BREAKING: What just happened at the Kennedy Center board meeting is a slap in the face to the rule of law. We will see the president and his corrupt cronies in court. This will not stand. Official statements @repbeatty.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG👇

The Sources from the Catering Cart The fact that Trump took his comfort blonde and left a lot of big-ego people on Old Air Force One as bait helps to explain Trump's paranoia about this story. emptywheel.net/2026/08/13/t...

The Sources from the Catering Cart - emptywheel

The specific dynamics of Trump's catering cart caper--where his most trusted aides joined him in escaping via a catering cart and some people with big egos were left on Old Air Force One as bait, alon...

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Honestly, this is like a Monty Python skit. She's swaying to her own private head music, Brainworms is spouting insane nonsense as usual and yer man is snoring in the middle. This is the US government.

crazy that we know more about what happened to the six mil some guy gave to a forbes editor than we do about the fate of the 50k Tom Homan received in a Cava bag from an undercover FBI agent

Caitlin Kelly@caitlinkelly.bsky.social · 2d ago

just sitting alone in my office (which is also my bedroom) screaming “six million dollars” again and again

This is a solution in search of a problem that does not exist.

SHOCK REPORT: Desperate sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid an extended Middle East deployment, as families sound the alarm over severe mental health struggles, exhaustion, food shortages, water contamination, deteriorating conditions, + more, per Military Times.

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.

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Here’s a NYT image of the President of the United States fleeing Turkey *inside an airport catering cart* as he leaves members of his own staff and the entire White House traveling press pool to die in a warned-of Iranian military attack over Turkey Impeach this m*therfucker now

#booksky

From Flying Bribery Palace to Failed Leak Investigation to Catering Truck emptywheel.net/2026/08/11/f...

From Flying Bribery Palace to Failed Leak Investigation to Catering Truck - emptywheel

The man whose vanity led him to accept a bribe in the form of an insecure plane took to sneaking onto a third plane via a food truck. And in the process, he may have exposed another inadequacy of the ...

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The catering cart memes are doing me in ☠️😭 Please add any I missed in the replies. We need this laugh.

So, I completely understand secreting POTUS away from a credible assassination attempt. But leaving the entire Air Force One crew, press pool, etc. to play decoy is some sick shit.

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social · 4d ago

the manliest

“The fake news New York Slime is reporting that your favorite president (ME!) hid in a “food truck” due to threat of from the scumbags in Iran. FAKE NEWS! There was no hiding! I very powerfully “borrowed” a food truck and sent the new “Air Force One” to be toured by the troops.”

What a joke. Imagine the GOP temper tantrum when a Democratic POTUS claims executive privilege over communications with a private citizen.

Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>

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

EXCLUSIVE: Trump turns National Parks into "piggy bank" Funding shifts from parks to White House vanity projects macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...

On that Boutros invocation. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/d...

DOJ Invokes Trump v. US to Protect Todd Blanche's Fixer, Aakash Singh - emptywheel

In the 18 months that Trump's former defense attorney Todd Blanche has run DOJ, he has yet to rely on Trump v. US, the SCOTUS precedent giving the President unbridled authority to dictate individual p...

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Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning.

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?

They openly admit their election crimes & are actively doing everything they can to undermine & outright steal the Midterm Elections. Any surprise he fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission? He knows if he loses he's headed for a 3rd Impeachment & an orange jumpsuit. 🤞 👍

This is what we did in Gitmo to people that were sold for bounty but about whom Bush had to sustain his claim were terrorists.

Mia Farrow@miafarrow.bsky.social · 6d ago

In Trump's America: Some ICE prisoners have gone on hunger strikes to protest being detained and their treatment in these concentration camps. They are being force fed- a plastic tube forced thru their nose into their stomach. This is torture www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Richard Nixon was never arrested for his crimes, but his Attorney General John Mitchell was—for helping Nixon cover them up. Have fun with the next administration, Todd Blanche!

I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on - if your position is that the president of the United States and his family should be immune from IRS scrutiny, you’re unqualified to be the Attorney General. It’s an indictment on our entire system that 50 GOP Senators don’t agree.

I'll never understand the cowardice. I mean, in normal times, if you were seeking reelection, you could rationalize a bad vote by saying you had to do it so that you could have the opportunity to vote for good things later.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · last wk.

Sen. Bill Cassidy: "I will vote for Mr. Blanche. I'll be criticized for this vote — what's new?"

Trump’s rug looks ridiculous.

Maybe Capital One shut down the bank account for money laundering reasons.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · last wk.

If you were the secretary of transportation, you might also get to go on vacations funded by the corporations you regulate that are supposed to be for a television show that for some reason never airs

Since Trump came back into office I've been waiting to see on WHICH case, which instance of abusive prosecution, DOJ first invoked the language in Trump v. US that lets POTUS prosecute whoever he wants. It appears to be @katmabu.bsky.social's case, Broadview 6. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/d...

DOJ Invokes Trump v. US to Protect Todd Blanche's Fixer, Aakash Singh - emptywheel

In the 18 months that Trump's former defense attorney Todd Blanche has run DOJ, he has yet to rely on Trump v. US, the SCOTUS precedent giving the President unbridled authority to dictate individual p...

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This would amount to a complete capitulation from the US. Literally no way to even attempt to spin this as a win.

Trump and Pirro BOTH Screwed Up by Rushing to Beat July 4 emptywheel.net/2026/08/04/t...

Trump and Pirro BOTH Screwed Up by Rushing to Beat July 4 - emptywheel

Everything that went wrong with the reflecting pool, including the fabricated charges against Davey Hearn, went wrong for two reasons: Trump's unprecedented corruption and his rush to include the refl...

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Note, the three other cases linked to Davey Hearns (Judge Todd Edelman joined them for discovery purposes) were all dismissed via Nolle Prosequi, basically prosecutors saying they couldn't be bothered to continue. That gives defendants less means to ask for Edelman to look further.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.

MORE CASES DROPPED: Prosecutors are now dropping charges against three more defendants who'd been accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. Jeanine Pirro abruptly abandoned the four cases after investigators concluded that botched work by a contractor was the primary cause of "widespread damage."