The reality is that this is exactly what Trump wants. He wants to force Ukrainian capitulation and this is how he wants to do it.
A retired US Army captain and Iraq War veteran is taking legal action after National Guard troops approached her outside her Washington, DC home, pushed her to the ground and detained her in an aggressive, caught-on-camera confrontation.
Purple Heart vet sues after National Guard troops detained her at her DC home
National Guard troops seized Anna King, slamming her to the ground and leaving her with injuries that required surgery, according to a federal tort claim
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Good riddance. If he had any honor he would leave now, but Mike Johnson needs his vote so Republican sexual harassers need to stay around. Probably want to keep young female staffers away from him though.
Decision Desk HQ projects Fred Wellman wins the MO US House 2 Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:21 PM EDT
1/ 🧵 The Trump administration has spent over a year blaming immigrants for healthcare fraud. Well, blaming immigrants for everything. The government's own inspector general report tells a very different story, and immigrants are not mentioned in it once. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday she will vote against Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general. www.axios.com/2026/08/04/t...
Susan Collins opposes Todd Blanche for attorney general
Collins' opposition makes every remaining undecided Republican that much more important.
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Doesn't it feel there is more to the Cornyn/Tillis deal? Was part of the deal Trump agreeing to spend hundreds of millions of his ill-gotten SuperPAC funds on GOP Senate candidates, including Paxton? Has Trump been holding up campaign spending during his fight with the Senate?
I've thought about your POLL so much, my brain went numb (Many people don't know, or assume, that NUMB ends in "b") I prefer DUMBO-crat as it contains the name of 1 of the most popular Disney characters of all-time! You're welcome for my attention to this very important matter! Beloved Icon-MRH
Troubled Waters The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean. President Trump is rolling back their protections apps.npr.org/troubled-wat...
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d agoThe President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.
The President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.
Alternating between military threats and claims of peace talks, Trump’s posts regarding the conflict with Iran manipulate financial markets by triggering immediate, massive algorithmic swings in oil futures, equity markets, and prediction platforms. Nevermind ongoing civilian and military casualties
Truth Social launches service selling faster access to Trump posts
President Donald Trump regularly uses the platform to post official statements on economic policy and global affairs.
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Wall Street traders can now pay for early access to Trump's Truth Social posts. The President regularly uses his platform to announce policy decisions that impact the market. A corporate CEO would get jail time for this. Trump's getting a pay bump.
This is a pattern of abuse and neglect. I’m praying for the deceased and his family.
Trump‘s crimes are so expansive money laundering barely makes a dent with the media. www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...
Some AI companies have already lost control of their AI models. With every passing month AI models get smarter, faster and more cunning. This is why we need to pass the simple, bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act. Humans need to be able to turn these machines off when they go rogue.
CBS News Sacramento@cbsnewssacramento.bsky.social · 2d agoCEO of AI firm Hugging Face calls last month's hack by OpenAI model "very weird and unprecedented"
Lyme disease did not come from a lab. It's so ancient it's been found in 3,000 year old mummies. RFK Jr talking nonsense as usual.
US House ethics panel recommends censuring North Carolina’s Chuck Edwards Republican congressman was investigated for untoward and inappropriate advances toward two female staffers ...
US House ethics panel recommends censuring North Carolina’s Chuck Edwards
Republican congressman was investigated for untoward and inappropriate advances toward two female staffers
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DOD is not letting trans service members attend their own separation hearings unless they conform with Whiskey Pete's notion of their gender. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
NEW: Jake Taylor from MSNOW says Jeanine Pirro just arrived at the West Wing. Uh oh! Methinks her days are numbered!
Sean Wiswesser, former CIA officer: Countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan are helping Russians avoid sanctions and get away with the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, they’re being very duplicitous, saying, "No, no, we want to be more closely integrated with EU and West." Nonsense. Then act like it.
A good roundup of the torrent of shameless lies Fox is promulgating about COVID & Fauci. youtu.be/9FBPpwHpre4?...
Fox Knows They're Lying to You. They Don't Care.
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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The USA is at the same time a nuclear armed superpower, and one of the most ridiculous states in the history of the world.
Trump allies at Heritage celebrating the Cornyn cave on Blanche because you actually need both parties to sign off on changing the “settlement.”
A reminder from w years ago: “An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers—Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson—was secretly funded by Russian state media employees to churn out English-language videos that were “often consistent” with the Kremlin’s
Right-wing influencers were duped to work for covert Russian operation, US says
An indictment alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson — was secretly funded by Russian state media employees.
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