Really cool there's a woman who does not know the future exists who has also been a sitting U.S. Senator for three full decades.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoQ: The shock gloves that ICE is reportedly rolling out using the deescalation funding. Is that the sort of use you envisioned when you passed that bill? SUSAN COLLINS: It's not
This is pretty much what you would expect someone who views sailors and soldiers as suckers and losers to say.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h agoQ: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.
Yeah, see, the thing is, a lot of them didn’t. Survive, that is.
their operation gently smeared me as a “terrorist sympathizer” for reporting something they didn’t like, but yes they are super responsive to me and many others
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
Yes. This is what worries me too.
Barbara Kaskosz@kaskosz.bsky.social · yesterdayMarc Elias: “I’m actually worried more about the second two years of his term. And the question at that point is: Are we able to continue to keep people vigilant and engaged when political prosecutions become really routine?” @marcelias.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social
A former officer accused of planning to kill Black people at a New Orleans festival was quietly released from custody after a grand jury found there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime
Ex-officer accused of plotting New Orleans attack is released after grand jury declines to indict
A grand jury in Louisiana has declined to indict a former law enforcement officer who was accused of planning to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival.
apnews.com
I find the discourse around "wokeness" to be dishonest and tedious, but this is what I wrote about it a couple of years ago and I think it remains correct: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I think many of the Democratic politicians who lost primaries this year from both the left and the center could have instead successfully passed the torch to a candidate of their faction.
Cake or Death@johngcole.bsky.social · 2d agoLarson is pushing 80 and had a seizure on the floor of the house last year. It's not ageism to point out he should not have run again. This is one reason so many young people think the party is just broken. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...
Also people did complain about inflation under Biden. It was like the top story on Fox News for the whole year leading up to the election
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoQ: A lot of people around here can't afford to fly. Can you say something about gas prices being a dollar more than they were a year ago? SEAN DUFFY: No one complained about Joe Biden's inflation, which was wild Q: Can you talk about gas prices?
Insane that AOC is being quoted as saying "Woke 1 was crazy" when this is what she actually said. youtu.be/SFwAnMLBSOw?...
My only comment about Woke 1 vs Woke 2 is that neither of these things is real &, for the thousandth time, we don’t have to frame <every topic in American politics> on the terms of the far right authoritarian party & right-wing pundits. Other, more serious choices are readily available:
at some point WH reporters are going to have to get over how shitty the Biden press team was... apparently that's going to be a very long time from now though
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
boy, 1965 is a carefully chosen date re: "which bathroom to use"
Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 2d agoAh yes, the two genders: Bugs and Women
Why would this not be reported publicly? Why maintain the kayfabe in your reporting and then “be honest” in your social media? Shouldn’t you be indicating that these tossers will perform for Trump publicly while acknowledging his problems in private? EVERYONE should know this.
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to them
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
so humbling to know that the public has brave journalistic heroes working on their behalf to surface such hidden yet uncontroversial insights as "the people who lie relentlessly in public are actually candid and helpful when nobody is watching"
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 2d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
CNBC: Do you regret voting for RFK Jr? BILL CASSIDY: If you want to tell me that somebody didn't tell me the truth, and I should've seen in the future they were not gonna tell the truth, you can say, 'Bill you should've seen into the future'
Generally I'd be saying that Karoline Leavitt leaving the White House means that we'll soon see her hired as a Fox News contributor, but under the currently ownership/management regime I think CBS News is probably looking for someone they can pay millions of dollars to lie to their audience.
I hate, hate these pervert glasses. Listen to this guy interrupting the filming of Cunk on Cinema. What an entitled dick.
Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act. Trump vetoed it. Congress overrode his veto on a bipartisan vote. So Trump has decided to simply not enforce the law. I do not understand the role of Congress anymore. I guess they just make suggestions?
Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies (Gift Article)
The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.
nytimes.com
This is after the Burke Law Group, who had no experience in immigration, withdrew from the contract earlier today. I can't find anything on Our Rescue's website about legal representation or that they have any lawyers on staff. They might be a worse choice than Burke. Pure corruption.
NPR@npr.org · 2d agoUtah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human trafficking survivors. n.pr/45l6Asb
Lutnick: "The only thing more fun than working for President Trump was visiting Epstein Island with him."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agothis is why we call him Nutlick, folks
Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
aiddata.org
Michael LaRosa, the ex-Biden spox who just endorsed Mike Rogers over El-Sayed, has also spent the past few months pandering to Bari Weiss. He says he's “been very outspoken in her defense” because he’s “been waiting for someone like her to enter legacy media...for years.” zeteo.com/p/this-dem-u...
This Dem Uses Fox as a Platform for Hate
Islamophobia is a seductive thing when you're a Biden flack turned lobbyist with a liking for the limelight and Bari Weiss to try to impress. Plus, Newsmax takes attacking Abdul El-Sayed to extremes.
zeteo.com
Weird, it's almost like these "prediction markets" are just the random bets of inveterate gamblers who are reacting to breaking news without any actual insight or skill
stephen fowler@stphnfwlr.com · 3d agoSo to recap, the WI Gov Dem primary prediction markets: A) failed to capture the closeness of the final result B) failed to capture movement towards the winner C) saw wild swings related to topline vote changes instead of the bigger picture trajectory election analysts could see
WHCA: oh pretty plz sire come to our news cotillion we swear we won’t roast you; we respect the office and want a cordial relationship built on mutual respect and, President: I’m putting you on the death plane with the gay one and the Cuban one, buh bye losers
I've unironically wanted Dems to sound like Zell Miller when it comes to challenging opponents. For instance, Walz should have straight up challenged JD Vance to question his military record to his face instead of doing it in interviews
Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 3d agoI'm sorry I was not familiar with your game.jpg
