Michigan just proved something the political establishment doesn’t want to admit: When we organize, we WIN! Now, let’s make it happen again on Tuesday, August 11. Join @indivisible.org’s phonebank for @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on Monday and help us keep up the momentum.
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.
BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cook, was the Capitol attack on January 6? COOK: I hesitate to use the word 'attack'
@jamestalarico.bsky.social for Texas US Senate gets it - under his opponent Ken Paxton and Gov. Abbott, data centers are running amok in TX. Talarico has a sensible plan to regulate data centers. Texas, he is the right choice for your next senator, not the corrupt, 15 home owning Paxton.
Republicans set their health care grenade to go off after the election. Don’t be fooled.
The New Republic’s Matt Ford on Trump selling early looks at his social posts, which often move markets: “The scheme is functionally no different than if he asked for giant burlap sacks of cash from Wall Street executives in exchange for reading his executive orders the day before they are issued.”
Is Trump the GOAT of Presidential Corruption?
The president’s gluttony for graft is the only truly remarkable thing about his political career.
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BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election
Facts are facts. #protectwomensrights #Pinks 🎥:jvanderleun on IG
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
this is truly motivating me to use inshallah even more than I already do after all it’s the faster and more fun way to say “if the good lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise,” speaking as someone with Southern roots.
✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 1h agostarting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”
Erin Hawley, went so far as to assert before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that even physicians and pharmacies shouldn’t be able to receive Mifepristone or other drugs that could produce an abortion via the mail, FedEx, or UPS: “What the Comstock law says is that it is improper to mail thin...
Thom Hartmann@hartmannreport.com · 4h agoSo, what the heck is the Comstock Act and why is Todd Blanche so enthusiastic about it? hartmannreport.com/p/is-todd-bl...
🗳️ Mapping the 2028 Dem. Field Ryan Grim says the 2028 Dem. pres. race begins taking shape w/ last night's primary results, which will show whether anti-war populism has real electoral momentum. AOC has a credible “free shot” at the nomination and, Grim says, may take it because “it’s just right...
The Survivors’ Truth Commission meets today, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. MDT to present its interim report and walk through its mission investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. nmpoliticalreport.com/2026/08/04/e...
Epstein Truth Commission to present interim report Wednesday - New Mexico Political Report
By Kevin Hendricks The Survivors’ Truth Commission — formally the House Special Investigatory Committee — meets Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. in State Capitol Room 307 to present an interim report and ...
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SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
It’s bad. Ukraine is still effectively hitting both inside Russia and occupied Crimea almost daily, but Putin (as usual) is targeting population centers instead of legitimate military targets.
A federal judge decried efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he reluctantly dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group at the Trump administration's request. buff.ly/kgEyeGC
Judge Criticizes the Justice Department as He Dismisses Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy Case
A federal judge decried efforts to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as he dismissed the seditious conspiracy case.
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Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."
"LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil announced an agreement Wednesday with a lead investor that would allow the rival league to forge ahead without the backing of Saudi funding while making players major equity holders. O’Neil did not identify the investor..." 🤔
LIV Golf has lead investor and planning ahead for another season
LIV Golf says it has a lead investor that will allow the league to plan ahead for 2027 and beyond. The rival league has been in survival mode since March when the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabi...
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If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
Bear in mind that this is a Manhattan Institute poll with a clear bias in the question about how UBI "would require significant government funding" and go to people "whether they work", but still, that Dems and voters age 18-35 still strongly support it is something Dem politicians should leverage.
If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.
😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/
A federal appeals court says the Trump administration wrongly terminated a multibillion-dollar initiative to boost clean energy programs.
Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate program
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.
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Number For The Day: 37 That's the number of historic sites around Washington that Trump’s proposed triumphal arch would adversely affect, according to an assessment by the National Park Service. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Trump’s Massive Arch Would Adversely Affect 37 Other Historic Sites, NPS Finds
"It is intended to dominate the surrounding landscape,” warned one preservation officer.
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