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Iran Has a Secret Weapon in Its War With America: Help From China

China is supplying Iran with technology supporting its war against the United States while buying the oil that helps finance Tehran. Trump is still prioritizing his relationship with Xi, and his officials continue to dismiss China’s role instead of confronting Beijing.

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Trump wants to preserve relations with Xi, but Iranian customs data show Chinese entities have made thousands of shipments of components used in drones and missiles.

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US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago, outpacing inflation, grocery prices, & household incomes. Water prices rose 1.6X faster than overall inflation between 2015 & 2025. Consumer prices increased 39%, compared with a 62% jump in water bills

US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds

For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author says

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ICE came to town and left behind weakened economies

• Trump directed federal officers to carry out large-scale ICE operations in major US cities during his 2nd term. • Communities targeted by ICE raids saw lower foot traffic, spending, & employment. • Months after, businesses are calculating the extent of financial damage and trying to recoup losses.

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Research links ICE enforcement surges to lasting declines in local spending, foot traffic and jobs. In Minneapolis, businesses are still recovering.

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ICE plays with new torture device. The electric-shock gloves ICE agents could soon use to control detainees & protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures.

Electric-shock gloves ICE plans to use inflicted intense pain in army study

Immigration enforcement agency has signed $16.7m deal for devices that induced ‘excessive’ fear in military subjects

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Advocates estimate at least 73 detained immigrants are participating in the hunger strike inside the Folkston D Ray James ICE processing center in south-east Georgia. The Folkston facility, a former state prison, is run by the private prison company GEO Group under a contract with ICE.

Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike

At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’

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To date, at least 74,243 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, which killed at least 1,139 people. At least 1,460 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the 10/11/25 ceasefire went into effect as Israel has continued to expand its area of control.

US support for Israel continues three years into the genocide in Gaza

US military aid and arms transfer continue unchanged, as US public sentiment shifts.

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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills

Support for Medicare for All is at its highest in at least a decade, according to a new KFF poll. The survey found two-thirds of Americans now favor expanding the government health program that largely covers seniors (about half of whom are enrolled in private plans through Medicare Advantage).

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Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump officials are withholding updated COVID vaccines from the Vaccines for Children program, delaying access for children in at least 11 states and one U.S. territory. More than half of American children receive vaccines through the program.

Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines

Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hackers obtained personal information on thousands of FBI employees (names, home addresses, phone numbers, & family info). The stolen records exposed personnel working on Russia, China, human intelligence, & electronic surveillance, as well as members of the FBI’s secretive Remote Operations Unit.

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FBI investigates hackers' claim to have stolen sensitive employee data, compromised jobs website

The FBI says it is investigating a criminal hacking group’s claims that it had stolen “very sensitive data” belonging to thousands of agents and applicants and that it had compromised the bureau’s job...

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose parents fear being detained by ICE. Children are being traumatized by prolonged separation from their parents. Families are now making plans for who will raise their children if ICE takes their parents away.

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This Priest Pledges to Care For 31 Kids If ICE Detains Their Parents

A Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose immigrant parents fear arrest and deportation.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ICE agents in Evanston, Illinois, targeted a U.S. citizen they mistook for someone else. Surveillance video shows agents pulling him to the ground, leaving him with injuries to his head, neck, and teeth before realizing they had the wrong person. www.cnn.com/2026/09/22/u...

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ICE agents mistakenly detained US citizen in Chicago suburb, officials say | CNN

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mistakenly detained a US citizen in a Chicago suburb Sunday morning, leaving him on the ground with various injuries, according to local authorities.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An office responsible for refugees and humanitarian assistance is now being used to fund deportations to countries where migrants have no ties. Some of the agreements also bypass human rights safeguards and congressional requirements.

washingtonpost.com

How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation

Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump has hundreds of millions of dollars moving through the stock market while making decisions that affect many of the same companies and industries. His proposed stock trading ban for lawmakers conveniently excludes him and Vance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump made over 1,000 July stock trades worth up to $270m, filings reveal

President made more than 440 purchases and 700 sales despite voter anger over elected officials trading stocks

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

HHS took about $12M from the Office of Minority Health to help pay for RFK Jr.’s security as his protection costs jumped from roughly $10M to $17M a year. HHS also canceled 16 grants for programs including maternal care, chronic disease screenings, and access to fresh food.

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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office

The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The fall heat wave began Oct. 2, spreading across the state from San Francisco to the Mexican border. Temperatures are expected to reach 15 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service in Los Angeles. www.usnews.com/news/nationa...

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New York has declared a disaster emergency over an outbreak of measles, as cases of the disease that had once been all but eliminated in the US continue to rise. New York has recorded 108 measles cases this year. “No one should get seriously ill or die from a vaccine-preventable disease.”

New York state declares measles disaster amid resurgence of disease in US

The US had largely eliminated measles by 2000 but has seen several outbreaks amid declining vaccination rates.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Whelp, he's walking back his “staggering misuse of public funding and breach of public trust.” Trump has said he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements featuring him after widespread criticism of the campaign-style spots. But what of the $1.5M already spent?

US President says taxpayers will no longer fund TV ads praising him

Move comes after ethics experts criticised three nationally broadcast ads and called for independent investigations.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An 18-year veteran of the US Dept. of the Interior (John Murdock, an attorney & self-described conservative Christian) has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing “a deeply troubling assault on the rule of law” that took place at the department under Trump.

Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’

John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Forecasts give a 5-to-15-seat net gain in the House for Democrats (220-230 seats, with 218 needed for a majority) The Senate has shifted more dramatically over the last several months. 6 seats have moved more in Democrats' direction since June, making a majority within reach.

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Democrats' advantage is clear with less than a month to go in the midterm elections

President Trump is facing low approval ratings, and voters are blaming him for rising costs. Republicans are likely to pay the price at the ballot box next month.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Chud. Leaders in California have denounced Donald Trump as “reckless” and “deranged” after the US president suggested Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego – two liberal cities in the blue state that have been a frequent target of his administration.

Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego

Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Norma ran to help the woman being dragged across the ground. That’s when someone from behind yanked her up. An ICE agent in a cap, black facemask, and gloved hands reached for her arms from behind her. She felt her body fling through the air. Norma’s body barreled hard onto the sidewalk face down.

This nurse was assaulted by ICE – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court

Norma Bowe, 69, was flung to the ground at Delaney Hall, the infamous New Jersey detention center. She sees her lawsuit against ICE as one step towards justice

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, we asked SCOTUS to reject Exxon & Suncor’s argument that they are immune from suit for the harms they have caused. Boulder confronts climate-change realities every day, from wildfires and floods to drought, extreme heat, and growing pressures on our water and infrastructure.

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Boulder Climate Case | City of Boulder

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House of Representatives speaker who later admitted to sexually abusing boys as a high school wrestling coach and pleaded guilty to charges arising from the scandal, has died, CBS News reported on Monday, citing a coroner in Illinois. He was 84.

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Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker and admitted child molester, dies at 84

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The latest attack brings the death toll from US military boat strikes to 235 deaths across 70 attacks, since Trump first launched its counter-narcoterrorism campaign in Sept last year. The move comes as UN experts warn that the strikes violate international law & amount to crimes against humanity.

Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean

UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

KKK is rebranding. They shortened their name to The Knights Party, and they were trying to re-centre their message around family and faith. But when asked if a Black person would be welcome at the group’s church, Robb’s answer was simple. “No. Because this is a white nationalist church.”

Can the KKK find a new foothold in the US?

The infamous hate group is trying to rebrand itself as the 'Knights Party' in an attempt to grow its base.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Just get out and vote,” Trump told a crowd that barely filled a high school gymnasium in the city of Vandalia. “If you do that, we’re going to win, and we’re going to win big. And we’re going to shove it up their ass.”

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Trump’s appearance in Ohio underscores all the reasons the GOP is unpopular

Will the president's steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory?

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two people were killed and at least 25 others injured when a shooting erupted at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, early on Sunday. In another high-profile mass shooting, a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed, and 3 people were wounded in a Baltimore park

Mass shootings leave two people dead in Georgia and 12-year-old girl dead in Baltimore

At least 25 injured at block party shooting in Georgia and three wounded in Baltimore park shooting, officials say

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Beginning 10/22, prescription drugs mailed from Canada and other countries will face new customs requirements that could shut down many personal mail-order imports. One patient pays around $10 a week for her medication through Canada. The same drug will now cost her $1,100 a week in the US.

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Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada

Millions who use online pharmacies from Canada and other countries could get cut off in October.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

More than 750,000 Americans have already lost their health insurance and another 440,000 could be next. Anyone wrongly caught in the crackdown will suddenly be left without health coverage.

nytimes.com

Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud

Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The hacking group ShinyHunters says it breached the FBI and stole information on employees and applicants, including names, home addresses, phone numbers, and details about spouses. 404 Media checked 5,000 of the alleged records and matched some of the information to DOJ personnel.

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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump officials are using multiple federal agencies to deport children faster while stripping away access to lawyers and other protections. Nearly 200,000 children have already been ordered removed.

Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The ICE officer who shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in the back was not wearing his assigned body camera, despite ICE rules requiring officers to carry and activate them during enforcement operations. His partner was wearing a camera and recorded parts of the encounter.

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The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam

The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Marchena is at least the 58th person to die in ICE custody since January 2025 and the third at this facility in less than six months. The growing death toll and repeated failures in medical care are part of the mass human rights abuses taking place across Trump’s detention system.

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Costa Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family says

A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of not receiving proper care for his diabetes is the third detainee in less than six months to die at a U.S.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trump is shutting out independent journalists while building a government-run channel for his own propaganda. The White House decides what people see, avoids questions, and presents its own version of events. This is what state propaganda looks like.

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White House Launches ‘Trump TV’ Amid Feud With Press

Critics labeled the 24/7 feed as “state run” media as its launch coincided with traditional news outlets being banned from the White House.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

ICE is blocking congressional oversight of the country’s largest immigration detention facility. Keeping lawmakers away from detainees and withholding footage allows abuse inside the facility to remain hidden.

Democrat says ICE restricted her oversight visit to country’s largest detention camp

Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facility

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

12 states will see some snow 10/2-10/17. Some areas of the country could be hit by 15" of snow during that period. Alaska Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho Utah Colorado Montana Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota

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Map Shows 12 US States Facing Up to 15 Inches of Snow In the Next 2 Weeks as 'Ferocious' Winter Weather Looms

A new US snow forecast map shows 12 states could face up to 15 inches of snow in the next two weeks as a forecaster warns of ‘ferocious’ winter weather.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Normalisation is a perennial danger. “Particularly among white evangelicals, on several measures around Christian nationalism, anti-immigrant views, anti-Black views, & anti-Muslim views, going to church actually makes your views more extreme.

When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday that US forces intercepted and destroyed eight Ecuadorian fishing vessels between August 28 and September 16, detaining more than 140 of the 160 crew members aboard and allegedly subjecting some of them to abuse.

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US forces destroy Ecuadorian fishing boats, detain over 140 crew in disputed anti-trafficking operations

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Florida's current dengue outbreak appears to be the largest in several decades in the continental United States. This marks the most cases in a calendar year for any state since at least the 1940s. Dengue (pronounced DEHN’-gay) is caused by a virus spread by a type of mosquito.

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Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades

Information from state health departments and medical journals suggests the Florida outbreak marks the most cases in a calendar year for any state since at least the 1940s.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Bordering on" is too mild. “The broad stroke is that Americans are disappointed, bordering on angry that President Trump hasn’t delivered on the core promises he made when he won re-election.”

‘Bordering on angry’: The state of play as US midterms enter final month

Democrats enter final stretch with surprisingly positive outlook as Republican money seeks to stem damage.

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Lincoln is expected to dock in San Diego this week. After 250 days at sea, with shortages of food and basic supplies, plumbing problems, exhaustion, & deteriorating mental health. In late September, the Navy disclosed that 8 service members attempted to take their own lives.