Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"
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Trying to pass around reliable info and maybe some smartass shit.
BREAKING: The nomination of Trump's former personal lawyer to be Attorney General just advanced to the full Senate. Judiciary Republicans caved: All 12 Republicans voted in favor of Todd Blanche. All 10 Democrats voted against.
chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
FYI. I've been in data centers. The ONLY people that work those buildings are the security people. 1st class!! The techs come in, replaces servers that fail and leave. They work for the companies. They drive in, find the broken server pull it out of the rack, put a new one in. And drive away.
Spain is rushing troops and resources to one of its territories in North Africa, after tens of thousands of migrants crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta. https://to.pbs.org/4fIIOLh
Tens of thousands of migrants enter Spanish territory, then return to Morocco
Spain is rushing troops and resources to one of its territories in North Africa, after tens of thousands of migrants crossed the border from Morocco into the small city of Ceuta. Geoff Bennett reports...
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Oh, it's bad. He doesn't say Blanche is pulled, but, he does. I think the only fair reading of this is that Trump is not willing to let Blanche back down on the audit immunity.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last wk.NYT on the Blanche vote delay that’s the result of Cornyn and Tillis not being on board due to where things stand with the IRS audit immunity provision. “‘I can see why he wants it, because it provides immunity from audits no other taxpayer would get,’ Mr. Cornyn added. “
Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
FLAG: Trump just said he doesn't object to withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination — keeping him in an acting capacity as AG — until after Sens. Cornyn and Tillis are out of office.
87% of Americans favor term limits for Congress 79% favor age limits for federal elected officials 74% favor age limits for the Supreme Court 72% favor campaign spending caps 63% favor a national popular vote But these and other popular changes likely would require amending the Constitution.
NEW: Most Americans support several major structural changes to the nation's political system, from term limits to campaign spending caps. Achieving those changes, though, would require amending one of the world's hardest constitutions to change.
Most Americans favor big changes to the political system that likely would require amending the Constitution
Most Americans support term limits, campaign spending caps, and Electoral College reform, but achieving these changes likely would require amending one of the world's hardest constitutions to change.
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When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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Elon has been melting down and raging nonstop since his interview with The Economist and Chef Andres is one of the best and kindest humans on planet earth.
BREAKING: The man who assassinated Melissa & Mark Hortman, and John & Yvette Hoffman, has been sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in prison. www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/u...
Minnesota man gets 2 life sentences for killing Democratic lawmaker and her husband | CNN
The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison on Thursday, a little over a year after the political at...
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Even cannibals don’t want to be in the same place as Tate
It’s only a matter of time before poorly trained ICE officers, who are forced to meet unreasonable, quotas for rounding up migrants, shoot and kill American citizens. Oh wait….
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman: "It's only a matter time when you weaponize that two ton vehicle where an officer is not going to be able to react in time and we're burying an ICE officer ... so the vehicle stops are back on"
The killings will continue until people submit to the masked secret police.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman: "It's only a matter time when you weaponize that two ton vehicle where an officer is not going to be able to react in time and we're burying an ICE officer ... so the vehicle stops are back on"
We’re all focused on gasoline prices but don’t sleep on what’s happened to mortgage rates since the Iran war began
Q: What will you say to the families today? TRUMP: All I'm going to say is 'we love you, we love your child.' And what's what they are to them. All you can do is throw out your heart
LIEU: How many US troops have been wounded in the Iran war? WALTZ: My understanding is over 100 LIEU: That number is wrong. It's actually 482. It's not surprising to me you didn't know the answer. The reason you are here today is bc you were fired by the president from your former position as NSA.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr likely accepted $125K skybox tickets from Paramount while it sought approval for a multi-billion dollar merger. We filed a FOIA request to find out if Carr and others disclosed these gifts and if so, why ethics officers approved them.
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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i love how centrists continue to do this thing where they say “if DSA becomes more front and center in the party, republicans will run on that!” as if the right doesn’t just say absolutely anything on and run on shit like peanut the squirrel or litterboxes in school bathrooms
Benny Johnson tells an agreeing Sen. Eric Schmitt that "the left is setting themselves up, they're training, they're ready to try and stage a mass slaughter event" "Yeah," Schmitt replies. "They're drawing federal officers out and then they have snipers."
Scalise: "The Bolshevik takeover of the Democratic Party is in full swing, and communism is on the ballot this November"
things like this are especially funny when you remember that the @washingtonpost.com is owned by the 4th wealthiest man in the world and is now dedicated almost 24-7 to arguing that you should never tax a dollar of jeff bezo's over $246 billion dollars
Sending ICE Agents to intimidate voters at polling places, declaring martial law to try to delay or cancel the election, seizing ballots-As he gets more desperate, there's nothing he won't do to try to save his pathetic orange ass. ALL states should preemptively prepare to defend Democracy! 🇺🇸 ✊
BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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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.
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromises FCC commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. The agency’s chair, Brendan Carr, has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company.
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
propublica.org
DC still ranks as the world's third most polluted city Saturday morning. Wildfire smoke down but not out. Still Code Red levels lingering although there should be gradual improvement this afternoon, w/ Code Orange expected. Late day storms should help disperse smoke. Details at CapitalWeather.com
