The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!

Kalshi is a cancer.

Kate Ross@kateross.bsky.social · 7h ago

Gambling on natural disasters What a time to be alive

Income inequality is the real direct threat to America. Start pushing back against it and watch the dominos fall.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h ago

Oh

If AIPAC's commitment to arming a rogue state isn't enough for you, I cannot emphasize enough that this organization is just a slush fund for GOP donors to influence Dem races. Their donor base is mostly conservatives who want Republicans to win.

Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 18h ago

AIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."

For the sake of Democratic Party cohesion, it should become conventional wisdom sooner rather than later that AIPAC is in the general sense little more than a Republican donor front.

IMEU Policy Project@imeupolicy.bsky.social · 15h ago

AIPAC is the biggest source of Republican money in Democratic elections, and now they are making clear they will spend even more to defeat Democrats in November. They advocate for policies the vast majority of Democrats viscerally disagree with. No Democrat should be taking money from AIPAC.

There’s are war crimes. Intentional terror killing of civilians. The Russian way of war. U.S. failure to support Ukraine is complicit in these deaths.

Ranked News@rankednews.bsky.social · 15h ago

Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage: A fresh wave of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has resulted in a tragic toll of at least 17 dead and more than 40 wounded. The attack underscores the acute vulnerability of Ukraine's air defenses, a sho… https://ranked.news/1214691?u=b

Is it good when the secretary of defense is so fixated on making sure everyone is white and has tv ready abs that he forgets about munitions bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h ago

Oof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth gonna start the 🥃 again soon. He is getting completely exposed as exactly what he always would be: a very dumb man in way over his head and attempting to cover it all up with bravado and ego. Doesn’t go well in a strategic fight.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h ago

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Trump’s frustration over the Iran war boiled over at Camp David last week, where he demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on why he had apparently been misled on extreme munitions shortages ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Yeah, that’s what Michigan needs.

San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 8h ago

The trip will also allow Newsom to build support in a critical swing state as he gears up for a possible presidential run in 2028.

The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

Beat advice of the year

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 12h ago

I love you all but you are incredibly (understandably) reactive. It’s making you SO easily manipulated by rage baiters. When you see something without context, a headline or a snippet of a quote, take a deep breath and look into it to see if you really should be upset. Please protect your hearts.

🎶 Baby, it’s orange outside … 🎶 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

I’m with her.

Alani Bankhead for U.S. Senate (D-MT)@alanib.bsky.social · yesterday

Montanans have been told the polls settle this race. They don't, and the numbers being cited say something close to the opposite of how they're being used. #mtpol

Also see: Montana’s senate race.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Fetterman is not a moderate or centrist Democrat. Like Sinema and Joe Manchin a few years ago, he wants to announce as loudly as possible that the party has gone too far left and punish it for doing so. trib.al/byNISBB

El-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...

Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party

The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.”

newyorker.com

Our American Idiocracy.

President Camacho's Three-Point Plan

Alt: President Camacho's Three-Point Plan

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Arthur Delaney@delaneyrules.bsky.social · 2d ago

Thom Tillis acknowledged today government weaponization is maybe "a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one" but claimed Todd Blanche will somehow make it better www.huffpost.com/entry/thom-t...

Todd Blanche is Donald Trump's personal attorney, not the people’s attorney. A vote to confirm him as U.S. Attorney General is a vote for corruption, lawlessness, and lies.

I believe in the kind of America where no matter where you grow up, the color of your skin, how you pray, you deserve equal rights in this country. You deserve to go to a good school, get healthcare when you need it, and know that you can graduate and get a good job.

Turns out combatting income inequality head on solves a lot of the issues we are told we can’t solve! Who could have figured that out?!?!?!?!

Kris Straub (كريس)@krisstraub.com · 2d ago

* democratic socialist mayors are putting public safety first democrats are poised to begin internally discussing approaches to considering where public safety might someday rank

* democratic socialist mayors are putting public safety first democrats are poised to begin internally discussing approaches to considering where public safety might someday rank

Democrats@democrats.org · 2d ago

HUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.

I’m all for celebs, former Obama and Clinton folks, and the Kinzingers of the world being active here. But man, they can’t just fold and toss their toys down when they get a “mean” response. Thicker skins are the mold here and if it sticks, then it could be better for everyone.

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 3d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Hmmmm, what changed recently in NYC???? Hmmmmm. Surely these wild-eyed progressives can’t also be effective on public safety!

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d ago

#NYC @nyc.gov www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/ne...

This deal solidifies the Trump family's immunity from tax audits. Under no circumstances should the American people believe that Trump‘s former personal attorney will stop his schemes to funnel taxpayer dollars to his allies and supporters.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Imagine being such a 💩 person that Kalshi bans you. Kalshi, the Mos Eisliest of the Mos Eisley betting apps.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 3d ago

George Santos has been fined $35,000 for attempting to place bets on his own attendance at the State of the Union in February. He’s also been banned from the prediction-market platform Kalshi for 3 years.

“notably absent from the draft that the party put out, both about President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ill-fated decision to run for re-election and the sway of an operative class that had become “generationally wealthy off politics” while steering Democratic strategy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)

A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.

nytimes.com

Everything is so goddamn stupid.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d ago

John Cornyn & Thom Tillis issue a joint statement announcing they will support Todd Blanche for AG. He's now in good position to clear the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and head to the full Senate.

“Yes. I regret endorsing him.” It’s literally that fucking easy. End of fucking story and I become a bigger fan. But this answer? Fuck that.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Bernie Sanders refuses to say whether he regrets endorsing Platner