A huge story. An unprecedented scandal.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 16m ago

While many voters are struggling to get by, Donald Trump made more than $2B last year alone. This is the story of so much of Trump’s presidency: an unending series of scandals that amount to the biggest act of public corruption in American history. trib.al/9ahFbPs

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

Heinous

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5h ago

President Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.

Hits home.

Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 48m ago

El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

Note McMorrow standing next to him.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 1h ago

El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"

Donald Trump stands out historically in one way. He has demilitarized the US military more quickly than any other political leader in US history. A full blown pacifist would have struggled to throw away weapons faster than he has.

Thanks Bob

Amy Maxmen, PhD@amymaxmen.bsky.social · 2h ago

An analysis finds that New Mexico's measles outbreak cost $5.4 million last year. NM had 100 cases. AZ outbreak is more than 3x larger; Utah's is more than 7x larger. TX and SC are each 10x larger. Welcoming back measles is going to be very expensive. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Mike Luckovich

Several corporate lobbying giants that are listed as sponsors of Freedom 250 failed to disclose donations to the President Trump-backed group, a potential violation of federal lobbying law. NEW in @notus.com www.notus.org/money/freedo...

Freedom 250 Sponsors Failed to Disclose Donations — A Potential Lobbying Law Violation

Corporate giants such as Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil and United Health Group could run afoul of the Lobbying Disclosure Act.

notus.org

Demagoguery right out of the gate. Despicable.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

Yes

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 2h ago

NEW: Democratic women’s caucus is about to call for Max Miller’s resignation: “Due to the growing evidence and clear lack of remorse, we are calling on Rep. Miller to resign immediately,” say Reps. Leger Fernández, Emilia Sykes and Hillary Scholten.

Well done. Dems in array. Maybe someone will write that story. Probs not. But we can hope.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2h ago

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

Look at Trump's serial failures, his obvious decline, the disastrous poll numbers for the GOP, the abysmal quality of their candidates, their complete absence of accomplishments, their betrayal of their base, the absence of post-Trump leaders emerging...and tell me the Dems are the ones w/problems.

👀

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 15h ago

So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...

If Democrats retake the majority in the Senate and I become chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, one of my first acts will be to subpoena the bankers that helped Epstein carry out his crimes and help deliver real accountability.

Here’s the key takeaway from our report: Epstein couldn’t have carried out his trafficking and criminal activity without the help of the highest ranking employees and executives at the most powerful banks in the world. Wall Street is complicit in Epstein’s crimes from top to bottom.

Request to fellow Dems of all stripes: Let's keep our analyses of primary results positive, recognizing that we're all in this together. I've heard some poisonous stuff behind the scenes recently. It helps no one. A diverse party energized by new ideas, voters & candidates is what we need now.

I've not seen this mentioned elsewhere and wanted to surface it — Cornyn and Tillis both signed off on a letter dated July 15 that urged Blanche to use the DOJ’s might to “stop the abortion industry’s unlawful and unsafe mail-order abortion drug practice.” talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

A day in the life.

Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.

Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

propublica.org

Get up stand up

Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 19h ago

NEW: Republican officials were set to vote on a plan to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in Tarrant County, a major Texas battleground county. But all that changed when outraged voters who packed the meeting room demanded their voting locations remain open.

Trump promotes the book by the lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein

Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...

Missouri Secretary of State Comes Up With Reason to Not Certify Challenge to New Republican Gerrymander talkingpointsmemo.com/news/missour...

Missouri Secretary of State Comes Up With Reason to Not Certify Challenge to New Republican Gerrymander

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) announced Tuesday — Missouri’s primary...

talkingpointsmemo.com

Epstein coverup continues

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 19h ago

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse say they were stood up after having scheduled a meeting to speak about Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general. trib.al/59GjC81

Good

Thomas HD@degolierthomas.bsky.social · 19h ago

This is definitely a pivot to supporting Abdul. “He’s denounced socialism,” and “He’s a proud capitalist as am I,” Is a way to say that “he’s not scary and you can vote for him.”

Imagine every one of these sniveling cowards being replaced by a Democrat who will fight to restore democracy. It can happen.

Melissa Murray@profmmurray.bsky.social · 22h ago

The U.S. Constitution begs to differ.

Better yet, how about a moratorium on data centers? And how about a realistic appraisal of how much water, power, and pollution data centers use and cause?

The Santa Fe New Mexican@thenewmexican.bsky.social · 22h ago

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced legislation Monday that would prevent utility customers from bearing the costs of data center infrastructure, making those companies pay for necessary upgrades to the grid if they are connected and using that power. sfnm.co/4ga8VvX

Freedom!

AAUP@aaup.org · yesterday

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1