curated news excerpts & citations
… trying to ‘unbury the lede’
Karen DeYoung, Tara Copp, Dan Lamothe @ Washington Post:
U.S. teeters on return to all-out war with Iran after more troops killed
The United States and Iran moved closer to all-out conflict on Sunday, as the exchange of attacks on civilian and military structures continued to escalate and with at least three and possibly four U.S. service members killed since combat resumed a week ago.
On Sunday, after two service members were killed during an Iranian strike on a military base in Jordan on Friday, U.S. Central Command said another set of unidentified remains had been found there. Separately, Centcom said a U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed in action Saturday during a “controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance” from a downed Iranian drone.
President Donald Trump said that U.S. Central Command launched another wave of attacks against Iran in retribution.
Brandon Weichert @ National Security Journal:
There’s a Hidden Reason Oil Prices Never Went Stratospheric During the Iran War — and That Safety Net Is Quietly Disappearing Now
Oil prices never hit the feared stratosphere during the Iran War for a hidden reason: China pulled back from the market, living off vast stockpiles and freeing three million barrels a day for everyone else. With Beijing’s refiners cautiously returning and Hormuz still a trickle, the war’s second energy shock may be demand-driven.
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Inside Climate News:
A Texas-Sized Water Crisis
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Karl Loftus @ Intercept: ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On.
ICE officers were wearing body cameras they can’t turn on, four sources said. The Trump administration said there was no footage.
(Karl Loftus @ Intercept more…)Latin Times: Federal Judge Tells Florida State and Trump Administration Officials To Prove “Alligator Alcatraz” Is Closed
A Fort Myers judge won’t let the Everglades detention case die on a press release — she wants paperwork.
Kylie Williams, Gary Fineout @ Politico: Shuttered ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ leaves complicated legacy in Florida
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Adam Kinzinger: When a Republican Town Fought for the Immigrant Next Door
A small Montana community never thought the crackdown would come for one of their own. But for them, politics never mattered as much as a neighbor they loved.
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Harry J. Kazianis @ National Security Journal: Russia Just Threw One of Its Largest Ballistic Barrages of the Entire War at Kyiv — and Ukraine’s Defenses Stopped Most of It
Russia fired 41 missiles and 125 drones at Ukraine overnight into July 19, concentrating one of its largest ballistic barrages on Kyiv; the Air Force says 126 were intercepted, with one person killed per AP. The defense held — but Ukraine’s warning stands: interceptor supply, not capability, is the constraint.
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Sydney Lupkin @ NPR: TrumpRx promised a supermarket for cheaper drugs but delivered a boutique
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Jonathan Cohn @ Bulwark: Trump Preparing a New Attack on Head Start
The administration is considering a proposal to gut the program’s instructional standards while adding new restrictions tied to immigration.
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Prem Thakker @ Zeteo: Russiagate Was Real, Trump Admits
Donald Trump and his allies hyped up a speech about alleged Chinese interference in U.S. elections, only to unwittingly admit Russian interference.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Week Seven in 250 to 250
This was the eighth week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
We designed the videos to emphasize the agency of Americans—mostly everyday Americans—to change the country. Each falls into a category that defines what it means to be an American, including community, democracy, innovation, mobility, civil rights, education, conservation, and creativity.
https://www.youtube.com/@twofiftytotwofifty
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Thom Hartmann: Chapter 7: What the Founders Knew
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: “Who Killed the American Dream: The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told”
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Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting
resources tracking the “Andes” hantavirus outbreak
Apocalypse Early Warning System
Al Jazeera Death toll and injuries live tracker
Mike Ludwig @ truthout: ICE Says 51 People Died in Custody Under Trump. Experts Say That’s an Undercount.
ICE Accountability Project
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd @ NPR: Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
- July 13: Joan Sebastian Guerrero
- July 7: Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
- June 4: Mamuka Artmeladze
- April 16: Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt
- March 25: Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano
- March 16: Royer Perez-Jimenez
- March 14: Naseer Paktiawil
- February 25: Nurul Amin Shah Alam
April 1 – Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz @ AP: Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide - January 24: Alex Pretti
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz
- January 9: Parady La
- January 7: Renée Good
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter
Suffering Under President Obama
NACDL Criminal Case Tracker
Texas Tribune: A Walk for Peace: photos of Fort Worth monks’ journey to Washington
Walk for Peace – Dhammacetiya – The Ancient Sacred Buddhist Scripture Stupas
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
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
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