CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air

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?"

You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

The trad media should focus more on the fact that Trump isn’t a king maker anymore. Rather than downplay Abdul El-Sayed’s “mediocre” win. El-Sayed win is a win, more importantly he didn’t even have the support from the establishment.

NOTUS@notus.com · 2h ago

Amir Hassan, a Michigan Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump, lost his primary election to a candidate who dropped out of the race but remained on the ballot.

Amir Hassan, a Michigan Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump, lost his primary election to a candidate who dropped out of the race but remained on the ballot.

Trump-Backed Candidate in Michigan Loses to Opponent Who Dropped Out

Amir Hassan lost by double-digit percentage points to Thomas J. Smith, who accepted the nomination despite dropping out of the race last month.

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Family separation at its peak. Veterans deserve more.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 6h 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.

Similarly AV report too. The cost of mass deportation hurts all of our wallets

America's Voice@americasvoice.bsky.social · 4h ago

"America’s Voice analyzed 12 months of federal price data ending in June and found costs are rising fastest for foods whose production relies heavily on immigrant labor." via @cnbc.com

Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s mass deportation agenda led by armed, masked ICE agents has become an economic drag, a virtual tax on every American family and community, whether they’ve ever thought about immigration or not.

Such a good tool to really see how deportations are costing the regular American ppl.

MeteorBlades@meteorblades.bsky.social · 3h ago

www.epi.org/deportation-... The Economic Policy Institute has released the Cost of Deportations Calculator. The tool shows how many tax dollars are paying for deportations in each state, county, and city. The calculator shows what that money could be spent on instead—such as school teachers.

www.epi.org/deportation-... The Economic Policy Institute has released the Cost of Deportations Calculator. The tool shows how many tax dollars are paying for deportations in each state, county, and city. The calculator shows what that money could be spent on instead—such as school teachers.

The Cost of Deportations Calculator

The Trump administration is taking billions of _your_ taxpayer dollars to pay for mass deportations. The Cost of Deportations Calculator shows what could this money be used for instead.

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North Carolina Republican Drops Re-election Bid After Ethics Rebuke www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...

Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Re-election Bid in North Carolina After Ethics Rebuke

Chuck Edwards made the announcement after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staff members.

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What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...

Do we really know who's leading the Texas Senate races?

Primary polls have historically been rather unreliable, and a surge in new primary voters means turnout assumptions matter more than usual

blog.fiftyplusone.news

|horses|@chemotaxis.bsky.social · 7h ago

Polling is like really fucked. Strikes me as a huge problem honestly.

From @msignorile.bsky.social: Max Miller now says Bernie Moreno delayed condemning him because of a "deeply personal and embarrassing matter" www.signorile.com/p/max-miller...

Max Miller now says Bernie Moreno delayed condemning him because of a "deeply personal and embarrassing matter"

The congressman is no longer merely hinting at leverage over the Ohio senator. He's now publicly claiming Moreno's silence was driven by fear of exposure.

signorile.com

ICE’s presence in New York is surging, immigrant rights activists say gothamist.com/news/ices-pr...

ICE’s presence in New York is surging, immigrant rights activists say

In NYC, reported sightings of ICE activity more than doubled in July compared to June, advocates say. Such sightings quadrupled in parts of Upstate New York during the same period.

gothamist.com

Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.

Politico@politico.com · 9h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Democrats used their final moments ahead of Todd Blanche’s nomination vote to remind the committee of numerous reasons why Todd Blanche should not be permanently promoted—but apparently all Republicans heard was a bunch of “whining.” trib.al/YuqLwOk

In 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/

Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC

Our Team

burkegroup.law

Politico@politico.com · 18h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

just going to re-up last week's post from @msignorile.bsky.social: Is Rep. Max Miller threatening to out Sen. Bernie Moreno for having sex with men? www.signorile.com/p/is-rep-max...

Is Rep. Max Miller threatening to out Sen. Bernie Moreno for having sex with men?

Moreno won’t call for the resignation of Miller, his son-in-law, accused by Moreno’s daughter of domestic abuse. Is it MAGA loyalty, or is it Miller’s threat to uncover something about the senator?

signorile.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h ago

whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation

“The Diocese of El Paso has shut down its long-running legal aid ministry to unaccompanied child migrants, as the Trump administration withholds almost $1 million in funding for work already performed.” www.ncronline.org/news/diocese...

Diocese of El Paso ends unaccompanied child ministry as Trump admin withholds almost $1M owed

The Diocese of El Paso has shut down its long-running legal aid ministry to unaccompanied child migrants, as the Trump administration withholds almost $1 million in funding for work already performed.

ncronline.org

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · yesterday

Immigrant kids “who have fled violence, trafficking, and abuse” woke up Saturday without the legal support they were promised, said one legal service provider. “We know what happens to children who go to court without an attorney,” said another advocate. “In one word, it is deportation.”

WA workers under UFW contract are clearing off leaves for better growth and production of the wine grapes. "Miguel" says: Chateau Ste Michelle cares about us. When temps reach 95° we're sent home. In hot weather they bring us in early so we can work when it's safer." #WeFeedYou

This is what your tax dollars are funding.

Abuse of Power Watch@abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · yesterday

📍 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐉𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐘 Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a father, is now the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year. He was held at Delaney Hall, which has been under national attention earlier this year for allegations of physical abuse and spoiled food. #AbuseofPowerWatch

Boom

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"

And more

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."

Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"

Deportations to Venezuela are back on for the first time since the earthquake. The flow of deportees seems like to resume at scale.

AILA@aila.org · yesterday

"A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes." https://nyti.ms/3Tw6Q4V

Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media

At this point, Thom Tillis has nothing left to lose but his principles, so he made sure to toss them overboard too.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Tillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"

“Mullin let slip a very dirty secret indeed: By reforming governing processes, we can broaden legal pathways for immigrants to work in the US in ways that would benefit our economy and our country.” MAGA was furious. Yet more evidence that the purpose of “mass deportations” is ethnic cleansing.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · yesterday

Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...

NEW: The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. It provides additional insight into the breadth of data that airlines like Delta, American and United were selling without their customers' knowledge, and that law enforcement agencies were tapping into, likely without a warrant.

The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

The SEC bought access to worldwide airline ticketing records. Airlines including Delta, United, and American sold the data.

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