As I was saying

Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 4w ago

At some point we are going to have to reckon with what percentage of the Thought Leadership we get from this class of people is just drug addiction. Either a lot of credulous reporters have never listened to someone tooted out of their mind go on a monologue or they're afraid to call it out.

Neat. In related news, I’m planning to go unicorn riding with my girlfriend Sarah Michelle Gellar. Just as realistic.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 7h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w ago

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

This is a wildly prescient story about Chicago's proto-RFK Jr., in charge of public health during the Spanish Flu. He thought beer killed malaria and that bathing could kill you. He had a feud with an actual TB doctor, who insisted bathing is good. He bullied the TB doctor until he killed himself.

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC

Our Team

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Politico@politico.com · 21h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

So that means he has the votes so she has permission now to do her performative “See, I go against Trump” act before November.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h ago

BREAKING on MS NOW: Susan Collins says she's voting against Todd Blanche's nomination to be Attorney General.

“Americans are piling on more and more debt because no one can afford to eat, so giddy CC CEO’s are diving into piles of money like Scrooge McDuck who cares about inflation this economy is awesome!” But Biden called inflation “transitory” ONE TIME and it was the worst thing anyone has ever said.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday

WELLS CEO Charlie Scharf, on CNBC, responds: ".. The data that we see totally supports what he says. Totally supports what he says. Our credit card spend is up 10% .. not just the affluent customers. .. Everyone is spending more." @cnbc.com

So sick and tired of this horseshit. Every day. Every. Single. Fucking. Day.

time to reup this classic

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

“.. The president is ‘furious’ with Pirro, one of the sources said, telling CNN that he fumed about her all weekend.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...

Trump stealing from the treasury to pay off his violent, insurrectionist goon squad is enraging; but what makes me even more furious is Trump giving himself and his family immunity from paying taxes that they owe, as well as from paying taxes ever again. And the entire GOP thinks that’s just swell.

Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Todd Blanche’s written assurance that the $1.8 billion slush fund won’t go forward is garbage. It won’t go forward today. What about tomorrow once Blanche is confirmed as AG? Tillis and Cornyn, agreeing to advance Blanche, are pathetic.

I'm convinced the supporters of this sort of thing are just pedophiles. They relish the thought of getting to diddle children "legally"

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

So under this Supreme Court's treatment of U.S. law and presidential power, Joe Biden couldn't forgove my student loans, but perhaps Donald Trump can forgive his own tax debt. Wild.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

And Republicans are all supporting this. Hunter Biden paid his back taxes and Republicans still want to lock him up for tax evasion.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

When I said we really needed rain because we’re in a drought, I didn’t mean all at once.

lol at the amount of cheating that would result in Trump shooting a 70 on a serious golf course.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”

“Sandwich guy case” “Harvard clawed frog embryo smuggling case” “Olympic canoeist reflecting pool vandalism case” “James Comey seashells Instagram post case” New rule: If the case sounds like a Mad Libs story, it’s probably about to implode.

The economic, political, and cultural fabric of this country is going to be devastated to a magnitude I think very few Americans understand and will understand until it’s too late. Damage that will take generations to repair.

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 6d ago

U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

HELL YEAH JESS PEGULA

First we bombed a girls school, now we’re bombing civilians. Was this ChatGPT too, or just How Hegseth gets his rocks off? “The Times found no indication of a military site near the family’s home or any reports of military casualties from the strike…”

Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians (Gift Article)

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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I mean, everything is an embarrassment for Jeanine Piro. Her own daily existence. Everything.

Mediaite@mediaite.com · 5d ago

‘A True Embarrassment for Jeanine Pirro’: CNN’s Elie Honig Shreds Prosecutor After She Drops Case Against Former Olympian

Holy wow. We've been tracking the DOJ withdrawals of indictments, dismissals by judges, rejections of subpoenas, no bills by grand juries and more. All those are collected here: www.justsecurity.org/146665/court... Add this one to the list:

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d ago

FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:

INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 6d ago

Prisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.

So glad socialism never came to power in the U.S. or by now the federal government would be taking ownership stakes in private businesses.

Government Ownership Stakes in Companies Becoming Routine Under Trump

The Commerce Department’s latest announcement that it plans to take equity stakes in six more companies demonstrates that government ownership of businesses is becoming routine under President Trump.

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🇺🇸 Ben Shelton over 🇫🇷 Ugo Humbert 7-6 6-3 6-4 at the DC Open. Man, what a fantastic match!

Every company that has replaced all their human employees with AI so that you can’t speak to a live agent to get an issue resolved deserves to go bankrupt and fail. It’s fucking INFURIATING. The AI is incapable of helping. It’s not even capable of understanding what I need. Fuck you, State Farm!

Trump was a kindergarden-level civics test the American electorate failed miserably, and the rest of the world now quite rightly regards us collectively as a toddler stumbling around with a Glock rather than an adult one can deal reasonably with.

The most irreversably damaging geopolitical harm Trump has inflicted is proving to the world that America is untrustworthy and unreliable. Not his administration, but the American people. open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

How Trump made America less popular than China

Speak loudly and blunder a lot

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