Loretta Ellsworth
@lorettaellsworth.bsky.social
Author of books for children and adults- out now: The Jilted Countess (HarperCollins)
Every law student in America should be required to read this as a cautionary tale. Every lawyer at Paul Weiss should be required to read this to understand what they have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
nytimes.com
The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
This was intentional. First drones, now missiles. Russia is gauging NATO’s (specifically the US) response to these violations. Every time they strike far Western Ukraine, they get data on Polish operating procedures - alerts, jets scrambled, communications with allies, etc.
Trump might be the one screaming "election fraud," but who is the one writing the script? Enter John Solomon.
The Election False Flag Has A Standard Bearer
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
Regardless of politics, we can all agree that the President should stop lying to the American people about Iran’s capabilities, right? It’s insane that we’re sticking to the “completely obliterated” lie while Iran is actively killing Americans.
In case anyone was wondering what Trump was doing after two service members died last night… He’s golfing. Go figure.
I hope our leaders are cognizant of the fact that Iran is clearly forcing these deployments to Israel on purpose. Going after Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan depletes interceptors that were being used to protect Israel. Now our assets are moving to a less-defended Israel. 🙃
FYI nothing in the save America act protects our election infrastructure from hacking
Looking forward to watching all the people who said Russian election interference was a hoax screech into the void about how we have to pass the save America act
Pretty sure Trump just said we have to secure our elections because the election in Venezuela was manipulated. We… don’t use the same election system as Venezuela.
MAGA: 2016 was fair! (Obama was President) 2020 was rigged! (Trump was President) 2024 was fair! (Biden was President) They’re going to rig 2026! (Trump is President) Why is Donald Trump so fucking bad at securing elections according to MAGA?
We’re striking Iran *right now* The market manipulation (and the market falling for it) is crazy.
He’s going to announce some bullshit about foreign election interference in the 2020 election on Thursday. Probably so he can attempt to interfere in this year’s election.
First, the Human Thumb (Stephen Cheung) called the story fake. Now they’re subpoenaing reporters… over a fake story? Way to confirm the reporting.
Iran hit a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz with a missile, causing heavy damage. They’ve announced the Strait is closed - again. The US is currently bombing Iran in response.
What a day at the almost 90 deg. Pan-O-Prog parade in Lakeville! So many Minnesotans despite the heat. People want leaders who show up to listen and deliver results. That’s the kind of Governor I’ll be.
Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering
Oh. So Tulsi Gabbard wrote a report showing that voting machine vulnerabilities didn’t flip any votes. And now she’s not the DNI anymore. Hmm. www.reuters.com/world/white-...
EXCLUSIVE: White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms near
The report does not say the vulnerabilities have led to votes flipping.
reuters.com
Compare this to Obama, who demanded detailed briefings and a risk assessment / COA analysis with every decision he made. You simply can’t distill complex foreign policy issues into a one pager and expect good outcomes.
Miles Taylor@milestaylor.bsky.social · last mo.There was a rule when I was in Trump's first term: if a memo had a staple in it, it was too long for him to read. Life-or-death decisions were cut to one page. Or a half-page. Or less. Bold fonts. BIG pictures. When you’re wondering why everything’s a mess, remember that.
Crazy. Strait of Hormuz open without tolls? ❌ Limits on Iran’s missile program? ❌ Limits on Iran’s support to proxies? ❌ Securing the enriched uranium? ❌ National embarrassment? ✅
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump is backing away from getting Iran's enriched material: "You could make the case, why even bother? It's not very valuable stuff."
Holy shit this is bad. Strait of Hormuz = free transit for 60 days, after that it’s up to Iran and Oman Nothing on missiles. All Iranian sanctions removed. $300 billion to Iran on top of releasing all frozen funds. We didn’t win a single point. Holy shit.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2mo agoHere's what’s in the US-Iran deal As Donald Trump has been speaking, senior US officials have been briefing reporters about the deal with Iran. Here are some key points from the 14-paragraph agreement:
Now Trump says Iran deserves to have ballistic missiles because everyone else has them, we were going to run out of oil if he didn’t end the war, and you shouldn’t care about Iran because the stock market is at a record high. Absolute clown show.
March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil." April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil, much more than we need." June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks..."
lol… it’s like clockwork. Stock market about to open? WE’RE CLOSE TO A DEAL!!
- story leaks - White House calls it fake news - Trump confirms the initial story - White House pretends they never denied it - repeat
Trump (right before the market opened): Iran really wants to make a deal Iran: actually we’re suspending all communications
This new series of The Muppet Show is certainly more satirical.
