AOC: In some ways, you kind of want this guy on a golf course more than you want him in the Oval Office. But that also calls into question the 25th Amendment, because if the determination is that Trump cannot be trusted in the Situation Room, then he's not fit to be president.
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Screenshot of an online opinion article by the Editorial Board. The headline reads, "The Texas gerrymander freakout," with the subheadline, "What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy." The publication date is August 20, 2025.
Screenshot of an online opinion article from The Washington Post by the Editorial Board. The headline reads, "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss," with the subheadline, "The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."
The WaPo editorial board when Republicans gerrymander in Texas versus when Democrats gerrymander in Virginia.
i dont understand, 2 days ago i was told there was a deal, i was told it was over and we got everything we wanted, i was told the strait would never be closed again, i was told all this just as markets were hitting their stride on friday afternoon
MAGA lawmaker avoided arrest for assault after Trump DOJ ally intervened: report
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Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
A federal judge has blocked a $6.2 billion merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved. https://to.pbs.org/4tQxpOT
Sam Stein: This might come as a shock to most, but it appears that Trump's depiction of the deal struck Iran is not the same as Iran's depiction of the deal.
Someone really ought to write a book about the significance of #SCOTUS doing so many major things through unsigned and unexplained rulings, and how so much of it really is a recent phenomenon.
You should be able to easily file your taxes for free with the IRS.
Not only did Trump kill Direct File, the IRS's free tax filing program, but this week, Republicans BLOCKED my bill that would make the program law of the land.
That's what you call selling out to TurboTax.
NEW: A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger of Nexstar (Fox31) and TEGNA (9NEWS) while an anti-monopoly lawsuit proceeds.
The federal judge's decision continues to block above-ground construction on the $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site. n.pr/4dUvdRR
I was about to make this same comment about CU Boulder hiring Eastman for the same purpose. Awful decision.
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what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...
Jim Jordan is commenting on Eric Swalwell's sexual misconduct allegations. Jordan was assistant wrestling coach at Ohio State while team doctor Richard Strauss sexually abused at least 177 athletes. Multiple wrestlers testified under oath they told Jordan. He did nothing. He was never charged.
1/2 Rewriting history: A pardon and a vacatur are not the same thing. A pardon says “you’re forgiven,” but the conviction still exists on your record. Vacatur says “this conviction is void,” as if it never legally happened. @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
They didn't just pardon them.
They're erasing the convictions entirely.
Not...you're guilty but forgiven.
But...the guilty verdicts never should have happened.
There's a difference.
And it matters enormously for what comes next.
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Wouldn't it be nice if you could say goodbye to TurboTax and file your taxes for free, online, and directly with the IRS?
I have a bill to get that done.
Mike Johnson: "I talked to the president about it as soon as I saw it and & him that I don't think it was being received in the same way he intended it. He agreed & he pulled it down. That was the right thing to do. He explained how he saw that & I don't think he thought it was sacrilegious at all."
Oh so Mike Johnson DOES see the president's statements after all, huh?
Shame on DoorDash for participating in Trump’s “no taxes on tips” scam.
Aside from their D.C. DoorDash “Grandma” being a GOP operative from Arkansas, it’s mathematically impossible for her to have saved $11,000 in taxes this year as a result of Trump’s bullshit bill.
I will never forgive these assholes for making me repeatedly agree with Rand Paul 🤦🏻♂️
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
We had summer-like temperatures in Denver all March. It was over 80 degrees a record 8 days in the month.
We call it the Vance effect
