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?"

What a petty little man

First thought: Trump Administration creates loophole allowing DoD to directly sell DoD real estate, then has all other departments sell their real estate to the DoD so it can then sell all the other property without oversight. Loopholes always widen. federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news...

DoD seeks authority to directly sell its property to fund infrastructure, Golden Dome | Federal News Network

DoD seeks to bypass much of the current GSA process so it can sell military real estate more quickly and have greater flexibility to spend that money.

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Every time they open their mouths, I swear to god, it’s a confession of how pitiful they are. They are so hopelessly addicted to the sycophantic lie machine that everyone else HAS to be using it too. “Checkmate!” they scream as they slowly turn to reveal their soiled trousers

Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 21h ago

I have one answer.

ICYMI last night, DHS is currently being fined every day for contempt of court until it coughs up the cell phone records of officers involved in immigration stops in L.A. last year that looked like racial profiling rather than reasonable cause. short thread -->

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · yesterday

Fed. judge holds DHS in civil contempt of court for refusing "intentionally and not in good faith" to provide plaintiffs with phone images they intend to use to prove DHS was racially profiling people arrested in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. Order from July 28, unsealed today.

The left: we want the Epstein files The right: we want the Epstein files The center: we want the Epstein files Trump: best I can do for you is Fauci’s diary, some lies about the reflecting pool, and a failed war in Iran

Another GOP incumbent not seeking re-election. They’re all panicking about the midterms.

is crime expensive? Let’s force families into crime to feed their kids.

Helder Gil@hgil.bsky.social · 15h ago

Solid NY Times Daily podcast on Arizona’s changes to SNAP. State created numerous Catch-22 processes to make it as difficult as possible to claim benefits, cut staff, stopped answering phones, and then claims victory when SNAP recipients are down 50%. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Convo at the grocery store: “Do you ride your bike every day?” “Most days.” “I see you with it. In my country, I wasn’t allowed to ride bikes. Because woman. I’m going to learn to ride. When I do, I’m going to tell you.” — Thanks for telling me your story, Bahar. (I live for these moments.)

Global warming is real and we need to fight it. But climate data is starting to look like NBA stats: combine enough variables and there’s always a new “record” or “first ever.” Data matters. Not every possible combination of data does. Fear-driven statistics don’t bring solutions.

A lot of white Americans seem to think that all Muslims are responsible for 9/11, and really, that every non-white group is responsible for anything bad anyone from that group has ever done

You could have voted no on Blanche. Idiot.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

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

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.'"

Libraries are good. Nice work Seattle.

Ryan Packer@typewriteralley.bsky.social · yesterday

Seattle voters are currently approving the library levy renewal by nearly 72%.

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

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.

Woman on a bus (reading from an article): Have you ever discussed your fantasies with your partner? Her friend: Like the one where I’m in a cottage by the sea completely on my own with a book and a cup of tea?

Sometimes I think white males were sold a bill of goods re their exceptionalism that resulted in stunted development and lack of effort to reach their potential. Just as American exceptionalism seems to have done to the US.

Good news about being able to go to Kansas for proper medical care: Amendment which would have allowed Kansas Legislature to erode abortion rights defeated 62-38. In 2022 the overwhelming majority was only 60-40 defeating a similar Amendment. Good News 1 of 2. kansasreflector.com/2026/08/04/k...

Kansas voters reject constitutional amendment on judicial selection by wide margin • Kansas Reflector

Kansas voters were set to evaluate a proposed constitutional amendment that would spike a 68-year-old system for selecting justices for the highest court

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the vibes are rancid

The Trump Administration has pumped $27.6 billion worth of investments into various businesses since January 2025. Where is that money actually going?

Tracking down the Trump administration's $27.6 billion in investments

“We're tracking 37 deals since January 2025 involving equity or quasi-equity stakes,” said Jonathan Hillman, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “We're doing the best we can in terms of...

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So….here’s the solution VOTE Vote in enough Dems to give them the leverage to clean house Then stay in their faces until they do

Webgiant@webgiant.bsky.social · 2d ago

Republicans are in charge of Congress. Democrats don't have much power in Congress unless the Republicans in Congress agree to help Democrats do stuff, like discharge petitions in the House or filibuster in the Senate. Republicans are the spineless ones. Remember that when voting in the midterms.

That burned me a few times and made it extremely easy to cancel Office when they switched me to a pricier plan without my permission. I use LibreOffice, which is free and auto saves like it costs money

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Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 2d ago

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

A reminder: If you absolutely cannot boycott Amazon, don’t. But can you make them NOT your default? If every Amazon customer cut their spending by just 10%, Bezos would burst his facelift sutures. This doesn’t have to be an all or nothing.

I’m not a constitutional lawyer, but this is nonsense

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Sen. Rand Paul: "I've had the debate with this administration ... they told me this isn't a war. I said, why isn't it a war? They said, 'Well, a constitutional war has to have significant casualties' ... initiation or declaration of war is *before* the casualties."

Actually disgusting that nurses were treated like utter shit, overworked and dying during the pandemic and now RFK is on TV telling everyone that didn't happen. I can't even imagine a more thankless, hostile job right now.

Hey Seattle don’t forget to vote by tomorrow evening, the low turnout for August elections means your vote is going to be extra potent, like you’ve been gooning for democracy

Lefty Cheat Sheet@electioncheatsheet.org · 2d ago

Your boss and your landlord have voted.