"Researchers and humanitarian groups have warned that the aid cuts will have dire consequences for people in developing countries and global public health."...

"Palmyra is also the only Wisconsin department that has applied for the Task Force Model. About a dozen sheriff’s offices around the state have signed on to aid ICE through a warrant service or jail enforcement models."

"The latest study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) shows that only 3% of Cubans currently obtain medicines at pharmacies. The reason, according to authorities, is the lack of imported components used in the manufacture of medications."

"In multiple statements, DHS has said the agent, who has not been identified, responded with lethal force because he was "fearing for his own life." But in bodycam footage, the agent, in a bullet-resistant police vest and torn jeans, described his injuries as “nothing major.”"

"The US embassy informed (Tamala) Chunda that before travelling, he would have to post a $15,000 visa bond – more than 20 years of the average income in Malawi, where the gross domestic product (GDP) per person is just $580, and most families live on less than $2 a day, according to the World Bank."

"It is unclear how the order will be operationalized, given antifa's decentralized nature as a movement and the lack of any federal legal provision to designate domestic terror groups."

"The broader impact on the US could be severe: hospitals facing doctor shortages, universities struggling to attract STEM students, and start-ups without the lobbying muscle of Google or Amazon are likely to be hit hardest."

"(T)he pact’s strength is uncertain as some of the world’s biggest players — the US, China, Russia and Japan — have yet to ratify. The US and China have signed, signaling intent to align with the treaty’s objectives without creating legal obligations,..."

"(T)he UK has only suspended 30 of its 250 arms export licenses to Israel and continues to supply components for F-35 fighter jets, the most powerful aircraft in the Israeli arsenal."

"The report noted that Indigenous peoples bore a disproportionate share of the violence. They accounted for around one-third of all lethal attacks worldwide last year despite making up only about 6% of the global population."...

"The ACLU argues that under Wisconsin law, jailing someone for extra time because of a detainer amounts to a new arrest. According to the ACLU, that arrest needs to be authorized by a judicial warrant, in which a court determines that there is probable cause."

"...(T)hey’ve been met with resistance from the same industry groups fighting the DNR, including Venture Dairy, the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Wis Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business association. These groups have sued townships and threatened county supervisors with jail time."

"A Miami Herald report indicates that about 800 detainees no longer appeared in ICE’s online database as of late August, and another 450 did not have a location, but rather the message: “Call ICE for details.”"

"“Several trends remained consistent during the first half of 2025: a continued pervasiveness of sexual violence, indiscriminate attacks, and the widespread use of retaliatory violence against civilians, particularly on an ethnic basis,...""

"“To be clear, Ice should be abolished,” (NY state Senator Jabari) Brisport said. He described how when the lawmakers had requested to enter the Ice intake facility, officials zip-tied the doors shut and added duct tape over windows to prevent the politicians from seeing inside."

"Sixteen states now explicitly define "sex" as only male or female, typically based on the sex assigned at birth. A number of bills seek to prohibit gender-affirming care, while others would make it harder to get insurance to cover it. Some 25 states have already banned it for transgender youth."

"One survey in July found that 74 percent of respondents backed the idea of taxing the super-rich. Another poll conducted this month for the Socialist Party found 86 percent were in favour of a Zucman tax, including most people who voted right-wing."

"Khalil, in a statement to the ACLU, said in response to the order: “It is no surprise that the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech. Their latest attempt, through a kangaroo immigration court, exposes their true colors once again.”"

"Hong sees a divide in Wisconsin not between the left and the right or between urban and rural residents, but between those at the top and those at the bottom in terms of wealth and power."

Look at the Republican numbers...

"At least 2,452 migrants or refugees died or went missing in the Mediterranean Sea last year, according to the IOM, making it one of the deadliest routes for refugees."

"The largest share of the affected schools are Hispanic-serving institutions, including four in Wisconsin. More than 600 colleges hold that designation, which the Department of Education has awarded for about 30 years to colleges that meet several qualifications..."

"Human rights groups have also raised concerns that the strikes flout international law. The White House has offered scant information about how the operations came together or the legal authorities under which they were carried out."

"For many analysts, one of the key drivers for this shift in Israeli society is the far right’s and settler community’s response to the 2005 Gaza disengagement."...

I’m more used to saying this to people on the Left than people on the Right, but, “hate speech” is not an exception to the First Amendment. “Hate speech” is protected by the First Amendment unless it falls into a traditional established exception.

The only British soldier to be prosecuted in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland went on trial Monday in Belfast on murder charges in a case that has come to symbolize the three decades of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles.” https://to.pbs.org/3Im2MyH

"Noncitizen voting is extremely rare. One study of the 2016 election placed the prevalence of noncitizen voting at 0.0001% of votes cast." "The data sharing marks a next step in President Donald Trump’s efforts to exert more federal influence over state-administered elections."...

"The outcome shows the party “is steadily entrenching itself in the West” after the national election in February, in which it emerged as the strongest political force in eastern Germany and the second-biggest party at the national level."

"U.K. flags have proliferated this summer across the U.K. — at events and on village lampposts — in what some have said is a show of national pride and others said reflects a tilt toward nationalism."

"Women face particular challenges in the aftermath of this disaster, as Taliban laws prevent them from traveling without male guardians – meaning it is hard for them to either get medical assistance or, in the case of female medical workers, to provide it."

"“The attack on the community and the cancellation of these events extinguishes the vitality of Mexican culture and heritage in the United States. When that disappears and these communities go into hiding, things become quieter, sadder, more insipid.""...

we live in a time when a man who said that Black people and women shouldn't be allowed to vote, gays should be stoned to death, and trans people should be locked up gets praised as "doing things the right way" while trans people who were a little mean online in asking to be left alone "went too far"

"A neighbor who knew the shooting victim described him as a family man who he imagined was scared when confronted by officers — in part because he wasn’t fluent in English."

"Bolsonaro was also found guilty of the crimes of armed criminal organization, abolition of the democratic rule of law, aggravated damage to public property, and deterioration of protected property."

"The proposals are cropping up at a time when electricity bills nationally are rising fast — twice the rate of inflation, according to federal data — and growing evidence suggests that the bills of some regular Americans are rising to subsidize the gargantuan energy needs of Big Tech."

"In the report, 94 countries — or just over half of those surveyed — showed a decline in at least one of the key democracy indicators between 2019 and 2024, the report said. In comparison, only a third made progress."

"In a statement after the vote, the Congressional Equality Caucus condemned “six Republican-sponsored anti-LGBTQI+ amendments,” including bans on medically necessary healthcare for transgender service members and dependents."

"Citing DEI concerns, the federal government ended funding in eight states for programs run through the National Center on Deafblindness, including Wisconsin’s Deafblind Technical Assistance Project."...

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence. For an actual public servant. Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

"By the end of 2024, according to researchers at Columbia Law School, at least 459 counties and municipalities across 44 states had severely restricted renewable energy through things like buffer requirements, fees and bans that limit what their neighbors can do with their land."

"(R)ight-wing bigots aren’t the only people working against Fateh. Far from it. The pro-corporate establishment in the Democratic Party opposes him just as strongly, and that’s been the case for a while now."

"While the pandemic had an outsize impact on student achievement, experts said falling scores are part of a longer arc in education that cannot be attributed solely to COVID-19, school closures and related issues such as heightened absenteeism."...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.

"(T)he settlement dollars often fall short of the costs to eliminate the chemicals, city leaders say. And sometimes that means cities are relying on customers to cover the gaps."

"Roberts... ...has been instrumental in expanding presidential power, notably in the 2024 decision he wrote favoring Trump that recognized that presidents possess immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions in office."...

"Grim accounts of the treatment of trafficked workers trapped inside the centres have gained increased global attention in recent months, with those who have managed to escape recounting the extreme violence, torture and punishments they endured at the hands of the scam centre bosses."

🧵🧵🧵 Two decades ago, writer Laurence Britt listed 14 defining characteristics of fascism. In this thread, I match them up with actions of Trump and his regime. Spoiler alert: MAGA is 14-for-14. 1. Powerful and continuing nationalism

"(L)ast year’s Supreme Court ruling on Grants Pass v. Johnson upheld the ability for cities to punish people for seeking shelter on public land even if there is nowhere else for them to go. The ruling freed cities to enact camping bans that target the homeless."...