Criminal defendant challenging Alina Habba’s appointment takes a page from Aileen Cannon’s playbook
The case is one of the first efforts to turn Cannon’s ruling against the Trump administration’s interests.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/alina-habba-aileen-cannon-us-attorney-00486598
#Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “It makes me sick that she is claiming to be a victim. This is the same woman that grabbed my arm and forced me into a room to be raped by Jeffrey. She had this evil smirk on her face. And she enjoyed it.”
NPR - More than 1,000 rabbis and other Jewish leaders from the US and elsewhere have signed a public letter urging Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5486974/jewish-leaders-from-the-u-s-sign-a-letter-urging-israel-to-allow-more-aid-into-gaza
The US Army awards Palantir a contract worth up to $10B over the next decade, creating a "comprehensive framework for the Army's future software and data needs" (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/31/palantir-army-contract-10bn/
http://www.techmeme.com/250731/p56#a250731p56
Garish, gaudy, tasteless...need I continue?
https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-X4m97l6JTXSsIBxzuUR5dg%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0
Senator to IRS: Where were Epstein's audits?
https://www.allrisenews.com/p/wyden-epstein-irs-audit?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A vote to halt the sale of bombs to Israel just failed, despite more Dems (27) voting in favor of it. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty voted to continue to sell weapons to Israel — despite starvation and continued daily killings. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
I wasn’t aware Laura Loomer, who once handcuffed herself to Twitter’s office, now runs the US government. https://cyberscoop.com/jen-easterly-west-point-mcdermott-chair-laura-loomer-dan-driscoll-army/
"More than 60 companies, including major tech companies like Google, Amazon and Apple as well as health care giants like UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, have agreed to share patient data in the system."
It will use AI and "monitor wellness": https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-rfk-jr-health-tech-fa73703bd1fd557c787ef0b590e151f1
"Tesla has opted to circumvent striking union workers and bring its cars into the country using non-unionised labour and labour from neighbouring countries. Tesla’s actions to undermine a system that Sweden strongly supports are what we call “anti-societal”. That is, they might be said to undermine democratic norms and the broader public interest."
@TheConversationUK https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUK/114942691570177858
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