Everyone’s expectations got skewed over the past week but Abdul El-Sayed getting $70 million spent against him in a state he lost a primary by like 20 points eight years ago and still winning last night is probably the most impressive electoral accomplishment of the decade.
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
🚨 #BREAKING (CHICAGO SUBURBS) ÏCE agents pulled a GUN, and a TASER, on unarmed U.S. citizens for recording them from a public sidewalk… while threatening, “you aren’t going to like the outcome.”
@jamestalarico.bsky.social for Texas US Senate gets it - under his opponent Ken Paxton and Gov. Abbott, data centers are running amok in TX. Talarico has a sensible plan to regulate data centers. Texas, he is the right choice for your next senator, not the corrupt, 15 home owning Paxton.
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
The strongest available evidence supports a zoonotic origin for COVID-19. - The virus is genetically diverse in ways typical of natural viruses and atypical of gain-of-function (GoF) viruses. 🧵
On this day in history in 1974, SCOTUS ordered Nixon to release the "smoking gun" tape revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely. Today's Republicans would defend Nixon vs impeach him
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6h agoRepresentative Shirley Chisholm, 1972: "[W]e have looked in vain to the Nixon administration for the courage, the spirit, the character, and the words to lift us, to bring out the best in us, to rekindle in each of us our faith in the American dream."
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
theatlantic.com
BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election
BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.
The proposed deal now under discussion would give Iran a 5-7% toll for traffic through Hormuz, making the war a massive victory for the Iranians and insuring them a long-term dominant position in the Gulf. It would reflect pretty much an unconditional surrender by Trump to Tehran.
Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters, in one of th...
reuters.com
The Trump Administration has already come for your healthcare and food assistance. And now they're coming for Head Start, a program that gives more than half a million kids access to free preschool. They'll do just about anything except lower costs for you.
Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules
President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program. Two people familiar with the deliberations tell The Associated Press the Republican administration's proposed ch...
apnews.com
Albert Speer would be so proud! The Times takes us on an exclusive video tour of Washington remade in the image of Donald Trump. It furnishes a perfect demonstration of the psychopathology of fascist architectural design. www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Inside Trump’s multimillion-dollar DC makeover — a visual guide
The president has grand designs for Washington, including a White House ballroom, independence arch and Dulles airport redesign. How much does it cost?
thetimes.com
Face it. The Court is captured by right-wing billionaire interests, just the way railroad barons used to capture the railroad rate commissions, or mining barons the mine safety commissions. Look up “regulatory capture” or “agency capture.” thehill.com/opinion/judi...
Just admit it: The Supreme Court is political
Let’s face it, the Supreme Court has dug itself into a hole, and it just keeps digging.
thehill.com
@macfarlanenews.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social American Conversation Wednesday August 5, 2026 Asking questions we have all been thinking. www.youtube.com/live/7NaAjRi...
Scott MacFarlane | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social has a good point- Why are US tax dollars going to prop up Elon Musk when Musk is openly trying to usurp our Democracy? open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE NOW: Scott MacFarlane | American Conversations
Heather Cox Richardson on Substack
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H/t to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for reminding me of this article by @natashabertrand.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com documenting how Trump's purge of the DOJ and FBI in his first term focused on experts in money laundering and organized crime. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump’s Top Targets in the Russia Probe Are Experts in Organized Crime
Some of President Trump’s favorite targets in the Russia probe have spent their careers in the Justice Department and the FBI investigating organized crime and money laundering, particularly as they p...
theatlantic.com
In Tucker’s recent interview with his favorite Holocaust-denying “historian,” TC is shocked to learn that the Bolsheviks erected a statue to Judas in Moscow. The only problem is, there is no evidence that this ever happened. But who cares about evidence when you have a fascist narrative to push?
SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
The war in Iran has shown that Trump’s inability to perceive reality has become truly dangerous. Iran is a disaster, but Trump’s irrationality could create other, even more perilous situations. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
theatlantic.com
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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Oz said he was in Maine on Monday investigating home support services for adults with autism.
Mehmet Oz claims 90% of Maine Medicaid payments are fraudulent
Oz said he was in Maine on Monday investigating home support services for adults with autism.
bangordailynews.com
Maine Newsroom@mainenewsroom.com · yesterday8/4 Audio: Maine Senator Susan Collins says she’d vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court again. She had previously acknowledged that Kavanaugh had misled her about Roe v Wade being settled law before ultimately overturning Roe v Wade. #maine #MEpolitics
www.quoddytides.com/data-center-...
Data center application amended; petitioners seek ban on proposal
The preliminary proposal for an underwater AI data center off Eastport has been amended, and a group of residents in the city have petitioned for local ordinances that would prohibit the data center.
quoddytides.com
They want to use Maine waters for a data center and we say hell NO!! Join us in protest - Eastport Port Authority, 4 pm Wednesday August 5th! #MEPolitics #HandsOffOurWaters #NoDataCenters
Maine asks judge to dismiss DOJ lawsuit about confidential license plates for federal agents
Maine asks judge to dismiss DOJ lawsuit about confidential license plates for federal agents
Attorneys for Maine pushed back on allegations by the DOJ that the state is discriminating against federal officers.
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