Stopped watch in action, but I'll take it.
The Hill@thehill.com · 6h agoSen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee.
Just a quick reminder to every Dem in the Senate that, even if your shitbag Republican colleagues are going to greenlight Blanche, ANY ONE OF YOU can still refuse to give unanimous consent and grind this thing to a halt. I'll be watching to see if anyone making fraught speeches today actually does.
You can never just move on from this, even after he's gone. Without punishment and ostracism for everyone who has participated in his crime spree over the last 18 months you can forget it- we're all just treading water until the next tyrant
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Treat them as co-conspirators and have them serve some fucking jail time, and maybe the next time this shit happens, people will be a little more proactive.
Micah@rincewind.run · yesterdaythe intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
What's revealing here is that Iran and Oman are negotiating what is essentially a shared hormuz toll ("service fee") agreement. So the US is moving pretty rapidly to treat a post-war toll system as a given. 'Come up with an agreement on tolls or we'll attack!!' In other words, a massive defeat.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2d agoUS President Donald Trump is pushing Iran to reach a deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday, or face devastating air strikes on the country.
Even with partisan blinders on, a handful of Republicans are all that is needed to impeach him in the House. Two Republicans currently in the House* have already voted to impeach Trump in 2021. *Rep. Newhouse and Rep. Valadao Read more here: citizensimpeachment.com/10badarguments
Ten Bad Arguments Against Impeachment - Citizens' Impeachment
There is only one clear legal way to remove a tyrant from the White House: via the impeachment process written in the Constitution of the United States. Despite this, there are a variety of arguments ...
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Republicans are trying to make the news cycle about anything other than Donald Trump and his incredibly unpopular domestic and foreign policy agenda. That’s why they set up this Fauci hearing. And everyone is taking the bait
If Biden had thrown Trump in the slammer we wouldn't be here. You can piss and moan all you want but J6 was history books shit and history books shit requires the President to do President shit. And he didn't. And now the guy who saved millions has to eat shit from a penis like Ron Johnson
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Ron Johnson claims the the "injection injured" are committing mass suicide
Pete Hegseth to commission Army-sanctioned cut of The Odyssey, replacing all shots of Lupita Nyong'o with a shirtless Austin Butler.
Trump has managed to finally be directly, personally at fault for a bunch of ugly economic & social indicators that voters (usually irrationally) blame presidents for.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.New in PN: Why Trump deserves all the blame for high gas prices "No POTUS has ever deserved to be hoisted on the petard of gas prices more. That’s not only bc of how he weaponized the issue before, but bc unlike almost every other POTUS, he's actually responsible for where the price is right now."
Should we not be discussing this as an "inflationary impact," and instead as "wealth-transference to billionaires"?
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last wk.AI is making everyone's life more expensive, according to CNN. "Households must spend just over $375 more to purchase the same goods and services as they did this time last year due to AI’s inflationary impact,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says. www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/e...
Yup. Stop worrying about what hypothetical Republicans (and media allies) might do. Stop worrying about what they *actually* do, for that matter. Run honestly, be bold, and don't moderate to triangulate. Stop trying to run like it's still 1992.
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · last wk.I love when people argue Democrats need to run to the center by saying shit like, "We need to be careful because otherwise Republicans will paint Democrats as crime-loving commies who want to turn every kid trans!" As if Republicans are not already doing exactly that.
Bingo. Which is why we should not treat them as the arbiters of the truth.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · last wk.If they are capable of rowing against public opinion like this in order to defend Netanyahu and a far-right perspective on US-Israel relations why do they not extend the same for, say, defense of Americans' rights or for the Constitution and Democracy? (its because they do not believe in those)
If they are capable of rowing against public opinion like this in order to defend Netanyahu and a far-right perspective on US-Israel relations why do they not extend the same for, say, defense of Americans' rights or for the Constitution and Democracy? (its because they do not believe in those)
again think about the choices that are made in the media to cover Mamdani's call for Netanyahu's arrest as if it is extremist hate speech or an incitement to violence in context of both the domestic popularity and international elite consensus around the issue.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last wk.New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:
And remember: Don't. Touch. His. Fries. You remember that, and you'll live a long and healthy life.
✪ A Somber Birthday Gray in Late August ✪@jongraywb.blacksky.app · last wk.This man is a consistent living treasure and I want him protected at all costs.
Bingo. But the problem is that "moderate"/compromise isn't a political philosophy for a lot of these folks; it's a defining character trait, and one that has served them thru their public life. It's not that fighting is anathema to them; it's that they literally wouldn't know how, and can't fake it.
Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.part of this is intrinsic to moderation as a political philosophy - "we can come to a compromise here" is, by definition, more of a "don't fight" thing - but it's quite possible to hold more centrist political positions while being genuinely outraged at the corruption and horror going on right now
I get that language evolves, but "search it up" just sounds idiotic to me. *Look* it up. In a book, online, whatever. Do I sound old to you? I don't care. Now, get off my lawn.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm actually fine with sounding old.
Remember this shit. DO NOT let the con work again or we will never get out of this fucking death-spiral.
Oregon 🕎🎲@oregonthedm.bsky.social · 2w agoSo we are in a recession but haven't faced the real crash yet which is most likely to happen during the next Democratic presidency like the timebomb they always seem to maliciously plan thenextweb.com/news/tech-gi...
The Duane Allman + piano solo from "Layla" in GoodFellas.
Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 3w agoTrying to think of pop songs most effectively used in movies. First that come to mind are of course “American Girl” in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and “I get around” in THREE KINGS
Pointing out Congressional inaction on impeachment is not mean. It is not partisan. It's factual, because we observe their actions. We can either fix this by pressuring them to do their jobs or by voting them all out, but it must be fixed. Soon. Country over party, folks. Demand better.
Wake the fuck up, folks. He's crossing the Rubicon. Who is going to stop him?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoMy takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.
A reminder that cities used to have terrible air quality like we have today on a regular basis and the current administration continues to actively dismantle the protections and regulations that cleaned that up.
This dude is cooked. I mean, this isn't exactly news, but there is zero chance he wins a Dem primary in '28. Only question is if he's ornery or dumb enough to (A) flip to the GOP, or (B) run as an independent.
Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · 3w agoJust under half of Pennsylvania’s registered voters approve of how Fetterman is handling his job, but a vast majority of his support came from Republicans, according to a new poll.
1. Good information and worth a read. 2. This is a direct result of RFK, Jr.'s stewardship of HHS and, indirectly, the FDA, which is itself directly a result of Trump. This only changes by removing these motherfuckers from office. Outrage is insufficient. Demand more from your elected reps.
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 3w agoAs I prepare for surgery in a couple of days I wanted to dash off a quick 'actionable analysis' post that's our tag line here at Shouldn't Need to be a (Public Health) Lawyer.... Here's how to protect yourself from Cyclosporiasis, the explosive diarrhea parasite taking the country by storm
