Leading Minnesota Republicans want to help the feds terrorize the residents of their state.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

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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I didn't know apartheid and ethnic cleansing were "progressive values."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Fetterman says America has a responsibility to Israel because Israel has "progressive values"

The stock market seems like a reverse indicator of over-all national financial health: The worse things get for regular people, the better it looks for the connected few.

Is there an app that would screen out all stories that start with “Trump says”?

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

It's a fallacy to think that the Trump regime is pro-military. it's pro-violence and pro-stealing-from-foreign-countries, but it's anti-military-families. As Trump has demonstrated, he thinks soldiers are "suckers" and "losers."

AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.

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A 🧵 Nepo baby David Ellison’s recent OpEd deflected attention from the reality that the Paramount attempted takeover of WarnerBros is corrupt to the core, a debt-time bomb, a natl security issue, would decrease diversity of voices in film/media/ journalism +a press freedom issue. #BlockTheMerger 1/n

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

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Jennifer Schulze (@newsjennifer.bsky.social ): If you want to know what David Ellison would do w/ CNN, look at CBS, "a raging dumpster fire with non-stop controversies ... meddling in editorial content to make it more Trump-friendly and historic declines as the audience runs away as fast as it can."

David Ellison can’t be trusted with CNN

We've already seen how Ellison has wrecked CBS. Don't fall for his PR push on CNN.

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Trump flogs a book by “the highly respected Alan Dershowitz.” Maybe he says it that way so we’ll think it’s a different Alan Dershowitz from the one who was a lawyer for sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and admitted getting a massage at Epstein’s house but insisted, “I kept my underwear on.”

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

Harrowing stuff here: "'What time is it busiest in the FSU student union,' he asked next." "ChatGPT described specific activities and locations and said the busiest periods included 'weekday lunchtimes, typically between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.'"

Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · yesterday

My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵

When a news outlet claims to have the "inside" story and its report makes a certain person look good, you can guess who served as an anonymous source. I'd wager it was Jeanine Pirro – or one of her aides, in order to give Pirro deniability.

Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro (Gift Article)

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.

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Trump has proven he is not restrained by norms or laws so the idea that any serious news outlet would report that what Trump says is a 'joke' is truly mind boggling. Mark's done a good job here of reminding us just how serious Trump's 'jokes' are. open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...

Stop saying Trump is joking when he’s not

Will he rig the midterms? Seek an illegal third term? We need to take him seriously

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Susan Collins is the Queen of the Meaningless Vote.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20h ago

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.

If you're having a bad day, please realize that you're having a much better day than Max Miller's comms team.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:

As Republicans try desperately to make the public think democracy defenders are "communists," I thought I'd re-up this thread of mine from last year.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵 Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.

I can see why Republicans are defending Max Miller, because if the party got rid of all the politicians accused of abusing women, there would be a lot of vacancies in key government positions.

Republican Rep. Max Miller, accused of domestic violence, says he's not ending his campaign because Trump didn't in 2016. Of course, 2 juries later found that Trump was a sex predator, so ...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h ago

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

The New York Times refers to “Iran’s semi-democratic political system.” I wonder if that’s more or less democratic than the U.S. system.

The cowardice is just gobsmacking

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

RAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too

Are you kidding me with this? THESE are the pressing questions of the day right now for the lead anchor at CBS NEWS? Covid & Joe Biden are his top 2 before anything Trump? Come the f*ck on. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Bookmark this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃

I refuse to "respect the office" when it's occupied by a convicted felon who is a sexual predator.

Senate Republicans are confirming a man as "the nation's chief law enforcement officer" who is violating the law by covering up documents about the president's ex-friend sexually trafficking children.

When billionaires conspire with fascists to capture media outlets, the impact on journalism isn't always obvious. In this case, we know about a story that CBS killed. In many cases, we never find out what they don't want us to know.

60 Minutes Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics

Senator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, and the story never aired.

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The only good Republican is an ex-Republican.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Tillis 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"

Who cares who Ellison voted for? His track record of appeasing Donald Trump speaks for itself including firing Trump critic Stephen Colbert & hiring unqualified Bari Weiss & watching her meddle in editorial content, sideline & fire journalists & wreck 60 Minutes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal (Gift Article)

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...