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This is an excellent article. And makes me worry most about blue counties in red states.
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3h ago"Trump Wants To Steal the Midterms – But the Dems Actually Have A Plan To Fight Back" Democrats, election officials, and activist groups talk with Zeteo about how they’re planning to defend the midterms from ICE agents, GOP ballot seizures, and more. Part 3 of Zeteo's 'Start the Steal' series:
Also hilarious how hard almost every other news outlet is working to avoid any mention of bigotry, which is what this is all about. 😂
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 3h agoThis article is a horrifying and hilarious look into a Republican electorate full of bigots and idiots. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
This article is a horrifying and hilarious look into a Republican electorate full of bigots and idiots. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign
Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.
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Another damn MSM article about Trump’s vandalism claim that omits the essential fact that it is delusional. There never was any vandalism of any kind. He just couldn’t accept his own fuck-up. And anyone who went along was just telling him what he wanted to hear. apnews.com/article/trum...
No evidence? No problem. Trump pushes ahead on false claims that Reflecting Pool was vandalized
Jeanine Pirro this week found out there’s a trade-off between loyalty to President Donald Trump and being loyal to reality.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
When 19-term Rep. Richie Neal finally agreed to debate progressive challenger @jeromiewhalen.bsky.social in MA-01 it was for half an hour, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., on August 26, 6 days before the primary.
Whalen for Congress@jeromiewhalen.bsky.social · last wk.People across our district have called for any opportunity to be educated on the differences in this election. To hear directly from the people running to represent them about the solutions to the issues we’re all facing.
BREAKING - A federal judge has just ruled that 'Tower Dumps' are inherently unconstitutional. Story below, details on a case that was only unsealed because of our court motion. www.courtwatch.news/p/judge-rule...
Judge Rules Tower Dumps Search Inherently Unconstitutional
Docket and Opinion are only available because Court Watch successfully fought to unseal it.
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SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
“We are now at the mercy of God and anything can happen to anyone almost, now, any time,” Vilés Dorsainvil, who runs the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, told the Springfield News-Sun this morning. www.headsupnews.org/p/as-haitian...
As Haitian immigrants lose their legal status, Ohio models resistance
What DHS does next – and how the American people respond – is unclear
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NEW on Heads Up News: As Haitian immigrants lose their legal status, Ohio models resistance www.headsupnews.org/p/as-haitian...
As Haitian immigrants lose their legal status, Ohio models resistance
What DHS does next – and how the American people respond – is unclear
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Or, as @radiofreetom.bsky.social put it: "the president has encased himself in the hard amber of irrationality that inevitably surrounds authoritarian leaders. He has become detached from reality—and that detachment is extremely dangerous." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterdayWith his ridiculous claim about nonexistent vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, Trump is either trying to gaslight us or, more likely, he’s gaslighted himself: he’s told himself so many lies that he has lost all sense of what is actually happening. presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
Another important point: Pirro’s argument that she didn’t know the Reflecting Pool problems were caused by the contractor until learning it recently from DOI is complete bullshit. It was obvious BEFORE any charges were filed. She’s just trying to cover her own ass. apnews.com/article/refl...
Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterdayWith his ridiculous claim about nonexistent vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, Trump is either trying to gaslight us or, more likely, he’s gaslighted himself: he’s told himself so many lies that he has lost all sense of what is actually happening. presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
Totally agree with JD Vance who writes in a WaPo op-ed today that “trust is impossible to sustain when a government turns a blind eye to fraud.” No need to read the whole thing.
“To be called out by the most powerful person in the world…. and called a sick, violent vandal when all I had done was pick up a piece of trash was awful.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/08/04/woman-recounts-reflecting-pool-arrest-says-she-was-humiliated/
Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken
Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.
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LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.
Politico@politico.com · 22h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Do they ever write that the victory of a moderate makes some worry that a lack of enthusiasm could hurt their chances in November? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/maasdam-lawrence-michigan-primary.html
William Lawrence Wins Primary in Battleground Michigan House District
William Lawrence defeated two moderate candidates to challenge a vulnerable Republican incumbent, but some worry his views could hurt his chances in November.
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HuffPost reports: ICE officials did not report the death of someone who had been detained at Delaney Hall immigration detention center last month because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, a U.S. congressman alleged Monday. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...
A Man Died After Being Detained By ICE — And They Didn't Report It, Congressman Says
Rep. Rob Menendez made a stunning allegation while addressing the recent death of another man who had been detained at Delaney Hall.
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Trump’s continuing insistence that vandals, rather than his idiot contractors, ruined the Reflecting Pool was deranged and ridiculous from the get-go. The NYT characterizing it as one of Trump’s “most cherished narratives” is sanewashing. See presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there | Press Watch
Journalists are treating his ‘vandalism’ claim as if it were a normal, disputable argument. But it’s completely delusional.
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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday“.. During the meeting, Ms. Pirro, her voice raised at times, directly confronted Mr. Burgum, accusing him of misleading the president. She made the case that Mr. Burgum had promoted a self-serving cover story to conceal his own missteps.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
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Politico@politico.com · yesterday26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
With his ridiculous claim about nonexistent vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, Trump is either trying to gaslight us or, more likely, he’s gaslighted himself: he’s told himself so many lies that he has lost all sense of what is actually happening. presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there | Press Watch
Journalists are treating his ‘vandalism’ claim as if it were a normal, disputable argument. But it’s completely delusional.
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One of my great frustrations with the media is they know Trump is full of shit on things like this. But because they don’t know if he’s lying or delusional they type up neither possibility. But they should be loudly writing that those are the only two possibilities and both are disqualifying!
Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
NEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...
The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there | Press Watch
Journalists are treating his ‘vandalism’ claim as if it were a normal, disputable argument. But it’s completely delusional.
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Senator with access to classified material accuses Trump of murder in boat strikes. •crickets• from most major news organizations. Thank you CNN.com.
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CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Who the hell could they have found to write this, I asked myself as I checked my email.
Hamilton Nolan@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 2d agoUnfortunately for David Ellison this is transparently laughable after what Bari Weiss has already done at CBS and it will be very funny if her genius moves fuck up a $100 billion merger www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
David Ellison lies up a storm in an effort to back up his failing deal with Warner Bros. Good read for pure entertainment values. Just remember the face of Bari Weiss when you read what Ellison says about his politics.
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
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Unfortunately for David Ellison this is transparently laughable after what Bari Weiss has already done at CBS and it will be very funny if her genius moves fuck up a $100 billion merger www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
We just got back from Delaney Hall and we can confirm that Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo died on Saturday while in ICE’s custody. More on what we heard today at Delaney: