NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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When the Vice President Led a Pogrom
Ryan Enos@ryanenos.bsky.social · 2h agoThese are people who legally entered this country and now, because of ancestry and a conspiracy theory pushed by an aspiring politician, are being pursued by the government and fitted with special monitoring devices. This should remind of the darkest events in history.
You may not be aware that the regime in this country is doing this on an ongoing basis. Consider yourself duly notified. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/m...
Need to see Pritzker or someone announce they're sending National Guardsmen to Blanche's house. He can't really object, right, what's the risk?
John Collins@logicallyjc.bsky.social · 4d agoTodd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.
Relatedly, this useful @emptywheel.bsky.social timeline shows that Pirro moved to drop the case right after David Hearn made request for grand jury testimony. It sure looks like Pirro's office doesn't want more scrutiny of how they got grand jury to indict. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/w...
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d agoEven though David Hearn has been exonerated, his legal team says they're still seeking access to full grand jury transcripts, including instructions given to jurors leading to indictment. They think this could reveal that prosecutors misled the grand jury: newrepublic.com/article/2141...
Kris Mayes delivered billions in savings for #AZ families as Corp Commish. Now as AG, she's taking on fraud & holding the corrupt accountable. Her opponent? A legislator. Writing laws & enforcing them aren't the same job, & only one of them has done the work. Vote 4 Kris Mayes! #ResistanceUnited
The history books will not look kindly on this. And we know that. There is no reason to do this at all other than blatant racism and the desire by those in power to exercise their power for the sake of cruelty.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d agoThis cruelty has no need but cruelty. Haiti remains deeply dangerous; a country in the throes of anarchy. Hundreds of thousands of people are SAFE. They are safe. They are safe here and the nation has decided to make them unsafe. We are embarking on a tragedy and we cannot look away. We cannot.
Adelanto ICE facility, north-east of Los Angeles: The video shows a plastic bottle filled with water, which he said was given to detainees to drink. It appeared to have small pests of some kind swimming inside... “worms” or some kind of “larvae”: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“The class-action lawsuit said the tap water at the facility was “discolored and tastes odd, raising serious concerns about its potability”, with lawyers writing: “The ‘drinking’ water provided in coolers often appears dirty and regularly runs out for hours at a time.””
ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures
‘Disturbing’ footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detention
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Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 5d agoAdelanto ICE facility, north-east of Los Angeles: The video shows a plastic bottle filled with water, which he said was given to detainees to drink. It appeared to have small pests of some kind swimming inside... “worms” or some kind of “larvae”: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It may wake up some Americans to how low this country has fallen.
"Most sailors are working excruciatingly long shifts, and depending on their job, some are rarely getting a day off, family members told MS NOW. One father, who is a Navy veteran, said his son described seeing holes that have worn through the Lincoln’s flight deck."
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6d agoMoldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln The aircraft carrier’s long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Weighing Fauci's legacy - and finding so much to be grateful for and no serious basis for condemnation. An evidence-filled article that should be read by all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci
In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.
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It really is amazing that Trump keeps pushing to throw some random guy who didn't seem to commit any crime into prison for a decade and this isn't being treated like a huge scandal.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d agoTrump: “US Attorney Pirro should re-visit her hastily made decision, especially since it turned out that the ‘gentleman’ involved is a big player in ActBlue, a disgraceful fundraising SCAM, and is represented by a TRUMP DERANGED SLEAZEBAG, Political Hack Lawyer, Norm Eisen”
The so-called president of the United States is a massive money launderer and cut off by the bank that discovered it. Yet the story barely registers with the legacy media. What a disgrace.
Yes. The problem is Trump. Yes, it's everything that led to Trump, but right now, it's Trump.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.Good point from Ron Brownstein: Abdul El-Sayed's adoption of Bernie-style politics is focused more on the system than on Trump, and given Trump's deep unpopularity in Michigan, he might need to go after Trump's failures more directly. Our exchange on this is here: newrepublic.com/article/2140...
The doctor who tried to save lives during Covid is being treated like a villain. The traitors who beat up cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being treated like victims or heroes. It's American madness.
Live updates: Senate committee to vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress | CNN Politics
Sen. Rand Paul, a longtime Fauci foe, announced the vote after the retired scientist invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during a committee hearing last week.
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This is a great day for public health. “In a move that seemed out of reach just six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine for older adults on Wednesday, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, the first to use the technology
The FDA has approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology.
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Imagine a fellow draft dodger like Bill Clinton, posting an image of him in uniform, wearing more medals than Patton or MacArthur. Fox News would’ve spontaneously combusted
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · last wk.This guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
It appears Bari Weiss is cooking the news at CBS for the president.
tomwellborn3rd@wellborn.net · last wk.A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
Todd Blanche’s written assurance that the $1.8 billion slush fund won’t go forward is garbage. It won’t go forward today. What about tomorrow once Blanche is confirmed as AG? Tillis and Cornyn, agreeing to advance Blanche, are pathetic.
Seems like a big deal that a bank flagged and banned Trump for hallmarks of money laundering!
Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 2w agoHow is it that this story still hasn't appeared in the New York Times?