Marilyn French
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Under an ethical cloud over allegations of sexual harassment involving two of his female staffers, Rep. Chuck Edwards R-NC announced overnight that he will drop his bid for re-election. jamiedupree.substack.com/p/under-ethi...
Under ethics cloud, House Republican drops reelection bid
Mixed primary night for progressive Democrats
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Apparently we're paying $25K bribes to AUSAs to convince the to risk their law license working for a shitshow DOJ. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
“.. Again, shorting is not for everyone,” Burry wrote. “I must short. Most should not.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/m...
It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
he ran against the full force of the zionist establishment and won. unbelievable victory
Big money spent $70 million to try and defeat Abdul El-Sayed and it didn't work! POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
REPUBLICANS POKED THE BEAR They used gerrymandering to weaken Black voting power. New data shows they helped drive higher Black voter turnout in parts of the South instead. 📌 Alabama saw one of the biggest increase in Black voter mobilization. That will matter in @dougjones.bsky.social gov race.
zero sympathy for anyone involved but it is so typical that his anger is that she didn’t lie *enough*
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d ago“.. The president is ‘furious’ with Pirro, one of the sources said, telling CNN that he fumed about her all weekend.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
I don’t know what algorithm instagram brainwashed me with but I know my life would be better if I had a mini horse or two. 
HUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.
I put someone ideological with no tv experience in charge of cbs because ……. Vibes? Daddy? Trump? Israel?
Talked to @jimacosta.bsky.social about how it continues to be the party of trump youtu.be/Pe-PifW_sz0?...
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...
"Everything that went wrong with the reflecting pool, including the damage to the pool itself and the fabricated charges against Hearn, went wrong for two reasons: Trump’s unprecedented corruption and his rush to include the reflecting pool in his Narcissistic hijacking of the Nation’s celebration."
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · yesterdayNone of the apparently Pirro-sourced columns about what happened with her and Trump have bothered to mention that she, like Trump, was rushing to get something done by July 4. emptywheel.net/2026/08/04/t...
Current results with 76% reporting: Abdul El-Sayed: 589,387 votes (49.3%) Haley Stevens: 557,653 votes (46.7%)
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 20h agoCurrent results with 43% reporting: * Abdul El-Sayed: 326,100 votes (49.9%) * Haley Stevens: 302,790 votes (46.4%)
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.
Is it really too much to ask our political parties to stop electing men accused of assault/abuse? I
Two wins for abortion rights: Voters in Kansas and Missouri easily defeated ballot measures that could have threatened abortion access in their states
