DOJ misses deadline to file formal answer or move to dismiss in @katiephang.bsky.social suit re Epstein docs. Asks for retroactive extension. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Follow me at your own risk. I am an idiot who has been hit in the head a lot.
Trump on gas prices: "We may have to send it up again. You know what happens when we send it up, but we hope we don't have to"
A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flagged for potential money laundering should be a far bigger story…
Is the President Laundering Money?
A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flag...
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So, I saw this in a screencap shot and wanted to run down the article. It is, in fact, as bad as the screenshot indicated. futurism.com/health-medic...
Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
Users on Kalshi will even allow users to bet on whether drug trials for potentially lifesaving drug trials will succeed.
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Is it bad that the doomscrolling part of my mind instantly populated a list about 30 things deep, with an extremely high probability that not a single thing on that list is what Benjamin was referring to?
Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 6h agomy god what a shitshow
Again. I feel I'm being threatened with a good time. Can we offer relocation for any one who wants out to a blue state and to any Republican who wants to live in an Alabama paradise of pasty motherfuckers down to there?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
yo, dawg. I heard you like tariffs and price increases w/your tariffs and price increases. Man, do I have something for you.
Reuters@reuters.com · 6h agoThe Trump administration plans to impose a 15% tariff on polysilicon derivative products, sources told Reuters, and also plans to unveil results of its Section 232 investigation into foreign imports of polysilicon as soon as Thursday reut.rs/4pYh9uB
Aaron being sarcastic as hell over here without typing a word. As a very sarcastic bastard, I cannot express my awe and appreciation of this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoLombardo: "So my team has advised me to stay on script. That way the Democrats can't clip my comments and make their own videos. They still will."
Codifying Roe V Wade. Don't threaten me with a good time, Banks.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h agoThe “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” people are going to go all in on racism in Michigan.
Little bit shocking, tbh. I wonder if he'll stick with it. Now we really do need Cornyn to find his fucking balls.
The Hill@thehill.com · 7h agoSen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee.
So depressing, but when you go over anything like this you feel like
Charlie Day's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy
Alt: Charlie Day's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy
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Trump doesn't understand how hard either of these men would have beat his ass for being a shirking little milk toothed brat for pleading bone spurs multiple times. Also, have bone spurs ever been mentioned in his presidential physical? supposedly ground off? anything?
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h agoGeneral Bone Spurs McRapist: “Hey you guys—whoever you are—-did you know that ‘draft dodger’ has a D in it? Most people don’t know that.”
Alright. Top notch. If you don't understand how bananas work after the age of 8, I cannot at all argue with Lupita's point.
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 7h agoI feel like a bare minimum criteria for Primate Leadership should be Understanding How Bananas Work. Like, on one hand, of course we’re not going to ask you, ‘Do you understand how bananas work?’ We will just assume you do. BUT! If you demonstrate inability to clear that hurdle you must resign.
NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:
Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts
Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.
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I have a theory regarding Flynn. Back in 2013 he met w/the then head of the GRU, his Russian counterpart, in Russia. At that time it was publicly known that Flynn was disgruntled, unhappy with DOD leadership, & w/Obama who had made him head of the DIA because he'd been very public about it. 1/
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 13h ago🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
If you listen *real* close, you can hear a monkey's paw curling a finger.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 13h agoRep. Max Miller on Newsmax: "If any of these things were true, I would be in prison"
All that is man. Fucking hell, this is as if Rembrandt painted something called "Angels of Mediocrity"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Reup: Bc journalists simply are NOT reading the court filings closely enough to understand how bad the misconduct in the Davey Hearn case may be. 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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Missouri voters defeated the bid by Republicans to kill direct democracy in a blowout — 80% rejected the measure, with huge turnout for a primary boltsmag.org/missouri-rej...
Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts
Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.
boltsmag.org
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
Well. That just screams financial rationality and stability
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 11h agoAs evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.
He hasn't mastered the art of not digging harder once you are in a hole.
Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 10h agoA few additional highlights from the feds’ Broadview 6 filing: U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros was emailed a transcript of the 10/9 grand jury session in October but says he didn’t review it and problematic conduct was not brought to his attention until late April:
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.