From Stuart Greenberg: GOP Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are assholes!! If they really wanted to do the right thing, they’d use their new found power to get all the Epstein Files released before voting to advance Todd Blanche. Instead they roll over, sit up and perform on cue.
The Supreme Court's approval rating just hit an all-time low of 33% It's past time to reform America's highest court. Here's how.
How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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No universal heathcare, no universal childcare, cuts in funding for SNAP, assaults on Medicare and social security - yet, there is funding for Trump to turn DC into a trashy gold plated embarrassment and now this www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c.... When will Congress do their jobs?
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid Contracts (Gift Article)
The president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers after a game of golf with Finland’s president. Experts say it’s far from clear the United States needs so many.
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Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
Another sycophant joins the criminal Trump enterprise. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton to Lead U.S. Intelligence Community (Gift Article)
Mr. Clayton, who shed Democratic support after he refused to clearly say Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the 2020 election, will take over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from Bill Pulte.
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Just canceled my DashPass and sent this email to DoorDash. I encourage you to do the same if you support D.C. home rule. press@doordash.com and ir@doordash.com
NEWS: Epstein survivors just gave Todd Blanche a failing grade after their meeting. "Condescending." "Gaslighting." No plan to go after anyone beyond Epstein and Maxwell. And Sen. Tillis's reaction? Somehow worse.
Epstein Survivors Give Todd Blanche A Failing Grade After Meeting In New Statement
Lara Blume McGee says the AG nominee was "condescending" and tried to gaslight survivors instead of answering for the DOJ's failures. Sen. Thom Tillis praised him anyway.
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"Mike Collins' son in law is a white nationalist influencer w/ a track record of sharing antisemitic material & Nazi imagery. He's featured in family pics on Collins’ campaign site & social media, attended his primary night party, & appears to have helped produce work for Collins’ trucking company."
GOP Senate candidate has close ties to White nationalist influencer, his son-in-law | CNN Politics
Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins has built a national profile as a combative, Trump-aligned online provocateur — a style that has repeatedly drawn scrutiny over his associations with far-right...
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NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Strom Thurmond was a racist that voted against the rights of the Black Americans for his whole tenure - Lindsey Graham was no different. My Funny Personal Story About Lindsey Graham open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
My Funny Personal Story About Lindsey Graham
So funny and so charming.
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A continuing problem with lack of accountability. You Are Not in a Restaurant open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
You Are Not in a Restaurant
These people have lost their minds.
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This post is going to be long but it’s important. One of the least-discussed developments in the Trump administration is the creation of the National Design Studio (NDS). On the surface, it was presented as a project to modernize government websites and improve the user experience.
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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Please read and call. Flood the zone.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · last mo.I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. -Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925
Tesla & SpaceX have benefited from ~$40B in government subsidies. Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2025, despite $5.7B in income. SpaceX has paid little to nothing in taxes since it was founded. Now Elon is a trillionaire who has pumped over $300M into our elections. The vicious cycle.
NEW: The Trump administration put the Ambani family’s Reliance Industries at the center of an escalating tariff fight with India. Then Reliance invested millions in America First Refining, in which Donald Trump Jr. secretly held a stake.
An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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What a fantastic breakdown on how seniority in Congress works! Texas GOP Just Shot Themselves in the Foot open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
Texas GOP Just Shot Themselves in the Foot
An overlooked detail about last night.
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
The grifter and conman doing his thing. Most likely another huge mess that will need to be fixed when he is gone. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million.
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Any Democrat running for office better have prison on the agenda for members of this administration and a deep dive into MAGA Congress and SCOTUS finances. finanhttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/05/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.YK0B.H5-fh7qcssdb&smid=bs-share
Trump Administration Live Updates: G.O.P. Proposes $1 Billion for Security Improvements in Ballroom Project
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ALWAYS READ @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3mo agoso far, much of the analysis of Callais out there is focused on what the Court's rulings did to the Voting Rights Act, which is reasonable but now I want to talk about what the Court did to the Constitution bc the threat of Callais goes far beyond the VRA alone ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
It tells you all you need to know about Mr. Brin. There is a reason people detest Oligarchs. He deserves his MAGA girlfriend - he is a cliche. Newsom on the otherhand is destroying his own political career. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...
Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side
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The amount of resources this POTUS pulls out of the system over his petty grievences is ridiculous. At some point he should be fined for abuse of the system. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/b...
F.C.C. Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses
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