Michael McDonald

Huh. The president thought this was of such significant importance as to hold a national televised address

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

REPORTER: Was there an agreement on election interference during your talk with the Chinese foreign minister? MARCO RUBIO: We didn't discuss that topic

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If Trump wanted to keep people away from the reflecting pool he would have held the American State Fair there

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Peter Doocy claims "people are still coming out" to Trump's 250th fair -- even as the camera shot shows clearly behind him that almost nobody is there 😆

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If Miss Iran had just done better in Trump’s Miss Universe pageant maybe he would have known not to start a war with Iran

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump: "I owned the Miss Universe pageant. And Miss Venezuela always did very well in that pageant. So I know something about the country."

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How should Iran respond if Trump assassinates their leader? Oh, wait.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump tells the New York Post that if Iran assassinates him, "I've left instructions to just literally bomb them at levels never seen before" 🙃

Polls show there are people who approve of this presidential job performance

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump: "I owned the Miss Universe pageant. And Miss Venezuela always did very well in that pageant. So I know something about the country."

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We’ve seen this same explosive claim made many times that withers under scrutiny

The game is played by making the accusation, having docile media report it, and then the media bury (or not report at all) the eventual resolution

Politico @politico.com

DHS says it found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states

DHS says it found thousands of non-citizens on voter rolls in four states

A draft press release viewed by POLITICO said non-citizens were registered in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Last night was a huge victory for those of us who have been fighting election denialism. Trump’s claims were fact checked and dismissed in real time. Major media refused to air his speech. Today’s coverage is critical. These things would not have happened a decade ago

If Democrats can reform the Supreme Court they could also:

- Increase the size of the Senate with DC statehood
- Increase the size of the House
- Update the Voting Rights Act
- Pass a federal ban on partisan congressional gerrymandering

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social

"When Democrats retake control of the government... we have to decide if we want to win symbolic victories and simply get caught trying or if we actually want to make permanent, meaningful change. If it’s the latter, then inherently, that requires us to expand the Supreme Court.”

The Dam Is Breaking on Dems Embracing Supreme Court Expansion

A slew of decisions that are killing democracy might have lit a fire under some of the most powerful Democrats. I got them to say that they'll do something about it.

I have to give Fox credit for their commitment to this comedy bit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

LMAO -- Fox News is again broadcasting from Trump's state fair and again there is *nobody* there. I've seen fairs in rural parking lots with more attendees than this.

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I warned about this last night before Trump’s speech. Even though he didn’t say it then that doesn’t mean his lackeys won’t do anything

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Mullin says that election officials in states that don’t cooperate with the Trump administration may face jail time

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President Dumold Trump’s major construction projects in Washington could give no-bid contracts to his donor pals worth more than $1 billion

The New York Times @nytimes.com

President Trump’s major construction projects in Washington could cost taxpayers and donors more than $1 billion, a New York Times analysis shows.

Funding for Trump’s Construction Spree Is Murky. Here’s What We Found Out.

The cost of the president’s D.C. renovation projects could surpass $1 billion, with taxpayers and secret donors footing the bill.

Georgia SoS Raffensperger recorded the “perfect call” with Trump because Graham lied about his earlier call

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social

The NYT obituary of Lindsey Graham makes no mention of his effort to overturn the 2020 election by calling Georgia’s secretary of state to intimidate him into manufacturing votes for Trump. The Times, like all news media, is GOP propaganda erasing Republicans’ history as election deniers

To be clear, NC and OH post their public voter files online available to anyone with a browser

I would like to thank Trump for creating the spirit of the Declaration of Independence by playing the role of King George III

Again, and I can't emphasize this enough, the Democrats 2026 winning strategy is to make the election a referendum on Trump. Ignore all other noise

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social

Trump cratering in latest national polls, per new CNN analysis: *Average overall approval 22 points underwater, worse than Obama/Bush in 2nd terms *Among independents he's minus 45, worse than Nixon On the pod, @creynoldsnc.bsky.social on how Dems must capitalize: newrepublic.com/article/2132...

Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls, Shocking Analyst: “Horrible!”

As Trump hits a new bottom that outdoes his predecessors—even Richard Nixon—a veteran Democratic strategist explains how her party can do more to exploit his historic weakness.

Musk: SpaceX is building metropolises on the moon. My company will be worth more than all the Earth!

Reality:

NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com

Starship Flight 13: T-0 Abort and Scrub for the day. While we do not know the cause, we will update you once we know more from SpaceX

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It goes without saying, but should be said anyway, that if a Democratic administration did this they would be rightfully run out of DC

Use promo-code ENTEN to receive your CNN hot Kalshi inside picks

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

New in PN with @juddlegum.bsky.social: How Kalshi infects the news "Since last December, both CNBC & CNN have promoted Kalshi to viewers extensively, frequently vouching for its accuracy. The existence of financial ties between the networks & Kalshi, however, is disclosed to viewers inconsistently"

How Kalshi infects the news

CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. SpaceX has delivered one of the weakest post-debut performances of any major U.S. listing since the end of the 2008-2009 financial crisis.” @barrons.com $SPCX www.barrons.com/articles/spa...

Reply to @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social

One less Republican vote in the Senate might be worth going along with the Weekend at Bernie’s gag

When Trump was president in 2020 Biden rigged the election so he could win

When Biden was president in 2024 he did not rig the election so Trump could wiin

#MAGAlogic

I guess it is possible to quickly learn about the health of a U.S. Senator

It’s THAT guy in my replies

Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social

Went down to the Great American State Fair. My personal highlight might have been this Madison cosplayer arguing before literally ones of people that we’re a republic and not a democracy.

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Reply to @electproject.bsky.social

Usually these “noncitizens” turn out to be naturalized citizens whose citizenship status has not been updated in a database matched against a voter file