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Imagine if you could find a wedge issue, like accusing Israel of genocide and apartheid, that would drive Jews away from the Democratic Party.
You could win an election with that one small change.
You could win an election with that one small change.
July 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Imagine if you could find a wedge issue, like accusing Israel of genocide and apartheid, that would drive Jews away from the Democratic Party.
You could win an election with that one small change.
You could win an election with that one small change.
More. Important. Than. Gaza.
The DRC's case against Rwanda at the #ICJ could have implications well beyond those two countries, writes Joshua Joseph Niyo.
"It may become an important moment in the legal development of responsibility for proxy warfare," he writes.
"It may become an important moment in the legal development of responsibility for proxy warfare," he writes.
DRC Takes Rwanda to the ICJ
The DRC’s case against Rwanda could mark an important moment in the legal development of responsibility for proxy warfare.
www.justsecurity.org
July 29, 2026 at 1:28 PM
More. Important. Than. Gaza.
Interesting. According to ICE logic, he should have been beaten and shot for not following instructions.
July 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Interesting. According to ICE logic, he should have been beaten and shot for not following instructions.
Cannot tell you how annoyed I am by the Presbyterian Church's non-researched, knee-jerk insane decision to say Israel is committing genocide while Hamas, Russia, and Sudan/UAE are apparently not doing so.
We killed more Iraqis in each war than Israel killed Gazans but we're good and Israel is bad.
We killed more Iraqis in each war than Israel killed Gazans but we're good and Israel is bad.
July 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Cannot tell you how annoyed I am by the Presbyterian Church's non-researched, knee-jerk insane decision to say Israel is committing genocide while Hamas, Russia, and Sudan/UAE are apparently not doing so.
We killed more Iraqis in each war than Israel killed Gazans but we're good and Israel is bad.
We killed more Iraqis in each war than Israel killed Gazans but we're good and Israel is bad.
The Palestinian Authority is torturing Palestinians and journalists. Where's the outcry, Americans?
Now's your chance to show your self-righteous indignation is not only about hating Jews.
Now's your chance to show your self-righteous indignation is not only about hating Jews.
July 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The Palestinian Authority is torturing Palestinians and journalists. Where's the outcry, Americans?
Now's your chance to show your self-righteous indignation is not only about hating Jews.
Now's your chance to show your self-righteous indignation is not only about hating Jews.
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Guess we're going to find out if Social Security is indeed still the third rail of politics.
Tip O'Neill would be interested to see how this shakes out.
Tip O'Neill would be interested to see how this shakes out.
NEWS: Brandon Herrera, GOP congressional candidate for Texas' 23rd District, is doubling down — defending his jokes about killing the elderly and calling Social Security "a joke" that needs replacing. This from a Trump- and Speaker Johnson-endorsed nominee.
Brandon Herrera Doubles Down on Slashing Social Security, Defends Jokes About Killing Old People
Herrera is running for Congress in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District
meidasnews.com
July 26, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Guess we're going to find out if Social Security is indeed still the third rail of politics.
Tip O'Neill would be interested to see how this shakes out.
Tip O'Neill would be interested to see how this shakes out.
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Law profs doing bad things for democracy have gotten (and should get) attention recently.
But a brief shout-out to Prof. @jackchin.bsky.social: He wrote a law review article flagging this issue 20 years ago; some brilliant attorneys eventually read it and litigated it . . . and won.
But a brief shout-out to Prof. @jackchin.bsky.social: He wrote a law review article flagging this issue 20 years ago; some brilliant attorneys eventually read it and litigated it . . . and won.
July 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Law profs doing bad things for democracy have gotten (and should get) attention recently.
But a brief shout-out to Prof. @jackchin.bsky.social: He wrote a law review article flagging this issue 20 years ago; some brilliant attorneys eventually read it and litigated it . . . and won.
But a brief shout-out to Prof. @jackchin.bsky.social: He wrote a law review article flagging this issue 20 years ago; some brilliant attorneys eventually read it and litigated it . . . and won.
Around 50 years ago, Republicans happily bribed Iran to keep American hostages until after Reagan was inaugurated.
It is public knowledge as part of the Iran-Contra hearings.
It is public knowledge as part of the Iran-Contra hearings.
July 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Around 50 years ago, Republicans happily bribed Iran to keep American hostages until after Reagan was inaugurated.
It is public knowledge as part of the Iran-Contra hearings.
It is public knowledge as part of the Iran-Contra hearings.
If you say ISRAEL GENOCIDE often enough people believe it so much they think you're nuts when you point it IT'S NOT GENOCIDE
And if they are against genocide why don't they talk about Sudan
And if they are against genocide why don't they talk about Sudan
July 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
If you say ISRAEL GENOCIDE often enough people believe it so much they think you're nuts when you point it IT'S NOT GENOCIDE
And if they are against genocide why don't they talk about Sudan
And if they are against genocide why don't they talk about Sudan
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I’ve never heard of such a thing:
1. District courts are saying due process demands this
2. three-judge appellate panel says that yes it does
3. Full appellate court says we’ll rehear the case
4. Full court says actually no, and also district courts need to stop doing stuff
1. District courts are saying due process demands this
2. three-judge appellate panel says that yes it does
3. Full appellate court says we’ll rehear the case
4. Full court says actually no, and also district courts need to stop doing stuff
On Tuesday, the full Fifth Circuit granted DOJ's request for a "precedential stay" of district court rulings holding that the Due Process Clause requires bond hearings for immigration detainees w/in 90 days of their arrest. Today's "One First" explains why that's a really big (and problematic) deal:
Bonus 239: The Fifth Circuit's "Precedential Stay" in Sosnava Rodriguez
The Fifth Circuit once again did the government's bidding on immigration detention—this time through an unexplained procedural move I've never seen before.
www.stevevladeck.com
July 23, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I’ve never heard of such a thing:
1. District courts are saying due process demands this
2. three-judge appellate panel says that yes it does
3. Full appellate court says we’ll rehear the case
4. Full court says actually no, and also district courts need to stop doing stuff
1. District courts are saying due process demands this
2. three-judge appellate panel says that yes it does
3. Full appellate court says we’ll rehear the case
4. Full court says actually no, and also district courts need to stop doing stuff
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Onerous paperwork to get food stamps, “work requirements” for Medicaid, and subscriptions that are impossible to cancel are all part of the same problem.
The latest at my newsletter, on weaponized bureaucracy: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/weaponized...
The latest at my newsletter, on weaponized bureaucracy: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/weaponized...
Weaponized Bureaucracy and How to Fight It
It's a public and private problem, and Democrats should make it a bigger issue.
paulwaldman.substack.com
July 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Onerous paperwork to get food stamps, “work requirements” for Medicaid, and subscriptions that are impossible to cancel are all part of the same problem.
The latest at my newsletter, on weaponized bureaucracy: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/weaponized...
The latest at my newsletter, on weaponized bureaucracy: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/weaponized...
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More than two weeks after Abdul said he'd release his financial disclosure, we still don't have answers to some key questions:
1. Where did nearly $300K in undisclosed earnings come from? Who's putting money in Abdul's pocket?
2. Did he own or sell property overseas? Where is it?
1. Where did nearly $300K in undisclosed earnings come from? Who's putting money in Abdul's pocket?
2. Did he own or sell property overseas? Where is it?
July 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
More than two weeks after Abdul said he'd release his financial disclosure, we still don't have answers to some key questions:
1. Where did nearly $300K in undisclosed earnings come from? Who's putting money in Abdul's pocket?
2. Did he own or sell property overseas? Where is it?
1. Where did nearly $300K in undisclosed earnings come from? Who's putting money in Abdul's pocket?
2. Did he own or sell property overseas? Where is it?
Not surprising, but still. Our tax money will go not to education, but to private companies' AI systems, which suck up power and return nothing original.
July 22, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Not surprising, but still. Our tax money will go not to education, but to private companies' AI systems, which suck up power and return nothing original.
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Voting is the most basic act of citizenship. The SAVE Act makes it expensive. Expensive voting is restricted voting. Restricted voting is not democracy. It's oligarchy with a ballot fee. #PayToVoteSaveAct
July 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Voting is the most basic act of citizenship. The SAVE Act makes it expensive. Expensive voting is restricted voting. Restricted voting is not democracy. It's oligarchy with a ballot fee. #PayToVoteSaveAct
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🚨 ICE just published their recent numbers and it's worse than we thought.
JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day.
JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day.
JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data
NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.
austinkocher.substack.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:01 PM
🚨 ICE just published their recent numbers and it's worse than we thought.
JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day.
JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day.
JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
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This week, Republicans are trying to suppress voters by passing the SAVE Act, and they are attaching this horrific legislation to a fake stock trading ban that doesn't actually prevent members of Congress OR the President from trading stocks.
I will be voting 'NO.'
I will be voting 'NO.'
July 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This week, Republicans are trying to suppress voters by passing the SAVE Act, and they are attaching this horrific legislation to a fake stock trading ban that doesn't actually prevent members of Congress OR the President from trading stocks.
I will be voting 'NO.'
I will be voting 'NO.'
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Colorado residents paying tribute to Canadian firefighter Nicholas Dale as his body was taken to Denver airport.
"We’re all family at the end of the day and we support each other," said Josh Boyles, the chief of Genesee Fire Rescue in Jefferson County.
Respect.
This is what neighbours do.
"We’re all family at the end of the day and we support each other," said Josh Boyles, the chief of Genesee Fire Rescue in Jefferson County.
Respect.
This is what neighbours do.
July 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Colorado residents paying tribute to Canadian firefighter Nicholas Dale as his body was taken to Denver airport.
"We’re all family at the end of the day and we support each other," said Josh Boyles, the chief of Genesee Fire Rescue in Jefferson County.
Respect.
This is what neighbours do.
"We’re all family at the end of the day and we support each other," said Josh Boyles, the chief of Genesee Fire Rescue in Jefferson County.
Respect.
This is what neighbours do.
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"Algorithmic bias in palliative care is well-documented. Studies show LLMs perpetuate disparities in pain management, access to care, and advance care planning, especially across ethnicity and age axes.”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
July 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"Algorithmic bias in palliative care is well-documented. Studies show LLMs perpetuate disparities in pain management, access to care, and advance care planning, especially across ethnicity and age axes.”
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....
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📌 The donation came shortly after company executives met with White House and federal officials during discussions involving the FDA, food safety, and food traceability rules.
July 21, 2026 at 4:43 AM
📌 The donation came shortly after company executives met with White House and federal officials during discussions involving the FDA, food safety, and food traceability rules.
Watching comedians' take on Trump's first term, you see everything then that is happening now except the pundits' inability to remember what he did then, when he ran this time.
July 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Watching comedians' take on Trump's first term, you see everything then that is happening now except the pundits' inability to remember what he did then, when he ran this time.
You can indeed get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture or photo ID.
Scalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
July 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
You can indeed get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture or photo ID.
So it's not the US-Israel war on Iran, it's the US-Israel-UAE war on Iran...
... though Iran has been attacking Israel for decades through proxies (supplying them with weapons, money, and orders), and Israel has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities now and then.
... though Iran has been attacking Israel for decades through proxies (supplying them with weapons, money, and orders), and Israel has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities now and then.
Exclusive | The U.A.E.’s Secret Role in the War Involved Dozens of Strikes on Iran
The attacks, at a level previously unknown, began near the start of the war and went on for weeks.
www.wsj.com
July 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
So it's not the US-Israel war on Iran, it's the US-Israel-UAE war on Iran...
... though Iran has been attacking Israel for decades through proxies (supplying them with weapons, money, and orders), and Israel has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities now and then.
... though Iran has been attacking Israel for decades through proxies (supplying them with weapons, money, and orders), and Israel has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities now and then.
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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.
July 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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.