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🇺🇸 I believe in the America we CAN be. 🇺🇸 Our nation belongs to all of us, not just the filthy rich. Proud liberal who believes in both freedom and equality. 🍉
The progressive El-Sayid defeated the moderate Stevens for Michigan Democratic nomination. November will be interesting. apnews.com/article/mich...
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.
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After being censured for sexual misconduct, Edwards is out in NC. Let’s hope Republicans nominate the Trumpiest-possible replacement and that Trump is heavily involved in the general election. It can only help.
Woman's Expressive 'Yes Please' Gesture
Alt: Woman's Expressive 'Yes Please' Gesture
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My choice is…whoever is running against Trump pet Mike Rogers.
Missouri’s conservative legislature tried to pass a measure limiting direct democracy. Voters rejected it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Missouri Voters Reject Measure to Limit Their Ballot Box Powers (Gift Article)
The state’s conservative Legislature had put the measure on the ballot that would have enacted citizen initiatives only if they won majorities in each of Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts.
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They cut Medicaid in the Big Ugly Bill. They cut Medicare by $536 billion. Now seniors will have to pay more for prescription coverage. #RepublicanMedicareCuts will hurt so many seniors who voted for Trump, thinking that he would keep his promise and lower costs & not touch Medicare.
Can’t spell corruption w/o T-R-U-M-P INSIDER TRADING 👇🏾 youtu.be/a2P_vM29a9s?...
Truth Social selling early access to Trump's posts
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🤖 AI: We know AI & Data Centers are facing public backlash. We just have a marketing problem. Ezra Klein: “If you believe what you tell me personally, you don’t have a marketing problem…you have a product problem.” 🤖 AI: But if we don’t do it, China will! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the lo...
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When “alternative facts” meet the American legal system, real facts SHOULD win. Trump’s interpretation: “I guess she choked” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case (Gift Article)
President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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Why do 70% of Americans oppose AI? 🔵 > Energy costs 🔵 > Inequality 🔵 Uses fresh water resources 🔵 > Unemployment 🔵 Externalities (e.g., waste) borne by host communities 🔵 May become sentient 😳 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The A.I. Revolt Is Here
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · August 4 · 1h 18m
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Iran and Oman are close to a deal to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. 🔵 Iran and Oman would share new service fee revenues 🔵 Tolls & fees for using the Suez & Panama Canals can reach $1M 🔵 There were NO tolls or fees for the Gulf of Hormuz prior to Trump’s War www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump (Gift Article)
The deal would address President Trump’s most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
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Representative Chuck Edwards (R, NC) is accused of sexual misconduct with his female staff. Edwards is accused of: 🔵 Harassment 🔵 Creating a toxic work environment 🔵 Engaging in said behavior with one female who was just 19 youtu.be/mPl0VJgBBPY?...
U.S. House ethics committee recommends censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards
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Senator Ralph Warnock’s (D, Georgia) bill, banning private equity from buying single family homes, is now the law. 🔵 This should help lower housing costs across the country. 👏🏾 🔵 Stinky McFlation refused to sign the bill. Congress passed it w/o him. youtube.com/shorts/id63v...
NEWS: Senator Warnock’s ban on private equity firms buying housing has become law.
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When “alternative facts” meet the American legal system, real facts SHOULD win. Trump’s interpretation: “I guess she choked” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case (Gift Article)
President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
nytimes.com
Upon taking power in Germany, Hitler announced he’d take no salary, giving the illusion of selfless service. Shortly thereafter, Munich tax collectors came after Hitler, claiming tax evasion of $2.3M (‘26 funds). Hitler then had himself declared retro-actively tax exempt. Sound familiar?
So Todd Blanche will be confirmed as AG. Trump’s slush fund is dead. But: 🔵 Trump keeps the $1.8B settlement that he awarded himself- funded by us taxpayers. 🔵 Trump keeps lifetime immunity from tax liability. Cornyn and Tillis sold us out. apnews.com/live/trump-n...
Live updates: GOP senators agree to back Blanche after he rescinded $1.8B fund for Trump allies
Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to lead the Justice Department said Monday that they will vote to advance his nomination.
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If you want members of this regime to be held legally accountable, you have to add four seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. Otherwise, they'll protect their fellow oligarchs like they did in 2023. 1. Win the senate 2. Block nominees 3. Elect a dem POTUS 4. Congress adds 4 seats 5. Have nice things
Trump: Capital One “debanked” me for being MAGA and a Republican. Capital One: We debanked Trump for suspicion of money laundering. youtu.be/mO-kKTzNO1k?...
🚨 Bank SHUTS DOWN Trump's Accounts, MONEY LAUNDERING!!
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Interesting read, especially for educators. But I’m not confident that Texas, which ranks in the bottom 10 states in public schooling, should be our national model for teaching practice. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | What Blue States Can Learn From the Texas Book List (Gift Article)
Educational traditionalism is not the same as political conservatism.
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Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
They bought Tarik Skubal too?!! If the Dodgers DON’T win the World Series now, 2026 should be considered an absolute failure. sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking...?
Dodgers president Andrew Friedman explains Tarik Skubal deal, scoffs at criticism that they're ruining baseball
Skubal is officially a Dodger and will make his debut against the Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.
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Meet Scott Barshay, attorney. Barshay led the effort at Paul Weiss to capitulate to the Trump Administration in order to maximize profits. He is also anti-trans. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Max Miller has a documented history of violence against women dating back to high school. Read this article from 2021. web.archive.org/web/20211105...
When GOP lawmakers face legit accusations of abuse, they remain in office & are often promoted (e.g., Trump, Hegseth). Max Miller of Ohio is just the latest example. Democrats are much more likely to hold their representatives accountable. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Ohio Republican Denies Abuse Accusations, Deepening High-Stakes Family Feud (Gift Article)
Representative Max Miller denied in a livestream the allegations of domestic abuse made by his ex-wife amid worries in the Republican Party that a once-safe seat may be in danger.
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Only Nixon was less popular… www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course. (Gift Article)
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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How about that! 👏🏾 “I think there’s a realization that global health security is also American national security, too.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/h...
U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme (Gift Article)
The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.
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When it comes to Trump’s money laundering, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Trump Soho laundered Russian mob money. Trump Panama laundered drug cartel money. Trump Azerbaijan laundered Iranian Revolutionary Guard money. Florida real estate was used to launder Russian oligarch money.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d ago🚨 NEWS: In a new court filing, Capital One says Donald Trump’s accounts were closed in 2021 after months of analysis by its anti-money laundering (AML) professionals, not because of politics, as Trump has long claimed. 1/
