Just two days before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, President Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX, a major federal contractor run by Elon Musk, according to ethics filings made public on Thursday. https://cnn.it/4rRrZU0

Impeach and convict

Bayliss Wagner@baylisswagner.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign. Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."

The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "If we lose $50 billion a year with a country, and we say 'we're not going to trade with you anymore,' we don't lose $50 billion a year. It's very simple. Right?"

Make a band edible: Modest Mousse

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · last mo.

Make a band edible: Rage Against the Poutine

Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.

This seems like the completely wrong lesson to take from this (extrapolating from a primary in a red state to general election battleground states). So I hope they learn it well. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

‘It's put up or shut up time’: Battleground Republicans want the Darline treatment

The president went to great lengths to push his candidate over the finish line in South Carolina, but Republicans want the same support in races that will actually determine control of Congress.

politico.com

It's going to be sickening to watch how fast the ethics- and norms-policing media will resurrect itself once a Democrat becomes president.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman

Here’s my Prem #centurion squad. Who needs top-level strikers? #futi

Finally did it. And without a true 9. #centurion #mls

futi@futi.live · 2mo ago

Spin a wheel and pick one player per club and season for your lineup, then simulate your team against the Premier League or MLS. The game uses a decade of real player data from futi's models, including player ratings, skills and styles that affect team fit. Build a balanced team to be Centurions!

We can verify the daily physical status of a specific Seattle raccoon but apparently we're completely unable to determine whether a United States Senator is alive or dead.

ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Jimothy the racoon from Seattle keeps getting spotted

Daniel: We should call this little brass fastener a daniel. Brad: I have a better idea.

This has got to be illegal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

This is nuts: "Trump Media has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks ​& trading firms 'the fastest' access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders"

the World Cup final will be between two teams that Cape Verde played even through 90 minutes

Got a notification from a medieval copyright lawyer

Sorry small town America, Trump’s keeping the 250 money all for himself. https://www.notus.org/agencies/doge-cut-small-town-america-250th-funding

DOGE Cut Off Small Town America’s 250th Birthday Money

Then Trump redirected the money for his own beautification projects.

notus.org

This is a dangerous pattern with this Court: They find a delegation paired with a constraint, decide they don’t like the constraint, but appear totally untroubled by the idea that Congress delegated the power only *because* prior precedent assured them their constraints would be binding.

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Accepting the (wrong) premise, if Congress created agencies and officers structured unconstitutionally, then the rule of law result would be striking down their existence and powers entirely. Instead the Court treats it like a one-way ratchet: grants of power by Congress upheld, limits struck down.

DOJ Agency Has No Record of Trump’s Shady IRS Settlement newrepublic.com/post/211731/... via @newrepublic.com

DOJ Agency Has No Record of Trump’s Shady IRS Settlement

The Justice Department office that should have handled Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS says it has no records about it at all.

newrepublic.com

Heavy "supposing you brought the light inside the body" vibes

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Brooke Rollins says DHS wants to put "AI on drones" to detect screwworm

President [redacted] woke up from his mid meeting nap yesterday to proudly show a few charts of his accomplishments. The reflecting pool is longer than a chu chu train, the gutters in the Capitol are taller than Wemby and his Epstein redactions all together could cover the Statue of Liberty.

After Amazon gave $1M to Trump's inauguration, Trump installed Amazon's former lawyer to head the NLRB. Now the agency has ended a major case investigating Amazon's mistreatment of its contract drivers with a slap-on-the-wrist settlement. This is what a quid pro quo looks like.

What Trump Delivered for Amazon

The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.

bloomberg.com

Not surprised whatsoever.

A fun experiment: A reporter should ask the White House why everyone else in meetings with Trump can keep their eyes open, but not the president. How long would it take for cabinet members and other officials to start "resting their eyes" in meetings?

I thought this was about Hormuz and Malacca and Bab el-Mandeb and the danger that will come from the loss of freedom of navigation due to Trump’s idiocy.

Ed Wilson@eddwilson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"... once you’ve built a chokepoint, the attempts to capture it will be relentless, because the payoff for whoever controls it just keeps growing... the decentralized alternatives have to be genuinely better, not just philosophically purer." #R4Today

Trump I was a cognitive test. Trump II was a moral test. America failed both.

Steve Burgess@steveburgess53.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump was a cognitive test. America failed.

When headlines read like Mad Libs: apnews.com/article/fran...

Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris

Therapy donkeys are helping patients with mental health conditions at a psychiatric hospital near Paris.

apnews.com

Gorilla Playing Saxophone with Balloons has dropped out of the White House concert

I wonder how the tech bros feel about this one....

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Faulkner: "Sanctuary cities include Boston, Chicago, Denver, LA, NY, Philadelphia, SF. All of those airports handle 1,100 int'l flights per day. They're not just gonna not fly. They're gonna go to red states and cities. A boon for red states. People will just really hate living in blue states."

President Donald Trump personally bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in technology companies and government contractors early this year, according to new government records first reported by @notus.com

Trump Bought Corporations’ Stock as His Administration Boosted Their Business

New federal disclosures indicate the president went on a stock-buying spree in early 2026.

notus.org

Most likely it's both

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 5mo ago

This is your reminder that sometimes it feels like the world is ending and we're all doomed but all you really need is a sandwich. And probably some water.