SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

NEW: The New Mexico attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit accusing top DOJ officials of "stonewalling" a state criminal investigation into the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Story: buff.ly/LLnMVHT Complaint: buff.ly/iV3k28C

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Dire alarm as world's 'most critical' economic indicator flashes danger before midterms

The single most important number in the global economy is flashing danger just months before voters decide control of Congress.The U.S. Treasury bond, the bedrock of the world's financial system, has ...

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Update: 43990 Service is restored for most impacted users. status.bsky.app

I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 16h ago

Only a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

Honestly is anyone surprised? I'm not. This is what you get when you elect a criminal who wants to be king to be President. Project 2025 told us exactly what was going to happen. And here we are.

The Emma Goldman Clinic is one of only 2 locations in all of Iowa that provide abortion care. Supporting them today means gender-affirming care, STI testing, abortion care and more, remains accessible in IA.

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Ending Roe v. Wade doesn’t end the need for abortions, and it doesn’t end the need for the Emma Goldman Clinic. The Emma Goldman Clinic is a not-for-profit independent organization founded in 1973 b...

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Schiff: "This is someone who has violated his code of ethics blatantly, misled this committee, supported establishment of a fund for cop beaters, covered up docs implicating president in the Epstein files, use DOJ to enrich the president. Is this who we're prepared to confirm as AG? It appears so."

Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.

🚨 #BREAKING (CHICAGO SUBURBS) ÏCE agents pulled a GUN, and a TASER, on unarmed U.S. citizens for recording them from a public sidewalk… while threatening, “you aren’t going to like the outcome.”

8/5 HSI in the parking lot of Best Buy on Rose, Oxnard. If support is needed 805-296-1119 ☎️

They indicted Davey Hearn before asking the obvious question: could he have caused any of this damage at all? Their own eyewitness never went before the grand jury @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe LLC & WLG are asking for dismissal w/ prejudice @apnews.com on what the govt knew & when👇 -TN

Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.

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BROWDER: Trump’s policies towards Putin don’t make sense and not in America’s national interest. Why is Trump so apprehensive about holding Putin to account? Who knows what deal he has with Putin. There’s a pattern of foreign governments enriching Trump or people close to him.

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

“Did Mitch win his primary?” “No, sir. He’s still dead.” “How about Lindsey?” “He’s still dead too, sir.” “At least Amir Hassan won, right?” “No, sir. He lost to the guy who dropped out last month.” “The Mexicans only gave us one good word, and that’s siesta. Very few people know that.”

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election

BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.

Leading Minnesota Republicans want to help the feds terrorize the residents of their state.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h 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

@harryjsisson.bsky.social: "What gives me hope is the people who are doing the work silently around the country…The public servants who — despite everything — still get up, one foot in front of another every single day and show up for their community and the people around them."

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, who won the 2020 election? COOK: A joint session of Congress certified Joe Biden BLUMENTHAL: How many times have you rehearsed that answer with the White House? Who won the popular vote? COOK: So if you look at each state, the governor-- B: So you're unwilling to answer

Scenes from filming "Apocalypse Now." (I talked about the film on my latest podcast.) With Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall & Francis Ford Coppola #TheMartinSheenPodcast 💙

I'm going to assume this is a misprint, but who knows at this point? www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Why don’t they phrase the question as, “Did Joe Biden win the 2020 election?”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h ago

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, was the Capitol attack on January 6? COOK: I hesitate to use the word 'attack'

the squirming Candeub does in this clip ... absolutely brutal

I joined @nynurses.bsky.social and health care workers to stand in solidarity with Haitian New Yorkers after the Supreme Court’s decision to end TPS. New York stands with TPS holders, always. Together, we'll keep demanding the dignity, safety, and justice every family deserves.

Spotted in DC. Are Republicans going to stand by Mike Collins while he refuses to answer questions about his ties to white nationalists?

The Survivors’ Truth Commission meets today, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. MDT to present its interim report and walk through its mission investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. nmpoliticalreport.com/2026/08/04/e...

Epstein Truth Commission to present interim report Wednesday - New Mexico Political Report

By Kevin Hendricks The Survivors’ Truth Commission — formally the House Special Investigatory Committee — meets Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. in State Capitol Room 307 to present an interim report and ...

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