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Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
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There is no peace without justice. Old Democratic blogger at yastreblyansky.blogspot.com and yastreblyansky.substack.com. He/him. Is this where the party is?
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the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron RuparCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
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Domestically our government tries to prosecute people all the time who are clearly innocent. Even if you are not bothered by the lack of due process (and we all should be) huge amount of trust is going into intelligence behind who the US boat kills. And Senators are saying that trust is unwarranted.
CNNThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
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Cool, cool. We’re basically out of ATACMS and PrSM, and we used half our *global* TLAM supply… all for the Strait of Hormuz to still be closed?
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A third detainee died after being held at Delaney Hall, according to Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), who said the death wasn’t disclosed to the public by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because the agency recently changed how it reports deaths of detainees. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/t...
A Third Delaney Hall Detainee Has Died, New Jersey Congressman SaysRep. Rob Menendez said ICE confirmed details of the death, which took place weeks ago, to him during an oversight visit to the facility on Monday.www.thecityreporter.nyc
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I mean yeah, it’s the corruption. But it’s also that he impulsively spends billions and makes policy the way most rich dudes buy luxury sports cars. He heard about it on the golf course and now he has to have it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Trump’s Fixation on Arctic Ships Led to Billions in No-Bid ContractsThe president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers after a game of golf with Finland’s president. Experts say it’s far from clear the United States needs so many.www.nytimes.com
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Cash from misery. Time to spread these profits around a little. #climatecrisis
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisisIran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damagewww.theguardian.com
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James Talarico: “Healthcare is a human right, it is not a privilege. If you read our scriptures, if you read the New Testament, what does Jesus spend most of his time doing? It’s not preaching, it’s not teaching, it is healing the sick. In Matthew 25, scripture says that’s how we will be judged"
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One drum I keep beating is that the Trumpification of the Republican Party is irreversible. Even after he's gone it will be exclusively cranks, charlatans, and malevolent antisocial goons. "It was always like that"-it wasn't! It's gotten steadily, measurably worse, and he was the nail in the coffin
Don MoynihanNew, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant. Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
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Pam Bondi sold as much as $5.5M in Trump Media securities on April 2, 2025, and hours later Trump announced the tariffs that sank the stock she had just left. We know why the federal govt did nothing: Bondi ran the department that would have investigated her. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/pam-bondi-...
Pam Bondi Implicated in As Much As $5.5 Million in Insider TradingBut what can be done about it?cmarmitage.substack.com
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James Talarico: Today is the the anniversary of Ken Paxton’s famous mugshot. What's fascinating about that story is that he was scamming his own friends. If Ken Paxton is willing to scam his own friends for a quick buck, what makes you think he's not going to scam you in the United States Senate?
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I have a lot of respect for Gordon Brown, he is right we must not forget Afghan women and girls, we need to support them in their fight for education and freedom.
After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon BrownEven in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brownwww.theguardian.com
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it’s actually crazy how every Republican who claims they will stand up to Trump is just a total cuck with a humiliation fetish
Aaron RuparTillis admits Trump is weaponizing the DOJ during his speech announcing he'll vote for Todd Blanche: "Maybe it's a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one ... I'm going to support Mr Blanche's nomination"
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“Mullin let slip a very dirty secret indeed: By reforming governing processes, we can broaden legal pathways for immigrants to work in the US in ways that would benefit our economy and our country.” MAGA was furious. Yet more evidence that the purpose of “mass deportations” is ethnic cleansing.
Greg SargentDon't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
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Told directly by a political ally, Trump DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, that a migrant labor system will make them money—yes, you in the audience, you will be richer—and they hated it because the workers would be Latino. You can’t appeal to them with material benefits. That is not their priority.
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Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
PoliticoMichigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
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FYI the states that generate the most wind power are Texas, Iowa, and Oklahoma
Aaron RuparTrump: "Any country with windmills is a loser"
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@yastreblyansky.bsky.social: "Aipac is floundering somewhat in the face of Israel’s unpopularity, not merely in the US, but in particular among American Jews"
MichiganGird your loins, but the real fight is up aheadsubstack.com