Rich Swinton
@ricosuavejd.bsky.social
Here for the politics. Staying for the nicer vibes. I'm very crass.
Awful: The local press in Maine is crediting Susan Collins for getting Trump to agree to ICE bodycams nationwide. It's cynical BS: She voted for $70 billion in ICE money and against requiring bodycams. But this kind of thing is why she could still win. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
When ICE tells you they’re targeting the worst of the worst, this is what they mean. ICE arrested Ameaka at BWI airport, and immediately moved her out of state to a GEO facility in Louisiana. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
The judge should drag him into court to say this on the record. Pirro and her staff were subject to ethics rules and contempt restrictions. They couldn’t suborn perjury. Burgum and Trump are posting on social media. They can lie with impunity there.
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 4d agoOh my. Pirro v Burgum is on people. (Cannot see how they both stay in their jobs)
Watching a medical expert try to navigate the nation's response to a deadly pandemic? ENRAGING Hearing your daughter describe how her ex-husband put a gun to her head? Boooooooorrrrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnngggg
Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't 'Know' if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on Ballot
The senator’s daughter accused Miller of domestic violence. Miller denies the allegations, but they’re making his reelection race tighter.
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Capital One said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.
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Goodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...
This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch
Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in central Pennsylvania, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March.
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NEW - EXCLUSIVE: Zelensky’s plan for Ukraine to survive winter involves Starlink access in Russia so drones can hit key targets there Elon Musk hasn’t agreed. This week, Zelensky asked Trump to intervene Trump was noncommittal. And the plan is in doubt www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Zelensky Asked Trump for a Favor From Elon Musk
Ukraine wants to start using Musk’s Starlink to target ballistic-missile launchers inside Russia.
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Folks... this is a reputable pollster.. And the gov race!?! With "extremely interested" voters it's 53 Talarico - 47 Paxton. GOV: Abbott 50 - Hinajosa 49 !!!! Article claims "extremely motivated" there... 53 Hinajosa - 47 Abbott. Yeah uh what??? www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Fox News Poll: GOP divisions shape Texas Senate race
Ken Paxton trails James Talarico by 3 points in the Texas Senate race as character concerns and a GOP unity gap reshape the 2026 midterm battle.
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Poll Tracker 📊@polltracker.bsky.social · 6d agoTexas Senate Race (Fox News): Talarico (D) 51% Paxton (R) 48% July 23-27, 2026 www.foxnews.com/official-polls
The daughter of a GOP senator has filed a restraining order against the GOP congressman she was married to. Seems big.
Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 6d agoBernie Moreno still not saying anything because he’s a gutless sack of shit.
Jared Moskowitz, the first Democrat to join the DOGE caucus
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d agoSix congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
Driving away the best and brightest who want to work in the US... seems... just really really bad?
Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 6d agoU.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
66% of MAGA voters "would back a GOP candidate even if “a former partner has accused the Republican candidate of sexual assault” rather than support the Democratic candidate in a hypothetical congressional race." Next time you see a GOP ad (or hear an operative) in ME re Platner. #MEPolitics ↘️
2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’d support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault: Poll
More than half of MAGA voters say they would support a Republican candidate accused of sexual assault, according to a new poll. In a recent Politico poll, 66 percent of MAGA voters who cast their b…
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Disney has come out swinging in its defense of 6abc and seven other owned-and-operated ABC TV stations the Trump administration is threatening to take off the air. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/entertainmen...
Musk gave an interview with The Economist 7 days ago where he said "I think I got a little too involved in politics, got carried away frankly” www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTg...
George Pearkes@peark.es · 6d agoNYT: Musk preparing 9 figure spending campaign in support of Republicans in "swing" states like Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.
Dude looked around and was like "why would I want to live longer?"
Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 7d agoEven the rich immortality guy is giving up
When your "mediators" are cutting their own deals:
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d agoPAKISTAN SECURES SAFE PASSAGE FOR LNG SHIPMENT WITH IRAN DEAL
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June.
An under-remarked point — not here on the intelligentsia's finest website, but elsewhere in the discourse — is that in the scenario where Dems get to clean up after (*gestures around*), they're going to have no money.
Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 7d agoBad news: The 30-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high today. 🚨🚨🚨 America's going to have to pay more for its colossal debt, which will soon hit $40 trillion. Interest already tops $1T a year and is growing rapidly. Latest GOP/WH plans would increase the deficit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Fauci hearing was a MAGA mobbing, as smirking liars vied for attention from right-wing media. For anyone who cares about science policy it was embarrassing; for anyone who cares about truth and decency it was appalling; for anyone who cares about American democracy it was a national disgrace.
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · last wk.Mark this well. A public servant who performed admirably in a crisis is being publicly persecuted, maybe prosecuted. Govt websites are being given over to propaganda. Fake medicines are being praised while lifesaving vaccines are lied about. Slanderous grifters cackle their triumph. Despicable.
