Trump "understands that once it is there, it will be hard to for anyone to make it go away". www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...

Opinion | It Won’t Stop at the Arc de Trump. It Won’t Stop at Washington. (Gift Article)

The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the review process will allow it to take a wrecking ball to historic sites across the country.

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Hmm yes Hasan Piker, quite the anti-imperialist bsky.app/profile/volb...

Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hopefully we can put discussion #Hasan Piker - future of Democratic Party into grave finaly "What do you call Crimea? I call it a part of Russian territory, bitch. That's what I call Crimea. I call it cry me a river. A Russian river." Piss off nepo grifter ghoul

Look, Hasan Piker is bad. He fanboys Mao and Xi and Hamas. And his fans in turn obsessively defend his bs. It’s all crap all the way down. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasoci...

The Parasocial Style in American Politics, Part 2: Witch Hunts and Comfort Blankets

As during witch hunts, social media enables a process of rendering people into totemic figures in a war between Good and Evil.

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I do not want a Joe Rogan of the left. And I certainly don’t want Hasan Piker. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-dirtbags...

The Dirtbags Won’t Save Us

There is no path out of our present crisis offered by the exaltation of callousness.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

AOC on Hasan Piker: "Much hay was made about the fact that we lost young men in the last election. Many of the same consultants that are wringing their hands today were the same ones talking about how we have to go on Joe Rogan and not be so willing to engage in cancel culture."

There are, incredibly, people so full of venomous hate that they’re wishing suffering on Joe Biden as his cancer has spread. They are as ugly as MAGA. They’re telling us who they are and what their causes are about. Democrats, reject this. TY @kaitlyndoespolitics @kaitlynhennessy.bsky.social

I remember watching this when it aired live in September, 1976, the Muppet Show's first season. I didn't know who Rita Moreno was, only that she was amazing. She won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Happy Sunday Funday! 🥵

Is he capable of recognizing reality, or is it just that the checks have been clearing? We need to see proof of life for Giselle and the kids.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d ago

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NEW: Sen. Cassidy talks about the "existential anxiety" of whether new Attorney General Blanche will uphold the constitution in upcoming elections. “I cannot predict the future, and this is not a black-or-white decision,” said Cassidy on Face the Nation.

Sen. Cassidy’s ‘existential anxiety’ about whether Blanche will uphold the constitution on elections

Decisions about confirming Blanche for attorney general and whether he'll abide by the Constitution are "not black-or-white," said Cassidy.

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Teslas, especially the ones that blow up, hit pedestrians, or lock their drivers in while drowning...and every cyber"truck" need to be rounded up, stripped of any part that could contribute to polluting, and sunk permanently where coral reefs need help.

“The president is destroying entire immigrant communities, our food is diseased, and our military is depleted and you think I give a shit about a podcaster?” is the right answer.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h ago

AOC on Hasan Piker: "Much hay was made about the fact that we lost young men in the last election. Many of the same consultants that are wringing their hands today were the same ones talking about how we have to go on Joe Rogan and not be so willing to engage in cancel culture."

The president is the head of an organized crime gang called the Republican Party.

Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags (Gift Article)

The curious case of Guren “Bobby” Zhou shows the ease with which investors with shady backgrounds and unknown motivations can funnel money to the president.

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we have just watched an historically unprecedented event in “handing incredibly important government and technology jobs to unremarkable young men”

Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 3d ago

Really? Because I keep seeing them in charge of everything from car dealerships to the White House, and they seem to doing just fine despite their obvious handicaps.

Let’s be clear, there is a literal convicted criminal in the bulldozed White House currently committing fraud, war crimes, money laundering, espionage, treason, sedition and more, but trash like bathroom rug head Rand Paul want Dr. Anthony Fauci jailed for saving lives. Truly depraved.

So the Times did a story on this, but not Capital One closing Trump accounts over suspicions of money laundering.

Chuck Grassley Announces the Death of His Beloved Vacuum, Beth (Gift Article)

Senator Chuck Grassley mourned his decades-long cleaning companion, writing on social media: “GOOD BYE BETH. U hv been a real workhorse.”

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So last year Max Miller sued his daughter's daycare center after they reported to police that she had bruises and injuries on her thighs, face, groin, and vaginal area, and she was taken to an emergency room. He sued the daycare center that reported it! 😱 newrepublic.com/post/214108/...

Allegedly Abusive MAGA Rep. Sued Daughter’s Daycare Over Her Bruises

Representative Max Miller, whose ex-wife was not listed as a complainant in the suit, filed the lawsuit in 2025.

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Let’s all take a moment to reflect on how monumentally stupid Chuck’s post is - cancel Thanksgiving? JFC Republicans will say ANYTHING to get their cult base all worked up. 🙄

Whoa. Zach Lahn, Republican candidate for Iowa governor, got caught not living in Iowa. He lives in a $2 mill mansion in Kansas. He also owned a $5 mill “ski-in, ski-out” mansion in Montana, which he sold but still owns land there. The irony — he’s running his campaign on an “Iowa First” agenda.

What an amazingly shitty piece of right wing propaganda.

CNN@cnn.com · yesterday

Twenty-five years after the mayor of New York City became the champion of America's grief and resilience at the time of the 9/11 attacks, families of those killed are split on whether the current mayor should attend the annual remembrance. https://cnn.it/4zkKYdc

Conservatives spent years warning us that men would pretend to be trans just to get into women’s sports. When that imaginary epidemic failed to materialize, they apparently decided to start doing it themselves and now they’re all high-fiving each other over it. Incredible commitment to the bit.

Loser GOP candidate Royce White, famously a protector of women… every damn time I swear.

Luke Bonner@lukeybonner.bsky.social · yesterday

Fuck you Royce White and Enes Kanter. Go away.

Todd Kelsey owns Aquila, and he ALSO 'just happens to be' on the Task Force Dagger Special Operations Foundation. THAT foundation is a non-profit organization that is under the purview of the Department of Defense led by PETE Hegseth. They are buddies. Could the corruption be MORE transparent?

It begins.

The Sacramento Bee@sacbee.com · 2d ago

The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.

This is true! I tried to pick up a book the other day, and a confident woman said "No!" and ran up and kicked it out of my hand! I started to ask her what she was doing, and she slapped me! "Literature is for girls!" she said, and then she laughed at me. Joe Rogan then hugged me and held me close

Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol@yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 2d ago

Excuse me?

The Free Press* *for a police surveillance state

This is a good documentary about the genius that was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLmA...

THE GODMOTHER OF ROCK & ROLL - SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (2011) | Documentary | E.G Media Productions

YouTube video by A F R Orld – BY E.G Media Productions

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Her name is Sister Rosetta Thorpe. Known as the "Godmother of rock" that inspired Elvis.

“Magnets, I just invented that word. It’s like magic. Magic. Magnets. Magnets. Magic. Nobody ever thought of that. I’m using magnets right now to hold this hilarious wig in place.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Trump: "Magnets. Magnets. You gotta go with magnets. That's a good one. Everybody should go for magnets."

In 1942 when ~10 Japanese-American students from Willamette University in Salem, OR were transported to internment camps, a group of white students went to the train station to express solidarity with them. They encountered a group of angry, racist American Legion members celebrating the occasion.

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Roughly 550 people came to the ICE facility, holding signs that said 'Let Haitians Stay' and 'Keep TPS'. They applauded as their Haitian neighbors entered and exited the ICE Field Office..." www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Once a bitch, always a bitch. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...

Bill Cassidy Will Back Todd Blanche as Attorney General, Salvaging His Confirmation (Gift Article)

The Louisiana senator said that, despite reservations, he would back President Trump’s pick for attorney general, giving Republicans enough votes for a majority.

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