ArchPundit
@archpundit.bsky.social
Blog on Illinois, Chicago, national, and now Minnesota politics. Early local blogger and I chose the name long before the Gateway jackass.
The thing is she’s the Mayor. She’s the one who should know better and model correct behavior
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 4h ago"We’re supposed to believe that it was Her, not the nature of the weekly gathering itself, that sexualized the otherwise serious tone of 'Weiner Wednesday'?" columnist Rochelle Olson asks.
Any time spent dunking on moderate Democrats over Abdul El-Sayed’s victory yesterday would be better spent supporting Peggy Flanagan in next week’s Minnesota Senate primary. Leave no doubt.
Whenever one of these freaks goes off on a tangent about their trans conspiracy of the day, the proper response -- from an interviewer or anyone else -- is "well, it seems like you're having some sort of mental breakdown here, so we'll wrap it up"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoRoyce White is now ranting about "transgender sex dolls" during a forum that is supposed to be about agricultural issues. This guy is a serious Republican in Minnesota who had the party's nomination for a Senate seat two years ago. Insanity.
Civilian skies should never be put at risk by Pentagon policies. Someone needs to be held accountable—that’s why I’m calling for Pete Hegseth’s resignation AND I’m on articles of impeachment to get him out.
Four American civilians died when a small medical plane crashed because the military jammed the area’s GPS signal. I’m thinking of the families of the victims, and I will do everything I can to get them justice. apnews.com/article/new-...
Military jamming disrupted a medical plane's GPS system before it crashed last month in New Mexico
Federal investigators say the GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the…
apnews.com
Kevin is not exaggerating, VDARE was not white nationalist in the sense of "well if you get right down to it the modern GOP has always been white nationalist" VDARE was white nationalist in the sense of "yeah those Nazis sure are white nationalist"
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h agoGonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
In Bari Weiss' Free Press, Olivia Reingold reported from El-Sayed's watch party that "there were keffiyehs as far as the eye could see ... keffiyehs on heads, keffiyehs as belts, keffiyeh-printed phone cases." Not a single one made it into images from Reuters, a local ABC station, or Detroit News.
This feels like the very predictable outcome of Tucker Carlson's anti-Trump pivot: he's doing it to run in 2028.
Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:
Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 7h agowe should hear MAHA out about this they might be onto something
A Minnesota city is suing the state. Why? Conspiracy-fueled opposition to election software www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
A Minnesota city is suing the state. Why? Conspiracy-fueled opposition to election software
One election conspiracist cast doubt on the software, calling an iPad with voter names a “black box” and saying “you don’t know what’s in it.”
democracydocket.com
VDARE?!?!? We are seriously considering VDARE authors for Senate confirmation???
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoSCHIFF: 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
Republican racism strikes again
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 19h agoSeems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.
It was my grandfather's. Mom told me i need to listen to it. Guess i will now.
"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith
(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...
religionnews.com
Remember when the Trib said Illinois should follow Missouri’s lead on repealing the state income tax? www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/17/m...
Editorial: Our neighbors are rethinking income taxes. How about it, Illinois?
Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Wsiconsin all are thinking creatively about taxes.
chicagotribune.com
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 22h agoTwo more GOP amendments go down to crushing defeats, both in MO. #4 would have made future ballot initiatives impossible to pass by requiring winning a majority statewide *and* in each congressional district. #5 would have eliminated the state income tax.
SARS-CoV-2 did not come from a lab. There is no evidence pointing to laboratory origins. There’s been a massive disinformation campaign to convince the public otherwise. It’s scary how effective that campaign has been.
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime and it has nothing to do with AI, crypto, metaverse, robots or any of the other massively hyped "tech" the media always talks about instead
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoAbsolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Trying to give Trump an excuse for the smell around him.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Reminder that CoreCivic is an evil company getting rich off human trafficking. Their business interest is in keeping as many people detained as possible. And the CEO's last name is quite literally SWINDLE.
MinnPost@minnpost.bsky.social · yesterdayPrison industry giant CoreCivic announced Monday that it has finalized a five-year federal contract to reopen a long-shuttered prison in Appleton that will now hold immigrant detainees.
John Cornyn is a cowardly Trump-enabling asshole but he one hundred percent wants Talarico to win this race even if he’ll never say it out loud
Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · yesterdayCornyn about polling where Talarico is beating Paxton goes “🤷♂️ I could tell you I told you so, but I’m not going to.”
