Congratulations to all the people who pissed tens of millions of dollars down the toilet

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 16h ago

Unfathomable

“Traffic Got Evicted!” Is one of the best branding campaigns ever. Thank you Hudson Square on Little 6th! New Manhattan pedestrian square has one of the best street murals ever. I took a 4mph #bikenyc ride thru so you can experience the flow.

New: police are being explicitly told to hide the fact they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them. Basically, do not mention this in official police reports. If the tech is completely legal and acceptable, like law enforcement say, why hide it? www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

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Trump is starting to give out tariff refunds: Amazon - $600M Apple - $2.2B Ford - $1.3B GM - $500M Nike - $1B Where are the refunds for the American families forced to pay more? You deserve your money back. www.newsweek.com/tariff-refun...

Tariff refunds split companies as consumers demand share of $166B

Some firms say they will share a portion of the rebate from the Supreme Court striking down Trump's tariffs earlier this year.

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but but but who couldve foreseen

Tyler King@tyleraking.com · yesterday

The Army has used “virtually all” of its surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) during Iran war so far.

This plane is owned by Jordache founder Joe Nakash and his real estate partner Eli Gindi. gillianbrockell.com/more-maga-bi...

More MAGA billionaires linked to private jet used for ICE flight to African prison

A Gulfstream jet that appears to be co-owned by Joe Nakash and Eli Gindi flew four migrants to a prison in Eswatini.

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The idea that a war only exists if there are casualties does not appear in the text of the Constitution. Nor does it appear in Madison’s notes on the Constitutional convention debates. Nor is there evidence it was discussed in ratification debates. It is made up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Sen. Rand Paul: "I've had the debate with this administration ... they told me this isn't a war. I said, why isn't it a war? They said, 'Well, a constitutional war has to have significant casualties' ... initiation or declaration of war is *before* the casualties."

A point economists & wannabe capitalists still miss: racism trumps making money in the USA. As this and many other nonsensical but deadly polices demonstrate.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Durbin: "Mr. Blanche's willingness to casually lie under oath about a statement he made in a roomful of witnesses shows the lengths he will go to to avoid offending President Trump."

Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."

"What's left of this committee?" Indeed. For that matter, what's left of the Senate?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"

Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy

Sen. Bernie Moreno (paraphrased): On second thought, now that it's clear this is making me personally look awful, I say domestic abuse, lying about it, and failing basic standards of character like that has no place in the Republican Party, except at the top, and some other places too. Thank you.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d ago

senator bernie moreno finally makes a statement about the allegations of abuse by rep. max miller against his daughter and granddaughter after miller went live on X this morning to deny everything.

but you can’t tell me that some of these soldiers barely out of their teens who have been charged by the government with helping to enforce youth curfews in DC weren’t just a few months ago also smoking weed outside somewhere with their friends—just somewhere the admin dgaf about

maybe i'll take a look at the reflecting pool that was never vandalized or the statues that now have 24k gold plating, or maybe i'll just eat tacos and go to bed early

anyway going outside into washington dc, aka the president's personal construction site, that is full of soldiers because of nonexistent crime

Hey @baldwin.senate.gov - care to comment on this? You might recall that you personally introduced Duffy at his confirmation hearing, tying you credibility to his performance? Remember that?

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

Trump is so thirsty but also caught in a time warp. How many on Truth Social even know what Newsweek is, let alone used to be?

TrumpReposter@trumpreposter.bsky.social · 2d ago

💯 Being poor is hard work.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4d ago

Means-tested programs like SNAP are shaped not just by benefit levels, but by hassle. And hassle is regressive: it hits hardest when you lack a car, flexibility, cash, or time.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-snaps-new-rules-make-eligible

I once chased a burglar out of our place, and only retrieved the goods by running multiple blocks down the streets of Manhattan barefoot, when the guy bailed, tossed our laptops behind him and took off. The cops who showed up FOUR HOURS LATER at our place just shrugged. *Aristocrats voice* Policing!

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

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i'm from ohio. I lived one suburb over from Moreno during 2020. And when my immunocompromised uncle was gasping for his last breaths, alone, dying of COVID on the floor of his condo. Bernie Moreno can shut. the. fuck. up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

New rule: if the indictment gets a press conference, the dismissal gets one too

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

this Pirro press conference is completely beyond parody, like a deleted scene from Idiocracy. listen to this shit

i wish there was one single thing i could do to convince people not to spend their one wild and precious life being the worst types of reply guy

It’s also ok for kids to be bored on the morning drive to school, it’s good actually, it’s a pretty critical life skill

Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 5d ago