Scribbie
@scribunda.bsky.social
Trying to survive my ADHD. FYI: I don’t follow back if all you do is repost others; rarely post; only post AI slop, animal/nature videos, or solicitations; or come across as a bot, troll, influence operation; are anti-democratic.
Remember that Trump didn't just promise to slow inflation or raise your standard of living. He said he'd reverse the trends--and make everything cheaper: "Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast.... We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%.”
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 10h agoPeople do no fully appreciate that inflation is a bigger issue to voters now than it was in 2024 open.substack.com/pub/fiftyplu...
I’ve lived in many regions in the US: Midwest/North (IL, WI, MN); East Coast (MA, NJ), South (TX), & West Coast (WA). TX was the worst state. Power failures, extreme weather (heat, cold, floods), crime, indifference to poor, high property tax (almost as bad as NJ), insects, & pollution.
NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.
It really is amazing that Trump keeps pushing to throw some random guy who didn't seem to commit any crime into prison for a decade and this isn't being treated like a huge scandal.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoTrump: “US Attorney Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen”
Dept. of Interior has LONG been uniquely structured to favor corruption. Like, that’s its default state. Avoiding it requires serious effort. Trump and Burgum? They let Interior’s graft flag fly. Like, unleashed, open for business, doorbuster sale of your public resources.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 12h agoInterior officials have been spotted routinely shredding documents and using disappearing Signal messages, in clear violation of the Federal Records Act. trib.al/C3ehaQv
The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
Here's why this is so grim. Folks expected jobs growth to slow to +80k, but we got -23k. Also downward revisions to the last two months subtracted a total of -103k. So over the past three months, the US economy created about -200k fewer jobs than we had thought.
A woman pled guilty in 2003 to stabbing her husband to death & served 10 years. This week, she pled guilty to stabbing her wife (below) to death last year. She’s only 56, so if they let her out in 10 years again, she has time to remarry and murder a third spouse. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
Woman Who Killed Husband 2 Decades Ago Admits to Murdering Wife (Gift Article)
A California woman who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2004 pleaded guilty this week in another stabbing death.
nytimes.com
I see mass deportations have ushered in a golden age of American prosperity, exactly as promised.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h agoSCHWAB: “.. The labor force participation rate has given up all gains since February 2021.” #LFPR
Why are so many people preoccupied with defending “socialism” and “communism” right now when we have decades of experience demonstrating that the definitions of the words are absolutely immaterial to those using them as an attack?
Israel is about the size of Greece. I love Greece, my best friend is Greek, but if every single American election from mayor's races on up was consumed by idiosyncratic Greek questions, I'd get tired of it real fast
In July, on ABC, CBS, and NBC, there were 194 segments on the extreme heat waves rolling across the US. Number that mentioned climate change: 0.
ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
mediamatters.org
Why does Trump want to almost quadruple the number of polar icebreakers the U.S. Coast Guard has? (Hint: you need them to mine off the coast of Greenland.) Given his threats to Greenland and Canada, why would Finland even sell them to him?
Dan Crenshaw says students who can’t afford the high cost of food should eat high sodium, ultra-processed unhealthy ramen. I guess he isn’t part of the MAHA movement! Given that Trump and the GOP have caused millions of people to use healthcare coverage, upping ramen consumption is a bad idea.
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
The U.S. Attorney believes that a "public rebuke" and an internal review are sufficient for egregious prosecutorial misconduct that put my family through hell. My seven-year-old is still having nightmares and panic attacks related to this case. Justice requires transparency and accountability.
Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 3d agoChicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
In a country with a president who is such a destructive sore loser, politicians who are both helpful and gracious in defeat is a greatly appreciated novelty.
I want to point out that if republicans were hiding Mitch McConnell’s death to avoid a special election, which they mistakenly believed had an August 3 deadline, they’d have no reason to keep hiding it. Ergo, McConnell is not dead.
This gets lost in the news because there's so much corruption on a daily basis! In any other Administration, it would be bombshell news!!
I’m one of the 20 million Americans Republicans threw under the bus. My family’s health insurance went from $1,700/month to over $3,000/month. REPUBLICANS DID THIS‼️ #RepublicanMedicareCuts
They know voters hate this shit. So they wait until Blanche has the votes for Collins to come out against him. So she can claim to be a moderate. So she gets reelected. So she can spend the next two years voting for more Todd Blanches.
Collins Watch@collinswatch.bsky.social · 3d agoSusan comes out against Todd Blanche now that he's got the votes. So tiresome. (We called it: tinyurl.com/3bepafkz) #MEpolitics
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud theintercept.com/2026/07/31/i...
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows
Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.
theintercept.com
I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️
My conservadem rep, @gluesenkampperez.house.gov, who voted for the SAVE Act as part of other legislation when most democrats rightly did not, keeps running ads claiming to be some sort of warrior for democracy and protecting our vote. Such a shameless liar!
Far too many journalists seem to be snookered by DOJ's motion to dismiss Davey Hearn's case. It included pictures showing THEY ALWAYS HAD EVIDENCE he didn't damage the pool, and misrepresented what a key witness reportedly said. emptywheel.net/2026/08/01/t...
The Flapping Holes in Jeanine Pirro's Davey Hearn Juicebox Jam - emptywheel
In Jeanine Pirro's motion to dismiss the case against Davey Hearn, she included photographic proof that they should never haved charged him.
emptywheel.net
Max Miller has a documented history of violence against women dating back to high school. Read this article from 2021. web.archive.org/web/20211105...
