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Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. 👇

“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

New investigation shows how Russia has spent decades training Iranian specialists who went on to work in Iran’s defense industry. Despite mounting evidence of Iranian and Russian cooperation, including on potentially the nuclear program, Trump continues providing cover for Moscow

O'KEEFE: You have been writing letters & trying to get updates on the status of McConnell. Have you heard anything? BESHEAR: I have heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell... all he needs to do is do a video for 2 minutes to the people he's supposed to serve, but he absolutely refuses to

Why is Kushner anywhere near this? He has no security clearance or role in the government. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/w...

Always finding creative new ways to be cruel and make people wish they’d never bet on America.

thus do we understand half the reason for the NYT’s seething anti-Mamdani grudge

The New York Times reports the U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a family home in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their 2-year-old son. The paper found no indication of a nearby military target.

I remember when Bill Clinton met with the Attorney General for three minutes when Hillary was being investigated for mishandling classified information, and the republicans cried bloody murder. Now, the AG nominee is covering for pedophiles and that seems okay. WHAT THE FUCK?

The fight for free and fair elections is the challenge of our generation. I started Democracy Docket to help inform and guide that fight. It has no corporate investors or advertisers. It relies on you for free subscriptions and paid memberships. Join today. demdock.com/4w6emld

Trump wants to use USPS to restrict mail voting. And he’s going all the way to the top. “The government is at the U.S. Supreme Court trying to effectuate what they have not been able to get through Congress,” @marcelias.bsky.social says. Stay informed. Fight back: https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg

I won't mince my words from what I saw and heard at the ICE detention center at Dilley. Today in America, babies and toddlers are imprisoned. These are real people navigating profound trauma and their basic human rights are violated daily.

Peter Navarro is on TV talking about hydroxychloroquine, which is enough to cause a PTSD flareup. I'm not sure it's smart for Trump's cronies to publicly relitigate their handling of covid.

"If there is a question to ask, then, it is this: Why does Musk get a pass? Why do politicians, journalists and commentators treat his far-right racist radicalism as a sideshow rather than the core of his political, ideological and industrial project..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

WILLIE NELSON: “.. America deserves thoughtful stewardship” of land. “The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints ..”

This administration will stop at nothing to take away a woman's right to make her own health care decisions. Mifepristone is proven to be safe and effective. This is not about health—this is about control. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:

We are 100 days from the midterm elections. Democrats have a clear path to the majority in the House and Senate. Trump and the GOP's only strategy is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat. We will fight them in every district and in every state. And when we fight we win!

The legacy media is reconsidering the White House Correspondence dinner because Trump insulted them. What they don't get is that they insulted their viewers and readers by attending in the first place. Support independent media that doesn't suck up to Trump whether he is nice to them or not.

Ossoff: "Each day his allies are fewer & even they no longer deny his corruption, the obscene self-dealing while he plunges nation deeper into reckless war while he rakes in billions & builds himself ballroom & prepares again to attack elections. Let's be clear, one man attempted fraud in GA: Trump"

Put this directly into my veins

Only ICE will investigate ICE now. That doesn't seem suss at all.

The President of the United States is not only a Pedophile, but a he’s rapist & 34x convicted felon as well. Great choice MAGA. A bunch of idiots following a dangerous 🤡. Throw him prison NOW!

Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.

The Secret Service has blocked the BBC from serving Donald Trump Jr. with a subpoena seeking his Jan. 6 communications, according to a court filing Friday. www.rawstory.com/trump-jr-sec...

I'm watching the Trump speech because I have to for my job and it's the most batshit crazy presidential speech I've ever heard in my nearly 50 years alive Where it's coherent—which is only intermittently—it's on its face the largest tureen of turd soup any POTUS has ever served

In 2020, Trump lied before the election, lied after the election and -- when he lost in court -- incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol. Right now, he is lying and losing in court ahead of 2026. He is going to escalate and we need to be ready.

FLAG: Karoline Leavitt would not say whether Trump will accept the results of the midterms.

Oyer: "2 days after Blanche was confirmed as deputy AG, he fired me from my position as DOJ's career pardon attorney. I declined to rubber stamp a favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job. Mr Blanche's office had asked me to restore the gun rights of a convicted domestic abuser..."

OSSOFF: I expect tonight's speech to be equal parts pathetic and dangerous. I think we will hear from the world's most famous sore loser, a prime time presidential sour grapes address reheating, debunked conspiracy theories about an election in which he was soundly defeated.

OSSOFF: If there's one person who committed election fraud in Georgia, it's Donald Trump—when he dialed up our state's senior most election official, and tried to bully him in a recorded phone call to “find” the exact number of votes Donald Trump needed to win in a state

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

Warnock: "The SAVE Act is about saving Donald Trump's power. It's not about saving our democracy. It is a voter suppression bill, pure and simple."

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

Ossoff: "If there is one person who committed election fraud in Georgia, it is Donald Trump"

Trump will lie about the 2020 election. Trump will lie about the 2026 election. But, if Trump claims powers he does not have, or tries to undermine free and fair election, we will sue and we will win. If you doubt me, take a look at my record in beating him and his allies in court.

Epstein survivor Dani Bensky on meeting with Blanche:   "Todd Blanche treated the meeting as a mere 'check-the-box' exercise intended to secure votes for his confirmation. He danced around his wording, repeatedly interrupted us and could not commit to anything that would demonstrate good faith."

Warnock: "Look at this from a common sense perspective. I won two elections -- in '21 and '22. Our congressional delegation is majority Republican, so are you saying that on the same ballots that elected my R colleagues, their ballots are legit and the ballots that elected Ossoff & myself are not?"

NEWS: Epstein survivors just gave Todd Blanche a failing grade after their meeting. "Condescending." "Gaslighting." No plan to go after anyone beyond Epstein and Maxwell. And Sen. Tillis's reaction? Somehow worse.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - AP Exclusive: ICE officer who shot Maine migrant has history of threatening behavior, family and court documents say.

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

NEWS: Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion defense bill, saying they refuse to advance a massive Pentagon funding package after Trump launched the Iran war without congressional authorization. The procedural vote failed 50-46, short of the 60 votes needed.

@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”

🚨 NEWS: Wisconsin election officials have found probable cause that Elon Musk violated the state's election bribery law and have referred complaints against him to the Brown County District Attorney. 1/

4 MONTHS FROM TODAY are the Midterm Elections. Make sure you & everyone you know are registered to VOTE. VOTE for Dems to take back the House & Senate. VOTE to hold the most corrupt individual ever to occupy the WH accountable! VOTE to let our country to begin to heal. 🇺🇸 On 11/3/26: VOTE BLUE 🌊

Cutting USAID abruptly, as the US did under DOGE (Trump and Musk), has and continues to kill people; this isn't an opinion but a common sense understanding of cause and effect.