JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.
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SCHIFF: You told my staff you stood by your article in white nationalist website VDARE where you wrote, 'Muslim immigrants & their kids seem prone to terrorism' C: I wrote that article in support of Trump's travel ban S: Do you stand by it? C: I stand by that article S: That's all I need to know
This is Kimchi. She can sleep through anything. Including a brief demonic possession. 13/10 (TT: tamrikhurtsilava)
Klobuchar: "I'm gonna live what I'm saying, and that means making sure that small towns can develop, that we keep our rural hospitals strong, and that's not gonna happen when my opponents -- all 3 of them -- have embraced Donald Trump's big beautiful bill that cut Medicaid!"
Nothing can constrain Trump? Warren: No. Republicans have the majority. They could constrain Trump on war, slimy tax deals, on his corruption. The list is long. But to do that, they would actually have to grow a spine. And so far, what we have around here is a bunch of gelatinous blobs. PabloReports
Do it Tommy, maybe just build it around your house, but I bet you already live in a gated community. Wouldn't want those "others" from entering your house unless it was to work for free. Don't let the "others" already living in the state vote for freedom from the likes of you. Don't give them power.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
We we hit double. They raised prices to pay for the tariffs, they get the refund and we are still paying the same prices. We don't get a refund or a price reduction and he just slapped tariffs on again even though it is illegal.
squamishviews.bsky.social@squamishviews.bsky.social · 3h agoThe American consumer paid for the felon’s tariffs but the corporations got the refund.
And what portion of these refunds will reach consumers? "More than half of tariff income refunded after supreme court ruled Trump’s levies were illegal."
US refunds $100bn of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs
More than half of tariff income refunded after supreme court ruled Trump’s levies were illegal
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A lot of words to say “we screwed over the American people with our illegal tariffs scheme, again.” The costs of tariffs were born by consumers but the rebate will go to the shareholders. It is just theft. Worst economy for workers by choice.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
Americans have had to pay the price for Trump's tariffs, but instead of Trump sending you a refund, corporations are walking away with the cash, leaving taxpayers with nothing. www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/e...
Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business
Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...
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Trump’s genius tariff strategy: 1. Declare across-the-board tariffs on nearly every nation on earth 2. Let companies pass the costs on to consumers 3. Raise the average household's costs by more than $1,700 in 2025 4. Give billions back to the massive corporations that jacked up prices
"cancer and Alzheimer’s patients are praying that these treatments will succeed. But Kalshi is about to permit outside speculators to place ghastly bets that they won’t." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My son has cancer. Kalshi wants you to be able to bet on his medical future | Joshua Pederson
The predictions market is planning to allow betting on clinical trial results and regulatory decisions as our family fights for his survival
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I foresee absolutely no problems with the gambling platform openly manipulated by people with insider information branching out to death pools...
Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 4h agoSomehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
in a civilized society, the C-suite at kalshi would be ritually stripped, smeared with fishguts and staked below the high tide mark on a crab-infested beach as a warning to all who'd seek to profane the laws of gods and men
Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 4h agoSomehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
seems like a politician could make hay promising to ban this shit where are they?
Matthew Facciani@matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 3h ago"cancer and Alzheimer’s patients are praying that these treatments will succeed. But Kalshi is about to permit outside speculators to place ghastly bets that they won’t." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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Trump: "Nobody knows that 'dumb' doesn't have a B" (Dear reader, it has a B)
ICE set a record in July. 51,000 arrests. Yet…we watch the biggest criminal in US history…walk around unscathed.
BOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.
“THAT’S THE BEST YOU GOT?” Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social reacts to Republicans using his full name in a clearly bigoted effort to gin up racist, Islamophobic fear around his candidacy.
New acting director of CDC Jim O'Neill expressed being pro paid organ donation. "There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused."
😂 Wildberries management has begun stealing goods from entire logistics hubs and then recording them as "destroyed by drones", - Babel This particularly applies to valuable items such as jewelry and electronics.
Whenever one of these freaks goes off on a tangent about their trans conspiracy of the day, the proper response -- from an interviewer or anyone else -- is "well, it seems like you're having some sort of mental breakdown here, so we'll wrap it up"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoRoyce White is now ranting about "transgender sex dolls" during a forum that is supposed to be about agricultural issues. This guy is a serious Republican in Minnesota who had the party's nomination for a Senate seat two years ago. Insanity.
LOMBARDO: So I know the pastor spoke about Officer Abdelnabi-- TRUMP RALLY CROWD: *Boooooo* LOMBARDO: No. We're not booing him. He's the officer that passed away here recently
The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!
El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."
They’ve not ‘turned over’ a single goddamn thing! That’s why State of New Mexico is suing tawdry blancmange & OPed’s dept. of obfuscation & retribution (formerly known as DOJ). katu.com/news/nation-...
New Mexico sues DOJ to get access to unredacted documents about Epstein
New Mexico is filing a lawsuit against the DOJ and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating that they have withheld documents needed for an investigation.
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Today the New Mexico Truth Commission issued their first interim public report on their investigation into the Epstein case in New Mexico and Zorro Ranch. There is a long way to go & we will continue to stand with survivors. You can read the report here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6a075...