holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
Dr. Jami Rogers
@publicradionerd.bsky.social
Author of "British Black and Asian Shakespeareans: Integrating Shakespeare, 1966-2018" LAMDA trained; former PBS and "Masterpiece Theatre" PhD in Shakespeare. Nuts about public radio. Proud West Virginian. Lots of theatre and LiverpoolFC
JUST IN: Trump files emergency motion to try to block BBC from getting details about finances of his business empire in connection with $5-10 billion defamation suit he filed against the network www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Trump seeks to shield his business finances from BBC in libel lawsuit
politico.com
Another thing we're going to have a lot of fun destroying when that demented fucker finally croaks or goes to jail.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · yesterdayMacFarlane: We are near the new gold-plated statues the Trump administration unveiled near Memorial Circle, Memorial Bridge, and the Lincoln Memorial. It’s really, really gold.…
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
It will never not stick in my craw that there are some things on which we do Need to Hand It To George Walker Bush… but there we are
Doctor Charlton Cussans PhD@charltoncussans.bsky.social · 36m agoGWB was and is way less racist then the party he led.
The new Ted Lasso... ❤️❤️ Snoops gives it 5 paws. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 And they got a mention of women only being allowed to play football in the UK since 1971.
John Caird: Broadway has become Disneyfied and unaffordable www.thestage.co.uk/news/john-ca...
John Caird: Broadway has become Disneyfied and unaffordable
John Caird, the original co-director of Les Misérables, has claimed that Broadway has been ‘completely Disneyfied’ and it is now prohibitively expensive to stage shows there
thestage.co.uk
Well.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 20h agoJUST IN: Trump signals plan to reframe his suit against BBC. Likely to narrow Trump's claim to take out ref to damage to his businesses/brand. Needs judge's OK, but may limit BBC access to his financial data Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
It’s almost as though private companies will choose profit over health and safety of customers EVERY TIME and must therefore be doggedly regulated
Rima I Anabtawi@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13h agoTaco Bell parent Yum! and Michigan health authorities discussed the cyclospora outbreak weeks before the public was alerted www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.
🎶One of these things is not like the others One of these things doesn't belong Can you tell which thing is not like the other By the time we finish our song?🎵
President Trump promotes the book of notorious POS Alan Dershowitz.
Cooler than average days this summer have just completely died out, even in our hottest summers we do get odd day here and there interspersed. We are coming up 2 months since last daily max temperature was 1C below average in London on already warmer baseline. Freakishly warm period.
The Colorado River's 15-Mile Reach is back down to record low flows -- 57 cfs this afternoon, an all-time low for this day in the period of record for this USGS gage.
The deadly 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, fire officials said in a report released Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4yYRp5e
Southern California Edison equipment blamed for 2025 Eaton fire in Los Angeles
SoCal Edison has claimed in lawsuits earlier this year that Los Angeles County agencies failed to send timely evacuation warnings to residents in east and west Altadena.
pbs.org
Has anybody checked that it's NOT Grant Shapps?
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · yesterdayRather puts Grant Shapps being rejected as a Conservative candidate into perspective.
🚨💣 BREAKING: Mo Salah to Trabzonspor, here we go! Club confirms agreement in place for the Egyptian striker. Salah joins on two year deal as free agent after leaving Liverpool.
Where do I buy books: @owlbookshop.bsky.social in Kentish Town is great, also the big Waterstones in Bloomsbury, full of quiet corners. Left field favourite bookshop: Leakeys in Inverness (fabulous 2nd hand bookshop in an old church)
Most Cubans still won't vote Democratic . Because of course you have to vote for the people who hate you.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · yesterday“Not all Cubans are MAGA”: The Cuban women who broke with the GOP
With Sebastian Berhalter and Max Arfsten off to Middlesbrough, six USMNT World Cup players remain in MLS: Goalkeeper Matt Freese Goalkeeper Matt Turner Goalkeeper Chris Brady Center back Tim Ream Center back Miles Robinson Defensive midfielder Cristian Roldan
Reminder that the Tories believe any non-British person who commits more than a minor parking or traffic offence should be automatically deported. They “believe in second chances”, apparently, but only for literal Nazis.
Kemi Badenoch defends selection of man jailed for harassing Jewish MP in council election – as it happened
Conservative leader tells press she stands by decision to select Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a candidate for local election in Somerset
theguardian.com
Oh for the love of all that is holy...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
If I were a betting man, I'd bet a quarter Jeanine Pirro gets fired this Friday.
NEW: The DOJ hit a significant milestone — its 20th loss out of 20 in its sweeping legal effort to access state voter rolls after a judge dismissed its case against Colorado. The court ruled the department did not provide a sufficient justification for needing the rolls, as required by federal law.
Trump DOJ now 0 for 20 after judge dismisses Colorado voter roll lawsuit ‘with prejudice’
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday.
democracydocket.com