Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
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Ex Hell’s Kitchen, ex Crown Heights, quandum physicist, software dev cranking out the code. Now in Ohio. Poll worker, when I’m not coding.
This doesn't include government spending so it's actually about half the estimated oer household cost calculated by Moody's. Either way, the price is going up.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22h agoBrown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
“Traffic Got Evicted!” Is one of the best branding campaigns ever. Thank you Hudson Square on Little 6th! New Manhattan pedestrian square has one of the best street murals ever. I took a 4mph #bikenyc ride thru so you can experience the flow.
Good morning! Here is your Russia-Ukraine War SITREP No. 1,065 for July 29-31 and August 1-4, 2026. It is 78 pages long and a full report. The big story? President Donald Trump pulls back on his Patriot promise just as Ukraine’s anti-ballistic air defense is exhausted.
Trump walks back Patriot PAC-3 promise to Ukraine
A summary of the events that happened on day 1,623 of the Russia-Ukraine War.
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aww did someone get addicted to corruption and graft!!!!
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 20h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
If progressives lose, it’s bad for progressives. If progressives win, though, it’s also bad for progressives. Gotta love narrative setting.
Politico@politico.com · 14h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
The Strait is open again they say - huzzah - and then I check and we’re at 3 crossings today
Aaaaaaaand AP just called the Kansas U.S. Senate Democratic primary for Rev. Adam Hamilton, so now there is, indeed, six. Not surprising (he was breaking fundraising records), but notable all the same. (And possibly one more pastor nominee by night’s end — we’ll see.)
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · yesterday"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...
folks this is what Vote Blue No Matter Who actually means we buckle down and beat Mike Rogers in November no matter how this finishes
Oh shit I never seen El-Sayed in action, that's a good looking man why is he wasting his time in politics. Leave this shit to the uggos
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · yesterday“My guy wants to put a data center in your backyard either to give himself gender-affirming care and make a muscle video, or to portray me as a…hero?" Abdul El-Sayed reacts to Republican Mike Rogers' AI ad showing him, Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie as communists inside a Trojan Horse:
“My guy wants to put a data center in your backyard either to give himself gender-affirming care and make a muscle video, or to portray me as a…hero?" Abdul El-Sayed reacts to Republican Mike Rogers' AI ad showing him, Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie as communists inside a Trojan Horse:
Max Miller: When I was reported for child abuse, for my daughter, for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan
Your regular reminder that normal pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform, & the fact that we tolerate this authoritarian behavior as a permanent feature of 🇺🇸 politics is a sign of just how deeply broken our democracy is.
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · yesterdayTexas Republicans know this is the year they lose unless they take active measures to suppress the vote. So that's what they're doing.
If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"
If I was of a suspicious turn of mind, I'd wonder if one of his lackeys had suggested there should be underground access to the helipad from himself's new bunker. ...*If* I was the suspicious type...
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · yesterdayScoop: Trump has ordered workers to redo weeks of work on his planned White House helipad new WaPo photos show how past work was removed over weekend Trump is contemplating changes to White House lawn's slope, raising bigger Qs about project and cost
Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
From the Ring Doorbell playbook of telling LE what and what not to say, including never using the word “surveillance.”
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · yesterdayis this good:
All the indicators I’m seeing suggest this is the Iran‑controlled route, with a service fee attached. Trump took the loss and is now going to try to lie and spin it as a positive outcome.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterdayU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: There has been progress in talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but no final agreement has been reached yet. We are hopeful that an agreement will be finalized very shortly.
The proposition that the president of the United States is an adjudicated rapist isn't an argument. It is a fact.
Quick question for you @brianstelter.bsky.social after reading David Ellison in his op-ed this morning. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o... Are legends like Ted Turner and Edward R. Murrow known for their middleness?
Guys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this
He handed 90 recordings to Internal Affairs as an official complaint, believing the department would act. Instead he faces up to 13 years in prison. The DA calls it a warning against recording without permission. His lawyer calls it retaliation.
16 felony charges for LAPD officer who recorded colleagues making racist, sexist and homophobic remarks
When Los Angeles Police Department officer Daniel Flores recorded his colleagues making racist, sexist and homophobic remarks, the only thing he used it for was an official complaint to LAPD's…
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Our average of polls at FiftyPlusOne gives Trump a roughly 36% approval rating and 61% disapproval rating — a net -25 — among all adults, and he’s rapidly losing ground. The president set a new record low six days in a row just in the last week: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...
