Bessent is fine with deficits to fight needless wars, it’s only deficits to pay for healthcare or education that bother him

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h ago

BREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "

🚨 Kansas voters once again reject GOP efforts to trick them into losing abortion rights. The no vote prevails on an amendment that wouldve replaced the indy commission with direct (partisan) elections for Supreme Court justices — which the AG promised would "slowly & quietly" let GOP stock the court

more people need to view "AI" as a dismantling of society by a handful of super wealthy pedophiles

San Antonio Express-News@expressnews.com · 18h ago

KRIS 6 employees are slated to be laid off amid Scripps' plan to boost core profits by shifting toward an AI-powered newsroom model.

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/

Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC

Our Team

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Politico@politico.com · 18h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

"FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel...OGC encompasses several hundred lawyers responsible for advising top bureau execs and agents to ensure lawful investigations..." /1

Patel Aims to Cut FBI Lawyers as General Counsel Tensions Rise

FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel as outside lawsuits challenge prior staff terminations, said people familiar with ...

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His full 15-page ruling, "reluctantly" dismissing cases of 8 Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy—and he details the roles of each—is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#981 in United States v. RHODES, III (D.D.C., 1:22-cr-00015) – CourtListener.com

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER as to ELMER STEWART RHODES III (1), KELLY MEGGS (2), KENNETH HARRELSON (3), JESSICA WATKINS (4), ROBERTO A. MINUTA (6), JOSEPH HACKETT (7), DAVID MOERSCHEL (8), and EDWARD...

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Judge Mehta's J6 Requiem "That book is now closed. Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and ... officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy ... to buckle."

NEW: Republican officials were set to vote on a plan to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in Tarrant County, a major Texas battleground county. But all that changed when outraged voters who packed the meeting room demanded their voting locations remain open.

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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🚨 ICE is arresting visa overstays & pending green card applicants at airports using TSA data. If your status is in a gray area, domestic air travel is high-risk right now. Know your rights before you fly. www.instagram.com/p/DboXgR1CRM...

Another botched job wapo.st/4fYGqQW

Todd Blanche and his ATF announced dozens of federal gun “regulations.” They’re total rollbacks. The proposed rules would be some of the biggest blows to gun safety efforts in history.

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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Exactly. Because "right down the middle" isn't a journalism term at all. It's a political tool for naming and framing criticism. As Christiane Amanpour put it:“Our job is to be truthful, not neutral.”

🚨BREAKING: A federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to Colorado's unredacted voter registration list. The department is 0-20 in its sweeping legal hunt to acquire private voter data from states.

If this obscenely gaudy gold shit doesn't piss you off, you're not even paying attention.

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 ... "

I agree with Edsall: Dems should try to win without the support of women, minorities, LGBTQ people, leftists, or people who need/support social services and/or are concerned about gun violence. Surely there's enough rich white straight male reactionary centrist columnists for an electoral majority!

Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · yesterday

From Tom Edsall’s column. I wish he had specified what he means by “wedge-issue attacks.” I’m also not sure what it means to say that Dems have been “vulnerable” to these things for 60 years. Presumably, he is suggesting that backlash politics has, on balance, harmed the Democrats.

A top supervision examiner at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned staff they would face "most unpleasant" consequences if they were too aggressive in their oversight of financial firms, according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters.

EXCLUSIVE: US consumer watchdog supervisor warned staff of 'unpleasant' fallout if they go too hard on firms

A top supervision examiner at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned staff they would face "most unpleasant" consequences if they were too aggressive in their oversight of financial firms, according ​to an internal email reviewed by Reuters.

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“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics

Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

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“A few minutes of embarrassing CSPAN coverage, while the staffers themselves had to endure over two years of sexual harassment, is not comparable” Leaders of Democratic Women’s Caucus urge resignation - not censure - of Rep Chuck Edwards (R-NC) after ethics committee report

DEREK HILL GRAND SLAM. SCOTT FRANZKE. Franzke: Phillies don't have a grand slam still yet this season LA: Now would be a good time

In other words, going from a constitutional right (Roe) to a constitutional state by state decision (Dobbs) to a constitutional rule of no abortions. What is the DOJ/legal underpinning for that? There isn't one. Ladies & Gentlemen, your lawless soon-to-be AG. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

All this moving around players because Turner won’t go to the outfield and they’re afraid to ask him.

Just in: Bipartisan House Ethics panel recommends the whole chamber censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-NC, for "failing to adhere to the spirit of rules prohibiting sexual harassment of and unwanted advances to House staffers." ethics.house.gov/committee-re...

“.. At least 67 ships have been attacked or boarded—and 17 seafarers killed—since the start of the Iran war ..” @wsj.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.wsj.com/world/middle...

The switcheroo on this one once Cornyn and Tillis are gone next year is gonna be epic www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Blanche Formally Rescinds ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund in Bid to Smooth Confirmation

Two holdout Republican senators who were blocking Blanche’s nomination over the fund say they now plan to advance him.

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Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

“.. Bank of America says the market's reaction to Kevin Warsh resembles an emerging market facing a credibility shock.” @weisenthal.bsky.social

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