Martin Auger 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈
@martinauger.bsky.social
Grandpa, Dad, husband, metalhead and engineer. Did I forget woke AF ?
New in PN: Are voters finally realizing that GOP presidents are disasters? "The last 3 R presidents have handed their D successors an economic catastrophe, & the last 3 Ds have had to do their best to clean it up. Why don’t Ds ever say that? I think it would make a difference" — @mjtoma.bsky.social
Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
publicnotice.co
Fun fact: Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed. Wonderful Heart ♥️ RIP Dolly ❤️
“Are you okay?” Those were Alex Pretti’s last words before ICE agents beat him, shot him 10 times, and killed him. The Trump administration’s response? Demonize the victim. Deny wrongdoing. Derail the state investigation. No. We are not okay.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
GARY, INDIANA STILL WITHOUT POWER. THIS IS ANOTHER NATIONAL DISGRACE THAT AMERICANS ARE JUST STANDING BY AND LET CONTINUE
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” Frank Herbert, Dune
New in PN: @therickwilson.bsky.social on Republicans' big orange problem "Trump is waging a war, we’re not winning, and gas prices are higher. That’s a triple whammy for the candidates who blindly support him and who have to go out and say he’s a military genius so that he doesn’t turn on them."
Rick Wilson on Republicans' big orange problem
"Trump has become a crazy old man yelling at the clouds."
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@chebert18.bsky.social Mme Chantal, vous avez vu la pub de Christine Fréchette? Me semble qu’ils ne sont pas encore en campagne électorale
Hey remember when the media and gop freaked out when bill clinton spoke to the attorney general for five seconds?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoNewly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman
Please follow me back so I can comment. I’m not a bot nor an asshole
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2w agoThis story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs. Thanks again, Canada. Yet again. www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
🔥🔥🔥“July was the hottest month ever recorded in the US, with repeated, scorching heatwaves across much of the country helping shatter all previous monthly temperature records stretching back over the full 132 years of reliable measurements.”🔥🔥🔥
July was hottest month ever recorded in US as heatwaves scorched country
Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis
theguardian.com
They literally want people to die. These deaths could be prevented for pennies. Meanwhile, Trump murders civilians in boats “to protect people from overdoses.”
NPR@npr.org · 3w agoDrug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants. n.pr/45TAofr
Maybe I’m a cynic, but I’m guessing Murkowski and Collins’ no votes were decided and allowed weeks ago. Collins wouldn’t have been allowed to announce her vote unless everyone other than Murkowski was a yes. These people made a deal to confirm a pedophile protector.
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 3w agoALERT: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is a "NO" vote for Todd Blanche Another defeat for Team Trump at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Debate announcement in yet another emerging US Senate race DAY AHEAD editorial note is stocked w/ new reporting macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/day-ahead-...
My Republican colleagues aren’t powerless, they are just refusing to do their jobs. Reining in an out-of-control President is literally in the job description. We are supposed to be a system of checks and balances.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
This is not just about Max Miller. Mike Johnson has just given cover to every abuser. He has undermined belief in every survivor’s story. He has set an assumption that accusations are made with malice towards the accused — the ultimate victim blaming. It’s hard to overstate the harm of this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoMike Johnson defends Max Miller despite horrible abuse allegations: "We don't take disciplinary action against members for allegations. It's in his own words 'a nasty divorce proceeding' ... he thinks it's a hit job on him."
🫵 You can reserve a “priority evac” from hurricanes hitting Florida on the *same planes* that ICE uses to traffic chained humans to Central America. All for just $1250 per year! 😬
CNN@cnn.com · 3w agoA new company called PriorityEvac, which launched in June, is offering private evacuation flights from Florida’s coasts. For $1,250 a year, a member is guaranteed a spot aboard an Airbus A320 aircraft to Atlanta for a maximum of two hurricanes per season. https://cnn.it/4cpbgkr
Let's just remember who was in charge during the pandemic (from 2020)
Mohammad Paktiawal died in ICE custody. He fought with our troops. He was not here illegally or a criminal. He worked & had a family. There was no reason for his detention. This ongoing inhumanity is a national shame. Powerful @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-is-sho...
ICE Is Shooting People Again
Routinizing Trumpian cruelty.
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Capital One Closed 300+ Accts for Fraud Trump Foundation (Charity Fraud, $2M) Taj Casino (Money Laundering, $10M) Trump Org (Fraud/18counts, $450M) Trump Org CFO Riker's Prison 2x Trump University (Fraud, $25M) Proven Rapist 2023 ($88.3M) Convicted 34 Felonies 2024 91 Felonies Total #UnfitTrump
This is just rank Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism, based on the bigoted idea that there is something inherently scary about a president with the last name "El-Sayed." It is incumbent on all of us to call it out.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’: Des salauds.
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’
Des salauds.
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Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 3w agoBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
We told you so. Trump deploying agents to voting stations in Detroit, Hamtramck, Lansing, & East Lansing. Keep these numbers on you in case you observe any interference, intimidation, or other bullshit. Election protection hotline (non-profit, non-partisan): 866-687-8683
Wow. If this isn’t the mentality of Trump’s party in a sound bite I don’t know what is.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
