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Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’
After nearly a decade of loudly complaining about the fact that modern US aircraft carriers use electromagnetic systems to launch fighter jets instead of steam-powered catapults, Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to redesign a new aircraft carrier to replace the modern system with the old-fashioned catapults he prefers.
Trump signed a national security memorandum on Thursday directing the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, to make the change he has had his heart set on since at least 2017, when he first described his idea to Time magazine.
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Projectionists Beam New Kennedy Center Makeover Version With Light Show Parody Of Trump
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts name covered with a tarp as of August 13, 2026. Photo: J. Zangas/DCMG
Washington DC—They rode up late at night along the silent driveway to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Stopping just long enough to attach a few cables and turn on their projector, they beamed a light show from a car window. Security was caught totally flat-footed. The light show parodied Trump’s vanity project for shuttering the venerable monument and cloaking its name.
The light show borrowed from another show the group displayed on the back of the Kennedy Center in February. But this time they updated it to make fun of the fact that U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper ruled against every effort to take over, rename, and degrade services at the venerable arts center.
The activists knew they shouldn’t be out late taking part in clandestine activity like that. Amidst the oppressive humidity of evaporating democracy, things could get out of hand. It could put them afoul of a law prohibiting defacement of buildings. Lampooning a presidential vanity project could get them into real deep State trouble. “Stranger things have happened.”
A former Olympian was charged with felony vandalism for his arms length reach into the reflecting pool to touch algae sodden paint. That was no joke. He was forced to retain counsel and show up in court on bogus charges which were later dismissed…because they were knowingly bogus. Such fate could easily befall them.
What a golden opportunity they thought. It felt good anyway to take a jab at a narcissist’s inflated vision of himself. Stick a bug in the eye of injustice, so to say. At this juncture what did the light runners have to lose? A little light here and there, speaking truth and power to darkness never hurt anyone. But apparently it had.
A rent-a-cop wearing a heavily starched uniform credentialed with BTI Special Police patches and a good performance ribbon, bounded out of the shadows to stop them. He jumped in front of the light beam. But by then it was already too late. Some of the light show got through. The video was caught. And by the same time the next night, it would be going places.
The video was a redux production of a previous light show on the back side of the Kennedy Center. The new show added a few updates including a show curtain opening to reveal Trump’s name falling off letter by letter from the Kennedy Center.
“You can’t project something onto the building’” he said. “Because it’s a federal building you can’t project anything onto the building. I looked it up.” He called for backup. He wasn’t going to let anyone editorialize the noble white image on the Kennedy Center.
The projectionists were cooperative and turned off the projector. Plausible deniability of the law won the day and they were free to go. They drove away.
Back in February the team of rent-a-cops that night couldn’t stop the show because the projection was out of the Kennedy Center zone, beyond their reach. It was beamed from U.S. Park jurisdiction along the Potomac River. So the special police did the only thing they could and took pictures of the activists. The projectionists didn’t care. The kept the lights going right up until National Park Police came and ran them off. They got plenty of honks in support from passing motorists.
Trump’s Kennedy Center Board, a group of insiders he appointed himself to do whatever he told them to do, had voted in December 2025 to authorize a name change of the Kennedy memorial. The White House announced the Board vote to change the name and the next day on December 19, 2025, workers altered its title by placing his own name over the top of John F. Kennedy’s name.
A suit was filed over the change. Eventually U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled and ordered the Trump appointed board to remove it within 14 days by June 12. They took it down on June 13 in the early morning hours, late by several hours. The removal didn’t take long but rather than take it down in daylight construction workers waited until after nightfall to put up a tarp so as to conceal its removal.
A narcissist hates public humiliation. But hundreds of DC residents thronged to the sleepy area outside of the Kennedy Center into the late night and early morning hours jeering and chanting as the name was take down. The tarp didn’t stop District residents from gloating and celebrating the Schadenfreude of the takedown.
The shame of having to remove it was too much for someone who has been taught all their life and had grown to adulthood to do something other children have been taught not to do. That is to never admit wrong doing. So he concealed the removal of his name with a giant tarp. The tarp is still in place as of August 13, 2026, three months after the court ruling to remove Trump’s name.
Judge Cooper also prohibited the Trump-appointed Board from closing down the Arts Center and cancelling events already scheduled.
But in a late breaking update the Trump appointed Kennedy Center Board has voted to add Trump’s name as a credit for renovation, and to close the arts center for 2 years to renovate it. Both of these votes go against Judge Cooper’s previous ruling. This story is not going away quietly.
But on this night the rabble-rousers succeeded in sneaking into the Arts Center complex in plain view. They drove right up to the front and acted boldly. They know they’re taking a calculated risk running their game of light shows. As of this, which is at least their 25th consecutive show, it is not doing any harm to or damaging any part of District architecture or memorials. It’s not that it is costing taxpayers anything. It’s that they are projecting light shows unexpectedly in prominent places and getting away with it. It’s that they’re doing something a ballooning authoritarian does not want them to do but hasn’t been able to stop them. And that’s what resistance is all about. It’s the kind of resistance that others see and laugh at the moment. They feel good at seeing something funny that others are doing. By resisting anyway, even though things are getting difficult they’re spreading the joy of good trouble. It’s the kind of resistance that makes others say to themselves: look at what they’re doing. I can do something like that too.
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Tracking Trump’s Campaign Promises
President Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the 2024 campaign trail. Which have been kept, and which are unfulfilled? -
Rassemblement de solidarité avec la Palestine
Quand ?
Le 16 août à 17hOù ?
Place Edmond Michelet Place Edmond Michelet 75004 ParisMême la radio a évoqué ce jeudi matin les atrocités commises par Israël en Palestine : une famille avec deux enfants de 2 et 4 ans, assiégée depuis 5 jours en Cisjordanie par des colons israéliens, appuyés par l'armée israélienne. Ces derniers ne laissent personne, ni bénévoles, ni ambulances, ni journalistes, venir leur apporter de la nourriture, de l'eau ou des soins.
Toute la Cisjordanie est assaillie depuis des semaines, le régime israélien ayant annoncé vouloir faire la même chose qu'à Gaza dans ses villes, villages et camps, pour chasser les Palestiniens et prendre leurs terres. Et tous les moyens sont bons, meurtres, agressions, démolitions, détention en série, vol de terres, puits et bétail empoisonnés, oliviers arrachés, fermetures d'écoles palestiniennes, installation de nouvelles colonies...
Emmanuel Macron, dans sa grande bonté, s'est fendu d'une « reconnaissance de la Palestine ». Mais c'est sans doute sans la présence des Palestiniens ?
ET À GAZA, LE GÉNOCIDE CONTINUE
Assassinats israéliens tous les jours, blocus continu, et les 3/4 de l'aide humanitaire bloqués par Israël. Pas d'abris sous la canicule, tentes surpeuplées, la famine qui réapparaît, de même que les files d'attente pour l'eau.
Des milliers d'enfants amputés sans prothèses, explosion d'une épidémie de varicelle liée au manque d'hygiène, la puanteur des déchets partout, en l'absence de moyens d'assainissement, et de matériel pour déblayer tandis que les survivants continuent à enterrer leurs morts au fur et à mesure qu'on en découvre dans les décombres.
OTAGES AUX MAINS DE L'OCCUPANT
Et l'on est sans nouvelles de quelque 10 000 Palestiniens emprisonnés par Israël dans des conditions inimaginables (affamés, torturés), dont 17 médecins entre la vie et la mort, comme le Dr. Abu Safiya, pédiatre et directeur de l'hôpital Kamal Adwan à Gaza.
Au total, 1700 soignants, secouristes, ambulanciers de Gaza incarcérés, près de 200 enfants détenus, « administrativement », comme plus de la moitié des otages palestiniens, c'est-à-dire sans inculpation ni jugement, et sans savoir s'ils sortiront un jour de cet enfer.
LE SUD-LIBAN À FEU ET À SANG
Et parallèlement Israël bombarde et rase les maisons des milliers de familles déplacées de force au sud-Liban, bombes au phosphore à l'appui pour détruire tout l'environnement !
ON NE RESTE PAS LES BRAS CROISÉS ! MANIFESTONS CONTRE CES ASSASSINS PARTOUT OÙ CELA EST POSSIBLE !
À PARIS CE DIMANCHE : PARIS 17H00 - PLACE EDMOND MICHELET (BEAUBOURG)
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A Family Tragedy in the Age of Trump
Once upon a time, it was practically de minimis for either political party to disavow a candidate facing allegations of domestic violence. But now is not that time. -
The Rise Of The Anti-System Moderate
LEFT: U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images. CENTER: Pete Buttigieg. Photo by Kayla Wolf/Getty Images. RIGHT: Former U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris. Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP via Getty Images.Beyond all else, the defining narrative of this Democratic primary cycle has been the emergence of progressive anti-establishment Davids running strongly against—and often defeating—more moderate establishment Goliaths. But as primary season approaches its end, is that narrative proving a false juxtaposition?
Several Democratic 2028 hopefuls sure hope so.
Whether it was Zohran Mamdani against Andrew Cuomo last year, Graham Platner against Janet Mills this Spring, or Abdul El-Sayed against Haley Stevens this summer, the story was the same: the progressive upstart rose from relative obscurity to massive grassroots popularity through creative campaigning and endorsements from progressive champions like Bernie Sanders and AOC. And despite being massively outspent by their more moderate opponents, who had both big establishment money and big name endorsements behind them, on election night the voters sent a message: The same old establishment playbook wasn’t going to fly this year.
This dynamic between the center and the left, and between defenders of the status quo versus anti-system changemakers, had grown into a full-fledged factional dispute among Democratic base voters, with some even pledging not to support the ultimate Democratic nominee in November.
But now that the establishment successfully struck back on Tuesday with a last minute hail Mary, locking in establishment pick David Crowley as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin, that rift may be closing, even as the true narrative of the primary season comes more clearly into focus.
As The AP put it yesterday,
Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change.
Several of the 2028 Democratic hopefuls have been taking notes and are betting that being the candidate railing against the status quo while being ideologically middle-of-the-road—and even a part of the dreaded establishment—are not mutually exclusive.
As the 2028 presidential primary season draws ever nearer, several Democrats are already positioning themselves as Goldilocks candidates, merging both these qualities in the hope that 2028 is the year of the “anti-system moderate.”
Reformers Rising
For much of the Trump 2.0 era, Democrats have been undergoing an identity crisis. After Trump’s second presidential victory—this time bolstered by a popular vote win—along with the U.S. House and Senate both in Republican hands, Democrats were officially in the wilderness. The vibes were against them, the power was against them, and the people seemed to be against them.
When Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2025, his approval rating was actually above water, just above 50%. Democratic leadership and many Democrats in elected office simply did not know how to respond to Trump’s unconstrained corruption and authoritarianism. As a result, Democratic voters made them pay at the ballot box when they got the chance. For the past year and a half, Democratic voters everywhere have sent a very clear message to the Democratic Party establishment: no concessions, no business as usual, it’s time to step up and fight.
Some Democrats were happy to oblige. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) in particular adopted combative stances against Trump’s policies, notably his deployment of National Guard troops to their states, and in Newsom’s case, Trump’s mid-decade redistricting scheme.
But it wasn’t just opposition to Trump and Republicans that Democrats were craving. There was a palpable anger at the Democratic Party itself. As I wrote back in May of last year, Democratic presidential aspirants by then were already in the midst of their “path forward primary,” trying to best position themselves to respond to the mood of the Democratic primary electorate. Of the three buckets of leadership style I identified—the messengers, the fighters, and the reformers—in retrospect, it appears the reformers were the closest to truly understanding what the voters wanted.
But could sitting elected Democrats, members of the very establishment the base was revolting against, credibly convey such an anti-system message? And perhaps more importantly, could candidates who were seen as well within the ideological mainstream, i.e., normie center-left Democrats, appeal to an electorate increasingly enamored by leftist candidates?
After Tuesday’s Wisconsin results, it appears the answer is yes. As Democratic strategist Lis Smith put it to The AP,
“The through line between these races isn’t ideology. It’s impatience with this political system that feels disconnected from the urgency voters feel. The demand for change is much broader than the demand for socialism.”
Increasingly, it appears several top-tier Democratic hopefuls understand this, as they work to cast themselves as the change Democratic voters are looking for.
The “Established Insurgents”
Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) was early to understand that deep reform of the party was needed to ensure Democrats continue to win presidential elections into the future. Last Spring, mere months into her first term as U.S. Senator, Slotkin launched her “war plan” to fight Trump and return Democrats to power. Slotkin sees herself very much as a Midwest whisperer for Democrats, diagnosing part of the problem that voters in the middle of the country see Democrats as “weak and woke.” Now, a year later, even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to agree, recently saying, “Woke 1.0 was crazy.”
As of earlier this month, Politico caught back up with Slotkin to gauge her take on the 2026 primary cycle. And once again, her diagnosis appears on point:
For Slotkin, the distinction between progressives and moderates isn’t as important as the distinction between Democrats with mealymouthed messages and those with big plans that will signal serious change to voters. “The messages coming out of people — Democrat, Republican, independent — are basically, ‘We want new leadership, period, and we want bold ideas,’” Slotkin said. “And I think there’s a vacuum of that, and what you see are people on the further left of the spectrum filling that. And I don’t begrudge them. They’re responding to an across-the-board general desire. Now, that’s not to say when I go to Kansas that any individual says, ‘I want to be a socialist.’”
Now other Democratic 2028 hopefuls are heeding that same message, trying to walk a fine line between being a part of the establishment yet still claiming the mantle of reform.
As Gavin Newsom put it recently to reporters as he campaigned for Democrats in Michigan:
“I think this notion of insurgency over incumbency is the real message here, and people just want fighters that want people with conviction, strength, clarity. People that get it, want to get things done, and they’re done with the status quo.”
“I totally respect that,” Newsom added. “I long felt like I’ve been an established insurgent. I’ve always had that mindset.”
Kamala Harris struck a similar chord in a recent speech, arguing Democrats need to change their style of leadership and get comfortable with a certain level of “uncompromising” “ruthlessness” to combat the “broken status quo.”
Harris also recently came out explicitly for expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and has sought to portray herself as a commonsense reformer.
“We’ll also need to look in the mirror and hold ourselves accountable. Government has to earn the trust of the people,” Harris will say. “And that means responding to the actual needs of the people—not with bureaucracy, but with speed and transparency. Not with process — but with progress.”
That sounds an awful lot like another Democrat who has sparked presidential buzz, appearing near the top of any list of 2028 hopefuls: Pete Buttigieg.
Buttigieg has lain relatively low since leaving the Biden administration last year, traveling the country holding town halls, largely in red states and districts. As someone with a reputation for being a middle-of-the-road institutionalist, Buttigieg has cultivated a reputation for going into spaces that are typically hostile to Democrats and making eloquent, often viral arguments for why the Democratic Party has the better set of values and agenda for moving the country forward.
But listen to him lately and there is a distinct anti-establishment tenor to his remarks, recalling some of the candidates who have been winning primaries this year.
In a June interview with NOTUS, Buttigieg said running the Department of Transportation “radicalized him.” Elaborating, Buttigieg explained,
It showed me the need for institutional change. I’m an ideological moderate, but when it comes to our institutions, I think that what I saw was just how hard it was to get even common-sense things done. How many layers of bureaucracy delayed the delivery of a new bridge or airport?
Additionally, Buttigieg is insistent that, unlike in 2020, Democrats not run on a “return to normalcy” agenda despite every instinct of Democratic Party institutions to want to return to some fictional previous ideal time in the past.
I believe very strongly that there’s no going back. It is not possible, or even desirable, to try to restore a previous status quo. Obviously, a lot of the things that are going on right now are terrible, and in my view, some of them are criminal. That doesn’t mean the right answer is to just pick up the pieces and have what we used to have. Because the flaws of our economic and social and financial and political status quo from before, I think, helped to explain what got us into the mess we’re in right now.
Buttigieg reiterated this during a recent sit-down with Jonathan Martin for Politico, and explicity addressed the notion of whether an ideological moderate could in fact also be the champion of bold reforms.
But to me, the most important thing is — are we demonstrating a readiness to be focused on building what’s next or are we basically preaching some version of “return to normal”? “Return to normal,” in my view, won’t work. One way to say I’m not a “return to normal” is to present the idea that looks furthest left, because that makes you, in a certain way, seem bold. I don’t think it’s the only way to be bold. And so, I think it is really important to not let it lapse into a “left versus center” thing, when the most important question to me is, are we gonna try to sell some version of a previous status quo?
There’s a risk that there’s an unspoken Democratic assumption that we’re trying to take us back to … I don’t know what, is it 2012, is it 1992, is it 2021? Whatever it is, we can’t go there. We shouldn’t try, we shouldn’t want to.
All four of these Democratic hopefuls are banking that anti-status quo reform messaging will serve as a proxy for whatever ideological leftism Democratic voters may be craving. Because, as we saw in 2024, Kamala Harris was widely perceived by voters as more extreme than Donald Trump. Painful as it is to admit, Trump ran and won as the anti-system moderate of that cycle.
And new data confirms Democrats would be correct to emulate that strategy.
Reaching Anti-System Voters
In last week’s Michigan Senate primary, the anti-establishment progressive, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, eked out a narrow win over the establishment moderate, Rep. Haley Stevens. But pollster G. Elliott Morris, in a new piece this week, warned readers not to fall into a narrative trap, writing, “people are largely missing the real story in the Democratic Party today.”
He went on:
The strongest predictor of individual perception of politicians, including El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani, is not whether someone identifies as a progressive or a moderate, but whether they think the American system needs to be torn down and rebuilt.
These are the so-called “anti-system” voters I have written about before. The general gist is that there’s a group of voters out there who have very weak ideological attachments but very strong anti-system orientation. Donald Trump used this group to win the presidential elections of 2016 and 2024.
For politicians, whether on the left or more in the center, that anti-system sentiment can do a lot of heavy lifting, and it may just hold the key for how candidates can appeal to the left and the center of the Democratic Party in 2028.
As Morris explains:
A lot of political pundits are interpreting the divide in the Democratic Party right now as a left-vs-right divide. But as this data shows, it’s better understood as a divide over whether you think things in this country are generally OK or just merely “poor,” or whether you think the system needs fundamental changes. Those are not the same question, and the second one is currently doing a lot of work driving voting behavior in both primaries and the general election.
While Morris has found a direct correlation between anti-system candidates and their appeal among progressive voters, he notes that anti-system voters are not confined to the left.
Moderates who say they want “major, disruptive changes” to the political system (54% of moderates) are backing Democrats 69% to 14% in their local House races, while moderates who don’t (46%) are backing Republicans 61% to 24%.
These moderate voters are otherwise very similar — ideologically, demographically, and geographically. What’s driving their behavior is their anti-system orientation.
This has significant ramifications for what will comprise mainstream Democratic policy heading into the next presidential cycle. It is anti-system, for example, to oppose more funding for Israel, to oppose the use of dark money in politics, to fight for Medicare For All, and to support a wealth tax to pay for it.
Look at Peggy Flanagan’s massive victory over Angie Craig in Tuesday’s Minnesota U.S. Senate primary. Flanagan is the sitting Lieutenant Governor of the state, and very much a part of the establishment. Yet she was able to run and win on an economic populist message similar to El-Sayed in Michigan, focused on getting money out of politics and fighting for Medicare for All. These policies have the benefit of being both anti-system and broadly popular among leftists and moderates alike.
And among the potential Democratic 2028 hopefuls, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been singing this tune for years. Small wonder that she consistently polls at or near the top of any 2028 Democratic preference survey.
The big question moving forward is this: How “anti-system” are these moderate politicians willing to go when it comes to setting the Democratic policy agenda for the 2028 presidential race and beyond?
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Who will replace Karoline Leavitt as the next White House press secretary?
Karoline Leavitt’s abrupt departure has sparked a tough race inside Trump’s circle for the prominent position
Karoline Leavitt’s surprise resignation as the White House press secretary is set to trigger a sharp-elbowed race inside Donald Trump’s world for one of the most prominent positions in the Trump administration.
Several names have circulated since the US president announced that Leavitt would step down at the end of the month to spend more time with her family.
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Bonne nouvelle : malgré le bourrage de crâne militariste européen, le service militaire fait flop
La mauvaise, c'est que le flop du «service militaire volontaire» pourrait évoluer en enrôlement obligatoire dans les années à venir
L’article Bonne nouvelle : malgré le bourrage de crâne militariste européen, le service militaire fait flop est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque.
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Donald Trump empowers US private companies to conduct cyber-attacks
President signed memorandum giving private sector a role in fighting ‘transnational criminal organizations’
Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that aims to give private companies the power to carry out offensive cyber-attacks against foreign criminal entities.
The president signed a national security presidential memorandum directing his administration to “leverage the capability and innovation of the private sector to help conduct these cyber operations under the direction, control and authority of the US government”, the White House said.
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Des canadairs basés dans le Sud-Ouest: comment l’État a enterré ses promesses
Après les incendies de 2022 en Gironde, Gérald Darmanin avait promis une base aérienne locale pour que des canadairs puissent éteindre au plus vite les feux naissants. Mais rien n’a été fait. Interrogés, le garde des Sceaux et Bruno Retailleau se renvoient la responsabilité de cet abandon. -
Béziers : un musée pro-Israël à ciel ouvert au cœur du Sud de la France
Des dizaines de milliers d'euros d'argent public pour transformer l'espace public en tribune sioniste au détriment des besoins des habitants de Béziers
L’article Béziers : un musée pro-Israël à ciel ouvert au cœur du Sud de la France est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque.
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Kennedy Center board votes again to renovate building and inscribe Trump’s name on it – report
The center has until next week to present plan to judge who had blocked earlier rehab and name change
The board of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington is said to have voted once again to move forward with Donald Trump’s controversial plan to temporarily shutter the building for substantial renovations, as well as to inscribe the US president’s name on the facade of its building, despite a federal order for his name to be removed from the signage.
The board – mostly handpicked, staunch allies of the president – voted “to close the Kennedy Center’s main building, while keeping a newer addition to the campus, known as the Reach, open for limited programming and to operate as an active memorial to John F Kennedy”, according to the New York Times, which was first to report the results.
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Expulsion d'un gréviste de la faim dans un état de santé très dégradé
Ayant perdu 15 kg et ne pouvant presque plus marcher, il aurait également tenté de demander une protection internationale, sans qu'un agent ou un policier n'accepte d'enregistrer sa demande. Depuis son expulsion, ses proches n'ont plus de nouvelles. -
« On a rayé des cartes les petits cours d'eau, et la sécheresse s'est répandue »
En rayant des cartes tous les petits cours d'eau, la France a ainsi alimenté la terrible sécheresse que nous connaissons, écrivent les auteurs de cette tribune. Ceux-ci sont pourtant essentiels pour nourrir les vallées et les nappes phréatiques.
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Stéphane Salord et Christine Ferrario sont cofondateurs et coprésidents de l'association de protection du fleuve côtier l'Arc, Arc fleuve vivant, d'Aix-en-Provence.
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What is the MMR vaccine and how does Trump’s executive order affect parents and children?
President’s order calls for several changes to childhood vaccinations – and experts say it’ll lead to confusion
On Monday, Donald Trump signed an executive order pushing for revisions to how children in the US are vaccinated.
The executive order calls for several changes. These include fewer vaccinations overall and a recommendation that the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be replaced with separate shots for each disease administered during separate medical visits. The latter direction is currently impossible to implement because no stand-alone shots for these diseases are licensed in the US.
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The Fake Free Speech President Has Unleashed ICE On Its Critics
It still amazes me that there are people out there who think that Donald Trump is a supporter of free speech. It has never been true. Anyone who looks will note that the Trump administration regularly engages in clearly unconstitutional attempts to suppress speech. But because he and his supporters like to claim he’s a free speech supporter, they believe it.
But here’s yet another story showing how that’s bullshit. The Wall Street Journal has a detailed report on how Trump’s personal secret police militia, ICE, is actively investigating, intimidating, and silencing people who criticize them online.
In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission. The government has paid millions to private contractors to surface everything from potential threats to agents to activities that could disrupt ICE’s operations, according to federal documents, contractors and former Homeland Security Investigations agents.
The program has ensnared U.S. citizens and activist groups that alert community members about ICE activity. Contractors prepare daily reports and dossiers on threat actors, identifying the poster’s name, location, date of birth, workplace, Social Security number, vehicle registration and criminal history when possible.
To unmask anonymous online critics, DHS has sent hundreds of subpoenas to social-media companies, according to people familiar with the matter. Its agents have tracked down Americans at work and on the road, asking them to sign letters acknowledging their online speech about ICE “may” be a crime.
Criticizing ICE online is not a crime. It’s protected speech under the First Amendment. I’d point out that all of this clearly violates Trump’s early executive order on free speech, but did anyone ever take any of that seriously? It was always just red meat to throw out to his cultish base, rather than anything real.
Indeed, you can see that in the fact that the very same MAGA trolls who falsely insisted that the Biden admin was actively “censoring” people on social media will be quick to defend what ICE is doing here, even though it’s way more clearly an attack on the First Amendment rights of ICE’s critics.
DHS sent administrative subpoenas to Reddit for the information of 11 accounts that had posted “content critical of federal actions” between July and December of last year, the company’s most recent transparency reporting period, according to a person familiar with the matter.
While the article notes that Reddit (thankfully) pushed back on these requests, this is still quite different from the reports the Biden administration occasionally sent to social media companies, which tended to be much more “does this violate your rules?” not “reveal who these critics are.”
The article notes that these attacks on free speech appear to be ratcheting up as ICE and Trump grow more desperate to control the narrative around their secret police activities. That escalation now includes seeking grand jury subpoenas for critics’ information. And now that Trump gave ICE a lot more money, they’re investing millions in surveillance tech to track down online critics:
In the past year, OPR spearheaded an initiative to dramatically expand the agency’s ability to monitor online critics and potential threats, according to contractors, federal documents and former HSI agents.
Teams of contractors now scour the internet using sophisticated surveillance tools to find commentary that the agency regards as potentially dangerous.
ICE spending on surveillance technology and consultants has surged, reaching $258 million during Trump’s first full year back in the White House, a 57% increase from the same period a year prior, according to the Journal’s analysis.
ICE has inked at least six contracts that involve scanning public records for “threats,” paying out nearly $50 million since 2020. More than half those funds were obligated since last January, and another award potentially worth up to $50 million the agency continues to extend. The most recent awards call for contractors to help the agency geolocate individuals labeled as “extremists,” compile reports on individuals and cross-reference information with government databases, contracting documents show.
Of course, MAGA folks will claim they have to track down “threats,” but much of the content doesn’t sound threatening at all. For example:
… a New York poll worker named Paigelynne Gonyea received a voicemail from a man identifying himself as an agent with Homeland Security.
“We were just calling you in reference to a post that we believe you made on Instagram where you doxxed an ICE agent back in January,” said the caller.
Shortly after, two agents from ICE OPR arrived at the voting site where she was working.
They held printed screenshots from her account, she said, including the post in question. The agents flipped by it quickly, she said, but she caught one thing: The post included a photo of Ross, the immigration officer who killed Good.
The file that agents were holding also contained Gonyea’s address, date of birth and what looked like a picture of her taken at airport security, she said. They told her to take down the post and asked her to sign a letter acknowledging she had been informed that she “may” have violated federal law with her social-media account.
Gonyea said she was only able to find one post that spoke about a specific ICE agent: ”I think today is a great day for Jonathan Ross to be indicted!” the 40-year-old influencer and author had written in the post, referencing the Minnesota Star Tribune article that first named him.
All of this is textbook behavior for thin-skinned authoritarians unwilling to tolerate even the mildest criticism. But in America, we’re supposed to have rights, including the right to free speech. But somehow all the people who claimed that Biden was suppressing speech have gone completely silent about stories like this one. Trump claiming to be the free speech president and claiming to outlaw anyone in the government from suppressing free speech means absolutely nothing as activities like the ones described here continue to happen daily.
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En Cisjordanie, le siège de Qusra illustre la politique d’occupation israélienne
Depuis le dimanche 9 août, plusieurs dizaines de colons sionistes religieux assiègent deux maisons dans un village près de Naplouse. Alors que des soldats devaient chasser les agresseurs, une vidéo les montre en train de prier ensemble. -
Trump’s Government Responded to Murdering Alex Pretti by Spying on the Entire Anti-ICE Community in Minnesota
In the Minnesota Antifa 15 case, defendant Ian Sant has a blockbuster filing revealing details of the broad spying HSI did after they killed Alex Pretti, targeting activists, unions, No Kings, and environmental organizations. NYT reported on the contents of the filing, and the exhibits, here.The filing reveals that a DOJ prosecutor who entered restricted grounds on January 6 — whom DOJ has put in charge of investigating Antifa — presented this case to the grand jury, including this slide trying to implicate much of the left in Minnesota and the country to DAMN, the group alleged to be at the core of this activity.
Sant also describes how they did a Clearview dossier on him which returned a false positive implicating a guy, his very pregnant wife, and their child.
When I first wrote up this indictment, I predicted that DOJ was doing just this kind of networked criminalization — attempting to tie most of the left to low-level instances of alleged violence.
DOJ will argue that it doesn’t matter than most of the defendants never chose to have anything to do with Wagner, most never participated in the hard blockades, but instead did legally protected things like tracking ICE vehicles. Because defendants entered into an agreement with Sant, Apland, and Kennedy, I imagine prosecutors will argue, they’re on the hook for Wagner and/or events that happened months later or months earlier.
Compared to both the Spokane 3 and Prairieland cases, each of which focused on a single event, this is an attempt to criminalize months of organization by strapping Twin Cities’ activism onto the face of Wagner.
And it’s not just those already charged this attempts to criminalize. There are — as mentioned — multiple references to other anarchist groups, people like Sam the shield-builder in Chicago along with long-time comrade Forrest in California, the anarchist speaking circuit in Ann Arbor and Seattle, as well as the zine, Crimethinc, which played a role in the Praireiland case. Partly in an attempt to test the indictment’s reliance on informants (there may be two or three), I laid out the references to unindicted co-conspirators in the indictment, below; the way the last reference to an unindicted co-conspirator focusing on Delaney Hall (plus DOJ’s treatment of the arrest of a Cities Church defendant there) makes me believe they’ll soon seek a similar indictment there.
But the indictment also lays out coordination with the AFL-CIO, 50501, and DSA, hypothetically putting some of the most important normie left organizations in a conspiracy with Kyle Wagner too.
And sure enough, that’s what they did.
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Man who carried Clinton nuclear 'football' reveals what 'scares the hell out of me' about Air Force One story
A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who carried the nuclear "football" for former President Bill Clinton says the extraordinary Air Force One shell game departing Ankara, Turkey, last month to protect President Donald Trump from a potential attack was hardly unprecedented. -
Trump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation Boast
In a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of his second term with total inflation at the end of his predecessors’ full four-year terms.
For that comparison to hold, of course, you have to assume inflation will be 0% for the next two and a half years — a highly implausible scenario.
A more telling comparison is to look at where inflation stood 18 months into each of the last 10 presidential terms. By that metric, Trump doesn’t have the lowest inflation at this point in his term, but rather the fourth highest.
Trump posted the video infographic — which appears to come from an Instagram creator of “viral money charts” — on his Truth Social account Aug. 9. Titled “Inflation by Presidency” and scored to dramatic music, it purports to show cumulative inflation for each of the last 10 presidential terms (not presidents) at months one through 48. The rankings change each month as total inflation grows.
Screenshots from the graphic Trump posted to social media. The Month 48 slide (right) shows his second term as having the lowest cumulative inflation — but it compares his first 18 months to other presidents’ full four-year terms. A more accurate comparison is the Month 18 slide (left). (Note: Our calculations of cumulative inflation using BLS’ seasonally adjusted CPI-U numbers differ slightly from the ones above.) Charts by Instagram user @yunggeeski_.
After 18 months, however, the “Trump II” inflation total stops growing — because the rest of his presidency hasn’t happened yet — while the others continue to climb. As a result, Trump’s second term drops through the rankings and is shown as having the lowest cumulative inflation after 48 months.
Trump bragged about this deceptive statistic in an interview with conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root, which was posted online Aug. 11.
“Did you see the charts that came in yesterday?” Trump said. “I’m the lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation. I mean, it’s crazy. It’s a chart.”
In fact, federal economic data show cumulative inflation at this point in Trump’s second term is higher than it was at the same point in most of his recent predecessors’ terms.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, prices grew 4.34% between January 2025 and July 2026. Going back to the late 1980s, only three presidents presided over higher inflation in their first 18 months — Joe Biden with 12.27%, George H.W. Bush with 7.67% and second-term George W. Bush with 5.90%.
The rest — both Clinton and Obama terms, George W. Bush’s first term and Trump’s first term — were all between 2.38% (Clinton’s second term) and 3.92% (Clinton’s first term) a year and a half after inauguration.
The creator of the graphic, an Instragram creator with the handle @yunggeeski_, told us in a message that their aim was to show the “full trajectories” of previous administrations, and the software they use would have made it hard to remove Trump’s second term from the data after month 18.
“The chart itself wasn’t intended to claim that Trump will have the lowest inflation over an entire term, since obviously the remainder of the term hasn’t happened yet,” they said.
Asked for comment, White House spokesman Kush Desai did not directly address the president’s use of the misleading statistic, but touted what he said were the administration’s successes in fighting inflation.
“President Trump inherited the worst inflation crisis in a generation, and has implemented policies that have brought prices of key essentials ranging from prescription drugs to eggs to auto insurance down in historic ways, with even more relief to come,” Desai said in a statement. (While prices of those three items have indeed come down in the past year, the overall inflation rate is higher than when Trump took office.)
“Given the President cannot definitely predict inflation rates in the future, only an idiot would take issue with him touting the results of his agenda so far,” Desai added.
But “so far” Trump isn’t the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” as he claimed.
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The Communist Threat to America is Real
During his address at Mount Rushmore, on the eve of our nation's 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump warned Americans of a "resurgence of the Communist threat is now present in our country—including among newcomers who adopt ideologies that are fundamentally contrary to our way of life." -
«C’est un calvaire»: en Île-de-France, les travaux estivaux creusent les inégalités de mobilité
Fermetures de lignes, navettes saturées, trajets rallongés et manque d’information: se déplacer vers Paris devient particulièrement difficile pour les usagers et usagères du réseau de transports en commun. Les perturbations touchent particulièrement les habitants des quartiers populaires. -
Sur le parvis du Samusocial, 450 personnes évacuées: «Tout le monde est dans le brouillard»
Jeudi 13 août, au petit matin, des policiers ont évacué le parvis du Samusocial de Paris, occupé par plusieurs centaines de travailleurs sociaux et personnes sans abri depuis plus d’un mois. Soixante-deux personnes ont été prises en charge par l’État, indique la préfecture. -
Trump's justice department arrests expert on far right as part of SPLC crackdown
The justice department on Wednesday arrested a leading expert on far-right extremism, charging her with financial crimes as part of the government's ongoing case against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). -
Washington Policy Review: August 12, 2026
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1. Overview
President Trump issued a memorandum authorizing private U.S. companies to conduct “Cyber Surveillance Operations” against foreign criminal organizations under federal oversight. He also proclaimed August 2026 as National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month, touting his border policies as the most secure in history while asserting that his administration is “cleaning up our streets.” Additionally, the White House released a fact sheet detailing the administration’s commitment to using every available tool to disrupt criminal groups that “attack Americans.”
On Truth Social, Trump nominated Lee Rudofsky to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, praising him as a “rock solid defender of the Constitution.” He expressed support for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as she transitions into a role advising the GOP for the upcoming midterm elections. Furthermore, Trump urged the Senate to pass the Sunshine Protection Act and issued a wave of endorsements for Florida congressional candidates and state-level officials, emphasizing their shared focus on border security and tax reduction.
The State Department and HHS announced the U.S. will serve as the new Secretariat for the Geneva Consensus Declaration to “protect life at all stages.” The State Department also launched a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to address the exploitation of immigration laws, stating that “citizenship is not a commodity.” Meanwhile, the Department of War awarded major contracts for ship repairs and aircraft tactical terminals, and HHS announced a $4 million initiative to expand rapid syphilis testing to protect infants and mothers.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California state employees will gain discounted access to the AI tool Claude through a new partnership with Anthropic. Governor Wes Moore announced that the company Cloudforce will expand its headquarters in Maryland, creating 250 new jobs, while Governor Andy Beshear celebrated the grand opening of a $5.4 million robotics facility in Lexington, Kentucky. Governor JB Pritzker’s schedule included an appearance at the Illinois State Fair to unveil the traditional butter cow.
The administration’s authorization of private offensive cyber operations provides a new growth vertical for defense and specialized technology firms, though it simultaneously introduces heightened systemic risk for cloud infrastructure due to the potential for retaliatory geopolitical escalation. The Pax Silica AI Assistance Project functions as a bullish mechanism for hardware stability by prioritizing supply chain provenance, despite the prospect that administrative credentialing requirements may impose costly compliance burdens on global logistics providers. Finally, legislative movement toward permanent Daylight Saving Time acts as a catalyst for increased discretionary spending within the retail and leisure sectors, although this shift in consumer patterns risks creating operational volatility and increased costs for the energy sector.
2. White House News
Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime
President Trump issued a memorandum directing the National Coordination Center to create a program authorizing private U.S. companies to conduct “Cyber Surveillance Operations and Cyber Effects Operations” against foreign Cyber-Enabled Transnational Criminal Organizations. Overseen by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the program aims to utilize private sector ingenuity to counter threats to American citizens. Participating companies must undergo rigorous vetting, maintain federal bonds, and operate under strict government oversight to ensure compliance with the Constitution and international law while targeting criminal networks.
Reference: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/expanding-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime/
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Expands Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime
President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum empowering federal law enforcement to utilize cyber tools against transnational criminal organizations operating in foreign jurisdictions. This initiative aims at “disrupting” groups that “attack Americans” and exploit them through cyberspace. By taking this action, President Trump is “unleashing every available tool” to combat foreign-based organized crime. Ultimately, the administration states that President Trump is “committed to addressing crime targeting Americans regardless of where it originates,” reinforcing his objective to deliver enhanced security and justice for the nation.
Reference: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-expands-capabilities-to-combat-transnational-cyber-enabled-crime/
National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month, 2026
President Trump proclaimed August 2026 National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month, aiming to stop addiction before it begins. Highlighting his administration’s efforts, the President cited the HALT Fentanyl Act and the designation of cartels as terrorist organizations as key achievements. He claims the southern border is “the most secure in American history,” blocking “deadly narcotics.” Contrasting his policies with others, he stated, “While radical lunatics pass out needles, my Administration is cleaning up our streets.” The proclamation emphasizes evidence-based prevention, prioritizing education to protect America’s youth.
Reference: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/national-substance-use-primary-prevention-month-2026/
3. Truth Social Posts
Trump announced the nomination of Lee Rudofsky to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, describing him as a “rock solid defender of the Constitution.” Additionally, Trump praised his White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, as she prepares to transition into a new role as a top outside advisor and influential voice for the Republican Party to help “conclusively win the Midterm Elections.” Regarding policy, Trump urged Republican Senators to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, framing the elimination of biannual time changes as a measure that will save energy costs, boost various industries, and improve public health and safety.
In electoral politics, Trump endorsed Mike Mazzei for Governor of Oklahoma, contrasting his support for a new aluminum plant with the opposition of his opponent, Gentner Drummond. Trump characterized Drummond as a “FAKE Republican” who has associated with the “totally corrupt and anti-American” Lincoln Project. Furthermore, Trump offered his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to Senator Ashley Moody, endorsed Byron Donalds for Governor of Florida, and backed James Uthmeier for Florida Attorney General, highlighting their commitment to an America First agenda.
Trump also issued a series of endorsements for Florida congressional candidates, including Wilton Simpson, Jimmy Patronis, Kat Cammack, Aaron Bean, John Rutherford, Randy Fine, Mike Haridopolos, Gus Bilirakis, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Sydney Gruters, Greg Steube, Scott Franklin, Brian Mast, Mario Diaz-Balart, and María Elvira Salazar. In each endorsement, he emphasized the candidates’ dedication to securing the border, cutting taxes, promoting domestic energy production, and protecting the Second Amendment.
Reference: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump
4. Government Department News
State Department (state.gov)
Secretary Rubio’s Call with Foreign Minister Gerapetritis
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgios Gerapetritis to discuss U.S.-Greece cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Secretary Rubio acknowledged Greece’s role as a NATO ally and reaffirmed the strength of the bilateral relationship, highlighting ongoing collaboration in defense, energy, law enforcement, technology, and cultural ties.
State Department Establishes Task Force to End Birth Tourism
Under President Trump’s leadership, the State Department has launched a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to combat the exploitation of U.S. immigration laws. Asserting that “citizenship is not a commodity to be acquired through the calculated exploitation” of law, the department is working with the Department of Homeland Security to identify deception patterns. Foreign nationals and facilitators involved in birth tourism schemes face potential visa revocation and loss of access to the United States.
Pax Silica AI Assistance Project NOFO
The State Department has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Pax Silica AI Assistance Project, aiming to commit up to $50 million in foreign assistance to secure global AI supply chains. The project seeks to develop a credentialing and provenance platform to expedite the shipping of semiconductors and AI infrastructure. A pilot program will launch in Panama, with potential expansion to other Pax Silica partners. The application deadline is August 20, 2026.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States will assume the role of Secretariat for the Geneva Consensus Declaration, taking over from Hungary. The Declaration, which has over 40 signatories, seeks to promote women’s health, “protect life at all stages,” and “defend the family as the fundamental unit of society.” The Secretariat will be housed within the HHS Office of Global Affairs, reflecting a whole-of-government commitment to these values.
Department of War (war.gov)
Joint Statement on 2nd Meeting of the Joint Angolan-American Defense Cooperation Committee
The United States and Angola held their second Joint Defense Cooperation Committee meeting on August 5–6, 2026, to reaffirm their commitment to defense cooperation. Delegations led by General Ref Afonso Carlos Neto and Assistant Secretary of War Daniel Zimmerman signed an addendum to governing regulations to facilitate closer coordination between their armed forces. The parties intend to pursue a deeper security relationship and will address operational and tactical issues at an upcoming National Coordination Meeting. The next committee meeting is scheduled for 2028 in the United States.
The Department of War announced several defense contracts. Cayuse Native Hawaiian Veterans LLC received a $249 million contract for Military Sealift Command ship repairs in Guam. Leonardo DRS was awarded $39.6 million for F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft tactical terminals. Symetrics Industries received $14.15 million for F/A-18 weapon repair assemblies, supporting Foreign Military Sales to Japan and France. Lockheed Martin Space was awarded a $211.4 million modification for THAAD launchers for the UAE. Additionally, Cottrell Contracting and Marinex Construction received dredging and construction contracts for the Army Corps of Engineers.
Department of Health and Human Services (hhs.gov)
Secretary Kennedy Announces Landmark Food Policy Reforms to Advance President Trump’s MAHA Agenda
HHS announced new food policy reforms to support President Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda. The department proposed a rule requiring manufacturers to notify the FDA when declaring substances “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS). Additionally, HHS and the USDA submitted a proposed federal definition for ultra-processed foods (UPFs) for final review. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated these actions aim to reverse the “chronic disease epidemic” by providing greater transparency and stronger science to federal nutrition policy.
HHS, ONDCP, and HUD Launch First-Ever ‘Treatment First’ Toolkit to Combat Homelessness and Addiction
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., ONDCP Director Sara Carter, and HUD Secretary Scott Turner released the “Treatment First” toolkit to address the intersection of homelessness and substance use. The resource provides evidence-based strategies to transition individuals toward recovery and independence. The initiative supports the Trump Administration’s commitment to safety and the “Great American Recovery Initiative.” Officials emphasized that housing alone is insufficient, and that prioritizing coordinated, accountability-driven treatment is necessary to “offer real hope” to those struggling with addiction and homelessness.
HHS launched a $4 million initiative to increase access to rapid, point-of-care syphilis testing in emergency departments and nontraditional healthcare settings. The move addresses a 700% increase in congenital syphilis cases over the past decade. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. noted that most cases are preventable with timely intervention. The funding will support the CDC in linking patients to care and closing diagnostic gaps, aiming to prevent stillbirths, infant deaths, and lifelong medical complications for mothers and their children.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States has assumed the role of Secretariat for the Geneva Consensus Declaration. The Secretariat will be based in the HHS Office of Global Affairs. The Declaration, which has over 40 signatories, seeks to promote women’s health, protect life, and support the family as the “fundamental unit of society.” The secretaries emphasized that the Trump Administration is committed to advancing these values across the UN system.
5. 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidates
Gavin Newsom (gov.ca.gov)
California is offering a free state parks pass to all fourth graders for the 2026-27 school year, providing unlimited day-use access to 54 participating parks. Families can download the pass at ReserveCalifornia.com. This initiative aims to foster a “lifelong connection with nature” and supports the state’s Outdoors for All goals. The program targets 10-year-olds, a developmental stage identified as ideal for environmental engagement. This effort complements other access programs, including the California State Library Parks Pass and the Golden Bear Pass, as part of a broader $1 billion investment.
Governor Newsom announced new government efficiency measures following a 2025 executive order. Updates include a partnership with Anthropic to provide state employees with discounted access to the AI tool Claude. The California Department of Human Resources implemented a “pooled hiring” model, reducing screening and interview time by 75%. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration launched “Quick File” to simplify business tax submissions. Additionally, the new “CalHeatScore” tool provides data to help agencies and organizations manage risks associated with extreme heat events.
Wes Moore (governor.maryland.gov)
Cloudforce will expand its headquarters at National Harbor, doubling its footprint by 15,000 square feet. The AI platform company plans to retain 130 existing employees and create 250 new jobs over five years. The expansion is supported by $1.375 million in combined state and county conditional loans and potential tax credits. Cloudforce cited Maryland’s technical talent and university partnerships as key drivers for remaining in the state. The firm continues to collaborate with local institutions to provide career pathways in the artificial intelligence sector.
Andy Beshear (governor.ky.gov)
BOS Innovations, a Canadian robotics company, has opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Lexington. The $5.4 million investment creates 111 full-time jobs, supporting the company’s growing American customer base through improved automation integration services. Governor Beshear noted the project highlights Kentucky’s ongoing success in attracting foreign direct investment and advanced manufacturing. Local officials welcomed the expansion, citing the region’s skilled workforce and commitment to economic growth as key factors in the company’s decision to locate in the commonwealth.
JB Pritzker (gov.illinois.gov)
Daily Public Schedule: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Governor Pritzker is scheduled to attend the unveiling of the butter cow at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The event will take place at the Dairy Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. A media availability session is planned following the unveiling.
6. AI & Tech Company News
No relevant AI & tech company updates found for this date.
7. Congressional Watch
Covers the 2026-08-11 session — the Congressional Record is published with a one-day delay.
No Congressional Record found for 2026-08-11.
8. Policy Impact Analysis & Heatmap
This analysis is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
Impact on Market
Based on today’s policy developments, our analysis identifies the following market impact themes:
THEME 1. PRIVATIZED CYBER WARFARE
The administration’s decision to allow private firms to engage in offensive cyber effects operations creates a unique growth vertical for specialized tech and defense contractors. This initiative integrates corporate agility into national security infrastructure. However, the policy invites significant geopolitical risk. Critics suggest this creates a moral hazard where corporate actions could provoke international conflict, potentially leading to retaliatory strikes against U.S.-based cloud and infrastructure assets.
THEME 2. AI SUPPLY CHAIN HARDENING
The Pax Silica AI Assistance Project establishes a state-backed framework to secure and expedite the movement of semiconductor inputs and AI hardware. By funding a credentialing platform in Panama, the government is prioritizing supply chain provenance over pure efficiency. This represents a long-term bullish signal for the AI ecosystem’s stability. A bearish risk remains, as the bureaucratic overhead of credentialing could create new compliance burdens for importers and global logistics providers.
THEME 3. CONSUMER DEMAND SHIFTS
Legislative progress toward permanent Daylight Saving Time acts as a fiscal stimulus for the retail, restaurant, and sports sectors. By extending evening daylight, the policy aims to maximize discretionary spending and traffic during peak commercial hours. Yet, the energy sector remains a point of contention. Some analysts argue that shifting load patterns could introduce volatility into existing power grid management strategies, potentially increasing operational costs.
Policy Impact Heatmap with Market Direction
Each cell shows an estimated impact score on a fixed scale of -10 to +10, reflecting how today’s policy developments may affect each market sector. Positive scores (green, ▲) suggest bullish impact; negative scores (red, ▼) suggest bearish pressure. Rows and columns are sorted by impact strength, and sectors and policy events with no meaningful impact are omitted. The heatmap, the analysis below, and the Impact on Market themes above are produced from a single unified analysis: the heatmap visualizes the magnitudes, while the text explains the causal reasoning behind them.
The authorization of private sector cyber operations represents a significant policy pivot. By outsourcing offensive capabilities to private firms, the administration creates a new revenue stream for cybersecurity contractors. This move likely increases risk premia for global firms operating in high-threat jurisdictions. Critics may argue that this blurring of lines between private enterprise and state intelligence risks retaliation against U.S. corporate infrastructure.
Simultaneously, the Pax Silica initiative signals a strategic effort to harden AI supply chains. By incentivizing transshipment hubs like Panama, the policy aims to mitigate logistical bottlenecks for semiconductors. While intended to bolster supply security, market participants should note potential integration costs for tech firms. The permanent Daylight Saving Time bill serves as a demand-side catalyst for consumer-facing industries. Proponents, including the administration, suggest it will boost retail and tourism volumes. Conversely, utilities may face structural adjustments as residential demand patterns shift with additional evening daylight.
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Why Karoline Leavitt might be impossible for Trump to replace
Donald Trump hardly needs anyone else to serve as his mouthpiece. The most clamorous president in modern history always gets his message out — in a daily riot of online posts, interviews and rancor with reporters. The departure of a press secretary therefore might seem like a trifle to the messenger in chief. But the exit of Karoline Leavitt, announced Wednesday, represents a significant personal and political loss. The vacuum she'll leave will emphasize her role as a vital member of the president's brain trust. -
The Sources from the Catering Cart
The other day, WaPo had a follow-up to their story about how Trump hid inside a catering cart, disclosing who else escaped from Old Air Force One to fly from Turkey to the UK on a military jet: Natalie Harp, Walt Nauta, Dan Scavino, and a few other lower level people.As President Donald Trump secretly left an Air Force One jet on a catering truck last month in response to a potential Iranian assassination threat in Turkey, he was accompanied by some of his most loyal and longest-serving aides but no Cabinet officials.
Other passengers on the truck included Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff; Natalie Harp, the president’s executive assistant; and Walt Nauta, the director of Oval Office operations, according to a U.S. official familiar with the operation and corroborating material reviewed by The Washington Post. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
A few lower-profile aides also were present, but the group did not include Secretary of State Marco Rubio or other officials at the highest level of the government, according to the official and the material. Together, those aboard the catering truck moved under concealment from the legacy Air Force One aircraft to a smaller Air Force C-32A before flying to Britain separately from the White House press corps and senior officials.
Whiskey Pete Hegseth was already on the military jet that would sneak Trump into the UK, having entered it the normal way, up the stairs.
Among those on the smaller jet was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who boarded the C-32A using external stairs in a manner that made him look like
The details about who was in that catering cart are useful for more than the detail that Trump took his comfort blonde, Harp, with him but not Stephen Miller (or any other Cabinet official, to include Marco Rubio).
It may explain why Trump went so nutso that any of this leaked.
As CNN reported while NYT was fighting subpoenas, in addition to pursuing NYT, Susie Wiles and Kash Patel started seizing phones almost immediately. They also had to learn who was traveling with Trump — who was in that catering cart.
Chief of staff Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s closest aide, and FBI Director Kash Patel helped personally orchestrate a sprawling investigation last week at the White House aimed at determining who in the government leaked information about the security deficiencies of a Qatari-gifted airplane meant to be used as Air Force One – with some officials being asked to turn over their phones to investigators on White House grounds, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Trump had fumed over disclosures about the new plane, sources said, and his government quickly stood up an intense leak probe that roiled the government. As the investigation unfolded, at least one federal agency emailed employees warning that if they were contacted by outside agencies requesting information and devices, they needed to immediately contact their own agency’s attorneys, one source told CNN.
The sources said Patel — who had been preparing to travel to Chicago — was diverted to the White House on Friday to take a hands-on role in running the probe, which became public early the next morning when the New York Times reported that the Justice Department had issued subpoenas to four of its journalists who reported on security concerns surrounding the new plane.
Patel posted up in an office next to Wiles’ for roughly seven hours, as the two established what one source referred to as a “war room” in the West Wing.
In addition to asking for cell phones, investigators sought information from those who were traveling with Trump or had a role in the trip, including officials across various agencies. Not all officials who were asked to turn over their devices did so, one of the sources told CNN.
It remains unclear why DOJ subpoenaed NYT — and tried to bully them into disclosing sources. I’ve noted a bunch of potential reasons, some of which are quaint at this point:
- Because DOJ learned the NYT had sources for the real threat, the specific threat from Iran.
- Because NYT had sources for the threat Israel raised, which Trump mistook to relate to the real threat, but as a result alerted NYT there was more there.
- To prevent NYT from pursuing the ruse story.
- As part of the subterfuge, to reinforce the idea that the switch was about counter missile defenses rather than something else.
But they all exist on top of another dynamic: Very few of Trump’s aides were allowed in his military jet. He left some very important people back on Old Air Force One as bait, along with the traveling press corps. And the underlying story, the escape in the catering cart, is pretty fucking humiliating.
Consider the very small circle of potential sources for this story:
- One of those closest aides in the catering cart, or the junior people they brought with them
- A very small group of the big-ego people left back as bait on Old Air Force One
- Someone inside the Secret Service, involved in the ruse
- Turkish sources, who learned of the transfer
Donald Trump doesn’t know whether one of his most trusted aides, someone like his comfort blonde, is exposing his humiliation, whether one of the big-egoed people left as bait is exacting revenge, or whether someone like Whiskey Pete is leaking Signal texts to journalists again.
And the circle of people who might have betrayed his humiliating secret is very, very narrow.
None of that justifies the abusive way Kash and Susie Wiles started chasing down sources.
But it does explain it.
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La nature, ce n’est pas de la pelouse tondue !
C’est hélas ce qu’on entend encore partout, y compris dans les campagnes, « l’herbe haute, ça fait pas propre ». Faudra-t-il détruire toute forme de vie pour que les fanatiques de la tondeuse à gazon aient enfin un sentiment de « propreté » ?
Cet article La nature, ce n’est pas de la pelouse tondue ! est apparu en premier sur La Relève et La Peste.
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Instagram modernise son logo après 10 ans, mais le nouveau design divise déjà
Après dix ans sans changement, Instagram retouche son célèbre logo. Dévoilée ce 13 août 2026 par Adam Mosseri, le patron du service, cette nouvelle version se veut plus moderne, mais son mélange de styles ne convainc pas tout le monde.
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Les sociétés minières creusent leurs trous. Cet hiver, on se déterre, on les y enterre !
Appel à actions contre l'industrie minière
Nous écrivons cet appel à une période où la civilisation industrielle révèle l'importance de ses fondations : les sous-sols.
Armée par la science et la technologie, la méga-machine extractive repousse les frontières cognitives et territoriales. Tout est désormais transformé en matières premières. De la France à la Chine, des États-Unis à la Russie, d'Imerys à Rio Tinto en passant par BHP Biliton ou Anglo American, états et entreprises passent le monde au peigne fin, brossant jusqu'aux fonds marins et l'Antarctique, à la recherche de minerais aux noms insolites (lithium, cobalt, tungstène, beryllium, etc). Des milliardaires, comme Elon Musk pour le plus connu, investissent dans l'aérospatial afin de prospecter des gisements cosmiques. Ici-bas, sur Terre, la démesure du pillage capitaliste et patriarcal approfondit ses ravages. Les mines entraînent guerres , vols, viols, maladies, pollutions et travail de forçat dans les espaces colonisés comme au Congo, en Indonésie ou en Amérique du Sud. À cet impérialisme s'ajoute l'exploitation intra-muros, alors que la vieille Europe recommence à accueillir la voracité minière à bras ouverts. Que ce soit à Jadar en Serbie ou au Portugal avec le site de Covas do Barosso, en passant par le très médiatisé projet Emili au cœur de la France métropolitaine, et… l'Ukraine, les mêmes logiques de sacrifice des territoires et des populations sont à l'œuvre. Ces dernières continuant de subir la dépossession, la répression et la mise au silence. Les pouvoirs d'états à travers l'USGS, le BRGM et autres centres de recherche et les financeurs (Union Européenne, BPI, actionnaires comme Glencore) provoquent ainsi de nouvelles guerres, de nouvelles dévastations, afin de siphonner les matières fossiles et minérales des sous-sols.
La mondialisation de l'extractivisme est en cours mais ses horreurs ne se font pas sans opposition. Des luttes acharnées se mènent en Laponie, au Canada, en Kanaky, au Sahara, en France, en Grèce, en Allemagne, pour conserver l'eau, la terre. Pour survivre. Des projets sont contestés, retardés, certains sont abandonnés. Face à l'ampleur de la dévastation, n'oublions pas notre force collective.Nous croyons ce système faillible, que sa subversion est possible.
Nous voulons le saper à sa base. Grâce à l'imagination, l'inspiration, l'audace !Partout où ce message circulera, que ces deux mois (Février-Mars 2027) soient semés d'actions autonomes et diverses contre les entreprises minières et ceux qui collaborent avec elles.
Bien appliquées, de petites forces peuvent devenir de grandes menaces.
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Irriguer les vignes ? « Une hérésie devenue une évidence » face aux canicules
Taboue il y a encore peu, l'irrigation de la vigne se déploie désormais dans l'urgence à Bordeaux, après s'être déjà banalisée dans le Sud, sous l'effet du dérèglement climatique. Encore débattue, cette stratégie est présentée comme un enjeu de survie.
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Coup dur pour les vignes. En juillet, à plus d'un mois des vendanges, des vignerons de Bordeaux ont vu leurs vignes perdre leurs feuilles après un printemps et un début d'été caniculaires. Du jamais-vu si tôt dans la saison. « Cette fois, (…) -
« Un coupe-feu naturel » : quand les pratiques paysannes freinent les incendies
Dans les monts d'Arrée, incendiés en 2022, on fait pâturer les animaux et on fauche l'herbe pour offrir moins de carburant aux éventuels feux. De quoi transformer ces vieilles pratiques paysannes en outils d'adaptation au changement climatique.
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Monts d'Arrée (Finistère), reportage
C'est le genre d'image qui fait frais au cœur. Sur le Tuchenn Kador, modeste « montagne » bretonne culminant à 385 mètres, Cécile Becquart trône au milieu de ses brebis avec l'air de quelqu'un qui a repris (…) -
Washington va confier à des entreprises privées des opérations de piratage contre des groupes criminels étrangers
Le président des Etats-Unis, Donald Trump, veut renforcer le recours aux entités privées dans les opérations américaines contre les groupes cybercriminels étrangers. Un mémorandum - directive adressée à l’administration - signé le 12 août crée un programme permettant à des entreprises sélectionnées de mener, sous le contrôle du gouvernement fédéral, des opérations de surveillance mais aussi de perturbation de systèmes informatiques.
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Les chants de la résistance palestinienne
Depuis la Nakba de 1948, la plupart des Palestiniens vivent hors de leurs terres, spoliées ou occupées, et leurs cris de justice et de liberté se font le plus souvent entendre depuis l’étranger. Rien n’a encore réussi à les étouffer, pas même les bombes ni les murs. -
Will Trump’s next press secretary be a better liar than the first five?
As Karoline Leavitt plans to step down, it’s apparent how the president above all values a readiness to twist the truth
As Karoline Leavitt prepares to step down from her role as Donald Trump’s fifth White House press secretary, a brief review of her tenure, and that of her predecessors, makes clear that the most fabulist president in US history prizes one quality above all else in the women and men who speak for him: a willingness to tell outrageous lies.
Leavitt started her tenure by telling a wild falsehood at her very first news conference, when she claimed that the Biden administration had planned to use $50m in taxpayer dollars to send condoms to Gaza. Later the same day, the Guardian reported that the claim was directly contradicted by USAID records.
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Midea PortaSplit : la clim mobile revient en stock et en promo, mais il faut faire vite
[Deal du jour] La chaleur revient par épisode, et avec elle la grande question : comment rafraîchir son logement sans transformer son salon en chantier ni supporter le bruit d'un moteur pendant toute la nuit ? La Midea PortaSplit 12K entend apporter une réponse.
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Énergie solaire : une production en forte hausse durant les canicules
La production d'énergie solaire a augmenté jusqu'à 17 % dans les pays européens lors des vagues de chaleur de juin et juillet, révèle une étude du groupe de réflexion sur l'énergie Ember, relayée par l'AFP.
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Cette augmentation a aidé à répondre à la hausse de la demande d'électricité, provoquée par les besoins en air conditionné. Lors de la vague de chaleur de fin juin, la demande quotidienne d'électricité a augmenté jusqu'à 28 % en Italie, 23 % en Hongrie, 14 % en France et 13 % en (…) -
Les sociétés minières creusent leurs trous. Cet hiver, on se déterre, on les y enterre !
Appel à actions contre l'industrie minière
Nous écrivons cet appel à une période où la civilisation industrielle révèle l'importance de ses fondations : les sous-sols.
Armée par la science et la technologie, la méga-machine extractive repousse les frontières cognitives et territoriales. Tout est désormais transformé en matières premières. De la France à la Chine, des États-Unis à la Russie, d'Imerys à Rio Tinto en passant par BHP Biliton ou Anglo American, états et entreprises passent le monde au peigne fin, brossant jusqu'aux fonds marins et l'Antarctique, à la recherche de minerais aux noms insolites (lithium, cobalt, tungstène, beryllium, etc). Des milliardaires, comme Elon Musk pour le plus connu, investissent dans l'aérospatial afin de prospecter des gisements cosmiques. Ici-bas, sur Terre, la démesure du pillage capitaliste et patriarcal approfondit ses ravages. Les mines entraînent guerres , vols, viols, maladies, pollutions et travail de forçat dans les espaces colonisés comme au Congo, en Indonésie ou en Amérique du Sud. À cet impérialisme s'ajoute l'exploitation intra-muros, alors que la vieille Europe recommence à accueillir la voracité minière à bras ouverts. Que ce soit à Jadar en Serbie ou au Portugal avec le site de Covas do Barosso, en passant par le très médiatisé projet Emili au cœur de la France métropolitaine, et… l'Ukraine, les mêmes logiques de sacrifice des territoires et des populations sont à l'œuvre. Ces dernières continuant de subir la dépossession, la répression et la mise au silence. Les pouvoirs d'états à travers l'USGS, le BRGM et autres centres de recherche et les financeurs (Union Européenne, BPI, actionnaires comme Glencore) provoquent ainsi de nouvelles guerres, de nouvelles dévastations, afin de siphonner les matières fossiles et minérales des sous-sols.
La mondialisation de l'extractivisme est en cours mais ses horreurs ne se font pas sans opposition. Des luttes acharnées se mènent en Laponie, au Canada, en Kanaky, au Sahara, en France, en Grèce, en Allemagne, pour conserver l'eau, la terre. Pour survivre. Des projets sont contestés, retardés, certains sont abandonnés. Face à l'ampleur de la dévastation, n'oublions pas notre force collective.Nous croyons ce système faillible, que sa subversion est possible.
Nous voulons le saper à sa base. Grâce à l'imagination, l'inspiration, l'audace !Partout où ce message circulera, que ces deux mois (Février-Mars 2027) soient semés d'actions autonomes et diverses contre les entreprises minières et ceux qui collaborent avec elles.
Bien appliquées, de petites forces peuvent devenir de grandes menaces.
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Charlotte Puiseux, grande penseuse de l'antivalidisme, s'en est allée | Hocine Bouhadjera
Philosophe, autrice, ancienne psychologue et militante, Charlotte Puiseux est morte le 9 août 2026, à l'âge de 39 ans. Avec « De chair et de fer », puis « Plutôt vivre ! », elle avait contribué à faire connaître en France les notions de validisme et de culture crip, en mêlant expérience personnelle, philosophie politique et combat collectif. Un nouvel essai, « Le Handicap au prisme queer et crip », doit paraître à titre posthume le 27 août. Source: Actualitté -
Meilleur Mac et MacBook : quel ordinateur choisir chez Apple en 2026 ?
Se perdre dans les fiches techniques des Mac et MacBook a ses limites : rien ne vaut une véritable mise en situation. Chez Numerama, nous testons tous les ordinateurs Apple pour vous aider à choisir le modèle le plus adapté à vos besoins -- et à éviter les moins recommandables.
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Quand Israël adoptait la politique du «cassage d’os» contre les palestiniens
Qui connaît la doctrine du «cassage d'os», qui a été appliquée par l'armée coloniale sur des milliers de palestiniens en 1988 ?
L’article Quand Israël adoptait la politique du «cassage d’os» contre les palestiniens est apparu en premier sur Contre Attaque.
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Les États-Unis ont censuré un rapport sur l'état de l'Arctique
Nouvelle censure trumpiste sur la science étasunienne. La Maison Blanche a reconnu, mardi 11 août, avoir annulé la publication d'un rapport sur l'état de l'Arctique piloté par l'Agence d'observation océanique et atmosphérique (NOAA), rapporte Le Monde.
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Cette institution publie chaque année ce document de référence reprenant l'état des connaissances à propos de l'océan polaire. Mais, en 2026, elle s'était contentée de diffuser un communiqué de presse succinct déclarant que « la coordination (…) -
‘Trump Said A Thing’ Journalism Must Stop
One obvious byproduct of letting what’s left of U.S. journalism consolidate in the hands of a bunch of giant corporations is the end result winds up being a feckless mess. Generally corporations don’t want to upset advertisers, ownership (usually Conservative, white, and male), event sponsors, or potential advertising targets, so their journalism winds up being hollow, performative, and toothless.
One end result of this is something I affectionately call “CEO said a thing!” journalism, which kind of looks like journalism, but generally involves mindlessly parroting whatever a wealthy executive (or politician) says without context, correction, or even third-party objective analysis.
You’ll endlessly see this in corporate press coverage of corporations and tech. But it’s more generally reflected in their coverage of all rich men. Especially guys like Elon Musk or Donald Trump, who have found it incredibly easy to manipulate what’s left of our press into parroting every brain fart they have, regardless of whether there’s any useful new information or meaningful tether to factual reality.
This has been on particularly proud display when it comes to Trump and his unpopular and pointless war in Iran, with each week bringing a new headline of a plan that doesn’t exist, a pivot that never happened, or a strategy that isn’t coherent — or even real. The U.S. press, with occasional refreshing exception, endlessly just repeats whatever Trump says, regardless of whether what he’s saying is useful, real, or true.
Media critic Dan Froomkin has it right when he calls for a moratorium on “Trump says” headlines where every statement by our mad idiot king is mindlessly repeated without context or correction:
“It’s simple: Newsroom leaders should ban headlines based on what Trump says if there is legitimate reason to suspect that he may not be relating truthful, accurate, and durable information.
I’m only a tiny bit more tolerant of the Trump “claims”, “maintains”, “blames”, and “insists” headlines, but at least those impart an iota of doubt.”
The problem is this has been going on for generations. We’re more than ten years into Trump authoritarianism and propaganda. There’s no more room for giving meaningful credence to the idea that newsrooms and top editors are doing this simply because they don’t know any better.
They do this because corporate consolidated media isn’t interested in truth-telling journalism, they’re interesting in journalistic simulacrum and infotainment kayfabe that props up the interests and values of the extraction class. The public interest, hard-nosed journalism, and a properly informed electorate is the last thing on these gentlemen’s minds.
This isn’t some funny accident and it’s not subtle. Republicans and most rich white men are treated with kid gloves by 75% of the U.S. press because the corporations that own what’s left of these companies don’t want to rock the boat. They want their latest giant shitty merger approved. Their ownership likes tax cuts. Journalism that tells the truth isn’t what they’re here for.
Froomkin remains hopeful all the same:
“Surely our top newsroom leaders don’t see themselves as being in the business of spreading disinformation. But that’s what happens when they use the headlines and the tops of their articles to tell us what “Trump says” without caveats or pushback — when their headlines and leads should instead be devoted primarily to those caveats and pushbacks.”
Froomkin is right, though I’d argue this isn’t something that a compelling letter to the editor can fix. This sort of abject cowardice is systemic and by design. And while there’s still great journalism that can occur at many modern media companies, it’s increasingly becoming the exception, not the rule. We’re not debating our way out of this. The fix is massive structural reform.
The fixes are obvious and have always been there, and they involve things large media company owners don’t like: like reforged media consolidation limits, real antitrust enforcement, media ownership diversity requirements, improved media literacy and education standards (an informed audience that demands more of our journalistic institutions can shape coverage), a restoration of U.S. public media, and creative new funding models for real independent, worker-owned (and inevitably unionized) journalism.
We’re way past the point where we can assume this isn’t intentional, or can believe that simply asking better of these companies will result in the outcomes we’re all looking for.
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L'IA stimule l'industrie pétrolière et booste ses bénéfices
L'intelligence artificielle (IA ) va permettre aux géants du pétrole de creuser toujours plus loin, toujours plus fort, en augmentant massivement les émissions de CO2. C'est le constat d'une étude publiée le 4 août dans la revue scientifique Nature, et relevée par Le Monde. Selon ses conclusions, le déploiement des outils d'IA va permettre de diminuer les coûts de forage, de récupérer entre 470 et plus de 1 000 milliards de barils supplémentaires de pétrole dans les gisements existants, et (…)
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La Pologne confrontée à une fuite massive de données médicales : près de 19 millions de personnes potentiellement touchées
Près de 19 millions de Polonais, soit la moitié de la population du pays, ont vu leurs données personnelles et médicales potentiellement compromises après le piratage de MyDr, un fournisseur de logiciels utilisé par 12 000 établissements de santé, rapporte Le Monde.
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Ewan McGregor fait encore du forcing pour Obi-Wan et ça devient ridicule
Sur le tapis rouge de son dernier film, l'acteur britannique Ewan McGregor a de nouveau interpellé directement la firme aux grandes oreilles pour réclamer une suite aux aventures de son maître Jedi Obi-Wan. Une supplique médiatique qui tourne au forcing embarrassant pour un comédien pourtant majeur.
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Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level
Donald Trump’s use of his second presidency to grow his personal fortune has alarmed legal and ethics experts and congressional Democrats as he has reaped an “unprecedented” $2.2bn in 2025 revenues by amassing big cryptocurrency holdings, benefiting from wealthy foreign interests, expanding his Truth Social business and more, while federal oversight of his actions has waned.
Trump last year raked in at least $1.4bn from his crypto ventures according to financial disclosure forms he filed in June. Simultaneously, about one million investors in a Trump crypto scheme suffered almost $3.8bn in losses as their volatile crypto holdings tanked in value.
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Trump orders Pentagon to scrap modern jet launching tech on new US aircraft carrier and revert to steam catapults – live
President’s desire to revert to old-fashioned system has been an obsession of his since 2017 and will reportedly cost Navy billions
Donald Trump’s executive order on vaccines does not change the US recommendations for the shots – but experts say it does create confusion and doubt about vaccines, which will lead to more illness and possibly deaths among children and will make it harder for families and pediatricians to protect them.
The executive order was an attempt to reinstate sweeping changes to the vaccine schedule made earlier this year by Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and a longtime vaccine opponent – changes that were later halted by a federal judge.
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Vous êtes étudiant ? Apple lance ses remises de la rentrée (mais comparez bien avec les autres sites)
À l’approche de la rentrée, Apple relance son offre réservée aux étudiants (et aux professionnels de l'éducation). Jusqu’au 22 octobre 2026, l’achat d’un MacBook Air, d’un MacBook Pro, d’un iPad Air ou d’un iPad Pro permet de recevoir jusqu’à 120 € en carte Apple.
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How Trump’s order on vaccines is sowing confusion, doubt and fear
The order cannot effect change, and is only ‘undermining trust in vaccines’ as CDC guidance remains the same
Donald Trump’s executive order on vaccines does not change the US recommendations for the shots – but experts say it does create confusion and doubt about vaccines, which will lead to more illness and possibly deaths among children and will make it harder for families and pediatricians to protect them.
The executive order was an attempt to reinstate sweeping changes to the vaccine schedule made earlier this year by Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and a longtime vaccine opponent – changes that were later halted by a federal judge.
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