Buckle Up
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Doing my part to defend democracy, the Constitution, and the rule of law. #RESIST
Wow! How unpopular a president do you need to be to have the candidate you endorsed lose by nearly 20 points to a candidate who dropped out weeks ago?!? #TrumpIsALoser www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Trump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped out
Amir Hassan lost to Tom Smith, who had suspended his campaign but is now jumping back into the race for the purple 8th District.
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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."
The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
If you want members of this regime to be held legally accountable, you have to add four seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. Otherwise, they'll protect their fellow oligarchs like they did in 2023. 1. Win the senate 2. Block nominees 3. Elect a dem POTUS 4. Congress adds 4 seats 5. Have nice things
All of Trump's corrupt cabinet need to be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/pam-bondi-...
Pam Bondi Implicated in As Much As $5.5 Million in Insider Trading
But what can be done about it?
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“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Please do your part to make sure anyone you know who is tempted to vote for a Republican in the Nov. 3rd mid-terms understands how deeply corrupt the Republican party is. Thank you. www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-and-...
Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals (Round 4)
Publisher's Roundup 78
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Also 5-7 million people have lost health care…. USAID getting dodged killed kids… our bombs are dropping on kids in Gaza and Iran and Lebanon… and on and on… the worst kind of gaslighting
Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.
Ka$h Patel’s FBI has taken a new and dangerous step in its quest to root out alleged voter fraud—tracking down the IP addresses of people who register to vote online. An IP address shows the user’s geographic location, service provider, and the network they’re on. newrepublic.com/post/213812/...
FBI Escalates Trump’s “Voter Fraud” Crusade With Disturbing Move
The Trump administration is getting new voter data from states in its attempt to take over elections.
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GOOD TROUBLE: We could be a couple days from Judge Sullivan making a bombshell ruling in the Epstein Files redactions case brought by @katiephang.bsky.social. Everyone call your senator and tell them to VOTE NO on Blanche, or at least WAIT for Judge Sullivan.
tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records | CNN
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
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What could possibly go wrong when staffers in the Trump administration are so stupid that they are relying 100% on AI to run the government? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
State Dept. apologizing for Africa map that mislabeled every country
The map, part of a presentation Sunday at the AIDS 2026 summit in Rio de Janeiro, purports to show six African countries that are receiving U.S. health funding. It gets each of them wrong.
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Blanche v. Lau is devastating for green card holders. It means that if they leave the U.S. then return, a border officer can claim they committed a crime at some point, revoke their lawful status, and confiscate their green card without meaningful evidence of wrongdoing. It's really, really bad.
Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department. Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d agoICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
Trump is at his lowest approval rating ever (34%), and yet, somehow, it still seems way too high. Can that many people really be that stupid? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-29-2026
July 29, 2026
Ariel Edwards-Levy of CNN reported today that a new CNN poll conducted by the public opinion research firm SSRS found that 70% of adult Americans disapprove of the way President Donald J.
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Not Only Should Todd Blanche Not Run the Justice Department, He Should Be Charged With the Following Crimes.
In the last 16 months, Todd Blanche seems to have violated at least four federal criminal statutes that can earn him up to 20 years in prison if anyone ever has the courage to prosecute.
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Never, ever vote for a Republican. For any office. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-putini...
The Putinization of the American Military
When poseurs and yes-men run a war
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Judge Sullivan has given acting AG Todd Blanche 5 days to produce unredacted versions of some Epstein Files documents & proof that the reasons given for making the redactions were true. Here’s what’s significant about that: joycevance.substack.com/p/an-importa...
An Important Epstein Files Update
This afternoon, federal District Judge Emmet Sullivan did something unexpected.
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In 75% of US industries, fewer corporations control more of the business than 20 years ago. That's especially true in the food industry. Just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods. We're seeing in real time the danger of monopolization.
Taylor Farms Produce Is Sold Everywhere, Making Outbreak Difficult to Escape
Taylor Farms produce is everywhere, and comes from everywhere.
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I just now went back to that post on Instagram and our governor @massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey liked the post!! Thank you for supporting activists standing up against ICE!!
Bridget123goooo 🌊🦋🏃🏻♀️⛰️@bridget123goooo.bsky.social · 2w agoToday there was an Anti-ICE protest in Plymouth, MA outside the Plymouth County Correctional facility which is housing immigrants abducted by ICE. Jake Long, the racist immigrant hater showed up but the protesters held their own and never backed down. ✊ Thank you @jackdarylphotography for posting
Trump and the Republicans must be held to account. Let's do that this November 3rd. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
More than 1 million children lost access to food benefits after Trump bill passed
Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026
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