More Blanche BS with Joyce Vance and Katie Phang Joyce and I dive deep on the legal issues surrounding Todd Blanche's bullshit claims that the $1.776 billion slush fund is dead & the tax immunity provision for Trump is narrowed AUG 5 katiephang.substack.com/p/more-blanc...

More Blanche BS with Joyce Vance and Katie Phang

Joyce and I dive deep on the legal issues surrounding Todd Blanche's bullshit claims that the $1.776 billion slush fund is dead & the tax immunity provision for Trump is narrowed

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Budget Bitch /1173

Talked to @jimacosta.bsky.social about how it continues to be the party of trump youtu.be/Pe-PifW_sz0?...

"We're looking for fighters." Peter Alexander makes his debut with MS NOW and spoke with voters in a key Michigan bellwether ahead of the contentious primary.

President Trump laid into US Attorney Jeanine Pirro at a White House meeting Monday over a court filing that blamed damage to the Reflecting Pool on shoddy workmanship rather than vandalism, according to two people familiar with the intense discussion. Kaitlan Collins reports. https://cnn.it/4hOUdMf

This went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.

MAGA loss. BIG

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Decision Desk HQ projects No wins the Kansas Constitutional Amendment - Elections for Supreme Court Justices #DecisionMade: 9:00 PM EDT

BREAKING: Jocelyn Benson has won the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan.

LIVE: Watch party for Democratic Senate candidate El-Sayed A watch party for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as voters head to the polls in the high-stakes primary election. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bMP...

LIVE: Watch party for Democratic Senate candidate El-Sayed

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Oh man I can barely hear the cicadas tonight for all the gnashing of establishment Democrat teeth.

A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flagged for potential money laundering should be a far bigger story…

Is the President Laundering Money?

A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flag...

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October 1989

Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage

The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters

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Missouri voters have overwhelmingly rejected Amendment 5, the GOP-backed plan to phase out the state income tax and replace it with higher sales taxes

August 4, 1980

Two more GOP amendments go down to crushing defeats, both in MO. #4 would have made future ballot initiatives impossible to pass by requiring winning a majority statewide *and* in each congressional district. #5 would have eliminated the state income tax.

Missouri Rep. Wesley Bell will defeat progressive former Rep. Cori Bush in a reprise of their 2024 battle for the Democratic nomination in the state's 1st Congressional District, CNN's Decision Desk projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4wR5S1C

JUST IN: Wesley Bell is likely to keep the seat representing St. Louis and St. Louis County because of the district's overwhelmingly Democratic base (via STLPR).

Bell defeats Bush in contentious 1st Congressional District Democratic primary rematch

Wesley Bell is likely to keep the seat representing St. Louis and St. Louis County because of the district's overwhelmingly Democratic base.

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August 4, 1984: Prince's "Purple Rain" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks.

welcome to the Losers Backing Winners club, it’s very exclusive

Don’t Be A Turd Today /1171

Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano). The cathedral is famous for its extensive use of Candoglia marble, which gives it its unique color and texture. The rooftop features over 3,400 statues, 135 gargoyles, and numerous pinnacles, many of which were carved by hand over centuries.

Rita Hayworth dances to “You Excite Me” from the 1945 wartime musical “Tonight and Every Night”. Costume designer Jean Louis

Cathedral Gorge State Park Nevada

Epstein Survivors Betrayed by Collapse of Trump Rebels open.substack.com/pub/theswamp...

Epstein Survivors Betrayed by Collapse of Trump Rebels

Today in The Swamp: Tuesday, August 4

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The 2,000-Year-Old Water System That Still Works, Rome's Greatest Engineering Miracle made with AI

Amara the giant anteater with her new pup. ❤️ TT: TanganyikaWildlifePark

A man from El Salvador has died while in ICE custody at a New Jersey detention facility that has faced protests over living conditions and medical care, federal officials say. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Man from El Salvador dies in immigration jail in New Jersey, ICE says

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, had been held at Delaney Hall in Newark after being arrested June 18, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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