This party sure does love to run cover for pedophiles.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 30m ago

"Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up." newrepublic.com/post/213959/...

LOMBARDO: So I know the pastor spoke about Officer Abdelnabi-- TRUMP RALLY CROWD: *Boooooo* LOMBARDO: No. We're not booing him. He's the officer that passed away here recently

Law & Order Season 2 Lewis Black, pornographer

This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever endured—perhaps biggest?—and all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h ago

Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.

Just to make the point abundantly clear, Chris Wallace is now a paid advisor to an investment firm that has a large stake in Paramount and a vested interest in getting the Warner Bros. merger over the line. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Chris Wallace: States Are Playing Politics With the Law to Block Paramount’s Warner Bros. Deal

"I don’t believe government should use its powers to determine who owns a news platform or to control how that outlet reports the news," writes the former Fox and CNN anchor, who is now a paid advisor...

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A generationally great man.

RMJ@rmccarthyjames.bsky.social · 18h ago

I always think of Dr. George Tiller when Kansans protect abortion rights. 17 years later and our state is somehow still a site of refuge, even in the wake of Dobbs

Best way to use purpleair.com map: click on the gear icon at upper left and choose "US EPA" in the "Apply Conversion" setting, or else readings will be too high. Also uncheck the box "show inside" to avoid seeing monitors located indoors, which have a black circle around the colored dot on the map.

I NEED TO CALL MY BROKER BUY BUY BUY!

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 8h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

When Trump beat Harris by a point and a half the media and commentariat treated it as a landslide total conservative victory.

Politico@politico.com · 13h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

In case anyone thought they were serious re Platner

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

Oh no, more of that socialism we're supposed to pee our pants over.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 24h ago

Today, for the first time in New York City history, 2,000 two year-olds received offers for FREE 2-K. A big step for those who take baby steps. A big step towards a City every New Yorker can afford.

Once again, those of us who understand the Times is a problem are in a tiny minority

Mediagazer@mediagazer.com · 9h ago

The NYT added 280K net digital-only subscribers in Q2, below 295.3K est., forecasts Q3 digital-only subscription revenue below est.; NYT drops 8%+ pre-market (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

I’m telling you this as a political scientist. The person who is electable is the one who is elected. This can and does change over time. Any and all speculation about “electability” is either puffery or anxiety and is often both.

Julia Azari@juliaazari.bsky.social · 18h ago

One way to be safe is to never write an electability take

I note that all of the "let's see what Andy Burnham does before we judge him" brigade are very fucking quiet at the moment.

Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 11h ago

Nonce

Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

Abdul El-Sayed winning Black voters would absolutely implode the brains of centrist Democrats, not sure they’d ever recover from it lmao

These men are immoral, untrustworthy cowards.

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 21h ago

“Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up.” newrepublic.com/post/213959/...

couple months ago: let's show these assholes why americans are drowning in medical and other personal debt now: wait what we don't even have the weaponry now either

What’s crazy is there actually ARE camps, but just not for anyone they care about.

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterday

These guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.

My reaction watching this train wreck of a dumpster fire of a shitshow of an interview:

Coco Character's Jaw Drop Shock

ALT: Coco Character's Jaw Drop Shock

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h ago

🤯 Rep. Max Miller's interview with Jake Tapper was one of the most self-destructive things I've ever witnessed on cable news. Here's the whole thing:

The Bronx is Upstate NY

My copy of Tanimoto’s “Hiroshima, 8:15” arrived today. Our global thermonuclear doomsday machine is not only an existential risk & a betrayal of our humanity. It is a constantly enacted choice & we can choose to do things differently. Only more urgent b/c of AGH & global security disruptions.

Hiroshima, 8:15 by Kiyoshi Tanimoto: 9798217197972 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors—bringing unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event. “A...

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Dylan Spaulding@dkspaulding.bsky.social · yesterday

In a 1950 short story in Colliers, Ray Bradbury imagined a stark post-nuclear scene. It was set on August 4th, 2026. @wellerstein.bsky.social writes: "one wonders how frustrated someone like him would be at the fact that so many very basic problems from his time... still remain on the table."

Been a while since I reread the Federalist Papers but I’d swear that’s not how this was supposed to work.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

holy shit. this is horrible. i never expected pbs to me indoctrinating kids into using a questionable tool that could harm them, let alone telling kids to outsource their ideas. this is truly a sign of the times and it's not good

hiksmash@hiksmash.blacksky.app · 2d ago

What is PBS Kids doing telling 3rd graders to use Ai to write a poem???

David Ellison wants us to know he’s not ideological, and that’s why he put a conservative with no tv experience in charge of CBS

So David Ellison blatantly lied here (surprise, surprise): www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN

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Shawn "Smith" Peirce@silversmith1.bsky.social · yesterday

New report by Sen. Ron Wyden confirms the new MAGA-fied '60 Minutes' Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics newrepublic.com/post/213927/...

This is really interesting and, I think, important. Will anyone with any capital take a risk on pissing off the regime by just doing honest journalism?

The Independent@the-independent.com · yesterday

Ex-60 Minutes boss wants to create rival broadcast with fired staffers: report

New: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

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