This post is great to farm some blocks because every other reply to it is an AES supporter shouting about how Corporate Dems need to come crawling on their hands and knees to them, the guys who just won a primary by 2 points and falling.

Vibecession Forever@ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 14h ago

I don’t think there’s enough vote for Stevens left but this will be a close result. My hope is that the El-Sayed/DSA/far left contingent don’t get despondent but realize that both factions need each other. It’s time to cut the shit and fight MAGA, not Democrats.

Washington, you’re up next! Good job, Kansas.

ACLU@aclu.org · 16h ago

Voters in Kansas saw through a blatant political power grab and sent a message — our courts are not for sale.

Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows wtop.com/dc/2026/08/g...

Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows - WTOP News

The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.

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postpolitics The Pentagon’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., is set to cost an additional $1.4 billion through the end of the Trump administration, according to information provided to Congress and reviewed by The Post.

"The lines that he was crossing, it's just inappropriate for a boss to be doing this to women whose employment he has in their control." @sarahmatthews1.bsky.social on what the bizarre details in the Chuck Edwards ethics report reveal about a much larger pattern of powerful men in Washington.

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Sad day for the Senate Judiciary Committee.

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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WATCH: @SenBlumenthal worries Blanche will help Trump steal the election

MAGA Republicans: Here's a learning stratigy: Listen very carefully to other non cult members talking or when reading, if there's a topic you either don't understand or know nothing about, then research it, what ever the topic and that's how to increase your intellect! Ignorance is not a virtue!

Kansas voters rejected a ballot measure requiring state Supreme Court justices to be elected instead of appointed by the governor, another setback for Republican lawmakers trying to overturn the ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion.

Kansas voters sent a strong message tonight - they want a judiciary that stands up to the legislature, not one controlled by it or shaped by big money judicial elections

Kansas Voters Crush a Measure to Elect Supreme Court Judges

The rejection of a measure to begin electing justices was a victory for abortion rights groups who defended the Kansas high court’s ruling that abortion was protected in the state constitution.

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Voters in Kansas saw through a blatant political power grab and sent a message — our courts are not for sale.

we have reached our regularly scheduled Susan Collins Is Very Concerned set of messaging votes that are somehow, magically, never actually decisive let's see if Maine falls for Susan-with-the-football again (I'm actually kinda optimistic with Jackson)

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20h ago

Susan Collins is a NO on Todd Blanche for AG: “While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the Department of Justice has become increasingly political.” Unlikely to change the outcome; he can lose two Rs and get confirmed. Collins voted YES on Blanche as Deputy AG last year.

As predicted, Susan Collins comes out against Blanche. Don’t make too much of it. The R leadership okayed it b/c they have a vote to lose and b/c Collins in a tight race in Maine, in which Ds have won last several presidential elections. But they can’t lose another. All eyes on Cassidy and Murkowski

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

The same old Susan Collins charade. As soon as a controversial nominee or a bill has enough votes to pass, she announces she will vote no when it doesn’t matter. She never casts a deciding vote against Trump. Now she will claim this shows how she is so “independent.”

Vote Republican! They will make it all better! BULL!!!!

Susan@naurielsjh.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s not safe to eat anything anymore.. I literally had one from Publix for dinner tonight. Just something quick and easy for when I was eating alone. Great.. just great!

Every Republican who votes to confirm Blanche needs to take a good look in the mirror and ask themselves why He's going to bury the Epstein Files He's going to give Trump and his family immunity from tax crimes He's going to make us pay felons who tried to overthrow the government And they know it

All I hear when Republican Congressmen defend Max Miller is "I abuse women too"

Phantasms of imagined dystopian camps that never happened while the current US government is literally, physically putting innocent people in concentration camps camps is actually on point. Remember the Republican moral panic over the nonexistent, imaginary FEMA camps?

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterday

These guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.

The MAGA Republican platform is crystal clear they are creating a Fascist White Nationalist Christian segregated Autocracy that is paramount. People of color are not part of their grand master plan, nor are independent women, gays, or persons who are opposed to their draconian executive orders!

IMPORTANT CONTEXT The Republican resistance to Todd Blanche was never serious www.vox.com/policy/49780...

The Republican resistance to Todd Blanche was never serious

Two key Republican senators drew a line in the sand. It wasn’t far from where Trump already stood.

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“Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham filed a temporary restraining order against Rep. Max Miller of Ohio on Monday, her attorney announced, as the two-term Republican faces mounting calls to resign over domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife.”

Ex-Trump Aide Files Restraining Order Against Accused Wife-Beater Rep

Rep. Max Miller is facing mounting calls to resign.

thedailybeast.com

Grassley has really turned out to be one of the worst of this rancid lot of Republican enablers

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Grassley on Blanche: "The Justice Department has thrived under his leadership" 🙃

A handful of Republican senators are still undecided on Blanche. That number shrinks every day. The window to reach them is now, this morning, before leadership locks the vote. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General

Contact Congress today!

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As I said...Just watched Cornyn & now Tillis slathering Blanche as a "stabilizing force" in this admin while DEM AGs were crooked... Sen Whitehouse now shreds them, starting with #Epstein files & Maxwell.

Keeper of the Flame@rosieogrady53.bsky.social · yesterday

TODD BLANCHE Days like today, I tune into @c-span.bsky.social online or 📺-Our govt in action-No filters, clips or "interpretations" by media. Fascinating to watch the interactions & body language of our electeds as governing happens in real time. Remain informed. www.c-span.org/event/senate...

On Earth One, Senator Whitehouse's words would be enough to throw the bum out.

@moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social Sen. Whitehouse is absolutely correct. “Fraud Upon The Court “ Wow!

🔥 Senator Whitehouse brings up the fact that Todd Blanche held back three Bates-stamped FBI documents, which implicate Donald Trump in crimes against a 13-14 year old child

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

@stephruhle.bsky.social Religious watcher, and there is Grassley talking up how wonderful Blanche is... I turned you off, then I go back and you cut away from Whitehouse This is not the way... #msnow #stephruhle

It is absolutely disgusting to see Ted Cruz on his CELL PHONE while Whitehouse talks about Blanche's INDICTMENTS for ABUSE OF COURT. WHY DO WE PAY THESE TRAITORS?