Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h"He's gonna fix it. Believe in him ... all the abortion, it's evil ... I want to see 2 people -- Trump & Jesus...we do not want Muslims taking over...I have horrible thoughts. I don't think they should be here. This isn't their country...they need to pack up & go back where they came from." 12852123475
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12hTrump and Ronny Jackson have a chuckle about the botched execution in Tennessee: "The medication didn't exactly work. He [Jackson] would answer it better than anybody. How does that happen? It shouldn't be very difficult." 194723188
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hTrump on global warming: "That didn't work out because the planet got cooler. In fact, you know the ice that was melting? It right now just set a record. It's the biggest ice cube that's ever been in the history of the world ... they're doing the scam with data centers, by the way." 3081028266
Reposted by MelissaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15hBREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.wsj.comExclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealA revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly. 4611371497
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11hTrump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care." 5003812836
Reposted by MelissaCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 16hFor a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 13034791116
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hTrump now says "If I weren't president, Saudi Arabia wouldn't be here right now ... They'd be wiped off the face of the planet." 🙃 112634156
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hTRUMP: Did you see the story about my uncle? TIME: The one who taught at MIT? TRUMP: I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest. 4702245483
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hTIME: Would you rule out declaring a state of emergency in the lead up to the midterms? TRUMP: I don't rule anything out or in. We'll see. You mean the Insurrection Act? TIME: Yeah. TRUMP: No, I've never used it. I could use it. A lot of people think I should use it sometimes. 87628190
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18hI recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 62260742288
Reposted by MelissaNBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/09/2026An interim superintendent bans the musical “Flashdance,” adapted for a younger audience, from being performed at Watertown High School in Wisconsin, citing concerns "passed on" to him. 5911647
Reposted by MelissaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol. 21135101074
Reposted by MelissaKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.ms.nowEric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted. 2702637771
Reposted by MelissaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026JUST IN: A federal judge just forced Trump’s DOJ to fast-track records involving Trump and the Epstein files, citing “possible questions about the government’s integrity that affect public confidence.” The records being sought are significant.meidasnews.comJudge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records FightA federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove... 14942611475
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord" 8511235373
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026alert the press -- Trump is conked out in the Oval Office again 4093237798
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors." 23402715629
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Trump: "The greatest ballroom ever built -- it's also a tremendous military complex with a drone port on top. Be careful. Don't fall over the edge. And only a Hispanic could survive that fall." 9572350626
Reposted by MelissaThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 30/09/2026Nine Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank since 2022. trib.al/JEL6WB3trib.alJohn Fetterman Helps GOP Block Probe Into Israeli Murders of AmericansNine Americans have been killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank since 2022. 18184115
Reposted by MelissaJJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🧊✈️ VENEZUELA 😲⛓️ 👉 An Eastern 767 (tail: N703KW) departs El Paso Wednesday morning, trafficking chained humans to Barcelona, Venezuela 🇻🇪 29050
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026New in PN: Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith "The GOP playbook relies on an absolute lack of shame, so Schmitt dutifully bellied up to the microphone to celebrate his flawless victory with the chuds keeping the grift alive in Charlie Kirk’s old studio."publicnotice.coSchmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack SmithWhen gotchas go disastrously wrong. 1401156260
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026Rep. Rich McCormick blames OBAMA for high gas prices in the year of our lord 2026 6093157660
Reposted by MelissaCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 30/09/2026trump's big 'constitution' with AI leaders refers to him as 'President of the Unites States' 5334875
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026when you need to be cut off from the Diet Coke refills (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) 2872259381
Reposted by MelissaKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 767285905967
Reposted by MelissaRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.” 38991324
Reposted by MelissaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.meidasnews.comGOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His FaceEric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes. 1003118573085
Reposted by MelissaScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers” 299213605923
Reposted by MelissaJoe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Independent has a photo of the slide we weren't able to see during the Smith hearing. No texts from Smith in it. 71670136
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 343124044609
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692278139511
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says 78682302033
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology" 20871261510
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would 24237961034
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2632209595715
Reposted by MelissaLA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Forbes: Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Use Of White Male Actor As Welfare Recipient Sparks Hard-Right Firestorm I'm glad my Antifa dues went for something constructive.😅 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed 9377194
Reposted by MelissaNBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026The attorney representing a former Cornell University student who says she was sexually assaulted for hours in 2024 after she was pressured to take ketamine decried the initial investigation and accused both law enforcement officials and the school of failing his client.nbcnews.toCornell rape accuser’s attorney says the school and law enforcement failed a young womanThe DA vows to pursue any additional evidence after the woman’s lawsuit prompted him to reopen the case. 3279
Reposted by MelissaAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The unsolved mystery of the Hamas attacks that happen when most politically convenient for Netanyahu and his party. 1116958
Reposted by MelissaThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. 1210730
Reposted by Melissa𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/09/2026The physique of a man whose exercise routine is refreshing his mentions. 10984540928
Reposted by MelissaTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20566393344
Reposted by MelissaReuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026US House Democratic Women's Caucus press health secretary on estrogen patch shortages reut.rs/4hxVzcqreut.rsUS House Democratic Women's Caucus press health secretary on estrogen patch shortagesThe Democratic Women's Caucus in the US House of Representatives has asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to address a shortage of estrogen patches to ensure a stable supply of the widely used hormone therapy, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters. 01510
Reposted by MelissaThe Independent @the-independent.com · 29/09/2026Google Earth exposes devastation in Gaza with new updated imagestrib.alGoogle Earth exposes devastation in Gaza with new updated imagesGoogle Earth shows the unprecedented devastation in Gaza, illustrating the scale of the wreckage 75952
Reposted by MelissaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026“Guard” US election systems? This is not good. 106544223
Reposted by MelissaReuters @reuters.com · 29/09/2026SpaceX's Starship engine failure could impact NASA's moon mission objectives reut.rs/4rCJqaJreut.rsSpaceX's Starship engine failure could impact NASA's moon mission objectivesStarship, designed in part to carry large payloads to space, is one of two vehicles vying to become the first craft that NASA will use as early as 2028 to land humans on the moon. 1165
Reposted by MelissaThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026Senate Majority Leader John Thune is refusing to criticize Trump after he canceled health and education funding approved by Congress. trib.al/XOszW7ptrib.alRepublicans Silent as Trump Cuts Nearly $1 Billion Passed by CongressSenate Majority Leader John Thune is refusing to criticize Trump after he canceled health and education funding approved by Congress. 2413989
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Trump: "The big problem is refineries in Russia are being blown up. This isn't really a Middle Eastern problem, this is a Russia problem, that Ukraine & Russia are going at it & Ukraine is blowing up diesel refineries. I told to President Zelenskyy, 'You gotta take it easy on the refineries.'" 5381010236
Reposted by MelissaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026"Trump has an instinctive admiration for authoritarian leaders, a quasi-mystical belief in his own judgement of character, and a bone-deep commitment to never listening to a briefing. The result is diplomacy by dictatorial whim."publicnotice.coTrump loves Xi because he wants to be himKowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong. 55969232