Here's what I know — 100% of the time when Donald Trump needs Susan Collins for a vote, he gets it.
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Upstate New York born and raised. Current Interests: Native plants and biodiversity, science fiction/fantasy, biology. And humor. And living in a stable democracy!
GO NANCY GO! When Hegseth fired Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore and ended her 35-year Navy career last summer, he offered no explanation. He also, without meaning to, launched her new political career. Now, 3 weeks from Election Day, Lacore is running, in the most recent poll, slightly ahead!
TRUMP: Mary is no friend of Alaska. PELTOLA: I can’t help but take it as high praise and such a compliment that there’s such concern over this race and I’m such a threat that the vice president came last week and now the president is here.
American WaPo veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine was severely beaten by Israeli “settlers” in the West Bank, along with Palestinians harvesting olives. Story: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1... Here she is in the ambulance:
Yes, it is. Trump works for Putin. Americans don't want our US govt & foreign policy run by Putin & Russia to serve Russia's interests. But, Republicans put Trump in office & are keeping this corruption in place serving Russia, Putin, & the destruction of the USA, NATO, UK, & EU.
Records show that Trump hasn’t paid a single dollar out of his own pocket for the ballroom, despite repeatedly insisting that he was going to pay for it when the project was announced. But if you go to a Trump rally the attendees will insist that he paid for the whole thing.
really funny how the "YOU'RE FIRED!" guy has such a hard time firing people. they way he pushed out Katie today was as passive aggressive as it gets
NEW: Elon Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine. kyivindependent.com/musk-asked-t...
'They were both in on it' — Musk suggested Trump restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reports
Four sources familiar with the discussion said that Elon Musk approached U.S. President Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.
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When Trump wants something done, his administration moves quickly. But when it comes to orders from judges, suddenly things slow down. Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads are just the latest example. Marc Elias breaks down what happened. Get the facts delivered to your inbox: https://demdock.com/4i8O3VV
Direct democracy is on the ballot this November with 25 ballot measures in 20 states. The Democracy Docket team made an incredible interactive map to break it down for you. Check it out and make sure to send it to your friends and family. You can find it here: https://demdock.com/3VJNIl3
impossible, I'm quite certain we put our top genius on this problem
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 11h agoWhich of these is not like the others?
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Prices are up 3.7% over the past year. Wages are up 3%. If you stayed in the same job, you probably fell even further behind. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/the-inflation-surprise-nobody-wanted
This is fucking fantastic. However, it also *immediately* brings to mind Obama's light-hearted jabs at Trump during the 2011 WHCD...which is widely considered to be what led to Trump running for President in the first place out of fury. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHck...
Watch Obama roast Trump
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Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social · 12h agoThe perfect answer from Zelenskyy - a wry smile. This was his response when a Sky TV journalist asked the Ukrainian leader if he was being made a scapegoat by Trump for his myriad problems (18 days before the midterm elections!)
Have you cast your ballot yet? You can vote early today at Courthouse Plaza until 5pm. The polls are also open tomorrow from 9am - 5pm at Courthouse, Walter Reed Community Center, and Langston-Brown Community Center.
The good news is the problem of "government corruption" has become "salient." That'll make prospective reform more palatable. The bad news is the scandalous, Republican nature of the corruption hasn't sunk in outside anti-Trump partisans. There's work to do. 🧵 www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
Trump’s Corruption Is Different In Kind
He isn’t just more corrupt than most politicians; corruption is his raison d’être. This isn’t just “government corruption” to be reformed away. It’s a GOP crime spree, and voters need to know it.
offmessage.net
FDR’s visionary leadership gave Americans Social Security over 90 years ago. Now, some policymakers treat benefit cuts as inevitable, when they would be a deliberate choice. For @ncpssm.bsky.social, our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social explains how to protect benefits in full. Listen below 🎧⬇️
NCPSSM@ncpssm.bsky.social · 3d agoOn this week's podcast, Roosevelt Institute CEO Elizabeth Wilkins says we CAN fund #SocialSecurity for the future without benefit cuts. Elizabeth also says that in these troubled times, people crave the kind of visionary leadership that Franklin D. Roosevelt provided. LISTEN HERE: rebrand.ly/8fe5cd
really funny because it was totally predictable
Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc)@purrtah.bsky.social · 14h ago“According to GOP internal polling support for the party cratered after the midterm convention Dallas, with voters saying the party was not attuned to their economic concerns, according to a Republican strategist briefed on the numbers” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
a fashion designer once told me she wished people bought clothes like they buy furniture. when you buy a couch, you know you're going to live with it for 10+ years. clothing purchases are often much more impulsive; the items treated as disposable.
Derrick Downey Jr. runs a popular Instagram account, where he shares videos of how he takes care of squirrels in his neighborhood. He provides them with food and medical care, and has even helped them nurse their young. Recently posted a charming video of his new tattoo. IG derrickdowneyjr
Yes, the scale changes from picture to picture but the trend is clear: EV adoption merrily moves upwards around the world. With oil refineries around the world being bombed it’s only logical that this trend speeds up further.
🎉 WIN: Nonprofit groups can continue to help new U.S. citizens register as voters at their naturalization ceremonies, a federal judge ruled. It’s a stinging defeat for the Trump administration’s broad effort to make it harder for naturalized citizens to vote.
In defeat for Trump, court allows nonprofits to register voters at naturalization ceremonies
In a stinging defeat for the Trump admin's broad effort to make it harder for naturalized citizens to vote, a federal judge reinstated a policy allowing nonprofit groups to help them register their na...
democracydocket.com
Career staff at the CFTC were investigating suspiciously timed trades surrounding Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would not bomb Iranian power plants. Then a senior adviser to Trump’s CFTC commissioner told them to back off. Could this administration get any more corrupt?
CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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