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John Mulaney Trump and Hobos #johnmulaney #funny #hilarious #comedy #standupcomedy #comedyshowYouTube video by CraaazyClipsyoutube.comDom ErvolinaDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrestsA Johns Hopkins public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight this week, the university confirmed, as the Trump administration...buff.ly
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Sarah TaberIt's just kinda funny how Dems do in fact have deep, consistent rural strongholds. All over the US! And even most Professional Rural Understanders I've run into just... can't see them. Or figure out how to work with them and build on them. For some reason haha it's so crazy
NEW: The 7th Circuit joins the chorus today, issuing a 2-1 decision ruling against the Trump admin on whether a 1996 law mandated the detention without a bond hearing of all undocumented immigrants who ever crossed the border unlawfully. The split is now 6-2 against Trump.
Aaron Reichlin-MelnickGreat news; yet another court finds that ICE and the DOJ were wrong to declare that Congress secretly mandated detention of millions of noncitizens in 1996 (specifically, anyone who entered unlawfully at some point in the past, no matter how long ago), and that no one had noticed until now.
Colom is good people, a smart and decent man running against a complete MAGA buffoon. First black DA ever in his district. It’s a longshot’s longshot, but if any Democrat could win a Senate race in Mississippi, it’s him.
Sahil KapurScoop: Schumer stopped by a fundraiser last night in DC for SCOTT COLOM, Dem Senate candidate in deep-red Mississippi, per two sources. Colom is facing GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. (Fun fact: Colom was nominated by Biden for a federal judgeship and blocked by… Cindy Hyde-Smith.)
Scoop: Schumer stopped by a fundraiser last night in DC for SCOTT COLOM, Dem Senate candidate in deep-red Mississippi, per two sources. Colom is facing GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. (Fun fact: Colom was nominated by Biden for a federal judgeship and blocked by… Cindy Hyde-Smith.)
It would be nice if we could evaluate reports like this on the merits. But even setting aside its profound past mistakes and monumental blunders, after Trump's purges and loyalty tests, why would anyone assume the intelligence community is operating in good faith?
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water SystemsInvestigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.www.nytimes.com
Elon Musk’s embarrassing Economist interview and subsequent racist tantrum ought to present the media, government, investors and index funds with a simple yes-or-no question: Should huge chunks of the economy and millions of Americans’ retirement funds be tied to this man’s fortunes? (new @ms.now)
Opinion | Stop treating Elon Musk’s racist meltdowns like they’re normalAnthony L. Fisher: The economy and millions of retirement accounts are tied to the fortunes of an unstable, race-baiting conspiracy theorist.www.ms.now
Seeing how many respectable liberals, and even leftists, in New York media continued to speak warmly of Reihan Salam is what made me first realize that some journalists have no criteria for moral judgment other than whether someone is personally nice to them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...
Can This Man Stop the Mamdani Agenda?Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.www.nytimes.com
Imagine being a Trump supporter in south Jersey and you find out the lump of shit you voted for won’t help you because the rest of the state hurt his feelings. www.eenews.net/articles/fem...
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.www.eenews.net
An Azerbaijani court has sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison. It's the harshest verdict since the government began its ongoing crackdown on independent journalism.
Azerbaijan Jails Prominent TV Journalists, Media WorkersAn Azerbaijani court on July 27 sentenced nine journalists, media workers, and civil society activists to between 12 and 15 years in prison.www.hrw.org
Federal prosecutors are going after an Atlanta-based protester, allegedly in connection with the use of a "duress" passcode that wiped his phone during a border search. Read our digital security newsletter to learn about border security risks, and what you can do about them.
Protester targeted by DOJ over phone-wiping ‘duress’ passcodeA security-focused mobile operating system, GrapheneOS, allows users to wipe their device with a “duress” passcodefreedom.press
TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.
“Brazil Blocks Visit by U.S. Delegation Seeking to Question Election System *** Brazilian authorities refused to grant visas to two senior U.S. officials out of concern they planned to sow doubt about the security of the country’s voting systems.” 7/25/26 … 1/
Brazil Blocks Visit by U.S. Delegation Seeking to Question Election System (Gift Article)Brazilian authorities refused to grant visas to two senior U.S. officials out of concern they planned to sow doubt about the security of the country’s voting systems.www.nytimes.comJay Clayton signed off on several abusive subpoenas to @nytimes.com reporters in violation of the DOJ's own policies — now he's confirmed as director of national intelligence. With people like him in office, we need a federal shield law for journalists more than ever:
Now confirmed as DNI, Jay Clayton is threat to press freedomIf Clayton is willing to break DOJ policy at Donald Trump’s request and then lie about it, what will he do now that he’s in charge of an incredibly powerful surveillance apparatus?freedom.press