This is banana republic stuff - we all know that, right?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

replace "we dont want trans people doing x" with black/latino/asian/women and you realize where you stand on the issue. this is simple. everyone or no one. im an american and i stand with the declaration of independence.

I've never been as big a Fauci stan as a lot of people (the mixed messaging on masking early in the pandemic was a huge misstep), but the demonization of him is, indeed, unhinged. If he'd punched Johnson, Paul, Moreno, etc., in the mouth today, he'd deserve a statue next to Bob Cousy's in Worcester.

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · last wk.

If Biden had thrown Trump in the slammer we wouldn't be here. You can piss and moan all you want but J6 was history books shit and history books shit requires the President to do President shit. And he didn't. And now the guy who saved millions has to eat shit from a penis like Ron Johnson

Anybody worried about trans women in women's sports just need to accept that they are being played by this idiot and those on his side.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "The transgender mutilization of our children. I've looked at men playing in women's sports. It's very unfair. I had a top NFL football player standing next to a wonderful female athlete, and they were playing a game of football, if you can believe it. This game did not work out very well."

interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Again, the only credible position on this is automatic universal voter registration and free national ID cards. If you don't believe in these things - as no one, including Steve Scalise, in the far right authoritarian party does - then the <entire point> of this is mass disenfranchisement.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The SAVE America Act mandates that all voters must bring to the polls specifically a photo ID which has proof of citizenship “on the front of the document.” So REAL IDs don’t count. If the ID does not precisely conform to that standard, you must also bring separate proof of citizenship.

This is really good.

Defector@defector.com · 2w ago

In the end, FIFA was dead on in its assessment that it could just kind of do whatever and extract more than 10 figures in revenue from North America in return. defector.com/fifa-got-wha...

Not seeing a foul there at all.

Trump must be impeached for undermining and subverting our free and fair elections. And when he sends ICE agents to the polls, then we must turn civic action into civil disobedience and take to the streets. Sit in. Protest. Withhold our labor. Everything must be on the table.

MAGA acts like bowing down to a demented pedophile is the strongest thing in the world. It’s unbelievably pathetic! These people are the biggest losers of all time.

Fundamental problem in the country at the moment is that Republicans in power believe their boss is Trump, not the American people. Should be immediately disqualifying.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

I have no idea if Rapinoe has considered running for office, but she'd be a natural.

ACLU@aclu.org · 3w ago

In Washington state, a proposed bill threatens to force all girls, but not boys, to undergo invasive, medically unnecessary genital inspections or hormone tests to play sports with their friends. Policies that seek to exclude transgender youth end up putting all youth at risk.

Pin this. It will be a pivotal moment in Trump's move to steal the 2026 and 2028 elections. It will present lies that will be used to justify illegal actions to selectively disenfrachise voters. The next four months look like a historic threat to our democracy.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3w ago

NEW: MSNOW reports that this address will be about foreign election interference in 2020, and that the mortgage guy Bill Pulte will be declassifying documents about it.

this is “pete hegseth wants an all-white military”

Gerry Doyle@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am struggling a little to see how this improves lethality or whatever www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

I'm announcing a 20% surcharge on the MassPike, as well as the Hampton tolls, payable to me.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 3w ago

The President just announced a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through Hormuz, payable...to the US>

The Democratic Party's approval rating is in the toilet, and the main reason is voters see Dem leaders and prominent members acting like things are basically okay instead of fighting like there's an emergency. Slot "my friend Lindsey Graham, so funny, how great to work with him" comments into that.

This is gutter racism. Trump is explicitly racist and pushes explicitly racist policies. That means that the act of supporting Trump is, by definition, a racist act. That last part is why major media is so timid about properly describing the first two parts. They're afraid of the last one.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Trump says he can tell if immigrants are bad based on how they “look”: "You could look at some of them and you could say 'this is trouble.'"

Feels like the senator could let Travis debate this issue with Lalas on X, rather than giving any credence to a right-wing jackass making a really mundane point.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 4w ago

Yes.

the man with the nuclear football doesn't even know what country we are purportedly at war with. the mainstream media is asleep at the wheel and the democrats are not hammering it enough. meanwhile the republicans are complicit in the ongoing degradation of america. it is tuesday.

As I wrote last month, it's rare to have a choice in the matter, and it's satisfying to (ever so slightly) stick it to Fox. the-anthem.beehiiv.com/p/para-espan...

Para español, oprima 2

The games will be great, so a World Cup boycott is probably too much to ask. But you don't have to watch them on Fox.

the-anthem.beehiiv.com

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 4w ago

Yes, Belgium v. Spain will teach us all some valuable lessons about the primacy of nations united by a common language, culture, and political persuasion.

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 4w ago

Can’t believe the libs cost the USMNT the World Cup

On one hand, yeah, it's the obvious, moral choice. OTOH, our government took out two countries' leaders, repeatedly threatened military action against its co-hosts, and brutally cracked down on its own people, and there wasn't a hint of a World Cup boycott. I'll believe this when I see it.

Gord Miller 🇨🇦 🇺🇦@gmillertsn.bsky.social · 4w ago

The initial reaction from senior sports federation officials in Europe is that reinstating Russia while the occupation of Ukraine is ongoing will likely lead to a mass European boycott of the LA Olympics, and there will be pressure on Canada to join it.

I expected as much from Bernie Sanders, who's a horrific judge of character, but the fact that @warren.senate.gov went to the mat for Platner is a huge black mark on her reputation. All the red flags she just zoomed past ...

I've seen the USMNT lose six times in the World Cup knockout rounds, and this was by far the least dignified exit. No "heads held high" b.s. here.

Matt Binder@mattbinder.bsky.social · 4w ago

sorry there's no "but USA made it this far" upside here USA could've went out like Cabo Verde who played the game of their lives, taking Messi & Argentina to the limit instead USA went out like that video of 100 elementary school kids playing against the Japanese national team

And now we get all of these jokes, each of them richly deserved.

Dean Baker@deanbaker13.bsky.social · 4w ago

Trump just called Infantino and said the U.S. got cheated on the score. Trump said, "I just need you to find 4 more goals, 1 more than they have."

So the Pulisic Era has consisted of one failure to qualify and two Round of 16 beatdowns by various Benelux concerns. Super impressive.

This shameless piece of trash is still showing his face in public?

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Kevin McCarthy on Platner Allegations: That one thing I know about Republicans is when we had a very bad candidate, we didn't vote for that person. We walked away.

The Balogun fiasco is the red line that Trump and FIFA openly, gleefully crossed. When the game's corrupted like this, there's no going back. the-anthem.beehiiv.com/p/no-replay-...

This alone should be a decade-defining political scandal resulting in prison sentences.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last mo.

Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.

Back in the day, the MLS playoffs were known for wild comebacks and goalfests, in part because teams weren't good or savvy enough to hold leads. This is an exceptionally MLS World Cup.