July 31, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“Tariffs are making America GREAT & RICH Again. They were successfully used against the USA for decades and, coupled with really dumb, pathetic, and crooked politicians, we’re having a devastating impact on the future, and even the survival, of our country. Now the tide has completely turned, and America has successfully countered this onslaught of Tariffs used against it. ONE …
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July 31, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Corruption
Axios reports: Federal immigration raids across the U.S. are leaving many immigrants no choice but to abandon their vehicles, work tools and even cherished family dogs and cats. Unlike local law enforcement agencies, ICE agents don’t appear to be impounding property after arrests, leaving work trucks, food carts and lawnmowers for the taking. Immigrant advocates from San Diego to Los …
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July 31, 2025 Crime, Republicans
NBC News reports: The suspect, whom the FBI identified as Jeffrey Dorsey, 60, of Dayton, left a nearly 90-second expletive-laden voicemail on the main line of a lawmaker’s Washington, D.C., office last month, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday. Court documents did not name the member of Congress, but a House Republican aide confirmed it was …
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July 31, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
The Washington Post reports: The lawmakers say in the complaint that they each “attempted to obtain information about conditions at a DHS [Department of Homeland Security] facility used to detain or otherwise house noncitizens … by visiting a facility in person, or by giving DHS notice of imminent plans to do so, for the purpose of conducting realtime oversight of …
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July 31, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump looked as though he was on the verge of falling asleep as a key member of his administration helped him launch a new health-tracking system at the White House. In somewhat bemusing scenes, the 79-year-old president’s eyes kept drooping as he tried to listen to his own Medicare administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, talk …
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July 31, 2025 Politics, Republicans
The Associated Press reports: A Florida man convicted of killing his wife and two children with a machete in 1994 is set for execution Thursday, which would be the ninth death sentence carried out in 2025 to set a new state record for a single year. A 10th execution is scheduled for Aug. 19 and an 11th on Aug. 28. …
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July 31, 2025 Civil Rights, Trump Administration
ProPublica reports: The Trump administration has halted litigation aimed at stopping civil rights abuses of prisoners in Louisiana and mentally ill people living in South Carolina group homes. The Biden administration filed lawsuits against the two states in December after Department of Justice investigations concluded that they had failed to fix violations despite years of warnings. Louisiana’s prison system has …
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July 31, 2025 Canada, Trump Administration
The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said early Thursday it would be “very hard” to reach a trade deal with Canada after the country said it planned to recognize a Palestinian state — throwing talks with Ottawa into question one day before higher U.S. tariffs are set to come into force. “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is …
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July 31, 2025 Travel, Weather
ABC News reports: Twenty-five people aboard a Delta Air Lines flight, headed from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, were hospitalized after the flight encountered “significant” turbulence Wednesday, the airline said. Delta Air Lines Flight 56, with 275 passengers and 13 crew members on board, diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul and landed safely shortly before 8 p.m. local time. The flight was …
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July 31, 2025 New York City, Politics
The New York Times reports: In the blood sport of New York City real estate, where comity can be hard to come by, the developers of some of the city’s most prized parcels appeared to be in agreement about one thing when they met in private this week. Zohran Mamdani had to be taken down. “Our goal is anybody but …
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