This is how it’s done. Concede defeat, congratulate the winner, and pledge to work together to advance the interests of the people. 👏👏👏

Evan Sutton@evansutton.bsky.social · 12h ago

I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

Todd Blanche (Trump’s personal lawyer) has vowed to ban abortion nationwide, propped up Trump’s DOJ slush fund and refused to meet with Epstein survivors. Today, Republicans advanced his confirmation to AG. This man is deeply unfit to serve — every Senator should vote no on his confirmation.

#WeShouldAskOurselvesWhy #ThisIsOurGovernmentNow

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trumps - Don, Don Jr, & Eric - don't have to pay their taxes Blanche gets AG Only their Jan 6 foot soldiers are left empty handed

Amanda Carpenter@amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 2d ago

The slush fund was always a decoy of sorts. They tossed their henchmen under the bus (who could see that coming) to lock down the tax immunity. The entire deal was corrupt. Both ends. Start to finish. This is how Blanche does the job. Not reason to confirm him; it's proof he should be rejected.

Truth

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 3d ago

This guy has anti-Semitic brain worms (among many other species of brain worm) and he needs to be treated as radioactive by every Democrat.

The most corrupt, unethical AG in the US history will now take office after a sham deal with retiring Republican senators. Now this lawless DOJ will run amok with Trump’s criminal defense attorney carrying out his retribution tour against the innocent while the guilty go free.

Don't tell me they didn't create a Brownshirt army #ThisIsOurGovernmentNow

Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · 3d ago

On Jan. 11, Gregory Bovino watched as his Border Patrol agents dragged a man out of his car at a St. Paul Speedway, knelt on his back until he lost consciousness, and dragged his limp body into the back of a van. The man's name is Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano and this is his story.

A policy by weak men destroying real "warrior ethos" in the military.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d ago

All I can say is: Read this piece. It’s extraordinary.

NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:

ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

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Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta

We’ve seen this before.

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Trump says Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Iran convinced him to call off a planned attack on Iran, adding: “I think there’s a deal.” Reminder: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar all have business ties to the Trump family. Nothing about this is normal.

Can I beseech everyone to never get used to Trump’s corrupt, criminal, cruel and indecent behavior nor ever imagine that any of this is acceptable from someone occupying our White House?

Trump didn’t want to admit that he personally hired an unqualified contractor who screwed up the Pool and cost taxpayers millions. So instead he had the hack Fox host who he installed as US attorney indict an innocent man so he could blame him and others for his own incompetence.

But the GOP will stay silent and support this guy anyway. Remember....they are the party of "family values" and "law and order".

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d ago

Emily Moreno’s lawyers filed for a restraining order today against her ex-husband, GOP Rep. Max Miller, whom she has accused of domestic abuse. “Unless restrained, [Miller] will continue to harass, threaten and communicate with my counsel directly,” Moreno said in court papers.

Once again I'll reiterate that the way AIPAC has been transformed into this creeping villain behind every unwanted election result is feeding a resurgence of antisemitism, and that goes triple if the winner is Jewish and was opposed by AIPAC. Please please think about your words here!

What the Senate Republicans are saying about Anthony Fauci is not true, but here is exactly how and why it's untrue. The latest edition of Press Pass, from @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4g2o6Ya

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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last wk.

These are Fox polls.

The Trump Admin just quietly cut $3.6 billion in prescription drug assistance for seniors. As a result, millions of Americans 65+ will now face higher Medicare drug premiums next year. We will fight back. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums

Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.

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Emily Bove should never have been confirmed (thanks feckless GOP Senators) and must be impeached. #putitonthelist

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · last wk.

The constitutional remedy for a federal judge who is found to have abused the authority of the state and concealed it before he was appointed is impeachment, removal, disqualification, a civil cause of action, and criminal prosecution.

We all laughed at Blanche when he said they had done an actual investigation into Comey. Turns out he was right — and the investigation was at once comical, sordid, and bone-chilling. A would-be Pinochet runs up against the structural limits of a still-free country.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.

Todd Blanche Colluded with Italian Mafiosos ... and Also Rudy Guiliani ... to Indict Jim Comey emptywheel.net/2026/07/29/t...

The worst may not come to pass but Kristol is objectively correct that the threat is far greater than in 2020.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨🚨🚨 With the confirmation of Clayton, Trump has loyalists in place at the power agencies who will work to enable his election subversion schemes for 2026 and 2028. They're not incompetent, and they're putting loyalists in beneath them. The threat is far greater than in 2020.

Very interesting 🤞

the wisdom@bluedotut.bsky.social · 2w ago

CRISPR is one of the best arguments to support basic science. Discovered a little over 10 years ago, CRISPR is a natural mechanism used by bacteria to defend against invading organisms. CRISPR has already revolutionized lab research. Medicine is next and not just cancer. Invest in SCIENCE!

Tell me they didn't intentionally build a Brownshirt militia. #ThisIsOurGovernmentNow

Tina Vasquez@tinavasquez.bsky.social · last wk.

Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.

Heartbreaking Just wanted a better life. Hard working people. All they did was make Stephen Himmiller and the Brownshirts uncomfortable. #ThisIsOurGovernmentNow

Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · last wk.

Tragic: Overland couple killed in Guatemala after being deported by ICE | STLPR www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Here you go MN GOP delegation. Chickens coming home to roost. But sure, blame Canada, you clowns.

Sheila Broflovski: This Is Really Their Fault

ALT: Sheila Broflovski: This Is Really Their Fault

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Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · last wk.

Now some of those woods off the Echo Trail near Ely are burning, raising the question of whether any of the forest fires blazing in Northeast Minnesota could have been blunted by allowing the previously approved plan to move forward.

It’s a damn disgrace that an innocent man who represented America in multiple Olympics and did nothing wrong was arrested and charged with a federal crime by hack Jeanine Pirro solely because Trump doesn’t want to admit he fucked up the pool with his usual incompetence.

This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

Russell Vought: The Shadow President

YouTube video by ProPublica

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I’m joining my House Democratic colleagues in an effort to force Speaker Johnson to bring the American Dream and Promise Act to a vote. It’s time for comprehensive immigration reform in this country and it starts with a pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers. Let’s get it done.

Jackson Blake's Stanley Cup day is set for Thursday. Story: www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-h...

Jackson Blake's Stanley Cup day set for Thursday

Blake will hold a public event at Eden Prairie (Minn.) High School, where he won a state championship in 2021.

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