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senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubioâs 2016 presidential campaignđđœ
In just the past week or so, Russia has bombed a US factory in Ukraine, bombed an EU office in Ukraine, and jammed the navigation system on a plane carrying the EU president, forcing the pilots to land using paper maps. Putin does not want peace. He will keep pushing until we fight back.
All airliners around von der Leyen's assumed jet in this screenshot (save one) also reported good position values. This strengthens the suspicion that the jamming was directed specifically at von der Leyen.
Von der Leyenâs plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference on.ft.com/4p2wEAO
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
The point is that we've been playing the "the walls are closing in/Trump is on death's door" game for almost a decade. Speculation is fun, but that's all it is. Nobody who knows is talking, and nobody who is talking knows.
Someone please remind me of this next time the next time a doctor pokes fun at me for "being super dad" as they're going over the procedure to reattach my bicep to my forearm. đđŹđ
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
(During todayâs hearing, the judge said that her clerks have also been up since around 2:30 a.m., when she called them about the emergency motion for a temporary restraining order.) bsky.app/profile/anna...
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknananâs clerks this Labor Day weekend
This ad goes HARD! I hope his policy chops are as strong as his ad game.
Some important âWhat to expect when weâre electingâ messaging from the Brennan Center. Election fraud lies are integrated into the administrationâs strategies of election interference going into 2026. What we need to be aware of⊠and what we can do:
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
Mongers, ranked: 1. Cheese 2. Fish 3. Rumor 4. Iron 5. War 6. Conspiracy
It's not weird when the #NYT is doing whatever it can to placate the mad orange king.
This âexplicitâ is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. Itâs not ambiguous.
I made a spreadsheet of all the federal cases filed as part of Trump's DC crackdown. It's not going great
Speechless⊠Those who own land would be offered a âdigital tokenâ in exchange for rights to redevelop their property, to be used to finance a new life elsewhere or eventually redeemed in âAI-powered, smart citiesâ to be built in Gaza www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
None of this is a secret. The germ theory denial takes up a good part of his book, which was a weird mixture of a personal hit piece against a scientist and a romanticism of being unable to pass 8th-grade science. The other comment is on film. None of this is hiding.
The Secretary of HHS does not accept that germs cause illness. The logical conclusion of that is the worst pseudoscience of all: eugenics. He believes that it is not germs that cause illness, but personal failure (or if you're Chinese or Jewish he thinks bioweapons were designed to avoid you).
Really important thread
Long, painful, necessary thread
This @radiofreetom.bsky.social advice is probably very hard, but likely the right advice. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
This is beyond hypocrisy. This is why I call them the Party of Bad Faith. They have no values but the pursuit of power and domination. Oh and maybe resentment.
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these people are the weakest fuckin weaklings in all US history
Not a physician. Not a scientist. Not any kind of medical professional. But heâs in charge of public health and running his mouth about being able to eyeball âmitochondrial challenges.â Weâre led solely by the cruel, the grifters, and the lowest common denominators.
Very much feeling like having gone through a doctorate to help understand the world is proving to be little more than a self-serving curiosity than any meaningful attempt to support the greater good of humanity.
What is the point of research to understand our world, to then convey it to the people who are supposed to craft policies based on it to protect constituents, when the people in charge just go "I'm smarter than all ya'll: I make my OWN science?"
What he's saying is that he can tell by looking at children which ones he wants to murder for his eugenicist delusions.
Calling this man an insane person is an insult to the insane
New from me: Ontario securities regulator files to force former Bridging Finance executives into bankruptcy www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
The mantra for this era is "fuck you, make me."
You can hear me speak about my book "QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement" on this weeks QAnon Anonymous Podcast. Big thank you to @travisview.bsky.social and @jakerockatansky.bsky.social for having me on. Discount code for my book in the Ep on.soundcloud.com/wb5ifyquFfq0...
I have literally never heard of three no bills. Even two on a case is incredibly unusual. Any former AUSAs ever hear of such a thing?
Jefferson's 1800 letter to Congress about the dangers of Aaron Burr describes Trump so accurately you could just change the name. In fact, in 2016, I did just that. (Ignore the bad handwriting, I was scribbling on my phone with a pen the size of a toothpick)
I can not stress to you how globally humiliating this statement by Trump is for the United States. His complete lack of understanding of, not just the basics of this issue but the extreme political ramifications of it, is a problem. This will not be shrugged off.
this pointâthat this era is not forever and accountability can come in many formsâhas for some reason proved bizarrely elusive for democrats
Another way to frame this headline is "do queer/poor people deserve human therapists?"
Our surveillance state folks, whether we wanted it or not.
SCOOP: CBP has had access to more than 80,000 Flock cameras nationwide. Cops said they didnât understand they were sharing with CBP. Flock has just cut off access: www.404media.co/cbp-had-acce...
Found the link directly to Reuters's PotD! www.reuters.com/pictures/pic...
'Twasn't their photo. It's a Reuters photo supposedly. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Say what you will about the tenets of communism, itâs not about one guy stealing shit.
Letâs not be precious about this. Trump isnât nationalizing Intel. Heâs not getting Intel part owned by the United States government, an entity which he represents. He *stole* 10% of Intel and now *he* is in possession of it.
I like Bernie more than a lot of folks I interact with on here, but with all due respect, jesus fucking Christ dude.
That aged poorly.
The account that made this viral post uses a AI-generated stock photo as their profile picture, and the main claim that Big Balls "was harassing and trying to pick up the 15-year-old girl" is not in the article. We are not immune from disinformation.
Don't forget to report for misinfo!
Since the OP account doesn't seem to be doing anything to validate or clarify their post, highly recommend people report it for the misinformation that it is. bsky.app/profile/thom...
Seems like Horton thinks deleting the post itself was sufficient. No mention of the error in his ways about it. Thanks for screen capping it.
Ok. So thank you to @clarajeffery.bsky.social for picking up on this finally! đđŒ bsky.app/profile/eric...
List of posts outlining the trusted issue at hand. bsky.app/profile/come... bsky.app/profile/tris... bsky.app/profile/tnew... bsky.app/profile/nih-...
Thank you to @radiofreetom.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, and @kenwhite.bsky.social amplifying this message. No thank you to @clarajeffery.bsky.social and everyone else still blindly amplifying the fabricated anecdote.
Beware of pseudonymous accounts with AI profile pics that tell you something you want to hear with no actual sourcing
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social @clarajeffery.bsky.social
I've been wondering how long it would take for these cases to start falling apart www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/u...
@clarajeffery.bsky.social Please see the following!
I don't see how Nichols's statement is in contrast to this? He literally states how those terms didn't arise within politics as your citation states. He instead says it would benefit Dems if those terms disappeared, depriving Cons of that ammunition.
I'd love Vance to explain how any of the wars since WWII ended. Did the Vietnam War end in negotiation? Did the Korean War end in negotiation? Did the Gulf War end in negotiation? Did the Bosnian War end in negotiation? Did the Iraqi War end in negotiation? Did the Afghan War end in negotiation?
The Nazis extorted German businesses as well, in a number of different ways. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
That's a Herculean effort, trying to distill everything the USA has become succinctly over the past eight months
Democracy dies in the darkness of the ink on the pages of the Washington Post.
fwiw, the appellate division's decision does in fact uphold the verdict of fraud against him. the favorable ruling is just that the penalty was too high.
I know itâs beside the point, but, dear gods, the Oval Office is so tacky now.
"Trump is not making America great. He is gutting America. This is not just about forcing #Ukraine to surrender. Trump has surrendered. And going forward, it is only going to get worse." Reminder: Republicans are letting this happen! #PutinOwnsTrump #2026Midterms #2026Elections
Aren't all the people who took the govt buyout going to come onto the unemployment market in September?
Agree with all of the above but important to point out that the dems did put out a decent report in partial response, it just got absolutely zero traction; it was released on NYE đ« . Of course they could and should have done much much more www.techdirt.com/2025/01/10/c...
It's shocking to me (1) how few people understand how organized all of this destruction is; (2) how little organized response there's been. We couldn't even motivate a full-throated public defense from the opposing party. They let the smears fester & those smears factored into their defeat in 2024.
Thanks Renee for this post. I drafted a "Shocking! (Not.)" post about this yesterday, but chose not to send because... IDK... HOW IS IT THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALREADY KNOW THIS? What a failure of the (legitimately) shockingly disorganized opposition to Trump & Trumpism that these tactics aren't old news.
This is not the slightest bit surprising and it began prior to Trump coming back to power. As the idiot AG of Missouri was pursuing Missouri v Biden, Stephen Millerâs America First Legal sued me and my colleagues with the same forum-shopped judge and plaintiffs. Wake up: itâs a machine.
I don't want to hear a fucking peep from these people the next time gun reform comes around. Unless they're out there defending citizens and residents from unlawful search and seizure, they can go fuck themselves when people legislate away their guns.
Where the fuck are all these 2nd Amendment fetishists who said they needed their weapons to defend us against a communistic and fascistic government? Fucking cowards. It was never about rights: it was only about them. Patriots in name only.
It really bothers me that we're not talking about how the GOP cut DC's funding before invading.
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They're owned by Inspire Brands which is privately held. Alas.
Thank god Loomer didn't bring any mention of Arby's Horsey Sauce into it
Who will be remembered longer: You by the DoJ? Or them by the American public?
Thankfully in the age of the Internet, it's far easier to collaborate and document both actions and individuals suborning and destroying our nation.
Add Natalie Baldassarre to the ever-growing list of individuals complicit and content in #GaslightingAmericans and pushing fascism. "remembered for future requests" No Natalie, *you* will be remembered in the future for what you have done and continue to do. bsky.app/profile/jess...
TBC, we absolutely needed to repatriate these women. But this is an absolute slap in the face to their victims, and frankly, all victims of terrorism.
When Canada repatriated some of our ISIL women, it cost over $170k. Wine. Business class flights. Room service. Global Affairs Canada has some explaining to do. This is indefensible misuse of public funds. globalnews.ca/news/1133074...
Our military wasnât great at law enforcement in other countries. @pmskinner.bsky.social might have a few thoughts on this
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small brain: retrocession of dc to maryland medium brain: dc statehood galaxy brain: "reduc[e] the size of Washington, D.C., to an area encompassing only a few core federal buildings and then admit the rest of the Districtâs 127 neighborhoods as states" harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
He lost an election and refused to accept the results. He forced the Smithsonian to lie about American history. He fired the head statistician bcuz he didnât like the jobs numbers. He canât handle the truth. We elected the biggest pussy/coward/sore loser in all of human history.
HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants. Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
The economy is so good that I'm firing the BLS Commissioner for reporting numbers so grim I refuse to believe them, and also demanding the Fed cut rates typically seen during a recession.
Trump firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief over jobs numbers he doesnât like is another example of MAGAâs âBroken Reality.â Trump and his followers reject reality when it conflicts with their desires and beliefs. They replace reality with conspiracy theories that confirm their beliefs.
PS: No one takes Medvedev seriously - even in Russia.
Don't panic over this. (We don't even know if the subs are really moving, or if they're just where they were headed to anyway)
Breaking now: hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers stage a sit in at the Manhattan office building where Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have offices. Theyâre calling for an arms embargo and for food relief in Gaza. Jewish Voice for Peace organized the protest. âLiberation, not starvation!â
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