He can’t bring himself to explain what this actually means because there’s no explanation that isn’t completely embarrassing for him.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14h ago

I remember hearing that in Maine too

>200k more people voted in an-off cycle Senate primary than in the most important moments of the most notorious POTUS primary.

Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 22h ago

History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes

the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.

Teach your children ‘democrats are not always good, but republicans ARE always bad’ and in 2026 you’ve covered like 90% of their practical civic education wrt voting.

Stan Oklobdzija@stano.bsky.social · yesterday

The best thing about Vote Blue No Matter Who is that it unloads a lot of cognitive burden. I wanted Tom Steyer to be in the Governor's race, but he's not so I'm gonna vote for Becerra. I don't follow his campaign at all: I'm voting for him because he's not a Republican.

So can we at least get a consensus that primary season nationwide should be wrapped up by June? There was just no reason to risk this again.

A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.

60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

mediaite.com

Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion

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.

This one’s ageism folks.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is how I learned that there is yet another 80 yo Dem running for reelection. (Accident was not her fault) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Terminally online government. Don’t care if the median voter has $0 in student loans, the median parent still wants their kid in a 4 year school studying whatever they want.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d 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

I never want to hear another goddamn word about Cheney.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

We've come full circle and have arrived back at the Four Humors: Testosterone, Estrogen, Cortisol, Dopamine.

I see a lot of you talking about "dopamine" and I wish you'd go back to talking about your astrological signs because at least then you wouldn't be confusing yourself about a real thing

I love free speech. It allows the fools to identify themselves.

5-12

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.

Max Miller has learned his lesson. by Susan Collins

So under this Supreme Court's treatment of U.S. law and presidential power, Joe Biden couldn't forgove my student loans, but perhaps Donald Trump can forgive his own tax debt. Wild.

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

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

yeah he sees himself as being in a negotiation with Iran but at war with Minnesota

Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 3d ago

Still can’t over the fact that the president of the United States just told an entire state to pound sand after getting cyberattacked by a foreign adversary because they didn’t vote for him and it was treated like a Tuesday lol

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

markey deserves this for not retiring and letting Pressley run, the left of the caucus is every bit as bad as the right on this issue

“He grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought” is arguably the most revealing, most explanatory, and most damning thing anybody has said about Trump all year.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

man, Haley Stevens being personally selected by AIPAC to primary a very senior Jewish (and Zionist) Democrat out of Congress for being insufficiently deferential to Netanyahu, and then being handpicked by the party to run, really goes to show how absolutely no party loyalty is expected of moderates

I actually totally believe Moreno's assertion that he stayed silent out of fear for his daughter and granddaughter, as much of a potentially compromised piece of shit as Moreno is, because one look at that Max Miller livestream is enough to feel the insane family annihilator vibes radiating off him.

The President of the United States says the US Attorney for DC lied in court papers.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned …There may have been some contractor difficulty, but major damage was caused by VANDALS!”

May? They're selling advanced access to market moving information. That's pretty much the definition of insider trading.

NPR@npr.org · 5d ago

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.

i can't take it anymore

If Harris actually turns out to be lib Nixon and sets the stage for 50+ years of turbo-lib governance...

Cannot be overstated that all of this could have been avoided but Gretchen Whitmer decided getting crushed in her own home state by Kamala and Pete in 18 months is better than being a Senator.

gwent champ@gwentchamp.bsky.social · 6d ago

Here's the reality: Mallory McMorrow wasn't very good, but she'd likely have polled better against Abdul than Haley Stevens, who is a historically awful candidate who is little more than money in a suit. Lots of very wealthy people and PACs lit their money on fire here. Good riddance.