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The IRS 'is imploding' under Trump www.alternet.org/trump-irs-26...
The IRS 'is imploding' under TrumpThe IRS is falling apart, a new report from Mother Jones said on Tuesday. Reporter Stephanie Mencimer writes that she received a notice from the Internal Revenue Service claiming she underpaid her 20...www.alternet.org
Russia is draining pensions and raiding corporate bank accounts to fund the war against Ukraine 🇺🇦. They cancelled bond auctions for lack of interest. Putin is bankrupting Russia to stay in power. Kinda like Trump - US National debt has doubled since Jan 2025. ground.news/article/puti...
Putin Moves to Militarize Russian Society, ISW SaysThe Russian president signed a decree expanding armed forces and told lawmakers to prioritize military spending through 2029.ground.news
“Not vaccinating your kid is like saying, ‘I don’t want my car to have brakes,’” said Dr. Mark Roberts of the Public Health Dynamics Lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. “Because it’s other people that you can hit. It’s not just you in your car. It’s other people.”
There Are Already More US Measles Cases This Year Than in All of 2025The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come.buff.ly
Beshear: "There's an argument that August 3 is a date where I could not later call a special. Those that are really pushing this are under the impression a Dem might be able to win. It's been since '92 that we had a Dem senator in KY ... not having McConnell show up isn't necessarily a bad thing"
Tell me you don’t understand the global economy without telling me…oh, never mind.
Aaron RuparKILMEADE: So the USMCA, are you looking to update that? TRUMP: I don't care. I don't really want to. I'd rather be independent. Here's the thing -- Mexico and Canada need us. We don't need them.
Striking new poll of Texas Senate race: Talarico 45 Paxton 40 This is really notable: Talarico leads among non-college voters by 45-36 and among independents by 43-23 (!) Hard to imagine this is right but he's probably slightly ahead now. www.texastribune.org/2026/07/28/t...
Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new Texas Senate pollThe poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans.www.texastribune.org
PUTIN SPREADS DOMESTIC BLAME FOR WAR, URGES PATRIOTISM Putin made it a point in his speech that the State Duma was just as responsible for the war as he is, because it passed 3000 laws to make it possible since 2022. He said they were doing their patriotic duty, and that all Russians should
