1/ On Tuesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., read our reporting into the congressional record during a committee hearing on Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.

Does this guy get smashed before every interview/appearance? His responses sound like the circular contradictions of a drunk. There are not that inappropriate but yeah, their awful! 😜

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 7h ago

The representative, accused of horrific abuse against his ex-wife and daughter, insisted the photo wasn’t that inappropriate. trib.al/QCcC4M2

While many voters are struggling to get by, Donald Trump made more than $2B last year alone. This is the story of so much of Trump’s presidency: an unending series of scandals that amount to the biggest act of public corruption in American history. trib.al/9ahFbPs

When these sociopaths re-offend (as history shows they will), J6Pirro needs to be charged as an accessory!

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 8h ago

A federal judge has slammed the DOJ as he “reluctantly” granted the Trump administration’s request to throw out charges against nine Oath Keepers.

The most uplifting news I've heard in a long time, is to learn this morning that $60M PAC money does not automatically win an election! Way to go, Michigan! 👍🏻✊🏻 Also, glad to see the remaining Dem candidates commit to unity and support of Dr. El-Sayed!

Ted Lasso: How 'Bout That

ALT: Ted Lasso: How 'Bout That

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More to as Toddy (Toady?) about... Todd Blanche Was Just Caught Promising The End Of Abortion In All 50 States If Confirmed As AG open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

Todd Blanche Was Just Caught Promising The End Of Abortion Pills In All 50 States If Confirmed As AG

Trump’s AG pick got caught on a “private” prayer call promising to make Dobbs permanent in all 50 states. The Senate votes on him today. This is fine.

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If only...my fear is that Senate Democrats don't know how to use such a gift. You could give Schumer brass knuckles and he'd use them as a napkin ring! GOP Sheep to the Midterm Slaughter open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

GOP Sheep to the Midterm Slaughter

Todd Blanche’s confirmation will be bad for the country—and a gift to Senate Democrats.

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NEW: The DOJ hit a significant milestone — its 20th loss out of 20 in its sweeping legal effort to access state voter rolls after a judge dismissed its case against Colorado. The court ruled the department did not provide a sufficient justification for needing the rolls, as required by federal law.

Trump DOJ now 0 for 20 after judge dismisses Colorado voter roll lawsuit ‘with prejudice’

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday.

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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

I snarkyly said this in a comment but it is true. Stop complaining about the courts and start using them. Being angry on social media isn’t going to change anything. You have to bankrupt them and destroy their support. Isolate them culturally and isolate them socially.

'Thought I Was Going to Die': Black Musician Attacked While Recording White Nationalist Group Marching In Boston Receives $2.7M Judgment, Critics Say It's Tactic to 'Bankrupt the Group'

The white nationalist group Patriot Front and its leader, Thomas Rousseau, have been hit where it hurts most in a civil rights violation ruling. On Jan.

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David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.

So Tillis and Cornyn thought the 1.8. Billion dollar slush fun was so bad, that they will be willing to confirm the guy who came up with it. Huh

Sounds like the typical playbook of the dysfunctional alcoholic family: "Keep our secrets in these four walls; no one else needs to know".

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Scoop: New "60 Minutes" boss Nick Bilton sent a memo to staff about leaks, which naturally leaked to @status.news. Details here: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Much like Jimothy, that spineless Republican thing might be congenital and not political at all.

Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Cornyn lost his primary. Tillis is walking. Neither has a donor, a term, or a future to protect. Both caved before lunch Monday. www.JackHopkinsNow.com

He's just auditioning for the Lindsey Graham part.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d ago

Rudy Giuliani… c’mon down. You’re the next contestant on Who Wants to Be US Attorney for DC?

Make that 'hold THEM accountable'. He's just the pus-filled head of the MAGA/Repugnicunt pustule and we gotta get it all.

Mark Hamill@markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d ago

Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎

Two senators on their way out the door. Nothing left to lose. Total leverage. And they traded it for a memo. A piece of paper. Cornyn and Tillis folded like lawn chairs, and everybody knew they would. Again.

I hope Cornyn and Tillis realize that nothing Todd Blanche sent out (in writing or not) means a goddamn thing. None of this administration is bound by anything they say or write, under oath or not.

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It’s a box o ‘ wine kind of night.

"Trump has long accused banks of discriminating against conservatives. " Nah, Donnie, just low-life, criminal grifters. Or are they the same thing? 🤔

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Trump family’s lawsuit against a major bank has brought an anti-money laundering review out of the shadows.

😡🤯Godammit!! Asylum exists for this very reason! More inexcusable deaths at ICE's hands.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

A Guatemalan couple’s attempt to reunite following an ICE deportation ended with the two being shot to death in a sugarcane field in the country. The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying near their bodies. trib.al/67G4ya3

Gawwd! I ❤️🇨🇦! The most realistic portrait of him yet...cos it's made of bullshit!! 👍🏻 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Seemed appropriate’: Vancouver Island artist uses horse manure to paint Trump portrait

When Vancouver Island artist Wendy Chartrand decided to paint a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump, she used a new medium she thought “seemed appropriate” for the subject—horse manure.

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First, Republicans spoil their little toddler-in-chief and NOW they whine that he's throwing tantrums. 🙄. He's thrown himself on the floor at Walmart and we are all watching to see what you do about it.

Raw Story@rawstory.com · 6d ago

The president has put Senate Majority Leader John Thune under what Politico calls "vise-like pressure" to kill the filibuster rule and pass his election bill. “He thinks I can wave the magic wand,” Thune told Politico. “I wish it were that easy.”

🍿Whatever will MAGA do? Will they "cancel" Amazon and Walmart for lying to them about what's "Made in the USA"? Or admit that "where it's from" really doesn't matter to them after all? ground.news/article/amaz...

🚨 TRUMP UNVEILS HIS $22.5 BILLION AIRPORT MAKEOVER Donald Trump personally reviewed dozens of designs for a massive overhaul of Dulles Airport, featuring new concourses, an underground train and a 32,000-space parking garage.

Good grief, this hits home.