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AG Pam Bondi blames ‘Deep State’ for DC altercation in which man confessed: ‘I threw the sandwich’

AG Pam Bondi blames ‘Deep State’ for DC altercation in which man confessed: ‘I threw the sandwich’

The New York Times reports: A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent who was patrolling Washington this week, after calling him and other agents “fascists,” was charged with assaulting a federal officer on Wednesday. The police said the man threw a “sub-style” sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer on Sunday night, the day before President Trump’s announcement that his administration was temporarily taking over Washington’s police force and sending National Guard troops and federal…

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Rula Jebreal on Israel’s plan to eliminate Palestinians

Rula Jebreal on Israel’s plan to eliminate Palestinians

  Palestinian American commentator Rula Jebreal discusses how Israel’s commitment to genocide & occupation will spell disaster for Palestinians & Jews, and how the US has a responsibility to stop it. When it comes to public opinion, the ground is shifting on Israel and Palestine. Trump, as President, can end the genocide with a phone call, but he remains both indifferent and complicit. Palestinian American author, commentator, and foreign policy analyst Rula Jebreal joins The Left Hook to discuss the…

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Putin appears ready to test new nuclear missile as he prepares for Trump talks, researchers say

Putin appears ready to test new nuclear missile as he prepares for Trump talks, researchers say

Reuters reports: Russia appears to be preparing to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two U.S. researchers and a Western security source, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin readies for talks on Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday. Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and Decker Eveleth of the CNA research and analysis organization, based in Virginia, reached their assessments separately by studying imagery taken in recent weeks until Tuesday by…

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Trump has turned the annual human rights report into a cover-up of human rights violations

Trump has turned the annual human rights report into a cover-up of human rights violations

Anne Applebaum writes: For nearly half a century, the State Department has reported annually on human-rights conditions in countries around the world. The purpose of this exercise is not to cast aspersions, but to collect and disseminate reliable information. Congress mandated the reports back in 1977, and since then, legislators and diplomats have used them to shape decisions about sanctions, foreign aid, immigration, and political asylum. Because the reports were perceived as relatively impartial, because they tried to reflect well-articulated…

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DOGE saved less than five percent of its claimed savings. We have the receipts

DOGE saved less than five percent of its claimed savings. We have the receipts

Politico reports: The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.8 billion by canceling contracts, but of the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings that POLITICO could verify, DOGE’s savings over that period were closer to $1.4 billion. Despite the administration’s claims, not a single one…

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California trial sheds light on sweeping theory behind Trump’s military deployments

California trial sheds light on sweeping theory behind Trump’s military deployments

Democracy Docket reports: The broad legal theory behind President Donald Trump’s use of the military in civilian law enforcement took center stage Tuesday during day two of a trial over the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles earlier this year. The three-day, non-jury trial before San Francisco-based federal Judge Charles Breyer concerns California’s claim that Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which generally prohibits using the military in…

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How the military became yet another instrument of Trump’s power

How the military became yet another instrument of Trump’s power

Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson write: By ordering 800 National Guard troops to Washington, on the pretext of an illusory crime wave, President Trump has further dragged the U.S. military into domestic law enforcement, in a move credibly perceived as an ominous “test case.” This continues what the administration started in California in June as part of the its deportation efforts. Unfortunately, though we (and others) had hoped that the military would only respond to calls to action in American…

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Trump’s D.C. crackdown is a show of weakness, not power

Trump’s D.C. crackdown is a show of weakness, not power

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Guy Richards Smit. #NewYorkerCartoons Get more cartoons and other funny stuff in your inbox: https://t.co/Vsmr3SrI6z pic.twitter.com/znno7AngmB — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 13, 2025 Quinta Jurecic writes: In the summer of 2020, as demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest against the murder of George Floyd, President Donald Trump directed the National Guard and officers from various federal law-enforcement agencies to patrol the streets of the nation’s capital. The results were a disaster from the perspective…

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Russia is suspected to be behind hacking of federal court filing system

Russia is suspected to be behind hacking of federal court filing system

The New York Times reports: Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least partly responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages federal court documents, including highly sensitive records with information that could reveal sources and people charged with national security crimes, according to several people briefed on the breach. It is not clear what entity is responsible, whether an arm of Russian intelligence might be behind the intrusion or if other countries were also involved,…

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Epstein files: A federal judge’s ruling points toward Trump team cover-up

Epstein files: A federal judge’s ruling points toward Trump team cover-up

CNN reports: For weeks, the Trump administration has made a series of rather curious moves related to the Jeffrey Epstein files. It has gone back on its promises of extensive disclosure. It has misled about the situation. It has strained to avoid acknowledging President Donald Trump’s ties to Epstein. It has treated Ghislaine Maxwell suspiciously well in still-unexplained ways. And it has taken actions geared toward supposed transparency that didn’t appear all that transparent. The whole thing has several of…

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Reps. Massie and Khanna will bring Epstein victims to Capitol to push for files release

Reps. Massie and Khanna will bring Epstein victims to Capitol to push for files release

The Daily Beast reports: A rebel Republican congressman has invited multiple victims of Jeffrey Epstein to a press conference at the U.S. Capitol as part of a bipartisan push to force the release of legal files linked to the late pedophile. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a thorn in Donald Trump’s side for his frequent objections to the president’s spending bills and foreign policies, said that he and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna will be co-hosting the Sept. 3 conference. The…

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Trump calls on Goldman to replace economist who has warned tariffs will cause inflation

Trump calls on Goldman to replace economist who has warned tariffs will cause inflation

The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump on Tuesday appeared to call for Goldman Sachs Chief Executive David Solomon to replace the bank’s top economist over his past predictions, in his latest broadside against executives he believes are undermining his goals. Trump said on his Truth Social social-media platform that Solomon should “go out and get himself a new Economist” because the bank made a “bad prediction a long time ago” on the market and tariffs. The president asserted that…

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After crushing dissent, American universities are deepening their ties with Israeli academia

After crushing dissent, American universities are deepening their ties with Israeli academia

+972 reports: At the end of July, Harvard signaled its willingness to spend as much as half a billion dollars to settle accusations of antisemitism brought by the Trump administration. While the scandal — and the staggering sum — has drawn widespread attention, a previous concession slipped under the radar: in a failed bid to placate the administration earlier this year, Harvard agreed to establish a formal partnership with an Israeli university. On July 28, Harvard announced two new initiatives…

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Trump regime asserts power to rewrite history at Smithsonian

Trump regime asserts power to rewrite history at Smithsonian

The Guardian reports: The Trump administration is evidently extending its control of cultural representation at the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex. In a letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the White House told the Smithsonian that it plans a wide review of exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations in 2026. The letter to Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, from Trump administration officials said the White House wants the…

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