Julia Sugarbaker 🇺🇸
@juliasugar.bsky.social
blue dot mom in a very red state
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
Everyone knows that consumers piling up debt for their purchases is the sign of a healthy, unstoppable economy. Look at this graph from the Roaring 20s!
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterdayWELLS CEO Charlie Scharf, on CNBC, responds: ".. The data that we see totally supports what he says. Totally supports what he says. Our credit card spend is up 10% .. not just the affluent customers. .. Everyone is spending more." @cnbc.com
It’s all just so discombobulated and embarrassing. Which is how the tenure of Acting Secretary of Culture War Hegseth will be remembered most. 25 years after 9/11, we are not safer. And our enemies are celebrating.🚨🇺🇸
Sen. Jim Banks refers to American citizens as "the babies of invaders" and compares them to Nazi spies and terrorists
I consistently remind people that giving all 3 branches of gov’t to Republicans was a far greater mistake than merely electing Trump. You fucked up, America. But— in 91 days, you can give the House and Senate to Democrats, and let us start repairing the damage. Vote like your life depends on it.
Danielle Bensky, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, called on Republican Senators Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins to "do the right thing" by voting against President Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche.
A letter this summer said her son, Thomas, would lose Medicaid coverage unless the state received current income verification. Holliday-Smith drove to her local Social Services Administration office in Huntington, updated the family’s address and needed documents. Still the son's Medicaid ended.
‘Powerless’: Indiana families describe the toll of losing Medicaid access
The notice arrived after Taylor Holliday-Smith thought she’d already done everything the state asked.
newsfromthestates.com
"I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate." -- Helen Thomas, born #OTD 1920 share.google/VXift6T2VaXv...
Trump approval rating dealt triple blow—3 polls show all time low this week
Trump hits new lows in three polls this week — CNN, Quinnipiac and AP-NORC all find his approval at his second-term worst.
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The white shoes symbolize the medical professionals who lost their lives while providing care. The installation was organized as a peaceful memorial and a call for greater protection of healthcare workers in conflict zones.
Axios has a perfect record of serving as an uncritical manipulative mouthpiece for Trump, Kushner and Witkoff. Why should this be any different? The Iranians even intimate that Axios is engaged in corrupt insider trading with Kushner and Witkoss, which strikes me as just plausible, and horrific
U.S. nears Hormuz deal, aiming for Wednesday announcement
The deal received signoff from Iranian leadership on Tuesday.
axios.com
From @moreperfectunion.bsky.social : Trump is buying stock in obscure companies that build the wildly unpopular data centers while easing regulations and pushing them into 🇺🇸 communities that don’t want them
“No one knows more about construction than me.” —A president who stupidly built a helipad on a slope, so it had to be torn apart and rebuilt because it, duh, wasn’t level.
Today or tomorrow, everyone. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "We've seen President Trump last week threaten what would have been the largest military campaign since World War 2 against the Iranians, and now because of that we are in talks with the Iranians. I think there's a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow to open the strait."
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to make in-vitro fertilization completely free. Of course, he lied. Now, Senate Republicans have unanimously killed Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s proposal to expand coverage for military service members and their families. So much for being the “pro-family” party.
G.O.P. Kills Bid to Expand I.V.F. Access in the Military
In a notable shift, Republican senators voted unanimously against a proposal to expand the military’s coverage of fertility treatments.
nytimes.com
The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of America is justice and securing the blessings of liberty. ~ George Will
These women are telling it like it is. They’re thinking about their kids, not their party. Go @jamestalarico.bsky.social #Pinks
PANDA™@pandanook.bsky.social · yesterdayRepublican mothers in Texas speak up...
America’s chain of command is just billionaires tugging on Trump’s leash from different directions.
NYT: “.. Iran and Oman are closing in on an agreement to reopen shipping traffic .. but .. it could come at a high price — ratifying Tehran’s control over what, before the war, was an open, international waterway.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
“We *could* follow the Constitution to rein in Mr. Trump, but saying “no” to Trump riles up the irascible hillbillies and then we lose power and can’t take away their healthcare.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Trump and Republicans in Congress prioritized tax cuts for the wealthy in the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill." As a result, more than 4 million Americans are going hungry. This shows just how backwards Trump's priorities are. www.npr.org/2026/08/03/n...
Over 4 million people are no longer receiving food aid amid sweeping changes to SNAP
SNAP, also known as food stamps, has seen a rapid and consistent participation decline since last July. The drop comes as the program faces historic cuts and changes.
npr.org
ICE is crawling social media to find its critics, investigation reveals
ICE is crawling social media to find its critics, investigation reveals
The Department of Homeland Security has allegedly sent ‘hundreds’ of subpoenas to social media companies about users’ posts
independent.co.uk
