It saddens me to no end that this lowlife will influence more positively Trump in favor of Ukraine than all the Russia/foreign policy experts combined. And that is exactly our problem as a country.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2w agoUpdate from Ukraine.
A hell of a campaign slogan though “Vote for me! I am not in prison”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3h agoRep. Max Miller on Newsmax: "If any of these things were true, I would be in prison"
He lost Election Day vote by a lot, which means late deciders broke away from him by large numbers. This problem isn’t going to away, & it doesn’t bode well for him. El-Sayed has to unite the party, has to build bridges & make compromises to have a chance. Otherwise, it’s Mike Rogers’ to lose.
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 10h agoGoodnight
You can’t make this stuff up even if you tried. The dropped-out guy is beating the Trump-endorsed guy because he has an Arab/Muslim sounding name. They hate Muslims more than they love Trump 🤣
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 12h agoTrump's guy is losing to someone who isn't even running anymore because his name is Amir Hassan and though he's an evangelical Christian, MAGAts assume he's Muslim. Who could've seen that coming?
If El-Sayed wins, he has to build a lot of bridges and must genuinely try to unit the party. Late deciders breaking away from him doesn’t bode well for him in the general election.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 14h agoCurrent Results with 28% in: Abdul El-Sayed - 208,829 votes - 51.0% Haley Stevens - 185,539 votes - 45.4
Reading Stalin’s Wars, I stumbled on the most HILARIOUS anecdote. Stalin didn’t trust NKVD’s spy inside the Reich Air Ministry who warned of the eminent Nazi invasion. So, Stalin wrote this note: “Perhaps you can send your 'source' from the staff of the German air force to go fuck his mother”
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Amazing what incompetent people can achieve.
CNBC@cnbc.com · yesterdayU.S. has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters
You, you don’t have a deal. You are just an incompetent and an impotent observer. However, the Iranians and Omanis do seem to have a deal.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterdayU.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: WE MAY HAVE IRAN DEAL TOMORROW TO OPEN HORMUZ -CNBC INTERVIEW
Well, there are other tools than the monetary ones that can bring inflation down—i.e., stop the craziness of the tariffs & stop this war.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterdayFED'S PAULSON: THIS IS A COMPLICATED TIME FOR MONETARY POLICY - CNBC PAULSON: INFLATION IS TOO HIGH, WANTS TO BRING IT DOWN PAULSON: NEED MILDLY RESTRICTIVE MONETARY POLICY AND FED LIKELY HAS THAT NOW
Leave students and universities alone, for God’s sake. You want to help engineering and business, etc degrees? Fine. Make them free, but leave the other alone
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
The 1st time you listen to this album, you won’t probably make it thru the 1st tune. Days later, you’ll come to it, & reject it again. And you come back again, and again, and again until it becomes magical. I call this album is a wild bear. At 1st, it kicks your ass, then it’ll cuddle you
Albumism@albumism.com · 2d agoRewind your mind back to the 1960s and rediscover this classic album | Explore our retrospective tribute here: album.ink/JColtraneALS
No one in public life talks about red states this way.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
What happened to “they were on their knees begging for a ceasefire”? Remember how Khomeini humiliated Carter? I think it’s bis repetita, as they say.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2d agoIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out an attack on a US base in Kuwait using three drones, according to a source familiar with the matter.-i24 News
Isn’t gag reflex when you put something into your …. Oh never mind… What a freak!
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d ago“I will literally eat anything because I don’t have a gag reflex” - United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr, who used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats
An administration chuck-full of grifters and an outright thieves
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d agoTransportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
Honest question: what are the positives? Inflation is stagnant/going up Prices up Job market sluggish Healthcare cost up The war is a strategic failure Democracy in the dumpster Corruption is in-your-face SCOTUS is shitting in the constitution Etc So what the hell are you talking about? Tell me?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 5d agoOpinion: The most powerful sword the left wields against Trump and is omission. Selective silence. Hide the positives, and the American people never hear them.
In a nutshell, that his cycle of negotiating with himself
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d ago
Next time we will have “Mr. John Smith died of a gunshot wound to the stomach, but he also had significant underlying health conditions that might have contributed to his untimely departure”
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d agoWonder will Alex Berenson now change his health reporting? Or will start pushing a "died with" rather than "died from" framing?
I *literally* spit out my Diet Coke all over my desk when I read this 👇
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d agoTRUMP SAYS THE U.S. HAD A CONFLICT WITH VENEZUELA THAT WORKED OUT VERY WELL, AND HAS A CONFLICT WITH IRAN THAT IS WORKING OUT VERY, VERY WELL
Imagine a bank closing the accounts of the sitting president and the reason listed is money laundering. Just imagine the appropriate level of political scandal that something like that should cause. Now imagine the leading newspaper of the country, @nytimes.com, not writing a word about it
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d agoNEW: Capital One closed hundreds of Trump accounts for money laundering. We wouldn’t have known if Trump hadn’t sued. Now he’s got tax immunity. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capita...
I’m very pessimistic about how this war is going to evolve in the next a few weeks, & how it’ll end. Knowing how Trump thinks—& taking into consideration his chronic psycholopathologies—I cannot help but think he might corner himself into sending troops, which won’t win the war & will be costly
Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · 2w agoCan't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.
Soon some senator (or senators) will start making noise about this guy painting him as “the savior”
Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 3d agoI read “The Sympathizer,” I have an idea where this is headed thekabultribune.com/en/0010566
It would be malpractice if they didn’t exploit his political vulnerability.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3d agoIranian officials are aware of Trump’s political vulnerability and looking to exploit it if necessary, according to the Iranian diplomat. Should diplomacy fail, the IRGC is considering pre-emptive strikes even if the U.S. doesn’t attack, the diplomat said.-WSJ
I have yet to read a @nytimes.com article where they call the most corrupt president we’ve had post WWII (probably ever) corrupt. They frame their articles about abuse of power & corruption as Trump’s moods: wrath, changing his mind, anger, argumentative, brooding, etc.
Larry Glickman@larryglickman.bsky.social · 3d agoAnother example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
Another example of the problem with the fixation with Trump’s putative emotions: here a story about the Trump administration’s corruption, incompetence, and venality is framed as one about Trump’s “wrath.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
In Dropping Reflecting Pool Case, Pirro Draws Trump’s Wrath
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, blamed shoddy construction, contradicting President Trump’s pet theory. Mr. Trump said he disagreed “100%” with her.
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Did they name Bourbon after the whiskey? Or after the Bourbon French dynasty?
JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 4d agoOh great. An untreatable, possibly fatal virus passed by ticks is spreading in the USA. Good thing we have the CDC looking out for us, am I right?
And it’s done! All that is missing is a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺@rochaa.bsky.social · 4d agoI’m craving a stone fruit galette. I have peaches, apricots, & plums. Will add some blueberries, & it should be ok. But, first, an easy pie crust. Letssssss get bakiiinnnng 😋
