Gulf energy producers have lost all faith in Trump and are quietly accepting Iran's permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz — because the alternative, returning to war, would be worse, the WSJ reports. The global damage Trump has wrought with his incompetence is incalculable.

Trump's Hiding Iran Wounded Soldier Numbers Over 600 Wounded Trump Started A War He Can't Win Iran Refused To Negotiate Until Trump Leaves Office This is what Iran did to President Jimmy Carter. www.bbc.com/news/article...

More than 600 US military service members injured since Iran War began in February

The latest figure includes casualties from Operation Fury and a new category called "Overseas Operations".

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we’re overwhelmed by the frequency & nonstop nature of their lawless. then you see & hear the vitriol & violence from these ICE thugs in this video and you realize it has escalated to a degree where no one is safe

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 18h ago

Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.

this is a betrayal of our sailors and heart wrenching for their families and loved ones

nullifie@nullifie.bsky.social · 11h ago

The USS Abraham Lincoln, with its 5,000 sailors, has been deployed for over eight months, making it one of the longest deployments in history. It was supposed to end in May but got extended due to the felon's war on Iran. Distraught sailors are now jumping overboard, seeking an end to this torment.

Reminder he also hid in a bunker during the BLM protests!

#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 20h ago

#Biden #Zelensky #CowardTrump #Blues

I’ve heard a lot about airlines colluding with ICE and TSA to inform on migrants. Sickening betrayal. If anyone wonders how Germany got to where it did, it’s because of these kinds of collaborators.

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago

🧊✈️ 👉COLLABORATOR👈‼️🤨 “It was supposed to be a routine work trip to Las Vegas, but a 👉DELTA👈 agent told him the airline was working to upgrade his seat. “He just needed to board last.” REMEMBER WHO COLLABORATES

It has now been more than two months since 20-year-old Palestinian American Sama Safi—a U.S. citizen—was abducted in the middle of the night from her family home in the West Bank by armed Israeli soldiers. I recently met with Sama's parents to hear their story.

how state run media becomes the norm. important 🧵

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 2d ago

1/ A former FCC chairman said it himself: Brendan Carr found a technique so quiet it can never be appealed in court. He has used it on a broadcaster, a movie studio, and a satellite company. Each one folded within days. Don Corleone would be proud. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Todd Blanche is talking with anti-abortion activists about weaponizing outdated laws like the Comstock Act to restrict abortion access nationwide. That’s why I reintroduced the Stop Comstock Act last year. We saw this coming and we won’t let an 1873 law become a backdoor national abortion ban.

For some of us, America’s bullshit has been ongoing and continuous.

Adelanto ICE facility, north-east of Los Angeles: The video shows a plastic bottle filled with water, which he said was given to detainees to drink. It appeared to have small pests of some kind swimming inside... “worms” or some kind of “larvae”: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

BAD: GOP Sen Jim Banks lying about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social’s positions, falsely claiming that El-Sayed called for open borders and abolishing prisons. WORSE: @kristenwelker.bsky.social letting Banks’ lies go uncorrected. I was able to fact check on Google in 2 min. WHERE ARE HER PRODUCERS?

The case before the Hawaii Supreme Court did not warrant such an impassioned condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court. But Associate Justice Todd Eddins and his colleagues wanted to send a message to the country. ICYMI @kimwehle.bsky.social:

A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court

In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.

lnk.thebulwark.com

Hegseth recently told Congress that the Iran war has cost the US government an estimated $37.5 billion to date. But that isn’t anywhere near a final number. It’s more like a down payment—one that all of us are making.

The Iran war’s other bill—and you’re paying It

The costs go way beyond gas. Delivery fees are up and diapers, baby wipes, and stuffed animals are likely next.

motherjones.com

The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians strips legal work authorization from roughly 330,000, severely harming the U.S. healthcare system. Another example of acting with zero regard for the well-being of our country. They just don’t care.

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.

#DelaneyHall yesterday Because this administration 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬.

Medicaid covers 40% of births & 60% of nursing home residents. Cutting Medicaid will increase infant deaths. Senior deaths & homelessness will increase too. The GOP is counting on you not paying attention. You sure will be when grandma is sleeping on a bench somewhere, or your baby dies. #Pinks

Tasia Fortune did not hang herself from a tree in Mississippi. Mississippi Goddam. 💔

I went to Israel and Palestine, specifically the West Bank, over 8 years ago to talk to settlers. This occupation, apartheid, and supremacy are nothing new. It has only gotten worse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnf0...

Israeli Settlers in the Occupied West Bank

YouTube video by The Atlantic

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worse than cowards. greedy, corrupt MFs who plan to make $$ as lobbyists. they sold more than their souls, they sold their lifetime senatorial privilege of access to the floor of the Senate

DrDinD.bsky.social@drdind.bsky.social · 5d ago

Bill Cassidy , Thom Tillis , John Cornyn - all lame ducks wirh nothing to lose, could have killed Blanche's AG nomination. Caved, all. Cowards, all. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...

Washington is full of frauds. Jon Ossoff is not one of them. He’s the real deal.

Democrats: You pay taxes. We spend the money on you Republicans: You pay taxes, we spend the money on tax cuts for the wealthy and corporate subsidies This is how wealth is transferred from us to them. The same is true for tariffs. We pay the higher prices, but the corporations get the refunds.

One reason why bombshell news that America's 8th largest bank closed the Trump Organization's accounts for money laundering and Trump is now desperately seeking exemption from tax audits is not getting more media attention: bsky.app/profile/mind...

Mindcite💥@mindcite.bsky.social · last yr.

Welcome to fascism 2.0. "Focus is the fundamental substance of democracy. If you overwhelm the media—if you give it too many places it needs to look, all at once, if you keep it moving from one thing to the next—no coherent opposition can emerge. It is hard to even think coherently." -Ezra Klein

Todd Blanche Is Claiming That He Can Ban Abortion In Any State newrepublic.com/article/2139... via @newrepublic.com

Todd Blanche Is Claiming That He Can Ban Abortion In Any State

As he fights to be confirmed as attorney general, Blanche is trying to appease Christian-right groups with wild legal theories about restricting abortion.

newrepublic.com

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

In New Jersey, we stand up for one another. Know your rights.

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

This is why this is not just about Max Miller. It’s about “devout Christian” House Republican leadership who is standing with this guy because they crave power above all else. It’s the culture of MAGA and it comes straight from Trump. Vote them out.