The Grifter in charge🙄🙄🙄
Senseidai2547❌👑@senseidai.bsky.social · 2h agoConvicted Felon Donald Trump has screwed taxpayers every which way. Here's a list of pardons he gave felons who will NEVER pay back the people they defrauded or hurt, some who lost their life savings. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
The Mayo Clinic Good Medicine
250 to 250@250to250.bsky.social · 45m agoDr. Stephen Ray Mitchell is an award-winning medical expert who currently serves as Dean Emeritus for Medical Education at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He tells the story of the founding of the Mayo Clinic, which pioneered many hallmarks of modern health care. #WeAreAmerica250
Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell is an award-winning medical expert who currently serves as Dean Emeritus for Medical Education at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He tells the story of the founding of the Mayo Clinic, which pioneered many hallmarks of modern health care. #WeAreAmerica250
NC's GOP-controlled elections board again refused an accessible early voting site at NC A&T, the nation's largest HBCU. Student activists showed up to push for on-campus polling in November's election—the board voted it down Thursday anyway."
North Carolina election board denies voting site at nation’s largest HBCU for second time
With student activists in the front row, the GOP-controlled board rejected student pleas for an on-campus polling place in November’s general election during a Thursday vote.
democracydocket.com
The US spends the most on healthcare for the worst outcomes. Republicans shout communism to distract from the truth: they are terrified you will realize you deserve more and finally see who has been robbing you. #HoldTheCrooksAccountable
INBOX: “Tennessee board awarded a 50-year, multi-BILLION dollar contract to DriveTN, a consortium led by companies based in Australia/Spain/France, to build & operate toll lanes on I-24 between Nashville & Murfreesboro… the companies have faced accusations of price-gouging & financial distress…”
"What was in sausage meat was a terrifying mystery." lol my favorite part! Best News of the day
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 9h agoAugust 20, 2026
West LA Freeway Brigade packed a lot into today’s message! We wanted to participate in @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social #BeBrave messaging plus had to say NO to Flock, war and ICE‼️ @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @bocksam.bsky.social
Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h ago(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
UPDATE: @wyofile.com projects that the far-right Wyoming Freedom Caucus will have only 10-12 reliable votes in the state House next year, down from its current majority of 34-36. wyofile.com/in-stunning-...
In stunning upset, Wyoming Freedom Caucus loses most of its House seats, backslides in Senate - WyoFile
The caucus will likely have 10 reliable votes in the House come January, with two more possible lawmakers that often vote in line with the group. It had a consistent majority in the most recent legisl...
wyofile.com
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 2d agoThat's a quarter of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus. Hand, meet stove.
Trump says a new report proves 24,000 noncitizens voted illegally in 2020. It doesn’t. The real story here is less about what the report says and why the Trump administration needs it—desperately—now. joycevance.substack.com/p/theyre-bui...
They’re Building The Excuse Now
On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a Department of Commerce “report” that claims more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election.
joycevance.substack.com
"The decision by Trump to dissolve USAID — once the world’s largest humanitarian donor — gutted maternal and neonatal care, decimated nutrition programs for millions of pregnant women and children, and left scores of birthing centers devoid of equipment and medicine..." apnews.com/article/usai...
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.
apnews.com
"The U.S. Forest Service is aiming to open more than 44 million acres of national-forest land to logging and road construction, a reversal of a policy that protected wildlife habitats for decades.” Source: Wall Street Journal
Trump Moves to Open National Forest Acres to Logging
"The U.S. Forest Service is aiming to open more than 44 million acres of national-forest land to logging and road construction, a reversal of a policy that protected wildlife habitats for decades," th...
politicalwire.com
The Dow Jones Industrial Average extends losses to over -500 points on the day as US Treasury Yields surge despite attempted Treasury intervention.
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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h ago(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. He’s in a situation that he can’t get out of — and unlike so many other things that Trump has gotten himself into, he cannot get bailed out.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
"Politicians from both parties and judges should be prepared to push back forcefully against any attempt Trump and his allies make to interfere with the 2026 elections. If he succeeds in perverting the results, he will be emboldened to take similar steps in 2028..." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
nytimes.com
If only we had been decent people, good neighbors instead of bigoted conquerors 😡😪😡😪
KC@kcwinters.bsky.social · yesterdayWes Siler, who writes of public lands, conservation, & politics, tells the story of the brief battle that forced Native American displacement from most of modern-day Ohio, opening it to White American settlement, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/prTGRCRHxjw?...
If only we had been decent people, good neighbors instead of bigoted conquerors 😡😪😡😪
Susan Taylor@sataylormd.bsky.social · yesterdayThank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social and team for these rich moments of our history.
At the center of it all is a pro-voting group’s nearly year-long effort to allow Missourians to vote on the new gerrymander.
Missouri redistricting battle moves toward Supreme Court showdown
State officials have deployed numerous delay tactics in a coordinated partisan effort to keep the measure off the ballot, prevent voters from using their referendum rights and dismantle a Kansas City…
democracydocket.com
The Trump administration admitted that they targeted our state’s energy grants for political reasons.
Trump administration admits cancellation of Maryland energy grants was political
Department of Energy attorneys admitted in recent court filings that it cancelled grants, including over $80 million for Maryland projects, based on how states voted in the 2024 presidential election.
thebanner.com
Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding.
Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 20h agoFinally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
Learning about Laurel started with our love for Home Town & Ben & Erin Napier—but turned into one of my favorite blog series in a while, full of the worst & best of American history & community. I’d love y’all to check out the posts & share if you’re able, thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · 23h agoIn October 1942, Howard Wash was lynched by a white supremacist mob in Laurel. It was, the New York Times reported, "the third lynching in Mississippi this week." In March 1968, Martin Luther King spoke at St. Paul Methodist church in Laurel. 10-year-old Grace Amos attended & was forever changed.
“A well-timed text to Harp can unlock access to Trump, giving well-known lobbyists and fringe figures alike an audience with the most powerful man in the world.” Great arrangement for US national security. Just great. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How Trump’s Ever-Present Executive Assistant Became the Talk of Washington
Natalie Harp, a personal aide to the president, has become an object of fascination for both the left and right.
wsj.com