A federal judge blocked WH plan to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children, calling the move illegal and dangerous. This happened moments before deportation.
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A federal judge blocked WH plan to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children, calling the move illegal and dangerous. This happened moments before deportation.
France’s Health Ministry has told hospitals to be ready by March 2026 for up to 50,000 war casualties.
A cruiser, destroyers, a sub, Marines, and an amphibious group off Venezuela isn’t a drug bust force. That’s power projection... blockade, strikes, intimidation, special ops.
Rumors are swirling online as Trump hasn’t been seen in public since Tuesday.
Trump calls the court ruling a “disaster.” But the disaster is his own making, he built everything on a risky tariff scheme. The only difference is, if it holds, the rich will pay the price too.
Gavin Newsom is trolling Trump again... mocking his reported Qatar plane scandal with a parody post demanding Canada gift him “a big, beautiful plane.”
The ruling doesn’t just block Trump's trade plan, it guts funding for his “big, beautiful bill.” Americans still face cuts to healthcare and food aid, but the rich don’t get the windfall. Trump gambled and lost.
US says it is "denying and revoking visas" for Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly (CNN)
Trump ended Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala.
Tariffs now apply to all e-commerce packages entering the U.S. The $800 de minimis exemption is gone as of today, raising costs for shoppers and retailers.
Jeffries warns Trump & House GOP are pushing an illegal budget scam... threatening a shutdown to grab taxpayer money. If they succeed, Americans pay more, lose healthcare, and national security takes a hit.
Trump just canceled $4.9B in U.S. international aid using a “pocket rescission” that bypasses Congress. Lawmakers warn it’s unconstitutional and risks a shutdown.
Missouri governor expected to convene special redistricting session. They apparently don't think they can win the midterms on policy alone.
The admin is cutting funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, which runs early-phase trials for kids with brain cancer. Funding ends 2026.
Border Patrol arrested 2 firefighters battling the Bear Gulch Fire in WA, saying they were undocumented. 42 others were pulled from duty.
Trump is preparing to send hundreds of DHS agents to Chicago for a mass deportation push, staging them at a nearby Navy base. Locals & officials vow not to cooperate.
Russia said on Friday that French President Emmanuel Macron had spoken in a manner unbecoming of a head of state when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin "an ogre at our gates".
Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is “upgrading” its Americans and the Holocaust exhibit. Revisions could soften America’s record under political pressure.
CDC warns of huge COVID spike amid internal chaos.
Axios confirms Trump ordered 7 U.S. warships and 4,500 troops to waters off Venezuela, including destroyers, a cruiser, a sub, and an amphibious group with Marines.
Israeli forces bombed Gaza City’s Al-Sabra neighborhood with air and helicopter strikes. Unconfirmed reports claim soldiers were ambushed there before the bombing.
Federal Circuit rules Trump had no authority to impose sweeping tariffs under IEEPA. Court says “regulate importation” doesn’t mean tariffs... only Congress can impose them.
L.A. teen is moved to ICE detention center out of state without parents' knowledge www.latimes.com/california/s...
Italian F-35s scrambled from Estonia to intercept Russian aircraft over the Baltic. Just days later, German Eurofighters scrambled to intercept a Russian spy plane.
Reuters has stopped sharing the locations of its Gaza teams with the Israeli military after strikes killed multiple journalists.
The U.S. naval assets headed to the Caribbean aren’t just for show. With Marines, armor, stealth jets, Ospreys, and even a nuclear sub, this looks less like counter-narcotics and more like invasion prep, with the option to put boots on Venezuelan soil fast.
Russia bombs U.S. and European assets and there’s barely a whisper. Cracker Barrel changes its logo and everyone loses their minds. America, fix your priorities.
Putin is bombing U.S. and EU assets, and instead of pushing back, Trump keeps rewarding him... just to avoid admitting failure. We're so screwed.
At least one of the apartment buildings hit in Russia’s strike on Kyiv housed EU diplomatic staff.
The CDC quietly cut back its foodborne illness surveillance. As of July 1, it’s only tracking 2 pathogens instead of the usual 8. It's like they're trying to kill us all.
Russia targeted the British Council office, the EU Mission in Kyiv, U.S.-funded RFE/RL, and homes with ballistic missiles. 18+ killed.
Miles Taylor warns: “Trump said he’d be America’s retribution. His plans are autocratic. America must wake up, no party should want this precedent for presidential power.”
Satellite images confirm that Severodvinsk, Kazan, and Arkhangelsk are absent from dock at the Northern Fleet’s base... meaning all three Yasen-class subs are likely at sea. No wonder NATO is freaking out.
Reports suggest unusual activity at Russia’s strategic missile bases in the Urals. Could be a signal to NATO or a step toward escalation.
Hot mic catches GOP Rep. and Georgia Senate candidate Mike Collins saying Trump is in the Epstein files and calling for their release.
Russia bombed a US-owned factory in Ukraine, stepped up spy flights near Alaska, intercepted a US P-8 in international waters, and now we’re hunting a sub that threatens a carrier. These are not peaceful times.
ExxonMobil secretly met with Rosneft to discuss rejoining Russia’s Sakhalin oil project (WSJ)
FedEx just filed notice of 611 layoffs in Shelby County. This comes less than a year after the company pocketed massive tax rebates pushed by Gov. Bill Lee.
DOT says it will take over management of DC’s Union Station from Amtrak.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins: “1776 was the first revolution. 1863 with Lincoln was the second. This is the third, with Donald Trump leading the way.”
NATO forces are scouring the Norwegian Sea for a Russian submarine suspected of threatening the USS Gerald R. Ford. Norway, UK, and US aircraft involved.
Catelin Drey(D) won Iowa’s special election 55–45, in a district Trump carried by 11% last year, ending the GOP’s supermajority in the state Senate.
A whistleblower says SSA copied the Social Security numbers, names, and birthdays of 300M Americans into a cloud server with weak protections. Cyber officials called it “very high risk”... even discussed reissuing SSNs if it got hacked.
Instead of sending warships to the Caribbean, maybe just get Americans to stop buying the dope.
Nazi propaganda showed mothers and children outdoors, claiming they could “live freely” thanks to the Führer’s protection... when in reality it was an oppressive police state.
Trump says countries are “attacking our tech companies” with digital taxes, threatening tariffs and bans. Yet he stayed silent when Russia attacked one of our tech factories by dropping bombs on it.
Fun fact: The term “gaslighting” comes from the 1938 play "Gas Light", where a man dims the lamps then denies it to make his wife doubt her sanity.
So I guess now America is invading... America.
EU defense ministers will meet Friday to discuss ramping up military support for Ukraine
Very North Korea-ish.
Windward reports GPS jamming hit 112 ships near Nakhodka Aug 5–18, with interference at Kozmino up 30% vs July, masking traffic at key Russian oil hubs.
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’.
Russia is moving to withdraw from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. Mishustin signed the resolution, continuing Moscow’s retreat from human rights treaties.
Gotland recently had a full blackout blamed on a cut cable. Now Finland is tracking a suspected Russian spy ship that’s been moving away from the area. Just saying.
Gov. Pritzker said there is no emergency in Chicago and no need for troops on the streets. He noted the city faces crime like any other, calling the president’s move pure theatrics. He warned that if anyone harms his people, he'll ensure they face justice under the constitutional rule of law.
Venezuela deploys 15,000 troops to its border as U.S. warships close in.
Ending cashless bail forces low-income and minority defendants to sit in jail pretrial for minor charges, while the wealthy walk free.
Abbott is calling on Texas to ban same-day voter registration, something that’s never even been legal in the state to begin with. By framing it as a threat, he can claim victory for stopping something that never existed. We know where he learned that trick.
Trump has fired Fed Governor Lisa Cook, citing unproven fraud allegations. She hasn’t been charged with anything. Fed governors can only be removed “for cause,” making this legally dubious and a threat to Fed independence.
Judge Royce Lamberth has ordered Kari Lake to sit for a deposition on whether she’s running VOA up to legal standards. He called it her “one final opportunity” before a contempt trial.
Trump’s DOJ now says schools can’t even use essays or geography if they promote diversity, calling them “unlawful proxies” for race.
German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil made an unannounced visit to Kyiv, with a warning to Putin that support for Ukraine ‘is not waning’, noting Berlin has already provided €50.5B in aid.
Putin praised Trump’s leadership and his “energetic and sincere efforts” to end the war in Ukraine, even as Russia bombed a U.S.-owned factory and rejects every peace deal short of surrender.
President Trump has embraced an array of far-right views and talking points in ways that have delighted many right-wing activists who have long supported those ideas.
A legal permanent resident and mother of 4 US citizens was detained for 10 days without charges. She was denied vital meds, leading to two hospitalizations. Reports allege she was chained to a hospital bed, mocked, and later abandoned in the rain. www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
A president is demanding the press be terminated for criticizing him, while sending the military into cities and building detainment centers. And people still aren't making the connection.
First human case of New World screwworm detected in the U.S., a flesh-eating parasite whose larvae burrow into living tissue, confirmed in a Maryland patient.
Trump sent military attorneys to prosecute civilians in D.C. and armed 2,000 National Guard troops. Americans are now bigger targets than foreign adversaries.
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
People are just numb to headlines like this now. And that's the point. time.com/7311892/trum...
Seems like just yesterday.
If you support a military takeover of U.S. cities, ask yourself this: Who do you think they’ll target next... after they’re done wiping out your rivals? History shows these campaigns don’t end... they expand.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Türkiye says Ankara is considering sending troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees.
These days, the Pentagon seems more focused on operations against its own citizens than on missions abroad.
The Pentagon has been planning for weeks to deploy troops to Chicago, drawing backlash from state and city officials. (WaPo)
The WSJ claims the US is selling Ukraine 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles after halting arms in the spring, a pause that recently drew backlash from Congress, allies, and the public.
Update: The island’s distributor said the outage was due to a cable disconnection between Gotland and mainland Sweden. Power is back in Visby and gradually returning elsewhere, though the cause of the disconnect remains unclear.
If you recall, just a couple days ago the president criticized Biden for blocking Ukraine from striking inside Russia, even though it was permitted near the end of his own term. This report contradicts that statement.
Since late spring, the Pentagon has blocked Ukraine from using U.S. long-range missiles to hit inside Russia, quietly clipping Kyiv’s reach and limiting its options. (WSJ)
Gotland, an island in the Baltic, is often called a “floating aircraft carrier.” Whoever controls it can dominate Baltic Sea routes and threaten NATO supply lines.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being forced to choose between pleading guilty and deportation to Costa Rica or refusing and risking deportation to Uganda. His lawyers call it unconstitutional retaliation for exercising his rights. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Starting in red states not only tests limits but also builds infrastructure and logistics he could later use if he pushes into blue states.
Trump’s 19-state military deployments are mostly in red states so far, where GOP governors approved under Title 32. In blue states, he’d need Title 10 or the Insurrection Act, as he did in Los Angeles. Yesterday he threatened Chicago, New York, and San Francisco to be next.
🚨 Russian state TV claims Estonia is prepping a strike, framing Tallinn as the aggressor. Same playbook used before Ukraine. But Estonia is NATO, and Putin may see U.S. weakness as an opening.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Putin is “laughing” at US attempt to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal. (The Hill)
National Guard troops in D.C. will now carry weapons and perform law enforcement duties. Normally barred from policing under federal law, the legality is extremely questionable... especially given that the justification doesn’t align with the facts. abcnews.go.com/Politics/def...
They already have.
Journalist Michael Shellenberger says after raiding John Bolton’s house, Trump’s FBI could be coming for John Brennan, James Clapper, and James Comey next. All three are longtime Trump rivals.
Hitler silenced the press, squashed protests, purged rivals, fired defiant generals, and stacked loyalty over competence until none were left to resist. Sound familiar?
They called it Project 2025 for a reason. The plan is to have their knee on our throats before year’s end... and they seem determined to meet that deadline.
Bill Maher says a “slow-moving coup” would look like this: mass police forces, normalized street snatchings, military buildup, inflated crime stats, calling in out-of-state troops to federalize them, then using an “election dispute” to cling to power.
Most of the 33,000 Epstein docs DOJ gave Congress are already public. What little wasn’t is heavily redacted.
You know when you visit a relative in a nursing home, and you just let them ramble nonsense because they don’t have long left? Yeah, that.
HIs mental health has declined even worse.
Inflation’s bad enough, but now shrinkflation’s sticking too. My “meatloaf” TV dinner is smaller than a chicken nugget.
Let me get this straight. Just today: • A new purge took out military and intel leaders • The FBI raided a vocal critic • Trump ordered troops to move beyond DC into cities across America • Released audio from a convicted trafficker as gospel This is not normal.
Hegseth has now fired the CJCS, CNO, CGC, Air Force CoS & Vice CoS, plus the heads of NSA and DIA. The Saturday Night Massacre looks tame by comparison.
Trump ordered the FBI to flag any mention of him in the Epstein files. After finding his name repeatedly, DOJ announced there was “no client list,” a simpler path than dealing with repeated mentions.
Americans once mocked Russians for not protesting creeping authoritarianism. Now it’s happening here, and few are asking why Americans stay quiet.