Ultimately, Trump yielded, positioning Iran to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran will likely extend negotiations until his departure from office. It’s a regrettable loss of American lives and resources.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16h ago

The U.S., Iran and Oman are closing in on an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. aiming for a Wednesday announcement. -Axios

Congratulations to Rashida Tlaib on winning her congressional primary! As the first Palestinian-American woman elected to congress, Rashida continues to fight for Detroit and international solidarity. @detroitdsa.bsky.social

Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Pure scum wrapped in fake piety.

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the Shots

The mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.

on.wsj.com

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Iran’s leadership has made a high-stakes calculation .. betting that its ability to inflict pain on the American economy is its best leverage to avoid future military action from the U.S. and Israel.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/middle...

So many Republican male lawmakers have been accused of physical and sexual violence against women that the report about this guy, who harassed his employees with unsolicited gifts, inappropriate comments, and demands for dinners, seems almost quaint. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

House Ethics Panel Finds Rep. Chuck Edwards Likely Violated Sexual Harassment Rules

The Ethics Committee called for the censure of Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, who showered two female staffers with lavish gifts and affection.

nytimes.com

Like rats from a sinking ship: “Last month, Pirro offered prosecutors in her office a $25,000 retention bonus to stay for the next two years, according to people familiar with the matter.” The office is irredeemably screwed up and will stay that way as long as she’s in charge

Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage

The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters

democracydocket.com

Former Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia won a chance tonight for a rematch with GOP Rep. Jennifer Kiggans, who beat her in 2022 after she served on the January 6th Committee. My dear late friend @mrwaltershapiro.bsky.social called her the bravest Democrat in Congress. newrepublic.com/article/1695...

Bravest Democrat of the Year: Elaine Luria

The Virginian represented one of the swingiest House seats in the country but still staked her reelection on defending democracy and investigating what actually happened on January 6.

newrepublic.com

Fixed it, @meidastouch.com

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 20h ago

Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.

Note: They stole the money.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h ago

Bessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."

🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters defeated a GOP bid to limit their ability to amend the state constitution. The measure was the GOP's attempt to diminish the power of voters who’ve used citizen initiatives to expand Medicaid and protect abortion access.

Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution

Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure,…

democracydocket.com

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

trib.al

i am not sure there has been a person in history who enjoys campy theater as much as trump and who will end up more hated by every single person who has ever participated in it

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

JUST IN: Jocelyn Benson has clinched the Democratic nomination for governor of Michigan. Congratulations, Jocelyn!

It's official. Kansas Republicans have lost their State Supreme Court referendum attempt, and it won't even be close. Fantastic news.

TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com · 18h ago

Really encouraging results thus far in Kansas. With about 1/5 of the vote in, Kansas voters are rejecting the Republicans' attempt to change the way State Supreme Court Justices are selected by a 40+ point margin.

Missouri voters reject Amendment 4. The Republican-backed measure, designed to make it far harder for citizen initiatives (like abortion rights, marijuana, etc.) to pass by requiring majorities in all 8 congressional districts, has failed. Simple statewide majority rule stays.

Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure requiring state Supreme Court justices to be elected instead of appointed by the governor, another setback for Republican lawmakers trying to overturn the ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion.

These are insane numbers. If El-Sayed wins after being outspent by this much, wow, watch out!

WATCH — Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on Trump’s insider trading: “If you pay Trump $100,000 a month, he will give you early access to White House announcements on economic and trade policy. None of this is normal, and a lot of this is illegal.”

WATCH — “Elon Musk poisoned his town… now he’s running for Congress to stop toxic DATA CENTERS.” @moreperfectunion.bsky.social profiles @justinjpearson.bsky.social and the fight against xAI in MEMPHIS, and the polluting (illegal) turbines xAI uses to power them.

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OUCH — @GovBillLee just endorsed Charlie Hatcher in TN-5 over openly bigoted extremist incumbent Rep Andy Ogles www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

Welp

I doubt this is actually the end of the fund, but it’s probably enough to give the GOP cover to confirm Blanche.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d ago

BREAKING: Todd Blanche just issued a formal order that appears to terminate Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund and limit the scope of the IRS audit immunity deal applying to Trump and his family.

You can either tell the truth or you can work for Trump. You can’t do both.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d ago

NEW: Jake Taylor from MSNOW says Jeanine Pirro just arrived at the West Wing. Uh oh! Methinks her days are numbered!

Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?

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🚨SOON: Our @lindsayowens.bsky.social will testify in front of the @judiciarydems.senate.gov at 2:30 PM on the consumer cost of AI surveillance pricing. Today’s hearing concerns a simple, age-old principle: Americans deserve fair pricing. Don't miss this.

Your Data, Their Profit: The Consumer Cost of AI Surveillance Pricing | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Meeting for Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on August 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM

judiciary.senate.gov