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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, August 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM EDT Monday brought back-to-back bad news from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., what with the Health and Human Services secretary helming a possible plan to ban the COVID vaccine and the mercurial, jeans-loving, worm-brained mess of a man getting authority over who gets kicked off of Medicare. Y I K E S. August 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT Kilmar Abrego Garcia was reunited with his family for less than 72 hours before Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained him again, this time with plans to deport him to Uganda. Now he's fighting a deportation that his legal team calls a "coordinated effort" by the U.S. government to "punish" him "for fighting back against its unlawful conduct." August 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM EDT By Amy Maxmen for KFF Health News As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration's actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency's most critical function -- emergency response -- when it mattered most, an investigation from KFF Health News shows. August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM EDT A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Vance and Hegseth get booed as they survey Trump's DC police state August 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM EDT Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz didn't mince words Monday at the Democratic National Convention's summer meeting in Minneapolis, taking aim at the deterioration of the country under President Donald Trump. "We wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV and a bunch of nonsense," Walz said, imagining a world in which Vice President Kamala Harris were president. August 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT After receiving payoffs from multiple media companies, President Donald Trump on Sunday complained about "biased" television networks, whining that they should lose their licenses to broadcast because they are mean to Republicans. "Why is it that ABC and NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the absolute worst and most biased networks anywhere in the World, aren't paying Millions of Dollars a year in LICENSE FEES?" Trump asked on his social media account. He then added that the networks should "lose their Licenses for their unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservative." August 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT Maryland Gov. Wes Moore came out swinging over the weekend, rejecting a plot by President Donald Trump to deploy federal troops to Baltimore, the largest city in Moore's home state. Trump has deployed federal law enforcement and the National Guard to Washington, despite a recent drop in crime. He has also threatened to repeat the process with other major cities with large Black populations. In response, Moore sent a letter to Trump on Thursday, inviting him to go on a safety walk in Baltimore to see how crime-prevention efforts have improved the situation there. August 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM EDT Tally up Donald Trump's speeches, press conferences, and executive orders since returning to office in January and you'll find the president keeps coming back to the same topic""and it isn't immigration, Ukraine, or even his polls. Trump has spent more time this year talking about artificial intelligence than almost any other issue, much to the delight of Silicon Valley's billionaire class. In one of his first official acts, Trump steered $100 billion into the pockets of mega-rich AI entrepreneurs like OpenAI's Sam Altman. Two days later, Trump doubled down with an executive order calling for a government-wide "AI Action Plan" that would distribute billions more dollars to his tech bro backers. In all, Trump has pledged over $600 billion in private sector and taxpayer money to fund AI development. August 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT Residents are organizing against Trump's power grab in the capital -- the latest embodiment of a generations-long fight for autonomy. By Amanda Becker for The 19th August 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT As always, if you find value in this work I do, please consider helping me keep it sustainable by joining my weekly newsletter, Sparky's List! You can get it in your inbox or read it on Patreon, the content is the same. Don't forget to visit the Tom Tomorrow Merchandise Mall, and, if you're so inclined, follow me on Bluesky! August 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that's driving politics. In some ways, it feels ridiculous to be already gaming out 2028. We haven't even hit the 2026 midterms yet""an election that could dramatically reshape which Democrats look viable in the first place. But that hasn't stopped people from speculating. And if you look at the numbers, a name that keeps creeping up is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. August 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that's driving politics. In some ways, it feels ridiculous to be already gaming out 2028. We haven't even hit the 2026 midterms yet""an election that could dramatically reshape which Democrats look viable in the first place. But that hasn't stopped people from speculating. And if you look at the numbers, a name that keeps creeping up is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. |
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