"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith

(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...

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This was an op-ed that should have been an interview. If Ellison wants to make the case he won’t politicize the news why give him a pass on the evidence that he already has?

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 12h ago

I spoke with 10 CNNers about David Ellison's essay in The NYT, in which he tried to convince the public he'll be a good steward of CNN. Suffice to say, no one at the network is buying what he's selling. “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS." www.status.news/p/david-elli...

Missouri Republicans have relentlessly tried to destroy ballot initiatives after voters used them to protect abortion rights, legalize weed, raise the minimum wage, and reform redistricting. They are currently sabotaging a veto referendum that should have suspended the GOP's new House gerrymander

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h ago

Missouri Secretary of State Comes Up With Reason to Not Certify Challenge to New Republican Gerrymander talkingpointsmemo.com/news/missour...

Tightening

civicAPI ☑️@civicapi.org · 13h ago

Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary - Current Results - 🔵 Abdul El-Sayed (D) - 241,540 (49.2%) - 🔵 Haley Stevens (D) - 231,879 (47.2%) - 🔵 Mallory McMorrow (D) - 17,686 (3.6%) ~33% reporting

Thank goodness we have the White House fraud taskforce to ignore stuff like this

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 15h ago

Exclusive: A Post investigation found that for-profit trade schools defrauded the U.S. government of over $300 million through the GI Bill, exploiting veterans with overpriced, short courses due to lax oversight and loopholes.

The numbers coming out of Detroit are not enough for Stevens. It’s a bloodbath

joining the mob on January 6 -- to own the libs

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 19h ago

voting republican to pwn leftists on twitter

Half of the $62 million spent by outside groups in Michigan spent to support Stevens came from AIPAC.

6% of votes in and El-Sayed with a strong lead

One year $150M contract to a small Texas firm that lacks immigration law experience

Politico@politico.com · 17h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

Sunday: I’ll do a quick fact check of this insane RFK Jr interview Monday: Up to 40 lies & it was only a 3 min clip! Tuesday: Ready to defend my 2nd PhD thesis on fascist quackery That's why @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social & I are holding him accountable rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-is-...

RFK Jr is Asking to Be Proven Wrong Again So Here Are 40 Examples From Just One CNN Interview

He's just creating work for us at this point

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El-Sayed did not “minimize the attack” on a Michigan synagogue. He said it was ethically and legally indefensible and emphasized that we can understand the context without condoning - which is also how I feel about Israeli genocide in Gaza after 10/7/2023.

Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud theintercept.com/2026/07/31/i...

Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows

Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.

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There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 18h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

i demand that hollywood release a “historically-accurate” version of spider-man

"I could take a shit in the corner of a room at a dinner party and no-one would notice" is not something that just pops into your head as a hypothetical. This guy has definitely done that.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 18h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Lawn sign enthusiasm across the state points to El-Sayed.

Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social · yesterday

I kinda think El-Sayed will win, but it’s a total guess, I have no confidence that’s correct. But here’s a prediction I make with great confidence: If Stevens wins narrowly, & it’s in part because she dominated w Black voters, this place is going to get real ugly.

No way this could backfire. When it does, Trump will blame states or somebody else, but this is a decision to endanger Americans that Congress did not approve. (Via @almsnatalie.bsky.social) www.notus.org/agencies/fem...

FEMA Cut Staff Without Planning for Future Work, Watchdog Says

The agency has already moved to rehire some of the staff.

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Natalie Alms@almsnatalie.bsky.social · 19h ago

NEW: The Trump administration cut FEMA's workforce without a plan for what this would mean, leaving it at risk of being unprepared and without staff to respond to future emergencies. More 👇

Being famous and talented is no guarantee of being smart or sane

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · 23h ago

Cat Power is antivax

On August 26 at 1pm ET, join @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @juliacurlee.bsky.social, and @michael-feinberg.bsky.social for our monthly Ask Us Anything webinar. Access to the August 26 webinar is exclusive to paid supporters. Join the community today!

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If tick eradication becomes a centrist-brained obsession, I'm here for it gift link: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

Kill the Ticks

America needs a bigger plan to control its tick problem.

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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"

This is the literal definition of terrorism.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Founders: We made the legislature Article I on purpose. The Constitution gives Congress oversight powers and requires the president to faithfully execute laws. And Congress is the only one with power to override or remove officials from other branches. Cornyn: What I presuppose is… maybe it doesn’t

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

If some rando put a similar poster up at a university, the DOJ would threaten to cut funding

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 23h ago

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

UFC makes $30 million in-kind donation to President Trump

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 23h ago

Bloodsport company lost $30 million on Trump's White House grounds combat zone. Via BBC

Cannot get enough of these AI videos of Chinese everyman beating on the haughty foreigners.

Manya Koetse@manyapan.bsky.social · 2d ago

More about this in my latest newsletter, where I unpack this trend.

It does look sort of self-serving to use your own publication to justify your plutocratic vision of the media. Jeff Bezos and Herman Zweibel should have pitched their vision to the Times. theonion.com/you-do-not-d...

You Do Not Deserve Me

It has been brought to my attention that there are some members of my porcine reader-ship herd who do not realize that my column is the jewel in the Onion news-paper’s tarnished crown, and call upon t...

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If one of the primary functions of the press is to check power, it really feels like much of the mainstream media ecosystem is fundamentally broken. Worse, as of now I see no institutions capable of stepping in as a viable, preferable alternative.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS