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“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” -Louis D. Brandeis (Supreme Court Justice) So, to those who say I'm "political," damn right I am! It's my job as an American! No DMs! No sales pitches! Absolutely no crypto/bitcoin!
Trump endorsed Mike Lindell. Minnesota Republicans are now desperately looking for the return policy. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Minnesota Republicans are trying to oust Trump’s awful governor pick
Poor, poor Minnesota Republicans. All they want to do is install a hardliner MAGA chud like their endorsed candidate for governor, Kendall Qualls, atop a blue state that has vexed President Donald…
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I called Max Miller a scumbag on Newsmax a few moments ago and criticized the Republican Party for tolerating domestic abusers who prey on women and little girls. Here’s the clip 👇
Every single Republican candidate in the country should be asked by the media if they agree with Donald Trump and Mike Johnson that Max Miller is a good person who should remain in Congress.
Republicans keep hoping the Max Miller story goes away. It keeps finding new ways to get worse. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Max Miller’s abuse scandal takes its darkest turn yet
The domestic violence scandal plaguing Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller is getting worse by the minute.
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Nothing drives up construction costs quite like discovering gravity halfway through the project. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Trump’s helipad hullabaloo takes a new dumb turn
Trump just keeps wasting money and wrecking D.C.
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What Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...
What Did Jeanine Pirro Know and When Did She Know It? - emptywheel
In a bid to get the indictment against him dismissed with prejudice, Davey Hearn reveals that DOJ misrepresented the circumstances of a "before" picture proving he didn't damage the reflecting pool.
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Mallory McMorrow immediately endorses: “Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed for winning the Democratic primary to become our nominee to be Michigan’s next US Senator. I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party”
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 7h agoNEWS: Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He will face off against Republican Mike Rogers in November.
Abdul won, and everybody should be rallying around him. It’s important that we defeat Rogers and take back the Senate to effectively end Trump’s second term. Ignore anybody telling you otherwise. We can get back to fighting with each other after the general election.
Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/david-elli... CNN reporters were not amused by David Ellison's op-ed in the NYT.
![The piece was "insulting," one CNNer told Status, adding, “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS. You can’t just write an op-ed and erase that.” Another CNNer said it was obvious to them Ellison "says whatever is best for him to get the merger through."
"The thing David Ellison seems to be missing is the wild mismanagement and disrespect that Bari [Weiss] has displayed at '60' and CBS," a third CNNer told Status. "These people just simply do not know what they are doing. We see it. And we don’t want it here."
Indeed, several CNNers said that Ellison's stewardship of CBS News had caused them to lose confidence in his ability to run a news organization and sour on his repeated assurances about respecting the independence of newsrooms. In The Times essay, Ellison wrote, "I understand that promises from an executive in the middle of a merger invite skepticism. So judge us by the year we just had."
But the last year at CBS News has been an unmitigated disaster. Most notably, Ellison allowed his handpicked news chief to take a sledgehammer to "60 Minutes," firing multiple correspondents and senior executives from television news' most prestigious broadcast—in most of the cases, without ever stating a cause for the dismissals. Beyond that, Weiss' tenure has been defined by her expunging those she is not ideologically aligned with, presiding over the worst ratings of the century for flagship programs like the "CBS Evening News" and "CBS Mornings," establishing a cozier relationship with an overtly corrupt White House, and sending employee morale cratering to astonishing lows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicybrw5xm7wnrleduxjtlfwlrcvjzs7qwwjijswwlluzh5x67iadi)
Apparently we're paying $25K bribes to AUSAs to convince the to risk their law license working for a shitshow DOJ. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.
Coming to YOUR city/town in 2027, via GOP & Trump Administration: SLASHING of SNAP by BILLIONS. SLASHING of Medicaid By 1 TRILLION. LISTEN to Rep. Jim McGovern: They're turning America into "A Tale Of Two Cities". UNCONSCIONABLE! (Please REPOST for AWARENESS!)
Folks on the other site are up in arms about the brief "administrative" stay Judge Burroughs issued in the Somalia TPS case—because, they claim, this kind of relief isn't a thing. Of course, when Texas judges issued much longer "administrative" pauses of Biden policies, these folks were ... silent.
Bonus 105: More "Administrative Stay" Shenanigans in Texas
A new emergency application in an immigration case provides an important opportunity for Justice Barrett to enforce her skepticism about open-ended "administrative stays."
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whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation
Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.
None of the apparently Pirro-sourced columns about what happened with her and Trump have bothered to mention that she, like Trump, was rushing to get something done by July 4. emptywheel.net/2026/08/04/t...
Trump and Pirro BOTH Screwed Up by Rushing to Beat July 4 - emptywheel
Everything that went wrong with the reflecting pool, including the fabricated charges against Davey Hearn, went wrong for two reasons: Trump's unprecedented corruption and his rush to include the refl...
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Contractors have worked around the clock to complete Trump’s project, which he directed to be built without any official notice. Now he wants it redone. trib.al/M2BAEvw
Trump Abruptly Changes Course on Renovation, Undoing Weeks of Work
Donald Trump is suddenly unhappy with the state of his new White House helipad.
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A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
Trump: “The very complex and expensive structure, being built for the Military, at the White House … Also rising is the desperately needed Ballroom, something which former Presidents have wanted for 150 years, which sits under the elevated DronePort, and is paid for by Patriots — No Taxpayer Money!”
BREAKING: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approve ballot measure for voters to clear way for new congressional maps that would boost Democrats.
Jeez, I wonder how he bankrupted casinos so badly he had to be put on an allowance like an 11-year-old.
Will Smirk for Food (he/him) #FBR@smirk4food.com · 19h agoTrump's White House helipad project keeps getting stranger. After speeding up construction at extra cost, he's reportedly ordered contractors to tear out completed work because he doesn't like the lawn's slope. It raises familiar questions about waste, favoritism, and who's paying. buff.ly/x90kBZH
She's one of a couple republicans told she can vote no. If she weren't up against Troy Jackson, she'd totally confirm Blanche.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h agoBREAKING on MS NOW: Susan Collins says she's voting against Todd Blanche's nomination to be Attorney General.
The investigation blamed the contractor. Trump blamed everyone else. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
How long until Trump cans Jeanine Pirro?
The president’s attempt to blame supposed vandals for damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has suffered another blow.
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It seems like Caitlin Clark wants to play basketball and doesn’t want to be dragged into politics despite many people constantly obsessing over her. Some people are more interested in being athletes than activists. It’s her life, she doesn’t have to be who you want her to be.
