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Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021 (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2026/08/18/f…

Francisco Partners to acquire Weave Communications for $650M
The deal comes less than five years after Weave went public at a $1.5 billion valuation.

Cowboys Have Clear Free-Agent Solution to Fix Admitted Communication Problem https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-clear-free-agent-solution-fix-admitted-communication-problem

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham communicated with someone posing as White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
before becoming suspicious that the contact was illegitimate, officials said.
One person briefed on the communications said
a “few messages” were exchanged after the PM entered No. 10
but insisted they were “of no significance.”
“We do not comment on national security matters,” Downing Street said

Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide
The U.K. leader believed he was communicating with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

Alan Cumming Urges UK Industry To Help Bring Down Paramount-Warner Merger, As Government Poised To Make Intervention (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/alan-cumming-paramount-warner-boycott-block-the-merger-1236982775/

Alan Cumming Urges UK Industry To Help Bring Down Paramount-Warner Merger, As Government Poised To Make Intervention
Alan Cumming is leading a Paramount-Warner boycott via a Block The Merger UK coalition as the government prepares to make an announcement.

Trump's "communist" panic isn't just senile ranting.
It's a strategy. It comes straight from a book Bannon and Vance endorsed,
a genocide-themed screed that calls for dehumanizing Democrats as demons who don't deserve rights.
The "Unhumans" playbook, exposed

'Unhumans' Playbook Explains Trump's 'Communist' Fixation
“It’s important to use ‘communist’ this way as a slur.”

Snap introduces Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant designed to work across iPhone, Mac, and Specs glasses, calling it an "anticipatory AI service" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/996078/snap-specs-intelligence-ai-agent-ios-mac

Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac
Snap’s “Specs Intelligence” AI tool is launching in preview on iOS and will be coming to Mac and the Specs AR glasses.

Grand Staircase-Escalante’s stunning slot canyons and dramatic vistas make it instantly recognizable.
Bears Ears’ red-rock canyons house culturally significant petroglyphs and ancient dwellings that have endured for centuries.
Right now they are facing unprecedented attacks–again.
Donald Trump just took executive action to virtually eliminate both of these iconic Utah national monuments,
slashing their boundaries by more than 90%.
Vital wildlife habitats,

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Chambers has said that he has known since 2015 that he was on the US federal government’s radar,
due to activism against police in Atlanta.
A self-described communist and anti-imperialist, he is heir to one of the richest families in the US,
the owners of Atlanta-based Cox Communications.
He sold stock back to his family worth about $250m in mid-2023 and since then has been funding an estimated 100 projects in 20 countries, Schnabel said.
She said that includes,…

Wife of US heir and activist donor on fighting his extradition to US: ‘It’s incredible that this can happen’
Stella Schnabel says Trump administration is falsely accusing James ‘Fergie’ Chambers of contributing to Hamas

Here’s what you have to understand:
In Donald Trump’s America, all types of protest are unacceptable.
And if he gets his way, everyone involved in either of them could face the same fate.
Trump is currently at war with the left.
Antifa, communists, radical leftist agitators
— call them what you will, he’s coming for them.
But he’s also making plans to come for the center:
attacking nonprofit groups,
suing the press,
and making every ef…

How Trump’s War on the Left Will Come for the Center
The far-left activists catching charges set a dangerous precedent for mainstream liberals.