-bid-to-block-weapons-sales-to-israel

# General News / Trump / Epstein
CBS News investigation finds inconsistencies with Jeffrey Epstein jail video. CBS News analyzed footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail. The footage reportedly does not back up claims stemming from the government’s investigation
https://people.com/discrepancies-discovered-in-jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-from-night-of-death-report-11782180

DOJ’s Bombshell Admission About Epstein Grand Jury Testimony. DOJ also admits they never attempted to contact or provide notice to the victims who may be referenced in the grand jury transcripts.
https://www.aol.com/doj-says-epstein-maxwell-grand-105900868.html

Bondi Blows Up Trump Claim Epstein Files Are a ‘Hoax.’ The Attorney General also admits the firestorm had escalated since the administration tried to shut down the issue.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bondi-blows-up-trump-claim-epstein-files-are-a-hoax/

Epstein cover-up fears mount as Chuck Schumer unleashes FBI, points finger directly at Donald Trump. So they know he’s in there, but we’re pretending he’s not?
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/epstein-cover-up-fears-mount-as-chuck-schumer-unleashes-fbi-points-finger-directly-at-donald-trump/

Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Worsens as Dems Suddenly Find Big New Weapon. Senate Democrats are using a 1928 law to pressure Trump to release the Epstein files. The White House will ignore them. Here’s what could happen next.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-epstein-fiasco-worsens-dems-174049617.html

Donald Trump Is in a Tailspin. The Epstein scandal is making an unpopular president even more unpopular, and there’s no sign that this will end anytime soon.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198303/trump-epstein-presidency-turning-point

Esptein Victim’s Family Stunned by Trump Claim Epstein “Stole” Her. Virginia Giuffre’s family is wondering what else the president knows.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198647/virginia-giuffre-esptein-victim-family-stunned-trump-claim-stole

The Epstein Case Is Not a Distraction. It Shows How Elite Impunity is Sustained. To wave off every horror as a distraction is to participate in the very obfuscation that protects the powerful.
https://organizingmythoughts.org/not-a-distraction-epstein-elite-impunity-and-the-rot-at-the-core/

# Gov / Politics
Virginia city councilman set on fire in workplace attack; suspect charged with attempted murder, an attack that authorities say was rooted in a personal dispute, not politics.
https://apnews.com/article/virginia-city-councilman-attack-fire-lee-vogler-61c21949bf022171834850ad32be9ef1

Black Politician Arrested, Dragged From Hearing After Criticizing Texas GOP
https://twincities.binnews.com/content/2025-07-29-black-politician-arrested-dragged-from-hearing-after-criticizing-texas-gop/

The Philippine Missile Crisis: U.S. Deployed Arms to the Philippines and No One Noticed but China. It was a massive escalation that angered China — and there was no congressional debate, no televised announcement, and no vote.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/30/philippines-missiles-us-china/

The GOP wants to use their majority to implement ALL of Trump’s most extreme policy goals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/g-s1-46934/congress-republicans-trump-policy

Donald Trump just bragged about keeping underage ‘staff’, and everyone finally connected the dots. Donald Trump made shocking comments aboard Air Force One, providing his most detailed account yet of how his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein ended. When reporters asked if the workers included young women, Trump clearly stated, “The answer is yes, they were.” He specifically named Virginia Giuffre as one of the women Epstein took from his property, saying, “He stole her.”
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/donald-trump-just-bragged-about-keeping-underage-staff-and-everyone-finally-connected-the-dots/

Trump Issues Veto Threat Against Bernie Sanders’ Latest Anti-Israel Move. The White House is coming out swinging against an effort from Bernie Sanders to block the Trump administration from selling certain weapons to Israel.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-trump-issues-veto-threat-181445858.html

Gov. Newsom Warns California Will Retaliate If Texas Eliminates Dem Seats In Redistricting: ‘The 2026 Election Is Being Rigged.’ The new map, which still needs the approval of the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature, carves up five districts now represented by Democrats, greatly diminishing the incumbents’ chances of winning re-election.
https://san.com/cc/gop-unveils-new-texas-congressional-map-in-bid-to-retain-control-of-house/

Judge orders Trump administration to explain why order to restore Voice of America wasn’t followed
https://apnews.com/article/voa-voice-america-media-trump-administration-b60d40621f41b2ff4460803de4e0142f

The Fine Print of Trump Fascism. The Trump regime is taking over every major institution in America. Here’s how.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-is-what-fascist-control-looks

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
MAGA Champion Who Said Trump Would Fight Child Predators Is Arrested on Charges of Being a Child Predator.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-champion-scott-soucek-said-trump-would-fight-child-predators-arrested-for-being-a-child-predator/

Trump Russiagate papers found in ‘burn bags’ in secret room, FBI claims. Kash Patel and online allies suggest deep state conspiracy, while president appears to confuse incident with Epstein controversy
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/kash-patel-burn-bags-russia-trump-links-6n9zjdwjh

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Trump administration has halted litigation aimed at stopping civil rights abuses of prisoners in Louisiana and mentally ill people living in South Carolina group homes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Point: Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Common-Sense Reform
https://paragoninstitute.org/newsletter/american-voters-want-commonsense-medicaid-reforms/

COUNTERPOINT: Work requirements increase bureaucracy more than accountability
https://themercury.com/counterpoint-work-requirements-increase-bureaucracy-more-than-accountability/article_70d72ecf-7948-4c7c-a3ba-9bb17955ad7e.html

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Beta-HPV can directly cause skin cancer in immunocompromised people. NIH case study finds virus drives creation of cancer cells in context of defective T cells.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/beta-hpv-can-directly-cause-skin-cancer-immunocompromised-people

A Flu Vaccine in Your Dental Floss? Researchers Tout Benefits, Critics Question Safety. A new study shows “floss-based vaccination as a simple, needle-free strategy that enhances vaccine delivery and immune activation.” However, critics raise “real-world” concerns about uncontrolled dosing and the impossibility of guaranteeing informed consent.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/flu-vaccine-dental-floss-critics-question-safety-informed-consent/

# NASA
NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces. Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-isro-satellite-lifts-off-to-track-earths-changing-surfaces/

# NOAA / Weather
Defense Department opts to not end satellite data for storm forecasts
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/31/military-wont-cut-off-data-used-by-hurricane-forecasters/85421928007/

# Pharmaceuticals
Drug Giants’ Rebate Plan Could Gut Rural Hospitals
https://www.haponline.org/News/HAP-News-Articles/Latest-News/proposed-340b-rebate-changes-put-already-strapped-hospitals-at-risk

# Social / Communities
Vegas’ dark secret: City’s homeless living in storm drains under the Strip. Around 1,500 homeless people have been living in the tunnels. A HUD report found that homelessness in America rose by 18% in 2024
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/west/vegas-dark-secret-citys-homeless-living-in-storm-drains-under-the-strip/

# Social Services / Programs
Trump Treasury Sec. Brazenly Gives Up the Game on Social Security. Scott Bessent is saying the quiet part out loud. The Trump administration is working toward privatizing Social Security.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/treasury-sec-brazenly-admits-trump-182539612.html

# Transportation
A Landmark Deal Just Reshaped the Future of US Rail
https://www.newsweek.com/landmark-deal-reshaped-future-us-rail-2105759

# Veterans / VA
Exodus at VA: 10,000 Employees Are Resigning in September
https://thewarhorse.org/list-va-positions-deferred-resignation/

Trump Prepares to Revoke Lifesaving Abortion Care for Veterans. A pending VA rule appears designed to strip crucial health care from hundreds of thousands of veterans in states with abortion bans.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/abortion-at-veterans-affairs-medical-facilities-trump-rule-biden-policy/

Advocates warn Trump order pushes homeless veterans into long-term ‘institutional settings.’ The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans is protesting a July 24 executive order that directs state and local officials to forcibly move people living on the streets into long-term “institutional settings.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/07/28/advocates-worry-new-white-house-order-on-homelessness-could-hurt-vets/

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July 30, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘Had to Sleep on the Floor’—Honduran Woman Detained by ICE During Routine Check-In Describes ‘Inhumane’ Conditions in U.S. Custody
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/28/honduran-woman-held-at-broadview-ice-facility-describes-conditions-as-inhumane

South Dakota’s ‘Operation Prairie Thunder’ to support ICE
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/operation-prairie-thunder-to-aid-ice/

Florida State Senator Condemns Conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘32 Men to a Cage, Chanting for Freedom’
https://www.aol.com/florida-state-senator-laments-visit-200030960.html

Lawyers say Alligator Alcatraz violates constitutional rights of detainees. ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys, are being held without any charges and that a federal immigration court has canceled bond hearings.
https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/toledo/politics/2025/07/28/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-held-without-charges–barred-from-legal-access-attorneys-say

Police in Maine say officer arrested by ICE was cleared by federal government to work. ICE accused the police department in Old Orchard Beach of “knowingly” hiring an immigrant who is in the country illegally, which the police chief denied.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maine-ice-arrest-jon-luke-evans-reserve-officer-government-work-rcna221719

Masked and armed agents are arresting people on US streets as aggressive enforcement ramps up
https://theconversation.com/masked-and-armed-agents-are-arresting-people-on-us-streets-as-aggressive-enforcement-ramps-up-261499

More churches are suing ICE over arrests in places of worship: ‘Congregations have gone underground’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-church-raids-lawsuit

U.S. border officers admit to scheme to allow vehicles hauling drugs to pass through certain inspection lanes
https://san.com/cc/cbp-officers-admit-to-drug-smuggling-conspiracy-using-emojis-to-talk-to-runners/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Analysis Shows Big Corporations Are Using Trump Trade Chaos as ‘Cover’ to Jack Up Prices. Tariffs and judicial chaos shake investor confidence in Mexico: ‘Everything has been put on hold.’ Growing wave of uncertainty is freezing investment plans in Mexico, rattling business leaders in the US and abroad
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/trump-tariffs-mexico-us-trade

‘Great cover for increased pricing’: CEOs say Trump policies help them gouge customers
https://www.aol.com/social-media-posts-reveal-anti-195534013.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
New Tariff Rebate Proposed. For policymakers, it could be a balancing act, as tariff checks could rekindle inflationary forces, since direct transfer payments boost disposable income, leading to higher consumption levels and broader-based price increases.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-politics/senate-republicans-wants-americans-get-600-checks-from-tariff-revenue

Trump to Decide China Tariff Truce Extension After Trade Talks Conclude
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/us-china-agree-to-continue-talks-on-a-tariff-truce-extension

# Education / Schools
Investors gamble with teachers’ retirement. Texas’ teacher pension fund divested from investment firms accused of ‘boycotting’ oil and gas industry
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/07/texas-investment-funds-teacher-retirement-system-esg/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Big Tech Is Behind Your Massive Electric Bill. States are competing to attract artificial intelligence-powering data centers, at the expense of consumers’ electricity bills.
https://www.levernews.com/big-tech-is-behind-your-massive-electric-bill/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘Exceptionally Dangerous’: Trump EPA Targets Endangerment Finding That Enables Climate Rules. “Zeldin’s assertion that the EPA shouldn’t address greenhouse gas emissions is like a fire chief claiming that they shouldn’t fight fires,” said one critic. “It is as malicious as it is absurd.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/exceptionally-dangerous-trump-epa-targets-endangerment-finding-that-enables-climate-rules

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
‘Big 4’ Consolidate 80 Percent of Beef Supply; Steak Prices Soaring
https://thehill.com/business/3469128-big-four-meatpackers-deny-price-fixing-amid-record-profits/

# General News
Day in Photos: Wildfire in Portugal, Protest in Peru, Cease-Fire in Thailand
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/day-in-photos-wildfire-in-portugal-protest-in-peru-cease-fire-in-thailand-5893935?utm_source=atcn&utm_content=hw1016multicomp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atc&utm_term=hws1comp

# General News / Gaza
US Veteran Alleges Gazan Child Who Thanked Him For Food Was Shot Dead Moments Later By IDF
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/us-veteran-alleges-gazan-child-who-thanked-him-for-food-was-shot-dead-moments-later-by-idf/

The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel doesn’t agree to a Gaza ceasefire
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/29/nx-s1-5484001/uk-palestinian-state-israel-hamas-gaza

How significant is UK’s move to recognise Palestinian state, and why now? Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces that the UK will recognise the state of Palestine in September, amid famine situation in Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/30/how-significant-is-uks-move-to-recognise-palestinian-state-and-why-now

Netherlands bans Israeli far-right ministers Ben-Gvir, Smotrich over supporting ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza. Israeli ministers ‘repeatedly incited violence against the Palestinian population,’ and ‘called for ethnic cleansing in Gaza Strip,’ says Dutch foreign minister
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/netherlands-bans-israeli-far-right-ministers-ben-gvir-smotrich-over-supporting-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza/3644891

Far-right Israeli minister slams aid airdrop for Gaza. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has criticized the resumption of larger aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/far-israeli-minister-slams-aid-184718429.html

‘Worst-Case Scenario of Famine’ Unfolding in Gaza: IPC Report
https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-133/en/

Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene labels Gaza crisis a ‘genocide’ in break from GOP colleagues
https://www.wabe.org/georgias-marjorie-taylor-greene-labels-gaza-crisis-a-genocide-in-break-from-gop-colleagues/

“This Is Trump’s Famine”: How the US Is Complicit in Gaza’s Suffering. An American-funded food distribution network provided Israel cover as starvation spread.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/gaza-famine-united-states-donald-trump/

Silence in the Face of Gaza’s Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the

‘I will never care’: Laura Loomer shamelessly celebrating death of 59K children but don’t you dare criticize Israel, or she’ll have a meltdown
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/i-will-never-care-laura-loomer-shamelessly-celebrating-death-of-59k-children-but-dont-you-dare-criticize-israel-or-shell-have-a-meltdown/

The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States. During this century, in the Middle East, the U.S.-Israel duo has vastly outdone all other entities combined in the categories of killing, maiming, and terrorizing.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/u-s-israel-genocide

# General News / Trump / Epstein
The Epstein Conspiracy Flames That Trump Fanned Are Now Blowing Back on Him. In 2019, then first-term President Donald Trump jumped aboard the Epstein conspiracy bandwagon. Six years later, he’s now trying desperately to stop it.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-epstein-conspiracy

There is a larger problem for Trump in the Epstein chaos. Whatever he does to deflect and distract from the Jeffrey Epstein morass only deepens the suspicions — including those about the two men’s relationship.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-could-burned-conspiracy-theory-120042894.html

Forensics expert analysis of Jeffrey Epstein jail video contradicts government’s claims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDSqqd9GRM

Ghislaine Maxwell Throws Down Gauntlet: ‘I’ll Testify Before Congress — But Only If You Grant Me Immunity!’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/29/ghislaine-maxwell-congress-testify-immunity

I’ve Told a Story About Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein for Years. Suddenly People Are Interested
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-list-fbi-news.html

DOJ Called Just 1 FBI Agent, and No Victims, to Testify before Epstein Grand Jury
https://www.live5news.com/2025/07/30/justice-department-says-epstein-maxwell-grand-juries-heard-only-2-law-enforcement-witnesses/

Supreme Court Lets Trump Enact His Authoritarian Agenda on Its ‘Shadow Docket’: The right-wing-dominated Supreme Court keeps greenlighting Trump’s most authoritarian actions without even bothering to give us an explanation
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-supreme-court-shadow-docket-emergency-agenda-1235394694/

# Gov / Politics
‘Everything Is Under Consideration’: Senate GOP Vows Action To Steamroll Dems’ Obstruction. Senate Republicans are mulling how to circumvent Democrats’ unprecedented roadblocks slowing the confirmation process of President Trump’s nominees.
https://ijr.com/everything-is-under-consideration-senate-gop-vows-action-to-steamroll-dems-obstruction/

House GOP Moves To Prop Up Anti-Conservative ‘Democracy’ Org Trump Wants To Defund. House Republicans want to give hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to an organization the Trump administration has sought to defund for its anti-GOP bias.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/29/house-gop-moves-to-prop-up-anti-conservative-democracy-org-trump-wants-to-defund/

‘F*cking Fight’: Two Dems Face-Off In Epic Verbal Spat On Senate Floor. Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker accusing his fellow party members of betraying their party and condoning authoritarianism.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/29/cory-booker-amy-klobuchar-fight-senate/

‘We can’t let them control the narrative’: Republicans panic as leaked memo exposes their biggest fear. The party leadership wants members to take control of the message, particularly regarding controversial aspects like Medicaid changes.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/we-cant-let-them-control-the-narrative-republicans-panic-as-leaked-memo-exposes-their-biggest-fear/

From Medicaid Cuts to Violent Deportations: Trump Policies Are Boosting Democrats’ Confidence Ahead of The Midterms
https://www.latintimes.com/medicaid-cuts-violent-deportations-trump-policies-are-boosting-democrats-confidence-ahead-587774

Donald Trump is breaking America — our children will suffer worst
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5414744-fixing-government-efficiency-speed/

Trump Administration Invests Millions In Creating Mega Database Of Americans’ Private Data. The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

Trump admin’s emerging surveillance state raises privacy concerns. Civil liberties advocates say the Trump administration’s data collection and sharing endanger Americans’ constitutional rights.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/04/trump-surveillance-state-federal-data/83924420007/

Awkward: Trump Spills Secret Service Agent’s Crazy Wife-Smuggling Plan. An investigation is now underway over the incident, which the president described as “weird.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spills-weird-new-details-about-secret-service-incident/

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Rise of China’s ‘Surveillance Colonialism’ in Africa. As African nations increasingly implement advanced surveillance systems developed by Chinese firms, significant concerns emerge regarding the erosion of civil liberties and the entrenchment of authoritarian governance.
https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/the-coloniality-of-chinese-surveillance-technologies-in-africa/

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Social Media Posts Reveal Anti-Trump Bias Of CIA Officer Who Helped Create 2016 Russiagate Report. Social media comments show that a CIA counterintelligence officer who helped lead the 2016 U.S. intelligence community assessment has compared Trump to dictators.
https://www.aol.com/social-media-posts-reveal-anti-195534013.html

Black Man Handcuffed and Searched After Stopping to Text—Now He’s Suing Police For Racial Profiling
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4142037991767-black-man-handcuffed-and-searched-after-stopping-to-text-now-he-s-suing-police-for-racial-profiling

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump and Bondi have degraded the once-proud Justice Department
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/5423818-trump-and-bondi-have-degraded-the-once-proud-justice-department/

DOJ Targets Federal Judge for Warning Trump Could Spark ‘Constitutional Crisis.’ Judge James Boasberg reportedly raised concerns that the Trump administration “would disregard rulings of federal courts,” something the White House has done repeatedly.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-doj-complaint-boasberg

Senate Confirms Trump Lawyer Emil Bove to Appellate Court
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/29/senate-confirms-emil-bove-to-third-circuit-as-dems-fail-to-thwart-trump-pick-00482965

‘A dangerous embarrassment’: Feds caught lying as ‘assault’ charges against LA protesters crumble
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/a-dangerous-embarrassment-feds-caught-lying-as-assault-charges-against-la-protesters-crumble/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
No One Is Happy After Learning The Trump Admin Is Burning Nearly $10 Million Worth Of Contraceptives. “This is cruel, disgraceful, and a needless waste of your taxpayer dollars,” one representative said.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/24/state-department-burn-contraceptives-poor-countries

A Federal Judge May Have Just Saved Planned Parenthood. The reality is that Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit will raise the stakes for Republicans next year.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/judge-saves-planned-parenthood-republican-loss-midterms.html

Judge blocks Trump attempt to defund Planned Parenthood clinics serving Medicaid patients
https://apnews.com/article/planned-parenthood-funding-cuts-ruling-343034bc26917049d6d58a8ba8c58c21

# Military / Militia / National Guard / NATO
Longer assignments coming soon for troops heading to South Korea. The directive extends tours for unaccompanied service members assigned to South Korea from 12 months to 24 months.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-south-korea-tours-longer/

# NASA
Ex-NASA engineer claims trillions of shape-shifting, cloaked devices are hidden across Earth. Richard Banduric, CEO of Field Propulsion Technologies and a former propulsion engineer for NASA and Lockheed Martin, shared the shocking allegations during a December 2024 episode of the Ecosystemic Futures podcast, which has recently resurfaced on social media platform X.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14951779/NASA-engineer-trillion-devices-hidden-Earth.html

# Pharmaceuticals
Federal judge blocks Arkansas law barring pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in state
https://www.axios.com/local/nw-arkansas/2025/07/30/federal-judge-blocks-arkansas-pbm-law

# Planetary / Earth
8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Triggers Tsumani Warnings Across Northern Pacific. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Far East, triggering a tsunami in the northern Pacific and prompting warnings for Alaska, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/tsunami-warning-8-8-magnitude-earthquake-triggers-alert-worldwide-list-of-countries-that-are-under-threat-11753845941230.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The United States is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). Whoever has the largest AI ecosystem will set global AI standards and reap broad economic and military benefits. Last week, the Trump administration released plans further gutting environmental laws in order to help Big Tech build data centers unhindered by bare-minimum concerns like preserving clean water or breathable air.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf

# Tourism / Travel Advisories
Mexican Diplomat Warns Nationals To Take ‘Extreme Precautions Or Not Come To Florida’: ‘They Will Detain You For Anything’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14941523/mexico-travel-warning-florida-migrants-alligator-alcatraz.html

# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
As Climate-Related Wastewater Threats Grow, U.S. and Mexico Sign a Deal to End the Tijuana Sewage Crisis
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29072025/todays-climate-sewage-mexico-united-states-overflow-agreement/

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July 28, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump DOJ propping up ‘incorrect’ and ‘contrary’ new arguments in ICE raid case that are ‘based on a misreading’ of a judge’s order and applicable law, ACLU says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-doj-propping-up-incorrect-and-contrary-new-arguments-in-ice-raid-case-that-are-based-on-a-misreading-of-a-judges-order-and-applicable-law-aclu-says/

ICE arrests 56 Irish nationals in US under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Approximately 35 men and 21 women were taken into custody by ICE in Irish American strongholds of Boston, New York and New Jersey
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ice-arrests-56-irish-nationals-35628004

Nancy Mace Shares Her Love of ICE Detention Videos: ‘I Can Think of Nothing More American’
https://www.aol.com/nancy-maces-perverse-migrant-dream-160140740.html

Reports of masked ICE agents sweeping neighborhoods, raiding worksites and making arrests have sparked protests and debates across the country. “We haven’t seen this type of the volume of interactions between ICE officers and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyEpqlK3hdQ

Trump pick rages as grand juries reject ICE protest cases over false claims
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-appointee-2673755083/

US Citizenship and Immigration Services reinforces rule to bring your own interpreter
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/24/us-citizenship-immigration-services-reinforces-rule-bring-your-own-interpreter/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
EPA prepares to approve dicamba weedkillers despite history of crop damage. A controversial chemical that has wreaked havoc across farm country, sparked years of litigation and twice drawn court-ordered bans.
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/epa-move-dicamba/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
‘Sanitized view of our history’: Judge blows up Trump’s plans to scrap ‘DEI-related’ grants and history projects that do not conform to ‘preferred, triumphalist version of the past’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/sanitized-view-of-our-history-judge-blows-up-trumps-plans-to-scrap-dei-related-grants-and-history-projects-that-do-not-conform-to-preferred-triumphalist-version-of-the-past/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE plans to use AI to identify 50% of 200,000 federal regulations that can be eliminated by January
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/doge-ai-tool-delete-list-federal-regulations

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
IRS Developing System to Share Taxpayer Addresses with ICE, Raising Legal and Privacy Alarms
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations

Americans encouraged to Venmo and Paypal the government to pay off $36.72tn national debt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/venmo-americans-us-government-debt

# Education / Schools
Tennessee School District Won’t Accept Doctor’s Notes For Absences: Tennessee district bans doctor’s notes to exempt kids from school to teach them good work ethic. Lawrence County Board of Education says ‘absences are not excused’ in most circumstances, even illness
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/tennessee-school-district-doctors-notes-ban-b2796653.html

Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime. Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crackdown has unintended consequences.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-media-arrests-school-threats-law-tennessee

Districts brace for growing costs as cyber criminals target schools. When hackers stole a rural school district’s computer system last year, students in the middle of midterm exams were left frustrated, but concerns went far beyond testing.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2ef87b38-e109-479f-a1e7-4da2e7c436ae.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The European Union has agreed to purchase $750 billion worth of energy from the U.S., and invest an additional $600 billion more into the U.S.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5422634-trump-eu-trade-deal-tariffs/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Right now several volcanoes across the United States are waking up and showing signs of serious activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/13/us-volcanoes-rumbling-explained/84629488007/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Farmers fear migrant worker crackdown threatens U.S. food supply. A sharp reduction in the number of agricultural workers could have devastating impacts on the food supply chain and farm-belt economies
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/los-angeles-ice-raids-trump-food-supply-b2779475.html

# General News / Floods
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced legal action against President Donald Trump after the Trump administration denied Maryland’s request for federal disaster assistance following devastating floods in May 2025.
https://twincities.binnews.com/content/2025-07-25-gov-wes-moore-vows-legal-action-after-trump-denies-flood-aid/

# General News / Trump / Epstein
The FBI’s Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out. Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
https://www.wired.com/story/the-fbis-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-had-nearly-3-minutes-cut-out/

‘The Fact That He Keeps Lying…’ Trump Roasted For Claiming He Wasn’t Told He’s In the Epstein Files
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epstein-ex-says-trump-had-175301523.html

Melania Trump Was ‘Very Involved’ in Jeffrey Epstein’s Social Circle Before Meeting Husband Donald
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/melania-met-trump-through-epstein-social-circle-trump-biographer-michael-wolff-drops-bombshell-claim-11753629553117.html

Trump Losing It as Epstein Scandal Fractures His MAGA Base
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-losing-epstein-scandal-fractures-132509593.html

Top Dem Addresses Going After Bannon’s Secret Epstein Tapes. The footage was recorded in 2019, before Epstein’s arrest on sex-trafficking charges later that year, for a documentary that has yet to see the light of day titled, “The Monsters: Epstein’s Life Among the Global Elite.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epstein-brother-demands-steve-bannon-162452073.html

The Epstein Files Timeline Raises Real Questions for Trump. The administration’s rhetoric has shifted in notable ways.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/25/trump-epstein-files-timeline-column-00475334

President Donald Trump’s niece believes that while the Jeffrey Epstein files crisis might weaken him, her uncle “isn’t the problem anymore.” “Even if it implicates him, nobody’s going to indict him,” Mary said, alluding to both the fierce loyalty Trump, 79, has cultivated within his administration and the Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for “official acts.” She then theorized, “if it did kind of end his reign of power, J.D. Vance becomes president.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mary-trump-says-uncle-donald-023549935.html

# Gov / Politics
‘Guess where the money came from?’ Outrage sparked as cost of ‘free’ Air Force One is revealed
https://www.alternet.org/trump-plane-qatar-cost/

‘The United States committed human trafficking’: Lawyer slams Trump’s prisoner swap
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673765935/

Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022
Also: Preserving and Protecting the Intrgrity of American Elections
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/

Executive Order 14196—A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14196-plan-for-establishing-united-states-sovereign-wealth-fund

‘Bloated, braindead, blithering idiot’: Outlandish fight between lawmakers rages in public
https://www.rawstory.com/randy-fine-2673759057/

‘Kicked a hornet’s nest’: Backlash follows red state Republicans’ repeal of voter-approved laws
https://www.alternet.org/missouri-republicans/

Trump defies the skeptics and conquers Europe
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5371579-trump-defies-the-skeptics-and-conquers-europe/

‘Thuggery From Trump and Vance’: World Reacts to Oval Office Meltdown With Zelenskyy. “Donald Trump is treating the destruction of a democracy as a political show—throwing Ukraine to the wolves and doing a favor for Putin,” said one Senate Democrat.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-zelenskyy

An unprincipled bully is now basically ruling the world. Arguably for the first time in US history, a president has broken diplomatic etiquette and insulted a head of state live on television. This sets a very bad precedent.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250303-an-unprincipled-bully-is-now-basically-ruling-the-world/

Will America call Trump’s bluff — or fall for the con? The world is now better positioned to call Trump’s bluff as allies and markets push back
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/the-world-is-now-better-positioned-to-call-trumps-bluff-as-allies-and-markets-push-back/articleshow/122282860.cms?from=mdr

Trump just revealed his total contempt for the rule of law. The ruling from U.S District Judge James E. Boasberg, whom President Donald Trump has said should be impeached, marks a dramatic battle between the judicial and executive branches of government over the president’s powers to carry out key White House priorities.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportees-el-salvador-contempt-boasberg-da282511ac6f5c8dd19af620995ca440

‘Bizarre place to be’: ‘Shocked’ former official fires back following Trump ‘retribution’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-retribution/

Graham suggests Israel take Gaza by force and ‘start over’ like US did in Tokyo and Berlin
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/27/lindsey-graham-israel-gaza-by-force-00479406

Top State Dept. official who once attended conference with White nationalists picked to lead US Institute of Peace
https://apnews.com/article/darren-beattie-us-institute-of-peace-trump-8765ed564a138836de72c9dd7534f027
United States Institute of Peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Institute_of_Peace

Maddow Blog | Why the Trump administration’s choice to lead the U.S. Institute of Peace is so ridiculous
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maddow-blog-why-trump-administration-124140955.html

Trump and Melania slammed for ‘tacky’ White House rose garden redesign as new images reveal concrete
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4136371589916-donald-trump-and-melania-slammed-over-white-house-rose-garden-redesign-as-new-images-reveal-a-tasteless-makeover

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘A dark day’: EU condemned after giving ‘bully’ Trump ‘biggest victory he could hope for’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-eu/

Why Europe must stand up to Trump’s bullying
https://medium.com/enrique-dans/why-europe-must-stand-up-to-trumps-bullying-a6ad57d2d40f

Jordan and UAE begin aid drops into starving Gaza after Israel pauses attacks
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgj270grkxo

Taliban fighters ‘have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights’ after Afghanistan data breach
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14944011/Taliban-fighters-brought-UK-secret-airlift-flights-Afghanistan-data-breach-cover-revealed-Mail.html

Elite police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant posts – UK: Reports indicate that the UK’s Home Office is establishing a dedicated police unit to monitor social media for signs of potential anti-migrant disorder and civil unrest
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/police-social-media-migrant-immigration-b2796646.html

Israeli Parliament Votes for Making Apartheid Official. Fetterman: “I Haven’t Been Following It.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Why did Trump target the law firm Susman Godfrey? The answer is shocking. One seemingly obscure aspect of the case deserves more attention, as it suggests a broader threat to America’s system of free expression. The Susman executive order was the odd one out from the start.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5420259-why-did-trump-target-the-law-firm-susman-godfrey-the-answer-is-shocking/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
International Criminal Court refers Hungary to its oversight body for failing to arrest Netanyahu
https://apnews.com/article/hungary-netanyahu-icc-hague-gaza-israel-a7419dd89ae5a05c04cf25117e99acf5

The Rule of Law Finally Comes for Donald Trump. A court of law held a president of the United States, Donald Trump, in criminal contempt. In 235 years of American presidents, this has never happened before. Sadly, it’s probably going to happen again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rule-law-finally-comes-donald-222903353.html

Judge Swallows Prosecutors’ Discredited Arguments to Keep Richard Glossip in Jail. Mere months ago, Glossip seemed close to exoneration. Now he’s facing a third murder trial.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/24/richard-glossip-bond-denied/

ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Previously Missing Disclosures. We’ve added more information about the Supreme Court justices’ finances, including newly uncovered filings from Clarence Thomas from the 1990s and Samuel Alito’s latest disclosure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Fox News Host Wants Child Labor to Replace Deported Immigrants
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-host-wants-child-182835870.html

Trump cowed Paramount. Now he’s targeting ABC and NBC. Paramount’s $16M settlement seems to have emboldened him, and now he’s turning his attention to NBC and ABC with more threats of retaliation
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/trump-attacks-abc-nbc-news/

# Marijuana / Hemp
Kentucky Governor Sends Letter to President Trump Urging Him to Oppose Move To Block Rescheduling of Cannabis. This is about helping people. Rescheduling would provide suffering patients the relief they need,” the governor said. “It would ensure communities are safer because legal medical products reduce the illicit market.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/kentucky-governor-urges-trump-to-oppose-bill-blocking-marijuana-rescheduling-thats-advancing-in-congress/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Texas Removes 1.8 Million People From Health Care Plan. These Americans have lost their health insurance as part of the unwinding process happening nationwide after Medicaid coverage was expanded following the COVID pandemic. Four states together accounted for 36 percent of Medicaid enrollment and subsequently accounted for 31 percent of the drop in the unwinding period between 2020 and 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-removes-1-8-million-people-health-care-plan-2103928

Medical Debt Expected to Grow as Premiums Rise and Trump Slashes Regulations. The Trump administration has gutted rules and programs meant to protect people from ever-increasing health care costs.
https://truthout.org/articles/medical-debt-expected-to-grow-as-premiums-rise-and-trump-slashes-regulations/

Medicaid Cuts And Work Rules Will Be Catastrophic, Hospital Group CEO Says
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/medicaid-cuts-and-work-rules-will-be-catastrophic-hospital-group-ceo-says/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Airborne pollutants tied to rising dementia risk, Cambridge study finds. A large review of more than 29 million people links fine particulate matter and soot from traffic and wood burning to higher dementia risk
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/long-term-exposure-to-outdoor-air-pollution-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia

# NOAA / Weather
5 tropical cyclones brew in Atlantic at the same time, only 2nd time on record. This year’s hyperactive hurricane season continues to smash records, as the Atlantic Ocean experiences high activity. The Atlantic currently has five active tropical cyclones spinning simultaneously for only the second time in history.
https://www.fox13news.com/weather/5-tropical-cyclones-brew-in-atlantic-at-the-same-time-only-2nd-time-on-record

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury

# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: Earth’s freshwater resources are disappearing at an alarming rate. This unsustainable depletion, driven largely by the “overmining” of underground aquifers, poses a significant threat to global water supplies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels

8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE agents under fire: Dem lawmakers push to ban mask use, demand answers from DHS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLwxjChY28

‘Hundreds’ of people have been removed from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention camp, says Florida governor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-bYzEqinyI

‘I was born in College Station’ U.S. citizen says ICE detained him for nearly two hours
https://www.kbtx.com/video/2025/07/27/i-pretty-much-felt-kidnapped-ice-mistakenly-detains-man-born-college-station/

‘You don’t have immunity’: Stephen Miller and ICE agents put on notice by legal expert
https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-2673765097/

19-Year-Old Went to Visit Girlfriend’s Family in Another State, Then Ended Up Wrongly Detained for 10 Days
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/19-old-went-visit-girlfriends-110000955.html

Third Court This Month Blocks Trump’s Unconstitutional Birthright Order. New Jersey’s attorney general, whose state took the lead on bringing the case, celebrated the ruling.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/third-court-blocks-birthright-order

Broken Promises with Devastating Consequences’: Abused Immigrant Youth Sue Trump Administration Over Cancellation of Deportation Protections
https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/lawsuit-challenges-trump-administrations-about-face-on-protecting-abused-and-neglected-immigrant-youth-from-deportation/262678

GOP Governor and Trump Ally Voices Concern Over Number of ICE Detainees Without Criminal Charges: ‘That Should Raise Eyebrows’
https://www.latintimes.com/gop-governor-trump-ally-voices-concern-over-number-ice-detainees-without-criminal-charges-that-587580

‘Most Detainees Aren’t Even Criminals At All’: Ivey Denounces Trump Admin ‘Weaponization Of ICE’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHiz3Sgg3Xs

ICE releases deaf Mongolian immigrant after holding him for months without interpreter
https://www.aol.com/news/ice-releases-deaf-mongolian-immigrant-203428045.html

Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say. “They beat us, they kicked us. I even have quite a few bruises on my stomach,” he added before later showing a bruised left abdomen.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-venezuelan-deportations-el-salvador-prison

This family self-deported to Mexico, and lost everything
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/family-self-deported-mexico-lost-100153216.html

U.S. Officials Knew a Triple Murderer Was Among Detainees Being Released From Venezuela In Deal With Maduro. Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S. At least some American officials knew that Dahud Hanid Ortiz had been convicted of a triple murder when he was put on the plane to the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/americas/trump-venezuela-convicted-murderer-swap.html

‘The Government Has Presented No Evidence’: Abrego Garcia Wins Release Orders in Criminal and Immigration Cases — But Remains in Custody for Now
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4135952936398-the-government-has-presented-no-evidence-abrego-garcia-wins-release-orders-in-criminal-and-immigration-cases-but-remains-in-custody-for-now

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
MAHA Sounds Alarm Over Pesticide Manufacturer Immunity. Supporters of HHS’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are warning that a new House bill includes a provision that would shield pesticide manufacturers from legal liability.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/maha-pesticide-manufacturer-immunity-section-453-glyphosate-rfk-jr-tom-cole-house-appropriations/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Goons Use AI to Delete Hundreds of Federal Regulations. One staffer at an agency where the deregulation tool was tested said that it made several errors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doge-goons-use-ai-to-delete-hundreds-of-federal-regulations/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Explains Why He Might Not Make Trade Deals With Thailand And Cambodia. President Donald Trump explained why he might not pursue trade deals with Thailand and Cambodia in posts to Truth Social
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5421881-trump-thailand-cambodia-trade-deals-ceasefire/

# Education / Schools
Trump Admin Returns Education Grants It Accused Of Funding Illegal Immigrants. The Trump administration will return several education grants revoked in July for allegedly funding illegal immigrants and other “radical leftwing” priorities.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-grant-funding-immigration-093aa36735f5d50de7406ee8465e1729

Families Feel The Back-To-School Spending Squeeze As Feds Cut Education Funding. As the Trump administration freezes billions of federal funds earmarked for public schools, a startling number of parents say they can’t afford back-to-school shopping this year.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-administration-withholds-billions-in-school-grants-for-critical-programs

The True Impact of School Meal Funding Cuts: More Hunger, Less Learning. Wilson: Reductions that Congress and the White House are considering would make it harder for students to learn and thrive.
https://www.the74million.org/article/the-true-impact-of-school-meal-funding-cuts-more-hunger-less-learning/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
As Private Equity Comes for the Utility Sector, Minnesota Is a Test Case. An administrative law judge has issued a report siding with opponents of BlackRock’s acquisition of an electric utility.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-private-equity-comes-for-the-utility-sector-minnesota-is-a-test-case/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
How the Trump Budget Cuts Are Playing Out at Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park. National parks across the board have seen about a 24 percent reduction in staffing since the current administration
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26072025/oregon-crater-lake-national-park-budget-cuts/

The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. The number of visitors to America’s public lands remains at an all-time high, while the Trump administration has made drastic cuts to popular agencies.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administration-is-recklessly-axing-funding-and-staff-for-americas-national-parks-forests-and-public-lands/

Crater Lake superintendent resigns, citing staff shortages. “Things are not OK,” Heatley told OPB on Monday. “This is not a normal situation. This is a paradigm shift that is having repercussions that will last for at least a generation.”
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/06/02/crater-lake-national-park-superintendent-kevin-heatley-staff-shortages/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
New FEMA grants set to hand out $600M to states so they can build migrant detention facilities
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5421400-new-fema-grant-program-gives-states-600m-to-build-migrant-detention-centers/

# General News / Trump / Epstein
Melania Trump ‘Very Involved’ In Epstein Scandal:  The first lady has largely avoided the hot topic, but Trump biographer Michael Wolff suggests that she’s acting behind the scenes. Epstein–Melania BOMBSHELL? Trump Wife Breaks Silence as Rumours EXPLODE Over Sex Offender Ties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5w3EllYVeE

Trump Claims He ‘Never Went’ To Epstein’s Island, Tells People To Focus On Bill Clinton Instead. President Donald Trump lashed out at a group of reporters pressing him about his prior relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday and attempted to deflect their attention to former president Bill Clinton.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-claims-never-went-epsteins-180834845.html

Trump Claims He ‘Never Went’ To Epstein’s Island, Tells People To Focus On Bill Clinton Instead
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-claims-never-went-epsteins-180834845.html

It all finally makes sense – Trump threatening to crack open the Epstein case to suddenly hiding behind bushes
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/it-all-finally-makes-sense-trump-threatening-to-crack-open-the-epstein-case-to-suddenly-hiding-behind-bushes/

Court Records Reveal Feds’ Shifting Story On Epstein Files. An eight-year legal battle for the Epstein files uncovers the Justice Department’s shifting, contradictory legal arguments.
https://www.levernews.com/court-records-reveal-feds-shifting-story-on-epstein-files/

# Gov / Politics
Gabbard Is Lying About Obama and Russian Intel: Top CIA Officer. The Trump administration’s allegations of “treason” carried the stench of desperation from a president straining to shift the focus from a burgeoning scandal around Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/tulsi-gabbard-treason-allegation-obama-world-rcna220730

FactCheck Post: Gabbard’s Misleading ‘Coup’ Claim. The foundation for her case is misleading.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/gabbards-misleading-coup-claim/

AIPAC-Backed Lawmakers Are Pushing AI Funding for Israel. Congressional Republicans have delivered on the pro-Israel organization AIPAC’s wish list in the latest military spending bill, including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop AI technologies.
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/aipac-military-ndaa-israel-tech

Stunning amount Trump’s Scotland trip will cost taxpayers – largely to promote his golf courses there: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stunning-amount-trump-scotland-trip-155730615.html

The more Trump’s tyranny is exposed, the stronger the resistance.
https://www.alternet.org/send/trump-backlash-2673768296/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Fact Check: Scottish newspaper headline about Trump visit referred to him as ‘convicted US felon’? The newspaper’s front page reflected Trump’s legal challenges while avoiding using his name directly in the headline.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/scotland-national-newspaper-trump/

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Dan Bongino Says He’s ‘Shocked’ To His ‘Core’ Over Recent ‘Public Corruption’ Investigations. Deputy Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director Dan Bongino said on X Saturday that he’ll “never be the same” after recent things he has learned.
https://www.thewrap.com/dan-bongino-statement-fbi-corruption-investigation-shocked/

Who is Robert Shinn, ‘TikTok cult’ leader whose home was raided in federal sex-trafficking probe? A handful of people were led away from the home, located in Los Angeles’ Tujunga neighborhood, in handcuffs, after FBI, IRS, US Postal Service and Labor Department agents swooped in on the residence. However, it was unclear if Shinn, 87, who has been likened to a cult leader, was among them.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/26/us-news/who-is-robert-shinn-tiktok-cult-leader-whose-home-was-raided-in-federal-sex-trafficking-probe/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Facing Rising Caseloads and Stagnant Pay, Hundreds of NYC Legal Workers Strike, The workers say their pay and workloads keep them from providing the best possible representation for their clients.
https://truthout.org/articles/facing-rising-caseloads-and-stagnant-pay-hundreds-of-nyc-legal-workers-strike/

# LGBTQ / Gender
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump, Colbert, And The War On Truth. The White House, billionaires and corporations are aiming to silence criticism and limit free speech.
https://www.levernews.com/trump-colbert-and-the-war-on-truth/

Corporate Media Mostly Sidestepping Russiagate Revelations For Torrent Of Trump-Epstein Coverage
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/corporate-media-mostly-sidestepping-russiagate-revelations-for-torrent-of-trump-epstein-coverage/

‘Get over it’: some middle America Trump supporters remain unfazed over Epstein files tumult. New revelations about Trump’s relationship with late sex offender dominate the news, yet many Trump boosters say they’re overblown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/trump-supporters-middle-america-epstein-files

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
GOP Rep. Tells Medicaid Recipients to ‘Get Off Your Ass and Get a Job’
https://www.latintimes.com/gop-rep-tells-medicaid-recipients-get-off-your-ass-get-job-587646

Eye-Popping Rate Hikes After Eyebrow-Raising Profits. After raking in billions in profits and spending big on shareholder payouts, major health insurance companies want to raise premiums. Major health insurance companies want to significantly raise premiums.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/health-insurers-are-hiking-premiums-as-their-profits-balloon/ar-AA1J0TkN

U.S. health insurers seek largest jump in Obamacare premiums since 2018, study shows. Some enrollees could be hit with increases of more than 20% because of federal changes and higher health expenses
https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/individual-market-insurers-requesting-largest-premium-increases-in-more-than-5-years/#:~:text=This%20analysis%20of%20preliminary%20rate,policy%20uncertainty%20contributed%20to%20sharp

Analysis of preliminary rate filings submitted by 105 ACA Marketplace insurers in 19 states and DC finds that ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 15% for 2026, which would represent the largest hike in premiums since 2018, the last time policy uncertainty contributed to sharp premium growth.
https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/individual-market-insurers-requesting-largest-premium-increases-in-more-than-5-years/

# Medical Science / Research / Technology
RFK Jr. looks to boot panel that decides which HIV and cancer screenings will be free: Decisions from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force impact millions of people’s access to preventative care for cancer, infectious diseases and mental health
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-preventative-services-task-force-b2796595.html

# Military / Militia / National Guard / NATO
AIPAC-Funded Lawmakers Push For Millions In Spending On Genocide Tech. The latest military spending bill fulfills an AIPAC-curated wishlist and sets the stage for a defense industry feeding frenzy.
https://www.levernews.com/aipac-funded-lawmakers-push-for-millions-in-spending-on-genocide-tech/

# Social Services / Programs
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Is Speeding Up Social Security Insolvency. The cuts could be as deep as $18,000 per year for a typical married couple, the report found.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-is-speeding-up-social-security-insolvency/

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July 26, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
$1.26 BILLION to detain immigrants in tents? The federal government just awarded a massive contract to turn Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base in El Paso, into a 5,000-bed immigrant detention camp, the largest in the country. Reports confirm that the Trump administration has awarded a $1.26 billion contract to construct and operate a 5,000-bed tent facility at Fort Bliss, Texas
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-administration-to-open-largest-immigration-detention-center-in-texas/3640738

Revealed: Officials informed that Trump program ‘intended for white people’ only. A Friday report from Reutersclaims that a senior Trump administration official recently informed diplomats in South Africa that a refugee program set up by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this year was explicitly intended for white people.
https://www.newsbreak.com/alternet-332687158/4136143236611-revealed-officials-informed-that-trump-program-intended-for-white-people-only

‘You Have No Rights, You’re a Migo’: Teenage U.S. Citizen Secretly Recorded His ICE Arrest. Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/florida-teen-immigration-arrest

Democrats ask SEC to investigate ICE detention contracts
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5420521-democrats-ask-sec-to-investigate-ice-detention-contracts/

National Guard soldier deployed to South Texas to help secure border convicted of smuggling illegal aliens into US. Sandoval was deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border with the Texas National Guard as part of Operation Lonestar. Following release from his orders, Sandoval remained in the Rio Grande Valley and began smuggling illegal aliens into the country in July 2024.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/national-guard-soldier-deployed-south-texas-help-secure-border-convicted-smuggling#:~:text=Sandoval%20was%20discharged%20from%20the,Ashley%20Martin%20prosecuted%20the%20case.

Quebec man says U.S. Coast Guard abducted him in Canadian waters and Border Patrol threw him in jail. The detention of 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand prompted outrage and raised questions about enforcement on shared waterways, highlighting how routine recreational activities near international borders can escalate unexpectedly.
https://www.newsweek.com/canadian-man-furious-after-us-coast-guard-cross-border-arrest-him-2104109

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Courts Banned This Herbicide Twice. The EPA Wants to Bring It Back. On July 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposal to approve registration for the use of dicamba on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean crops.
https://www.newsweek.com/epa-seeks-bring-back-twice-banned-pesticide-2103447

Scientists call for removal of over 4,200 “chemicals of concern” from plastics
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scientists-plastic-chemicals-highlight-safer.html

# Children / Youth
Alabama authorities rescue at least 10 kids from sex trafficking ring. Children as young as three were rescued from the bunker. Authorities say people would make appointments to abuse them. Seven people have been arrested so far
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/alabama-sex-trafficking-rescue-kids-bunker/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Is Using Your Taxpayer Dollars to Promote His New Golf Course. President Trump is using $10 million of our taxes to market his new golf course in Scotland.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198465/trump-taxpayer-money-promote-golf-course-scotland

Trump’s trade deals are illegal, Piper Sandler warns, predicting a Supreme Court smackdown by June 2026
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-trade-deals-illegal-piper-140346962.html

# Education / Schools
Tennessee school won’t accept doctor’s notes for absences. The policy will also count kids as tardy if they are sent home by the school nurse
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5421394-tennessee-school-doctors-note-chronic-absenteeism/

# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
Trump Labor Department Launches ‘Barrage of Attacks’ on Workers. “They’re showing their true colors as an anti-worker administration.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-labor-department-attacks-workers

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
US electricity prices skyrocket under Trump, hitting highest levels in years
https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/business/us-electricity-prices-continue-to-climb-under-trump/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The Texas Floods Were a Preview of What’s to Come. Mounting evidence shows no US state is safe from the flooding that ravaged Texas’ Kerr Country.
https://www.wired.com/story/kerr-countys-tragic-flood-wasnt-an-outlier-it-was-a-preview/

# General News / Floods
‘Gross negligence’: Texas county’s emergency management coordinator was likely asleep in critical morning hours of deadly floods, sheriff says. The National Weather Service began forecasting the threat of flooding in Kerr County as early as Thursday morning with a hazardous flooding outlook, CNN previously reported. A flood watch was issued at 1:18 p.m. CT, that highlighted Kerrville, among other locations, as being at risk of flash flooding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-officials-begin-state-investigation-040143066.html

Trump administration denies federal disaster assistance for Western Maryland floods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3wCB1SwPY8

# General News / Trump / Epstein
President Donald Trump continues to be dogged by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal even while visiting another continent.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-conspiracy-theories/

‘Fix is in’: Trump sparks outrage by leaving door open to pardoning Epstein co-conspirator
https://www.alternet.org/msn-uk/trump-epstein-2673760119/

Three critical stories are getting buried by the Trump-Epstein debacle. The Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case appears to constitute the rare controversy in which there are no innocuous explanations for what has unfolded. The possibilities range from bad to worse for everyone involved.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/16/jeffrey-epstein-doj-pam-bondi-column-00454487

‘Reducing her sentence’: Republican confirms plan to free Ghislaine Maxwell early if she plays ball
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/reducing-her-sentence-republican-confirms-plan-to-free-ghislaine-maxwell-early-if-she-plays-ball/

Ghislaine Maxwell spoke to DOJ about 100 people linked to Epstein: Attorney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdSKlwBAkGM

Trump and Bondi Have 100,000 Pages of Epstein Documents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-bondi-100-000-pages-191504751.html

The Main Obstacle Keeping Congress From Getting Answers on Epstein. The coils of the Epstein snare are tightening around Donald Trump, his lackeys in the Justice Department, and his desperate defenders in Congress.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/trump-epstein-news-republicans-congress-subpoena-hearings.html

# Gov / Politics
‘Critical’: 14 GOP senators call on Trump to stop withholding money from their states
https://www.alternet.org/gop-senators-trump-funds/

‘Like hiring someone to rob me’: Trump ridiculed over new ‘rebate’ proposal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/like-hiring-someone-to-rob-me-trump-ridiculed-over-new-rebate-proposal/ar-AA1Jj4bT

‘Not just racist but stupid’: VP slammed for ‘sleight of hand’ while promoting far-right theory. Are the real Americans white? That’s not just racist but stupid; most Black Americans today have ancestors that lived in America significantly longer, on average, than white Americans.”
https://www.alternet.org/jd-vance-baseless-claim/

‘Elon is going to get decimated:’ How Trump’s feud with the world’s richest man might end. “They’re going to take his money, they’re going to shutter his businesses, and they’re going to either incarcerate or deport him,” Cohen said. “He’s probably got the White House working overtime already, as we speak, figuring out how to close his whole damn thing down.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-going-decimated-trumps-feud-160346534.html

Don’t Count on the U.S. Supreme Court to Corral Trump. Trump appears determined to destroy the two and a half century U.S. experiment in democracy. The U.S. Supreme Court is enabling him to do so.
https://www.theglobalist.com/united-states-donald-trump-us-supreme-court-republicans-democracy-autocracy-us-congress-us-constitution/

After accusing Obama of treason, Trump now says the former president ‘owes me big’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/25/donald-trump-barack-obama-treason-immunity-jeffrey-epstein/85372083007/

Another Top Democrat Warns Party Will Redistrict Blue States If Republicans Move Forward In Texas: ‘All Is Fair In Love And War’
https://www.latintimes.com/another-top-democrat-warns-party-will-redistrict-blue-states-if-republicans-move-forward-texas-587542

29 Senators Demand Investigation Into Israeli Killing of American in West Bank. “It is long past time for the US government to demand accountability in these killings,” the Democrats said.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5420192-senators-demand-justice-american-palestinian/

Nobody wants to work with Pete Hegseth, and now Trump has to deal with the chief he tried to boot
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/nobody-wants-to-work-with-pete-hegseth-and-now-trump-has-to-deal-with-the-chief-he-tried-to-boot/

Supreme Court blocks North Dakota redistricting ruling that would gut key part of Voting Rights Act
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/24/supreme-court-ruling-north-dakota-voting-rights-act-00475642

Ted Cruz Wants to Use Law Meant to Prosecute Gangs to Go After Anti-ICE Protest Organizers. Three conservative justices, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, would have rejected the appeal.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/24/supreme-court-ruling-north-dakota-voting-rights-act-00475642

Trump gives big promotion to ‘dangerous’ official who said ‘white men must be in charge.’ One official in President Donald Trump’s administration just got a new job heading up a congressionally funded organization that Trump previously tried to eliminate.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-big-promotion/

Trump Impeachment Campaign Makes Major Moves in House. Backed by a growing protest movement and a formal campaign known as “Impeach Trump. Again.” led by constitutional lawyers at Free Speech For People, the effort accuses President Trump of a sweeping list of constitutional violations and abuses of power. Supporters of the movement argue that Congress must now act decisively to defend the democracy.
https://knewz.com/trump-impeachment-campaign-makes-major-moves-in-house/

President Donald Trump is taking direct action to shape the 2026 midterm elections by making personal calls to Republican lawmakers across the country. The president and his senior White House aides have been steering Republican candidates in key House and Senate races to avoid messy primary battles and strengthen their chances of keeping control of Congress.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-just-made-some-very-specific-calls-to-republican-lawmakers-and-now-theyre-completely-changing-their-2026-plans/

Alina Habba Is Back in Power Thanks to Shady Trump Move. Donald Trump is bypassing the Senate—and overruling judges—to keep Habba in charge.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-pulls-shady-move-keep-142751963.html

WATCH: Congressional Candidate Thrown to the Ground, Dragged Out of Wild Texas Redistricting Hearing
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/watch-congressional-candidate-thrown-to-the-ground-dragged-out-of-wild-texas-redistricting-hearing/

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Grenade missing after LA explosion that killed 3 deputies
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/07/26/grenade-is-missing-scene-an-explosion-that-killed-3-la-deputies/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Do not cross me’: Ex-DOJ prosecutor explains why ‘bogus’ Trump lawsuit is especially dangerous. “Trump has a habit of filing monstrous lawsuits against news outlets that do reporting he doesn’t like. But the facts don’t really matter. They never do with Trump.”
https://www.alternet.org/trump-wehle-murdoch/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump Adviser Warns Stephen Colbert Is Just the Beginning. FCC Chair Brendan Carr had a chilling threat for all media critical of Donald Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198463/donald-trump-fcc-warns-stephen-colbert-just-beginning

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘Walking a tightrope’: Millions of Trump voters are about to get bigger bills — here’s why. Millions of people are expected to lose health insurance in the coming years as a result of the tax cut legislation Trump signed this month, leaving them with fewer protections from large bills if they get sick or suffer an accident.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-medical-bills-2673764231/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
I’m A Doctor. The Things I’m Now Being Trained To Do In Trump’s America Are Terrifying. There it was, sandwiched between the review on bloodborne pathogens and quizzes about HIPAA, information on unreasonable search and seizure and the right to remain silent. It was then that I realized that I was being prepared to be a doctor in an emerging police state.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doctor-trump-patient-privacy-ice_n_687e3e9de4b06691ec25114c

# Medical Science / Research / Technology
Tech Billionaires Spearhead Efforts to Build Gene-Edited Designer Babies. Bootstrap Bio, a company created about 18 months ago, has “hired a chief science officer, opened a lab and pivoted its work” to genetic editing of human embryos, Bloomberg reported. In June, MIT Technology Review reported that the founder of Coinbase, whose worth is estimated at $10 billion, posted on X that he is “ready to fund a US startup focused on gene-editing human embryos.”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/tech-billionaires-spearhead-efforts-gene-edited-designer-babies/

RFK Jr. to oust entire panel behind cancer screening guidelines for being too ‘woke’
https://www.rawstory.com/rfk/

Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to allow $783 million research-funding cuts n its push to roll back federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. U.S. District Judge William Young said the cuts amounted to “racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.” An appeals court left the ruling in place.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-institutes-of-health-research-cuts-6b69c254bc245f0ec1c7ddf1af74281f

# Medical // Global
Belgium is trying to stop the Trump administration from burning $9.7M in medical supplies—but a ‘regrettable outcome’ looms. The Trump administration was primarily driven by its ideological opposition to family planning.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/belgium-is-trying-to-stop-the-trump-administration-from-burning-9-7m-in-medical-supplies-but-a-regrettable-outcome-looms/

# Military / Global
Mysterious annex at North Korean missile plant has analysts puzzled
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2025/07/23/mysterious-annex-at-north-korean-missile-plant-has-analysts-puzzled/

Russia’s Using New R-77M Air-To-Air Missile In Ukraine. The long-range R-77M air-to-air missile, a much-improved version of the AA-12 Adder, appears to have been used in combat.
https://www.twz.com/air/signs-russias-using-new-r-77m-air-to-air-missile-in-ukraine

Thai F-16 Strikes As Border Dispute With Cambodia Erupts. Long-running tensions have spilled over into heavy exchanges of fire in the disputed border region between Thailand and Cambodia.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/thai-f-16-strikes-as-border-dispute-with-cambodia-erupts

# Pharmaceuticals
Rep. Gosar Reintroduces Bill to Strip Liability Protection From Vaccine Makers
https://gosar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=8582

Drugmaker-telehealth deals risk unnecessary prescribing, senators’ probe finds. An investigation by Democratic senators has raised concerns about conflicts of interest in telehealth companies’ ties to pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Eli Lilly.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/17/pfizer-eli-lilly-telehealth-senate-investigation/

# Social / Communities
Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

Eviction fears, disability discrimination, and Trump’s war on fair housing. On Feb. 27, the Trump administration abruptly canceled funding grants for 78 nonprofit organizations that work to combat housing discrimination nationwide
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/hud-cuts-eviction-fears-disability-discrimination-and-trumps-war-on-fair-housing/

New Trump Executive Order Will Further Criminalize Homelessness, Mental Illness. “Mental illness is not a crime, and people with mental illness deserve to be treated as human beings, with dignity and respect, to truly address the systemic causes of this crisis, we should be pouring resources into treatment to improve early access to care and investing in supportive housing and other wrap-around services.
https://www.nami.org/press-releases/nami-statement-on-executive-order-targeting-homelessness-and-criminalizing-mental-illness/

ACLU Condemns Trump Executive Order Targeting Disabled and Unhoused People. President Trump signed an executive order today directing states to criminalize unhoused people and institutionalize people with mental health disabilities and substance use disorder.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-condemns-trump-executive-order-targeting-disabled-and-unhoused-people

Southern California community pleading for help after Trump Administration pulls funding. In Rancho Palos Verdes, a handful of landslides have been moving homes for years and recent wet winters have made things worse.
https://patch.com/california/palosverdes/southern-california-community-pleading-help-after-trump-administration-pulls

Trump order shifts homelessness strategy toward enforcement. Trump order pushes cities to remove homeless people from streets. Follows ruling allowing arrests for sleeping outdoors, Critics say policy ignores housing and violates rights
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-homelessness-strategy/

# Social Services / Programs
3-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Left in Hot Car While with Child Services, Which Took Him Away from His Family. The boy was left for hours while a contract worker for the state ran “personal errands,” the family’s attorney says
https://people.com/3-year-old-boy-dies-after-being-left-in-hot-car-by-the-department-of-human-resources-who-took-him-away-from-his-father-11778946

# Sports
United States denies entire team visas for Little League World Series
https://www.newsweek.com/us-denies-visas-venezuelan-little-league-baseball-team-2104257

# Veterans / VA
Lawmakers convene special hearing at veterans center to examine rural health care challenges
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-07-25/veterans-rural-health-care-18556522.html#:~:text=The%20two%2Dhour%20hearing%20of,in%20remote%20areas%20know%20they‘

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