“The Reflecting Pool mess is different from other Trump obsessions because it reveals just how immune to evidence and logic his beliefs have become, even when a trusted lieutenant wheels an entire box of supporting evidence into the Oval Office.”

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 11h ago

Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl

As an Ohioan, I don't need max miller to step down. The average voter has to see, accept, & internalize that miller is the republican party. Republicans were fine with trump. They were fine with clarence & kavenaugh on the court, hastert & jordan in the locker room, and so on. Make them own it.

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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!!! 🙏

The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.

New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files

The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.

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SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know

Sadly, he isn’t wrong. I’ve read multiple interviews with Republicans who say they will still support him. Nothing matters anymore. Not even abuse of a toddler.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h ago

I guess Max Miller figures that some Ohio voters keep reelecting Jim Jordan so he might as well stay in.

“The president is fighting a fraud crisis.” Is this the same president who demanded IRS immunity and whose Capital One accounts were closed because of money laundering?

RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."

Let’s level set. MICHIGAN is a must-win if we want to flip the Senate. A word caution: This race was tighter than many predicted. El-Sayed needs Stevens supporters in the general, so it’s not smart strategy to keep them angry. Welcome them. Focus on issues. Time is short, so healing must be quick

I’ll take it, but the only reason she is voting against him is because she is scared of being defeated in November.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · yesterday

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Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats

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Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich weighs in on the state of Donald Trump’s war on Iran, which despite Trump’s repeated claims of total victory has no end in sight.

My mom would have had to update her voter registration and prove her citizenship 8 times under the SAVE Act, counting all her moves and name changes. That's just one tiny part of Trump's project to make govt exhausting, punitive and (for him) profitable. My latest www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...

Trump Is Making Government Worse on Purpose

Instead of seeking to simplify and improve citizens’ lives, this administration keeps creating new obstacles and burdens.

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The left: we want the Epstein files The right: we want the Epstein files The center: we want the Epstein files Trump: best I can do for you is Fauci’s diary, some lies about the reflecting pool, and a failed war in Iran

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Opinion | The absurdity of the Reflecting Pool prosecutions — The Washington Post

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped charges that her office never should have been brought. Now she's fighting to keep her job.

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🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."

Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"

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Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."

David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.

Where are Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi?!

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · yesterday

The Free Speech Brigade going after Americans "for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission". (It was never about free speech and I sincerely hope that every single media outlet is aware of this now...) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

You could have voted no on Blanche. Idiot.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

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He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Five years ago, I left a partnership at a large, prestigious law firm because I wanted to more fully engage in representing clients in the political process at this unique moment in history. newsletters.democracydocket.com/paul-weiss-f...

There are a lot of Ohio Republicans in the news right now and it can get confusing. I'm here to help.

Ohio State Fan's 'O..H..I..NO!!' Football Reaction

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