A MAGA congressman has announced that he is abandoning his re-election bid after the House Ethics Committee ruled that he had sexually harassed two young female staffers.

Creepy MAGA Rep, 65, Does 3:30AM Reveal About Running Again

Chuck Edwards gave weird gifts to young female staffers.

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The reality is that this is exactly what Trump wants. He wants to force Ukrainian capitulation and this is how he wants to do it.

The Green Party leader called on Burnham to implement a series of measures to cope with the adverse effects of climate change, including setting up a “cool space in every local area” and offering households financial support to “heat-proof” their homes. trib.al/mbpllNm

🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution

Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...

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Zelenskyy rails at lack of anti-missile defences amid deadly Russian attack on Kyiv – Europe live

Zelenskyy rails at lack of anti-missile defences amid deadly Russian attack on Kyiv – Europe live

Ukrainian president tells allies that anti-ballistic measures could have saved lives as at least 17 die and more than 40 are injured in huge attack Ukraine shot down 98 of the 115 drones fired by Russia overnight, the country’s air force said. But it was unable to shoot down any of the missiles, preliminary statistics from the air force showed. Kyiv can intercept the vast majority of drones, but still relies on supplies from allies to counter missiles, AFP noted. Continue reading...

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Please REPOST there are so many Americans that are not aware of these cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. It’s so crucial to create as much awareness as possible.🙏

Peter Morley ♿️@petermorley.bsky.social · 18h ago

I spoke with @deluzio.house.gov regarding the $1 TRILLION Medicaid & MAJOR SNAP cuts that will begin on January 1, 2027 from the BIG UGLY BILL. His POWERFUL response: "people who are eligible are going to lose out...these cuts will take away healthcare & food from people & we gotta repeal it"!

Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!

Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · 23h ago

There is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...

Todd Blanche’s new order rescinds the May 18 Anti-Weaponization Fund—but quietly leaves the May 19 IRS immunity settlement intact. Instead of rescinding it, the accompanying memo reaffirms DOJ’s interpretation, arguing the immunity applies only retroactively and only to the parties involved.🤔

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump on his insurrectionist slush fund: "This would be a reimbursement for the pain they suffered. A lot of people like it. If they don't approve Todd, I'll put it back on the table. A lot of people like it. A lot of big supporters of Trump like it."

Rich people betting on catastrophic wildfires is so Parable of the Sower.

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Alisa Bokulich@alisabokulich.bsky.social · 19h ago

⏰ Deadline is fast approaching: September 1, 2026! Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics. Topic Celebrating 300th anniversary of 3rd ed. Newton’s Principia. www.duchateletprize.org Winner will receive $1000, workshop & SHPS pub Open to grad students & w/in 5 yrs PhD #HPS ⚛️

⏰ Deadline is fast approaching: September 1, 2026! Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics. Topic Celebrating 300th anniversary of 3rd ed. Newton’s Principia. www.duchateletprize.org Winner will receive $1000, workshop & SHPS pub Open to grad students & w/in 5 yrs PhD #HPS ⚛️

Pump and dump market manipulation by global political leaders is absolute corruption. Say it. Say it. And Say it again.

Sibyl Lorneau@sibyllorneau.bsky.social · 2d ago

Resumed US-Iran talks pushed global crude down from its $90 high today. Wall Street trading bots responded by aggressively dumping futures

One of President Donald Trump's own lawsuits is forcing him to expose his finances, according to new reporting.

Staggering lawsuit backfires as judge threatens to expose Trump's finances: report

One of President Donald Trump's own lawsuits is forcing him to expose his finances, according to new reporting.A federal magistrate judge in Florida ruled on Tuesday that Trump has to turn over detailed financial information to the BBC, according to reporting by Politico. Trump is suing the BBC for ...

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If you aren't angry then you aren't paying attention.

All I care about is control of the Senate.

@frumiousm.bsky.social · 14h ago

Abdul El-Sayed crushes Stevens like an empty soda can & the centrists immediately clutch their pearls. They're terrified he's gonna win it all & make them irrelevant.

A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

In Pittsburgh, the family of Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian asylum seeker, is expected to sue ICE after she died of hypothermia at a bus shelter days after her release from ICE custody. The Allegheny County medical examiner said her death was a homicide.

I’m a Canadian living in Alberta and I totally agree with you. The vast majority of folks here don’t want a referendum. We even had a very successful pro-Canada petition last year, Forever-Canadian to avoid this referendum. Our MAGA-separatist premier is making it happen for the seppies.

Is it me or did the Capital One affair not really break through On Here Another day, another scandal that would have tanked basically any other presidency

UK experts sound alarm after AI caught trying to trick human with malicious code

UK experts sound alarm after AI caught trying to trick human with malicious code

A powerful AI agent created fake online identities in an effort to trick a human into giving it access to a popular online development platform – and sabotage it with malicious code.

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Republicans are truly spineless Cornyn and Tillis have nothing to lose. They’re both leaving Congress. Yet despite hundreds of reasons to vote against confirming Todd Blanche for Attorney General, they focused on only one-the “anti weaponization” fund And they are swallowing the lie that it’s dead

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

It should not be just the women calling for resignation & there need to be written rules, not based on whims of lying “protectors” like Mike Johnson.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2d ago

“A few minutes of embarrassing CSPAN coverage, while the staffers themselves had to endure over two years of sexual harassment, is not comparable” Leaders of Democratic Women’s Caucus urge resignation - not censure - of Rep Chuck Edwards (R-NC) after ethics committee report

Never been a guy like that bsky.app/profile/spin...

@spinninonearth.bsky.social · yesterday

Bizarre Texts, Gifted Guns, 30 Types of Ice Cream: Rep. Faces Censure Following Sexual Harassment Allegations talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-e...

#1WordFor1Music Aug. 5. War. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime youtu.be/8al5cSQNmME?si…

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)

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This was an exhibit we spent a ton of time at in the Academy Museum, which I highly recommend for Movie People. My girls are creatives. I adore Harryhausen; a master of his craft.

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

1) www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Nearly two dozen Democratic-led states, dozens of election officials and more than 50 former state and federal judges are urging the Supreme Court to

States and election officials warn Supreme Court against Trump mail-in ballot ‘chaos’

Justices will soon decide whether the president’s sweeping changes to mail-in ballots can move forward before crucial midterms

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Schiff: "This is someone who has violated his code of ethics blatantly, misled this committee, supported establishment of a fund for cop beaters, covered up docs implicating president in the Epstein files, use DOJ to enrich the president. Is this who we're prepared to confirm as AG? It appears so."

📌Susan Collins is voting "no" on the repulsive Blanche because she has been given political cover by Thune. Her vote doesn't matter. This isn't a heroic decision, it is pure politics, and whether anybody wants to admit it or not it's how she has survived like a parasite in that chamber for 30 years.

Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."