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[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

We can thank Trump for making the outbreak of a parasite causing explosive diarrhea MUCH WORSE—seriously!

CDC used to track Cyclospora, but Trump gutted our public health infrastructure & made monitoring the parasite optional. Now, we're in the worst outbreak in U.S. history.

[Ian Weissman, DO @DrIanWeissman]

Nearly 7,000 people nationwide may now have cyclosporiasis, a foodborne illness that can cause weeks of severe diarrhea.
https://t.co/8ZIdta4qCW

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Senate Democrats have blocked Republicans' National Defense Authorization Act, which would've given an additional $1,100,000,000,000 to the Department of War and deepened military ties with Israel

[Ian Weissman, DO @DrIanWeissman]

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer’s disease in a markedly different way than today’s treatments — by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported this week.
https://t.co/CfWIGMRjoW

[ABC News @ABC]

JUST IN: E. Jean Carroll, who sued President Trump over claims of sexual abuse and defamation, has received more than $5 million as part of a civil judgment paid by Trump.

Read more: https://t.co/wp7Tnt3oZ6

[Reuters @Reuters]

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed https://t.co/97jjKGEO68

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Donald Trump is still REFUSING to release billions in fire disaster aid OWED to victims in California.

Now he's doing the same to Democratic-led states while fast-tracking Republican-led ones.

Americans deserve better than government by political retribution.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The U.S. spent $103 billion in the first 120 days of Trump’s war on Iran. That could fund…

-Food stamps for an entire year
-Medicaid coverage for nearly 30 million children
-ACA subsidies for about 2.5 years

It’s not a question of what we can afford. It’s a question of priorities. https://t.co/zd7f1vutK1

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

We’re totally fucked

[ABC News @ABC]

The Secret Service urged President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old Air Force One instead of the newly retrofitted Qatari-gifted plane out of an abundance of caution amid the escalation with Iran, multiple sources confirmed.
https://t.co/qucGLOtjdw

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

UPDATE: Iran has just struck US bases in Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

I’m so sick of this crap. How much more money and lives will this pointless TRUMP WAR cost us?

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

Mexico says it will pursue legal action against the U.S. following Tuesday's deadly shooting involving an ICE agent in Houston.

"Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States for being detained, when that person's only offense was lacking immigration documents, even though they had been hired by an American company," President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Wednesday. https://t.co/njV5B7VUzA

[Hawaii News Now @HawaiiNewsNow]

‘DIG DEEP’ 🛶💪 Kelsey Pfendler shares what it took to row 2,400 miles from Monterey to Honolulu in record time — battling exhaustion, auditory hallucinations, and relentless wind and seas over her 43-day journey.

https://t.co/LhomgD4Cbv

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

Big win today—the DC Circuit kept Trump's name OFF the Kennedy Center

Our full @DDAction_ statement w/@RepBeatty & co-counsel WLG👇 -TN

[NBC News @NBCNews]

An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. https://t.co/cdUXugVq2O

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

To anyone considering helping President Trump interfere with our election or our count:

You will be prosecuted.

That’s why I’m moving forward with new legislation that would make it a FELONY to seize ballots before the vote has been certified by state and county officials.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Money saved: 0

People killed: 757,314

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Happy 250th, America. 🇺🇸

I love this country. Our freedoms, our values, and our core beliefs are always worth fighting for.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

250 years ago, this country was founded on a radical idea that government answers to the people.

Today, that idea is under attack by a man who embodies the very tyranny our Founders rejected.

Let's honor the promise of America by defending our democracy.