Imagine a fellow draft dodger like Bill Clinton, posting an image of him in uniform, wearing more medals than Patton or MacArthur. Fox News would’ve spontaneously combusted
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 4h agoThis guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.
Laura Ingraham invited disillusioned Democrats who don't align with the DSA platform to support the GOP. She thinks they should join a party that rubber stamps anything and everything their glorious leaders asks of them - including covering up for a deceased sex trafficker.
REMINDER: Rep. John Larson is one of the top two Social Security fighters in Congress… and he’s not number two! @johnlarsonct.bsky.social
Research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health released this week has confirmed what many in the Appalachian coalfields knew to be true: black lung rates are higher than they have been in 50 years. www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 9h agoTrump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl
Reeves announces pilot programs to improve rural health for Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday new pilot programs aimed to combat obesity, eliminate obstetric care… https://mississippitoday.org/2026/08/05/reeves-announces-pilot-programs-to-improve-rural-health-for-mississippi/
Reeves announces pilot programs to improve rural health for Mississippi
Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday new pilot programs aimed to combat obesity, eliminate obstetric care deserts and expand mental health services in rural Mississippi.
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People want to know: how can my landlord get away with jacking up the rent so much?
Right now we mourn America. In November, we can celebrate it again. youtu.be/4V4DHronVWE
NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Mourning America
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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"When Social Security is secure, millions of families are more secure, and so is our economy...81% of older Americans across party lines reject cutting Social Security benefits." - Nancy LeaMond, AARP
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...
So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayPhang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
NEW: MLS owners have voted for Larry Berg as the league's third commissioner, electing him over sports media exec David Nathanson. Timeline for Berg's succession of incumbent Don Garber to be determined. On @us.theguardian.com: theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/03/larry-berg-mls-commissioner-vote
LAFC co-managing owner Larry Berg voted as next MLS commissioner
Berg, a senior partner at private equity firm 26North, will succeed Don Garber as commissioner in 2027
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I will be on CNN tonight around 11:15pmET during their live election coverage of the Michigan Democratic Party Primary. Tune in! I'll have a few things to say and why we may be watching a revolt that's already underway.
Capital One says Trump Organization account closures in 2021 followed review by anti-money-laundering team.
Capital One cites anti-money laundering concerns in Trump Organization case
Capital One says Trump Organization account closures in 2021 followed review by anti-money-laundering team.
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BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
It's like the entire White House is staffed by Lego Rasputins.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Young American voters, who may fall squarely into the middle class, may resist the label. “No term in American politics is quite as slippery or misshapen,” Jay Caspian Kang writes. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
Why the Democratic Establishment Can’t Win Over Young Voters
A new bloc of young, college-educated voters has emerged in the U.S.’s political landscape, Jay Caspian Kang observes. They don’t have much faith in the Democratic establishment.
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The whole country is laughing at Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina. Great job, Chuckles!!!!!! #congress #nc #northcarolina
People Are Hungry for Historical Reality | From “What the Heck Just Happened?” with @hcrichardson.bsky.social & award-winning historian and Yale University professor Dr. Joanne Freeman. @jbf1755.bsky.social Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/PV6gxWpKy48
it's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck
Bernie Moreno, Miller’s ex-father-in-law, says congressman is unfit for office as Miller denies allegations
Ohio Republican Max Miller faces growing calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations
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