Children relapsing into malnutrition has become an increasingly common occurrence in the state and across northern Nigeria, according to local health and aid workers, who cite knock-on effects from the Iran war. https://to.pbs.org/45bfgRx

The World Cup ends Sunday, but the increased surveillance won't, write Ranking Digital Rights’ Tayrine dos Santos Dias and Leandro Ucciferri. Their investigation maps the companies behind the data harvesting, predictive policing, and aerial surveillance across 16 host cities.

“.. The U.S. is planning for a wider war,” said one U.S. official familiar with internal administration discussions, adding that the Pentagon was increasing the number of military aircraft in the region. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

🔥 TIM DILLON: “J.D. Vance talks about this like he’s just a guy I grew up with on Long Island… It is now THEM. I don’t want to hear about the Deep State anymore. You’re playing everyone for a fool. You have to be one of the stupidest people in the world to fall for this shit at this point.”

So much winning: A US service member was killed today in Iraq, and more remains were found in Jordan. A source tells Washington Post the US stockpile of munitions is insufficient to safely sustain operations and “I don’t think the White House is aware of that.” wapo.st/4puMk0b

Killing Lorenzo Salgado Araujo wasn’t enough—now comes the Trump administration’s campaign to assassinate his character. ICYMI @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

US service member killed in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command says reut.rs/4f8Hbrk

The air millions of Americans breathe has changed. Wildfire smoke is reaching farther, lasting longer, and exposing more families than at any point in recent memory. Treating that as anything other than a national challenge isn’t leadership. It’s a decision with generational consequences.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least five people, authorities said Sunday. More than 20 people were injured and 300 have been displaced. https://to.pbs.org/4fa94PJ

BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

Jon Ossoff sums it up: “This is the cruelest & most arrogant group of people who ever ascended to high office - their cruelty & arrogance are only matched by their incompetence."

A little more interest in this one at the moment.

Your good news Sunday: Amid all the fear and division, here's a story that restored a little faith in people. A town of just 200 people chose compassion over politics when one of their own needed them most. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The Bolts guide to state Supreme Court elections is awesome, y'all. There is a significant section on Kansas, too, given the constitutional shenanigans the Kansas GOP has been playing with. boltsmag.org/your-state-b...

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Peru's Andes region, killing at least 5 people.

The epic investigation in the New Yorker by Heidi Blake seems to have lit a fire under UK criminal justice bureaucrats, who'd messed up last time they had a chance to prosecute the Tates (including some pretty horrendous victim blaming Blake recounts). Journalism matters for justice.

On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from #$GEO #$CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...

A stoppage time equalizer from Houston’s Kat Rader! 🤯

Texas Democrats are demanding an investigation into whether Ken Paxton violated election law. “For someone who’s made a stand against voter fraud, it’s unconscionable (yet not surprising) that Paxton engages in this behavior,” one wrote. w/ @texastribune.org

People who keep pointing out that golf courses use as much water as data centres as some sort of defence of data centres drastically underestimate the amount we also hate golf.

It’s a big day, start of a week of fundraising for @parkinsons.org.uk Listen to BBC R4 at 0754 to learn more

Israeli ministers announce plans for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.

This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.

Horrifying, Tragic, unnecessary. More American soldiers dead for no reason in Trump’s unnecessary pointless war.

If you haven’t read this in full it’s a gutwrenching account of both the sickening serial rape allegations against them and how many friends they have in the Trump administration: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

One week, two killings: Trump’s immigration crackdown turns deadly – again

A bespectacled, wide-eyed scientist who came to resemble the birds he so loved, David Johnson dedicated his life to working with owls, studying their behavior and working to safeguard their habitat.

A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social

US hurricane center says 80% chance of cyclone in next 48 hours near Florida reut.rs/4gHl6Bi

“.. Historically, candidates for state-wide office in Iowa .. have avoided criticizing the agriculture industry, opting instead for platitudes about how Iowa’s farms ‘feed the world.’ This year is different.” @politico.com #IAsen www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The summer of climate shocks rages on (and how the new climate attribution report from the @nationalacademies.org can help make progress to limit the climate crisis): danarfisher.com/2026/07/18/t...

BISON: “.. So the Iran war is back on, and it's like we're in March - except a TACO has already been tried and failed, and SPRs and commercial inventories are depleted.” www.bisoninsights.info

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ICYMI: Rep. Bennie Thompson is demanding that DHS cancel its $915 million self-deportation contract with Salus Worldwide Solutions, citing our reporting with @motherjones.com ⬇️

Bad Bunny concert in Milan abandoned because of hailstorm

NYT: “.. The Iranian attack that killed two U.S. soldiers .. on Friday was the fourth in five days on U.S. forces in Jordan .. a sign that Iranian forces not only still have ample missile stocks but have also become more adept at evading U.S. air defense systems ..” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/w...

Michigan, it’s time to vote. Get those ballots in. Our movement to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, and pass Medicare for All will win. More voting info at abdulforsenate.com/vote.

HAPPENING NOW: NYC is in the streets joining 70+ cities nationwide in an emergency day of action against ICE's campaign of terror against immigrant communities.

One reason to care about state supreme courts: They are only defender of abortion rights in some places. In Kansas, Wyoming, Missouri, New Mexico, justices who ruled in favor of abortion access are on ballot this year. And Right is going after them. Time to learn more—I covered all states:

El español ya ganó el Mundial: cómo el idioma conquistó la Copa del Mundo y a millones de personas que no lo hablan.

Here's a reminder that Trump threatened 102 days ago to commit genocide against a nation of 93 million people. The story lasted a day or two and the news media moved on. The madman stayed in office to make new threats and kill more people in an illegal war.

Houston: protest, Sunday 2pm

Why did Trump's OSHA move to repeal ladder safety regulations against the advice of workers and safety experts? Because corporate lobbyists told them to.

June 2026 is in the books. Add another 98 cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes to the list. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors

Trump administration allows killing of species threatened with extinction Gift Article www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City has claimed its first life, health officials said Friday. https://to.pbs.org/4wQahSj

The main reason for the organized assault by polluters & hired guns on the new @nationalacademies.org report on climate change & extreme event attribution (see my review here: michaelmann.net/comments-on-...) is the fact it provides a tool for holding them accountable for the damage they've done.

If you are keeping track, this is from today.

Here’s an incomplete list of incidents demonstrating ICE and DHS deception. The lying has become routine.