If Mitch McConnell could talk, he would have recorded a video message by now.
Mark Humphrey
@markhumphrey.bsky.social
Living in a nice blue city, in a red state. Tags: BBN, Dem, photographer, computers, retired. I try to be civil over here, it's a nice neighborhood.
As I’ve said before: The GOP’s long term goal is to delegitimize and dismantle the United States government in order to reimpose segregation, patriarchy, and privatization on the states they control. They are at war with America.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 14h agoRick Scott on spending: "Government is the problem. It's not the Iran war." (Who is waging the Iran war?)
The guy spending the money says the spending is the problem?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 14h agoRick Scott on spending: "Government is the problem. It's not the Iran war." (Who is waging the Iran war?)
JUST IN: Convicted Felon Donald Trump is scrambling on an emergency basis to try to convince a federal judge to block production to the BBC of financial documents for more than 400 of his business entities
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Didn’t Air After Sharyn Alfonsi Exit, Dem Senator Claims
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
Trump used strong arm tactics to take government ownership in 30 big companies and counting but don’t pay attention to that or wars or the corrupt ways they are enriching themselves at your expense because Mike Johnson says Jesus loves Republicans and Democrats are communists.
He’s Peter Thiel’s funded bitch, the whore of techno-Nazis, a sectional sexual, the dumbest motherfucker on the planet.
Paxton has his aide step and doesn't answer when someone asks him "how come on a government salary you own over 15 houses?"
The medicine is bitter…but it heals. (If not, at least it makes me feel better.)
Big Oil faces a clear choice — help ease the burden for families or exploit Trump’s war of choice to generate profits. I’m demanding answers on why Illinois families are paying huge prices, how these companies are profiteering, and what steps they’ll take to provide relief.
Pretty sure the answer to Americans objecting sending money and weapons to Israel isn't to knit our militaries together but what do i know www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership
A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.
nytimes.com
My new book—HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America—will be released on 9/15. It's the full story of Putin's decade-long clandestine attack on the US to aid Trump and Trump and the GOP's complicity in this assault. You can learn more & pre-order at HowRussiaWon.com.
The Trump Admin is attempting to roll back rules requiring companies to disclose climate risk information to investors. We’re urging the SEC to keep these crucial requirements. Amid an affordability crisis, Americans deserve complete info to protect their investments—including retirement savings.
Attorney General Bonta Urges SEC to Keep Climate Disclosure Regulations, Ensure Investments, Americans' Retirement Accounts Are Protected
Rescinding the rules would not eliminate climate risk; it would only leave investors in the dark OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in...
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Oh wow, it's almost like the GOP sees our servicemembers as props and not people
Mar-a-Hell-No!@mara-hell-no.bsky.social · 10h agoA Ship doctor warns exhausted sailors may go insane on the USS Abraham Lincoln. After 9 months at sea & 5 consecutive months in combat operations, conditions are deteriorating incl moldy showers, food shortages & severe lack of basic supplies. All for Trump's war. www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-...
Good luck with that. Alabama ranks as the 44th state (at the bottom) in terms of health care and education.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
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"
How come Mitch McConnell is still getting paid to be a senator, but Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and Ted Kennedy are not?
This would amount to a complete capitulation from the US. Literally no way to even attempt to spin this as a win.
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
Last night, 41-year-old Dr. Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan. What he overcame is not just politically significant. It is historic. And we must understand why so we can duplicate it nationwide. My latest: www.qasimrashid.com/p/dr-abdul-e...
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's Win Isn't Just Historic—It Proved Something Many Thought Impossible
The primary was tough. The general will be vicious with Trump's MAGA pick Mike Rogers already running a shameless culture war campaign — here's how we win again
qasimrashid.com
Judge sits in silence as senator corners her for backing Trump’s election lies www.alternet.org/amp/trump-ju...
Judge sits in silence as senator corners her for backing Trump’s election lies
On Wednesday morning during Senate Judiciary confirmation hearings, a judge nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Donald Trump had her disqualification explained on no uncertain terms: h...
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holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in Lexington Wednesday to announce the federal government is ending its contract with Kentucky’s organ donation organization.
Federal government decertifies Network for Hope, Kentucky’s organ donation group
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the federal government is ending its contract with Kentucky’s main organ donation organization.
kentucky.com
New Mexico is suing the federal government for blocking their ability to investigate Epstein's crimes that took place at his ranch there. Pedophile protector Todd Blanche and his pedophile boss don't want them to see the evidence. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New Mexico sues DOJ and Todd Blanche, alleging they blocked Epstein probe
The lawsuit was filed on the same day New Mexico is releasing a report of its preliminary findings from an ongoing probe into Epstein and his ranch in Stanley.
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