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ENDORSING TAX CRIMES REWARDING TERRORISTS & COP BEATERS Thats the Republican Trump administration all over! throw off your indoctrination!
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d agoMO Senator Eric Schmitt, posting on his personal Xitter account, is whining bc his Dem colleagues laid out how Schmitt and his Republican colleagues are endorsing tax crimes and rewarding terrorists and cop beaters.
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Democrats have been whining about the Todd Blanche confirmation vote in Judiciary this morning for 2 hours. I wrote down my thoughts…
[a picture of a hand-written note on Senate Judiciary Committee stationery, saying, "So much whining!"]
You can see 3 versions of the shadow of a cell phone, as well as what looks like a microphone.
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Wisconsin’s governor primary continues to have an absurd level of upheaval for this late in the campaign. Mandela Barnes just dropped out, the third candidate to go in and out of the race in 10 days. www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
Dozens of major elections next week. Did you know Missourians are asked to phase out their income tax? that GOP risks a school board in Tennessee? that there’s a congressional challenge from the left in Hawaii? that anti-redistricting GOPers face revenge in Missouri? Explore before too late!
110 Elections to Watch This August - Bolts
A string of high-profile Senate and governor primaries will headline August and set the stage for November. They include the rushed special primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in... Read More
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Absurd due to the enormity of the scale of the stops, and the enormity of the total lack of care at any level for ignoring the law.
This story is so absurd that I think it didn’t get enough attention. Chicago police is violating the law to the tune of hundreds of thousands of secret traffic stops that it’s not reporting as the law requires. When Pascal discovered this, they said they’d fix it… but secrecy has only increased!
Pascal Sabino@pascalsabino.bsky.social · 3w agoChicago Police officials said they would address the 200,000+ secretive traffic stops I had uncovered two years ago that were hidden from oversight. But now as CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling retires, the issue is worse— *half* of all stops in the last year were not properly documented
Given the effect Elon's massive involvement had in Wisconsin in 2025, this is news that Troy Jackson could get behind. After all, it's not like either camp will be wanting for money in the fall.
Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social · 5d agoVia @pressherald.com (gift link) Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid Collins "had friendly meetings with Musk in the past while also saying last year she was “very concerned” about some of DOGE’s moves" www.pressherald.com?p=7697086&uu...
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Chris Kaiser@chriskaiserva.bsky.social · 5d agoAnd there’s still work to do. Thousands of people in Va been wrongfully disenfranchised, in violation of a Reconstruction-era federal law. Every last person covered by the court’s order has the right to be restored and registered in time to vote this year. boltsmag.org/readmission-...
Big congrats @gilduran.com it looks fantastic!
Gil Durán@gilduran.com · 4w agoI was sunning by the pool when the boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life’s work: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.” Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat—pre-order today! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com
🚨BREAKING: A group of 25 states is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
States sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demands
While many red states have raced to enact President Donald Trump’s policy goals — even ones that have been blocked by the courts — blue states have persistently refused.
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weekly listen up, MARCY WHEELER! Giving us the aggregate pressure points for our public hustle of them to go down by law, mocking them all the way
Nicole Sandler@nicolesandler.bsky.social · 5d agoIt's Friday! That means we wrap up the week's news (we hope) with Marcy Wheeler @emptywheel.bsky.social on Emptywheel Fridays! Join us at 3ET/12PTat youtu.be/fs5ZElAC-kQ, nicolesandler.com, podcast later, nicolesandler.substack.com, emptywheel.net
They’re grasping at straws before the midterms. The war, rising prices, healthcare and Epstein files are much more pressing issues.
About to go live with these great folks, not to late to join! DeSmog has been taking on climate disinformation for 20 years and it's a great time to support their work.
DeSmog@desmog.com · last mo.DeSmog is turning 20! 🎂 Join DeSmog on July 8th – along with special guests @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social and Jim Hoggan – as we look back on two decades of climate accountability wins and reflect on how we can usher in the end of climate obstruction. RSVP: buff.ly/ujMMGga
Finally, a principled challenger to Infanti- oh
European soccer officials eye Qatari sports executive to challenge Infantino
Anger over FIFA’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup has pushed European soccer leaders to rally behind a potential challenger: Paris Saint-Germain boss Nasser al-Khelaifi.
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I think I can speak for almost all historians on here that these two people starting their book with a "History shows..." line is fucking hilarious.
emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is the first passage of Maggie and Swan's book. Consider the agency it sets up. Democrats. Partisanship. Why not focus on the "irony" that Maggie had done propaganda for the man for years? Why make this about Democrats, rather than her complicity?
Wow! ICE’s airport arrests of people seemingly waiting in government immigration backlogs caught up a Fulbright scholar and public health researcher working at Johns Hopkins in their public health department. Not exactly the “worst of the worst”! Yet they threw her in detention anyway.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d agoICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
The imminent flight that I mentioned at the end of this story has taken off. Sounds like it’s going to go Senegal - Ghana - Central African Republic, with the latter two being third-country removals. At least one of the immigrants being sent to CAR is from Nepal.
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 6d agoNEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit over New Jersey voter rolls gothamist.com/news/federal...
Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit over New Jersey voter rolls
The ruling rejects the Justice Department’s effort to force New Jersey to provide voter registration records.
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This is the text that Todd Blanche's star witness sent to Jim Comey's wife, telling her OF COURSE 8647 was malicious. At first, he didn't think it was, until he listened to Rudy (who also didn't have firsthand knowledge it was), who said it was. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says six "Trump-affiliated" companies have responded to her inquiries and "distanced themselves" from Trump's sweetheart IRS immunity deal. She has shared copies of responses by Polymarket and Kalshi
Trump alternates each hour from “they’re begging for a deal and I think we’re getting close” to “we are going to end their civilization” with mass bombings on civilian infrastructure. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Fox correspondent: "President Trump tells Fox News about Iran, 'We are going to beat the f**king s**t out of them.' He went on to say, 'We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating.'"
With the midterms just over 90 days away, the Republican Party is focused today on Anthony Fauci and 2020-21.
There are many ways that Jim Comey's selective and vindictive prosecution motion, if successful, would make things harder for Joe DiGenova's effort to charge the Grand Conspiracy. Here's one. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
THIS is what liberal & conservative capitalists do. Capitalism is the gateway drug to fascism
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last wk.As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.
NJ Rep. Kean profited from AI stocks as data center backlash grew gothamist.com/news/nj-rep-...
NJ Rep. Kean profited from AI stocks as data center backlash grew
A review of the congressmember’s recent public disclosures show he reaped financial gains from three companies at the center of the AI data center boom.
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fascist justice oxymoronic Americans have this historical moment to etch themselves into the history books again, defeating these anti-democratic supremacists with our collectivity!
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.
