senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
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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 Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
Definitely not Chicago’s WGN.
If we will never be a Socialist [sic] or Communist [sic] Country [sic], then why are you giving billions of dollars to farmers to make up for losses from your stupid tariffs (SOCIALISM) and having the US government own part of Intel (COMMUNISM)?
Lol 🤦♀️
This is infuckingsane
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power." New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Mike Johnson makes clear that when Congress returns next week he's going to work tirelessly to cover up the Epstein files
Omg.
National Guard doing landscaping in McPherson Square. Washington, DC
Seems like the kind of thing federal agents could handle if they weren’t busy tracking down America’s most wanted DoorDash delivery drivers in DC.
Federal agents. But yeah.
When I reported for duty at Naval Station Great Lakes, I never imagined that some day a US President would seek to use it as a base for surveillance and enforcement activity on American soil. Our military was not set up to cater to the whims of a would-be American dictator.
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
In another instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” This video was deleted from Twitter. So you know what to do. 😏
Shameful. What a slap in the face to law enforcement and the military.
Good point
They shouldn’t be confident.
Ffs. Did he really post that with that pic?
Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"
They were literally praying in a church.
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
The President of the United States sat in the Oval Office and said "a lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator" and that is not even a top story.
He still will. He takes no responsibility.
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open. Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
J.B. Pritzker got it exactly right, Donald Trump is sending the military to blue cities because he wants to undermine free and fair elections in 2026. Trump believes that military deployments in blue cities is his path to keeping power and Republican victory.
CNBC: So we should expect the US government to be taking more equity stakes in businesses around the country? KEVIN HASSETT: It's possible, yeah. That's absolutely right.
Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719. Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469. Textbook corporate greed.
If you’re trying to make it harder for people to vote, stop pretending to give a shit about democracy. Every American - regardless of their political views - deserves to have their voice heard.
The DNC Chair is WRONG. NO ONE should be taking the "high road"!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
Jesse Watters did not believe the election fraud claims but still texted his colleague Greg Gutfeld to say he thought Fox would get “incredible” ratings if they “went ALL in on STOP THE STEAL.” Who cares about democracy if you can get ratings? www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
In the Texas GOP’s proposed congressional gerrymander, one district loses more than 14% of its Latino voters while also gaining heavily Republican, majority-white precincts from surrounding areas, all but guaranteeing a partisan flip.
The federal officer who arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside an immigration detention center in May suggested that he was following the direction of the DOJ's No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, according to bodycam footage.
well holy sh*t 👉 www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
Ffs 🤦♀️
For Every Red 🩸 Blooded American 🇺🇸…. This Is A Abomination of The American 🇺🇸 Flag. and All It Stands For. It’s in Several Russian Papers as well as News Broadcasts. This is Treasonous on the part of a President! Period.
Seriously, where are these low prices?
Zelensky better wear a tie tomorrow!
Donald Trump turned D.C. into a military occupation, wasting millions of taxpayer dollars. It is not about fighting crime. It is about control and crushing protest.
That was indeed the aim.
Life comes at you fast
Gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s social media team isn’t just throwing haymakers they’re out here landing combos 👀
Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."
Donold used the higher crime numbers from 2023 to justify his takeover of D.C., and soon he'll use lower ones from early January this year to "prove" it worked.
Images of documents available in story by NPR: www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Ogles gonna Ogles 🤡
Video shows the family fleeing after masked and unidentified men attempted to detain them and firing three gun shots at the passenger side door behind where the son was sitting. lataco.com/agents-shoot... By @afroxander.bsky.social Video via @ic4ij.bsky.social
In other words: They lied.
ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…
No they aren’t. At least many aren’t.
Sen. Adam Schiff is launching a probe into a federal request to raise the level of a river to accommodate JD Vance's kayak trip on a family outing. Schiff wants info from Pete Hegseth and other officials about the move, which he calls "unjustified and frivolous." www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Oh. So Putin ate him for lunch?
Quite the contrast. Feb 28, 2025. Aug 15, 2025. @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
The U.S. is facing a steep decline in international travelers—and this fee will only make it worse, say tourism officials.
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony. Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
OBAMA TO TEXAS DEMS: "We became complacent... This precious democracy is not a given. It requires us to fight for it." 🇺🇸
Such a stark contrast.
No lies told here.
Wow. That is so sad.
RFK Jr, who compared health officials to Nazis, inspects damage done by a shooter targeting the CDC
US BUDGET DEFICIT SOARS The deficit jumped 19% to $291B in July. This is despite $21B collected from Americans due to higher import taxes, which led to higher costs on goods like furniture, footwear, and auto parts. The deficit for 2025 is already $1.63 trillion, up 7% from the last year.
GOP: the second amendment protects us from tyranny Also GOP: YAY! Federal troops are being sent to control DC! GOP: we support the free market! Also GOP: it’s fine that NVIDIA and AMD are being illegally forced to pay 15% to the government to sell their products in China.
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The new head of US labor statistics recorded a podcast promoting Project 2025.
"Greene's net worth has reportedly increased from $700,000 before she joined Congress to approximately $22 million today, according to multiple media outlets," the report said." www.rawstory.com/marjorie-tay...
Seriously?
Trump's DOJ just cleared the way for healthcare monopoly UnitedHealth to buy the second-largest provider of home healthcare in America. The approval came after UnitedHealth hired Ballard Partners, Pam Bondi's former employer, to lobby on its behalf. "Drain the swamp."
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
American corporations are on pace to spend $1.1 trillion on stock buybacks in 2025, an all-time high. Buybacks don't create more jobs, increase wages, or grow the economy — but they do help juice CEO pay that's often tied to stock performance. Nothing trickles down to workers.
The party of small government is currently advocating for federal troops and members of the military to patrol the streets and detain citizens. And the GOP fluffers on social media are just… fine with that?
No wonder he had to join ICE.
Welp
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring. And then that guy was "silenced" forever. And now we will just not talk about anything else until they... #ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
Not saying these FBI agents aren’t good at what they do. I’m sure they would rather do what they trained to do.
It sounds like it’s probably going to make it more dangerous because they are not trained in this and will likely escalate situations.
The CEO of a multi-trillion-dollar company walked into the White House, handed the president a gold gift, and soon after, his company got a special exemption from tariffs the president illegally imposed. The Founders took bribery so seriously, they banned it three separate times in the Constitution.
Now RFK Jr has cut funding for mRNA vaccine research intended to find a means to PREVENT cancers and HIV! Stand with the doctors and nurses Sign and share the petition to remove RFK Jr as HHS Secretary www.change.org/p/rfk-jr-mus...
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Hes trying to start a culture war. The only way he is successful
President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set
Today would be a good day to release the Epstein Files. Unredacted. In their entirety.
Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes. Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.
They love their deep state shit. They say the word and hypnotize the cult to get in line.
the just out July jobs report is not good news for the economy
I’m guessing most of these ‘deals’ are stall tactics and the negotiators are going to be huge @nealkatyal.bsky.social fans over the next few days as the tariff case appeal is being argued. 2paragraphs.com/2025/07/ex-o...