I am appalled that the Penn State Wrestling Team allowed themselves to be MAGA props. Not so much Fetterman. In fact, I think lists MAGA Prop among his official job duties.
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Mathematician, runner, political junkie, liberal.
Moderates: why don’t progressives ever attack Trump? AES: Donald Trump shits his pants all the time. bsky.app/profile/thet...
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h agoSKY NEWS: “Trump says you’re a gift to the Republican Party.” @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “I’m a gift to the state of Michigan, God-willing.” SKY NEWS: “He says you’re full of shit.” ABDUL: “At least I don’t let mine go in the middle of the Oval Office.” 🔥 🔥 👀
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Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 11h agoExtraordinary complaint: SDFla lead prosecutor was fired in Sep 2025 2 weeks before a complex Medicare fraud case was due to start & just 3 hours after a right-wing influencer exposed anti-Trump remarks he'd made 10 yrs earlier as private citizen. ... 1/5 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He clearly believes in wingnut welfare, and plans to collect it after leaving office.
David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · yesterdayBill Cassidy gave us RFK Jr. Now he gives us Todd, Blanche as attorney general. What a legacy. He obviously doesn’t believe in an afterlife.
Bill Cassidy gave us RFK Jr. Now he gives us Todd, Blanche as attorney general. What a legacy. He obviously doesn’t believe in an afterlife.
Has anyone tallied up all of the thing he has said "But I'm allowed to do it," about?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTrump: "I'm liking the chandeliers. I like those Corinthian columns but cutting them out would be not good. But I'm allowed to do it. Every once in a while I'll come here and grab a painting and put it in the Oval Office."
A yes man has difficult in identifying a yes man.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCassidy: "I will vote for Mr Blanche. I will be criticized for this vote. What's new?"
He almost had me until the "I love you kids" part.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdaySHERMAN: Ds want to impose ethics restrictions & limit your family's ability to conduct crypto business. How do you feel? TRUMP: They want me to be different than everybody else S: So you're against it? T: I let my kids run it. I don't talk to them about much other than to say, 'I love you kids.'
Trump demonstrates that he really doesn't understand percentages. All he knows is when it comes to approval ratings bigger is better.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTrump: "A lot of people are saying I'm one of the greatest presidents ever ... when I see polls on the economy, I should have 150%, not 100%. Because this is the golden age of America."
Look for sales of Emetrol to spike in drug stores around Capital Hill.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoWarren says Senate Republicans are "queasy" and adds, "I think there are a lot of folks on the Republican side who are not eager to have their names next to a 'yes' vote for Todd Blanche"
Was Tillis asked to do his Susan Collins impression?
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d agoSen. Thom Tillis on voting yes to advance Todd Blanche out of committee: "I got to yes because Todd Blanche operated in good faith…He's proven to me he's a man of his word, that he is doing the hard work. This is a difficult administration to work in."
Scott Bessent shorts out on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes, it's still called that)
We need more Republican politicians to be like Herman Cain!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago"The best part for the conspiracy-peddlers is that, with the exception of the occasional Herman Cain, conservative elites and Republican politicians who inject their devotees with the grievance virus are mostly immune to the harms they create for others." — @schaller67.bsky.social
In @katiephang.bsky.social v Todd Blanche, after in camera review, Judge Sullivan sets a hearing for Aug 13 where defendant must provide more detailed explanations & backup for his redactions of Jeffrey Epstein related documents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Fetterman keeps falling off his seque.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d agoMUST-WATCH: Fetterman can’t grasp what Jon Stewart is asking 😕 STEWART: “Do you think maybe economic populism/DSA momentum is rising because you establishment Dems haven’t delivered? And capitalism has left them behind?” FETTERMAN: “something something China A.I…”🤔 👀