Trump: "Everybody saw the vandalism. All you have to do is look at the tape." (There is no tape. Trump is nuts.)

“Federal law enforcement is protecting one party and prosecuting its opposition…They are confident they can avoid consequences. If they can break the law with impunity, elections are the only consequence they face, [so] they have every incentive to steal them.” open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

A Ruling Party That Faces No Consequences for Open Corruption Has No Reason to Accept Elections

We won't survive if we try to play by their rules.

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That’s Exactly how it Works…..

Bible thumping MAGATs.......

If we can't get the GOP to release the Epstein files, or admit their Senator has died, or prohibit the Trump family from raiding our Treasury, or present the ICE murderers for trial, they aren't going to recognize election losses.

Kansas Democrats have defied political gravity for eight years by holding the governor’s office in one of the country’s most reliably Republican states. Primary voters on Tuesday selected Cindy Holscher as the candidate to try to keep that seat in Democratic hands, according to The Associated Press.

Cindy Holscher Wins Kansas Democratic Primary for Governor

In a race to be governor of Kansas, State Senator Cindy Holscher defeated a fellow Democratic lawmaker who was endorsed by the current governor, Laura Kelly.

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Trump's ability to influence markets through rhetoric is deteriorating at a critical moment, the report notes, before adding, three months before midterm elections that will determine congressional control, his approval ratings are sinking amid voter anger over cost-of-living concerns.

Trump's 'credibility is shot' as he gets cold shoulder from massive industry execs: report

President Donald Trump's demand that oil companies roll back their profits, because it is hurting his standing with voters, is falling on deaf ears.Energy markets responded with minimal reaction to Tr...

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House Ethics Committee will investigate Ohio Republican Max Miller www.npr.org/2026/08/04/g... #Accountability #USPolitics #Ohio #USA

House Ethics Committee will investigate Ohio Republican Max Miller

The committee said it was reviewing allegations that Miller "may have engaged in domestic violence." Miller has denied the allegations, which have swirled around his bid for a third term in Congress.

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Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake just endorsed Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia. "Character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution."

Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake backs Jon Ossoff, saying ‘character matters’

The Arizona Republican has been one of the loudest critics of President Donald Trump. He says Ossoff's character outweighs any policy disagreements they might have.

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The Republican "solution" for Social Security is an unaccountable commission that rubber stamps benefit cuts like increasing the retirement age. Hell no! @wyden.senate.gov

JUST IN: Rep. Haley Stevens has called Abdul El-Sayed to concede in Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.

Last year’s Republican budget megabill is devastating rural Virginia. Twelve clinics and hospital services have closed since it passed all in rural communities that can least afford to lose care. This is what happens when your rural health care is gutted to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

Donald Trump told reporters he feels "badly" for Max Miller, a Republican congressman accused of abusing his wife, and hopes Miller can "work it out." The only thing less surprising than a Republican politician abusing his wife is Donald Trump empathizing with the abuser.

Democrats have legislation that will make Social Security solvent for as far as the actuarial eye can see without cutting benefits. Where's the Republican proposal? It doesn't exist. - @whitehouse.senate.gov

Columbia announced Monday that Alfonsi and Pelley will serve as Journalists in Residence during the upcoming academic year, where they will mentor students, deliver lectures and contribute to the Columbia Journalism Review.

Scott Pelley lands prestigious new role after Bari Weiss’s CBS shake-up

Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley, two correspondents recently ousted from "60 Minutes," will be moving from the newsroom to the classroom

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Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 16h ago

Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.

Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

In the interest of honesty: I was definitely swept up by the polling of the Michigan race, and I think it's worth considering why AES didn't get the absolutely commanding margin those polls suggested he would. On the other hand, pointedly, he did still win while being absolutely massively outspent

Anyone who spins AES's victory after getting outspent ~9:1, including ~4.5:1 by AIPAC alone, as anything less than stunning is lying to you/is Politico

Two municipal water systems in New Jersey were targeted in cyberattacks widely thought to be the work of Iran, the state said.... Maybe if the FBI hadn't gotten rid of the offices who sleep eat and breathe cyber protection...

NJ water utilities hit by cyberattacks with suspected link to Iran

Two municipal water systems in New Jersey were targeted in cyberattacks widely thought to be the work of Iran, the state said Wednesday.

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The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S. government official said was “designed to obscure the count.” theintercept.com/2026/08/04/u...

Rick Scott on spending: "Government is the problem. It's not the Iran war." (Who is waging the Iran war?)

Why would this convicted felon need an immunity deal with the IRS? 🤔

The problem is, even if there is a process, it relies on people being transparent and the senate enforcing the rules. And that is clearly not going to happen in this regime.

#EpsteinFiles

ElizabethC 💙🐸@econklin44.bsky.social · 18h ago

We can hardly wait. Our Congress passed a bill demanding that this happen, but they seem too corrupt/intimidated to follow up on it. We're hoping to replace most of them soon, but whatever you can do will be helpful & much appreciated. #ProudBlue

🚨 Today, Gaza buried children. It buried three years of waiting, heartbreak, and unanswered goodbyes. These children were killed when Israel flattened an entire residential block, leaving their bodies trapped beneath the rubble for nearly three years before they could finally be laid to rest.💔😪💔😢💔😪