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John Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.

This is ridiculously scary. Yes, we are currently talking about ballrooms and reflecting pools and inflation and Iran and Venezuela and Epstein and crypto grift and the moral rot of the GOP. But all that is going to be forgotten soon. Shit is about to get real, as they say.

Patty Murray and Chuck Schumer decide to strike a “bipartisan” deal with … checks notes … Susan Collins to fund the Trump regime through December which appears to not to any include any safeguards against Trump’s meddling with midterm elections.

DOGE took an axe to CISA and left the U.S. exposed to cyber attacks. Thankfully, our experts in Minnesota were able to identify the vulnerability quickly and work with local communities to stop it.

First, they cut public health funding & fired scientists. Now, food borne illnesses are skyrocketing. Under Trump, Americans are sicker and less safe. www.denverpost.com/2026/07/29/c...

In an unprecedented step, European nations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament. n.pr/4h1Niz1

European soccer leaders to boycott the World Cup in an unprecedented stepIn an unprecedented step, European nations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament.n.pr

It was great to join Alex Noyes and Dafna Rand from the Brookings Institution to talk about how we can build an incentive-based U.S. security assistance system that promotes transparency, accountability, and oversight, strengthens our partnerships, and protects our reputation.

📌BREAKING: Trump has ordered warnings be placed at "inaccurate" Smithsonian History Museum. This is chilling. Authoritarian regimes, as a rule, rewrite history to control all information. They also ban books, attack truth, and the vote. We are living in very, very scary times.

NEW RECORDS! Today was a hot day all around. Temperatures tied the warmest morning low ever recorded at 97 degrees. Later, the daily high temperature record was broken by 1 degree, as it got to 117 degrees. Both of the those records were set in July 2023. bit.ly/4wm919w

A win! The Justice Department has withdrawn the subpoenas seeking phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times journalists. Always remember that public pressure makes a difference. Thank you!

U.S. Withdraws Subpoenas Issued to New York Times JournalistsA federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times called an attempt to intimidate the free press.www.nytimes.com

If we want to save democracy, we need to get it out of Washington DC. Here is a write up of our pilot local impact field hearings www.linkedin.com/posts/lorele...

#democracy #congress #civicinnovation #firstamendment #publicai #publicmemory #nationalparks #ruralamerica #data #congressionalmodernization #usda #citizenassembly #civictech | Lorelei Kelly | 13 comm...This week we completed the first two pilots of a new democratic practice: Local Impact Field Hearings. Our first hearing took place at Effigy Mounds National Monument, where community members testifi...www.linkedin.com

“Whoever … orders, brings, keeps … troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held … shall be punished unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.” 18 U.S. Code § 592 - Troops at polls. Military presence at polling places is unlawful.

Commentary: There's a fascinating memo — lead writer @dschrantz.bsky.social — being distributed to civil society groups, which seeks to prepare us for the election fockery that's coming. Trump's speech last night laid the groundwork, so this is timely. minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/17/t...

The blueprint for fighting Trump's attempt to sabotage the election, drawn up in Minnesota • Minnesota ReformerThe evidence is all around us, but you have to connect dots and see the full picture.minnesotareformer.com

I appreciate people who share numbers on the many AI brand deals being pitched these days. They best explain the, ahem, strange bedfellows you see these days. When someone or some org suddenly starts sliding some normative-sounding claims about AI? Safe bet to wonder if it’s stealth sponcon

Trump pursues a strategy of systematically destroying Iranian civilian infrastructure, including water supplies, desalination plants, power stations, bridges, highways, all of which constitutes a war crime unless explained in terms of a legitimate military target (crickets from the Pentagon).

EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched with Crowd on Jan. 6 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched with Crowd on Jan. 6On Jan. 6, 2021, a man approached the Capitol who looked like...talkingpointsmemo.com