the biggest presidential scandal in history. jeffrey epstein was a close friend and business associate of trump and they did crimes together! against children! its all pretty much out in the open now but its a smaller story than hillary's email server was for some reason

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 2h ago

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.

Another important point: Pirro’s argument that she didn’t know the Reflecting Pool problems were caused by the contractor until learning it recently from DOI is complete bullshit. It was obvious BEFORE any charges were filed. She’s just trying to cover her own ass. apnews.com/article/refl...

Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed

Lawyers for a former Olympian charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool say that the Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case was flawed.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · 20h ago

With his ridiculous claim about nonexistent vandalism at the Reflecting Pool, Trump is either trying to gaslight us or, more likely, he’s gaslighted himself: he’s told himself so many lies that he has lost all sense of what is actually happening. presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...

The mass-nullification of contracts made by our government is illegal, has shattered our scientific research capacity, and will hobble trust in the ability of the American people to rely on their own government, permanently.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21h ago

A federal appeals court has ruled the EPA “likely acted unlawfully” in canceling billions of dollars in Biden-era climate grants. The funding remains temporarily frozen while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

constitution.congress.gov/constitution...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

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

"Watters had repeatedly portrayed the supposed vandals as America-hating leftists bent on destroying the country, devoting several segments to the story in increasingly explicit terms"

Reflecting Fool: How Jesse Watters helped push Trump's bogus vandalism story

mediamatters.org

American factory construction continued declining in official data released today as CHIPS Act projects finish, IRA projects get cancelled, and tariffs weigh on nearly all industries Total US factory construction is down 32% from its 2024 highs and 22% over the last year alone

I know this would be closing the barn door after he horse has been reelected president, but if Democrats win both chambers I'd really like to see a concurrent resolution deeming January 6 an insurrection under 14(3). 1/

It's not just that our university presidents have failed to engage in loud, public collective action to oppose the existential assault on our institutions. It's worse. They've been actively complicit. A total moral failure. A total collective action failure. Adverse selection in authoritarian times.

Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d ago

So no I'm not surprised by: "the administration’s latest move was developed in partnership with university leaders, primarily the Association of American Universities, which represents dozens of top research institutions including all eight Ivy League colleges." 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

theres a million things like this, the caribbean boat murders for example. these ghouls need to be punished but it needs to be immediate, public and to the fullest extent or else it will all happen again

the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

Despite the Trump administration claiming that tariffs would revitalize American manufacturing, they have instead been a source of manufacturing job losses, rising prices, and surging bankruptcies on main streets across the country. https://ampr.gs/4aXT4hk

When you ask states to reduce payment errors—but only count overpayments and underpayments as errors—guess what happens? States reject applicants they're unsure about because wrongful denials don't count against them.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-snaps-new-rules-make-eligible

tbf this is matched by the congressional representatives they work for

Scott Lincicome@scottlincicome.bsky.social · 4d ago

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The timing/sequencing issues with the SNAP cost shift are only one of the worst aspects of the policy design. The second worst aspect is the incentive to drop eligible participants. The first worst aspect is that whole states are going to drop out of the program entirely.

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is key: Chair Boozman says this gives "additional time to strengthen administration of SNAP benefits and reduce payment error rates." It does not. The cost shift would still be based on error rates for this fiscal year — so the window to make progress has largely closed.

Fox spent over nine hours relitigating Fauci's handling of the pandemic, and only seconds on current crises like Measles, Cyclospora, Ebola and cuts to Medicare.

Fox fixates on Fauci instead of numerous current health crises

mediamatters.org

It takes years to build an institution, a very short time to break it, and years more to rebuild it.

Natalie Korach@nataliekorach.bsky.social · 5d ago

New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday

next thing you'll tell me is he hired a bunch of his cabinet based on watching them on fox news

Steve Benen@stevebenen.com · 5d ago

- RFK Jr’s cooking show - Duffy’s reality show - Noem’s endless videos - DHS enforcement/deportation clips Team Trump too often looks less like an executive branch and more like a theater troupe that’s principally focused on putting on a good show. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

As I've said before: What high-paying long-term jobs do they pretend exist here? A data center isn't a place where execs come and do Big Deals. Go to the server room at your workplace; are there lots of rich people in there spending money?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."

it's not encouraging to have a Fed chair who is openly pushing political propaganda. The inflation rate was moving towards the Fed's 2.0% target until Trump's tariffs and wars kicked in. That is a fact that Warsh must know.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Warsh has a bad case of Biden derangement syndrome

I had exactly this thought about Salam about 15 years ago and it's been the same ever since. He moves in their social circles, talks in their cadences, attends their events, and is genial to them in person, so he gets no pushback whatsoever for enabling & defending moral horrors.

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · last wk.

Seeing how many respectable liberals, and even leftists, in New York media continued to speak warmly of Reihan Salam is what made me first realize that some journalists have no criteria for moral judgment other than whether someone is personally nice to them. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...

You can see why Ross Douthat would want to leave the New York Times to go work for a network that bases stories on lies printed in the New York Post that they then have to retract.

Raw Story@rawstory.com · last wk.

CBS News ran a claim that "thousands of 9/11 victims' families" want Mamdani banned. The petition organizer told a journalist she has no actual list and the 300 figure was just an estimate. CBS News has since corrected its coverage

This is a 1938-level story from Nazi Germany

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last wk.

“‘Should I keep paying my mortgage?’ Haitian families confront impossible choices around #TPS. As Haitian TPS nears an end, families are asking who will care for their children, whether to sell their homes and whether they can survive what comes next.” haitiantimes.com/2026/07/27/h...

When Sen. Ashley Moody was the Florida AG, her office approved the diversion of $10m of taxpayer money--intended to expand Medicaid--to go to two PACs instead. One of those PACs was controlled by the governor and his chief of staff. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...

Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandal

As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation

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Thank you, guy sitting in a stolen Supreme Court seat.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last wk.

JUST IN: Justice Neil Gorsuch tells @RonaldReagan civility conference US democracy is 'very fragile' & 'facing some tough times.' 'We are all in it together, and if we don't stay all in it together, it will crumble,' Gorsuch says, urging students to study history 'warts and all'

Every person this administration wrongly deported should be granted asylum and a path to citizenship. Won’t even begin to right wrongs like this. But it’s a place to start.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last wk.

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

DHS’s final rule that rescinds current "public charge" regulations could lead many people who immigrated to the U.S. and their families to forgo vital services they need and are eligible for. @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social explains more: www.cbpp.org/blog/harsh-n...

Harsh New “Public Charge” Policy Will Threaten Lawful Immigration and Lead Families to Forgo Help They Need and Are Eligible for Under Federal Law

The Administration’s policy will undoubtedly lead people to forgo health coverage, food assistance, and other important benefits they need and qualify for, leaving them less healthy, hungrier, and una...

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In the old days, they would be impeached, but Republicans in Congress say they shouldn't have to work for their paychecks.

Khashoggi's Ghost@urocklive1.bsky.social · 2w ago

What do we do when the Attorney General is breaking the law?

New from me: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox... Over the span of 4 days, Fox spent less than 10 minutes discussing Trump's new tariffs

Fox News barely covered latest waves of Trump tariffs

According to a review of Fox News transcripts by Media Matters, the right-wing cable news channel spent a mere 9 minutes this week discussing two new waves of tariffs imposed by the Trump administrati...

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The White House corruptly and illegally cancelled grants for states that voted against Trump. I know this sort of thought exercise is tiring, but imagine if a Democratic president cancelled grants only for states that voted against them. There’d be wall-to-wall coverage and impeachment hearings!