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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.MS NOW
ASU hockey coach put on leave after player collapsed during workoutCBS News
Details emerge in case of former Cornell student alleging rape by frat membersCBS News
NY attorney general to review Cornell’s response to gang rape allegationsMS NOW
Passengers recount terrifying attempted hijack of Dubai-to-Israel flightCBS News
What to know after pilot stabbed on FlyDubai flight to IsraelCBS News
Immigration judge rules U.S. can deport leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosqueMS NOW
Fed watchdog finds no laws broken in $2.5 billion Fed renovationCBS News
What Democrats are still getting wrong about votersVox
Eric Schmitt’s pratfall while pursuing Jack Smith shows what a joke the Senate has becomeMS NOW
Trump administration makes appalling exit from corruption watchdog as Americans grow waryMS NOW
Cornell agrees to outside review of how it handled alleged sexual assault: GovernorABC News
Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’The Guardian US
America leaves Iraq, againVox
Parents of toddler who had loaded pistol in bag at Detroit daycare to face chargesThe Guardian US
Senate blocks Republican bill restricting stock trades by US Congress membersThe Guardian US
In-laws charged with murder of New York Times games engineer in CaliforniaThe Guardian US
Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreakThe Guardian US
POLITICS & DEMOCRACY
Dems Block Data Center Bill Designed to Boost Husted’s Campaign: ‘A Proxy for Corruption’Talking Points Memo
New IRS Citizenship Question Could Make It Easier for Census Bureau to Shift Political PowerTalking Points Memo
Senate Dems Will Attempt to Stop Trump White House’s Latest Illegal Pocket RescissionTalking Points Memo
Doubts About the AI Boom Are Seeping Into Elite HeadlinesTalking Points Memo
Appeals Courts Slowly Awaken to Trump II ThreatTalking Points Memo
New poll should make Texas GOP very, very afraidDaily Kos
House Republican blames high gas prices on … Obama?Daily Kos
Gas prices, gay whales, and bad adviceDaily Kos
I’ll be backDaily Kos
MAGA Senate pick's own flyer busts his story about ties to convicted predator: reportRaw Story
Judge shuts down Trump DOJ's gambit for private data it refused to keep secretRaw Story
Trump makes a cryptic prediction about having a political future 'in some form'Raw Story
Trump aides privately fear GOP about to get 'creamed' as probe plots emerge: reportRaw Story
MAGA 'dam break' coming after candidate with 'morals of a lizard' rejected: strategistRaw Story
Trump Melts Down And Tries To Blackmail Alaska Into Voting RepublicanPoliticus USA
Senator Warns Trump May Make Up Fake National Security Threat Before The MidtermsPoliticus USA
Republicans Are Now Blaming Obama For High Gas PricesPoliticus USA
Trump Melts Down Into Delusion When Confronted With Republicans Breaking With HimPoliticus USA
INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.ProPublica
“A Massive Power Grab”: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans VoteProPublica
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In VotingProPublica
Arizona Lawmaker Proposes More Federal Support for English Fluency ServicesProPublica
Two Years After Hurricane Helene, People Are Still Allowed to Live in Harm’s WayProPublica
ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical CareThe Intercept
Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.The Intercept
Inside the Business of Trump’s Third-Country DeportationsThe Intercept
Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE CampThe Intercept
The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland ProtestThe Intercept
The War in Iraq Is Finally OverMother Jones
From Birthday Celebrations to Murderous Dictators, Trump Brings Out the JetsMother Jones
The Disgrace and Danger of Kash PatelMother Jones
Rural Voters Like MAHA. They Just Don’t Think It’s Working.Mother Jones
When Trump Opened Bears Ears Land to Mining, the Hobbyists Swooped inMother Jones
PSA: Trump Continues To Commit CrimesThe Nation
The Carnival of Venice BiennaleThe Nation
Freedom Can’t Be Fenced InThe Nation
📰 From Our Substack Contributors
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My advice to young peopleRobert Reich
Office Hours: The Most Important Lesson We’ve Learned from this Travesty?Robert Reich
In Conversation with Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny, Trump, and the MidtermsRobert Reich
Why is Trump airing taxpayer-funded ads for himself?Robert Reich
TRENDING ON BLUESKY — PROGRESSIVE VOICES
Trending:
Reported Pentagon data breach
ICE expands hiring and detention
Wrestler Pac dies
Bluesky meme: post a vampire
Canada marks Truth and Reconciliation Day
Hegseth's western civilization speech mocked
Schmitt remarks on Jack Smith
Hegseth to cut 20% generals
Flydubai flight diverts to Saudi Arabia
Phillies force Game 3 in Atlanta
Man City financial charges case
Trump's $5,000 dividend pledge
Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons
If you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt"
NEW: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge brought by the Democratic National Committee that could determine if state judges can extend polling hours after election-day disruptions threaten voting access. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation.
With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-deports-children
"The Board of Peace Is an Abject Failure, and Palestinians Are Paying the Price"
It promised to bring ‘everlasting peace’: Gaza was to be rebuilt; military operations halted; ‘full aid’ given... It has failed on every count.
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