On the Record

Todd Blanche sworn in as AG; White House celebrates 'huge win': https://heartlandernews.com/todd-blanche-sworn-in-as-ag-white-house-celebrates-huge-win/

Trump Effect: Prescription Drug Prices Fall At Record-Breaking Pace: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/08/12/trump-effect-prescription-drug-prices-fall-for-fifth-month-this-year/

Feds bust NYC fraud scheme that engineered hundreds of sham marriages between Americans, Chinese nationals: https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/feds-bust-nyc-fraud-scheme-that-engineered-hundreds-of-sham-marriages-between-americans-chinese-nationals/

Democrats try to dodge 'Woke 1': https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4681169/the-democrats-crazy-woke-1-dodge-past-comments-trailing-candidates/

FBI touts 6,000 arrests, 44% homicide drop one year into Trump's DC crime crackdown: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-touts-6000-arrests-44-homicide-drop-one-year-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown

FBI had 14 informants on Biden corruption but ran secret op to dismiss evidence as disinformation: https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/emb6am-fbi-marked-officials-journalists-informants

Come with me to help our local Daisy Scouts get their government badge in Queens! 🍪 (🎥✨ Trying out vlogging for the first time - let me know your thoughts/tips/tricks!)

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons

Let’s do a pre-snowfall AMA! ❄️ Have any (respectful) questions? Drop them here ⬇️

Also now that they have drafts here we are so back

Apologies for the very Catholic post, but is anyone else cutting screen time or social media for Lent (or has)? Interested in seeing what practices/guidelines/approaches people use when their jobs require them to be pretty online. I’ve heard journalists and pols are the worst with this 😬

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Great question. I'll see if there is a path

I still subsidize every script filled at cost plus. We are getting closer to break even. Not there yet. And I’m all for Universal Care. What I’m against is thinking it will automagically work if M4A legislation is passed. We should be challenging pols to provide a plan.

"Always judge a person purely by their bank account" - @bluesky

What the cutoff ? 1b , but not 999m ? 500m 100m 10m ? 1m ? At what point is it exploitation or someone did the dirty work ?

There's nothing quite like the Illinois State Fair. 🎡 @cmitchellforlg.bsky.social and I are having a great time in Springfield — and there's still plenty of time to come experience it for yourself!

Donald Trump’s economy is working exactly as intended. For Donald Trump.

Excited to kick off the Illinois State Fair at this year's Twilight Parade with @cmitchellforlg.bsky.social!

The Illinois State Fair is one of our best summer traditions, and I'm happy to join my running mate, @CMitchellforLG, at the Twilight Parade to celebrate. Come out through August 23rd for the food, concerts, livestock, and everything under the sun!

While families prepare to send their kids back to school, rising costs from reckless choices in Washington are hitting them where it hurts—their wallets. In Illinois, we're cutting the state sales tax on back-to-school necessities until August 16th.

Big oil corporations are making tens of billions in profits from Trump's war in Iran. I sent a letter to the largest oil corporations and demanded they give that money back to the people.

Our service members are paying the heaviest price for Trump’s new Middle East war. The very least he can do as Commander-in-Chief is support them, not insult them.

There’s no such thing as a permanently “red” state, and that's certainly true of Indiana. I've seen how great Hoosier Democrats can surprise the pundits and win, in uphill districts and statewide.

I first met @rebeccaforwi.bsky.social at a town hall in La Crosse back in January, where people were incredibly discouraged by Derrick Van Orden’s refusal to face his own constituents. Rebecca will never turn her back on the people she serves - and I’m proud to support her in this critical race.

@lukebronin.bsky.social has the energy and vision that Democrats need in Congress, and I'm proud to be counted among his supporters in this campaign. He's ready to get to work to fix our broken political system and deliver for his community. Onward to November!

Most of us actually agree on the biggest things we must do to make life better in this country - despite what the people in power right now want you to believe.

The stakes are high this November - and people from across the country are watching to see if we'll come together to win. I know we will.

While Americans struggle to afford groceries, Trump is spending taxpayer money on the worst HGTV show ever.

When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed.

The measure of a society is how it invests in its children. For decades, I have advocated for Head Start because every child deserves a strong start in life. Today, I stand with the more than 100 civil rights and child advocacy organizations opposing efforts to dismantle the program from within.

Local man suggests jailing own boss.

Young women deserve the chance to get an education, pursue a career, and start a family when they're ready. That's what the Clinton administration's National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy—now Power to Decide—was all about. And it worked: teen pregnancies fell to an all-time low.

Cause and effect: Republicans in Congress voted last summer to cut food stamp budgets by nearly $200 billion. Now more children and families are going hungry in America.

She's setting the record straight.

Todd Blanche is now Attorney General with free rein at the DOJ and very few political obstacles. What that means for the next two years is worth understanding.

This week moved quickly and if you blinked, you might have missed some serious stories. Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The White House secretly moving Trump off Air Force One. And alarming conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. If you need to catch up, start here.

That's a great message for November 🙄

The denial is just sad.

You sure about that, Darline?

Can’t post the clip on this platform right now but I thought this contrast was notable

Video uploading currently down on Bluesky 😕

official White House account tells journalists and Trump officials worried about getting killed to eat shit

RADDATZ: Why did you think RFK would change? You knew what he had said for years about autism CASSIDY: A lot of parents. I am a representative of people, so if I've got 1-000 contacts, 60-70% of them were from people who believed in the need to address ultraprocessed food.

O'KEEFE: You have been writing letters & trying to get updates on the status of McConnell. Have you heard anything? BESHEAR: I have heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell... all he needs to do is do a video for 2 minutes to the people he's supposed to serve, but he absolutely refuses to

FOX NEWS: Why not just go to Congress for the ballroom? BLANCHE: We don't believe we have to go to Congress. We believe Congress has already given us the authority to do what we're doing.

So it turns out that the intel that Iran was seeking to kill Trump came from Israel (!) and was deemed by the CIA as “Israeli-derived, not U.S.-generated, and viewed as low confidence” Anything to get Trump to drop diplomacy and resume war for Israel... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Iran war risks bringing the G7′s fastest-growing economy to a halt In April, the IMF warned that the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran would hit the UK’s growth prospects harder than any other rich country. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/i...

ABSOLUTE MUST-WATCH: @mehdirhasan's interview with Ian Lustick and @EliClifton on their new book: "Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power" zeteo.com/p/aipac-expo...

The number of Americans who view the Iran war as a debacle is steadily growing. In July, only 12% believed the war had achieved its goals...

Told @ABC that this constant investment in military action and illusions of military "solutions" has only weakened the American position, and the Iranians are making demands that reflect that reality. There is only a diplomatic exit out of this debacle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZl8...

@MarioNawfal insisted, so I agreed to debate the former spokesperson of Israel's IDF, Jonathan Conricus. I did so with the expectation that he had the confidence and capacity to engage in a substantive discussion. I may have overestimated him... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD6I...

Reading THAT'S ANOTHER FINE MESS blog? You should. It's good.

Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, bites her favorite DJT, and reminds you ALWAYS COOK YOUR SALMON IN THE MICROWAVE with oil and lemon juice. 3 minutes per filet! Delicious!

STEVE'S RECIPE FOR PERFECT MICROWAVE BACON: 4 slices wrapped in paper towels. Cook like you cook popcorn, only you can't listen for popping. Set TIME COOK for 4 minutes. Stop after 2. Check. Microwaves vary. Mine does crispy (not burned) 4 in 4 minutes. MOLLY THE THING OF EVIL APPROVED THIS RECIPE

Tonight Trump will re-litigate the 2020 election. Why? In support of his SAVE act, which is actually a Voter Suppression Act. This is a Hail Mary effort to keep his corrupt power grab from being swamped by a blue wave in November.

Most cops are good and helpful, but ICE more and more seems like the American Gestapo.

CAPE FEAR: I'm rooting for Max Cady.

Must read. Reality check — aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln — from @CENTCOM Commander, Admiral Brad Cooper. https://t.co/xrC5MHhuS8

Facts for the fake, America-hating news… https://t.co/CNaBKcBDDr

This morning Hezbollah violated the ceasefire in Lebanon by attacking our soldiers in the security zone, which protects Israeli communities just across the border. The Hezbollah attack seriously injured three of our soldiers. The IDF responded by striking the Hezbollah terror