As of last night, there are now *7* pastors, former pastors and seminarians who've become Democratic nominees running for Congress. Some have already won safe Dem seats, and several are in hotly contested races. In multiple cases, the GOP has attacked 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 is so fucking disgusting.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

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On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

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Former challenger Mallory McMorrow: “Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed for winning the Democratic primary to become our nominee to be Michigan’s next US Senator. I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party”

I can’t even find many Republicans who are still backing Max Miller after yesterday. Except the moral paragons Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and the Republican leadership of the House.

Republican voters in western NC gave us Madison Cawthorn and then replaced him with Chuck Edwards. Obviously character and decency isn’t something that matters very much to them.

Sure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.

Morning Bluesky.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to meet Epstein survivors and may hold a full public enquiry into Epstein.

Burnham 'looking into' conducting Epstein inquiry, says victims minister

Alex Davies-Jones tells BBC Newsnight she discussed an inquiry with the PM when she was re-appointed as minister.

bbc.co.uk

Ukrainian drones hit one of Russia's largest oil refining complexes in Ufa, Bashkortostan, about 1,400km from the front line. #explodey

Ukrainian drones have destroyed a Wildberries hub in Aleksin, Tula, 150km south of Moscow. #explodey

The Trump administration is drafting a new nukes strategy which emphasises the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons in a regional conflict with China or Russia.

Pentagon drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy in case of regional war with China or Russia, sources say

The classified strategy informs nuclear options for the commander in chief during crises.

nbcnews.com

The US military while conducting a GPS jamming exercise could have caused a civilian aircraft to crash into the side of a mountain, killing everyone on board.

A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?

Drone warfare is making the skies more dangerous, even for airplanes far from the battlefield.

wired.com

As someone who grew up in SoCal and remembers smog alerts and maybe being able to see the mountains once a year, yeah, air quality is soooooooo much better these days

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

This child's stirring words should be heard by every American & especially every lawmaker. Will you tag or call yours? Congress 202-224-3121 My family members were killed in the Holocaust. People turned away & ignored the brutality & deaths. Don't do it! Speak out now! bsky.app/profile/male...

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!@malena.bsky.social · yesterday

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚🚨 51st(actually the 52nd+) person dies because of #ICELawlessness, torture & neglect this year. On 8/1, Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, just 41, died in ICE detention after being brutalized & denied medication by Trump's immigration thugs. It's being done in our name with our taxpayer dollars.

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚🚨 "While he was detained, he lost 30 lbs. He had high blood pressure-he had diabetes. They refused him his medication...& I'm going to grow up without a father.. #ICE tried to cover up the fact that they killed him...They're just Heartless monsters." —preteen daughter of Edwin Lopez-Cornejo

God bless my nerdy kids watching the election results. Lol. Tear of pride.

i’m no longer the bluesky age 😩

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (SOUND ty @out5p0ken.bsky.social & @thejenniwren.teamlh.social ) DAY 04 AUGUST 2026 📢IMPORTANT MESSAGE 📢 TRUMP'S WAR on WOMEN Please take a moment to listen& share Todd Blanche speaking to WH FAITH OFFICE NEW GOAL Get Rid of DOBBS EVERY STATE NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN

Our enemies are watching closely.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h ago

Max Miller says the needles were for testosterone replacement therapy. Is he enlisting?

This is rape culture.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...

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capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social · yesterday

We can't blame Platner's behavior on his military service, since the pattern started much earlier. Reporters never covered why he was kicked out of Hotchkiss, his high school. People who abuse show it early. In high school Max Miller pushed a girl downstairs when she rejected his advances.

Trump: “The very complex and expensive structure, being built for the Military, at the White House … Also rising is the desperately needed Ballroom, something which former Presidents have wanted for 150 years, which sits under the elevated DronePort, and is paid for by Patriots — No Taxpayer Money!”

Where is Mitch McConnell?

What do you do when you need to try to repair every single part of your image and being? I guess you go on Jake Tapper.

DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

This should be the biggest news of the week. www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns

The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...

npr.org

NEW: We have an October SCOTUS argument calendar. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Evergreen post: Iran says it’s willing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz but wants the right to collect transit fees, security guarantees against future attacks, an end to the US naval blockade and relief from US oil sanctions, the WSJ reports. 1/2