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"If people stop being outraged at what he is doing to enrich himself, then I fear there is no going back,” Sen. Murphy said last month, when he took to the Senate floor to detail Trump administration corruption. “The White House will just become a place to get rich.” 🔥
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday"The private sector money flowing into Trump’s vanity projects is also costing taxpayers. His ballroom is funded by hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars as well as private donations. In this way, we’re all forced to fund Trump’s corruption." — @justinglawe.bsky.social
Risk On for ”The Golden Age of America” “…the bond market has been saying…risks are rising: risks of increased inflation; wars & tariffs and other geopolitical dislocations;…vast sums of capital to build AI; an uncertain direction for the Fed; mounting national debt; & broad political dysfunction.”
The Bond Market Is Signaling Rising Risks. Investors Should Listen. (Gift Article)
While the Fed didn’t raise rates, the bond market did. That means hardship for home buyers and higher hurdles for A.I. data centers and the stock market. But it’s also a boon for retirees.
nytimes.com
The taxpayer is funding this cameras but will only see the videos when ICE can use them for propaganda apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident.
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Trump voter whose fiancée was arrested by ICE: "ICE is picking up law abiding citizens. They're destroying families, jobs. I wouldn't vote for Trump again, not after this fiasco. When they swarm someone at airports, it's like they're shooting fish in a barrel."
Providing school children with free meals is better than posting The Ten Commandments and then ignoring their hunger.
Trump promotes commercial fishing in protected Pacific marine national monuments www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... Everything The Convicted Felon and Rapist Touches Dies
Trump promotes commercial fishing in protected Pacific marine national monuments
Scientists and other environmental advocates warn such activity would threaten coral reefs and other marine life.
dailykos.com
the new Attorney General of the United States, Trump's personal lawyer, is also mentioned in the Epstein files
Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social · 14h agoTo be clear, fascist republicans didn’t confirm an Attorney General, they pushed through a deranged pedophile convicted felon’s personal crook lawyer who has been covering up his crimes into the office of Attorney General at 4:30 am in the cover of darkness whilst most Americans slept.
He's really not exactly moving away from the mob boss behavior.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "I'm liking the chandeliers. I like those Corinthian columns but cutting them out would be not good. But I'm allowed to do it. Every once in a while I'll come here and grab a painting and put it in the Oval Office."
Redistricting in favour of Democrats will appear on Maryland's November 2026 ballots if it can survive Republican opposition. Analysis from @marylandmatters.org believes the GOP will — ultimately — fail to prevent the redistricting... which could take effect in 2027. #USDemocracy #MomSky #Maryland
Maryland Republicans file lawsuit challenging redistricting ballot question - Maryland Matters
Republicans in the Maryland General Assembly filed their promised lawsuit late Thursday against Democrats’ ballot question on congressional redistricting, saying the bill missed mandatory deadlines an...
marylandmatters.org
Defining Advice and Consent down: Cassidy says he's voting to confirm stooge Todd Blanche as AG because Trump could well replace him with an even worse stooge.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCassidy: "I will vote for Mr Blanche. I will be criticized for this vote. What's new?"
Every morning America wakes up and checks whether Grandpa has been left alone with Photoshop again.
Lake Mead and Lake Powell are at critical levels that will stop energy production and water for millions of people in the West. Have any of you seen a single Headline Emergency ‼️ climate crisis ‼️ Do you think this is absolutely bizarre? All the news networks should be screaming 😱 crisis but
I Hear Nothing But Crickets
ALT: I Hear Nothing But Crickets
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‘They kidnapped a hard-working kid off our streets’: the gardener seized by ICE – and the New York town fighting back
‘They kidnapped a hard-working kid off our streets’: the gardener seized by ICE – and the New York town fighting back
Gerson Turcios was 17 when he fled violence in Honduras to build a new life in the US. Six years later, he was mowing lawns in his home town of Rhinebeck when immigration officers took him. Within hours, friends, neighbours and local celebrities sprang into action. Could they stop his deportation?
theguardian.com
Reminder: Israel is burning civilians alive in their homes in Palestine and Lebanon.
So the Times did a story on this, but not Capital One closing Trump accounts over suspicions of money laundering.
Chuck Grassley Announces the Death of His Beloved Vacuum, Beth (Gift Article)
Senator Chuck Grassley mourned his decades-long cleaning companion, writing on social media: “GOOD BYE BETH. U hv been a real workhorse.”
nytimes.com
World's wealthiest man launches massive cash attack on vulnerable red state voting system www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-al...
World's wealthiest man launches massive cash attack on vulnerable red state voting system
Elon Musk is throwing money at a midterm state ballot measure that would overhaul its voting system, according to local reporting.Musk has already put $1.5 million towards supporting a ballot measure ...
rawstory.com
Trump crashes out about ballroom ruling: “This decision, made after much of the work has been done and paid for, is a National Security Threat at the highest level. It is also a National Disgrace”
Just because a president can control DOJ does not mean he should. Since Watergate, America has prized a Justice Department that is independent from partisan politics. Trump and Blanche have upended that fidelity to the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
In Confirming Blanche, Senators Endorse a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway (Gift Article)
Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes President Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.
nytimes.com
Trump has a new hair piece May we all take a moment of silence for the hamster that gave his life so Trump could wear his carcass on his head #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
Ps: to put it in perspective, the all time peak demand for the city of Los Angeles was 6.5 GW. That is for 4M people. www.eenews.net/articles/ext...
Extreme heat offers sneak peak of grid’s data center challenges
A summer surge in power consumption is straining regional grids that are also seeing a boom in data center energy demand.
eenews.net