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“The Evacuation Order issued for the Fiftynine Creek wildfire has been expanded, effective July 17, 2026, at 7:30 pm.” More via @tnrd.ca ⬇️ #BCWildfire #BigBarLake #FiftynineCreekWildfire #MeadowLake

A federal judge just confirmed what we all knew: Trump’s $1.8 billion cash for cronies slush fund was completely out of bounds and in bad faith.

Bondi didn't seem to have a problem opening investigations.

After Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people in January with immigration officials, ICE then shared that data with Palantir, according to court filings. Using this medical data, Palantir then shared ICE real-time locations of non-citizens for abductions and deportations.

Appeals court allows USPS to move forward with Trump’s anti-mail voting order, for now. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This is pushing things just a tad too far, isn't it? If you have a fat pet, take responsibility and stop feeding it so much.

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

OPINION: The Vances might be the first vice-presidential family with small kids since the 90s, but their Secret Service requests appear to be particularly indulgent. To the point that Secret Service supervisors are are going "on the record no less, that they've never seen anything like this."

New reporting from the Portland Press Herald and the AP reveal the violent history of the ICE agent who fatally shot a 25-year-old father in Maine—and raises urgent questions about how he was hired.

JFC!!! Is he going to take responsibility for the smoke that engulfs Canada from wildfires in this country?

JUST IN: Judge Christopher Cooper (Obama/DC) rejects recusal in Jan. 6 defendant's case, warns her that 1 of her pro se filings may contain an AI-hallucinated citation. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... U may remember she came to #capitolriot on private jet www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

“I mean, this is random Trump bull****,” Bruce Schneier, a security technologist at Harvard University, told Democracy Docket. “He wants to destroy democracy, and this is the next step.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

HuffPost observed an anti-ICE patrol in San Diego, where activists are tracking potential immigration enforcement vehicles and then warning their communities.

Dude will try to monetize any and everything. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Experts called Trump's speech “shockingly thin,” “underwhelming,” and “something less than a nothingburger.” But that doesn’t mean the threat that the president poses to fair elections has gone away.

"Back of the budget" cuts to New Hampshire's Department of Health and Human Services budget included more than $10 million for services that directly impact Granite Staters, like behavioral and public health services.

"Before he can vote for himself in the primary, Mike Lindell needs to register to vote in the state he wants to lead as gov The Secretary of State’s office said Lindell, Trump’s preferred candidate, 'does not have an active record' A review shows Lindell has an active voter registration in TX"

“The number of active wildfires in British Columbia spiked for a second straight day after thunderstorms rolled through parts of the province's south overnight.” www.castanet.net/news/BC/6251... - @castanet.net #BCWildfire

“Ontario's premier says approximately 190 wildfires raging across the northern part of the province have already burned through more land than all of last year's fire season total.” www.castanet.net/news/Canada/... - @castanet.net #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires

Chair Jim Jordan said the House Judiciary Committee won’t take up legislation next week to expand a visa program for temporary farm workers, bucking Republicans who sought a quick path to help the agriculture industry.

TRAIL, B.C. - “An out-of-control wildfire has sprung up overnight in the Gorge Creek area, around 500 metres outside of the municipal boundary of Trail.” www.castanet.net/news/Trail/6... - @castanet.net #BCWildfire #TrailBC

🚨BREAKING: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. with criminal charges if they do not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to feed their voter rolls through a flawed federal database. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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...

“Recent research shows tiny particles from wildfire smoke — known as PM2.5, fine particulate matter — are so small they can travel deep into the lungs. But they don't always end their journey there.” www.castanet.net/news/Canada/... - @castanet.net #Brain #Health #Lungs #WildfireSmoke

Even Fox News didn’t want to cover Trump’s prime-time address to the nation. trib.al/YE1vCjx

"The judge, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, found that department attorneys filed their motion without following basic court rules or consulting the state." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fox News is straight up not broadcasting Markwayne Mullin’s big lie news conference, which is highly unusual since they normally take administration events of this sort. I guess they have 787 million reasons to refrain!

Trump's speech was, as expected, bogus. The real question is what actions his lies are meant to justify. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

BRITISH COLUMBIA: “Two spot fires reported northeast of Cherryville” www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/... - @castanet.net #BCWildfire #Cherryville cc: #Lumby #MonasheeMountains

Interesting. It seems the governor still hasn't been contacted by anyone from McConnell's office. In fact, two non state agencies informed Bashear that McConnell had died.

Shouldn't these places be doing something to ensure that the food they are serving is safe to eat, especially the nationwide chains?

If Andy Beshear doesn’t call for a special election before August 3rd and force Mitch McConnell to prove he can speak in a video, then Andy Beshear becomes the new Merrick Garland. I’m sorry but I make the rules.

The word he needed was TRANSISTORS. Transistors act as the tiny on/off electronic switches that form the foundation of digital computing. Because they dictate a processor's power, efficiency, and intelligence, how they design and pack them directly shapes the performance of modern microchips.

Two Utah nonprofits and their founders have sued Fox and celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary — alleging they were defamed when O'Leary repeatedly claimed on the network that they were operating on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

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The average American family makes $75,000 a year. The top 10 corporations spent $4,834,000,000,000 in stock buybacks over the last 8 years. They could have given $384,498 bonuses to each worker. Instead: They got richer. Tax the rich.

Child welfare referred Black parents to law enforcement 14,000 times in 7 years, despite no findings of abuse or neglect.

Ummm..... this has been in the process for years. You don't all of a sudden decide to host a sporting event like this. It takes years of preparation and planning. She can't really believe this, can she?

‘I Don’t Want To Die’: Texas Patients Are Afraid to Get Pregnant msmagazine.com/2026/07/15/d...

As with so many things, it is critical to realize this is not bumbling or ineptitude or not thinking through policy implications. On the contrary: making it impossible for foreign students to do the doctorate here is THE WHOLE POINT. It’s about starving higher ed under the guise of America first.

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

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Cover. @economist.com www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

This is Oreo, the only black bear we've ever seen with any white on her coat. She has visited us every summer since 2019. More than anything else, Oreo is really good at enjoying life. #mammals #nature #bear #love #trailcam #Seattle #wildanimals #goodmorning #PNW #love #nokings #bears #outdoors

Markets are telling us something about the Iran war. AI companies are teaching us something about competition. And somewhere in this conversation, Charlie Sykes and I ended up talking about poetry, improv, and what it means to be human. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/spend-2-bi...

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. https://to.pbs.org/4wbD2cd

In other words, purple now means that we're fucked.

Meanwhile, USPS is trying to block delivery of ballots from states that don’t comply with Trump’s unconstitutional executive order seeking to force states to turn over their voter rolls. This is yet another bogus attempt to undermine vote-by-mail.

The felon's grift knows no bounds. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...