Trump is now sitting back in his chair and dozing off
🚨 The Trump administration is withholding pay from lawyers for unaccompanied migrant children unless they hand over confidential case data on the kids they represent.
Advocates say it could breach attorney-client privilege — and help the government undermine children’s cases.
Brookings Institution compared rising costs of essentials against family incomes.
In 2024, 45.5% of U.S. households didn't earn enough to cover necessities.
Housing, healthcare, childcare-- "we have to deal with these ...costs that are harming households"
@twaaustin.bsky.social
MYTH: Widespread fraud is taking place in California’s primary.
FACT: This is a lie that Trump and the GOP are perpetuating to undermine confidence in this fall’s crucial midterms.
Here’s what you need to know about their playbook:
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Aaron Rupar
“All that [Trump] cares about is whether he wins or loses. And if he loses, he'll create a fiction in his head to tell him otherwise.”
Entire interview worth the listen.
From my POV, the callous cruelty of new CBS bosses echoes that of this administration
For crying out loud.
The Lever
Heads up, Eyes of Texas!
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Democracy Docket
A $30 million center dedicated to Ayn Rand is planned in Austin www.statesman.com/news/article...
They left this out:
Diagnosed with lung cancer in late 1970s, Rand enrolled in Medicare & collected Social Security under her married name, Ann O'Connor.
Didn't need a safety net. Until she did.
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A California foundation has filed plans for an Ayn Rand center in West Campus with exhibits, archives, classrooms and a library.
Fired Scott Pelley exposes wild Bari Weiss directives: 'Make protesters look more violent'
Some call it sleeping. I call it rehearsing.
Veteran broadcast journalist Scott Pelley, who was fired from CBS News last week after nearly four decades with the network, on Sunday revealed a stunning directive handed down by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, one that appeared designed to depict anti-ICE protesters as “more violent.”Speaking with The...
New from @stevanzetti.bsky.social:
Four years after a mass shooting tore their community apart, this southwest Texas city of 15,000 may soon be represented in the U.S. House by a gunmaker, Second Amendment absolutist, and edgy YouTube personality.
I believe I ran the first Bluesky-first congressional campaign in the country. Some folks thought I was nuts. But it was absolutely the best move.
Bluesky has better fundraising metrics and engagement for candidates, and the site isn’t overrun with Nazis. Take note.
youtu.be/XOfkMBMpw3s?...
Travis County Democratic Party
On his YouTube channel, Brandon Herrera has discussed the relative merits of weapons used in mass shootings and made light of political violence. He’s now on a glide path to the U.S. House.
I've worked in Democratic digital comms for a long time and pay attention to campaign metrics across platforms.
Increasingly I'm seeing Dems who crosspost on X, Bluesky, and Threads get better engagement on Bluesky even with far fewer followers.
Here's @jamestalarico.bsky.social's clip last night:
