Multiple people shot at LDS church in Michigan, building on fire: police

Arkansas agriculture industry leaders warned again Tuesday of a need for aid to mitigate a crisis that has reached a breaking point for family farmers. #arpx #arleg

Colin Kaepernick is funding an independent second autopsy for Trey Reed, the Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University, after the Mississippi State Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide.

A federal judge struck down Trump’s lawsuit against the New York Times, which accused the paper of defamation for articles questioning his success. The judge specifically took issue with the complaint’s language, calling it “improper and impermissible.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Journalists who cover the Defense Department at the Pentagon can no longer gather or report information, even if it is unclassified, unless it’s been authorized for release by the government, defense officials announced.

Well. @paramountpictures.bsky.social hulu, and skydance... i'm done with all of you. And yes this is about capitulating to an orange shit-filled skin-sack against whom you apparently are too weak too stand up. Byeee.

From strikes to social media: lessons from decades in the labour movement, passed down in 5-minute videos.

My father the fraud: Daughter reveals how key scientist in Primodos scandal built career on lies

Artists Nicholas Galanin and Margarita Cabrera withdrew from a symposium at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, alleging that the institution effectively censored participants amid pressure from the Trump administration.

Well, now what are the fucking MAGAts going to use as an excuse for already having declared war on us?

The Wall Street Journal is lipstick on the ny post

Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny said in an interview that he did not include the United States in his 2025-2026 concert tour because of fear that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement would raid the concert venues. https://cnn.it/4nkARya

Imagine Rachel Maddow or Mehdi Hasan, after Rep. Hortman was shot, saying "they are at war with us... and what are we going to do about it?"

@sylviagarcia.house.gov you kicked some Bessent butt!! Thank you! ✊

What we’re hearing — Mayor Brandon Johnson said Trump's deployment of federal agents to Chicago could begin as early as Friday, Sept. 5. thetriibe.com/2025/08/mayo...

Central Austin

“This is now such an obvious example of the war at home and how skewed our priorities are. We need the money we’re spending on militarizing our streets to be used to help the poor in DC.”

1st amendment? What 1st Amendment?

Iowa Democrats were projected to score a major victory on Tuesday night, flipping control of the state's 1st Senate District in a special election — and breaking the Republican supermajority in that chamber.

Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur on Palestine, has been sanctioned by the Trump administration for documenting and demanding accountability for Israeli crimes. "I'm not going to step back and I'm not going to stop my work," she says of the U.S. pressure campaign.

Austin, Texas 6th St and Congress. They're coming for the restaurants, because it's the weekend. #ICE

California Democrats are planning their own early redistricting to counter President Trump’s push for a congressional map shake-up in Texas to create more Republican House seats.

From @josephinelee.bsky.social and @michellepitcher.bsky.social in 2024: 24 Texas prison units still have agribusiness operations. Nine are located on former plantations. Incarcerated workers harvest many of the same crops that slaves and later convict laborers did from 1871 to 1910.

In the last days of July 2025, Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem released a report titled Our Genocide — the first time that a local organisation, made up of Jewish Israelis and Palestinians, had condemned its own government and society in such unflinching terms. Daily Maverick interview...

'Tell us how he died': Salah criticises UEFA tribute to 'Palestinian Pele' reut.rs/40XnM5d

🇳🇱 Netherlands to provide Ukraine with missiles and components for Patriot system

His supermajority in the legislative assembly has removed the constitutional barriers to unlimited re-election

Officer Hector Carranza is currently being held at the Clackamas County Jail, facing 56 criminal charges related to child sexual abuse.

Slovenia becomes the first EU country to ban all arms trade with Israel, calling it a “duty” to respond to the denial of aid into Gaza and pledging further measures against Israel in the coming weeks. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/jaafpx

Hong Kong court backs transgender right to use bathroom matching chosen gender identity

Men often wanted Joni Mitchell to be a wife, a muse, a siren, or a star. Instead they got a genius.

The California governor is threatening to make a controversial tit-for-tat response if Texas Republicans redraw their state’s district maps to boost the GOP’s numbers in Congress. It's something extraordinary for a Democratic politician. https://trib.al/FICE4R0

I fucking hate it here

I have been misgendered more times in my life than I can remember. Yeah, it did hurt… when I was a child. And I still get misgendered today, and i’m 55. I have neither the motivation nor time to correct their mistake. And that’s all it is is a mistake move on. FFS.

ICE detained a disabled vet and won’t tell his family where he is. Let that sink in…

Une décision rendue ce vendredi 11 juillet par la Cour nationale du droit d’asile reconnaît que les demandeurs d’asile palestiniens venus de la bande de Gaza sont persécutés en raison de leur nationalité, et peuvent donc bénéficier d’une seule et même protection. Par Nejma Brahim

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon signaled outrage at President Donald Trump's Justice Department after officials suddenly declared that Jeffrey Epstein did not have a "client list.

If you think moving is hard today, a century ago, Chicago tenants faced price-gouging, extortion and havoc in the streets every May 1. Here is a look back on how it happened: https://trib.al/ECMPlp3

Energetic pup ‘Chucky’ nears one year at Grand Island shelter, still waiting for a home

ESPN 1 Jul 25 -- Univ of Penn folds to federal civil rights pressure, agreeing to erase records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and apologize to cisgender female athletes "disadvantaged" by Thomas' participation on women's swim team. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

♿️ "When the only way you can get involved is by catching multiple buses and checking several timetables, it can get disheartening." https://www.wearequeeraf.com/what-the-lgbtqia-and-disabled-community-need-you-to-consider/

Plus, what is there, really, to celebrate?

Al Green introduces article of impeachment against Trump

Brace for impact. Cartoon by @Andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story #PoliticalCarton #NickAnderson #Deficits #SocialSecurity #Politics #Trump #USPolitics

sometimes, I allow myself to imagine a world without white men. I mean, I don’t think we’d be missing much if we just didn’t have them. it’s no longer a few bad apples… The whole fucking barrel is rotten. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@fetterman.senate.gov I just cannot believe what a disappointment you are. everybody’s commenting on how your “breaking with the Dems“ about Iran. I’d venture to say you “broke with the dems” as soon as you fucking got elected, you lying POS. next time, let your hatred flag fly, & run as a magat.

ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY... "Aware and Observant" G I Rights Hotline... girightshotline.org/en/about/ girightshotline.org/en/military-... Don’t be afraid to use this number. Remember: “obeying orders” wasn’t a valid defense at the Nuremberg trials.

Gov. Jared Polis pardons Coloradans convicted of psilocybin possession https://trib.al/HgloQ2e

NO KINGS in the ATX!