More than $400 MILLION diverted from the National Park Service for Trump’s White House and DC pet projects. Our parks need rangers, repairs and protection. Trump looked at that money and apparently thought: mine. The fucking entitlement never ends.
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Husband, step-dad, "grandpa Dave" to 6 and retired public defender. First vote was for McGovern in '72. Dem forever. Progressive politics poster and reposter. Music too. Repost me and I'll repost you. NO MAGA and NO DM's.
"Mr. Trump, you are the first president in American history to start and lose a war by yourself. You have made America more weak, more alone and less respected. Congress needs to take back the steering wheel from this impaired driver."
These people are not Democrats and should not be listened to or treated like them.
Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · 15h agoThe "centrist" think tank Third Way is looking to pay someone between $140,000 and $150,000 to spend their days trying to dig up dirt on DSA members. They're trying to sell this gig as "anti-extremism" work, which I find completely disgusting.
Yesterday Mayor Mamdani endorsed a bill to force Amazon to employ its own delivery drivers, rather than outsource the work to subcontractors. The Prospect can report that Amazon's lead lobbyist on that bill is Chuck Schumer's daughter Jessica. prospect.org/2026/08/11/m...
Mamdani’s Taking On Amazon. His Opponent? Chuck Schumer’s Daughter. - The American Prospect
Legislation before the New York City Council would end Amazon’s subcontracting of delivery drivers. Jessica Schumer is the lead lobbyist against it.
prospect.org
I predicted a few weeks ago that this was going to happen as soon as global oil prices started to rise from Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.
July was one of the hottest months in the U.S. on record — even hotter than July during the 1936 Dust Bowl. Meanwhile, Trump is gutting renewable energy projects and fast-tracking dirty fossil fuel production that causes climate change. He’s selling out the future of our planet.
It's Official: This Is the Hottest America Has Ever Been
The contiguous US averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit in July, even hotter than the July 1936 Dust Bowl.
futurism.com
The catering cart memes are doing me in ☠️😭 Please add any I missed in the replies. We need this laugh.
With everyone obsessing over a handful of DSA candidates, the broader trend that might be getting missed across the country is that lots of Dem primary voters seem to have decided it is time for a new generation of younger nominees in lots of places.
Trump's Regime Now Has It's Hands Into At Least 30 Companies. Who's The Commie Now, Trumpster......(LA Times)
SUPER DUPER MEGA FUN FACT: Marco Rubio spent nine years kissing Donald Trump's rancid ass only to be left on a plane as a decoy.
SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
militarytimes.com
Gas prices are up 24.6% from a year ago and still significantly higher than they were before the Iran War. Meanwhile, the world's 8 biggest oil companies have made a $93B profit windfall in just the last three months. Big Oil is raking it in as the world burns — and we're paying for it.
Pirro convenes "special grand jury", but "It remains unclear what exactly the jury will be probing..." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Jeanine Pirro just made a ‘rare move’ amid Trump fury: ‘This could be very interesting’
It comes as the president continues to pressure her office over a dismissed vandalism case.
yahoo.com
The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for the Arctic Report Card, an annual scientific assessment that has tracked the rapidly changing Arctic for the past two decades.
A new study shows that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and over $1 trillion every year. The new research out of Yale shows that reductions in administrative overhead, lower pharmaceutical prices, less fraudulent billing, and fewer emergency care trips would lead to huge savings. /1
Yale Study: Medicare for All Would Save Over 114,000 Lives and $1 Trillion a Year | Common Dreams
"Do not tell me we cannot afford Medicare for All," the senator said. "What we cannot afford is a broken healthcare system based on greed."
commondreams.org
This billionaire is accidentally making the case for why we need a wealth tax better than anyone else could.
California has the chance to rein in out-of-control corporate power — but Big Tech is spending millions to stop the plan. Here’s what you need to know.
This should be getting FAR more attention. An American oil company with ties to Trump’s orbit is moving forward with plans to drill for oil in Greenland. Some drilling-related equipment has already been brought ashore even though Greenland says the necessary approvals have NOT been granted.
🔥 TEXAS: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades."
We need to protect Social Security for the next generation.
The lead for every network news broadcast should be the president falling asleep in the middle of a press conference in the Oval Office for the umpteenth time. But it won’t be and likely won’t be mentioned or shown. Again. What a joke network news is. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoholy shit Trump is OUT
