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The latest attack ad from Winsome Earle-Sears has this quote from Abigail Spanberger Wouldn’t be surprised if majority of Virginians support that statement There is a risk Earle-Sears enters Ken Cuccinelli territory if goes overboard on social issues
A federal court ruled that President Trump unlawfully invoked a law to swiftly deport Venezuelan migrants, blocking one of his administration’s most contentious immigration initiatives and teeing up a battle sure to end up before the Supreme Court.
Prominent far-right influencers have been attempting to rehabilitate Hitler's reputation. That's not an exaggeration; it's easily documented. I wrote about why they are doing this, what they hope to gain, and what it means for America.
"One could make the argument we should have sided with Hitler," a guest told Tucker Carlson's podcast last month. Yair Rosenberg writes about the MAGA influencers who want to rehabilitate the Nazi leader—and what they hope to gain by doing so.
Donald Trump and the GOP are destroying American manufacturing. #TrumpTariffs #tariffs #tariff #TrumpTradeWar #TrumpRecession #Trumpcession
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
RFK Jr., Pete Hegseth, and other Cabinet nominees assured senators such as Susan Collins that they wouldn’t act on their most controversial opinions. And yet, they’ve done just that. trib.al/cFztBcT
Reps. Massie and Khanna filed a bipartisan discharge petition calling on the DOJ to release the Epstein files in full. The move struck a nerve with Trump, who called Massie “the worst Republican congressman.” We’ll see if Trump has anything more to say. trib.al/BuOtcvy
I'm just saying, if there was a 365-day window in which voters of #NewYorkCity BOTH sent abusive bozo #AndrewCuomo packing AND sent @lindseyboylan.bsky.social to Congress (if she so chose to run), it would reflect quite positively on #NYC . #NY12
I'd love to see #AZ01 open up this cycle.
In a sane world, #SusanCollins would be shamed into resigning over this transparent corruption. #MESen #MEpolitics #Maine @mainedems.bsky.social @grahamformaine.bsky.social @collinswatch.bsky.social @mainebeacon.bsky.social @suitupmaine.bsky.social @mainepeople.bsky.social @aobrien2024.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins raked in $2 million from a billionaire private equity exec a day before she voted to advance Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
What comes aprés Trump? I have some thoughts. The biggest is that JD Vance has Malenkov written all over him . . . www.thebulwark.com/p/the-death-...
ht: @mattgertz.bsky.social 1. MPD seeks warrant to arrest GOP congressman for allegedly assaulting a 27-year-old woman. 2. Trump-appointed US Attorney's office refuses to sign it. 3. Trump takes over MPD. 4. MPD says investigation is closed. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Incumbent first-term Republican bozo Rob Bresnahan has skyrocketed up the list of laughably #corrupt Congresspeople. Support #Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti to unseat him for #PA08 at: secure.actblue.com/donate/cogne... #Pennsylvania
Today would be a really good day to follow and support @bohannaniowa.bsky.social for #IA01 : secure.actblue.com/donate/em-cb... #Iowa #iapolitics #energy
A legal resistance led by a patchwork coalition of lawyers, public-interest groups, Democratic state attorneys general, and unions has frustrated Trump’s ambitions. @michaelscherer.bsky.social reports on the one anti-Trump resistance movement that’s actually working:
"Of the 384 cases filed through August 28 against the Trump administration, 130 have led to orders blocking at least part of the president’s efforts, and 148 cases await a ruling, according to a review by Just Security." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth violated the Posse Comitatus Act with their troop deployment to Los Angeles, Judge Charles Breyer rules after trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
President Trump’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles violated the law, a federal judge ruled.
BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from using military troops in immigration raids or law enforcement operations in California, ruling the President's deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles earlier this year violated a federal law.
Federal judge: Trump's National Guard deployment to LA violated the Posse Comitatus Act. It's "an extraordinarily important ruling," says @lizagoitein.bsky.social.
BREAKING: Judge Breyer rules that President Trump's deployment of the military to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, says Trump is using military as a "national police force with the president as its chief." Injunction granted. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Trump’s Troop Deployment to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
incredible. 10/10 no notes. Emil Bove continued to work at DOJ - for the administration- after he was confirmed as a judge. Almost as if he doesn’t think his role, defending stuff Trump did, changed once he became a judge! (sure he wasn’t sworn in but AYFKM???) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
The only reason for Emil Bove to be still showing up for Trump administration photo opps (in this photo from Trump’s D.C. takeover, peeking out at top right) is that Emil Bove understands himself to be part of the Trump administration on an ongoing basis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
“Donald Trump has figured out the cheat code for authoritarianism: Fake emergencies bring real power,” @rosenzweigp.bsky.social argues. Yet more troubling is the lack of effort from Congress or the courts to curtail the use of such “emergency” powers:
If Donald Trump’s tariffs are overturned, his administration could face chaos repaying the money it wrongfully took. “Creating a huge mess is a consistent Trump method,” @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
Potentially big in VA-1 if she does end up running Shannon Taylor came up short in VA AG Dem primary She is current top prosecutor in Henrico county in Richmond suburbs Would give Dems a strong candidate against incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman Dems looking to target VA-1 in 2026
More framing like this, please www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
“.. Memphis, after all, has long been one of the most dangerous cities in the country, with a murder rate about twice as high as the nation’s capital ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Incumbent first-term Republican bozo Rob Bresnahan has skyrocketed up the list of laughably #corrupt Congresspeople. Support #Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti to unseat him for #PA08 at: secure.actblue.com/donate/cogne... #Pennsylvania
Today would be a really good day to follow and support @bohannaniowa.bsky.social for #IA01 : secure.actblue.com/donate/em-cb... #Iowa #iapolitics #energy
Miller-Meeks (R) is defending her congressional seat in a race ranked TOSS-UP. Trump's opposition to wind power might be enough to let Democrats flip her seat. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
NEW: Republicans are increasingly anxious about how inflation could affect the party in the 2026 midterms, and want President Trump to take more aggressive steps to address rising prices
Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up on.ft.com/46g7Iyd
(FT) - Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump’s America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics — and said other investors are too scared of the president to speak up. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/b86b...
My prediction for THE ANNOUNCEMENT is more conventional and purely scammy: Solely to inflate the value of Trump crypto interests, he's going to announce the creation of a federal crypto "reserve."
NEW: Trump will be making an announcement from the Oval tomorrow at 2 PM ET.
It’s long past time you all stopped using “Congress” when you mean “Republicans”. Not a single Democrat voted for this hot mess of an appointment. This endless grind to maintain a non-partisan tone, despite the partisanship of our fascist reality, is willfully blind, & a betrayal of your country.
Just an astonishing, powerful op-ed that drives home what we are losing and what's already been lost. We are so incredibly fortunate to live with the advances modern medicine and health science. Destroying and stymieing it is just unforgivable. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Happy Labor Day!
Someone please kill me right now.
Any political analysts / columnists / pundits REALLY wanna piss Trump off? Not that I want to normalize a President JD Vance (🤢) for... after... but, start writing rundowns of who Vance would pick as his successor VP when he ascends... after Trump...
$24,000+ from every one of the 330 million people living in America, if true.
Drudge on September 1, 2025.
He's not looking well this morning.
lmao YOU LITERALLY TARIFFED LUMBER
Oh, come on, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social , who among us HASN'T transparently violated campaign finance policy to fund our lavish vacations?! Who, I ask! 🙃
My dive into right wing piss pants baby culture Why are conservatives such cowards? www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Unemployment for Black Americans has surged to 7.2%, the highest level since October 2021, when the job market was still recovering from the pandemic. The drop in employment is a warning sign. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
A great round-up of current Trump health questions that reads like if Robert Caro was covering the topic: #BruisedHands #PatternChanges #YearsOfLies #DiminishedCapacity #SwollenAnkles #BidenPrecedent
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
just sickening #January6th
Yeah it's not exactly subtle what's going on here
Did Trump post a week-old golfing pic as if it were today? That would really thicken the plot, huh?
U.S. President Donald Trump's standing among voters has taken a turn for the worse as polls suggest some voters, even Republicans, are souring on his agenda.
the GOP/Tea Party/MAGA collectively is just three supervillain origin stories in a trenchcoat
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.
Seen on my run in Rock Creek Park today. Parking lot near Beach and Tilden. Paper taped on over a Harris 2024 sign.
If you believe that CD-5 deserves a Representative who shows up, tackles the hard issues and does what’s right for Oklahoma’s working families, I need your help. We’re staring down our first fundraising deadline tonight at midnight and want to finish strong. Can you pitch in? Link in the comments.
Bottom line: Trump’s tariffs raise prices. They don’t increase wages. Working families suffer while the billionaires get richer. That’s not okay with me…
Donald Trump believes public health cost him in 2020. He wanted to move past the pandemic quickly. But the experts kept pushing back. Kennedy is a man whose career depends on attacking and undermining public health. Their alliance is political.
One thing the DC occupation drives home is how many types of federal cops there are.
I guess he changed hats and won’t go anywhere near the press for 5 days for no particular reason. Also can’t get any video of him actually playing golf from the usual sources.
Leavitt has a habit of verbally assailing reporters and condescending to them rather than answering their questions. trib.al/991Yq0T
We are watching resegregation happen in real time. It's neo Jim Crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Households earning between $50,000 and $100,000 are trading down, cutting back and feeling increasingly strapped, while high earners keep on spending.
A few interesting polls from gallup this week: A poll on Trump's performance finds his overall approval rating at 40%, in line with his 1st-term average and up from a bit July. But his approval on the economy is 37%, 15 points below his 1st-term avg. news.gallup.com/poll/694370/...
They’re doing all this to prevent people from MEMORIALIZING A MASS SHOOTING
Someone pointed out that he could have been alive today (age 84), and it really put in perspective how recent 'history' can be.
For real: Are Republicans not embarrassed by stuff like this??
As our neighbors vanish daily, this serves as a meaningful way to honor them and highlight the extent of this issue throughout the city’s
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
Stuart Stevens, currently to the left of most democratic leaders on the Hill
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
“Actual issues that impact our real lives” In Chattanooga, Candidate for Governor Jerri Green (D) asks if folks care about rising grocery prices (YES), women’s rights (YES), or trans athletes (NO) @marshablackburn runs on it, but we’ve had 0 trans athlete issues in Tennessee
🐔 Rep Chuck Fleischmann (R) tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press he will “never” do a town hall www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...
Int'l students do not take the place of American students—they subsidize them by paying full freight & reducing costs for US students. Foreign students contributed $43 billion to the economy & supported 10s of thousands of US jobs. It is one of our key exports and this admin is killing it. Grade: F
Trump is throwing away tens of billions of dollars in services exports by denying hundreds of thousands of international students visas. International students subsidize Americans by paying full freight ~$43 billion. And losing this money will increase our trade deficit as it's considered an export
The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
Susan Collins is such a transparently dishonest laughingstock that there are SO. MANY. MEMES.
Conservatives on social media go crazy about Sydney Sweeney and Cracker Barrel: U.S. media rushes to post hundreds of stories. Liberals on social media go wild speculating about Trump’s health: U.S. media generally ignores. Exception: Status News, The Wrap and…Drudge, who links to UK press:
The month of August 2025 may go down as the worst in the history of the US Health and Human Services Department. It’s against this chaos that Democrats are demanding that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. be removed from his post as the nation’s top public health official.
insert meme of Eric Andre shooting Hannibal Buress HERE
Elections don't *just* matter - they are literally life & death determinants. And not just national elections - local, rubber-meets-the-road elections... like this:
The Voting Rights Act is the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. Experts unpack its origins, its impact, and the challenges it faces today in our latest Brennan Center Live episode. Listen: bit.ly/469k7nI
The farce we're all living in...
NEWS: Walgreens just got taken over by private equity. Private equity has a record of running companies into the ground. Walgreens could be the latest victim: closing more stores, service plummeting, workers losing their jobs, and eventually bankruptcy.
State supreme courts are so important right now. We put together a guide of every single high court: it answers 20 questions for each state! Crucial resource for people who care or work on this!
Remember when Republicans claimed government was too big and too intrusive and threatened liberty?
THE MACHINES ARE RISING UP!!! 🤖
As nimble as Fred Astaire. No, I mean, Fred Astaire *today*.
It's the combo of the giant head and tiny face. It's like his face made the margins too big in Word.
“The claim that trans people are disproportionately responsible for mass violence in America comes up every few months. It has never been true.” USA Today fact check from their extremism beat reporter www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
