Paxton has his aide step and doesn't answer when someone asks him "how come on a government salary you own over 15 houses?"

Congressman Is Ousted by Democratic Socialist in Michigan House Primary www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u... This line about it being about the party’s “thirst for new blood,” is lazy af. Nobody gives AS about new blood. It’s about the role of government.

Shri Thanedar Is Ousted by a Democratic Socialist in a Michigan House Primary

Representative Shri Thanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.

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I’m really tired of these media themes about the left facing its next test and other stupid themes. If media have the public good as their core value click bait, framing of storylines has to stop. In times like these, they should elevate the question what is the role of government?

Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u... What is the purpose of government if not to attend to the well being of our children in the earliest part of life as complement to parents or at times to cover for difficult circumstances?

Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.

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Capital One says Trump Organization accounts were closed after money laundering review

Lawyers for Capital One on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by President Trump’s trust over its closing of Trump Organization-affiliated accounts years ago, saying it did so o...

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You’re About to Retire. What Are You Doing for the Next 20 or 30 Years? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/b...

You’re About to Retire. What Are You Doing for the Next 20 or 30 Years?

Workers often focus solely on their retirement savings balance. But figuring out how you want to spend the rest of your life could be job No. 1.

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The difference between Fauci and Trump is Trump was convicted 34 times, because he was guilty. Fauci was not because there was nothing in fact, quite the contrary. Turns out law works.

Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 4d ago

They subpoenaed an 85-year-old man who has testified before Congress 250 times. They published his private diary first. Then screamed profanity at him for not talking. Six years of investigation. Zero charges. This is what having nothing looks like. www.JackHopkinsNow.com

I just walked onto a finely appointed restaurant in Claremont, CA. If I order the Old Fashioned I’m gonna feel so sophisticated!

How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office

See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.

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Myths. Language. Division. Ask yourselves why? Who’s perpetuating & manipulating ALL of us. Those that want power. There is always good & evil. Always will be. But let’s remember the saying: The Power of the People is more Powerful than the People in Power. #KnowledgeIsPower #Pinks

Play Ode to the Mets! Dodgers win! #DodgersWin

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w... Civilization in retrograde.

Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane

The Trump administration has sent mixed messages on vaccinations against measles as cases have continued to climb.

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u... Parts of this article made me weepy but the very last sentence is chilling.

Vance Boelter Ordered to Spend Life in Prison for Shooting Minnesota Lawmakers (Gift Article)

Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man who attacked state lawmakers in their homes last year, had pleaded guilty after prosecutors opted not to seek the death penalty.

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6 Takeaways From Arizona’s Tense, Trump-Dominated Primaries www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u... @chrisjustice01.bsky.social not all who kick the ball are good.

Arizona Elections: 6 Takeaways From the Trump-Dominated Primaries

Republicans nominated a former N.F.L. kicker in a top House battleground, a Trump loyalist for governor and an election denier for the state’s top election post.

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Trump Pushes Chinese Election Threat, but Files Show Russia’s Heavy Hand www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/u...

Trump Pushes Chinese Election Threat, but Files Show Russia’s Heavy Hand (Gift Article)

Intelligence documents that the White House released to back up President Trump’s claims about China highlight Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.

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Life support for political expediency. They’re all a bunch of vampires.

Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social · 2w ago

I can’t be the only person who believes Moscow Mitch McConnell is dead and the fascist Republican cult are covering it up to block a special election thus committing election fraud.

If u burn the house down i wont be upset. Tragic things happen. I’ll be thankful it wasn’t me who made the mistake that led to the fire. That I could not deal with. So relax, we’ll recover if ever. . .

Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u... How often do you think Man, this stuff cannot be real. No way, right?

Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone

Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.

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Trump justified his complete dismissal of the Election Assistance Commission by asserting his presidential power. But that’s not the only reason, Marc Elias says. “[Trump] doesn’t like there to be true experts who are willing to tell the truth to the American public.”

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Whenever I steal memes I’m always careful to be sure to leave a like.

ABC NEWS: "Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States for being detained, when that person's only offense was lacking immigration documents, even though they had been hired by an American company," President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Wednesday.

Wouldn’t it be great if our USWNT got to play Belgium in the Women’s World Cup in two years?

TMZ: Porter McConnell, eldest daughter of Mitch McConnell, appears to have deactivated her X account. The account had long been active, with Porter frequently criticizing both her father's politics and the Republican Party. The Schrödinger's McConnell situation is weird. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Wait. Is Cole Palmer coming on? He’s what? Not on the team. Fuck you say?!

"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

Governor Andy Beshear just called out Senate Republicans for hiding Mitch McConnell.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u... All pedophiles and pedo-pimps should be locked up forever, including those with money. #EpsteinFilesNow #ImprisonThePedoInChief

Nine Arrested in Federal Crackdown on L.A.’s Sex-Trafficking Corridor

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Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com