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Clay Bennett7/28/2026- Palm Beach Airport www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ju...
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"Libraries are one of the pillars and cornerstones of a democracy, and free public libraries are part of a civic infrastructure that we need to have a safe democracy." -Carla Hayden, fired by Trump after almost a decade as the Librarian of Congress
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This is so tragic. All of these deportations are tragic. I can't stand it. This administration is full of evil.
Adam Sawyer“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds
Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study findsIntensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolve
Industrial chicken farming is accelerating the spread of the world’s most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea, scientists have found.
The study found a dramatic increase in the exchange of campylobacter strains between wild birds and chickens as farming has intensified, creating the ideal conditions for the bacteria to mix, spread and acquire new traits. There has also been a rise in antimicrobial resistance traits in circulating strains, raising concerns that serious illness in people will be more difficult to treat. Continue reading...www.theguardian.com
Excellent Venezuelan men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Venezuelan men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jailExclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdownwww.theguardian.com
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Reminder: Elon Musk is an immigrant to the USA. There are strong suggestions that he may have overstayed on a student visa at one point, which if true would make him an "illegal immigrant".
Elon Musk worked in US illegally in 1995 after quitting school – reportWashington Post contrasts the episode with the South African multibillionaire’s anti-immigration viewswww.theguardian.comSnigdhaTweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.
Hopefully this will never be us. Don't take the right to vote for granted. apnews.com/article/nica...
Nicaragua’s President Ortega moves to extend his 20-year rule and says no elections anytime soonNicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has announced that the country won’t hold elections anytime soon, a statement that reflects his effort to extend his nearly 20-year rule.apnews.com"They're all the same". Seriously? Down to even local elections? You're not going to vote for ballot initiatives? There's is more on there than federal offices. If you're going to get in your vote for local, you might as well vote for the federal. Take the time to learn what's really on your ballot.
Did not end well. 😭 www.whiskeyriff.com/2026/07/22/b... Authorities refused to respond even though similar story happened twice in AZ in the last year and they shut off power and coaxed the bear down.
Bear Is Fatally Electrocuted Atop New Mexico Power Pole After Authorities Reportedly Refused to Respond | Whiskey RiffUp an electrical pole with nowhere to go... and no one coming to help. I’m not sure what it is about bears in Arizona and New Mexico climbing up electrical poles, but it’s somewhat of a common occurre...www.whiskeyriff.com482 wounded in Iran. 482. Let's make this a top story, ok?
Aaron RuparLIEU: How many US troops have been wounded in the Iran war? WALTZ: My understanding is over 100 LIEU: That number is wrong. It's actually 482. It's not surprising to me you didn't know the answer. The reason you are here today is bc you were fired by the president from your former position as NSA.
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Here's a new one: ICE *prevented* a man from self-deporting by a June 11 deadline — he asked ICE to let him leave and had a one-way plane ticket for June 10. Then ICE re-detained him because he missed the deadline. Due process violation, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Imagine if we all canceled our Prime memberships and stopped using Amazon. I did it, you don't need it. You can find this stuff other places and you don't need to have things by the next day. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internetInternal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says i...www.theguardian.com