Big Steve (BP)
@bigsteve61.bsky.social
Casino blackjack undesirable and currently ruler of Omicron Persei 8. Last seen somewhere in Las Vegas, no Direct Messages pls.
it's a 44 minute listen with Terry Gross (Fresh Air). www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...
How Trump made an estimated $2.2 billion during the first year of his second term
New York Times reporter Eric Lipton discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations into Trump's conflicts of interest and whether he's exploiting the power of the presidency for self-enrichment.
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Abdul El-Sayed wins the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, NBC News projects. Abdul El-Sayed wins the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, NBC News projects.
Michigan Democratic Senate primary remains too close to call Avatar Adam Wollneris a deputy politics editor With 75% of the expected vote tallied, El-Sayed leads Stevens by roughly 3 percentage points. (MS-Now)
Waiting for them to sue Hustler Magazine for the monthly Beaver Hunt. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Days after John Oliver's dare, Buc-ee's sues again
Buc-ee's is suing a family-owned mini mart over its beaver logo, days after John Oliver mocked the chain's history of trademark lawsuits.
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There are no communist Democrats in any real position of electability and Ted Cruz is a worthless lying POC.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h agoSo much this
Fun Fact: had the Bush Tax Cuts not been passed in 2001 and 2003, the Federal Debt would be $11 Trillion dollars lower than it is today. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Bush Tax Cuts Are the Disaster that Keeps on Giving
The 10-year-old Bush tax cuts are clearly an economic failure that has made our country fiscally weaker, write Michael Linden and Michael Ettlinger.
americanprogress.org
This is sad, but pardon power is what it is, charges against the last of the Jan 6th conspirators have been dismissed as they have been pardoned by Donald Trump.
Adam Klasfeld@klasfeldreports.com · 21h ago"Reluctantly," a federal judge dismisses the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy cases. Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle." "The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW
MAGA seems outraged by Mamdani's proposed NYC grocery stores to bring full sized supermarket selection into inner city food deserts. They claim ID will be required, but City Hall says no ID will be needed. No doubt all tied to communism and the voter ID issue www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Mamdani hits back at ‘insane’ MAGA claim that grocery rules prove need for voter ID
New York City officials say no ID is required to use the mayor’s planned low-price grocery stores
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While a 5-Disc set is likely overkill, "My Aim Is True" was definitely a landmark album and got what was then called "the New Wave" played on US AOR/Rock radio. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Elvis Costello to Celebrate 49th Anniversary of 'My Aim Is True' With Five-Disc Box Set
Elvis Costello is honoring 'My Aim Is True' on its 49th birthday with a five-disc box set packed with unreleased songs from the time period.
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Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016.
Monday afternoon, off from work, spinning up this classic, the album cover is iconic.
No federal prosecutors left in the Reno office of the DOJ. All of the assistant US Attorneys have quit. thenevadaindependent.com/article/all-...
All federal prosecutors have left DOJ's Reno office, as lawyers leave Trump admin en masse - The Nevada Independent
The Reno office typically has between five and six full-time attorneys overseeing prosecutions. But in the past year, the number of lawyers has dwindled from six to zero.
thenevadaindependent.com
Endocrinologist starting me on Mounjaro injections. We will see how this goes for Diabetes and Weight loss. Waiting for PA to be approved by insurance.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
GOP loves to rewrite history. First it was about slavery, then about the legacy of Jim Crow, now about Covid and the amount of death caused by Trump's incompetence back in 2020.
Discovery will be another lawsuit killer and Capital One. In short Capital One's risk management section noted suspicious activities on the account that warranted them telling Trump to take his business elsewhere. www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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In the public interest, not in Trump's interest. apnews.com/article/fcc-...
FCC chairman defends actions against ABC, says broadcasters must operate 'in the public interest'
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is defending the agency's actions against ABC, saying broadcasters have a duty to operate in the public interest.
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They create very few permanent jobs and tax base rarely expands because they tax abatement given up front means these data centers don't pay squat.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Fun Facts: General Staff: Russia has lost 1,444,810 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The figure includes 1,360 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day. Please Russia, just go home.
Republicans like to pretend this was just some normal event, healthcare was overwhelmed as the Trump Admin did little to prepare, they had fired many who would have done that and chose instead to politicize the response and promote phony treatments.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d agoRunning out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...
