Not only are we not getting our tariff refund—we’re paying for it. We paid the tariff, and now we’re footing the bill for the $640 million refund. We’re paying twice.
Tom Digby
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Author of Love & War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality & Romance (Columbia Univ. Press, 2017 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title) http://amzn.to/1vid3eQ
“You actually gave Dr. Fauci a presidential commendation before you left office.” TRUMP: “Uhhh… I don’t know who gave him the commendation.” 🤷🏼
Minnesota’s Superior National Forest received a $10 million grant in 2024 to cover wildfire prevention efforts, then DOGE delayed funding. now, parts of that area are burning. I spoke with a former wildland firefighter who says the cuts made the fire worse. youtu.be/0cbI9_CNZmM?...
Fmr. fire ranger: DOGE DELAYED a $10 million wildfire grant. It ‘would’ve really helped us’
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Trump can’t end his war with Iran. He has no leverage, his negotiating team are unqualified amateurs, and his advisors can’t offer anything that offends him. No coalition. The best he could have hoped for WAS JCPOA with a new name. Iran has no incentive to concede anything. Time is on their side.
WOW!!! Comedian Cliff Cash takes a sledgehammer to MAGA masculinity, and IT IS POWERFUL!!!
“the strike had killed a husband and wife and their 2-year-old son. The couple’s two other children were pulled from the rubble alive” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
Even with the “greatest military in the world” he is terrible at warmongering. Even W was not this bad at warmongering.
To the shock of absolutely no one. Another embarrassment to Donald Trump as he weaponizes the Justice Department to go after those he perceives to be his enemies — only to have to drop the charges.
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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Many of you recall that in 2020 I helped lead an effort to defeat Donald Trump more than 60 times after the election. In 2026, DOJ is 0-19 in cases to obtain state voter files and Elias Law Group is helping lead the way. We are not done fighting and we are not done winning.
Odd, how Republicans are so angry at the *pretend* notion that Dr. Fauci undermined our health but are not even slightly interested in RFK Jr’s *actual* undermining of our health.
Mitch just texted me to say he’s really enjoying my book – particularly the groundbreaking insights about contemporary masculinity.
Despite the whining about “ historical accuracy,” the racist backlash to the casting in Nolan’s Odyssey is about the right wanting to justify racial hierarchy by projecting it into a past where it did not actually exist. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
NEWS: In Katie Phang's lawsuit, a federal judge has ordered Trump's DOJ to hand over unredacted Epstein records for his private review, signaling he won't simply accept the government's explanations for its sweeping redactions.
Judge Demands to See What Trump's DOJ Is Hiding in Epstein Files
In Katie Phang's lawsuit, Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Trump Justice Department to hand over unredacted Epstein records, signaling he won't simply accept the government's explanations for its swee...
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If you want democracy to survive, and maybe even flourish eventually, in the United States, this may be the most important article you could read today, this week, this month, even this year. Ben Wikler knows how that can be accomplished, and he is eager to tell you about it.
Can This Man Save Democrats?
Democratic guru Ben Wikler explains why state races, not Washington, will determine his party's future.
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Talarico is amazing. Please watch.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2w ago🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is billionaires: Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren’t defunding our schools. Immigrants aren’t cutting taxes for themselves + their rich friends… It’s billionaires & their puppet politicians.”
"No clingy purple blouses! No kitten mule heels! No Doris Day clam digger slacks! I'm being deprived of EVERYTHING! And yet, somehow, able to tweet about it . . ."
Linda McMahon on good uses of AI in schools for students: "They spend the first couple of hours with AI and then the rest of the day they are implementing things they have learned. It's remarkable."
For Rep Mike Collins (R-GA), there is no form of voter ID that is really acceptable if you're Black, Hispanic, Asian-American, or a student. Collins won't take question about why he employs a well-known Nazi agitator on his staff. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoOn the SAVE America Act, Rep. Mike Collins says he's working hard to "get rid of drop boxes" and adds, "it's clear that even using a state driver's license for voter ID has been compromised"
He thinks if soldiers are killed in his war he owns them.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
I can’t even take my dog for a walk without showing him a picture ID.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
Want to read the banned and the permitted articles? Here they are for free: www.researchgate.net/publication/... and www.researchgate.net/search.Searc...
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Jon Ossoff eviscerates Donald’s shameful 7/15 implicit confession that he wants to continue cheating. “There's one man who tried to commit election fraud in the State of Georgia in that 2020 election, and it was Donald Trump.”
Jon Ossoff@ossoff.bsky.social · 3w agoThere's one man who tried to commit election fraud in the State of Georgia in that 2020 election, and it was Donald Trump.
AOC on a movie that made her cry PabloReports: When’s the last time a piece of art—film, music, whatever—made you cry? AOC: Okay, let me go with the worst time one made me cry. I was on an airplane watching… what is that movie? The one about aliens with a linguist? Arrival. With Amy Adams.
This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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#Trump #DV1 #ProudBlue ##TrumpWordoftheDay Forget gas prices! Tonight, Trump is skipping the dismal economic data to drop "classified" bombshells on voting. Why fix the inflation plumbing when you can just blame the ballot box? Grab your popcorn! “DEFLECATE”