Congratulations! Our members in Michigan backed Abdul El-Sayed : he wants money out of politics, he supports public schools and higher ed, and he knows that healthcare is a right. Now let's do the work and send him to the US Senate. bsky.app/profile/abdu...

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 13h ago

Thank you, Michigan. I love you from the bottom of my heart!

DOJ isn't throwing the case against Davey Hearn out...it's putting it in a drawer "Without prejudice" means they can pull it back the day Trump asks, & he attacked the decision to drop it within hours That's why we're asking for dismissal w/ prejudice More @washingtonpost.com👇 -TN

Reflecting Pool defendant’s lawyers move to head off new charges

Attorneys for David Heard, the former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, are asking a judge to ensure federal prosecutors don’t have a chance to resurre...

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Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., has dropped his reelection campaign after the House Ethics Committee released a report alleging he had persistent, unprofessional, and inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers. Rep. Edwards has called the allegations baseless.

Trump sued Capitol One for Slander. In discovery, we learned Trump sold multiple condos to Russians who paid in cash. The Money Laundering Desk at Capitol One closed his accounts. Republicans of course are not investigating this.

In case you haven't figured it out yet, MAGAts, this is what you voted for.

Oh good, we are crowdsourcing military strategy now.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago

PENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

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Every adult woman that I have been deeply familiar with has had a moment with a man when she knows that he would hit her if be could get away with it. Some even know what he looks like when he does it. You never forger what it looks and feel like. That Miller video has it all.

🚨 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/

Donald Trump has a type: his daughter.

It has to be embarrassing to be MAGA after spending weeks blaming “vandals” for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage, only for the Trump administration to admit in court that it was caused by a “flawed installation” by the contractor.

Nah I don’t forgive you! #Pinks #USDemocracy

How is Ken Paxton able to own at least 15 real estate properties worth around $9 million—including a $1 million property in Hawaii with an ocean view—on his government salary of $153,000 per year? Explain it to me like I’m five.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week.

State Department map of Africa mislabels every country at AIDS conference

The State Department said that it took “full responsibility” for the confusion caused and that the map was produced by a team member who hastily changed the slide deck.

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Oliver Larkin, Florida congressional candidate: “If we’re going to talk about children being raped, then we need to hold this pedophile president, Donald Trump, accountable and all those that have been implicated by the Epstein files.” 🔥 #SheShed

Excellent

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d ago

Breaking News: The father of a teenager who fatally shot four people at a Georgia high school in 2024 was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury found he bore criminal responsibility for his son’s deadly attack.

I'm just a small-town political scientist, but I see all of these polls & again can't help but think we don't need yet another Ezra Douthglesias podcast this week clutching meta-pearls about What Democrats Must Do. The answer seems to be "oppose fascism & corruption, with local characteristics" 🧐🤷‍♂️

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 6d ago

As @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social said yesterday:

In a single strike, russia lost more senior operational commanders than US/NATO forces typically lose over multi-year expeditionary campaigns. ​Yet this strike doesn't make global headlines or even domestic russian news. In high-intensity peer war, mass attrition becomes background noise. 🧵 1/

Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · 7d ago

Ukrainian #GBU-64 strike on russian regimental HQ. Preliminary KIA lists commander of the 201st separate rifle regiment deputy commander of the 201st commander of the medical company the chief of staff of the 201st the chief of the armored service of the 7th separate mechanized brigade

If those are accurate numbers… Holy shit. That’s bad.

The caller on Rand Paul’s virtual town hall is all of us.

The guy who campaigned on grocery prices is gold-plating horse statues on our dime. It’s going to be hard to tell the difference between Washington, DC and the Las Vegas Strip in a minute.

These are Fox polls.

Fauci accuses Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession with calling for my prosecution" and of making "repeated slanderous comments," then says "although it pains me to do so... under advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the 5th Amendment to refrain from answering your questions."

Stop posting insane bullshit at 2 a.m. and maybe you'll be able to stay awake during a friend's funeral, you greasy fuck.

Sleepy Don dozing off again in public in the middle of the afternoon at Lindsey’s service.

James Talarico Widens Lead Over Ken Paxton https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/28/james-talarico-widens-lead-over-ken-paxton/

The SS has reopened with an American accent. Abolish ICE and accept nothing less.

Tina Vasquez@tinavasquez.bsky.social · last wk.

Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.

Still not a single member of Congress has read any of the Epstein files or perpetrator’s names out loud on the floor of the Senate or House, as they claimed they would.

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.

This is an enormous story not getting enough attention. As of this morning the Pentagon website claims 14 troops have died when in fact it was 18. Disgusting.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The erasure of the deaths of Lt. Feehan, Pvt. Gonzales, Sgt. Rampersand, and Sgt. Swinton is one of many instances of the administration’s dishonesty. The dishonesty cannot diminish the honor due to these soldiers. But it does stain the honor of our country." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-trie...