the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 2h ago

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

How's that for an MVP duel? Shohei Ohtani and Pete Crow-Armstrong go punch-for-punch with 1st inning leadoff homers

I recently reported that Bossier Parish, Louisiana, voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom rules I'd ever seen. It begged the question: Why? Enter Aurora + Shae, who were allegedly attacked by an anti-trans mob near a Parish bathroom in May. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...

Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.

erininthemorning.com

Since Trump came back into office I've been waiting to see on WHICH case, which instance of abusive prosecution, DOJ first invoked the language in Trump v. US that lets POTUS prosecute whoever he wants. It appears to be @katmabu.bsky.social's case, Broadview 6. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/d...

DOJ Invokes Trump v. US to Protect Todd Blanche's Fixer, Aakash Singh - emptywheel

In the 18 months that Trump's former defense attorney Todd Blanche has run DOJ, he has yet to rely on Trump v. US, the SCOTUS precedent giving the President unbridled authority to dictate individual p...

emptywheel.net

NEW: Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit, AI-generated child sexual abuse material in recent months. Some as recently as this week. "These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

wired.com

At 21 years and 63 days, George Lombard Jr. is the third-youngest player in Yankees history to homer in his MLB debut, older than only: 9/1/23 Jasson Dominguez 20y 206d 5/17/69 John Ellis 20y 269d

Lombard looking like an upgrade over Volpe in multiple ways

The Game Belt pic you’ve all been waiting for:

George Lombard Sr. is at Yankee Stadium tonight to watch his son George Lombard Jr. make his Major League debut. But he’s also keeping an eye on his other son Jacob, who homered in his first ever Minor League game!

George Lombard Jr.'s parents loved it ❤️

MLB@mlbbot.bsky.social · 19h ago

George Lombard Jr. starts a smooth 6-4-3 double play!

A moment he’ll never forget. #RepBX

George Lombard Jr. homered in his Yankees debut. Awesome stuff.

George Lombard Jr. starts a smooth 6-4-3 double play!

I'd like to thank Donald for all he did ti help make this possible.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com · 14h ago

⚡️Update: Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue. A massive Russian attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported Aug. 5.

BREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed just beat the Israeli lobby in Michigan.

Glad that all of this got resolved 100 years ago and none of these companies are alive to commit their horrors upon us in this modern age!

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · last yr.

Fun fact: the guy who invented leaded gasoline was Thomas Midgely Junior, in 1921. He *also* invented CFC's By 1923 he had symptoms of lead poisoning, by 1924 several factory employees has already died of lead poisoning. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_....

Hopefully this means Dems are feeling pressure to quickly consolidate & let bygones be bygones

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 13h ago

Body isn't even cold yet

hot socialist summer continues

Who's "not popular" now, Jimmy? thehill.com/homenews/cam... (Hint: It's you, Jimmy.)

Carville: Progressive left ‘too hotheaded to know that they’re not popular’

Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday accused the Democratic Party’s progressive left of being “too hotheaded to know that they’re not popular.” Carville made the c…

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NEW: Israel has imprisoned an American teen. Soldiers raided Adam's West Bank home right before his sister’s grad party. They ignored his US passport. As they took him, they blew kisses at his mom. Adam is now the second American in Israeli prison. Trump just hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks

Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

zeteo.com

the plot to enslave america

404 Media@404media.co · yesterday

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

you can just tell she had this one chambered all night

Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 13h ago

Body isn't even cold yet

Obviously I can’t fucking stand Tom Cruise so I avoided watching American Made for years but goddamn that’s such a good movie. Incredible work to breakdown & show trafficking.

This is a new view of the bulldozed White House complex. The criminal monstrosity subhuman filth won’t stop until he destroys everything, makes me sick to my stomach.

As someone who grew up in SoCal and remembers smog alerts and maybe being able to see the mountains once a year, yeah, air quality is soooooooo much better these days

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Abdul El-Sayed has won, NBC News says. And there are other wins for the left in Michigan: —William Lawrence wins his U.S. House primary. —A DSA-backed candidate is leading a Democratic incumbent for state House. —Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of Uncommitted, leads for state Senate.

Reading Neera Tanden's timeline as a treat

Fixed it