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 · 3h 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.

This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

Who knew ridiculously long deployments and demanding op tempos run a ship and crew into the ground!

Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 3h ago

Keeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...

10 years ago today

NEW: Democratic women’s caucus is about to call for Max Miller’s resignation: “Due to the growing evidence and clear lack of remorse, we are calling on Rep. Miller to resign immediately,” say Reps. Leger Fernández, Emilia Sykes and Hillary Scholten.

this should go over well i the general

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

seriously, they seem to be passing that particular test just fine right now

politiburb@politiburb.bsky.social · 3h ago

It gets an actual chuckle out of me seeing people on here say "now the TRUE test is whether the shitlibs can live up to their own words and line up behind El-Sayed!" only for Stevens, Whitmer, every prominent Michigan Dem, the DSCC, etc. to have endorsed El-Sayed before they can finish the sentence.

El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."

I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.

Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Takes like this are very tempting but IMO go too far. The polling miss last night was historically exactly average for a primary — no evidence polls have gotten worse recently. And remember 2022 had the most accurate House and Senate polls in history! bsky.app/profile/gell...

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h ago

There’s no actual alternative to polling but I just don’t believe they capture public sentiment in any reliable way anymore

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

A day of remembrance and celebration Happy Fade In The Water day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

After over a year spent engaging community members, analyzing traffic patterns and signal options, testing emergency and public transit operations, and finalizing plans, the City is set to begin implementing a new, safer street design later this month or early August.

The youth claim to hate capitalism yet they purchase goods and services in order to survive ahaha and I am very Fortune Magazine

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 17h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

PSA: Primary polling is prone to huge errors and always has been. Voters often tune in late, see several candidates as acceptable, and many change their minds up to the last minute. Turnout varies enormously, meaning weighting is prone to a lot of imprecision.

Floating bus stop and two-way separated bike lane emerging on Broadway in @cambridgemass.bsky.social by CRLS

No credible offers to help, only civil penalties that will lead you into incarceration. most likely to be burdened with this track to incarceration: -LGBTQ youth -People of Color -Women -Poor people -People with mental illness . . .

National Homelessness Law Center@homelesslaw.bsky.social · 6h ago

A year after it was implemented, Idaho's anti-homeless law has only made life harder for people living outside. "The effectiveness of the law remains unclear as records show that almost 50% of tickets were issued to repeat offenders—often in the same location on different days." buff.ly/ayw9Zom

A year after it was implemented, Idaho's anti-homeless law has only made life harder for people living outside. "The effectiveness of the law remains unclear as records show that almost 50% of tickets were issued to repeat offenders—often in the same location on different days." buff.ly/ayw9Zom

An Idaho law penalizes people sleeping in public spaces. Advocates say it harms more than it helps. • Idaho Capital Sun

On the afternoon of June 22, Neil “Lee” Spring was sitting in Rhodes Skate Park with a friend when officers from the Boise Police Department approached him. “We’re going to give you a ticket for…

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One of the reasons why @PVDStreets.org endorsed Helena Foulkes! 🗳️ Not only did Foulkes attend RIPTA public hearings to listen to riders share how the proposed cuts would affect them, she pledged to fully fund and invest in expanding RIPTA’s bus service. 👏🏽 ecori.org/environmenta...

Environmental Organizations Endorse Foulkes for Governor, Citing Stances on Transit, Electric Rates - ecoRI News

With less than six weeks to go until the Sept. 9 primary, some environmental groups are making their political endorsements in the governor’s race.

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this is what we got in Mass and it really is a crowded field of establishment candidates!

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 7h ago

if establishment candidates want to start winning primaries again all you have to do is say that rich people have too much money and that youll prosecute trump admin staffers and republicans that have broken the law

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

diabetes was a death sentence 40 years ago, now its a thing you manage with a pill or a pump and get on with living a solid 7+ decade life

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.

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.

the median midwestern voter loves two things: electing republicans and thwarting republican policy goals via ballot referendum

the corruption of the political system is so so bad - this is for a primary election! (something that was made public to avoid backroom party power corruption!)

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 13h ago

Unfathomable