Hegseth setting a great example of leadership by throwing his deputy under the bus… and then backing up the bus just to be sure.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 37m agoOof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 37m ago
Taiyaki at a local place that does Osaka cuisine.
Erin in the Morning Aug 2026 Two people who used a women's restroom in Bossier Parish LA's Cypress Black Bayou Park attacked by an angry group. One was taken to hospital and the other taken by police to a men’s jail. LA does not have a bathroom ban but the Parish voted to pass its own.
Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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Utah Sen. John Curtis took up most of the McConnell-related questioning, asking Morris if there was “anything you would like to say or have you taken any steps to rectify a perhaps damaged relationship?” “Obviously, campaigns are very spirited,” Morris said. Curtis still wanted an answer...
Lexington Herald-Leader@kentucky.com · 4h agoNate Morris — who suspended his Kentucky U.S. Senate campaign — was tapped June 2 by President Trump for the ambassadorship to Colombia.
I think North Africans are capable of doing anything other ethnicities can, even bad things
“Morocco is a colony of Israel.” People really will just say anything on this app as long as it supports the highest political principle of “Israel evil.”
@epocha.bsky.social · 7h agoIf Moroccan people had any say in the situation I would agree with you but as a Israel and United States colony they don’t. They just do as their masters tell them to do.
If anything, Morocco’s treatment of Western Sahara is probably the closest analogue to Israel’s treatment of Palestine, anywhere in the world - which does not make Morocco the colonized in that analogy.
Come ON are you fucking kidding me
And the 5th & 6th Amendments. All of them exist to ensure the government can't intimidate & coerce a criminal case into existence just because it doesn't like you.
Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 10h agoI think this deserves a chat about the meaning and purpose of the Fourth Amendment.
“.. In April, Mr. Trump fired his Navy secretary for not moving quickly enough on building the battleship of his dreams.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
i can’t help it, this is such a hysterically, comically corrupt fucking presidency, just comic book villain levels of cartoonish corruption
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoLombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."
I think we're learning: -consumerism is an overpowering populist force in American society -the populism expresses itself as a base urge for greater consumption; it is not reactive to conditions on the ground -people are ashamed of this and often try to disguise it as other types of politics
The FAA says the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when Trump's Marine One helicopter took off from the White House around the same time that a commercial plane took off from nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Aviation authorities investigating apparent safety violation by helicopter carrying Trump
The FAA says the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when Trump's Marine One helicopter took off from the White House around the same time that a commercial plane took off from nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Au contraire. I plan to do whatever I can to make sure he gets full credit for the effects of his stupid war in Iran. Gas prices? FULL CREDIT.
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 3h agoTrump attacks Americans for complaining about the bad economy on his watch: “I don’t get any credit on anything”
That horrible video of a Ukrainian vegetable-seller being stalked by a Russian drone is just one example among many, many thousands of recent incidents where combatants used small drones to kill and terrorize obvious civilians. We have to do more to protect these people - and here’s some ways how:
What Can We Do About Drone Attacks on Civilians? Some Thoughts
Lately, I've been spending a lot of time analyzing, reporting on, and researching the horrifying global uptick in the use of small, cheap, short-range drones to intentionally target and kill civilians...
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he is married to an avid Trump supporter and is notorious for having passed confidential information back and forth over the partisan divide his entire career. this is like Aldrich Ames threatening to quit the CIA.
Rory Blank@roryblank.bsky.social · 7h agoMan it's so funny when James Carville threatens to leave the Democratic party, like oh no, now the party might have candidates who are actually popular with their constituents and have popular policy positions and win elections what are we going to do noooo don't
The Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Lincoln are going through hell because they’ve been at sea for months. I'm concerned about their mental health and readiness. This is a personnel issue and a national security risk. We must end the Iran war now.
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
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On another note, why do we have private presidential libraries? Each should be a publicly-controlled branch of the Library of Congress or Smithsonian or something.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3h agoTrump will display an old Air Force One at his library, his son says, leaving Qatari jet’s fate unclear www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
"When debating the bill to ban guaranteed income before it had a chance to be tested, some of my colleagues claimed people would stop working. Not only do the UpLift pilot results prove them wrong, but the results show an unfortunately harsh reality: getting and keeping a good job costs money."
Lawmakers banned a hand up for Iowa’s families
When debating the bill to ban guaranteed income, some of my colleagues claimed people would stop working. Not only do the UpLift pilot results prove them wrong, but the results
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That thing where it’s conventional wisdom that everybody hates inflation but you also know people would *hate* deflation a lot more (in many ways, it’s exactly how you argue yourself into the 2% inflation target)
Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social · 5h agoDeflation means that "you money is worth more tomorrow than today", such that everyone says "Wow, I should save some money" and then the economy collapses.
It is baffling to me Thune is dead set on trying to flip New Hampshire‘s Senate seat when at minimum we’re in a D+6 year and Trump is incredibly underwater in the state www.axios.com/2026/08/05/s...
Scoop: Thune to headline fundraiser for New Hampshire's Sununu
The event is intended to send a clear signal to donors they should take New Hampshire seriously.
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Those arrested need to start filing some big lawsuits. ground.news/article/what...
Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed
The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore...
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the right wing industrial grift complex is already spinning their own affordability complaint initiative, and republicans just don’t have an answer for it
I suppose "a group of people have ideas completely contrary to what they profess IRL for sinister reasons" is a rational belief for those who need to lie about their beliefs IRL not to be recognized as foes of humanity
פינחס יוסף מונד@pymundgenealogy.bsky.social · 5h ago"Satmar and Neturei Karta are an actual whitewashing front for the Jewish lobby" is one of the Decolonial Club's funniest beliefs
a reason that Stevens lost and other AIPAC candidates are losing despite the huge infusions of money is that Dem voters don't want to vote for a candidate who is funded by the same org who will immediately turn around and fund the Republicans
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 10h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
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Report: KY organ donor organization often failed to stop procedures despite signs of life
The federal investigation determined medical personnel should have called off organ donation procedures sooner because of signs of life, according to the New York Times.
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Listen fuck this eugenicist monster forever at the same time it looks like this org has been investigated for many years, starting during the Biden admin, and, uh, yeah they should prob be shut down.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoRFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
It's OK to think that Trump voters are a lost cause.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5h agoLOMBARDO: So I know the pastor spoke about Officer Abdelnabi-- TRUMP RALLY CROWD: *Boooooo* LOMBARDO: No. We're not booing him. He's the officer that passed away here recently