My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.
Garrett M. Graff
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Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Biden’s bet that the Inflation Reduction Act could address climate change and create jobs for voters is widely considered to have been a bust—but this is the wrong lesson to draw from his administration’s experience, @leahstokes.bsky.social argues.
Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think
Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.
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honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
The mass-nullification of contracts made by our government is illegal, has shattered our scientific research capacity, and will hobble trust in the ability of the American people to rely on their own government, permanently.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h agoA federal appeals court has ruled the EPA “likely acted unlawfully” in canceling billions of dollars in Biden-era climate grants. The funding remains temporarily frozen while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a conference call hosted by the White House Faith Office on July 30 with thousands of religious leaders around the country, Blanche said he was committed to achieving policy solutions so that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision “becomes permanent in every single state.”
Kelcie Moseley-Morris@kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 18h agoThe recording of Blanche's call with faith leaders hosted by the White House Faith Office was still live as of a few hours ago, but has since been taken down.
it's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Out now: "Inside the George W. Bush White House: An Oral History," by Russell Riley, an insightful, riveting look inside a presidency from the vantage point of those in the room where it happened. politics-prose.com/book/9780197... www.amazon.com/Inside-Georg...
Inside the George W. Bush White House: An Oral History (Oxford Oral History)
An oral history of George W. Bush's presidency, the inner workings of his White House, and the critical policy decisions it made Shortly after George W. Bush's presidency ended, senior advisors began ...
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oh cool so you created 5 million new jobs for those people right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
automatically running signal messages through a stranger's AI is, I think, the worst pitch and idea I've ever been cold pitched in my life and that is saying a lot
Boat Strikes: "A careful review of the available evidence suggests that the United States has killed individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” writes @kaine.senate.gov. “They are murder victims.”
Kaine Presses President on Military Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific, Calls for Accountability | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, sent a letter to...
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the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Stop the false equivalence. No other President sued his own government to secure immunity for himself and his family, created a fund to reward cop beaters, and demanded prosecution of his political enemies. Trump’s weaponization of DOJ is unprecedented and you just endorsed it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTillis 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"
The billionaire class is both a threat and an embarrassment to humanity.
I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Trump is still lying through his teeth about vandalism at the reflecting pool rather than admitting his utter failure. Yesterday he did it by posting, today in person in a room full of reporters. I cannot overstate his much I hate liars.
It's really hard to convey just how corrupt "The President owns and runs a social media site where he often posts decrees. Companies can pay to get the messages early". That sounds made up but here we are
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d agoheard an interview recently with an anonmyous wall street bro who said his employer would not subscribe to the president's truth social insider trading scheme because they did not want to go to prison when the rule of law returns
Senators who have nothing to lose by sticking to their principles : we are abandoning our principles
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d agoJohn Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.
Very good @brianbeutler.bsky.social look at the folly of imaging that Dems can win young men over the long haul "with a dozen more Rogan appearances and a ten percent increase in bearded senators." Instead try "demonstrating an interest in their fellowship." www.offmessage.net/p/maga-donal...
MAGA Squandered Young Men's Trust; Making Them Stay Democrats Is The Hard Part
The right discredited itself. The left can't win them back with beards and podcast appearances alone.
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It’s astounding how little these two men, forced from politics by the evil of Trump, have asked in return or been willing to resist even as independent as they are now. The only conclusion is that they’re actually just fine about [waves hands] all this.
Courtney Bublé@courtneybuble.bsky.social · 2d agoTillis and Cornyn announced they will now vote for Blanche. Now the question is, can he get confirmed before August recess starts?
Moreno statement on Miller. Remember: Max Miller worked in Trump's White House and played a key role in January 6 (if nothing else, as one of the people who talked Trump OUT of sending 10K Guards out so he could march on the Capitol, Julius Caesar like).
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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Capital One’s lawyers would not have signed-off on closing Trump’s account unless the money laundering evidence was very strong; it would simply be way too much of a legal/reputational risk
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d ago🚨 NEWS: In a new court filing, Capital One says Donald Trump’s accounts were closed in 2021 after months of analysis by its anti-money laundering (AML) professionals, not because of politics, as Trump has long claimed. 1/
STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REFLECTING POOL INFIGHTING
A freelance reporter has been fighting a subpoena from the Trump administration seeking to force him to reveal his sources for a New York Times article about a failed top secret mission in North Korea, according to people familiar with the matter.
Justice Dept. Subpoenas Times Freelancer in Effort to Identify Sources
A previously undisclosed subpoena, involving reporting on a failed SEAL Team 6 mission in North Korea, reflects the government’s expanding campaign to investigate leaks of secrets.
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Gift article link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o... Thanks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social for Joby's name, among others. bsky.app/profile/verm...
Opinion | He Was Once the Most Famous Terrorist in the World. His Brand of Violent Chaos Is Returning. (Gift Article)
And Americans are nowhere near prepared to deal with it.
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Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4d agoMy midsummer reading report, featuring @mkn.bsky.social, @colsonwhitehead.com, @jobywarrick.bsky.social, and more! www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/midsummer-...
There were two elections in the past twelve months that show what an electorate with a truly asleep Republican base looks like. Republicans likely won't have as low turnout in absolute numbers but if Democrats turn out big (looks like they will), we can replicate this nationally. Who's ready?
Blue Tsunami 📌@bluefuture.bsky.social · last mo.I decided to use my creative and persuasive writing skills to write this important message. Voting matters. We need to make sure the Republican Party loses big in 2026 and beyond as punishment for embracing far right ideology and the fear-driven cult of Trumpism.
Some might see this and assume it’s fake, but Trump actually published it. The White House perpetrated a fraud on the public, and after the DOJ was forced to abandon a baseless prosecution, Trump doubled down on the self-satisfying fiction he prefers to reality and threw Pirro under the bus.
