Trump's negotiation tactics at this point appear to be "NO U"
Ivan the K ™@ivanthek.bsky.social · 36m agoShow me that you have NO CARDS without saying it out loud.
Ivan the K ™@ivanthek.bsky.social · 36m agoI'm sure this is fine and won't cause any problems. Excellent job Republicans.
Antifascist Militant@antifasictmilatant.bsky.social · 2h agoIran is done talking until trump is gone. Which means if we want lower gas prices we should hand trump over to Iran immediately
i do love watching these guys learn about the world like wide-eyed toddlers. after telling us how lesser pussies dithered around with pussy shit like "long game" and "sanctions" for 50 years and that finally someone had the balls to act, theyve now re-invented "long game" and "sanctions"
Axios@axios.com · 22h agoTrump tells Axios on a call he's "low keying it" with Iran, a week after nearly ordering major new strikes.
Today's Atlantic story confirming something obviously true: most self-declared leftist "anti-woke" positions are about something that happened down the hall in their academic department.
Incredible that the center-left habitually chides progressives for forgetting the "ancient wisdom" of politics and then watches as they're beaten by the most basic organizing: campaigning in public, finding volunteers, canvassing. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
The Campaign Tactics Helping Progressives Win Primaries Ahead of the 2026 Midterms
Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.
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Democratic voters still care about the longstanding kitchen-table issues—affordability, health care costs, etc.—but a Democratic candidate for POTUS who runs on “There will be consequences for Donald Trump’s and his underlings’ abuses of power” has their finger on the pulse of the Democratic Party.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h agoAuthoritarian abuses depend on willing underlings. This should be met with professional sanctions and disbarment, civil lawsuits, hauling Pirro/Burgum in to testify under oath. Dems should send a clear signal to enablers: Accountability is waiting on the other side. newrepublic.com/article/2141...
Chuds started realizing she can win the 2028 election this weekend.
I'm sorry but you don't sign a confidentiality agreement because of your "Conservative Christian Values". She's clearly just saying this to get pity publicity in MAGA world and I'm sure it'll be hilarious if the truth ever comes out.
Former Miss North Carolina USA speaks out after losing her crown
Brittany Boltinhouse is breaking her silence
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Reminder that Trump's "be there; will be wild" line from Dec. 2020 came at the end of a tweet in which he shared a lengthy report from Navarro "proving" voter fraud.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoPeter Navarro tells Steve Bannon the evidence that the 2020 election was rigged is coming this week 😆
Prosecutors misleading grand juries is a growing problem in the Trump DOJ. Just look at that they did here in Chicago with the Broadview Six case where the US Attny is now actually admitting 'some' mistakes in hopes that will be enough to avoid the appt of a special prosecutor.
Despite ‘Mistakes,’ Chicago’s US Attorney Says No Need for Special Prosecutor to Investigate ‘Broadview Six’ Case
Chicago’s top federal prosecutor acknowledged “mistakes were made” in the prosecution of the botched “Broadview Six” case, but he rejected the former defendants’ call for a special prosecutor to inves...
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Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h agoEven though David Hearn has been exonerated, his legal team says they're still seeking access to full grand jury transcripts, including instructions given to jurors leading to indictment. They think this could reveal that prosecutors misled the grand jury: newrepublic.com/article/2141...
Oh look another Trump voter who didn't care about how hurtful Trump's policies were until they affected him personally.
Miami Chef Says He Regrets His Vote For Trump After Loss Of TPS Hurt His Business
“He sold to me that he is a businessman,” Miami business owner Wilkinson Sejour said.
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Absolutely rules that this guy is 3rd in the presidential line of succession.
Enten: "We're talking about a 32 point decline in terms of Trump's net approval rating on jobs. It is not just inflation that is hurting trump when it comes to the economy in the American voters' minds. It is jobs as well."
One player is a special snowflake who can't be fouled in the state of Florida or our AG will charge the other players (70% of whom are black) with assault. Obviously this only applies to the WNBA and not literally any other contact sport in the state because Florida.
Florida’s AG Threatens Assault Charges Against WNBA Players After Sophie Cunningham Gets Flagrant Fouled
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned WNBA players he will charge them with assault and battery if they dare clobber Sophie Cunningham on his watch.
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Trump's approval rating among self-described Christians is seeing a big shift, but, which direction it's headed depends on which flavor of Christian you ask. he's up six points with Evangelicals sitting at 61% but down 10% with Catholics to 45%
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Yeah because as soon as there's not a conflict Netanyahu loses his pretext to put off the consequences of his corruption trial.
Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.
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For decades, Democrats did Republicans a favor no one thanked them for. They blocked cuts like this before red-state voters ever felt them. That era is over. This time the bill passed, and the pain must land on the cynical Republicans who voted for it.
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 4h ago"No president and his party have ever taken away health insurance from millions of Americans while shoveling trillions to some of the richest humans alive."
We can’t forget that there’s a a Stimulus sized boom of deficit spending and tax cuts this year. The real cuts kick in come January.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h agoWhy are markets today so disconnected from the real world? Part of the answer is the financial press. “Trump could end war early”? Are you serious? We’re in the 6th month of a war that was supposed to take days. And he can’t end it early. He got the US in position where Iran decides when it ends.
"People won’t begin to feel the true pain of these cuts until about 60 days after the last vote is counted...And then the hell begins." Vivid detail from @thefarce.org on the Trump GOP's Medicaid "time bomb" and making sure voters know exactly who to blame. thecause.substack.com/p/republican...
Republicans Built a Medicaid Time Bomb. It Goes Off After the Election.
It's Democrats job to explain what's coming and who must be blamed by November.
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Trump: Seizes the means of production for the people Hassett: This isn't a socialist take over They are so high on their own supply that basic government functions in the rest of the rich world like healthcare are called socialism yet seizing 10% of a company for the government is just fine.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoSORKIN: How long do you imagine that taxpayers and the govt should be invested in Intel? HASSETT: *immediately changes topic to Trump accounts* SORKIN: But what about Intel? HASSETT: President Trump is gonna make that call. This isn't a socialist takeover.
If Dems retake the house it is going to make the wave of investigations of 2019 look like a tiny ripple by comparison I’d wager
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h agoNEWS --> Dems are launching an investigation into Trump's corrupt prosecutions for "vandalism" of Reflecting Pool. They're demanding access to WH-DOJ communications and more. “Participants in this frame-up will be held to account," Jamie Raskin tells me. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2141...
Thank you, NBC, for noting this is in fact an American city. Too many people here pretend it isn't.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 5h agoA major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.
"Siri, show me why it's bad to hand off an elected office to someone just because they were related to the previous occupant?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoGraham: "I stand w/President Trump. Natl security is more- uh, utmost important. I realize the price of gas is a little high right now, but President Trump is gonna get us through this & price of gas will eventually come down. So I'm just gonna support him & I believe in him when it comes to Iran."
In today's episode of Only Democrats Have Power or Agency we learn that the US could end the Iran War and lower the price of gas and cost of living if only Democrats wld just stay quiet about Trump's humiliating defeat in his war of choice.
Not only is Gottheimer a piece of shit on the merits but he's also legendarily one of the worst bosses in Congress. Didn't get a primary challenge this year. Seat's ripe for the picking in 2028.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 20h agoSays a lot about the incentive structure of US politics on the left of center that every single progressive is scrutinized for every little thing while the most rabidly right wing Democratic member of Congress can go talk to Trump's stenographer and call his fellow party members bigots.
I don’t know what to tell you, man. everyone still over there is essentially melting their brains on contrarianism 24/7. “are scuba divers faking the need for bottled air?” these are addicts
Sam@samd.bsky.social · 16h agoI’m starting to realize that all of the annoying pundits just suffer from oppositional defiant disorder increasing your kids’ risk of melanoma to own the libs
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18h agoEXCLUSIVE: Trump turns National Parks into "piggy bank" Funding shifts from parks to White House vanity projects macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...
