Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳

My ice-cold boring take that will definitely not go viral is that a primary result with a margin of victory of roughly 1 percent tells you precisely nothing about The Future Of The Party.

I want young people to know that until The Emperor got elected, all politicians could be shamed out of office if their sin was grave. What we see now is freakish and unhealthy.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 22h ago

Tapper: Senator Moreno said on Sunday that you have admitted privately that you need to get help. Miller: That’s projection. Tapper: Have you ever said that? Miller: No, not to him. Tapper: To anyone? Miller: I think a lot of people within this country see a therapist

Every part of this government has been weaponized to brutalize the American people, illegally kill people all over the world, and sabotage the upcoming November elections. Why on Earth would we fund it?

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 2d ago

Senate Democrats have been clear: We want to fund the government, avoid a shutdown, and pass strong funding bills. We will keep fighting for a budget that delivers for the American people and thwarts Trump’s corrupt, costly, chaotic agenda that is stretching Americans thin.

I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Lies!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "We have photographs or tapes -- like moving cameras, right? -- where people are on the side cutting it with a box knife."

We must find a way to remain outraged at the insanity and cruelty of what The Emperor is doing and that an entire political party is supporting. Never forgive the GOP for this. Never.

I would like national media to zoom out from repeated individual cases and examine why in the world of Republican electeds and major political influencers that a shocking, high, dramatically-asymmetrical number of men have abused women and children.

Also the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

The federal government is headed quickly toward bankruptcy and cannot pay billions for free bus rides, you utterly foolish people. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/m...

Pointing to Massachusetts’s fare-free experiment, Markey, Pressley press for a $25 billion federal free transit plan - The Boston Globe

The proposed legislation points to the success of free bus pilots that federal lawmakers say made Massachusetts a “national leader in fare-free transit policy."

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I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser.

Pope Leo at Angelus: “Hoarding and waste are two sides of the same evil: greed. This spiritual sickness numbs the senses, which become intoxicated with wealth, to the point of making people forget those who weep from hunger and cry out from thirst.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........

A lot of older folks got radicalized in various ways. And there is no way to have non-lefty opinions without featuring the occasional broken older white person to show why all 3 branches of government fell to fascism.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d ago

Caitlin Flanagan was a prominent Atlantic staff writer for 25 years. Explain to me again how the Atlantic is a serious-minded, left-center publication.

That’s because the GOP became a cult and stopped being a political party that supported a range of policies for a whole country.

E.J. Fagan@ejfagan.com · 4d ago

Senior Republican congressional staffer on trying to recruit new policy experts: “We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”

In-person "Community meetings" are a proven, failed mechanism on anything but non-controversial projects. They elevate unrepresentative loud voices that obscure community aspirations, and create social media moments that work against the common good. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/31/m...

Wu names longtime City Hall veteran as interim chief of streets, announces next steps for Blue Hill Ave. redesign project - The Boston Globe

The personnel changes came with separate announcements that the city and the MBTA will also begin to host a series of community meetings to gather feedback on an updated design for the overhaul of Blu...

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Republicans decided after COVID to create an alternate history of big government harming Americans, and to make this a important part of their culture. Democrats were rightfully disappointed at how badly the pandemic went, and put it behind them. They should have attacked the false history.

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

Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...

Wow. The MassGOP's sacrificial lamb has quite a luxury pasture! #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/m...

Zuckerberg, Brady, and ... Michael Minogue: GOP gubernatorial candidate owns $31 million home in ultra-exclusive Montana enclave - The Boston Globe

Michael Minogue, who's running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, built a home in the Yellowstone Club that, records show, has a market value of $31 million.

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Religious insanity.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

Great piece from @jamellebouie.net on the most prominent white supremacist influencer in the world, who is also the richest man in the world www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

Opinion | Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society

Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?

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People needed to grok that she intended to make CBS into the video version of “The Free Press.” As Perry Bacon of the post said of CBS: I’ve lived through this. They wont say we are becoming a conservative publication, but that is plan.

The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · last wk.

Staff at CBS’s flagship investigative show “60 Minutes” are deeply unhappy about network boss Bari Weiss’s latest hires for the program.

Ross Douthat leaving NYT after 17 years (!!!) to board The Titanic is a shock. And too bad, as his new direction at the Times interviewing dangerous people on the right was illuminating. He is unique: Intelligent, precise, educated, closet-MAGA, Catholic, sexist, cowardly, sophistic, and innovative.

It's time to start talking about Mamdani Derangement Syndrome

Who says shit like this? The fact that an unhinged person is president puts us all in danger.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "I've done more for you than your parents, okay? Your parents are okay. I'm not gonna knock to your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents."

Interesting that 3 new Alpha Schools will open in Greater Boston. They’re an odd home school/private school/AI mix. (Expensive!) Yet last year’s @wired story revealed tremendous problems with Alpha’s teacher-free model. So I’ll pay attention. #mapoli www.nbcboston.com/boston-busin...

$60K a year ‘AI schools' to open in Greater Boston this fall — with no teachers

$60K a year ‘AI schools’ to open in Boston area — with no teachers

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More insanity from yet another Globe writer. Yes, there was a swing in '24. A lot of stupid people took a chance on Trump 2.0. Since then, surveys show they all regret it. It is not a MassGOP renaissance. All new MassGOP candidates are doomed in November. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/26/m...

Massachusetts’ southeastern corner is turning into a Republican ‘hotbed’ - The Boston Globe

Situated astride two reddening counties, southeastern Massachusetts is slowly transforming into fertile political ground for Republicans.

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Despite the whining about “ historical accuracy,” the racist backlash to the casting in Nolan’s Odyssey is about the right wanting to justify racial hierarchy by projecting it into a past where it did not actually exist. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

What *exactly* is going wrong with The Whoppers? How could a rapidly-prepared meal utterly devoid of character and genuine food need a warranty?

NBC10 Boston@nbcboston.com · 2w ago

Burger King is introducing a Whopper Guarantee for customers who are dissatisfied with the chain's signature burger. If a Whopper does not meet a customer's expectations, Burger King says, restaurant employees will remake it immediately. on.nbcboston.com/tn0IJV3

What the #*@? was the thinking behind this shambolic story about a ridiculous book? The story reads like the first draft of an Onion feature about two clueless privileged white girls who have no idea America is being destroyed despite their dads being in Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...

Their Dads Are Pals Despite Political Differences. They See a Lesson in That. (Gift Article)

Ellie Gottheimer and Larra Mullin, who met when their fathers were in Congress, make a case for bipartisanship in a picture book about dogs working together.

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Remember all of the people - including Republicans - who demanded President Biden do more to "unite the country"? Every time I see the most divisive president in history do something unprecedented in the service of partisanship, I think of them, and how quiet they are www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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