Matt Ortega
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Elissa Slotkin, who believes she's running for president, endorsed and did straight-to-camera ads for Maasdam. Woeful underperformance from him here.
The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 12h agoClimate activist William Lawrence, an outspoken progressive, has won the Dem nod for swingy #MI07, held by GOP Rep. Tom Barrett. Lawrence was aided by the fact that two more moderate candidates appeared to split the vote.
Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.
“The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.“ This is insane. You can’t walk four blocks without running into a group of them standing around and doing nothing.
Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows
The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress. The figure offers...
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The discourse could sink a tight general election though.
Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 13h agoA narrow AES win is easily the worst outcome for The Discourse, right? Like, I don’t think it matters for November either way, but it matters for the sanity of the next three months
All three gaming franchises I play are EA titles.
Ralph Wiggum: I'm in Danger!
Alt: Ralph Wiggum: I'm in Danger!
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Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
Bessent is fine with deficits to fight needless wars, it’s only deficits to pay for healthcare or education that bother him
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoBREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "
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
And the way to "protect girls" is to have some bureaucratic stranger look up their skirts is not, in fact, "protecting girls."
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 18h agostating that women and girls need to be protected from trans people is absolutely hate
The enforcement of trans athlete bans does not get enough attention and it should because it underscores the insanity of this whole thing. These bigots will force *all young girls* to have their genitals inspected. It's not about protecting girls. It's hate for all girls.
Cake or Death@johngcole.bsky.social · 18h agosilly me, did not think of pre-emptive rape having authorities fingering every kid in the state as a possible solution to the scourge of like a dozen trans kids wanting to play soccer or swim, but that's because I am not a right wing christian nationallst freak www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
To be very clear, extrajudiciously killing people you suspect are drug traffickers is *also* murder
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Expect her minions in DC media and Maine media to dutifully portray this as a bold move when it's the same old story if Thune needed her, he'd have her. See, for example, Brett Kavanaugh Any Hill reporters who uses "🚨 Breaking News" on an expected Collins vote is pretty much on her comms team
Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 19h agoSusan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics
Jesus Christ man. Physiologically unable to take responsibility for anything.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoTAPPER: One of the files you released was an image of your daughter naked. It was available for a day before it was removed. Your ex-wife's attorney says it could quality as CSAM. That's shockingly reckless behavior MAX MILLER: I wouldn't say it's shockingly reckless. There was no genitalia exposed
GOP spent months (maybe years now) and had reporters in the traditional press join them in questioning Joe Biden's health with claims of cover-up. So naturally Republicans believe their own health conditions require no public disclosure whatsoever.
southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20h agoShouldn’t we be given some idea of what he’s dealing with?
lucky for these people you can say shit like “a deal with iran is 95% of the way there” or “trickle down economics works” and no one will remember or even bring up how wrong they are. thakn you for being wrong, here is $300k/year
there is an entire industry of people who give their opinion or predict how things are going to go and their entire job is to be correct are they ever correct? rarely. are there repercussions for being wrong, the thing they are being paid not to be? haha no, no there are not
We've gone from "Time machine to kill baby Hitler" to "Time machine to give Adolf a heads up about Normandy."
There are a lot of ways to rein in the president: refuse to fund his budget priorities, hold oversight hearings with subpoenas issued, deny his judicial appointments, refuse to confirm cabinet nominees, and, of course, impeachment. This statement of his is a violation of his oath.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
"More needs to be made of this," a senior CBS News staffer tells me about the 60 Minutes story that Sharyn Alfonsi was working on about Epstein and banks that appears to have been scuttled after her firing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The right literally turning us into a leper colony.
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · yesterdayLeprosy boom in Florida. Armadillos under suspicion.
Nor do we want to be on Truth Social. I would hate to find a welcome home there. I would hate to be somebody who would be palatable to such a place. We don't go on Truth, because nobody needs bullies. They *do* try to come on Bluesky, because bullies need the rest of us.
Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · yesterdayThe burden is always on us lefties to welcome them, debate them, compromise with them, find middle ground, and generally make them comfortable. It’s totally one directional. No one is calling for Truth Social to make any room for us.
The burden is always on us lefties to welcome them, debate them, compromise with them, find middle ground, and generally make them comfortable. It’s totally one directional. No one is calling for Truth Social to make any room for us.
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Trump endorsed both Ashley Moody and James Uthmeier in advance of the August 18 primary yesterday. Both are implicated in the suspected theft of $10M in Medicaid payments to use for political purposes--basically what Trump is trying to frame Tim Walz for. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
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 agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Christian evangelicals love nothing more than to bandy about "look what we got" in way of promises from Republicans. Oddly few take them seriously enough.
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 2d agoTodd Blanche made more promises during a private call that a faith group inexplicably uploaded to YouTube. Expect to see this story cited in lawsuits against the FDA when it ends telemedicine of mifepristone for no reason other than pills by mail make anti-abortion groups very mad
The most corrupt administration is also the most cartoonishly corrupt.
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d agoTransportation 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...
