Q: What message does it send if Trump fires a US attorney because she determined there was not sufficient evidence to charge four people with a crime? BLANCHE: If he fires a US attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that because he's the president
In addition to costing close to $50 billion, Trump's border wall is also siphoning off much of the scarce water in the US-Mexico border region. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Crews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells
Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearby
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EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...
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They found $16.5 million for a reflecting pool and can't find the budget for children's education.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Trump administration is planning to gut Head Start, a program that offers free preschool to over half a million children.
The Blanche statement that likely now secures his confirmation does nothing to abrogate Trump’s rights in the slush fund and perpetuates the outrageous tax amnesty for Trump and family, which the American people are paying for without getting anything in return. It’s all lip service and a travesty.
This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...
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We all live in a sweatbox now, with no shade or water breaks from the cruelty of a mad king. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections (Gift Article)
The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.
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The Trump Administration wants to open a sacred site in the Southwest to oil drilling. Some Native New Mexicans ask, how much extraction is enough?
Trump Wants to Drill a Sacred Native American Site. Can It Be Saved?
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What is crazy to me is that Operation Warp Speed—started during the first Trump Administration—was one of the most successful public private partnerships to develop a medical product and it led directly to the Covid Vaccine.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoBASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Oh look, the Commerce Department quietly announced 7 new equity stakes in private companies. Brought to you by the people fighting "communism." https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6000186-commerce-ai-chips-stakes/
Commerce Department quietly announces 7 new equity stakes in private companies
The Department of Commerce quietly announced this week it will designate more than $870 million in federal incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in exchange for a minority equity stake in seve…
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ICYMI — Tennessee man Paul Vaughn, convicted in 2024 of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a felony to interfere with reproductive healthcare services, was just awarded 7 figures by Trump. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
COMMENTARY: It doesn’t get much dumber than Donald Trump and Sean Duffy’s war on “DEI bike lanes”
It Doesn't Get Much Dumber Than Trump's War on 'DEI Bike Lanes'
Donald Trump and Sean Duffy have waged a war against "DEI bike lanes," arguing that they take up room that could be used for cars.
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I think there’s a big take from today: The markets > over an arrogant Fed Chair. And based upon his performance today he’s going to learn the hard way.
Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · last wk.GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Lindsey Graham was laid to rest today, and at least one of his many mourners marked the occasion by getting in a little nap. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Can't Help Taking a Snooze at Lindsey Graham's Funeral
Donald Trump was visibly dozing off during Lindsey Graham's funeral at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.
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GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.
A disgrace
Aric Toler@aric.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of Iran war casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
Mitch McConnell's staff reached out to me and asked me to delete a post calling them out. I said no. www.edwardswire.com/p/mcconnells...
McConnell's Office Told Me to Delete This. No.
Yesterday, McConnell’s office reached out through an intermediary, of course, and asked me to delete this post naming the senior staff who run his DC office.
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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“crude oil supplies in the U.S. are the lowest they’ve been in 45 years” It all comes down to depletion! When you have lived your entire life with a silver spoon in your mouth, you use everything as if there is an unlimited supply. Oil, ammunition, goodwill, natural resources, FDT is using it all!
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2w agoJuly 20, 2026
It's so awkward when awful people you deeply dislike say something you 100% agree with.
Just want to point out, with a few exceptions the Democrats absolutely sucked at the Todd Blanche hearing. They each just spoke and grandstanded, and didn’t focus on specific things…. Like Gislane Maxwell. Ossoff made all the headlines and it wasn’t even the Blanch hearing. It was another dude.
He went from going on Fox every day to going on Fox every hour of every day. He's on Fox more than any Republican.
No separation of church and state in Missouri. 98% of Missouri school vouchers end up in church coffers…that’s your tax money directly funding religion thanks to the GOP school voucher scheme.
