Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in the world, yet 33% of Americans still think he inherited a disaster. The power of right wing propaganda. #BlueWaveIn90Days

I swear the goalpost for accountability gets moved every damn day with this administration open.substack.com/pub/harrydun...

They Dismissed the Case. Now the Only Footprint Left Is Ours.

I testified in Judge Mehta’s courtroom several times.

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Wow! @menendez.house.gov says that the EXACT scenario I flagged two months ago, where ICE "releases" someone having a medical emergency solely so their death won't be recorded as occurring while in custody, happened last month at the infamous Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Matt Shuham@mattshuham.bsky.social · yesterday

Days before the death of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, ICE officials did not report the death of another man who’d been detained at Delaney Hall — because they had technically “released” him in the middle of a medical emergency, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) alleged. www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

UPDATE: At 9:15am, former US Capitol Insurrection prosecutors will have press conference with Senators to discuss the "refusal of Trump Administration judicial nominees to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election or admit that what happened on January 6"

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 20h ago

ALERT: House Democrats expand their midterm battlefield The cascading impact from Michigan primary And the critically important trial date at a courthouse in Oakland (very critical) Lots of enterprise reporting in DAY AHEAD open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

Trump: "We control the strait totally" (Trump is currently trying to negotiate to open the strait because Iran controls it)

You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

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

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

Kind of funny when the whole country knows Susan Collins' game and that of the GOP, how they try to play it off as she's actually concerned, and think we don't see through it. Remember: ICE is her running mate. Trump is her political director. Musk is her financier. #VOTEherOUT #MEpolitics

Common Dreams@commondreams.org · yesterday

"Guess Senate Republicans have the votes," one critic said after Maine's Republican Sen. Susan Collins—who is facing Democrat Troy Jackson in November—said she would vote against Todd Blanche for attorney general.

Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"

Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2d ago

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"

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

At this point, Thom Tillis has nothing left to lose but his principles, so he made sure to toss them overboard too.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

Whitehouse on Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell: "It was to get exculpatory information about Donald Trump and then reward her ... How often does a prisoner allegedly facing threats or danger get moved to a less secure facility? Think about it. It doesn't pass the test of common sense."

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

We paid the tariffs and corporations got the refunds.

Trumps - Don, Don Jr, & Eric - don't have to pay their taxes Blanche gets AG Only their Jan 6 foot soldiers are left empty handed

Amanda Carpenter@amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 2d ago

The slush fund was always a decoy of sorts. They tossed their henchmen under the bus (who could see that coming) to lock down the tax immunity. The entire deal was corrupt. Both ends. Start to finish. This is how Blanche does the job. Not reason to confirm him; it's proof he should be rejected.

NEW: Blanche’s empty promises do nothing to kill Trump's slush fund, stop the flow of money to convicted J6 felons and MAGA allies, or end the Trump family Super Pardon. Read RM @raskin.house.gov's full statement here: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement: Blanche’s Empty Promises Do Nothing to Kill Slush Fund, Stop the Flow of Money to Convicted J6 Felons and MAGA Allies, or End Trump Family Super Pardon

Washington, D.C. (August 3, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis received a...

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Will Susan Collins vote for Trump's personal lawyer Todd Blanche to become his even more powerful personal lawyer as US Att'y General? Like she voted for Trump lackey Jay Clayton to become the nation's top intelligence officer? And, whaddya wanna bet the anti-weaponization fund will return?

Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 2d ago

Todd Blanche looks set to become Trump’s attorney general. Will Susan Collins vote for him?

To be clear: Senate Republicans are caving on a deal that gives Donald Trump and his family immunity from tax audits potentially worth $100 million.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 3d ago

BREAKING: Todd Blanche reaches a deal with the GOP senators blocking his AG nomination, signing an order to end the “anti-weaponization” fund.

No corruption too small

And there it is … bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

The President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.

Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure

@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 3d ago

ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"

Weighing in from Chicago with a blue city fact check: This is today from the heart of the city.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."

as millions of americans this year have had to give up their health insurance **specifically because** trump and republicans made the decision to send premiums skyrocketing, the administration now says everyone who's lost coverage must have been committing fraud: www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

RFK Jr., Oz claim fraud crackdown drove ACA enrollment drop, but analysts cite rising costs

Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.

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So under this Supreme Court's treatment of U.S. law and presidential power, Joe Biden couldn't forgove my student loans, but perhaps Donald Trump can forgive his own tax debt. Wild.

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.