Journalism has become the art of stubbornly refusing to draw the obvious conclusion
"Trump's rant yesterday about the Reflecting Pool was a warning that the president has encased himself in the hard amber of irrationality that inevitably surrounds authoritarian leaders. He has become detached from reality—and that 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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Sure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.
Two sentences. One absurd baseless prediction and two lies. Typical. Still enjoying the con man you elected, Maga?
Is Mike Johnson going to throw some more Bible verses at us today while continuing to back Max Miller?
It's very very strange to be in a situation where Jeanine Pirro is the sane and responsible one!
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h agoIt's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...
Fox Propaganda wanted President Obama in jail for ObamaCare and called President Biden a dictator for trying to erase student debt, but haven’t said one word about the orange felon trying to fund Jan 6 terrorists, protecting pedos or committing money laundering. Funny how that works.
Very plausible, but it would be just as illegal and appalling if they WERE involved in drug trafficking.
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.
You could have voted no on Blanche. Idiot.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.
The right answer to this question is that Democrats are often a suicidal party, which is how Republicans have taken many winnable seats away from them
PlayfulPiano (he/him)@playfulpiano.bsky.social · 16h agorandom thought, if Dems were splitting *this much* against who you think is the perfect general election candidate, do you maybe think if that candidate won, it would've actually depressed turnout and harmed the general election chances?
Schiff: "He waited until he became president. Why did he wait to bring this $10b lawsuit? He waited so he would have the power of the presidency to leverage the IRS and DOJ to make him more money!"
Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."
Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"
NEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”
BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
Durbin: "Mr Blanche has aided and abetted the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States ... Blanche's willingness to casually lie under oath about he statement he made in a room full of witnesses shows the lengths he will go to to avoid offending President Trump."
Tillis and Cornyn have caved to Trump’s $100 million IRS immunity, but that’s just one reason to reject him as AG. Here are many more:
Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 4d agoBlanche should be blocked for IRS/slush fund AND - targeting Comey, James, Hearn, Powell, Walz, Frey, MOCs - Epstein - payouts to Flynn, Page, Babbitt, Vaughn - rejecting ethics advice to recuse from Trump cases - “war” on judiciary - “cleaning house” of DOJ personnel who worked on Trump cases
Blanche should be blocked for IRS/slush fund AND - targeting Comey, James, Hearn, Powell, Walz, Frey, MOCs - Epstein - payouts to Flynn, Page, Babbitt, Vaughn - rejecting ethics advice to recuse from Trump cases - “war” on judiciary - “cleaning house” of DOJ personnel who worked on Trump cases
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
“The boss wants his money” Trump has been extorting companies for cash — as Trump has gotten involved in regulatory decisions that once were made by independent agencies. A mobster president. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inspiring. I am so ashamed of our administration and the voters who put them in power.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · yesterdayICC CHIEF PROSECUTOR: “Oppose Israel and we will go after your family — You have been warned. Rubio, McConnell sent me a letter… what’s liberating is accepting mortality.”
An 80 year old Honduran grandmother gets her knees broken by ICE and she cannot sue. A 20 year old Guatemalan child watches her father get gunned down in the streets and she can't sue. Donald Trump figures out he can get out from under an immense tax burden and successfully sues himself and enters
The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
Hernandez said he would “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos” by flooding the United States with cocaine…President Trump granted him a pardon in November.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/w...
After Trump Pardon, Former Honduras President Hernández Faces Charges in His Home Country
Juan Orlando Hernández, the former leader, faces fraud and money laundering charges after a Trump pardon overturned a drug-trafficking sentence.
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Trump’s personal economy may be “thriving,” thanks to $2B in ill-gotten gains since returning to office, but Americans are not. Republicans have every reason to fear they will pay a political price for this rotten economic record, unmitigated corruption, misguided priorities, and gross incompetence.
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I know Republicans are going to do the same shuffle Husted is doing here - "It's up to the family to sort it out" and "he's denying the allegations", but he also abused Stephanie Grisham and has a history of abuse dating back to high school and that should eliminate any doubt.
Reupping: A drug trafficker who turned informant, told the feds Epstein was involved in funding & distributing MDMA/ketamine/ methamphetamines. DEA/DOJ during 1st Trump admin moved to terminate the investigation. In March ‘26, Todd Blanche blocked Senator Wyden from getting the unredacted memo.
Wyden Questions DEA Over Mystery Epstein Investigation | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Questions DEA Over Mystery Epstein Investigation
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