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Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

Awful: The local press in Maine is crediting Susan Collins for getting Trump to agree to ICE bodycams nationwide. It's cynical BS: She voted for $70 billion in ICE money and against requiring bodycams. But this kind of thing is why she could still win. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...

The latest CNN poll shows that only 2% of Americans say economic conditions in the US are "very good," while 77% say they're somewhat or very poor.

This NYT profile of David Ellison ends with something I've been wondering: Was he so willing to hold off on the Warner acquisition bc he can't afford it anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/m...

The Fauci show trial is an amazing illustration of the fundamental immaturity and insecurity of the modern right. What really outrages them is that he dared to suggest that people make sacrifices for the common good. So much of X/techbro/manosphere thought is just insisting that should never happen.

NEWS: Former FBI director James Comey files motion to dismiss “8647” seashells indictment based on selective or vindictive prosecution. Read the motion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Memorandum in Support of Motion – #36 in United States v. Comey (E.D.N.C., 4:26-cr-00016) – CourtListener.comMemorandum in Support by James Brien Comey, Jr regarding 35 MOTION to Dismiss Indictment for Vindictive and Selective Prosecution filed by James Brien Comey, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Appendix...storage.courtlistener.com

Distorting government records in service of absurd lies aimed at getting around clear laws really sucks. Corrosive in multiple ways. In this case, altering US casualty data for the Iran war to pretend it’s multiple separate wars as a contemptuous disregard for the time limits in the War Powers Act.

BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.

CAN'T MAKE IT UP: ICE deported a man to Mexico in violation of a court order in Nov., acknowledged the error and returned him to the U.S. Then they deported him to El Salvador, in violation of court-ordered torture protection. He's currently imprisoned. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Man, @noahshachtman.bsky.social is KILLING it on the MSG/facial recognition beat. "While the shutdown order reviewed by WIRED applied only to July 2, those sources add that they were told the lockout was repeated on July 3, Swift and Kelce’s wedding night..." www.wired.com/story/for-ta...

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went DarkMSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.www.wired.com

🚨 "Trump Bolstered Saudi Business Connections Amid Nuclear Discussions" @danalexander21.bsky.social for Forbes

Trump's Business Pursued Saudi Deal As He Conducted Nuclear DiscussionsWhile Trump's administration held nuclear-energy talks with Saudi Arabia, his private business moved ahead with a real-estate project tied to the crown prince.www.forbes.com

It's wild that the House this week has passed both a resolution to end the Iran war, *and* a defense spending bill that officially renames the Pentagon the "Department of War" and increases its budget by more than 20%

Good thing Pakistan’s already a business partner of Trump’s WLFI crypto scheme!

Conflict Coin: How the Trumps' Billion-Dollar Crypto Stake Depends on a Company That Helped Iran Evade Sanctions - Public CitizenTrumps’ World Liberty Financial is heavily dependent on Binance, a crypto exchange that pleaded guilty to helping Iran evade sanctionswww.citizen.org

I just had this conversarion with an editor yesterday. If you start hedging for imagined bad faith readers, you have stopped writing and started journaling a fan fic to them.

New — Two US soldiers were killed and one is missing after Iran launched retaliatory ballistic missile strikes into Jordan on Friday, per CENTCOM

Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromises FCC commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. The agency’s chair, Brendan Carr, has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.

FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar DealsAccepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...www.propublica.org

NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.

The Treasury’s top tax policy official was forced out after he warned that the White House risked violating a law prohibiting senior officials’ involvement in IRS audits. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Not only do we stand by our reporting. Madison Square Garden’s ridiculous lawsuit actually confirms it, noting the company did, in fact, track the sexual orientation of LGBTQIA celebrities in its talent database.

The Justice Department appears to have included a fake AI-generated. citation in an ICE detainee's case. Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...