Jocelyn Benson, who has cultivated a national profile during two terms as Michigan’s secretary of state, on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination for governor, The Associated Press said. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
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..."
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
Happy birthday to an actual President, Barack Obama. 💙
It literally took him being publicly shamed to defend HIS OWN DAUGHTER, so don’t think for one second he gives a shit about anyone else.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayMoreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"
#IllegalVoters -- really good advice from the Florida League of Woment Voters on Trump's fake claims: Don't get into the weeds, call his remarks ridiculous. Great advice by the @lwvflorida.bsky.social
🚨 EPA may approve pesticide trifludimoxazin (T-Rex 🦖) — risking 1,796 endangered species, no runoff safeguards, & threats to Monarchs, salmon, bees. Tell EPA: NO T-Rex! → nation.centerforfoodsafety.org/trex25-p #ProtectWildlife #SaveTheBees #BanToxicPesticides #EPA #Pollinators #EndangeredSpecies
You know they actually arrested this ICE guy for shooting someone? I wonder why?
Raw Story@rawstory.com · 3w agoAn employee at an ICE detention facility shot a protester outside in Colorado, according to local reports. The protester is expected to survive, according to a post by journalist Kyle Clark.
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
Maybe if we start calling our body parts gun-sounding names like “revulva” or “shooterus” the GOP will stop trying to regulate them.
Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.
NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." /
#IllegalVoters -- really good advice from the Florida League of Woment Voters on Trump's fake claims: Don't get into the weeds, call his remarks ridiculous. Great advice by the @lwvflorida.bsky.social
Trump plan to eliminate work permits for pending asylum applicants ... Florida has 500,000 such workers ... and the economic hit means we'd lose an additional 1 job for every 6 workers deported, add another 83,000 plus to that lost jobs number. #Econ101saysBadIdea floridatrib.org/2026/07/14/t...
Trump work permit rule could slash hundreds of thousands of workers from key Florida industries
For the workers facing the uncertainty of their loss of status, the policies have brought a new wave of anxiety.
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Great summary of #ScotusGiftsFromLitigants, and an interesting question about prediction market availability. abovethelaw.com/2026/07/are-...
Are Supreme Court Justices Betting On Their Own Cases? A Member Of Congress Would Love John Roberts To Answer This Question - Above the Law
Prediction markets let anyone with a phone wager on Supreme Court outcomes -- including, theoretically, the people who decide them. A new letter to the Chief Justice asks him to get ahead of the next ...
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#FloridaAG follows in Trump's foosteps of favor granting but at a lower price. Florida GOP appears in the story several times as a middling bag man. Tampa Bay Times has the same story, and the uniformly negative comments about Uthmeier's morals are a hoot. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
They gave Uthmeier’s campaign $25,000. Then his office stepped in to help.
The attorney general is running for his first election this year.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel@sun-sentinel.com · 4w agoFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier has used his office to intervene on behalf of donors since taking office last year, inserting the state’s lawyers in civil disputes to help developers and car dealers.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has used his office to intervene on behalf of donors since taking office last year, inserting the state’s lawyers in civil disputes to help developers and car dealers.
They gave Uthmeier’s campaign $25,000. Then his office stepped in to help.
Questions have arisen about the blurring of political and official actions as Attorney General James Uthmeier used his office to intervene on behalf of donors, inserting Florida’s lawyers in civil dis...
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Lots of people have inquired about Trump paying the Jean Carroll verdict ... well, the $5 million was already posted in escrow, as reported in the linked article. So, that is one will that will be paid by Trump! abovethelaw.com/2026/07/trum...
Trump's Howler Monkeys Attack Carroll's Lawyer - Above the Law
Dirty, dirty pool.
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The Musk investor fraud "pump and dump" jury verdict has been upheld. The request to set aside the verdict was denied in pretty scathing terms. LOL. abovethelaw.com/2026/07/judg...?
Judge Breyer Denies Elon Musk's Bid To Toss Twitter Fraud Verdict Over Weed Joke Conspiracy Theory - Above the Law
Judge Charles Breyer spent 38 pages dismantling Quinn Emanuel's post-trial motions.
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🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s EPA just announced plans to re-approve #Dicamba, a toxic, drift-prone pesticide already banned twice by federal courts - thanks to lawsuits led by Center for Food Safety and allies.
Who reads #LiberatingMotherhood by Zawn Villines? Got this article about male tiredness in my email and thought her remarks were spot on. Give her a try!
What a great photograph! Something I'd rather remember than a cage match ... although I've been watching the women's wrestling show GLOW, which shows how scripted those performances are (and is really well acted and well done).
Pat Fuller@bannerite.bsky.social · 2mo ago
SpaceX -- let's remember Musk's those Musk loans. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/t...?
How Elon Musk Used SpaceX to Benefit Himself and His Businesses
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Hard to believe this is from a guy who inherited $413 million from his father only to declare bankruptcy 6 times before convincing an NBC producer to bail him out by creating a fictional show that he was a successful businessman.
While the Trump Administration and RFK abandon science ...
Bluesky Fanatic@blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 2mo ago