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Believer in the enlightment, defender of democracy, intolerant of liars, accepting of nuance. Sure, people should lift themselves up by their boots. But first they need the boots.
Anyone with 1/2 a brain saw this coming.
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed.
The reason Trump’s approval keeps hitting a new all-time low every day, and why Republicans might lose the Senate, is because GOP voters are losing their enthusiasm for his agenda, while independents move in droves toward an energized Democratic base. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...
The news story about Donald Trump being desperate for immunity for tax fraud & the news story about Donald Trump being kicked to the curb by Capital One for widespread money laundering are RELATED.
And she invited him to dinner 6 days later to prove her point!!!!!!
NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d agoMax Miller has learned his lesson. by Susan Collins
Folks, please stop expecting the craven GOP to ever exhibit morality or choose principle over power. “Accepting” what they are doesn’t make us complicit, but it is necessary to understand them in order to defeat them.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d agoThe most corrupt, unethical AG in the US history will now take office after a sham deal with retiring Republican senators. Now this lawless DOJ will run amok with Trump’s criminal defense attorney carrying out his retribution tour against the innocent while the guilty go free.
Trump is the symptom. The Republican Party is the disease.
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u... There are simply no words for this level of cruelty.
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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So Tillis and Cornyn’s position is that the slush fund and IRS immunity is disgusting, illegal, immoral, and unethical but they are willing to confirm the man who agreed to it as Attorney General of the United States as long as he takes it back.
Will Dems send a criminal referral to DOJ for Blanche lying under oath?
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d agoTodd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... I’ve spent my long career surrounded by toxic masculinity. It’s short-sighted, incompetent and, for those of us who endure it’s existence, absolutely exhausting.
July 31, 2026
Courtney Kube, Monica Alba, Peter Nicholas, Gordon Lubold, Katherine Doyle, and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News reported Wednesday that President Donald J.
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As a fiscal conservative deficit hawk, there’s no way I could support a $1.5 trillion budget. Unless that $1.5 trillion was for an alcoholic Fox News weekend anchor who’s losing a war to Iran’s third tier army.
But today in his cabinet meeting, Trump blamed it on American Democrats. Just as he has blamed things many times that Russia and China have done on Americans. He’s not a patriot, he’s the ultimate traitor.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol... So much for the free market and meritocracy….
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Vote on Blanche Is Delayed After Senators Express Skepticism Over I.R.S. Provision www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u... Pray tell @nytimes when has Trump 2.0 acted in the public interest??
Senators Cornyn and Tillis Force Delay of Blanche Nomination Over Trump’s IRS Deal
John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.
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"I'm thrilled to end my relationship with the current administration," this DHS official posted. "Between the war on immigrants, the war on feds, and the war on facts (not to mention the crazy war in Iran and the brazen corruption), I just need a change."
Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
It’s a damn disgrace that an innocent man who represented America in multiple Olympics and did nothing wrong was arrested and charged with a federal crime by hack Jeanine Pirro solely because Trump doesn’t want to admit he fucked up the pool with his usual incompetence.
Happy National New Jersey Day! New Jersey made me who I am. I was born and raised here, went to school here, and now I’m raising my children here. I’m proud to fight every day for the people who make our state such a special place to call home.
A new poll shared exclusively with Strength In Numbers finds independent candidate Seth Bodnar polling 6 points ahead of Republican Kurt Alme in a hypothetical one-on-one for Montana's Senate race, but the Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead trailing by 8. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-07-28...
To defeat Republicans, Democrats should stand down in places independents are more likely to win
An exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-race
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Our poll finds that 79% of voters want a constitutional amendment that restores limits on money in elections.
I still subsidize every script filled at cost plus. We are getting closer to break even. Not there yet. And I’m all for Universal Care. What I’m against is thinking it will automagically work if M4A legislation is passed. We should be challenging pols to provide a plan.
Venomous Viper@venomous-viper.bsky.social · last wk.But he specifically is against MFA/universal healthcare- cheap drugs is a good start but he also makes money off it, so it’s not wholly charitable work.
