Reposted by LpeterpPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 1hGas prices are basically the only economic measure that people track on a near-daily basis. And right now they are significantly worse than when Biden was facing the 2022 midterms — and particularly in several states with close Senate elections. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 927958
Reposted by LpeterpMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4hNEWS: A unanimous 11th Circuit just REFUSED to halt sanctions stemming from Trump’s $1.8 billion insurrectionist “slush fund” sagameidasnews.comTrump Loses Bid to Freeze Sanctions Over His IRS SchemeA unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel left Judge Kathleen Williams free to enforce restrictions born from her finding that Trump used a federal lawsuit to manufacture judicial legitimacy for an administr... 301256387
Reposted by LpeterpDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4hthis really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 111008315
Reposted by LpeterpRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 4hEl Salvador continues to imprison ICE-Gestapo deportees from the US even after the major backlash of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case with quite a few people disappearing entirely. This would be called crimes against humanity. Every MAGA official who allowed these atrocities to happen should be jailed. 10308135
Reposted by LpeterpRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 5hYou’ll notice that the same American state media who attacked President Biden relentlessly over his age refuse to report on the orange felon illegally stealing millions of taxpayer dollars to fund campaign ads. They continue to deliberately fail democracy. 21614199
Reposted by LpeterpElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 6hI think of Schlichter as the would be L Ron Hubbard of white nationalism. But a shittier writer. 67317
Reposted by LpeterpDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7hTrump's DOJ has ignored court orders before. It may do it again. A judge ordered the administration to give notice before releasing federal voter eligibility lists. DOJ lawyers pushed back hard. If it doesn't comply, voters could be purged during the midterms: demdock.com/4rBk0u6 314270
Reposted by LpeterpKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6hWSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.wsj.comExclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television AdsWhite House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law. 65931485
Reposted by LpeterpDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 7hWe should not let it slip by unnoted that Trump's effort to change "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence" is profoundly dumb on so many levels it almost defies description. He is an arrogant nitwit. 4258896
Reposted by LpeterpAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7hThe VERY conservative 11th Circuit unanimously refused to block the lower court's sanctions order against the DOJ in the Trump v IRS (that resulted in the slush fund) case. 101187335
Reposted by LpeterpRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7hThis photo is amazing (I guess props to Senator Kennedy for helping hold the incriminating evidence...) 2173
Reposted by LpeterpImpeach Trump ❤️🤍💙🌊 @potusvpotus.bsky.social · 8h86 AGAINST SICKO PEDO POTUS! #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #Trump #EpsteinFiles #POTUS 56928
Reposted by LpeterpMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7hHegseth plans to axe a fifth of generals and admirals. It’s clear he’s planning to cause so much damage it won’t be repairable by whoever comes next.apple.newsHegseth to cut more generals, admirals in bid to remake military’s top ranks — The Washington PostThe defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said. 110482237
Reposted by LpeterpVoted for Hubie and Kamala @stef47.bsky.social · 8hBRUTAL GAFFE It helps if your base does not know either of those words . www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comMAGA Media Is Trying to Spin Senator's Brutal Gaffe Into a WinMAGA media is covering Eric Schmitt's gaffe during a hearing with Jack Smith as a win, claiming he caught the former special counsel in a lie. 132
Reposted by LpeterpJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8hA new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.propublica.orgThis White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans VoteA new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr... 36605387
Reposted by LpeterpDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 9hThe full DC Circuit is likely to rule against the Trump admin and allow Judge Boasberg to proceed with a contempt of court inquiry in the original Alien Enemies Act case, where more than 200 Venezuelans were sent to CECOT in violation of his court order. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-cri...talkingpointsmemo.comA Critical Moment for the Rule of LawThis morning the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments... 1328
Reposted by Lpeterp#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 9hElon Musk is so "done with politics" that he's sitting next to the president while the speaker of the House is forced to stand. 15114
Reposted by LpeterpDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 9hThis is the compelling, moving, and no-brainer district court ruling the Supreme Court's six Trump acolytes just overturned. District court judges are routinely finding that Trump has violated the law. Then SCOTUS happens. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 810843
Reposted by LpeterpBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 10hBefore Trump things like that were just done as part of ordinary course of governance. 311421
Reposted by LpeterpKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10hAnother prominent Trump loyalist working on the 'grand conspiracy' investigation into Trump's perceived political foes has abruptly left the probe. Election denier Kurt Olsen's departure follows the abrupt quitting of Trump ally Joe diGenova earlier this month.washingtonpost.comDOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departureKurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday. 24373140
Reposted by LpeterpAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11hThe Trump regime's new AI assistant confirmed Donald is a convicted felon, Biden won the 2020 election, and Trump is in the Epstein files before it stopped answering political questions. 732112771
Reposted by LpeterpSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 11hThe State Department's watchdog finds laws were broken when Kari Lake and Elon Musk silenced the Voice of America, ignoring reliable data and that their mistakes "severely diminished the nation’s ability" to counter disinformation and support democracy abroad. www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-a... 316772
Reposted by LpeterpAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10hIncredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered. 151342423
Reposted by LpeterpDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11hJack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment. 8051501229
Reposted by LpeterpSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 12hThe White House is using funds meant to protect the country from terror attacks to illegally fund campaign commercials. Another flagrant example of how this administration’s rampant corruption and lawlessness hurt our national security. 26300109
Reposted by LpeterpScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 11hWatchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda" 261132403
Reposted by LpeterpNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11hThey’re not defending Eric Schmitt so much as defending the conspiracy theory defense of Trump’s coup attempt. By mixing up sports teams when lying to discredit Jack Smith, Schmitt made an error that cannot stand: instantly disproven on something so easy to grasp that insinuation doesn’t work. 515424
Reposted by LpeterpDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11hThere was a moment when the US was taken over by enemies and criminals, the incompetent, the corrupt, and the malevolent. They control our government now and will use every means at their disposal, legal and illegal, to try to stop the rest of us from restoring law, order, and decency to US society. 11470172
Reposted by LpeterpSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 12hDonald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order. 20794222
Reposted by LpeterpGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12hIf you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt" 2565002802
Reposted by LpeterpAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12hDarline Nordone (Graham) is an idiot. Gaslighting cooze using her late brother’s name to gain sympathy. I have no sympathy. She’s lying about the law. JACK: “Your brother was a patriot and would have likely been a witness in our case.” 551875346
Reposted by LpeterpAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12hOne thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 292688606
Reposted by LpeterpSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12hKLOBUCHAR: I think that people should have their facts straight before they accuse someone of being a dirtbag, and not get the teams wrong. SCHMITT: I stand by that statement. KLOBUCHAR: Teams. You had the teams wrong, sir. 1215736
Reposted by LpeterpScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12hJack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 265186175276
Reposted by LpeterpJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13hWhat makes this even funnier is that Axios published a piece earlier this morning portraying Eric Schmitt as a potential VP candidates in '28. 610914
Reposted by LpeterpMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13hI think I'm getting the hang of this. 452310649
Reposted by LpeterpRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 13hThis partly reflects the broader social-media-driven nationalization of politics, whereby Schmitt thought he was going to get a profile boost from this. But it also reflects the personalistic control of Trump, whereby they know his attention is grabbed by Fox News sound bites. 65110
Reposted by LpeterpChicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 13hFederal authorities tapped into a network of Flock automated license plate readers and surveillance cameras while trying to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz last year, according to court records reviewed by the Reader. 🧵 24015
Reposted by LpeterpAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13hRepublicans don’t care about the people who beat Capitol police and threatened officials on January 6. They only care about their toll records. Even though none of them were charged. Why a bunch of assholes. 311028192
Reposted by LpeterpMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13hTrump’s new AI website believes he is the “former” president and acknowledges his criminal indictments 651443427
Lpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 13hSo Senator Schmidt is touted as a new GOP "star" when he gets his facts wrong and accuses a career prosecutor of being a "dirt bag". That's the new GOP standard of excellence it seems. 010
Reposted by LpeterpAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13hLMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020 19063101754
Reposted by LpeterpKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 13hThink of what can happen five weeks from today: Democrats can flip the House, win back the Senate, and end Trump’s agenda. That can only happen if you vote. Make your plan to vote on or before November 3 at IWillVote.com 138131
Reposted by LpeterpAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 14hAnd Sen Amy Klobuchar just did a major fact check on Sen. Schmitt's accusations against Jack Smith. 1036475
Reposted by LpeterpAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 14hPublic Citizen files a complaint opposing the broadcasting of Trump’s ads as violating laws against taxpayer-funded propaganda. Full complaint buff.ly/kYCsKEW 5310108