The first passage here is the jumping off point for the Republicans to not-seat, or swear in any Democrats, Jan. 6th according to Michael Luttig.

there's going to be a wide open "look at these gross fucking assholes" lane in the 2028 primary and the current leader is jon ossoff

STOP BOTHERING WITH HIM FOR FUCKS SAKE. It's not like he has any valuable information, he knows less about what's going on than you do. It was fun for a while watching his strategies for hiding his ignorance, but you couldn't report that anyway. In a world of Maggie Habermans, be an I.F. Stone.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday

Trump: "Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet. You're very disrespectful in front of this young man, OK? Don't you find her disrespectful? He understands. Quiet. Who are you with? Reporter: "I'm with CNN." Trump: "Fake news…Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet. You're a fake reporter, and you report fake news."

Could people please post this image on Truth Social with flattering language to see if we can get him to repost it? Thx

Has Jon Ossoff Found the Sweet Spot Where Maladministration Meets Gossip? (new post) nomoremister.blogspot.com/2026/08/has-...

The consultant-driven commercials running in Iowa are downright embarrassing. I’m hoping some divine intervention will allow them to prevail in spite of them.

Never let yourself become inured to the fact that this is how the people running this country talk

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

The White House is pissed after Senator Jon Ossoff questioned Trump’s relationship with his much younger aide. trib.al/TZOU7HK

24 to remove, because Fetterman would vote to acquit.

Cyndi@savannahpeace.bsky.social · yesterday

Omg…. This is supposed to be hyperbole, but it’s totally true.

Steve M.@stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 8h ago

Every Democratic political consultant in America is working up an analysis showing that it's actually bad that Jon Ossoff's Natalie Harp remarks went viral and he'd be in a stronger position to get reelected if he said that he's laser-focused on affordability.

Every Democratic political consultant in America is working up an analysis showing that it's actually bad that Jon Ossoff's Natalie Harp remarks went viral and he'd be in a stronger position to get reelected if he said that he's laser-focused on affordability.

Everything she says here is accepted as gospel truth by one third of the country.

Decoding Fox News@decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · yesterday

This is Natalie Harp, the close aide to President Trump. These clips are from 2021 when she worked at OAN. She ended her program with a daily Bible quote. Sometimes she swapped out the Bible for a quote from Trump leading with "And remember what Trump said..."

It's unlikely, but if we have a Hegseth-AOC race in 2028, watch the "liberal" media declare that Hegseth has an underappreciated gravitas while AIPAC pumps $100 million into his campaign. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Hegseth travels to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity’ amid 2028 speculation

Officials familiar with the defense secretary’s thinking believe he is considering a run for president or some other office after his time in the Trump administration ends.

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The MAGA goon in charge of Donald Trump’s most ostentatious D.C. vanity project held secret talks with Vladimir Putin’s aides during a trip to Russia.

Trump Ballroom Goon’s Secret Kremlin Talks Exposed

Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is getting awfully cozy with one of the nation’s most powerful adversaries.

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I know a Florida elderly voter who was shown a picture of Donalds and said I don’t know about him. They knew he was endorsed by Trump but you could see the confusion on their face. Sad in 2026.

The polling miss I'm rooting for is a huge showing for Fishback in Florida, which would help expose the racism of the GOP base. It probably won't happen because young people don't vote very much, but it's what the party deserves.

I've often tried to imagine strong anti-Trump, anti-GOP messaging. Whenever I suggest a strong message, someone inevitably responds, "Yeah, but if a Democrat said that, the media wouldn't cover it." The virality of Jon Ossoff's Natalie Harp attack proves that Dems can break through if they try.

No reporter should ever answer "Who are you with?" To state the obvious, Trump says this so he can sidestep uncomfortable questions and call the questioner's employer "fake news." It's as predictable as the sunrise. The only proper response to "Who are you with?" is to repeat the question.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterday

Trump: "Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet. You're very disrespectful in front of this young man, OK? Don't you find her disrespectful? He understands. Quiet. Who are you with? Reporter: "I'm with CNN." Trump: "Fake news…Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet. You're a fake reporter, and you report fake news."

LOL. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/j...

Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss opposes sale of family's stake to Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner

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Third Way is a suicide PAC.

a human thumb like steven cheung calling sen ossoff a "cuck loser" tells me the senator is directly over the target. this is exactly what dems should have been doing for the last decade but they held fire. www.mediaite.com/politics/cuc...

‘Cuck Loser’: Top Trump Aide Lets Loose On Jon Ossoff Over Natalie Harp Dig

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung went off on Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for taking a swipe at a close aide of President Donald Trump.

mediaite.com

I think the Democratic consultancy class is a Republican psy-op. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-the-dsa...

Is the DSA a Republican Psy-Op?

If I told you the DSA was secretly run by Roger Stone to hurt Democrats it would make more sense than . . . this.

thebulwark.com

Also everything Democratic leaders will not.

Michael B Lehrhoff@mblehrhoff.bsky.social · yesterday

Ossoff saying everything gutless journos will not.🙄

Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social with another banger. See also Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social on the Third Way bullshit: robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moroni... nomoremister.blogspot.com/2026/08/cent...

I keep saying, the press treats the GOP as the default rulers of America and the Democratic party as a group that just gets lucky sometimes and needs to be put in their place lest they get too comfortable in power.

Steve M.@stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · yesterday

Yes, there seem to be more questions in 2026 about the DSA platform, which is fully endorsed by maybe one or two potential Democratic House members, than there were two years ago about Project 2025, which absolutely was the agenda of the Republican presidential candidate.

"Why didn't the centrists start developing an agenda two years ago, so they could have had it ready for the midterms? Why don't centrist Democrats simply have an agenda ready to go at all times, because, y'know, they're in politics and politicians are supposed to have ideas?"

Steve M.@stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · yesterday

Centrist Democrats Still Hate Democratic Socialists More Than Republicans, Good Cop Edition (new post) nomoremister.blogspot.com/2026/08/cent...

On the flip side, when my nieces were teenagers/young adults we always had an extra kid or two at the holidays who had been kicked out by their parents for being gay. Where's the op-ed for those kids?

I can’t believe (jk I can) that the NYT and the FP share an assignment editor www.thefp.com/p/i-went-no-...

I Went No Contact with My Parents. I Regret It.

A therapist told me my mom and dad were causing all my problems—so I cut them off for five years.

thefp.com

Yes, there seem to be more questions in 2026 about the DSA platform, which is fully endorsed by maybe one or two potential Democratic House members, than there were two years ago about Project 2025, which absolutely was the agenda of the Republican presidential candidate.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · yesterday

Sickening that corporate media has been directed by their billionaire handlers to ask every Democrat about the DSA platform in an effort to divide the party, instead of the GOP platform of kidnapping, starvation, murder, and death.

Dems = early 60s GOP: reduced to giving "their POV" on Dem positions; Diluted Democrats. Then Goldwater introduced Feel Good & Motivating Insanity, going where the energy was. Dems don't need to go insane, just remember WHY FDR made them popular. Also, Dem Institutionalists like their cushy jobs:

Blazing Saddles: Phoney Baloney Jobs Scene

ALT: Blazing Saddles: Phoney Baloney Jobs Scene

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