I think its really funny that even JD Vance knows he is unelectable in 2028.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoCornyn is a pretty smart guy and not prone to gaffs. You have to almost wonder if he's intentionally giving up the game here to help Dems with sound bites like this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
"We have no alternative but to take his word" says the most powerful man in the co-equal branch of government.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃
Dammit please don't make me defend Jeanine Pinot
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump: “I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro on the Reflecting Pool. I don’t know what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VANDALISM, that included the grass, which had a big 86 47 emblazoned …There may have been some contractor difficulty, but major damage was caused by VANDALS!”
After two weeks, showings of the Odyssey are still almost completely sold out, at least in the DC area. Another failure for Elon.
The judge should absolutely dismiss this with prejudice. The Government had the option to wait until it had all the facts to pursue an indictment, and instead DOJ chose to indict an innocent man because the Very Special Boy had a tantrum.
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Obviously this is a monumentally dumb idea. Like, epically so. But I have to ask: what the fuck was Google's thinking here? What is the positive use case for this???
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
I know there are lots of things for Dems to do if they retake Congress in the mid-terms. But I really hope that small shit doesn't get overlooked, like investigating how much taxpayer money was spent to create 250,000 different passports to honor the Very Special Boy.
CNN@cnn.com · 6d agoThe US State Department will now offer passports featuring President Donald Trump’s image on the inside cover at special events across the United States. https://cnn.it/4bGnF3p
Yes, I'm sure Netanyahu will agree to have armed Palestinians in Gaza as part of a police force. What would make you think he wouldn't?
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d agoTrump announces an “International Stabilization Force will work with a new Palestinian police force to take responsibility for Gaza being safe for its residents and its neighbors.”
Trump apparently thinks the January 6th rioters were treated worse than enslaved Americans and Native Americans.
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social · 5d agoTrump on January 6th rioters, etc: “Perhaps there has never been a group of people treated so badly in our Nation's history.”
Whatever staffer wrote this should be fired. If Stevens OKed it she should drop out. El-Sayed has never once blamed any of his problems on Jewish Americans. This tweet was written by AIPAC.
@thejrocktv.bsky.social · 6d agoShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
The news here is that the Republican can't crack 42 percent against either Dem candidate.
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 6d agoMichigan - Senate Polling: 🔴 Rogers: 42% 🔵 El-Sayed: 41% 🔵 Stevens: 44% 🔴 Rogers: 42% SoCal / July 30, 2026
There are no less than seven (7) model planes shown in this video. This is not the office of the President of the United States. It's the apartment from the movie Big.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
Do Republicans truly not know that you don't need a photo ID to pick up medication? Even for controlled substances?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but we already have multiple federal agencies whose job it is to investigate corruption. Off the top of my head: DOJ FEC SEC Office of the Special Counsel Inspectors General
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6d agoSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is set to introduce legislation to create a new federal agency to investigate corruption in response to President Trump’s administration ahead of the midterm elections.
Generously granting that Scholten is sincere (and not just fig-leafing racism), I'd want to know who she thinks has spouted more "anti-American sentiment" or anti-American policies--El-Sayed, or Trump? Because that's the rub. You don't get a perfect candidate when you put together a Popular Front.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 7d agoThere's going to be a centrist Uncommitted but specifically just because Abdul is Arab lol
Fauci should probably sue Tuberville for defamation. The speech and debate clause does not protect them during television interviews.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoTUBERVILLE: Fauci killed 9 million people FOX BUSINESS: Yeah. We can't prove that, right? TUBERVILLE: We can
Not that there are flattering photos of Douthat, but I'm a bit tickled that the times headlined their story with one of the least flattering ones possible.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Breaking News: Ross Douthat, The New York Times opinion columnist, is joining CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in one of the first major hires since Bari Weiss’s takeover.
It's astonishing how many people seem to actually believe journalism is just "airing embarrassing stories about people we don't like."
Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · last wk.Bari Weiss & Nick Bilton are busy trying to recruit talent for their revamped "60 Minutes," conducting dozens of screen tests. And CBS News leaders "have also expressed a desire to air hidden camera-style investigative pieces" on the show. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
This was always the case. Vance tried to cozy up to liberals with "Hillbilly Elegy," but liberals rightly saw him as a fake, who just wanted attention. So he took a hard right the other way thinking he could get in good with MAGA people, but they see the same in him.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Vice President JD Vance's problem “is his failure to find comfort in any combination of identities so that he comes across as inauthentic, cross-pressured, forced — even counterfeit,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Even knowing its a lie, I'm honestly curious what leads anyone to want to ban a guy just because of his religion or purported views and not, say, the President, whose family is cutting billion dollar deals with the royal family of the nation where 15 of the 19 hijackers came from.
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · last wk.1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
After pointing at literally every other potential cause, the "alpha males" have finally looked in the mirror and realized why women wont talk to them.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.Great point from @moiradonegan.bsky.social on the pod: Trump's gains with young men are vanishing as they realize Trump/Tate brothers faux masculinity isn't helping them: "They’re not being elevated in their own status." Donegan is just brilliant here all throughout: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
Like so basically everything, this reads like a grift. Some DC landlords got together and said "let's propose that Trump pay us to house all the national guard that are deployed to DC." They reached out to someone in the WH most likely, and Trump loved the idea, of course.
Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · last wk.What could up to 2k illegally deployed troop apartments cost, Michael? $148,000? Each?
I mean, it IS a multi thousand year old question! CALLIMACHUS: Where do you think things stand in terms of the war with Persia? MILITIADES: I have an idea!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.NEWSMAX: Where do you think things stand in terms of the war with Iran? REP. JACK BERGMAN: Boy, that's a multi-thousand year old question. I'm not going to blame Jimmy Carter, but ...
I'm sorry I was told repeatedly that Mamdani would nationalize every business in NYC
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2w ago
Oh look not at all a sign of a widening regional conflict that is rapidly spinning out of control no sir.
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول@faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: Wall Street Journal reports that 'Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent jets to attack sites inside Iran, their first such direct retaliation against Tehran'.
sir they were saying it couldn't be done they were saying measles was "eradicated" but you brought it back from the dead sir
darth™️@darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2w agowhich reporter will congratulate trump on this achievement