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"Well, how did I get here?" That's not my beautiful democracy! "My God, what have I done?
James Talarico: “I have a legislative record, Ken Paxton has a criminal record. That is the difference in this campaign. Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America and he should be nowhere near the US Senate”… Come on Texas, do the right thing for once. Fingers crossed.🤞
The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees
“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...
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President Stolen Valor is a better fit with the scabs.
If you're having a bad day, please realize that you're having a much better day than Max Miller's comms team.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:
As @leahlitman.bsky.social points out, if you’re a corporation you are in good hands in our nation’s Supreme Court. If you’re a live human being, it’s another story. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights
The Supreme Court is not saying people don’t have certain rights, just that no courts can help them when those rights are violated.
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Framing matters. @democracydocket.com gets it right. @washingtonpost.com shows how we ended up in this mess in the first place.
BREAKING: Todd Blanche—the protector of one of the largest pedophile rings has advanced to a full Senate floor vote for U.S. Attorney General. Tell your Senator: Vote NO on Todd Blanche. secure.now.org/a/tell-your-...
🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy legal group sued Tuesday for access to public records that could shed light on a federal immigration agency’s involvement in President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Lawsuit seeks evidence of federal immigration agency’s role in Trump’s voter purge plans
Democracy Forward went to court after USCIS failed to disclose the public records, despite multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about the agency’s involvement in Trump’s unprecedented a...
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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
The Big Ugly Bill, passed by Republicans slashes Medicare by over 500 billion dollars starting January 1. Seniors, veterans, disabled people - all pay the price for billionaire tax cuts. Its past time to vote Trump’s Republican enablers in Congress out of office in November. #RepublicanMedicareCuts
This is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won. Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film. Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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WHY would Trump need immunity from IRS investigations? WHY would anyone want a president so corrupt he would need it?
Marty Lederman@martylederman.bsky.social · 2d agoThe @nytimes inexplicably continues to assert that "the Justice Department ... gave [Trump] the audit protection as part of a deal to end the lawsuit." Nope. It wasn't included in the "deal." It's a unilateral--and blatantly unlawful--decree by the Acting AG. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
James Talarico: Since taking office, Ken Paxton has become a multi-millionaire — all while most Texans’ pay has remained stagnant for decades. He now owns 15 homes, while most Texans can't afford one. We can't afford Ken Paxton's corruption.
Immensely proud to have the support of American heroes like Kevin – an East Anchorage resident and Vietnam veteran who knows I'll always be an independent voice for Alaska. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Liberty is on the ballot, and Mary Peltola will defend it
Alaska needs a senator with the independence and courage to stand up for the Constitution, the rule of law and working Americans.
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The tricky part for a future Dem Admin is going to be finding a way to divest the US govt from these companies without tanking their stock price & hurting them over the long term. What Trump is doing is a fundamental tenet of communism while he distracts by claiming Dems are.
Elon Musk will be spending $100 million to $120 million in at least eight states to help elect Republicans in November, according to The New York Times. But Musk’s money shouldn’t be viewed as a problem. It’s an opportunity. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-stink-of-musk
I'm glad he knows just how disgusting he is. He owes this country and especially the women and children, a profound apology. But he is garbage. He wants this country to be garbage. So he supports garbage. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
TODAY @ NOON: Trump's "DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force" has now made more than 13,000 arrests, often based on illegal searches and rights violations. When those cases come to court, Jeanine Pirro is breaking legal ethics. Join us at noon as we mark one year of DC's occupation: bit.ly/free-dc-aug-3
Rep. Kay Granger has died. Nothing says "will be missed" like not noticing when someone has been missing! She had been in an assisted living facility in TX for months without anyone in DC noticing that she wasn't coming to work. Speaker Johnson: She “was a dear friend who will be greatly missed.”
This is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d agoJUST IN: Tillis confirms he is on board with Cornyn to vote yes on Blanche for AG, after Blanche renounces Anti-Weaponization Fund in writing & asserts that the waiver of any past taxes due is limited to POTUS, Don Jr., Eric & Trump Org. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
The "Sanctity of Life" party at work. Musk says empathy is weakness.
Adam Rifkin 🐼@ifindkarma.bsky.social · last yr.“Musk’s destruction of USAID… is killing about 103 people an hour, most of them children. The total so far is about 300,000 people… Michelle Goldberg recalls how Musk appeared uninterested in learning what USAID actually did—prevent starvation and provide basic healthcare.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social
"Kushner is the ‘chief negotiator’ for Israel and Gaza and Iran; and for Ukraine and Russia. He is not an elected or appointed official. He’s a mafia operative who is Trump’s son-in-law, which is how authoritarian kleptocracies work... (1/2)" youtu.be/5r8mEzTdggk?...
The True Agenda of the World Oligarch Class (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
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We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Rape Pedophile Protection Charity Fraud Business Fraud Hush Money Fraud Felony Convictions Insider Trading Weaponizing Govt Insurrection Secret Documnts Theft Crypto Scams Foreign Biz Entanglements Selling Pardons Endless Lies Money Laundering The leader of the Republican party. It's a crime ring
𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱@photoframd.bsky.social · 2d agoCapital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns #GrifterInChief www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns #GrifterInChief www.npr.org/2026/08/02/g...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut d...
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