The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
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While Americans are paying more for everything the nitwit is focused on new ways for his family to profit from the presidency …
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h agoAmericans are paying more for groceries, gas, and everything in between. So what is Donald Trump focused on? Building new ways for his family to profit from the presidency. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
… actually, they had a lucrative career as post-Senate lobbyists to lose !!! Ex-Senators in good standing have access to the Senate floor. That's quite an advantageous and financially rewarding discriminator for lobbyists …
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 18h agoMy Latest: I am not a gambler. But if I were, I would always bet against congressional Republicans acting with integrity or demonstrating political courage. newsletters.democracydocket.com/tillis-and-c...
… not surpirising, given his leader is an adjudicated sex offender and pedophile protector !!!
Politico@politico.com · 13h agoMike Johnson breaks his silence on Max Miller, calls for ‘process to play out’
Caroline warned the Senate about her cousin's ill-suitedness for the role he now fills and the consequences that would arise from his incompetence. Now we are, so-to-speak, "paying the bill" …
George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 12h agoHis ignorance is staggering.
Given your leader is an adjudicated sex offender and pedophile protector, of course you would …
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
How do you counter ballistic missiles if you do not have anti-ballistic missile munitions thanks to Trump ???
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 8h agoUkrainian forces failed to shoot down a single Russian missile Wednesday during Moscow’s latest aerial bombardment of Kyiv and the surrounding region. It was the third major ballistic attack on Kyiv in a week.
How can so many otherwise rational and competent individuals willingly submit to and support the irrational whims of an incompetent, insecure, dimwitted nitwit?
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 8h agoTrump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl
… or they have their eye on a lucrative, post-senate career as lobbyists !!!
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 20h agoBlanche has either bamboozled Cornyn and Tillis by giving them meaningless written “assurances” that assure nothing, or they have simply caved to pressure from Trump, Senate colleagues, the right-wing blogosphere, or their own allies and supporters.
I just finished reading Haberman-Swann's "Regime Change" and have but one question. How can so many otherwise rational and competent individuals willingly submit to and support the incompetent whims of an insecure, irrational, dimwitted nitwit? www.simonandschuster.com/books/Regime...
Regime Change
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...Th...
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Sen. Cory Booker didn't waste a second pretending Todd Blanche was anything other than what his record shows: a bootlicking coward who serves Donald Trump before he serves the American people.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Sens. Cornyn and Tillis supporting Blanche’s nomination after saying they would oppose it. “Democrats can say, if you want any check on Trump, you need to vote for a Democratic Senate because this Republican Senate... ends up bending the knee.”
While the world frets over the nitwit’s incompetence, corruption, and carnage, SCOtUS justices enjoy a deference that obscures their role in causing permanent damage.
Dave@questor606.bsky.social · yesterdayTHE HAWAII SUPREME COURT issued a stunning opinion last month explicitly stating something that many other judges across the country have been thinking: Donald Trump is not the only snake in the garden. The justices in the majority on the United States Supreme Court are a danger to democracy too.
Tapper: "There are now three women who have accused you of violent behavior…Are all three of these women who don't know each other lying?" Rep. Max Miller: "Yes…It's all hearsay." Tapper: "It's not hearsay if it is firsthand testimony from women."
THE HAWAII SUPREME COURT issued a stunning opinion last month explicitly stating something that many other judges across the country have been thinking: Donald Trump is not the only snake in the garden. The justices in the majority on the United States Supreme Court are a danger to democracy too.
A Blistering Critique of the Roberts Court, From Hawaii’s Supreme Court
In an extraordinary opinion, the state justices accuse the SCOTUS majority of undermining democracy.
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"If Senators Cornyn and Tillis are too dense to understand the difference between 'not operative' or 'not moving forward,' and 'dead forever,' then maybe Trump stumbled on something true by branding them as no longer fit to be senators."
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday"If Senators Cornyn and Tillis are too dense to understand the difference between 'not operative' or 'not moving forward,' and 'dead forever,' then maybe Trump stumbled on something true by branding them as no longer fit to be senators."
The GOP plans to cut Tarrant County's Election Day voting sites in half. One Democratic candidate for Texas House: a "voter suppressed, racially gerrymandered, poll cutting" county that sends letters to living people and declares them dead so they can't vote. The GOP can't win unless they cheat.
For years there have been accusations about how abusive Rep. Max Miller is toward his now ex-wife, who also happens to be the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno. Now, new court pleadings have forced Moreno to end his silence, and the repercussions from that have national implications. My write-up below.
Capital One bank has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Organization over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts back in 2021, arguing in new papers that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review …
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayPhang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
Given Judge Williams ruling, how can the nitwit proceed with this fraud against the courts and the government and people of America ??? Do we really want to pay the Jan 6 insurrectionists as much as $1M each for their actions in 2021 ??? That would reward "Trump's Terrorists" for their actions …
Dave@questor606.bsky.social · yesterdayDistrict Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that the controversial "settlement" in nitwit’s lawsuit against the IRS was an improper exercise and brought for an improper purpose after a bipartisan group of former federal judges petitioned the court warning of a potential fraud on the judicial system.
District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that the controversial "settlement" in nitwit’s lawsuit against the IRS was an improper exercise and brought for an improper purpose after a bipartisan group of former federal judges petitioned the court warning of a potential fraud on the judicial system.
Column: Judge’s 'blistering' ruling in Trump's IRS lawsuit takes aim at Todd Blanche’s ethics
The president's self-dealing suit was a font of unethical legal practices, says the federal judge who overturned the settlement.
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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · yesterdayMichael Popok on Todd Blanche's tax relief scheme for the Trump family: "How can you settle a case and have a super pardon for Donald Trump when the underlying case was illegitimate?"
Are America's adversaries using Iran in a "rope-a-dope" strategy aimed at weakening us ???
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · yesterdayAmerica’s munitions shortfall is sending a worrisome message to its allies around the world—and those relying on the nation’s military equipment need a Plan B, Phillips Payson O'Brien argues.
Todd Blanche wants you to think the so-called "anti-weaponization fund" established as part of a purported settlement between President Trump and the IRS is dead. Don't believe him; it’s just sleeping. New from Philip Rotner:
Don’t Believe Todd Blanche About Trump’s Slush Fund From Hell
The attorney general nominee did not kill off Trump’s egregiously corrupt fund, even if he duped Sens. Cornyn and Tillis into thinking he had.
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Are they "protecting" their ability to act as "lobbyists" in their post-senate careers ???
Six Months After Leaving Office, Most US Senators Already Land Corporate Boards or Lobby Gigs
The revolving door swings quickly for the US Senate: over half of the last retiring class have already joined a corporate board or taken a K Street–related job.
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Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · yesterdayTillis and Cornyn have caved to Trump’s $100 million IRS immunity, but that’s just one reason to reject him as AG. Here are many more:
CBS’s 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss–run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
The nitwit bombed Iranian desalination plants so why on earth would Iran attack the American water supply ??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rZ8...
US Strike On Iran's Water Desalination Plant Leaves 10,000+ Without Water| IRGC To HIT BACK?
YouTube video by Times Now
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… and REPUBLICAN SENATORS know what they do !!!
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterdayWhitehouse: "Today, I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee. As it looks like on a party-line vote, we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general of the United States..."
nitwitian lexicon: smart = obsequiously kowtowing to every dimwitted whim of a demented president not smart = exercvising crditical judgement as regards the dimwitted whims of a demented president
George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · yesterdayAnd narcissistic personality disorder, and, at this stage, psychosis.
