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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026

“We need to face facts that the US military is in terrible shape and it will continue to get worse under the present leadership. This is in some ways the greatest scandal in US history. The US has spent about $9 TRILLION on defense since 2016, and has created this deeply flawed, deteriorating force”

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Midweek Update #23: Can He Keep It Going Through The Election?

The State Of The US Military Is Pretty Distressing

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/08/2026

We are breaking all the wrong climate records. Yet, Republicans' backwards approach is not only failing to address climate change but is driving up costs for working families while Big Polluters profit. We must do more to combat climate change – not less. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

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Contiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says

Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/08/2026

Austin Tice has been missing 14 years today. I have met repeatedly with his parents. They deserve answers — from this Administration, the Syrian government, and others. We must keep working to bring Austin home.

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lightcleanses.bsky.social @lightcleanses.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

CAN NO ONE STOP THIS TRUMPED UP AGGRESSION ? www.facebook.com/share/v/19MY...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/08/2026

After Trump's handpicked US Attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, dropped charges against David Hearn, Trump is now asking the DOJ to continue this shameless prosecution of him. Americans should not be threatened with jail time to placate Trump's fragile ego. This is the stuff of dictators.

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Exclusive | White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution

Officials asked the department whether it is possible to bring a new charge against an Olympic canoeist after the U.S. attorney dropped the case.

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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This change will only occur if you win control of the House and Senate in November. Please participate in the election. 🌊💙🌊💙🌊💙

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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@jaketapper.bsky.social President of the United States does not have the Constitutional authority to suspend elections. You should know this. Maybe a remedial Civics class would help.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/08/2026

It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike. When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.

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Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business

Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Man finds a young seal tangled in a vegetable sack and frees it before the plastic could turn deadly.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/07/2026

footage of Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo is a nice palate cleanser this Friday morning

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Pope Leo XIV receives American singer Patti Smith at the Vatican

YouTube video by ROME REPORTS in English

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 31/07/2026

Fatima came to the US on a Fulbright scholarship & is a researcher at Johns Hopkins. She had previously filed for TPS & currently has a pending asylum case. But ICE has detained her & is working to deport her. [1/2]

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ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immi...

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lightcleanses.bsky.social @lightcleanses.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

IS THIS WHAT THEY WILL DO TO ALL OF US ? www.facebook.com/share/r/1VD8...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 30/07/2026

The arrest & prolonged pre-trial detention of Azerbaijani opposition leader Ali Karimli is a blatant crackdown on dissent by the Aliyev govt. Trump & Rubio should demand Karimli's immediate & unconditional release & an end to Aliyev's assault on free speech, the free press, & political dissent.

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West's energy trade with Russian ally must address rights: jailed dissident

Ali Karimli told Newsweek of worsening jail conditions in Azerbaijan as he faces charges of an attempted coup.

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