Ariana Grande may want privacy, but unfortunately, the dangers of her alarming thinness are worse than ever. As I lay out here, MAGA influencers demand women be starved and frail. This isn't just personal. It's political. www.salon.com/2026/08/05/h...

How Ariana Grande's body became political

MAGA influencers want women not just thin, but weak

salon.com

Imagine being a US Senator pretending to care abt the child rape of the Epstein files; and then hiring Todd Blanche to help protect the rapists.

When one Republican sex offender steps down, they’re three more in line to take his place. Republicans have a deep bench of abusers.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h ago

NEW: Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards says he's dropping his re-election campaign, after the House Ethics Committee recommended a censure for inappropriate behavior with female staffers.

The only promise Donald Trump has kept to the American people is the “dictator on day one” promise.

New in PN: Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies "Did Pirro genuinely believe the scales would fall from Trump’s eyes if she showed him some pictures from the Park Service proving his contractor was at fault for the wrecked pool? This is Donald Trump we’re talking about!"

Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies

It's one thing to bullshit on Fox. It's another to lie in court.

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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, an opponent of Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to be the state’s next governor. She’ll face off against a Republican who opposes virtually everything she stands for. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Michigan election chief Jocelyn Benson to face prominent election denier in governor’s race

Benson has been a frequent target of election deniers and anti-voting activists, who falsely accused her of perpetuating voter fraud during subsequent elections in the Great Lakes State.

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Whenever you read a hot take from Politico that casts Dems in an unflattering light, remind yourself that the owner asked the executives to pray for Donald Trump’s reelection. It’s propaganda.

I fought Rudy Giuliani and Trump in 202 and learned an important lesson: They would lie in the parking lot but have to be more careful in court. Jeanine Pirro's dismissal of the bogus case against David Hearn is just the latest example of this.

“You beat your wife.” “Yeah, well someone else is [whispers] gaaaaaay.” “Well, never mind then.”

If by "protect ethics" you mean corruptly rake in billions of dollars, then yes, Donald Trump has done more of that than any president in history.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

Sen. Cynthia Lummis says on her crypto bill that "the president agreed to an ethics provision that no president has ever agreed to. He's gone further to protect ethics than any president in history, yet the Democrats want more." 🙃

The message here is for establishment democrats: The electorate wants fighters. People unencumbered by big donors. People who will fight for the working class. People who will stand up to Trump and the oligarchs. Shape up or get out of the way.

In America, anybody can bro up to be President

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

How did the Trump Administration make an actually good thing happen? Oh, they missed deadlines set by the court

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h ago

Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

They were busy trying to prosecute imaginary pool vandals.

Technology Brobdingnagian@dfeldman.org · 5h ago

How did the Trump Administration make an actually good thing happen? Oh, they missed deadlines set by the court

The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful

God, look at these three loafs of discount white bread.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

Imagine a Democrat saying "We can't have a first lady USHA."

Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.

I'm sure he prayed real hard.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

I was so pissed last night, watching viral videos claim that Blanche promised to pass a national abortion ban. That's not true, and it's not helpful. Because what he actually said is super dangerous, but getting buried

No, Todd Blanche Didn't Promise a National Abortion Ban—But He Did Vow Something Else

Here's the real threat getting buried under panicked headlines

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I see that the odious Antonin Scalia continues to provide excuses to ruin this country from the grave.

He’s Saruman without the intellect and fashion sense.

El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"

Be a Samwise Gamgee. Support your friends, trust your instincts, be humble, lead with your heart, love potatoes, don't let one little spider ruin your day

El-Sayed on Islamophobia: "That's the only play they got. They're gonna point at me, they're gonna point at my name, like, 'Wow, he's different.' That's the best you got? You can't actually talk about what you want to do? My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is now taking us to war."

I rarely say this, but good for the FBI nypost.com/2026/08/05/u...

FBI opened probe into whether Trump was Russian agent after he fired James Comey, newly revealed memos show

WASHINGTON — The FBI opened an investigation into whether President Trump was “wittingly or unwittingly” acting as a Russian agent when he fired then-Director James Comey in 2017,…

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Somehow they keep finding new ways to fuck shit up. Truly amazing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

Q: What message does it send if Trump fires a US attorney because she determined there was not sufficient evidence to charge four people with a crime? BLANCHE: If he fires a US attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that because he's the president

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

Apparently a lot of people thought the Overton window could only be shoved to the right.