“To be called out by the most powerful person in the world…. and called a sick, violent vandal when all I had done was pick up a piece of trash was awful.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/08/04/woman-recounts-reflecting-pool-arrest-says-she-was-humiliated/

Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken

Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.

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we going to keep paying Mitch McConnell even though he’s not coming back to Senate, ever are we going to keep continue paying Neil Dunn even though he’s not going to come back to the House of Representatives unless they need a vote we’re paying congressman to stay home now just like Keene. All Rep

"Elon Musk’s SpaceX slumped in AM trade after reporting its first quarterly earnings as a publicly traded company this week. Investors were unnerved by a sixfold increase in the company’s capex to $18.4 billion in the 2nd quarter. The bulk was spent on AI, prompting a rapid retreat from the stock."

CNBC@cnbc.com · 43m ago

SpaceX moon crash is a perfect metaphor for rocket maker’s share price, analysts say

Or, as @radiofreetom.bsky.social put it: "the president has encased himself in the hard amber of irrationality that inevitably surrounds authoritarian leaders. He has become detached from reality—and that detachment is extremely dangerous." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous

The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 18h ago

With his ridiculous claim about nonexistent vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, Trump is either trying to gaslight us or, more likely, he’s gaslighted himself: he’s told himself so many lies that he has lost all sense of what is actually happening. presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...

This reads like RFK Jr. is exporting the explosive diarrhea to more states — which is about right.😂

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 22h ago

Breaking news: The CDC is expanding the cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, adding six states where illnesses have been traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, according to individuals familiar with the investigation.

“But when USAID was gutted, the CDC suddenly found itself with a $30 to $40 million hole in its budget that needed to be plugged.“ Guess what happened next?

Alt USAID/ USAID Forever@altusaid.altgov.info · 3d ago

Running an effective government is in fact a task that requires complex systems thinking skills. Beyond the level of anyone in the current WH thehill.com/policy/healt...

Roses are red The runs got your neighbor

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

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TAYLOR FARMS IS STILL BEING SOLD IN WALMART. BUYER BEWARE.

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Roses are red The runs got your neighbor

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : après des bombardements russes meurtriers, Zelensky appelle ses alliés à accélérer la livraison de systèmes de défense aérienne ; des évacuations de familles ordonnées à Kramatorsk

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : après des bombardements russes meurtriers, Zelensky appelle ses alliés à accélérer la livraison de systèmes de défense aérienne ; des évacuations de familles ordonnées à Kramatorsk

Alors que l’armée ukrainienne n’a pu abattre aucun des missiles russes lancés contre Kiev et sa région, au moins 17 personnes sont mortes dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi. Selon le président ukrainien, des intercepteurs capables de neutraliser les missiles balistiques « auraient pu sauver des vies ».

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Keep going, boys. Women aren’t going to put up with this level of assault.

Dutchy Patrick@dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 12h ago

Assholes!!!!

He works so hard ... to soothe his ego.

Honestly, at this point, Democrats should be thrilled with this -- Miller has set himself on fire and if the GOP wants to hold him close, so be it.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

He believes his followers will believe him even as they rack up more debt just for everyday items. Will they?

John Collins@logicallyjc.bsky.social · 3h ago

Trump: “Costs are all coming down. Food, groceries, all coming down. I think we should be given an A+ on the economy.” In what dimension is this true?

Haley Stevens was out with a gracious concession and a commitment to support Abdul El-Sayed within about one hour of the AP call in her race. If she can buck up first thing in the morning, everyone else can. That’s actual political leadership.

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h ago

I meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (SOUND ty @out5p0ken.bsky.social & @thejenniwren.teamlh.social ) DAY 04 AUGUST 2026 📢IMPORTANT MESSAGE 📢 TRUMP'S WAR on WOMEN Please take a moment to listen& share Todd Blanche speaking to WH FAITH OFFICE NEW GOAL Get Rid of DOBBS EVERY STATE NATIONWIDE ABORTION BAN

“….but…it would cost less if a few million just died first.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h ago

Rick Scott: "We want people to get healthcare, but ... "

NEWS: Democrats sweep Republican-backed initiatives across America. Trump faces massive embarrassment has his endorsed candidate loses to someone who dropped out. UFC loses $30 million on White House fight. And major Epstein news coming. Subscribe to support my work:

NEWS: Democrats Sweep GOP-Backed Initiatives, Trump Embarrassed in Michigan, UFC Loses $30 Million on Trump Fight

Good morning everyone.

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Medicaid is getting a much bigger hit that will harm more people. FACTS: medicareadvocacy.org/impact-of-th...

Impact of the “Big Bill” on Medicare - Center for Medicare Advocacy

This law makes unprecedented cuts to critical safety-net programs that provide health care and other assistance.

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I am coming up on Medicare and Republicans voted to gut it by $536 billion through the Big Ugly Bill starting January 1. Now they are cutting MORE?!? Republicans say they protected you. They lie. Vote Republicans out for your own sake. #RepublicanMedicareCuts

Granny Off the Cliff

YouTube video by TheAgendaProject

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This is the world Republicans want to leave your children & grandchildren.

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 17h ago

The Arctic is cooking and we are in serious trouble In what should be one of the coldest places on Earth Its 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius), as hot as Orlando Florida Without Arctic natural air conditioning systems we are toast www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-...

The Arctic is cooking and we are in serious trouble In what should be one of the coldest places on Earth Its 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius), as hot as Orlando Florida Without Arctic natural air conditioning systems we are toast www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-...

It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now

The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

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#DailyZiggy after a hard day at play, proud as punch to be weighing in at 18.9Kg!! (up from 16.4kg at his sickest.) I’ll be so happy if we can just get him up between 19kg - 20kg, which is his ideal. #DogsOfBlueSky

🎉 Pro-tip: Look for the candidates saying things like this today

ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 15h ago

Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.

Big tax results out of Missouri tonight: Voters statewide rejected by an huge margin a GOP ballot measure to phase out the income tax. They also renewed a sales tax to keep state parks free. And Kansas City approved a package of $1.7 billion of bonds for infrastracture.

I can’t even find many Republicans who are still backing Max Miller after yesterday. Except the moral paragons Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and the Republican leadership of the House.

Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 13h ago

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

UPDATE: At 9:15am, former US Capitol Insurrection prosecutors will have press conference with Senators to discuss the "refusal of Trump Administration judicial nominees to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election or admit that what happened on January 6"

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5h ago

ALERT: House Democrats expand their midterm battlefield The cascading impact from Michigan primary And the critically important trial date at a courthouse in Oakland (very critical) Lots of enterprise reporting in DAY AHEAD open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

#GA Did you know that Jon Ossoff spent years exposing corruption as an investigative journalist? Now in the Senate, he refuses corporate PAC money & is leading the fight to ban stock trading by members of Congress. When you don't take checks from special interests, you're free to work for families.