The very job of a senator (whose salary we pay) Is to be a check on the president. 😠
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdaySuch an apt comparison to a Twilight Zone classic.
“It’s a cookbook!”
Decoding the cruelties of Trump’s Project 2025: how much has been inflicted, what horrors are coming
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Blanche to the survivors he met with: “Get to the point.”
BREAKING NEWS: Trump Chickens Out On Blanche After Showdown Over Epstein Survivors, Slush Fund
Raises The Blanche Flag
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“But while our government spent a year picking a fight with Canada, the Americans who live next door to Canadians were busy trying to fix what Washington broke.”
When One Door Closed on Canada, These Americans Shoved Another Open
Washington has spent a year and a half picking on our northern ally. But at one little library on the border, the friendship persisted in the face of it all.
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One unleashes the *hounds* of Hell, not the gates of Hell, you illiterate moron.
“Democracy dies at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”
A banquet of shame
PLUS: "Dead Air:" Mitch the Stitch TODAY at 12 pm ET
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“MacDonalds, Walmart, and Amazon — three of America’s largest employers, with billions in profits — are also among the top employers of workers who earn so little they have to rely on food stamps to put food on the table and Medicaid to obtain health coverage.”
The REAL Food Stamp and Medicaid Scandal
The biggest employers in America are paying their employees shite and treating their CEOs as royalty.
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This is not about “correcting” history but controlling and rewriting it.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump has ordered that warning signs labeling the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as 'inaccurate' be placed in front of the museum
Trump is ordering the National Park Service to place warning signs outside the Smithsonian, claiming some exhibits present “inaccurate” American history. This isn’t about correcting the record—it’s about controlling who gets to write it.
Now the outbreak area includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, in addition to Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. At this point, we’re looking at about 12,000 cases and the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak in US history.
Michael McKeon@grinch67.bsky.social · 2w agoSeveral states are continuing to have major spikes, particularly Ohio, which more than doubled its number of cases of the “explosive diarrhea” foodborne illness this week (2,576 up from 1,192 last week), and the CDC has expanded the outbreak to include four more states.
Remember MAGA crying Hunter Biden non-stop? Isn't it funny how they are quiet to the ACTUAL Grifting in your face by Donald Trump Jr... #RepublicanCostOfCorruption www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Investment Firm Posts Staggering Returns of 200% (Gift Article)
The fledgling firm, run by the president’s oldest son and his partner Omeed Malik, has made investments in A.I. and defense technology that have tripled in value in just months.
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Right, FFS ☹️😠
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoFFS 🤦♂️ The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
“If Wall Street can pay for faster access to presidential announcements, the conflict of interest isn't hypothetical anymore.”
This could change the presidency forever
If Wall Street can pay for faster access to presidential announcements, the conflict of interest isn't hypothetical anymore.
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Susan Collins is the reason women today have less rights than women twenty years ago. #NeverForget #MyBodyMyChoice #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 www.politico.com/live-updates...
Dem ad blitz goes after Collins’ abortion rights record
The first TV spot will highlight the Maine senator’s vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Helipad on the South lawn now? Add that to: - fancy new columns on WH - Ballroom - Bday party for himself with cage fight - Ruining refecting pond - “Freedom250” usurping bipartisan America250 celebration WHAT THE HELL HAS HE DONE FOR ORDINARY AMERICANS WITH OUR TAX MONEY?
Trump Dramatically Ramps Up Timeline—and Price Tag—for Helipad
Donald Trump has added nearly $900,000 to the project.
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After the fireworks, he posted 100 times within the next day, 67 times in two hours. This is what he showed Americans and the world. He is unfit and ruins everything he touches.
The ground is shifting beneath Donald Trump
At 12:36 this morning, shortly after the fireworks had exploded overhead from America's 250th birthday celebration, the President of the United States was already back on his personal social media pla...
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They’re so proud of themselves that trump’s white supremacist gangs marched on DC in full masks. The same people who wouldn’t touch a mask during Covid.
Masked men with Confederate flags seen chanting, marching, riding Metro in DC
Masked men, some carrying white supremacist flags, were seen marching in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July.
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The back up plan is to ban pregnant foreigners or sterilize them… Happy birthday, America. 😒
MAGA Considers Banning Pregnant Foreigners—or Just Sterilizing Them
Trump’s supporters are on to a chilling backup plan after the Supreme Court saved birthright citizenship.
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“A new report reveals what could be one of the most staggering conflict of interest stories of Donald Trump’s presidency. Considering Qatar gave Trump a $400 million plane, that’s not a claim I make lightly.”
The ethics questions surrounding a $9 billion deal
A new report raises uncomfortable questions about ethics, conflicts of interest, and whether Americans are simply becoming numb to stories that would have once dominated the news.
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“FBI Director Kash Patel and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche are weaponizing the law against civil rights defenders.”
The Trump Administration Is Siding With Hate Groups
In investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Department of Justice is making plain whose agenda it’s interested in furthering.
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