A trans couple has been brutalized by a mob, and then the trans woman ended up being arrested afterwards, at a public bathroom in Louisiana. EITM writer S Baum investigates this horrible act of violence in our latest piece. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...

Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.

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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…

VOTING PREVENTS UNWANTED POLICIES! #BlueWaveIn90Days

Jennifer C@thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 3h ago

Voting prevents unwanted policies. Full stop. Every law you hate that got passed happened because somebody didn’t show up. Election Day is less than 90 days away and every single seat is in play. Your vote. Your values. Your voice. Use it. #BlueWaveIn90Days

Whoever advised Max Miller to go on to Jake Tapper’s show secretly hates him. What a catastrophic interview

For Trump, if you pay too much attention to the details of climate change, trace the development of El Niño phenomena and observe they consequences, you are a dangerous threat, and you need to be silenced.

Such a joke

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h ago

“Paying down the debt”

If only it hadn’t been illegal. 😞

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h ago

Bessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."

Writing in National Review, Andy McCarthy calls this just right: “The orders Blanche issued late on Sunday, to seal the deal with Republicans whose votes he need[ed] to survive today’s committee vote, are flimflam.” www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-th...

On the Republican Deal to Save Blanche’s AG Nomination | National Review

Blanche’s eleventh-hour orders are illusory, but holdout senators have agreed to play along.

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Holy shit, this is an extraordinarily broad and inflammatory ethnically bigoted statement. You can condemn Hamas without declaring millions of people biologically incapable of peace. This is indefensible, Joe. Shame on you.

They are truly the scum of the earth.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h ago

Good thing domestic violence prosecutors don’t shrug their cases off as “a family matter” like Republican politicians. bsky.app/profile/atru...

No it’s not Isengard, it’s the White House.

So now we know what assurances they got from him.

Nicole LaFond@nicolelafond.bsky.social · 21h ago

I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere and wanted to surface it — Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ’s might to “stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.” talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

He's accusing his ex-wife of violating their shared custody agreement because she took their daughter to the emergency room with a broken collarbone? bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 22h ago

Max Miller: When I was reported for child abuse, for my daughter, for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days, and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan

these MFs

TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com · 21h ago

Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ's might to "stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice."

good times for the Ohio GOP

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation

🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:

🤯 Max Miller's interview with Tapper is an utter trainwreck 🤯

YouTube video by Aaron Rupar

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🚨BREAKING: Maryland lawmakers just sent a redistricting amendment to voters, clearing a major hurdle to fighting Trump-backed GOP gerrymanders. In November, Marylanders can open the door to a fairer fight for Congress ahead of 2028.

Maryland Democrats send redistricting amendment to voters

Maryland Democrats have said they cannot stand down while Republicans manipulate district lines to entrench their power in Congress.

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As predicted, Susan Collins comes out against Blanche. Don’t make too much of it. The R leadership okayed it b/c they have a vote to lose and b/c Collins in a tight race in Maine, in which Ds have won last several presidential elections. But they can’t lose another. All eyes on Cassidy and Murkowski

Right when you think there's no question that Tommy Tuberville is the dumbest U.S. Senator, Ron Johnson says "hold my Clorox."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

Ron Johnson: "Aaron Rodgers was smart enough to take ivermectin when he got covid ... unfortunately, more people didn't follow him. We wouldn't have had as many of athletes falling unconscious, sometimes dead on the field of play. You've seen the video reels of this happening in 2021."

We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d ago

BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

THE $168 BILLION WAS TAKEN ILLEGALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK. Kill me I’ve wasted my life.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h ago

Bessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."

Trump is killing it. People, animals, the planet, democracy, rule of law.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social · 21h ago

Trump announces he is rolling back protections for endangered species

100%

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h ago

This is rape culture.

WATCH — Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s insider trading: “If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you early access to White House announcements on economic and trade policy. None of this is normal, and a lot of this is illegal.”

Lost in the chatter about Todd Blanche and Trump's slush fund is the fact that anti-abortion Senators have demanded Blanche do a whole mess of things for them. The judiciary committee votes Tuesday morning. We're in the danger zone

Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · last wk.

In the past month, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee have asked Todd Blanche to: *review DOJ's stance on the Comstock Act, a law antis claim bans all abortions *force FDA to end abortion pills via telehealth to settle a lawsuit *fan flames about abortions later in pregnancy this is all Bad News

Todd Blanche made more promises during a private call that a faith group inexplicably uploaded to YouTube. Expect to see this story cited in lawsuits against the FDA when it ends telemedicine of mifepristone for no reason other than pills by mail make anti-abortion groups very mad

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

I don't know how to make it more clear to folks that reviving Comstock is on the table—at least for mail-order medication abortion. Here's Blanche responding to Dick Durbin last month and DOJ's comment to Politico today www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Poor Minnesota!

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h ago

Liberation Day for MyPillow employees.

Nothing says “prepubescent politics like the White House dietician describing taking a shit as “nearly orgasmic.”

We regret to inform you that AI agents are still hacking out of control, impersonating people online, leaving instructions for other agents on how to do the hacks, normal stuff. from @peard33.bsky.social and me

OK, Well, There Are Even More AI Agent Hacking Incidents

Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.

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