Quick reminder: Just because U.S. military stockpiles are low does not mean that they need to be replaced.
Chris Newman
@cnewman.bsky.social
General Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies Department Follower of @marjoriegarcia.bsky.social Vituperative tweeter w/ a gentle heart
He is, ironically, correct in saying that Trump's election serves as a form of permission slip for him to stay in the race.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 21h agoTapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."
Looks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe
Two wins for abortion rights: Voters in Kansas and Missouri easily defeated ballot measures that could have threatened abortion access in their states
Holy s-t! When did Cornyn become a Democrat?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
“What part of murder don’t you understand?” must become a commonly asked question if/when Democrats retake power.
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
I think I just prefer the place that is not run by the Nazi trillionaire
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care
Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Honestly it would be pretty great if Carville takes Bill Clinton too. Call me a communist, but it would be nice if everyone in Epstein class voluntarily left Democratic Party.
Chris Newman@cnewman.bsky.social · 2d agoIngraham invites Carville to join the Republican Party. Might be for the best... www.mediaite.com/media/tv/lau...
Ingraham invites Carville to join the Republican Party. Might be for the best... www.mediaite.com/media/tv/lau...
Laura Ingraham Invites James Carville to Join Republicans to ‘Defeat’ Democratic Socialists: ‘Turn to Us’
Fox News' Laura Ingraham invited political strategist James Carville to join hands with the Republican Party on Monday, urging him to "turn to us" to "defeat" the rise of Democratic socialism.
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Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d agoICE killed, another, man. Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies The detainee had an extensive medical history, incl epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...
He has fully Apprenticed the United States government. Everything is like an episode of his crummy reality tv show, and it gets treated as such by what's left of the media. Meanwhile, in real life, real people suffer.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
The least bad realty TV plot line in an American politics right now: Piker v Maher. Here for it. www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/0...
Hasan Piker on Bill Maher's Threat To Vote Republican: "Let The Trash Take Itself Out"
Podcaster and Democratic Socialist advocate Hasan Piker responded to critics who say he should not be a prominent voice in the Democratic Party as a whole. Talk show host Bill Maher said last week t...
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MAGA is raging at DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin for discussing immigration reform. But the real reason MAGA is so furious is he admitted immigration can be managed in a way that benefits our country. This is absolutely lethal to white nationalist ideology. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam
Markwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: That immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.
newrepublic.com
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
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It should be obvious to all at this point that Mitch McConnell has no intention of relinquishing his seat, even after he dies. An Ai “Mitch” will retain it and will block President Ossoff’s SCOTUS nominees when the time comes. And Democrats will 100% let this happen.
So what’s he saying is that the US needs waves of immigrants to ensure that our worst, most inhumane instincts are kept in check? Sounds good!
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
32 pts underwater on immigration is … a lot
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d agoRemarkable: Dems have now pulled even with the GOP *on immigration* in two new national polls. A third finds Trump 22 points underwater on the the issue, and *32 points* underwater among independents. Trump has absolutely destroyed the GOP advantage on immigration. newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Senior Republican congressional staffer on trying to recruit new policy experts: “We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”
Are Young Republicans Too Based to Work for Congress?
Party veterans are concerned that the pipeline of young Republican talent is veering off course — and into terminally online extremism.
politico.com
“They already knew what they were coming to do. We told them we were Americans. It didn’t matter. We were brown, and that was enough.”
Col. Gustavo Arellano@gustavoarellano.bsky.social · 5d agoMY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: The banality of evil in the Border Patrol's secret anti-immigrant slur. Share, porfas!
Soccer match in Los Angeles will mark the 25th anniversary of @ndlon.bsky.social ndlon.org/ndlon-kicks-...
NDLON Kicks Off 25th Anniversary with Historic Soccer Match Honoring the Organization's Origins – NDLON
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100% to this ⬇️. Collins should be asked publicly- and on the record- whether she supports or opposes recent #ICEoutofMaine restrictions currently going into law: mainemorningstar.com/2026/07/28/n...
New restrictions on state involvement in immigration enforcement take effect Wednesday • Maine Morning Star
As President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics face renewed scrutiny after the fatal shooting of a man in Biddeford, new Maine laws take effect Wednesday that restrict local authorities’ ...
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Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d agoSusan Collins, who voted for $70 billion in no-strings-attached ICE funding, is now taking credit for securing new bodycams to distance herself from Trump and ICE. This is how Collins wins in Maine. Dems must go on offense on ICE to thwart this scam. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
I'm not saying it's a psyop or endorsing any particular conspiracy theory, but 50,000 people moving together requires organization....
How has ICE ramped up arrests dramatically while keeping public awareness low? A large part of that is escalating arrests by state and local police under 287(g) agreements; arrests which often look a lot like classic racial profiling.
Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 6d agoGoodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...
Yes! Act accordingly! There is still a strain in Dem thinking that is colored by the idea that Trump tapped into something Real that can't be ignored. Time to get over that.
JLRay@jlray.bsky.social · 6d agoHistorically, Trump's numbers are closer to those of presidents who aren't invited to the next nominating convention than to presidents who get to hand pick the next nominee. Act accordingly.
The postponement of Todd Blanche's nomination hearing brings this to the fore: Some Senate Republicans say no real harm/difference in confirming Blanche since he'd be "acting" A.G. anyway. But, as I discussed last night, that's not the proper comparison.
BREAKING: Tree sit goes up to stop border wall construction in Arizona. The action is reportedly the first tree sit in the U.S. aimed at stopping construction of a border barrier. Land defenders on the ground are asking people to show up and support.
BREAKING: Tree sit aims to block border wall construction
The action is reportedly the first tree sit in the U.S. to attempt to stop construction of a border barrier. Land defenders on the ground are asking people to show up and support.
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Even Ingraham seems to be visibly taken aback by Miller’s unhinged lunacy
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoStephen Miller: "President Trump is the one who questioned the need for requiring every single American to be tested over and over and over again" (Yeah, we remember!)
Make every Republican who takes Musk's dirty money own all of him - including his child exploitation. Tonight via Axios: "Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout, Axios has learned." www.axios.com/2026/07/29/m...
Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms
Musk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024.
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Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · last wk.minnesota state rep jess hanson rides elon musk for filth for trying to defend his pervy app: "when the richest man in the world hangs out with the epstein class... we cannot act surprised when he's trying to protect the number one tool used to make child sexual abuse material"