🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."

Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"

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Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary. She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · yesterday

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...

I don’t want to be a crypto champion. I’m going to be a champion for Minnesota’s working families.

A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks

The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.

Schiff: "He waited until he became president. Why did he wait to bring this $10b lawsuit? He waited so he would have the power of the presidency to leverage the IRS and DOJ to make him more money!"

David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.

Jon Husted gave $2.5 billion in out-of-control tax breaks to giant corporations to bring 226 data centers to our state. Now, he’s blaming Ohioans for their higher utility bills.

Unable to articulate the depth of my rage that he vandalized the moon. cbs12.com/news/local/a...

Abandoned SpaceX rocket slams into moon at 5,400 mph, carving new crater

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that launched from Florida struck the surface of the moon early Wednesday, creating a new crater.

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We're organizing to get money out of politics — and we are WINNING.

When you put it that way, Ben, yeah ...

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h ago

So much this

NEW from me: I think this is the perfect time to use Rachel Maddow’s oft-repeated phrase - ‘watch what they do- not what they say.’ Ignore Ellison's PR pitch, but look at what's happening at CBS News including directing reporters to add “facts” that did not exist. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

David Ellison can’t be trusted with CNN

We've already seen how Ellison has wrecked CBS. Don't fall for his PR push on CNN.

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Reporting from Wired ... probably true

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22h ago

A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

A significant, graphically enhanced fact check of Musk's business and financial claims. Any other CEO would be fired for speaking the way Musk does. But for Musk, his wealth furnishes an impenetrable barrier to accountability

Half way through the week-- hang in there! Maybe grab some coffee and chill out to some jazz standards before hitting the news. Join me every day here on Bluesky for more music 🎹 Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael ✨

the lesson of tonight is that everyone needs to lock the fuck in for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social

Insider trading from inside the Oval Office...

1. the whole "disappointing night" thing is pure cope. El-Sayed beat the establishment candidate despite being outspent 10:1, that's an earthquake 2. primary polls are just not great and everyone needs to spend the next week going really, really hard for Peggy Flanagan

Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/david-elli... CNN reporters were not amused by David Ellison's op-ed in the NYT.

🚨 @abdulelsayed.bsky.social just secured a game-changing win! Despite the status quo Democratic establishment lining up behind his opponent and special interests flooding millions into this race, Abdul's people-powered campaign won. Being a real Democratic fighter is good policy and good politics!

A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

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Rather than going after the tactics of progressives this morning, establishment Dems ought to ask why in so many places so many people are rejecting their policies and seeking people-oriented solutions and candidates who are willing and able to fight for them better than the old guard has been.

Now!

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 9h ago

NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”

I spoke with 10 CNNers about David Ellison's essay in The NYT, in which he tried to convince the public he'll be a good steward of CNN. Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling. “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS." www.status.news/p/david-elli...

The Ellison Credibility Crisis

The Paramount boss tried to convince the public he can be trusted with CNN. But staffers inside the network torched his Times essay in brutal comments to Status, pointing to his disastrous record at C...

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The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

Give Them an Inch...

And they'll take away women's sports...

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Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterday

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

EMERGENCY!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Says Trump's moneybags. Tomorrow he has to turn over the financial information that has been obvious since he decided to sue on the basis that factual reporting harmed his net worth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Chipotle isolated a single source of Jalapeno peppers contaminated with Salmonella. They figured it out. RFK Jr. can’t