Biggest flop and failure in history? The data don’t lie 🙀

1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.

Iran should demand the release of the Epstein files too while they are at it.

I suspect the ICE shock gloves won't last long because like six out of ten of the guys who wear them are gonna forget they're on and reach down to scratch their balls.

“American citizenship is not for sale,” Marco Rubio says. Meanwhile, the Trump Gold Card offers wealthy foreigners an expedited path to permanent residency for a $1 million contribution. https://www.newsweek.com/birthright-citizen-marco-rubio-announces-birthright-citizenship-crackdown-12314229

Marco Rubio announces "birth tourism" crackdown

The Secretary of State, a birthright citizen, announced a crackdown on birth tourism, revoking more than 600 visas world

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(MS NOW) - sailor who jumped off the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier last week was in the water for about an hour before he was rescued, his wife told MS NOW in an exclusive interview. @ms.now www.ms.now/news/uss-abr...

Put me in, coach. I'm finally ready for the big leagues. 😹

Codify Baseball@codifybaseball.bsky.social · 15h ago

MLB pitches under 45 MPH: 2008 - 0 2009 - 0 2010 - 0 2011 - 0 2012 - 0 2013 - 0 2014 - 0 2015 - 0 2016 - 0 2017 - 6 2018 - 1 2019 - 0 2020 - 6 2021 - 64 2022 - 183 2023 - 199 2024 - 175 2025 - 424 2026 - 462 so far

The appointment of Todd Blanche, as AG, is the latest sign that America is experiencing a form of personalist rule. This is a form of autocracy which organizes around the self-preservation of a leader whose private interests prevail over national ones in shaping domestic & foreign policy.

Elie has been slamming and banging and beating this drum and shouting from the rafters for years. Please, please listen. Thank you for your overdue attention to this matter. 🙀

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · 13h ago

Look, I like El-Sayed and I hope he wins. But I'm going to need him, I'm going to need the entire left wing and Democratic party, to do a LOT better on court reform. Because without it there *is no* progressive agenda. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Oh, great. In addition to the human-generated Trumpian chaos, it's the heart of hurricane season for the islands.

It's the sickness of Trump's America™️ 😿

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23h ago

It's honestly so crazy to me that we're facing a technological revolution that could displace millions of jobs in the middle of a housing affordability crisis and every day we talk about whether a trans woman is playing sports or if someone has a non-Anglo name.

Incompetence might be the only thing that saves us. 🙀

𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤@saltybitchables.bsky.social · yesterday

Mark my words. The ‘agents’ that can’t get a job anywhere else because they can’t pass a physical, a written, or a psychological test will likely put these on the wrong side out and electrocute themselves to death. #ProudBlue #ICE #ICEShockGloves www.404media.co/heres-the-ma...

Honestly, this is like a Monty Python skit. She's swaying to her own private head music, Brainworms is spouting insane nonsense as usual and yer man is snoring in the middle. This is the US government.

The current Lakers owner is being investigated by Trump's government for tax fraud. Today, it was announced that he is selling the team to a member of the Kushner family. A complete coincidence, I'm sure.

I was told this war would be quick and easy, and in fact that we had won it many times over months ago, so why am I now being told it's something I need to make personal sacrifices for?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Minnesota Senate nominee Michele Tayofa on the Iran war: "Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further. Until this thing is over and these gas prices come back down again, let's just try to be patriots about this."

Perfect community note. 👌

Today's mood:

@rain-singer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Plutocratic wishful thinking in action. 😹

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Poll results vs. how poll results are presented in the Wall Street Journal.

Libraries.

States Newsroom@statesnewsroom.com · 2d ago

School districts nationwide are grappling with which artificial intelligence tools to invest in. via @stateline.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/scho...

And do they understand that Trump made them sacrificial bait for an attempted assassination against him?

Mrs. Peabody resists 🦋👊🦋@peabodya.bsky.social · 2d ago

Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Stephen Miller, and Steven Cheung flew out of Ankara on the decoy jet. Do you think they knew the boss had been trundled away in a catering cart? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...

Okay, this is funny—especially since it’s pretty much true! 😂😂

The President of the United States continuing to bring the full force of the federal government down on a guy *everyone knows is innocent*, just like he did with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and so many others, is absolutely 1,000% impeachable IMHO. This is just straight up tyranny

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d ago

BREAKING WSJ: Trump White House officials have asked the Trump Justice Department to consider a new prosecution of David Hearn, the man accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool — as Trump fumes over U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's decision to drop the case.

Pitchforks. Torches. 🙀

dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 2d ago

this guy’s personal wealth is roughly the gdp of portugal. he could personally cover healthcare of every person living in the state of illinois for a year and still be one of the tenth richest people alive. he’d be just as rich as he was two years ago.

Epic trolling of Trump by Hunter Biden today.

When has Elmo earned anything that his greedy little hands scooped up? 🙀

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 3d ago

If SpaceX acquires Tesla, Musk can grant himself his “trillion dollar” pay package without hitting any of the targets he was supposed to in order to earn that payout, a WSJ investigation of the deal terms has discovered: www.wsj.com/business/see...

Don't stop there. Tax them into oblivion. 🙀

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.

It would be fascinating to see the running total of what Trump and his incompetent sycophants cost taxpayers through their misguided retributive actions. But the job of tallying up those costs is incomprehensibly huge because of the volume of sheer stupidity... 🙀

Zoe Tillman@zoetillman.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW: The Kennedy Center was ordered to pay more than $250,000 in legal fees to a jazz musician who canceled a Christmas Eve concert over the venue’s move to add President Donald Trump’s name, after a judge dismissed the center's lawsuit buff.ly/LDrLVxv Order: buff.ly/tlyooEJ

Can't wait to see those grand jury transcripts you're fighting to get, counselor! 😹

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 3d ago

OUTRAGEOUS! Would mark a shocking first: Bringing back from the dead a case that the DOJ lost by its own admission that it lacked evidence to convict. It would add another bizarre turn to a sad chapter in the DOJ’s history—& further harass an innocent man. Cocounsel at DDF, WLG & Steptoe will fight

The @nytimes hasn't written a single article asking if "voters will think Tom Tiffany is too radical" because he is an election-denying, pro-ICE, authoritarian extremist. Somehow, his position on the political spectrum has disappeared completely from the National and State Conversations™️

Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.

The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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