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Ruth Marcus: The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Outlandish Case Against James ComeyThe prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”www.newyorker.comPolitics! “What happened in 2021 was the small-scale version of what happened yesterday,” he said. “I mean, 50,000 people do not come overnight when usually it’s hundreds per month. Sánchez going to Algeria is something Morocco didn’t really like.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint and how were so many people able to cross from Morocco?An estimated 50,000 people attempted the journey to the Spanish territory in chaotic and dangerous scenes that resulted in dozens of deathswww.theguardian.comAxon has deeper ties to the federal government than Flock Safety, a reality that a local coalition of activists fighting federal surveillance hammered home during multiple contentious Common Council sessions earlier this year. @centralcurrent.org centralcurrent.org/axon-license...
Axon license plate readers go live in Syracuse. State legislator calls it ‘a constant, warrantless surveillance system’The Syracuse police department confirmed Axon readers became active Monday morning.centralcurrent.org"We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead. Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border.” -Pope Leo XIV www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...
60 years ago today, Medicare & Medicaid went into effect "..now, in 2026, the Republicans in charge of our government reject the vision of a government that works to support its people." - HC Richardson open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
July 30, 2026Sixty years ago today, on July 30, 1966, Medicare and Medicaid went into effect.open.substack.com"Little did Higginson know that within a few months he would leave the 51st to take command an all-black regiment, the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry." open.substack.com/pub/henry184...
Taking Part In the Affair.Throughout the summer and into the fall of 1862, Thomas Wentworth Higginson watched from his home in Worcester, Massachusetts as the Civil War raged across the country.open.substack.comA good summary follows, see in comment below. www.forbes.com/sites/melikk...
Erdogan And Sunni Pact Vying To Displace Iran In Mideast Power RoleIran regional power will diminish from economic battering. Sunni states aim to fill the vacuum with Turkey at center alongside Egypt, Saudi, Pakistan and Israel opposedwww.forbes.comNato ‘will take all necessary measures’ to defend territory after Russian missile crashes in Poland – Europe live www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Nato ‘will take all necessary measures’ to defend territory after Russian missile crashes in Poland – Europe livePolish PM confirms the missile that crashed in Poland was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile and says he is in touch with EU and US leaderswww.theguardian.com➡️ "He says, 'Don't be dependent on anyone else.' One million barrels. Yes, Mr. Prime Minister, there's no need to be dependent on anyone. If we can transfer one million barrels of oil from our immediate neighbor Iraq..it will meet our needs." www.rudaw.net/english/cate...
Iraq, Turkey sign three deals as Baghdad eyes boost in oil exports via Turkish pipelineIraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday presided over the signing of three memoranda of understanding between the two neighboring countries in Ankara, iwww.rudaw.net➡️ In Baghdad, the Iraqi presidency called the air raids on the PMF, also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi – an armed alliance that includes powerful pro-Iran factions – “a blatant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, targeting its official institutions”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warnRiyadh’s decision to join US in strikes on Iran-backed militia further complicates widening and ‘unpredictable’ warwww.theguardian.com"ICE agents in Florence don’t give me water, don’t give me a food. They struck me, my legs, and put me the shackles on my hands, my feet & my hips. I was held there for about 4 hours. Then, around 3pm., they kicked my legs and show me out to detention facility" www.democracynow.org/2026/7/28/be...
Colombian Activist Beto Coral Targeted by ICE for Criticizing Trump Ally, New President-ElectA prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an ICE jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known as Beto Coral, wa...www.democracynow.org