Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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I wrote a book called Unraptured. And another one called Godbreathed. The first time around Trump blocked me on Twitter. We’ll see what happens this time.
If your immediate response to this isn't "fuck you, old man," you should just leave journalism entirely.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
I assumed MS NOW ran at least *two* shows.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoQ: Are there other avenues you could have supporters get paid potentially if it's not the anti-weaponization fund? TRUMP: Who are you with? Q: MS NOW, sir TRUMP: Who? Q: MS NOW TRUMP: What a terrible show that is. They have the worst people on that show
"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."
Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
Greg Abbott is going to respond to this poll by reminding the voters of Texas what he's the absolute best at -- killing their children. Lots of different ways to make it happen, but rest assured: He will kill your kids. That's a promise.
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 2d agoFrom a Fox Poll out 7/31: Talarico-Paxton is the marquee race down here but check out the dead heat btw Abbott and Hinojosa for governor. This contest isn't even on the radar for the national Dems, AFAIK. She's has $3m cash on hand--Abbott has *$67m*. Some more highlights from the poll... /1
When it comes to Trump’s money laundering, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Trump Soho laundered Russian mob money. Trump Panama laundered drug cartel money. Trump Azerbaijan laundered Iranian Revolutionary Guard money. Florida real estate was used to launder Russian oligarch money.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4d ago🚨 NEWS: In a new court filing, Capital One says Donald Trump’s accounts were closed in 2021 after months of analysis by its anti-money laundering (AML) professionals, not because of politics, as Trump has long claimed. 1/
I worry that most cynical among us, hopped up on 30 years of law and order rhetoric, will say "this is the system working: he didn't do anything wrong and now he's free." As if the terror and wide-scale publicity of an arrest and federal prosecution is not a horrible punishment in and of itself.
CNN@cnn.com · 5d agoThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
Jeanine Pirro should be disbarred. It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.
The top of the US govt abusing power with even trivial things *is* the story. Federal law enforcement warped around lies and assuaging one man’s hurt feelings. The cynical, above-it-all attitude of doesn’t matter, stop being hysterical, why not humor him for a bit is part of why we’re in this mess.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d agoSo many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
MAGA masculinity means declining to publicly criticize the man your daughter has accused of physical abuse, because doing so might prompt a senile 80-year-old man to write mean things about you.
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 5d agoThe man beat his daughter and injured his granddaughter but he's fine with it apparently. www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...
It‘s amazing Sen. Moreno hasn’t commented on the abuse allegations from his own daughter, but Sen. Husted is running for re-election and trying to hide. Don’t let him.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d agoa republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.
Analysis | New 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat has no investigative journalism experience and no cachet among the 25-to-49-year-olds advertisers covet. But don't underestimate his ability to deliver the key demographic of over-65 cranky white male billionaires.
The best part is the map showed the Ivory Coast was landlocked and they didn't bat an eye.
Sam Heller | سام هيلر@abujamajem.com · 7d agoStupid empire x.com/reutersafric...
JUST NOW — Schumer Interrupted: “What could be more corrupt than backing genocide? How dare you talk about corruption. It’s amazing you can show your genocidal face in public!”
Remember all the times that Trump said the war was over? Six months in, he's still choosing bombs over diplomacy. Not giving a damn about the targets he puts on our troops' backs.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 7d agoLATEST: Iran vows to “punish” the United States after the American military said it had completed a “heavy wave of strikes” overnight.
To which the next question should be: "how many Patriot and THAAD interceptors did we have before the conflict?" ~2330 Patriot interceptors ~534 THAAD interceptors (of which 452 were operational) Per CSIS numbers.
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · last wk.If those are accurate numbers… Holy shit. That’s bad.
Working through pictures from our Mendenhall Glacier hike and I kinda love how the pools of water look like abstract paintings.
The cookie dough ice cream bites at Trader Joe’s are, to use a technical culinary term, redonkulous.
🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is billionaires: Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren’t defunding our schools. Immigrants aren’t cutting taxes for themselves + their rich friends… It’s billionaires & their puppet politicians.”
🚨BREAKING: A group of 25 states is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
States sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demands
While many red states have raced to enact President Donald Trump’s policy goals — even ones that have been blocked by the courts — blue states have persistently refused.
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Sorry, is the congressman predicting a Pearl Harbor style attack here? Hoping for it?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoBLITZER: How do you explain the disconnect between what the president says and how Americans feel according to almost all of these most recent polls? REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: Prior to World War 2, 85% of Americans were not in favor of entering that war, and then it all changes
Unearthed audio reveals David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed a man in Maine, threatening to slit his ex-wife's throat: "Every single female in your bloodline is nothing but a disgusting, fat [bleep]. All of you should have your throats slit."
We intentionally chose an itinerary for our Alaska cruise that including Glacier National Park and I’m so glad we did. It was breathtaking. So much ice and color and waterfalls and wildlife. I barely put my camera down the entire time we were there…thus the ridiculous number of pictures.
Trump is now comparing the number of U.S. soldiers who died during his war with Iran to those who died in past U.S. wars. He's also not calling it a war (it's a war).
