So you can’t afford groceries, gas, healthcare, utilities, or your mortgage. But hey, I got gold horses.
IMPEACH & REMOVE
@thetd.bsky.social
From BLUESKYROAST.com - From political rants to cultural critiques, this user keeps us entertained and informed (mostly the former). An intriguing blend of social conscience and meme-like absurdity, like a modern-day Socrates with a Twitter account.
I thought this had to be a fake story. Nope. Where are people’s morality? futurism.com/health-medic...
Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
Users on Kalshi will even allow users to bet on whether drug trials for potentially lifesaving drug trials will succeed.
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“.. 15 companies with investment from President Donald Trump’s sons have garnered $3.2 billion in federal contracts, investments, and loans — most coming after Trump took office for the second time.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
When your party leader is a president with historically low approval ratings, who has raised prices through tariffs and wars, uses disaster relief and science grants to punish states that didn’t vote for him, and has agents shooting people in the streets, this is what you do.
When a prospective judge refuses to say Biden won in 2020 they are signalling that they are more beholden to Trump than to truth. This is immediately disqualifying and Dems have to find a mechanism to have them all removed because they are a danger to democracy
The revealing part isn’t that they know the answers. Of course they do. It’s that they’re already practicing how to bend plain facts around Trump’s sensitivities before receiving lifetime appointments. Imagine what that instinct looks like once they’re on the bench.
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮 During a hearing, Blumenthal made Trump nominees squirm by asking them who won the 2020 election -- a question they refuse to answer -- but then Schiff upped the ante by asking them *who won the 2016 election.* Here's a supercut:
😮 Trump's nominees are the most pathetic men in the world 😮
YouTube video by Aaron Rupar
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I kind of love the idea of defanging Citizens United by making campaign spending a sign of weakness rather than a sign of power.
Peggy Stuart@peggystuart.bsky.social · 6h agoI'm starting to see a trend. Money gets counted against the candidate, as long as voters know about it. We can be outspent by a lot and still win! #BlueWaveIn90Days
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoBOOKER: Let me make this easy. Be a man. Yes or no -- did Joe Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: ... the Congress certifie-- BOOKER: There you go. Stop! Can you please tell me yes or no, did President Biden win the 2020 election? CANDEUB: The Congress certified-- B: You are showing cowardice.
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
Three years ago, the Biden White House attacked me for saying "Democrats should be fighting on every possible front — filing a flurry of lawsuits and exerting public pressure through the media." "The president's team wants to be more selective in picking legal fights." I feel sadly vindicated.
THE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS OURS ALL OF THEM
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult.
America's banks cancelled his accounts over money laundering. He's got the DOJ rigging the IRS so he and his family don't have to pay taxes. He's accepting personal gifts from foreign entities, including a Boeing 747 of all things. This is corruption on high. And it's EXACTLY why impeachment exists.
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
Trump should announce price controls on fossils fuels…. …so that the oil companies break with him before the midterms and take all their GOP sock puppets with them.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · yesterdayPresident Trump says he's not happy with how much money major oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobile are making, pushing for retailers to lower prices at the pump for consumers.
Beyond funding election subversion (and helping Collins in her election) there’s nothing in here for, e.g. blue state disaster victims whom Trump has abandoned. Patty Murray, who negotiated the agreement represents Washington state… www.offmessage.net/p/senate-dem...
NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
politico.com
What do Bobby Kennedy Jr., his son Bobby Kennedy III, and Rand Paul have in common? They each wrote a book criticizing Tony Fauci, and they share the same publisher, Skyhorse, founded by a close RFK Jr. adviser who also runs the MAHA PAC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher (Gift Article)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.
nytimes.com
Just gonna leave this here and add the reminder that TRUMP CONTROLLED WHAT FAUCI SAID and TRUMP DIDNT FIRE FAUCI because FAUCI WAS RIGHT!
"The government’s case fell apart because Pirro had to code-switch. The case was brought under the rules of television, but had to be prosecuted under the rule of law. That’s the solution. We should replace the rules of television with the rule of law."
Behold the TRUMP Act: I Know How to Fix American Politics
How to save the republic with one weird trick.
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"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Imagine that, like so many Americans, you’re struggling to decide whether to buy food or insulin-because you can’t afford both And the president, instead of proposing a plan to help you-or showing even the remotest bit of empathy-only talks about his vanity construction projects instead
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Now we have a big decision to make. Do we take the pavers that are red -- the red, brick pavers -- and do we change them into a granite?"
“The Oval Office now looks like a Middle Eastern bazaar crossed with an opulent Cracker Barrel.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Let Them Eat Gold
Taxpayers are now financing President Trump’s love of anything gilded.
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Japanese engineers develop a technique to recover and recycle 90% of Lithium from old EV batteries.
Scientists recover 90% of lithium from old batteries — here's why it matters
A metals plant in Tsuruga of the Fukui Prefecture has positioned itself as a major player in the battery recycling industry by achieving near-record levels of lithium recovery.
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Interesting how they want to check just the little girls but not the boys and doesn't say who is going to do the "checking".
There is absolutely a lane on the Democratic side for carving out voters who have concerns about corporate influence over health-related policy and who are not anti-science cranks. I’m glad to see @aoc.bsky.social trying to establish that lane, but her messaging needs to be tightened up quite a bit.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d agoThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.