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So far, 65,000 people have been displaced from Spokane, Washington. Europe too is burning, while 1000 year floods routinely inundate the nation and world. On some other planet, Trump and his army of Republican idiots continue to insist climate change is a hoax. This is what Novembers are made for.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

The President promotes Scotts Miracle-Gro in the middle of an Oval Office event: The best grass you can get. Scotts, you know Scotts? Scott's Miracle-Gro, they're doing it. They do great grass. I got to give him a plug because they did the White House for free.

“How could Taylor Swift let Travis Kelce invite these people?!?” People are *so close* to getting it.

Our hearts are with everyone in Spokane and across Washington! 💚

#BOTD Peter O'Toole was born on this day August 2, 1932. A man who lived just as passionately and wildly as he acted. One of the greatest, an incorrigible acting rebel and bohemian. An icon. "I will not be a common man because it is my right to be uncommon." #PeterOToole #FilmSky

@governor.pa.gov: "You know why he didn't sign [the housing bill]? Because he actually doesn't give a damn about people having affordable housing or people being able to put a roof over their head. He literally doesn't care. He only cares about himself."

Greece is burning. Spain is burning. Sicily, Wales, Türkiye, Canada, the US— the entire planet is engulfed in flames. Decades of warnings ignored. Decades of corporate denial exposed. The science was right all along: our home is on fire. We need immediate, radical climate action.

As disgraceful as you might think Paul Weiss is, it's much worse. A must read. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Sanders: Look at what Mamdani is doing and contrast that with Trump. Trump cuts funding for child care. Mamdani thinks we should have free, universal child care. Who do you think is on the side of the American people on these issues?

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The new Faux News

“The president and first lady seemed totally unfazed about whether there was an abuser—another abuser—in their workplace. There was no follow-up from either of them to see if I needed help or protection. There was no investigation ordered. No effort to get to the bottom of this ....

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hinojosa: That is Greg Abbott’s record. That’s why the polling shows people want change. They know Greg Abbott. They know he’s been there 12 years, and they will not elect him to another four. That’s the opportunity we have in this election.

🎤 James Talarico has agreed to THREE televised debates. Ken Paxton still hasn’t accepted a single one. If you’re asking Texans to send you to the Senate, you shouldn’t be afraid to stand on a debate stage and answer their questions. What’s the holdup? www.wfaa.com/article/news...

Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

"Kentucky law mandates McConnell's seat be filled by special election— but only if vacated before August 3. And Mitch's team knows this, so they’re running out the clock. It’s a fitting end to McConnell’s career (and life)— conferring unfair advantage onto the GOP, no matter how cynical it looks."

Ansari: Barron Trump is an adult. He is a full-blown adult, and he is very influential in the Trump White House orbit. We need to stop looking at them as though they’re these innocent, naive kids who aren’t part of any of this.

You can pretty much put any guy in a tuxedo and he's gonna look good. There's always an exception.

AOC on Mitch McConnell's absence.

Looks Like Cheating to Win an Election…..

When #music wasn’t in the cloud.

McConnell used the benefit he spent years voting against

The cyclosporiasis outbreak appears to be the largest ever recorded in the United States, and members of Congress are now demanding answers from the CDC about whether staffing cuts, hiring freezes, and agency reorganization affected the federal response.

"I think the good news is, he doesn't have any policies to actually ruin our election system," David Brooks says. "We're going to have fair elections in this country. But it still has a corrosive effect on America to give that speech." https://to.pbs.org/4wczEOj

Congresswoman AOC has introduced a bill that would ban Supreme Court Justices from accepting lavish gifts from the ultra wealthy. Love that, but what I find insane is that this isn’t already illegal.

Happy 45th birthday to Soft Cell's version of Tainted Love, released on this day in 1981

ms.now/opinion/cyclospora-outbreak-cases-spreading-cdc-response

NEW: Governor Andy Beshear says he got calls from two different non-state agencies saying McConnell had died. This was before the "proof of life" photo was shared by McConnell's team. newrepublic.com/post/213199/...

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES lawsuit to compel Connecticut to provide the DOJ its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-16 in cases to gain access to state voter files. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/connec...

Can’t believe this is even needed, but here we are.

"Trump wouldn’t need to engage in election denialism if he were winning; he engages in it because he knows he’s not." My guest post for @thebulwark.com:

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.

Breaking: NBC and ABC announce they are refusing to air Trump’s presidential address tonight.

ICE-Gestapo has murdered yet another person, this time in Maine, 26 year old father from Colombia Joan Sebastian Guerrero. He was authorized to work in the US and he was issued a social security number. ICE aren’t agents, they are terrorist killers.

Susan Collins voted to give ICE and CBP $70 billion. She owns the consequences of that vote.

Stephen Miller For Prison.......!

Oh, look! Two countries that commit war crimes don't like being held accountable. Who'd have guessed?

The arrogance is unreal.

Marlon Brando & Paul Newman at a civil rights march on August 23, 1963.

The White House was never supposed to be a palace. George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.

“Federal immigration agents have fatally shot 10 people in Trump's second term. 10 human beings. 10 people with families, friends, hopes, and dreams. 10 people who should still be alive today. Everyone carrying out Trump's deadly agenda must answer for their crimes.” ~ Robert Reich

On August 13, Farage, the leader of the far-right Reform party, is going to have to actively prove to voters that he is better than a garbage bin - this is comedy gold. 🤡 🗑️

Ken Paxton wants Texans to know that he represents real Christian values. You know, like adultery.

Ken Paxton warns of “Democrat voter surge”