maga will accept as leaders rapists, pedophiles, white supremasicsts, wife beaters, con artists, conspiracy theorists, absolute morons, paid foreign agents, & people who are *all* of those things but you can't be even slightly pro-immigration, that's the line newrepublic.com/article/2138...
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam
Markwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: that immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.
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Considering his atrocious voting record, I’m totally fine with him not participating.
Don’t worry, Mitch, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault.
Sad that Senators develop a backbone only after losing the primary, but better that wisdom come late than not at all. While Blanche should not be confirmed at all, short of that, at least Cornyn is demanding a halt to Trump‘s hundred million dollar gift from IRS. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Cornyn wants Trump IRS settlement rewritten before voting for Blanche
The Texas Republican drew a red line ahead of a crucial Judiciary Committee vote Thursday.
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How interesting: conservative @nytimes.com columnist Bret Stephens says he’d “vote for any Democrat in 2028 over Vance” for president, including @AOC. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o...
Opinion | How Can Anyone Trust This Crew With Anything? (Gift Article)
JD Vance isn’t going to save us. Neither is Pete Hegseth.
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Capone had murder incorporated Trump has ICE
Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2w agoYou might as well say ICE is Trump's "hit" squad.
It's one thing to honor the sacrifice of fallen service members. And it's common rhetoric to declare that they died for a worthy cause. It's the Platonic ideal of malignant narcissism to just stand there shamelessly and put words into their dead mouths.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
⚡️'Russia is holding global food security hostage' — Ukraine calls emergency UN session as Moscow bombs Black Sea ports. "No country has the right to starve the world," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on July 22. "Global pressure can stop Russian terror."
'Russia is holding global food security hostage' — Ukraine calls emergency UN session as Moscow bombs Black Sea ports
"No country has the right to starve the world," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on July 22. "Global pressure can stop Russian terror."
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Let me get this straight... Trump is blocking $1B in Medicaid payments to blue states over spurious accusations of mass fraud. Meanwhile, he's literally pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole over $1.3B from Medicare and Medicaid. Hello?
The average SNAP recipient gets about $6 a day. That's not enough to live on. But when the car breaks down or work hours get cut, it can be the thing that keeps dinner on the table. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/one-big-beautiful-bill-one-big-ugly
With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise. n.pr/4vzeCrT
A cavalcade of international stars headlined the World Cup's first-ever halftime final show
With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise.
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John Fetterman can vote on bills however he pleases, but threatening to SWITCH PARTIES based on one issue (Israel) is a BETRAYAL of the voters who elected him to fight for their overall values…& for the BALANCE OF POWER in who gets to run the Senate! RESIGN ..so his district can REPLACE him!
Jack Hopkins-The Original@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2w agoJohn Fetterman didn't snap this week. He's been telling us who he is for years. We just kept calling it "independence." www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Trump’s physician reported in October 2025 that he was in “exceptional health” with a “cardiac age” about 14 years younger than his chronological age. This doctor should be stripped of their medical license…for being full of shit.
This AP investigation into David Brouillette, the ICE agent who shot Durán Guerrero in Maine is genuinely horrifying. Long history of extreme mental illness, chronic violence agst spouses and kids, PTSD and heightened violence from mil service. apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
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Trump suggests he’s going to seize voter data from states who are “vulnerable” before the midterms.
Iran’s stockpile of weapons systems, he said, "appears to be more resilient and innovative in employing these assets than was anticipated before the war.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Confronts Limits to US Power to Secure Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s speedboats, missiles, drones and mines have shown they can still wreak havoc in the Strait of Hormuz, defying daily strikes from the most powerful navy in the world.
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“.. In November, Verizon cut 13,000 jobs, the company’s largest ever layoff.” @barrons.com $VZ www.barrons.com/articles/ver...
JUST POSTED: Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation
The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.
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Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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A key part of Lindsey Graham's legacy: when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u...
By tapping funds intended for national parks to pay for pet projects in Washington, the Trump administration has created a perverse incentive to let in as many visitors as possible
National Parks Are in Chaos. Trump Is Making It Worse
With its ancient sequoias, towering waterfalls and glacier-carved granite cliffs, California’s Yosemite National Park has long been one of the most visited destinations in the national park system, helping to inspire its very creation. The vistas, which span more than 1,100 square miles along the Sierra Nevada mountain range, are inspiring to say the least. Yet the stories out of Yosemite this year — particularly this month, the official start of the busy season for national parks — are anything
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"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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BREAKING NYT: The Trump admin just issued subpoenas to several journalists for The New York Times, after the outlet reported on security concerns involving Trump's Qatari-gifted Air Force One. The subpoenas seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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