Trump is right! Someone did cut the Reflecting Pool! Lock him up! "National Park Service engineer even told federal investigators that 'he had personally cut loose liner or coating with a knife' to prevent the peeling from worsening." 1/2
These greedy bastards do not give a damn how many die as long as they profit 8 of the world’s biggest oil companies, including Aramco, BP, Shell, Chevron & ExxonMobil, made a combined $93B in profit as the Iran War sent oil prices soaring above $126 a barrel www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
One year from now, I don’t want to hear members of Congress acting shocked about the damage Todd Blanche does as the United States Attorney General. They know exactly what they’re voting for, and they had a chance to stop it. Consider them complicit because that’s what they are
Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They're all pro pedo like Jimmy and Steve and Mike, etc.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4w agoCan't wait for the national media freakout about this!
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) went silent about the GOP's double standard on sexual misconduct.
This is how you white wash history. I watch January 6th live these terrorists tried to kill the vice president and anybody they could get their hands on. These are terrorists hiding behind the Christian flag and the church lets them. Historically churches vote with the KKK and Nazis.
Sebastian2@sebastian2.bsky.social · 18h agoJeezus f**king Christ... In essence that ruling says that any time your side doesn't win an election, just ransack the capitol, and everything will be okay...
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
One of the wildest things about this is that Virginia is home to the 2nd highest number of active-duty members of the military (after California). In 2024, the DoD estimated that 1 in 10 active duty military members was assigned to a service location in Virginia.
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 8h ago🏛️ TODAY: Republicans in Virginia want to disenfranchise overseas voters. A state court will hold a hearing on whether to dismiss the RNC’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of allowing overseas U.S. citizens to vote in Virginia elections.
a banner found above the front doors of the police HQ in Madison, Wisconsin this morning stated: “Arrest the killer cop, 608-266-4211.”
"actual communists" kind of implicitly granting prior accusations were in bad faith? (one might wonder what that says about the current accusations, ofc, but nevertheless.)
The great #CookieMonster tells JD & BS who's his favorite #Cubs player. Excellent stuff. #GoCubsGo #sesamestreet #WrigleyField
Hey @newrepublic.com Why you all delete that post? You should have kept it up there since you all were bold enough to publish that shit. Stand on business.
Bessent is fine with deficits to fight needless wars, it’s only deficits to pay for healthcare or education that bother him
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 19h agoBREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "
This law firm was just awarded a $150 million/year contract to lead representation of unaccompanied minors through immigration proceedings. Seems really bad!
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Wright was a professor of law at George Mason
University's Antonin Scalia Law School between 2004 and 2023, and was the exer tive director of its Global Antitrust Institute (GAI), (31[4] In 2023, Wright resigned from George Mason following eight allegations of sexual misconduct from former students, and a determination by George Mason University that he violated university policies relating to consensual relationships and professional ethics that constituted grounds for termination.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:htqlqkynhupi6fw4c7x26qti/bafkreifd6y7frgyfqww5s7q3vaf3fgzfwko57digcyjogrkfjb6vag5xie)
Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 19h agoIn addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
One year $150M contract to a small Texas firm that lacks immigration law experience
Politico@politico.com · 19h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
I think one of the sad things about the current data center story cycle is the electric companies have effectively used "data center demand" to obscure that our main grid/supply/safety problems come from them letting the grid decay over the last two decades in unconscionable ways.
Mike Rothschild@rothschildmd.bsky.social · 23h agoLA County confirmed that SoCal Edison's unused transmission tower started the Eaton Fire, which destroyed much of Altadena. The tower had been dormant since the 70's, but was left up anyway. It energized in the high wind and sent molten metal into dry brush underneath. www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/u...
“There is so much money right now in detaining people.” As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle.
As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle
“There is so much money right now in detaining people.”
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Translation: Congress is over. Republicans have scrapped it. It is now as useless as the Russian Duma. Sad. 🇺🇸
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Damn, they may need to coin a term like nanopenis. Dude has less than a micropenis, clearly.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h agoWhat a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
Breaking news: The CDC is expanding the cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, adding six states where illnesses have been traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, according to individuals familiar with the investigation.
CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states
Missouri’s cases jumped dramatically in the past week. It is among six states newly added to an outbreak linked to lettuce from central Mexico, sources say.
washingtonpost.com
That’s a whole lotta Stupid in one photo. Except for Jessica Hockett, she’s just an old school Sociopath. The lies this bunch of assholes spread and the school district money they wasted cannot be underestimated. I’d love to send every last one of them a bill.
Meanwhile Pedo Trump, a convicted felon paints statues gold.
David "Here's to Less Dumpster and More Fire"@dowagerabbess.bsky.social · 21h ago“It is so humiliating to see parents, fathers and mothers, who have not been committing any crime now with some type of ankle bracelets on their feet,”