Just imagine what is being saved for the book this week.
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Just imagine what is being saved for the book this week.
It’s the latest in ”hope scrolling.”
Live your life in such a way that an entire social media platform doesn’t spend hours on a Friday night anxiously awaiting news of your possible demise.
Shouldn’t we call it the Concrete Garden now? 🙃
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”
I know what it is I just didn’t understand the point you were trying to make about it.
What’s called the 5 year look back? Folks with a lot of money and lawyers in place are more likely to have trusts long before the 5 year look back would be a problem. People with low to middle income, like my grandmother, are much less likely to have a trust to begin with, sadly.
Like I said, I’m all for some kind of income (or asset) cap for eligibility. The graphic didn’t specify and I know, first hand, how important that type of trust can be.
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Trusts are a useful tool to keep seniors from having to exhaust every last cent of their assets. My grandmother died with $34 to her name. I’m all for an income cap for eligibility or other reforms to keep the wealthy from taking advantage but these trusts do help low and middle income seniors.
She needs 50% plus 1 vote to win outright so it will go to a runoff. Hopefully the motivation to turn out will still be strong.
There's 4 special legislative elections happening today. Most attention has been on Iowa SD-01, California AD-64 and, as a curiosity, Alabama's blood red HD-11, where no Dem has even *run* in forever. However, there's a 4th race in Georgia (SD-21). On the left, the 2024 results. On the right...
Jesus Christ. If your credit isn’t frozen at all three bureaus, I would strongly consider doing that now
An Emory Epidemiologist I know says they should be out in September.
Almost all abuses of the Medicare system were done by corrupt providers and insurers, and almost none by people needing healthcare. Republicans know this. They don't care. Poor people don't deserve healthcare because billionaires and huge corporations want more tax cuts.
This was the day before the military was moved into DC. Miller was trying to paint a dystopian image of the so-called violence when a cute little family strolled by with not a care in the world. Absolute idiocy.
Someone was randomly shooting off fireworks near us last night. Got my hopes up for a minute.
That’s for sure.
Bull$hit. I don’t buy it. I know someone who was in the legislature with him and saw his behavior and demeanor up close when the 6 week abortion ban passed. In his recent OpEd he conveniently avoided the question.
I will not. I’d rather support a Democrat in this state who has been doing the work of trying to prevent his dangerous policies. He was gleeful when the abortion ban was passed. He’d worked hard on it. He’s got a lot to prove before I see him as anything but a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
The Maxwell interview is to the Epstein Files what the Barr Memo was to the Mueller investigation.
Where are the folks screaming COMMUNISM
From "highly CONFLICTED" to "Highly Respected" in just weeks — and all it took was for him to give away 10% of his company
HOLY SH*T this new ad doesn’t pull any punches. And I’m here for it. Because if you’re protecting pedophiles, you’ve got it coming. Share. This. Everywhere. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
Ossoff: "There's a reason that they're scrambling to redraw maps in Texas ahead of the midterms. It's because there's a big Democratic wave forming because their agenda is so darn unpopular...Vance is being sent on this errand to come and play defense in Georgia, defending a bill they can't defend"
How is this not false imprisonment?
I wonder if he had to jump through months-long hoops with 20 pages of documentation like the ones I’ve had to go through to get a deck on the edge of our lake…
Making extra work for the White House staff to take all this crap down when he leaves. (Yes, I know he doesn’t think he’s ever leaving.)
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[Nodding in Georgia resident with Montana resident kids.]
Across the country, electricity prices have jumped more than twice as fast as the overall cost of living in the last year. That's especially painful during the dog days of summer, when air conditioners are working overtime. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
I just had red wine in a fancy crystal coupe because I can. We do what we have to do.
MAGA believes liberals don’t have guns. That’s a fallacy. Just because we believe in common sense gun reform doesn’t mean we don’t know how to own and operate them safely.
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Anyway here's the piece. Follow @votebeat.org. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...
I have been thinking about this post for two days, and it is the absolutely necessary messaging we have to lean into now and hard. Every single Dem running in 2026 needs to commit to it. Same for 2028. No more fucking around. It’s reconstruction time, part deux, this time no compromises.
And 26% said they didn’t know/refused to answer, so they probably just didn’t want to admit that they would also still back him.
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The memes make themselves. Stephen Miller says that the DC streets are “more violent than Baghdad” as a cute little family of four strolls by on…the streets of DC. 🙄 I didn’t use a meme creator here. This was the actual closed caption on the video I was watching.
The “law and order party” just let the 2nd most notorious living child trafficker be approved for work-release at nearby colleges.
CW: Sexual assault In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
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🦇 💩 🤪 🍔
These Loomer statements about Majorie Taylor Greene are…interesting. 🍔 I feel like I’m not living in real life anymore.
As someone trying to get a permit to build a deck near a lake I’ll offer that it’s probably permits. 😉
Their Camp Widow program is scheduled to be held in DC this Fall. campwidow.org/camp/camp-wi...
I lost my husband to cancer & a nonprofit that helped me connect with others in my situation is Soaring Spirits International. I randomly discovered them one 2 AM when I was trying to figure out how this was my life at 44. They were so helpful I went on to lead a local group for 8 years sslf.org
Nope, still not distracted. Release the Epstein files.
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Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Deploying the military and militarized federal police into the streets of American cities is unjustified and a profound threat to our civil liberties. It is another very dangerous, major step into authoritarianism. And make no mistake authoritarianism is not where we’re headed, it’s where we are.
Violent crime is at a 30-year low in Washington, but that doesn’t stop Trump from lying he needs to take over the city because of all the violent crime. Meanwhile, expect his Republican accomplices to remain silent while he builds his police state. Each of them is accountable.
Trump sending the National Guard and Marines into LA was about normalizing the military policing of American cities. Now he’s trying it again in DC—reports say he’s deploying hundreds of National Guard troops tomorrow morning. Dangerous shit.
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4/4 Russ Vought, Project 2025 mastermind, said about us: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.” He meant it literally. We won't forget.
Toxic masculinity… to start.
The key shaped things are. It looks like they have also added gold leaf to the existing millwork. I wonder how hard that is to remove? He thinks he’s not leaving in 3.5 years but he is.
Do your worst, Bluesky.
Please read this excellent, point by point refutation of the claim that there was a "Russia hoax" From @noupside.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/from...
Seems like it'd be a short meeting if Trump were innocent, because they could just release the files like they promised all along. Just redact the victims' names but let the rest fly, right? Huh. Wonder why it's taking a high-level strategy session instead.
I sent this to my husband this morning and I can hear him, down the hall, humming it. He’s a banjo player so I bet I’ll hear it again tonight. 😆 Love it!
Pure Americana.
This is amazing, Allison. The phrase “They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds" springs to mind. Trump thought they got rid of you. Jokes on them.
Just checked in on my MAGA cousins’ Facebook pages. They have moved onto prosecuting Obama like good little lemmings.
I recommend donating directly to candidates. That's obviously not the only solution. This shouldn't be happening, and we should look for ways to stop it, but in the meanwhile, if you have money to give, give it directly to specific campaigns.
Payday!
Cool! So when I pick up my Rx this week should I expect the pharmacy to pay me 1500% of just the copay or is it of the entire Rx price that the insurance company pays in addition to me? I prefer the $7470 payment, thank you very much.
Much better.
Not nearly big enough.
The warfare is on us, the American people. “A person close to the president told Goldmacher and Corasaniti that the White House strategy is “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.””
Skyline cleanse.. his name is Emmanuel Savary…🔥🔥🔥
"In older people, confabulation is one of the clearest early signs of dementia...Once you have seen that Donald Trump is confabulating, it cannot be unseen — and all sorts of other mildly disturbing incidents suddenly fall into place." thehill.com/opinion/camp...
The temp on my porch was 94° earlier in the day. It dropped to 74° after a big storm rolled through. Glorious.
We found 2 end tables at an estate sale that work beautifully in our family room.
With each accommodation this administration makes for Ghislaine Maxwell, it retraumatizes the victims and minimizes the harm she caused. And we're supposed to believe that these are the people who are super concerned with pedophelia and sex trafficking? Are MAGA supporters still buying this shit?
This is a horrific and heartbreaking read.
None of the Epstein/Maxwell survivors were notified of Maxwell’s transfer to the minimum security facility.
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
July 30, 2025
U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock voted tonight to limit the sale of U.S. automatic assault rifles to Israel, the latest steps by the Georgia Democrats to oppose weapons transfers to the American ally amid widespread hunger and suffering in Gaza. ajc.com/politics/202...
“.. At no point in the unfolding Epstein scandal has Trump focused on the young victims of these heinous criminals. .. The president has shown no concern for anything other than protecting himself.” @rexhuppke.bsky.social @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
New in PN: Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump "AI companies now face a choice: Either create two sets of AI systems — one for general use, and a right-wing version for government — or just make all their systems Trump-compliant."
Some ACA subsidies are set to expire soon — increasing insurance premiums by as much as 75%. Instead of extending them, the GOP gutted Medicaid — throwing 10 million off coverage and possibly causing the closure of many rural hospitals. Trump's "concept" of a health care plan.
Trump’s DOJ is literally coordinating with a convicted child trafficker while plotting her pardon. This isn’t ‘justice’—it’s a criminal syndicate masquerading as a government.
These details were first reported by Senator Durbin, and then me five days prior to the NYT. But I’m glad it’s getting the attention it deserves. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
So for the hell of it, I went poking around on the FEC website about a high text PAC, and learned they had almost $6 mil in donations so far this year that appears to have been largely generated by small donors. Amount they have donated to races or to DCCC, DSCC etc.? $212,000. 3.5% of total.
The “Sharpiegate” scandal is back because Trump never forgets a grudge.
I thought that was Ivanka. He has a type. [Shudder.]
5 things Trump did this week: 1. Called the Epstein files a distraction 2. Continued to call the Epstein files a “hoax” 3. Gave immunity to child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell 4. Fled to Scotland for a golf vacation 5. Threatened to arrest Obama, Kamala, and Beyoncé
These are the guys who were already agents. Imagine what the new hires are going to be like.
THIS ALL DAY LONG. THIS.
I use an app called NoMoRoBo to filter both spam calls and texts. The very few texts that slip through I respond “stop” and report as spam as well. It’s pretty peaceful now.