BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

If money can’t buy power, the rich have nothing. This is the real revolution.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 14h ago

Unfathomable

It’s a direct attack on rule of law from the highest levels, aimed at permanently ending US Constitutional democracy and imposing a dictatorship. Always has been. Anyone who tries treating it as something else—as if they’re dealing with mistaken impressions rather than lies—gets egg on their face.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h ago

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

This is a fucking scandal

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 21h ago

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

This party is just loathsome. I can't wait for Roy Cooper to curb stomp this guy.

It's pretty outrageous that the GOP Senate candidate is smearing a trans public school teacher in Wake County as a predator (and also sharing a picture of her from her social media where she is doing literally nothing but existing).

Damn I love Marvel bullshit. Just reading about the backstory of Sandman, who has a tragic story of a troubled childhood and a life of crime before *finding some radioactive sand that turns his whole body into sand*. It's so silly.

I feel sad for the little girl

not an art thief@famousartthief.bsky.social · 22h ago

the key to not being blackmailed for being homosexual is to not be a closeted conservative bigot. anyway good luck to everybody here, seems like a very well adjusted family.

FWIW, my youngest daughter is 2.5 and she says things like "next week, we are going on vacation on an airplane" in case that is helpful in determining whether Max Miller's daughter can use 2-word sentences

The more time passes, the more clear it becomes how wrong SCOTUS was in Trump v US (the immunity case). It is in fact *far more* important that laws apply to the President (and other powerful people) than that they apply to anyone else. The President sets the example for the republic.

I was just thinking about the Temple Mount and what happens to it in Yiddish Policeman's Union

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · yesterday

Really bad www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Mike Johnson was in NC today to support the Republican candidate for NC's 1st district (Laurie Buckhout, hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis) and they couldn't even be bothered to do the rally *in the district*

North Carolina ‘central’ to GOP’s hopes for retaining majority in Congress, US House Speaker says

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson campaigned in Greenville with Republican Laurie Buckhout, who’s challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis. Johnson says North Carolina is central to the GOP’s plans fo...

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Thoughts on Claude: So far, it is excellent on contracts. It treats the contract (as I do) the same way it treats code: a discrete set of instructions in if/then chains, which it can analyze in connection with each other. I can also see why it would be tempting to use the same tool for briefs 🧵

the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

But no questions about appropriations? Funding? Authority?

Schiff: "The president is entitled to his own views about me or anybody else. He is not entitled, however, to use the DOJ to go after his political opponents. The day we say that's ok and the day we confirm an AG who says that's ok is the day the rule of law becomes merely an unenforceable idea."

We blew through all the long-range weapons we'd use to, say, protect Taiwan from invasion, in order to fight a war that did nothing but make Iran vastly more influential? I feel like I'm going crazy when I even describe it. How is DC not melting down over this world-historical strategic catastrophe

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterday

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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The second Trump era has, if nothing else, been a good illustration of the idea that the people at the top echelons of society, in finance, law, higher education, politics, etc., are often the most credulous fools you can imagine.

Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · yesterday

Look, they're not gonna stop doing it until it stops working

We built a free trade network with the world, it was hugely successful and raised the standard of living for pretty much everyone involved, and people have noticed that Trump has destroyed it.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

DSA-aligned Democrats are now the most pro-free-trade voting bloc in the United States, in an incredible turn of events www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

The reason Trump’s approval keeps hitting a new all-time low every day, and why Republicans might lose the Senate, is because GOP voters are losing their enthusiasm for his agenda, while independents move in droves toward an energized Democratic base. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...

I guess today is Mitch McConnell Conspiracy Theory Day for anyone who celebrates

I think everyone who ordered and facilitated this should [redacted].

OLIYA SCOOTERCASTER@scootercaster.com · 2d ago

"They tell me - if I want to take 2600 dollars and go to Haiti, or if I would stay here and be arrested and put that ankle monitor on my leg" Haitian asylum seeker with TPS status speaks after check in at Blue Ash Ohio ICE office.

Formally reprimanding one Republican for this misconduct is not enough — we need full accountability for every Member of Congress accused of serious misdeeds, including expediting investigations into Cory Mills and Max Miller.

Ethics panel recommends censure for GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards for ‘inappropriate conduct’

The House Ethics Committee said it found “substantial reason to believe Representative Edwards violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”

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Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Local NC coverage of the Chuck Edwards report: "Edwards didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. Edwards previously told WRAL he believes the claims against him are politically motivated. The ethics committee features five Republicans and five Democrats."

Edwards faces House sanctions after committee says it found likely workplace violations

A U.S. House committee is recommending sanctions against North Carolina U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards, saying there was reason to believe he violated House rules related to sexual harassment and hostile wor...

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"The idea of society may sound appealing, but it's old men who will take the hit, planting trees under whose shade they might never sit."

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

The Donald J. Trump Presidency: the buck stops literally anywhere else

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2d ago

"Pirro told Trump it was the career officials in her office that were responsible for the filing, another source said."