whyitmatters.bsky.social
@whyitmatters.bsky.social
Grew up in DC suburbs. Flew forTWA in another lifetime BEFORE Carl Ichon chewed it up and spit it out! #FDRdem I believe in TRUTH, EQUALITY,INCLUSION, DIVERSITY and EMPATHY! Deal with it! No DMs! No GoFunds!🚫
I'd like to be alive when children don't fear this! An estimated 1.5 to 4.2 million children & youth experience homelessness in America each year. Researchers estimate that roughly 1.3 million infants, toddlers, and preschoolers—about 1 in 18 children under age six—experience homelessness annually.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Trump-Endorsed Candidate Loses to Generic Republican Who Dropped Out in MI-8 CD Primary
One of the most bizarre results in yesterday’s Republican primary in Michigan has to be Amir Hassan’s shocking loss to Tom Smith — despite Smith having dropped out of the race weeks earlier…
dailykos.com
Breaking: A helicopter carrying Donald Trump just came within less than a mile of colliding with a jet in a major security incident over Washington, DC. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
JUST IN: Convicted Felon Donald Trump is scrambling on an emergency basis to try to convince a federal judge to block production to the BBC of financial documents for more than 400 of his business entities
House candidate wins primary despite ending campaign, beating Trump endorsee Thomas Smith won Michigan's 8th District GOP primary on Tuesday — even though he had suspended his campaign in mid-July. Even more surprisingly: He defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate. ...
House candidate wins primary despite ending campaign, beating Trump endorsee
Thomas Smith won Michigan's 8th District GOP primary on Tuesday — even though he had suspended his campaign in mid-July. Even more surprisingly: He defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate.
yahoo.com
“It’s clear [David Ellison] wants to be seen as a misunderstood victim unfairly painted as a right-wing partisan.” @justinbaragona.bsky.social explains everything wrong with David Ellison's “desperate” New York Times op-ed about the WarnerMount merger. zeteo.com/p/why-bari-w...
El-Sayed on Vance: Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy—after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. And then he decided to suck up to power.
While the earth is burning they add dozens more furnaces. How fkn stupid and greedy. These big O&G companies must be made to pay through their noses for all the damage fossil fuels are doing.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3h agoDozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Didn’t Air After Sharyn Alfonsi Exit, Dem Senator Claims
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
mediaite.com
Nevada voters on Trump's economy: You got to decide whether you're going to pay rent or feed your family. It's getting tough out here for everyone... Everything is more expensive now since Trump has been in office.
The last thing standing between Blanche and the Justice Department is a stack of mail on three senators' desks. Add to it. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
Mayor Says El-Sayed’s Win Shows He Is More Than a ‘Mini-Mamdani’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Mayor Says El-Sayed’s Win Shows He Is More Than a ‘Mini-Mamdani’ (Gift Article)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s close victory in the Michigan Senate primary put “working-class Americans back at the heart of our politics.”
nytimes.com
NEW EPISODE: DOJ is now 0-20 in the voter roll cases -- and we are winning. I break down the Trump administration's yearlong effort to build a national voter database, and explain why today we shut the door on Trump's scheme for the midterms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kc3...
Trump's DOJ is 0-20
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtube.com
While the latest headlines hint at yet another ceasefire deal, the Dept. of Defense plays games with the true number of dead & wounded. @markhertling.bsky.social delivers his blunt assessment of what's going on in Iran & why each loss of life is more than just a number. youtu.be/rTamGFJPfAU?...
FURIOUS Retired General TORCHES Trump Over WAR With Iran!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
Republicans call Democrats communists the way toddlers call every vegetable broccoli.
Fuel prices rising for the fifth week straight.....
I assume Mayor Pete has heard of the "state compact" that is currently 46 votes shy of eliminating the electoral college. The national D Machinery we should focus on purple state legislatures they have the possibility of gaining a upper hand to help secure the remaining votes.
“.. 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...
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!!! 🙏
In the 1950s we had 700 different chemicals in our food Today we have over 10,000 in our food In Europe, they only have 700 still today. Kelloggs makes the safer Canadian version and the American version. Two different options, same manufacturer. Americans have been sold out sadly.
Yup !! It bugles my brain, that your "Mericans" GOP's "friends" never learn. Oh wait, it is because they want the money for them self 💙💙💙🌈🌈🌈💙💙💙
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · yesterdayRepublicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.
WATCH — Abby Phillip to Tim Parrish: “Trump’s sons are doing business deals that have a direct relationship with the 🇺🇸 government… the double standard is YOUR problem. If you had a problem with Hunter Biden, you should have 10x the problem with the Trumps.”
Capital One disclosed in a court filing that it shut down hundreds of Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns. President Trump has maintained that his businesses were "debanked" for political reasons, and the Trump Organization sued Capital One last year. https://cnn.it/4xiOF0T
