The most glaring double standard in American politics today is that if a Democrat said 1/10th about GOP-leaning areas what this guy says about cities on the daily there'd be a media dogpile so swift and vicious there'd be nothing left of their bones for the hyenas to pick at.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

Trump: "You see it in the blue states run by Democrats -- everything is filthy dirty all the time. The cities stink The sidewalks are loaded w/horrible stuff. I don't want to use the term bc my wife hates it. She hates it when I imitate no men in women's sports, when I do the weightlifter."

Again folks, just need to keep pointing this out: the traditional corporate media covering politics essentially drove Biden out of the WH for this. ↘️

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

Trump in Nevada: "Vote for Michael Whatley, by the way" (Whatley is running in North Carolina)

This is an outstanding line and he should keep using it.

Patricia Zengerle@reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 6h ago

El-Sayed attacked Rogers as a Trump stooge and accused Republicans of trying to use his faith and full name - Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed - to scare voters. "My name is ​not the reason you can't afford your groceries," he ​said. "You know what is? Their BS policies." www.reuters.com/world/us/pro...

nostalgia is the most dangerous drug there is

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 21h ago

So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary

This absolute piece of shit claims that he's "taking out fraudsters" and "saving the American people money" when his boss is running about half a dozen pay-to-play schemes in public view, the deficit is at record highs, and Vance has us ferrying his 9 year old to golf lessons in a helicopter.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

Trump can’t process the Max Miller story beyond the level of “handsome young man who reliably kisses my ass is having bad news cycles”

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 10h ago

Trump on Congressman Max Miller's allegations of domestic abuse: "I hope he's able to work it out. I feel bad for him."

“oh, no, it’ll all be run by humanoid robots”, sure, right, who repairs them? who programs adjustments to their schedules? who builds the grid to recharge them and out of what? what do they even make in these factories and how do they requisition parts and recycle or dispose of waste?

like, imagine everything you’d need for a city — power, water, waste, infrastructure — and then you get a clearer picture of just how staggeringly full of shit this is.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 10h ago

i would feel bad for the planner trying to figure out PM schedules for factories on the moon except i know they’re not paying anyone to do that because none of this is real

i would feel bad for the planner trying to figure out PM schedules for factories on the moon except i know they’re not paying anyone to do that because none of this is real

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 11h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

breaking a baby’s collarbone isn’t a bridge too far!!!!! i know i shouldn’t be surprised but FUCK that’s too dark for my soul to handle

this is so fucking disgusting.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

I know I’m getting on a soap box for an extended rant but few issues infuriate me as much as this. This half-witted dipshit is paid a lot of money to spew hate and innocent kids get hurt. He’s too bigoted or too stupid to actually learn anything. And he’ll never face any consequences.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterday

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

i know no one seeing this lacks this knowledge but NO ONE DID ANYTHING TO RILEY GAINES

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · yesterday

Absolutely nobody knew who Riley Gaines was when she was swimming for Kentucky -- there wasn't a whole arena booing her at that time.

Absolutely nobody knew who Riley Gaines was when she was swimming for Kentucky -- there wasn't a whole arena booing her at that time.

Once again, the Founders anticipated the possibility of a tyrannical president. What they didn’t anticipate is a majority of the members of Congress choosing subservience—not that they’d all be good people, but most should have egos and ambition, enough to object if someone tried taking their power.

Founders: We made the legislature Article I on purpose. The Constitution gives Congress oversight powers and requires the president to faithfully execute laws. And Congress is the only one with power to override or remove officials from other branches. Cornyn: What I presuppose is… maybe it doesn’t

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

“I’m a coward and apparently unaware that there’s a constitution”

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

”We have nothing to fear but fear itself” was a great, succinct description of markets as social phenomena, and this year has shown that there’s a corollary “everything is great if we all believe together that it is” to some degree as well.

this was always the outcome we were headed for and one we could've had literally 4 months ago. not only did trump lose the war he spent half a year continuing to lose it for no reason.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterday

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.

Hey man, maybe just make the sandwiches and take a pic of them.

"The rich man is projecting. When he calls others parasites and vermin and other words meant to strip them of their humanity, he understands on some level that he is talking not about some hated poor black or brown person, but about himself." Damn, @dennycarter.bsky.social nails it again.

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · yesterday

I thought a lot about Elon Musk's casual use of dehumanizing language and came up with this. badfaithtimes.com/the-rich-man...

"The critics are wrong about my political opinions, which for some reason I really really don't want to specify" LOL This is like when you're talking to somebody you just met and politics comes up and they laugh nervously and say, "Oh I just like to tune all that stuff out"

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · yesterday

"Unfortunately, I can't give anyone a view into my heart and mind." Why? Are you unfamiliar with them? Ellison's whole "I'm not allowed to express my specific political opinions here, but trust me" approach is transparent nonsense. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Finally someone lets the failson of an insane hundred billionaire speak

Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · yesterday

"While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more." - David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/op...

It’s me I’m like a lot of Americans I ✅support same sex marriage ✅care about the environment ✅will grind society’s bones to a powder through unchecked free market economics and key-jangling propaganda to avoid paying a single dollar of my taxes

The U.S. threat is now that Iran has to hurry up and finalize a deal with Oman to control the Strait of Hormuz, charging fees, or the U.S. will attack. No, I’m not kidding. The U.S. president demands that Iran achieve exactly the thing he’s repeatedly said the U.S. was fighting to prevent.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · yesterday

US President Donald Trump is pushing Iran to reach a deal with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Tuesday, or face devastating air strikes on the country.

*pretends to be shocked*

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2d ago

SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.

Are brand and retailers doing everything within their power to encourage and exploit this preference, and to spread it to new people? Of course. Are they trying to make it more difficult to resist it? 100%. But those efforts work so well in part bc they’re working with instead of against tendencies.