as if millions of statisticians suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoTrump: "An outlier is a person that doesn't have a chance" (That's not what 'outlier' means)
Eric the Red ✝️🌹
@eric13red.bsky.social
Autistic Episcopalian Marxist Mystic Geek. Member of DSA 🖖 (He/Him/His)
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago
When he left office the first time he gave us a total catastrophe And now in his second term we're in the middle of another total catastrophe
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoTrump: "When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe"
The booing of what sounds like a foreign (and no doubt in the man's mind, 'Islamic') name, really speaks volumes about the mindset of some Trump supporters. Even when Trump is gone, this white Christian nationalist section of US society will still remain.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoLOMBARDO: So I know the pastor spoke about Officer Abdelnabi-- TRUMP RALLY CROWD: *Boooooo* LOMBARDO: No. We're not booing him. He's the officer that passed away here recently
This is a 1,600 bed facility, so it will instantly become one of ICE's largest facilities. It will also be one of (if not the actual) largest ICE jail/prison in the midwest.
Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · yesterday🚨ICE has awarded CoreCivic $536.2 million to operate the Prairie Correction Facility in Appleton, Minnesota as an immigration jail. The period of performance begins August 11.
Fun fact: I just published the full story on this topic mere minutes ago. By my count, at least 12 pastors, seminarians & former clergy have launched campaigns for federal office this year, and 5 are already nominees. In response, the GOP is attacking 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 ...
religionnews.com
Teddy Wilson@reportbywilson.bsky.social · yesterdayHighly recommend listening to @jackjenkins.me in conversation with Dr. Amanda Henderson:
Congrats to Chris Gilmer-Hill on winning the primary for a seat in the Michigan state house! Chris is a lifelong Detroiter fighting for affordability and environmental justice for all Detroiters. @detroitdsa.bsky.social
Congratulations to Rashida Tlaib on winning her congressional primary! As the first Palestinian-American woman elected to congress, Rashida continues to fight for Detroit and international solidarity. @detroitdsa.bsky.social
Star Trek Discovery
ALT: Star Trek Discovery
static.klipy.com
Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · yesterdayOded Fehr, who played Ardeth Bay in THE MUMMY and THE MUMMY RETURNS, has joined the cast of THE MUMMY 4. Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz will star. From directors Radio Silence. In theaters October 15, 2027.
the damage israel and its lobby are doing to judaism and jews here and around the world makes me genuinely despondent. i hate it. it's a tragedy
ive been putting up with some version of this talking point for my entire life. barely even notice it anymore. imagine if i said this about jews though. there will never be peace in the middle east until jews shed their genetic propensity for violence against mohammedeans. imagine anyone saying that
Speaking of Dersh, I'm reminding folks how much the 2016 Election was the "Jeffery Epstein Election" between Bannon and Dershowitz whiever won the election would have someone from Epstein's orbit on their WH staff
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayTrump promotes the book by the lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein
oh cool so you created 5 million new jobs for those people right?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
This is still one of my favourite photos, mainly because he told the government "you'll have to arrest me" and FDR went "fine" and literally told the press where and when he was going to arrest him
Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social · 4mo agoFDR literally had the president of Montgomery Ward arrested and the company seized for not negotiating with his workers
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.
Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:
How can a war be accounted for without considering its bearing on the preceding policy of the given state, of the given system of states, the given classes? …Failure to understand it makes nine-tenths of all war discussions mere wrangling, so much verbiage.
A war waged entirely between the close of markets on fridays and the opening of markets on monday morning
it's a low key thermonuclear bomb of truth that some polls show that a majority of Dem voters would support war reparations to Iran
Shibley Telhami@stelhami.bsky.social · 3d agoA growing number of Americans, including 58% of Democrats, say the US should be responsible for some reparations to Iran for war damage - a measurable increase from the previous week.
Looks like we're putting shackles on black folks again
OLIYA SCOOTERCASTER@scootercaster.com · 3d agoHaitian TPS holders walk out with a fitted ankle monitors after mandatory ICE office check in at Blue Ash Ohio facility. After Supreme Court decision to terminal Temporary Protective Status, many Haitian community members received notices to appear at the location.
Hey there, DJT—military casualties for a no-reason war, citizens drowning in a floundering economy, people being disappeared from /gunned down on our streets by agents of your government, and you think anyone gives a rat’s ass about your faux golf game?!? What a f*cking weirdo nutjob !!!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
