Rational Gal

Former Federal Prosecutors and Human Rights Leaders Launch New Organization to Ensure Criminal Accountability for Public Officials in the United States ruleoflawproject.org/news/project...

Everyone should read these threads I did about industry lobbyists and the EPA and understand them. Take the time to see the unambiguous evidence of what's happening now at this moment inside the EPA. Please retweet them. Please read them. Each one of the threads. It's happening in slow motion.

This is why Trump just said at his rally that he doesn’t care about high gas prices because people who own stakes in the oil and gas industry are getting rich.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Trump Unleashes Racist Tirade That should be the headline in every newspaper.

"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...

Trump and Musk are just stringing Ukraine along and letting Russia attack it with impunity. And the American press is foolishly falling for blue smoke and mirrors, arguing whether Musk or Trump are responsible. Hint, they both are!

You wanna know why billionaire mega-donors are spending $200 million against me? Because I don’t take their corporate PAC money — and I never will. I don’t work for them. I work for you.

AKA JD Dumbass!

Just a year ago his beautiful mother was living on the streets of Thailand after a life of being used for breeding. We found her scavenging around for food. To see Sienna now in Wales, on daily walks in the forests and being spoiled rotten is the thing of absolute dreams.

Neil Bush: “I see in [James Talarico] the qualities I admire most in public servants: integrity, civility, humility, and a willingness to listen to those with whom he disagrees... a principled, pragmatic leader who understands public office is a responsibility to serve, not an entitlement to power.”

Rage against the new Gilded Age is reaching the point of consensus. A THREAD.

Republican candidate Brandon Herrera on giving women the right to vote: “I’m not saying that the 19th amendment was a mistake. I’m just saying the country went to shit after.”

Not content with the $2 billion he made last year and the $400 million in his super PAC, Trump is using your money to run pro-MAGA ads before the midterms. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

“These people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes." From @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu: buff.ly/NX3U6kW

If you haven't seen it yet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...

“.. Now the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group is preparing to leave its San Diego base .. the move reflects the fact that the administration is considering a ramp-up of its military-strike campaign after November, the officials said.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Just ordered my tickets to Trumpapalooza in Dallas. I won’t be going, of course. I just wanted to make sure six seats spend the evening listening to Trump instead of actual human beings. You can order yours here: events.gopconvention.com/events/2026-...

No, not irreversible. But it will almost certainly take more than one Democratic term to fix. Which is why I’ve been so insistent that folks stop the goddamn purity tests and vote responsibly in November. We aren’t looking for perfect candidates. We’re looking for better than Republicans.

If no one has standing to sue Trump in court to stop his lawlessness, then it’s imperative to elect members of Congress who will. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

In our most important elections, election deniers are running to control elections as Secretaries of State. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Next week, billionaire donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to toast their own corruption. In the shadow of this Billionaire Ball, we’ll be collecting food to help Texans struggling with rising grocery prices. JOIN: bit.ly/GroceryDriveTX

On 2 September 1973 J.R.R. #Tolkien died aged 81. #Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the best-selling book of the 20th Century, and is joined by seminal works The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. He may have died 53 years ago but his influence and legacy lives on in us all. Namárië. #booksky #lotr

Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5

The only laureate to have been awarded two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories. The first Nobel Prize laureate to receive two prizes. The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. Her name was Marie Skłodowska Curie and she made history.

Trump introduces another tax hike on Americans

(CNN) - The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during .. Pearl Harbor .. .. there have been internal conversation about renaming it to honor Trump.” @halbritz.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...

I'll never steal your pen.

Trump doesn't want to interfere with the money laundering and other corruption he's come to depend on. "The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to scale back scrutiny of the shadowy shell companies that criminals use to launder money and traffic drugs."

Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.

Trump was the honored guest at the White House Correspondents Dinner on July 24. Less then three weeks earlier, he secretly left some of them to face death on an Air Force 1 targeted by Iran. But they’ll invite him again next year: wapo.st/4i1OByht

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Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.

Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶

Why does the Trump family need IRS immunity??? Pretty sus, if your ask me.

Here. You probably need this.

Blanche’s appeasement is hollow. Trump still gets immunity from tax audits worth $100 million. And last week’s payout to abortion clinic blocker shows the path to payouts to rewrite history will be individual settlements instead of one designated fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Well, it's not as if Republicans have a history of standing with women.

bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

When Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he has lived for years, he was charged with a felony. Camping bans are on the rise as states seek to crack down on homelessness. n.pr/4wXErmI

Seems important

Florida is far too expensive, and our young people are being priced out of the American Dream. Whether it's lowering the cost of school and rent, or expanding job opportunities, we need to be doing more. I'm working to ensure kids like my 15-year-old daughter can dream big.

Fernando Arrigorriaga wildlife photographer Wire-crested Thorntail Endemic to the western slope of the Andes of Ecuador and the southwestern tip of Colombia

You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.

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