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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

a deranged Peter Navarro lies on Newsmax of covid that Fauci "created the virus himself"

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

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Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social

Katie sitting down with Hannity

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We needed a heliport. Two things they wanted at the White House. They wanted a great heliport. Very important, because we land a lot of big helicopters. The biggest. And they always wanted a ballroom."

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social

Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for calling on the legal profession to step up to protect elections Our democracy needs you! If you are a lawyer with some time to give, join the good fight w/ @wetheaction.bsky.social👇

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social

We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!

Bill Corbett@billcorbett.bsky.social

I’m glad the USA built up the hugest, most destructive military apparatus in the history of the world so that this pathetic creep can use it to act out his deep psychosexual issues

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "Telling someone to get in shape or shave or fix their uniform or start busting their ass -- that's not discrimination. That's leadership"

The Capybaron, Seasonally Spooky@thecapybaron.bsky.social

Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv. His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Clarke: It’s hard to take Justice Thomas and Justice Alito seriously. They are not engaged in independent interpretation of the law or our Constitution. They are solely focused on putting their thumb on the scale of Donald Trump’s agenda each and every time.

Edward Luce@edwardluce.bsky.social

"Out of spite for President Donald Trump, Carney is accelerating the decoupling of a trade bloc that has generated enormous prosperity for North America." Seriously, Wapo editorial - you're going with Canadian spite? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

washingtonpost.comOpinion | Canada’s great European misadventureDonald Trump is for now. A Brussels bureaucrat is forever.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

These 18 Democrats joined House Republicans in blocking a resolution to impeach Trump earlier this week. Rick Larsen represents a D+12 district. Also Clyburn???

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social

NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...

talkingpointsmemo.comExclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

My view is that there’s zero reason more traditional liberals couldn’t mirror the outrage except they’re apparently in some weird cultural bubble where being the public vehicle for strong feelings is embarrassing

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

It’s unclear if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will be back in the chamber Monday as the Senate reconvenes after a five-week recess. McConnell, 84, has not appeared in the Senate since June following a fall at home.

washingtonpost.comThe Senate returns Monday. It’s not clear if McConnell will be back.The Kentucky Republican has not returned to the chamber since he suffered a fall three months ago.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Media elites still haven't accepted this, but the three main pillars of Trumpism (tariffs, deportations, America First militarism) have all been utterly discredited. I think this convo on the excellent Neon Liberalism pod broke new ground, hope you'll listen: www.liberalcurrents.com/the-midterms...

liberalcurrents.comThe Midterms Will Be a Referendum on MAGA (Neon Liberalism #90, with Greg Sargent)How elites got hoodwinked by the vibe shift.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

there are no words for how over the top Tim Scott's Trumpapalooza performance is. it's an SNL cold open

General Boles@generalboles.bsky.social

Why does Robinhood's CEO look like the Sheriff of Nottingham?

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social

As murder rates plummet to a 20-year low, why are so many American cities still grappling with disorder? In @themimsshow.bsky.social, Carine Hajjar sits down with Heather Mac Donald to explore “teen takeovers,” pushback against progressive prosecutors and more.

wapo.stOpinion | Is crime really down?The latest from “Make It Make Sense” on the justice system and policing.

CNBC@cnbc.com

Robinhood CEO says companies can't control how their stock is tokenized as AMC clash escalates

cnb.cxRobinhood CEO says companies can't control how their stock is tokenized as AMC clash escalatesRobinhood's Vlad Tenev said public companies can’t control financial products built around their stock while acknowledging token holders don’t get voting rights.

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social

As murder rates plummet to a 20-year low, why are so many American cities still grappling with disorder? In @themimsshow.bsky.social, Carine Hajjar sits down with Heather Mac Donald to explore “teen takeovers,” pushback against progressive prosecutors and more.

wapo.stOpinion | Is crime really down?The latest from “Make It Make Sense” on the justice system and policing.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

“A lot of them don’t believe that their fight is partisan, and it’s not.” Yes it is. MAHA is overwhelmingly a right-wing movement with right-wing goals. The reason they make “progressive” arguments is to trick mainstream figures into working with them — exactly as AOC seems to be doing.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

My man looks like Raylan Givens is giving him a count to three

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social

Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

“The secretary had no business ​interfering in the normal process. He has an anti-vaccine agenda and he's using this to play out his anti-vaccine agenda.” -Dr. Georges Benjamin, CEO of @apha.org. And I’m sure RFK Jr. didn’t “ask”. He ordered the CDC Director to remove the deaths. And she did it.

reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Kennedy asked to remove Pennsylvania measles death from CDC tally, sources sayU.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked his new CDC director to remove a reference to two Pennsylvania deaths from the agency’s online measles tally after he questioned whether the disease c...

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social

Both pro- and anti-measles factions should tone down their rhetoric. Atrocious, yes, but also puzzled by the terrible quality of thinking. If someone paid me fuck-you money to ghostwrite apologetics for fascists, I could do a better job than this in my sleep. Fear not, I’m (probably) not for sale.

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social

Senate candidates and surrogates are fair game. But the calling is to leave news consumers broadly informed. The question "which party and candidate has the most hateful surrogates?" has a correct answer. Now a lot of people believe the opposite of the truth. www.offmessage.net/p/media-fail...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sean Duffy: "You know the stop/start button on your car? I hate that thing. Thank you Lee Zeldin! He's gotten rid of it and the first cars without the stop/start button are rolling off the line."

Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social

In which @jamellebouie.net reveals the Secret Sauce of his punditry. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...