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What's with the bobble head look from Discount Goebbels here? He's got tics that express his inner loathsomeness but this may be new.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoJD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "
I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 21h agoOnly a matter of time before Texas forces @kevinmkruse.bsky.social to drink hemlock. www.aclutx.org/press-releas...
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
If you actually care about legal news and politics, you should go subscribe to @courtwatch.bsky.social right now. They're not on substack, they do original journalism, and they break more stories than anyone else I know.
Since Trump came back into office I've been waiting to see on WHICH case, which instance of abusive prosecution, DOJ first invoked the language in Trump v. US that lets POTUS prosecute whoever he wants. It appears to be @katmabu.bsky.social's case, Broadview 6. emptywheel.net/2026/08/05/d...
DOJ Invokes Trump v. US to Protect Todd Blanche's Fixer, Aakash Singh - emptywheel
In the 18 months that Trump's former defense attorney Todd Blanche has run DOJ, he has yet to rely on Trump v. US, the SCOTUS precedent giving the President unbridled authority to dictate individual p...
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw
There may well be active duty troops in the Middle East right now who have family members locked in ICE jails. Congress authorized Military Parole-in-Place specifically to avoid this situation. But the Trump admin has shown little care to families caught in this situation.
AILA@aila.org · 9h ago"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m
The Beeb's response is funny enough on its own. But bc I have not ingested enough cat videos today, I read it to myself in a proper British accent and it's even funnier that way. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![I. THE TRUMP TRUST’S REQUEST FOR A STAY IS NOT AN EMERGENCY.
As a threshold matter, the Trump Trust’s motion for a stay is hardly an emergency. As
the Trump Trust frames the issue, its motion is an emergency because “[o]nce the Trust were to
begin handing those records over to the BBC, that disclosure could not be undone, and the
Trust’s pending objections could not restore what the BBC will have already seen.” Mot. at 2.
But “bona fide emergencies involve the health and safety of individuals, the impending departure
of a witness with no plans to return to the jurisdiction, the imminent destruction of a building or other property, the imminent deportation of an individual to another country, the need to give
critical medical treatment to a patient in a hospital, the threatened loss of civil rights, the
immediate, threatened loss of an entire business, or when someone is at risk of being denied an
essential service.” Companhia Energetica Potiguar v. Caterpillar Inc., 2016 WL 7469993, at *3
(S.D. Fla. Apr. 13, 2016) (Goodman, M.J.) (denying emergency motion to stay enforcement of
Magistrate Judge’s discovery order). By contrast, a deadline arriving after two weeks’ notice to
produce non-privileged documents—which may be designated “Confidential” or “Attorneys’
Eyes Only” under the Court’s Protective Order—does not justify the rare invocation of the
Court’s emergency procedures.
It is not even clear from the Trump Trust’s briefing what the purported emergency is
here. See id. (“But the mere fact that [the movant] did not obtain all the relief it wanted hardly
means that this situation is an emergency.”) (emphasis in original). Simply because the Trump
Trust faces an obligation it does not agree with, and is confronted with an imminent deadline of
its own making by waiting to file its stay motion until the day before its first Court-ordered
disclosure day, does not make its request an emergency](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreihfw75bjjm6e3um2e76g2xx4trhl3sfnsh2arkqo4o7j7ngnhpygy)
EMERGENCY!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🚨 Says Trump's moneybags. Tomorrow he has to turn over the financial information that has been obvious since he decided to sue on the basis that factual reporting harmed his net worth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![NON-PARTY THE DONALD J. TRUMP REVOCABLE TRUST’S EMERGENCY
MOTION TO STAY ENFORCEMENT OF THE JULY 27, 2026 ORDER
PENDING REVIEW OF THE TRUST’S RULE 72(a) OBJECTIONS
Non-party, The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (the “Trust”), by and through
undersigned counsel and pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 72(a) and 45 and Local Rule
7.1(d)(1), respectfully moves on an emergency basis to stay enforcement of the Order Following
Discovery Hearing on Joint Motion for Discovery Hearing Related to Defendants’ Subpoena to
Produce Financial Records to Non-Party The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust entered July 27,
2026 (the “Order”) (ECF No. 104), pending resolution of the Trust’s contemporaneously filed
Objections to and Appeal of the Order under Rule 72(a), and Plaintiff’s pending motion for leave
to file a First Amended Complaint [ECF No. 108], and states:
BASIS FOR EMERGENCY TREATMENT
This Motion presents a true emergency under Local Rule 7.1(d)(1). The Order requires the
Trust’s “first substantial production of documentation” to occur “within ten (10) days of the date](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreide5mdokhpoaojxud3qvalibkqzri555v2ljqr3c5ru47tvokew6y)
“the president has encased himself in the hard amber of irrationality that inevitably surrounds authoritarian leaders. He has become detached from reality—and that detachment is extremely dangerous.” (Gift article) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
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“This isn’t about free speech. This is a full information war.” open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...
France Moves to Expel a Russian Propagandist
Will the move set up a court battle to test the line between freedom of expression and protection of the constitutional order?
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Is it really too much to ask our political parties to stop electing men accused of assault/abuse? I
Check out this new op-ed by Ukraine’s leading public intellectuals that takes on the same topic nationalinterest.org/feature/why-...
Why Did ‘The Economist’ Platform a Russian Oligarch?
The magazine’s recent interview discussing the future of Russia merely restated Vladimir Putin’s talking points.
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🤦♂️ www.reuters.com/world/china/...
EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
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There’s are war crimes. Intentional terror killing of civilians. The Russian way of war. U.S. failure to support Ukraine is complicit in these deaths.
Ranked News@rankednews.bsky.social · 4h agoRussia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage: A fresh wave of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has resulted in a tragic toll of at least 17 dead and more than 40 wounded. The attack underscores the acute vulnerability of Ukraine's air defenses, a sho… https://ranked.news/1214691?u=b
If they built a wall around Alabama, how would Tuberville get there from his house in Florida
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
Thousands of Pennsylvanians travel on our roads every day to get to work, see friends and family, and explore the Commonwealth. That's why, since the day I took office, we've improved over 1,700 traffic signals across Pennsylvania.
95% of Arkansas parents who use vouchers ALREADY have their kids in private schools. Do you really think Texas will be any different? The voucher plan will offer rich families free private schools while poorer families get squat. youtube.com/shorts/eYklJ...
James Talarico CALLS OUT plan to funnel taxpayer dollars to billionaires
YouTube video by James Talarico
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NEW: Democratic senators warned Trump not to push states into conducting mass voter purges during a 90-day window before an election when federal law bars systematic removals. The warning lands on the first day of the "quiet period," which is meant to protect eligible voters from late removals.
Democrats warn Trump admin against promoting last-minute voter purges as ‘quiet period’ begins
The start of this year’s quiet period carries unusual stakes. The federal protection is now in effect, but the Trump administration and Republicans are still working to weaken it.
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Scott Bessent has started ending sanctions on companies controlled by Iran's IRGC. Before the deal is finalized. Someone is desperate. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US lifts sanctions on Fly Baghdad, previously linked to Iran's IRGC
The U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday it had removed counter-terrorism sanctions from Iraq's Fly Baghdad Airlines and two aircraft that were imposed in 2024 over links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary ...
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He would know. Scott's tenure as CEO of Columbia/HCA, which later resulted in a historic $1.7 billion federal fraud settlement. Though he was forced to resign and was never personally charged with a crime. Floridans elected him Governor and Senator in retaliation.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoRick Scott: "We want people to get healthcare, but ... "
It’s been 166 days since SCOTUS struck down Trump’s illegal tariff taxes & big corporations are getting their refunds. $2.2 BILLION for Apple, $600 MILLION for Amazon, $300 million for Nike. When are American families going to see the $1,700 they're owed? Return the money, NOW.
Corporate America got billions of dollars in tariff refunds. Where’s your cut? | CNN Business
Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filter...
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NEW: A court ruled that Big Tech companies like Amazon can't use an anti-hacking law to go after users and developers of digital tools, like Perplexity AI, that people use to improve their online experience. This is the right call.
