@lauralee47.bsky.social
This has got to stop! No corporation should be allowed to do this. Crocs Has a Trick for Dodging Taxes: a Tiny Office in Malta www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/b...
How Malta Became a Tax Haven for Crocs and Other U.S. Companies (Gift Article)
The Mediterranean archipelago is a hot destination for U.S. companies seeking to shield profits from income taxes.
nytimes.com
We told you so. Trump deploying agents to voting stations in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing, & East Lansing. Keep these numbers on you in case you observe any interference, intimidation, or other bullshit. Election protection hotline (non-profit, non-partisan): 866-687-8683
The EPA spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and @propublica.org show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.
The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.
The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show th...
propublica.org
Trump is planning to gut Head Start—a devastating blow to our most vulnerable families. That means no math or literacy requirements, no health & safety screenings, no guarantee children can access medical services. He doesn't give a damn. He thinks the government exists to serve only him.
So far by my count he’s wrecked the rose garden, the east wing, and the south lawn. When he eventually leaves office, will there be a blade of grass left on the site?
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 2d agoScoop: Trump has ordered workers to redo weeks of work on his planned White House helipad new WaPo photos show how past work was removed over weekend Trump is contemplating changes to White House lawn's slope, raising bigger Qs about project and cost
Talk to you neighbor, family, and strangers the importance of Voting. I was waiting in line to check out and took the time to ask everyone if they were Registered. Some were, the others, I gave these websites: IWillVote.com and Vote.org
I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
iwillvote.com
The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
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"
Shameful: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines to advance Trump’s former lawyer Todd Blanche for attorney general. A full Senate vote could come as early as this week.
“People know cheating and favoritism when they see it. That’s why this is so deeply unpopular with the American public.” – @skyeperryman.bsky.social on @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social
It was Todd Blanche's idea to create a $2 billion taxpayer slush fund for insurrectionists who assaulted police officers. If Senate Republicans confirm him, he won't be America's top lawyer—he'll be Trump's.
“No alternative but to take his word” motherfucker you’re a lame duck who got turfed out of your own party in favor of an actual felon because you were insufficiently groveling to these guys. You’ve got plenty of choice. You’re free. What you’re lacking is courage and dignity.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoCornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃
$100,000 a month. That's what Trump’s company is charging Wall Street insiders for early access to his market-moving announcements. It’s corruption—and the rich get richer while everyone else falls further behind.
For sale: early access to Trump's Truth Social posts
The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.
npr.org
We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
kaine.senate.gov
“…lawyers for Uber said their questions about women’s past trauma as well as what they were wearing, drinking or how they acted had been intended to gather and evaluate specific facts…” Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ (Gift Article)
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
nytimes.com
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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.
Capital One disclosed in a court filing that it shut down hundreds of Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns. President Trump has maintained that his businesses were "debanked" for political reasons, and the Trump Organization sued Capital One last year. https://cnn.it/4xiOF0T
Todd Blanche has spent his career enabling Trump's corruption and he has no intention of stopping.
“A censure registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker’s conduct that does not meet the threshold for expulsion.” Why not?! apnews.com/article/ethi...
Ethics panel recommends House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct with two aides
The House Ethics Committee has recommended that Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina be censured after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward ...
apnews.com
The Trump-Vance admin’s DOJ continues to ignore court proceedings and blow past deadlines. But it’s past 5 p.m., and our clients and the American people need answers. Time’s up.
Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · 2d agoBREAKING: Acting AG Todd Blanche wants the American public to believe a late-night social media post is proof that President Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund is completely dead — but seemingly still won't swear to it in court. We're demanding the DOJ say under oath that the fund cannot be revived.
Almost two dozen Democratic-led states asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail voting, saying it poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Blue states urge Supreme Court to uphold block on Trump’s anti-mail voting order
The states and D.C. said Trump's order poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.”
democracydocket.com
This has been a problem from the beginning. Dismantle ICE… Native Americans are U.S. citizens. Reports of ICE questioning and detaining Native Americans, including challenges to tribal IDs, should concern every American. Don’t tell me this is only about immigration status anymore.
"The scale of public corruption right now is unimaginable. The only two people that offered tepid pushback...are retiring. What is their point of folding now?" @timmiller.bsky.social slams retiring senators who briefly pushed back against Todd Blanche, but still gave Trump exactly what he wanted.
Our nation would never be battle-ready without our brave women in uniform who have earned their place in our military. Pete Hegseth's attacks only weaken our readiness. Our WARRIOR Act ensures every servicemember is judged by their ability, not their gender. 19thnews.org/2026/07/wome...
Women have served in combat for a decade. Lawmakers want to protect that right.
“As far as I’m concerned, the only person who doesn’t think that women should have the opportunity to serve in these roles is Hegseth,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono, a lead sponsor of a new bill.
19thnews.org
"While the world frets over Trump’s incompetence, corruption, and carnage, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court enjoy a deference that obscures their role in causing permanent damage."
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
lnk.thebulwark.com
