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Daily Kos: Trump’s DOJ wants Breonna Taylor’s killer to get off easy
NY Times: Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
The administration asked the judge in the case to sentence the former officer to essentially the brief time he had served when he was first charged, and three years of supervised release.
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He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, and a judge will consider the government’s request at a sentencing scheduled for next week.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – July 17, 2025
Five years ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.
…Today, as the storm over the release of the Epstein files became a maelstrom, the American people rallied at more than 1,500 sites nationwide to protest the Trump administration in a day of action to honor Representative Lewis. Organizers of the “Good Trouble Lives On” day of action vowed to “take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.”
“My philosophy is very simple,” Representative Lewis once told an audience. “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something! Do something! Get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble.”
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AP: ‘Tennessee Three’ member removed from Kristi Noem news conference in Nashville
Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones was removed from the news conference of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday before the secretary arrived. Jones said he had come to ask Noem what happened to his constituents who were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a recent weeklong operation in Nashville.
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Engadget: Trump’s firing of Democratic FTC commissioner was unlawful, judge rules
The judge says Rebecca Slaughter is still a ‘rightful member’ of the FTC.
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of the Democratic FTC Commissioners President Trump had fired back in March, said she looks forward to getting back to work.
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NY Times: New Assessment Finds Site at Focus of U.S. Strikes in Iran Badly Damaged
A clearer picture begins to emerge of what the Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites achieved.
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“We’re too caught up in the stories about the big three sites — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — when really Iran’s capabilities are much more sprawling and sophisticated, and include many sites that the U.S. and Israel did not bomb,” said Rosemary A. Kelanic, an expert with Defense Priorities, a think tank advocating a restrained foreign policy. “Focusing too much on the big three sites misses the larger point that even if those three sites and their contents — centrifuges, stockpiles — were destroyed, Iran could likely still rebuild quickly.”Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies who has studied commercial satellite imagery of Iran, said he believed that three underground sites in Iran were not struck, one near Natanz, one at the Parchin military complex and a third secret site.
He was skeptical that the additional sites could be easily struck, despite the American officials’ certainty.
“If it were easy, they would have done it right away,” Mr. Lewis said.
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NPR: ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Trump Wants to Cut Scientific Research by a Third & Measles at Highest Levels in Over 30 Years
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Borowitz: Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Word Epstein
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WSJ: Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.
The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
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Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003 birthday album, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.Pages from the leather-bound album—assembled before Epstein was first arrested in 2006—are among the documents examined by Justice Department officials who investigated Epstein and Maxwell years ago, according to people who have reviewed the pages. It’s unclear if any of the pages are part of the Trump administration’s recent review.
Trump: Newscorp, Murdoch, WSJ Maliciously Ran a Fake Story
Daily Beast: Trump’s Sketchy Epstein Lie Instantly Exposed
INK-CRIMINATING
Turns out there are plenty of examples of Trump doing the exact thing he claims to have never done.Bulwark: An Enigma Wrapped in a Wonderful Secret
A new Epstein revelation leads Trump to declare war against the Wall Street Journal.
Al Jazeera: How well did Trump and Epstein really know each other? A timeline
Yahoo!: What Trump has said about Epstein through the years, from ‘terrific guy’ to ‘creep’ that ‘nobody cares about’
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Decoding Fox News: A Comprehensive List of Every Woman Who Has Accused Donald J. Trump of Sexual Assault or Harassment
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Sarah Jones & Jason Easley: Trump Digs His Epstein Hole Deeper By Refusing To Appoint A Special Prosecutor
Even though his MAGA base is demanding it, Donald Trump has refused to appoint a Jeffrey Epstein special prosecutor.
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Charlotte Clymer: Trump May Be Laying the Groundwork for a Medical Exit Option
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties