The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful

Threats against judges must stop on both sides. "The Trump administration's rhetoric against judges has intensified, leading to security concerns."

This federal judge ruled against Trump. Then the threats began.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s experience is emblematic of the climate facing jurists, whether nominated by Democratic or Republican presidents.

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Does it involve testosterone injections?

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 11h ago

PENTAGON DRAFTING A NEW US NUCLEAR STRATEGY: NBC

Just a note that @jbendery.bsky.social is 100% worth following. Always finds stories like these that matter, and yet are a bit under the radar.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 5h ago

Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵

Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.

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America needs Fresh Young Inspiring Congressmen and WOMEN on Capitol Hill, it's time for the Old Establishment to take a Back Seat!

Great news! We only torched 80% of our missile interceptors. That leaves a full 20% for the next war. Which starts Tuesday. Relax. Raytheon’s on it. Delivery date: 2031. P.S. Duck.

It was over for Max Miller politically when he said his wife couldn’t have been abused because she offered to make him dinner 6 days later. He may not have known it when he said it, but that was the end. You have to be a sick bastard to come up with that as your defense.

Your reminder that research continuously shows that immigrants commit fewer crimes than U.S.-born citizens.

I can see why Republicans are defending Max Miller, because if the party got rid of all the politicians accused of abusing women, there would be a lot of vacancies in key government positions.

As Republicans try desperately to make the public think democracy defenders are "communists," I thought I'd re-up this thread of mine from last year.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵 Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.

Countries that used to rely on the U.S. have formed alliances because the U.S. under Trump, is perceived as being unreliable.

Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching.

The president’s bombast has ceased to rattle world leaders, who have seen him fenced in by courts, rebuffed by Congress and strung along by Iran.

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The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S. government official said was “designed to obscure the count.”

These are sacred lands for many of our indigenous populations. These cuts are horrible.

Documents Undercut Trump’s Claims About Bears Ears National Monument (Gift Article)

President Trump said recreation in Bears Ears National Monument was virtually impossible. Documents reviewed by The New York Times show officials knew otherwise.

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When billionaires conspire with fascists to capture media outlets, the impact on journalism isn't always obvious. In this case, we know about a story that CBS killed. In many cases, we never find out what they don't want us to know.

60 Minutes Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics

Senator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, and the story never aired.

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It’s a mystery

Jennifer Shin - WTAF@jennifershin.bsky.social · 2d ago

You'd have to be a special kind of stupid to not understand this.

time.com/article/2026...

Tehran’s New Weapon Is Not a Bomb. It Is an Invoice.

"Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a source of revenue, and it is waging war to keep collecting," writes Bobby Ghosh.

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TACO Tuesday. I've lost the bubble. Are the Straits of Hormuz still open, only very few ships are passing through or nah?

Children don’t care who they play a game with, they simply want to play. This is just another way to humiliate and degrade little girls.

'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners — Raw Story

A Washington State ballot measure that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before taking part in sports provoked nationwide outrage.

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These trips for the family of eleven didn’t come cheaply, and were seemingly funded to the tune of millions of dollars in donations from corporations Duffy regulates.

Republicans are some sick MFers

Kat Hartness@kathartness.bsky.social · 2d ago

Not a word about verifying the gender of boys... this is little girl specific. Child sexual abuse on a state level 'Surefire method' for destroying girls' sports seen in bill targeting kindergartners www.rawstory.com/project-2025...

08/04/26 AM You can put me on mute & block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! There're NO Civil Rights in Trump & Kimberly Richey’s Deranged America! I'll repeat this Every Day until Reality Sinks In. No children's rights, women's rights, disability rights, minority rights! 150 yrs gone! Get Louder!

Should RFK jr be tried for murder for the deaths of unvaccinated children whose parents believed him?

Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.

This is pretty straightforward, and it's weird to me that people are against it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d ago

👀 Nathan Robinson takes full advantage of a chance to explain to Katie Pavlich why Democratic Socialism is on the rise 🔥