"A core feature of the modern GOP is the party’s open and obvious disdain for democracy." Source: By permission of Mike Luckovich and Creators Syndicate and Daily Kos, Lisa Needham
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It was actually Joe Biden who inherited the disaster, and when he left office the economic headlines were about how our economic recovery from the pandemic was the envy of the world.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3h agoTrump inherited one of the strongest economies in the world, yet 33% of Americans still think he inherited a disaster. The power of right wing propaganda. #BlueWaveIn90Days
Young people under 40 better wake tf up- this 80 year old dirty stink is destroying your future. The 5 guys running this country put this party fluffer in charge of “cosmetics”, so you don’t notice them.
#Expats are returning to #Hong #Kong by the thousands, pushing up rents and creating a squeeze for spots at top #schools. More here: bloom.bg/4fSWvaK 📷: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg
Expats Flock Back to Hong Kong Seeking Low Taxes, Better Jobs
Thousands are returning after the city’s foreign population was hollowed out by Covid and Beijing’s tightening control.
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Hegseth setting a great example of leadership by throwing his deputy under the bus… and then backing up the bus just to be sure.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 34m agoOof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
If you make the split based on the Jaguars' Week 8 bye, Parker Washington was 6th among regular wide receivers in yards per route run from Weeks 9-18 last season. Parker Washington 2.80 (6th) Jakobi Meyers 1.70 (37th) Brian Thomas Jr. 1.70 (37th)
Man oh man do I love me some PARKER WASHINGTON Discussed the Jags WR group with @brettkollmann.bsky.social 📺: youtu.be/YdcYeYlJpwA?...
States with the lowest literacy rates shouldn’t be banning books, they should be reading them
False equivalence from an equivocating but unequivocal coward.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTillis: "Everybody has this view that they are as pure as the driven snow and it's the other side that has a problem. I think we both have a problem, folks. If you want to talk about weaponization, take a look at Biden, take a look at Obama, take a look at Crossfire Hurricane ... "
Many people in the bar are saying the near miss happened because the helicopter exceeded the FAA’s all-you-can-eat weight limit. www.npr.org/2026/08/05/g...
El-Sayed on Islamophobia: "That's the only play they got. They're gonna point at me, they're gonna point at my name, like, 'Wow, he's different.' That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is now taking us to war."
I think @governor.ca.gov should sue Florida for trying to have a Floridian serve as Governor in AL and another extra Senator in MI, on top of the one in KS.
Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.
Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · 23h agoDays before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.
Here’s an easy question for MAGA: If foreign countries were paying the tariffs, why has the Trump administration refunded $100 billion of the $166 billion in illegally collected tariffs to the importers who fronted the money that YOU paid? And you won’t see a dime of it. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/t...
El-Sayed on Vance: Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy—after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. And then he decided to suck up to power.
JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.
The “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” people are going to go all in on racism in Michigan.
Trump suddenly furious that he’s surrounded by idiots. Who let this happen?
Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 60m ago“trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages that now threaten to limit military options with Iran.” wapo.st/4hQVTF0
DURBIN: You wrote an article in which you claimed 'Black inmates are most like to become sexual aggressors.' Why should people of color believe you've changed? CRONAN: I co-authored the article. I haven't re-read it in a long time. DURBIN: Do you believe it? CRONAN: I'm not in a position to opine
A Wisconsin judge has ruled that absentee voting in the state discriminates against disabled voters — siding with groups that are seeking to force election officials to allow for electronic casting of ballots.
Wisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violate rights of certain disabled people
A judge has ruled that absentee voting in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, siding with groups that are seeking to force elections officials to allow for electronic ballots.
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Whenever one of these freaks goes off on a tangent about their trans conspiracy of the day, the proper response -- from an interviewer or anyone else -- is "well, it seems like you're having some sort of mental breakdown here, so we'll wrap it up"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoRoyce White is now ranting about "transgender sex dolls" during a forum that is supposed to be about agricultural issues. This guy is a serious Republican in Minnesota who had the party's nomination for a Senate seat two years ago. Insanity.
Here we see Donald Trump again getting sexually aroused in public describing the murder of a woman (historically one of his favorite topics, though he’s also keen on girls or women being raped, kidnapped, trafficked, or simply beaten; murdered gets him the most excited, however, that much is clear):
