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Senator Warren: If Republicans want our vote, the answer is we want to protect access to health care. We intend to help lower costs for tens of millions of people across this country and make sure they have access to health care

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RETWEET BY SHAMS: Napheesa Collier’s full statement today, where she challenged Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA with directness and stunning detail we rarely hear from active players. Worth listening to every word. [First 2:57 of 4:23 clip posted] x.com/malika_andre...

In a prepared statement during her team exit interview, Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier called out WNBA leadership.

CNN is reporting that the suspect who shot Charlie Kirk did so from a university building 200 yards away. If true, that means he was farther away than the Trump assassin in Pennsylvania and farther away than Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot Kennedy.

At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

BREAKING: The U.S. added 911,000 fewer jobs in 2024-2025 than first estimated, per the BLS

🚨🚨HERE IT IS: We got Trump’s birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein that the President said doesn’t exist. Trump talks about a “wonderful secret” the two of them shared. What is he hiding? Release the files!

Elizabeth Warren: "Every single person in America who has a credit card balance that they're paying interest on, people with car loans, people with loans have paid more at least since last February because of Donald Trump's economic chaos ... he is driving up costs for families."

Warren: "That's Trump's approach -- bend down to Trump, Trump will then tell everyone what reality is. That's what authoritarians do, but in a democracy we don't have to put up with it. We have our voices, we have our votes ... 2026 could be pretty exciting -- a chance to take back our democracy."

The country is really against this president, by large and increasing numbers.

Record flooding is ongoing in Juneau. So far the temporary berms are holding.

🚨 Taylor Swift announces new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ coming soon.

Find an event on Saturday to protest Trump’s effort to rig electoral maps and steal the 2026 election. Trump’s map takeover is starting in Texas, but it won’t stop there. We’re fighting back nationwide with a day of action this weekend.

This morning, President Trump declared a “public safety emergency” in Washington, DC and deployed the National Guard onto our streets. This is NOT safety. It is an unconstitutional power grab that threatens the rights of DC residents. @50501movement.bsky.social

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More and more Democrats in Congress understand that spending billions of taxpayer dollars to starve children in Gaza is not acceptable. It’s time Republicans came on board.  No more military aid to Netanyahu’s war machine.

#Erin is born. Forecast to become at major hurricane north of the Lesser Antilles by the weekend.

BREAKING: Shooting reported at Fort Stewart army base in Georgia, prompting a lockdown.

New, amazing footage of 90,000 people on Sydney Harbour Bridge, marching to end the genocide in Gaza. A protest the city and New South Wales authorities did NOT want to happen. (🎥 ABC News)

BREAKING: The Dallas Wings are sending DiJonai Carrington to the Minnesota Lynx for former No. 2 pick Diamond Miller, Karlie Samuelson, and a ‘27 second round pick, the teams announced. To complete the deal, the Wings are also waiving center Teaira McCowan.

"The most harrowing fact this Shark Week is that the plight of sharks has never been greater. And the scariest thing in the ocean isn’t a shark, it’s plastic pollution." 🦈 🚯 More from our own Nick Mallos for #SharkWeek and #PlasticFreeJuly: oceanconservancy.org/blog/2025/07...

As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is about to begin. Read more: cnn.it/4138lbo

WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social on what he thought when the Epstein story first resurfaced last week vs. what he thinks now.

For years, Republicans demanded that the Epstein files be released. Now that they control DOJ and FBI, they want to sweep it under the rug. RM Raskin calls out the cover-up. Release the files.

Firing people at NOAA and the National Weather Service is going to get people killed in natural disasters. The stupid thing is, these layoffs won't even save us money. Because Republicans just voted to spend trillions on tax breaks for the wealthy.

President Donald Trump personally called The Wall Street Journal’s editor in chief about its upcoming exposé on his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

BREAKING The WSJ has reviewed a book put together for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, as part of that book a letter was submitted by Donald Trump. Trump’s letter features a drawing of a naked woman and this text which imagines a conversation between Trump and Epstein. Full Story: bit.ly/45bmsxO

AOC: We saw Republicans vote to completely gut Medicaid, which covers nearly half of all births in the U.S. They did this despite the fact that the U.S.—the richest country in the world—also has the highest rate of maternal deaths among all wealthy countries.

NEW: “They won’t shut the fuck up about it,” Trump privately vented — referring to conservative influencers and media types lashing out over the Epstein memo — according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Republicans just unanimously voted to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.

I know you’re new to Congress, Mr. Fine, but we don’t call our colleagues terrorists here. It just makes you look idiotic. At a time when MN Democrats have been targeted for assassination by a right-wing extremist, your rhetoric is seriously dangerous. Apologize now.

Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of June. This was about 48% below 1979 levels and 30% below the 1979-2024 June average. More data on ice thickness at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🌊

Mayor Karen Bass just told me that there was a kids summer camp in MacArthur Park when the federal agents in camp and long guns swooped in and they had to be brought inside so they didn’t get completely freaked out.

Never forget that 269 Republicans voted to rip healthcare and food away from families to finance tax breaks for billionaires. Don't let them live that down.

Remember 89 days ago when Trump announced that he would do "90 deals in 90 days"? Now he says he'll get those trade deals done later. Sure. Just like when he said he wouldn't “touch” Medicaid, and he would cut costs for families. Donald Trump has zero credibility.

In the US, presidents don't censor the media. Freedom of the press sets us apart from dictatorships. After Trump called PBS "radical, woke propaganda," Republicans want to cut $1.1 BILLION from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Another step toward authoritarianism.

Love this Palantir info poster Palantir = ICE = Profiting off of the $170 Billion from The Big Ugly Bill We're spreading awareness about Tesla and Palantir simultaneously! #PurgePalantir #MigraMusk #DataStealThiel #KillerKarp @alexwinter.com @teslatakedown.com

NEW: Jan. 6 defendant sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill FBI special agents who investigated him www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

In 80 seconds, AOC has completely dismantled the #BigUglyBill. Dems should turn this into a prime time campaign ad NOW. “This Bill is a deal with the devil”💥 @aoc.bsky.social

BREAKING: Senate Republicans are taking votes right now to jam through their awful bill. They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking. I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵

Republicans on whether poor Americans can get health care: Sen. Joni Ernst: “We all are going to die.” Sen. Mitch McConnell: “They’ll get over it.” Vice President JD Vance: “Immaterial.” $1 TRILLION in Medicaid cuts. 12 MILLION people kicked off health care. Republicans don’t care.

Sen. Warren: Last week, Mitch McConnell said people will 'get over' these cuts. When we take away health care, when we take away the home health aide from your neighbor, when we take away nursing home care, they're not gonna get over it. America is not going to get over it

What JD Vance considers "immaterial": 42 million people going hungry. 16 million people losing their health care. 300 hospitals shutting down. 200 Planned Parenthood health centers closing. And countless Americans losing their lives.

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Last night, every single Senate Republican voted against stopping the mass firing of veterans.