Shola Hoon
@sholahoon.bsky.social
Grumpy and sarcastic. Working from coffin today.
The Larry Craig “wide stance” scandal and other Republican moral failures led to a huge blue wave in 2008. The Max Miller, Chuck Edwards and Epstein Files are going to do the same in 2026.
“Here’s hoping Pirro’s surprising decision to grow a spine stays intact and she declines to charge anyone else, no matter how much Trump demands it.” Amen. 🤞 @snipy.bsky.social | @atrupar.com in Public Notice.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h agoNew in PN: Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies "Did Pirro genuinely believe the scales would fall from Trump’s eyes if she showed him some pictures from the Park Service proving his contractor was at fault for the wrecked pool? This is Donald Trump we’re talking about!"
The permission structure starts at the top…
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h agoSure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.
See what that woke Supreme Court has wrought We The People? 🧐
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
Trump wants to provide paid early access to his posts? All that AI slop?
When the permission structure gets created at the top …
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h agoTAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...
Sure, we have a president who bombs one day and pulls back the next, but he would never go back against this commitment…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "As to the idea it could be revived in the future, I think it's highly unlikely that could happen without the cooperation of the DOJ. And I think Mr Blanche gave us the assurances that it was dead and would not be revived and in this case we have no alternative but to take his word" 🙃
Sir, the poop is right next to the stain.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBooker: "They have become so obsessed with the millions the Bidens made that they have ignored completely the billions of dollars the Trump family is making. That is like being obsessed with a stain on the living room carpet when behind you is a mountain of excrement."
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
Whether it's Max Miller sharing child sexual abuse material on the internet or Barack Obama wearing a tan suit on tv, both men subjected Americans to inappropriate images.
Plucks vertebrae out of spine and leaves them on Senate floor on the way out ...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayTillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"
MORE CASES DROPPED: Prosecutors are now dropping charges against three more defendants who'd been accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. Jeanine Pirro abruptly abandoned the four cases after investigators concluded that botched work by a contractor was the primary cause of "widespread damage."
Prosecutor in D.C. Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool Cases
After revelations that a botched renovation, not vandalism, had caused the pool’s recent problems, the U.S. attorney’s office has dropped several prosecutions.
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The "Family Values" Party making more noises about privacy when it suits them, otherwise they have no problem being in people's bedrooms.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayNN: The abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller -- Moreno says he should resign, but President Trump disagrees. Do you think Miller should step down? REP. JIMMY PATRONIS: No. I agree with the president. This is a family fight. Unfortunately, divorces are messy. There are two sides to every story.
Sen. Paul sounds like Dr. Jekyll while being Mr. Hyde. Someone should remind Sen. Paul, as a serious ophthalmologist, research involves many mistakes to finally arrive at workable solutions.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayMS: One of your criticisms of Fauci is that he said one thing publicly, where he sort of downplayed the virus, & one thing privately, where he acknowledge its seriousness. President Trump did exact the same thing. Does Trump deserve the same level of scrutiny? RAND PAUL: *immediately changes topic*
💥 “… the first thing they should want is for every Democrat to win their general election, wherever those candidates fall ideologically.” 💥 @paulwaldman.bsky.social | @atrupar.com in a FANTASTIC Public Notice. Remember that Republicans win with the most HORRIBLE people.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayNew in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."
Corollary: “Saudi Arabia has been very good to us with the exception of 9/11”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: "Japan has been very good to us with the exception of Pearl Harbor"
My three-year-old was watching CNN when he turned to me gravely and asked “Daddy, why is the nice orange man firing the nice wine lady?” And when I told him “Because she became too woke to protect the reflecting pools,” he started crying.
Some things should not be seen unless you want to re-enjoy your meal.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump speaks in the Oval today (Jim Watson/Getty)
Sir, did Natalie Harp give you these phenomenal numbers? That’s just great.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: “My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been”
“When you become the party of Fox News, you become a party whose candidates have no idea how to exist outside of Fox News.” @nberlat.bsky.social | @atrupar.com in a very insightful Public Notice.
The right-wing bubble seals in the GOP with Max Miller
Live by the Fox hit, die by the Fox hit.
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A really bad remake of “Wag The Dog”.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agojust in time for the markets to open! it's a Sunday miracle!
“A lot of armed supporters of Trump like it.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump on his insurrectionist slush fund: "This would be a reimbursement for the pain they suffered. A lot of people like it. If they don't approve Todd, I'll put it back on the table. A lot of people like it. A lot of big supporters of Trump like it."
Saw “The Odyssey”. Placed bet on Kalshi that Grok version will suck.
The fact that it took THIS LONG for Sen. Moreno to stand up for his own daughter tells us he ain’t gonna stand up effectively for anyone else’s
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d agosenator bernie moreno finally makes a statement about the allegations of abuse by rep. max miller against his daughter and granddaughter after miller went live on X this morning to deny everything.
